The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-08

wages. a middle-aged man who had
never been married, and she felt that
they would be happier together.
The clergyman demurred at first,
but the woman had an answer to all
his objections. She would make all
the necessary arrangements. She would
ask the prospective bridegroom to call
upon her, the clergyman could drop in
as II by accident, and everything would
be well. Finally the clergyman con-
sented. He dropped in, apparently by
accident on the night named, and. be-
gan:
1T is strange, John, you have never
married." he said You ought to have
home of your own. Now, here is
Mrs. Blank, who would make you a
good Wife," etc, etc, while the widow
urged him on with frequent mods of
satisfaction. His appeal was received
with some surprise and the man de-
parted. The next day a note came
from the widow which read briefly:
Your words done good
Matters were hurried after that and
it was only few weeks before the
minister was called upon to marry the
palr' and to all appearances they lived
happily.
At a luncheon given recently to her
bridesmaids, says the New York Even
ing Post, the decorations were almost
entirely in bridal white, the green of
smilax being the only relief A center
piece of white bride roses was the ra-
dlatlng point for strands of smilaX
carried to each cover, where they end
ed in a bunch of orange blossoms tied
with white ribbon. The menu cards
bore, each of them, a picture of the
bride set in medallion on the heavy
whlte card, which was decorated with
a spray of orange blossoms. Clear
glass candlesticks holding white.
silk shades were set here and there on
the table, smilax twining around them,
and the ices were served in white we'd
ding bells.
| A Darlington lady says London
| Answers, upon engaging a new cook,
| was very careful to impress upon her
| that no followers were allowed at that
establishment, and added that the last
| cook had been discharged through
breaking that rule. Shortly afterward
suspecting that all was not right in
the culinary department, she paid a
surprise visit to the kitchen, and, upon
making a tour OF inspection, was as
| founded to find fine specimen of the
| genus Atkins standing bolt upright in
| the cupboard
Bridget! what is this man doing
here?" she asked.
FAX, ma'am. he must have been
left there by your last cook" said
Bridget.
Just now the maiden of 19O2-the sec
ond debutante of the new century, says
| the New York Tribune, is standing
with anything but reluctant feet" at
the portals of society, waiting to en-
| ter the new life which seems to her
| as she looks through the open door at
! the glittering scene, so brilliant and
enhancing. She is IS years old, and
this is her long looked forward to
coming OUT winter. Her fond papa
| and mamma have provided her with
| lovely clothes, and as far as they are
able will grant her every indulgence.
| Dinners and dances are to be given in
her honor, she will be a privileged per
son, nothing in the way of irksome
duty will be required of her-no more
| lessons, no more distasteful school
room tasks. All she has to do is to
be happy and to enjoy the good things
of Life, which are generally showered
without stint or measure upon an
American rosebud" during her first
! season.
The difference that is made in an av-
erage New York household between a
boy and girl of the same age is most
apparent. One is a grub. the other a
butterfly. The grub, on leaving school
o, college, is expected to look for a
! pace Immediately. If the pay is prac-
tically nothing, and the work hard,
paterfamilias tells him that must be
no deterrent. THAT is how began my
SELF" says comfortable papa, with com
placency. No late breakfasts for the
boys of the family. The butterflies may
| lie abed as late as they choose after a
| dance, but the grubs must be down.
| town at their work by 9 o'clock. Certes
these nlaidens have a good time of it
while they are young, and it is to be
| hoped that they appreciate the indul-
| gence that is shown to them, and are
| invariably good humored and agreea-
| BILE, bringing innocent gayety into their
homes, while not neglecting to carry
with them into the world kindness, un-
| selhshness and generosity, which may
| be practiced just as well in a ballroom
as anywhere else. If there is a back
| gound to all this-4if mamma hopes
and believes that her daughter will
make a good match and papa opens his
pursestrings in order to give his girls
a matrimonial chance, the happy lit
tie butterflies are not told of it, and, of
course, never think of such things as
they fly about in the gay sunshiny
world, feeling that for a couple of years
at least it is their peq'ogatlve to be
happy.
The following are extracts from a
book by Rev. E. j. Hardy, entitled,
Concerning Marriage" 1t is publish
ed by A. Vessels Company. The ex-
tracts appeared in the New York
World:
In every department of life there is
humor, and nowhere more than in
matters connected with matrimony.
Take, for example, the ways in which
people propose to each other. II any
chance hundred Of Benedicks could be