The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-19

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TO provide dishes for all that was wanting
70 complete the feast / furnished myself. a
ooneo turkey on one occasion was absolute
" necessary. The day was a holiday.
must at once place it in the cooks hands.
Inc shops We're all shut, SO l suggested TO
the major that be drive out with me to my
farm and procure one. When we reached
the place. farmer aud family, we found. had
gone OF visiting; there was no one there. |
TOOK IN the situation at gla &c.
MaJer,' said, there, in that field, is
goooler, that turkey you and have got to
eaten, IL 1t takes us all night to get him.
fosltlvely shall not leave the place with
out him. He looked aghast There he was
In Poole's clothes, the best dressed man in
America! This he always was. On this
point, friend once got this off on him. As he
was entering his club, with another we'll
dressed man Of leisure this gentleman ex-
Claimed, Behold them like the lilies of the
held, they toll not. neither do they spin, yet
Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed
like one OF these Clothes or no clothes, in
pursuit Of the turkey he went. Over fences,
In barnyards and through fields, at a full
run, the perspiratlon pouring down the
cheeks Of the dear old major, and scream
ing encouragement to him. Try it again,
Major head him off, now you have him.
Finally, after an hours chase, we got
the bird. when. throwing off his coat,
strengthening himself up and throwing his
arms akimbo, he exclaimed, Well Nc, the
profession of a gentleman has fallen very
low when 1t takes him to chasing turkeys
My dear fellow l replied, the great
Chancellor Livingston once said. "a gentle
man can do anything; he can clean bis own
boots, but he should DO it well"'"
LAUNCHING A BUD"
Mr.. McAllister's account of bis expert
ence with socially ambitious mothers when
he was manager of the Family Circle
Dancing class is amusing Oaly by prac-
eice of the most astute diplomacy did he
manage to keep from making lifelong
enemies.
The launching of a beautiful young
girl into society" says Mr.. McAlllster, is
one thing; it is another to place her family
on good, sound social foo,ing. You can
launch them into the social sea, but can
they float: Manners naketh man. is an
old proverb. These they certainly must
possess. There is no society in tire world as
generous as New York society is; friend,
parent, neighbor, all it will embrace, but
once embraced they must have the power of
sustaining themselves. The best quality
for them TO possess is modesty in asserting
their claims; letting people seek them rather
than attempting to rush too quickly to the
front. The Prince of Wales, on a charming
American young woman expressing her
surprise at hecordiala reception given her
by London society, replied, My dear lady.
there are certain people who are bound to
come to the 'front.' and stay there, you
| are one of themsbl 1t requires not
only money! but So brains, and, above
all, infinite tact; possessing the three, your
success is assured. IL taken by the hand by
a person in society YOU are at once led into
the charmed circle, and then your own cor
rect perceptions Of what should or should
not be done must do the rest. AS a philo-
sophical friend once said to me. "a gentle
| man can afwayss2hlk, but he cannot afford
to have a shabby eqtipage.'"
WHAT MAKES BREEDING.
Mr.. McADister speaks of the Importance
of pleasant manner to a woman who de-
sires to make social success. Then he
argues az
IF women should cultivate pleasant man
ners, should not mon do the same! Are not
manners as important to men as to women?
The word .geptleman' may have its deriva-
ton from gentle descent but my under
standing of a gentleman has always been
that he is a person free from arrogance and
anything like self-assertion; considerable of
the feelings of others; so satisfied and
secure IN his own position that he
is always unpretentIous, feeling
he could not do an ungentlemanly act; as
courteous and kind to his Interiors as to his
equals. The best bred men have ever met
have always been the least pretentious.
Natural and simple 10 manner, modest in
apparel, never wearing anything too UoUdnt
or conspicuous; bat always SO we'll dressed
that you never discover what made them
so,-the good, quiet taste of the whole pro-
ducing the result"
DINNER GIVING.
On the subject of dinners, Mr.. McAll lister
SAYS: 5
"ln planning dinner the question is not
to whom you owe dinners, but who is most
desirable. the success of the dinner depends
as much upoA the company as the cook. Dis
cordant elements people invited alpha
betically. or to pay off debts-are fatal. OF
course, I speak of ladies' dinners. And
| here, great tact must be used in bringing
| together young womanhood and the
| dowagers. A dinner wholly made up of
| young people is generally stupid You re-
| quire the experienced woman of the world.
who has at her fingers ends the history of
past, present and'future. Critical, scandal
Gus, with keen and ready wit, approaching
the dinner and wine at their worth. Ladies
| in beautiful toilets are necessary to the ele-
gance of dinner, as a most exquisitely
arranged table isonly a solemn affair sur
rounded by black coats. make it a rule
never to attend such dismal feasts, listening
to prepared. swittcisms and 'twice-told
tales So much for your guests"
Then he goes on to make out the menu,
showing what articles of food are most at
tractive on such occasions. the preparation
of the wines and the decoration of the table.
He also goes carefully into tne subject of
ball giving and tells all about picnic5. such
as he insugurated at Newport, and no
| dances are left unconsidered, from those at
Delmonicos to dancing in the barn.
There are full descriptions of the most
| famous entertainments ever given in
New York, which are made valuable
in interesting, as they are from the inside.
Among these are the famous $4,000 dinner
| given by an extravaganza foreigner, at
which live swans from Prospect Park were
part Of the table decorations, the gold"
''silver,n aud diamond" dinners given by
! equally extravagant Now Workers. the
Vanderbilt costume ball. the Bradley-Mar-
| tin ball of last winter, and his own New
| Year" ball, which closed last season, AID
which also brings this lively, entertaining
| and instructive hook to an end