The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-02


whom it is part of the stock of trade.
Custom demands gorgeous raiment of
the actress, and OF queens on gala oc-
| casions. and of none others. The &C
tress, a a rule, dresses, when off the
stage, with inconspicuous plainness;
why should women in private life al
ways appear like actresses on the
stage? Perhaps they will come to it,
but according to the gossip of to-day,
only the leaders of society, who are
| supposedly tired of show, and stated
| with show" and actresses, are really
| bored with constant putting on and off
| of new gowns. Just now merchants and
! dressmakers are saying that American
textiles, American gowns and American
shoes are leading the fashion in Pari-
sian markets.
For the seeker after prizes for card
| parties and the like the stores are
| equipped with no end of surprises, says
| the Chicago Inter Ocean. Miniature ar
ticles of all kinds and for all uses are
particularly abundant and are to be
! recommended in an age when dozens
| OF household accessories enter to every
| one that takes it's leave. The mother
and the daughter of the present gener-
| alton are equally interested in the COL
lection of trophies and souvenirs Gn-
discriminate collectors of everything
they were described in one household),
and prizes that require little care and
less room are sure to be appreciated
If they have use so much the bet
| ter.
Take the dainty little mirrors, for ex-
ample, with sliding covers, which are
requisites of the opera bag, for the re-
| arrangement of the hat and disordered
locks. They are to be had in gold and
silver, plated and solid, and in gun
metal and enamel, and cost from few
cents up. Some of the designs are ex-
quisite in the extreme, and some of the
richest are jeweled.
Pretty cups and saucers always find
a welcome. A cup filed with chocolates
| the top covered with a small fancy pa
| per mat and cup and saucer held firm
| ly by a criss-cross of ribbon, makes a
charming prize. There are all sorts of
beautiful wares for the purpose, Jap
anese. French, and domestic and the
| fragile Belleek, that comes from old
Ireland For inexpensive bestowals real
| japanese treasures to be had "for a
song" are always to be recommend
ed.
Mrs. Minnismith-Oh, Bertram. to-
day the baby said ''goo. goo. UNI, bah,
| bah. boo"
Mr.. Minnismith-I'm awfully glad to
| hear that.
Mrs. ADMINISTRATION proud we can
feell
Mr.. Minnismith-Yes. and it will
make good yell for our factorys foot
ball team.-New York Times.
One of the unmarried women in dipIo-
matte circles at Washington is the
Countess Marguerite Cassini, the ac-
complished niece of the Russian Am
bassador, who is a countess in her own
right, not by heredity, but by special
grace of the Car. and a curious story
| is told of the manner in which she won
her title, says the Pittsburg Dispatch.
1t was when Count Cassini had his
fateful conference with Li-Hung-
| Chang at Pekin Qong before the BOX
| err trouble. The Counts interpreter
was away, for LIS call was unexpected,
and as the Chinese statesman could not
speak Russian and the Russian diplo-
mat did not understand Chinese the
, conference came to a deadlock. The
Counts niece, who had picked up some
thing of the language, stepped into the
| breach and the affair was arranged to
| the satisfaction of both parties The
Chinese Empress loaded her with pres
ents, the Cars government made a
note of the service performed and when
there was a question a couple of years
| dSO Ol the young lduy precedence al
Washington, where the Count was then
ambassador, the Gear himself con-
founded her rivals by making her a
countess. This was something like
rapid promotion for the lady.
J. Pierpont Morgan was the subject
of a conversation in a club in this city
says a New York paper. One of the
group discussing the characteristics OF
the financier startled the others by
volunteering the information:
HE is all devotion to Miss Mflligan."
Two months have elapsed since this
speech, and now nearly every fashion,
able club knows who or rather what
Miss Milligan is. 1t is the last phase
of solitaire at cards, and, at present,
is one of the fashionable fads of the
hour.
Miss Milligan is played everywhere
to-day, and the rainy autumn in coun-
try houses has made the game very
popular 1t is played with two packs
of cards and the solution is effected
by the placing in eight rows of differ
emit cards, the aces having the top row
and alternate red and black layers be-
ing made until the cards are exhaust
ed, when they must come out in these
alternate layers and in rotation of num-
bers. 1t is extremely difficult to &C.
| COIllpilSh.
Mr.. Morgan is an adept at the game,
and he plays it on the Corsair, at his
country house, whenever occasion
offers. 1t is one of the few recreations
which he allows himself.
| -
Rather an amusing discussion on the
subject of low dresses has lately been
carried on in the columns of a Pari-
| sian contemporary, says the London
| News. "She knows how much it /, is
best to show" sang the poet but it
must be admitted that this does not
altogether settle the question of decol-
| letage.
One writer asks how it comes about
that a woman who would deeply resent
an impairment glance when she is TAX
| ing a morning walk can complacently
make her appearance with bare neck
and arms in the evening. This is a
contradiction for which. as must be
confessed. 1t is not easy to find plaus-
| ible explanation.
| Decolletage. another maintains. is