The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-20

tranced at the sight and forgot all about
his possible WEAKNESS, Impotence or pore
dom. With nothing 70 hurry or worry
me, my taste had accordingly had futt
swing, and when / submitted the results
to my husband, he was in such a state
of satisfaction that he would nave con-
sented to most anything But I could nev-
er get him to 20 there again. NO. he
always says, that dressmaker's too cute
for you and me- dear. Wen go to a
place where they don't try to sell dress
es by making things so entertaining Tor
fellow that he hardly knows where ne s
at q"
"Or course, in accepting these long
ahead dinner invitations one must have
mental reservations" commented socie-
ty woman. 81 always feel tempted to add
If nothing better turns up, for, It goes
without saying, one cannot be pound Ior
some particular evening four weeks ahead,
and there is no alternative but to accept
when there is no valid reason to give Tor
declining. The way look upon it is this:
In forcing your hand, as it were. your
hostess must take the risk Naturally l
would not accept another dinner invita-
ton for that particular night; but L would
not feel myself bound. for instance, to stay
in town, or give up any pleasant trip IN
consequence"
This may be reasonable enough, says
the New York Tribune. only this point OF
view seems to be so generally taken that
the dinner parties arranged for this month
are becoming greatly depleted by the so
cial exoduse to the South or to the resorts
nearer New York.
Dear Mrs B writes the fair de-
linquent, Il am in despair about missing
your delightful dinner, but the doctor or
ders change of air. etc, Whereupon the
next disadvantage of the present dinner
system comes to the fore. a short notice
implies a substitute, which, 10 the recip
lent, is not complimentary; and unless the
invited guest has already been properly
dned, neither he nor she feels particularly
hattered, and often declines, for no other
reason. 1t is only of late years that New
York has adopted The ''long-distance" in
vitation, which has been imported from
London. over there it has been for
long time social pitfaH 10 the uniniti-
atcd American traveller
1--WE had arranged to spend a month at
London after my presentation, in the hight
of the season." said the daughter of high
official at Washington land expected to
have lovely time for we had letters to
a number of the smartest people And
after that we had arranged an itinerary
on the continent which mamma-whose
laws are like those of the Modes and Per-
SLAMS which alter not-was determined to
put through; indeed, she only consented
10 the London episode to please me, think
ing it really a great waste of time. Well
we delivered our letters, and made our
courtesy to the Queen, and then the invi-
tations came pouring in. Dinners galore,
but every one either a month or six weeks
off. 1 never was so disappointed in my
In I ma to 90 owe
TO the continent and return month later;
she was inexorable. 4 will not cringe to
such ridiculous customs, she said; L am
here; if they want me, let them ask me
now; for my part believe it is just a
way to get rid of US. l think we have
been treated with great dsrespectv And
she has hated the English ever sincei Y GU
see, she is a great lady at home and she
had expected to have a considerable fuss
made over her, and she either could not or
would not see that the nobility intended to
be civil to us after their fashion. To be
sure, we had cards for some dances, but
| after one experience L agreed with mamma
that we had better let the others so. Our
| first and only smart entertainment in Lon
don was a so-called dance a Lady As.
which reminded me of the question in our
school philosophy OF how many angels can
dance on the point of a needle if they do
| not occupy lllt same SDdCS-d question
which the pretty English girls seemed to
| solve to their satisfaction, for l never saw
SO much vigorous movement in such a
| small area The crush was dreadful. We
| sat the whole evening in one corner to-
| gether, with not a soul to talk to, and that
was all our enjoyment of English society,
/ for the next day mamma proposed and |
agreed willingly, thar we should spend the
| time allotted to London in Scotland all
my anticipations of hobnobbing with aris-
| tocracy being frustrated by our ignorance
of their customs and mammals obstnacy.''
He was a very clever man, but he did
| not shine in general society. She was a
| clever hostess, and she believed that her
| guests who would not shine must be
| made TO shine, and she knew the man
| very well. He had come says the New
| York Times, in answer to her invitation
under protest but one must be agreeable
! to ones wife and oblige a friend occa-
| sionally. But it was not as bad as ne had
! thought it would be. He found a congen-
| ial spirit almost Immediately, and settled
down for a good talk. The congenial spir-
it was another bright man. The hostess
saw the two together and was shocked
| She flew to them. THE idea she said
! 'of you two men wasting yourselves on
each other" and she took them to oppo-
| site corners of the room, where they
| would be more useful 10 the company al
/ large. But there was a force of gravita-
| ton which gradually drew them together
again, and they were soon lost to every
thing around them. But again the host
ess discovered them and again they were
separated Then the man went to his
| wife.
Il am not going to stay any longer, -
he said. If he had been boy he would
have said: I'm mad, and I'm going
home" And he would not have been
treated with more considerable if he had
been a small boy. His wife was a woman
of tact. Very WELL" she said, 81 am
not ready to go yet, but you go and dom
say anything about 1t and no one will
know it," And he did go and no one die
know it, and the hostess does not know
even now that il she had not been such
a good hostess one of her guests might
have enjoyed himself more thoroughly.
What of That
Tired? Well, and what of that!
Didst fancy life was spent on beds of ease
Fluttering the rosy leaves scattered by
che breeze?
Come; rouse theel Work while tbs called
to-day.
Coward, arise! Go forth upon thy way.
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