The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-24
GAY SOCIETY GIRLS.
Carrie Careless Talks of Funny Do
ings in Society.
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tCOpUrtght.)
NEW York, Jan. 23.-Have you learned
drinking songi If you haven't, by all
means learn one right away.
1t need not be O rough, rude song On
the contrary. it may be very pretty and
very refned-more so than many of our
popular songs of the day.
Never were so many gay evening parties
given as at present. The entertainment
usually takes the form Of a dinner, because
nowhere do people become so thnwed out as
over the steaming dish of soup, the smoking
patties, and the fragrant Java.
There are ever so many new and pretty
kinds of dinners that are entirely novel
with the season. Many hostesses engage
music ians to play all through the dinner
because people do things to music and relax
as they would never do without it.
Among people who are very well &C.
| quatnted, IL is pretty little custom to serve
"a spirlting cocktail as an appetizer before
the dinner is brought on. The before
dinner cocktail, when served to a large com.
pany, is not as large as the regular article,
and may be justly described as not being
more than thimbleful. 1t is served in the
tiniest of liquor glasses, and is not only an
| appetizer, but 1t also serves the purpose OF
| giving something over which the health OF
| the party can be drunk.
or course the cocktail Is the first thing on
| the programme, and, to make these informal
| little dinners still more informal, and to
| vary the monOtony somewhat, the pleasing
| little novelty is introduced Of having all
the company rise to drink the stuff"
If any Of the company is sufficiently tGl-
ented it is quite in order TO sing drinking
song, which may take the form of any Of
the pretty verses OF the day which are de-
voted to wine and women. Tom Moore's
| pretty song is highly appropriate:
| Then wreathe the bowl with flowers of soul,
| The brightest wit can flnd US,
Wen take flight toward heaven tonight,
| And leave dull care behind US.
At the close Of the song all are seated
| and matters 60 on in the conventional
| manner.
| "Change-about" dinners are also among
| the novelties of the season. These differ
from other dinners only in one respect. Be-
tween the courses the gentlemen Of the
party are asked to move Que seat to the
right, 50 that they shall be seated next to
other lady beside the one that they brought
! down to dinner. This changing of partners
keeps on until, ct the close of the dinner
each man has come back to the lady with
whom be originally started.
And then there are Shakespeare dinners,
at which each course is celebrated by quo
| tation from the immortal bard. The quo
tation may be made suitable to the course
which is being eaten, as the great Shake
speare was very fond Of talking about fish,
game, savory messes Of pottage, and so
forth.
1t is not necessary to have dinner mo-
| notonous. 1t can be varied until 1t Is as
bright and entertaining as any other form
Of home diversion.
almost as bad as if they were actually mein-
bers Of the royal family. 1t is considered
very bad form for engaged people to be left
alone all by themselves; and marriages are
frequently arranged nowadays and court
ships carried on through trying weeks and
months, and even years, without the lo7l 9
couples ever having a chance of being all
alone. really and truly alone, Tor single
| instant.
Once in a while happy fate intervenes to
| favor the couple fol- moment, and for one
or two delicious breauhs, they can have
| things pretty much their own way.
| Mamma, perhaps is called cut Of the room,
or the chaperone whose duty 1t Is to keep
an eagle eye upon tho loving twain IS OF
generous tara of mind. and, feeling more
lanient than usual, disappears in the depths
| Of the drawing room, leaving the happy
nair to enjoy themselves for one brief DELI
cious instant
But love will find way you know, ana
| even those who are so strictly chaperoned
that never on any account do they ENJOY
the happy privilege of being actually lett
uuguarded are sure TO catch moments "hlch
they can feel ara all their own.
Even such prosaic public place as a rail-
vav train sometimes aft )rds happy oppor-
tnnities for delicate hand squeezes aud a
| friendly CLASP or two. Dear George Iom
or Charley volunteers to lower the blind SO
as to keep the direct rays of the sun from
ining too harshiy upon the tair con-
niexiens of his fair companions, and, per-
| hans as he reaches toward the window,
there is Just half an opportunity Tor the
long looked for moment.
30. love will find the way"
You may be sure of that, and you may
ha 1lad of it also, since "Tis love, tis rove
itis love that makes the world go round"
MISTRESS AND MAID.
Max O'Relrs "Brother Jonathan and HIS
| Continent is rather hard upon US Amerl-
cans hut what he says is strictly true NO
one eau deny that. Our servant glrl system
Ia something abominable. and YET We are
compelled to be the victims Oh H. =,
With amazement so great thae ne nus
dificulty in controlling his pen, MS tohsue
or his c0upteuance, Max O'Reu tells now
American servants become familiar VIII
tba family and demand large wages and me
o,'artars and even when these are granted
thew are wont to take great liberties Will