The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-28


arena himself once in a While to show
his subjects his dexterity as torrero.
1t is even worse to be ahead of the
fashion than TO be behind il. says the
New York Tribune, and it is better TO be
considered dowdy than eccentric.
w nat an odd girl that Miss Y must
be- said a summer resident of a little
village in the Berkshires. "She rides
everywhere, even over to LenoX, in
white dressing jacket"
My dear" said her more enlightened
friend, laughing. chat is the latest and
smartest English fashion in habits; they
We're wearing those straight white pinue
Jackets even in Rotton Row this spring"
This latest Amazonian fad may he
smart, but it certainly is not graceful
and II is not strange that the garment
should have been taken for a dressing
jacket, which at distance il decidedly
resembles.
Here il an episode that occurred one
evening this week in curve Of the road
way in the west drive, near One Hun
dredth street, New York, says Clara Belle
in the Cincinnati Enquirer. He
held her wheel steady and looked gloOmily
at her. She was pretty to look at. her
skirt, already rather short, pinned up at
her hips,.and her silk covered ankles look
ing almost too slight to support her, slen-
der rs she was.
Nov mount said he. "Oh. 1 am
D.
to be better dressed Tor 1T. 1 had better
go home and borrow Mames BIZ"
"Whatr' he cried, the lines about his lips
tightening "Bl-blue suit she said,
and her eyes were Ike those of a child
when 1t says Mamma, kiss papa" mon
sense" said he. Try now, or you will
never try. There is no one here to see
you. I will hold the wheel steady; you
could not have better place to learn
Gomez There was an authority in his
voice she dared not resist do climb
over the back?' she cOaXed. mo, put
your right foot over the bar and on the
further pedal. 'p' Oh, I can't" Her cheeks
were pink. Nonsense, now!' She put her
pretty foot over the bar against the pedal
and took hold of the handles. us that
right?. Yes, now stand up on the pedal
Don't be afraid Will not let the wheel
move That's 1t. Steady yourself by the
handle BAR So, now let yourself into the
saddle. Now push on the pedals: don't
scream So See, YOU are going all right.
Don't be scared, / have the wheel safe.
There, what didsI tell your" She was
moving slowly, her pretty face all a puck
er of delight, the little feet going round
and round and her hands holding the ham
die bars with a grip of grim and furious
determination. 'Don't you let go Of me"
she pleaded. "Oh, isn't it fun! Do YOU
really think I can ride? Oh George
mean Mr.. Harrington-how lovely
Of you to teach me-" She
looked very sweet, and he couldn't
help noticing It, and how little she was,
too; hardly a weight Unbalanced as she
was, on his guiding hand. Il think I can
go alone little bit, = she ventured. He
warned not yet; then, as she rolled more
and more steadily, be lifted his hand from
the saddle back of her. You've got hold,
haven't you?' she pleaded Don't Won
let go without letting me know Oh, l
feel so light; I'm going too fast, don
you think2 Owl" The wheel swerved she
flung her arms about his neck and kicked
away both the pedals. ION, George, I
pr7 craffa n IN T. I oh,
mel''
Then came the explanation of the CLEAN
that had been in his eyes when he told
her to mount. He set his teeth and told
her firmly. 'fWil you marry me?" he
asked. oh you hateful thing I told you
last night that wouldn't II know that.
but what do you think about it now?j
"I-oh, please let me down" Answer or
! shall let 60" "Oh! she chung desperate
ly to his neck please don't Oh, 1 hate
you! Helpr' lie wobbled the wheel vio-
lently You would not say last night
that you didn't love me. Say it now, and
/ will let you down safe; refuse to answer
and you may tumble for all / care" She
began to whimper. Here comes some
one, too. and you know / have got on
I mean haven't got on-I mean if 1 fall.
Oh, if l had on NAMES suit I wouldn't
care a bit. Q, don't you dare!' Love me
or not? Quick! One, two-I shall count
three, and if you don't say I love you
or I don't love YOU down you 60" With
that he wobbled the wheel and she Shrek
ed. AS he said three" she screamed, Il
love you or l don't love your He wob-
bed the wheel until her pretty hair came
down, and then he said three" again.
At this she cried Il love you. Kiss me,
then!" She kissed him. "Will you marry
me?" YES" "Darlingw and he forgot all
about the wheel.
They were in a dreadful tangle, the
wheel and both of them, but didn't care.
When, at last, they had regained their
60 fha xara- orTA Of Nh..F~
and she with pink cheeks and quick
breath was pretending to give her atten-
ton to the folds of her dress she said
with a sweet tremble in her voice,
| George, did you ever ask a girl twice
to marry you before ?'"'No, darling" said
he his eyes full of honesty and sand.
'Well, that's what the girls told me, and
I bet could make you" Then she turned
back the lapel of her jaunty little jacket.
"See that?" said she, that's a gold one.
I got it for the best trick riding done at
the academy last winter. Call this even
ing If you feel like it. And with a bound
she was on the wheel. and the next in
! slant was disappearing in the gathering
gloom.
A pretty story of the young Empress OF
Russia is going the round. Before leaving
| Tzarsko-Selo her imperial majesty gave a
reception at the palace to some ladies who
had taken part in a charitable bazaar in
which she was much interested. One OF
/ the ldQleS, IL SteIuSs WIS iuOLueT TO a DaDy
exactly the same age as the empress love-
! " little daughter, When it came her turn
! to speak To the empress, although hith-
erto a stranger, this motherly young Wo-
man inquired suddenly, and with ire
pressible interest. "How's your baby?"
The empress smiled, and was, we are told
| delighted at the naivette. Apropos of the
! Russian baby, her little highness when
/ dressed for an outing is held up at the
/ window every morning by her nurse for
| all the world to see.
! Pretty soon some enterprlsing dressmak.
| er. saws the New York Times, will put on
/ her cards Especial attention given ID
! the making of club gowns" According
/ to one of them, the dressmaker not the
/ gown. a toilet designed to be worn at a
/ club meeting wherever its wearer viii pre-
/ sent a paper or deliver a speech needs
4 to be absolutely perfect" Her reasons