The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-10

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.,.4 MIA, is known as the French figure
/, means "Avaunt! all spider waists
r, means Go to the demnition bowwows
.r We who lacer and it also means Good
.--rri1e TO the woman who wants to be
rsaltav." The why and the wherefore?
as..gse that most fascinating bodice,
.,o,73r h called the Russian blouse prop
sr,y called the blouse jacquette. demands
GOOD broad shoulders, a waist in harmony
and well developed hips. We may expect
to see Vulnerable loose, slovenly looking
tl5Y=as suggestive of breakfast jackets
drawn in under belts, and these will be
called Russian blouses! Now, the zeal
raesian blouse, or blouse jacquette, is a
,.ri,5be 10Y forever 1t is cut out of one
huge piece, fits properly in the back, is
a3orably loose and yet well MT
ring in front, and as perfect
Il, shared that it would retain its
na-itioa without a belt or sash ribbon
a. any dainty woman were willing to
omit it. The Russian blouse q call it
thar. since the world at large does) de-
nands not the high busted, long waist
Cd many boned stays of the past, but
i, calls for the short, healthful little cor
set that has in it but few bones and
tr.t is simply intended as a comfort and
moi as d means whereby, through tight
facing. one may gain red nose, a dull
complexion and the dyspepsia. No. These
stavs making fashionable the low bust
and showing the easy, natural curves of
the form, could have been worn with COM
TORT BY Eve when she started in to as
sumo ig leaves. Probably she made just
such stays out of big leaves and laced
them together with ribbon grass. There
is no telling what woman will do. But
TO wear with your black skirt, If you wish
to look smart. have your dressmaker
make you the proper Russian blouse,
wear those most comfy of stays under
il and let the world see how beautiful is
me natural figure as permitted by civili-
zation, The woman with an eighteen-lnch
waist is a fright. Nine times out OF ten
she is laughed at by men, and ten times
out of ten women who understand realize
that she has no end of bodily woes and
is abominably bad tempered-the result OF
light lacing
A famous French corset maker advises,
in lacing ones stays, that three sets of
silk laces be used. One starts from the
top and ends midway between the top of
the bust and the waist; the next begins
there and reaches to the same distance
below the waist; then the next is placed
so that it goes through the remaining eye
let's Then when your stays are put on
the upper lace is drawn so that the bust
expands properly, and that lace is tied
NOT to he undone. The second lace IS kept
loose, for there are, as every woman
knows, changes in ones waist measure
ment The third lace, like the top one,
is arranged to fit and does not need TO
be changed from time to time. The
Frenchman who advised this understood
the feminine figure, and if YOU who are
feminine, doubt his wisdom, all that can
advise is that you try his method. But
remember that for the winter we are to
have the Russian blouse and the French
figure.
When I saw the new short gloves in
their wonderful fawn and gray shades
with pale blue, bright scarlet or rose
stitching on the back, l said TO myself, my
most complacent confidante, This means
the revival of the braceletr' And it is
here. A well known matron wore at
first night a bracelet that told that it
came from the land of mystery-India
The background was of that soft gold in
which the Indian workers take so much
delight. and on this circle was set every
known and l do believe every unknown
gem uncut. The effect was marvellous
4 pink pearl claimed your eye resting on
an opal, next to which was a black pearl
that simply made more brilliant a glow
ing ruby. There were turquoises
in three different colors; a dark
and a light amethyst made
a wonderful contrast, while perfect en-
erald seemed to be throwing out ray Of
hope as it rested closely to a milk white
pearl. The ordinary everyday bracelet
designed even by the extraordinary jew
eler sinks into insignifcance beside this
wOudrous band of ever-changing color,
color which can be traced to the opal and
pearl, turquoise and emerald, ruby and
diamond, chrysoberyl and chrysoprase,
onyx and amethyst. Alexandria and
moonstone, garnet and sapphire and all
The magnificent family of gems that are
q delight to the artistic or poetcal mind.
The bands of rubies or of rubes alter
mating with diamonds of emeralds alter
mating with diamonds continue in fash
ion and will be seen at even the most
quiet evening affairs. By the bye, speak
ing of diamonds when l heard that they
would al once have a pair of diamond
buckles for my slippers; but, oh, dear
me! the people who know say that a made
diamond costs exactly three times as much
as one dug from the soil.
But to return to bracelets All of us
can't have a bracelet from India, but some
Of us can get such circle as is worn by
the Chinese women. My lady of the Chi
lese -Four Hundred wears a bracelet of
gold; she of the One Thousand chooses one
Of silver, while that one of the many mil
lions who has no social standing, doesn' t
choose al all, but has TO take the kind Of
bracelet which she can get, and that is of
non. In pattern these bracelets do not diff
ierbeing a twist of the metal large enough
TO be slipped over the hand not, however,
complete circle. The Chinese ladies are
very far sighted in collecting many of
these bracelets, for whether they are of
gold, silver or iron, they are real and sol
Id. Consequently, whenever Nine. Chinois
gets a little hard up she doesn't make a
racket in the establishment by trying to
get a little more than her usual allowance
rom monsieur, nor does She borrow from
her woman friends or play against her
ldck a poker. Not she. She simply march
as OF 70 the place where they make the
money, takes off her bracelets, throws
ettm IN one side of the scales, and the
""iIslns money maker heaps up the other
SIDE OF the scales with money until the
weight of the bracelet is reached. You see,
as lnere is no work on it. il is worth eX-
"''lN what il weighs in the money of the