The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-31

Greenway Brown, daughter of the late
George Brown of Baltimore. The bride
although still in her teens Is well
known both in Maryland, Washington
and Chicago. She has two sisters who
are married and residing in the latter
city. Young Palmer is serving his Sec
ond term as a Chicago Alderman, hay
ing entered upon political career two
years ago. Or, rather, it is said in
Washington, that his mother is the
real politician, being the power behind
the throne, as it were. Son Honore is
a member of all the leading clubs, and
is also active in the Municipal Art
League, Associated Charities and
other Chicago organizations. He is
considered the wealthiest bachelor in
this city, and it is no small thing to
be the nearest relative and closest
friend of that most successful woman
of the day, Mrs. Potter Palmer. Of
course, the wedding will not take place
until after Mrs. Palmer's return from
Europe in the fall.
The bride-to-be also comes of a
wealthy and powerful family, her faith
er, the late George Brown having been
a princely entertainer at his magnif-
cent estate in Green Springs Valley
The minister from Argentina and
Nine. Garcia Merou entertained at din
in celebration of the anniversary Of
their nations declaration of indepeud-
ence, May % being to Argentina what
the Fourth of July is to us and the
14th of July to France.
There is a pretty girl In Washington
who lives with her wealthy grand
mother, her parents being both dead.
The grandmother, though a very ex-
all, 1II 1oI fC Ar-sr -1x hot
known to the Yankees as dear" yet
the young woman manages to dress
pretty well-nobody knows how. When
anybody asks her what she intends to
wear on this occasion or that, for she
is very popular in society she always
replies 81 don't know, 1 haven't looked
in the garnet yet" At a famous lawn
party the other day she was dazzling
in the very smartest kind of an en-
broidered white linen gown, up to the
latest notch of style. One of her init
mates, looking the surprise she was
too polite to express, the little grand
daughter laughed merriIy and said: "I
am several laps ahead of grandmother
this spring. AS everybody knows she
hates awfully to spend a penny, and
she has a soul far, far above dress
She has also a big linen closet. Linen
is her lifelong hobby, and she has
enough of it to stock a big department
store. I asked her for some new shirt
waists awhile ago, and she bought me
some appalling ready-made things that
her housemaid wouldn't look at. Then
| bethought me of her blind side. I
went to her and told her that thought
L was old enough to begin collecting
linen on my own hook, so to say. She
was delighted and said that was well
come to call my own anything in our
big chest of drawers.
May I do what I please with it? I
lnnocently asked. Grandmother said I
might. Well, first thing / found was a
set of half dozen drawn-work and
lace-edged doylies. 1 took them and
set them in all over a plain white linen
blouse. 1t would make your mouth
water just to see it. And the dress
nave on to-day-well, you may call me
sheet and pillow-case party, if you
ike My shirtwaist is made of a pair
OF embroidered pillow cases, and the
embroidery down my skirt was the
edge of a sheet. Grandmother nearly
had fit when she found out what I
was doing with the linen: but she
never goes back on her word. and to
save the rest she has promised me a
regular dress allowance. When she
sees the frock I'm making now. out
OF real damask banquet table cloth.
know she'll take regular caniptions
But the linen is mine, you know. to
90 with as | please, according to her
own words, and l shall not be bought
on with any small allowance, you
maybe sure.