The morning news., 1899-09-03

just as soon as we can get matters
IN shape and report the loss to the COM
pany'
'Wen.' she said, smiling as she went
out l suppose I will, but if I had known
would have burned down, just the
same, l never would have had it insured,
never!"
The girl with the management of her
hrst allowance, says the Chicago Times
Herald, is always an interesting study
The intoxicating effect of the possession
of a certain sum. no matter how small
II may be, Is calculated to make the young
mead swim as it has never done before
rover, freedom and extravaganza are all
hers, and she starts out to exercise all
three with an ardor that makes an older
mead enVious. The silk pettcoat she has
seen in the shop downtown Immediately
flashes before her vision. Then there is
the kimona. She has always wanted one
Dut II she buys that where will the silk
pettlcOat be? Then she reflects that there
IS another month to follow the present
4es, not only one, but a whole string of
thirty days, and each set gives her a
stipulated amount. So she orders the XII
mona at once, and then there is that
white stitched hat only S. 1t would be
useless to put off getting that, because
one can't wear white hats in winter, and
there's the automobile. She must have IL
TO say to the other girls who have stayed
out of town longer that she has that
she has been riding in an automobile, and
at least $l.50 is squandered joyfully. The
fresh air on the ride up the drive gives
her lot of color too, and that is be-
coming and worth something SO the whole
Sl00 has not been spent on just one thing
The odd stockings with polka dots on one
and stripes on the other are the very lat
est. Yes, she just must have a pair to
wear with those stunning red-heeled Slip
pers Two more dollars of the allowance
IS gone. -Four ties at SIPS apiece become
necessities also, and there is a stock at
$l.5O, a perfect love, with pink polka dots
all over it, Then there is a big silver
locket she simply cannot live without, and
that turquoise buckle she has been dying
for she goes right off and buys. The lat
ter she has to pay S. for, but then she
reflects it's worth it, and the locket is
certainly almost given away at 81 so. Then
she meets her friend Elise on the way
home and in the fullness of her heart
asks her in to have ice cream soda. The
chocolates in the case are so tempting that
she just must have a box. This takes
90 cents and leaves exactly 10 cents of
the allowance, which has disappeared in
two days The joy of the spending is
tempered somewhat afterward when the
girl has to ask for change for car fare
and other trifes, but nothing can dim
altogether the enthusiasm crowded into
that Independent forty-eight hours.
1t is not altogether piety that has
prompted the prevailing custom Of bestow
ing upon brides, maids of honor and
bridesmaids al fashionable weddings tast.
lily bound copies of the Book of Common
Prayer" The idea is a pretty one, what
ever the motive that prompts their giving.
ltr ali tba1y
ly designed artistic bindings, with initials
of each recipient in solid gold letters, to-
gether with date on the side or upper left
hand corner. Upon leaf of gold-border-
ed veilum inserted in each book are the
names of clergvmen. conua acting parties,
attendants, parents on both sides and
sometimes OF eTs near of kin. This de-
parrure from 5eweiy (which has 80 long
been the nuptial hessoWal upon the bridal
partyl IS one Of tender sentiment and dig
nifty, the religious character of the gift
making it particularly appropriate as a
memenio of the most solemn event in wo-
mans life. Prayer books have long been
given as wedding presents, usually by the
clergy man who officiates, and frequently
carried by the bride to the altar, but not
until recent weddings have they served as
souvenirs presented by the bride, or Joint
ly by the bride and groom, including them
selves in the gift list
Il am beginning to doubt very much
whether there is any real standard of
taste" remarked a woman of culture who,
saws the New York Tribune, had always
been considered more or less of an author
itv in aesthetics. Il used to be very in
tolerant of anything that did not agree
with my IDEAS" she continued, "but as l
grow older I find that so many people
choose and are perfectly satisfied with dec
orations and clothes that 1 think quite
hideous that I often ask myself, Am !
right or are they right? or is the whole
thing simply a matter of individual taste
NV first takedown in this direction was
from our rector in the country He was a
plain man, with a great deal of obstinacy.
So when our little church needed renova-
tion he proposed TO put the whole job into
the hands of the firm Of which Mr. X is
member He is successful builder OF
rarishIy adorned flats At this the wo-
men Of his congregation protested, and
thev strongly urged upon the rotor and yes
frv that | should be requested TO choose
AT least the interior decorations, where
upou the former remarked:
g You think one way, ladies, and of
course. we all know you have very good
taste. Mr.. X. and think another way
and, while out tastes may be different, we
consider it equally good All things being
eouaI. therefore, in that respect we must
consider the matter from business point
Of view. and there we have the advantage
of YOU: so / think we must leave the en-
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