The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-19

has 20 know II, too Give me the ME quiet
American way, where a little yankee ln-
genuity and smartness sometimes result in
a general surprise all around.
1t was awfully funny To hear the Cleve-
lands talking the other evening as they
came out from "Tannhauser.n They had
been in a box in full dress attire, and when
they reached the street It was pouri 9. An
awning led to the carriage, hut there was a
wet step or two to be taken between canopy
and carriage door. Where are YOUR blus-
tered Grover, turning around twice in us
anxiety to Il d his little wife aud get her
| safely housed.
"Oh, you go on. Never mind me. can
take care of myself" snapped she saucily.
1 Just as you or l would have done if any one
had been insane enough TO try to cover US
with an umbrella held half a yard above
our heads.
When right pretty girl gets herself up
| IN a right pretty fashion something has got
TO give way, and it IS generally the mau
who weakens. The girl has got herself up
to please, and she is going t. do so or XIII
herself afterward with grief and mortIfica-
ion. How does she make herself irressit-
| iblel Well first she takes lovely scented
| bath, so that she smells all eet and + sy,
or, as Barbara Pomfrsts lover put It, like
a splnge, that fresh, sweet fragrance Then,
if she is on the youthful side IF 20, she
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tantaltzipg and lovely. She e.s the snowy
whiteness of her beautiful arms dazzle his
eyes and the sapphire light in Ter eyes
bli d his intellect. Nothing is left save his
senses, and those are awake all over. be
hears. feels, smells, sees and tastes the pure
essenct of girl. 1t is girl, all girl, to him.
Outside is nothipg. No other place is a ~
thing or anywhe g. His one hope aud
thought and feeling is that one girl And
then If she draw boutonniere from the
depths of her own warm bosom. Great
scott and great heave0s Pin il on quick
and let him go. Give him air or he will
faiut with rapture Good-by lover, good
byl good-by.
viii he ever feel any other way than this
after he has been treated TO such a pictu e
OF bliss! Oh, L I'd, yes. Tomorrow even
ing, when he calls on Miss Stately, who re-
| ceived him so C Idly, yet who looks 50 beau
tiful that ue would barter his lifes blood to
| touch her garment. Are men always tickle!
| No, mol They are not tickle at all. It was
not the man himself who was beRitched by
| the show of loveliness. 1t was the senses.
Just as you or may slip upon the ice, and
| yet be firm of foot. Just as calcium liga
may blind US for moment, tn ugh we are
| strong of sight. Just as we may close our
G, es and lose ourselves 10 the strains of q
Strauss. yet have no idea Of devoting our
| lives to listening. nor yet deeming ourselv as
tickle if we do not
Dropping in at q children's dancing class
| of an Afternoon, O queer Arrangement OF
partners presented itself. The girls of II
or 10 were dancing with each other, taking
turns of playing at imam" There were
plenty of boys IN the room, but for some
coy reason they could not bring themselves
to choose partners Of their own age. They
would, upon solicitation, dance with The
ladies, or with the little tots. But on nc
| account would they trust themselves to the
critical mercies of the half grown misses.
"She told me l toed in" was the rebellious
response of lad of IA when asked to dance
with girl of IL. o, young ladies, you
| have not reached the grateful, seeking age,
some twenty years hence, when all favors
will be thankfully received.
Kate Field is not averse to being photo
| graphed. And why should she Uel sac is
| talented, bright, smart aud successful Her
literary work pays her, and she is proud IT,
be NJ IS Kate Field. A somewhat aggressive
picture of her in a plain suit, with hands on
hips, is adjoining the sanctum editorial of
many a ne spaper establishment. Under
meath the likeness is written in bold letters,
Very truly you g, Kate Field" II Mis-,
| Field will put the Thurber music bill
through, she will be very truly yours,
The Whole United States.n
A certain lawyer gave pp,the ghost quite
recently, but ere allowing chat mysteriou
| object to quit his mortal frame, he gave
voice to some most peculiar wishes. Dur
ing all his lifetime he had been haunted BY
tho fear, so common to many morbid minds,
that he might be buried before his spirit
| should have fed, and that upon returning
animation, he should find himself impris-
oned in a box, to slowly suffocate and
starve without a hope of relief. This so
preyed upon his mind that he was well-nigh
delirious from fear. At length, otter days
and nights of brooding, he hit upon a
sche ne by which he might. if occasion Of
fered, work out his own salvation of body.
And this was the scheme. Upon the day
of the funeral, the body was to be placed in
vault. Before leaving it behind, the
bearers were to unscrew the coffin lid and
put duplicate key to the vault door in the
hand. Refreshments of wine, vichy and
crackers were placed upon a table within
easy reach of the wandering hand. Having
extracted a promise that all this should be
done, the man smiled smile of relief and
with look of contentment upon his feat
ures babe farewell to the spirit that left to
return no more. CARRIE CARELESS.
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