The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-28

! graphs until they are called for, and
| you may be sure they never stay there
! long. No, l do not keep one of each
| for myself, nor are the plates preserved
| a moment longer than is absolutely
! necessary. Most of the women who
indulge in this freak are under rs, but
occasionally a handsome dame of 40
! or so wants to see how she would look
| photographed in as near the alto
! gether' as is possible. l never charge
! less than So for a dozen such pictures
and what the women do with them is
a mystery. Most of them, 1 find, have
been moved to come here by memories
Of some handsome actress whom they
! have seen. Others see pictures in mag
azines, and wonder If their figures will
| look as we'll"
Here the photographer led the way
to small room specially furnished for
women. Hanging on hooks were all
kindes of fimsy garments, white, gray,
pink, red and black, for the use Of
such patrons as desire to see them
selves in theatrical costume.
Most of them prefer the black"
said the picture maker, con the prin-
ciple, / suppose, that so long as they
are going in for this sort of thing any
way they may as well have as strong
a contrast as possible AS a rule when
they come here for such purpose 1t
takes some time to find out the object
OF their visit definitely. / always
know in minute, but l fear to help
them out because there is the POSSIBLE
ity that / might be mistaken, in which
hint from me would be most insult
ing. But when miss or madam finally
makes the plunge matters are soon ar
ranged. In the past year or two this
business has increased enormously"
why are you so late?" he asked.
looking up from the New York Tri-
bune as his wife hurriedly entered with
a flushed, vexed face.
Just because l would not leave the
beach before that splteful Mrs Sharp,
and give her the satisfaction of cr1ti-
cising mel" she exclaimed, sinking in
to a chair. There were six or eight
of us sitting on the sand together"
she continued, land the first to get
up and go away was Alice B..
How that poor girl has gone off"
Mrs. Sharp began. She used to be
pretty, but she has not a ray of good
looks left
she is getting on some one else
chimed in. She must be nearly 3O.'
and so on.
without really intending to be
disagreeable, nearly every one made
some disparaging remark. Then an
other one of the group strolled off, and
Mrs. Sharp said something ridiculous
about her, at which every one laugh
ed. Another and another lert, and II
was the same thing over again. 1 felt
it was time for me to go, but / really
had not the courage, for Mrs. sharp
does not like me, and l knew l should
be held up to ridicule, so l sat on and
on, until she and I were the only two
left, and we walked up to our car
riages together in the most amiable
manner possible"
The light of homes wondrous light,
so tender in its shining,
So soft it follows through the night,
Our weary road outlining.
Though lonely and for years we roam,
Far from the ones who love us,
Yet ever shines the light of home,
Like Gods grace spread above us.
The light of homes a wondrous light.
Through life it follows seeming;
Yet when with age the hair is white,
Clear in the front tits cleaning.
It shines from where our loved ones
are.
Oh, this is loves divining!
And through the gates of heaven aJar
At last we see it shining!
Ripley D. Saunders. in st. Louis Re
public.
society woman who knows her
world says that the fashion of riding
astrde will undoubtedly obtain vogue
in the very near future, and If con-
ventional costume had been definitely
decided upon this summer would have
seen the radical change. Opinions so
far however, are rather at variance
not about the ultimate outcome of the
discussion, for that seems a foregone
conclusion, but as to what dress viii
finally be adopted by the fashionable
set. Smart women are decidedly OPP
posed TO the divided skirt, which they
say makes one ridiculous.
at reminds me of my aunt when I
was a little girl" said matronly wo-
man. "She was altogether too genteel
to say legs; she called them limbs. To
have long, Topping ends to hang over
our limbs seem to me absurd" she con-
tinued. "EeIther do the thing sensibly,
or not at ALL" say I.
The costume which obtains the most
favor, and which will probably ulti-
mately be adopted. says the New York
Tribune, is a long coat, cut like man s
covert coat. coming to just below the
knees. the legs being incased in the
regulation riding boots. When mount
ed, the coat, which, like mems coats,
has a slit in the back, hangs only a
little shorter than the fashionable rid
ing skirt of to-day, and when the fair
eauestrienne dismounts is nearly as long
as a short golf skirt. Nothing could be
more modest or suitable for those who,
for safety and comforts sake. have
elected to defy prejudice and ride like
men. As time goes on the long mooted
dress reform movement seems, in the
fashionable world at least, to resolve
itself into a question of suitability. And
the next decade will undoubtedly see
recognized dresses for every occasion.
A woman shopping or walking in the
street will wear, as she does for bicy-
cling or golf, a short. scant skirt. In
the evening and for carriage visits she
will never give up the trailing, beauti-
full gowns that she loves. The side
saddle in the next generation bids fair
to become as obsolete as the corset is
becoming already. as 1t should be a
comfortable support. not an instrument
OF torture. In short. women will be
sensible when IL is necessary, but will
indemnify themselves by dressing more
gorgeously and fancifully than ever
for functions that call for fine raj
ment. And why should they not? A
woman who does not love clothes can
be hardly womanly.
There were three young ladies who
visited the Pan-American exposition,
SAYS the New York Times, whose ex-
perfence in the purchase of souvenirs