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

The society girl of the present, with all
her boosted advancement in culture and
mould of thought says Sarah Powell in
the Philadelphia Times, will flout to scorn
the assertion that she is more superstitious
than her sisters of by-gone days. Yet such
is the fact, nevertheless, Each one in
truth, if she will but acknowledge it, cod
dies a little pet superstition of her own,
which holds her in thrall, in addition to
those cherished en- masse by her compan-
ions One young girl 1 know of who prom
ises to be among the most admired debu-
tantes of the coming winter, can never spy
pin lying on the hoor or sidewalk with
out STOPPING to pick it up. The resting
place of the tantalizing little object may
be far from immaculate and she in the
daintiest of visiting attire but over she
must bend at the risk of running forever
the tips of the light gloves and hopelessly
twisting the bones of her best tailor made
bodice, and secure that particular pin, or
she is sure the remainder of the day will
be an entire failure. Another is always
careful to hang her garters on the foot Of
her bed at night to insure peaceful SUM
Der. Another will never trim her nails or
the ends of her hair except on Saturday;
another can never be persuaded into re-
turning Immediately over the way she has
just come. If she had to go back she takes
the back stairway or the other side of the
street.
The McGregors a few hundred years ago,
you know, turned back from an expedition
over the same route and were demolished
by an unsupported foe in unsupported pur-
suit and into whose open arms the guile
lessly walked in consequence, and so on
to the end of the list. Besides all these Gin
ward Beliefs" every girl must wear an out
ward and visible charm of some kind now
adays other than those with which nature
has endowed her. The former, of course,
she processes to regard as purely orna-
mental as this latter, yet 1t would be hard
to find even one. would venture to wag-
er, who does not consider her destiny rul-
ed to a certain extent by the particular
style Of fetch to which fashion DEGREES she
shall pin her faith for the time being. Last
year it was the rabbits foot; this season
it Is the four-leaved clover. Not that the
latter idea is advanced as new, by any
means; it is merely new in its present
adaptation. For up to now it has been only
the clover which springs up Unexpectedly
in ones path in its quadruple form, repre-
senting all of lifes best gifts, "one leaf
for health, one leaf for wealth, one for
love, and one for happiness especial good
fortune. If found while enjoying a stroll
under the charming circumstances which
George Eliot describes as "a solitude
deny - the consider e0faSDQclallV
lucky.
The attempt to substantiate the idea
through the medium of brooches and pins
has also been a failure These were at
once voted common and utterly lacking in
the virtues of the real article. Recently,
however, the question seems settled in
fashion satisfactory to everybody, and this
IS the manner in which it has been accom-
plished. The smallest specimens only of the
clover are sought and gathered. These
are carefully dried so as to preserve their
natural color and then placed between two
tiny crystals. These crystals may be rimm-
ed with either silver or gold in the shape
of hearts, diamonds or circles, jeWeled or
plain according to individual fancy. The
main points are that the clover should be
inside and that every girl this season is
bound to wear one in one style or another
during the present season and upon every
occasion. If she doesn't, we will all know
why her winter fails of being the bowling
success anticipated.
An older woman, says the Baltimore
Sun, who has been through the maelstrom
called society, offers the following hints
to her younger sisters who are about TO
make their first plunge into the whirl:
1T takes some months she says, lin
many cases years, of the worlds fine pol
ishing to soften the little roughness and
those thousand and one incompletenesses
that embitter extreme youth and turn
every want of attention, every slip of
other peoples tongues, into perfect reg
iment of Sights.
In this manner many a girls first year
of social life is anything but the unalloyed
happiness of which she has dreamed.
The first lesson for debutante to learn
is that she is not the only debutante in the
room, and that every eye is by no means
fixed upon her Remember that each little
debutante is just as much occupied with
herself as you are, and each mother who
sits ranged against the wall Is thinking
very deeply of her own particular little
ducking that has turned so suddenly into
a swan. To realize this fact-that is, that
every one IS not looking at you-may be a
shock to the vanity, but ii will do more to
lessen that painful shyness so wisely call
ed by the French faux hante than any
thing else in the world.
mo one really knows or remembers
of the german or not, and if you are left
alone there is no use in worrying and feel
ing mortified until by the time some one
does turn up you have not the spirit left
TO make yourself agreeable.
Being a belle is often the merest acct
dent. A girl may have a lot of cousins and
brothers. who, with their friends, are de-
termined to make her a success. Then,
again. her parents may have asked a lot Of
people to some entertainment, and from
decency not snobbishness, the men who
have been invited are bound to meet and
show her some attention.
In all probability you are just as at
tractive as this particular girl who is hav-
Ing the better time, and ten TO one the
very men who are showing her attention
for the reasons have mentioned know it,
This Is "a most consoling thought if you
happen to be left alone
The most absolute necessity for being
favorite in every sense Of the word is
sweetness. Not surface sweetness, but
that genuine kindness of heart which
makes us considerate for all about us at
home as well as abroad, and which is just