The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-13

ually end their lives in the service of a
| cab stable. OF course there are women
who do not know what perfection in a
carriage is. There is a woman who al
ways looks to me as if she might say that
she hailed from BiliYiile and who is the
daughter Of a many times millionaire, and
this one concludes that as she can have
any trap she wants she viii pay no atten-
ton 10 the fact that certain laws, rules
and regulations constitute carriage eti-
quette. In the first place, she sits on the
wrong side. lady should always be on
the right Of her carriage just behind the
coachman. In the second place, this lady
IS given over to the jangling of chains,
which is a worse stamp of vulgarity than
ciaret livery with white collars and cuffs
and gold braid Then her carriage is not,
as it ought to be, immaculate. One con-
cludes that there is no capable body to
order the stable people just how to keep it.,
while the footman looks as if he wanted a
rod applied to him to make him sit up A
good footman ought to look as If he had
swallowed a board which had attached it.
self to his spinal column, and if there are
thousands of accidents on the streets and
hundreds of exciting episodes he ought to
look perfectly passive and absolutely IN
moved. When such a footman is got he
is a treasure.
The most correct livery to-day Is very
dark one, blue or black being preferred.
the
coat have a velvet collar and narrow vel
Vet cuffs. The gloves should be white.
and the hat should shine as if it were an
advertisement for some shoe polish. The
storm coat should be of white rubber. and
In winter time fur cape of black bearskin
should be worn. A good coachman never
takes a storm coat on a victoria If hts
mistress chances the storm, he must do
the same. On hansom-that is, private
hanson, and a private hanson is a de-
lightful luxury-the driver does not wear
a liver hat all, and this is done to distin-
guish him from the ordinary hanson drf-
Yer, who always wears livery. Instead he
wears box coat, his collar and puff scarf
are immaculate, and his high hat has a
marvellous polish, while his gloves are
dark tan ones such as gentlemen wear.
The fashionable girl who used to have a
phaeton, now has hanson, and she man
ages to get more solid fun out of it than
she would out of any other trap But the
average girl gets a good bit of fun out of
life anyhow. Why shouldn't she? She is
young, well dressed and pretty.
She enjoys her cloth gown because 1t
hts well and she is comfortable In it,
She enjoys a pound of the best sweets
because she shares them with her chum
and her digestion is good.
She enjoys matinee at the theater be-
cause she is intelligent and has the wis
dom to select good play.
She enjoys dancing all night and saying
good by 70 the boys in the morning be-
cause she knows how to dance and real
ICES that these special boys appreciate
her.
She even enjoys the heavy German opera
because she is healthy enough to sleep
through the greater part of it and to be
fresh for the ball that is to follow.
She enjoys the good things that she does
not possess. She can look at them in the
shop window and be glad of the opportu-
nifty to delight her eyes, for She is a nice
girl is this American girl good, all
around. clean, honest girl, fun of fun, Of
life, ready to love and to be loved. She is
the sort of a girl YOU would be willing to
have your boy marry, and If she belonged
10 me and l happened 10 meet you and
that nice looking boy Of yours I'd lay a
deep plot so that the position of mother
in-laW might belong to Bah.