New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-01
SOME WAYS OF THE WORLD.
OLDTIME WAR RECOLLECTONs AND
NEW WOULD-BE BELLIGERENTS.
EcoNoMIzINo IN VIEW OF THE COUNTRY
POSSIBLE DEMANDS WHERE THE
COST COMES IN.

COST COMES IN.
Every social topic IS subservient for tho nonce
20 the war talk, which Is the most absorbing
subject every fashionable function This IS Ger
tany no time for personal prominence OF any K''ia
unconnected with military subjects. At the wed
ding, the bride is hardly discussed. and the brides
maids receive scant notice. In the buzz of CONVEX
sation that precedes church wedding the tax IS
Of the soldier laddies, and who are TO so ana what
are the prospects ahead OF them 1t is astonishing
how many there who have what they beiieNe
20 be authentic information, and how totally wrong
Il generally proves 10 be in the end Now that the
causes are beyond discussion and the war Is actn-
ally upon US whether VIII or no. We must lee!
glad and proud Of the intense patriotism WAlrh
seems 10 prevail among our young people, who 'e-
spond like powder 10 the touch of match |nan
their country is threatened.
II suppose II is all right, said a war veteran al
the sixties IT would not have son other than
the ho,-headed foolish fellow that he Is. should
feel ike kicking him If he were a sensible. cold
blooded calculator. All the same. 1t seemed strange
20 me to be called dsloyal because was nos keen
for war and until 1t was inevitable felt II might
have been avoided. who fought seven years Tor
my country" One patriotic young lady who nal
visitor the other afternoon startled thai young
man considerably by asking him matter CT
course in which regiment ne proposed 20 orlist
But" ne stammered. for he was shy and hope
lessiy in love with his hostess II never 'hough'
Of enisting."
Had Won not better think Of II them" sho tn
CURED, codly.
II thought you said YOU would not join" said
nj. friend who was recruiting a company IN a new
regiment when the young gentleman in question
presented himself applicant for admission
81 am scared blue" frankly admitted tho new re-
cruit but she made me" While the young re ope
have all more or less succumbed to a violent at
tack Of the fever. their elders arr IN ,ned 70
call up "reminiscences and old stories gain ne" IN
terest as they suggest the present situation and It's
CONTINGENCIES
do YOU remember" say the cider women 70 cuch
other how we picked lint made banleges and
kni, oueer-shaped stockings in the Old war dovs.
and how despised the carpet knights who
stayed at home?
II declare it seems Ike yester iay said the gray
haired men that we marched down the streets
with the bands playing and banners flying TO the
tune Of The Girl Left Behind Me-. 0ut We found
her again. God bless her, faithful and true on our
return"
But OH the blessedness Of that day when peace
was declared is the keenest recollection in the
hearts Of those who suffered in those days WHO re-
member how all the land went mad with JOY when
the cruel war was and the regiments came
back bringing happiness. mixed with sorrow tor
the slain Old-time stories that young people rs
tened 10 with u-concoaled Impotence not long ago
are now eagerly called for since they bring me
past into immediate touch win the present, ana
the narrators nattcred with the unwont"d atteh-
ton grow garrulous and fight ali their battles
Ger again" And so it goes on-tne talk ana the
surnises and the petty detail which. Ike camp-iol-
lowers surround the great events which change ma
lions and make history.
What would We not give TO know what we Will
have 10 remember In the years to come besides 'ie
Maine!
NOT COUNTING THE COST
And wonder OF wonders. even spring clothes are
t,s. now in allowance to the spirit. and our
Flora McFlimscys making a great virtue OF
getting their new frocks at home instead Of order
ing them from Paris. Resides We must econo-
mize." they add: we all expect TO be dreadfuily
poor for ever so long and their efforts in TINS "l-
rection are sometimes most drol. .
one young woman who needs 70 add experience
and 10 show her papa her readiness TO retrench-
to have cotton fr6ck made AZ home 50 she EN- en-
SaSm a. L. cents yard and then after consultation
MN The former decided upon pattern that would
require yards upon yards OF lace lnserlQI whcn
she proceeded 70 get at an expensive establishment
'.rhat is a pretty pattern. she said to the man
a. ise nease You can send it home and
shall wan, some deep edging to match IL f9r the
fchu" This. was quickly found ana m
rneasely pleased with her mana cement. Miss Flora
""T snail have dear little trock for mere moth
ing: i, only cost Is yard" she said TO her
greatly delighted father that evening feeling that
his freely bestowed praises were bat her Just due
The The. mex WF m9 ook 10 T ne seamstress
III seems pity 70 cut up this good lace. Miss
"oh nonsense answered the fair economist.
81 saved so much on the dress anyway that it does
not signify: chop It up any way You like want IT
TO oe eo pfd' link Fio sSG nor elder sister that
what with the womans time and the cost Of the
h se Dr'e F ss
otber began in self-jusuhcation TO reckon up the
cost. ,,.. -, r,,,oh ANYWAY, vras the
confident hut alas premature assertion. for the
next day. when sh92ping VIII ner m9'nsI me ia'
black " veive. dnneT-sown although know can
Nov to hif
continued taking up some .piWt''N ISL w,
while hSITiS sgsP mnd or was he same pat
tern which she had chosen for her trimming the
'H How much is IT." asked her mother OF the
e' sEtgh, dollars the yard" was the answer.
We'll dare say il is worth T. bu III y Is more
than | could afford TO give Miss Flora gave
s1esSI amms." she said. hurriealy, sudden
thought brought - eer hoP send o nsy take the
Carriage ana send It back FOR you?"
stI hnNhg os she So ia drive home as fast as
Rer arrival at the house she inwardly prayed that
me sSee "TD short lengths following an intricate
pattern the costly insertion had been let into the
''T TOOK Miss Florence call that real tasty" ex
claimed the dressmaker. as she entered holding
~ the skirt Cor her approval
sWEETHEARrs AND WIVES
Although held 10 be an accepted fact that Eng
lisbmen have a decided liking for American wom-
en- land certainly they seem TO give matrimonial
proofs OF their partisly). II ia nevertheless true
that no sooner has n true Briton married the OBJ
feet OF his admiration than ne sets himself to work
10 make her as unlike her compatr!ots possible
and as IKE mis- own womankind az he can per
suade her 10 become. All this goes. to prove that
the qualities which a finds 10 be desirable In
his sweetheart he does not altogether care for in
his wife. II Is astonishing how soon these Anglo
American women acquire the pronunciation, tho
repose and the dulness Of the OF sheir
adopted country. and how they strive to initiate
what they formerly considered TO be undesirable
mannerisms in English women circumstances
alter cases. is a prove-b which these Western
horu an and those W 10 hea he