The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-14
She lpromptlvl-I cannot.

She with some INTERCHANGEABLE.
He-Now, appearing to you as belonging
to that sex which intuitively sees and under
stands the peculiar properties of an emer-
gency of this sort. are there not occasions
more appropriate than others for declsra-
tion Of lovcf
She thrilling neryously with her haudker-
chief)-There are. The elements Of time.
place and liability of interruption mnst, of
course, be properly regarded.
He-Do you believe the present contains
those elementss
She ttrifing more nervously with her
handkerchien-I have no doubt Of it.
He-You also believe, do you not. that
tastes. inclinations-in fact, all dispositional
characteristics are found to be conspiciously
similar, more especially in family groups?
She drifting most nervously with her
hand kerchief)- Certainly.
He-Now, for instance, you and your
sister are, fancy, vivid illustrations of
this truism.
She (elevating her yebrowsy-Yes Ma
bel and are, so far as preferences and dis
likes are concerned, singularly similar.
He-Is your sister at homei
She SLOWLY looking him over)-I think
she is.
He-Win you tell her, please, would
like to see her-alone2
very dainty little jewel case, says the
New York Tribune. or box for bon bous or
knlckknacks OF any kind may be made in
the shape OF q sedan chair. The prettest
Of these are covered with striped Louis
XVI. brocades In dull rose, olive, gold or
any old tapestry oolors. They are bordered
at the seams with a trimming of meta
either gold or silver, which looks none the
less pretty when 1t becomes oxidized, as it
Will In time. Slender gilded or silvered
sticks serve for poles If you have any
Skill in making glass-top boxes, you can in-
sert little glass front. such as was part
Of those ladies' carriages in the quaint tea :
cup days of good Queen Anne, when patches
and powder were worn.
Persian women, says the New York Sun,
are said to be unusually bright and shrewd
as we'll as very beautiful, with dark flash
ing eyes and gentle, graceful manners.
They are naturally active minded, with a
strongly poetic temperament, and a liking
for art, letters and politics when they can
get at them. The Persian woman has
greater power with her men folk than other
Oriental women, and in most affairs of i'm
portance her influence may be distinctly
traced. She is permitted to enter trades on
her own account, TO possess independent
property, TO appear as witness in courts,
and is responsible for her own debts, and in
divorce has a right to her children. In the
Dry then the fair Persian is we'll off but
practically her place is insecure, owing to
the insecurity Of life and property in all
phases OF Persian life. And in Persia the
tender woman and tenderer child hold their
religious convictions with their lives, and
go to the stake or a worse death for their
faiths sake.
"What amuses me more than anything
else in society" said rather cynical
woman OF fashion to a New York Tribune
| representative, sis to watch people, and
see just a little more than is betrayed on
the surface; l confess it interests me vastly,
although you may think it rather trivial on
my part-but it is like reading Thackarey's
Book of Snobs' ilustrat d by taoleaux
vivants. At a dinner the other evening
before one of the biggest balls of the season,
Mesdames Y and H.. who were to receive
at the big affair later on, we're both present,
regal in their jewels and generl magDif-
cence. What is the matter with Mrs. VI
said Mrs. S. who sat next me. DO you
notice how distract and worried she seems?
Yes, and know the reason answered
Mrs. 2. has on better jewels than she has,
and her diamonds have never been eclipsed
bef0re'
Nonsense said my neighbor, that
|, surely cannot be the reason she is too much
u WOuldu Oh buo WOTAu W give n6TS6lL away
| like that. But she certainly looks anything
but pleased about something
And indeed her sulkiness, or whatever il
| was, was obvious, and after dinner she left
| very early, making some excuse about going
home before the ball. She Is going to pul
on more Jewels, you will see,' l whispered
to Mrs. 8. WE'LL she replied. If she does.
will say that you are pretty clever mind
reader little later when we happened
ia 81 A.~1I Y
| her triumphant glance-Mrs. z. had
managed to muster just few more bril-
liants than her rival and had recovered hel
good humor."
The Ladies' Rome Journal says womer
like honesty of purpose and consideration
| They like man who IL interested in tbeiI
new dresses, who can give an opinion
on the ft and who is properly
against women. They like a mar
| who likes them, who doesn't scorn theil
opinions, who believes in their good taste
who has confidence in them and who, bes
of all. knows that the love promised is giveI
him.
They like man who can be strong as
lion when trouble comes and yet, if one il
nervous and tired, can button upa shoe will
an amount of consideration that is menta
Z
| who is master of the situation-that is, WHIT
has brains enough to help a woman to decide
| what is the best thing to do under the cir
cumstauces, and who has wit enough Il
realize, when one of the fairer sex is slightly
stubborn, that persuasion is more powerful
than all the arguments in the world.
A Young woman recently returned from
abroad comments on the Grass ignorano'
! which educated English people still have
about us. Il met" she says, Just before
sailed for home party of English ladies
they were extremely afRable and polite, ant
showed great interest in me when they
found out was New Yorker.
"'O' said one of them with considerable
enthusiasm, we know all about America
Weve some relatives over there; you go t.
market in q cart, and all that; 1t must bt
great fun
ut TRANSFERRED that the relatives were or
a western ranch, and, though l endeavorec
to explain the ranch customs were peculiar
to ranches and that persons in New York
and other places in America did not go Il
market in a cart, | could see that thell
views we're not shaken"
Where will the watch be found nexts Il
has gone the rounds from the watch poke
to the bracelet, from the bracelet to thu
bust. from the bust to the necklace, anC
from the necklace to the umbrella top. A
present tiny euameled violins open TO dis
play a tiny timepiece. The musical CIR
hnys the violin and wears 1t as a necklace
An orchid, with tiny watch in the center
is an odd and pretty ornament.