The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-18

course In parliamentary practice" said
the brisk little woman snappishly.
ooh, no. Paris will not be Paris at all
while the Exposition Is on" came from
somewhere. Il shouldn't care to go over
It's such an intense book" said the
blonde girl. DON'T you think so2'
The man made an adieu--it may have
been served, he was not sure-to the
blonde girl and Others, and moved to the
door. He threaded his perilous way past
snatches and watts and nlurmurs Of con-
versadon. and mechanically grouped for
the flying end of the connection. And at
the door he met the first man. Together
they went down the stairs, and one held
up finger to the cabman.
Such a nice time" quoted the first man,
absently.
Good T.ordr said the other man.
Funny, wasn't it?" said the first man.
~ haven't been to one of those since | was
beginning here, and thought that sort OF
thing meant social recognition and help
ed me on. But, now. take these same
women at q dinner table or in ballroom,
or even a tete-a-tete,. and they would be-
well, other women, quite. Now why is
it,"
II wonder how the club would seem to
an alien-to q woman, for instance?" said
the other man, slowly. do you know
l don't believe II would show up very well
side of this afternoon. Say what you like,
however, trlte or conventional or artificial,
it all may have BEEN still at the same
time there wasn't a hint of anything"
No" assented the first man, there
wasn't"
"Still. don't care about going again"
said the other man, IF / did have a nice
| time"
| They stepped out just then at the door
of the club and the first man laughed.
I, Wen, what did they talk about?" he
asked the other man.
A ieweler has been making up some
large and handsome opal rings lately, says
the New York Times, and thereby hangs
a tale. To make the rings, larger,
handsOmer and more valuable opal was
cut into pieces. One of the rings has so
large ana fine a stone that an expert who
saw it on the hand of "A purchaser mem
toned two of the largest and best jewelry
establishments in town as being the only
places where such q fine ring would prob
ably be found. But II did not come from
either of these places, and the jeweler
who owned the original stone says that he
is inclined to think that opals are I'M
lucky, though principally to the man. who
sells them.
His big opal he had set in a brooch
and 1t was gloriously beautiful. Every
one with taste for fine opals was in
raptures over 1t. One of the people fond
OF the stones was a customer of the jew
eler, and at her request the brooch was
sent to her on approval II was most
carefully packed and dispatched. few
days later 1t was returned as carefully
packed as before and without comment Of
any kind, though the jeweler when he
opened the package made q few remarks
The stone was badly cracked In several
places, and the only thing to be done
with IL was to cut 1t up. That has been
done, and the handsome rings are the re-
sult. But with all The praise bestowed
upon them. the teweler feels whenever
they are mentioned, a little unpleasa MT
feeling In the region where are situated
flis sense of Justice and his desire TO
make a fair and reasonable profit In
| trade.
A well-dressed woman is not necessarily
| extensively dressed, and 1t Is possible tina /
clothes may be both costly and well-ma De
and yet the general appearance of the
wearer anything but desirable. The rea.
son, them will probably be that her
clothes are not suitable for the work OF
the pleasure that she has in hand, or mat
their colors are not well chosen. or that
they are not neatly and trinity put on
There is an immense deal in the way peo-
pie put on their clothes; some people are
always neat and dainty In every tiny de-
tail, and others say that 80 long as the
general effect is good little things don't
matter" for 1t never occurs to them thar
II Is just the attention to little things"
which makes good general effect possible
The woman OF refinement Is never Loudly
dressed, but she is always absolutely
dainty. She may be poor and have to
earn her living. but still there will be no
installing her. She will perhaps wear n
somewhat shabby serge costume; but AZ
viii be we'll brushed, and instead Of declx-
fnar nil
bon neck arrangements, which soon crush
and soil. you will notice that she fayors
linen collars and cuffs and a neat tie.
she is never guilty of overdresslng, a fault
more common with the average than with
the wealthy woman, for though "the
sweetest blouse in the world-all tucked
silk and lace" and "a darling little rose
toqhe" are to be had In sale time for about
the same sum as she would have to give
for a well-fnade cotton shirtwaist and "A
simply trimmed straw hat, she knows that
the former would be out OF keeping with
the rest OF her clothes, and her. surround
ings generally. and that, being unsuita-
BILE, they would look vulgar, however pref
ty they might be in themselves.
Leghorn, says the Millinery Trade Re
view promises to be in much request for
summer hats. although as yet hardly any
orders have been taken for straw shapes
Of this sort. Milliners are pretty well
agreed on the subject but they bide their
time, intending to bring 1t In as one OF
the novelties for the latter end Of May
and June. This being the position of af-
fairs. 1t would be somewhat premature
to hazard an opinion to the manner In
which they Will be trimmed Nevertheless,
/ am inclined to think that wide ribbons.
with flowers or ostrich plumes. viii have
the preference; and also that whatever
be the decoration chosen. good deal Of