The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-08


the rehnements Of silk and lace. 1t is at
the wrapper period of The day that We
scold the servants and spank the children
and hold redhot arguments with our hus-
bands.
Petty social deceits. says the New York
] Tribune, are generally most transparent,
and it is pity that those who resort 10
subterfuge do not realize how seldom they
| give the impression they wish 10 convey.
Mrs Y. fondly ina gines that we all
think her a great belle because she leaves
the ballroom laden down with cotillon
favors" laughed a society girl mischiev-
ously. "and l suppose she will never know
that we are quite aware that fully half
Of them are begged, borrowed or stolen.
| She has a regular mania for collecting a
| great number, and her methods Of OBJ
| tanning them are most amusing. ! sat
near her the other evening and watched
her little ways. Twice or thrice l saw
! her actually take faVors that had been
left on chairs by their owners and she
/ deliberately appropriated those that be-
/ longed to her partner. So as she left
! the room some one said. What great
/ favorite you are, Mrs. x Am not?
! she answered, little knowing that I had
seen through her devices and would take
| care to explain her seeming popularity"
| Il wonder if Mrs. Z. thinks people are
| deceived when they enter her drawing
/ room and see her various little arrange
/ ments, made with apparent carelessness2'
remarked one of her friends. Her card
basket is like a pan OF milk in the dairy
the cream all comes up on top. l fish
ed out my poor bit of pasteboard from
che bottom but the AS and the IS,
and the C.'s We're all in full view. On
the table, lying open, as if there by ac-
cdent, was an invitation from Mrs. Tip
top to a musical The rack by her
writing table had in it a lot Of bids 10
smart functions, while a photograph of
Mrs. Croesus. with Margaret WRIT
across the bottom with friendly familiar
ity, stood conspicuously against the clock
on the mantel. 1t was all so obviousl l
wonder that a clever woman like Molly
z. does not see that she makes herself
ridiculous by such easily seen through
diS ributions."
Another foolish society deception is that
of people pretending TO be asked to places
when they have received no invitation. Il
was i'll in bed the night Of Mrs S. Is ball"
says Mrs. Push, leaving It thereby to be
understood by her visitor that she would
otherwise have been present at the
smartest function OF the winter much
to the latter's amusement, who happened
to know that the ambitious little woman
had not been invited. It's all small, mean,
unworthy! And, as it deceives nobody,
why should people thus belittle them
selves?
Every once in a while we have per-
feet hemorrhages of righteous indignation
upon the subject of divorce" writes Ed
ward Box of THE Ease With Which We
Marry in the April Ladies' Home Jour
nal. I'VE say divorce must stop, or
that there must be no divorce But
wouldn't it be a bit better Of we let this
subject alone for a while and concerned
ourselves somewhat with the evil which
leads to divorce? The fact of the matter
is that there is a notion. which is alto
gether wrong, that divorce is easy in this
country. Divorce is not easy. 1 am far
from saying that our divorce laws are
what they should be. But IL is a sense
less thing to make those laws more strin-
gent while we allow our marriage laws
to be as loose as they are. Let those
who cannot see any farther than the re-
vision of present divorce laws ask them
selves this question: Is it fair to allow
foolish inexperienced girls to be led into
what they believe to be fairy palace
and then, when they find IL to be a prison
yes, and worse a positive suburb 10
the Internal regions-to refuse 90 let them
out, if they can get out? Is that merci-
ful2 Is that just? Would we not come
closer to the common sense of this whole
question if. before we go any further in
this campaign against divorce we turn
back and tighten the door which leads 10
it2 Divorce is not so easy but that we
can afford to leave It precisely where it
is for the time being. 1t isn't a particle
easier than it should be- so long as we
allow marriage to be as loose as II is"
Mrs Broadway knew the minute Mr.
Broadway made the announcement that
he was all knocked out of killer and
couldn't go down to the Office that day
that something dreadful was going TO
happen. OF course, says she New York
Sun, the mere fact that Mr.. Broadway
was III was bad enough, hut she knew
from experience that his inability to at
tend 10 business was not marker to the
trouble that would be sure to strike them
in some form as a result of his indispo-
sition But even her widest fancy could
not conjure up anything so dreadful as
what really did come to pass. Mrs.
Broadway stayed at home all the fore
noon and dosed her spouse and plastered
him and blistered him as dutiful wife
should. but shortly after luncheon she
began to show signs of uneasiness. Mr..
Broadway had observed these signs be-
fore and learned their significance.
Had you intended to go anywhere this
afternoon. Kate?" he asked
"Y-y-yes," stammered Mrs. Broadway
II did have an engagement with Mrs.
Harlem
Then just you go right along" said Mr.
Broadway, magnanimously. Don't stay
here on my account. I'm getting along
beautifully. I'm spry as a cricket this
afternoon, and would rather prefer being
alone, so as to cut all the antics l like
and scandalize nobody"
Mrs. Broadway was conscientious wo-
man, but that day pleasure 'tugged at
her with reeistless force, and after cheer
ing Mr. Broadway with a few phrases
expressive of conjugal affection. she be-
gan TO array herself for the outing. Be
fore leaving the house she came into the
sitting room to deliver few parting in
structions.
81 forgot all about that hat business"
she said. but l guess you can attend to
it for me. You remember that hat |
got last fall, don't you, Jasper? the black
velvet one. trimmed with pyramids of
chiffon and tufts of unclassified plum
age I never did like the thing. II was
so frightfuly unbecoming. / wore il
down town yesterday and was conscious
of looking so much like a flying zebra
that ] determined to get rid of it,
stopped one of those street solicitors for
second hand clothing over on Sixth ave-