The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05

the right length. And do not feel it
duty to brush the carpet each time a
neighbor calls to see you, else you will
become the victim to a dust pan and
brushl
When Josephine assembled the throne
says Goodyear's Magazine, her womanly
and luxurious instincts caused her to BAN
ish the ungraceful and assertive cos
tunes which were born under the reign
OF terror. Everything Greek and Roman
was admired, and the Empress and the
lovely Mesdames Tailien and Recamier
CARRIED themselves in degenerate Greek
apparel whose scanty skirts and deco
lete bodices scandalized the entire world:
however, in modified way, these styles
are extremely pretty, and were quite the
thing but a few years ago. Even now
they have not altogether disappeared, and
are still worn for ball dresses, but more
frequently for tea gowns.
During the reign of the burgeois King
Louis Philippe his queen. Marie Amelle,
inaugurated the full skirt and voluminous
headgear, which are still with us.
The last distinctive era of fashion was
that born in the time of the beautiful En-
genie, and one cannot declare that it was
quite original The lovely empress only
introduced the monstrous hoops of Queen
Annes day, and the diminutive bonnets
which appeared as if falling off the head,
and which belonged to no other period.
Since then fashion has been marked by
many vagaries and absurdities. We are
at the present time nothing if not eclectic,
and with the ruthless hand of a tyrant
appropriate whatever we choose from the
Swiss peasant maiden, the bolero from the
Spanish mule driver, the kimono from
the japanese belle and the sequin trim
mings from the Turkish dancing girl
hg
tributed its quota, SO that the costumes
of all civilized nations are veritable pot
pourri in cut, material and ornamentation.
Il do wish" remarked a woman the
other day, now that the season for teas
is under way, hostesses would pay a little
more attention to not only the quality of
the refreshment they offer under that
name, but also the temperature at which
! it is served. 1t is usually handed to a call
er at such a degree that it is impossible
| to drink it, and 10 sit holding a cup until
its contents cools off is not conducive to
ones enjoyment of either the tea or the
| conversation. For a change the French
! fashion might be well introduced at these
| functions. In many Partisan homes thick
! chocolate is substituted for the English
! drink, with the alternatives of clear con-
! somme, tiny cups of Turkish coffee or
Malaga wine, which is essentially a wo-
| mans wine"
4 young laundress, says Cosmo, thrust
a broken needle into her right hand while,
washing clothes. The needle having dis
| appeared in the flesh, the surgeon, who
was consulted several days after the acct
dent, refused to perform an operation,
| fearing lest he should be obliged to make
a large number of missions amid the lig-
aments of The articulation. Two months
afterward the girl lost the use of her
right hand and the least movement of the
| fingers caused her exquisite pain. Drs.
| Gorinewski and Cerestin then determined
to extract the needle with the aid of a
| magnet, drawing it into a heshy region
| where an incision could be made without
| danger. To cause this movement they
! chose a very feeble electromagnetic But a
| difficulty arose; the needle having entered
| point first il would have to be drawn out
/ backward, the broken part in advance
| The first trial lasted two hours with short
! intervals for rest, without appreciable re-
! suit. Before the third trial, the girl said
that she felt priclling in the palm of the
| hand near the place where the magnet
/ had been applied and where the needle
| ought TO appear. At the ninth sitting. fin
/ ally, the needle appeared beneath the skin
/ and came out whole broken end first
without pain and without loss of blood
/ 1t fixed itself to the pole of the electro
| magnet, and the young laundress was
! cured. This result-the drawing of a nee
/ ole through the nCSn-lS very remarkable
! In twenty-four hours after the first trial
this needle was extracted from the in
| side OF the hand after lying there more
than two months.
Christian husbands, when their dinner
parties turn out failures, are apt to grum-
| Bile at their wives fer the cooks INSIDE
meanors, but they abstain from the prac-
teal Style of rebuking practiced by the
I Celostials says What to Eat. Recently the
/ Chinese professor at a university gave a
| banquet to fellow professors, and was
! much put out because the cookery was not
/ to his taste. After time he got up. bow
ed solemnly said: GO lickee wife" and
| departed returning presently, smiling as
| blandly as usual, after having administer
ca judicious chastisement to his better
half.
A Christmas shoDper-one of the very
vanguard of the noble army now bearing
| down upon us-came home the other dav.
| says the Philadelphia Times reathless.
! battered and tired-well nigh speechIess
| Her faithful family flew to her aid and
| by dint of much effort succeeded in re-
suscitating her. Her breath returned; her
pulse though very weak could be dis
| cerned, and at length she opened her eyes.
| "Oh, the women" were the first words she
spoke. THE women, the women, the wo-
men. Never did see anything like them,
And if this is the way they act early in
the season, when few in numbers, what
wiz they be like as the season wakes and
when their numerical strength is over
whelming?" Here the shopper went off
into another state of coma, and was only