The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-10

fore US. An engagement of marriage pre-
supposes a marriage. A girl cannot, with
any self-respect, dissociate the two. The
one is part of the other. Consent to marry
man means that a girl Is ready to prove
her faith by her works A promise is cas-
4 lily given; it is not always as easily full
filled. To play fast and loose with the
hottest state on earth at the betrothal as
well as at the altar, is the most fatal and
dangerous game In which a girl can in
dulge. No self-respecting girl becomes
mans fiancee If she has the remotest idea
or faintest suspicion that she cannot be
his wife, Words of admiration equally
forcible could be written to young men on
this point Often young mans proposal
of marriage is simply nothing more nor
less than a travesty. But, after all that
might be written to young men, the bal
ance of power in this matter lies in the
hands Of the girl. She must answer. And
that answer Should be the answer of her
life.
This little drama is from the New York
Weekly:
Clara with emotion)-"George are you
sure you will always love me?"
George (fervently)-"While life lasts, my
own
Clara (suppressing tear)-"George, If
trials and fluctuations should come"
George (amazed)-'My heart is yours
alone, my love, and always will be-"
Clara (sobbing)-"George, are you 1ure,
perfectly sure. that nothing-nothlng at
| all-could cool your affection?"
George Thoroughly alarmed)-"My sra
ciousl What's happened? Has your father
failed?"
Clara (hysterically) Worse. Far
worse"
George (much relieved)-"Ten me all. iily
angel; 1 can bear it."
Clara with heroic effort-"G George,
Twelve got IA boil coming on my
nose" L.l U.fsf
The modern fashion of non-introduction,
says the New York Tribune. is an unfor-
tunate one from a social point of view,
and has done more to disintegrate general
society than any one thing. In the good
old-fashioned days, when every one was
introduced by the hostess without discrim-
lnation, she feeling that she had the right
in her own house to make her guests
known to each other, there was the out
| ward semblance, at least, of cordlality,
| and it was possible to infuse new and
! therefore, interesting elements into nearly
every reunion. Now this is made we'll
| nigh impossible by the modern eXclu-
siveness, distrust, indifference, or what
| ever it is, that has brought about the pres
ent system. OF course, the theory Is that
any guest may safely speak to another in
| the drawing room of a mutual acquaint-
| ence, but no one does, and Mrs. Tiptop or
Miss Midas would resent the direct address
| of an unknown of either sex. To a stran-
! ger or to any one who has been out of
touch through one cause OF another with
| the social world for some time, such ostra-
! cism-for it amounts to that's most I'M
| comfortable, and the fact that it is the
! fashion, and not on account of anything
| personal, does not make it any easier. A
once well-known fashionable woman. who
| for many years had been "out of it, by
reason of mourning, absence abroad, etc,
| and who for the sake of her young daugh-
ter has been trying this winter to take
up the broken thread of her life, Was
speaking the other day of this modern
/ omission with considerable acumen she
referred to the delightful contrast In the
salon of a certain grande dame of the
| old school, who with kindly courtesy IN
troduced her guests to each other and did
| her best to make them feel at home. 1T
| was like going into a different atmos-
| phere" declared the absentee, land in her
drawing room regarded my self-respect,
which had been sadly shaken as for a
| woman of my age to find suddenly that
she has neither "a local habitation, nor a
name among the present generation Is not
a little trying"
In Germany men invariably asked to be
introduced to a stranger, whether she is
attractive or not; the fact that she is the
| guest of their hostess makes it incumbent
upon them to pay her that courtesy. This
done, they retire at once, but 1t gives the
opportunity for a future dance or CONVEX
sation should the occasion arise, and GER
tainly greatly adds to the ease and com
fort of the newcomer 1t is a great p ty
that such a commendable habit could not
be inaugurated among us, instead of the
Indifferent avoidance which every year pe
comes more marked and makes entertain
ing more difficult.
He had been so ecstatically happy, says
the New York Commercial Advertiser
ever since she consented TO be married
Easter week that she was bit startled
when he came to see her the other even
ing looking disturbed and serious.
Il have come TO tell you something" he
stammered And toto tell you-tc
know if you would mind" ne stopped
and sighed, doing me favor" He look
; ed al her, but she sat waiting for him tc
continue.
ITS about the-the wedding" he went
on Il met Nell in the street, and she told
me you had asked her to be one of youl
. bridesmaids Yes, / know il was l who
insisted that we should have a big wed.
ding. 1 want you TO have all your friends