The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-22
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NJ DE FREYCISET, 1.-THE little white mouse. !" as
he is nick-named in Paris is prodigiously proud
OF his election to the academy. He attrihute.
nis SUCCESS 10 ms literary merits, which he has
hlmseir always rated much higher than the
world has done. In reality, his election to a seat
among the lmrnortals is due to the FEELING, thar
TO nun is due most OF the credit for reorganiz-
ing the french army, which, il is fondly believed
by an frenchInen is now quite match for the
hosts of Germany
THERE 10, properly speaking. nothing good to
eat In England but roast beef and mutton chops
and fried sole. Coming from Paris. where the
Nhols soul was moved to ecstacy by the melting
righteousness of seductive viandS there is some
tning baroarously rude and unsatisfactory in
the things with which hs is forced to sustain
NE 10 London The bread is for the most part
Us dense as the English appreciation of a Jest,
while the compounding of sauces is an art the
Srtlsher cannot learn, any more than he can
appreciate them when they have been con
cocted lie VINO goes to England to eat is as
wise as no who goes to Patagonia to study art
A CHICAGO COMMISSION FIRM of this city has
received and filled rather an odd order. A num-
Der of ex-Chicagoans living in the vicinity OF
Shanghai China, opened correspondence with
Tie f1rm with regard to the feasibility of i'm
porting into the Celestial domain a number of
i've nve american quail for the purpose of propagat-
ing Tue spe ,ies n that corner of the world. The
order was for 100 dozen. and the first consign-
ment OF thirty dozen has been shippad the con
Slgnee being J. Ward Hall. The quail is hardy
Dird, ana easily adopts itself to circumstances
and 1t is not impossible that "B b
Mmte whistle will soon be heard from the
heids or the Orient.
IL Mrs. Frank Leslie prefers newspaper man
TO De Leuville, that padded marquis seems to
have consoled himself for be wears copsnicu
11usly an immense gold bracelet, said to be- the
n Will
tnan sne knows how to spend wisely has bound
MIN to her. De Leuville prides himself ON his
Skhi as shot, and at certain receptions in New
YORK MS feminine adorerS used to be called on
10 admire a board framed in velvet in which
appeared his initials in bullet Dies said 10 have
oeen made at distancs of twenty PAGES The
run or the thing was, De LeuviIle can no more
shoot than he can appear tall without HIGH
heels. The proprietor OF the gallery where 6e
practiced gave the joke away by rendering
judgment that De Leuville with good Iuck might
MT the ooard-somewhere. three out of four
times.
THE REPORT has been alternately made and
denied that protectionist professor in the
University of Pennsylvania had been called To
the professorship OF political economy at Har-
Varus ana much comment has been made upon
tne slgnl1cance OF such step. The truth of
tne matter, as ascertained in an interview with
PRESIDENT Elliott, is that about year ago and
not recently. as the report states the Harvard
corporation ofered Prof. Edmund j. James, of
the University of Pennsylvania the assistant
professorship left vacant by the resignation of
Prof. Laughlin. Prof James considered the
oner for two months and finally declined it, be-
cause of the insufficient salary given an assistant
professor, and not because of his adherence to
any school of economic principles President FL
Hot states that neither free trade nor protection
Is advocated IN the lecture room at Harvard
The woman's lunch counter in New York city
is dazzling success, and is patronized as ex-
tensively any of the mems places down town.
feok To
day 1t was started, and now no young woman,
with q days shopping, or list of callers on |
hand, would think of wasting time at a restau-
rant liable. Last Saturday noon a reporter fol- |
lowed crowd of women into a well-known
restaurant in upper Broadway. All turned to |
one side OF the room, where there was an oval
luncn counter of cherry, smoothly polished and |
much lower than the lunch counters patronized !
by men exclusively. The stools were OF cherry
with cane-bottom seats. Sixty persons could |
sit very comfortably at the counter but the |
managers OF the institution had crowded the |
seats together so TO accommodate more
The service was much better than men are &C. |
customed to- AT the time of the reporters en- |
trance the seats were nearly all taken Behind |
the counter were four mild hammered walters |
in white Jackets and aprons. All sorts Of feni- |
nine gossip could be heard, and, OF course that |
settles it. Stools for ladies lunch counters are
a success.
HAS IT ever struck YOU said Pittsburger.
who paints not signs but pictures, yesterday,
THAT red is very dangerous color, that 1t
stands for danger in all sorts of ways. On the
railroads. of course you know, red is the danger
signal in flags Dy day, in lamps by night Every
body is accustomed TO the idea OF red as
warning on the railroads, and at sea the red
hight serves the same purpose. Then red
stands for anarchy. The anarchists are often
called the reds, and the flag which has waved
over some of the bloodiest scenes in the worlds
history is sanguinary red. To wave q red flag
before bull IL about as dangerous a thing "a
you can do The uniform of the fireman has
been red since time immemorial, although since
organized fire departments have been
organized the color has been sensibly
fight is red, and the danger OF the confusion of
men and flames is apparent The hue of the
poppy in the fields suggests the dangerous side
OF the narcotic it harbors Some one aware OF
the dangers of debauches has coined the phrase
we know so well, Painting the town red Red
in art is a risky color to use unless the painter
knows thoroughly how to use it, as Sir Edwin
Landseer did in his pictures which invariably
contained a touch of red somewhere. Turner
employed red lavishly. and although he sue
ceeded in producing marvellous effects, his fol
lowers have made countless millions mourn
over fiery corruscations on canvas. Wherever
you turn you find red mark of peril" 10
literature is it so?" ''Yes, even in literature
for are not bad books most harmful when they
are read!"
The three state dinners and the four evening
receptions to be given by the President and
Mrs. Harrison within the short compass OF the
official season, which in 1891 will be only six
weeks, will take one and sometimes two nights
a week. Besides these fixed events all the pos
sbties of Mrs. McKee's ball open up another
charming vista. Mrs. Mckee has her mind
quite set upon this party, for each year she is
at the white house as a recognition for all the
courtesies showered upon herself while she is
here 1t may anticipate the regular season or
be given as its grand finale, Just the plans of
the winter make IL seem best. Other things
already settled upon as certaintieS are the five
meetings of the dancing class, the first of which
will be held at the National Rifles hall on the
evening of the 10th; the Bowling
Club cotillion, during Christmas week;
Mrs. Howard Whites dancing recep-
tions, the bachelors and army and navy ger
mans. the large dinners and dances at the Brit
ish legation, the two or three balls sure to be
given by Mrs. Hearst in honor of her guest Miss
Sanderson of California, who is to winter with
her, and the card receptions at the homes of the
Secretary and Mrs. Window. Both of the latter
hope to give receptions they had planned to give
last winter, when the sad affection that befell
the household of Secretary Tracy caused their
postponement. The wedding bells will be heard
now and then during the gay season also, and
these events will add another festive touch to
the gay outlook, and with those already named |
and q hundred more entirely unexpected make |
a certainty Of u season with enough opportuni- !
ties of pleasure to suit the hveest.
HAVING read an article on Talking Birds, - a |
reader writes to The London Spectator: .'I
think you may like to hear of a canary who had |
been taught to repeat phrase, and could do it |
much more sweetly than parrot. He was not |
a German bird. nor of any remarkable breed at II