The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-15

play, allowed their very charming pic
lures to appear in a public print, With
these headings: Miss Bin her $500
dinner Dress Miss R in her 81, 900
cloak" Miss j. in $500 tea gown
and then later there appeared else
where: Miss Ms 800 parasol" Now
had these pictures been given to illus
trate the surprising grace or beauty
of novelty of the gowns-the act might
have appeared a gracious one a sort of
friendly tip" on the newest things out
but those Haunting price tags lower
ed 1t all. In this period of prosperity a
spirit of mad extravaganza is abroad
in the land. Luxuries have become ne
cessities, fine feeling is blunted. Those
who published the pictures and prices
of their clothes were good women, as
we'll as brilliant artists, who would be
deeply panied if any act of theirs
should fill some sisters heart with bit
ter envy and fatal emulation-belng
driven ON to competition by the mis-
taken belief that the fine dresses had
made the success of their owners. Oh!
for little moderation-a little consid-
Grafton for the under-girl in the strug-
gle for clothes!
In old times of costume plays the
manager furnished most of the ward
robe for the men, Ooh! lucky men!)
who provided but their own tights
and shoes-and judging from the ex-
IRENE beauty and richness of the CO.'S
tunes of the New York plays of to-day
and the fact that a lady of exquisite
taste resigns wholesale, as one might
say, all the dresses for production aft
er production, it would seem that the
management must share the heavy ex-
penses OF such costuming, or else sala-
ries are very much higher than they
were a few years ago. In France the
stage no doubt partly fills the place of
the departed court, in presenting new
fashions to the public eye and doing it
with the graceful aplomb that has car
ried many doubtful innovation on to
sure success. Those beautiful and
trained artists take pleasure in first
presenting the style other women are
to follow-and yet they share the hon
or 90 with another class, whose most
audacious follies in dress, while studied
from the corner of downcast eve, are
nevertheless often slavishly followed.
How many of the thousands of wo-
men VINO, years ago, wore the large
tiaring- back, felt hat. knew they were
Following the whim of a woman known
TO the half-world as Cora Pearl? Not
pretty, but of a very beautiful figure,
and English by birth, she was one
nOrSo-
woman. She banqueted late one night
so late that dawn was graying the
windows and the sodden faces of her
guests, when they began to take leave
She had INDUCED in too much wine for
comfort-her head was hot She was
seized with one of the wild whims of
her lawless class-she would mount
then and there and ride in the Roisi
circumstances chilled her within 10
iron will! Horses were sent for-her
maid aroused! She flung on her habit
and held her hand out for her cha
peau! There was none!
Mademoiselle should recall the new
riding hat had been too small-had
been returned for biocking!"
Tres bion, lie vieux doncl Vitel"
on. mon Dieu-il fut donne-" A
quick blow stopped further explana-
ton
~, Quelle que cruche que cote hllel''
Ihen a moments silence-a rowing
about OF the small hot eyes, and with
pound she tore from an American