The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-16

/ how she cheWs the cLd of gentle refec-
1 tions'-and so on.
In many ways the hint Of reaction is
obvious in the magnificent squirt woman
has taken; she is willing 70 listen in the
gospel Of progress 10 which she hearkens
diligently, to an occasional sermon on the
text, make haste slowly"
AT last am quits with old aunt-in-
law Matilda who as Z told you, has never
| yet forgiven Harry for marrying a Yam
kee girl, " writes to the New York Trib-
une transplanted compatriot, who re-
malnsa staunch'Amcrican!des despite her Eng
llsh surrounding. 1T happened in this
| wise; Harry, who is always so good
natured, and is adored by his sisters and
ms cousins and his aunts, asked the Old
woman 10 dinner one night last week
| she arrived early, as usual, and present
| ed herself at my bedroom door asking
| permission to come in ana put on her cap,
which she always carries in a little pack
| age whenever she goes out. hate being
! bothered when | am dressing, but of
| course I assumed a friendly air, and we
entered into conversation as if we were
really good friends, instead of cordially
detesting each other
Harry said we should be quite alone
tonight, remarked my relative, so
wore my second best lappets
They are very nice am sure I said
carelessly in reply, but we are not quite
alone after all a cousin Of mine, who ar
rived IN London to-day, is coming; and
Lord A. proposed himself this afternoon
" On, reallyn exclaimed Aunt Matilda,
who, like most English women Of the up
| per middle class, is n veritable tuft-hnt-
er- The young Earl of -. I shall be
| delighted to meet his lordship. I know
his mother, the countess, quite we'll and
I G ! nfat4n NJ .1E F..
| quite tWltter of anticipation. When
she was ready we went down and found
! Harry and our two guests in the drawing.
room. Cousin Jack did look a perfect
! dear, so blond and so irreprOachable alto
| gether, from the top of his well grO0med,
| shining head to the tips of his
| patent leather shoes, and l could
have Rugged him for being such
creditable specimen of well-bred
| American. Lord A. beside him looked
| very small, very sallow, and altogether
! hesitate an instant as to which was the
| lordllng as they both made their bows
/ simultaneously on being presented to her
| She gave the most gracious smile and
| handshake to Jack, and such a snubby
| little nod to Lord A! Oh, it was too de
| liciOus AT dinner the conversation was
very general, about the last new play
n -
poor, deluded Aunt Matilda did not find
out her mistake, and flattered Jack until
ne did not know which way to look
| while she ignored and snubbed poor Lord
A at every turn.
''After dinner the old cat took me to
| task for not having gone in to dinner with
the earl. Such breach of etiquette,
dear kitty' she said. You really should
be more careful And then she added
jauntily, You know at Rome you should
do as the Romans do, and over here we
| think great deal of that sort of thing
Then came my revenge, and oh. how
delighted I was. I smiled my sweetest,
and said languidly, 1 fancied you had
mistaken my cousin Jack for Lord A
! What a pity! You would have liked ask
ing about his mother, should YOU not2
Oh, if you could have seen her face! And
the cup of her anguish quite overlooked
when Harry came into the drawing room
| with Jack, saving: "A had to 90 to fetch
! his sister from dinner party; he did not
| know how late it was, so he asked me to
make his apology and to say goodnight
Il am sure Aunt NJ will count that
| evening among the lost opportunities of
| her life"
| The season has fairly set in at most of
| the summer resorts, says the n. Y. Times,
and many beautiful toilets are seen. At
one Of the inland resorts near the city
! the costumes worn at recent dance were
notable.
A darlS-haired girl, of fine form, wore a
white tissue lowered with pink roses
/ and green leaves. The blossoms and
| foliage were perfect in drawing, aud
tinted with exquisite faithfuluess The
| tissue was made up over pink silk quite
| a heavy quality of dotted LOuisine, and
the white ground was deepened by the
! underdress to a pale pink.
The fashioning of the gown was some
| what peculiar and gave its wearer little
| the look of 'hOWCr girl as got up for a
fancy costume ball. The skirt Of the
tissue was drawn up in high points, dis
! playing the silk gown beneath, which
was finished with a rufle of cream-colored
| lace of rose pattern. The pointed fes-
| ICONS were held by knot OF pink ribbon
at the top angles, which were perhaps a
/ foot below the waist line, and at the
points, which just touched the top of the
The bodice and sleeves were designed
/ to correspond. The sleeves had puff of
/ tissue festooned in points by ribbon knots
! over a lower puff of the silk. The bot
| tom Of the silk sleeve reached low enough
! 10 permit the lace rutte finishing it to
/ fall over the elbow. The silk bodice, cut
| low and round at the neck, and edged
w Atl lAiN anu VIC LlooLlC
was fcstooned upon it, the points touch
/ ing the Waste line and the upper angles
| Just turning the bust. The belt was of
| The ribbon which caught the festoons;
! il was narrow and drawn plain around
| the waist, and tied in a little bow on the
! left side A tiny knot of the pink ribbon
was caught in the dark braids, the
! jockeyed ENDS touching the neck A
necklace Of gold heavily wrought, with
! braces to match, completed very effec-
| tive toilet.
Among some Of the figures danced at a
cotillion at one of the smart houses in
| London recently were the following:
encing fois in which two gentlemen
fenced with foils tipped with powder puts,
! thoone who first left his white mark on his
| adversary claiming the privilege of the
dance with the lady. Airball figure, two
balls thrown in the air, and the competi-
tor VINO first secured one had the choice
OF q partner.
The Wheelbarrow was another success
full and amusing figure. Two oarroWs filed
with light trihCs were rapidly wheeled
from one end OF the ballroom to the other,
the man who was able to reach the goal
first without upsetting the contents SC
curing the dance
The giant muH was a welcome novelty,
| the gentlemen and ladies thrusting their
hands into It, and when il opened the in
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