The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-06


I length, are also among the tabooed ar
| tIcles IN fact, the woman blessed or
| cursed with "embonpoint' must be ex-
ceedingly wary in the matter Of belts.
! She must, whenever II is possible. wear
those of the same color as her bodice or
her skirt. The former adds to her waist
length and the later to her length of
limb. Belts which are slightly curved
over the hips and pointed In the back and
front are among those which she can
wear with excellent effect.
The high collar should be another OF the
stout woman's diversions. She frequently
has a pretty neck as one of the small con-
persations granted by Providence for an
urgy figure. but the high collar hides and
spells it. The fichu was particularly in
tended for her; so were the falling over
bands. Fluffy feather and lace boas be-
long to her only when they are long and
when instead of coming under the chin
they fall in long lines down the front Of
the gown on either side.
In short, the stout woman's satorial
salvation lies in a conscientious adherence
to the Tong line" principle. Whether
they are stripes woven in the material or
folds laid by the dressmaker, they are her
only means of giving the effect of graceful
hight.
Women never look smarter, says the
New York Press, than when in tailor
made gowns. 1t is remarkable that the
frocks of heavy cloth, cut in severely
plain style. suit every kind of woman. II
she has a good figure the tailor-made
gown sets it off; If she has a bad figure
the gown improves It so that it appears
good. In view of these facts II is good
news 10 every one that the tailor-made
gown will be more in evidence this com
ing autumn and winter than for many
years.
The patterns viii be mostly shot goods
greens, browns, black and dozens of
shades of gray. They will be in all kinds
of combinations, and most of them will be
pleasing to the eye, according to the man
ufacturers. AS for the make of the
gowns, they will be rather more ornament
ed than has been the case. They are to
have buttons, large and small, and of
all kinds of material and make. The but
tons will be put on wherever there is
room for them and will be attached for
ornament as much as for utility. There
will, be pockets in the coats and pockets
in the skirts. A determined effort will be
made to supply women with receptacles
for the small baggage that they always
carry about with them, and that is gem
orally clutched feverishly in the hand for
lack of anywhere else to keep it, Alto
gether there is a prospect of much COM
fort, as well as style in the tailor-made
gowns for the fall and winter. AS for the
prices-well, that is another story.
lissome girl says a New York letter
to the New Orleans Times-Democrat, was
parading Broadway with her collie dog
He was led by ribbon and trotted fuffily
along under his mistress eyebrows. She
turned into Huylers bought a check. and
with II paid for an icecream soda, a
drink after the pattern of which tens of
thousands Of girls of this pattern imbibe
every day in Gotham. We don't seem to
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York girls get over little things, and
there is some individuality about a New
Orleans girls taste when she drops in for
a soft drink.
Well, this girl spooned out her frozen
soda and held on to the ribbon, keeping
her off eye on the collie lest he should
become detached somehow. And the bea-
tific expression grew upon her features
as she got along midway in her ingurgita-
tion and this gave me chance TO closer
examine the costume of her canine COM
panion.
He was shaggy. remember, that being
the nature of collie-fur On his four paws
were tiny kid arrangements laced on and
| just reaching to his majesty's ankles. The
bottines were soft and pale pink in tint
| Doggies shoe bills must be more depict
ing TO his mistress purse than her ice
| cream sodas. little ribbon harness
was discernible as Ii threaded the ami
| mails long hair, and was rose-leaf in
| shade; from center crossing of the satin
| strands went tine broader ribbon which
| held milady to his side. And what is that
| bauble glistening at the juncture of those
| ribbons in the amidships of doggie? A
| bell? No! small gold watch, as you're
| alive, open face, so that whoever runs
| may read the time o'day. 1t was no doubt
perfectly convenient plan for the lis :
some girl to learn the hour simply by
glance downward, obviating a with
/ 4 ra1 Of - -.
| bosom or purse, and doggie didn't seem
| in the least to object to the ticking
| One of the lissome girls chums came
| forward at that moment of my soliloquy
| "Why!' was her greeting, you have
| brought Richard Watson Glider out on
| such threatening day? My darling Just
| implored me TO bring him. but / didn't
want to spoil his toggery. Yours is look
! ing charming in that pink outfit"
| Yes" responded the other, finally put.
ting down her empty soda glass, "and if
1t should rain can stop in at one of the
| dry goods house dressing rooms and re-
move his shoes; have his rubber ones
| with me-" And Richard Watson Glider
| blinked with the most blase air l ever
saw on dog, and led the way out and up
Broadway.
| Constance Conrad, writing on Forgot
ten Anniversaries" in the September La
| dies Home Companion, says: First of
| all there are the birthdays of unmarried
women. l known they do not have any.
have heard them say so many times,
sometimes with CHEEKY laugh, but Of
ten with a half regretful intonation. The
generally accepted belief is that when an
unmarried woman has passed the years
| of youthful freshness she prefers to have
her added years ignored. There may be
some reason for this belief in individual
cases, but a little thought may lead us
to different view for the majority. When
did these women cease TO have birtnuays?
| The year they ceased was, in most cases,
just one year later than the one which
had been celebrated in some happy fash
ion. II we could know some of the unwrit-
ten histories, we would find one woman's
stopped the year after her young lover
died-the year that changed everything in
life for her; anothers when she started
out alone to earn her living among strang-
ers, with no one about her to mark low
ingly or remember kindly the day of the
year that a baby-girl was sent, years be-
for. to gladden. the old farm house. Stin
another date dropped from its honored
place when the last brother or sister mar