The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-20

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tiers as there is always a secondary plot
in every good play. but The eye should in
stinctiNely be guided 10 the main point
OF decoration. In an ordinary house this
Is the fireplace and mantel In each room.
and special care should be taken that ar
tistic rules are not broken in the orna-
mentation Of that most important part
Of the room.
An artist is familiar with many cor
rect forms of grouping, but these are not
easy for an amateur 10 understand. so
the best rule 10 give for mantel decora-
ton for the general public Is that the
center piece should form tho highest
point. the lines from the top W hen drawn
20 the sides OF the shelf forming the sides
Of an isOsceIes triangle.
At a small dinner the other day. says
the New York Tribune, the "crumpled rose
leaves of fashionable people came up
under discussion. and various cases were
cited for sympathy and criticism. what
would you have done in such a case as
this. exclaimed one fair dame. / have
"a set of q dozen doilics that were sent to
me as wedding present and which were
the prize exhibit from the keusington
/ Royal School of Needlework at the last
1 French exposition. They are simply ex-
quistc. hut so fragile that 1 use them
only on the granxcst occasions. Not long
e9U NAi6 VI TIC tuitl AldAudltS OF the
country was dining with us: he is a man
who is famous In both hemispheres and
one whom / naturally delighted TO honor
SO a number of people were invited to
meet him and l brought out my most
cherished possessions. and, among other
things. my precious doiles. When dessert
was brought on / saw, to my horror, that
he had not removed his dolly with his
finger bowl. and that he was about to
deposit a liberal helping of chocolate
cream right on the delicate bit of en-
broidery. which, OF course. would be
completely ruined. Now what ought /
TO have done? OF course. the heroic meth
Cd would have been to let him put it on
and say nothing about IL. but l must con-
fess l was not equal to the occasion.
What l did was to say. suaVely. 4 am
afraid, dear Mr. --, that that green may
be poisonous lifting the dolly from his
plate as l spoke. l thought at the time
/ had managed l. quite cleverly; but
afterward / realized how silly it must
have sounded But what else could l have
said that would have saved my dolly
and yet would not have savored of correc-
ton to his SAVIOR faire?'
81 had rather a disagreeable experience
not long ago" said a prominent "matria-
arch There is a certain young man
whom | have reason to particularly dis
like and whom I have ceased for some
day | sent an invitation for one Of the
assemblies to Mrs. y. and also to her son
and her daughter. / did not go to the ball
myself, for some reason; but afterward
the secretary sent me "A note to say that
the name on one of my tickets Of admis-
sion had evidently been erased, and an
other substituted in its place, and inclosed
was the suspected card. wherein ] found
the name Of my bette noir in place of that
of young Mr. X. the latter having evil
IDENTIFY been erased with a knife
Now, Mrs. Y. was undoubtedly quite
ignorant that l disliked that particular
young man, and he very probably had no
idea that the willy mamma had taken that
method to secure a partner for the cotiI-
lion for her daughter. Now. what ought
/ to do? Ignore the matter altogether, or
take some means of letting both Mrs X
and the young man know that / have
discovered the trespass. for trespass IT
was, whether friend or foe was benefited
thereby"
A third story was that Of pretty
young woman who asked for advice. Tell
me whether I ought to confess to Mrs
A. or not" she said to the others "A few
weeks ago Mabel and I sent for some par
quet seats for the matinee at the Metro
politan opera house, and later on had
tickets sent TO us for her box by Mrs A.
for the same afternoon. Naturally prefer
AAAAe tAt' bpAf anu bclAa Vi al lIuEdl UllHOs
we sent our tickets to be sold. Fancy
our CONSERVATION, however, when. on ar
irving at the opera house. I found that I
had kept the wrong envelope, and that
the only places we could lay claim TO were
our original seats in the parQuet, while in
Mrs. AS box were seated two gaudily
dressed ladies, together with a friend of
ours, who I could see was much surprised
to find herself in such strange company
Was it not dreadful? Fortunately, Mrs
A. was not there herself, and / have rea-
son to believe that she never heard of
my blunder. But what l want to know
now is, do you think | am bound to tell
her? 1t would only vex her and would do
no good L think"
He was prosperous young man, says
the Chicago Tribune, and thrifty mann
mas smiled upon him, while willy paDas
did not disdain half hours talk with him
upon the tariff.
He called to escort Miss Evelyn to the
theater and her mother was entertaining
him while he waited, having carefully
placed him where he could not see the
clock.
Miss Evelyn is such a sensible girl"
he remarked. she"
Indeed, she is" replied her mother.
Il don't hesitate to say So for. as l Of
ten tell her father, who should know her
good qualities as well as %
''Who, indeed? l was struck by her
good sense
THAT shows her perspicuity, for she is
so modest that she some times conceaIs it,
She displaye it upon the occasion to
which l refer to in contrast to Miss Madge
Prettypink. She"
Yes, am sure of it; what people can
see in Madge l am sure l don't know.
But Evelyn is blind to her faults. She
often says to me; why mamma, it is
not poor Madges fault that she Is silly;
it is her misfortune So sweet of Eve.
lyn.'
Very. Upon the occasion to which
just referred 1 had escorted Miss Madge
to the theater, and"
Now that is very kind of you, Mr.. Blue
google, for what brainy man like you
could see in poor Madge's silly prattle I
don't know, Evelyn often says: Poor
Madge has so many masculine callers,
and I really don't know how she could en-
terrain them if 1 did not stay with her so
much and help her. So self-sacrihcing
of Evelyn"
Yes. Miss Madge was wearing a hat