Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1896-04-15

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The latest style hats forladies are large
and covered with chiffon and flowers.
| A large number of the Philadelphia
smart set are staying in Atlantic City.
The Pullman car patrons formed
! good share of the Easter crowd at ATTAIN
tic City.
Small sleeves are to be worn by the
ultra-fashionabe women in New York
and Chicago this Spring.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Cassatt. of Phila
return from Europe next week after an
absence of several months.
| Miss Agnes Humphreys, sister OF our
townsman, Mr.. May Humphreys, sailed
| for Europe on Saturday last.
A New York fashion paper saws, "If a
| girl is built right she doesn't need
garter to keep her stockings up"
Mr.. John W. RisIey of Pleasantville
proprietor of the Empire Steam Laundry,
was married March 81 to Miss Fedora
Turner of Linwood.
| Cards are out for the wedding of Miss
! Sara Magill Stokes to Mr.. Hobart Can
| field, of Germantown, Philadelphia, on
Saturday, April 18th.
! The Duchess of Marlborough has some
very queer pets. Among them are snakes
and ostriches and wee mite of a NJ
bian boy to help attend them.
Mrs. President Cleveland has grown
quite stout within the last two years,
and now owns up TO weighing one hun
dred and ninety-six pounds. She is tall,
however, and carries her weight grace
fully.
| 1t didn't require nearly as much fuss
and feathers to marry man who has
been President of the United States as it
does to "splice' some of the young
society snobs belonging to the shoddy
aristocracy.
| The Authors Club met at the home of
Mrs. Alvin Risley on Monday. "Hiawa-
tha' occupied the hour given to reading,
after which delicate refreshments were
served to the following ladies: Mrs.
John +. Ryon, Mrs. Robert L. Race, Mrs.
Ewalt Richman Hates, Mrs. Hugh NJ.
Collins and Mrs. G. Harrison Jenness.
Mr. and Mrs John Ryon gave o'clock
dinner, Thursday evening, to a party of
| frioy AZ, bn Iru uitoI tn nj 10 .f
their bounteous hospitality. The table
was beautifully decorated with natural
| flowers and loaded with the luxuries OF
the season. After long and pleasant
| soiourn at the table a musical and lit
erary entertainment was arranged by
the guests in the parlor, and the evening
| delightfully."- passed in Social enjoyment
| Those who were present were Mr.. and
Mrs. DR.. j. Ii. North, Postmaster and
Mrs. c. 2. S. Garwood, Mr.. and Mrs
Charles s. Adams. Mr.. and Mrs. Ewalt
Richman Hates. Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin 2.
Risley, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert J.. Race,
| Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. |. Newell, Jr, Mr.
and Mrs. Hugh Collins, and Mr.. and Mrs.
G. II. .Jenness, and son.
Neither the grown-up children of ex-
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| tinguished fathers wedding in New
| York, last week. 1t is well-known in
Washington, at least, that they We're
bitterly opposed to his marrying Mrs.
| Dimmick; and the tongue of scandal did
not spare the latter while she was an oc-
cupant of the White House by invitation
of Nh. Harrison when he was president.
| Not long ago great daily newspaper
4 oh @Lo4 = T.,
attentions paid to Mrs. Dimmick by
| President Harrison were such as to ex-
cite the jealousy of his wife at that time,
and that she virtually ordered Mrs
| Dimmick to leave. The whole matter
was given with such minuteness of de-
| tail as to leave the impression that the
facts as stated must have been given
out by some member of the fsmily or by
some one entirely familiar with the sit
uation OF affairs in the then Presidents
household. With such stories afoat, it
certainly looks as though there might be
some truth in them when Gen. Harrison's
children refuse to attend their fathers
wedding. Plain, everyday sort of peo-
pie, who look at events in the light OF
common sense will see in their absence
some confirmation of the unpleasant ru-
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less distinguished people.
"Taking peoples characters away
over teacups," is no longer the pleasant
pastime and safe entertainment which it
used to be. In these last-Of- -the-century
days scandal mongers and gossips have
| to be careful in their statements. says
| the New York Tribune" for modern
danes do not hesitate to call in the SER
vices of lawyer and treat any malicious
and unfounded statement as actionable
matter. Even those who repeat in good
faith what they have heard on excellent
authority have to be careful, as in this
case the partaker is as bad as the thief,
and the repetition of a slander is always
as bad as the slander itself, and does
even more damage. Little did Mrs. B.
anticipate the trouble which was before
her when she repeated with great gusto
| at a fashionable luncheon the report
that a couple who were well-known in
her circle had serious marital disagree
ments and were about to be divorced.
A day or two after the entertainment a
card was brought to her; although she
did not recognize the name, she supposed
it was a caller, and bade the servant ad-
nit the gentleman, who proceeded to
tell her that unless she gave the name of
her informant about the statement in re-
gard to Mr.. and Mrs. C. a suit would be
brought against her for defamation of
| character. After some disapreeable infer