Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-22
tTEN1s oF

fTFHIs oF INTEREST.
LACE Is lavishly worn again. but in this
century the demand for it Is confined 10 wo-
men. whereas IN the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries men. too, expended huge
sums on ruf1es and wristbands. In loo the
expenditure Of William III. for lace was
Ss.0I5: In 1894. nearly $4,000; IN 1885. $4,000
Queen Anne also lavlshed money on Mechlln
and Brussels.
BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. called "Mouth-
ful Of Bread" has been started in Paris. Its
object Is 10 render temporary assistance TO
th-se who are out Of work. \ lumD OF bread
and q glass Of water. favored with vinegar,
are given 10 al who ask for relief The
vinegar Is put IN the water 10 XII the MI
crobes. which swarm IN the Iout seine water
anu the connection QOeSut taste mucn uluer-
ent from the sour wine ordinarily used 10y
ParIsl4ns.
THERE are great differences in the average
growth of some Of the more common trees.
In twelve years white maple increases l
foot II diameter and 50 in height; ash. Leaf
maple or box elder. foot aud2 feet; white VII
low. ! foot and a half and 30 feet: yellow VIII
low I foot aud a half ami - feet: blue ana
white ash. % inches IN diameter and > feet ln
height: L~ombardy poplar. 10 inches and 40
feet: black walnut and butternut, 10 inches
and - feet.
~ named Mad. B%ongeuvalle is said
10 have been lying in a trance az Thcuelles.
in the department Of the Aisne, Fra2ce, for
the last sixteen months, She presents every
appearance Of death. The doctors are treat
Ing her bv perchIoride as q medicine, strong
broth mixed with the yolk OF eggs being sol
minislered as an enema 10 sustain lie. Inc
face OF She interesting patient has scarcely
changed. but the body has become ieaTiuIE
emaclated.
RICH New York widower Is the possessor
OF a fine portrait Of his wife, who died over
10 years ago. At the end Of 3 years he en-
gagged an artist TO retouch the picture and add
that time TO the age Of the subject, so that the
pictured face OF the wife whom ne adored
might keep pace with his own increasing
wears The act was done Win All sincerity
aud tenderness. and Tow IL has again been
done and the dress Of his lost beloved Is
brought 10 the prevailing fashion Of 1854, ana
the face made correspondlnglY oidtf'
CITIZEN Of Rio Janeiro Kisses in the eN-
preston OF . thousand and one ideas and in
tents. ranging from calling the attention OF a
waiter or street car conductor, to calming the
electric agitation and modifying the miscella-
uptus movements Of a belaDOred mule. The
sibIialt sound Is s0ftened somewhat IN It's ut
terrace by the lips. anu II Is remarkaDle Inc
dlst3n. g It mas be through a an.
IL requires q less expenditure OF Nltahty 10
utter q hiss tnan an artlculate word, ana tnat
iu the environment Of the earth, which has
become organic in the slOth, Is not 10 be L.
NHFEt LN E4AAEE INC AALEAAtu1 VI IN EAAN--N
palc.
ANEW Quitting establishment has been
opened IN oxford street. London, and among
the curiosities displayed is an umbrella Ia
be. ed rs the identical machine advertised in
the Female Taller Of Dec. p. 1903. as bor-
r2,vcd from the mistress at Wills Coffee House
0v the young gentleman from the custom
house. This venerable witness 10 the iact that
the umbrella has been 3 source OF dishonesty
FROM IFS origin l. OF thick cotton, dlscolOred
10y the wear and tear Of a century ana three
quarters. But II Is otherwise We'll preserved,
and in bnlk and general solldity Of co~hstruc-
ton. we are told. quite echpses such articles
a. are offered on wet afternoons az our motel
doors.
THE reaIQuecn Anne house was unlike that
oil the present "Queen Anne revival both
outside aud inside. Wren and Nanbrush
would be indeed surprised If they could see
the strange works that are now done, If. not
I'm their name al least IN the name OF the age
for which they built their heavy. plain, solui
houses saws Sfr. Justin Mccarthy. II his
hew history OF The Four Georges. Inside
the rooms were, ass rule. sparlnEly Iurnlsheu.
There would be a centre table. some chairs. a
settee. q few pictures, a mirror, a splnnet,
some shelves and. OF course. heavy window
curtains. Wall papers had only begun 70
come in use within the few last years OF
Anue's reign.
IT may not be generally known. says the
- aAELN ArfN.N NAA@%
a superstition that the letter ''p'' in their
titles brought them lucs. "PlnafOre' made
the first great hit. and then cam the pirates
Of Penzln~e" with two "Fs." Then follow d
.Patteucp.- and then -Iolanthe.r with the
subtitle the Peer and the Peri, again a
double '-p." and 81 first they even thought OF
adding To this bv calling il "Perola.' "Prln-
cess Ida'' followed, but The - seemed n
break the charm >ardou. the great frencn
PLAYWRIGHT. has fallen into q similar way OF
thinking. and believes that fate bieszes his
..DOras." 80 he has written Dora, asuccess;
Fedora" . great success, and Is now at work
on "TheOdOra.'
THERE are in Shakespeare's plays about
ninety deaths. taking place either on the stage
or behind the scenes, of important person
ages. II might be increased by soldiers and
attendants who were killed 10y the way. The
modes Of death are very various. and yet not
quite an which we might naturally antlcl-
Pare. Cold steel the dagger or the sword
accounts for about tWO-thlrdS OF the WhOlc,
twelve persons die from Olu age or natural
iccar. in some cases hastened by the trying
circumstances OF their lives; seven are be-
headed: five die by poison, including the
elder Hamlet whose symptoms are 80
infinitely described by ms ghost: TWO OF suno
cation. unless, indeed. "DesdemOna" makes "a
third: two by s~tranglng, Ole from a fall, one
Il droW ned. three die 10y snake bite. and one,
"h0rnCT.' the aTmorcr, IS thumped 10 death
win a sand bag
Mr.. POLAND. the great London criminal
LAWYER. was recently robbed Of his watch IN
the immediate neighborbood OF Cranbourn
street. close ID the notorious French quarter
of Lower soho. lie gave information TO the
noiice aud was soon Informed that the pick
~. ket had been arrested with a stolen watch
in his possession. He went down 10 MARI
borough street 10 give his evidence. ami. as
he entered the door. "a dirty Frenchman
thrust a letter in his hand. II contained ,
sovereiEns. "a 9-shillinC piece, and half a
crown, the exactly conventional fee for q bar
risfcr and his clerk. with them was the fol-
lowing touching appeal scrawled IN the vllest
handwriting: You talk we'll; you VIII be
generous: YOU viii defend me- It was only
a Frenchman who would have hit on this dar-
ing expedient Of retaining as his counsel the
man he had robbed.