The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-07

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1 said IN the play, and that was this: A
man who is old enough to do wrong, is old
| enough TO do right. Perhaps the gentle
wearer Of the cap and bells is still too
| young to do either, except to make daos
at them, with pen dipped in very pale
ink.
TIREsoME ACTORS.
"My dear, when will women learn that
| the day comes when, if they are ac-
| tresses, it is time for them to bid goodbye
to the publicl There wasn't woman in
| that play who hadn't in her day been Of
| some account, but her day had gone by,
and she had long since ceased to be OF in
terest, and yet, because of an inordinate
vanity, she would recognize it. l have a
deal of respect for the woman who appre-
ciates her years, who knows the charm
of old age, and who doesn't come prancing
| on the stage-either of life or that mimic
one-as the coquettish soubrette, when
she should be playing dainty old grand
mothers. The best Of wines are worth
nothing until many years have gone by,
but beautiful flowers want only TO be
seen when they are fresh.
"The soubrette with hard voice and
an assumed air of innocence is one Of the
most unpleasant features of the stage,
and yet there are women who expect to
play soubrette parts all their lives"
Now, colonel said /, "what has
made you so bitter2n
He hesitated a little while, and then
added: 81 do believe it is that nasty play.
Nasty is the only word tc apply TO it. 1t
lacks wit; il lacks plot and ii reeks with
indecency. Then, too, / am tired of the
actor, of the general actor as meet him.
Not the special one, my dear, but the one
who hasn't manliness enough to save
some money when he is getting it, and
who is willing to live on anybody when he
HASN'T got any. OF the actor who plays
with the feelings of sentimental girls; or
the actor who doesn't feel that the mar
riage tie amounts 10 anything, and of the
actor who is so eaten up with conceit that
he believes when he goes to heaven-and
he has no doubt of getting there-he will
have leading part among the angels,
and teach them what they ought to do"
DELICIOUS SOUTHERN BEVERAGE.
Then the colonel slipped his eggnog,
and said: at took the south TO produce q
beverage like this, where the gold of the
egg mingles with the cream and milk;
where the spiciness of the rum gives q
delightful odor, md adds to the taste,
while the strength of the brandy proves
that, of all the liquors, brandy is essen
TALLY the one Of gentility. Then, too,
floating on top is the white of the egg,
beaten TO point that suggests the beauty
of the clouds, and makes one comprehend
that this ethereal beverage was intended
for the ladies-but, my dear, in smaller
glass There is something poetic about
it one thinks of it always In connection
with magnolias, and with a warm Christ
mas day. And on the plate beside it, it
seems only natural to find a slice of that
plum cake, the recipe for which every
southern housekeeper will tell you has
descended TO her from the generations
way back, and which she would not part
with for worlds.
II like this feminine jealousy that ex-
lists about good cooking. am surprised
that women do not more Thoroughly learn
the value of it. They are eager, some of
them, poor fools, to study to be lawyers
or doctors; but not to be cooks now,
hundreds of lawyers and doctors starve,
but tirst-class chef can get anything
from five thousand up to twelve thousand
year, and he is always in demand.
While women are claiming their rights,
why don't they insist upon this very pay
ing oneF They are willing to learn to
make a lot Of nonsense, but they don't
seem TO understand the things that should
go together, and one never knows what
they are going to do. They are quite as
likely to have a canvas-back duck cooked
fifteen minutes, when eight in hot oven
is quite long enough, and they are equally
willing to serve terrapin up in what they
call stew, and which might as well
have cold mutton for its foundation. in
asmuch as the terrapin flavor is entirely
lost"
AMERICAN WOMEN AND SWEETS.
"Yy the bye, my dear, didn't somebody
say the other day that you didn't like
womenR"
laughed until the colonel Joined in
with me and the dogs wagged their tails,
knowing something funny was to the
fore, and then l said, ''I believe thew did
And the funny part of it is that it is be-
cause like them, occasionally say disa-
greeable things to them. You see, Amer
lean women get such a lot of sweets, they
really want some bitters once in while
to brace them up. like them immense
ly, but l can't gush over them. You
know, my dear colonel, / am not built so
that love everybody. l could count on
one hand the people I really love, and on
two the people l really like; but the
unless YOU continually give Ler,
mentally, the material sweets
which she eats, and which ruin
alike her digestion and her temper,
that you are her enemy. l have had the
bitters given to me, and know just what
they are worth-how bracing they are.
and how certain to make one feel clearer,
IituJdlly anu pHySlCdlly. 4 keep liLtle
rose-colored bottle on my desk, marked
TO be given gently and once in while
l dip my pen in that, and say to my sister
women what think. Beside my desk is
huge demijohn containing black fluid,
marked To be used without regard to
quality and with a very large Quill | 90
into this and say what l have to about
men, for, after all, they are pretty bad
lot"
with EXCEPTIONS" laughed the col
onel
yes" said, with exceptions. That's
the trouble. Every woman selects her
own exceptions, and l suppose YOU
wouldn't be counted among them If il
weren't that you are ON the list written
out by Bah"
Had a Great Taste for Celery.
From the Philadelphia Record
If celery is the nerve bracer that some
are disposed TO consider il there is one