The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-30

IN bet he's dreaming of some woman"
said another; "these shy old bachelors
have their little bouts with Cupid, even if
they don't get caught"
Here, Deliver, wake up. Stetson
SAYS you're dreaming a bout some woman. "
SAID one of the men, roughly giving the
sleeping man a shake.
But he was lOath to let the vision of his
dream go, and he breathed her name in
supplication, but so softly the men stand
ing near could not understand.
Here's GO said one; won't it be
sport to tell him whom he was dreaming
of when he awakes2 How the fellow
does sleep. Listen!"
Again he breathed her name, and the
smile came back to his face as his spirit
seemed withdrawn from a recognition of
present surroundings.
But at that name his rough, noisy COM
radeS started and looked into each others
faces with shame and surprise. They ex-
changed glanCes of regret, of Yearning
almost of pain. And as again the lips of
the sleeping man uttered the name they
all knew so well, their hands stole to
their heads to remove reverently the hats
they were still wearing, end then they
Withdrew silently and left their mate to
his dreaming.
For the name he had unconsciously
breathed each one bore deep in his heart
| it was the sacred name of mother"
For the first time in the history of the
kingdom of Italy women have contributed
to the national representation at an exhi-
bition. With the queen herself as presi-
dent of the committee, the women have
gone into their share of the undertaking
| with a zeal that has surprised the officials
of the national woman's board, and
have sent an interesting exhibit to
the fair under the Countess di Brazza,
| the chief feature of which will be the old
historical laces belonging partly to the
queen and partly to the government. made
in every century since the birth of Christ
with few priceless pieces of even an
| earlier date.
A girl went into a shoe store for pair
of shoes, says Clara Belle in the Times
| Democrat, and as the willy clerk fitted her
| she said mournfully:
Really, have had so little wear out
of the last pair They have been worn
| very little, and it is only few months
since l bought them"
Then he looked wise and said: 1T was
| last year"
She could not believe it, but he re-
minded her that time flies, fitted her as
| fast as he could and sent her off in a new
| pair. AS for her, it was not till the next
| day that she realized "'last year" to be-
after all, only a few months back But
she can't do anything about it now, even
| If she did get that pair only Dec. 30
A man believing that "a soft answer
turneth away wrath" decided to try it.
81 will go home to pa" cried his wife,
her eyes flashing, If you do not treat me
better. Don't you hear me! l will go
home to pa"
You need not speak so loud, dear,
hear YOU" he said softly.
She stared minute, and then said in
very loud voice: What do you mean by
talking at me in that way"
He said he didn't mean anything. He
spoke softly and smiled with much gen
tleness.
You are an idiot! Stop acting that
wayY'
Very well, my dear"
did you hear what l said about going
home"
Yes, heard This in that gentle,
up-and-down tone of voice that one uses
| to a child.
Didn't you think meant it2'' This at
| the very top of her voice.
| Il didn't know, my dear" he returned
mildly.
DO you know what an awful goose you
are?'
He decided it best to say, Eyes, my
! dear"
There was a sudden crash Maybe a
! soft answer method may work in some
| cases, but he says he is never going to
| try it again while there is anything NOV
| able in the house. Perhaps a soft answer
| may turn away wrath, but it is no good
when flower pot and rose bush in full
| bloom comes at you. He says that he is
| going back to the old way, and talk the
| loudest right off, so as not to give her any
| chance.
In the good old times and not so very
| long ago, either, says the Times-Demo-
| crat, it was not permissible for a girl
or woman to receive gifts of any value
| from men friends, the possible exception
| being ones fance, and, if anything,
| ''broke it of, =" the gifts received from him
were sacredly returned, the idea being
| that the girl must be under no possible
| obligation involving money to men
| outside of her own family. Deli
cate minded women may feel the same
way now, but so far as usage goes, she
need not. The rule now-if there is any
| rule at all-seems to be that a woman
! shall not receive wearing apparel, and
| beyond that there is no rule, except that
! the gift shall be souvenir" and not
! gift. If anything happens to break off the
| friendship, the collection of souvenirs
! is not sent back. That would seem too
| ridiculous ana put Jn6 man IN SuCn an
awkward position, so a little society
woman explained to me. The result is
| that even a woman in moderate means
| may in these days have all sorts of lovely
toilet articles, iewelry, bric-a brac, etc,
and be under no obligations at all There
are thousand excuses that make sOuve-
mir giving permissible. Every girl has
her 'Tfad," and she changes her fad just
as often as her friends have supplied her
fad fully To-day it is Dresden" and
| all her admirers come up with Dresden.
| Again, she is getting up a collection of
! shoe buckles. When she has shoe buckles
| enough she goes into coin purses, etc. The
| question is how do the men afford it,
Between careless servants and the gen
eral similarity of city houses, says the
| New York Times, it is wonderful that
more mistakes like the following, told by
a woman, are not made: Last week,
| she SAYS, "a friend from Boston wrote
| asking if would be at home on a certain
| day, and at what hour, as he wonld be in
| the city and would call. l replied, nam
| ing o'clock.
"He duly presented himself about that
hour, but through some lapse of memory,
at 20 East, instead of 20 West - street,
and asking if l were at home, giving my
name, was told by the servant that was