The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-20

| iZlnS q daughters OF the otOCh MdthSt al
| the church. Won't 1t be lovely?"
MAY, my DEAR" he said. solemnly, "if
you'll quit I WILL" and Mary, after the
| manner of women. began to cry; she was
so glad that it turned out just as 1t did.
What would you have done under these
| circumstances" asked a woman who has
the reputation. says the New York Trl-
bune, OF being an authority in matters
| gastronomic, of a clubman with similar
| tastes. 81 dined the other evening at the
| AS" she continued, land the dinner was
| certainly very poor. When we went into
the drawing room our hostess began to
| make EXCUSES.
~ cannot imagine what got into the
cook this evening", she said plaintively;
| he generally gives us excellent dinners,
but tonight 1 was mortified to death
why. / thought everything so good!
exclaimed Mrs. Blarney, who is one OF
those soft fiattering little things who al
| ways make nice speeches to every one.
az am afraid you only say so TO make
me feel comfortable said MIS-. A, look
| ing, however, somewhat relieved Per
| hape, however, 1 magnihed matters, and
it was not so noticeable after all. What
did you think, she asked, turning sudden
| ly TO me- was it very bad?'
Now, as l said when / began, what
| would you have answered If you had been
in my place? Relieved the poor woman S
mind, you say? Well, do not agree with
| you. A poor dinner that is cooked by a
| high priced chef is too serious thing to
! come under the head of ordinary court
esy. To criticise the work of well known
| Gordon bleu is like giving an opinion on
| the merits of any other artistic perform
ance Besides could not afford to jeo-
| pardize my reputation, so l felt obliged
to say that / concurred with my hostess,
and that dinner was certainly poor Now,
| wi | you believe me, Mrs. a. was awfully
| angry with mel She tried to hide it, but
| l could see that she was much vexed.
| and / know 1t will be the last dinner that
l shall be invited to in that house, all be-
cause l tod the truth when asked for an
| honest opinion!"
| A taste for the best reading, says the
| Boston Transcript. IS not cultivated in
Spanish girls, even where the treasures of
| that great Castilian literature are aces
| slble to them. Convent education knows
nothing of Caldsron.
Love and religion are the only subjects
| with which q seno tia is expected to cos-
Germ herself. Happiness is thus made &c
| hang on a chance. Even where span
| ish girl wins her crown of wifehood and
motherhc 3D. her ignorance and poverty
! of thought tell heavily against the most
essential interests of family life.
| The Spanish girl is every whit as fas-
| clnating as her musical. cloaked gallant
| confldes to her i-on-grated lattice. Indeed,
| these amorous serenades hardy do her
| justice, blending as she does French ami
maticn with Italian fervor. In Audalusia,
| she dances with grace that makes every
other use CT life seem vain. And when
she bargains! There is nothing sordid
about 1t. Her haggling is a social condes-
cension that at once puts the black-eyed
| young salesman at her mercy.
At the Paris Exposition there will be a
congress of dress reform women which
| will be a decided surprise to the advanced
| woman bemoanjng the fate of her sex at
having TO wear drapenes while men
walked free and untrameled in trousers.
| At this meeting there will be brought to-
| gether men and women from parts of the
world where the conditions of dress are
reversed the women wearing the bifur-
Gated garment while the men wear the
| petticoats. Among the knickerbockered
women who will be included among the
living illustrations on view at the expo
sitlon will be type of the Jewish dancing
girl The costume of these dancing girls
| will strike most critics as being very SEN
sible and by no means without attractive
ness. To see one of these girls dancing
| is as good q recommendation as could he
wished for of the adaptabiliiy of such a
| costume to the feminine figure in these
| days of active wonnanhood. Another type
| of trousered woman who will be seen at
congress is the Tunisian wearing the ma
tive costume. Her dress includes q long
| tight pair of trousers. which, by reason OF
the legging-like appearance, give the
wearer a decidedly sporty appearance. II
might be imagined by anyone without
| knowing the wearer that the trousers
were worn by a good-looklng young man
| of Hebraic appearance and rather vul.
gar taste for jewelry. More like a man
! even than the Tunisian IS the Persian wo-
man. She wears her hair short, has q
masculine compactness of figure. has none
of the ostentatious display OF finery thai
most Eastern women love and, besides
has a severe face that further heightens
the aAusion that this trousered individual
Is a man. Only In the many plaits dowr
the front of the coat. which are a decided
ly feminine ornamenteton, is the sex oil
the wearer indicated.
But Il is not necessary to go to the ORR
ent to find Exhibits" for the congress. A
more pleasing sight are the fish girls o.
Arcachon. They look like bright cheerful
boys, and have some reason besides fol
discardlng the skirt, for padding about
among oyster beds is not conducive 10 the
preservation of costume that trails
When their work is over these girls inva'
riably don the skirt, aud are seldom seen
walking the streets in other than the us.
ual garb of the sex.
But II there are many women who wear
trousers there is also a surprising variety
of men who wear petticoats With th'
Highlanders the people of the Unite.
States are more or less familiar. so much
| SO that It scarcely occurs TO anyone tina
this garment Is In reality a petticoat
Where the dress is seen for the first tim,
in countries little frequented by the Scot
however, II invariably causes comment
and merriment The Greek is dressed in Z
petticoat garb somewhat similar to tina
OF the Scot and his costume is not un
known to Americans Exposition sight
seers viii find something new, however
in the dress OF the old-fashioned Sardin
ian peasant. His kilt is really IA continue
ton of his waistcoat and does not com.
down far enough 20 cover his capaelou!
white knickerbockers. A pettlcoat tina
can by no possibility be called anything
else is represented by "A young Highland
cheftain of Macedonia whose flowing
robes win be one of the sights of the con,
gress. The feminine appearance given {,
this young man by his costume Is detract