The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-26

! from all prospects OF matrimony. says this
| is what happens at every wedding: The
| bride gives minute and particular direc-
lions about the packing of her trunk.
| she knows to within the Tooth of an inch
I the exact location Of every frill and fur
/ below and looks on while various mem
| neis OF the family assist IN examining the
! trays IN ana forcing the lid down Meth
/ obs OF accomplishing this dider-sOme
/ times II closes easily and sometimes IL
/ Is necessary To jump up and down or sit
/ on il. Then the bride-to-be orders some
one TO put strap around it, but one
/ person leaves ~ 10 another until the mo-
| ment for departure arrives. At this juno
! ture the discovery is made that the trunk
] is not locked. the keys are missing, and
! everybody wonders where the strap can
Twenty minutes until train time
w mere $ your trunk key?' some one
My dear. they are asking for the key
] TO your trunk. Where is it2''
Ihe key? Gin some perpleXity). Why
/ why on my keyring. of course; the little
silver one you gave me that time; don't
! You remember. dear2'
"Certainly-on the lSeyring" To the
| anxious searchers: You'll find the trunk
key on a small, heart-shaped keyring"
my wife says replies the happy young
But where is that? comes in chorus.
m sure don't know" falters the
bride, almost in tears
/ on, never mind. There. there; bother
the trunk; what do we care?" says the
The bride has happy thought. George
1 have two keys to that trunk"
Well, you're wise little woman" in
| tones of pride from the young husband
while the aunts and cousins say: she
But they are both on the same key
| ring, continues the bride. and the general
| anxiety is redoubed
The girl who has been a bridesmaid
four times. says the first time this hap
pened the key turned mp at the last min
| ute inside of the trunk, and after that
she always looked there the first thing
and never failed to find it.
a southern woman, says the New York
! Tribune, who was belle and beauty in
| her youth, and who, at the age of 60, pos
| SesSes the slight, rounded form of a girl
| with the mental and physical activity
| that accompanies 1t. has set forth for her
| young relatives number of hints and sug-
| gestlons Tor being pretty, sweet and at
! tractive generally, which have come in her
experience The care of the health and
/ complexion is duty, she declares which
! every mother owes to her daughters, for
| their happiness in life depends to a great
! extent on the intelligent DEVELOPMENT of
! their strength and beauty. In her opin-
! ion, whether the complexion be good in
| amount of care on its Improvement and
| the various small items appertaining to
the health and appearance is only ra-
| tlonaL TO get these, she advises the
eating of great deal of chopped meat.
| without any potato in it; the drinking of
! little fluid of any kind, except strong tea
| ana exercising a great deal without
drinking. and abstaining from bread and
| butter and sweets. Lemonade, acid drinks
of all kinds and saline mineral waters
| are excellent, she declares. She prescribes
a lass of clear water taken before break
To get fat, she says one must eat veg
| etables and sleep after each meal Retire
at O'Clock, and lie in bed half an bour
after waking in the morning. One must
/ laugh great deal; drink water by the
pint or quart; drink weak and sweet
teas, ana not be shy of ales and sweet
| wines. Five pounds a month have been
| gained under this regime, and if an un-
usual amount OF sleep is secured, double
| that amount.
To have white skin. eat no meat what
| ever, become a vegetarian. Once in sly
! weeks or so partake of fresh meat. Drink
much water eat little grease and touch
oatmeal and oranges; for dinner. fruit,
nuts, irult-tea, preferably ounce tea
sIdnam muthns, caulihower croquettes.
marmalade and dishes of stewed vegeta-
hles This diet is said to be not bad when
one Is used to it, but ii is DANGEROUS mn
less the doctor permits it,
Types of beauty. says the New York rri-
pune like everything else. follow the
FASHION. Blond beauties a decade ago
We're all the rage, but golden hair. by the
meretricious aid of beaches became TOO
common to be desirable. Then followed
the popularity of reddsh-hair ladies
win 1ltlan warmth of coloring. and ii
was wonderful to see how the dark hair
of many fashionable women showed
| glints of ruddy color. Now black ana
S whlte IS COMPUTATION pre-eminently fash
| ionable and the beauties most admired
to-day resemble Beardsley's drawings
"Once a queen was sitting at her bro{d-
| cry frame, and as she sewed she pricked
her hnger, and drop of red blood fell on
the white linen she was stitching. oh
she exclaimed, I wish had a daughter
as white as pure linen, as red as blood
| and as black as my frame of ebony.'i'
| and the old fairy story goes on to saw
that her wish was granted. and a little
ebon black hair. pure white skin. and Tins
| as red as red could be.
This young lady, if she had lived at the
| present time, would have undoubtedly
| been the professional beauty of her daV
| II would seem that even beauty comes Nv
waves in these days of special develop
| years ago. is now frequently to be met
| with, and the prettiest and most distin-
guished-looking women in the bathrooms
| this winter are white and black and red
| A little anecdote of the Queen of Den
mark, SAYS the Gentlewoman, comes to
| me as illustrating the kindness and good
sense for which she is so well known. II
/ reached her majesty's ears that one of
her little grandsons had spoken sighting
| ly of poor officer who was much about
| the court The next day the queen took
| the child for a walk in that part of Copen-
/ hagen where rank and fashion are IN
! known and pointing up to a humble
| looking house, The king lodged there
once, she said, when he hadn't as MANY
/ kroners in a year as my grandchildren
/ have now for pocket money. He vas a
| poor officer in the late kings ,rvice
much poorer than Col. -, and he al
ways thinks of that when the people cry
| Long live the kingr It's not bad thing
for a young prince to be poor"
To the English people who know and
understand how the daughters and grand
daughters of the queen have been brought
up and trained, says the Gentlewonnan
/ it will not be surprising news that fhe
Czarina has determined to nurse her lit
/ tie baby herself. Her own mother. Prtn-
/ cess Alice, like all her sisters washed
| and dressed and nursed her babies. t6e
! Duchess of Fife has done the same. and
| the czarina is only obeying her English, as
! well as her natural motherly instincts In
! declining to have a wet nurse for her in
FAINT Nothing, perhaps, that she could
/ have done will so endear her to the Rus
/ sian. people as this act, which seems per