The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-14

l. B. Woodbury..
All women of the tropics fade early,
says a writer in the Courier Journal. but
none more quickly than the women of
Sam, and this chiefly for two reasons.
They are reailyvery pretty as young girls,
and seldom or never growing stout, they
should retain their beauty for a long pc
riod and would do so were it not for some
of their customs and superstitious
The most promiscuous of these is the
treatment of a woman who has Just be
come a mother. A fire-to which she is
entirely unaccustomed in that hot eli
mates Immediately lighted in her room
near the bed, and kept burning without in
PERMISSION for two weeks This is done
for the purpose of exercising demons and
evil spirits ana very often results in eX-
orcisng the spirit of the poor little woman
herself. The heat Of her room during her
entire illness is simply iusupportable ana
where It does not produce fatal results
tends TO undermine the strongest consti-
tuition. AS the girls marry when very
young, they are likely 20 be old women
long before they are 30.
Then the disgusting habit of chewing
the betel-nut. combined with the fact that
they have no dentists, transforms the
originally pretty mouth of the Siamese
woman into hideous spectacle They
first smear a seri-leaf over with quick
betel-nut, very much as one rolls ciga-
rette; and they are rarely seen without
piece i'm their mouths.
The Siamese women have curious way
of carrying this narcotic about with them
They have their ears pierced exactly as
the women of other nations pierce theirs
for the purpose of wearing earrings: only
instead of donnihg Jewels they stick into
the perforauons the stems of several of
these prepared leaves. One may frequent
ly see them starting off for a chat with
their neighbours their ears quite overload
ed with their favorite refreshment
A few minutes given every day once The
nails are properly treated says the La
cies' Home Journal, viii keep them firm
and exquisite an color After the hands
are washed each morning use the hail-
brush thoroughly, and then when they are
quite dry push back very gently. the skin
that is inclined to grow up around the
edges of the naiEs. Under no crcumstan-
ces use a steel point TO push back this
skin. and do not cut it away as the profess
Sional manicures are apt to do. While
the nail is still moist use the point of a
ME to remove any dust or specks that tie
brush has neglected. and then, with rail-
SCISSORS sharp, curved and kept for this
purpose only cut the nails in shape that
suits your finger-ups. The ridiculously
long nail, which looks Eike a claw is en-
tirely out of fashion. Use the file TO make
smooth the rough edges left by the scis-
sors, and then take the least little Bit of
red nail paste and smear the tulest NOR
sci onneach of the nails. Don't let il get
into the edges or roots, for it is only in
tended as a sort of oil TO keep the nails
soft aud 70 prevent their growing horny;
then sprinkle pinch of powder on the
polisher ana rub each nah with a quick
even stroke that win result in giving it a
brightness that is refiued-ooking but rot
a brilliancy that suggests that one only
shines at her fnger-tips After this give
the hands another bath, using hot water
and a delicate soap, then close them and
rub one set of nails against the other
achieving in this way proper finish.
Talking about perfume says the New
York Tribune. what sort do your men use
these daysT asked a young woman of a
married friend the other day.
ITO my knowledge they never buy any,