The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-05

On with an EN- Darrasseu Aausn,
what should l say ?"
SAY Why Hello of course
Then Hello" reluctantly, to my
ears. He had some appreciation of the
prophecies. If his fair interlocutor had
not.
may remark here that have never
had occasion to change the opinion of
the young woman founded upon the
little scene. She is coarse in grain
wood cracks easily.
Second. Gum chewing and slang so
well together. / read some time ago.
an essay upon Conversation as a Lost
Art" The author laid the blame of the
loss upon dancing and card playing.
They may be largely responsible for
the decadence in the graceful accom-
plishment so remarkable in the rising
generation of society. Slang has quite
a 5 much to do with it. II vitates ones
powers of expression as a worm eats
away the heart of rose. One of the
most brilliant takers l know was
trained from childhood in the habit OF
expressing her thoughts and feeling in
correct English. AS a girl of u she
hesitated one day when telling me of
an amusing adventure.
Excuse me for a second. 1 was
about to say I can't tell you how I
1elt Mamma says one should always
be able TO put what she thinks into
words. If one cannot one should not
attempt to talk"
Unconsciously she gave the key to
what has won her a reputation equaled
by Few Americans women. She talks
huently. with grace and simplicity, and
so easily as to bar out any suspicion of
Straining after effect.
Slang is slovenly and vulgar. The
habit when formed is as inveterate as
dram-drinking 1 blushed for a young
man few evenings ago, when / knew
he wished to appear at his best in the
eyes Of a stately matron to whom he
was presented.
81 have the pleasure of knowing your
mother" said the lady. Il hope she is
quite well?"
''First-class, thank YOU" replied the
colegian, glbly.
For he was a collegian, and had
hereditary right to be a gentleman I
wish l could believe that, in review
ing the incidents of the evening, as
one is prone to do when Occasions"
are over, he had the grace to blush
for himself in recalling the fiippant
vulgarity."
Why certain flowers have been asso-
ciated with marriage feasts and cere-
monies since traditional times is a
subject that may prove interesting to
prospective brides. as most of them in
the presence of such an eventful mo-
ment attach much sentiment to the
choosing of their wedding blossoms.
Orange blossoms are the first flower
thought of in connection with we'd
dings The Saracens used orange
blossoms to crown their brides, and
regarded them as the emblems of hap
piness and prosperity and as a sign of
fecundity. The fruit has also its as
ISOLATION with the hymeneal altar. as
the golden apple presented by Jupiter
to Juno on the day of their nuptials
is supposed to have been an orange.
In Sardinia 1t is customary to attach
oranges to the horns of the oxen which
drag the nuptial conveyance. Brides
and bridegrooms also are sprinkled
with orange flower water, and in an
cient times the bridal bed was deco
rated with sprigs of rosemary and
orange blossoms. The Germans, who
use wreaths of myrtle, consider this
vine symbolic of purity and fertility,
and for the same reason the Roman
bridegroom wore a crown of myrtle
while the BRIDES wreath was one of
roses and myrtle. Myrtle was said to
be a favorite of Venus, the goddess of
love, and is symbolic of love. In
Prussia. however. it is held to be an
1 eNu lOT Il sDI1ue 10 mYT-
tie and in other parts of the German
Empire verbena wreaths replace the
myrtle. In other parts Of this same
| country hat made Of verbenas Is
| presented to the newmade wife and is
| supposed to place her under the spe-
cial protection of Venus victrix
In former times rosemary was con-
sidered the bridal flower, and was en-
| twined in wreaths and dipped in scent
1 al TO-. IT,.
| twined with ivy, and the priest presents
a branch to both the bride and BRIDE
groom as a symbol of the indissolu BILE
| knot of matrimony while the wreaths
| OF the bridal couple are in some parts
of this land composed OF peoples. In
old Roman times poppy wreaths were
| only worn by married women, sup
posed to Indicate by their brightness
the joy and happiness of married life.
In other parts of the Greek isles brides
wear hyacinth wreaths instead of
orange blossoms. In Tripoli all bridal
| gifts are sent covered with flowers
| Rose crowns sometimes were worn
as bride wreaths, being especially loves
| flower, but the lily of the valley, now
so often used as the bridal flower, was
| called virgins tears and was consid-
cred most unlucky as wedding flower.
| You VIII nave splendid time, pro-
yiding you omit telling a soul before
the minute you leave that you are go
ing abroad" observed the girl In the
coronation coat as she slipped her cho-
| colate soda with a thoughtful air, says
| the Chicago Daily News.
But why deny ones self the pleas
ure of telling?" asked the girl in the
white felt hat.
Listen and be wise" replied the
other. From the day / announced my
intention of crossing the Atlantic / was
tesieged with requests to take Just
tiny package, my dear to some one on
the other side. At first / assented gra-
ciously. but when Fanny Garter. my
brothers. sweetheart. made her APP
pearance with a package calculated to
fill half my trunk / demurred. Jack
said he never would forgive me II
didn't take 1t, and | reented. Fanny's
sister, Maude is studying in London
ard wrote she could not buy shirt
waists and the kind of shoe polish she
likes over there. and the package con-
tanned seven waists each in a separate
box, and dozen boxes Of polish. Then
my English neishbor asked me to take
a photograph of herself and her little
hoy to her mother. was to forward II
by parcel post the moment arrived in
Liverpool and then it would reach her
mother on the latter's birthday"
Have another soda-do," interrupted
the girl in the felt hat.
Thanks; they do not know how to |