The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-13
NOMAN'S WORLD.

! had done" the Rhine, Berlin Vienna,
Rome and intermediate points OF interest,
ana was goins 10 Paris and London by
way OF Switzerland 1t was late at night
"Aeh the party reached little inn in view
OF the Matterhorn, the objective point of
1heit next days efforts It's members
were tired but they were even more hun
Sry tnan weary SO they ordered supper
ana HutQ removing her hat upon enter
iDs me dining room, placed it upon a re-
| Ceptacle near the door. and gave her at
zen Ion TO what the bustling Swiss land
( Iaay had hastily provided upon the table.
Litlle dreamt she what that simple act
OF removing her hat was soon to mean
ne Wear-ed travellers, prosaicaily lis
cussinS their meal, were startled by a
shrlek OF incredulous delight from the
hdhWay, and into the dining room rushed
the appariuon Of Jennie, fer face ablaze
with the wonder and delight of il all.
Ruth's answering cry Of ioy instantly
smothered with kisses. The two girls for
'hc honce forgot place, circumstance and
cohNenuohality. 1t is doubtful if ever
since this world began was there poured
Iorth IN so short a time so many Did
you eNers, and no, I nevers" when one
considers the number Of Interruptions for
the indispensable hugs and kisses
Nnen reason had resumed her calm
sway and the girls and their mothers were
together n the privacy Of their rooms,
Jennie told how she, becoming thirsty,
mad taken a pitcher and sailed forth in
search OF water. From the hallway she
had seen Ruths hat, and instantly recog-
IiHed IT, Tor she was with Ruth in New
YORK When 1t was chosen and the two
hdd taken counsel together as to its trim
ming And then the fact came out that
II had been the intention of Jennie and
her lIlehds TO leave the inn early the
next morning long before Ruth and ner
party would have arisen. But for that
Dressed nat the girls would have spent the
HtNllI uhuef the same roof, unconscious of
their proximity, and each with her heart
longing for the others presence.
udu thoy been npen, you see, they would
not nave met. For, what man under like
circumstances would have known another
mans nat?
one of the best aGter-dinner speakers
IN London is a woman saws a London
writer in the Chicago Times-Herald. I
nave heard her on several interesting oc-
Customs Wnen for felicity of phrase, apt
ness OF illustration, constituencies to hu-
NOR and distinct, clear-voiced articulation
her remarks have entitled her to some
thlng very near to the first honors of
the evening. This estimabie lady is the
distinguished novelist, Mrs. Flora Annie
Steel whose ION the Face of the Waters"
and other works have brought her a sud
80 AeiiAN az tllt evening gov OF ner years.
Though she is grayhaired and speaks of
herself as if she were a type Of the grand
mother, she has that fresh vitality of look
and animation of expression and manner
which offer the lie circumstantial to gray
hairs, and the trace of age becomes an
adornment, an additional charm Last
evening at the dinner of the New VaEa-
bond club Mrs. Steel, who followed such
an effective speaker as Hall Caine, and
such spirited one as Arthur Diosy quite
captivated the great roomful of guests by
a ten or fifteen minute talk that for cieV-
erness, deftness, wit and neatly adjusted
sobrety of thought would have done
credit to some of those Americans who
knowing so well the art of after-dnner
speech have gained thereby a national
celebrity. Mrs. Steel has also the un-Eng-
lsh characteristic of using anecdote cas-
lily and helpfully, at once TO Illustrate and
to brighten her speech. Nothing is so rare
as an English speaker who knows how to
impreguate his speech with a gracefully
pointedly and fifty told story. That Amer
lean accomplishment is at once the envy
and the despair of our oratorical English
cousins, whose minds are constituted on
the ponderous plan, and whose humor has
in it a gravity that converts 1t into a
philosophical homily as it falls from their
lips.
Brother John has not yet learned that
the keenest enjoyment of a clever mot, or
an amusing anecdote, or a flash of wit
comes to the nearer from his sense of
discovery. Tine speaker must seem 10 be
unconscious of the fact that he is an en-
tertainer. Like Marc Antony. he must
speak right on, leaving his listeners to
miss or grasp the jest for themselves. But
this is not the method of our English
cousins A solemn preparedness is laid
upon the hearer. When the speaker APP
proaches his anecdote he begins to square
himself for It, His manner tells you that
something is coming. He takes new at
titude. He looks about him half-quzzi-
cally. His expression lights up hopefully
resolutely. Demeanor and expression say:
"Be alert, now; it's coming; don't let it
pass you" Then, with a smile that gives
a grotesque touch to the habitual solemn
ty, he tells the story, and, having reach
ed his climax, stands at ease as who
would say: This is where you laugh; take
your time TO It," Mrs. Steel has none of
this. She trifles with anecdote as a lady
toys with the lace about her throat quite
unconscious, as 1t were, that she is height
ening her fascination. She, therefore, pro-
vokes the laugh of surprise and IS not
emptily rewarded by that soulless guffaw
that comes by urgent solicitation. Ii was