The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-01

OF course. there are hospitable women.
ana there are times when two or three
meet together, two or three pleasant wO-
men and have thoroughly good time. The
Fancy that exists just at present for call
ing women friends by OVer-a ffectfonate
names Is especially noticeable at
dresses the hostess as Sweet
neafti square-jawed woman.
VINO looks as though she had never known
lhe meaning OF the word, is called Love;
a girl who lisps addresses everybody as
Dearest" while Dear is as common as
postage stamps. confess to not liking it,
A woman wants TO be dearest and
sweetest and love" TO a man. and
when she calls anybody by these endear-
ing terms, she wants 10 address a baby
women
The other letter that came to me about
etiquette, asked about an afternoon visit
from IT'S tone l imagine the writer is one
OF the kind who arrives PROMPTLY at 3
ana remains until quarter past g. and
men nnds you are not quite pleasant be-
ner.
Twenty minutes is long enough for a
iady caller to infiict herself on a kind
hearted hostess, and the brighter and
more delightful she is, the more certain
Will sne be Of appreciation If she departs
Whlle her charms are still fresh. She who
writes WISHES to know what constitutes
small talk. / scarcely know myself so
/ listened to five lady callers The first
one told all aboue her diseases. and after
L
about the feminine interior department
than had ever believed would be possi-
pie except to doctor. The second took
Tor her topic that never-ending and al
ways beautiful onR-the children She
dilated on the cleverness of one the re-
markable sensitiveness of another, she
repeated the last cunning speech of a
small boy, and told of the baby's deter
minatlon, during the quiet hours of the
night. to keep herself before them. But
Tor her general appearance | should have
thought her nurse in an orphan asylum.
The third lady, metaphor
eally never got into the parlor at all. Her
mind never rose above the kitchen, and
she talked servants until, well. until /
wondered why she kept them If they wor-
riod her so, mentally and physically. The
fourth lady had just gotten back from
seeking green fields and pastures new on
the other side of the ocean, and 1 rather
expected she would tell us Of great paint
1ngs, notable people, or beautiful scenery
But her talk ran this way: "At Geneva. I
got SCENE lace very cheap, and at a shop
IN Regent street some beautiful under
wear; but bOnnetS are quite as costly as
they are here. In Rome, we picked up
some pretty jewelry, and in Venice Fanny
found some beads that went very well with
Were her impressions of travel. The fifth
lady, thank goodness had a fad. She was
suffragist and she talked about the
ability of woman and the greatness of wo-
man, the trueness of woman and the hon
esty of woman In way that was convinc-
ing to herself, If not to others. That is all
that | know about small talk as CLEANED
from lady callers.
The other question is a delicate one.
He hasn't asked her to marry him, but
she feels sure that he will. Under these
circumstances, is it wrong for him to
hold her hand? As have been asked
this straight out, | should like to say
that, she will be wiser if she keeps her
hand to herself, and lets him have moth
ing at all to do with 1t until there glitters
upon. it the ring which means that his
life is no longer his own. After that.
10 fann Iii les
her good night with dmpunity and what
ever pleasure may result therefrom. The
position of the young. woman engaged
to be married is usually spoken of as a
delicate one. l am sure 1 don't know why,
for If ever a human being looked like
a captor dragging around a miserable
victim, it may be said to be the newly
engaged girl and her young man. She
commands him. and if he dares to dis
obey she gives him a look that would
strike awe among kings. She expects
him to follow her like a pet dog, but,
unlike a pet dog, he can demand no priv
ileges. Any courtesy she shows him he
with an expressed gratitude, preferably
in tangible form, jeTeiry. sweets, flow
ers or fruit being preferred.
However, according to the melodrama
his time will come. and it is to be hoped
he viii enjoy himself. While he is mere
ly somebody's betrothed, he is to be
slangy, in the Mullgatawney, and / bet
you don't know what or where that is
1t Is a dirty river in Persia. 1t rises in
the Caspian sea. 0OWS past Ieheran-and
empties itself into the Red sea. The soup
named for it is supposed to resemble it.
and too often it tastes like it.
A bow is made. The etiquetter feels
that she has done her best. She grins
with delight, and begs to say that il
there are people who want to know
anything covered by this word, entiquette,
which really means a ticket she will do
her best to answer them, if they will
write their questions on postal cards and
address them to Bah.