The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-27
WOMAN'S WORLD.
4 Few Things Of Interest TO The Fair
Sex.

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Pitfalls-A Remarkable Ghost Story.
other Things Worth Mentioning.
A curious Long Island story, says the
New York Tribune, which has the merit
of being true is one of recent occurrence
in the little seaside town of b. A
family of New Workers established them
selves in a roomy farmhouse for the sea-
son. the owner having moved out to give
way 10 the "city folks" who prepared to
keen house for themselves during the
summer The family were all delicate.
nervous people, and when one day the
Oldest son, believing himself to be alone in
the house, looked suddenly up and en-
countered a wild and terrible-ooking head
peering at him through the curtains which
separated the sitting-room from the din
ing-room, the shock was intense. His
first impulse was to spring from
his seat and rush into the ad-
Joining room-which, however, he
found perfectly empty His second i'm
pulse was to question his own sanity.
Finally he ascribed the apparition to an
over-excted brain, and grew convinced
he was becoming subject to mental illus
ions This worried him so much that he
took an early opportunity of coming to
town and consulting the family physi-
clan, who told him that he had been
studying too hard and prescribed regi-
mensof sailing, riding and absolute rest
from every literary pursuit.
"Have you spoken to the apparition to
your family2n he asked the young man.
mo. Well, would not mention it if I
were you; these hallucinations become
strengthened if described and dwelt upon
Go home, have good time, and you will
forget all about it in q week y
A few days afterward, however, the
good man was surprised to see the sister
of the Young fellow come into his Office.
Doctor, no one knows I have come to
YOU, she began eXcitedly. 81 said [
was going to town to do some shopping;
but | am convinced that / am losing my
mind Twice during the past week |
have seen the most dreadful face, which
vanished as l rushed to the window where
I had seen it, and from the door through
which it glared at me. Mamma is SO
delicate that have not spoken of it to
her and have felt tho strangest reluct-
ance to tell anyone about it, Oh doctor,
1 am afraid ! am going mad"
and the OTcrWrOught young creature
burst into tears and sobbed bitterly.
The old doctor managed to sOOthe her
and convince her thar hor apparitions
were the result of indigestion. and not
melanCholia. "A curious coincidence.
however" said the physician to himself
after she had left him Il must look af-
ter these young people" But he was
completely puzzled and all his science at
fault when the next day he received a
visit from the mother herself. Unknown
to either of her children she had come to
consult him, and her symptoms
We're substantially the same. She de-
scrlbed the requiring vision of a strange,
wild, horrible face peering from behind
curtains, or through the window.
Thoroughly interested now, the good
doctor resolved to ferret out the mystery
Either 1t is bona-fide ghost or the
whole family is going mad" he said to
himselti and he easily obtained permis-
sion from the widow to accompany her
home. Not waiting for visit from the
banshee DR.. NJ, who is nothing if not
practical, decided upon a thorough inyes
tigat1on Of the house from TOP to bottom
and confding to the young man the Sc,
cret OF his mothers and sisters visits. he
secured his cooperation. Together they
explored the premises, from cellar to
garnet, but found nothing suspicious
What have we here2" said the old gen
tleman at last, as he espied d ladder in
one corner of the roOmy garnet.
=, u thlnk that goes up to little loft in
the caves of the house." answered the
youth, but it is place that is never
opened"
The doctor, however, mounted the lad
DER and pushed omen the trapdoor above
ms head-then he fell back with a cry of
terror. wild, maniacal figure let itself
Gown through the aperture with extraor-
binary velocity, and rushing to the little
window at the end of the garnet, swung
ilSeu out by the aid of the boughs of a
large tree growing close to the house. 1t
dropped TO the grOund--a second more
ana 1t had disappeared. In the loft a bove
was found nest made of stray bits Of
rags, etc, like the lair of wild animal.
Where the creature had evidently lived
Iior some time. A visit to an insane asy-
Ium IN the neighboring town revealed the
mystery. One of the most dangerous
ilahlacs had escaped the vigilance Of his
keepers, and all efforts to find him had
proved unavailing. Owing to the fam
Iy's dread of publicity the matter was
kept very quiet, but to their great relief
J4e Iunatlc was finally captured and
paced In security.
Surrogate Ransom, in q recent article
III tae North American Review. cOrlps ont
boldly and says of women: "Thev know
nyCe or nothing of business, RELY largely
o op9n ther emotions and intuitions, and
"n4 Ian an easy prey to the ever-ready
ou9 Always convenient confidence man
auu sharper. My own Judgment is that
Women should never be compelled or per-
aiitltyyel TO undergo the labor and respon-
3 3r,,!t OF these positions (executriX or
trustee of estates) -"
on III may be ungallant, but as Ruskin
Go ooS Sad OF Whitman's poetry, lit is
ueadi{ true as rifles" And the state
5 tLJIV IS true not only Of the fools and
80 80 Vi Uhe sex, who are never expected
t 70 snow anything, but of hundreds of in
rrCealSeht brainy wrmen who might
t5o3l ao!iy be supposed to know better
, yIau TO Sign papers which they did not
ro.e5 land, pay money without getting
tsILG;-pV Ior 1t, or engage in large under
SiiNIigs without a written agreement
,, -iiu{ VINO know that it is runninga great
,, -9H 10 uaDble in stocksrby some peculiar
,, l,Ilou oil reasoning imagine that it is
Vol LILY safe to buy, sell, and exchange
tisi estate estate It's probably the substan-
ana J1 luence of ownership which attracts
of pltHuS them to the dangerous nature
d. r IedVy mortgage, the flaws in title
inc ge 49, ana the possibility of overwhelm-
1-33o assessments. Moreover, woman is
foS.a1 ~ see advantages which make a
co1nt desirable as a home, but which
vier.c55 or noJhlng when the property is
''0"eu as an Investment. .
YaI,e following notes from the New
Thal, , World are straight from Paris.
fet are given for what they are worth
color ~ IN, women be tempted to wear rose