The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-19


b.. have a cup of tea in the city Here
.s. receives ones invitation al ieast iNe
-.-- ahead of time. and it IS dehVereu
.- hostess herself. dressed Ike MI
,r..,-.v fn her best suit OF cloths SHe
.-- about o'clock; looks warm anu
...--sl. and is ushered into the par
,,4- Naria's parIor is like almost
...-r other one in the village In the hr9l
, II is kept pitch dark, ana "hen
.. come ir from the daylight you WouiH
.- great risk OF breaking your hecA
a.. v.a-. not for the fact that, with the
..r.f.n of the center table, every other
$780,. .f furniture is ranged in straight
IT,. .s.frst the wall. There are SIX
-st-- one lounge upon which no human
t.irq could Iounge), and rocking chalr
...-.r-+-rad i'm the most slippery hair
.la-r. The center table, which is the JOY
.f Amt Alarias life. is a funeral one
T., s. round and has a marble top to H.
All r.on IL. at regular angles. are placed
ts- family Bible. the family album two
hooks bound in red and gold that were
given To- Aunt Maria by Uncle Ilmothy
when he was counting her and basket
mad. of strung beads, which is supposed
IN hold visiting cards. There is another
Table In the room, but that is against
the WALL 1t is smaller and has cover
made of silk patchwork, every patch nav
ing d history which Aunt Maria can give
and does give gladly. on this table are
the wax flowers. pond lilies and red roses,
under a glass globe which were given
TO Aunt Maria by her bridesmaid, and
them There is a plaster Of paris Apollo,
which Aunt Maria got from man with
waom she traded, that is to say, she gave
for it five times its worth in clothes De-
longing to Uncle Timothy
The waH is papered in light yellow, with
punches of dahodils in pale blue upon y,
ana the only pieces of art decorating II
are the photographs of Aunt Maria ana
Uncle Timothy, taken on their Weddlns
trim where they pose with Clasped handSi
"a something they would not dream OF do
ing, and Aunt Marias brooch, Watch-
chain and wedding ring are worked out
iu gold paint. Then there is wreath OF
flowers made of hair, put in a frame.
The hair of all the family is in this
wreath, and the lady who made it charged
S. for her work. l am sure she deserved
more These pictures are counted so val
liable that instead of being hung low
enough to see them properly. they are
ever so far up, and to look .at them one
has TO stand on chair and risk sliding
off But when we heard that Mrs Jim
Johnson (she is always particular to can
herself Mrs. Jim johnson, because she
don't speak to Bill Johnson's wife) had
come 10 ask US to a tea party We nearly
fell over each other in our eagerness to
receive the invitation. We were told
that here WOULD be no "fussin," and that
we were expected to come early and take
things as we found them. Being city
bred l believed this. Later on, l learned
that unless ] wore my finest frock, Mrs
Jim Johnson would be insulted.
by the OVe. q country tea UartinS the
children are asked as well as the grown
ups. The fateful day arrived At
o'clock Aunt Maria began TO scrub the
children There was weeping and wailing
IN the land. She evidently regarded them
as wicked, but young Holsters who
Wouldnt be worth consideration until they
We're fiery red. At o'clock l heard
Nanny weeping bitterly. The trouble re-
suited from the fact that Aunt Maria had
read "a fashion magazine and from what
she read, and from the diabolcal pictures
sac naa concluded that Nannys Swiss
shlIl should stand out after the received
mode. The consequence was she
mace poor Nanny put on five petticoats
ana every petticOat was starchier than
NE olhef. haven't the slightest doubt
lhdt starch has a value in the commercial
world, know that pounded aud perfumed
win bay rum ii is used by people who OBJ
Jeal 10 the delight of fine French powder
anu VINO strain at a gnat and swallow
VIZ enormous camel by banging a
s-3rch bag at their faces and gain
ing AN impressionist result. so that
-ns5 may be able to shrug their
Taoailers and express their hatred of
4 iVNIef ana rouge. Starch in skirts and
~ rocks Is not in harmony either with
44le warm weather or with grace in dress
LOT Nanny looked like an aggrava ting
Dlol on the landscape. When She moved
sH1 iatueGi and when She sat down she
SUCK out, History tells us that the old
woman who first used starch was hung
a. " wien, and really one cannot but be
evil spirit FOuUOt VI the
~ j., Is ruinous to the temper. In this sne-
i ~ Nase IL made pretty girl like Nanny
- CoIumonplace. Starch and its weld
- are surely possessed of devils bo1It
~ ICY OF each one of Nanny's petticoats
n II ~ eve, there was a pound of it. and
~ $1,000 up IN Jumps that We're drea ,If,i
4 m IN ~, upoIF ana must be trying to wear
- very word itself is disaereeabIe for
WHO likes starchy peoDIe9 '-0' APi
4 hio .past TOUR found US all dressed. The
ia ".9tsyn came into use, but the bov
4 erf9,,a+t az lps drove US down. It wasn't
4 nj, ~ LOT Uncie Timothy to arrive with
n + men we got to the house we x.,ers
q Tba 4. up stairs to take off our things
n V-ol,,a1 ~ - JIM Johnson was the manifest
4 She s,r- ~ 'Ie village Of Pleasant Town.
On +bo uS looking at the crochet spread
M ne ped She realized that the r1ieIas
H. NE pillow shams were hufed stiffsr
rias any she had even seen at Aunt Ma
n the hin c,,, 9Ie knew that on the bureau
4 b. -. tgceIVer and the mats all mafcbsd'
n ed oG suppose these things were intend-
Il en-,L Use Never. l had visited otter
a r5lTs5,i IN the country to know that
n I.i, lake pin out OF the cushion ~
w., pm out of its holder. ana tbst if ~ =
n to Mr. brush mention of this desire
eoi- ,i- ., I'M johnson would result in ~
~ mo her room ana using bar ~ b,. lliS
ceIT,,i1GGSS louchlng the new one with H.
NJ oI1 pack. But nobody was evrnote'9
fb.t ea pms or brushes, or anvtbiy'cS 'o co
OF ~ sTIl. Hats and bonnets were esi,e OI
mb lu carefully laid on the table 81 A9 theli
w. t'' not muss the bed, and the cb},S Siiey
cheritse sent on to play with the Iohri.e en
fall-,3p men we sat in the narir 'i % i
CONT QAte conversation is an arr a aiiu
al,r11t yea, You are expected ~ a. 80 d
mon M ~ wsalher the fashions. the SER
4 crar,1l last Sunday. but never 13pIa az ser
B4sfIe' ICES must you be natural
ov Ia our own party, there UJae = ia
Il TOMMY VINO was intfodiIced % VI
aIa' 'JTs .-t Nobody really called bar W.
She wae ~ yet she was a matro,
5=en aa7,. 19f person who couid M 81,
Il no., 1dllea cheerful Her foiIet Haye \
tJim II vas distinctly funereaI "a 'lSSgsH
very 'gHliSon told me that she Va "a ~. aIrs.
ii sou family though her nsor " 2
h-r rs a. she has been unfortIInat.9 =; y
hen ssl5. l9' having buried tbraa ), n
r.ues of mat she wore three wed,5inI-