The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-21
FACTS OF FASHIONABLE GIRLS,
HOW They Utilize Their Time at Socia-
bleS.
Some Big Price-Girs Who
weary Matte of Special Interest

or her own home for future generations
to admire.
Another fad which has overtaken the
fashionable girl is the selling of her old
gold, and by this 1 mean all the old gold
mountngs, heavy bracelets, big, crude
brooches and inartistic pieces of jewelry,
that have accumulated within the last
nifty years. OF course the best jeweler
gives her absolute value for the gold, and
then for 1t she may take either a modern
piece or select some bit of silver or gold
in the way of toilet uttensil that will last
her for a long time and stand as a rep
resentative of her economy. The only
daughter in an enormous family, who
managed to collect many bits of the pre-
cious metal, Is more than delighted be-
cause in exchange for it she got six beau
tiful gold thimbles, and these she will of
fer as prizes for the daintiest work done
in her sewing class. This work will be,
not embroidery, not cross stitch or knit
ting, but exquisite fine sewing done on
linen cambria, and with such a needle as
only fairy can manipulate 1t is fine to
know that our girls are approaching the
delights of needlework, and 1t is good to
know that among our very wealthy people
such industry is encouraged, since there
IS no woman in the world who can af-
ford to be ignorant of this strictly femi-
nine art. Who does not know how many
a sorrow has been lessened while one
set regular stitches, and how many
joy has been increased as the hopes grew
with each flying visit that the needle made
the cloth?
One naturally connects needles and pins,
for, according to Mother Goose, through
needles and pins the average trouble in
the world is sure to begin. But, apropoS
of pins it would seem as if the husband of
to-day would be forced to- give his wife
absolute pin money, as he did in the days
of Queen Elizabeth, when pins were sold,
not by the dozen papers, not by a single
paper, but by the half dozen, and she
thought herself fortunate who possessed
round dozen of good pins, but to-day to
hold up the fancy neck dressing to catch
the veil in place, to arrange the lace era
vat, there are very small gold pins, each
with a tiny gem just at the top. OF course
these are mere chips, but they are suf-
ficiently good to make a pin cost from IS
cents to 81 apiece. For her who wears
much purple there are pins set with small
ameIhysts; for her who is devoted to green
there are pins topped off with emeralds,
while for her who loves the pale blue
shades there are pins that have turqoise
at the top. The tiny pearl headed pins
hage been on sale for a long time, and the
imitation ones so zrearly resemble the real
that few women are willing to pay 81
O piece for the real and the imitation
| may be got for Is cents a dozen.
In addition to the pin inches long, with a
single stone at the top, there is shown a
pin a little longer, with a cluster of stones,
and this is made after the fashion of a
safety pin. Its use? To hold the very high
stock of chiffon or lace or whatever the
| gauzy material may be close to the hair
| Undoubtedly the light fingered gentry will
| find no trouble in removing these pins al
| though they are supposed to be perfectly
| safe, and for that reason 1 imagine that
those on which semiprecious, or imitation,
| stones arc used will be in greater demand
than those showing the real gems Be
cause you wear rhinestone pin you must
not imagine that you are achieving vul-