The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-20

| OF the women who have passed 40 do not
! I'VE IN France and stand in danger of
| the guillotine. Why? Because so many
| OF them have neoks that are shriveed up
IKE those of old chickens. or they are so
thlck and short that they seem TO have
| no necks at all. This Is the result of
oVerooyering the neck Our great-grand-
motherS, who even in winter time thought
nothing OF wearing a bodice cut low and
| VINO had never heard of pneumonia all
had lovely necks, but the next genera ton
| TOOK the low neck gown away from small
! children, not even allowing a baby's dim
| pied throat to show and the consequence
| Swell, you see the consequence. Nova
| days the small girl of fashionable position
| has her neck but thinly covered. while it
| gets its rubbing every day with the same
regularity that the hair is brushed. l
| don't mean that the small maiden is per-
| united to go on the street or out in cold
! weather not dressed warmly enough, but
do mean that in the house there are not
| five or six thicknesses of material and
lot OF tight Innings to keep the neck
from developing,
| However, the woman who hasn't pret-
| ~ neck has very good chance of hiding
| her imperfection just now There are some
women with great hollows just below their
| threats, but who have good backs, smooth
| white ana firm, so the knowing dress
! maker, having studied the art of dressing
the neck in Paris, cuts the evening bodice
| meant for these women very low in the
| back, showing its beauty, while she hides
| the hollows in front with innumerable
strings of pearls. If the woman in hand
| is narrow of shoulder, the clever modiste
| utilizes her stock to conceal that misfor-
tune. How? By arranging the stock prop
er in soft folds and then having enormous
| naring fans of lace, chiffon or whatever
| material is fancied standing out on each
SIDE IN such way that they give breadth
II the customer has broad shoulders, then
the stock is smooth, but plain, has Meth
| er rosette nor loop to break the contrast
| between the round throat and broad Shout
| ders and only an effective brooch placed
/ Just in front as a neck decora ton In the
house, where one may have the softest
neck dressing imaginable, the woman with
| a short throat must have on her matinee
OF tea gown, neither a frill of chiffon nor
an ordinary ruffie of lace, but a broad sail
| or collar of insertion and ribbon. which
| turns over to show the whiteness and
roundness of the column upon which her
head is set
The woman with a slender throat fol-
| lows the fashion of the day and wears a
| high collar or a pierrot ruffle of chiffon
lace or net. The slender woman, by the
way, must never make the mistake of hay-
| ing bodice cut V shaped. That would
| add length to her nose and give her face
a sharp appearance. If the neck Is to be
| open at all and the shoulders are not to
be displayed then my lady must have
| the broad square, which nowadays is call
| ed the Dutch square," and properly
enough, too, for it is copied from the
bodices worn by the pretty Dutch peasant
| girls The wise woman, when she wants
| to treat herself. buys a bit of real lace,
for she knows it may decorate a bonnet,
be twisted in jabot, worn as a cravat
/ and be left in ones will to ones special
| friend.
| BY the bye, if people were pawning
| souls l wonder what they would get for
| them? There are souls so mean and mar
row and abominable that l don't believe
even the Maryland coin known as "a fin
and Bit" which is really Ga cents. would
De given for them. But there are souls
that seem so overlooking with loving
| kindness, souls that seem to rise up and
| look out of the eyes as if they only knew
| sweetness and purity and light and vet
in these souls there is that awful awful
something that we call selhshness and
which means. Il will have what l want.
| and be anything that / want, and do any
thing l want and not be found out, be-
| cause / find the amiable business is the
most successful" What would you give
for a soul like that? eolored Chinese
coin with hole in the middle would be
all that it is worth.
Then there are good souls that are like
| We'll
and not TO shrink, provided the laundress
| understands how to wash them the first
time. These are good souls but not fine
| souls, not sympathetic souls not souls
| that seem to know the sorrow or the ioy
| OF another soul and to go out toward il
in loving kindness. Perhaps a nickel
would be offered for a soul like this Then
there are the souls that have had much
to bother them-that Martha like are
| troubled about many things-and vet they
| try to do their best, though perhaps the
way is not a pleasant one. a generous
| pawnbroker might offer a silver pieces for
this sort Of soul. And then there are
souls that have gone through the fire OF
life, been struck by the sword Of tempta-
ton, and like one sweet smelling leaf,
are sweeter than they were before they
were bruised, and for these even the pawn
broker would give gold and diamonds. for
| their price is above rubies, and the ruby
the costliest gem Of all-means intense
| love. and for IL souls have been lost and
souls have been gained.
ApropOs Of bodies rather than souls
have you seen the girl who, having been
Cooks tourist IN England now pro-
nounces Charles as II Il we're In two syl-
tables?
Don't you expect 10 meet the girl who
goes yachting for one afternoon and after
ward talks as " she spent her summer In
cruising and wears her yachting costume
day and night? AZ least, her Intimate
friends say that her nightgown has a
sailor collar on 1t.
Don't you expect 70 meet during your
/ peregrinations, that dainty young gentle
man who, having heard that the harsh
/ American voice Is objected 10 In London
| has got his tones down 70 low that you
/ cannot hear a VOID he says. and you are
| under the impression that his general
idiocy has affected his tongue7
Don't you expect to meet the man who
having played three games OF golf and
/ ridden a bike twice. does nothing but talk
Of athletics and outdoor sports7
Don't you expect 70 meet the child who
| h impairment through an the long sum-
/ mer days and who comes home In great
| need OF Immediate treatment from the pro-
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Don't you expect to meet on Broadway