The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-11


are as close fitting as calling dresses.
The following suggestions are made by
the Galveston News:
Learn to laugh. A good laugh is better
than medicine.
Learn to tell story. well told story
is as welcome as a sunbeam In a sick
room.
Learn to keep your troubles to yourself
The world is too busy to care for your ills
and sorrows.
Learn TO stop croakng. If you cannot
see anything good in this world, keep the
bad to yourself.
Learn to hide your aches and pains I'M
der a pleasant smile. No one cares wheth-
er you have the earachc, headache or rheu-
matism.
Learn 10 attend strictly to your own
business. A very important point.
Learn to greet your friends with a smile
They carry too many frowns in their own
hearts to be bothered with any of yours
The women of San Francisco make quite
a social event each year Of their Cushion
Teas" which are for the benefit OF the
Woman's Exchange Of that city.
wealthy woman interested In the
scheme opens her house for the com5lna-
ton sale and tea drinking and the affair
Is always a success. At the last Cushion
Tea" the ball room Of a big mansion was
the salcsroom
Heaped high on many tables, piled up
on diVans and settees, the cushions of silk.
velvet, cotton, leather and lace Haunted
their varied beauties upon the passer-by-
She who hesitated was invariably lost,
and all day long there was a steady stream
of parcels bound for the homes of pur-
chascrs. The prices were as various rs The
materials that had been fashioned into
cushions. They were within the reach Of
all purses, but most of the wallets that
come to Womans Exchange teas are
golden lined. Some cushions were big and
deep, were rounded and edged with cord
heavy as a cable. Sorse were Of softest
velvet, others were stiff with embroidery
of gold and silver thread, Some wooed TO
rest, others bristled with jewels and Off
cut stitches. There were little cushions
for pins and big ones for couches. Almost
every one was a labor of love. They sold
wonderfully well. BY evening it was low
tide on the tables and divans, and when
II o'clock came The cushions that had failed
10 attract the public eye we're few and far
between. A few were reserved for rafIles,
but hundreds were sold outright.
One Of the best authorities on giving
dinner has laid down some golden rules
the first being: Let not the company ex-
coed twelve, so that the conversation may
be constantly general" These guests
should be well chosen, they should know
one another, and there should be a mix
ture of rank, beauty youth, wit, art and
literature The meats should be few, but
choice, the wines of the best, the attend
ants silent and swift. 1t is told of Louis
XIV that at his suppers which were in
the Petit TriapOn. no attendants were
allowed Everything. table and all, rose
up silently through a trap door and dis
appeared as noiselessly when the repast
was over. This was done quite as much
10 insure privacy as 20 promote CONVEX
saton. There can be no doubt the per-
petual showing of dishes at your elbow and
the constant filling OF your glass interrupts
the flow Of words.
Very few dinner giyers would like to
follow the fashion Of the ancient Greeks.
who liked 10 remind their guests Of the
short duration Of human life. Al all their
entertainments a tiny model OF an em-
balmed body was passed around 10 each
guest who repeated In his turn the word.