The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-25

lust like one of the family'-and yet
| be relied upon never to take onense.
/ When your. hostess begins to seat her
/ self in the most comfortable CHAIR,
| leaving you to take what you can get,
/ and puts you in the small bedroom
| when you visit her, because she knows
you will not care you may know that
the point I have spoken Of has been
reached. At their very incest and most
exclusive dinners, too, you are gener-
| ally left out Dear Katie they will
say, knows how 1t is herself certain
people must be asked there are so
many pay backs" to be invited OF
course, you have TO say you quite I'M
derstand it. but you are not particu
larly pleased 10 be written TO at the
eleventh hour by your dead Emily, say
ing, What a comfort TO have true
friend, l know you will come over this
evening and fill Mrs. Lofty's place. who
has Just given up!' Or to be asked the
next week because you know them so
well to help leaven the lump of
distinctly trump dinner party. / am
having old Mr.. and Mrs. Winter from
the country writes dear Emily, and
poor Miss Wither, who goes out so
little, and a few others like that
know you will not mind coming to en-
liven things for them. There are not
many / could ask such favor OF Il
should think not. I calculate mentality,
but feel that / never need stand upon
ceremony Win my dear Katie This
she certainly never does. but am be-
ginning to wish she would"
A worn garter, says the Boston Post
is regarded by some people as quite as
valuable present, for 1t brings its new
wearer luck, or, at any rate, Is sup
posed to do so.
A bride should always wear blue
silk garter at her wedding, an, as for
luck, she must wear
Something old and something new.
Something gold and something blue"
Her garter is often given her by
friend who has taken away its new
ness by wearing II for few times. The
wearing of the garter does not end the
ritual concerning it, After the wedding
ceremony it is either cut into pieces
or hidden. When 1t is hidden, the
bridesmaids hunt for it. and the finder
is assured of being happily married be-
fore the year is out. When ii is cut il
is divided among the bridesmaids to
give to each good luck and a devoted
husband. Sometimes the bride bestows
her garters on the first bridesmaid,
and in Germany each bridesmaid re-
ceives a pair of blue white silk gar
tiers from the bride.
The Coquette-
Fair Bessie waved her fan with glee,
And being in a playful mood,
She gave the airy toy to me
And babe me fiirt it If l could.
The pleasing task l quick began,
But jealous pangs my heart-strings
hurt.
MY dear, 1 cannot fiirt a fan,
But with your leave I'll fan flirt.
j. r. B. in September Smart Set.
The Baltimore Herald publishes the
following about women:
DR.. Franklin's Mother-in-L aw-Dr.
Franklin's mother-in-law hesitated at
letting her daughter marry a printer,
as there were then already two print
ing offices in the United States, and
she was uncertain whether the country
would support third.
Irish Woman's Blessing-Thackeray
tells of an Irish woman begging aims
from him, who seeing him put his hand
to his pocket, said: May the bless
| ings of God follow you," but when he
only pulled out his snuffbox she imme-
diately added: And never overtake
| you"
Clear Enough for One.-Sheridan ex-
cused himself from walking with an
/
weather. Soon afterward she met him
alone. 80, Mr.. Sheridan" said she,
| ut has cleared up" Just a little
ma'am; enough for one, but not enough
for two"
Presents are one of the social prob
lens that puzzle people considerably,
| and really often give more annoyance
| than pleasure. 1t seems, says the New
York Tribune, a great pity that kind
| ly act, that ought to be purely an ex-
| preston of goodwill or affection, should
| by conventional habit become an actu-
| al tax, but it is certainly true that
| many Of the gifts bestowed on various
occasions are given grudgingly and re-
| ceived without gratitude. Particular
| ly this is the case at Christmas, when
gift given one year to friend means
! that it should not be omitted the sue
| ceeding season, and a return OF faVors
| bestowed is as obligatory as return
of visits. AS in the case of every fore
ed civility, comments are often far
| from complimentary.
do you know what Molly Craft does
| at Christmas?" said one of her So
called friends. why, she sends little
| two-penny trif1es to nearly every girl
| she knows, with a sweet little note ex-
pressive of her devoted friendship. OF
| course, we all have to send her some
| thing IN return, ana as many OF the
| girls are rich and do not care what
they spend, she gets fine lot of pres
ents."
How to become pretty! That is the
theme uppermost in a woman's mind
! II she be very feminine.
People do me the honor to say that
l am beautiful. says Anna Held in the
New York Herald, and every day my
mail is filled with letters, asking me
to describe my rules of life, to tell what
l eat and how l sleep, to diyulge the
secret recipes that are responsible for
my complexion and a hundred or more
requests that always deluge the young
lady or gentleman who has been fortu-
nate in winning public approval.
Every one seems to think that am
spending all my time in the invention
Of new beautifiers, like the milk baths
that l began to use some time ago. In
this, however, they are much mistak-
en-. Few women pay less attention to
the complexion that do.
Now to my mind, there is Just ore
secret that woman must learn before
she can be beautiful, and that is that
she must be healthy. There are excel
lent cosmetics on the market for skins
that have been ruined by continued
poor health. Without health there can
be no beauty, and the most irregular