The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-23

Win a eRssTy7 'GOOd evening. fsHil,.-
men she gave the spur to her animal.
and, before the thoroughly surprised and
amazed diners had time TO collect their
thoughts. she had been carried over the
table IN the most graceful and approved
fashion by her spirited horse. Not even
the nlled wine glasses were Jared and
Max won his bet and the crowd did hon.
age to and toasted the dashing eques-
trienne.
There is one thing that perplexes a debu-
tante, says the New York Press. and
that's the secret of what makes popular
ity. She sees that pretty girls and clever
girls and rich girls all have excellent
chances to begin with, but that even
those with all these things in their favor
don't invariably make a success. while
occasionally girls who aren't really pretty.
not witty at all, nor rich either, come in
and make a tremendous success of it
right over the heads Of girls with the
qualities they lack. She wants to know
why that is. Well the best way to find
out is to ask one of the men who dance
with that sort of girl as many times as
she Will say yes during the evenig.
What do you see in Mary JOnes2' you
say. She's not pretty and she's not very
clever"
Then the young man will look at you as
IL ne suspected you were not Only hdA-
tempered, but a little jealous of Mary as
well, and answer: "Oh' she's not a beau
ty, perhaps, but she's an awfully attract
i've looking girl. don't you think so, AMI
then, she's such good sort
And when you come to analyze what
"a good sort" means, you'll find that II
implies Mary Jones is jolly and gay and
good-tempered and very unselfsh about
trifles. She doesn't say nasty things
about other girls; she is willing to let ev-
erybody share in her fun, she never plays
any little mean social tricks: she Is not
taken up with herself all the while, ana
she is honest. genuine, frank and kindly.
She is the girl who likes to talk TO old
gentlemen to give them the pleasure OF
a bit of gay gossip with a fresh young girl;
she takes time to be civil to the old ladies,
she sympathizes with bashful young girls
younger than herself and is good between
whites to awkward boys She doesn
dangle about in hot rooms all day MUNICH
ing bon bons and reading novels but Is
full of interests and occupations, and has
the buoyancy and vigor of high health
and OVERLOOKING spirits. The important
part is that she doesn't pretend to be any
of these things but really is what she
seems to be. The debutante will learn
in time, as every one does learn, that
while it is very easy to pretend 1t IS very
difficult to deceive people with pretenses.
pretty well, and the way to make people
think we are good-tempered and kindly is
to be good tempered and kindly.
It is related that the Duchess of West
minister put into her guest chamber a
curious Swiss clock to which was attached
a printed notice: please do not touch.
When NJ. Jolly, the Canadian liberal, Wis
tied her grace, he ventured to inquire
the reason for the prohibition. You are
the twentieth man who has asked that
question" replied the lady, gleefully.
'Women. YOU know, are supposed to be
proverbially curious, and l put that pla-
card on the clock to test the same weak
ness in men, and am happy to say ma
them not a whit less curious than the
women l keep a list of all the gentle
men who have asked me the question you
have Just put, and there has been only one
exception among all my guests who have
occupied the room; that was Mr.. Faw-
cett, the late postmaster general, and he,
poor man, was blind"