The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-15

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heart, and can be carried into ballroom
OF TO a ''swelln dinner just as well as to a
/ church festival or any other merry-making.
! That possession Of wealth is a supreme
test Of character is obvious ThaJ few can
/ stand the ordeal IS most unfortunately true.
| But the arts Of entertaining. dinner giving,
/ dressing, the knowledge OF the world, Il
/ doing things as they ought 10 be done-there
/ is no harm per Sc in all that. To dear old
! Scotch minister a maiden Of his congrsga-
/ ton, who was unable TO resist the music,
/ was found dancing at q fair, was brought
| by her parents for a reprinand. "Wnat
| for did ye do it. JeannieP' ne asked the
frightened lassie. Il meant nae harm, sir, :"
( she answered, weeping bitterly. Then aye
dance, JEANNE, aye dance" he replied, to
the astonishmeat of tue displeaSed parents.
An amusing instance of this was brought
under observation the other day. Mrs. B.
had a big dinner. The guests mad all ar
rived, and still dinner vas not announced.
1t grew later and later, the host became
hdgety: only the fair mistress Of the least
kept her perfect suavity and aplomb. FL
nally, after an apparently interminable
period, ste SAID caeerfully, I'VE really can
not wait for sO-and-so any more" naming
weli-known and also somewhat tardy
diner-out who had reputation for absent
mindedness. HE has probably quite for
ner hungry guests into the dining-room.
The empty chair was there. but tie guest
did not come, and after a course or two the
servants removed it and the fest won't mer-
riy on.
Down at one Of the big ST. Augustine
hotels there has been a controversy about the
dinner hour, whether it should lie at or at
! O'clock. A ballot was finally taken aud
the matter decided in true American STYLE
A majority of thirty-fve favored a late
dinner, and accordingly late dinner it is.
The young women guests OF tue place took
spirited part in the contest, voting in a
solid phalanx for the o'clock service. and
1t is needless to say they electioneered
among the sterner sex TO good purpose.
Dinner gowns are much more attractive by
gaslight, are, in fact, not admissible in
their full elegance at the noon meal, and
everybody knows TO what lengths woman
will go when she is fighting for the effect of
pretty frock. II the midday dinner can
be abolished at winter resort hotels it is pos
sible that it will be done away with at sum
mer watering places notably at Saratoga,
where its existence is a serious blot upon
the happiness of midsummer life at that
charming resort
Two or three of the seasons debutantes,
says the New York Times, were exchang-
ing condolences the other morning over an
informal cup of chocolate buds, as rule,
do not affect tea,) at the home of one of
them. ~ didn't mind my coming out tea a
bit" said one. Everybody was awfully
good, you know, and said lots of flattering
things al made me feel, somehow, that l
was great success and destined to be a
greater one, but, o. what an ordeal my
first dinner wasl / hate dinners yet. l am
simply paralyzed when | get seated at tho
table and realize that nv neighbor expects
af Of b-{I u
Why" exclaimed a second bud, "a din
ner to me seems the easiest possible affair.
The mere eating and drinking takes up so
much time, and the table service, flowers,
and all that sort of thing are apt to suggest
talk il one feels dull My bette aoir is an
opera evening. The mon are coming and
going all the time with Just moment TO
impress each one. / feel as if every SEN
tence ought to be crisp aud pointed, and in
stead arr sure to say the most stupid and
commonplace things. Why, | get posi-
lively cross at the end of the evening, and
more tired than after a ball"
All Of which goes to show that even the
fowery paths of belledom have their
thorns.
An idea from Paris, that one or two New
York hostesses here recently introduced, is
that of serving dinner at small tables, in
lieu of one long one. 1t is, perhaps, rather
relief from the monotony Of leng table
which, in the case of large dinner, ought
never to be. but it is doubtful it, after the
novelty has worn off, it will be liked. The
seats Of honor will always be at the hostess
table and heartburns and jealousies are
sure to arise among those who find their
places at the less favored ones As only
persons with large dining rooms now un-
dertake large dinners, it is common for the
two parallel lines to be broken by different
arrangements which still keep all the
guests at a common board,
The aplomb with which white lies are
told in society. says the New York Tribune,
is amusing to cynic. Nobody is deceived
by them. Those who utter the obvious I'M
truths do not really care If they are believed
or not; they simply constitute court from
which there is no appeal. You must accept
the lie as a truth, and that ends the matter
II you have received any slight, any neg
lect, the white lie apology is sufficient; you
have no grievance, and therefore no right
to show resentment, nevertheless you know
and she III 1t be a woman, as In nine cases
out of ten 1t is sure to be- knows, and what
is more, she knows you know, and does not
care. You can chafe inwardly, but you
have no redress.
'Why did you not come to Mrs. BIS din
nerF said one of the convives to the sup
posed delinquent G few days after. ~ have
not been asked there this winter.n he
aff1r ned, so honestly that his statement car
ried conviction. but Mrs. B. said that it
was on your account that we waited so long
| for dinnerr' The man laughed. What a
woman she isl" said ''Don't you see that
was just her way of disposing of an embar-
RAISING situation for the time being? Some
domestic contretempS had occurred to delay
dinner aud she suddenly hit upon the happy
expedient of laying the blame upon me. I
dare say she was delighted with herself
after ward, and she does not care if you find
it out or not. You cannot tax her with it,
and if complain she will only laugh and
tell me it serves me right for having such a
bad reputation"
A few years ago, says the New York
Tribune, a noted French physician made
some astonishing cures and became quite
the rage. Ga a rumor that Mrs. Blank, who
had been an invalid for years, had been
/ completely restored to health by his treat
ment of her case in Paris, a relative was
asked if it was true. "Most assuredly," she
answered, ''my sister-in-law is perfectly
we'll DR.. - Is certainly the cleverest of
men. Only fancy she had been treated by
any number of celebrated doctors, both on
this side and in Europe. aud no one ever
understood her case before. Aud he did
the strangest thingsm the lady went on
meditatively. 'In the first place | wish
| you could see him: he looks lust like a great