The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-18

course is likely to be followed by other
poor but ambitious girls The best paying
field which has opened before intelligent
nurses with organizing and executive abil-
ity, however, has been, after perfectjng
themselves, to open training schools on
their own account in localities not sup
piled. There are women who have gone all
ever New York state and good distances
west establishing centers from which go
out devoted nurses to alleviate pain. This
was the plan, though not conceived with
view to the financial return, which brought
Gen. Wade Hampton's daughter to New
York to obtain the knowledge that would
fit her to start training schools in the south.
She has made one of the best head nurses
ever seen in hospital ward. The number
of nurses is not equal to the demand yet,
but it is increasing so fast that the profess
sion may be over-crowded, like most de-
partments of woman's work, before long
in which case the prices will come down.
GUESTS INVITED TO ONE OF THE Pref
TEST WEDDINGS
of the week were surprised to
read on one corner of the dainty wedding
cards "No Gifts" engraved in quaint ara
besque scroll, which perforce attracted at
tention. 1t required some independence Of
character ana some Sel1-donlal TO go cOun-
ter to established custom in such a matter.
but the dimpled little bride, who looks
more like a sweet, plump, pink and white,
grown-up baby than person of strong
minded procllvltleS, announced to her
friends when they questioned her decision,
81 won't make my marriage to Archie a
Methodist donation party where all the
parish bring in this, that and the other to
patch up the salary. We have a cirle of
three or four hundred Trends and every
body knows that great many of them
would buy presents for u.s. not at all because
they love us, but because 1T Is the proper
thing, and even If they can't afford the
tax they mustn't be outdone by rich Mrs.
A. or Mr.. b. Society people have indeed
pushed the gift business hard within few
seasons, until tnere are dozens and'Scores OF
young married couples who pinch them
selves during Lent and dread the coming
of Jsne because of the draft the Easter and
the early summer weddings make on their
incomes. IL matters go on as they are
doing now there may sometimes be spring
exodus from New York into the country
and to Europe comparable to the flight of
the May tax dodgers from Boston, to es-
cape paying the debts of honor accnmula-
ted in the shape OF 2OO or 3O0 wedding gifts,
to be returned at the marriage OF the
givers.
AN EARLY SUMNER BUSINESS
which has been very lively this season is that
Of the foot manicure. 4 contradiction in
terms. is it not? But no better name has vet
been devised. There are only two or three
women in it as vet. but they find it n
clevar and advantageous idea fits a Nav
and lime profession mostly. because feet
are NOT Of great consequences in the eve of
the average fair damsel except during the
summer resort campaign. 4 winter of
dancing in T,ouis XIV, heels and promenad-
ing in tight boots leaves the pedal extrem-
tiles in what sort of shape do you suppose
No matter SO long as they are covered up.
hut feat which they were not ashamed to
exhibit without the protection of stockings
made belles of three or four bathing beau
ties last wear. How did thew do IL. was
what every stockinged, would-b be belle was
anxious to find out, and some of them have
Guessed the conundrum this wear. They
have GUESSED IL to the foot manicure's profit.
for the first far-sighted widow who went
into II has three assistants now. This is
the reoimen pursued. Before NV LADY, is up
in the morning the foot artist is admitted
70 her bedside Corns. bunions and other
vulgar but undeniable distortions must be
treated in the first stages of the six weeks
deyotion The usual methods of the chiron-
Cd;st earve for these and then the real
work of the attendant begins. The toes
are hent one over another or curled down
,t,der tbe foot and the whole member Is
linn lifeless. killed by pedal tight lacing,
1 Vop wouldn't think such a maltreated
,,,embar conId be- made pretty model for
nThih;tion Int the foot manicure thinks
o1baryviea The curled darling of luxury
need NOT lift her head from her pillow
She may droop her fringed eyelids in a
beauty nap while the poor nisused feet are
dipped in bowl of iukewarm water,