The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-17

The middle of October brings with 1t in
creasng signs that Savannah is awaken
sng from the quiet of the past few months
Further north the chill winds bring tC
2helr close all the vestiges Of summer life
at seaside or mountain resort, and people
are focking back to town quite content tc
start afresh another round of work or OF
gaiety as the case may be. November
means the commencement of another sea.
son." and now the debutante is preparing
TO bloom forth and the sound of mirth is
IN the air. According to surmise the
winter is to be gay one and of private
entertainments there will be an unusual
number. Enter aiming is a simple thing
these days for hostesses, who do not care
10 be bothered with house
hold details, or those who
are not efficient in such matters, and Sa-
wannah is particularly fortunate in having
a number of ladies, who have taken up the
work of catering. A few years ago there
was but one person in the whole city, who
could, so to speak, "fn the BILL" and from
December till May the cry for Bridget
filled the land. Now things have changed,
and instead of a hostess greeting her
friends with a conventional smile on her
lips, and an awful fear in her heart that
the terrapin stew may be cold, the guest
instead feels on entering the house that
here entertaining is a habit, not a once-a-
year scramble!
New features are always creeping into
entertainments and one of the latest is
the costume dinner which originated at a
country house in England but Is of course
now being adopted in this country Much
more interesting than the orthodox din
ner party which has repeated itself for
generations is the liveliness and variety of
this new idea. A Shakespeare dinner when
such characters as Portia or Juliet appear,
is a favorite but any number of amusing
and attractive fancies can be carried out.
1T would seem that though America is
laughed at as being the birth place'3of
"parlor trick" entertainments, yet every
where people are the same In their search
for the new and the amusing.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Elliott entertained
delightfully."- on Wednesday evening with a
supper party. Those present were: Miss
Lily McLane Anderson Miss Hetty Barn
well of Charleston, Miss Elise Huger
Miss Hattie Elliott, Mr.. w. Gordon Har-
rison, Mr. r. c. Harrison Mr.. Arthur b.
Elliott and Mr.. e. O. Watkins.
Invitations have been received in Sa-
Ndutldu 10 a commemorative meeting OF
the New Jersey Society of the Colonial
Danes, which will take place on Oct %
at the Elizabeth Town and Country Club
in Elizabeth, n ]. Miss Eugenia John
ston will represent the Savannah branch
of the society at this meeting
Mrs, w. W. Owens and Miss Julia Ow-
ems arrived on Friday from Pine Hill on
the Hudson, where they spent the sum
mer.
Mrs. ]. c. Habersham, Mrs. Wylly
Woodbridge and Miss Margaret Vernon
Stiles have returned to the city, after
spending the summer at Green Island
Mrs. T. NJ. Cunningham is among the
guests of the Hotel Marlborough in New
York.
Mrs. Charles Mills and Mrs. Sans have
returned from Decatur, where they have
been spending the past few months
Mr.. Walter Chisholm, Mr.. r. r. Moore
and Mr.. ]. ]. McDonough, Jr., were among
the passengers who arrived in the Grand
Duchess Thursday.
Miss Nan duBignon, who is now In Will
mington, Del, will make a number of Wis
its to friend at the north and will not
return home before January. Miss Caro-
duBignon is now in WATERFOWL. Conn.
Miss Hetty Barnwell of Charleston, S.
C., is the guest of Mrs. Paul Lyman.
Mr.. G. Noble Jones, who returned dur
1ng the week from a months vacation
which he spent in Athens and Atlanta
left on Friday for New York. where he
will spend a few weeks.
Mrs. Gratz c. Myers and Mr. George !,
Appleton arrived Friday from New York
after spending the summer at Mr.. An
pleton's home in Englewood n. J.
Mrs. John L. Hammond and Miss Ham
mond are at the Hotel Normandie. in New
York.
Miss Harriet Hardee left yesterday for
Columbus, where she will spend the win
ter.
Mrs. H. M. Branch, Miss Meta Branch
ana Mr. ii. M. Branch, Jr, have left
Blue Ridge Summit, and are now at An
napolis, Md
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Luclen Jones. who have
been in New York, have returned home.
Rev. and Mrs. Charles H. Strong have
returned from the north
Mr.. and Mrs. S. E. Theus are among the
'SaVannahians now in New York
Mr.. and Mrs l. NJ. Aiken of Pensacola
returned from a northern trip last week.
mrs. Aiken will spend a month here. and
Is at Miss McAlpin's on Oglethorpe ave
nue. Nv
Miss Fannie Phillips, who has been
spehohs the summer with Mrs. Gratz
" q. arrived
New York on Friday
Miss Elizabeth Waller is VISITING, NJ
and Mrs Louis Young, on Drayton Street
Mrs. Fleming duBignon, who returned
last week from the north, left on Fridav
Tor Miliedseyille to visit relatives.
MISS Mary Joe Stiles is the guest az
MISS carrie Helm, at Sing Sing, on the
Miss Jennie Haines, who spent the sum
lher IN North Georgia, returned vestar-
day looking very bright and nrot,,, 80 s1li.
the enects of her outing in the noun.
MISS Estell Hinson, formerly nurse al
the Telfair hospital, is taking a tboroI,. !
course Sos IN the Episcopal training ecb6ol
f f., nurses IN Philadelphia. Her many
nah. pa 'ois -lon SaVan-