The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-17
LANGTRY TEA STRONG.
But the w. c. II. L, Prevent Women
From Selling 1t.
From the Baltimore Sun.


From the Baltimore Sun.
New York, Feb. 13.-Through Mrs. Lille
Langtrys much-heralded tea concert at
Sherrys this afternoon the fund in aid
of the hospital ship Maine, equipped by
American women for service in South AT
rican waters, was increased to over $1,000
OF course, the tea concert was sue
cess. Mrs. Astor, the "uncrowned queen
of the 4o0,'' headed the list of patronesses,
How could IL be otherwise?
There has been a tremendous futter of
gossip about the way in which the fasci-
mating Jersey Lily got Mrs. Astor to lend
her august aid. 1t has been whispered
in the drawing rooms and tete-a-tete cor
ners of the 400 that when the Lily first
went to her and asked her help naughty
refusal was given. Had the Lily been less
persistent, all might have been lost But
she knew one even mightier than Mrs.
Astor-the Prince of Wales-and straight
way, according to the Story, she appealed
to him.
Now, Mrs. Astor's married daughter,
Mrs. OgIlyie Haig formerly Mrs. Coleman
Drayton, lives at present in London, and,
according to current reports, has been
shut out there by a social boycott. Mrs.
Aston could head the patronesses Of Mrs.
Dangtrys tea concert" and Tommy At
kins, Incidentally could reap some of the
benefit. What master thought!
Society confidentially passes the story
around that the deal was made, and the
Indispensable aid of the ''uncrowned
queen" was secured. The name of Mrs.
Aston printed at the head of the list was
enough. Society obediently turned out in
force and the success of the ''tea con-
cert was more than assured.
WaC. IT. U. Takes. Hand.
Although young women did not sell cock
tails and other refreshments at tho
IAmericAn bar" as had been expected
cash was spent freely
There We're several police officials pros
ent, sent to the concert by Chief Deverv,
in response to demands by indignant
members of the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union. The police had nothing
to do. but they were present for the pur-
pose Dc natching the.@American bar" and
If NECESSARY preventing the carrying on,
of the original plan of Mrs Langtry to
have young women dispense drinks.
About the time Mrs. Langtry's enter
tainment was at its hight there was an in
formal conference by the Woman's Chris.
tan Temperance Union in the Broadway
Tabernacle. Here the tea concert was
discussed from every standpoint Mrs.
Ella Boole, president of the state W. c.
T. u, thus spoke:
1T is a lamehtable fact that all women
are not with us. If they were we would
not have presented to the American peo-
pie a concert with patronesses from the
-Four Hundred" planning to have young
women stand behind the bar and urge
men to drink Such a scene is fit only
Tor the Vilest Sums, and the vice would
be so hideous that the law would inter
fere"
Later Mrs, Boole announced, amid cheers
and applause that thanks to the efforts
of the Womap's Christian Tempera nee
Union, no woman had disgraced herself
at the Langtry tea so far as to serve
drinks to men,
Noble Earl Serves Strange Drinks.
So at Sherry's, instead of young women
the Earl of Yarmouth and several profes-
sional bartenders served liquors at &
cents a drink.
The Earl was dressed, in a white icaket
and ghstening apron. He and his assist.
ants had given odd names TO the drinks
The visitors had the choice of the follow.
ing
"a degenerate SMILE" which was a Man,
haitian cocktail masqueraded
Midnight SUM- otherwise a champa gnc
| cocktail.
"Regenerate pick me up" also called a
| martinez.
Surprise of love-" in other words, q
brandy cocktail.
''Kopje climber" which by interpreta.
| ton was mint iulep.
"Dum-dum," which was really a turf
cocktail
maine BRACE" a single glass of tbs
| sparkling wine of France.
Little minister" lemonade disguised.
Garden lily" which was gin cocktail
| The prices paid, including tips, were sc
high that no visitor-male or female-could
take more than one drink and have any.
thing left for the tea. Some paid s. and
| so for a single drink.
There was unlimited excess as to pro.
grammes. Some men bought one from ev-
cry pretty woman who asked him to pur-
chase. The programmes were all the way
from 81 to $50 each in price. They were
printed on a superior quality of calendared
paper, and the edition was limited. The