The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-14
WOMEN AND rHzIR AFFAIRS
Something About the Maid Who Does
the WoOinR.

n OO1L lnc " ~ OC~S
the WooinR.
may as well be frank at once and say
90 not like the maid who does the wooing,
says q writer in tie Ladies EOme Journal.
She is usurping the privilege Of her knight,
and if were he | should turn and fee.
But" saws Ethilinda, she needs encourage
ment!' PERHAPS he does But not too
mucn Of IL. When you want to give an
| invalid something to increase his appetite
you do not offer to eat for him; instead you
offer dainty bit, little spicy, or a little
acid that guickens the taste and makes a
great hunger come. Treat your sweet
heart in the same way. Let him be
co.'s Ious that you are pleased with
his liking; but do not for a minute take
away his prerogative and do the wooing.
No man hes true appreciation for good
things too easily ootaiusd. Man is yet a
little bit OF savage. and The hunt is always
delight 10 him. Your eyes may reflect
his love. bu. they need not announce yours
first, thereby sending out an invitation.
Ny dear girl, ask Almost anv man Won
know what his favorite flower is, and,
after he has thought, he will tell you either
the violet or the rose. One grows sur
rounded and protected by green leaves. and
to get 1t perfect-that is, with stem-you
nave to reach down and pluck it carefully
but in a determined way. The other is
guarded by sharp thorns, aud though it
stanrs up in most dgnitied way, it rssists
except by its encouraging sweetness. the
ono brave enough TO take it from tie parent
tree. You can learn gooi lesson IN
Hover garden: you see the hollyhocks plant
and know that they are the TO ward beauties
OF the world Of flowers; you see the lilies
with their bowed heads, and You are con-
WINGED that beauty without faith is If little
worth; YOU are aware Of dainty perfume,
and know that the little lady, whose quail
ties surpass her charms-the mignonette-is
near; you can see the masculine girl i1
"Johnny-jump-upS;" you can see the posi-
tive one 10 the gaudy sunflower; you can
see the aggressive one in the scarlet ger
aniunl, and you can think of them all and
conclude this, the one worth having, sweet
OF perfume and restful in color, are not the
ones that protrude themselves on your Wis
ion, and say, as do sons flowers and some
maidens, Take US"
The Pecun!ary Servitude of Wives
Men who are rated as honorable upright
citizens. dealing justly with their fellow
men, will, when a question of money comes
up, says Alice E. Ives in the September
Forum, treat their wives, the mothers of
their children, with less honesty than they
do the tax assessor, and with much less III
SHERATON than they do their office boys.
The children, whom not granted a certain
weekly allowance, are tipped" occasionally,
but nothing goes to the wife without
some haggling, duplicity, or humilia-
tion Oh her part. Let it be understood that
reference is made solely t. the pitiable
state of things which so widely prevails
In the disbursing Of money in the house
hold, and the wlfe's private purse Here is
an instance: For twenty years Mrs. Bro an
had been faithful wife and mother,
prudent, industrious house keeper, and a
woman much beloved and respected by all
her friends. Mr.. Brown was rated as a
prosperous business man, aud as generous
as most men. But all this time Mrs. Brown
had no money that she could absolutely call
her own. The credit system prevailed, and
If by any unusual means piece of money
passed into her unaccustomed palm,
it had to be scrupulously &C
counted for to the chancellor of
the domestic exchequer. She was a long
suffering woman, bat her soul had chafed
and worn against the yoke till it was sick
and Sore Still, she had too much self
respect, even under these degrading cond-
tons, to wheedle, lie. or descend to small
deceptious TO gain her ends, and she alb
horred "scene" as much as any man liv-
ing. So the little gifts she felt like sending
TO friend, the few flowers to an invalid.
the bit Of damask to cover a chair seat, or
the small surprise for the children, had to
be passed by with sometimes rising lump
in her throat, which even at times devel-
oped into "a good cry" in private. Still,
she made no remonstrance She was proud
in a certain way. and she believed the ex-
isting state of things irrevocable.