The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-23

800 we greatest boon ou earth TO as.
re 'onla present a baukrupung account
OF good food that Is daily wasted in our
kitchens without one pang Of compunc-
ton from tho despoi,er. OF silver forks ana
spoons carelessly thrown into the garbage
ooA, OF me china and bric-a-hrac heed
iessly smashed and not even deplored by
the vandal Whose broom and busting brush
can MT everything ia a room except the
dirst add the cobwcbs.
There is not one OF US but who can re-
cal a long procession OF ignorant. inefh-
Gent shiftess servants who have filed
through our houses. to whom we have
paid good money Tor poor work. and who
could never DO trusted 10 do anything but
tho wrong thing Surely n there Is any
sympathy going 70 waste IN the communi-
~. some Of % should go 20 the mistress
VINO spends her life tn a frantic and in
enectuai struggle with hirelings who don't
even pretend that they take any interest
~ their business. or who have any sense
OF honor or honesty about g. The lmpos-
sib.e millennium that every housekeper In
the land Is looking forward to Is finding a
Rouse maid whom she won't have 10 fob
low TO see that she sweeps under the bed
ana a cook who can strike some sort OF
a good average ana whose culinary efforts
won't be raw one day and burnt 10 a cin-
der the next AMI when a woman does
and such a maid nobody need worry over
her abusing her. Philanthropy may fail
at liuies. and the milk Of human kindness
turn 20 clabber. but seinshnesa never fails
and We may be safely trusted to cherish
the person who holds our bodily comfort
and mental peace To her hands.
Il have lived one long life OF mixed
laundry" said Mrs. EIhu Root. wife OF
the Secretary OF War. che other day.
and now ! am an advocate OF middle
names Everybody should have mid
die name"
Mrs. Roots troubles have arisen from
the fact that her husbands name Is Elihu
Root and her chlldren's names are Elihu.
Edith and Edward All laundry Is marked
"E. r." and Mrs. Roots many dlIemmss
can easily be Imagined.
Miss J. +. Murphy. a miiliner OF Fulton.
". y. Is rejoicing over having come into
a tidy little fortune OF 5000 Miss Muir
ply was engaged IN trimming a hat for
an exacting customer when the good news
came In the form OF letter. She SUE
pended the mental strain OF determining
whether a continental shape or a straight
back sailor was the more becoming 10 her
prospective buyer and took time to read
the letter II hewildered the little miln-
grasp the meaning OF the great news
when she was brought TO her senses by
the hanging OF the shop door IL was the
indignant customer taking her departure.
NOW. s'pose I've lost that sale" med
liated Miss Murphy. ruefully watching
the back OF her customer disappear into
the rival hat store across tho way she
knows I'm watching her. too she added
mentally
But when she looked again az the let
ter announcing that she was the bene-
hciary OF the win OF the woman friend IN
California and that $4,000 was 20 be her
share. Miss Murphy decided that she
didn't care a mite about losing the sale
Of the hat
The January brides are searching for
novel ideas 70 be carried out in the max
ing OF their trousseaux. and can model
some suits after those OF Miss Daisy
Post the favoritc niece OF Mrs Fred
Vanderbilt. who. recently married Mr.. J.
Lawrence Van Allen. a grandson OF Mrs.
Aston the head OF the -Four Hundred
in New York II Is interesting 20 note
also that among her gifts was an ss0.o@
house on East Fiftieth street. presented
10 Daisy Post by her uncle-in-law. Fred.
erick W. Vanderbilt. aud all the orange
warded from Florida.
Her most expensive dinner gown re-
marks a writer la the New York Jour
nal. was made OF cloth OF gold. as fne
az gauze. fashioned over pale blue satin,
yelled with chiffon In the same shade.
Both he skirt and low-cut bodice are ex-
quisitely embroidered in pearls. bits OF
turquoise and real gold threads. The jew
eled embroidery has the appearance Of
f.afs. "A 81
skirt. but on the bodice Il is arranged
In bands.
Tho sleeves are OF chiffon. reaching TO
the elbow and are crossed with jeweed
bands. From the shoulder. at the back.
70 very near the hem OF the gown hangs
q flmy drapery OF golden gauze, embroid-
cred with ie~cas and the golden =lng-
like draperies give marvellous floating
effect 10 the costume.
one Of the first dinner dresses Daisy
Post Van Allen will wear Is a gorgeous
gown OF ~S.sSw velvet. sable and jeweled
Russian lace The velvet r. that exqui-
Ste silky paune ia a pale shade OF yellow
with this velvet is combined heavy cream
Russian lace. the design picked out with
stones in imitation OF sapphres. topazes
and rubies. The sable fur Is used TO
define the long train. to simulate bolero
on the bodice and 10 act as heading for
the WuNueA on the HtAfAs n mover TOUCH
OF color IS given the gown by sapphire
blue panne velyet Eirde.
A charming feature OF a lace tea gown
Is a ruche OF silk and chiffon petaled pink
peoples around the skirt and train. The
flowers are exquisitely made, and trim
the satin petticoat and train. A vine OF
peoples is also used at the shoulder - a
heading for the novel lace sleeve.
Tho sleeves OF the gown are OF ecru
lace and are unlined They cling to the
arm closely to the elbow where they arc
threaded with black velvet ribbon which
tics IN a bow. From the elbow she lace
IS loose and flowing and Is shaped much
like the angel" sleeves OF some yeafs
ago. The bodice portion OF the robe n
lace. threaded with black velvet. which
starts from each shoulder IN a little but
terny bow and ends at the whist line IN
another bow. which has long strcamers
The back OF the gown Is arranged in a
graceful watteau plait.
Life Is FUN OF disillusions Anticipation
fulfilled says the New York Tribune. Is
seldom satisfactory. and the pleasures
which We have looked forward TO with
so much eagerness often prove but Dead
Sea fruit to our taste. causing as to won
der why &c was We ever longed for their
fulnlment. Somewhat Ia the nature OF
the above sentiments we're the comments
OF one OF this years debutantcs on her
first dance And Is this what / have
looked forward TO for years and years.
- exclaimed Il have talked OF com