Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-27
A NUPTIAL INNOVATION.
NATIONS FEARFUL LEST MRS.
CLEV ELAND START A CRAZE.

psgne shsmed of the Incident,
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.-W Washington
matrons say that Mrs. Cleveland's ex-
ample IN going to the residence of her
husband to be married may be widely
followed the coming winter. While it
was an excusable departure from custom
in Mrs. CleYeland's case, it does not fol-
low that 1t would be so in all cases. The
authors of the prediction, however, point
TO additional examples in support OF their
claim. Miss Kingdor, of Daly's troupe,
on arriving in America, followed much
the same course as that taken by Miss
Folsom when she came home from Europe
to wed the President. She remained in
the city only a short while, and then went
up to her fiancee's home on the Hudson at
lrvington to be made Mrs. Gould. Others,
too, have done the same thing since Mrs.
Cleveland made ber new departure In
that line. Society leaders are waking mp
to the fact that an old tradition is being
iniringed and are preparing to
adopt strenuous measures TO crush
out this most undesirable new
custom. All this flutter seems
unnecessary. American girls, as a rule,
lite to boldly depart from a custom which
is so firmly established and smacks 30
much OF delicacv than the innovation of
the Folsom and Kingdom instances. The
Presidents wife can of course overleap
the barriers OF custom and escape severe
criticism, where ladies occupying a less
exalted station could not take the step
without risking social ostracism. This
Is illustrated In very pretty little incl
ant ~ sa,
croft, granddaughter of the old histor-
ian, Is a very clever and charming wo-
man, who is well known IN Washington
society. She has never met the Presi-
dents wife, but some female newspaper
correspondent from the capital chooses to
represent them as intimate friends. after
the ingenious fashion Of repeating all re-
ports without taking pains to ascertain
their truth, which so endears the
Washington correspondents to dwellers
in the capital. In consequence OF
this report several persons who were not
certain as TO Mics BaucrsfDs address.
sent notes and letters to the White House
for her TO Mrs. ClevelaDd's care. Several
OF them were forwarded, and with one OF
them the PresidenVs wife sent a few
words to cay that she had learned how
this mistake had originated, and was only
sorry it was q mistake, and hoped that,
though the correspondent had made an
error, 1t would prove a prophecy, wbIob
was very pretty and graceful thing for
the Presidents wife to say. Mise Ban
croft was much pleased and when she re-
turns to Washington shortly there is
every prospect that the correspondents
assertion will be made good.
woMAN's LOVE OF CHAMPAGNE.
The young married beauty who filed
her slipper with champagne at the w bite
Sulphur Springs and gave it 10 Balti-
more gallant to drink Is a resident of this
city. She certainly ia very beautiful
woman and wears very small slipper,
and the Five Points Sir Walter Raleigh
who drank the wine from the slipper ls a
growing attorney from Richmond. The
lady said she was sorry she did 1t now,
"but it was at champagne party and
they were all excited with wlne." When
young man for indulging in such Babylo-
nian politeness she said:
"No. not at all. When / think OF II
now / have an utter disgust for him.
did not give him the slipper. 1t came of
accidentally, when the silly fellow seized
it, filed IT with champagne and drank 10
my bealth."
Washington women are, as a rule. ex-
ceedingly fond OF champagne, and IL goes
WllDOuL bhtluk lDdJ COUBDueTdUtt CudU-
payne must have been drank before
the company became so impulsively chiv-
alric as TO make possible the incident
mentioned. Letters from Saratoga repre-
sent society women in general, and
Washington of the so-called fast set in
particular, as having q high old time the
past summer both by night and by day.
They were TO be found at the race track,
sta king money, boxes Of GLOVES and other
costly forfeits on the results OF the days
races with as much recklessness as any
man with million year would display.
On almost any night In the week as many
as forty ladies could be seen eating sup
per and drinking champagne at the old
John Morrissev club house. One could
stand In the doorway and see a crowd of
men gambling and thirty or more women
eating and drinking. or course these
women were not very refined though they
stopped at the best hotels. They were
set OF women who dote on yacht and horse
races, and play poker at night in their
rooms. The poker playing girl and shoe
drinking gallant should spend their sum-
mers at the Hot Springs in Arkansas. A
refined woman would not marry man
who. like a COmAnche Indian, would use
her slipper for champagne glass.
AGooD OUTLOOK FOR CHAMPAGNE.
ltm may prove interesting for the lovers
Of champagne to know that the reports
received at the State Department from
Consul Frisbie, at Rheims, show that the
outlook for large crop Of champagne this
fall and winter is exceedingly good. Mr..
Frisbie saws that in the general markets
of the world, the United States excepted,
the champagne trsde has never been In q
more depressed and uDsatisfa ctOry condi-
ton than at the present time. Indeed, it
has now arrived at that point where 10
can hardly be worse. Thus it Will be
seen that the financial condition OF the
United States must be good. Although
the prospects for large crop Of
champagne is good, there is not
much probability OF q reduction OF the
price per bottle and 1t will still range
from So so 10 81, as usual, And at some
places the S. tariff will still be charged.
The COnsuPs report shows that during
one quarter OF this year The champagne
shipment to the United States from
Rheims showed an increase of S72. TAI 22
over the same quarter OF 1885. During
this period this year Al 1897 cases. or 502,.
644 quarts. at value Of $5S9, 500 06, were
sent TO this country. While such large
export trade ls done from Rheims with
tine United States, Mr.. Frisbie says, the
reciprocal trade In American mercbsn-
disc does not reach 5000 tor the quarter
named
A NAVAL OFFICERS LARK.
A naval officer on special duty in the
Navy Department has serious cause for
offanaa against n hrOther officer on aim liar