The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-18

it is wonderful how she keeps birds of a
feather together at her entertainments.
l think il is her ambition to be queen
Of society," and 1 must do her the credit
of saying that she never forgets any one.
If she would only assume that Mrs. A.
and Mrs z. belonged to, the same social
world as they substantially do, she might
make herself extremely popular. but Mrss
2. feels decidedly huffy when she recog-
nlzes the fact that she is never asked
when Mrs. A. is entertained, while the
latter in her turn, ,resents a distinction
that separates her from Mrs. Tiptop ana
her set. l myself belong to class NO. z;
so when went there to luncheon n short
time ago I was not surprised to find, just
the people that / come in daily contact
with.
"Now, although am awfully fond of
Won. Molly. said one of my intimate
friends as ~He sat together on the sofa,
I do think Mrs. l.. might have asked eth
err Won or me to one of her smart func-
tons 1 am sure we both know Mrs. TIP
ton. and are quite good enough, but our
hostess evidently thinks otherwise. DO
YOU know, she actually had dinner last
night for all those people, and as she
knew she would have the flowers, bon
hons. etc, on hand, she sent out invita-
tions for our luncheon on the same day
as those she sent to the tlptop
lot for dinner? I dare say too
that some Of the entrees TO-
her a piece Of my mind about it. But no;
7 must smile and act as if I appreciated
her hospitality and she will never know
that I know-that is the hardest part of
itr'
certain society woman recently NOR
tally offended twelve of her old friends
because she had the obtuseness to give
l. lin, 0rfD iOh
she invited only the people whom she con-
sidered particularly smart. and to the
other an eminently aristocratic lot, who
considered themselves as good II not bet
ter than the others, but who nevertheless
were greatly incensed by the obvious
classification. If the hostess had mixed
the two dinners together the ultra fash
iona les would not have complained, and
the representatives of the old families
would have been secretly f1attered.
Some women have mania for having
even the tiniest packages sent home. "Of
course. it is pure thoughtlessness," said a
salesman in a big department store, but
MANY women cause US a great deal of I'M
necessary trouble in ordering small pack
ages which they could easily carry in
their rockets to be sent to their homes.
II would be no trouble for customer 20
carry home with her a spool of thread,
q comb or a hundred and one other small
articles that are purchased each day. On
each one of these small articles must be
written the address of the purchaser and
It must go in a wagon with hundreds OF
other packages, and there is constant
danger of its being lost
81 heard only the other day of a woman
in city not far away who was made to
see how needless IT Is to lave a small par
eel sent home when II can be easily car
rled. She was regular customer Of the
store and her habit of having spools of
thread. papers of pins and such like pur-
chased delivered, was generally known
She was well acquainted with the pro-
prietor and visited his family in a social
way
He determined to even things up
There come a time when she ordered lust
one spool of thread sent TO her house.
Tho proprietor of the store directed that
this small spool OF thread be wrapped in
a paper box and that the box be placed IN
q great wooden one. Around the smaller
package was placed enough paper to iii
the big box, which was placed on big
truck. No other goods were placed on
that truck.
Two men accompanied the box ana
when they reached the woman's home
they pretended to have greet difficulty |
In handling il. They pulled and tugqed
at the box. while the purchaser of the |
thread looked on in amazement.
" What is oil this? she asked. 7 have
ordered nothing that would require such !
a box as that
Don't know, ma'am said the men
We were sent to deliver Il; that's ali we |
know
The box was opened After a search |
through the packing paper the spool OF
thrcad was found. The woman npnre. |
,iated the Joke and she has not since or
1ered sent home a package which she |
Gould without trouble carry herself"
Complaints are heard frequently that |
men cannot get TO know girls well enough. |
they see them only at their best ana en- |