Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-04-13

q yRAR or SfRAwBERkrES AND CHAMP ACME
II shall never forget that Mrs Aver in
troduced strawberries and campagns to
my notice." feelingiy calculated pretty
woman seated as Harriet Hubbard Ayers
luncheon table one early spring day.
Outside the March winds were bowling
and the March sleet was coming down and
around all ways at once. Inside was tho
eosiess apartment and tho most expen-
sively dainty luncheon table imaginable.
Everything was real, solid and of the
best Everything was pretty, dainty and
homeliks. Solid silver, cut glass and
Royal Worster. Spring chicken, cham
payne and Strawberries The two last
intercomminglsd in . way to tempt =
dying anchorite. At the head Of tho
table the hostess, sweet, witty and
fair, with hands 30 dainty that
the red strawberries take on an
added charm az they fall from
the fingers rs she removes the bulls. At
the foot of the table sits the piquant-
faced niece, who has crept into the lonely
place into her heart Beyond Is the
white and gold drawing room with its
wife and gold piano, the counterpart OF
Lillian RusselPs. White and gold every
whersi Great pillows inviting one to rest.
Nothing gaudy. Nothing for show. Moth
ing too good to use. Don't let fall tho
coffee cup, oh humble centa-worderl
'twouid take many an hour of pen scratch
ing and quill driving TO replace It. Be-
yond In the library, comfortable with
books And there Is a collection OF we'll
nigh invaluable Shaksperian prints. Ono
Is Of Ellen Terry and Irving-a personal
gift-beynd all price. Above the mute
books Is the dear line:
"Out Of this silence yet picked a welcome"
Beyond IL the white and silver sleeping
room and by its side in miniature con-
servatory are she "Thackerays." Little
sprigs OF plants they are, honored By hav-
ing been plucked upon Thackeray's
grave. Henry Esmond" has shown his
mettle by climbing to the top Of the
little frame planted to support his deli
cate body. The Newcombs" are -four
ishing and Vanity Fair" Is coming out
greenly In spite of hard ocean voyage,
nourished only by a title of water
says the lady hostess smilingly as she
points TO Vanity Fair
Bohemia and the Four Hundred are.
now and then, willing to meet upon the
same threshold in social greeting. Mr.
and Mrs. John Drew, the former of DAILY
fame, have taken an apartment on Madi-
son avenue opposite the Athletic Club.
Here they are informally "at home" Sun
day afternoons to the large circle whom
they know both In and out Of the profess
sion. II Is not an unusual thing to see
Mrs. Paran Stevens and a host Of her own
circle mingiing tremendously with people
90 paturalized into the laws Of Bohemia
that all the world Is hons to them and
every cline their very home. II is fact,
peculiar. though undisputsble. that theat-
real people are either very nonsensical
or very agreeable There il no middle
ground. OF them it may be said, as Of
the little girl with the little curl:
~whes she was good. she vas very, very good.
But when she vas bad she wss horrid~
They are either so delightful that ell
shs world rejoice % pay respects to them.
or so distssfefnI That they must con-
stantly struggle to keep eountenance
with popular favor
Mrs Msdg- Kendall has not escaped the
Kindergarten fad which il entangiing all
seciesy and professional women. At her
last visit here Mrs Kendall paid her little
500 and became . life member OF Mrs
Clevelsnd's Mission Kindergarten Asso-
eission. Little Miss Young. who is the
teacher Of the FIRST Mission kindergarten,
and Mrs. Cievelsnd's special prosese, Is
vivsrious girl with ready Wit. . pretty
manner and q sweet voice. She il in
dependent Of her scholastic lsbcvs ard so
Is enabled 70 put heart and soul into her
work. above the suspicion OF telling for
dollars Up on First avenue earl y ia the
morning she may be seen gathering rag
Ged infants about her, teaching them how
~ spesk ssd live and even ~ practice .
limited degree a drawing room etiauetss
The MeFlimsys are gofne 20 carry
rsues all summer, and nsyssp. sorns Of
shs-e an higher sueisi plane mar Join
them ia sAfs fsd On the hottest dsys Il
July and August the cvsr-rsschinx Ne
Fllmsy sisters - plannias 70 cArvY