The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-26

American girl is fitting around in her lat
est summer frock, which is apt to be a
silk one with a cloth bodice or jacket over
it. Her skirt is almost glovelike in its
fit, a tiny gore here and another there
making it smooth over the curves of her
hips, although in the back and around the
edge there is sufficient fullness to allow
mademoiselle to take the long steps which
she is just now affecting, because they are
suggestive of a summer spent in the open
air For all that her skirt is so tight at
the top that it causes the clubmen to won
der how she ever gets into it. 1t must be
said that neither a shoe-horh nor glove
buttoner is used for this purpose.
Her bodice is the new blouse Jacket,
which looks as if it were cut out of one
piece, because of its fulness, and yet which
is fitted in so mysterious a way since
it makes the waist look smaller and
brings out the breadth Of the hips and the
shoulders. That she must wear very
short stays, preferably those made of
straps of ribbon, such as Yvette Guilbert
fancied, is known to the good dresser, and
she does not mar her entire appearance
by assuming the long English corset that
would take away all shape from the new
jacket. AN American girl better than
any other, can wear this new bodice be-
cause she has the figure for 1t. Her En-
glish cousin is too long and too fiat. Her
French cousin is too short and too much
inclined to be lumpy.
The American girl is seldom over me
dunn size extremely we'll shaped about the
hips, achieves the line of beauty that
Henner taught us must exist in the femi-
nine back, and has a small bust. Her rect
are small and well shaped, shod to per-
lection, and any American seeing this ex-
ponent of good form should feel like rush
ing up to her, telling her how he admires
her and how vain he is at heart of the
American girl.
The American girl is the woman of the
century about whom everybody talks, She
is what Rudyard Kipling calls knowledge
able"-that is to say, she is willing to
know and she doesn't need to be told any
thing twice. The shrill voice to which her
cousins from over the sea used to object
has become subdued The wearing of ex-
pensive jewelry on the street has been Civ
en- the go by by this we'll bred girl, and the
curious inquisitiveness, really a form of
childishness, and funny desire to
know has become absolutely nil, since
she sits placidly and permits herself to be
informed.
She doesn't eat more sweets than any
other woman, and she is hundred times
more interesting to man than either
French or an English woman. When she
gets married, she loves her husband and
her babies, and you seldom see in her
household the violent and lasting quarrels
that are by no means uncommon in En-
glsh homes. She is worth a great deal
more to her country than either the Dec
laration of Independence or the tariff BILL
And If her own country doesn't appreciate
her then some other will, and she will be
taken off in the night and disappear as
mysteriously as do most other blessings.
So it's just as we'll for the American men
to be considerable of her, for she is well
worth It, and, after all, as finanelers our
men are great ones for looking out for the
value of things.
picturesque figure is missing from the
streets. 1t is the soubrette. She has
gone to join her company on the road, but
l regret her beautiful audacity and her
happy little face 1t was saucy face,
but not a wicked one. The soubrette
ICES what knowledge she has in a decided
ly fascinating way. During the summer
she had on, nine times out of ten, a dark
blue or black skirt that had been pressed
and sponged, mended and altered and
evidently seen a great deal of service.
With it she wore a shirt waist and a natty
belt, and drew that belt in so that she
measured just IS inches about the waist.
Her sailor hat was tilted over her face,
and her hair was arranged in the latest
fashion.
The wife of a millionaire may be abso-
lutely ignorant of it, but the, soubrette and
the shop-girl can always arrange their
l1a oft r loto foe,
seem to know how to do it without being
taught. But it was at the waist and the
feet of the soubrette that one must look to
see her charm. No matter how shabby
the skirt her shoes were as bright as pos
sible, and her black silk stockings were in
the best condition. Having an eye for
good effect, she rather fancied at standing
some place near the corner talking to the
heavy villain of the play, and sometimes,
quite unconsciously, one hand would go on
her hip and one foot would come out from
under her skirt as if she were going to
do bit of a dance.
She was always laughing-she laughed
as she was drinking soda water because
it was so cool and she laughed when she
was eating clam chowder because it was
so hot. She didn't seem to have a care
in the world, but, dear soTI, we don't
know what her cares werel To us she
was girl who danced and sang in a sort
Oh variety pay ana yet, somehow, Wneu
pass the corner and she isn't there and /
remember the heavy villain, do hope he
isn't playing his part off the stage as well
as on 1t. And l give a sigh and wish that
next summers sunshine may look down
on the little soubrette and find her as
merry as ever, and on the heavy villain
with the clearest of consciences.
Apropos of girls. 1 am reminded that we
are to be atrociously Greek again this year
and wear those low, short wasted bodices
for evening. 1 say "atrociously" Greek
because the right girl with the right fig
ure never seems to get one of these artis-
tic gowns. Instead, frumpy looking wo-
men, who are so thin that they are pain
full to look at, or women fat to beefiness,
choose them, and the result is something
perfectly disgusting. Funny, isn't it.
that these old fools never seem to realize
that while we keep the babies-the real
new babies-all bundled up the same rule
ought to apply to them. But second child
hood and seminudity seem to be the COM
bne fancied.
A lady who is over 30, whose skin is like
parchment, whose bones seem to crack as
she walks, but who because of her great
wealth is invited everywhere, persists in