The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-08

digestion or Inflammation than seasoned
milk drank as hot as can be borne. 1t Is
most grateful. -
Now, by pursuing the milk and cold
water treatment with patience and perse-
verance for three months, trying earnes. 9
| ly to get at least eight hours refreshing
sleep every night, flesh will come to the
! sparest frame with the attendant bless
ing of health and strength. The hot milk
| taken just on retiring, after one is all
ready for bed will often cure insomnia,
and will certainly prevent that faint,
| death-like feeling that attacks the stom-
| ach after hours of wakefulness. II
soothes tired nerves and brings quiet ana
rest. 1t will not accomplish all this in
! one night or one week, but there will be
a steady gain from the beginning until
! the result is at last reached.
Just what to give and how to give it,
| for a womans dainty luncheon, says the
! Chicago Tribune, is a question which is
| apt at this time of year to puzzle the pref
| ty head of many a matron. For no matter
| how up" in these things she may be, the
| style of luncheon given must vary from
| year to year. And at this season when
| she returns from her summer trip she is
sure to find many little differences.
A swell affair." though of the most in
| formal nature was given in Chicago last
week by clever woman up in every point
| of the kind. For the benefit Of those who
| mediate giving a luncheon this season
| and have not time to find out just what
| is newest in the line here is a description
| from beginning to end of the pretty affair:
First of all, the invitations. These were
sent out at no great length of time ahead,
as luncheon Is less formal than many
| larger functions Instead of engraved
| cards or even formally worded letter, the
Invites" in Mrs. Vests affair were pref
ty informal little notes in her own hand
| -,,s4s f,eN IN frfo NH
had Travelled extensively the note sent
ran in this way:
Dear Mrs. Warrington: Won't you
lunch with us at 1 o'clock on Oct. A? Only
few women friends. We want to hear
about your travelling adventures and i'm
pressions."
To another friend who had written a very
clever and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. book came
| the following:
| "All the world loves a writer, my dear
Miss Roscoe. Won't you drop in for lunch
| con at l O. clock on Oct. 4? l expect few
| friends, and we do want to hear how An
/ optical Effect was planned and written"
In fact, 1t may be said that the most
| fashionable luncheon invitations are all
| given in this informal way. Some achieve
ment of the invited guest is cordially hint
| ed at. Or some natural gift-say, wit or
wisdom-for which she has acquired a rep
utation, is mentioned and pretty note
| is the result.
The costume Worn? Smart visiting
| frocks and hats. This is really the most
| up-to-date idea in costuming for a lunch
con- The hats are not removed. Tho
| hostess herself received in a gown SINH
| lar to that of her guests.
The old custom of welcoming guests In
a house gown having been discarded for
many reasons. Chief among which lies
| the fact that 1t would necessitate entire
| change of costume before leaving the
| q o1lf In
! to be obliged to set out, once that her
guests have departed, for some social OBJ
! legation of her own.
The table was garnished with the whit
| est and finest of linen, upon which old
| fashioned silver showed to best advan.
| tage. The center-piece was formed of or
| chids-the pink and purple variety so pop
| ular at present. AS the latest point in
center-pieces is, the orchids were arranged
so that at the end of the meal they may
be distributed by the hostess to her guests
| This pretty custom has, in way, sue
ceeded that Of separate boutonnieres at
| each cover.
These formed quite feature Of the af-
| fair. Each separate card was executed
in an individual design by celebrated pos
ter artists. No card was like another and
| each work of art was signed with the au-
tograph of the artist-designer. In this
way a real art treasure and souvenir
! of the occasion are combined
The menu was OF the simple WELL
chosen variety which is gaining such hold
at present. Women who luncheon toward
or 1870 O'Clock do not want to sit through
twelve or fourteen courses. IL Is impos-
sible to do more than taste few Of these,
and when there are a host of social affairs
| crowded into one afternoon they feel very
like luncheon up till o'clock.
No wines were served but bottled wa
ters Apolinaris and others which had
| been previously kept upon ice. The GUS
tom Of serving a quantity of wines at a
| luncheon for women Is losing hold. Most
women in their own homes would not
think Of touching anything but perhaps a
little claret, and the absurdity Of provld-
ing dozen or more drinkables for those
| who hardly require one has been grad
ually taking effect-and the really up-to-
date drink of 1s96-1S97 will be cafe noir and
bottled waters.
The courses we're served by a neat,
white-capped maid, which most women,
for an affair Of this kind. will prefer to
the butler. Each dish was carried In upon
a dainty salver, and passed first, Of course,
to the hostess. This little custom, which
holds invariably in affairs of the kind, Is
still considered by those who love old GUS
toms and ideas to be inhospitable.
THE hostess should come last. After
her guests" says the old-fashioned hos
tess. But there are reasons for this APP
parent eccentriclty. First of all its con-
venience. For, be II whispered, the wo-
man guest would rather by far see her
hostess begin the ceremony. In these days
| of odd dishes and odd shapes In edibles
| and many folks, Il Is a miraculously clever
woman who would not feel just bit at
loss what TO call the Wand and what
fork TO apply 10 1t.
One feature Of the pretty affair was the
unconventional and unrestricted fashion
In which the clever dishes were discussed.
| IL is freely permitted at "woman's az
fair" TO say nice things about the dam
ties. ask recipes and indulge IA feminine
queries which at more formal affair
would be out Of place.