The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-10

do you know" he said at last, in a
burst OF confidence. Il have an idea that
the average man does not want second
edition of himself when he marries, and
when It comes to accomplishments"
''Tes2"
he would rather have some one who
can do the things that he can't than the
things that he can. Now, home"
But the new" woman had Indignantly
turned away.
The new shoes for the coming season
must be seen to be appreciated. The long,
narrow effect still predOminates, although
an are not necessarily pointed; the slender
shoe with a square opera toe is very pretty
and more comfortable to some people than
the long. pointed type. Now that almost
everybody wears tan shoes, the manufac-
turers are turning out numerous extreme
novelties. one pretty style is high shoe
with the top of q. sort of gray tan with
vamps of russell, with toe caps of lighter
shade; this shoe has silk worked eyeletS,
which adds TO its beauty, and they wear
equally as well as the metal, and do not
take half so many shoe laces.
One of the prettiest bits of needle-worl1,
says the New York Times, that one can
make for bridal gift is 'Marguerite'
bag.
Embroider on a square Of satin large
enough TO be afterward cut in shield
shape, for a bag of sufficient capacity to
carry prayer book, a crescent-shaped
branch OF orange blossoms, with a few
buds and leaves. Let the branch descend
from the upper right-hand corner, and
sweep down to the left lower corner in a
graceful curve.
Two or three loose stray blossoms float
ing off as if in a breeze will add to the
pleasing effect Work with rich embroid-
cry silks IN natural cOlOrs on cream
white satin ground. Trim the shield shape
all around with double frill of elegant
white lace
Line the bag with gold-colored silk over
thin layer of perfumed wadding. Sew
handsome two and one-half or three-inch
wide satin ribbons of best quality to at
tach the bag to the brides belt. A skllful
painter could substitute painted flowers
for embroidery
Much as the Frenchwoman delights 70
indulge in tailor-made gown, 1t never
in Paris has the severe simplicity Of Lon
don or New York. The Parisienne can
no more help softening the rigid look of
these mannish costumes than any woman
can help screaming at a spider or a mouse
A bit OF lace, soft roll of silk or a twist
of ribbon somewhere about the otherwise
strictly tallor-made costume effectually
does away with its stiffness, and, though
madame or mademoiselle thinks she is
quite tailor-made, she has slipped in a
graceful touch that does not belong to
these severe costumes.
The personality of Miss Rhoda Brough-
ton is but little known to the readers of
her novels. She has a very retiring dispo-
sition and lives quietly a Richmond with
her widowed sister and her family. Miss
IL
pleasant face and gray hair worn pompa-
dour fashion.
Il have known for some time that
the world IS small" complained woman
recently to the New York Times s'but
l did suppose one could make a com
ment in Europe that would not echo in
America. on the piazza of a LITTLE inn
in the Swiss mountains last summer I
chatted with two ladies of party we had
encountered at two or three places en-
route TIL we felt as If we had a little ar
qualntance with them. When they dis
covered that we were from MinneaDol
one OF them asked if we knew Mr.. b.
AS he is a very intimate friend Of ours
we cordially assented, and fell to discus,
sing the family. incidentally. I smoke Of
MS hrst wife, and commented on the fact
that the present and second Mrs. b
refused TO allow the picture of her pre-
decessor to hang in the house we nsver
knew the first Mrs. b l said, but we
do know, and are very fond Of tRe second
wife; there must have been somethine
very peculiar about Mrs b No. / to
make Mrs. Be- No. 2 so persistent in
ner deIefmlnatlon TO Keep all mention and
memory otaher out Of the way
My new-found friend smiled a little
oddly before she said: There was some
thing peculiar about the first Mrs r.
winch 1 believe cannot be attributed to
the second. She was a rarely beautiful
woman, and her untimely death at 81
married again after a while-he was too
young man to spend a lifetime alone
but his young love has always been a
tender memory TO him, and her picture.
painted by a famous artist, and wonder
fully lifelike, undoubtedly attracted too
much attention from every one who sa w
it to please the present wife, who must
be a jealous woman. know she fin
ished, suavely, for the picture hangs to-
day in my own parlor; the original was
my sister, After a wild ATTEMPT to re-
call just what 1 had said about the first
wife, l registered a vow that hereafter
with strangers, though I encountered
them in South Africa, L would never mem
ton name again"
A recent happening in a Boston store
says the New York Times, should be a
warning alike to absent-minded women
and TO overzealous shop detectives A
woman very frightened and tremulous
walked up to the superintendent desk of
one Of the large stores the other day and
handed over small shopping bag Of the
variety known as Boston, which She said
did not belong to her, and which she
thought contained money, though she did
not know how much. She did not know
either, how or where she had got posses
sion of the bag, except that she must have
picked It up somewhere in her shopping
round that morning in a fit of absent
mindedness. The superintendent felt sure
she was telling the truth and took the nag
and let her go. He notified the police and
later in the day there was an anxious in
quiry at headquarters from the owner of