The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-26


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guages. and it is, therefore conceived to
be antideluVian. -
g. This-our days the day Of pins-use-
ful and ornamental. The first pins
brought to England from France were
made of brass wire and We're used by
katherine Howard. queen of Henry VIII.
This was in 1910. In 1913 they We're man
fractured in England. Before pins We're
invented hooks and eyes, skewers Of
Drass, silver ana gold, ribbons. laces
with points and tags, loopholes and clasps
We're used In the time of katherine
Howard looking-glasses or, rather, what
We now call hand-glasses, were first used.
These were very small. and either car
ried IN the pockets Of the ladies or sus-
pended from their girdles.
When needles were first introduced into
England they We're considered more val
liable than silver. Stowe says: THE first
that were made in England were fabri-
Gated in Cheapside. London, in the time
OF Mary, by a negro from Spain, but. as
ne would not impart the secret. it was
65st at his death ana not recovered
again until 1866 in the reign of Elizabeth,
when Elias GrOwse, German, taught
the art to the English, who have since
brought 1t to the highest degree of per-
lection"
Although hats were made in Paris in
l4O4 by a Swiss, they were not manufac
tured in England until 1910 The Span
tards introduced them. Close-knit wooden
caps were used by men and women until
that time.
Sir Charles Lyeu says: 1.-THE title Of
madam is given in Charleston and the
south of the United States generally to
a mother whose son has married. The
daughter-in-law then becomes Mrs BY
this means they avoid the inelegant
phraseologX of old Mrs. A" This is
also TO some extent the custom in some
parts of the Pacific slope 1t should be
more generally adopted, for no mother
tn-law wishes to be known as "old Mrs"
Womans sensitiVeness to age is
apparently as old as humanity, for Sarah
is the only woman whose age is mentioned
in the Bible.
How often we have to eat humble
pie without thinking how Anticipated the
custom Is. Properly ii should be tumble"
pie. THE umbles of a deer" says Ed
wards, correspond to the giblets of a
goose. The venison pastry in feudal times
was reserved for the lord and his princi-
pal guests. For those who sat below the
salt pies were made of inferior por-
tons, and these were called tumble pies
Hence to eat 'umble pie was to occupy
an inferior position
What would be considered more vulgar
nowadays than TO display ones phiz on
tice is the origin of the name cartes-de-
visite. In 1851 the Duke of Parma had
his photo taken by NJ. Terrier at Nice
and copies affixed to his visiting cards
Paris and London took up the fashion
Although ii has died out the name re-
mains for the small Photographic por-
traits. Country dance is from the French
cOntre-danSc, meaning that the partners
stand opposite to each other. Nephew
and niece once meant grandchildren,
and in this sense was used in the early
editions of the Bible. The saying Rob
bling Peter to pay Paul" records the his
torical fact that in the year 1850 several
of Westminster Abbey's estates We're
granted for the maintenance and repairs
of St. Paul's cathedral. Westminster be-
ing dedicated to st. Peter the saying thus
came into vogue of robbing Peter to pay
Paul
The very hgh-sounding word etiquet
had a very humble origin, for etiquet
meant simply a liable. Edwards gives the
following: 1t received its present signifi-
cation from the fact that a Scotch gar
dener who laid out the grounds at Yer
sailes for Louis XIV. was much annoyed
at the courtiers walking over his newly
made paths, and at length had labels
nIaced 10 indicate where they might
pass. At first these labels We're not at
tended to, but a hint from high quarters
that IN future the walks CT the courtiers
must be within the 'etiquets or labels
was promptly attended to. To keep with
in the etiquettes became the correct thing
The meaning of the phrase was after
ward widened, and is now universally
Nicotine comes from John Moot. who in
troduced tobacco into France in 1860. An
old name for tobacco was petum or petun
Hence the name Petunia for that flow
ering plant which is a species of tobacco
The beautiful cameHa is so called from
the jesuit priest hdIlElt WHO liISl bItuS III
it to Europe from Japan The lovely
autumn flower, the dahlia, is a native of
Mexico, but was first cultivated in Eu-
rope by Dahl, Swedish botanist. Lady
Holland introduced it in England by haV-
ing it cultivated in the French garden
of the celebrated Holland house, Ken
sington. The damask rose was brought
to England by DR.. Linaker, physician to
King Henry VIII.
Mignonette. which signifies little dar-
ling" is a native of northern Africa, and
was first cultivated in Europe in the
roval gardens of Paris. In 1852 Lord Bate
man introduced it in England.
The story of the weeping willow Is an
interesting one The tree is a native of
Spain In the reign of George II. of Eng
land, Lady Suffolk received a package
from Spain enwrapped in twigs OF the
willow Pope, the poet, was present
when it was opened. Noticing that the
willow twigs were still alive Pope took
some of them to plant at Twickenham
This is the origin of the beautiful weep
ing willows that to this day ornament
the borders of the Thames at Twicken-
ham. ..
In an old book published at Antwerp
in 1866 are found the following, which are
still everyday expressions:
Proud as peacocks.
plain as a pikestaf.
Neither by fair nor foul mean.
"They have made no bones at IT.
seTNseec- much chalk and cheese. ~