The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-05

| urieS. They have but to drop DATED
hook into the water and pull up the
| choicest fish and by walking along the
shores they can pick up the finest CLAIMS
| and oysters. Then walk of an ordi-
nary city block will likely furnish them
| with venisoD from passing deer.
Occasionally they visit the hotel
across the bay for necessary supplies.
but they keep almost entirely 10 them
selves This climate is adorable and one
can battle IN the waters of the bay at
all seasons and even IN summer the heat
is not great If one remains out of the
direct rays OF the sun.
Its inhabitants call Lemon Bay a par
adise on earth and to me It seemed q
perfect Eve-less Eden"
For the summer, says the Millinery
Trade Review, it seems probable that a
taste for very wide brims viii be received,
but. perhaps, more as the exception than
the rules -
Very wide-brimmed hats worn by some
of the actresses in the latest new plays
have met with general appreciation. Sew
eral Of them are signed earlier They are
trimmed low, generally with a wreath of
flowers running right round. and have,
very low crowns. One in fancy white
straw is encircled by a wreath of large
white peoples, slightly shot with gray
and green; a second, in cerise chip, is
wreathed with white cherry blossoms;
a third in palest mauve straw, is trimmed
with pink roses; a fourth, in manila straw
has a garland of cherries; fifth, in white
straw, is surrounded by a full quilting of
black tulle, relieved by a windmill bow of
cerise velvet on the left side; a SIXTH in
pink straw, has two large rosettes
of pink tulle on the right side. and on
the left several large white roses. In all
cases foliage is mixed with the flowers
or fruit; there is often also a small clus-
ter of flowers under the brim on the left,
either squeezed in between the brim and
the hair or placed on a small band that
tits the hat very slightly on one side.
It was on Fifth avenue, says the New,
York Commercial Advertiser. A Sister of
Charity, with a long black ve1 and a
| seraphic expression, was gliding along the
| street with the swift, silent tread peculiar
to the soft-shod sisterhood. She looked
neither to the right nor left, and her face
was one of serene peace, of almost celes-
| tial calm.
A frowsy boy with a bundle of dirty
| newspapers under his arm appealed to
her, first to buy a paper, then to give
| him money to get something to eat"
He was a well-fed- hooking boy, with a
| sleepy face. The sister glanced at him,
| shook her head and walked on. The boy
| battered beside her, whimpering tale
of woe in a whining voice. AS they near
| ed the corner the sister turned her Sc
raphic face toward him for an instant. and
in the softest voice, with an expression
| Of wondering sorrow, she said:
"And l suppose you lost all your money
| playing craps!'
Then, as the startled boy fell back, she
glided silently on her way.
Styles this season in spring and sum-
mer frocks for girls from fourteen to
| eighteen are, if possible, more attractive
than ever. They are so dainty, so light
in coloring, so girlish, so individual, that
| the woman who has been brave enough
| to deny herself an expensive summer
wardrobe will find it requires still more
| courage than usual to deny a thorough
| outfit for her young daughter. The shops,
! says Harper's Bazaar, are full of the most
| beWitching fabrics, not by any means
cheap, many, of them, but in coloring and
texture far beyond anything that has been
seen for hong time. They comprise the
| figured muslins, the dotted muslins, the
| plain muslins and the muslins with lace
| and tucks woven altogether. The inexpen-
| sive laceS and ribbons all seem as though
they were quite possible even to peoplehof
small ms ans, but at once the temptation
| arises &c buy so many that the cost OF
| making up "a smart summer gown is equal
| to that of a winter one. The amount of
| work is incredible on many of the So
| called simple little frocks for young girls.
| All show a great deal of trimming. Pleat-
| ings-accordion, side and box-are all be-
| ing used. Ruchings are used as finish
| on pleatings fine lace insertion trims the
| f1ounces and also the upper part of the
| skirt, and is used on the waist, and while
| there are many machine laceS that are
| wonderfully like the real hand-work,
| these are seldom cheap, as many, many
| yards are required, and the cost of such
lace trimming is soon seen to be quite de-
pressing.
The all-over muslins, as they are called,
the figured and the Powered designs in
muslin, gauzes and wool, do not require
| anything like the same amount of trim
| ming and this is point to be well Kept
| in mind. The buying of silk frock for a
| girl is not an extravaganza; indeed, 1t is
often an economy. A silk that is not the
| very latest fashion, but of some bright,
| becoming color, will require comparatively
| little trimming, and will last for long
time without having to be done over,
whereas the simple little muslin frocks
| require to be pressed or Numbered con-
stantly in order to keep the freshness
which is so essential to their beauty.
One OF the most curious and incompre-
| hensible traits of our humanity is what
is commonly called observation-disclosures A
| person who is born absentminded, wheth-
| er he is clever or stupid, remains so to
the end of his life which is strewn with
annoyances resulting from this very in
convenient quality. by Jove, have for
gotten my watch!' exclaimed a man to
his companions as a party of young peo-
| pie were about to take the train from -
| Beach. IL must have left it under my
pillow at the hotel. win just have time
to go back and get it," he continued, pull
| ling out his watch from his pocket Yes,
| l can do tr' he exclaimed, making a
| rapid calculation. And he set off at a run
for the nearby hotel where they had been
| stopping. At first most seemed to see that
the whole thing was not perfectly nat
ural, but great laugh went
up when they all suddenly
| realized that the absentminded
youth had timed himself with the very
watch that he went for why, you could
fill a book with Harry's absentminded
performances" said his sister. "He
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