The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-13
A SILVER AGE.


II male exquisite has his calendar set 10
a frame of FURNISHED silver, wrought solidly
into fantastic wreeth-like effects and prom
inently displaye In his room, he need never
miss the day Of the month.
If he has upon the back of his watch his
monogram set in silver and studded with
flashing gems, he need never DO ignorant OF
the time Of day.
If he has his private flask Of angelica or
other dudish liquor covered with a solid
casing of silver wrought In arbesques, he
need nevsr go thirsty.
II his cigar box is heavily mounted with
silver work and stands upon the mantel in
silver cradle, he can economic by filling
it with Scent cigars.
If his comb and hair brush are backed
with solid silver decorated in high relief,
he has the best of excuse for personal neat
ness.
If his writing case CLEANS with the same
semi~preclous metal, his correspondence
need not get in arrears.
IL his favorite window plant is potted in
silver vase, it need not wither from neg
lect
IL his clothes brush is heavy with silver,
his valet may well wage upon dust an end
less warfare.
For all these belongings and many, many
others of silvery sheen are In the hight OF
fashion, and he who possesses them shines
in their reflected lustre as a man who knows
what is what. 1t is a silver age and we are
rapidly laying up trash for the melting pot
when the fashion changes.
A PIoUs PUBLISHER.
Something of the religious tone Of tho
Century magazine is undoubtedly due TO
the personal Influence upon it's columns Of
the president OF the publishing company,
GVFnff gFfha ahorA In
making the Century what it is has not been
sufficiently appreciated. When Dir. Smith
assumed an enormous debt to get control
Of the magazine, he at the same time made
large subscription to the Memorial Pres.
byterian church, of which he was a devoted
member. Friends shook their heads, but
both the debt and subscription were paid
long ago, and now Mr.. Smith lives in one
Of the Willard palaces on Madison avenue,
which shows that magazine publishing
pays better than railroad promoting-once
in great while.
To The influence Of Mr.. Smith are ascribed
the articles from time to time published in
the Century from the pen of DIR. Charles s.
Robinson, his pastor and friend, on church
music, and the numerous other features Of
religious nature.
The new dictionary which the company
is publishing is said to have cost $500, 900
before dollar came in return. Mr.. Smith
was asked one day how he expected to get
all that money back.
"Oh," said he. "Pve never thought OF
that"
"Mr. Smith," said the other. II believe
you do literally cast your bread upon the
waters.n
But the bread is coming back. with butt
ter on 1t.
A CLERICAL THEATRICAL LIBRARY.
Everybody knows that Manager A. NJ.
Palmer looks like a clergyman, with his
cean-cut intellectual face and gray side
whiskers. He talks like a clergyman in
society, with total avoidance Of theatrical
slang and shop talk, speaking earnestly and
using correct and well-chosen language.
His library might be clergyman's. IL is
ia the big back room on the second floor of
his pretty house on Madison avenue, and
contains about 1000 books, selected for use
rather than show. and Uttered about in that
confusion dear to book lovers. There are
costly editions of Shakespeare-bu these O
clergyman might have-encyclopedias and
dictionaries by the dozen, q little stage lit
erature-here the clerical tone disappears-
and Ignatius Donnelly's"G Create yptogram'
in big fat volume which looks altogether
too comfortable upon the shelf to be dis
turbed. Cibber and Sheridan and Hutton
and the historians Of the stage elbow each
other and hint Of their owners keen interest
in things theatrical, but miscellaneous
works. such as any cultured gentleman
would prize, outnumber them far.