The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-15

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morning alone: There Is something posi-
] lively exhilarating to me in the sense OF
/ personal freedom which feel here in New
/ York. / am over 40 years old and have
never before in my life walked out unat-
tended. As a child or growing girl, my
nurse or 9overness was with me, then my
maid, and afterward my husband Ny
! friends at home would raise their eyebrows
aud wonder what had come over me IL they
could see me rushing about the streets here
! quite by myself. When we see a strange
woman in London doing that we say: %,
she's a foreigner and think no more of 1t,
but II one of nv set should do it presume
should think 1t very odd. But ! enjoy il
| immensely over here, though suppose once
I'm Ia London again / shall drop back into
my English conventinnality. / wish l
/ hadn't to-"
The young Duke and Duchess d'Ayen
says the New York Tribune, have realized
/ the dream OF all lovers-to spend a honey
moon in perfect tete-d-tete, without being
| disturbed by the unwelcoms spectators who
| generally torment spooning newly-married
| couples by their indiscreet and idle curios-
| ity; for they are now on board their yacht
floating about on the calm blue waters of
/ the Mediterranean. This yacht is a large
/ and stately craft, and the duke caused IL to
be completely furnished anew for the occa-
sion. Nothing can give an idea Of the lux
| urious datntiness with which this has been
done. The saloon and "rooms" are of un-
usual dimensions and are provided with
every modern comfort. The sleeping apart
| nent Of the duchess is entirely draped,
walls, ceiling and all, with heavy old rose
| Turkish silk, on which are embroidered
! flights OF see birds in silver, and sprays Of
of notwithstanding flowers in gold and
crystal. The saloon is decorated similarly,
but here the draperies are of q light sea-
| Of
hand-painted aquatic flowers such as gladi-
| olus, trises, lilies and feathery reeds. These
| paintings are the work Of an artist Of great
talent, and produce a marvellous effect on
the faint, dull background. The corners
are filed by groups Of Towering plants, and
the divans and arm-ch0irs are covered with
! pale green velvet. The dining room is on
deck and so is the dukes study, furnished In
| carved pear wood and unique Flemish tapes
tries. Surely it would be difficult to imagine
a more delightful retreat for two young
aud handsome people very much in 1--we
| with each other, and who intend to wander
| about for few weeks at their own sweet
will under the southern skies, away from all
tie noise and turmoil OF this world.
| The spirited rivalry between Mrs. Lynn
| Linton and Lady Florence Dixie as TO
which shall paint the future woman in the
| darkest tints still continues, SAYS the New
York World. Lady Florence has mads a
sensation by her latest article, ia which she
| claims that there IL only one way now In
| which poor, downtrodden woman can assert
herself. She must disguise herself in mans
| clethingi Patriot mothers are urged to
train up their girlsn with this solution of
the problem in view. Lady Florence re-
grets that she cannot set the example, as
her two children are boys, but she points
with pride" to the fact that the great work
has been begun. She kno US a woman who
is captain of = ship, cher sex being un-
known to her employers" and she is well
acquainted with 1.-TWO disguised women
| pilots who carry on their calling with skill :"
She is rather vague as to detail, but very
| hopeful as to the results of her agitation
and the ability OF women to appreciate
good thing when they hear it,
One OF those fellows who never know a
chance when they have got one took young
lady EieiRhing, says Clara Belle in the New
York Press. She kept saying that she was
cold. They had long way to ride yet.
| OF course, II be had not loved the girl he
would have taken It as an excuse to put his
arm about her, feeling that she meant it
that way. But be loved this girl, and he
would never lower her even in his thought
| by supposIDg her capable OF any such trick
as that You see, he loved her, and he was
| awf1lly worried about her being cold. He
thought and thought. He knew how gener-
Gus and noble her nature was, but he made
up his mind 20 do it. He slipped of his
overcoat-slipped it Off, mind you-and
| wrapped it around her. After it was of he
said, Il have very heavy things under, and
don't really need it,"
Aud sheG Well, she burst into tears, and
said she hoped be hadn't, and that she hoped
he would catch pneumonia and die. He,
big goose. didn't know what had happened
to her, or to him. That's the way with
men.
A curious ruse de guerre which Is said to
have been actually perpetrated in the fash
ionable world not long since was a case of
bogus mourning, says the New York
Tribune. IL is recorded that a certain
business man found it suddenly necessary
to curtail his very large family expenses,
and at tbs same time he was particularly
anxious, for financial reasons that there
should be no appearance OF retrenchment
Unfortunately, it 80 happened that his
wife had just issued invitations for q large
and expensive ball to be followed by a SCI
ries of dinners moreover, she had q younger
daughter to bring out. The head of the
house groaned in spirit as he mentally CAL
oulated the COST OF a winters round Of
| gaysty tor his -womankind. His wife,
however, was woman of resource; on
being made acquainted with his dilemma
she promptly rose to the occasion. 81 tell
! YOU WudS We WILL En0 o4ClaIu0Qs we
will go into mourning" Into WHAT"
gasped her astonished husband "Mourn-
ing, said" continued bis spouse COM
plscently. 81 think it is the only thing we
can do; as my people are western we can
| easily manage it, and no one will be the
wiser. will send out cards and counter
mapd my Invitations. will buy black
gown, and the girls shall wear black and
white all winter and go only 60 the smallest
entertainments, and l daresay they will
| have a much better time than when struQ-
Cling for partners at the big balls As for
me, shall enjoy it beyond everything
Now, after all, it is only flb that BARNS
nobody and does US a lot Of good, i" con-
cluded this fin>ds-siecle dame, who success
fully carried her point, put her family into
mourning, and withdrew gracefully from
society aud its requirements for the time
being.
During the past twenty years SOS, 900 di-
vorces have been granted by the courts OF
the United States, 80 per cent. Of them 70
women, says JenneSs- MilLer's Md0dsi,le
While this total is large enough 60 appear
to give good grounds for the assertion that
the perDetuity OF the family Is threatened.
| it dwindlss when brought into comparison
with the number of marriages during the
| same period. One-twentieth of the total is
| 1900. the number granted each year, only