The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-07

box under his arm His little wife never
waited to see what was in the box, she
Just fell upon him and told him what
lovely thing he was. 1t proved 10 Dc
stunning jacket TOO.
Every Sort variety and species of en-
tertainment, says Harpers Bazar, Is now
in full swing. Women VINO nave a lafSs
list of acquaintances are Kept very pussy
simply in jotting down a record or thelr
daily engagements. Each man p etIiiis5'ot,
teas or days at home Notes OF lnVltatlon
to dinners, or to the opera or dance,
come by the same mail, ana OF each OIL
these various things must ne made IN
immediate and careful note, so that cafds
may be sent on the proper DAYS, or cals
made, or invitations accepIeq or oecilLl-
ed as the case may be. This all seems
simple at first glance, but II IS a conp!eN
and exactng duty, which IS imperatlVe
and must be performed, unless one rudely
disregards all the common laws or cNlty'
Mistakes are occasionally made by absent
minded or careless persons, Whlch cause
much annoyance and discomfort. Moth
ing can possibly be more disagreeable than
to arrive at a house on certain evening
prepared for dinner, to find that one has
noted the wrong date, and that the place
is dark, and evidently no guests are eN-
pected.
pear in drawing rooms when dinner was
about to be served to which they mad not
been hidden. The servants VINO opened me
door were, of course, unconscious OF the
fact that they were not aln pC,st f nave IA
great deal of tact when she sees these IN
| expected ones appear. knowing as She
| does just how many We're 70 come TO me
| dinner, and having ordered for this exact
number she finds two more ADDED 10 the
! list at the last moment. GOOD preedihs
| forbids any expression OF surprise on hsI
| part and yet she is at her WIT enc 10
! plan how she can hide this mistake so tnat
| her guests may not be conscious OF thelr
awkward blunder. It is truly an em en-! al
! fQr
| the tact and thoughtfulness Of which my
| lady" is possessed. Happily, the American
woman is, as a rule, an adaptable person,
! and she rises to almost any occasion III a
! remarkably clever way.
| Novel entertainments in these days are
without number each pers9p WINS IN N W;59
! thing original. But the model entertainer
! is a rarity. To be a successful hostess one
must effaee ones self. In the 'old times times,
/ which we are all so fond OF quoting as
! being the hest times, the lady OF the
| house considered it her duty personally
/ TO look after the entertaining OF her guests
! She made il an invariable rule to dress
| simply, lest by some chance one OF those
| invited might wear plain gown, anu NM,
ing every one else arr2yed IN spTThha Is
| having dOnned a simple but appropria e
/ toilet the hostess of other days maze
! M her mind to devote herself for the time
t5 the guests beneath her roof regardless
! as to whether she herself was amused Or
/ not She felt that she must get her pleas
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/ guests enjoy themselves. A good hostes9
| seldom has an enjoyable time al her own
! entertainments unless she is so consu-
tuted as to be happy IN making otuers
others. This should be the acme OF her
desires.
/ How would you girls like to change places
! with your staid German cousins! asks a
/ writer in the Chicago Tribune. You
who find your life just a. trifie du4l, despite
lawn tennis and golf parties bicycling ana
walking expeditions, perhaps even an oc-
| casional run up to town for peep at the
new fashions and to see the latest success
on the boards! You would find German
girls country life tedious to degree,
/ writes a correspondent to the London
| Chronicle. on the other side of the Ger
man ocean Irritation must not be dreamt
! of. Golf, with its happy wanderlngs DER
| hill and dale, is unknown: lawn tennis, II
Played with mixed couples, must nave
| strict chaperons; bicycling is an all but un-
| fathomed mystery, and run to Berlin
beyond the widest dreams OF the German
/ provincial whose fondest hopes carry ner
| no further than the nearest market town.
The life of the average provincial girl is
but at best a state of Vegetaton-a daily
| round of little nothings, insignificant and
| constantly recurring, make up the sum Of
! life. Pleasures are few and far between,
and sought almost entirely amongst mem
bers of her own sex. She is very lucky
I when she succeeds in persuading her chap
eron to take her to the regimental Exer-
cirplatz-of course. nearly every little
/ German town is garrlsoned
A shopping expedition in the afternoon is
/ an excuse for further glimpse Of the Off
GERS on their way to their ''casino," where
| they mess at s p. m. This does not for
ward friendship greatly. for no man would
| dare to speak to a young unmarried lady,
/ however well acquainted with her he
{ might be, unless she were accompanied by
/ a chaperon.
Where an Engilshwoman Is absolutely
| frank about her affairs, says the Phila-
| delphia Ledger, an American Is apt to be
very reserved. and there is something
! quite shocking to the sensibillties OF the
/ latter in the facetious way English people
| have of trottlng their skeletons out of their
closets for the edifcation of the public
/ Family misfortunes and even disgrace are
mentioned in a matter-of-fact, impersonal
manner that Is incomprehensible to the
\ more thin-skinned Americans, who would
rather die than be ptied or discussed by
/ acquaintance. On the whole, the English
| way is probably the better. II does not do
| TO be representative In this world. and a
| thick epidermis that is impervious TO the
| pin-pricks OF public comment and crti-
/ cism Is a blessing.
If an American society woman is poor
| she tries to conceal II. or at least TO cast
/ the mantle OF conventional living over her
/ make-ghifts, so that the public NAV not