The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-12
W 0 MANS WORLD.
A FEW BRIGHT THINGS OF INTER-
EST TO THE FAIR SEX.

a Sample of WOman'S CnkindnsSs
TO Those of Their Own Sex-The
Latest Wrinkles n Fash!ons.-Other
Matters Worth a Moments Notice.
A debutante, says the New York
Tribune tells the following amusing tale Of
slipper: II had tho most dreadful ex-
perience at my first dinner" she said
naively. 1T was really too dreadful for
anything, and it was all the fault of my
bookmRker, who persuaded me to keep a
pair Of slippers that were too small for me;
but must say. besides, my feet looked SO
especially nice in them could not bear to
give them up myself So told mamma
that | would keep them for dinners or quiet
things where l would not have TO dance.
Well, put them on on this especial occa-
sion and went to my dinner feeling quite
pleased that, although they we're a little
squeezed, my feet did not hurt me a bit;
and pictured to myself how nice they
would look crossed just outside of my gown
10 the drawing room after ward when the
men came in. Alas l rejoiced too soon,
and my woes began with the second entree,
when one Of my feet began to pain me SO
frightfully that could not stand it.
finally kicked off my slipper-and, o, what
a relief that was felt quite like another
person. aud cheered up and ate all the deli
cious things they brought me, and ohatted
to my neighbors and had a lovely time I'M
Til dessert, when my tribulations began
again. | found that, although it was easy
enough to get my slipper off, it was quite
different matter to get it on. In vain l
furtively pulled and tugge1. l could not
get my foot into it, and l had just made up
my mind to shuttle out of the room when i
gave last desperate push and away went
my slipper out of reachl By this time the
ladies were rising. and there was absolutely
nothing for me to do but to walk out in my
stocking, and wait until the gentlemeu left
the dining room, when l proposed to invoke
the good offices of Mrs. As maid and
regain my lost chaussure.
II felt too shy to confess my predicament
to any one. and, as you may imagine, did
not cross my feet in front of my frock as
had fondly fanciei, but thought it more
diplomatic TO thrust my best foot foremost
rather boldly, as il the other was only out
of sight. l chose a seat by the door 80 that
l could steal out unubserved at the first
opportunity; but the moment the men en-
tered the room knew by the amused face
of Mr.. --, my vis-R.vis and by his manner
that he had discovered the slipper if not the
owner, for he remained standing somew hat
apart and deliberately scanned each - oman
in succession. | will never forget how
scared | felt when his eyes encountered
mine, or the hot wave of color thar few
over my face, neck and arms; and what do
you think he did He never hestated a
moment, but crossed directly over to me
and said quite softly, so that nobody else
could hear him: May put on the slipper,
CIndereusN
was trying on pair of shoes not many
days ago in one Of the sample" shoe stores,
says a well known New York lady. Find
ing pair which particularly pleased me,
the clerk laced up one, and looked for the
other to do likewise, but it could not be
found. After vain search l was about TO
give 1t up and select another pair which did
not please me half as well, when l saw the
woman's skirt who sat next to mo bulging
out, and, calling the attention of the sales
man to the fact, he extracted the boot from
under her dress
1t seemed she liked the boots as well as [
did, and if she did not get them it was not
because she did not possess unbounded as
suraGce.
Some women get through this world on
their nerve. and this woman was one of
them.
"When ii comes right down to the ques-
ton of absolute equal rights between men
and women" said one of the little group OF
world-movers dining at an uptown hotel
the other evening to a writer for the New
York Advertiser, there arise some curious
complications. Equal rights, OF course,
imply equal responsibilities, equal risks,
equal hRrdshsps
II witnessed one OF the oldest and perhaps
most extreme cases of this kind last summer
at seaside resort. AT the table nearest
mine In the dining room OF our hotel there
sat man and his wife no were spending
the season there. and with them the evening
in question were two or three acquaintance.
when my attention was attracted to
their conversation il was evidently at its
climax, for words were flying hot and loud,
the chief contestants being the genteman's
wife and one OF the acquaintance. do not
know what was or had been the ground Of
their dispute, but that it was a furious and
deep-seated one was too evident The lady
especially was excited and aggressive. She
WAS known as a 'woman's rights woman
reformer, philanthropist and independent
generally.
Her eyes were blazing, her cheeks fam
ing, and she called down her gentlemanly
antagonist with a vim objectionable and
if 1t bad been between two men-not to be
wiped out by anything else than blood.
The husband had demonstrated several
times, but had been waved aside as a mere
loOker-ou.
AT last, her words and accusations be-
coming uncomfortable. the gentleman sprang
from his seat, and losing his temper, threw
down his napkin 10 front of tho lady, say
ing, Madam, you are a woman aud can
neither fight nor insult you. but by the
eternal rights OF mankind, If you have a
husband, father, brother, or any other
champion or henchman, l call him to ac-
count for this'
by this time, OF course, the whole room
was interested IN the affair, aud the pro-
prIetor of the hotel Indignantly inquired the
cause OF and excuse for such an exhibition.
Then the husband rose to the occasion.
Calmly taking the gentleman's challenging
napkin from in front or his wife's plate he
tossed it in her antagonists face and said:
Sir, am the ladys husband her father,
brother, champion and heDchmanl j
answer your charge and will settle this
ching when, where and how you please
though, understand me. fully agree with
you in the issue taken between you and
utterly Condemn my wife as wrong in her
premises and conclusions. '"
The narrator pushed his chair back
drained his glass, and, looking from one TO
another Of his listeu ers, asked: Now
gentlemen. what are we going to do when
that order Of things is inauguratedP
And they groaned in chorus.
The prevailing rage for plaids and trains,
says the New y ork Tribune, will receive a
new ince1tiye In EnpIRt q at least from,