The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-23


as the smallest baby in the house. A
woman's arms, when they are round and
white and well-formed, are delights A
woman's throat, well-shaped and white,
is marble column supporting a head
above it which is presumed to hold a suf-
hclent amount of brain to hint to the
world al large that she knows enough to
show that world only what a modest
woman would wish it to see.
wOMANLY MODEsTY.
Modesty is a great virtue. And it is
complex one. l think there is a modesty
very prevalent among woman to-day, and
/ win tell you what allude 10: I don't
think it is nice TO hear women talk, as
great many of them do, about their vari-
Gus ailments. OF course, it is not pleasant
TO be i'll, but neither is it in good taste TO
describe your miseUieS and the mode in
which they are being treated to every one
else; vet women do it-wOmen who would
be Mortified if you told them they were not
modest. ] don't think it is quite modest
to guSh over your friends, especially your
women friends, in public Friendship is
beautiful plant, but 1t is one which can
be very easily killed, and if you want it to
grow up green and beautiful and be a ioy
in your life, then you must protect it from
the vulgar eye. | don't think it is quite
modest TO call whoever you may be fond
of by pet names before other people. In
fact, between you and me- | don't think il
is quite modest to let the world at large
see ones inner feelings. No, don advise
frightful reserve of manner, but do adj
wise little care. And here is another
thing l don't think is quite modest, even
for curiosity, to read the low, vulgar books
that are displayed here, there and every
where. They don't have good English to
recommend them, they usually have no
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things that had better be left untold. ]
said mOdesty was complex. 1t is. II has
always seemed to me thata modest woman
was one who wore her heart where the
DAVIS could not see it, and who kept her
private affairs quite to herself. | think
she IS the woman who would not talk loud
in public places, who would not wear a
big hat to the theater and who would as
soon think of removing her clothes in pub
lie as telling what is known as an Off
color story or a nasty piece of gossip.
ModeSty does not cover, it simply does
not recognize some sins, There are
women who are as eXquisitely modest as
angels, and who would put out their hands
to help d sO-called fallen woman and never
feel that they were hurting themselves.
A modest woman is always charitable
one. That is, a really modest woman.
WHAT PRACTICAL CHARITY MEANS.
well-married, whose name is known far
and wide, who has two lovers. and who,
when she was asked about the recent
crusade against those WretChed women,
said she wished that every one of them
| might be burned and tortured until they
died the most horrible death. That was
not modest and ii was not charita BILE,
| But could you expect grapes from thistles2
What is charity That's what the lit
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once and awhile. | looked in the Bible
and it says: Charity is kind and suffer
eth much" l looked out in the world and
ask. and it says: Charity eiveth largely
to subscriptions and has monuments
erected to it,, and then l come back home
and think
And | remember that the other day
saw a man pick up lame child and carry
it across the street-that was charity.
And / remember that when | was i'll
somebody came in out of the sunshine and
the gladness, and made me happier by
reading to me-that was charity.
And remember that once when an UNI
kind word might have hurt Young girl,
it was left unsaid-that was charity.
And | remember that when word of
| encouragement would have helped a down
cast man, it was given-that was charity.
My friends, charity isn't of necessity
| the giving of money or the preaching of
! sermons; it is the taking out bit of the
| goodness of your own heart and handing
| it over to whomsoever may need it. A
| heart is a funny thing. The more of it
| you give away the more of it you get
| That is the reason that kind and lovable
and charitable people are called great
| hearted. Are you on the list? [ hope you
are. If you are not, then just join your
| hand to mine and see what we can do to-
! gether, for when that list is presented be
! fore the big white throne | want to have
written on it in golden letters the name of
BAB.