The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-02

would not let her husband come to her, but
sent him, by letter, direct to the Adlron-
dacks when his vacation began, TO spend
August there while she spent the same
sultry month wrestling with accounts, over
seeing none too capable servants, and evolv-
ing order generally out or the chaos of run
ming a summer boarding house.
This true story is chronicled to refute the
more or less common talk about the degen-
Grafton Of the race. Surely here is an i'm
stance of sacrifice and self-abnegation
worthy the palmiest days of chivalry or
Puritanism.
The three young women, says the New
York Tribune, were walking abreast-per-
haps sauntering would be the better word
and as the street was rather crowded and
the sidewalk not extraordinarily wide, the
young man who came up behind them
found some difficulty in passing He tried
the outside, but people moving in the oppo-
site direction kept driving him back behind
the trio. Then he tried to pass on the build
ing side, but tho trio swerved a little and
there wasn't room.
The young man sauntered along behind
the three young women listening to what
mamma said TO ms'' and what George
thought of il all, ," and then be grew des-
perate and tried again to pass, but was
again driven back by the hurrying men aud
women.
Just as he fell in behind the trio again one
of the young women glanced back and then
whispered to the others.
They'll give me a chance to pass now"
he thought
But they didn't. They simply moved a
little faster and lowered their voices, and
the next instant had reached corner police
man.
"Mr. Officer" exclaimed one Of them.
will you make this fellow stop following
up: He's been most annoying"
"Why-," began the young man in sur
prise, but the officer stopped him.
Here! herew he said. "get a move on
| you, you jacksnipem Then, raising bis
hat: TITS all right, leddles; I'm onto
him."
But, my dear sir" expostulated the
| young man.
"Quit that, now, interrupted the police
man, 'or I'll bat you over she head aad run
you in. Washers can live on this beat. Led
| dies, your servant"
He lifted his hat again as they passed on,
gave his club a jaunty whirl, and said:
go on! go on! Don't block the street.
Pm in no humor for trfflin'.n
AS the crowd was gathering the young
man went on, and he takes chances with
teams in the street now when he overtakes a
party of women occupying most Of the side
| walk. He says it's safer.
In the French Senate the other day NJ.
Jules Simon made a grand appeal for the
passage of the law reducing the hours of
labor for women. In the course of his re-
marks, which will interest people of other
| countries as we'll as France, the great sena-
tor said:
"My friend, M. Berenger argued that by
all these nice theories we are brought to the
necessity Of presenting labor SIS punish
ment; that in attempting to protect the
feeble against the abuse Of labor we are
simply persuading them that daily labor is
hard thing, whereas there is nothing more
pleasant OF fortifying.
Certainly there is nothing In the world
so sweet as labor. 1t is an old friend to us
all. For my part, if it has not always
given me what hoped for, it has on the
other hand, made me pass many happy
hours. The happiest part Of my life | owe
TO it. Consequently am in a position to
say that work is a benefit; and | may add
that cannot conceive of any greater mis-
fortune for human being than TO live
without working
but there are several sorts OF work, and
l am afraid that this is something which
some people are inclined to forget. For in
stance, the LABOR which We perform here,
seated comfortably In arm chairs, is very
agreeable. The task which you undertake
In your private offices charms you, and that
which my colleague performs when he goes
to the palais to plead before the courts is
for him source of JOY and satisfaction.
But permit me to say that there is nothing
in common between that sort Of work and
the manual labor of the man who puts in
his twelve hours in a factory.
no can teach morality to child bet
ter than nOthera Certainly moral instruc-
ton is included in all the school pro-
grammes, but however much may respect
the teachers, 1 believe that the mother is
best fitted for giving that kind of instruc-
ton. When young folk are tempted by
evil they thiuk of their mothers; they don't
think OF their schoolmasters. Ii, when the
worklngman comes home. he does not find
his wife, who is obliged to labor as man =
hours as he is, and does not find his children
properly cared form a word, when there
Is in his home neither cleanliness nor COM
fort nor affection, can you not easily under
stand the cause Of his errors and of his short
comingsl But let him find a neatly kept
house, we'll cared for children, an humble
but abundant supper, and the good kiss of a
wife happy to see him back again. Then do
you think that he won't come home more
willingly and more regularly
- My colleague. NJ. Tolain, has explained
to you why it has often been said that steam
has killed the wife and the mother and has
left us only the female. That is only too
true. In our workshops the mother and
wife exist no longer. Therefore, i'll the
name OF humanity | say to you, Give us
back the wife; give US back the mother ?
And, l might almost add, Give us back
morality!' [Applause.l
That is the reason, gentlemen, why l ask
to give the woman the hour that we damand