The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-19
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY MARCH 1893sIXTEEN PAGES

I fought so desperately against the French
troops, are ira ned for service with a sever
ity beside which the discipline OF our soldiers
il luxurious ease. They are recruited from
girls of Is to Il years, and also from the
ranks OF criminals and evil-doers, for any
! crime is pardOned to the woman who en-
I lists among the Amazons. They are COM
PEELED to sleep outdoors in all kinds Of
weather, 10 suffer blows and kicks without
| COMPLAINT, and are often kept Starving for
days. For the purpose Of acquiring prof.
/ cheney in scaling walls, the scantlly clothed
/ warriors are compelled TO clam o. to the
| top Of walls th.ckly covered with thorny
| cacti, the ground beneath being strswn
/ with broken glass Before going into battle
| liberal quantities of rum are given 10 them
| to give them the daring recklessness which
marks their attacks. They fire rapidly for
! q little time, then charge upon the enemy
with their knives, aud even when shot down
! will fight to the last breath, stabbing
| blindly at their sssailants. and biting and
tearing at their legs when they eau no
: longer stand.
There are, it seems. about 800 women un-
| dertakers IN the United States. IL is res
markable, says the New York Times that
there should be one. Women are pecul-
! larly susceptible to their environment, and
that any one OF the sex should surround
| herself with all the grim paraphernalIa of
! death for a life occupation seems almost in
| credible. A Milwaukee woman and her
| daughter are both proficient in the BUSH
ness, are embalmers as well as undertaSers
| and both are said TO enjoy their profession
! Three brothers and sisters, however, are
| quoted as thoroughly disliklng the calling
| of their parent and sister. One woman in
| the profession, Mrs. +. *. wills n of Balu-
more, is an expert embalmer, aud has made
some important discoveries In embalming
in lung troubles.
Said q woman recently: "Ispsnt several
| days a short time ago in little town In New
| Jersey, not thirty miles from New York
! 1t is Just off from the railroad, to station
| of which, however, a stage goes every day,
and it is very near a large summer hotel,
| filled during the season with bosrders. Yet
| in that town could not buy Il single New
| ork paper, Sunday or daily. nor could
| learn of any being taken. found one man
who took a weekly edition of one of the
| papers and ue stood out as very different
| from his neighbors. But how, asked, do
| you know what is going on in the worldf
and tine answer got was, we don't care"
A tombstone in a country churchyard
| bears the inscription: "She was so pleas
ant" After eli, could it have been more
| fully or better said? The stranger as well
| as the intimate knows THAT the dead woman
was one who brought cheer with her wher-
ever she came, aud frightened che Joyiess
day with her sunny presence. One may
not sigh If fame, riches, attainments are
missed if $50 pleasant" is said Of us by aud
| by.
! The unlimited variety Of pretty slippers
| and ties furnishes equally unlimited delight
to the girl with the pretty foot. She lin-
| gers over the ne ~ deslg with as much in-
| terest as though she was inspecting hats or
| parasos, and hardly will be drawn away
| even to enjoy the exquisite duchess lace
| parasols at $J5 or the white parasols with
| steel spengles gibtering like ice particles all
| over the broad insertion of open-work lace
| and on the white ribbon bows tying the fer
rule and handle.
For SIG and $50 come beautiful handle
| tips of gold and pearl, Dresden china,
| eAamel, silver and what not. A dainty
handle on silk rain umbrella has the
| cherry stick ornamentcd with gold, q branch
| in gold etching, with a tiny gold owl look
| ing as wise as will be the woman who buys
him at 81 70; a fair quality of silk aud
substantial cover. Many of the new UNI
brellss are of the silk-hnished gloria that is
| almost as pretty as silk, while equaling the
| common gloria In wear. The only objec-
ton to the gloria umbrellas is that they re-
fuse to be rolled into the slender. cane-like
compass that makes the expensive silk UNI
| brella so desirable. '.~
A time -honored custom coming into more
general use in New York. says the Times
of that city, is the placing in the corner
opposite the address the letters p. Z. c.
The letters stand for pour prende congo,
which, being literally translated, means
''for to take leave" signifying that the
sender Is about to leave town.
Il wish the European custom Of visiting
strangers sending their cards to all their
friends ir the city would be adopted here"
said society man the other, day, tTbe
custom prevails il London and Paris and
| has prevailed for years. | wish it were
more generally used In America. As irnow
| is, because the custom ID not in use here, we
| have to watch the newspapers for the ar
rivals OF distinguished society people from
| Europe. Members of the foreign diplo-
matte corps whenever they come to- town
send around their cards, but they are the
only persons who vary the general usage.
This custom has become quite set at New
| port. Any strange American visiting at
Newport Is expected to send around his
cards, and it is breach of etiquette if he
does not. Gradually the custom may come
into use in the citiesn
The novel idea OF illuminated invitations
to dinner, luncheon, tea or dance has
been introduced into the best society of
Paris and London, but it has not yet reached
New York. The growing custom Of using
hand-painted and hand-printed menus at
dinner, luncheon and supper may, however,
be foreshadowing Of this fad.
Here is a true tale Of suffering and pow
| eTty, says the New York Press, which will
appeal to every tender-hearted person in
this city. The daughter of retired mil
honaire has an allowance of 5000 year
| for pin money. Out of it she is expected to
| pay for her clothes and other personal ex-
penses-such as gloves, candy, books anu
matinee tickets. One would imagine that
| she could manage TO squeeze along on her
| income, particularly as she had no board to
pay. But she didn't In fact, she found
herself very heavily in debt to her dress
maker one fine morning. She struggled on
| for a few months. kee Jing her trou les to
herself and trying to economze. Finally
| crisis was reached. She had nothing to
wear" and could not order any new dresses
without paying something on account. To
/ make matters worse the dressmaker began
| pressing her for her money.
/ She went to her mother. She refused to
help her. She appealed TO her brother. He
! sympatnized but could do nothing as be
was deeper in debt than his sister. Then
she went to her father. This is substan-
italy what this cruel parent said:
! mo. my child, will not help you pay
any Of your debts. Your allowance is large