The morning news., 1894-07-08
v 0 MANS " ORLD.
A Few Things Of Interest to the Fair
Sex.

Bridals-A War On Nicknames for
Girls-Queer Requests of Sweet Girl
Graduates-How to Grow Old and
Retain Friends-Other Items Worth
Reading.
The Suns on his throne, and the Wind on his
Like wandering minstrel o'er meadow and
The day and the season are both in their
And youths at its sweetest and tenderest
time.
The buds are in bloom, and the birds sing
their best;
The trees are in leaf, and the orchard is
dressed
With clustering fruits, for the years in its
prime,
And youths at its ripest and tenderest time
Too soon shall the clouds cover sunshtny sky.
The voice Of the minstrel be hushed to a slgh
Too soon shall the day and the season de-
And clustering fruits shall be melted to wine.
The petals shall fall and the songsters de-
part
The foliage fade like the youth of the heart;
For swift runs the current of pitiless time,
And always the swifter when lifes in its
prime
The birds and the blossoms and fruit shall
With summers return and the turn of the
year,
The breeze shall be sweet, and the sun be as
Alas but the prime of my youth is not there
Each month of the year has its prime, but in
There's only one prime in the season of
youth,
Though hearts love again, and shall love for
all time,
There S only one love when the hearts in its
prime
Mary Berr1 Chapman, in Century for July
American distinctions, says the New
York Tribune, are but lightly regarded
in Europe, and it is a bitter pill for some
of our grandes danes to swallow to find
that over there people whom milady re-
CARDS as distinctly her, social interiors at
home are received, not only without
question, but are accorded a position that
she can never hope to attain, and are,
moreover, so situated that they can re-
turn with interest any former snubs or
Sights that they have received at her
hands. An amusing tit-for-tat story is
told of a clever American who lived in
the Debatable Land at home, but who
has now one of the most delightful salons
in Europe A few years ago, at the be-
ginning of her continental career, she
happened to be in Paris, where she made
many friends, among them Lady NJ, a
cultivated Englishwoman, who, not
recognizing the fact that there are
"Americans and Americans" took it for
granted that Mrs. Van Amsterdam, who
happened to be calling upon her as Mrs,
L. entered, knew her visitor, and said in
an off-hand manner, "Oh, Mrs. Van A,
you know, Mrs. H., of course"
Il have not the pleasure of knowing
Mrs. T." answered the descendant Of the
Knickerbockers stiff1y, and, drawing her
self up, she made her adieu to her hostess,
and with the slightest inclination of her
head in the direction of her compatriot
took her leave.
."Of course it was cut direct, showing
anything but good breeding on the part
of the would-be aristocrat, and Lady NJ
was furious, while Mrs. L. laughed it off
with her customary good nature, as being
a matter of very small importan ce, indeed
Il shall get even with her some day,
never fear" she said, ,jokingly, and few
months ago she had her revenge. When
the Princess de G, gave the most eXclu-
sive ball of the season she asked her great
chum, Mrs. T., to wise the list of Amer
leans, giving her carte blanche to cut out
or add at discretion from the names of
those sent in by the American secretary
invitation First on the list came those
of Mrs. Van Amsterdam and her two
daughters.
"Ah, here is my opportunity" ex-
claimed Mrs. T., in great delight, and, ex-
planning the situation to the princess, she
inclosed the desired invitation to Mrs.
Van A. with her card quietly accepting
her profuse thanks afterward without
comment.
The recent commencement at Cornell
says the New York Sun, was the most re-
markable of any in the university's his
tory for one reason. a woman took the
Woodford prize in oratory the highest
honor that can come to any Cornelllan.
She was Miss Harriet Chedle COnnor
of Burlington, Ia, slender. pretty girl,
but Enthusiastically an orator. She had
five male competitors. Six competitors
are usually chosen at Cornell from all
those of the senior class who submit ora
tions for the Woodford prize In select
ing the six, excellence of the oration is
the sole test. In the final competition
oratory and literary excellence are both
considered, but oratory invariably counts
more than a scholarly pen production.
1t was because Miss Connor is an orator
that she won the prize. Her GRAFTON was
not considered remarkable or even un-
usual effort, but her speaking was so CON
sidered. Her subject was The Letter
and the Spirit, and it dealt exclusively
with the growth of tolerance and liber-
ality in religious thought.
Curious marriage customs in vogue in
the different parts of the world naturally
have a considerable interest, even in these
days, when there are practically no uneX-
plored corners left, and when it almost
seems as if there were nothing left to de-
scribe. Here are some quaint marriage
modes that have the desirable quality OF
novelty;
To eat maize pudding from the same
plate, or to eat in any way together, Is
widely distributed marriage ceremony
In Brazil couple may be married bv
drinking brandy together in Japan by
so many cups of wine; in Russia and
Scandinavia it used TO be one cup for
both The joining of hands among the
Romans and Hindoos Is common TO many
parts of the world In Scotland 1t is
called hand fastening, and couples live to-
gether after. To sit together on seat
receiving friends, or to have the hands OF
each tied together with grass, or to smear
with each others blood, or for the woman
TO tie cord of her own twisting around
the naked waist of the man, constitutes
marriage in one part or another. In Aus
tralia woman carries fire to her lovers
hut and makes a fire for him. In South
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