The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-13
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER H. 1896

on Mr. Beechers hand, and asked to ex-
anime It, When 1t was handed her and
she had displayed a great enthusiasm
over It., she kissed Ii passionately several
times. why do you do that?' inquired
Mr.. Beecher. simply because love
these gems So" was her reply. We'll If
you care so much for the ring as that"
said Mr. Beecher, please keep 1t and wear
it for my sake
Last spring. while Miss Terry was in
Boston, she hunted up this little shop, and
passed some time in looking at the gems
and talking with Mr.. Remick about them.
AT length he asked her what become of the
ring that Mr.. Beecher gave her. Il wore
II for years" she answered. After his
death l became more attached to it than
ever. But on the day that Queen Victo-
ria knighted Henry Irving l took the ring
from my finger and gave 1t to him in
honor of the occasion. Sir Henry now
wears Mr.. Beecher's ring, and will wear
it as long as he lives"
Formal introduction, says the Philadel-
phia Ledger. are not usual at afternoon
calls. but the hostess would use her dis
cretion in the matter, and, at any rate,
should courteously draw into the CONVEX
sation any guest who shows symptoms of
shyness or of being left out in the cold.
If the hour of afternoon tea is imminent
and the visitor shows signs of departure,
a thoughtful hostess would sayi Tea
will be here in a minute. Won't you stay
and have some?" If it is brought into the
room during the visit 1t would naturally
be offered to the guest or guests
In every day life the arrangement of this
informal meal should be simple but
soigne; anything fussy or elaborate is
out of place. The tablecloth should be a
plain white one and the food provided is
broad and hutton yhifa
and brown, cake, and in cold weather. or
If the hostess has Scotch proclivities, hot
scenes, crumpets or mullins ARE among
her favorite fare. fHf
Plates should always be found at after
noon tea, and salt must not be forgotten.
The tea cosy" beloved of the typical
old maid, is a relic of barbarisms and a
revelation of poverty as extinct as the
dodo in any good house. II the tea be-
comes cold and consequently drawn, the
hostess orders fresh, as a matter of
course.
In letter to a western paper a woman
writes concerning someaof the women who
parade their husbands faults In the news
papers MY husband she says, is not
an angel, by any means; but neither am
1! 1 should feel very indignant, indeed,
should l pick UP a paper and read some
thing like this: MY wife has a terrible
temper and sometimes she slams the 9ors
and makes thinks fly around generally;
and she hates needles and thread, and
ften when she should be darning my socks
and mending my shirts she has her nose
buried in the pages of THE Housekeeper."
l do hope the brethren will pity me- for l
need their sympathy very muehr There is
no husband or wife who cannot see faults
in the other, but that is no reason why
they should be published If your husband
is good enough to live with don't talk
against him. Can't you see you are speak,
ing evil of your own self and your children
when you speak evil of him? Your neigh
bors have their own troubles and won't
think any better of you by your telling
them yours. There are bad men in the
world who treat their wives shamefuHy,
but it does not do any good to publish It
in the papers. If you suffer, there is
usually relief to be had. Seek it. If wife
begins by being a bondslave, she may go
through life that way; but If she begins
by making him understand that she is his
equal in every respect, he will respect her.
Let her stop looking at his faults for
a little while, hunt up his good points and
make the most of them, and then see If
she can't scrape together enough to cover
all the faults nicely, and, perhaps, tuck
them in spugly. If she can't, take q few
of her own faults to piece out with, and
the first thing she knows her husbands
failings will be clear out of sight. Try to
think of him as the man who won your
love, and let him see that you have not
lost all trust and respect for him.