The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-18

people was there on the second than on
the nrst day. OF course, the self-elected
ruIs OF society were prominent the first
night, but as We have all gotten rather
urea OF them, because of their advertis-
ing agents, they were not particularly in
II Is funny how the world grades YOU
according to the money you spend. \ man
VINO Is by no means wealthy, and who is
very much IN debt was asked by friend
10 60 TO the sale Of boxes for the horse
snow and buy him a box. He was not
limited as to price, so, of course, he got
one OF the best. Although he gave the
name OF the gentleman, a mistake was
MADE and his name was given to the re-
porters as the man who had bought it.
II was very funny to hear him tell about
II. He said the next morning every credi-
Tor he had was waiting for him before he
was up, because they thought he had
either struck a bonanza or had a fortune
left him.
II Is very much what you appear to be-
ana not what you are, in the big cities If
you look prosperous, you are received as
Such; and society does not forgive YOU for
looking poor. unless il knows that in
reality you are very wealthy, and are as
Stunning this as fad of the hour. Reality
Is counted as of little worth, and you are
judged by the outside shell. Anybody
who has bought eggs knows that this is
not the best way. Instead, they must be
held up before the strong light of a can
ole, and then you can tell whether they
are fresh and good, or, the other thing.
Unfortunately. we do not look at people
in the light of the truthful candle. and
so we have to take them as they seem, Ind
not as they are.
But then, there are so many queer things
in the world. Queer people are the
most interesting, however. One of the
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elderly women who are inclined to be fri
volous, is the wearing, just now of stiff
felt sailor hats, with white bird on each
side. They look too funny for anything
and Yet nobody will tell the poor old souls
how absolutely idiotic they appear.
Then there are the queer men who are
pretty elderly. who wear stays and plas-
ter their few remaining hairs down with
oil, who are victims of rheumatism, and
yet they mince along as if they had just
come from their dancing masters
Then there is the queer government
which puts in its pockets what is intended
to be used for street cleaning and the gem
eral improvement of cities; and the dwell
| lers therein weep and wall, but all to no
purpose, unless, indeed, Mr. Goff is clever
| enough to send up to Sing Sing the peo-
pie who really ought to be there-that is,
the big thieves, and not the little ones.
And then there is the queer way of liv-
ing, of starving ones self for twenty-nine
days in the month, and then, on the thir-
tteth, giving some sort of society func-
ton, when big spread is served, and your
enemies eat of your substance and keep
you poor.
Then there are the queer books that I
must keep talking against-those books
that hinge on the horrible. Now, l adore
Sherlock Holmes, and | depised DIR. Doyle
for killing him. yet the other day I bought
new book of his, supposing it would be
/ interesting. and it is filled with the nasty
experiences of a doctor. In the preface he
says they are not suited to nervous women.
and he might have added truthfully that
should have been published unless. in
deed, it had been in a medical journal.
Then there are queer actresses. like that
newly imported English one, who asks to
have a cup of tea in the same tone that
she would demand a dagger to stab her
enemy and who wears a mysterious robe
that an Enslishwoman would not don,
unless ii We're for her bathroom.
Then there are the queer newspapers,
who take one small item of truth and
frame it in several large Jumps of untruth
and make it difficult for anybody to deny
| because a whole lie can be fought out
right, but when 1t has some truth in it, II
becomes very difficult to handle
Then there are the queer preachers.
Those who trouble themselves more about
the things of this world than about those
of the next.
oh, there could be a long list of queer
things made out. Try it for yourself.
only don't head it or end it with the name
or Bah.