The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-25
Copyright. 1897.


The belt is largely responsible for the
popularity of the chatelalne. A white
leather belt. with a gold serpent for it's
! buckle, has a nude look unless there
hangs from it's left side a gold chate-
| laine shaped like the half Of a devil
fish, with the long gold chains from
each of his points tipped by some gold
toy. There's the key in gold of my lady's
| Jewel case and the key, also in gold, of
my lady's travelling bag; there's a golden
set of tablets and a golden pencil, with a
star sapphire set in the end, that doesn't
write; there's a tiny gold walnut that
| opens and shows a wee little powder puff;
there's a pair of gold scissors gold PEN
knife, a gold scent bottle, some odd gold
coins, indeed any little trihe that costs
| a lot of money and that may come in a
| basket of roses with somebody's compli-
ments for somebody elses chatelaine. In
addition to the chatelaine, there is, tucked
| away in the belt, a small purse of knitted
| gold but it is on the end of the long
| thin chain that is about the neck. And
| then there's the chatelaine watch. 1t may
match all the other belongings, or it may
/
time means much to the summer girl,
since she has trains to catch. it must be
a watch that goes. In Paris every gold
chatelaine has all its tiny belongings stud
ded with the gem that my lady has Sc
lected for special wear this season. Per-
| haps she has chosen the ruby, the gem
| that signifies intense love; perhaps she
! has selected emeralds, because they will
bring her good health; perhaps the gilt
tering, ever-changng catseye is her
choice, for it will fetch her good luck, or,
prettiest of all. she may take the tur-
| quoise, that perfect blue, coOl-looking gem,
because it will make her friends true to
| her, but whichever has been her choice
it must appear in the handle Of her par
| asol the brooch at her neck, the rings on
her fingers, the buckles on her shoes, the
| comb in her hair as well as the necklace
that encircles her pretty neck. The
| Frenchwoman is nothing if not consistent,
| and when she chooses a color or gem it
reigns triumphant until another caprice
causes her to cast 1t aside and forget it.
The most severe critic of the belong
| ings Of womankind is the laundress. She
| gauges ones social position as well as the
| length of ones social position by the kind
| of underwear she has il in her power to
| make beautiful or otherwise. Too often
she prefers that they shall be otherwise,
| and rags and rips and bits of torn lace
| are all that represent much money and
| the laundress strength Of hand. One bit
| of machine sewing on fine underwear and
| your laundress disapproveS of you. The
| young woman who has decorated her be-
longings with tucks done by the sewing
a. l. n i'm
| and develop the muscles of her arms II
| she wishes to retain in the eyes of her
| laundress the position which is hers by
| right The wise maiden has but a few
pieces of each kind of underwear but her
lingerie Is fine of its kind and whether
she chooses to wear linen cambria, silk
nainsook or lawn the sewing must be of
that wonderful kind which is done in the
convent or else, being equally fine, the
| work of some decayed gentle-woman who
is paid a very good price for 1t. While
the silk petticoat has retained its vogue
fine materials that wash better than silk
are chosen for garments that must touch
| the skin. But, OH the wonderful petit
| coats! The very latest, which is as care
| fully fitted as if it were a glove, being
| smooth about the hips and faring below
the knees, is of pale gray and lavender
| changeable silk, with its front and sides
hand embroidered in hower-de-luce in
| white, silver and gold thread. Every
| stitch of the embroidery is done by hand,
| and the flowers are so close together that
| IL seems as IL they must be brocaded in
the silk rather than worked on 1t. Its cost?
| Well II costs more than many diamond
| ring, though nothing like as much as a
| political position. IL may be bought for
$50.
Pity tbs. tits true but at the seaside or in
| the mountains there is really the most per-
| fectly open and general use of powder and
| aogr, al w Qn
| the women who INDUCED in such doubt
| full Injuries did il very secretly and trust
| ed that nobody knew about IL, but all
that has been changed. Nowadays mad
| emoiselle's best young man does not hes
| itate 70 tell her that she looks a little
| tagged out and that he thinks Just a
| touch of rouge" would improve her APP
| pearance, or, If he decides she has too
much on he will walk her Off to some quiet
| corner, tell her so, and, taking out his
| Immaculate linen handkerchief. daintiiy
| shade it of for her. Some girls are adopt
! ing a fashion peculiar to English women
and rouging themselves quite up to their
! eyes. II is a fashion that is neither pref
| ~ nor refined. The English girl lacks the
| Americans girls ability 10 make up her
face artisucally, and the American girl,
| believing herself clever copies stupidity.
some OF the so-called beauties are made
to have such burning red compilations that
| they look as II an apoplectc stroke were
imminent and remind one OF the ladies ia
| the heather lands who refused to receive
| any articles OF civilized wearing apparel
/ except the stays. Then each required the
| services OF two strong warriors to pull
them sufficiently tight 20 suit them, and
| the glow they got la their faces and the
| size their waists proclaimed answered
| exactly 10 those OF a smart girl well known
| among the Four Hundred
| Missionaries attempt 60 say that tight
/ lacing women are dying out hut l don't
believe women die from overlacing. They
! grow ugly-they certainly do-their noses
| get red, their skins have a muddy look.
and their eyes lose their luster, but they
don't die. Providence keeps them on
| earth as horrible examples. My own espe.
| clal FAD Is that a well fitting corset Is a
/ Joy forever. but when Il comes TO wear
| ing those horrible corded waists or health
| bOdices In which one Is bound TO wriggle
| feel tempted 20 ask, why should a wo-
| man wrlggle?" There Is certainly nothing
pretty IN the act, and n she were n child
/ she would undoubtedly receive what In
/ my VOWuWnF dnVa WA Lnrtyu ~ "a tss.r,.