The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-12

TO elicit their strongly expressed censure.
Il really quite dread Matthew's disap-
prevail" remarked a young married
woman of the world the other day, in
speaking of her mothers old butler
Although feel l shall never succeed in
living up TO this standard, l find myself
really hesitating sometimes TO be quite as
fin de steele as l might be when he is
near Only a short time ago, when [ was
al home for a visit, the bicycle fad was
just beginning and my husband found
Matthew one afternoon watching with
grim disfavor the attempts of two of our
pretty house-guests TO master the ma
chine under the tuition of professional
person who had come from town for the
purpose.
" 1 suppose we shall have YOUR Young
mistress on bicycle next, said Mr. A. to
Matthew, wishing TO hear what the old
man would say.
q" No. sir, very emph2tically. Mrs. A.
is not of that sort he answered with CON
victioE. And although, 10 tell the truth.
I had been meditating a try, I actually
did not have the moral courage 10 en-
counter Matthew's wondering pity aud
disapproval
But h was worse with me-" interpo-
lated her younger sister, bride of a few
months only, for when | married Jack
he remarked contdentlally to Mrs. \. at
the wedding, Yes, ma'am, we've married
Miss Jennie to Mr. Brown. The fact is
he was the best we could get. although l
should not consider him altogether up to
the family standard "
A facetious young girl in this city, saws
the New York Picayune, has hit upon
new fad She is making a collection of
wishbones, and has engaged all her gen
tlemen friends to bring her the wish
hnnAG xKyha lie
served. She numbers them all, with the
name of the giver, and ties them with a
knot of ribbon, and puts them carefully
away. She says that she intends to have
them mounted next winter with the name
of the giver wrought across in golden
wire, and will create a stunning effect by
wearing them as necklace at some of
the swell receptions.
Another ingenious girl is making a col
lection of silk handkerchieis for the pur-
pose of making "couvre-pied" to throw
over her lounge, Some. that are not al
ready embroidered, she is etching deli
cateiy; others she is painting with deli
cate sprays of ivy. forget-me-nots and
daisies. She intends putting the squares
together with fancy stitching of colored
silk, aud when all are finished she will
make lining of some soft, old-rose silk,
interlined with thin batting, delicately
perfumed with heliotrope, ana this pretty
fad will not only be a useful article, but a
beautiful souvenir of happy hours and
pleasant friends.
The christening of the young son of the
Duke and Duchess of York, says the New
York Times, was of the elaborate
character which beftted his distin-
guished birth and environment The gold
en- bowl from which the much
talked of water from the River
of Jordan was dipped by Epis-
copal fingers is one of the oldest
bits of royal plate in which the crown of
England rejoices. 1t was appropriated
by Henry VIII. from a monastery, and
first oificiated as baptismal font to the
unluckY little Prince Edward VI. 1t is
one of the regalia pieces, and is kept on
show at the Tower, whence it was per
Sonally conducted to the White Lodge
by an august keeper for the ceremony
The christening took place in the pretty
drawing room at the White Lodge. and
was attended by all the small baby's au-
gust relatives who were within reach
There was truly awful list of sponsors,
headed by the queen, with an inevlta-
Bile Battenberg prince closing the list.
The royal infant was brought into the
room by his nurse, who handed him to a
lady in waiting, who handed him to the
queen, who held him a moment before
passing him on to the archbishop of Can
| terbury for the important rite. His small
babyship wore a christening robe of line
Honiton lace, hereditary of course, while
his carrying cloak was made of the
queens own marriage veil of weblike
Horiton. This was lined with white
satin, and finished at the neck with a full
ruche of baby ribbon. 1t was pretty no
tion, originating with the queen herself,
and might be copied by young mammas
utilizing their own marriage laces. Vic
tOria. IL may be mentioned, wore a dress
of black corded silk. slightly en- train, and
trimmed with a tounce OF black Brussels
net, set on with ruches of black baby
ribbon.
The taking TO soft front shirt waists, a
misnomer, by the way, is a distinct con-
cession on the part of women which men
may make the most of. 1t was found to
be very difficult to keep up to the immac-
ulate shirt front standard which was obli-
gatory when women began to copy mems
styles. AS a young woman stated it re-
Gently: Il found the edort to be a man
nlsh girl quite too expensive. / was not
long in discovering why men are SO par
ticular over their linen, and I now prop
erly appreciate and admire the perennial
perfection of their shirt fronts, now that
| know from experience at what cost and
C4lOl ouCI ID pEO9GENGu. AIN uGllRnLbu
to give it all up and resign myself fash
ionaoly to laundered collars and cuffs
alone, with soft fronts"
The Empress Eugenie, says the New
York Times, recently took Prince Napo-
leon with her to Windsor TO present him
TO the queen as her heir-an impressive
fact when the ex-mistress of the Tuileries'
fortune is considered. Most of her wealth
is IN good English stocks, TOO. 1t is being
told of Eugene that on a late visit TO
Paris, she went "incog' to a fashiona Bile
palmist to have her fortune read As
part of the necromancer's art is not to see
his fair penitents, she had to put her
hand through slit in a screen. After
quite cursory examination, the fortune
teller said Madame, your hand is so
extraordinary, that one of two things
must be the truth; either my skill must
be at fault for once, and ses impossible
events, or you must be the Empress
Eugene, for no other hand could tell of
such strange vicissitudes."
ATTEMPTS TO KILL RULERS.