The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-21
SUNNY CARRIE CARELESS
TAKES A P EP AT NEW YORK IN
IT NEW YEAR DRESS.

CAS1n- w oman Rights Some More =
A Hunting Dinner Menu-Ee vel
Touch Cla ct Punch-Stocks So Low
You Can Buy Seats for Song, i
You Can Get Henry Clews to Sins
It New Tangled Trousers fol-
Women What Is the Fashionable
Tipple2
(Copyrightl
NEW YORK. Dec. 2l.-The approach oil
Christmas has greatly changed the appear
sncs Of the metropolis. The CHRISTINA
greens are being put up seeking to ex.
change thei- Christmas gIfts. The bargain
counters are loaded and stocked with good
cheap a. half the price.
Several port. ait teas are planned for the
the h-st week Of the new year. and, lest the
vagaFies Of portrait tea should not have
penetrated the home circle Of each reader,
list to a description Of one. But two thi rs
are necessa y, nay. three things: namely:
portrait, tea and aO audience. The first
must be executed hy an artist of vell-known
name and brightest l1ster 81 fame The tea
must be English breakfast. though served
in the afternoon, and the audience must be
of the apprec alive, soulful. artistic kind
that will 90 in rapture upon slight provoca-
ton. The portrait is Of the hostess, and all
near IL in order that all may exclaim
"Whst charming hkenessw "How arts
tic" Look how the uotional nature ia re-
vealed in those lipsm What soulful eyes,
etc, etc.
Tne walters Of Delmonico's, 50 the funny
papers have it, are looking solemn because
Mrs. Paran stevens is back to town. That
lady, though..e timable." Is said to be diff
Quit 10 man sge, hard 10 suit and impossible
20 please. Yet she entertains beau fully
The Duke AID Duchess Of Marlborough
were sumptuously dined and wi ed there
last week Perhaps Mrs. Stevens does not
mean 70 be exacting. she may be neural
gle. At all events lie as hope so.
District Attorney De Lancey Nicoll's
wedding was ths SWEETEST affair New York
has seen for months. Grace church held
not one-haf Of the invited guests.
the wonan's rights women are again on,
the war path, seeking whom they can per-
suade to take up the cudgel for them. They
are a mighty abused set, TO judge from
their own stories, aud all the wO. Id, save a
few considerate men, are pitted against
them. The other men. the inconsiderate
ones, say that when women wa t TO vote
they will vote; but that at present they do
not care to do so. the faction that votes
representing merely an ''isn." And, more
over, they say tnat the ism" consists
almost exclusi ely of unhappy married
women and old maids. Can this be truei
Here is hunting dinner menu: Before
the chase bltters and powdered Toe are
served to put spirit into the bold huntsman.
After the chase, a huge ''jolnt,n game
pie, or two, venison, chee'e, cold mea IS
oyster pates. ices, fruits. coffee and Apoli-
naris. The last il distributed through the
feast combined with clsret
Anent claret drinking, one should never
taste combination of claret and sugar.
They are utterly incongruous, I'm nixable,
and ably. Who has not cen sickened by
a sip or two of claret punch offered at some
social gatberngl Take a hot Scotch, a
cocktail, a cream punch, Tom and Jerry.
or gin hz2, but look not upon claret
punch.
"What is in that bowlT queried some
one.
"Red ink. castor oil aud-swill," was the
prompt reply. All Of which goes 10 show
IN what light the average claret punch is
regarded.
swell, what is its" is the question asked
by hard hearted mankind when their
womenkind approach them with wheeilings
aud cajoleries. Men cannot realize that
women are willing, metiines to do a little
petting just for he sake of the petting
itself. No, the mercenary, schening, far
seeing sex are at once ready to imagine
that there must be method in the madness
that drives woman TO her knees before
them
II you want to lie awake at nights. lose
nn appetite for your dinner, aud go back on
yourself generally, buy a few shares OF
something or other, or invest in seat in
the stock exchange. The stock market Is
fuctuating at such a rate that you will be
simply wild, stark, raving crazy. in a
month. And seats in the stock exchange
are going down SO fast in price that it will
make you gray wondering whether they
Will keep o. going down until you have
nothing 70 show for your money, or whether
they will suddenly increase in value and
give You several thousand of the hard dollar
slap. Henry Clews bought seat last week
for his nephew. JOIN Harry, paying only
$4,000 for 1t, and with this went a Sc 900
life Insurance policy also.
While Steve Brodis is abroad jumping
from st. PatrIck's bridge. and lowering
himself down to kiss the true Blarney stone,
New York girls are CT home doing q great
deal OF jumping and skippi OF differe II
kind. They are Skipping along sidewalks
and over cutters with absolutely alarming
ease and agility. Skipping the gutter" Is
to them, not slang phrase, but an actu-
ATTY. AND all on account Of their trous-
ers There Is new iaiies' outflttiug es-
adjustment that makes divided skirts on q
new and comprehensive plan. Tho erst-
while divided skirt becomes longer and is
tght-httlng, reaching nearly to the ankles
This garment Is Il cross between q divided
skirt and pair of pantalettes. 1t is very.
very comfortable for walking and dancing
purposes. But OIL IL don't look pretty
when one holds up ones skirts to 60 up or
down pair Of stairs There is something
about the old-time petticoat that holds on
to ones heart-strings, however progressive
one may become.
A new fad Is for women TO gamble of an
afternoon. Yet they do it ope2-faced, and
In broad daylight. The fairer and brighter
the girl, the more ready she is to risk her
Attle pin m ney on little games OF chance.
Saratoga IS a den Of iuiquity as far as poker
playing Is concerned, bu5 the private cafes
Tor lad es only and tao various health
resiora i've parlors are SO much worse that
Saratoga is spotless dove compared to
them aud their iniquities.
Much less tippling is going ON NOWADAYS
than formerly. II is worthy Of nots.
Breakfasts ars served without cocktails.
luncheon without punch, afternoon tea
without rum. and even creme de menti,e Is
banished. This Is in public. But in pri.
vate-save the mark. Women can drin. az
many whisky sours as men can, and they
glory in so doing, 1t is truly appalling.
One meets fair-skinned, clear-eyed gtrl
whom one expects 70 hear nothing but
hght-minded phrases concerning art on
literature. And what comes ipstesd
2anathin0 lika fhts. NTnD,a -