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


A Song Of Dying Summer-From the
Academy
summer. with her cleaning wings
To the coming Autumn sings,
Chanting all her wrong,
Autumn, in her robes OF gold,
showering wealth. from every fold,
Listens TO her song.
sister. tell me. tell me why
Now has come my time to die?
Why must I sOrrow2
Hidden in the darksome grave
Is there nothing that can saver
Is there no morrow?
10y and beauty I bestow
Freely on the earth below,
Yet I breathe my last"
Autumn, bending low, replied:
i will hasten TO thy side
When my time is past.
"Flecked with white the moaning sea
Weeps a requiem for thee,
Signing in sadness.
Flowers around thy tomb shall cling
Rest thee. then. until the Spring
Wakes thee in gladness."
Mrs. CIevelands attire, says the Wash
inrton Post. is very ample. Always mod
est it is especially so at her secluded sum
,nar home. where fashion makes no de-
mands upon her. Her favorite outing
Gown is tailor made, of a very light brown
,loth The. frock is cut rather short, loose
liz fitting, except across the shoulders, and
the sleeves are not noticeably large.
though modish. At the throat there is
simple narrow black velvet band, finish
cd with a dainty bow knot, quiet and be-
c,minr ornament frequently utilized by
Mrs. Cleveland for her personal adorn-
ment.
1t may be of interest to Washingtonians'
especially to extravagant young society
women. 10 know that this gown was pur-
chased at one of the leading establish
ments in Washington, and cost only SO.
The skirt is unllned and the jacket is of
plain. soft serge suiting. 1t is daintily
faced with silk.
Her first choice for summer wear at
Tuzzards Bay for nine years, since the
white house bride began going there, mas
always been a white sailor hat, or one OF
light color. This year Mrs. CleVeland mas
well nigh discarded the Favored anu ID
miIiar sailor. Her new hat is of black,
coarse straw, the crown medium hight
wide and rather fiat. The rim Is some
what wide. 1t is bent in places, ultsu,
and again gently dropping The under
side of the brim is trimmed with nile green
silk and a bit of feather.
"a lady of rank will receive a young
lady as visitor at her house Tor a
period of two weeks or a month, in the
season, on a paying basis. lntroductions
into the best houses guaranteed. EXcep-
tional advantages offered to Americans.
Address Lady B., Times office, London"
II had heard of paying guests as an
English institution" said to writer Tor
the New York Tribune one of our coun-
tryWomen who was recently travelling IN
Europe alone with her maid, and, read
ing this advertisement in an English pa
per, l resolved to see if it were bona
fide opportunity to obtain access to Eng
hsh society or a hoax. So l wrote to the
address given. asking Lady b. to give me
particulars
IAN answer promptly arrived-one veil
ed in mystery. These affairs, the writer
explained, must be conducted with eX-
IRENE delcacy and in the most absolute
good faith. The terms for such an in
PRODUCTION must necessarily be high and
here milady named a sum which certain
it was not a modest one. For this, how
ever a dinner to which the best people
would be invited would be given in my
honor, and 1 would be taken to the various
functions to which my hostess was in
vited. For a visit Of two weeks only,
such-and-such q sum would be asked, and
a longer period of time was named at
equivalent rates, the money to be paid
in advance, If the proposition was salts
factory. Until the business part of the
arrangement was settled continued my
would-be-hostess, her name and rank
would for obvious reasons be withheld;
but if I accepted her conditions per-
sonal interview could be appointed and
satisfactory renseignements given on both
Sides
Il am not particularly ambitious So
cially, and the price was too high for what
I considered a couple of weeks in London
society would be worth; so l concluded to
let the matter drop. But 1 have since
heard that in London nowadays every
thing can be bought, and that it is no
unusual thing for impoverished people Of
rank to introduce to society those who
have more money than family. Many
noble 60 lady, 1 am told, obtains her
clothes, bonnets, wines. flowers, and even
eatables at a considerable discount by
account of the clientele that she intro>
duces to the various trades people. A
house for the season in Mayfair is no
unusual price for a rich heiress to pay for
the offices of a titled ehaperon in Vanity
Fair, while the perquisites of the latter
reduce her bills considerably and afford
her many luxuries for nothing"
IF 1 do say it, father, we've got three
OF the SmarteSt girls IN the cOuntry!
AS she spoke, Says Harper's Bazaar. Mrs.
Oldkind's eyes beamed with pride and
pleasure behind her gold-rimmed glasses.
They are smart" her husband ad-
mitted without any perceptible re-
luctance, but what put that idea in your
head, mother?'
Mrs. Simpson was speaking about them
to-day. Why says she, Mrs. Oldkind,'
says she, your daughters are those new
women everybody is talking about now.
There's Mary studying to be doctor at
medical college and Malta hard al work
in a law school and Abigail prominent in
woman suffrage and temperance reform.
If they aren't new women, says she, I'D
like to know who. the new women are,
anyway"
Yes, they're new women all right
enough" he said, refectively. Blythe
bye, Mary wrote to-day asking for $50 for
a special course in something or other
with long Latin name"
What a student she is! But I'm afraid
she'll work too hard. She's so ambitious"
said the anxious mother.
"She wants to take everything in sight,