The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-23

The late Mrs. Kelley used to tell the
following story about the visit she paid
to the Queen at Buckingham Palace on
the occasion of the jubilee of 1887. Being
incredulous OF the genuineness of the in
vitation, she was disposed to treat the
royal command as a joke, and wrote
rather sarcastic letter to the official. a
personal friend, who had addressed it to
her. This he gave TO the Queen, and the
veteran actress was a little disconnected
when her majesty told her she had read
the letter. Mrs. Kelley begged that 1t
should be restored to her. mo. no. Mrs
Kelley" answered the Queen; at is
safely pasted in my autograph book.
You'll never get it again.
On being presented Mrs. Kelley ex-
cused herself from making low courtesy
by saying: your majesty, have rheuma-
tlsm in my knees, and can not courtesy"
Mrs. Kelley replied the Queen, II can't
either,' and the veteran actress was put
at her ease by the LONELINESS of the re-
mark and its common touch of nature
which made the two women kin.
Printed muslins and silks, says the New
York Herald will not do this year They
must be hand-painted, and very lovely and
unusual designs are the result. Let not
the unskilled amateur imagine that she is
equal TO the task of decorating a gown or
parasol, for nothing could be more I'M
lovely than awkward arrangement or
crude colorirg. All sorts of flowers are
used-lilies, pansies, peoples, roses, tulips
and daffodils-in wreaths and borders and
scattered over the goods. One can choose
ones favorite flower and have the design
made to order, and it is not liable to be
DUPLICATED.
The gown should be cut first and the pat
tern made afterward, and so adapted to
the styIe in which the dress is TO be made.
Parasol and fan are designed to accom-
many the gown Hand painting Is espe-
cialv adapted to the decoration Of para
soils. and in this form will perhaps be more
eenaralIv used, for unless one is able to
do the painting oneself 1t is a somewhat
expensive luxury.
tn the recent bombardment of Apia and
adjacent parts of Upou in Samoa, the
women of the London Mission offered to
nurse the wounded. 1t is really no new
things. says the New, York Sun, for there
has never been any trouble in Samoa
when the women of the mission have not
been foremost jim this good work. Ten
wears ago when there was much greater
mead of such services than there has been
this wear the most helpful of the mission
nurses were Miss Large and Mrs. Little
Through one of those dispensations by
which providence shows that 1t is not de-
void of a sense of humor. Miss Large was
a mere dot of a woman. while Mrs. Little
was carved in those statuesque proper
tions which some of the English women
assume after passing the slimness of early
youth.
This complicated matters for Admiral
Kimberley. who was constantly meeting
the two nurses. He remembered the names
but no matter how hard he might try TO
place them properly he would assert them
I'm the order of comparative dimensions
and address Miss Large as Miss Little
and Mrs Little as Mrs Large Miss
Large had the saving grace to appreciate
the comedy of the situation, but Mrs. Lit
tie never could get il through her head
Ubv there was any reason short of Ameri-
can insoence TO women why Admiral
Kimberley should so generally mislay her
name At last one day she felt that she
could endure the studied insults no longer
and sought the admiral with the intent
N have Il out with him. because she
thoueht that the labor of mercy in which
she was engaged should entitle her TO
consideration She laid her complaint be
fore Admiral Kimberley one Of the most
evaot of the practitioners Of fine old ma
val courtesy to women. He heard her
through without interruption, and then
offered this statement by way OF explain
alton or apology, as she might choose 70
consider e:
.,Afrs. Little. were you less large ]
ehould have no difficulty In remembering
maj YOU are Little, but you yourself must
ackuowiedee that large as you are II is
a i,ttio hard 20 onll you Little. You know
tbet "a large care rests on me, and ! have
little time for a little matter Ike this.
Rear with me a iittle and you Will zee
what Is largely Responsible for my seem