The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-11
PAGES 8 TO II.

boy maysf,ee the day when, misfortunes
overtakiog him, he will want % hang up''
the half dollar.
Elliot f. Shepard is TO bestow In marriage
his daughter Louise upon William Jay
Schieffelin Feb. 5. As a granddaughter Of
the head OF the house OF Vanderbilt, MISC
Shepard will receive rs valuable presents
as grace princess wedding Many Of the
family jewels are being reset for her and
new gems have been ordered to make an
exquisite riviera. Many Of the dresses in
the trousseau have come from abroad and
many more are being made on this side
IL is quite the thing, nowadays, 10 COM
ment upon the beauty of the groom as vol
as upon that Of the bride. Pierpont Nor
gan, Jr., who was married TO Miss Grew in
Boston not long ago, was pronounced by
FAR the handsomest groom Boston has seen
within the memory of the Oldest inhabitant.
The new twain went to Europe, whence
they Will return after tour and live In o
house presented by Pierpont Morgan. Sr.
Little parties Of four are the correct
thing now. One Of the ladies must be en-
dowed with the privilege OF chaperoning
the other. She must be either wife or
widow. A small room is engaged in an ir-
reproachable restaurant or cafe, aud, with
private waiter TO supply the every want
OF the party, the fun Oft grows hilarious.
Tie popular swapping notices follow the
feast, and in each Is some memsntoes to be
put by as souvenir OF she occasion.
Langtry Is Cleopatra now. She pas been
the society heroine of the stage long
enough. Now she is a classic. For years,
ever since her adveat upon the stage boards,
she has been the lovihg coquette, weak,
gay and an enemy only Of her own good
Now she is daring, bold and willy. Then 10
was the sweet Jersey Lily whom one saw
aud pitled because of her charming, witch
ing, childish. didn't-know-it-was-loeded
manner. Now, as Cleopatra. one admires
the magnificent architecture of the womani
and shudders at her nerve, but pity there is
none, for the impersonation is livid, hardy
and crafty.
or all the Cleopatras who are spending
their evenings nourishing 'asps IN their bos-
| oms, and there are Mrs JAMES Brown Por-
ter, Bernhardt, Lapgtry and Fanny Davea-
port engaged in this business, critics write,
in pronouncing tho asp TO be most envied
when 1t has found resting place within.
the corsage of the charming Fanny.
Society women are moving woods and
dells aud sylvan abodes to and spot where
growsth the asp that win not sting, neither
| be cold, slippery nor clammy. It Is the
| style to have pet asp or two, and If some
will only be discovered in q state as cooling
and amiable as that OF carrier dove or a
homing pigeon, what more could the god
desses ask
Everything that can possibly be Egyptian
| is Egyptian. Possibly the daughters OF the
Nile might DO astonished by our gowns that
We make and declare to be- in their likeness;
but they answer our purpose very nicely, as
we did not live in the days Of the Pharaohs,
nor yet in the time of Mark Antony. A
long fimsy robe adorned with chaste jew-
elrY and no sleeves may be worn
and called by courtety a Cleopatra
gown. Feather trimming and
feather boa odd modern touch to the
ancient flowing drapory, and make 1t lit
| tie more becoming. The hair must always
be worn low with these ancient costumes.
The dress also requires graceful pose. A
| lovely, long, limp wily-wally effect.
| II the Thurber bill goes through congress
| we shall have q national conservatory OF
music established at our national capital on
| Oct. IL, 1892. This conservatory, as planned
| by Joannette NJ. Thurber, is to be the peer
| OF those at Paris, Vienna, Milan, Leipzig
or Berlin. 1t is to be supported by volun-
| tary contributions, and Is founded So that
| our children and we, ourselves, need not go
into far country in order to receive the
best musical instruction.
Kate Field has taken up the bill and ia for
| Mrs. Thurber every time SO the bill is
| pretty sure TO go. Whom such an enterpris-
ing piece Of womanism as Miss Field gets on
mans track he might just as well throw
up either his hands OF the sponge. Williams
g. Choate, "Our Chauncey,n Abram
Hewitt, Frank r. Lawrence, Fritzhugh
Lee. William Pinkney Whyte, Enoch Pratt,
William Payne, John Hay and John M
Schoneid are among the prominent men
that have promised 20 stand gOdfathers for
thu new corporation.
The beauteous, ever-oourtsous, at all
times affabie Mrs. Cleveland leads u
charmed life in New York. She keeps
house In elegant style on Madison avenue
and is csnrted Of all whom she viii deign to
smile upon. She is banqueted at banquets,
feted at feasts. sung over tho wassail bowl
and both idolized and idealized wherever
she goes 1t will be remembered that at the
centennial Of the inaugural ceremonies in
New York two years ago, 1t was Mrs.
Cleveland who received the most fattering
attentions bestowed upon any woman, the
ladies throwing down their bouquets before
her as she walked to the supper room.
This adulatlon was not then so much to be
wondered at, as she was fresh from the
white house, and the odors Of it's fiower-
scented rooms hung about her. But as time
has worn on, the girl bride has shown that
she could hold the interest of tbs people by
her own magic, without depending upon
the glory of her husbands position. Sha
moves to-day beloved of all. Men of years,
maidens, society women and the jeunesss
doree alike pronounce her socially faultless.
At the charity doll show, conducted by
Mr.. Frank Leslie on Fifth avenue, one of the
things OF special interest was a doll made in
Mrs. Clevelands image. life-sizs. Intrepid
visitors, who did not fear the act sacrile-
gious, were permitted TO approach the doll
and give it a gentle squeeze about the waist.
A faint Eiisonian soueal responded, where
upon the bold hugger retired to be sue
cseded by another intrepid spirit.
OF truth, we are q bold nation.
CARRIE CARELESS.