The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-28

nroducts of this point are whisky and wa
ter. The water is for the girls to battle
in and the whisky is refined into mint
iueps to act as an antidote against the
water. No self respecting woman. at Mar
the shape of some sort of a man, and it
is his special duty, after she has been
rubbed and scrubbed and is once more in
an Innocent muslin gown, to provide her
With that innocent drink which has been
favored by women ever since the days
vbsn Adam toied by the sweat of his
brow to cultivate a mint bed to please
Nine Eve.
Society and mint juleps are compatible.
There is a decided touch of mauve about
society, while mint green is very fashion
able. There is certain type of girl at
the Pier. She is apt to be either from
Boston or Richmond. Occasionally she is
New Yorker, but the New York girl
Is too knowing in some ways and not
moving enough about Plato and Mr.
Emerson, like the lady who wears glasses
and who arrives from Boston, and she
is too ignorant of coquetry-not flirting,
but pure, innocent coquetry-like the Rich
mond girl, to be success.
The style of dressing at the Pier is de-
cdedly individual. AT most summer
places a great point is gained if one Is
swish, wears frills and rufles and laces
and silks and satins and all the frpps
and fripperies, but here it is demanded
that a girl must be pretty. If she has
three white wash dresses-that is to say
two at the laundress', while she is wear
ing the third, yet looks pretty-she is a
success.
There is one girl here from Richmond
who claims that she can manage to have
more solid enjoyment in twenty-four
hours than the average girl does in twen-
y-four days This is her method: In the
morning her colored maid helps her dress
in a white pique gown. with plain skirt
Jacket bodice, a white leather belt and
null tie, with big flaring bow nesting
under her chin that seems to say to each
and every young man, Don't you wish
you were as near this dimple as 1 ann"
Her hat in a smart looking sailor, with
band showing the Stuart plaid, while
her gloves, displaying no rings under
them, are of white chamois
At the Pier chaperon is not neces-
sary, so my pretty girl trots off to the
casino with big Jack Gordon. If you ask
her anything about it,, she will say in
tones as soft as her heart: ooh, he's all
right. He and my father are second cous-
ms and his mother and my mother are
third cousins, and when they were girls
they were great friends. Even now when
they meet they talk about what the gem
uemen did for them-rode horses up stair
cases. jumped high fences and did mary
els 20 prove just how much each of them
loved his lady. 1t is really great deal
better and nightly more effective than
sending flowers or buying candles" After
rafting off this the lady looked scorn at
her escort, who pulled his mustache, hop
ing to increase it's growth, and wished
that women's mothers did not remember
SO much and put such ideas into girls
heads.
These two had very light breakfast
some strong coffee, a bit of toast and an
egg eaten directly from the she'll Then
she and Jack had a stroll, and Jack whls-
pered all sorts of nothings to her-pretty
nothings-while she, womanlike, wondered
II Celestine had dressed her properly or IL
that was her petticoat that was slipping
When home was reached, home being the
DuA A-tlhG HOltl, lnSIe came the great event
Of the day-the bathing. Nobody who is
anybody battles at Long Branch, because
Where the bathing is good it is dangerous
NOBODY who is anybody battles at New
port, because it is not good style, but
every body, from the small boy dressed in
an airy nothing up to his grandmother,
literally swathed in dark flannel, prances
ana jumps in the water and feel how good
Is TO be alive and TO be the next best
thing to a mermaid.
Nature has been very kind to the Rich
hond girl and given her hair that curls
naturally; consequently rubber caps and
closely plated braids were not necessary
10 TINS sweet maid, as, wearing long
Cioak OF white serge that covers her from
mead TO foot and accompanied by her dark
maid she joins the group of men waiting
LOT ner The cloak is removed, and she
stands a symphony in white and yellow
mat would have delighted Whistler him
self
Modest? Oh, her dress is modesty it
sell 1t Is plated skirt over knickers
ana bodice that shows a little waistcoat
u yellow, while on her head is a white
zap from underneath which flows all her
!eIoW curly hair. Every other girl is fu-
.ous because her hair won't stand this,
uut Nanny or Betty or Matty (for her
name is sure TO be one of the three) is
uenclously sympathetic and in her wise
80 Hedu she realizes that II is well TO
ue nked by the women. She is hoated
she Is dipped under, she swims about, she
So.ls on the sand until her hair is full of
IT, and then gets one of her devoted slaves
70 wash Ii OUT. She goes out as far as
sAe dares with Jack, who tells her the
o'u story of her looking like Venus rising
rom the sea, and his only reward is
nandrul of water thrown at him, which
makes him splitter and choke.
MY Lady Canrica ronac In Her ~, a III
10 the fore, and in less than an hour
sie Is on the veranda dressed in a pink
nn,nSham and looking flushed and pretty,
n M the rose that Thackery wrote about.
"en she viii tell you quite CONFIDENTIAL
Some of the men have a tulep made
WIN brandy, but at home they use the
same recipe they did when Gen. Washing
NWN paid them a visit and approved of 1t.
NotalhS Will convince me that good rye
uSky isn't the proper thing to use. And
We idea of an ignorant oarkeeper daring
~ mint at using such floury thing as
poWdered instead of loaf eugarr'
IN one Is ON adept on the subject of juleps
ier mother Will tell you how she was