The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-06
W ON ANS WORLD.
a FEW THINGS OF INTEREST TO
THE T IR SEX.

Wash Point LaCe-SOme Recent
European Experiences-A Question
Many Girls ASK.
30, so you are an accepted lover. / want
to SHAKE hands with you" said pretty girl
to Harvard cousin last week. 1 wonder,
says the New York Press, if it would inter-
est girls to know what that young man said
10 his confidsnte9 "Yes, she has me. "
But you're not unhappy over itP' 80,
nO-not now. Pm just thinking of the
moment after, when was waiting for her
answer the other night I thought that If
she said No I'd go and pitch myself into
the river. Yet after she said Yes, and
even while l kissed her, terrible horror Of
the future of myself came upon me- was
appalled,. | wanted TO run away, abscond,
ny, decamp-anywhere, only to be free
again. 1t was the momentary spasm OF my
liberty before it died, but I'll never forget
ttn
Real point lace, says the Ladies Home
Journal must, on no account, be ironed;
10 should be pinned on q board covered
with flannel while still quite wet. Use
plenty of pins. choosing very small ones for
fine lace, and taking great care to keep the
pattern true and even, pinning every part
of it out separately. II he lace dries be-
fore the process is finished, dampen it with
sponge. For lengths OF lace edgings or
trimmings, wooden cylinder should be
employed, and the lace pinned around it,
keeping the bulk of it folded up in a damp
cloth and uncovering it gradually as re-
CURED. Allow the lace to dry thoroughly
before taking it off the board.
A chrysanthemum luncheon, given by a
recent bride to her maid Of honor and
bridesmaids few days before the wedding,
says the New York Times, was not wholly
eclipsed by the elaborateness of the succeed
ing ceremony. a tall banquet lamp OF
crystal stem and bowl, with a shade of white
silk sewn thickly over with pink chrysan-
chemums, stood In the center of large
square of sheeny linen, on which were en-
oroldered 10 Irregular punches more of the
starry flowers The table of polished ma
hogany was bare of cloth save for this CEN
terpice and plate doilies at each cover, with
heavy scalloped borders of the pink
chrYsanthemums A single beautiful speci-
men lay at each plate and the pink ice was
served in skillfully contrived imitation of
the same blossom. Chrysanthemum bon
bons and small iced cakes demonstrated the
further copying art of the caterer, aud a
final effect was the most applauded One
OF the flowers, as large as breakfast plate.
and made OF pink payer, was handed round
resting on fluted silver tray. To certain
of lis slender spikes were attached the tfniest
OF silver bells; the guests were hidden to
pull the bell; each did so to find affixed a
dainty hairpin showing a chrysanthemum
of gold and enamel-the brides gift to her
wedding attendants.
Ought girl TO allow a man Co kiss her if
she is not engaged to him? This question.
says Clara Belle in the New York Times.
figures over ami over again In tie ENQUIRY
column" of every ladies magazine, and the
answer ls always NO" delivered with more
or less violence, according TO the idea of the
editor. For my part, l say it is dangerous
TO try to settle 1t positively either way.
don't see how she is going to get engaged to
him unless she does let him kiss her. How
can she tell she likes him we'll enough to be-
come bis wife unless she lets him kiss her.
once or twice, anyhow! Besides a girldoes
not want to be out of ali fun just because
she is too smart to get herself tied
up and engaged. l think it
. Is q real shame to let man
propose and to accept him just for the bare
purpose Of being kissed. l think it a real
do wright imposing on the man. Besides,
he ought to have chance. 1t is asking
good deal of a man 10 expect him to be will
ing to say, "Win you marry me" before he
knows whether he will like her after he has
kissed her or not. Some people you like
quite well, and you go on liking them more
and more. Then sometimes they kiss you,
ohu Is all Iu6T6 Is Oh just DelnK
kissed that once is all that is necessary Y GU
may De the best of friends but, after all,
you only liked each other one kiss worth.
And wouldn't it have been awkward If you
had gone aud got yourself engaged to each
other before you found that out
Then, too, girl is usually frightened the
first time she is kissed, and does not take it
gracefully. am sure it is much better for
her to get all over that foolish awkward
ness before a man comes along
that she really likes, and to whom
she is willing to engage herself Why,
otherwise, he might be so discouraged when
he kissed her that he might change his mind
and not ask her to marry him at all. Then,
too, kissing. like everything else, is some
thing she needs to get used to. AT first she
is likely to feel upset, and a girl who has
never been kissed at all before is likely to
think she is really and truely in love.
So IL she Is never kissed till she is engaged
she is likely TO think he is surely the right
one. Whereas, if she had had little more
experience she would know that he wasn't
at all. Now, you see this experience is nee
essary IL 1t is to save girl from marrying
the wrong man. Yet it would be rather nice
TO feel one had never been kissed before.
Indeed, there are a great many things to
be said on both sides OF the question. She
might compromise the matter, and let him
kiss her, but she not kiss him. 1t works
very well, by the way. know a girl who
Qlu tnRI. Sne was maintaining TO man
that she had never kissed any one.
"Whatw said he. "You have never been
kissedp
81 did not say that, )" she returned, blush
ing, but steady-eyed.
well, really-you mean you let people
kiss you, but you don't let them kiss youl
Idon't see the difference
Whereat she looked up under her lashes
and made answer: mo! l may let you see
some time"
And 1t was not very long after that she
did. He observed the difference keenly.
A young woman recounting some recent
European experiences the other evening.
says the New York Times, told, among
other things, of an episode in the French
capital.
while in Paris" she said, 81 went into
shop one day to buy gloves. AS l don't I'M
derstand French l selected that bore sign
In the window, English spoken here'
FOUND, however, that, as he usually is, the
lnglese man ees OUT but 1 managed with
much Interchange of dumb show to make
my purchase. had about finished when a
dapper Frenchman whom l took to be an
official corresponding to our floor walker,
approached aud with great suavity ratified