The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-08
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, thickness. Thus the little ruffes stand
out and the founce itself is so full that
1t measures nearly twice as much as the
skirt itself. Sometimes three or four
overlapping flounces are put on, but this
| has tendency to be cumbersome and
heavy. The best plan is the one fiounce
falling over a big ruehe on the bottom Of
the skirt itself and trimmed with bias or
straight bands of lace insertion, either
| black or white.
81 always make it a point to say pleas
ant things about the other girls" said
| the girl in the sailor hat to a writer in
| the New York Journal
"It does sound better, doesn't it," re-
| turned the girl in the poke bonnet.
1T isn't so much that, dear; the fact
! is that I'm superstitious about it. If l
| allow myself to say anything mean about
| a girl something always happens to make
| me sorry. Why, last summer we were
| staying at a quaint country place, and
one of the girls was all the time complain
| ing that there was no young men about.
| Finally 1 got tired. and told somebody
| that it wouldn't do her any good if there
were DOZENS"
with the result that the first man who
appeared fell in love with her! know.
| I"
NO dear, he was her brother He be-
| gan to pay me attention, when she
promptly told him that 1 was engaged -
"Ah, well; if it was true
| But it wasn't He happened to know
man who-well, who had gone so far
as to ask me if / thought a married man
| ought to spend all his evenings at home
! They met not long afterward, talked of
| me and the consequences was that l lost
| them both just because 1 had said a mean
| Oil RI
Mercy that was bad luck. Why"
Yes, and one day not long ago 1 said
didn't blame Sue for wearing false
hair; that I'd do it myself If 1 had as
| little as She
And what did she say about you in re-
turn?"
Nothing, dear. She merely hunted IN
photograph of me taken in the street
dress of six years ago, and hung it up in
| the parlor. Then she invited Dick Fresh
| ly to call"
But 1 don't see"
Il had told him that I only got out Of
! boarding school two years ago, dearl'
Upon my word, that was a mean trick!
Did that break you?'
"Of saying mean things? Not quite
You remember how attentive that rich
Mr. Goldie was to Julia last year. don't
your"
Seems to me 1 do. butt
| well, 1 got good chance to tell him
about Charley, and I did. The conse-
quence was that he proposed to me instead
and II accepted him."
But l don't see any bad luck M
| Don't you? He lost every cent in the
world six weeks later, and think how much
nicer,it would have been to have that hap
| pen to Julia instead Of myself!'
"Of course, it would, but
Yes. Well the next thing l did was
|
tried everything else on her face. she
might now use little soap and water
After that she refused to have anything
to do with meg'
Il know: then She went abroad and be-
came engaged to a count"
! Yes, and only think if we had remained
intimate all the papers in town would
have interviewed me on the subject OF the
marriage"
Yes, and you might have aired all her
past history in the most friendly wayr'
II know. Well, and as If that was not
enough, told Mr.. Greener that the flush
upon Helen's cheek was a great deal pref
tier than If it was natural"
well, I'm sure, it was true, anyhow;
SOL
Eyes; but Teddy's mother, to whom I
! had been mild as milk, heard me say It,
and decided that a daughter-in-law with
such tongue would not be pleasant"
"Oh, but what difference did her opin-
ion make, anyhow"
"A great deal in this case, dear. She will
not give Teddy that house in Thirty-fifth
street if he marries me--and 1 will not
marry him unless she doesr'
"Oh, well, one can get even with other
| girls without saying mean things"
80 l have discovered" said the girl in
| the sailor hat.
| ~.
| cago Tribune. that the women who long
most earnestly for a more ample fitting
| of firm, smooth flesh over the neck ana
| arms do not know the efficacy there Is
! is simple cold water. 1t should be applied
| not less than twice day and If faithfully
adhered to will be found wonderful re
| storer of rounded contours. In the morn
ing and at night draw a large basin Of
cold water and with one hand dash Il
! lightly and rapidly over the portions Of
| the body which II is desirable to strength
| en- and improve Keep this up about ten
! minutes, use on soap, and do not attempt
I to make a bath of it.; massage with tie
= hand and endeavor to draw the blood to
| the surface and establish a regular circu-
| lation.
In addition, and as a sort of assistance
to this treatment, drink milk from three
to four times day, In the early morning.
| at luncheon, in place Of afternoon tea and
on going to bed The milk must be taken
hot, a large cupful at a time, seasoned
with a bit Of salt, and with a very small
| pinch of bicarbonate of soda added TO rem
der 1t easy OF digestion. 1t should be sip
ped as rapidly as possible that It may not
cool. Treated in this manner the milk -
more nourishing than when put through
any of the new processes; and II is not
only nourishing, but goes to create firm
! solid flesh and II seasoned as was ad-
vlsed It carries with It no injurious lnid-
| ences 10 the liver or stomach, for which
good rich milk is usually too heavy a diet
| Indeed, speaking from a personal expert
ence there is nothing more soothing and