The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-24

give a fluffy look to the skirts. She
knows that it becomes her as nothing
else would.
Her jewelry consists of beautifully
colored seeds strung together in the
form of necklaces, bracelets, and tar
as. In addition to these, on the night
of the ball she catches the brilliant
fireflies which swarm in the jungle
and artisticdlly arranges them in her
dusky locks. The jungle girl would
not exchange her "peeniet wallahs,"
as she calls the firefies, for the dia-
monds of a Northern belle.
The jungle girls hats are marvel
to behold. She weaves them herself
from the Jippi-jappa grass, and can
get any shape or style she fancies.
She trims them with the netty fibres
of the cocoanut palm and the gorge
Gus wings of the mountain parrokeet,
which is shot and brought home by
her father and brother. Even her
parasol and umbrella are supplied, by
kindly nature. When the sun is too
hot or the rain to heavy big plan
tain or banana leaf goes as well as
anything bought in the largest stores
of an American city.
A creole belle Is as fond of perfume
as the daintieSt American woman, and
is just as particular that it shall be
of the best kind. She goes to much
more trouble to procure it, but, then,
she knows that it is always pure and
fresh. She first picks her fresh flow
ers, and then, by some process handed
down from one generation to another,
she distills it.
The secret method is often known
to only few families. and they would
not give 1t away for any sum of
money. The lucky holders of the Sc
cret are, OF course, envied by all who
Know them. Although others may re-
ceive presents Of the much-valued
scent from those in the secret, they
cannot make it themselves, and, there
fore, cannot afford to be as lavish
with 1t as they wish.
The tropical girls soap is procured
on the way to the bath. AS she walks
down to the river to battle she stops
mere and there to gather some berries,
and cuts piece of stick called Chew
stick" which she uses as a tooth
brush. She chews the end of it until
1t becomes quite soft and froth gath
ers at the end. She then rubs her
teeth well with this. This is the best
toothbrush on earth, as 1t not only
prevents the teeth from decaying, but
keeps them beautifully white and
clean. People in other countries,
knowing the value Of this "chewstick. ("
have it powdered and exported to
them.
In many parts of South America
the natives cannot buy cloth to make
their clothes, so they have to spin 1t
themselves out of cocoanut fibre. The
cloth woven from the bamboo fibre
is very soft and silky.
Unlike the West Indians, the South
American belle wears shoes of a kind.
They are made up of coarse woven
material like sailcloth, which is at
tached to soles of rawhide. They are
the most comfortable shoes imagin-
able, and are used by the soldiers of
South America when on the march.
They are called "alpagattas," and
Americans who have travelled in South
America invariably bring them home
to their wives and daughters for bath
slippers. Those who are lucky enough
to have a pair would not exchange
them for any other slippers, however
costly. No other footgear equals the
"alpagatta" for comfort and durabil-
ity.