The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-23
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glance at New York's Fifth avenue
crowded with carriages convinces one
that the oolong wave, better known as
the afternoon tea, is likely to result IN
a cyclone. The postman is delivering
cards for teas in every direction To-
day it is Washington square, tomorrow
it is Nineteenth street, and the merits
of caravan tea made in Russian
samoyar. of English breakfast made in
a satsuna teapot or of orange pekoe
made in a silver ball specially agltate
the feminine mind. With Russian tea
a Houeur glass of sherry or rum may
be put in and is supposed to add TO It's
excellence. For my own part, am ola
fashioned enough to long for sugar and
cream in my tea and to prefer it out
of a broad, low, thin cup rather than
out of tumbler. 1 find that I am not
alone in my tastes, which proves that
the conservative party is growing. Very
thin sandwiches made tasty with leaf
of lettuce and a dash of mayonnaise
dressing or tissuelike chocolate waters
that fairly melt in ones mouth are Of
fered at tea. The men who drop in are
ant to choose, in preference to either of
these. a slice of bread, buttered on the
toaf. with a little raspberry or straw
berry lam over it. AS lady is, in the
Saxon. loaf giYer," it seems appro-
pirate for her to serve bread in this
fashion. and the woman who can stand
and dispense it from the loaf gracefully
is the possessor of a charm that is alb
soluteIy unequaled. Serving tea sinks
into insignificance beside 1t. One would
think the aroma of bread and butter
would be over it, but in reality there
Is a hint that she who can manage to
cut the loaf and make it dainty for you
Is capable of being like the wise woman
I'm the Proverbs, liable to manage those
of her own household" and this is not
the easiest thing in the world. A wo-
man has TO be bit of a diplomat, as
well as to have clear, common sense, to
manage the different elements in a
home so that harmony is the result.
Yesterday afternoon, while drinking
my fifth cup of tea, I was the confdante
of a young woman who had attempted
to economize. This young woman-we
will call her DolIy-concluded that all
new bonnets except those she made her
self would be barred out, but that bv
using some very handsome feathers she
already possessed she might have a
large hat. According to her own ac-
count, she meditated after this fashion.
my feathers are beautiful. They de-
serve to be put on hat by master in
the art of posing feathers, and, as thew
will constitute the trimming, / can af
ford to go to a first class milliner who
absolutely understands the art of MAX
Ing a picture hat" Burdened with her
Feathers, she invaded the workshop of
the high priest of the big hats. told him
what she wished, and he consented a fl
er much persuasion, to mount her
plumes for her. She tried on varjous
hats until the shape desired was cot
and then inquired the price of the new
one. It was S24. "Ha, hal" she
thought, mine will be about $40"
Within a week a box the size of three
ordinary bandboxes in one and of dead
white pasteboard appeared. overshad-
owed by a small boy in startling Iiv-
cry, who presented a bill for S19.75. NOT
being brave, Mistress Dolly did not be-
have as she should-that is, jerk out her
feathers and send the hat back with her
compliments. Instead she meekly paid
The bill, clutched the white elenhant
mirror
tried on the hat. Somehow Dolly
thought her face had never looked so
small. 1t certainly had never been so
white and it had never looked So insi,-
hificant. Was that hat very large ?
Was il very pointed? Was it verv enor-
nous? After declining to answer these
questions, even 10 herself, she brought
consolation to her own soul by thinking
that she was not used to hat like that
and she determined to try it on her
friends-that is, TO see what their onin-
Ions would be. Her most intimate friend
was deliclously vague, and said that she
never saw handsomer materials &,
Her best young man was inclined to be
a little hrusque, looked at il. looked al
her. and then inquired. DO Won cal
that hat? 1 call il a hearse and
you look like small corpse under it.
Then she cried. and he went avav
wishing that he hadn't said ANYTHING
and. TO make her feel better. sent he,
ten pounds of candy and a big bunch a.
violets. But, alas! for Dolly. She Ia.
spent more money than she could af
ford. She possesses hat that she viii
not wear, and at present she is ripl,jn,
II 10 pieces and making small bonnetl
out Of il. There is a moral 10 this tale
which is When you go in for a hat
beware of the picturesque" Even whel
you are not saving money you will fin,
that ii is better in the long run to Iool
like other women than TO have on YOU
head startling symphony in feather
and felt. No man except an artist like
very big hat. and ne only likes it be
cause II helps TO decorate his stud
when he gives an afternoon tea. Con
geCuentlv hP is Dlreiv selfish ir bfs q
prevail of IT.
The chatelaine has got 20 be a matte
Of great Importance. and the girl VIII
does not possess one with anywher
from 50 10 $50 silver and gold Trims
dangling on it feels that she is enti-el
cut OF the swim. ] had to laugh tn
other day when / heard man say
she is such a nice woman. becaus