The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-27

scroll work is to hold an important place
in the winter jewelry. Aigrettes are so
constructed as to have the delicate effect
of the slender bird tufts. Some times these
are made with diamonds of rare size and
weight.
People who have never known the tor
| lures of shyness and timidity themselves
are too apt to be without sympathy for
those who are in its throes," said a Well
known society woman, in conversation
some days ago, according to the Phila-
delphia Press.
DO you mean that they go about treat
ing it in the wrong way" was asked
Il should say so. At the foundation, of
| course, they don't understand 1t. And in
their attempts to cure they take up the
wrong idea. and work upon it with all
their might.
Il know an otherwise sensible woman
who has a son Of 20 or thereabouts. The
| poor boy is horribly bashful. Can scarce
ly open his lips in the presence of any
| one but the family. Even an old friend
stopping in for luncheon throws him at
once into a thorough panic. He grows
| awkward, of course. Stumbles over every
chair in the dra wing room and breaks
| everything within reach from pure timid-
ity.
And his mother Her idea of overcom-
ing this habit is to laugh at the poor
wardness, even in the presence of guests.
! OF course, it has exactly the opposite eff
feet from that desired. He grows more
nervous day by day.
And another woman of my acquaint-
ance, whose daughters are just now at
the hobbledehoy age, has a theory which
| Is almost equally bad. She does not laugh
at the poor, young things, but she makes
their shyness a constant topic of CONVEX
sation and lamentaton-public and pri-
waite. Those girls have no real comfort
in life.
Perhaps attending to the shy people is
one of the most difficult tasks of hostess
whether she be giving a little informal
| dance or a two weeks house party
! How should one manage guest of
| this kind?' / asked.
| well, the real way TO manage guests
who suffer from this malady is to APP
proach them with the most natural man.
ner possible. Not introducing them sud-
denly into conversation, but little by lit
| tie.
Attempting to find out before approach
! ing them in just what subject they are
most interested Beginning with some lit
tie suggestion which may lead to that top
/ ic, be 1t amateur Photography or golhng, or
wheeling, or what not"
THAT is the real secret of curing a fell
| lows shyness," spoke up a young college
man who was of the group. L remember
the first social function in which L figur-
ed he went on, laughing. Il couldn' t open
| my lips. Couldn't put two words together
! for love nor money or both. l remember
| what an angel my hostess seemed on that
! occasion. 1 suppose She took in the situa-
! ton at once for she began to chat about
| life in the west for two years, which 1
! suppose she remembered. l soon found
myself talking away about it with per-
! feet comfort. l realize now what infinite
| tact that woman had.
She talked quite naturally. When l
couldn't find words she didn't seem TO no
tice. She didn't appear to see that L
didn't know how to manage my hands.
She seemed to think that nothing was
! quite so interesting as western life.
| when l stepped On her skirt she laugh
ed it away like the saint and martyr she
was If there were more hostesses of that
kind bashful fellows would be spared
/ many a miserable hour. They would rise
up and call them blessed"
The dove dinner and the ordinary en-
/ gagement luncheon have lost the charm
of novelty to those who are accustomed
| to being invited to all sorts of unique
| functions, but a really out-of-t Extraordinary
| affair." given in honor of an engaged girl
| to engaged girls is really worthy descri5-
| ing, as it has about it that favor of
| distinction that makes even a very sim
/
pense, to the everlasting preferment Of
the former. The happy fiancee looks
about her and from her circle of acquaint-
| ances selects those who are to be brides
| likes herself. on pale pink note paper,
| which has been especially designed tor
| the occasion, with a silver chafing dish
and Cupid at the top, she requests The
| pleasure of their company at Luncheon,
adding in q purely feminine postscript
| the request that they each one come pro.
vided with a special receipt for cooking
some particular dish by chatting. The table
| set for the luncheon on the day of its
1 giving has at each plate a little nickel
| or aluminium chatting dish, all equipped
| and in order for cooking. In the center
| of the table is a bank of blossoms sur
| rounding as many little blank books as
| there are guests. To these books CAV
ribbons are attached to each separate
chatting dish. Olives bon bons, celery
and radishes cut in glass dishes are the
| only .edibles on the table. The maid, who
| If possible is engaged girl herself, later
| passes slices of buttered brown bread.
| When the guests are gathered about the
| board each one is requested by her host
ess to prepare her special dish, the selec-
ton having been made known the day be-
| fore to the luncheon giVer, thus avoid
| ing a too great number of duplicates ana
allowing for her to have at each place
all the necessary ingredients for the spe-
| tldi hlStl To be prepared II matters not
| whether the chosen dish is scrambled
| eggs or taffy, terrapin or oysters. 1t is
daintily turned out from each separate
dish, and after it's merits have been COM
| plimented and it's flavor tested by the as
sembly, each cook draws from the center
| the little book attached to her ribbon,
and by means Of the pencil in its company
writes down the receipt for her dish, this
| ceremony being duplicated until each oae
| has full list and how to prepare them
| of all the dishes served. The books in
which the receipts are written are, with
the chatting dishes, kept as souvenirs the
| exaction being that the first girl married
! shall give a luncheon at which this same
menu shall be served 1t is hardly to be
| expected that the bill of fare will be one
that a gourmet would choose, but the
fun attached to preparing it and the SEN
timent that must enter into the consump-
tion makes this engagement luncheon one
that surpasses in the estimate of the fair
tiancees any that the most celebrated ca
! terer could furnish.
We ought 90 think of other peoples
| convenience more than we generally do.
The home is the place where thorough
fulness should begin to be cultivated. One