The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-08

I dear, but as a man said the other day.
mere Is hardly room in IL to swing cat
while her dinners. which are of course,
perfect in their way. are simplicity itself.
/ What is her especial attraction is absolute
/ ~ ineXplicable. and yet IL is there. or she
could not pick and choose amons the most
exclusive people as she undoubtedly does"
Ny dear, answered her companion. lit
/ Is tact combined with diplomacy and ]
/ viii give you an instance of the latter
quality, which is, of course, only one out
/ of many. She told me this herself. so /
need not hesitate to repeat it. Wishing to
/ secure, for special occasion, MI. -.
/ the celebrated author. who is a somewhat
I surly lion, and seldom cOndescends to roar
az any ones table except at that of Mrs.
I b., the pretty widow he wants to marry
l Mrs. Y. cast about in her mind how she
I could engage him, by letting him know be-
I fore he had time to write a refusal that
/ Mrs. B. was invited. without directly say
ing so, which would, of course, be I'M
possible. Suddenly an inspiration seized
her; she wrote an invitation to Mrs. b.
and put il into the wrong ENVELOPE, which,
by an odd coincidence. happened 70 be
as the letters had gone TO the post, she dis
covered her mistake, and wrote another
note of explanation. Needless to say that
both guests came, and her dinner went OF
as her dinners always are sure to do. with
the most perfect success.
was fortunate enough. saws the Paris
correspondent of the New York Mail ana
Express, to be shown the other day a
series of three ball gowns that have lust
been completed for a well known society
beauty. who, it is said, is on the lookout
for rich American man, who she thinks
might be glad TO share his wealth with
her for the sake of her lovely presence.
The man upon whom she has set her
mind, If not her affections, is here in Lon
don. With the express purpose of capti-
waiting him, she has had built this trio
of modistic glOries, all in different shades
or yellow, for, being fair woman with
ruddlly unged hair, she knows that this
is the tint that best tones" with COM
pleXion and chevelure. The first gown IS
OF buttercup colored satin, over which is
thrown a goSSamer Vel OF yellow net and
silver embroideries On each side of the
front width are punches of yellow velvet
roses tied by pale blue ribbons. This
toilette has a quaint old-world flavor that
is eminently artistic and pretty. Dress
number two is of buttercup yellow satin,
Shot with silver. Yellow roses edge each
side of the front, alternately with bows
or sky blue satin, deftly yelled in drap-
cries of soft tulle. The bodice of yellow
satin has wide tulle sleeves.
The third gown is of mauve satin
ruched with white tulle at the hem and
dTaped with white tulle scarf. The bod
! ice is of pale yellow brocade, with a trellis
OF narrow mauve ribbon spangled and
hroldered with gold thread and pearls
Under this trellis the brocade peeps up
N nttle tutungs with pearl nesting in
each turf. The wide mauve satin sleeves
nave the same style of trimming in bands
of satin worked with chenille The de-
colletage is finished on the shoulders bv
bands OF sable and tiny pleating or
tulle.
This is on incident as seen by the Paris
correspondent of the Chicago Tribune
VIII you be my wfe?'
She was very beautiful. Some estimated
her beauty as high as 100000.
NO! she answered Il came abroad
to shop and with no idea of making any
purchases. Not to-day, thank YOU
The titled autocrat ground his teeth in
He had ground his teeth in nothing else
since the previous day at luncheon
IF those gorgeous dowagers. Mrs. A.
and Mrs. B., could only realize the ng-
ures of fun that they make of Themselves
on their morning constitutionals in wet
Wtea;thIer' they would be considerably as
tonished, said to the New York Tribune
man, an elderly clubman who. to his
friend of both ladies'
1 know IL is sin
For me to sit and grim
at them from the windows of the club
put yesterday in the rain they We're ANUS
ing! am told that both have had strict
orders from their physicians to take a
daily constitutional rain or shine, and
one would think that under the circum-
stances, they would evolve a suitable
costume for rainy days. But Yesterday
IN the misty, mostly drizzle l first saw
Mrs; A: come sailing down the avenue
she had on one of those big spready skirts
that are seemingly impossible to hold
up; this she had clutched wildly with
potn hands, but Of course, only succeeded
IN htting up portion. the rest dipping
into the wet at every step while The
elevated sides made her look like a carl
cature of the pictures of the icroyables
of the first empire. Close behind her came
the other lady, also with clutched-up
skirts and conspicuous jacket of some
Kind, with sky-blue furbelows, and they
both waddled by for all the world like
two elderly ducks One would think that
they might adopte some close, trim cos
tune for such occasions, reserving their
fine plumage for sunny days and dry
streets
Many older women have an idea that
fc rot Har
exchange their French toilettes for short
cloth skirts and plain jackets, and as
long as they go about in their carriages
certainly are very imposing. But If they
walk, If it is only a daily constitu sional,
they. should have the good taste to dress
quietly and appropriately.
Japan may be preparing the way for a
almond-eyed maidens of the land of cherry
blossoms should be permitted to think
for themselves they might destroy some
of the idyls Sir Edwin Arnold has ere
ated. The door of progress to Japanese
women has been opened Just a chink ana
the first young Japanese girl of the high
nobility who has ever come to this Coun-
try for an education is now studying at
Ogontz, Pa, says Harper's Bazaar Many
young men of rank have come from ia
pan to this country to pursue their stu
dies and during the past few years there
have been several young women OF good
social standing in our girls colleges.
listing among japanese aristocrats against
sending their daughters out of the coun-
try for an education has been too strSng
to be overcome. The father is. however,
a man of advanced ideas land it is hoped
that when the young girl returns to her
own country she may carry with her
many ideas which may prove of substan-
tial benefit to the other women ot her
class. She is a young woman of great
| refinement, and of the exquisite courtesy
which is said to be essentially japanese.
So long as the mild weather continued she
wore her national costume, but this is
so little fitted to this climate that she
has found it wise to exchange her pic
turesque garments for the ordinary garb
of an American schoolgirl.
! was talking the other day. said
writer in the Queen, to one of the MARI
borough house officials, who has been
member of the Prince of Wales house
hold for many years, and who gave me
some not uninteresting information in re-
gard to the Princess Maud of Wales, the
news of whose betrothal to one of the
Danish princes was recently announced.
Both she and her sister, Victoria, are
gentle, cultured, unassuming girls as I'M
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