The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-07


ed that she came either from the south
or the west, for 1t was claimed that New
York girls had too much taste to apply
the brush to their round cheeks and paint
the lily rosy red. But, alas! all that is
changed now Taking a walk, one is sur
prised at the number of women whose
faces are made up in the most extreme
fashion. The lips are Redeemed, the brows
are darkened, the lashes are blackened
and red is applied to the checks in such
way that is intensihes all these colorings
and makes a pretty face look like a dolls
face and removes from the intelligent face
every appearance of good sense that it
ever had.
Occasionally a man admires a wom4n
who puts a dab of rouge Qor evening
wear only on her face clevt ;ly and skill
fully. When he realizes that she does
it to look prettier to appear in perfect
health or for some reason that will make
her seem more agreeable to him, then he
is in favor of it, but the average man,
detecting paint on a woman's face, es-
pecially in the daytime, is very certain to
object to it, no matter whether it makes
her look prettier or the otheS thing.
A man has good taste. He does not want
to gid refined gold. He knows that the
bright paint is not in harmony with the
hair and eyes, and he begins to wonder If
this special woman will be foolish enough
to use henna on her hair. become an east
ern blonde, so that her skin and hair
may be in harmony.
wonder when women will understand
that just as soon as they begin to fade
coloring the hair makes each one who
does it look at least ten years older, while
a face makeup adds about eight years to
her appearance? Consequently, if you are
30, you look IS If you paint, your face and
dye your hair. Whereas, by brushing your
hair well, washing your face clean and
wearing happy smile. you may look only
Is. The fact that men dislike rouge and
dts first cousin, the paint saucer, should
induce women to drop them and in their
places to choose a good brand of soap and
soft flannel wash cloth.
Men like a natural girl. They don't
want her to be natural In the sense of
being weedlike, but they like to think that
and the larger part of her anatomy is her
own, though they will forgive the use of
little curled hair to make one look bet
ter, because after all, if 1t is properly ar
ranged they don't know that 1t is there.
But they see the rouge, and they see the
dyed hair, and can you blame them If they
feel exactly as If they had before them
the Scarlet Lady, against whom there is
so much very loud haranguing? Every
well-bred woman ought to do her duty in
life, just now particularly, and her pres
ent duty consists in downing the use Of
the extra color and the encouraging of
whatever healthful exercise will make
the skin look we'll
Why should women who are naturally
pale care to have red cheeks? In the
great flower gardens there are only few
red roses, while there are no end of white
buds and of pale-hued flowers. Why
won't the average woman learn lesson
from the pretty blossoms and realize that
they are only worth admirng when they
are as nature made them and not when
forced to become black or green by some
scientific application given by learned
gardener? The green carnation was the
fancy OF a month. Let congress pass
law making the fancy for artificial redness
of the face fancy limited to week.
BY the bye, the woman with the made-up
face looks more bizarre than ever because
she is wearing so much black. There is a
mistake made by almost every dressmak-
er in regard to black. The average mod
iste says: Anybody can wear black. 1t
is suited to old and young, to the fat and
the thin, to the girl who is very healthy
or oVerpainted and TO the one who Is fair
as the lily" Now, this Is absolutely I'M
true. Black is just now very fashionable.
Therefore, 1t behooveth every woman to
know whether black suits her or not The
scarlet lady with her fiery red cheeks and
her made-up eyes and her henna dyed hair
is made to look forty times as loud when
she puts on black gown, as she did be-
fore. The somber color intensifies every
artificial aid to beauty and seems, in its
very blackness, TO call out, Look at the
red! look at the blue look at the black!
and see how l am made upp
The fat woman who has a black silk
gown, made with great simplicity, won-
ders as she stands IN front of her glass
that she looks stouter than ever; that
every pound of flesh seems to be announc-
ing itself She does not know that, in
stead of black silk, she should have chosen
some soft wool for her frock; that, in
stead of plain, she should have trim
med gown, for under trimmings both flesh
and bones are hidden. Perhaps she has
made even a greater mistake than getting
for herself a black silk gown, and has
look twice her own size, for as the light
comes upon ii the material acts as a series
of looking glasses and repeats her size
until she seems enormous. For evening
the stout woman should wear black vel
vet trimmed with lace. The softness of the
velvet apparently reduces her size, and the
lace In Its pretty frou frous does not call
attention to every overdeveloped curve.
For day wear. If she prefers black, she
should have a black wool, and that should
be a trimmed gown also.
The slender girl can easier afford to wear
plain black frock than any other since
putting some trimming on the shoulders
she will look broad there, while her waist
will seem small; but if she is wise she will
have an artistic decoration where she is
boniest and plain effects produced only
where 1t is counted smart to look small.
1t Is she who can wear the black satin,
the black brocade or the black silk; but she
must beware Of fiat trimmings of Jet that
IN their simple lines, do nothing but call
attention to angles. The black tulle din
ner dress is the refuge\aike of the stout
ana the thin woman. Properly made. il
brings out the best parts of each and con