The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-28

cording to the capabilities of her guests.
not discouraging stupid person by a diff
cult rebus, or giving clever individual
too simple a problem to solve. 1t is sur
prising to see with this simple stimulant
how quickly n dinner table wakes into
life and laughter
The girl who makes any pretense at
being successful with men and society,
says Clara Belle in the Cincinnati En-
quirer, keeps a lot of note books, and
every note book has on the back of it mi
tials that mean some one man. In il are
notes of that mans peculiarites, his
favorite perfume, his. favorite shade of
hair, his denominations as far as she can
learn them, his opinions of as many topics
as she can get hold of, whether he takes
one or two Jumps, if he sings orr he hates
music, and his favorite actress. Besides
all this are a lot Of dates. On such a day
he said that her hair was pretty At
another time he maintained that he did
not mean TO marry. Again he expressed
preference for her in red. Such and
such day he gave her a certain piece of
jewelry, a book, or flower. In a separ-
ate part OF the book is a list of all the
things he has ever given TO her and the
things she has given him, also the affairs
he has got up for her, and the probable
amount of money spent on each, his
tastes about wine, what he considers a
fair amount Of money to marry on, his
fad, whether cards, horses, wine, pict-
ures. politics, beauty or the drama. Under
the heading of this fad she collects all the
points she possibly can. The less she
really knows about the fad the more par
ticular she Is to put down actual phrases
from himself, because, II you give a man
back what he himself says, he is not going
TO contradict you, or doubt your extraordi-
nary intelligence and sympathetic ma ture
She puts down which of her own STYLES
has seemed to take best with him, whether
he seems TO like her best when she is
childlike and confiding, or intellectual, or
capricious. The notes are carefully made
and arranged so that they constitute
ready reference. They betray an i'm
partial state of mind that would probably
astonish the men who figure on the covers.
These little books enable a girl to extend
courtesies that would be impossible with
out such precaution. The man she meets
once is astonished at the delicate eompli-
ment conveyed by her recollection of him.
When 1t comes to the running of two
or three flirtations these little books are
invaluable. A half hours study or even
a hasty running over Of few pages while
one gets into the favorite dress. will
bring her into the atmosphere of the man
she expects that hour, and no matter how
MANY men SHe mas on mana, mule care
win enable her to steer clear Of difficulties
and 10 accomplish wonders that she could
not otherwise do without serious risk OF
brain fever Sometimes very good chums
will exchange notes, Maud, who is devot-
ing herself to landing Charlie, will, for
two or three of Charles preferences gave
as many as halfa dozen Of Arthur's dis
likes to Jennie, who is devoting herself TO
making Arthur miserable OF course.
the dangerous and impsh side Of this
sort of thing is apparent, but In the direct
and legitimate field Of its use the habit is
q good one. The reason for having separ-
ate books is because they are reader for
reference. and you are not 50 likely 10
make mistakes. II you had a big book,
too, il would be dangerous thing 10 have
around.
At a recent wedding IN New York the
eight bridesmaids wore dresses Of white
crcpon, trimmed round the skirts with
lace and Insertion pansy-cOlored velvet
forming the collars and bodice belts, with
deep frills Of lace over the shoulders, and
big hats trimmed with lace aud purple
pansies They carried bouquets Of purple
pansies and double white carnations. and
wore the groOm's gifts Of enamel and
diamond pansy brooches. a. another
fashionable wedding the bridesmaids. ten
IN Bumber, made D lovely picture about
the altar, in gowns " pink crepe dechine,
with white satin sasAcs aud collars