The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-19

light, was slain by a spear whose shaft
was mtstietoe twig. This was bewitched
by Loki, the malevolent god of fire. until
IL swelled to the requisite size and was
given by him to blind Hodur, who threw It.
and Internationally struck Baldur when
the gods were at play. Frlga had made
everything in heaven and earth swear not
to harm Baldur but had left out the mis-
tietoe as being too slight and weak to be
or harm Baldur, however was restored
to life, and F'riga guarded the mistletoe.
which the gods determined should NOT
again have power to do any mischief I'M
less it touched the earth. For this reason
II Is always hung from the ceiling and the
vigilant goddess propitiated by the kiss, a
sign of goodwill.
Bonnets, says Harper's Bazaar, are sup
posed to be for more formal occasions
than hats, but ii Is difficult in these DAVIS
to decide what constitutes the difference
between hat and bonnet. as strings are
rarely seen excepting on the regular close
shapes worn by older women Most min
ute are those 70 be worn to the theater.
small piece of velvet exqulsltely en-
broidered in bright stones is twisted into
some odd shape that just covers the top
OF the head Directly in the center is
placed white aigrette with a jeweled
buckle, and the bonnet is finished There
are some which consist only of twisted
loops of ribbon; others have a band of
shaded roses behind a velvet bow, but all
are exceedingly small
Larger and more effective, and 10 be
worn at receptions, are also embroidered
velvet bonnets with white tips and a soft
roll of velvet about the face Some in
lace and velvet are In many respects like
a Charlotte Cordray cap. White and ell
the light-colored velvets are used. and the
jeweled work upon them is exceedingly
~tah a. 4 off Il.
are put differently to suit different faces
Sometimes there will be the three Prince
OF Wales tips, again just one-that a per-
rect feather-or bunch of two, but they
must always be put in to give hight and
a smart look
All black bonnets are. and always will
be, very smart. A charming and favorite
style IS made of bows of ribbon velvet
fastened in the center with fiat buckle of
rninestones. At the back two large ro-
settles of black mirror plush, each with a
nat buckle in the center finish the bonnet
Another style is in cap shape, with the
bow covering the front, but the bow is of
satin. Where economy has to be consulted
these bonnets are the best investment, for
they are smart enough for reception and
even theater wear, and yet do not look
conspicuous I'm the street.
To the unsophisticated girl and young
woman, says the Chicago Times Herald.
an empress, a queen, or a princess is, as a
rule, an object of envy. l do not mean i'll
natured envy, but kind Of feeling which
institutes covetous comparisons between
all the supposedly good things at the dis
posal or the highly placed parsonage and
the slender stock of similar possessions or
the girl or young woman in question who
INDUCES in such reflections. Notably Is
this the case when the thoughts revert to
nf al 10
cially nowadays the contents of a woman's
wardrobe are apt to beget more considera-
ton from her than the contents of her
larder, as far as the enjoyment of the lat
ter by herself is concerned / have known
d good many women who were perfectly
indifferent to what they wore. To have
plentiful supply of frocks jackets, hats
and bonnets is unquestionably the aver
age woman's idea of a foretaste Of heaven
upon earth. As such the empress, queen
or princess, who Is popularity supposed to
be able to spend without stint, is, to 4
great extent, a subject of envy to her
humber but above all to her most hum
bic sisters
Yet there are at the present moment sew
eral female sovereigns in Europe who, in
proportion TO their exalted station, spend
considerably less on their toilets than
many private women l could name. OF
course, | repeat, in proportion to their sta
ton, and ! also exclude soVereigns like
Queen Victoria and the Queen of Denmark
whose advanced ages render them no
longer susceptible to the dictates Of quick
ly changing fashion.
The heaviest item in the dress budget OF
the Empress Of Austria u.s. l should say
for tailor-made gowns and riding habits.
Queen the sovereign, as Worth imposed
them on Empress Eugene and Leroy on
Josephine and Marie Louise. Nearly all
n ON A.
portant namely the court ones, are made
in the royal palace at Berlin, where there
are Work-rooms directed by one of the en-
press readers. but actively superintended
by an experienced and technically efficient
dressmaker At ordinary times there are
not more than a dozen seamstresses en-
ployed, but just before some grand fetes,
or on the eve of q journey to a foreign
court the number is often increased 10
thirty or forty. Nominally, those work
rooms are merely intended for altering ana
repairing the empress wardrobes; in real
ity all her walking dresses, tea gowns ana
dressing gowns are made there and very
often q court dress is remodeled to do
duty second time, at less magnificent
reception But no such dress is worn a
third time in this way.
II Is picked to pieces and put up to serve
later on as a whole or in part IN the max
ing of another dress, for the material is
always expensive, and the strictest econo-
my prevails at the Berlin court The en-
peror himself sets the example. His uni
forms, Of which there are at least $50 diff
ferent ones, are done up" three or four
times, their collars and cuffs being merely
renewed.
Seeing that, according to my informant.
some Of the empress trains often cost be-
tween 5000 and $500. it IS not surprising
that the utmost care with regard to their
preservation should be observed. In spite
of this, the ladies OF the court now and
then receive a present in that way There
is nothing humiliating in this, for the GUS