The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-18

World.

as / have made a VOW never to pay any
thing on an express package, as l never
know what is in II until have opened 1t.
! Mrs. Harrison, according to the relatori
was much amused at this mssiVe, and Il II
locate on you for that became stand
ing phrase in the family ever after when
some object was coveted.
Another letter received by Mrs. Harr-
son ran: Dear Madam: Please send me
a piano and some sheet music, as l have
a daughter that has some talents"
The why's and the wherefores Of social
success, says the New York Tribune, af-
ford an ever-interesting study to the stu
dent of human nature. For instance, when
the AS came into their fortune (nice
people in their way, but entirely I'M
known to the fashionable WORLD, they
imagined that all they would have TO do
in order to enter the golden circle would
I be to acquire a fine place at Newport
| with all the concomitants, and that they
| would make their way without the least
| trouble. So a very fine house was taken
for the season. Mrs. A. and her two
very attractive daughters ordered lovely
gowns galore from Paris, and mamma
| had her victoria, and the girls each their
own special turnout. Papa smiled in
| diligently at their aspirations, but secret
ly believed that his womenkind need only
/
Alas for their unsophisticated hopes.
! The summer was a total failure. In vain
! the girls looked their prettiest on the
! avenue and al the Casino dances-in vain
| mamma enacted the prosperous matron
/ to perfection; the world took no cogniz-
ance of their existence. Save a few det-
| rimentals, they knew no one, and despite
! their efforts made no friends at the end
of the season, and they were forced to
| admit that as far as social success was
| concerned, their summer was a distinct
disappointment
| Taught by experience, however, and ad-
vised by an astute friend who understood
the ways of the world, their next move
| showed more wisdom Instead of stay
| ing in New York for the winter they took
| a house in Washington, obtained, as is
| easy in that city of magnificent distances
| and constant changes when people are
| really attractive, an entree into the diplo-
matte and resident circle, and entertained
| foreigners and other people of distinction.
! The girls, who were athletic as we'll as
| pretty, took up all kinds of outdoor
| sports were very much up-to-date, wore
| extremely good clothes, and
| in consequence were greatly ad-
mired. The next summer. in
| stead of returning 20 Newport they
! chose a smaller place. where people were
smart but less exclusive, and where their
proficiency in various sports brought
them into immediate notice. When au-
tumn came their box at the Horse Show
was filled with discrimination, as was
their opera box later on; and when they
left for their Washington home they had
obtained a decided foothold. Finally,
the following summer, they again tried
/ Newport, and this time it was easy
sailing Since then their position in Van
; ity Fair has been assured. The A s have
certainly shown a great deal of tact, >"
! said a social autocrat. 1T is a popular
fallacy that rich people can always get
into society if they make the effort
have seen enormously wealthy people
struggle for years without any result;
! and, on the other hand, 1 have known of
others who We're only moderately we'll
off who have succeeded in obtaining an
excellent position apparently without
much effort OF course to be in the
swim requires a certain amount of mon
ey-that goes without saying; but that
money alone can buy social position is
not true. Without tact and savoir faire
1t is useless. And above all, one must be
amusing"
1t is a little curious, says the
New York Times. to notice how trif-
ling mannerisms obtain among the initi-
ated. There is a certain Free Masonry
among smart" young women which car
ries with it a subtle and unmis taxa BILE
knowledge. The way the hands are car
ried when ungloved tells the knowing ones
a good deal. Not long ago, when the
sleeves were little open at the wrist,
all the fashionable girls let one hand creep
gently up the wrist of the other an anus
ing universal practice that was followed
by the Delsartean period of relaxation
ana lfmpness. A regning belle is usual
~ responsible for these tricks of manner
IL may be a pose or habit that is uncon-
scious or premeditated, but which charms
with her personality. is copied by her IN.
inmates, and rapidly spreads far beyond
| the original circles. One of New York s
| beauties had the habit not long ago to hold
| the lips ever so slightly apart This trick
| gave to her face a wondering WiStful ex.
| preston that was extremely fetching. but
| many who tried ii were not so success
| tul Mannerisms of favorite actresses are
| often similarly adopted by a skinful young
belle, Ada Rehan and Ellen Terry having
probably been more suggestive in this way
than any other two
1T is curious" said a fashionable wo-
| man who had just returned from Europe
| to the New York Tribune, ito see the rad
ical change that has taken place in the
| number of trunks that are now brought
! over from Paris by each person. What is
the reason for this change it is difficult
| TO say, but il is certainly the fashion iusr
now to bring much less home in the way
| of Partisan flnery than formerly. and the
| freight agents on the various steamers
| say that there has been a marked reduc.
ton in luggage in the last two years.
Another innovation in the smart so.
ciety of both hemispheres is the latitude
that is now allowed in dress at all-day
| functions. woman will walk into =
handsomely dressed assemblage in a shori
bicycle or golf dress, and create no re-.
| mark or comment whatever. while the
long frock coat and high silk hat which
used to be de rigueur for men in England
| and France are no longer deemed impera.
| tive. High hats and frock coats
are not necessary was writter
IN the corner of an invitation 10
a garden party given by a woman of RANK
in the suburbs of London recently-a sign
of the times. Miady doubtless realize.
that fine ladies and gentlemen with notn.
ing to do are types of the past. and that
If she wants guests nowadays she nus,
let them come in their outing rig"
One of the virtues that women canno
afford to leave uncultivated is the virtu,
OF graciousness. says Womankind 1
gracious manner will win friends an,
keep them; it is a sort of sunshine hav
ing power to melt the ice of prelude,
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