The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-10

NEW YORK's NEW SMART GAMES.
Sometimes you get tired of playing hearts,
sometimes you get tired of playing whist,
you don't often get tired of playing poker,
but once in a while it is Just as well to stop,
and 1t has gotten to be the fad, since the
smart women have taken TO literature to
get up an intellectual game. The men don't
ike it very much, because 1t causes them to
think, and a man always reSents this when
woman Is about. The most amusing one
Is game called Queries Questians are
writ en- on slips of paper, sufficient room be-
ing left for theanswers. They are all folded,
dropped into basket and as thoroughly
mixed as good punch. Fash person draws
ore, opens and reads it, writes the answer.
folds 1t again and drops it into the basket
Then whoever is good at deciphering strange
handwritings is appointed to read out loud
the result of the intellectual efforts of the
assembly. There have been some good an
swers-usually they have been stolen-but
If people can steal good things it's much
wiser than giving original ones that are
stupid. "What is love?" is funnily enough
oftenest written by man and answered by
woman.
SMART REPARTEE BY CLEVER PEOPLE.
laughed over one answer given to this
the other night: bold masculine hand
had made clear that never-ending question
what is love!'-and in a woman's hand
writing was the answer. THE selfish desire
on the part of man to make one woman
unhappy" Another that was written by a
woman was, "When is a woman at her
best?" and the answer, from a man said
when she is like q salad, tender, young
and we'll dressed" Somebody was idiot
enough to write, "What is the best book
read" aud somebody else was impairment
enough to answer in bad pun, The Scar
let Letter" A young gentleman, with views
as to theosophy wrote, in a cramped baud,
'DO you think Barnum went to heaven p'
and the answer, written by woman. was
"Wny should hes he had the best show on
earth" The thing that broke up the game
that night was the question, written by an
other innocent young man, SHOULD women
smoke" and the answer, written by an
other man, was: mot if she was my wife,
or my sister, unless she yearned for horse
whipping afterwards This was discussed
to such an extent that all intellectual effor S
were given the gO-by, and 'sassing backh
became the order of the evening, until
peace was brought about by supper. How
ever, knowing it is the vogue t. be a little
bit blue, and to be decidedly analytical, and
that it is fashionable, maAes the trying OF
the game of queries worth while any place.
A DRUG STORE AFTER A NEW IDEA.
It's a curious thing among the various
things women have done to earn a living,
one doesn't hear OF a woman keeping drug
shop. Could anything DO more delightful
than those lovely little boxes and jars, per-
fumes and powders, stamp to sell and tele-
phones to hire, high prices-in fact, the
combination found only in a drug shop.
You know, really, it any young woman
wanted to be counted benefactor to her
race, would be proper for her to have a
| drug shop and tend people, after the theory
! which claims that the emo
| tions can be governed by
the various medicines. Just fancy the ex-
element that would be caused in conserva-
tive households. If a man came with some
| medicine for the dyspepsia, and you kne "
| he and his wife hated each other, you would
| give him something that would cause him
| to adore her. and then, of course, she would
| grow very fond of him. If a fast young
| man came in to get some medicine to ward
| off the D. It's, you could put something in it
| that would make him grow saint-like, and
thirst only after spiritual nourishment. II
young woman appeared whose manners
| were bad, whose hair was bleached and
who was perciptibly hand-painted, and she
complained Of a pain in her side, and
wanted plaster for it, you could mix it in
| something warrented to teach her modeSty,
| decency and good taste. | suppose this will
never come, but just thinking about it q
]
with a woman at the head of it. | don't
| know that l hope it will come, because
might go to buy something, some day, and
| they might put something in my medicine
that would prevent my saying wha5
| thought.
| SOME THINGS WE HOPE FOR.
There are good many things one hopes
| for in this world.
1t is 10 be hoped that the next presidential
campaign won't be one of personal abuse
It is to be hoped that no matter how good
a figure a woman may have she WON'T
wear the skirt of her gown absolutely Skin
tight.
| II is to be hoped that the people that
write novels or translate them, or steal
| them, will have good ones pro bono publico.
1t is hoped that if men must drinl
whiskey, which l doubt, that they will
select good quality, and not give their
preference to kind that announces its com
ing five yards ahead Of che man.
1t is to be hoped that the coming man
will be taught that his first duty in life is to
look after woman all the world over.
1t is to be hoped that the sunshine and
the flowers and all the lovely long summer
days are gong to bring pleasure to lots OF
people.
1t is to be hcoed that the people wht
don't get the pleasure will be just as hopeful
as they can, and think of the good time
coming.
1t is to be hoped that clean streets I'M
muzzled dogs, fresh fruit and cheap flower,
will be conspicuous in New York by theil
presence.
1t is to be hoped that you know that tht
very best sort Of hope for you and me anc
the other woman comes from Bah.