The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-11
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chief motive, because women with their
calves thus displayed were encountered
the country outside Paris, where such
exhloitlons would not be likely to be
effective, even If there were specta tors
Whatever may be the reason. of the FASH.
lion, IT is startling.
A bashful young bachelor. saws the
Philadelphia Record, living in the TWEEN
ty-siXth ward had rather enobarra ssine,
experience a few nights ago He attend
ed theatrical performance. purchasing
seat in proscenium box. The hoy vas
pretty well filled up when he got there.
Among the occupants were a volInfr Uo.
T man and her escort. The girl. who was
engrossed in the performances did NOT
notlce the entrance of the newcomer nor
was she aware that her escort. who had
been sitting behind, had moved over a
few feet to make room for the bashful
man. After while one of the nerform
ers did something funny, which aroused
the girls mirth. She half-turned ana
lad her hand on the masculine knee back
of her. isn't that funny?' she said.
Inc pashful man bluShed, said nothing
and as the little hand rested on his knee
| he began to grow uneasy and then to
perspire. He didn't know what to do
Flhaliy ne attempted to gently remove the
| AAAN teAICA llllStIS CLOSED over his
| Dig paw, and squeezed it lovingly. Then
! they placed the big hand back on it's own
| ef s knee and patted it playfully The lit
! tie hand rested upon the big one for sew
| eral minutes that seemed as many hours
! TO the bashful young man. Suddenly the
! girl said: Gracious, you must be warm
! you're perspiring So" She turned and
looked at the man behind her and she
! nearly tainted. He was as Thoroughly
confused as she, however and a moment
later ne got up and went out.
The protest Of Mrs. c. H. Spurgeon. the
widow of the great preacher, against the
| practice of holding bazaars and fairs in
| christian churches says the New York
! Times, has aroused some discussion on
! this side the water, where it has been
rather widely printed q have seen so
much of the evil they bring in their train.
! the heart burnings and jealousies they
! create, the worldliness of spirit they fos-
| ter, and the love of dress which they pro-
| mote, that IN these counts alone I must
judge them IS among the things not per-
mitted by the true Christian" There is
| more in similar strain, with also the
higher' ground taken that it is frivolous
4 and irreverent as well as "subversive of
| faith in God" that when money is needed
| to carry on His work, it is sought for by
dazzling lights, songs and music, folly
| and dancing"
The second proposition it is not attempt
! ed to discuss; the first, that jealousies
| and envious thoughts are aroused, seems
hardly tenable in these days, certainly in
! the case of the large city churches. Ba-
zaars held under their auspices are US
ually the most business-like of enter
prises. A professional manager is en-
| gagged, who designs the scheme and sees
! to It's carrying out The booths are filed
! with ware procured from merchants and
| sold on commission, the whole thing an
! investment of money as judicious a s pos
| sible to procure a large return If Mrs.
| Sturgeon will inveigh against the misera-
! bic lottery system countenanced a these
| fairs where children of tender years
| keep late hours and engage in a most I'M
! holy strife to secure chances, she will find
! ready Endorsement. There should be a So
ciety authorized to suppress this particu-
| lar sort of cruelty to children.
| An interesting account of the Russian
| Empress's maids of honor is given in a
! recent number of lie Figaro. The girls
! selected for the office become at once their
| own mistresses, though subject to the laws
| of a fixed and unalterable court etiquette
| Even at sixteen, the lowest age at which
| they can appear at court, they may adorn
| themselves with diamonds or cover them
] serves With JEWELS ike d SAINT Image.
| They are entitled. whatever their social
position, to be present at ceremonies, from
which in most cases their families are ex-
cluded.
When a girl is selected she begins by be-
coming a maid of honor with the cipher, g
and wears on her left shoulder the empress
monogram embroidered on light blue RIB
bon. 1t has been said that at the Russian
court the Oldest mobiles are in reality moth
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lowest of peasants by the autocratic will
of the sovereign. The wearing of the cipher
may be only a sign of an earlier serfdom.
The costume which the mGids wear on
state occasions is gorgeous 1t consists Of
q skirt of white SATIN, fastened from throat
to feet with jeweled buttons. over this is
worn an overskirt OF red velvet with gold
figures and a long train and with wide
padoga sleeves. The most characteristic
part of the costume is the headdress,
kind of diadem called kakochnik, recalling
by its shape the stephane of the ancient
Samoyede Junos. The kakochnik with the
pavonik which aristocratic nursemaids
still wear in st. Petersburg and Moscow,
is the only part of the great Russian cos
tune borrowed for the national dress. II
is Of red velvet like the tunic. and covered
with jewels. To it is attached long white
veil of tulle, which sweeps behind in the
gilded folds of the train.
This splendor lasts only for time. how
ever. After a few years the maid Of honor
with the cipher" is promoted to maid
of honor with the portrait" and ex-
changes the rich crimson overskirt for one
more quiet, of emerald green embroidered
in silver. To make up for it the czarlna
allows the substitution of her portrait set
in diamonds for the monograms Some
times also they receive the decoration OF
St. Catherine, an order established by Pc
ter the Great for women only, as recon-
pense for services done to the court.
AS a general rule it is from among the
daughters of general officers or high func-
tionaries that the empress picks out her
maids at her own pleasure There are sew
eral institutions in Russia for the educa-
ton of these girls. resembling somewhat
the schools of the Legion of Honor In
France. The classes for the older girls are
called nurseries. The pupils are there
taught etiquette and the faultless man
ners on which their future depends. Their
costume Is a simple woollen dress with a
sill<en apron. The upper part Of the waist
and the lower part OF the sleeves can be
detached. however. and when the ear,
the absolute master Of these establish
mcnts, which he supports from his own
uriyv purse. appears unexpectedly, inc