The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-02

FROM that time she began to gain on
them, but it was not until she was II that
she really got the bit In her teeth. At
that time she started In on an era Of
growth that paralyzed all beholders. She
is now approaching eight and one-half feet
IN hight, and Is sim growing That is the
way with habit You let 1t get fastened
on you and YOU can't set rid of it, There
is no telling where Miss Ewing will be
when she is q.
used TO be embarrassed about my
hight she said to a woman reporter for
the sun the other day, but I've got over
that now. l walk to and from my board
ing place in Twenty street. and
OF course, people look at me curiously, bur
I'm used to it,"
How do YOU ever find a bed long
enough to sleep on?"
Il have to have two beds nut together
The chair l sit on is made especially for
me, you see. At home all my furniture
is made for me. / have my own bed. chair,
table and so on. We live on farm, but
we have near neighbors, and 1 have NV
own girl friends there the same as any
girl has here in New York"
Nv hat are your amusenCnts?"
principally riding and driving I am
very fond of horses. and ride horseback a
great deal. l weigh 257 pounds. but that
Is not too much for a strong horse TO
carry And l do a great deal of fancy
work"
The reporter glanced curiously at the
hands Of the giantess. She smiled.
They are pretty large" she admitted
and taking off one Of her rings. she siipped
1t over the reporters finger. 1t was like
putting mans ring on baby's finger
And yet 1t was tight on her own finger.
u nave to have pieces put into the
rings or have them made to order" she
said my gloves are made to order, too.
o.
size with the exception of the little fin
ger"
How many yards do you need for
gown"
about thirty never get less than
twenty-eight of ordinary width and about
eighteen of extra double width"
There are some disadvantages in being
a giantess, then?"
She nodded, emphatically
DO you eat more than people of ordi-
nary size?'
mot so much, think. I don't eat very
much meat. ! am fond Of fruit and cake
and things of that sort"
Miss Ewing's cousin travels with her
as a Compenion. She is of medium hight
and the contrast between the two IS very
amusing. While the giantess was talking
to the reporter the Russian midget was
down on the floor laboring with a peanut
which had been given him. The peanut
being pretty nearly as large as his hand,
Peter was having a struggle to break it..
The overgrown young woman from Mis-
souri, looked enviously at the mite from
Russia. 1t was like a living picture out
of "Gullivers Travels" She could have
picked him up between her thumb and
finger, but she showed no inclination to
do so.
'"They say that he has good sense" she
remarked meditaively, but he never
seems like 1t to me-" and she regarded
him much as a great, tolerant dog would
look at a little kitten that had won his
permission to exist. This is my first
year in the circus" she said finally. do
l Ike II? Oh -" with a shrug of her
ample shoulders. II like the country
| best"
It seems quite natural that any one
| built on such a generous plan would feel
more at case In the country where there
| is room to move about and plenty of ain
| to fill even such lungs as hers. The re-
| porter was thinking of this when Miss
| Ewing spoke.
Excuse me-" she said, "they want me
| to stand up" And IN response to a de-
| mand from the crowd she slowly rose to
her full hight. As she did so a murmur
Of wonder swelled and rose with her, and
/ she and the murmur lost themselves
| somewhere up toward the ceiling so high
| that 1t gave one a crick IN the back of
ones neck to look up and locate them
The reporter waited until the glantess sat
down again and so got within hailing dis
| lance and then shook hands very humbly
and came away 1t isn't every one meets
| the great ones Of the earth.
Tying her bonnet under her chin,
| She tied a young mans heart within
Queen Vctoria's diamond jubilee prom
ises to lead to a very wonderful fashion
revival. That Is the revival of early Vic
| torian fashions.
When the queen, now in her 18th year
ascended the throne, the poke bonnet was
the most characteristic feature Of femi-
nine attire. That was In the year 1897.
| The poke bonnet Is one Of the instltu-
tons Of 1887 which some daring English
| women propose q restore. The bonnets
have been ordered from very fashionable
| modistes, and they viii be seen before
! long in Hyde park
II Is not to be denied that a pretty face
| was uncommonly wen set Off by a poke
| bonnet. Those who have no personal rec
objection of this headgear may learn this
fact from old prints and pictures of tho
| better kind.
Nesting in the shady recess Of the poke
the fair face looked delightfully."- demure
ana klssable. Here IL may be remarked
| that the same sort Of face Is apt to pre-
! sent a similar attraction In any bonnet
whatever. SIN. the poke has its merits
and sometimes lent its assistance TO ma
! ture in a very artistic way.
| often the bonnet was trimmed with lace
/ in front, which hung down and added C
| the air OF curtaned seclusion, which the
/ wearer carried about with her The poke
was very appropriate TO a period wher
woman's chief quality was to be modest
and coy. The girl Of 1897 needed such a
| bonnet 10 hide her bushes and to shield
her as much as possible from the gaze OF
/ man and the sun.
That was an age when it was womanly
| not TO be able 20 eat more than a bird and
! physical weakness was considered highly
! becoming. No modest young woman
dreamed Of athletics or holding her own ir
the world with men, or indeed had q
chance to do any Of these things II Il
natural that fashions should have reflect
| ed I'm a way the ideas Of that age, which
Is a very much dead and gone age.
For some OF these reasons Il might ap
pear that the poke bonnet is not the mos
suitable headgear for the woman OF to
| day. But she Is bound 20 be surprising II
her dress. and so she viii revive the fash
Ions Of her grandmother Every fashion
that has ever been must be revived at som,
| time, and the process viii go on as long a.