The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-01

Ciuue All the ladies' OF the household, ana
turning the upper left-hand corner, that
the call was made personally. This latter
Is Jhe more Senseless Gus ON, as, except
IN Washington, where the visiting duties
are so very Onerous, it is very unusual IN
TINS country for the ladies 20 call by
proxy, or 10 send their cards to a door by
their maid or footman.
1t may be taken as general rule that
no woman can retain her friends who
cannot control her temper, writes Ruth
Ashmore in The Social Life of a Girl"
IN the October Ladies Home Journal.
What she thinks may be right, but be-
cause 1t is so no excuse can be found for
her going into long, quarrelsome argu-
ment, raising her voice and making her
hostess and all the other guests uncom-
Portable. Then people must know that
she Is to be relied upon; that she is not
gong to bring the daily worries of her
life into the social atmosphere, but that
she is certain to bring her mite of agree
ableness to add to all the other
| mites until the perfection of enjoyment
is achieved, and the pleasant side of ev-
| erybody is seen and enjoyed. The woman
who wishes to keep her friends must steer
clear of vital subjects on which they may
differ, religion or politics being especially
undesirable for discussion.
Be pleasant and agreeable to all men
who may be in your own social world,
but give no one man the right to es-
pecially claim you until the veritable
Prince Charming appears. To retain ones
friends one must also respect their social
| rights, and by this l mean that if their
hospitality is accepted it must be catered
to properly in their way of dress and
manner, and that the girl shows wisdom,
who, invited to a very elaborate AFFAIR
and feeling that she cannot afford even a
simple dress, refuses the invitation rather
than mortify the hostess by being out of
tune in the general harmony. Consid
GRAFTON is one of the greatest claims a
girl can have.
The prima donna of the new Gilbert
and Sullivan opera, says the New York
Sun, is handsome American Girl. Miss
Nancy Mcintosh is the daughter of a
Pennsylvania capitalist. Her father was
the president of the fishing club whose
dam broke, causing the nstown disaster.
MIR. Mcintosh went TO Europe for a couple
OF years to recover from the shock, and
his daughter took advantage Of the oppor-
tunity to continue the cultivation of her
voice. Before she knew it she was bow
ing to Saturday "Pop'' concert in Lon
don. A month or two ago she met Mr..
Gilbert and sang for him. She did so
again IN week or two, and the leading
role in the new opera was at once offered
her. Pere Mcintosh was kissed into con-
sent, Mr.. DOyley Carte produced a CON
tract, and the stage gained another
American song bird.
For fully two hours, says a writer in
the New York Evening Post, we sat
crosslegged on the couch before word
came that the bride was approaching
Then we all crowded out into the hall and
up one fight of stairs to the bride. This
room was gorgeously furnished in Euro
pean style, with bright red carpet, chairs
upholstered in scarlet and gold satin and
with window hangings of the same mate
rial. Between the two windows opposite
the door large armchair stood beneath
a bower of artificial rose bushes, pro
fusely poisoning with red and yellow
tissue paper roses. The other chairs were
ranged against the wall on three sides Of
the room.
A great tumult and clatter of voices an
nounced the arrival of the bride. AS the
party was heard ascending the stairs all
the women who had removed their wells
on coming into the house, hastily threw
them over their heads again. First came
the sister of the groom (the real hostess),
then the BRIDES relatives (only women,
of course), and then the groom, a fine
looking young man in dark blue military
uniform, holding the bride by the elbow.
At sight of her all the women broke out
in ordinations of pious admiration. And
certainly her costume was gorgeous
enough TO excite wonder at least. She
was dressed in a long-trained gown of
pink satin, embroidered with silver roses.
Her tightly curled hair was crowned
with white ostrich plumes fastened with
a spray of diamonds, and veil of silk
and tinsel fell to the end of her train.
From her headdress, on either side of her
face, dangled long streamers of silver
tinsel threads.
But all this elegance by no means drew
attention from the face of the bride, which
was made made most conspicuous by
being adorned with big clusters of brill
ianUs stuck with gum arabic on the fore
head, either cheek and chin. / need not
add that the effect was grotesque.
The groom escorted her into the room
of state, and the guests were pressing in
after them, when relative OF the bride
quickly closed the door and held it for a
few minutes until it was opened by the
young man. The moment he reappeared
the women threw their wells over their
heads again and literally pushed him
down stairs with all speed, exclaiming:
Hurry, hurry!" 1t was an undignifed
retreat, but as it was an innovation to al
low the bridegroom even this much par
blClDdJlOu III ING ceremony, prODr1eBY
made 1t necessary for him to withdraw
as soon as he had seated the bride They
told us that he would go to his part of the
house to make merry with his masculine
friends.
AS soon as he had vanished below we
all tocked in to look at the bride. She
was carefully arranged in the chair I'M
der the tissue-paper roses. Her down
cast eyes were fixed upon her folded,
white-gloved hands, where rings sparkled
on every finger, and as we sat solemnly
about the room in a silent, admiring cir
Gle. with eyes fixed upon this rigid, mani
mate-looking figure, l felt as if we were
assisting at the worship of some heather
idol. An extra pair OF arms would have
made the illusion quite complete. But
after few minutes had elapsed the
bride proved herself human being by
fainting away. OF course this caused
great tumult and confusion. The women
all talked at once, and rushed wildly
out like so many hens, until at last the
bride was carried into another room to
recover her breath 1t was not long be-
fore she was back in the chair of state as
rigid as eE er.
La.er in the day, and after partaking
Of meal that had been prepared Tor US,
we went back to drink last cup of coffee
in the presenue OF the bride and to chat
hUJle with our hostess before taking
leave. Several of the brides relatives
were lust going and each of them kissed