The morning news., 1897-01-03

| graVely entered in his note book, and
each of which they all had the JOY OF
! hearing afterward quoted as "one or
| those dreadful American colloquialisms
which are constantly used in their best
| society,""
The following, says the Philadelphia
| Times, is said to be the unfailing signs of
the well-groomed woman:
She never betrays the fact that her
| gown has a placket.
She never wears any but the neatest
| of shoes and gloves.
She never appears otherwise than i'm
maculate. Her linen is irreproachable.
She never permits unsightly wisps of
hair to stray over her collar or about
| her temples.
She never wears petticoat that would
not stand the critical inspection of her
greatest foe.
She never uses scent or extract. She
and orris sachets.
She never appears conscious and is not
afraid to stand with her back to her most
| intimate friend.
She never looks artificial Her skin is
| clear and, above all, clean, suggesting the
abundant use of soap and cold water
"The girl" says the New York Tri-
bune. "who wakes up some morning this
winter, after a dance or a dinner of the
| evening before, to find that she has be-
come a beauty overnight may experience
| some delicious thrills of satisfaction as
she looks about her boudoir at the floral
offerings awaiting her, but it viii be the
| bliss of ignorance said a girl when in
! terviewed on the subject of "belles."
1T has always been hard task to live
up to the reputation of a professional
| beauty, but it is more difficult now than
! ever before. 1t will cost more time,
| money and endurance this winter than il
| has ever done, for the fads and frivols of
! this winters girl are more numerous than
ever, and the Beauty Girl must go in for
all of them.
Twenty five years ago a slim waist and
an ability to faint gracefully and readily
were all that was required of belle. To-
day she must be 'faddy, fashionable,
athletic, Intellectual musical, many
sided as a kaleidoscope, and must keep
| up her reputation as a beauty, while at
the same time possessing few physical at
| fractions.
Every few beauties so called, are real
| ly beautiful in a physical sense. 1t is
| some charm of manner or converse tion,
some trick Of pose or costume, that makes
| the beauty of to-day. 1t is the charm of
popularity that wins the title, especially
| of popularity with the men. The beauty
| girl goes to some dance or other function
| soon after her debut, perhaps. She is fire.
| quently gowned, but no more prettily than
| half a dozen other girls in the room. But
| before the evening is over to her has been
| awarded the invisible blue ribbon of fem
| mime supremacy.
"In older parlance she would be called
| a belle The men crowd around her. de-
serting the other girls They want her to
| dance with them, to walk or to talk with
them, and her own surprise makes her
| radiant, while others look on in hushed
| wonder. The beauty girl knows that she
| has not half the pink and white and gold
| that marks little Miss Blue Eyes over
| the corner, but she does not question her
supremacy. She accepts it with the con-
descension Of queen, and her beautyship
| is assured.
1.-THE next day she will wake from her
| prolonged rest to find boxes of violets and
roses at her feet besides invitations by
the score; for, while women do not ex-
actly love the professional beauty, they
cannot afford to neglect her. She soon
| becomes Indispensable to fashionable
| function.
but his winters beauty girl has a hard
| contract on her hands Besides the at
| tention which she must bestow on her
personal appearance, which will take
hours of her time each day, her clubs and
! charities, her teas and parties, fads and
! frivolS will be legion. Were she ten girls
| instead of one she could hardly keep up
with the calls upon her time. A day in
! the life of a Beauty Girl does not begin
| until nearly noon. Into the hours be-
| tween then and or in the morning she
must crowd engagements with her doctor,
| her dressmaker, her tailor, and her
| friends. She must write notes and an
\ swer them, unless he has a secretary
| whom the really up-to-date girl now has
during q season. She must attend lunch
| cons and teas and dinners to such an ex-
tent that the sight of food becomes un-
! pleasant to her. and she must dress and
dress and redress from the moment of her
rising until she finally sinks to slumber
| in the morning.
zone of the newest fads of the Beauty
Girl this winter will be her milk baths,
| taken twice a week, together with the
| daily plunge after rising. The maid will
| pour two or three gallons of pure sweet
milk into the porcelain tub and will dilute
! il with lukewarm water until ii is the
| proper temperature for a beauty bath.
] After this important morning function is
concluded her mistress will put on a soft
/ neeligee gown, while her feet and hands
are carefully kneaded with soft creams
and lotions, and the nails polished and
| filed to a state of perfection.
"Then breakfast-just bunch Of grapes
or an orange, with a cup of tea and a roll
/ without butter Meagre IL must be- no
! matter how hearty Miss Beautys appe-
/ lite. for are there not two breakfasts
/ staring her in the face, with a club lunch
| con later on After breakfast she rests on
a cushioned couch drawn up by a sun
| sblnny window and looks through her
| dally mail, debating acceptances or re-
! grets and, perhaps-but not often-there
! may be a letter in a dashing masculine
! hand. which she puts aside to answer her
| se1f when the others are done. But the
Beauty Girl who wishes TO be a success
must must keep her sentiments in train
! inc Even a very little love affair viii
! nrove a detrimental obstscle which will
cause her popularity to wane early in the
"she will start with a sigh when her
maid tells her that 1t Is o'clock, for no
tic<inr timepieces are endured by her,
and She will hastily don a tailor gown and
rush off to her dressmaker's in a brough-