The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-20

aging hOrSet dnOtueH 10 III HdhinS Il
bonnet and the fourth ana last is in ar
ranging flowers"
There is the greatest difference IN the
way in which different people so to work
to flll number of vases. One person will
do II so quickly and lightly that 1t is
a pleasure to watch her, as with a deft,
sure hand she places each flower in po-
sition to show to advantage, keeping
all the debris Of the superfiuous leaves
and stalks nearly together, and disposing
of the faded ones without making
mess and in half an hour she will have
all he rooms decorated beautifully, while
another will take a whole morning over
the same task, without halt the ERECT
filling the soul of the parlormaid with
dismay. as she finds her pantry Uttered
up, her sink cholsed with leaves and her
rooms which have been swept and gar
nished for the day, strewn with DTS OF
stalk and petals of flowers, while around
each vase is generally little puddle OF
water caused by want of calculation
for the overflow. No wonder that the
house mistress breads accepting the
kind office of her guests, or certain MEM
bers of her family, when they offer to ar
range flowers for her!
A servant that is gifted with taste
In this direction is a veritable treasure,
particularly in country house; ana with
many of them Ii IL a great pleasure 10
he allowed 10 attend to the daily replen-
ishing of the vases and the arrangement
of the dining table, The present fashion
OF ornamenting the latter with howefs
of one kind simplifies this task greatly.
The epergne in the center filled with mixed
flowers is now almost obsolete, a low bowl
or dish taking its place, thanked with other
receptacles on the four sides, also filled
with similar flowers. geometrical ar
rangement of the same blossoms is often
laid in the table itself. Sweet peas have
been the chief faVorites this summer, and
they make an eAquisitely pretty deeora-
ton when combined with handsome sill
yer or rare china. Just now gladioli make
a most effective-looking table, and the
long, thickly covered spikes laid IN
radiating lines of the snowy
damask, combined with those ar
ranged in the various bowls, make
a most brilliant table Nasturtiums are
often used, and very pretty luncheon
table the other day had nothing but 'love
in a mist" as a decoration.
The vagaries of superstition, says the
London Globe, though often curious
enough, are usually in a sense consistent;
that is to say, the action or gesture, or
event which is ominous of i'll, or the
article whose possession is counted I'M
lucky in one part of the country, Is, with
slight and casual ariations, of evil omen,
or is a bringer of bad luck in other
parts of the country also And even in
lands far distant from one another, ana
among peoples differing in race and Ian
guage, the same mysterious agreement on
matters of luck is often found to prevail.
But the gorgeous plumage of the peacock
is striking example on the other side.
In no one district Is there any settled
and generally received belief as to the
unluckness, or the reverse, Of the pea
cocks feathers.
TO ha mo or nf n.
vidual preference than is usually the case
with superstitions of this kind. In many
parts of England people are to be found
who would shrink, If not with horror.
at least with very genuine dislike and
fear, from the idea of using the feathers
for decorative purposes. One old woman
will tell you that so long as such uH-
canny things are kept the daughters o.
the house will have no suitors for their
hands in MARI age; while another old wo
man, perhaps Of the opposite sex, will
prophesy other calamities as sure to
follow such n tempting of fate.
Another curious instance of belief IN
the unluckiness of the peaeocks feathers
occurred a few seasons ago at Drury Lane
theater, when the pantomime included an
"Olympian procession" Among the other
gods and goddesses who duly "proeesseI"
under the eye of the stage manager was
Juno. But strangely enough, there were
nc indicdilcns of any kind about her
costume 10 associate her with the pea
cock, the bird specially dedicated to the
Queen of Heaven" The absence of such
indications was naturally noticed and
commented VI on; but a dramatic Journal
explained that the omission was mot acct
dental, but designed, theatrical people
having a super stltious aversion to the
peacock in any form appearing on the
stage.