The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-29

In the Senate who are his especial friends,
and have always, except in one or two
cases, received on that day. / have never
served any kind of wine, although do not
recall any serious results from it"
Ms Eugene Hale, of Maine, says:
Tea is the bulwark Of Washington
society, and il should have kept the Old
custom from falling, if wine was the cause
OF tue fall. have always thought. however,
that the reason people gave it up was bacau q
they were too tired after the Presidents
reception to stand from IL too receiving.
AT least that was the reason gave up my
New Years receptions. Ii is a pity, too,
especially for the elderly gentlemen. They
used TO enjoy it so much. When received
l always served tea, and as am somewhat
bigoted upon the subject and think tea
should be good tea, have not been particu-
lar to place pretty girls at the table, but
always put some one who knows how to
brew a drink, although the person might
not be debutante. have always had
decanter OF sherry on the table, and the
guests might use their own judgment about
Mrs. Hawley of Connecticut also sticks to
tea: Te
Dear, no, never have anything else
but tea at my New YEARS receptions. I
think them great fun, as they are all novel
to me. In England they do not have the
custom. But about wine. never noticed
any one who had been drinking too much
when they came TO call upon me. and really,
now, cannot recall ever seeing any one
intoxicated in Washington, although have
heard dreadful stories at a reception. But
then am not very observant."
The wife Of Senator Spooner said:
Tho woman or girl who offers one of my
sons glass of wine will personally affron5
me. 1 never serve wine at my receptions
for the sake of other wo mems sons, and
daughters, too, for in many instances il has
proved es dangerous for Washington girls
TO drink wine as for young men to do So
For my boys sake never Keep wine in the
house nor drink it at any other house. 1t
was hard struggle when came to Wash
lngton TO refuse at a dinner. / was
cowardly-that is, it is really delicacy of
feeling with a woman. She does not want TO
rebuke other people who may not have the
same reasons for refusing it. IL was diff
cult then lit is an easy matter now. / al
ways allow the butler to fill the first glass
30 that attention win not be attracted to
my plate, then, when he comes for the other
wines, put my finger on my glass and he
passes me. There is no use having the
glasses filed and thus waste the wine
From what have seen judge there is as
| much wine drinking now as there ever was,
except at New Years receptions. Women
luncheon parties
II have never received at any house on
New Years day where they served wine"
said the wife of Congressman Burrows.
| They have had coffee, chocolate, tea, apol-
linaris, and the ncxt best thing to wine,
shrub made of lemons and raspberry
cordial. the harm is not in the wine, but
In giving it 10 young people"
The debutantes do not agree with the
matrons. They like the old custom, and
| say If it Is TO be kept up, it Is only by serv-
ing wine. One of the prettiest Of last years
| buds had her coming out" party last New
Years. AS the ''menn were presented to
her she turned blithely to her aids and said
Take him out now and fill him up with
champagne"
The mothers heard her with horror and
prophesied all sorts of evils for her, but she
| is now pursuing course of notable success.
| She is senator's daughter.
There are rays Of hope, however, for the
| old time callers. At some houses the sparkle
of champagne will still make the CLEAN in
the callers eye. and the cork will mount
| upward with his spirits The wives of
| Senators Stockbridge, Quay, Mcmillan,
| and Frye, as well as those mentioned before,
will not give drop to drink, but most of
! the hale Justices Of the supreme court will
! have decanters as well as coffee urns, and
there will be light punch, and perchance
champagne, where the wives of Senators
Evarts, Edmunds, Dawes, Dolph, Paddock,
Stanford, Ingalls,, Cockrell, and Davis are
| hostesses.