The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-27

cOncerne tnat James Baley OF DIdQIOiu
who was married 70 the widow Mary Ba-
con Nov p last past by me ye subscriber
then declared that he took the said person
without anything of estate and that Lydia
the wife of Eliaze Burbank & Mary the
wife CT Thomas Stickney & Margaret the
wife of Caleb Burbank all of Bradford
were witnesses that the clothes she then
had on were of his providing & bestowing
upon her
William Balch, Minister of We Gospel
1t is noted by the same writer that in all
cases of smock marriages that have come
to his knowledge, the brides have been
widows.
1t is thought that during the reign of
George III, there were many smock mar
riages in Maine, then a part Of the prov
ince of Massachusetts Bay-chiefiy in Lin
coin and York counties, or in the territory
which is now so known. There is nothing
to show that the practice outlived the
Revolution In Maine, up TO 1852, a hus-
band was liable for debts of his wife con-
tracted before marriage. and no such sub
terfuge as the smock marriage could re-
lieve him.
Women don't miss it far when they say
that this seasons parasois are dreams of
beauty Many of them are so thin and
fluffy and cobwebiike that they almost
look as If they might vanish with handling.
The parasol is one of the so-called sum-
mer girls most effective weapons of at
tack and defense. ii is a pretty back
ground for her pretty face, and from be-
meath it she can hide or show her feelings
at will. 1t may seem queer to the men
folks, but the last thing a woman consid-
ers in selecting one parasol or whole out
lay is whether they will protect her from
sun and rain. The first thing she lends
a n aVa N iG a
tive fact that in every parasol department
there are large mirrors, before which the
women try their sunshades just as relig-
iously and revently as they do their hats.
The SWEETEST parasols for afternoon wear
are made of white. Some of the handsom-
est have duchesse lace covers in new de-
signs with panels, set on over black
chiffon foundation with black insertion
let in. The combination is striking. Even
more dressy but less expensive parasols
are made of white OF cream silk fish net
with fiounces of the same edged with mar
row satin ribbon. Another pretty design
is made of white chiffon fulled on and
trimmed with fluffy ruff1es of the same ma
terial edged with very narrow black vel
vet ribbon. White and black is the favor
its combination for dress parasols. A
new design is a parasole made of heavy
satin and entirely covered with full frilis
| ularly effective in cerise, turquoise blue,
and white, and will be much used with
| tailor-made suits of pique and duck. The
| handles of al parasols are much hand
somer and longer than ever before.
Ii is difficult, says the New York Tr-
| bune, for the people who are obliged TO
'skimp" and manage to make both ends
meet to realize that they get more pleas
| IRE ont Of life than those who can afford
to crafty their whms and who need not
| think twice before deciding upon any pllr-
chase that strikes their fancy. As Bridget
says in Elise there is a middle state
in which people are far happfer-if they
would only believe it-than those who are
well endowed with this worlds goods.
IA purchase is only a purchase, now
that we have money" continues Bridget
regretfully. Formerly it was a triumph!
When we coveted luxury i'm those good
| old times we Used 10 have a debate for
days before, and weigh the for and against
| and think what We might spare it out of
and what saving we could hit upon that
| could be an equivalent. A thing was worth
| buying then, when we fe.t the money we
paid for it!' A book an ornament, a
| plant, bit of china, piece of silver-al
had their value in the days of our sim
| plicity. Shall we ever learn that there
are better things in the world than money
can buy? Simple pleasures and happy
hours, that are unattainable by the rfchl
What are the young people made oil
nowadays that they dread poverty SC
much? Are not youth and health, and Il
sufficiency for absolute needs riches
enough? Does romance count for nothing
in these days of Mammon? Riches take
to themselves wings and flee away, and
as matter of fact and of statistics, those
marriages which, from a worldly point oil
view. seem most desirable often turn out
disappointing, while the young couple who
begin life with modest wishes and simple
requirements are apt, in their middle life
to bask in the sunshine of prosperity
Some author has said that comfortable
fortune is the supplementary youth Of
middle age. A poor supplement-, indeed
and one which those who possess the rea
thing need not envy, even although com
parative poverty may be its accompani
ment.
Mrs. John Jacob Astor is popularity sal,
to be the most beautiful young matron il
New York. This means that in addition Il
her beauty, which is indeed great but n,
greater than that of dozens of other wo
men in the same city, she unites all the at
tributes of wealth, family and position
which go such long way to making beau
ty noticeable. Mrs. Aston is of the type d.
Maurier admired and made famous. Hi
women were all tall astoundingly slender
with the length of line he gave the Ouch
ess OF Towers and Trilby, yet while Mrs
Aston has this figure she is neither thin
nor angular. Her face is sweet and pquant
she wears her dark hair in straight bands
her throat is long and her arms gentl,
nodded. She'is sylphlke in general effect
and rather girlish. When last seen at tn,
opera she was attred in a white dress
embroidered in silver, with white roses a
her belt and in her hair no jewels, excep
a single string of pearls.
| Fashions are said to be established il
Paris by collaboration of the dressmaker
who criticise and help each other in bring
ing out the best effects for new design
Others believe that the manufacturers ar.
the real designers. for they are response
BILE for the class of goods put on the mar
ket. and the dressmakers are thus com
PEELED to devise a proper way to use tn,
materials.
Two girls were discussing summer plan
and gowns In the Waldorf tearoom in New
York the other day.
Its perfectly fine that you are cominl
| TO Beverly" gushed one. You'll love IL