The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-11


10 be able 10 accept from them, gracious
~. what is offered in the way OF hospi-
taIity The woman who says, Il won't
accept an invitation 10 Mrs. Mnlionaire's
house. because I can't return her hospi-
tality." has a decided streak Of vulgarity
in her Mrs Millionaire can ofter 10 you.
70 me. or 10 the other woman, an invi-
tation to her beautiful home. and. IN re-
turn. IL this question Of a return must
be discussed. We give her the pleasure OF
our presence, our wit, or our me APP
pearance, whichever it may be that We
possess. II always evens itself out. You
have something that Mrs. Millionaire
does not possess. You can be the spirit
Of 10Y in the household. and make every
body glad and happy 50 that you are
giving something that dollars cannot buy.
The world at large is inclined 10 laugh at
the little brothers OF the rieh. but you can
be very certain that the rich do not seek
out people 70 be with them unless they
md something in these friends that they
lack. So I say, that woman is mean who
doesn't know how to accept graciously.
and enjoy thoroughly, the hospitality Of
Tered BY a rich friend.
The burden OF visiting to the average
woman in the tipping. There was a time
when to give. to the maid who attended
one dollar was considered quite enough,
but now there is the butler. the maid who
Is about ones room, the man who brushes
ones skirt or oils ones shoes. indeed more
than can tell who expect their palms TO
be covered with silver-nOt silver but
gold, or its equivalent. To visit for a
week and have TO pay five dollars to the
butler, two 10 one and one 10 another, and
one 70 another servant is really the
bleeding Of one. So many woman de-
cIines a pleasant invitation because she
cant AFFORD 10 pay 20 the servants Of her
host what she would Otherwise give the
proprietor Of a hotel Ny hostess IS
wise woman. She pays her servants
high wages, and il is distinctly under
stood that If one is known 10 take tip,
q quick discharge Will follow one ser
want in this way becomes more or less
OF a SOY on another. ana that important
parsonage, the butler. as he can receive
nothing himself, watches his underlings
closely. You say that in English coun-
try houses, tipping obtains generally. 50
il does But there visitor gives couple
of shillings. sometimes only one, and the
recipient IS perfectly satisfied. But We
Americans. being almost diseased with
what we cali generosity. Over-tlp, and,
in consequence, render servants worthless
and lmpertinent. But bad as is the sys-
tom of tips now. II was worse during the
reign OF Queen Anne. Only rich men could
afford to 20 out for dinner then. Their
servants assembled IN the halls and ask
ed in the most insolent way for their
nrl of
en- invitation TO a poor man that with II
ne did not enclose guinea, so that ne
might come 10 the dinner and be able 10
tip the servants without suffering MINI
self. II wouldn't be a bad idea II people
did that nowadays;
OF course. Newport Is beautiful. but
Newport is not a change from New York,
It is simply the fashionable set removed
from brownstone houses to beautiful VII
las, and living Just as they do in the city.
Dinner parties, dances, breakfasts, teas,
and an occasional picnic for change FIJI
out the day and the night. and life is the
same tedious round, and the men and wo-
men think they are enjoying themselves.
A dinner party Of pleasant people is pleas
ant anywhere. and 50 IL is here. But as
the dinner itself Is the magnificent feast,
which one sees during the season in New
York, it cannot be cited as new. Tonight
the scene Of color on the table was all
that was gold and white. Exquisite leaves
and beautiful orchids framed the fine chi
ma and superb silver. and the dinner table
was a picture OF civilization. showing the
differences between the man OF to-day
and he who ate his food from a wooden
platter, cut his meat with the dagger Ia
ken from his belt, and had no knowledge
Of a fork The chatter goes on through
the hours at the table, the pretty women
are at their best and brightest and every
body is trying TO tell something that is
new or else so old that 1t is worth rejuve-
nation.
Picking up his glass and holding it to
the light, admirirg its fine cutting, a man
who is q judge Of beautiful bits said:
'How many Of you know that the Car Of
Russia is a. fine Judge of glass, especially
of the Byzantine glass2 Some made in
the royal pOtteries Of Russia is never re-
produced, and I think IL he were going
10 make me a present 1 should ask OF him
not some of the old silver, not some of
the wonderful Jewels, but two or three
pieces OF that marvellous glass studded
with gems, and which has never been du-
plicated. Although, when Longfellow
translated the poem Of INLAND, he broke
the Luck of Edehhall.' still It never was
really broken, but is today cherished in
the Musgrave family. I saw it when 1
was there. and il is byzantine glass. The
crazy Duke OF Wharton once let it fan,
but the butler very old servant, quickly
caught IL in a napkin, and so II didn't
break. The story goes that a member of
the family sat by St. Cuthberts Wen in
the garden of Edenhall a midnight on ST.
Johns eve. and when the fairies came up
he snatched this glass from one of them.
AS they flew back, the tiny elf. angry at
losing her drinking cup, called out:
If ever this glass do break or fall.
Farewell the luck Of Edenhall
II is exquisitely thin, and is kept in a
queer old feather case. mounted in tor
tolse shell and gold. and having the crest
and motto Of the MusgraVe family upon
Il. AS Americans we ousnt 10 be inter-
ested in 1t. fer the daughter Of qne Of our
most distinguished men David Dudley
Field, is Lady Musgrave.' Then he took
a long drink OF champagne, and the girl
next him WAS listened TO.
She said: Il know a woman who edits
the spondence column IN maya
zine. and I can assure you that the Ques-
tons are too funny for anything. And
what Is more. they are real People
write 10 her 10 all sincerity and ask ad-
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