Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-01-27

NEW YoRK, Jan. 2l.-A glance at New
Works. Fifth avenue crowded with carriages
Gonvinces one that the ooloug wave, better
known as the afternoon tea, is likely to re-
suit in cyclone. The postman Is deliver
ing cards for tens in every direction. To-day
it is Washington Square, tomorrow u is
Nineteenth street, and the merits OF cara.
van tea made in a Russian samovar, of
English breakfast made in a satSuma tea
pot or q! orange pekoe made in silver ball
specially agtate the feminine mind. With
Russian tea a liquelir glass OF sherry or rum
may be put in aud is supposed to add to its
excellence. For my own part, ] am old
fashioned enough to long for sugar and
cream in my tea and to prefer IL ont Of a
broad low, thin cup rather than out Of a
tumbler. | find that am not alone in my
tastes, which proves that the conservative
party is growing. Very thin sandwiches
made tasty with q leaf of lettuce and dash
of mayonnaise dressing or tissuclike choco-
late waters that fairly melt in ones mouth
are offered at tea. The men who drop. in
are apt to choose, IN preference to either
OF these, slice Of tread, buttered on the
Loaf, with little raspberry or strawberry
jam over it. As "lady' il. i'll ibe Saxon,
loaf giver." il seems appropriate for her
to serve bread in this fashion, and the
woman who can stand and dispense 1t from
the loaf gracefully is the pos2essor Of II
charm that is absolutely unequaled. Serv-
ing tea sinks into insignifcance beside it.
One would think tine aroma OF bread and
butter would he over H. but in reality there
is q hint that she who can manage o cut the
loaf and make it dainty for you is capable
of being like the wise woman IN the
Proverbs liable TO manage those of her own
household, and this is not the easiest thing
in the world woman has to be bit of a
diplomat, As well as TO have clear, common
sense, to manage the different clements IN q
home SO tina harmony is the result
Yesterday a ,ssb 81 ia nv
fifth cup OF tea was the continanle pi "A
Young woman VINO mad attempted to econ
omile. This Young wnman--wc Will call her
nully-coucluded that all new buunets eX
cept those she made herself would b. barred
out, but that BY 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 deserve to be
put on u hat by master III the art of posing
feathers, and, as they will constitute the
trimming. can afford to 70 TO a lirst.Class
miiliner who absolutely understands the art
of making a picture hat" Burdencd with
her feathers, she Invaded the workshop of
OF the high priest of the big hats, told him
what she wished, and he consented after
much persuasion, to mount her plumes for
her She tried on various hats until the
shape desired was got, and then inquired
the price of the new one. 1T was ga. lila,
han she thought, "MinC will be about $40"
Within week a box the size of three
ordinary bandboxes IN one and of dead
white pasteboard appeared. Oyersh8dOwed by
small boy in d startling livery, who pre-
sented bill for $3.50. Not being brave
Mistress Dolly did not behave as she should
that is jerk out her feathers aud send the
hat back with her compliments Instead
she meekly paid the bill, clutched the white
elephant, seated herself before the mirror
aud tried on the hat. Somehow Dolly
thought her face had never looked so small
Il certainly had never been so white and it
had never looked 50 insignificant. Was
that hat very large? Was it very pointed ?
Was 1t very enormous? After declining to
answer these questions, even to herself she
brought consolation to her own soul By
thinking that she was not used to hat like
that, aud she determined to try IL on her
friends-that is, to see what their opinions
would be. Her most intimate friend was
dolcously vague, and said that she never
saw handsome materials" Her best young
man was inclined to be little brtlsque
looked at it, looked at her, and then in
quired, do you cali that hat2 | call it q
hearse, and you look like a small corpse
under IT," Then She cried, and he went
away wishing that he hadn't said anything,
and to make her feel better, sent her ten
pounds of candy and u big buch OF violets
But, alas! for Dolly. She has spent mort
money than she could afford. She possesses
hat that she will not wear, and at present
bonnets out Of 1t. There Is q moral To thi,
tale, which is, "When you 90 in for hat
beware of the picturesque Even When
You are not saying money you will find tina
II is better in the long run to look like othe
women than to have on your head ;
startling symphony in feathers and felt. NJ
man except an artist likes 4 very big hat
aud he only likes it because 1t helps {,
decorate his studio when lac gives an after
noon tea consequently he is purely se,lisl
in his approval Of il.
The chutelaine has got to be n matter o
great Importance, and the girl who does no
possess one with anywhere from 80 TO IL
silver and gold things dangling ON it feel
that she is entirely ont of the swim. ha,
to laugh the other day when heard mar
FAY, she is such q nice woman, because
she always has such d lot OF pins abou
her." 1t seemed curious sort Of approval
and yet If anybody will remember HOY
often Il pin is longed for and how hard 1t |
TO get when hooks and eyes and button
that DO not button are to the fore some
body who has plenty of pins may be u god
send to nervous woman who has torn he
frock, or to the swell who needs to pin hi
scarf at the side, or who has had an acciden
with his coat. The pins, of course. ar
carried in litte silver pncushion Ganglin
from the chatelaine. The preferred chat,
laine is shaped after the outline of dew
fish, the various legs forming the point
from which the useful and ornamental 40
iuncts hang, and then other adiuncts ca
hang from their chains. 10 start with
there is always pair Of tiny silver scissor.
sharp enough to clip the stem of howel
but not to cut love- then there are littl
hand glass concealed in a flat silver ease
viniagrette III the form of a scorpion, $,
tablets, pincushiou,sa lot OF memory bell
some good luck coins, as many pencils c
can be accommodated various little hook
box to hold sweets aud all the rest Of Ill
convenient anu conventional trumperv
Apropos of tablets, | heard 4 funn
story the other day. 1t is well-know
fact that during the holiday shOpplu
the average woman. becomes frightfnll
nervous. Consequently the polite foe
walker is quite accustomed to speaking
women who are 10 tears and nine times oil
of ten can guess the reason Of their erie
A specially civil chap saw handsomel
&. gowned, refined looking woman erwin
bitterly. He asked il she were i'll and If /
should get her a'glass of water. No, uuthit
was the matter with her so far US lime
was concerned. Had she lost her purse
1t was safe in the shopping bag. Had 81
lost her way2 No, she lived in the city al
knew her way about town. Had her frient
or children wandered from her? No. 81
had gone out alone.
At last suddenly inspired, he asked ''IIa,
you lost your memorandum book ~ 81
looked up in his face and answered. "N
I've got it, but can't make ont what OF
word of II means" And eventually 81
cried SO long and so hard that she had q
attack of hysteria and doctor had to
called in and carriage got. and her loss
memory cost her husband $50. The NOR
is, Write out your memorandum list
you will know what It means.n A We,
sensible judge has decided that the pr
prietor OF theatre will have to pay for
fr0ck torn by nail on the seat engaged Il
the performance. Now comes the oppn