New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-06
HOME AND SOCIETY.
ANECDOTES AND COMMENTS.
co,.xrry rPIsopE-rHE BACHELORS CON-
rLAIxr-A BRAVE woMANs cowARpicE-
THE FASHIONS.

JIN\T-A BRAVE WO"'N''S ~O.
THE FASHIONS.
,,rr,. storv is told of a well-known woman OF
society who accepted an invitation TO an out-o'o~"
luncheon party BY some mischance she msseu '''
ton but Justly feeling that she was the bright par
,icular star of the occasion, and that hopiesse-
,ura :. che concluded to take one that started an
hour later rather than disappoint her friends Ar
wing .. the station she found no one to meet her.
her hostess not imagining for an instant that she
u,ou,d wait an hour in the cold and come by later
train So she forthwith engaged the services OF a
cabbv 10 take her to her destination.
I, 81 happened that that worthy had been toid
On look out for a new cook who was expected to
arrive that afternoon when porty parsonage
enyeloped in several layers of wraps asked II ne
could drive Mrs B.'s. he naturally concluded
that she was the person in question, ana saying
o.,,ally .'Oh Wis shure YOU the woman m walt
IN for" he assisted her into his rickety vehicle and
d,ove of al n breakneck pace Mrs. y. who is
,e,v grand parsonage indeed. accustomed TO be
,raated with the greatest consideration. ana VINO
&c rather slow In absorbing new Idea. particularly
where il affects her own dignity. was much puzzeu
over this extraordinary manner OF meeting her
Nor Was her amazement lessened when she was
s,,e, I'M 10 tie kitchen entrance of a large house
on, her Jehu jumping out and knocking at the
Ar called out something TO the people WITHIN that
she lid not catch
Good incurred looking young footman ran out
owl saving Glad you're come. cookie. TO MIS-. NJ
ia III driver who was of before the horrined
iaiv could collect her scattered senses come Ola
,iv - continued the irrepressble youth. come and
-, how YOU like your quarters. But here
Mrs y collected herself.
There has been some mistake, she SAID Win
Great dignity. Tell your mistress that Mrs y
,,,ssas the train ] think she would prefer TO have
,.,u show me into the drawing-room' coh'ihueu
,he offended ,natron with awe-inspirng majesty
Si,.o the drawing room she was taken through the
Kitchen servants dning-room and laundry whhe
noor Mrs BIS modification on learning OF the re-
centjon Of her most honored guest may De more
easily imagined than described
u,,vclinr for women has reached new stage
h-oad-a stage introduced by fair American This
I,d, and her husband left Paris on their bicycles
the other day on their way TO Egypt lheir oa.''
tourney covers thirty miles, and their courier WHO
qces on in advance. has ali the comforts ana uAu-
rjes OF travel awaiting them at each stopping Paoe
They will sail from Brindis: to Alexandria ana
will there mount their bicycles again Tor caro-
~. cha, Christmas and New-Years are gone
said the misan;hropc bachelor so inst 1 0"""o'
h. accused of bee ing the holiday present market
NAV he permitted 10 ask question or two con-
corning what seems to a strange ana altogether
inconsistent custom OF the age
.yyhv is H. | want TO ask. that the men VINO are
expected to give presents on Christmas ana New
Npar
cep,ing but who have been granting iasois
during the year? That indeed, is what the "hoie
thing amounts TO- This Is the way II works' i.
YOU have been buying papers OF he"sueaie' o.
year he expects a Christmas present Ho'h s'"' "
YOU have been paying the bootolack every gay ~.
shining your shoes he expresses Els gra"'uue =.
asking YOU fch holiday gift. II you nave ''ppeu
a waiter throughout the year, that entities MN 10
bigger tip on Christmas. and though you no.
given your barber extra III cents every -
has shaved you. and an extra % cents 80, 80 80,
he has your hair, you must man"
day appropriation for him. 49,.
.Nox the principle OF the thing in erect If just
,,,s. The man who always pays his way ana pays
a little extra into the bargain mas 10 suu"''' 10
this inestmable privilege to oachh'di Inc W
who not only does not tip barber pu' uoes mo-
nav him anything all. because he shaves MINI
eli goes scot free. The only man who is niacK-
mailed is the man who pays as he goes
".s a matter of fact, wouldn't justice ana ihl'~
ness REQUIRE that the waiter. the parper anu "''
hootblack should expect holiday ghts only ''o'i.
those who give them nothing curing 'ne ~"
Might we not go even further and say tha' since
7 h.ro bel,sd n support my bootblack for year
nv having him for shining my shoes ne shou!n sho"
mis- appreciation Of my patronage pE s"i"'',e NY
shoes on Christmas Day for nothing! since nav
added 10 the income OF my newsheaie' D' '"'e
naners from him every day In the year "o''''
:, be more Ike square deal for him 10 present
,,a,i,pdee Since my waiter has been getting quar-
,4r from me every day at dinner when oiheu III
his restaurant. wouldn't II be the proper 'hhs 'o'
rim TO say TO me AT Christmas 'ime' now s'''
tr,tead OF giving me a dollar In place OF aoai'e'
,oday as Is the custom, may beg you TO give me
No tip AT all. that may In this way sho" you '''a'
] appreciate your generosity 10 me-
How is il that have got 80 twisted arouhu
that the men who have given are expected to give
and that the who have received are eHpeC'eo
70 receive? There is no balancing OF accounts no"
,s +, that the man who deserves 10 be regarded as
a fair man or a generous man becomes a victim.
that the recipient OF favors demands more that
the mean man is called upon to do anything
and that the dispenser OF favors pays piacKna' as
have said. for the privilege OF treating people
generously?
Isn't IT little strange that are in this sort
Of a position? Isn't 1t now
And It is.
The taste Of Lady Meg Grosvenors stately young
brdegro governed. are told. the size OF 'he
brides sleeves Prince Adolphus doesn't Ike the
present enormous puffs and Lady Megs wedding
dress made 10 suit him. His sister, the young
Duchess OF York wore at the wedding handsome
b.ue and black brocade costume. the sleeves OF
which Of most modest size
What Is courage and why will one thing strike
terror into A persons heart when another thihe
many times more dangerous will be treated with
coolness Indifference contempt by that same
person? There is woman in New-fork whose
relatives and intimate friends Will tell you that
she does not know what fear Is. She is little
thing with a delicate complexion that shows color
like a childs: with big gray eyes. and almost
baby's voice Her expression is the expression or
child. She smiles like a child. Her enthusiasms
childlike She prattles like child, and yet. II
you know her you cannot doubt that In the race
OF real danger she has splendid courage mat
could make a man heroic.
Sitting In room with her family the other
evening. this little woman gave fright TO all VINO
were with her II was nothing that she said she
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