The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-29

T My lady's fan has become a marvel OF
art. 1t is not so often a piece of artistic
painting on silk or guaze as it once was.
1t may be selected from an antique conec-
ton which was formerly the property of
some court beauty of over a hundred years
ago. The French fans which Martin, the
famous varnish-maker, prepared for the
court ladies' of Louis XIV's reign are es-
pecially interesting. The tiny fans which
were used during the empire period WERE
some of them. very beautiful. Their re-
productions are much more attractive and
less expensive than genuine antique.
They range in size from eight to twelve
| inches and are mounted on simple bone
sticks or on pearl or shell. sometimes
richly gilded with bees and other insignia
of Napoleon.
The most costly fans are probably those
which reproduces antique laces of old
Venice, and are set in sticks of shell,
| richly jeweled with diamonds. Such a
fan may easily cost $1,000.
Some of the clergy, says the Philadelphia
Ledger, still devote attention to the bicycle
costume of women, searching the canon
Tor prescriptive authority thereon, though
none of any validity shows up. If The
wheel had been known in the days of De-
borah and Miriam they would have ar
rayed themselves for its use according to
| their own notions of convenience and pro-
| priety, without reference to the fashion
| plates issued by priests of the tribe of
! Aaron, and their modern sisterhood are
| sure to display like independence. They
know what is best and most becoming,
| and will hit on the correct thing one of
| these days. releasing the ecclesiastcs
from other sartorial responsibility than
that of settling the cut of their own ca
nonicals
The following tale, related to me by a
| friend, is absolutely true says a writer
| in the Sketch" A lady recently touring
| in the highlands-for obvious reasons I
| omit the lady's name and the name of
| the dlstrict-had the misfortune, while
| riding alone through a picturesque but
scantily populated glen, to meet with an
| accident being thrown from her ma chine,
| badly bruised and shaken, and more or
less cut and scratched about the hands.
| Upon recovering her equanimity she made
| her way to the nearest habitation. which
/ CHANGED to be the manse, and asked to
| be allowed to wash the mud off her hands
aud then to rest awhile The minister
| was absent. but his housekeeper received
/ her kindly and, having attended to her
wants, offered and gave her a cup of tea
| Soon afterward the minister returned and
was, of course, duly informed of the pres
ence of the unexpected guest. Thereupon
| his reverence entered the kitchen, where
| the lady was resting and, after surveying
| her critically with a suspicious eve for
|
| Following friendly manner: 'Ma'am" he
| said, II m sure / don't know who YOU are
/ and don't know where you come from
and, for anything | know, you may carry
| off some of my property, so I think the
sooner you leave my house the better -
| The poor lady, in dire distress PROMPTLY
rose and complied with this inhospitable
request and was shortly afterward found
| by a pleasant woman sitting by the road
side and in tears. This Good Samaritan
| quickly led the wanderer to the nearest
| inn, where dogcart was soon procured
in which the unfortunate lady and her
damaged bicycle were conveyed home.
The Japanese ladies, of course, make tea
| to perfection; somehow the cup that
cheers, but does not inebriate seems to
| be always associated with the dainty lit
tie women who fit about like so many COR
| geous humming birds in beautiful Japan.
seeming determined not to be outdone by
the glorious scenery in the midst of which
they live and die,
The approved Japanese style of tea MAX
ing is as follows: From kettle of boil
ing water they pour into an earthen or
china teapot enough to heat the pot thor
| oughly; then they empty out the water
and put in the tea let it stand five min
utes and serve. The teapot must not
| touch the stove.
A little tea cozy of Japanese is clapped
| over the teapot lue moment the water Is
poured on, and delicious cup of tea is
thus secured without having extracted
the injurious ingredent-the tannin.-
New ORLEANS Picayune.
For a small informal dinner-and lunch
con as well-the invitation is of course
written upon ordinary note paper bearing
, a crest or a monogram at the head of the
| paper but grand dame who gives many
|
der several hundreds of cards about four
inches long and four and a half wide
upon which is engraved: Mr.. and Mrs
Verrinder Jones requests the pleasure of
- company at dinner on - at -
with the address below, and down in the
left hand corner is a tiny "R. s. " D." in
which II must be noted that only the first
letter Is capitalized. OF course, the crest
or monogram is never used upon these
dinner cards, any more than II is upon
any other invitation.
If the dinner, luncheon, or, indeed, any
function Is gwen in honor OF some dis
tinguished person, 1t is an English GUS
tom, which is very properly being copied
here to have engraved across the top of
the invitation: "To meet Right Reverend
Bishop Of Virginia" or whoever It may
be. This gives to the guest the courtesy
of precedence.
There Is no radical change in the ordi-
nary "At Home cards, save the tendency
to have the cards more oblong. Unless
the musicale is very large and important,
It Is enough to have the word Music
appear IN the left-hand corner OF an ordf-
nary at Home" or reception card, but on
especially distinguished occasions II is
quite good form to put for instance: mr..
Walter Damrosch and the New York Sym
phony Orchestra"
For dances card is used Of the same
size as the dinner card, on which is en-
graved Mr.. and Mrs. Verrinder Jones
request the pleasure of your company on
- at half after in the evening"" fol-
lowed by the address Of either the hostess
house or OF the private ball room she may
have engaged, while in the lower left
hand corner appears the word Dancing"
This form Is used for even large balls,
save the Dancing" Is sometimes changed
to "Cotlliion."
! In the matter OF calling cards o change