The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-18
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and withal is devoutly pious and uniting
IN her charities. Owning Jewels valued at
the ransom Of three kingdoms with their
kings thrown in, Mrs. Mackay as a hostess
never wears ornaments of any description.
She blazes with diamonds at the houses of
her friends, but under her own roof adj
heres 90 rigid simplicity. Among London's
unpublished annals of society none is more
interesting than the true story of Mrs.
Mackay's capture of Britain's conservative
arlstocrats, including the Princess of Wales.
IL appears that shortly after her advent in
England Ladies A, B, c and D approached
her with direct business proposition. ''You
wish, OF course, to be in the smart set, >" they
SAID. We are OF the innermost circle, and
Tor suitable consideration will make YOU
one OF ourselves. 1t is the simplest thing
Imaginable. Take house at Ascot for the
racing week, and we not only promise to be
your guests but engage TO get together
mouse party OF twenty-five men and women
that will at once place you on the creamy
crest of fashionable vogue"
Mrs. Msckay pondered we'll upon this
generous offer, and having decided to ao-
cept, she engaged charming Ascot manor
and equipped it thoroughly. Her entire es-
Establishment was sent down from town,
chefs, maids, and grooms with traps and
horses and every luxury that modern fas-
tldlonsness could crave. In due time the
house party arrived, the eleven women lust
as they were named in her list; but 10!
every husband sent an excuse, and as stop
gaps eleven larky lords and gay squires ap-
peared upon the scene. This was shock and
disappointment number one, but more were
to follow. Mrs. Macksy is constant suf-
rerer from insomnia, and, therefore, unless
she 10 giving or attending some important
function, it is her invarlable custom
to retire before 10 o'clock. Her physician
permits no Infringement OF this
rule, as her best time for sleep is between 10
o'clock p. IN. and 3 O'clock In the morning.
The first night Mrs. Mackay begged that
her absence should not interfere with the
amusements OF her guests, and sought rest
at the usual hour. Evidently her disap.
pearance from the drawing room was a
signal for the fun to begin. From that mo-
ment it ragged as if pandemonium had
broken loose. or two college teams we're
matched for a football game. The racket
lasted pretty much all night, and by morn
ing mistress and maids were alike scandal
lied. Next day things went from bad to
worse, and as the spirits OF the house paruy
waved more and more frolicsone. the hos
tess grew anxious and depressed That
evening her guests could scarcely wait fo-
her departure, and by midnight the house
was in an uproar
This being a trihe more than Mrs. Mac
kay could stand, she slipped on a dressing
gown and went prospecting. A glance in
the drawing rooms revealed the CAUSE of
the unseemly merriment. Nineteen of the
assembly we're smoking and otherwise
amusing themselves, while Lady c. did the
great museum act for which it appears she
is famous in her own set. She had stretched
herself on the floor, stffened and inflated
her body, and two young lords were carry
ing her around by the head and heels.
Next morning Mrs. Mackay called up her
hOusaKaaDaF inlfruofinps fo bo,
everything continued for the week, order
ing all bills sent to her at the Albemarle
hotel. Then she met the four originators OF
the unfortunate house party, and informed
them OF her determination to go up to Lon
don at once. Her contract should be carried
out to the letter, she told them. The house
was theirs to do with as they pleased. but
as a host and lady she felt unable to coun-
tenauce such proceedings with her pres
ence.
Lady A. frankly told her she was fool.
that she would never get on in fashionable
life, but thanked her cordially just the same
for the generous arrangements for their
welfare. Mrs. Maokay went up to town
held her tongue about the unluoky atfair
and never dreamed that some one very close
20 the Princess OF Wales had witnessed the
whole transaction. As ii turned out tbe
heir apparent was in the neigh borhood.
heard the story, and told his wife of the
Americans pluck in daring for conscience
sake to offend eleven OF the most powerful
women in his own set. The princess was
delighted, aud a fe ~ weeks later when a
luncheon was given at Marlborough house
Mrs. MRckay was, with one exception. the
only guest outside OK royal circles present.
This recognition at once placed her above
criticism, and while the Wales circle regard
her askance, no foreigner has surer place
in the aristocratic world of England than
Al. a. H. fNaIsE
"America is good enough for me, =" said a
young woman who recently returned from
Europe, according to the New York
Tribune. "We stopped in Paris for a fort
nights shopping, and l really found moth
ing at all that cared to buy. Everything
that was desirable was so exorbitantly dear.
and at the cheaper places [ found, as | saw,
nothing at all that suited me. So lust gave
up the idea OF clothes entirely, and spent a
delightful time In visiting all the queer
places that l had never seen before. and
picking up some bits of bric-a-brac for my
room at home. Meanwhile | looked at my
friends clothes, got pointers on the last
N odes from the best places, made up my
mind az to what would become me, and
on my arrival home went straight to a
clever little dressmaker who has made nv
clothes for years, and is devoted TO me- and
ordered couple Of gowns from her at once.
l never saw any one so delighted as she was;
to think that had brought nothing from
Paris and had come back to her pleased
and fattered her tremendously. But the
fun of it was when first appeared at IS
coming-out tea. all the girls docked around
me exclaiminR what lovely French gown
l had on, and how nice it was for me to
have been able to get all my winter outfit in
Paris"
The effort to preserve the fitness of things
says the New York Times. seems to have
reached its hight in a case recently heard of,
where wealthy young woman, an extrem-
ist and lmpassionist. it goes without saying,
has had the furnishings of her own room
conform to the various stages of bereave-
ment In the first depth of her grief. black
fur rugs alone broke the lusterlesS polish Of
the floor of her room, which had been
abandoned; a couch covered with dull black
cloth and piled with black satin pillows set
the pace for the rest Of the furniture, which
was equally somber. Curtains of soft black
crepon fell over sheer white muslin ones at
the windows, and a bedspread aud pillow
covers of hemstitched linen, with broad,
black borders, like an exaggerated mourn
ing handkerchief, kept up the funereal sug-
gestiveness. AS time wore on, however,
more and more white crept in. until a white
floor, white rugs, white satin couch, with
white null pillows, succeeded the enshroud-