The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-15


eighty feet or so of the street mad beer
closed in with rugs and hangings
! which covered the ground and the walls
OF the houses on either side and were
swung across the street ends and draw
over the top for a canopy This enormous
/ room was lighted by twenty-oue great
crystal chandeliers hanging from temper
airy beams, and there were nearly 200 side
| lights in addition. About a dozen must
| clans played a better class of instruments
than those used in the harem, aud the
! crowd of men who chatted over cigarettes
/ and the inevitable coffee took 10 chairs
| much more generally than did the wo-
mon The bridegroom was a middIe-aged
! Egyptian, not iil-faVored, and said to be
very wealthy
And the marriage ceremony? The formal
! conveyance of the bride to her husband
house on the second day of the feast an
Swers that purpose The custom of cen
| turtles requires that she be borne in a pa
anquin between gayly decorated camels.
| put in Cairo the more prosaic carriage
| gains ground. After entering her nus
! btnd nome the white robes of the cir.
| are exchanged for the black, batlike cloak
! OF the matron. Wedding festivities last
! three DAYS from which it appears that
! the acquisition of new wife may cost cas-
| lly a small fortune
/ lhere was wedding breakfast given
| IN the artists quarter in East Twenty
! tnlrd street one day last week. and of all
OF the "arm-weather social functions that
nave been given in New York durina, mo
present season this one is characterized
| as lhe Unique occasion. says the New
| ork Tribune. The bride was a tan ar
list who lives in Germany.
livery one seems to be getting mar
RED, she said to the coterie of women
VINO were discussing weddings, trousseaus
ana general bridal paraphernalia. but
am welded 70 my art | shall give a we'd
ding breakfast TO proclaim the event,
Enough said! The wedding breakfast
was announced for the following week. II
occurred last Wednesday, and it was a
poster affair. Every guest was attired in
u'aperies OF startling colors, with gro
'eSque floral decorations. Flowing hair.
peacock feathers and paper orchids were a
rev OF the dccOra tons of attire The
guest cards were decorated in water color
on egg shell paper palettes. The bread
ana otner edibles were served on we'll
used paettes on which paint of MANY
hues was well dried. The bouillon was
Ldheh through straws from wooden cups.
Inc salad was garnished with pine shaw
lhgs. The centerpiece on the BANQUET table
was plastic figure Of the Venus de Milo
SWathed IN bridal veil. This figure was
later burned in the sacrificial flames on
the altar of a chahng-dish while the
guests circled about bearing torches and
chanting weird anthem
Inc walls of the banquet hall were dec
GRATED with posters. and the one that Uas
presented to the bride represented the
prostrate form of a maiden thrown across
the altar of art. This altar was set in
a armament of deep cerulean blue and
Whlle a heart pierced with an arrow shed
gore from the upper right-hand corner of
the painted armament palette pierced
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from a left-hand corner. The maiden sac
flhce was consumed by fiery flames. and
the whole design was strikingly realistic
as wei as cleverly symbolic of the occa-
ton.
Then every guest was obliged to tell
why she was married or why she was
not. The bride who was welded IN art
confessed bushingly that she married arr
because she couldn't live without IL. An
othef woman said she was not married
because she hadn't found a man whom
she liked better than herself third
woman said she married a man to get
ria OF MN, and another said she had been
married so many years that she couldn't
remember why she got married The tall
artist who was married TO art has gone
with her gaint brushes and easel to the
mountains to spend a honeymoon among
the clouds and scenery
1t is but too striking a fact that
knowledge of the world, as far as Ell
quette is concerned. is most commonly ac
CURED IN a very humiliating way. and at
the expense OF much injury to real deli
cacy or character. The VOtaries of fashion
must, of course, TO a certain degree. nav
the usual penalty of ignorance. but still
the more they can benefit by the exDeri
ehce or Older and wiser heads, the more
iree from annoyance will be their path.
Attention to the following hints to
yound ladies on their entrance into socie-
~ VIII spare them from encountering
many notifications in the high road of
Idshloni a course where we regret 10 add
they must always expect to meet more of
ll-hatured criticism than Of Christian
charity.
Young lady begins her career of wo-
manhood without the chance of any al
loWance for her mistakes and mfsdeeds
auu the same nicely of criticism is an
plled to the sex throughout life How
carefully, then, ought every action. every
expression, every thought to be watchedl
IN conversation, perhaps. she is most like
TO blunder II Is wiser and safer in
general to observe the good old-rashioned
rule OF being addressed first. but then
lhe young debutante must receive the adj
dress readily-meeting IL half way. repav-
ing II by charging little upon the topic
mus selected, and not by sinking into a
dull silence the moment after replv Is
given. II is in general a wise rule. ana
one which viii tend much TO insure com
Tort through life. TO avoid disclosures To
others of family AFFAIRS. ON the same prln-
clple, let the concern Of others be touched
upon with delicacy, or II possible. be
passed over in silence; more especially
those details which relate to pecuniary
matters. faults Of temperament, or family
differences To be able to listen well
strange as il may sound. is one of the
chief secrets OF the art Of conversing. to
do this, without Impotence. contradiction
or too eager wish for giving advice. is
"a gift not easily acquired.
A dearth Of words a woman need not fear
But It's a task. indeed. to learn to hear.
Ia that the art OF conversation lies.
That shows or makes you both polite and
wise.
The choice Of acquaintance IL another
most important step In life Where there
iS little decorum there is little real delt-
cacy Never mind a hlrt. married or sin
GLE your friend. Rumor Will seldom ven
ture TO assall prudent woman II Won
nave The happiness Of being guided az a
molner remember she Is your best friend
on such points but do not forget. iu vour
anxiety TO do wen, that you are MOI -
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