The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-09
COME To THE SILK SALE,

n otherwise concentrated and directed. II
Is all on account OF these triing objects
that a woman doesn't get Off the car the
way man insists she ought II Is for
the same reason often that she letE her
skirts oct as a street sweeper.
The woman who does not carry her
handkerchief In her hand along with her
purse. papers. "A key and various other
more or less essential articles. has ways
Of bcstowinE. n. according 70 her indi-
viduality. A certain type OF woman al
ways puts hers in her belt. but there are
sub-typcs even IN this classification. and
while ono tucks Il in neatly. with the ends
forming an attractive chou. another
stuffs II IA a wad. and stili another lets
the ends danglc c1rclossly. There may be
something. however In the amount Of
room that exists under the belt 90 ac-
count for the way the handkerchief Is In
serted
Some girls have a fashion ~ sticking
their handkerchief into the front % their
bodice. Others Insert them in their cuffs.
These are usually girls who have had a
glimpse OF army folk ana dote on the
military. Some women have a pocket on
the inner side OF the upper sleeve just
large enough 10 hold a bit OF fine cam
bric But n handkerchiefs are TO be larg-
cr this winter, as the fashion authorities
say. this would make an unsightly bulk
on the arm.
The chateiaine pocket helps some women
out OF the dlniculty. but for one woman
who Is devoted TO that useful article there
are a dozen who abhor II and would rath-
or have their hands incumbered forever
than 20 free them by such a device. Now
ana then. one sees a woman In car
stand up and from the folds in the back
OF her ekirt. triumphantly produce a
handkerchief She n OF the class OF wo-
men who believes In having a place for
everything. the decree OF fashion regard
less. She doesn't lose her handkerchief
she knows where II r. when she wants
u. and "a n out % sight. as Il ought TO
be-. when n isn't wanted
A girl was seen the other day 20 lift
sailor hat. take a handkerchief from the
top OF her head and afterward 20 replace
II under the hat. Another girl had a fash
ion OF tucking hers inside her collar but.
after the mercury rose above 30. she
found that the cambria seemed too near
the point OF dissolution TO be OF much use
and gave herself up 10 carrying It py
hand
A wornan's husband says that the rea-
con dressmakers won't put pockets ia their
customers gowns IL because they are IN
league with the manufacturer OF hand
kerchlefs. and that n a statisneian would
compile the figures on the number OF
Landkerchiefs women lose In year Il
would be the biggest computation on re-
cord.
In Oriental countries women are gen
orally regarded as the Interiors Of men.
yet. according 10 a Hindoo legend, this Is
the proper origin OF the sex; Twashtri.
the god Vulcan OF the HlndoO mythology.
created the world. But on his commenc-
ing 20 create woman he discovered that
with man nc had exhausted all his crea-
tive materials and that not one solid ele-
ment had been left. This. Of course,
greatly perplexcd Twashtrf. and caused
him 20 fall IN a profound meditation.
when he arose from "a he proceeded az
follows. lie took the roundness Of the
moon, the undulatinx curves Of the SER
pent. the graceful twist OF the creeping
plant. the light shivering OF che grass
blade and the sienderuess az the willow,
the veivesy softness OF the flowers. the
nahtness OF the feather, the gentle gaze
OF the doe. the frolicsomeness Of the dane
Ing sunbeam. che tears Of the cloud. the
inconsiancy OF the wind. the tinidness
OF the hare and che vanity OF the peacock.
the hardness Of the diamond. the sweet
ness OF honey, the cruelty OF The tiger.
the heat OF the fire and the chill OF snow.
the cackllng OF the parrot and the COO
ing OF the surtledove. All these he mix
I'd together and formed woman. Then he
presented her 10 the man.
To be locked out OF ones own house
naturally initiates a person quite - much
a. 20 be locked 80. but Philadelphia wo-
mar found herself both locked out and
locked ~ one day last week. She had re-
turned from Atlantic City. where she and
her family have been sumulering. having
been called TO town on a matter OF bush