The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-29
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. MARCH % 1896

arrangements. 4 writing desk, which had
evidently been recently used. had a pretty
litter or half-writteu notes on od,hty
paper, a stamped envelope addressed 70
some titled woman In England. ana IN
the rack afSye the desk various lnNlta-
tons 70 forthcoming iuncIohs, 81 -
particularly smart places. On one taple
was goOdly array Of the latest Ehsnsh
and American periodicals. with an aIu-
Gle on \ rays underlined. lying or TOP,
and on another was a COLLECTION OF Doohs
OF the day. with BalfOurs Foundations
OF Belief on top, with a pampnlet on
anti-sudrage, MARKING the place Wherc
the reader had evidently been called away
Dear me- thought Mrs. A., nad no
idea Mrs. Push was so cleyerl ....,
The mantel was adorned with seNera!
photographs Of notables. all autographed
and therefore impressive FOR now was
the De Reszkes had been bought az falr;
that the vignette OF Her Royal hlghness
the Princess Louise had been won Dy
friend at charity raffie in bnglana, aIld
sent over; that the picture OF the renoWn-
ed statesman had been bought at shop,
and inclosed to his private secretary with
a petition for his signature. or Ihat e, tne
portrait OF Mrs. Van Amsterdam, anec-
tionately inscribed with her hrst name,
which had indeed been sent to Mrs. p
by that lady, did not win its place down.
stairs untL the former school friend had
contracted a grand marriageE
After sufficient time had elapsed Tor MIS-.
A. to take in all Of these interesting ' ue-
tails, Mrs. Push made her appearance
with an apology. PLEASE forgive me Lor
keeping you waiting" she exclaimed, but
/ was interviewing a German goVerneSs
for the children. She was quite unexcep-
tionable in every way, but insisted upon
being sent to the opera every Other SatuT-
day. and couldn't promise that, could
l?'-both the goVerness and her require
ments being entirely mythical, ana IN
vented on the spur of the moment Dy the
ina ginative little Mrs P to account for
the delay. AS luncheon was now announc-
ed the two ladies' betOOk themselves to the
dining room, where Mrs, Push made her
self most agreeable, while they were dis
cussing several delicious little entrees
which had been sent from a neighboring
caterers. You see, have taken you al
your word, and Just given you our every
day luncheon" exclaimed the little schem-
err mendaciously; and verify the children
of this world have their reward, Tor Mrs.
A. took her departure, having been duly
impressed with her hostess's many de-
lightful qualities, and resolving 10 ask her
to a very smart dinner which she was ar
ranging for an early date, while little Mrs.
push mentally checked her off, saying to
herself triumphantly: Il think may sa1e-
! ~ say I have secured Mrs. A., and now
for Mrs. B.: l shall have to manage her
in quite a different fashion,
The world has laughed says the New
York Journal, this long time over SUITS
for breach of promise of marriage. In a
recorded a case well-nigh as amusing,
whose occasion was not the preach, put
the Keeping of a promise not to marry.
The parties to it were a rich elderly Wo-
man and the nephew whom she meant 10
make her heir. He, IT appears, Tell Violent
~ in love with a fascinating young WIDOW
/ and might have married her but that his
| aunt interviewed. She did not try threat,
| diplomacy or detective stigauon-she
| was another sort, and knew trick worth
/ all of them. She said plumply to the
youngster that so long as he remained
free of the widow he might count upon
receiving from herself $500 year. Having
more Of prudence than sentiment, he clos
/ ed with the offer, and for several years
| duly got and spent the promised sum.
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! ing or became less fearful Of the widow
/ She would not pay another hapenny, so
| her nephew went to law. He won his
/ case, too; for although the opposing coun-
/ sci, while admitting the agreement de-
clared 1t could not be enforced as con-
| trary to public morality, the learned judge
/ thought otherwise. A promise to abstain
! wholly from marriage, he said, neither
could nor should be enforced, but this was
/ particular person. hence the plaintiff
was entitled to recover his whole claim
with costs ''in consideration of having re-
signed his natural freedom of marriage"
by the rustic of their petticoats We
shall know them" said the sergeant-at-
I arms Of a certain women's club the other
| day as the members tripped in by twos
and three says the New York Sun, and
/ unconsciously she spoke the truth. For
what can call up such visions of femin-
inc daintiness as the swish-swish of silken
underskirts? Every woman, old and
the frou-frou, as the French people call it.
cit sounds rich on other people" says
one.
hear it on herself" adds another.
However this may be, one thing is GER
tain. Every woman nowadays, no matter
how limited her income, considers her
wardrobe very incomplete without at least
one rustling silk petticoat and the wo-
deed to be envied. Never in the history
of modern dress have silks been so beau.
tiful as now, and, as an immediate re-
suit, silk petticoats are more elaborate in
design than ever before. An importer Just
returned from Paris shows some special
ly exquisite ones, many of them being
quite full and stiff enough to stand alone
There is beautiful Frenchwoman
Nine. Fare. whose forehead developed
at the beginning of the present season ar
obstinate little wrinkle between the ewes
Every night it would be massaged away
and every morning it would return by the
time Nine Fare had partaken of hel
luncheon. In vain she consulted special
lists and in vain she advised with her maid
One evening, at a reception, madame was
talking with noted oculist, Madame Is
what would You do II were to ten YOU g
something that would make you many
times more lovely?'
II should adore you forever" said the
'4Then, madame" replied the ocuIist
wear spectacles when you read. l ven
ture to say that by the time you have
finished your morning newspaper that lit
tie wrinkle upon your brow is deep fur
row"
A little trouble with the eyes is the
cause of Ellen Terry's furrow which i.
considered becoming to her
AS a rule, though, the way of sleepine
is responsible for ugliness or beauty. /
the word of those who have studied look.
can be weighed, says the New York Jour
nal. Amelie Rives Chanler, now the Prin
cess Troubetskoi, regards the way O.
sleeping all important. Her method O.
sleeping her beauty sleep is to begin al
hour before she goes to bed with a batl
in cool cologne water, deepening to chilled
water more highly perfumed than thJ
first. The alcohol cleanses the skin ant
the cold water prevents the bathsr from
taking cold in the skin next day
Soft pillows will wrinkle any face. Thi,
may seem like a joke, but when YOU FIN
the little lines between your eyes and a
. their corners persistently refusing to b,
rubbed out, you may listen to the voice a
this latter day prophet, who raises hi
warning finger to save you from a dread
} full fate.
The soft pillow is only a matter of habit
anyway. Throw 1t aside and substitute !
good, stiff support like haircloth. min,
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