The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-17
WOMAY'S WORLD.
A Few Things OF Interest 10 The Fair
Sex.

Arrival IN a House That Has Been
Closed all Summer-The Worry Of
Women over Small Affairs Harem
Life in Turkey Other Matters That
Are Worth Knowing.
The arrival home at a house, says the
New York Herald which has been shut
up uuservanted all summer long, or,
worse still. has had Jack or Tom as its
sole occupant, is one of the most depress-
ing things which the woman of to-day ex-
perieuces.
There come times in the lives of all
women, even the most strong-minded,
when, barred from the masculine prerog-
ative Of profanity, theyweep.
Even DR. Mary Walker, it is said, alb
sent mindedly tries to put her trousers
on over her head some mornings and
bursts into tears.
But a house which has been occupied
by an unattended man during the season
is sight to make the angels weep, not to
speak of woman who has been enter
tanning piazza full of other women all
summer talking about the delights Of her
city residence as compared with the lin
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tells A varied collection of boots and
shoes ornament the drawing room rug
cigar ashes and newspapers are scattered
about on onyx tables and chairs, ana the
remains of hastily arranged midnight
lunches and empty bottles decorate the
dining room.
All the beds in the house have been
alternately occupied, but none are made
up. Disorder reigns and dust is every
where AAOrnAn who meet all SORTS
OF important crises in life become limp
and helpless in the face of such scenes as
fhis, and many destroy all the good effects
of the summer sojourn by an amount OF
fuss, furry and cverexertion which wears
upon strength and patience and defeats
the attainment of the desired order and
cleanliness.
'F'lirting Is Prohibited" reads a curl
Gus sign which has just been erected at
the entrance of NOrthwood cemetery,
Haines street Germantown, says the
Philadelphia Record. The sign has a
mission, for. curiOusly enough, the city of
the dead is used as a picnic ground. The
young people especially make IL a camp
ing ground, and have, no doubt, acted
with too much freedom, which caused the
posting of the warning. But flirting
continues, and no one seems to check the
young people.
l do not think you ought to let your
sweetheart kiss YOU Whenever he wishes
says writer in the indies Home Jour
nal. A kiss from you should mean so
much that ~ should be au event; and then
he will be certain that nobody else is
getting his treasures and that you are
boarding great expressions Of affection
for the time when you shall be his very
own.
Mrs. Heaton Dart, says the New York
Sun. enjoys the distinction-and rare
one il is nOwadays-Of being almost the
only woman in her particular field of
labor. And yet withal, Mrs. Dart is an
unassuming person. She gives herself no
airs She does not act the Pharisee
toward the women who do not possess
her knowledge. No, she doesn't look
down on them at all.
1t may be that one reason for this mod
est attitude is that not one of the millions
of women who don't know how to do
what Mrs. HeatOn Dart does envies her
her knowledge. For the fact is Mrs.
Dart is an embalmer She and her niece
are the only women in New York state
who are professional embalmers, and
there seems to be no disposition to rob
them of their laurels.
Mrs. Dart lives in a pretty fat near
Central Park. She has an attractive face
distinguished by a peculiarly strong
moth. An observer would at once nut
her down as a woman of intelligence and
refinement, wOmanly woman, and
plucky woman, but without the almost
brutal indifference which often asserts
itself IN men who become familiar with
trying experiences. Mrs. Dart looks as if
she could make a success of almost any
thing. That does not lessen ones curios-
ity as to why she chose to make a success
Of embalming. But she is quite ready to
give the reason.
Seven years ago" says this woman of
the gruesome profession, Il was living in
Scranton, Pa, when sister-in-law of
mine died. needn't tell you the whole
story, but will say that the experience we
then had with an embalmer, so called,
was so terrible that my brother asked me
TO learn the business myself simply TO be
able to take care of our own family. [
was widow and needed some occupation,
so took course at the college of en-
banning, and became so enthusiastic over
the work that ! came to New York, and
have practiced the profession for five
years.
Il met with the most violent opposition
from the undertakers. There were ten
thousand of them in their association.
and they put every possible obstruction
in my way. Why2 Oh, they said that
they had men whom they paid regularly,
and if l came in to attend to special cases
these men had to sit around idle You
see, any one would rather have a woman
or child embalmed by a woman than by a
man. | have often been asked by fami-
lies for whom l have worked to embalm
the body of a man. l always refused,
because If | say that only women EN-
baImers should care for the bodies of
women must be consistent, and see that
the rule works both ways.
THE undertakers make it hard for me
IN another way, too. They give me the
very worst cases; suicides and people
who have been burned TO death or have
died Of contagious diseases. 1 have had
many a strange experience, but, for all
that. love my work"
Mrs. Dart got out her ms trument
which she carries in a Misunderstanding
music roll and gave details of her profess
sional work. She talks of the forty
funerals month. following the forty en-
balmings of which she has charge. There.
again, her feminine tact and taste are
highly appreciated. There are fashions
even IN funeral robes, and it takes a
woman properly to adjust a big sleeve or
10 loop the draperies with violets, this lat
ter being quite fashionable funeral fad
The demands for Mrs. Darts service have
become so numerous that she has tran ned
her niece TO be her assistant, and the two