Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-13

English minister, which had il been done
| III like manner between Austria and
France or any other two powers in
| Europe, would have been instantly g
cause of war; therefore, opinions differ
so much that these answers are offered
mOdestly.
The prevailing tenor of our questions
this week is that of card leaving, and as
SO many questions cannot be individually
! answered in the weekly space which we
| have at our command, we will write our
answers generally, TO the one end of an
| swering every one.
Written for the Gazette.
''Clara, Second avenue, - asks: cat
what hour should n musicale he given,
and can light evening gown be worn if
| it is in the afternoon? Would it be bet
ter to give it in the evening. when gen.
tlemen could attend? What refresh
ments would be proper at a musicale?
! Should l request an answer TO my invita-
| tion?''
To answer the last first: Yes, of
course. An invitation to a musicale
| party, where all should he seated re-
| quires an answer more than any other in
vitation, excepting dinner invitation
Also wear light evening gown. In New
York musicales are often given at 2:30,
because there is a large music loving
crowd in New York who have plenty of
! leisure. In smaller towns it would be
well TO give them in the evening, but
there is no law as to hours; suit your
| convenience.
| A very light supper is usually given
when music is offered Oysters and
salad, punch or champagne and ices.
''Tryphonia asks: "eWould it be
proper to offer gentleman the use of a
mustache cup, if in eating soup you see
that he needs it? We have friend visit
! ing us with a very heavy mustache
Should he feel hurt if suggested that it
would be better to use mustache cup
when he is eating soup, as it all adheres
to his mustache and drips down on his
clothes?''
No, it would not be proper for you TO
offer the gentleman any relief in these
embarrassing circumstances. Never notice
people s personal habits or let them see
that you do.
''Miss Softly writes s'Haying had
occasion to engage a new maid, French
woman, | find she objects to the cap and
apron, though from different reasons
| from these given by the Irish. Shall
insist on her wearing them? Do the best
| families insist ON this popularity of do
mestie livery?''
| Your French maid, at home, would
never, dare appear without cap and
apron. She is feeling the effects of re-
| publican institutions.
Yes, the neatest housewives and ladies
insist on the white cap and apron, as it is
very much neater than any other dress.
''Rosa' asks the never eeasing uues-
ton: ''Should an invitation to a church
wedding be acknowledged if you can at
tend, and if so, how shall the acknowl-
edgement be made?'
1t requires no answer You go if Won
please or stay away. Call at the house
afterWard.
Miss january asks: elbow shall
address note to Mrs. Fuller, wife of the
chief Justice? Shall say Hon. Mrs.
Judge Fuller, Mrs. Chief Justice
Fuller, OF Mrs. Fuller? -
Simply Mrs. Fuller, Address your
note ''The Chief Justice and Mrs.
Fuller wife does not take the hus-
band s title in this country.
"Young Widow asks: elm leaving
O1A t1OhlIAHS at blC age u lOEly HOW
ought to dress? l am very young look
ing, with bright complexion and sunny
hair. L fancy ought to dress in plain
colOrs, but do not wish my quiet tastes,
increased by years of mourning, TO carry
me too far. Ny consciousness of youth g
departure is making me, my friends
say too grave. l have never cared for
or studied the art of costume much -
"Young Widow should go to Worth,
who always asks a lady IS moral qualities
when he dresses her, and says he wishes
to know if a widow mOuTns her husband
with "feeling and magnificence - or
with feeling and economical DISPOSE
tions -
With the bright complexion and sunny
hair we should recommend the young
widow to wear gray.
tJohn Campbell - asks: ssWhat is a
ChippendaIe chair? What is Yernis
Martin table? What is Sheraton desk?
and what is a pocket bonbohniere?
The latter is a little silver box, with
sugared rose leaves and sugared violets,
that ladies carry to the opera. The
Sheraton desk and Chlppendale chair
bear the names of their makers. and can
be seen at Sypher s. The Vernis Martin
refers to very fine kind of varnish. in
vented by coachmaker in Paris in 1850
named Martin. 1t is now applied to very
elegant tables.
''Mrs. Sehreiff' asks: How shall
introduce into society young man who
has nc mother or sisters, just home from
college? have no acquaintance in New
York, and he has none, yet he belongs to
the best family in the town where he
lives -
Alas! We cannot answer this question.
''Leonora'' asks: s'when persons
are in the habit of exchanging visits and
social eourtesies is it the custom to invite
TO a lunch or dinner the guest who is stay
ing in the house and not the young lady
herself?''
Yes, it is decidedly the custom to ask
the person wanted TO dinner or lunch. 1t
would be impolite to leave the young lady
hostess out of a large party This matter
of invitations is a troublesome one. No
one, however, should ever ask hostess
TO do otherwise than she chooses. She