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


satin ribbon, with the belongings. that Is
the coquettish trappings of widowhood-
the tiny cap, the jet brooch and brace
lets, and the black guaZe fan, painted in
one corner Glace fruits were in dishes,
with musical boxes underneath; one, sug-
gestively enough, played:
should aud acquaintance be forgot"
while another took up that rollicking
songs which tells a man,
If for widows you sigh,
Learn to kiss, not to cry"
AS far as possible the guests wore white,
Dldck or mauVe. The quotations on the
name cards were appropriate. One was:
widow, as / say, be your own friend;
our husband left you wealthy, aye, and
wise;
Continue so, sweet duck-continue So"
One woman. whose widowhood was the
KIND best represented by a bunch of ferns
ana arranged for in Dakota, had upon
ners, Lady Teazle's inmitable request
You made me a wife, rNWhich / am
inueh Obliged TO you; and If you have
wish TO make me more grateful still, make
me a WIDOW. Another one announced
that, "A widow has to assume all the in
noeence of young girl without her ignor-
dnce A clever woman can get up an
analr like this, and make no end of fun
OF IL, because when the loving cup is pass
eu around, II can be drunk standing and
them.
The fact that painted faces are getting
commoner and commoner every day is
AT once true and sad. Women who are
young 10 not need paint. Women who are
OLD, well, when they take to putting paint
anu powder on, you are forced to think
mat tney are slightly mad. There are a
rev elderly danes who, in the bright sun
SHINE, look white-washed, pink-Washed
ana, as the original skin will show through
N spots, slightly yellow-washed Then
they top this study in crude paints with a
yellow wig, and one has a sensation not
unlike nausea as one wonders what they
oil Il dc arHra r. a..f--
ana only the wretched shell remains What
they expect TO gain by it. Such a face
never eaptivated any man, and it certain
y would not retain the affection of an ell
uerly husband. The glasses fitted TO the
eyes or elderly men are always sufi,
ciently strong to make them fully com
prehend the difference between a real and
a made complexion. clean face NAV
pc vulgar, but ii is to be commended
w nat man would want to kiss made-up
lady and chance being poisoned by white
lead. In the old days, when powder and
rouge were considered Indispensable. the
gallant cavalier kissed the hand of the
Iair lady. And her hand was kept i'm
maculate, that this kiss might mean
much to him. NoWadaXs-Ea won f sfoefy
down to kiss your hand; 1t would get
| their trousers out of up-to-date creas-
ing. So a clean face becomes a necessity
10 woman who has any liking for that
expression OF affection which is gener-
ally approved of, but seldom well done.
speaking of using paint on the face
correctly:
Yes, Munkacsy has painted her.
But why was this? Wasn't her hus-
band satisfied with her way of doing it?''
. On yes, apparently, as he let her lay
this time he may have become sufficient
ly educated to understand that the i'm
pressionists method of putting paint on
with trowel was only a fad, and that
ahallne dyes were spread very much on
! the skin.
| And not five minutes after this one of
the men-the two We're criticisng their
hostess-said to her: You are one of
| the few women who absolutely have no
age. You are always young, and with
| that lovely complexion would suggest a
| girl of 49," Do you wonder that women
make fools of themselves? There are
| times in the life of every woman when a
| little rouge is joy and a blessing. When
you nave been crying and want to hide
| your grief, because you are proud and a
woman, and the red will not wash out of
| your eyes, then a dab of rouge under
each makes them look clear subdues the
| fiery shade left by the tears, and makes
you look frivolous, but does not advertise
| to the world at large that your heart is
sad. Generalizing, rouge is not desirable,
especially for street wear. 1t is too sug-
| gestive of trade mark. The wise wo-
man who realizes that her skin is SallOW,
| her eyes dull, and her general appearance
Indifferent, takes a regular course of les
sons in makeup; makeup intended sole
| ly for the evening. Then she can use her
pencils, the rouge pot and her powder
scientifically and artistically, and people
will say: Little Mrs. Gay looks nothing
in the day time, but in the evening she is
quite piquant." She is simply doing her
duty to her neighbor. God implanted in
| the heart of every human being a love
| for beauty. Fortunately all of us don't
| consider the same woman the most beau
| tiful in the world, but there are certain
! to a beautiful woman. Her eyes must be
expressive, her skin must be clear,
| though it may be dark or blonde, or even
that odd gray tone, but she mustn't have
SUGGESTIVE need
| medicine. Then she must be feminine,
and possess what is known as good
| head of hair.
| All of these locks may not be her own,
but they must be arranged to look sc. From
| husband, as from lover, must she keep
! the arts of the toilet a secret otherwise
| there will be times when he will know
| her this man whose love she wishes to
keep, as guy, and no woman can afford
! that. For that is always remembered. She
| may be beautiful the rest of her life, but
| the day when she was caught in an I'M
tidy gown, with her front hair repos-
! ing on the toilet table is the one day that
| is photographed on his memory and in
| such a way that it will not fade Be as
| artful as you like in your efforts to look
| we'll and when | says artful ! mean full
/ of art. The gentlewoman of the older day
who made her special toilette for bed and
permitted her gallants, to the number or
| ten or twenty, to sit around as she drank
| her morning cocoa, possessed great wis
| dom, for she convinced them that she was
| always beautiful to look at, and that
| neither fire nor burglars would be met by
| ANYTHING but a charming woman And
| a charming woman could, 1 do believe,
| brighten off a burglar even If she could
| not put out a fire. She is capable OF
| much. She can rule the heart of a man,
| the brain of a man, and when she is
| really charming, she can win her way to
| the heart of, and gain the admiration Of
/ a woman-of many women, and among
| them Bah.
All sorts of stories have been circulat-
| ed over the alleged "nearness" of John
Jacob Aston. 1t has been frequently said
he is the thriftiest Aston of the line These
! stories may or may not be true, but As
| sembIyman John b. Stanchfield of New
| York tells quite a different story about
ed h.