The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-26
Wonan's World.

In the early days OF our grandmothers'
| says Harper's Bazaar. gentlemen's watches
| were usually ponderous affairs, having a
heavy silver case. in which the timepiece
itself was for safety carefully clasped.
A circular piece OF rice paper. cut TO ht
exactly the lower ha!t Of this case. and
on it carefully painted a wreath Of buds
and leaves. or 1t might be a single flower,
was deemed a very appropriate present
| from maiden to her lover. Not every
one. however, had at command this dain-
~ handicraft, and in many New England
villages there were persons who, FOR
consideration" held themselves ready for
orders. The language OF lowers was stu
died in reference to the depth of feeling
TO be expressed. Sometimes the all-im-
pOrtant sentiment was detailed with In
dian ink and a very fine camefs hair
brush. 1t was tedious process, demand
ing great skill, to work upon so fragile d
paper.
The debutantes at last Wednesdays
drawing room, says a Indianapolis dis
patch TO the New York sun, had good
deal to try their temper. The queen shirked
her work. with the result that the Prin-
cess of Wales had TO take IL in hand al
most a the last moment, and, although
presentations to her royal highness were
by the royal command, considered equiva-
lent to presentation to the queen her
self, there was much grumbling among
young women who had spent days ia
practising how to bend low and kiss the
mOnarch's hand with the minimum
amount of awkwardness. Then, follow
ing upon week of warm. summer-like
weather. drawing room day was cold and
cheerless, with a high wind which drove
dust through the most carefully closed
carriage windows, spoiled dresses, ruined
compilations, and caused an amount Of
untimely sneezing that was distressing
to witness except to brutal, scoffing spec
tators.
The number of presentations was COM
paratively small, but the Princess was
ten minutes late and there were several
waits and bitches which. had the queen
been present, would have got the court
officials into serious trouble The general
verdict was that the Warehouses of Lon
donderry, who presented the Dowager
Duchess of Marlborough on her remar-
riage, wore the finest diamonds, and that
one of the most striking dresses was that
of Lady Jane Lindsay the material Of
which had been sent all the way to China
to be embroidered with sprays of strange
flowers.
The Springtime Girl-From the Cincin-
natl Tribune
She comes with her beau-catching graces,
Like dream of unparalleled bowers;
In fiutter of ribbons and laces
She blooms with the earliest flowers;
And the lover is no longer pensive
on the crust of sOciety's whirl,
For sweet though a wee bit expensive.
Is the modern style Springtime Girl
A huntress of hearts, like Diana.
The shafts of her culver fly true,
And her silvery laugh will be mama
Until she doth bid us adieu;
With a swarm of adorers about her
She shines like an Orient pearl;
All the world would be lonely without her.
The elegant Springtime Girl.
There's pleasure wherever she mingles,
Her wit hath an edge that is keen,
And the cheek of the dude often tingles
At her bits of sarcasm, l ween;
So welcome the ribbons and laces
Which round her the deft breezes whirl
For they frame in their delicate graces
Earth's fairy, the Springtime Girl.
It. c. Harbaugh.
Finger-bowls have grown smaller, says
the New York Times. The latest are made
of tinted Bohemian glass, and have a
footed bowl, which rests on plate TO
match. If possible the finger-bowl should
carry out the color scheme of the table.
The most correct champagne glasses have
the melon-shaped bowl. After-dinner cor
fee cups are now large enough to be
used for afternoon tea. They come in the
long, low caldrOn shape. The latest glass
for serving sorbet or punch is known as
the violet cup shape. 1t resembles some
what a large violet and is made of vio-
let glass The tulip is a favOrite sorbet
glass, and is usually seen in shades of yell
| low. Punch or sorbet Is also served in
| the heart of a full-blown pink rose, made
! of the new pink Bohemian glass. All
| these fiower-glasses rest on a naturally
shaped green leaf, which is of glass, and
used for the saucer
All improper marriages, says Demon
est's Magazine for June, should be de-
| nounced; but international marriages are
not necessarily improper Merely the in
ternational feature ought not to affect
the moral character of the marriage All
depends upon the facts in each case
| Whether marriage are International or
not, where the motive, on the one side,
| is plainly to secure wealth. and on the
other, a real or supposed prominent social
position. the marriage falls far below the
proper standard. Where differences in
religion, in education, in taste, and in
| social relations are very marked, the
propriety of the marriage is certainly open
to question. But II ought constantly to
| be borne in mind that the mere interna-
! tional feature is. per Sc, neither commend
| able nor Objectionable. All depends upon
| other considerations. 1t is to be hoped
that the time is near at hand when Amer
! lean women will feel there is no higher
honor than to be the wives of brave, true
and patriotic American men, and the
mothers of patriotic American sons and
| daughters. The present tendency does
noe reflect much credit on certain classes
J of American women, however much it