The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-22

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sa5 not with any intensity, but in that
rrb+ sort of a way as if a butterfly
"a dropped upon it and meant to show re-
sDect to it's whiteness and its shape. lie
helonped 10 the generation that has pass
a. If YOU invited him TO dinner, he ap-
,sared in dress clothes that might have
made a foolish boy laugh, but which de-
r,anded respect from men who knew any
thing of the world. The tails of his even
ing coat were extra long, and his waist
coat was of claret-colored velvet closed
with buttons made of garnets, set about
with small diamonds. 1t is not the mode
nowadays, but it was the fashion to wear
Uaistcoats of velvet or brocade when gen.
tlemen kissed ladies' hands, when duels
we're in fashion, and when ladys name
was always spoken with reverence as
well as admiration. Sometimes l feel as
if did not regret the day of duels. OF
course. in a duel, there was chance of a
gentleman or a BLACKBOARD being killed,
but if nine gentlemen had to die to cause
one BLACKBOARD to disappear, they had
not lived in vain
He is an old friend of mine, is this ell
derby gentleman, and when he comes
light the alcohol lamp under the kettle
point. And then 1 take a tall glass. and
put in it two Jumps of sugar, the juice OF
half lemon, the slice of orange, a bran
died cherry; then, well, spicy liquor
that comes out of a decanter, and, last
Of all, a long-handled silver spoon. What
for? Oh to keep the glass from break
ng when the boiling water is poured in.
dy gentleman of the olden times
doesn't care for tea. He Is great on
recipes for dishes such as gourmets love
he can tell how Mrs. Carter of Carriers
i willie, she that was Sally Calvert, used to
make plum pudding, and how she would
never tell the secret of her wonderful sue
cess in this most delightful but most in
& young Mr.. Millionaire to him, he is polite,
q excessively polite, but after the young
man is gone he says TO me: MY dear girl,
you know always feel very near to you,
because in l7l4 one of your cousins eloped
with a second cousin of mine, and one
cannot forget family ties. So / can tell
you what think. These young men must
"a be encouraged to keep up the tone of the
DAY. 1 remember when the father of this
81 special one used to. come to the kitchen
Il door or our country house to buy the skins
or the COWS from the darlies. 1t was the
privilege of a darby who killed an old
COW to sell its skin, and this old Dutch
man, an honest but vulgar old man, used
TO trade with them. l was only a child
Fl lnen, and, like all children, was curious
. ABOUT what didn't concern me. The old
man who bought the hides made money
and ran one of those places we'll one
wouldn't mention them in the presence of
. ladles, because the odor is so unpleasant,
put 1 believe ne died a very rich man
now his son is eager to be a gentleman.
. ms IS a desire to be encouraged; but do
you think, my dear madam, that he is
privileged to talk about the value Of blood
until he has, by behaving like a brave
man and an honest one, washed from our
Fl IllIds the remembrance of his fathers
butcher shop"
l mixed another glass of the LIQUID that
ne ne hked, and answered him by saying:
Al things changes with time, and you
II %%au / nave TO change with them. We
lave 10 respect the honest trader and we
I've 70 overlook the folly of the genera
uoh tnat, new to money, new to society,
vnu559Vors by foolish talk to make the
NJ Wo-lq forget the beginning Of it's fortune
Wy GEAR colonel" / added II could show
~ d young man whose father made his
cars su I'o, oy running stage before street
"a were unknown, and who now refuses
~ ~ DOW 10 anybody who hasn't a broug-
II noIIi. dltached to his establishment l
Wb WHY point out to you young woman
II muse grandfather made a fortune in
II ger, ana who says in a languid way that
ill., nT cdn imagine anybody drinking any
& ev ul1rs , put very dry champagne. l could
co ~ n IIroduce you, my dear colonel, to
4 so-caued gentleman whose father made
d 80 lorLune, during the civil war in what
n 10 known as ready made clothes, and
s s-sS gentleman says that he can't under
stdhd how anybody who has brains can
IVY ms clothes in New York or wear any
don dong mat hasn't the stamp of the Lon
- .nr
we gae shop still goes on. But this so-caIIed
~ ~ 1leHlan has taken his mothers name
or or on ms yacht, or on his four-in-hand,
,dhythlng that could suggest it, there
~ even suggestion of the sign saving
n cIott.o oeIlWelIs; you can get a suit of
da H,is worth fifty dollars for tenl On this
n otS ouly. On, colonel, it is a case of
Wner times and other manners"
tb aHd the colonel muttered something
Iv,jtt sounded very much as if it began
III WIN "a ID and ended with an N but no
IN ni.iS mat is said, We were sitting there
s 81 lne nrelight, thank goodnessi one can
ping a., nave an open fire, the colonel sip
tt"is out OF his glass, and l tasting my
ners ana admiring the buckles on my Slip
y bea99,,. ,WHen ne announced: There are no
girls lieS today. There are good-looking
4 basSS,s. sshsre are girls who are absolutely
We ouIiiLul, but there is no special girl that
voyr! ~ a Tue ourselves about, to whom we all
lar s arll5sgIance, and whose name is known
bo, ana wide. Baltimore used to be the
HWJIhe Of the beauty There was Miss
eoyi55e VINO looked like dream, and who
n air air. nave nave been any one of Tennysons
a moe moinen. Why, men in Baltimore al
tiosl Wept when She married Robert Cut
b5 ana came to New York After she
I' ron gone to enlist herself among the ma
us there arose lovely Hetty Carey l
II On 5iiIDef seeing a picture of her that was
q tir,c.lIl oltlon in jewelers. shop. All Bal
n persal,e5a crowded around it. There was
As # fi ~ PRIDE ride IN her beauty; 1t was felt
n noora eFeryWhere called the Belle of Balti-
j apTSe; She set the music to MY Mary
II PaIti delighted all the romance lovers in
tbe more more by clipping with Gen. Pegram of
n onel ~ oliilIeqerate army land when the col
n his SAG ms name, he stood up and bowed
n LEAD; then sitting down again. added,
lsp55 me confederate soldiers My Mary
gras+ ana came back to Baltimore still a
Wa beauty, who had been a bride, who
Wiz WIDOW, and who had never been a
pio Inen there were those lovely girls in
New, iRYo ld Why my dear madam, the
them OK 2EI men used to race down to see
naeii " hen say race, I mean race in
Slow iiLalion, for in those days trains were
gst ana cars were miserable. But to
Of Id d glimpse of beautiful Matte Ould
zIe CCs s5ly,, Mary Triplet and of dainty Liz
in an 5@ ,,,eH was worth an all nights travel
tics uncomfortable car They were beau
vas an. "a they were wits. Mary Triplet
II liz uhted Venus; her hair was Of gold
skin I Into God Almighty's sunshine; her
4 eyes mas IKE the ripe side of a peach: her
u LBS we're as blue as the heavens, and her
Dbl inarbi ted as the cherries. But she was
"a bfoWp Then there was Miss Cabell;
mar; brown eyes; tiny Of size, g