The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-03-12
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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I tlcauy impossible to get into spoon
without the assistance of fork. A
new maid who does not SO equip each
Of her dishes must be taught to do
so, and a housekeeper who is going
through her own apprenticeship need
not be afraid of following the Gus
tom too often.
Fashion now DEGREES another way
than the old of putting on finger
bowls. They are not brought by
themselves. last, as in former years,
The glass basins are put on the des-
sert plates, lace or linen dolly be-
ing under each basin. These plates
are put before each person, who re-
moves the linen and bowl, leaving
the plate empty. The dessert is then
handed.
In houses where extreme fashions
are followed the finger bowl has its
! own plate, that being set into the des-
sert plate. This means that two to-
| gether with a bowl on top, are put
before each person. The basin. with
it's own plate, is lifted off by the
person before whom it is set.-Ros-
anna Schuyler, in the New York Tele-
| gram.
GIRLS AND MARRIAGE.
l have just been having long talk
with Marcia about girls and mar
rage. She is now q, an age at which
the era of old-maidism was at one
period we'll begun, but which now is
regarded as quite girlish The fash
ionable age for marriage is, you
know, from 81 to SO for women, from
80 to 40 for men.
Marcia has had three or four good
offers, but has refused them because
she did not love the men who made
them. She can not understand how
any girl or woman can marry a man
she does not love.
And yet" she said, in her quiet
way, Il should like to marry. l
should love to have someone that |
could be nice to. thoughtful for. l
believe that half the girls in the
world feel as l do They know that
they have the power to make some
man happy, and every day they feel
the want of someone to be good to.
It is such a waste, Madge dear.
When you think of it, it is not al
ways the girls who have the best ca
pacity to be home-makers who marry.
Men seem to admire the fast and
fluffy girls, not the gentle, quiet ones
who hate to be conspicuous, who mel
Their smoke nor drink B. and SIS nor
gamble at bridge
But you are one of the quiet
Ones" l said, "and you have had Of
fers''
Yes said Marcia zone man
asked me to marry him because he
was a widower with three children,
and was tormented by incapable
nurses and other servant worries.
Another man proposed to me on three
days acquaintance. l disliked him,
and the only reason I can think OF
for his asking me was that he liked
my singing The third offer was from
someone quite nice, well off. and OF
good position. But I did not care for
him in the right way. I don't want
to be an old maid, though, Madse."
l suppose a woman may go through
life without meeting anyone she
could fall in love with. What do you
think? 1t seems rather sad. | asked
Marcia if she ever had seen, even
for moment, any man she thought
she could endure the thought of as
a husband.
YES" she said, "once. 1t was in
a crowd on a very solemn occasion.
Immediately in front Of me stood a
very tall man, impeding my view of
what we were all looking at. 'willed'
him to move, and he did SO. You
know the trick, Madge? And then l
saw his face-fine in feature. beauti-
full in it's serious, manly, sweet ex-
preston. I have not forgotten it,
though it is five years ago"
Marcia, was it after you had seen |
him that you refused those other |
mem?
Eyes. But that had nothing to do |
with it. l could not have said yes |
to any of them in any case"
So she said, and so she thinks, but
between you and NE, Amy dear, l
fancy that that one glimpse of the
ideal spoiled our poor Marcia for
Madge's letter in Truth.
FASHION NOTES.