The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-06

( Baltimore Sun. She was the winner of the
! first prize az the Harmonic masked ball.
The idea OF the postage stamp dress was
J suggested to Miss Warltz by friend who
\ had seen one a. a masked bah in Vienna.
! Miss Warlitz thought it worth repeating,
! and appealed 10 her friends for aid in col
| lecting stamps-stamps of all countries
| United States Ordinary stamps. revenue or
! special delivery, Spanish, French. Swiss,
! Italian, Dutch, German, even Chinese
| any old thing was acceptable, just so it
was a stamp. A few Of the 30,0OO were
bought from stamp collectors. The most
valuable, so far as face value goes were
| a l5-cent United States stamp and a 25-
cent Mexican one. but some of the for
eign stamps were quite rare and could not
be replaced for anything like their face
value.
Five weeks were spent In stamp collect
ing and three in making the dress, which
consisted of a short, full skirt and round
waist, with long. full sleeves. The foun-
dation of the dress was muslin. On this
the stamps were pasted and not an inch
| of the muslin was left uncovered. The
skirt was cut by a circular pattern, and
after it was fitted the design on the front
was drawn upon it I'm pencil. Every de-
tail of the design was carried out accu-
rately.
an eagle. made of brown Columbian
stamps Suspended from the talons was
a globe made of very old two-eent blue
revenue stamps. the merldians being out
lined by the narrow title borders cut from
Columbian stamps. On either side the globe
was an American flag the stripes of blue
one-cent stamps and red two-cent stamps;
the stars of the blue stamps.
Except where Il was taken up by the de-
81 on he 81 gtrfnpd--nOt
down, but around. 1t was finished at the
bottom by a border of brown Columbian
stamps, 100 in number. Above this were
three rows of the red two-cent stamps,
then another row of the Columbian, then
more of the red, and so on to the top
Blue instead of brown Columbian stamps
We're used in one of the rows; in another
the large green medalions cut OUT of the
stamped envelopes, and in another a series
OF stamps of all values, from ] up TO Is
cents.
The foreign stamps were pasted on the
bodice in the form OF shield, the center
of which was made up OF portraits of
Washington cut from revenue stamps.
The fun sleeves were made of blue and
red stamps, and were finished at the hand
with cuff of foreign stamps.
The bodice was fastened In the back,
and after ii was on strip of stamps had
to be pasted on to hide the fastenings.
A large Leghorn hat covered entirely
with red and blue stamps was worn with
the costume, and a pink mask and a
round fan covered with the red stamps,
was carried. Over the shoulder was slung
tiny red mail box, with the letters u. S.
NJ in gilt on it.
The wearer of this unique costume is a
daughter of DR. Gustav Warlitz of 27
North High street Miss Warlitz has big
brown eyes and dark hair, but 10 COM
plete her disguise she wore blonde wig,
and even her best friends were amazed
when she unmarked
Miss Warlitz' mother and sister helped
her to make the dress, but the plan was
kept a close secret, and whenever visitors
would come in the dress would be hustled
out of sight. After everything was fin
ished it seemed as though the trouble had
been for nothing, for the paste used had
stiffened the skirt so that it stood out like
balloon A kindly disposed rainy day
took out the superiluous Stiffness how
ever, and reduced the refractory gown to
something like submission.
Reticence is certainly not one of the CEN
t6rys characteristics, says the New York
Tribune, and society people seem to have
adopted a fashion Imported from England
in the first place. of speaking of their per-
sonal concerns and of criticisng the va
rious members of their immediate families
with frankness that is almost brutal in
its simplicity.
In old days at least as far as ones own
relatives We're concerned. there was Ger
tain amount OF acknowledging involved
that made ii impossible TO talk of their
failings to outsiders, but now the thin
skinned reserve is altogether out of date.
and children discuss parents and parents
discuss children and the young people Of a
family mention each others faults and
failures with an impersonal candor that
TO old-fashioned people seems odd indeed.
Il tell you what l like over here, don't
you know" said a young Englshman to
his newly introduced neighbor at a recent
dinner, land that is your descriptive
names for things now crank for in
stance, is splendid--it just fits my gov'nor.
never knew what 10 call him before He's
always dom the queerest things But
he's not really crazy, you know; he's what
you would call crank. It's great relief
to my mind to get word to suit him; il
win make me stand his nasty ways a lot
better"
rs Maggie engaged to young Croesus?''
said her brother. II wish 1t were So but
| fear not i think she is doing her level
best TO get him, but ! don't think she win
succeed, myself"
To expect ones family nowadays. ana
!
somewhat blind and to our virtues more
than kind" is futile Even mothers In
fashionable life discuss their daughters
successes and shortcomings with a mat
ter-of-fact plain-speaking that seems al
most unnatural.
There is no use mincng matters" says
one iin-de-siecle mamma. Mildred Is not
Ia the least success It is a perfect mis-
cry at every bail she goes to 10 see that
she has partners for supper and the cotil-
lon. do not know why it is, 1 am sure;
she is nice-looking, and l have given her
lovely clothes, but the men do not seem
to care for her. ] have advised her to take
up some other line for next winter. for
certainly cannot stand this ordeal another
year"
why Is il, do you suppose, Margaret"
another mother was heard to observe with
matter-of-fact reasoning a. priori to her
daughter, who was seated beside her at a
dance, that 50 few men ask you to dancer
The other girls seem to get partners I'm
plenty. Is it because you do not talk
enough do you think? You are not bad
looking. ! really cannot understand it,"
II do not think there will be much use
bringing Ethel out" remarked a third