The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-11-04

uals ia comprshending the in,rioacies Of
! tho game.
- used % ,hluk Mrs " 30 bright
remarked one % her friends not IONS ego.
tut she t. really stupid player. % just
shows hos seldom one can judge super-
/ h.iaay. And ln another instance a sim
ilar comment indicates now hVtle Il takes
to make or mar rcputo tn society. 'Mrs
s. secms tu have come out in "a new
Ngnt' slid a newly arrived acquaintance.
/ every one speaks Of her with bated
breath as being 80 quick witted al-
ways Thought her "a very nice woman.
nut fn feu 'no truth iu-t q trinc dult.
'lH exclaimed Nor hostess i1 amaze.
mont "NhN. sine is extraordinarily Glow
Ed, sle is th" best bridge whist player
I 300 this part oi tle country O.. Bridge mas
NrrS ,hlstculue influence. too. added
ono of ifs advocates. You might put that
Zoo. do lol remember how conccitod ana
positive utu, Mr. Upp.sh used 10 be; she
IS really quite changed. she pioys bridge
very badly. and she knows a. aud 30 has
made her 20 humble that Il is quite touch
ing"
ElopemCuts arc never heard 81 IN Ger
many ana vet there is no such thing a.
getting married there without the consent
% the parents. certain prescribed forms
L
Is uull and void when q girl has arrived
al what Is considered q marriaEeablc axe,
her parents make point OF inviting
youue men 10 the house and usually two
or three are invited at the same time.
- chat the attention may not seem TOO
pointed.
40 young man. however. Is ever invited
20 the house until after he has called AT
least once. aud thus sieuincd his wish 10
H.ka 1fa.faf irfnrssrraf NTH the fauelIN
II ne takes to calling on several occa-
siots in rather close succession q -
aiken for granted that he has "inten-
lions and he may be questioned concern
Ing them.
In Germany the man must be At least
eighteen years OH before be can make a
| proposal. bat when t. IS made and accept
"a tho proposal is speedily followed by
/ the hctrotlai. This generally takes pace
| privately. shortly after which the father
% the bride. as she is then called. gives
| q dinner or supper 70 tho most intimate
! friends on both siles. when the fact is
declared and. naturally. afterWard be
comes q matter OF public knowie ledge.
/ what are called bread and butter let
I tiers IN society's argot. that De-. the con
I veutional notes OF thanks which Airs
/ Grundy properly insists should be written
!
thanks for the hospitality received. are
| by no means easy 60 write. and are ap,
I 90 Doe amusiugly title 4 fashionable wo-
man. says tie New York Tribune who
eutertaius great deal and De- gifted with
+ a keen sense 81 humor hiss kept an her
Itnauk letters for tho last six months and
[ has thereby rather camical set Of auto
/ graphs from the various members Of her
/ set al Of whom have paid her more or
I less visits during the season
/ Hang it an now / wish that there was
| aprirt-d form for such letters" exclaimed
a mugh-invlted youth. who mad been pain
! fully lniiurg one 81 the aforementioned
/ bread ana butter episiics This g. the
/ twentieth letter Of the Kind ! have had TO
7 write This summer. AMI enc third 10 Mrs
y Why can't ! just send Thank YOU
/ Mrs. X. ] had bully time. and have
done with 70! Bu' Co hl couple OF pages
/ with neatly turned sentences every time
/ % enough TO give fellow nervous pros
/ tritlou. ] have certain set Of phrases
/ tHst / always begin with. and that Use
I iu rotation. In tho hurry OF leaving I
DID not half thank YOU. etc. IS one. j
+ enjoyed every minute Of my delightful
/ visit 20 YOU is aUogncr How can ]
/ thank YOU sufficiently for your Kind hos
/ pitality IS a third. ana 30 on. II dis
, tribute them properly. ] get on very vel
| on, / have an awful suspicion that the
| one ] have just sent on 20 Mre y. IS an
| exact duplicate Of my last.'
| Al large house PARTY not tong aeo
| "A hostess who appreciated thls difi uity
/ sent a groom to the station with tyne
| written notes Of thanks, written ana ad-
/ dressed TO herself The mistress says
/ that 10 sou viii read and sign this. % viii
save sou trouble" said the servant 60
/ the guests. as he delivered 20 each one
OF the unsealed notes and a photographic
/ pen and while the former laughed al the
I joke. they thankfully took advantage OF
Z tle labor-saving device. which. after all
| was not such a bad idea.
More than ever the trail Of the serpent
is over womaus Jeweiry Extremely pop