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

and large present and prospective wealth
would be singled out anywhere as a bril-
/ rant and accomplished woman. The
match between Lady Meg" as she
bride Is affecuonately spoken OF by her
I lnumates. and Dolly" Prince Adolphus'
FAMILY diminutive, is said 10 be sincerely
l a love one, and likely TO be ideally happy.
I Inc Duke OF Westminster has been very
I generous with his daughter in the mat
l Ter OF settlements. and. altogether. we'd
: ding bells have rarely been rung under
NOR distinguished and suspicious cir
/ cumstances.
/ 4 pleasant voice and quick appreci-
atlon OF news, says the New York World.
are the qualifications of a young woman
| VINO is making these gifts bring her in
/ most respectable income. She is en-
I ployed 70 read for an hour a day 10 some
/ OF the fashionable women of the town.
! This plan of livelihood began in the ser
| vice Of friend who had money and lit
| erary taste. but Indifferent eyesight.
/ Reading even the newspapers tired her
/ SO she called her cultivated young friend.
who sorely needed pocket money. into
requisition. The reader went to her
every morning, after skimming over. the
newspapers and magazines, showing an
Z unusual sense Of selection in choosing
] topics and articles for discussion. The
| books Of the hour were also mastered;
in fact, all the desultory reading bright
tWenly-four hours. The woman who had
I money did not let her new-found luxury
I remain a secret. She extolled its indO-
| lent pleasure, its lazy possibilities for
| acquiring information in such manner
that other women became DESTROYS OF
paying for such enviable instruction.
They wanted to be read to. They wished
the news of the social, political and lit
erary world given TO them in a nutshell,
while the maid brushed their hair or the
mornings embroidery was being done.
one woman even did her own mending,
which she had always left to the house
keeper, while a cleverer brain than hers
touched lightly yet attractively on sub
| Jects that We're delightful to discuss later
on at dinner or social function. She said
once; You know l am not bit good a
skipping things. / read very slowly and
the world has passed on to another book
before l close the chapters of the former
sensation. 1t is very tiresome. l have al
ways to interrupt a discussion of the
newest story with Please don't, you will
tell me how it ends, and l am only half
way through. That leaves me out of all
the criticism. But now things are
changed. When the book has hardly got
ten about, before the whispers of its pop
ularity have deepened into murmurings,
my clever little reader has bought it for
me, and l say with a triumphant smile
to whoever approaches me- Isn't such
finale brilliant In fact, I am now
leader in literary topics, and l owe it all
to my friend al S. a week
The young reader only cares for a lin
tied patronage. Four customers brought
her in $50 a week, and she lives very com
fortably on that. The work gave her
great pleasure, for she was by nature a
most clever girl but was too poor to af-
ford the --latest in literature" She said
her throat was very strong, and the
work never strained her vocal chords
and fully appreciated the mental advant-
ages she herself gained.
mo really well-bred woman will wear
large hat to the play" remarked an old
theatre-goer and clubman. But why do
not they consider the monstrous sleeves
as we'll? 1t is really no joke to be placed
between two fashionable women on a mar
row seat nowadays" Consideration for
others, says the New York Tribune.
should ever be the first principle of good
/ breeding, and reasonable sleeves and
small bonnets should therefore, be the
invariable rule for seated entertainments.
The most fashionable women in New York
always wear at the theatre charming lit
tie bonnets, without high trimmings. The
wearers Of big hats, if they only knew it.,
are far from being lin the fashion"
Il do not know what we would do with
out our American customers" remarked
one of the principals of a well known
English dressmaking establishment to a
reader of the New York Tribune, for
they always settle their accounts"
But how do your English ladies manage
not to pay their bills?" exclaimed the lat
ter.
"Oh, they pay a little on account now
and then, and let the rest go; and some
times they come into money and settle.
Besides, she continued, cit would ruin our
O..
Lady This or Lady That because of a long
outstanding account; all her set would re-
sent it, and they all know it and take ad-
vantage of our position. 1t is our outside
custom that saves us"
On returning to the hotel Mrs. B. re-
| peated this little conversation to heY hus-
band, who at once jumped to a conclusion
THE long and short of it, Maria" he said
lis that you American women really pay
for the dress of the impecunious English
women of fashion. l hope you enjoy it"'
1t is an undoubted fact, by the way, for
in London II is an open secret that very
modish women are often gowned compar-
atively free of cost by aspiring dress
makers for the sake of their names The
goold old American custom of paying bills
promptly is, like many another habit of
, a simpler society, becoming more and
more rare among our fashionable women.
as the recently overheard conversation of
a group of smart" young matrons will
illustrate.
. Il always make a full list of my bills ="
said one young woman, complacently.
land then l feel so virtuous that 1 never
pay them"
Mine are kept on dark shelf in my
closet" laughed Number Two, Il have a
long fling point there, on which I stick
them al, and whenever l stick one on I
feel so systematic and businesslike that
my conscience is quite satisfied"
a n no fire. for
: year l was married" said a third Il
made up my mind that I would never
worry my husband about anything, and
that is how 1 managed" she concluded
triumphantly. American trades people.
however, are not educated up to trans
atlantic tolerance, and our reckless young
DANES are sure to have to pay the piper
sooner or later.
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