The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-12


failed to see the beauty or. even in Brus-
sels net, Of spider on the tip of a wo-
tilan nose; and she also failed 10 see the
geduty OF very thin veil. put on before
elle oohnel, and hattening the hair down,
50 mat II had a plastered look.
~, our women are not dainty about wells
1ney wear ragged ones only too often, and
MHtn they possess dainty ones they don't
ri'1llse tnem Well The veil Is essentially
an expression Of couquetry-half conceal
ing, half revealing
If one has passed the age when ones
neck Is round, and white and firm like a
pluar, then veil is a great friend, since
II can be drawn in soft folds to hide the
throat, that would otherwise suggest that
OF an old chicken. If YOU are pale, a veil
OF cream white can be selected, and will
cast a shade on your skin that il will give
~ less the appearance of death than it less
the appearance of death than it has gen.
orally A FrenchwOman has a veil suited
not only to each style of hat, to each hour
OF Ihe day, to each physical condition, and
alSo' strange as II may seem, to each men
lal condition. She doesn't pray in cream
Iace, wrought with rosebuds or butter
Iiies; nor does she go to a wedding in
Diack brussels. with funeral feathers
wrought out upon IL. Suitability is the key
note in her harmony of dress. If her wrist
Is large, none of her jewels are set in the
FORM OF bracelets and she argues we'll that
II her ears are Small and well-shaped,
they need no jewels to evoke admiration
Tor them; and that if they are large and
req, attention should not be called to
them by the flash of the diamond, or the
glow of the ruby
her belt is narrow, and drawn to a point
IN 'front.'. If she is longer WASTED than
Iashlon demands, her belt is wide, after
tne fashion of the first empire. She
does not, like the English and American
women, accept the fashion as given by
the dressmaker, or the milliner, and wear
II IKE one or numerous flock, dressed
allke, but she adapts 1t to herself taking
on here that which will lessen her grace
putting on there that which will add to
ner grace, and making the original study
an individual one, only to be recognized
by ITS good points. You never saw a
trenchwoman shove her veil above her
ups 10 eat anything she goes to the trou-
pie OF removing 1t, for, with 1t raised that
way, she knows that even the most aris-
tocratic, she who had the bluest blood in
the saint German, would have an air
OF vulgarity, such an air as only attaches
ltselt 70 the boy of the street. We have
an English word that suits well-at
least, l don't thing ii is English, l think
II Is American slang-she who raises her
ven Just on a line with her nose looks
tough. 1t is a nasty word, but 1t ex-
presses the appearance and even slang
Is permissible when the language itself
does not fully tell all that one means"
Here l interrupted her again, and ask
ed her If she had heard about the new
dinners, those where you got a card with
a riddle written on it, and whoever had
the card with the answer took you out.
she said, No, 1 haven't; and 1 con-
slder It very stupid In the first place,
conundrums belong to the nursery Civ
lilzed people have enough mental work to
do without taking up such nonsense An
other OF Iu thing, most people are tired of the
so-called intellectually. Many of the
dishes, at both dinners and luncheons, are
mysteries enough, without ringing in any
beyond these material guesses. Another
thlng, VINO wants to dine off of ones
brains? Ones own brains? Whenever
l consider that woman has asked me
to dinner because she thinks | am bright
and will help her entertain, 1 either sfav
at home, or else, when l get there I en-
JOY myself by being exceptionally stupid
II snS Hostess wants entertainment fur
nlshed TO her guests let her hire those
people who make a profession of it. There
IS no man for whom have so much con-
tempt as that one who becomes in a wav
the fool for the party. This tyne is al
ways wonderfully versatile He can
rattle off the last new song tell the last
new story, dress his thumb up in a hand
kerchief to initiate some great personage
make himself look like an old woman
with the assistance of the same hand
kerchlef; in fact, make clown Of him
self, without getting a clowns vases !
am told that occasionally these men mar
~. MY Sympathies go out to their wives
Lor surely they could not have known
what they were doing when they swore
10 honor versatile man. The versa tils
man is an intellectual jack-of-all trades
ne is master of none. And can ina cine
mat at home, having a bad stomach he
cause OF the numerous indiges tible din
hers ne mas eaten, being tired out because
ne mas exerted himself so much he Is
probably peeXish, and surely anything bur
pteasant TO live with. What a very little
a. Ier all we know OF the people we nicer
IN the social world. How many of them
are worth consideration? How MANY of
them are to be dreaded?"
Just here, l interrupted again. and
said; There are some who ought to wear
en- the breast sign saying beware
i would put this, first of all, on the
old man who claims a right to kiss Won
because he knew your mother before
she was married.
l would put it on the woman who never
says anything that isn't complimentarv-
Tor who knows what she may saw when
distance lends enchantment to the view?
L would put it on the woman who wants
card to my dressmaker-I doubt her
credit. 0
would put it on the man who snubs
up his wife when he thinks nobody Is
listening-the chances are that, ten to one.
he is brute at heart.
L would put 1t on the woman who is
the president, secretary or treasurer of in
Vulnerable societies, but who forgets
whether it is her second or third bow who
is down with the measles.
would put it on the people who talk
too much and say nothing. Goodness
graciousi Now, you and l are pretty old
friends, but it is rather mean in you to
suggest, even in fun, that the last rea-
son gives you an excuse for pinning *
on Bah.