The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-29

but are limited at; and gowns, Jewels, In
deed, even money, are offered, and taken
What horrible thing it must be for any
human being TO be under the control Of an
other after this fashion And yet any night
in oue of the fashionable restaurants or at
the theater, two or three men and many
more women are pointed out as living en-
tirely by this method.
WOMAN'S LITTLE sUPERsTITIONs.
If you are not superstitious nowadays
you are entirely out of the swim. The girl
VINO finds a rusty nail has it mounted in
gold and hung on her chatelaine she will go
no end TO buy a serpenG's tooth, which when
put IN silk bag and sewed inside her stays,
so IL VIII touch her heart, is warranted to
make her rival grow old and ugly
and TO cause her sweetheart to be
true to her. If she has, fashionably
enough suffered from the rheumatism,
then there is a horse chestnut carried In
her pocket; or it may be possible that
ike me, she traces her luck to hare's foot
VI jewels she Is very careful, never singing
before she puts on her pearls as she knows if
she does she Will shed bitter tears A sap
phlre, or turquoise, she can wear with
good fortune at all times but she puts an
emerald on to bring her good health and a
ruby TO make her more loving. Not very
long ago very beautiful ring was shown.
1t was formed of one perfect opal. with a
and as white as the most ardent admirer of
them could desire, and the opal showing as
many colors as can be found in the rainbow
1t was given by man to
THE WOMAN BE EXPECTED TO MARRY,
chosen by her to show her absolute con-
tempt for the prevailing superstition about
opals. 1t was put upon her finger with a
loving with, and yet she had not worn IL an
hour before she began to be conscious of a
or aH,l
all the time. She tried TO explain this away
by saying that she was not well and that
she was nervous, yet she confessed that
when she took OF the ring it seemed as IL
the supernatural parsonage disappeared
with 1t. month after the ring was
bought her, her sweetheart was
drowned; three months after that
OF horrible scandal about her sister, and
before year was out she had lost many
things that she priced. 1t seemed as IL she
had wept for everything, and she became
convinced that it was entirely due TO the
unlucky gem. So she took it Off and buried
1t, buried it so securely aud SO secretly that
nobody but herself knows where it to, and
she does not think she will ever tell any
human being of its abiding place, for she
doesn't want anybody else to endure the mis-
cry that came to her. No amount OF laugh
ter will ever make opals popular, and no
matter how beautiful they are, each woman
possessing one will tell you OF some ill-luck
that came to her Immediately after she
first got the beautiful but diabolical stone
IS THERE SUCH A THING AS LUCK!
This question of luck is a funny one, any,
how. Is there such thing, or is good luck
only the knowing how to take advantage Of
an opportunity There is a great deal in
knowing how to smile at one time and hit
at another The so-called lucky man is
usually the one who has gained this knowl-
edge, and who, when be Smiles does it with
all his heart, aud when he hits does it with
all his strength and straight out from the
shoulder.
THINGS WE OUGHT TO DO.
You ought to smile at the sunshine, at
the flowers, and at all the women and chill
dreO.
You ought to hit all the cads, all the
mean people and all the towards
You ought to smile at every good joke, at
every amusing play and at every well-be-
hayed dog.
You Dug CHIT to hit every liar, every sneak
and every thing that says a word against
woman.
You ought to smile at the women's hats.
at their gay gowns, and then smile again to
think what children they are and how little
1t takes TO amuse them.
GU ought to hit at the gossips, the scan
dal-mongers, and the mean, low crawling
creatures who, if they belonged to the ami
NAL world, would be treated as poisonous
serpents, and VINO are the vampires and rat
tlesnakes OF society.
e You ought to smile-well, you ought to
smile at no end of things. Because you are |
alive you ought to be glad; because the |
summer time is coming, because the straw
berries are here, because there will be |
plenty of flowers, and ever 30 many good |
things. think you might smile even if |
you only have a newspaper acquaintance |
with Bah.