The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-17

ltors during the summer not FIVE under
stand how to entertain them properly. A
+ really good hostess should, as a well
( known author expresses il, be like a gen
eral in action-her plan of campaign
should be not only well conceived, but eft
fectualy carried out; her ewes must he
everywhere; he4 attention must never
Hag; she must have an unuring instinct
that will tell her when things are dragging
or becoming inharmonious and she nusf
in coming to the rescue have the tact 10
know how to restore animation and inter
est. In fact, it may be said to be a safe
i rule TO lay down that while a hostess
must appear 10 enjoy herself she must net
really do So that is he must not go
with the people who ale ,ongenial to her.
she must single out those who do not IN
terest her. and remember that her party
cannot be said to be a success unless all
! who belong to it enjoy themselves.
1t IS only at the splendid mansions on
large estates that entertaining becomes
a veritable art. It is comparatively easy
at the big villas at the various summer e
sorts, where outside amusements are pro-
vtded for, and where it is becoming more
and more the fashion to entertain guests
by leaving them alone to entertain them
selves. At Newport, for instance, it be-
moves visitor who arrives at an up-to-
GATE establishment to unders and the man
ners and customs of the place, otherwise
he will either feel neglected or become
heaVy weight on the hands of a good
natured hostess. At Newport a guest is
at liberty to make all his own engage
ments, irrespective of his host or hostess.
unless they should particularly desire his
presence at some function of their own.
He pays his owr dues at the clubs and
engages his own livery service if he needs
a trap Tor any particular occasion, while
his entertainers, on the other hand, are
equally free to leave him TO his own de
vices If they have social requirements of
their own. A other times, of course the
entertainers and entertained go around to
gether and make themselves agreeable to
each other, but a guest at a smart house
in Newport is really as free and independ-
ent as if he were stopping a a hotel.
Il only wish some one had put me up
to all of these latest wrinkles" exclaimed
a young woman when the topic of social
ethics was under discussion. Il made my
first visit at Newport last year, and until
l began to understand the ways of the
place was miserable. On the night I ar
rived l dined entirely alone. Mr. and Mrs.
C had an engagement in one direction
and the daughter of the house in another,
while her brother, after telling me he was
sure 1 wanted to get rid of him. departed
for his club. l sat alone in the large din
ing room with four f1unkies to wait upon
me. l could have cried for sheer home
sickness.
!
C, the daughter, had a luncheon en-
gagement, and her mother who doubt
less wanted to go about her own pleasures,
asked me kindly if had any friend that
would like to go and see. After I began
to understand it was the custom, and no
/ neglect was intended, I plucked up cour-
age and ended by enjoying myself i'm
mensely but my advice to debutantes Is
not to go to Newport without knowing its
I traditions
T. ]. Carmody chairman of the School
Committee of Holyoke, Mass. has acct
dentaly developed into a frst-class matri-
monial agent, says special to the World.
He played what he supposed to be an in
nocent joke on Henry w. Kirmyer, prin-
cipal of THE Flats" Grammar School,
and a result it is pretty well known
that Holyolle wants only married men
for the heads of its schools.
This is the way Carmody tells the story:
when the School Committee was max
ing its regular four of the schools I was
particularly pleased with Principal Kir-
myers school I couldn't find anything to
criticise, so 1 had to conjure up something
that the principal might be duly i'm
pressed with the committees importance;
| so, turning to Mr.. Kirmyer, I said:
1--WE are very well satisfied with your
| work The school is well kept up and
the discipline good, but there is one thing
! We do not like, and the committee Of which
I am the chairman, has decided that
| hereafter we will have only married men
for principals. You are not married, are
you, Mr. Kirmyer?
" No he answered.
" or engeged?'
" No he blushingly faltered.
Well we will give you until next Mon
day to get engaged
THE following Monday he came to me
and said it was all right; that he was
engaged and would be married soon"
THE School Committee meets tonight,
and would you believe it, Principal kirmy-
er came to see me this morning and said
he hoped I would not think he had broken
his word but that he would surely be
married by the first of next September.
wouldn't we give him little more time?'
- had all 1 could do to keep a sober
face, but managed to reply: We'll, 1t
makes a difference, you know, whether
the woman is a Holyoke girl or not
We like our school principals to marry
Holyoke women.
Almost in despair he said: No. she's
not a Holyoke girl. but she's just as
good. She came from my home, and she's
the sweetest little woman in the world
Il put on all the dignity could muster
and said rather severely: we will con-
slider your CASE tonight, Mr.. Kirmyer.
Good day.
that we demand our school principals
to be married men. Say, but wasn't it a
Good ioke?'' said Mr.. Carmody, holding
5is sides with laughter. Anyway, l
liter myself that I have fastened mat
rs little. That young lady owes me a
ger debt than she'll ever be able 10
pay"
I Love You Dear
A scent of violets in the air,
And singing birds.