The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-14

man under 60 was willing to admit that he
was getting grey, but now they like it.
Once in a while we get a chance at fad
ed mustache and dye it; but if a young
fellow begins to have gray locks over his
temples he is as pleased as Punch and
coddles them as If his life depended on
them-with his hair combed so they'll show
says gray hair with young face and
dark mustache make a man look distin-
guished. Well, there's no accounting for
tastes, but as long as I'm in the hair bus
mess my hair and mustache will be CLOS
sy black, See?"
Next summer l shall certainly go 10
Paris, if for no other purpose that to have
a corset made after the model that tried
on there this season." said according to
a New York paper. woman who has
decided tendency to stoutness. My only
reason for not ordering one while there
was that ii would necessitate "a change
in my entire wardrobe l shouldn't have
minded paying for corset of simple cou-
tile and whalebone, but to cast aside all
my present gowns and petticoats was
quite another story; besides | could not
remain in Paris long enough to make the
change.
The peculiar character and advantage
of this new corset is this: II is 50 made
that it really forces one 10 carry herself
properly; and one does so quite naturally
gin with it is fashioned entirely upon hy
genie principles, its inventor being wo-
man physician of standing. The walls of
her reception room are covered with d.
plomas and physicians Endorsements OF
her corset. In devising a new corset, she
started out with the hypothesis that a
large proportion of the extremely unsym-
metrical figures one sees, is due to cor
set which pulls them in at the waist,
forcing the superintendent to bulge ont
elsewhere The corsets of her invention
certainly do not conflne the waist unduly
and nine women out of ten upon adopt
ing them, would find that their gowns
would not come together at the waist, or
for three or four inches above. Ample
room is given TO the organs of the body.
although the inventor says that after
wearing one a few months. Lac organs
assume more normal POSITION, orie mai
urally breathes deeper and the Wrist grad
ually decreases in size, so that one Is
obliged to have smaller corset made
upon the same model. That is another
reason why did not adopt them last sum-
mef. I want to give my figure four
months in which to undergo this change,
and then have another made in her work.
shop.
This new creation is cut above the
hight of an ordinary corset in the back,
but is very long and well fitted below
the waist in front, and very short above
the waist not being intended to take in
the bust. The short corset covers which
tie at the bust are required with this cor
set The effect is a very narrow pretty
back. ard while there is really several
inches more room at the front, the figure
as whole seems smaller and certainly
much more shapely.
1T is intended that Inc bodlces worn
with this corset shall come to a point in
front several inches below the old waist
4Gnf he Oh and =
adapt themselves to the same waist line
being also cut to a point and held in place
by a hook. This really gives TO fig
ure all the advantages of naturally long
waist The French inventor prophesies
that American women will be slow in
adopting this new corset, owing to their
love for small waists. It has, however,
been received with marked favor by the
most fashionable women of fashionable
Paris"
1.-The prime Of life" says q modern
writer, '1s from 80 to 55 years of age"
9r1 certainly some of our fashionable folk
bear out this consoling theory. for they
seem to retain their juveniity Indefinitely.
1t takes very little, says the New York
Tribune, to arouse certain "frisky' MID
dle-aged matrons and men of society, who
apparently go back TO their childhood to
find their amusements. Nothing seems too
young Tor these CHlluIeu OF idiSet
growth. They play round games-tag,
hide-and-go-seek, etc.-and amuse them
selves with dolls. Not long ago one of
their set gave a costume dinner, to which
-"children under ten" were invited, each
participant being told beforehand that he
or she must be dressed in juvenile habili-
ments. On the evening appointed the
guests arrived errayed in every conceiv-
able variety of baby and young child's
costumes, and the effect may be imagined.
1--WE had the greatest fun last night"
exclaimed one of the merry maids. you
ought to have been there; 1t was perfectly
great! The Bobby Van Dusens had
wake. Bobby himself was the corpse; he
was stretched out on a table, with candles
at his head and feet. and was all wrap
ped up in a white sheet. Every one in
vited was dressed like an Irish peasant,
and we went bowling and screeching about
unfortunate Bobby in regular 'ould coun-
thry' style. We sang all the lugubrious
songs we could think of. The refresh
ments, which were placed on a side table,
consisted of hot whisky toddy and plenty
of substantias. After a while Bobby got
tired of being Rugged and wept over, and
he threw off his sheet and jumped up
whereupon the musicians started the live
lest Irish Jig they Gould play. and we
ended up with the jonss q dance OF the
season." q f
The oldest known love letter In the
world Is in the British Museum. 1t is
proposal OF marriage made to an Egyp-
tan princess, and IL was written $500
years ago. II Is in the form of an In
scriOed brick, and Is therefore not only
the Oldest, but also the most substantial
love letter IN existence.
The first silver wedding, says the New
York sun, dates back to the time OF Hugh
Capet. Two servants had grown gray in
his service, a man and a woman and
wat could he give them as a reward?
Calling the woman he said: your SER
vice Is great. greater than this mans
whose service Is great enough, for the
woman always finds work harder than
man, and. therefore. ] will give you
reward. At your age ! know ndfnnone
better than a dowry and a husband The
dowry is here--this farm from this time
forth belongs to you. II this man who
has worked with you five and twenty