Morning journal and courier., 1892-01-16


eff there is any one thing in the world
that may be said to denote the breeding of
person it is in the taste displayed in the
use of note paper" says Harper's Bazaar.
This is indeed one of the many things,
seemingly trivial yet important, as eviden-
ces of refined taste, or eccentricity and bad
form. Paper that is startling and pro-
nounced in color and decoration ,oddshaped
sheets, and envelopes with fanciful flaps,
are inartistic and offensive because they
display the bad taste of the one who uses
them, and the restless caprice that seeks
to follow all the fitting and foolish fancies
of day.
The simplest styles in paper, as in many
other things, are the best, and the best are
by no means the most expensive. The
choisest linen paper may be purchased at
the same price as is paid for the fancy
varieties, and the purchaser has the pleas.
ure of knowing that wherever her letters
may 60 they will speak of her quiet good
taste and refinement.
Ladies use the smaller size of note
paper, requiring but one fold to fit the
square envelope. 1t may be linen or
cresm-laid, rough surfaced or smooth,
WulbO VI CtCdu btuOSo, OuodSu worry oOl-
cate shades of blue or violet are permissa-
BILE, and should be unruled. A neat mono
gram, the name of ones country house
or village, or the street and number of the
city residence, are proper and desirable,
as long as they are we'll engraved and not
glaring in color If street and number
are given the name of the town is omitted
the name of the State is never used. The
rule for ones direction in this matter
seems to be: Avoid that which is showy
since quiet tints and superior quality art
in everything evidences of good taste.
1t may seem forced or foolish to apply
rules of etiquette to such small matter as
stationery, yet it is not so, since trif1es are
character more than actions of seeming
Importance And when that which il
really good, correct and elegant can be had
for the same money that would be
wasted on that which is taw
dry and vulgar, one does not need to be
ultra refined and profess with De Quincy
''Far better and more cheerfully 1 could
dispense with some part of the downright
necessaries of life than with certain cir
cumstances of elegance and propriety in
the daily habits Of using them"
WHY NOT IN NEW HAVEN!
not infrequently been played in India, tn,
brilliant spectacle being gotten up at un
limited cost to amuse some ennuied rajah
| representations of this kind, however
have been rare of late, and the tourna
ment given in London last year under tn
auspices of royalty and in the name o
philanthropy was most unique, statel.
and superb entertainment.
This chess tournament was played in ait
of the Woman's Help society, an organiza
tion which provides evening classes, lodg
ing houses and good wholesome food a
reasonable rates for women who work il
factories and other large establishments
also work-rooms where women may pro
cure sewing at prices which make it posi-
BILE for them to earn livelihood. The so
ciety has been in operation for ten years
and has bettered the condition of hundred
of working women.
The entertainment was decided success
pecuniarily, and the maneuvers were exc
cuted with much dexterity and grace. TIL
spectators eat upon raised seats above the
players, looking down upon the board ant
and the animated pieces clothed in mag
nifcent costumes of the Tudor period
The red pieces we're dressed in crimson
satin with gold ornaments, the white i
white satin and silver; the re
queen, brunette, being respler
dent in gorgeous robes of crimson, with
golden crown studded with rubies and ga
nets. The blonde rival queen wore
crown of silver flagree set with diamonds
and both wore the high Elizabethan ru
and jeweled girdles. The kings wei
stately in long robes of satin lined wit
ermine, while the dainty little pawns, pc
sonified by children simply dressed
while or red, skipped nimbly about, +
ceiving unstinted applause. The knigh
were very stately in knightly garb, and th
castles and bishops were, oddly enough, a
ladies. Heralds with a flourish of trun
pets announced the moves, and at the en-
of each game the defeated side rendere
homage to the victors.
A pageant 80 superb has probably new
, beeh devised in this country and the i'd
, is hereby commended to the wealthy al
, generous of our city as the plan future e
tertainments in behalf of their worth
/ schemes of philanthropy. HILARY.