The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-12-20
THE COMING WINTER.
NO SPECIAL "CRAzE" OUTLINED FOR
FASH ONABLE FOLKS TO FOLLOW.
"A Murray Hin Miss INDUCES in specuIa'
tions-A Peep Behind the Scenes
Cooking Clubs, Shakespeare Read
ings-The Usual Round.
INewYork Times Interview

VI saouIi IKE TO ask, then, SAID the re-
porter, ''if there is any especial craze out
lined for the coming winter?"
Not any one markedly prominent that
know Of" continued she of the arched eye
brows, "but the usual number Of 'fads' I
suppose, in every set. Two or three win
t3rs ago cooking club; were all the rage;
they have had their day. however, and
now comparatively few exist hero in New
York. Between ourselves they were fire.
qu9ntly the mot outrageous of farces.
aozsn girl mora or less, formed themselves
into a cooking club, They gave n lunch
once WEEK, taking the members houses in
in turn, at which each was supposed TO con-
tribute dish OF her own preparing, the
no te supplying the extras of the luncheon
fl ,wers, fruit, etc. l say supposed advis-
ediy, for it was open secret that the
girls were materially assisted in all culli-
nary operations by the presiding genius of
the home kitchen. At the close of the
season a swell dinner or lunch was given to
which each member invited a male
friend and it is was curious coincidence
that two girls down ON the menu for lobster
and chicken croquettes respectively had an
embarrassing encount ter two days before tho
feast at the order counter OF a caterer who
i a noted specialist in these dishes.
80 much for playing at cooking. l
served my time at it, and didn't learn q
thing Of practical value. If ] marry poor
man and try to keep house without
trained and capable cook, am afraid the
menu will not consist OF croquetteS and sal
ads with fIets AMI coquille: It is all very
well to talk about simple and made-over
dishes; to render them palatable at all, they
must tie dressed and served with expensive
condiments and sauces. which rather coun-
terac6 their economy. | don't dabble in
cooking clubs any more-if the necessity of
such knowledge comos few efforts under
the stimulus of honest desire will make
cook of almost any woman, and playing at
IL is nonsense"
OTHER WINTER OCCUPATIONS.
"But there are other occupationsP the re-
suggested after moment
Goa, yes, plenty of them," was the ready
response. "All girls in good health require
a vent for their surplus energy and enthus-
iasm, and they find it in various ways.
Last winter | joined a reading club. 1t
was rather good fun. We went right at
Shakespeare of course; selected one of his
hi turicaI plays, Henry VI l believe, to
begin upon; read up contemporaneous his
tory with it, and grew so learned and Pc
dRntic en- the matter that l am sure we
were awful bores at home. We organized
too. with great eclat; had president, vice
president, secretary, and treasurer, con-
stitution and bylaws, charter members
honorary members, and the whole business
But after all, the club as reading club
was not great success. 1t lacked staying
power. The attendance dropped off. Any
title engagement kept the girls away, and
| fear the whole organization would have
gone to the wall before Christmas but for o
happy thought of one of US"
And that was?'
"Oh," and here the expressive mouth took
demure droop, ami the eyelids fell to hide
the hooking light beneath them; soma
body favored the co-aducatiCn of the sexes
in Shakespeare. A few men were asked to
join and joined. After that the club -four
ished like green bay tree. We didn't read
or write SO much, but we danced more, and
1T was rather nice to have some one to
walk home with and carry your Rolfe, you
know. What is it do you supposep suddenly
concluded this extremely clever young
philosopher with the violet eyes and tailor
made dress.
THE CURIOUS ATTRACTION.
Il see you don't understand me-" went on
Mis-, Satinskin calmly; II mean, what is she
curious attraction you men seem to possess!
] admit it frankly. while l resent it, too.
That club would have persisted if those
stupid men had not appeared They didn't
know half as much about Shakespeare or
history rs we did-but they saved the club.
have often wondered why it is" she con-
5nu,d, that if l am talking with two or
three girl friends and a man approaches
how differently we ali act and really are.
TIE man may be a conceited, insufferabe
prig; one for whom have no real liking,
scarcely any respect; but actually / seem to
value his good opinion more than the
sterling girl frjeul who sits by my side.
want this Monsieur de Simpleton to like
me- - a lmire me. l exert myself to talk
Town to hi, level, aud l feel really piqusd
ana mortified when hear that he has re-
marked Of me, SHE'S awfully heavy at con-
ver,atioa.' Now. why should l care3 and
do care, just because he's man.
But you were wanting to know what we
were goinS to do this winter, l believe she
went On, rapidly changing her mood and
manEer we are going to do, l suppose,
the usual round, with No special innova
lions. There are to be plenty of balls and
dinners tbs coming season. 1t is not going
to ID ia hionabl, to be poor; it was last
year know, but it wasn't interesting
uua now il we can't afford to be gay the
world must not know it. Church ana char
- WORK have begun, which means sswiug
mset.lsS AM that sort Of thing with, of
coarse, the men for ) O'clock tea, and from
now until Christmas various fairs and ba-
Zgar<"
EVERYTHING IN BRIEF.
; SNSrtaShA
ask-I ,uldonly poi>in; her head little to
olr s.ie.
- a.u senevalIziny too much, l fear. Pin
IA. dow with pointed interrogations and
II, say YES ana no alone. Or stay; that
: asking almost to- much; let me rather
concentrate my idea, an / give You briefly
"a. a4s klowle igo l posses upon this import
aa5 ma .er-waat shall do the coming
s. "a o..
We hal aresS and dance, eat, drink and
bs merry; We shall wear gowns made by
q sweI Engli-h tailor If VIC can afford them,
ami + uot We shall still insist they are his;
We shall not roller skate, that is I'M
healtEfd! and-common; nor wear
rings, tia. IS vulgar; nor walk on
Fifth-avenue Sundays, that is not fashion
able; We shall say function for party or
soiree, a smart frock' for a pretty dress, "a
man l know il referring to male acqualnt-
ance, or 60 to the play instead of the
theatre, and euieaVor u get asked to a