The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-15

days and remained a month? or she
who came for a month and remained a
year. or that other dreadful one asked for
three months ana who staid until she
Z diedt 'oh. no. the new way is the best,
I for il makes everybody more comfortable;
and 10 make ones friends comfortable
: really is the duty of a hostess. Who has
not visited where the so-called spare-roOm
B sYas a horror IL was kept shut up until
i = visitor was expected, and the unfortu-
I nate guest had TO endure that mouldy
air. without losing her temper. Then. the
hostess utilized the chest Of drawers for
I m-f new napery. and there was no place
10 put ones belongings, and the mantel-
shelf and the top of the dressing case
w re decorated with all the broken. or
mended bits Of bric-a-brac, impossible in
/ the parlor. And nobody seemed to think
/ thit any special arrangement of the room
We required.
Now, when a woman visits me 7 con
slder II my duty to arrange her room as
nea rly Ike my own as possible; that is
10 ay, put some new books on the table,
arra nge ink, paper, pens, where they are
most convenient; put toilet articles. pins
ana a pincushiOn on the bureau, empty
all the drawers and line them with white
paper so that the belongings can be
taken out Of the trunk and enjoyed. 1
eXpecE my friend TO take a little time
10 herself once in a while and find a
pleasant retreat in her room. But how
can any one go 10 a foriorn room that
smells like a tomb and suggests that
awful parlor furnished with slippery
hairclodh and wax flowers more than
anything euse.
81 won der who invented those abomi-
nations-waX flowers? Probably the
same villain who first manufactured I'm
neral pieces. When I am dead, If any
body puts one of those wired abomina-
n nd
him at nights. / think they are dread
ful and consider the money spent for
them as an awful waste. l somebody
that you or I love dies, and we care to
put few flowers near them we don't
want to murder the flowers with pieces
of wire, we don't want the tradesmen to
decide what these flowers shall be, nor
10 we care to send them with our cards
tied on as representing a social duty
Funeral floral pieces are as vulgar as
gents and pants and perfect ladies'. 1
can imagine a gent in plaid pants buying
a pillow of flowers with Rest in Peace
worked out in them to send to a perfect
lady. How can anybody rest in any
thing else but peace? We couldn't rest
In turmoil, or in a Broadway car
though 1 ha We seen the time when a car
was reposeiul Do you offer your seat
10 anybody? Wen, 1 do to an old lady
or to a woman with a baby, or to a de-
10 be very careful about Offering ones
seat TO a woman. The other day an old,
old woman got into the car represent
alive mutton dressed in lamb fashion /
got up and offered her my seat She
looked me straight in the face and said
You needn't think l am a bit older than
you are, and j am quite able to stand
Since then l have not been so polite"
The Knitter was evidently thinking Of
something else. She said: zone thinks
one knows how to DO economical and vet
one is always making mistakes. This
spring ] had flrsg class dressmaker to
my incest d~esses, and / concluded TO
have woman by the day work on the
cotton frocks. She was very cheap, and
] was tempted and fell. Her work was
just as cheap as her price. Not one Of my
cotton gowns IS iii to look at, and l shall
either have 10 have them made over or
give them to somebody who is smaller than
am and who can have them altered. Men
never make such mistakes as we do They
40 to the same tailor year in and year
out, after they have discovered one who
suits them. and their flannel suits are
made as well as their evening clothes. and
they don't go through The pangs Of disap.
pointment that we do. By-the-bye, will
one of you good housekepers tell me what
bouchee is?"
oh" said the girl who tats. sit is
small patty"
But I want TO know what en- bro
Ghetto is?'
why. said the sewer, that is when
something like livers. or mushrooms. or
anything Of that sort is pat on a skewer.'
but why is a sauce called piquant?'
Because" said the Knitter, although
it is favored with several things, the lem
on predominates."
But l don't know exactly what a ra-
Fout is"
That" said she of the shuttle. should
be very rich stew, having a brown
gravy and plenty Of mushrooms. But what
are dishes farcie?"
Well" answered somebody, lis usual
ly applied to a small article, a date for in
stance. when IL is stuffed"
We'll said the Knitter, I'VE have got
ten some Information as to French terms,
but l must confess to liking my bill Of
fare in English"
But" asked the other woman, you
don't like things cooked in English fash
ion?"
some" said the Knitter. "They can
do chops and roasts and potatoes to per-
lection, but really I think the best dinner
would be one bought in the American
markets, cooked by Frenchman and
served by Englishmen. Then, il you wish
ed it to be a feast of reason as well
you want English and French men and
American women. SO, because of that I
shall put upon my list as desirable for
dinner tables, she who does the sewing
and she who does the tatting'-she didn't
say 1t, but she laughed and looked at me-
andI knew that, with their invitations.
would go out one to Bah.