The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-22

according to statistics on the subject as
color-bllnd boys. 1t is also said to be very
rare to lind naturally colOr-blind per-
son, which argues the matter to be one
OF early development. The natural love
OF fnery among the small daughters of
Eve, and their unconscious training. from
childhood in matching ribbons, silks. and
all sorts of femme gewgaws, are given
over their brothers in this regard The
training at the kndergartens, where small
boys and girls alike study color, is going
to equalize matters in the future.
Christmas Tide
"A merry Christmas? How the old words
waken
A thrill and throb for many Christmas
For hopes fulfilled not. that the years
Into their keeping, like the tears We she'd
"a merry Christmasr' Let the happy
Bring a new thrill. new freedom. new
delight;
Past pain makes present joy but sweeter
Zen as the dawn of morning after night
"A merry Christmas Be We thankful
For friendship that is left. warm. sure.
and strong.
For love that fills your hearts with high
Live life anew. Ye do the Past no wrong.
"a merry Christmas!' Life has hating
Where We may pause in all the busy
strife
To comfort those whose sorrow-stricken
Tell their own story in the book of life.
"A merry Christmasr' Raise on high the
with spirits leaping at the sound of
mrth,
That sheds goodwill and gladness
Harriet Kendall.
Chambers Journal.
The professional fashion model, says
the New York Times. will soon be an in
stitution. There has been demand for
fashion pictures which look lifelike, and
women with pretty faces are beginning
to be appealed to to lend their features
and their figures for the purpose. Sew
eral women are now earning their living
by being photographed in this way. They
pose very carefully and in picturesque
fashion, reading q letter playing with a
bunch of flowers, drawing back portiere,
and the like. all with a view to heighten
the effect of the gown that is worn and
which is intended to be thus displayed.
The idea is in keeping with the artistic
advance of everything in the advertising
line, and is especially, TO be welcomed IN
the sphere referred to. The wasp waists,
doll faces, wooden figures and stin poses
of the traditional fashion plate can be
spared soon and indefinitely;
Some folks, says Clara Belle in a letter
from New York in the Cincinnati En-
quirer, are wont to bewail the fact that
sweethearts no longer exchange sweet
condolences as in the old-time days, but
there is reason for 1t. An engagement
broken this week proves IL. They had
come to an understanding three days be-
fore the fatal meeting, but when they nrst
began to coo together she wanted TO
Nd oil ne
her truly and he, quite as conventionally,
said he did. 1t should have ended there,
but he went on. He declared he did not
love her for her beauty alone, nor for her
money either but that he loved her for
her sweet and lovely self. He said that
beauty was only skin deep anyhow, and
that true love went great deal deeper
Then She plucked up her spirits, and she
said: II dare make to you a confession,
them my hair doesn't curl, dear, L hope
you don't mind. l curl it with an iron,
but it is really straight of itself. He
only smiled. And he said he loved her
the more, besides he liked straight hair,
anyhow, and, too-here he smiled wan
smile-he too had confession to make.
Il am quite bald; dearest" ne said. and
ed the top of his hair and showed himself
all pink and bare on top. But we love
each other as well, don't we, dearest?"
She agreed to that, but she said it faint
ly But there is more to tell,' she said.
Il lace. / nope you 90 not Inlnqs all
women lace, though few confess it. My
waist is really only p in my dresses and
it is almost 30 naturally"
Il love you just as well, darling" quoth
he. Il don't lace tightly, but | do wear
corsets. OF course, you don't care; all the
best tailors expect ii these days. Still, it
Is one OF the Things tnlnK you aught 70
know, especially as you are being so
sweetly frank with me" and the pink
top of his head glowed with love for her.
You think no less of me, know"
ha dap1 I
queer. Then she went on; Il told you /
was g." was her next admission; so l
really 90" He drew long sigh. Il
know how to forgive that" he said, for 1
said / was 80 and l am 40, but thank
heaven! nothing can shake our love"
No, nothing could, she was sure of it,
and she murmured softly: There is one
more thing-I am almost afraid to confess
it, but / have a false tooth. Just onei"
He smiled. took out all his upper teeth
and said but his voice sounded strange
and mumbly and his face was horribly
changed: Darling, l only think the more
of YOU as l know you do of me-" but the
girl made no answer-she had tainted
She began it, so IT was largely her fault
and she should have known better. Keep
'em in the dark girls; they'll find out soon
enough afterward.
Two girl friends, says the Hartford
Times, met on the street and stopped TO
80 glad to see you. Grace" said the
taiior-fnade Alice. WAS Just on my way
to ask you, as my oldest friend, to be one
Of my bridesmaids.
bridesmaid! How lovely I did not
know you were engaged" replied the I'm
de-siecle Grace.
Its sudden, very sudden, but he's aw-
fully in love, and is just too lovely 10 live.
VIII you actf"
"Act? on course I'll be charmed.
But" moving forward and speaking In an
undertona. "dO come round the corner
and tell me all about IL. There comes that
idlOtic, irrepressible donkey, Jim Berton.
Hes grinning as though he meant 70 stop,
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