The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01

Naw York. Feb. All the new books.
+rs+ is excepting the analytical novels or
those that bear the stamp Of the Beardsley
s.bool are falling back on that old, il
.omewhat trite, saying. "A thing of beau
+y is a ioy forever" There must be de-
r,and for the means tending toward beau
~ In one book shop 1 discovered many
hooks. wise ones, that told how TO care
for the complexion; many others that ex-
nlajned how angles could become curves;
how dun eyes could be made bright, and
how inferior brains could be developed
INFO brains far beyond the average. Then
there are innumerable pamphlets of the
olden day. in which the seeker after the
beautiful, as depicted in her own person,
is advised to get I'D early and breathe
The first air of the newborn day If she
wishes to be sweet of face, sweet of
breath and sweet of skin" This may an
swer for August. but any would-be beauty
who attempted it in March would be apt
TO get the chilblains. a red nose and
violent cold of the order that shows itself
in its demand for ten handkerchiefs day.
Hence, it would seem as if the pamphlet
of yesterday or the day before is not al
ways suited to general use.
Two are before me at present; one is pa
per bound. brown of color has as for
SIS" and is altogether homely looking.
The other is quite new; bound in a spring
like tint, in cloth, with a disagreeable look
ing young woman for frontispiece. 1t
tells, Notwithstanding its modern binding.
much that is true, but it doesn't tell all
that the pamphlet of the olden days sets
forth as necessary to the increase Of
beauty The old-timer says that, if a wo-
man wishes to be beautiful she should
have dainty food. beautifully served: that
she should be unacquainted with grease or
vinegar, and that she should learn the
value of rich dish that is, at the same
time, not a heavy dish. This wisdom
boiled down means that one should live
well, and take care of ones digestion.
Then il goes ON to say that she who aims
at beauty should sleep well and often;
that, put it in plain English, signifies that
the mind should be free from care. She
Is not advised to walk much, which, to
all intents and purposes, is equivalent to
saying that something masculine should
love ner well enough 10 earn for her a
tine coach and pair, in which to take her
walks abroad. For she is to have
fresh air without exertion. To keep
her hair beautiful-now don't raise
your hands uD in hOrrOr-she must braid
II smoothly before going 10 bed and over
II she must put a night.cap You may not
fancy this, but 1t is well known that most
of the women of to-day who have beau
tiful hair wore night-caps made of fine
null when they were tiny children.
Let us see what the book of to-day says
Not Very much in the way of helping the
plain woman to become a beautiful Wo-
man. good bit is said about the sort of
clothes that should be worn, and this is
sensible. No properly understood hat or
bonnet can afford TO be anything but sim
pie and single-minded in the impression
II produces. over abundance is the abom-
nation OF deSOlatiOn; and confusion of
IDEA has been the death-warrant of many
a blameless bonnet. For, consider: The
OBJECT OF its existence is to surmount to
crown and frame a human countenance
ana II that face be beautiful already
What possible collection of beads, straw
IuI, moss, powers eggs, pink roses and
plumage is likely to draw closer attention
10 the lovely and delicate lines beneath?
Ana II the face be irregular in shape,
iaded or muddy in color, unfortunate in
length or size or breadth, what eoncate-
nation of the animal, mineral and vege-
table Kingdom is calculated to lead away
Inc critical eye to some happier point in
the wearer's anatomy" If this would
only teach one woman how to buy the
Iight sort Of Dat! But no, until the end
toP herself with cart wheel hat such as
Nen Gwynne wore, laden down with
out with ribbon bows, while the large,
stately matron will crown herself with
Two roseutes of lace connected by band
OF pink velvet, in the center of which is
a small forget-ne-not in rhinestones. AS
II one could forget that bonnet on that
woman! The dotlet on the eye is large
beside it. If / were learned | should saw
20 Tempore! o Mores.' but as / am not
1 simply say, Goodness graeious!' and
wonder when the right bonnet and the
suit will be.
To return to the book of to-day. 1t
makes another truthful statement. 1t
says: English women are as a race
smltten with strange passion for trying
on things. That this is true nobody who
mas ever seen the English woman abroad
af ,rs1.1
me bargain counter and manages to pin
II at her waist; she possesses a bit of lace
ana 1t appears at her throat. Flowers
ana ribbons and lace meander at their
own sweet will over her bonnet and she
Is never satisfied to leave her gown as it
was when 1t came from the hands of an
aruSt; She puts some tags of finery on it
ana thinks she has improved it. The Eng
tsh idea of dressing can be damned with
t,tinI praise by reminding you of one
sshlng: 1t was the English milliner who
uIst put trimming on a sailor hat The
nat that of all others should be either e
purlpus unum or in puris naturalibis
which is it? The stiff, somewhat coquet,
tLsh straw hat which demanded nothing
pug the straight band about the crown
4lad MOVERS and buckles, lace frils and
sun feathers tied on it by the English
HlIlner and lost its individuality, and be-
zane hat without reason for existence
Mhch is, i can assure you, much worse
IMAM man without a country
1t may also be added on my own hook
nat mat in addition to her fancy for tying
me greatest yearning for hanging things
on herself. She jinges with a chatelaine
She Is doubtfully decorated with a neck
ace sufficiently long to permit its locket
neart-shaped, to rest upon her heaving
iposom, and then she wears bangle brace
Lets, chain bracelets, watch bracelets and
every other sort of bracelet that can be
eoIten at a reasonable price at what she
GdIls the shops. Her brooch is sufficiently
large to 1t as a thing of use even If it
ibsn one, of beauty, and yet and yet
mere where this nice little house of
Gards tumbles over, the English woman
tooks the handsomest and dresses the best
LOT ball or for a dinner Of any wo-
man in the world
" its own free will, that book turned
oseT page as If to exploit this bit of
wisdom: The wife does not exist in or
ucr TO contribute to mans happiness, yet
she continues to exist, because she does
nor contribute to it, and over her dress
ing table should be written Beautiful
women can do as they please, but plain
woman must please to do a great deal "
= suppose that is true, and yet who would
BBant her posing about the house all day?
ny the bye, that reminds me that we
SSnought of sending our fox terrier to the
Uog snow as the canine Apollo but ever
since he has Haa I'd ba hoe laJ