The Savannah morning news., 1900-06-24

! more Nldn ever tDdl We are lSdIIQlly anu
wonderfully made"
Dead Roses
Beloved. the hours that I spent with you
Were like unto white roses when the new
Swift Spring bends over each TO make
it fair
Nay was IL fault OF mine l plucked so
few?
All me! my rose that bore away
| Faded to memories within a day;
But I have pressed their petals in my
heart
In its closed pages are they shut alway.
Yes, sweet, comfort is there in this thing:
Though I plucked no new buds in any
Spring.
Listen! turn the pages of my heart
J Can you not hear dead roses rustling?
-Theodosia Garrison. in the Smart Set.
In France women are allowed to wear
male attire, but they must pay for the
| privilege. The amount of the tax which
a woman pays for wearing brooches is
about f2 a year; but her willingness to
pay the tax does not insure her the right
TO wear these garments AS a matter of
| fact the right Is conferred by the gov
| eminent as a tribute of great merit, and
the honor conferred is something like that
of the coveted ribbon of the Legion of
Honor.
The only woman to whom the right to
wear male attire has been given are
Georges Sand, Rosa Bonheur, Nine. Dieu-
lafoy, the Persian nrchaeologisas; Nine
Foucalt, the bearded woman; Mines
Fourreau and La Jeanette. both sculp-
tors.
French women are very anxious some
times for the right to wear male attire
! but it is carefully guarded. Last year the
government was petitioned in vain by
Madame de Nalsayre. This lady is we'll
known for her propensity to fight duels,
and her efforts to get elected to the
French Assembly. She is a pretty woman
with a profusion of blonde hair, but her
beauty had no effect on the hearts of the
authorities who sternly refused to allow
her the coveted privilege.
Clement Scott pays the following tribute
to American women in a recent London
publication: "You must meet Americans
in their own homes to find how gracious,
kindly hearted and hospitable they are.
HospitHble, l mean, not only in giving
you the best they can afford, but in go
ing ou of their way to give their guests
a happy time under their roof.
"Say you are invited to a dinner party.
You discover an air OF geniality and gay
ETY. directly the street door closes behind
you No stiffness or formality or stand
ofIishness mars those sometimes cold and
CHASTITY moments that precede a dinner
party at home. The introductions are
cneerfuly done and often with a sense
Of humor. The conversation at once be-
comes general and animated. You are
In a happy family circle in less than five
minutes.
"You are asked to be the escort of some
! highly educated lady, beautifully dressed
and in excellent taste. as an Americans
are, and in nine cases out of ten, with
the glorious hair of every Imaginable tint
/ CHI OIL n cd q
the pride of the American race.
You will have, believe me. to hold your
own with this delightful dinner compan-
ion. 1t will not be the case OF a cold and
cherries statue and having to draw her
OUT Quite the contrary. She will do her
utmost to draw you out and test your
Knowledge on every conceivable subject,
and you will find her well informed on
almost every topic, social or literary, that
generally occupies conversation.
IL is the rarest thing to find any
American woman who does not know
something, and that something accurately,
on variety of subjects, ordinary and
abstruse. Your partner will argue with
you with skill and acumen, never dog
matically, and will end by making you
as pleased with yourself as she very
likely is with herself.
Then the host and hostess do their
utmost to make the conversation anus
ing and general. 1t is a case OF give and
/, take all around. Whenever we drove home
from an American dinner party there was
but one remark, What a delightful even
ingH
American women love to congregate
! and discuss matters dear and interesting
to them. They never waste time on
frivol."
The fashionable women OF Persia, says
the New York Sun, have finally decided
I, to adopt European dress, and the ser
! ! ices Of the dressmakers in Teheran are
aid 10 he rewarded now at a fahul-
Gus rate. All the women of the capital
| decided suddenly to abandon their native
.iress and appear in costumes modelled
q tier the fashions of the Boulevard des
! C'apucines.
Only three foreign dressmakers live in
| 4 Aheran. Two Of them are French wo-
| M sn, while the third is a native who
| sn ent some years In Europe. Now there
! Is a profitable field for the labors Of
m. my others as the European mode of
DIR ass will in all probability be retained
| tin are.
Che Persian women are said to be ex-
I ira vagantly luxurious In matters Of dress.
| Tn three seamstresses in the town have
| ret sed their prices, which their customers
| ! ay without protest. The task Of sud
eay dressing the wealthy women OF an
htire city, who decided one day to aban-
I
| r, ,pean modes, was of course, too much
| (, DR. the dressmakers. They had to take
| { be ladies according to their rank and
G. targed them prices beyond anything
tlA even the Persian women had ever
pal before.
une question OF gowns was not the only
| OF ne that confronted the Persian women
W no changed their ideas Of dress Cor
| gs, which they had never worn before,
hsa to be provided and that task proved
che most difficult Of ALL They had always
! bee looked upon in the past as highly
! fort innate In being free from the bondage
! Of I he corset and had always ESCAPED the
Y d!a. asses Of women which It was supposed
| to cause.
lSeheran is said to be regarded now as
n ! -londike for French miliners and
| dres snakers, who are moving toward It
rapIt .ly and as the Persians are moi as
,fer well informed about the fashions
the, are carrying with them anything
they could find ready.
"Fi IT one thing European women are 10
be en We'd" said a student OF singing who
has ust returned from sojourn Of three
YEAR, In Europe. THAT Is the facility with
| whic n they are able TO keep lady's maids
! on N tile or no income. ! have known wo-
wen abroad 10 keep maids when l have
v of dered how they could employ them
:, a., rktnp on the meager WardrObes they