The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-04
SOCIETY NOTES
How Wdl-knOga People Are Anus.
Ing Themselves.

AHsocsatiou-A Few Small Enter
tainments Were the Social Events
o. the Week People Going to the
seashc-e and the Suburbs Thinking
About the Worlds Fair ybee Now
the Attraotion-Ot Matters OF
General Interest.
The example of Ellen Terry says the
New York Times. might be advantage.
ously followed bv other persons whose
famous names are au especial magnet 10
the autograph hunter. SO weary of this
gentry did Mis-, Terry become. and SO
much Of her valuable time did their salts
fying consume, that at last she hit upon a
clever method of turning thCr importuni-
ties 10 some account other than their own.
Now, when the almost daily letter beg
ging for the autograph comes, the latter is
promptly sent. and with it q request for a
few pence for an autograph bed" which
she has established in a hospital, the
same to be supported by these Contribu-
tions. A first installment of 500 has al
ready been forwarded, the result of a
short time of accumulation. Everything
has to be paid for these times, why not
the time and trouble of celebrities Their
name is certainly worth great deal to
themselves, why not to ambitious ad-
mirers Of their genius2 Many substantial
sums for charity could be col
lected in this way. But why
should it be necessary to have charities
Edward Bellamy's far-sightedness pre-
diets a time when there will be no need
for charitable institutions. The sensible
charity is to teach people, especially
children. how to take care of themselves
and then the responsibility falls on no one
else The Minnie Mission which viii
probably be maintained through the
efforts of big-hearted women and the
pocket books Of generous men stands a
good chance of becoming a leading iustl-
tute Of its kind 1t takes infants and
young children, the time when the deepest
ana most lasting impressions are made
If in addition to the home for children, a
department could be carried on where
trades are taught. and the children
could be drilled in the best
and most economical way of ac-
complishing the best results, those
charity They would make mothers who
would teach their own children the way
to work and not beg; they would make
husbands who would feel the responsible
ity disappearing their own families and
rearing their sons to do likewise. The
south is so far behind the north in these
things. There the laborer becomes pro
fessiOnal workman, who can command
salary to keep want from entering his
home The women do not waste their
youth and health and then in an unprofit-
able old age turn to charity for help. In
proportion to the inhabitants there is
more poverty in the south, and while the
good old southern hospitality
and generosity is q widespread
fact, the line can be drawn between gen
erosity and extravaganza. The southern
people, the younger generation, are realiz-
ing that extravaganza does not pay The
wealthy men always have something tc
give because they know the value of
money and do not recklessly sQuander it.
Mrs. Swan has arrived in New York
from England and is on her way to visit
her mother, Mrs. Z. c. Stiles, at Etowah
Cliffs.
Mrs Henry D. Stevens has gone over to
her lovely home at Blutfton for a while
Later Mr.. and Mrs. Stevens will go to
Now York and Chicago and spend the
res of the summer at Blutfton
Mrs. George j. Baldwin and daughter
and Mrs A. r. Lawton, Jr., and children,
went yesterday to the Cottage Club to
spend month before going north.
The scarf pins consisting of the two
confederate flags crossed is a unique
souvenir of the Memorial bazar recently
held at Richmond. Several of them are
worn by patriotic young men about town,
and even the girls now and then are seen
under two flags
Mrs. Cam chaperoned a party to Tyboe
yesterday the ladies spending the day
and were joined later by the gentlemen,
all returning on the late evening train
They were Miss Daisy Mcintosh, Miss
Helen Buchanan, Miss Ida May, Miss
Emily Bond, Miss Jennie Bryan, Miss
Nina Pape, Miss Nina Crane, Mr.. Horace
Hunter, Mr. Sullivan Bond, Mr. Edward
A. Crane, Mr., Ward Motto, Mr. Robert
Mercer, Jr., Mr.. William Crane, Mr.
Clarence Anderson, and others.
The denim petticoats are highly recon-
mended for country wear, climbing mount
aims or boating With three small frills
on the bottom of the skirt it is not heavy
but good support to fiaring skirt. The
silk petticoats and the white petticoats
are on the retired list for summer wear.
Mrs. 7. Nj. Cunningham will chaperon a
party of ten young ladies at Hotel TybeC
for week in the middle of June.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Solomon are in
New York.
The materials that are put before the
appreciative eyes of lady customers this
season are enough to tempt even the
bankrupt to indulge. The dainty organ
dies with the light tleecy effect, with de-
signs of pale wild rose, delicate ferns, or
marguerites suggests TO ones mind moon
light evenings in the country, of wild
flowers, shady retreats and a soft caress-
ing breeze, to say nothing of the deep
blue eyes that are bewitchingly fascinat-
ing. The style of dress and the materials
used are consistent, becoming, and
women-like. Why can't the dress re
formers be satisfied The Greek gown
will probably have showing, and this is
what is said of it: The empire, 1890
Elizabethan and all other styles of dress
pale before the pure simplicity of the
Greek model A Greek gown Of white
satin shown at the Press Club fair in
New York, has attracted much attention
and, with its gold embroidery, is marve
OF classic elegance. Dress reform thai
would include such costumes as thi.
would hardly need to be preached
A party of thirty from Louisville. Ga
have arranged to spend quite while al
Hotel Iybee. The rooms of the hotel arc
engaged way ahead; the hotel will
probably be full all the summer
Here is new suggestion to those wht
are tired Of embrOidering centerpiece.
and are seeking new fields, and liner
screens will be effective and the design: