The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-23

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better known as the afternoon tea, is
Inselv to result in a cyclone. The postman
&c delivering cards for teas in every direc-
zion To-day 1t is Washington square, to-
morrow it is Nineteenth street, and the
merits of caravan tea made in Russian
sarovar. of English breakfast made In
a satslma teapot or of orange pekoe made
On . silver ball specially agitate the femi-
nine mind With a Russian tea a liquor
glass of sherry or rum may be put in and
Is supposed 10 add to its excellence. For
NV own part, I am old-fashioned enough
N long for sugar and cream in my tea
and to prefer 1t out of broad, low. thin
cum rather than out of tumbler. 1 find
that I am not alone in my tastes, which
nroves that the conservative party is
growing. Very thin sandwiches made
tasty with leaf of lettuce and a dash of
rnavonnaise dressing or tissue-like choco-
late waters that fairly melt in ones
month are offered at tea The men who
drop in are apt to choose, in preference
10 either of these, a slice of bread but
tered on the leaf, with a little raspberry
or strawberry jam over it. AS lady is,
in the Saxon, loaf giver," it seems ap-
propriate 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
solutely unequaled. Serving tea sinks in
to insignifcance beside it, One would
think the aroma of bread and butter
would be over it, but in reality there rs
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 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 elements in home so that harm
ony is the result.
Yesterday afternoon, while drinking my
fifth cup of tea, 1 was the conffdaute of
young woman who had attempted to econ
omize. This young woman-we will call
her Dolly-concluded that all new bonnets
except those she made herself would be
barred out, but that by using some very
handsome feathers she already possessed
she might have a large hat. According to
her own account, she meditated after this
fashion: MY feathers are beautiful. They
deserve to be put on a hat by master
In the art of posing feathers, and, as they
will constitute the trimming, L can aford
to go to a first-class miliner who abso-
lutely understands the art of making
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, after much per-
suasion, to mount her plumes for her. She
m va a shane
sired was got, and then inquired the price
of the new one. 1t was $24. 'Ha, haW
she thought Mine will be about So
Within a week a box the size of three or
binary bandboXes in one and of dead white
pasJeboard appeared, overshadowed by
small boy in a startling livery, who pre-
scented a bill for $19.75. Not being brave,
Mistress Dolly did not behave as she
shoud-that is, jerk out her feathers and
send the hat back with her compliments.
Instead she meekly paid the bill, clutched
the white elephant, seated herself before
the mirror and tried on the hat. Some
how Dolly thought her face had never
looked SO small 1t certainly had never
been so white and it had never looked so
Insignificant. Was that hat very large?
Was it very pointed? Was it very enor-
nous? After declining to answer these
questions, even to herself she brought
consolation to her own soul by thinking
That she was not used to d hat like that,
ana she determined to try 1t on her friends
that is, to see what their opinions would
De. Her most intimate friend was deli
clously vague, and said that she never
saw handsomer materials" Her pest
young man was inclined to be a little
brusque, looked at it, looked at her, and
then inquired, DO you call that hat? l
can 1t hearse, and you look
IKE small corpse under it.
men she cried, and he went away
wishing that he hadn't said anything,
ana, to make her feel better, sent her
Ten pounds of candy and big bunch of
Noets. But, alas! for Dolly. She has
slent more money than she could afford.
cue possesses a hat that she Will not
wear and at present she is ripping it to
pieces and making small bonnets out OF
H. mere is a moral to this tale, which IS,
"hen you go in for a hat, beware oil
lhe picturesque" Even when you are not
SAVING money you will find that it is bet
YER IN the long run to look like other
women than to have on your bead start
ing symphony in feathers and felt. No
man except an artist likes a very big
.'' and he only likes it because it helps
~ decorate his studio when he gives an
ol!,cIhoon tea. Consequently he is purely
N,asn IN his approval of it.
We caatelaine has got to be a matter
u great Importance, and the girl who
Us not possess one with anywhere from
o, -'V ahNef ana gOlu Things dduSiH5
vi " reels that she is entirely out of the
NUN had to laugh the other day when
u''rd a man say. fShe is such a nice
"tHiah, because she always has such
Oh pins about her" 1t seemed GU
sort of approval, and yet If any
ioS VIII remember how often a pin is
-s0 for and how hard 1t is to get
,el hooks and eyes and buttons that do
ION ION are to the FORE somebody who has
~ OF pins may be a godsend to
-. GUS woman who has torn her frock,
20 70 the swell who needs to pin his
iii at the side, or who has had an ac-
an with his coat. The pins, of course,
d carried in a little silver pincushion
.-'thg from the chatelaine The pre-
H. chatelane is shaped after the out
ir a devlhsh, the various legs form
orr .ne points from which the useful and
ad'iianehtal adjuncts hang, and then other
r.,.''els can hang from their chains. To
tir "lth there is always a pair of
tLo' s-IVer scissors, sharp enough TO clip
tb.r m OF a flower, but not to cut love;
ro. mere are a little hand glass con-
in ' IN fiat silver case. a vinaigrette
a -e Iorm Of a Scorpion set of tablets,
pm cushion, lot. oil