The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-17

experienced saleswomen in the business
| Not many are able to do it so success
| fully.
There are other tricks in the trade, how
ever. One of them is to get into the goo
| graces of a regular customer of another
| house, either by an out-and-out bride or g
fine bargain and then the milliner accom-
| panies the customer to the shop and helps
| her to pick out a hat.
The customer, being known, has every
thing in the store shown to her. Then
| she may really buy hat and after sac
| gets it home the establishment in whosa
interest she Is working may take 1t OFF
her hands. To the mil.iner the hat is
cheap OF any price. for she has learned
through 1t all the secrets of the rival.
The most beautiful and impressive GER
emory in the Episcopal Church, says the
Church Economist, is to have the be-
trothal at the chancel steps. This way
renders it unnecessary for the bride to
kneel till the benediction, which is very
desirable, as it is troublesome to do so
n a wedding gown. 1t also allows the
gentleman who Is to give away the bride
a chance to enter the front pew, thus
saving him from having to ascend and
descend from the ehancel and also leaves
him out of the occasional.
The prettieSt way to arrange this style
CT a wedding is for the ushers, brides
maids, flower girls or pages to precede
the couple up the aisle into the chancel,
separating to right and left and then
fol- ming a group, avoiding straight lines,
and facing the congregation. The maid
of honor then stops on the left of the
chancel step opposite the best man, who
should be there with the groom. The
groom then steps forward and takes the
brides hand, who at the same moment
let's go of the arm of the gentleman who
is to give her away. he remaining directly
back Of her The minister then comes for
ward and commences the betrothal SER
vice.
The other style of wedding is for the
ushers to precede the party up the aisle
till they reach the front pew; they then
separate and stand on each side of the
aisle two pews apart, allowing brides
maids to pass through into the chancel,
where they form a group.
The present fashion in which the women
hold their skirts off the pavements is
known as 1.-The twentieth century twist"
and 1t is described by a masculine OBJ
server as looking as if the feminines were
afraid their skirts would get away from
them.
This is not a particularly elegant por-
trayal, and yet it, in a manner. conveys
an idea of the frantic clutch at their gar
ments which women now affect The old
method of lifting the frock by holding
il directly in the middle of the back and
pulling it upward has gone to fashions
pastures. Nowadays the folds are gather
ed in the left hand and are drawn ciose-
ly all the way across the back to the left
side, where they are held high. 1t is a
thorough enough way. Not an inch OF
material is left to sweep the ground, but
it hampers the movements and is inartis
tic.
Who, one wonders, sets the fashion for
Holding skirts anyway? And does she
practice in front of mirror before thrust
ing a new method upon breathless fem
mime world? In the case of the TWEEN tieth
century twist, surrey a mirror could not
have been among the furniture, for no
woman. who saw herself as others see
her, would ever patronize this style, IL
has too many disadvantages and too lit
tie to recommend 1t.
For a space it was believed that with
the spring would vanish all reason for
dress lifts"-to coin a phrase-of any
sort. But, alas, the spring tailor gowns
are all provided with ''dips'-hateful
woodland we are to go through this hot
weather as through last, il seems, bearing
our burden more or less easily as we are
more or less ungraceful and inelegant.
The jewel casket of Queen Alexandra
contains a rare collect on of precious
stones Pearls and diamonds are most in
evidence, fer these are the gems of royal
~ the world over. A souvenir from Queen
Victoria is parure of opals and diamond
and a beautiful necklace of pearls and
diamonds was one of her husbands first
gifts. On their wedding day he gave her
a diadem of brilliants and on the twenty
fifth anniversary of their marriage dia-
mond and ruby cross. The diadem con-
sists of brilliants arrayed in two rows,
with ten large bralliants at equal dis
lance. surmounted by scroll ornaments,
the latter connected by Greek devices in
brilliants.
A ruby and diamond necklace from her
sister, the wife of the late car; a dia-
mond and pearl necklace, with earrings
to match, from the cooperation of thu
city of London, and a diamond tiara, con-
sisting of 365 beautiful stones, are anon 2
the handsomest of her jewelry possess
sions.
The Queen has a large collection of
bracelets, the most interesting being one
that was presented to her on her marriag
by her eight bridesmaids. 1t is of gold,
brilliantly set and divided into eight COM
partments, each containing a miniature
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| reverse side the Queens initials appear in
diamonds on a ground of enamel in garter
blue tint.
One of the many jeweled crosses in this
royal casket and the most priced of all
is Queen Dagmar's cross-an exact replic i
of one made for Queen D1gmar several
| centuries ago and a cherished heirloom
| in the Danish royal family. A diamond
cross on a string of pearls from the ladies
| of Liverpool, diamond and opal brace
| let from the ladies of Manchester and a
| diamond studded one from the ladies of
| Leeds are other beautiful gifts.
A silver wedding present from the grand
| lodge of Free Masons was a magnificent
| butterfly. consisting of over 200 of the
| finest Brazilian diamonds and eyes of
| rubies Some lovely sapphires, COM
| bined with diamonds, and Indian jewelry
| of the finest wrought and chased gold, Sc,
with pearls, rubies and diamonds. repre-
sent other treasures which find place IN
the collection of England's new Queen.
Long nails, says the New York World,
never indicate such great physical
strength as short, broad ones. Very long
fnger-nailed persons are apt to have deli
| cate chests and lungs.
Long nails, very wide al the top and
blush in appearance, denote bad circula-
| ton. Isong-naiied men and women arr
| less critical and more impressonable thaS
| fhoea with short nails