Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-17
ANNOUNCING GUESTS.
The Extreme Formality Adopted by
an Eastern Nouvelle Richie.
FAD FOR COSTLY LITTLE THINGS.
Effect of the Women's Club Movement Upon
Domestic Relations
MARGARET Il. WEIGHS TIMELY GOSSIP
WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH.

Some New York women will not adopt
the custom, now almost universal, of having
guests announced. All frst-class caterers
send out "callers" along with the door.
openers and maids for the cloak room, but
not all hostesses accept their services. 1t is
English to have them, and often women
with large visiting lists are very grateful
for the proper name to fit the proper per-
son. At very large receptions a hostess
sends q number of courtesy cards often to
people she scarcely knows and it is OF bene-
fit to both when the funkey reminds madam
that it is MrA Robinson who is entering her
drawing room. Other hostesses pride them
selves on their ability to pay their guests
the compliment of remembering them with
out any assistance and such decline the
Callers"
1t has remained for . young matron
whose parentage was very humble, but
whose marriage with q wealthy manufac-
turer has given her money to be consider
ably in the swim. to carry things to e1-
tremes. At her superb home, not thousand
miles from the Berkshire hills, servants are
in evidence from the time one drives
through the lodge gates. When she gives
one of her grand receptions three footmen
in gorgeous liveries watt the guest from the
dressing room to her presence. The first,
at the landing half way down the stairs,
calls out Mrs Smith comes;" the second,
at the foot of the stairs takes up the refrain
with, Mrs Smith approaches" and the
third, at the door of the drawing room, pro-
claims with low bow that "Mrs. Smith is
here"
A noticeable feature of the time is the
tendency to reproduce the common small
articles of the wardrobe in expensive form.
Gold glove buttoners, handkerchief and
flower holders, and later the gold spike pin
to attach the corsage bouquet, were consid-
cred few years ago rather unnecessary
luxuries to be occasionally INDUCED in.
Silver and gold button hooks and shoe
horns crept in, supplemented by common
hair pins of the same materials Now,
stocking supporter clasps, suspender
buckles, buttons, any of the small belong
ings that come in steel and nickle come as
we'll in silver and gold Gold safety pins,
large and small, and dainty little frosted
safety pins of gold to catch up the always
too long dress sleeves of young infants, are
considered ''must haves"sof all well-regu-
lated modern babies
A young woman ordered half paper of
gold pins made exactly like the common
pin of everybody's cushion and she used
number of them to pin a black tulle sur
plice waist and wide sash in place in lieu of
buttons or hooks The little polished steel
manicure scissors with curved points are
made with sterling silver and gold handles
from 6 to 10 inches long In silver $40 buys
a pair; the gold ones much more expensive.
4 \
Nowhere" saws New York woman. edo
eat such chicken salad as at Mrs -'a
In the summer at her lovely suburban home
it is a permanent feature of her Sunday
evening suppers and the fame of it has gone
abroad among all her friends. 1t is COM
pounded after recipe given to her BY
notable German housewife dozen years
ago in Berlin As the dressing is most i'm |
portant and is delicious mayonnaise for
anything where such is used, give that
first: One cup OF wine vinegar, one full |
teaspoon mixed Colman's mustard, two
sugar, one salt spoonful cay
enne pepper, three teaspoonfuls salt, yolks