The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-04
Silks.
IN WOMAN WORLD.
A Few Things Of Interest to the
Fair Sex.

Why Mothers Should Try to Keep
Themselves Young in Looks and
Feelings-A Word About Colonial
Dames-The Conflict of a Member of
the Salvation Army - Something
About Wall Flowers-other Matters
Worth a Passing Notice.
1t is always a confict-this wrestling
with duty, says the New York Times A
young dressmaker, a member of the Sal
walton Army, received a. letter from a
would-be customer asking, among other
things, whether the material she was
| planning to bring-plush-w be suita-
BILE and look well to use in the big sleeves
in vogue.
Now, the fame of the customer as a
parlor elocutionist had preceded her, but
was misunderstood by the dressmaker as
| associating its object with the sta &c
which her duty taught her to abhor
! So she sat down and conscientiousiy re
! piled to the letter that she could not sew
on garment which was to be worn by a
person so contaminated, and urged her to
forsake her ungodly work and turn her
talents to some better advantage. The
letter ran on thus for three pages and as
| sternly closed.
But duty having been placated, the
! natural kindliuoss OF human nature
/ popped up in a little postscript
/ Il think the plush quite too heavy for
/ the use you suggest. 1t would be better
TO make the sleeves of silk. +"
Mrs. M seems devoted to her chill
/ IrRO ~ said friend n another. in q
/ presence of a contributor to Harper
! Weekly.
Yes, " replied the other, "but the chill
| dren don't seem devoted to her. Her own
| shrink from her and mine run and hide
whenever she comes into the house"
'Whyl" asked the first in great aston
ishment.
We'll, ] don't know" answered the
other. Il believe it's her clothes and her
! manner. She is in deep mourning, She
! is tall woman, and always wears long
sweeping black gowns, with not vestige
of white about them. She speaks in
! mournfCl tone, and signs every few min
utes. Children naturally shrink from any
! such gloom as that. They are very i'm
! pressionable. They feel manner and APP
pearance very deeply, While they are
| little, all their impressions come through
their senses, for they have not yet become
conscious of themselves. Now, if Mrs
| NJ believed what she protested, she
would consider il duty to shake of her
dependency, instead of encouraging its
expression. She would know that she
had more to be thankful for than to be
sorrowful about. AS she would know
particularly that the duty we owe to the
1 living is more imperative and essential
than the duty we owe to the dead.
/ She should know that she had no right
to shadow the lives of her little children
with such an unhealthy atmosphere. 1t is
her business to fill their lives with sun
shine and gladness, with lively actions
and CHEEKY words and bright smiles. Nc
matter how devoted mother is, if hen
speech and face and general appearance
are forever associated in a childs mine
with depressing and uncomfortable feel
ings, how is he going TO learn that Goo
meant man to be happy in being good anC
not misera ble2'
Yes, that is true" returned the other
Il believe mothers should keep them
selves young for the sake of their chill
drcn. If other women owe it TO their con