The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-30


sixteenth century. One uncle of Count
Wachtmeister was recently Swedish-Nor-
wegian minister OF foreign affairs; another
uncle minister of finance, and still another
uncle is at present the lord high chamber
lain of the Swedish court, member OF
the Swedish diplomatic service and at
present secretary of the Swedish-Norwe-
gian consulate at Chicago. The beautiful
and accomplished bride to be, Miss Beulah
Cooper Hubbell, is not only the great
granddaughter of James Fenimore Cooper,
who was one of Americas FIRST great nov
elists and writers, but she is the daughter
of the multi-millionaire and railroad mag
nate + NJ. HuDbell, of DesMoines. Amer
leans who consider that money counts Tor
so much viii be surprised that the match
has met with opposition from the members
of the Wachtmeister family. who are not
educated to think that great wealth. Is
synonymous with aristocracy. The mar
riage will take place in DesMoines May ?
The charming Miss Hubbell was presented
at court last year in London by Mrs. Hay
and during the coming fifteen or twenty
years may be at many courts Of Europe
as the count will remain in the Swedish
diplomatic service, but eventually they
will settle in Sweden.
The girl of the period has found another
way to delight the heart of the florist
Time was when she was satisfied if she
had her toilet table and her corsage deco
rated with the choicest children of Flora.
Now, by all that savors Of the luxury of
old Rome, she must have a flower bath!
She considers the faiutest and most deli
cate of manufactured perfumes bad taste,
and leaves such 10 the habitants OF the
half world
The silken tresses and pink skin of la
grande dame must, says the New York
| Herald, suggest the alluring scent of some
exotic flower. Violets at 50 a bunch, or
orchids at SO apiece, sprinkled in a warm
bath, is caprice that Poppaea Sabina
| might have considered worth her wantoh
| indulgence. In such a bath the imperial
| mistress of Nero might have reclned with
naughty grace, while her rose silk draper
les lay in a heap on the alabaster floor,
as she received the ladies of Rome and
| discussed the fashions and intrgues of the
day.
| The girl of the period is practical, how
| ever, with all her ideas of supreme luxu-
robustness. She knows that the petals of
| the flowers may do serious damage to the
| plumbing So her maid confines the flow
| ers in little bags of yelling that has be-
! come unfit for wear. Through the meshes
the flowers show in all their beauty, and
| as the fair form brushes them they eXhale
| all their fragrance.
In the houses of our American million
aires the bathrooms are as carefully plan
ned and as exquisitely decorated as the
| drawing rooms of the grand salons. No
| longer is there a shelf upon which is put
! all the bottles and unlovely things of the
! toilette. These are slowed away in a
| carved cabinet. Balzac has advised all
clever women to have their dressing. rooms
as dainty as boudoir, and they are fol-
| lowing the sages suggestion. In one of
| the Wander bilt houses there is a bath cut
from a solid block of marble, which cost
| $4,000
The daughter of Spreckels the Califor
| MIA millionaire, has a bath that is a dream
| of Eastern splendor. The walls and pool
| are of white alabaster. The panels are
! mirrors, and in the corners under a foun-
! tain, tossing rare perfume, are growing
palms and ferns. No rajah of India, the
crown jewel in England's imperial dia-
DEM" has a bath as gorgeous as this
| pretty little American girl
The bridal gift of a well-known New
York man 20 his beautiful Southern bride
was solid silver bathtub on an onyx
platform. . .-
And in simpler homes, where such lux
ury is out of the question, the bathroom
may be made very attractive. The blue
and white thing half way up the wall
| which should be white, is very effective
There should be a blue and white bath
| rug that can be tubbed twice a week Have
the towel tree of white enamel like the
tub. Drape back the Swiss curtains, edged
with narrow lace, with blue wash rib
! bons.
Above all avoid the bathroom shelf hor-
ror. Throw away empty bottles, and the
salt, borax and liquids necessary for the
toilet keep in blue earthen jars and pretty
| bottles. Supply in plenty large Turkish
blue bordered towels. Use dainty soaps
| This is not an extravaganza. Have two
stiff bath brushes, one for the water and
one for the after rub. Use unbIeached
| sponges, for the bleached ones, unless
bought at most reliable places. often
! have done service in hospitals This will
| give you as pretty a bathroom as is AL
lowed to the ordinary mortal
She was a beautiful woman-at the nbo-
tographer's-and she wanted a beautiful
picture. 1t was to go to some one she
loved "Take out every line, take out every
imperfection; only make it beautiful" she
! said
Yes" answered the photographer. oand
! I shall take out all the character and give
| you simply fiat picture"
! Never mind, said the beautiful sub
| ject of the must-be-b beautiful picture
laughing gayly, flat, fiat if you like, only
| be sure and f1atter.
| My lady has a new fad about her pape-
terie, which this time has nothing to do
| with the size or shape of the envelope or
| the tint of The paper. The fad has lust
| begun 10 gain a hold on New York so
ciety girls, but it is seen often enough
| for the letter carriers to have noticed il.
and If you carefully inspect ENVELOPES the
fair sex have used that come to your no
! tice you will soon see what il is
| When she seals her letters now The M
to-date girl no longer puts the seal in the