The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-25

the drawers Of her dressing-case when she
was about TO enter upon a morphine de-
bauch. At last the murder was complete, for
one day last mouth she blew her brains
out while half crezed by what, think youl
Morphine2 ., no. Tho lack OF it! THIS
keen and calculating monster had led her
through night Of revelry and then taken
all her morphine away. and locked her IN
the room!
Shade OF Eugene Aram, could there be a
more dainty fiend-a more calculating de-
mon-with human face and figures But so
shadowy, so purely mental is this murder
that the law can not lay hands upon the
criminal. He goes scot free, although there
IS not doubt in the world that he contrived,
aided and abetted the downfall aud awful
taking of of this wretched woman. But
hadn't he right to keep morphine out OF
his wife'S way, and to lock her IN her room
while recovering from debauch o, yes:
but he knew to certainly that the blue
devils would seiZs the poor woman, and
that there were ninety-niue chances out Of
hundred that she would, In her terrible
craving for the soothing drug, lose her
mind and take her life. This dainty crimi-
nal should write a book, to be bound in
blue and gold. bearing the title: Helps
to Suicide; or, Murder Without Crime"
Prevalent latitude in table service affords
the modern hostess broad field for the ex-
ercise of indlviduality-origina Every
detail may now be made no less suggestive
than inviting. We recall a dinner party,
says a writer in the New York Recorder,
that was redeemed from threatened hope
less stupidity by the doilies that came on at
the last course of an exssperatingly long
menu. The company was one of those nom
descript gatherings where an injudicious
hostess tries to pay off old debts by getting
a lot of people at table who haven't a
thought of interest in common. Converse
ton dragged, and the whole affair was in
sufferably stupid until the coming Of those
dainty doilies They were white, the finest
OF linen, and in one corner in dainty silk
was embroidered vehicle.
A lugubrious guest. who had eaten sui
lenly, smiled when he caught sight OF the
jaunting car on his dolly. It reminded
him of his trip through Ireland. and we
discovered that he was an immaculate
raconteur. Another told tale Of Japan
suggested by the "Yoro" on his dolly, and
before the company rose from the table
those Innocent decorations had redeemed
the dinner. In these stimulated vehicles. ns
it we're, we rode into each others inner con-
ciousness and discovered that we had much
in common. The conversation OF the most
brilliant breakfast we attended in Paris was
inspired by the markings on set Of after
coffee spoons.
As it is the "little foxes" that "gnaw the
vines" making great havoc. so it is the lit
tie points which indicate high breeding,
says the New York Times. One of these
small indices of wide-reaching Significance
is an ability, intuitive or acquired, to pro-
nounce persons names correctly. It needs
only the attentive listening at the moment
of introduction, or. if that opportunity Is
not successful. it is easy to inquire Of q
third party or frankly appeal to tie person
himself and be righted once for ell. To
persist in miscalling ono conveys TO the
mind of that person one Of two things
either that you are too careless to take the
trouble to get the name right or that the
individual who bears it is not of sufficient
consequence for you TO do so.
Either opinion lays you open to the i'm.
putation of imperfect breeding, which it is
foolish to SO needlessly invite.
Many persons address a married woman
by her maiden name long after any excuse
for the blunder, if such ever existed, has
pass I'd. and similarly adde's twice mar
ried woman by her widowed title. fault
that may be still more serious and embar-
RAISING under some circumstances.
The same people, or the same sort of peo-
pie, insist on oonfounding names of nearly
| similar sound or spelling. 1t is very an
moving to Mrs. Smith to De called Mrs.
! Smythe, and vice versa, and Mrs. John dis
| likes heartily to be addressed as Mrs. Johns.
| Frequently to the initiated the difference
| in a letter of a name signifies much, In
which case to put the letter where it does
| not belong raises the act from blunder to
an offense.
To illustrate, in Ireland the name of Gal
lagher, SO spelled, indicates the family to be
Of Roman Catholic faith, whereas when the
second "g" is dropped the Gallahers become
Protestant. This distinction in the mother
country has invested eaoh name with a
marked lndividualitv-the are not the
same, and the persons bearing them are
tenacious Of the one to which they have a
right.
Still another case where miscalling per-
son is provoking Is that of one who has, for
good and sufficient reasons, which the legis
lature of his state has recognized. changed
his name. To continue to call him by bis
former name will probably soon get you
out of his good graces, and deservedly so.
Only she with the aristocratic, arched
instep and the foot poeticai may attempt
the newest and most intoxicating OF all
| foot coverings-the old English shoe. This
shoe is fitted on to the foot apparently by
some strange magic that does away with
of fastening accomplished beneath the
| furry border which extends around the
| curving top and down either side the shoe
nearly TO the sole that it is impossible &c
discover any suggestion OF buttons or
laces. The top of the shoe is curved down
| ward on either side toward this band of fur
| which forms the peculiar decoration. The
shoe is OF the finest, softest French kid and
| beautifully fitted over the insJep Leather
boots are made also with the patent leather
| vanlps and with leather vamps with Per
| forated tips but the boot correct and unim-
| peachable for general wear is the cloth-tol
patentleather affair with its binding Of fur
about the ankle.
| Sun, were discussing colors. Said one
| "MY hus and has an idea that dressing this
| winter is going to be very inexpensive, be-
cause I have told him that 70 be absolutely
| chic everybody must wear black. Beins
| fair. can wear all those delightful camel's
hair casnrneres and cloths that cling SO de.
| lightfully, aud as | can't have color and be
in good form l am going to have black
We vet CLOAK"
"a black velvet cloak" said small per.
son, with hair as black as the ace Of spades
| and a cheek like a peach-"e black velvet
cloak! Why, remember, when l Yves bill
of a girl, that my grandmothers black vel
vet cloak was cut up to make me jacket
and the rest Of the pieces welt TO IN AXE hats
| for the several meiabers Of the family"
| "Well,n drawied out a blonde young
| woman who had slightly cynical LOOK, ii
I were old enough / should probably bG
| able to say that remembered when Henri