The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-23

Dutchwoman thinks 1t her duty TO be-
come They have strong domestic tastes
and affections and when married are de-
voted TO their homes. their husbands and
their children. They know how to make
their homes bright and comfortable. A
great deal of luxury is found in houses
of the higher classes. Marble halls, paint
ed ceilings and thick carpets. beautiful
workmanship and delicate detail are as
apparent as of old in abe houses of the
bourgeoisie. as well as in great mansions.
The Dutch lady thoroughly understands
household management. She prides her
self upon giving excellent food and has
a wen-appointed linen press, but super
fious prettinesses are wanting. One will
see fine old silver and precious Delft ware
at the little dinners she is fond of CIV
ing, but there will be no flowers on the
table and the guests do not dress for din
ner. Ladies at The Hague and among
the highest class are as cosmopolitan, as
smart and as beautifully turned out as
in any society in Europe, but the bour-
geois has not much idea of dressing well,
and will appear at the breakfast table
in dressing gown and slippers, not ex-
actly untidy, but chosen more with a view
to the comfortable and the economical
than the becoming
A woman who does not marry and who
ant life. After Internationally she is al
lowed as much liberty as If she were a
married woman More girls of the higher
classes remain unmarried than of old and
fill their lives with many interests. Liv-
ing is cheap in Holland and a woman can
live comfortably on $50 a year and is
quite well off on 900, able to afford her
own house and good servant, to go
constantly to the theater and to travel
in the summer.
The fashionable jewelers. of the day
have decreed new style in enga cement
rings which, If generally adopted, will
rebound to their profit. 1t is a pear-shap-
ed stone, preferably diamond, the set
ting almost invisible, the circlet very
thin. If a colored stone Is chosen instead
of a diamond the accommoda ting jeweler
will surround it with the tiniest of dia-
monds, making brilliant line of white
fire, but the individual stones so small
as to have the effect rather than the ap-
pearance of gems, says the New York
Commercial Advertiser. A row of five
diamonds, encircled with many rubies, Is
also favorite engagement ring. Rubies
mean felicity in love"-and diamonds
or at least to own them-signify good
luck it goes without saying.
IL is unhappily true, says the New
York Tribune, that many people take
great delight in saying disagreeable
things to their friends, but there are
very few who have sufficient courage or
frankness to speak openly or to risk being
considered rude or malicious. So they
will use greatdeal of circumlocution to
convey the disagreeable truth or criticism
which they feel unable to resist uttering
put for which they do not wish to be held
accountable. AS every one knows by I'M
pleasant experience, a remark that may
wound deeply may be yelled with conven-
tional politeness so thoroughly that the
malice of the speaker cannot be detected.
and, although you who listen know, and
the speaker knows you know, that the
cutting speech is made with purpose.
there is nothing to take exception to.
DO you know how Mrs. Sharp man
ages to say the most unpleasant things
TO your face she can think Off" said one
of her victims. She repeats a remark
presumably made by third person who
never existed. an Imaginary Mrs. Harris,
who says everything she is dying to say
herself and does not dare to. l have dis
covered that she has regular plan of
working. First she begins BY exciting
your curiosity. She has heard something
about you, she gives you to understand
in a roundabout fashion, and, of course,
you want to know what It is But it will
vex you she purrs; then you get wilder
than ever and insist upon being told Fin
ally after much persuasion, she tells you
Of some remark that has been made
about you that makes you feel uncom-
Portable all over. OF course, nothing will
induce her to tell you who has said, it,
and you are left under the impression
that 1t is one Of your friends who has
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faults. 1t took me long time TO iind
her out, but feel sure now that she
makes everything up. and then shields
herself behind an imaginary third per
son"
A Vision
1 know not what the radiant vision wore,