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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-12
Women Who Are shaved.
From the PAiladelDAja Ne,os.

A fringe on the upper lip Is admirable
to the girls as masculine adOrnment, but
no gentle maiden likes to have nous
tache on her own lip, at least not with the
roots toward her. At a certain age some
women begin to detect signs of hirsute
growth upon their faces ana they scan the
papers for advertisements of quack prep
arations for removing Supertiuous hair
some or these nostrums are powerful
acids, which certainly take off the hair,
but too often the skin goes, too, and leaves
dsfiguring scar, To meetthe undOubted
demand, some OF the halrdressers make a
specially of improving compilations by
the Old-tashioned means of latner and
razor. In an uptown hair-dressing es-
adjustment Is private room devoted to
this work, and was permitted to intrude
there while u French lady was being
shaved. The operator said her customers
were all brunettes, with coarse black hair
The blondes never were troubled with
moustaches. The greater number were
French.
The patron about to be operated upon
laughingly admitted that the moustache
was almost national badge. and, LAYING
her head back upon the rest, composed
her features for the ordeal. There was a
high fOot-rest in front of the chair, but it
did not appear to be required on this oc-
caslOn. n napkin was tucked under her
chin and the operator applied quantity
of shaving cream OF lather squeezed out
OF tlnfoil lube Instead OF being mixed in
cup with Il brush. IL little gentle rub
bing with the ends of the fingers softened
the skin and tine hair on the lin, the
operator refralning from remarks upon
the weather or elections during the pro-
cess, which impaired a weird, unnatural
air to the whole performance. The barber
then deity stopped small, thin, short
bladed razor with pearl handle, seized
the victim gently by her pretty nose and
began to shave the lip with quick but
delicate touch.
ain shaving ladies'" she remarked, ait
is necessary to avoid scrapIng the skin 80
as to roughon the surface, or cutting
against the grain, for tnat causes the
hairs TO draw back under the surface, yet
curled there and produce pimples. If
calluw youths would take the same care
their adolescent compilations would be
better"
After the shave the lather was carefully
washed cut of the pores with toilet water,
and preparation WAS applied to hide the
blush tlnge that the too luxurious growth
OF bristles would otherwise give the upper
lip. The patron was then permitted TO es-
cape without being told that she needed a
shampoo or that the hair was getting thin
on the top Of her head and she ought to
use tonic. A lady with Il good, healthy
growth OF moustache requires the atten-
ton Of her hair dresser once or twice a
wpak
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ponent parts.

AS said before, it has been the policy of
| the projectors to do their work quietly,
| perhaps because conscious OF the benefit
they were bsstOwing on their fellows.
They wanted neither the applause 81 the
press nor the reward Of public recOgni-
! ton.
There is no other school like this on
either side of the ocean, and when its dis.
iinguishing aud perhaps most important
feature is described, the reader will scarce
ly fail of surprise that the idea was not
practically carried out long since. The
ordinary trade school is iilled with the
children of honest and intelligent work
lngmen; children who are we'll fed and
clothed and brought up in kindness; but
in the Little Workingmen's School the
contrary is the case. From basement to
garnet it is filed with the children of the
yagrant and the outoast, with the progeny
OF vice and even crime; with children,
indeed, who might reasonably be eX-
pected, because of their surroundings
and associations, to enter by easy stages
into the life of me criminal and the
idler.
Did you ever study the street bow or
'gutter snlpe," as we call him in New
York? II You have you Will admit he is
wanting neither in intelligence nor acute
ness. Listen to him chat the truckman
who drives him off from his cart. If the
man has any pecularities of dress or ex-
preston or manner that boy will have
instantly observed it and is by no means
slow or timd in mentioning it. He IS an
acute observer. tie speaks quickly and
to the point, and whilst his language is
coarse ii conveys his meaning IN the few
est possible words, often containing a
refinement OF sarcasm that would make
The fortune Of the ordinary humOrlst. The
Ill-treatment he receives at home, if he
have one, and his life in the streets have
blunted his sensiDilities but quickened
rather than impaired his perception. But
though he Is acute be is not dOcile, and it
has been said of him that he can neither
hnd the path to homes. industry nor take
1t when it is pointed out by others. The
general idea Of the community is that the
place for such boys is either the house Of
CORE elton or the reformatory, and not
outstanding the tact that these lads
nave never yet been permanently cor
rected in the one nor reformed in the
other, the system is continued and the
street gamin, with only an inclination 10
vice, goes uD to the reformatOry, associ-
ates with fellows sti!l more hardened and
returns with an unwrjtten diploma OF
vice of the first degree.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-12

as a little souvenir of tonight, for it is
wet with your tears and, I'm ashamed
to say, with mineW he asked. as he rose
to 90.
For answer, for even then he was de-
parting, she thrust The dainty cambria
into his bosom, and, with great load
lifted from her heart, threw both arms
about the boys neck and kissed him with
passionate fondness. A moment he held
her, then breaking her clasp rapidly
turned and passed down the walk to the
street. as he went giving kindly pat to
faithful Prince. When he had passed from
view in the early morning dusk Kate re-
tired to her room weeping glad tears as
she went. Frank did not really leave the
vicinity. He came back and watched
Rates shadow come and go upon the
curtains of her chamber; and when he
murmured "God bless her." Prince, who
had walked out to the gate for some more
attention, looked inquiringly up as If to
say: Master. Frank, why In the world
don't you go homer"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-12
FRANK CONWAY,
City Editor of the Gazette.
BY WILL III. HARPER,
Copyrighted, 1886.


ssFrankW
Kate Blackstone almost sprang from
the porch to seize the young mans hand
and drag him to the great easy chair on
the more retired side Of the piazza. 1t
was very sweet, a moment of rest be-
meath Mr.. Blackstone's hospitable roof
this sultry evening. 1t was the twilight
peace that man and nature loves. On the
emerald lawn bordering the Blackstone
mansion Prince, Kate's beloved mastiff,
stalked majestically. cycling with COM
placency the birds that came to drink
from the overflow of the buZZlng sprink-
Ter that showered diamond drops upon the
thirsty turf. The parrot in his cage, that
swung from the neither limb of the big
elm, expressed his satisfaction by croak-
ing to each passer by or contemplative
lounger: "Hello, exchange, give me three,
ought, two" You see that was the tele-
phone number OF MIR. Blackstone's iron
mill with which fair hate, the sole mis-
tress of the mansion, had often to COM
municate. A summers evening was it
In all perfection, fit for lovers vows rather
than black-hearted conspiracy. The girl,
struggling to suppress all excitement, al
most forced the weary fellow into the
grateful chair and quickly seated herself
upon an ottoman by his side. He placed
one hand upon her shoulder and impris-
Oned both of hers In the other. Frank
had called when ever he could since he mad
rescued Kate from the river and when he
could escape an hour from the Office at
sunset they had walked and rowed and
talked together. More, much more they
had done; they had plighted troth, and the
young man was waiting for better times
to press his suit to an early consumma-
ton. They had been very happy MIN
utes, these he had spent on this same pi-
aZZa with his beautiful Kate, as proud and
shy as my dear Lady Disdain ever
dreamed OF being, but tender and loving
to womanlv degree when she said she
would trust Frank Conway and in time
become his wife. From the great chair
there in the cleaning and in the faint
light of the rising moon Frank looked in
unutterable fondness at the fair girl at
his side, and then shaking off the clutch
that sore fatigue was so pleasurably fast
ening upon him, bent forward, and with a
light kiss upon the captive hands asked
teDderly:
"What is it, Kate?"
Frank, you are terribly tired and with
papa | know are worried over the out
come OF this everlasting strike. | would
not add straw to your load. dearest, for
worlds, If could possibly escape it, but
/ can't spare you this time, and so, my
dear Frank, you must listen and receive
papas commission from his daughters
lips"
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selves Anarchists will be SO fully appre-
ciated that the really honest but mis-
guided workmen will expel them from
their ranks and the town, and the strike
in lrondale will bring it's own solution
without the manufacturers signing a
scale you know they really can't afford
to pay, and without the men going
the children looking pitifully through
the pickets of our fence as they silently
pass by to school. Frank, dearest, can
you do Itp
With a beseeching look the girl flung
both arms about the young mans neck,
and burying her head in his breast,
sobbed convulsively. Frank Conway
gently stroked the chestnut curls and
kissed the eyelids wet with weeping, but
said never a word for several minutes.
he thought how he had tried to struggle,
through his short life, to keep faith with
every man, high or low, fawning upon
none, betraying none. The thought how
the INSCRIPTIONS had often twitted him
for his finicky conscience, and how in ST.
lence he had grown proud beneath the
sting. He thought of the friendly inter-
course he had had with the workmen of
lrondale and OF the open-handed trust
they seemed glad to repose in him. clap
ping him on the back for the smart
things he had said in the Gazette, and
coming to him for advice to shape their
humble ways. He thought of
all these things and in horrible
contrast the act of treachery he
was expected to perform, to betray the
men who had favored and believed him,
for cause, true, a pressing cause and
for master and benefactor, perhaps a
benetactor's daughter, but treachery,
dastardly treachery it continued still.
Neither spoke, each felt that something
might come TO pass that would pre-
vent them ever again knowing the
happy moments that had blessed
them in their nightly meetings beneath
Mr.. Blackstone's roof. Then Frank
pressed long last kiss upon the poor
girls trembling lips, tore himself from heI
arms and leftt the hollse
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STREET BOY ARTISANS.
WORKING OUT A NOVEL IDEA
IN INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION.

Old Style of Trade SchoOl-Its Defects
The Fee System-NO Chance for the
Very POor-ReVising tho System-A
school Where Only the Poorest Are
Wauted-Its Success.
NEW YORK, Dec. 11.-Before the re-
cent convention OF the knights of Labor
Powderly expressed the hope that the
future workingman would get an educa-
ton while learning his trade or learn his
trade while getting an education. Curl
ousy enough almost Immediately there
alter, that is to say, last week the New
York Bonrd of Education decided to intro
duce manual training into the public
schools and is now considering how best
this may be done. Now it is compare
lively an easy matter to establish trade
schools, but it is by no means easy, as
the experience with trades schools all
over the world has demonstrated, to OBJ
tain from them more than minimum Of
good TO maximum of harm. Mr.. Pow
derby has often publicly deplored the fact
that all worklnGmen differed in The
quality and quantity Of the work they
turned out, and that this disparity Of
capabilty would ever prove a bone OF
contention between employer and en-
ploye because of the objection of the for
mer to pay the quick and the slow, the
capable and the incapable, alike. Now in
tue trade school, time out of mind, the
young have been compelled to select
trade ere yet their natural inclinations
and abilities were sufficiently developed to
enable them 30 inlellIgently do so. The
boy whose father is a carpenter elects TO
follow the same calling, and ne VINO has
been accustomed to watch the mural dec
orator at work settles himself down to
learn the decorators art. AS a result we
see men struggling through life as poor
carpenters who would have earned a
competence and perhaps fame as decora-
tors, and others tOling as inferior decOra-
tors who would have made successful
carpenters. Recognizing this serious de-
feet in the organization OF the trade
school system of the world, Few wealthy
philanthropists some years ago esjab-
lished the .tSchool for Little Working
men," where no particular trade and yet
all should be taught. The scheme was
kept quiet, perhaps, because It's projec-
tors, though certain of its advantages
over the old system, were not sure that
1t could be successfully developed. 1t
was started with dozen girls and boys
IN apartments over plumbers shop in
Broadway, corner of FOrty-iOurth street,
and now occupies a handsome building
specially constructed for it in Fifty
fourth street, Just east of Sixth avenue,
where nearly 800 little men and women
take in mathematics and brass finishing,
grammar and drawing, as if the one and
The other were but complement and CON-
ponent parts.
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The Typical Boston Girl.
From, tie Boston Heyald.

How little the world at large knows of
tine real, bona tide Boston girI-that
charming combination OF pedigree, purse.
beauty and brains which lives on Beacon
street or Commonwealth avenue. and
dazzles the upper ten by her manifold at
fractions. There is, to be sure, a certain
type familiar to readers Of newspapers
and magazines, for scrlbblers of he time
are never weary of holding up before the
public gaze strong-minded. intellectual
creature, Despectacled, indifferent to the
dictates OF fashion, and stepped 10 the
eyes IN every Oiogy and ism devised by
the mind OF man. The language this
damsel uses 10 more stited and tlowery
than Sir Piercie ShafLon's, more pedantic
than DR.. JohnsOn's. Her head is always
in the clouds, and she has only an unut-
terable scorn Tor the petty TRIES that
make up i!te's sum tor her less gifted sic.
tiers. she goes on TO New York or Phila-
deiphla occasionally for a complete
intellectual rest, and swoOps
down upon Chicago and Gin.
cInnati now and then with the latest
work on zoology in her hand like Liberty
Enllghtening the World. Her pert, i'm
portant sayings are retailed and repeated
throughout the country, and she is fast
becoming famous AS the most disagreea-
bic OF the sex feminine eXtant. Eortu.
ho'ely iVl DootoH. no"eNeT: Juls so'cblled
type is OF very rare occurrence. BY scour-
ing the by-ways and hedges for long
summers day one might find, perhaps,
hall dozen young women who are az.
gressvely Bostonian and answer in every
particular 10 the generally accepted idea,
but they are never popular. Their own
friends and neigh bors laugh and ieer Mt
them as much as the scoilers who dwell
in other cities-the cities OF the Philis-
tlnes--and, thanks to the kindly fates
who preside over the Hub and its desti.
MES, they are the exception rather than
the rule.
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soUED FRANK SEATED AT HIS DESK
The girl, strained to the utmost with the
intensity OF her feelings. released one
hand ard gently, though with trembling
touch, carUssed now the young mans
hand, and nov his cheek and now mis-
hair, as she said with almost breaking
heart:
thing terrible tonight"
Conway started, and instinctiyely drew
the agitated girl closer toward him.
Then calmly he said, ana with a reassur-
Ing laugh:
"And what IS it, sweet Katef Tell me
all about It,"
Frank, don't try to deceive me about
the gravity OF II all, for / know the worst
Is likely to happen. Listen. At supper
tonight papa was called to the door to
See man, one OF his own workmen,
whom long ago he beiriended. The man
seemed as anxious and timid as fugi-
tive, and asked papa TO take him into the
parlor out OF sight OF every one passing.
Papa did so, and there the man made
known bis erran0. He said that the very
radical wing of the labor council to
which he belonged was about TO take seri-
BUS steps 10 affect this strike one way or
the other. He knew there was plot but
could not tell its details. He simply
knew that the influence Of the few social
site members OF the order was danger
,usly increasing, and that an awful out
break against the manufacturers might
Happen at any hour. He felt papa should
be warned In time, and so with the eX-
,use TO his comrades that he was going TO
zee II Mr.. Blackstone had anything new
or the boys, be came TO put poor para on
bis guard. Now, Frank, dearest, and he.
cause j know your principles, my heart
would almost sooner break than bid you
10 it against the whole practice of your
lie. Frank, what papa wants is that you
mould this very night hasten to get in
hide the counsels Of the men in this des-
perate matter; learn every detail OF the
conspiracy and check II in the bud by
eyealing 10 in full In the Gazette tO-mor-
'ow morning. Papa knows You can do
I, because he has seen how thoroughly
T0u have reported every important piece
" news about the strike and fixed il in
uch a clever way for the next mornings
Daper. lie is confident that with the plot
exposed the evil doings in cur local labor
'fairs OF these people that call them
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man. Our client had documentary proof
that made splendid case and would have
stood In any court, but when the case
came to trial it was shown that the peo-
pie and facts were drawn from his own i'm
aginatIon and the case was thrown out of
court. 1t was the third time he had fooled
lawyer, but as he paid for his fun no
hearts We're broken.
1.-The women clients of this kind are the
most troublesome. They insist on seeing
the head of the firm without telling their
business TO any one else. To tell them a
little lie about his being out is no good,
for they will sit the whole day II necessary
TO test the statement. There are three or
TOUR women who have money and spend
their time going the rounds of the promin-
ent lawyers, trying to enlist them in some
imaginary suit. They will put up re-
tanner If asked TO, but woe be to the man
VINO takes it. A trip to Europe is the
only means of escape. They will bring a
SUIT on the slightest pretense, but usually
there is no ground for complaint. The de-
sire to litigate seems to be overpowering.
One of the women visits the courts regu-
larly. has picked up a good knowledge of
law, ana can ask questions that would
make the oldest practitioner scratch his
head. Nearly all these peculiar people
are eccentric! or mentally unsound. and
most OF them really believe that they nave
been injured and are entitled to redress.
AT one time there were several fine-look-
ing women who sought to get an audience
with hrst-class lawyers, as we'll as bust
ness men, for Matchmaking purposes, and
1t IS rule in some offices that strange
women are never seen by any member Of
the firm except when witnesses are pres
ent. Ii is peculiar thing that women
clients VINO have legitimate business in
court form violent antipathy against any
one who is opposed to them and do not
hesitate to make known their intense
hatred BY word and manner.v
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estlng way,

When l went up to the school the other
morning, the superintendent, Mr.. Bam-
berger, sent for a boy OF the highest class,
aad asked me to question him as to his
work and studies. This lad, now II years
old, was. when he first came. six years
ago, the most unDrOmising member of the
school. He wore a heavy, stupid look,
answered sullenly ana kept his ewes
down. lie was at once dirty, stupid and
insOlent. A physician who was called in
after examining MIN, decided that he was
not OF sound mind. He proved to be mis-
taken. The boy had been il-treated from
infancy. That was all that allied him.
He was washed, clothed and treated
kindly, and III short time he developed
intellectual powers gilmore than ordinary
promise. To-day ne Is one OF the bright
est boys in the school, and from what
saw OF him, will venture to say that few
boys in either public or private schools
hereabout have clearer knowledge OF
the ordinary studies, whilst his work in
drawing and designing in plaster and
metal would be no discredit to the full
hedged artisan. FRANKLIN NORTH.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-12

good children and those porperly cared
for, whilst none but the correctionary
authorities were attending to these out
casts, and this attention was productive
OF more harm than good. They asserted
that when the young wore intelligent,
dOcility would follow kindly treatment,
and thrusting aside the claim of Herbert
Spencer that the children of the vicious
and the mendicant inherit their propensi-
ties and proclivities, they stOutly main
tanned on the contrary that all children,
regardless OF ancestry, are naturally good;
that vlciOusness In children is product
primarily of their surroundings and the
Influences that hedge them about; that
children, however favored by nature, may
be rendered vicious by ill-treatment and
want, and those already schooled in de-
pravity can be turned, because Of the ma
tural inclination OF childhood, into the
paths OF rectitUde. the school has now
been In operation some SIX, years, and it
is already apparent to the careful OBJ
server that its projectors have as good a
proved the truth OF their theories. Lads,
who six years ago divided their time be-
tween the public streets and the reforma-
tories, may now be seen at the work
benches or in the classrooms of this in
stltutIOn, taking an interest IN study that
is rarely seen in the public school, and
doing work in wood, clay, plaster and
metal that could scarcely be found fault
with II from the hands of the indentured
artisan.
AS said before, no particular trade is
taught. The children are tried at all the
principal trades and permitted to devote
themselves TO the class OF work they seen
best tilted for by nature, or that in which
they make the most progress. One lad
likes to use the saw, chisel and plane,
whilst another evinces a dislike TO and
makes little progress in such employment
but is entirely at home when modelling,
drawing or Designing, etc.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-12
SOLITUDE.

From Chambers Journal.
Not in the deepest tangles of the wood
The turtles haunt, the tlmid squirrels lair;
Not on the ocean beaches, rough and bare
With never ending battles, unsubdued
In war of winds and waters boar and rude;
Not IN the mountain-passes. where the air
Sobs low, and life is like long despair
Thy home is not in these, Oh Solitude!
But in the busy concourse, long and loud,
Where not one pulse of human sympathy
Beats through the grasping spirits of the
crowd
Where each is rapt in snatching greedlly
His brothers portion-'neath shallow
shroud,
We know thy truest haunt, and weep for
thee.
ARTHUR L. SALMON.