The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-11


Mrs. Stevenson She pounded in lady
ike manner with her pretty gavel, and
said:
The question before the congress,
ladies. is the resolution. We can do one
of two things with il. We can either
we can either what!' she blandly asked,
turning to the blushing parhamentarian
1t was so openly done that 1T brought
down the house. Mrs. Stevenson laughed,
the little man laughed, everybody
laughed. and order was not restored Tor
several minutes. Then they laid the reso-
luton on the table and went gayly on
about their business
Mrs. Stevenson. however, cannot be
credited with Introducing the professional
masculine parliamentarian into feminine
bodies. Mrs. Potter Palmer had her legal
henchman, who held the ball and unrolled
the red tape for the president of the
board of lady managers for the worlds
fair. He was always at her elbow during
the meetings of the board. But it is
question whether his red tape or Mrs
PaImer'S tact was of greater value in the
sometimes much tsoubled sessions of the
gentle and ungentle lady managers.
Il have been to seven at homes this
afternoon said a wild-eyed woman the
other day to the New York Sun, land life
seems to me nothing but a weary waste of
waters surrounded by steaming oceans of
hot tea! If had gone TO seventy times
seven of them l don't suppose 1 would
have found any variety.
Il am always reading about some COM
modify being called King Cotton is
king, and iron is king. and corn is king; it
all depends on the locality. There seems
to be a great difference of opinion on the
matter. But l don't think any one will
dispute me when [ say that no matter
what is king, tea is queen. And yet tea
doesn't exactly harmonic with some no
tons about women. 1t is ministerfng
angel just as much in our hours of ease as
it is when pain and anguish wiring the
brow. In fact, 1t seems to me that our
hours of ease are signals for perfect
tidal wave of tea 10 gather and break over
US.
"Have you read The Heavenly Twins?'
If you have not, will you oblge me by
reading the number of times tea is men
toned Tea seems to. be the life blood of
English society, and it is coursng through
American veins at almost the same rate.
Why can not we get an occasional cup of
coffee or chocolate or cocoa But by the
way" and the eyes of the disparager of
tea suddenly shone with JOY instead of
despair, "since we must all submit our
selves to the rule of Queen Five O'Clock
Tea, you should see the table / have pre-
pared for her throne
"A friend OF mine, a newspaper woman
by the way, was pOking around among
the east side teneMents for some reason
or other l never do pretend to keep
track of the motives for her extraordi-
nary wanderlngs. But in the course of her
investigations she visited a certain fam
lily of Russian Jews, living on the top
floor of a rear tenement. As soon as my
friend entered the room her eyes fell on a
Russian samOvar on the board shelf
which passes for a mantelpiece. Oh, my
dear it is beauty! It's shape is classic,
its ornamentation artistic, its material
solid brass. 1t is a gem! My friend
realized IL at once and-well, in short, the
SamOvar is now mine.
1t gives charm 70 my tea table which
isn't to be found at another New York )
o'clock. But in rash moment l contided
the history OF my treasure to numerous
callers, and now the indications are that
l have started fad, for to my certain
knowledge several of my acquaintances
are ransacking the tenements fore old Rus
sian samOyars. But, at any rate, l have
the glory OF inaugura ting the fashion, "
and she turned 10 go, probably to an
eighth 'at home" But at the door She
paused, and, with an air of supreme tri-
umPh, called back:
''Mine has chimney"
Poor Olive Schreiner! Morbid young
pessimist that she is, she has determined
To experience some of the trials and tribu-
latiOns of which she writes. She Is said
to be engaged to be married to South
African farmer several years her junior
Old rose, says the New York Herald,
is the color chosen by Mrs. Vanderbilt
for tho boudoir which is for her own ex-
elusive use in the palace newly built by
Cornelius Vanderbilt, on the corEer of
Fifth Avenue and F'ifty-seventh street.
Mrs. VanderDilt's suite of rooms are on
the Eifty-seventh street side and face ex-
actly across to the house of Mr.. William
G.. Whitney, on the opposite corner, and
into the rooms fitted up year ago by
Mrs. Whitney for her debutante daughter
Pauline. The suite consists, like ali the
other six suites of the house of three
room5-a bedroom, a boudoir and bath
room. The prevailing color is old rose,
and this shade is found upon the walls,
which are covered with old rose satin,
and upon the floors, where there is an old
rose carpet, and upon the furniture,
which is-covered with old rose demask of
rich and rare quality.
The wood is rosewood, and the bed
stead is of the same material, hung with
curtains Of old rose satin, lined with
white silk On the walls there are cupids
and nymphs, carrying cornucopias filed
with roses. This gives the old rose tone
to the walls, which are in white and
gold,
There IS a great deal of gold in the dec
Grafton Of the boudoir. The chairs are
Louis Quinze in gold, upholstered in the
old rose, and the cornices are also Of gold
The hangings are of Old rose, and there is
writing table, which is of rosewood, but
the TRAININGS are of gold, as are the
writing implements.
The bathroom with Mrs. Vanderbilt's
suite is largely of onyx. The tub and
bowls are Of this material, and the floors
are tiled and nearly all of onyx The eff
feet is very pleasing and much less o.
pressive than is usually the case where
so much money has been spent upon a
house and upon the furnishing of private
suites Nearly every lady viii testify to
the fact that, after having had her house
remoieled, she was for several months
quite lost in the formaitv and elegance
which seemed TO nave deprived her home
of al its old tone. But the Nanderbiits
have been quite free from this, having
kept the old prevailing tones and Colors.
The art of decorating dinner tables has
developed rapidly in the last few years,
writes III. r. hattles on The Etiquette
of Flowers in the March Ladies Home
Journal. Formerly plateau OF flowers
for the certer of the table and IA little
sTnila. on thp chandalipr yverp th0ncbt tn