The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-09

the color Of the hair. these brilliant ornaments
arc ,yery. becoming. DaEEers for the hair arc
amber and nrc embelilshed with American
pearls and scni-proci0us stones. Then. too,
they come In silver. silver gilded and gold.
There comes a time IN every womnn's life
when she longs to DO a belle. She may not so
much as confess 1t TO herself at that time. but
In after years, IL questioned. she Is likely to
frankly confess that che once hankercd after
being the most popular woman in her set. This
Is a laudable ambition. for n woman has 10 love
to be loved, and nothing expands the germ Of
true womanlincss like reciprocity in dealing
with affection According to the Baltimore
Sun, an old woman who was and is still n great
belle in that city gives some sound hints TO
those who would be bellies. Among other things
she says:
"Thc most absolute necessity for being a IA.
vorite In every sense OF tho word Is sweetness.
Not surface sweetness. but that genuine kind.
illness OF heart which makes us considerable for
all about us at home as well rs abroad, and
which Is just as sure to make itself evident as
the tearose is bound TO cxhale its exquisite per.
inmc. Never say mean things about any one.
Your hearers may laugh Mt the time, but In
suffer, and one by one they will drop away from
ffidIsniIee. 'A''s Is nothing :" "0'O'"'''' A'''"s as
Never try to keep n man with you against
twice. but he is bound to feel more or less
stuck, and in the end will avoid YOU. After
all. your b~ellcdonl is not for one or two years,
but perhaps for u good many, especially in
America. where the girls marry late. and you
don't want to make friends for only ono season.
Accept attention with so sweet u Willingness
that the other will be positively glad he offered
1t. and u you have TO decline. do II rs graciously
and us kindly as you can"
There is no use denying the fact that women
are developing quite a fondness for the cigar
cite. And why shouldn't they II smoking is
soothing to man it is only reasonable to suppose
that 1t is equally soothing to woman, and II she
is willing to take the evil which some persons
contend grows out Of the inve:erate use of the
little innocent.looking rolls OF paper and to-
bacco, she should get what good there is in 1t,
too. Men may argue about tho look OF tho
thing" all they have mind to, but women 90 on
smoking Just the same. Who says so Why
the dealers in cigarettes and in cigarette cases.
I'VE sell on an average Of five ladies' cigar
cite cases q day" said n silversmith who makes
n specially OF them. Three years ago q wo-
MAJ who smoked had to content herself with n
mans case. The newest design for men and
women is made OF cork and mounted in silver
or gold. This makes q stunning case when
studded with rubies, emeralds. amethy SITS, or
carbuncles. For a long time both men and wo-
men have complained that they found the
metal cases too heavy and too thick. The new
cork case Is as light almost as q feather. is
TO Mt comfortably against the BODY when car
ried in the inside coat pocket By touching a
spring q cigarette is pushed up SO that the
smoker can readily remove II. The cases for
ladies are not more than one-half the size OF
those. for men. They come high but the dear
girls who smoke must have EN-"