The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-30


sort, l take it. If you are ever in Lon
don in the season, drop a pasteboard on
use "
The wonder now is what novel and dis
tinctive guise the Easter hat of this year
will assume. 1t will have to be either a
marvel of severity and simple elegance
with the fur, feathers, spangles and other
repedtions of old-time savagery wholly
eliminated, or else it must be a model
from past centuries, with sugar-loaf
crown, half a yard or more high, or with
brim nearly as wide as the shoulders, a
la Duchess of Devonshire.
There's all the difference in the world
between a dressed-up person, says the
New York Sun, and one who is well
dressed. II used to be the fashion for
men, women and children to dress up;
that is, to put on their best Sunday go
to-meetin' clothes" as provincial people
down South call them. But that day has
passed, ana il is now the thing to be well
dressed. The well-dressed man and wo-
man look as if their good clothes belong
to them while the dressed-up individual
always has the air of belonging 10 his
clothes. You can spot a dressed-up per-
son anywhere. particularly woman. She
smooths her gloves as one smooths de-
sira BILE new acquaintance; she pats the
tufts and frills and folds of her gown as
one pats child whom he would know
better, and she tugs at her hat and peeps
at her shining boots as if she feared they
would run away from her a well-dressed
woman never does any of these things.
She IS unconscious of her fine attire, De-
cause she is used to it. Men aren't a
whit behind women in this matter, so all
the women say. They declare that a
dressed-up man looks even more awkward
than a dresSed-uD woman
why what do you think man said to
me the other day?' exclaimed a pretty
young woman to a group of friends.
when l asked him to stop and dine with
us on his way to a swell reception in Har-
lem, he answered: oh, / should like TO
my dress suit
:" L thought a dress suit was the proper
thing for a man to wear when invited out
to dine l remarked, quite humbly, and
I'm sorry you can't come, because I've in
vited a charming girl here that evening
whom I'm anxionus for you to meet
8" I'll tell you what let's do he said,
with a great show OF enthusiasm. Let's
all wear full dress, and see how we shall
act and feel.
"'Act and feelv fairly yelled. DO you
feel differently when you wear swallow
tail coat, and act differently.
Yes he said. You know perfectly
d
certain degree artificial when in full dress.
and l should like to study this friend of
yours that way, and then see what she
is like in street gown. I'd like to COM
pare my impressions of her.
Agreed. L answered; and 1 thought TO
myself that girl will give you an impress
sion you won't forget soon. i told her
what he had said, and she was Immense
ly amused IN impress him. she re-
marked: and l asked no questions. bun
awaited Developments The night came
and you can imagine how curious | was
to see how my friends would conduct
themselves. The man was very digni-
fed, much more so than usual, spoke more
deliberately than common, and gave me
the impression that he had just come from
"a laundry stiff, starched and carefully
ironed. The girl, well ! thought should
sink under the table. l never saw such
airs as she gave herself. She rolled her
RS and eyes, used broad az that would