The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-03
Wofnan's World.

81, article on why some women do
.srrvr Rebecca Harding Davis, in
rsbruary Century. says: One such
-, was used 70 attack a new science
-,--rYsge every year. and, falling. from
-r,rk Of teacher or companion. would
.rs textbooks in heaps until walls of
-, volumes shut in every room Of the
80 she fell at last into a state of semi
- and wandered like a ghost around
y. ,,uage. jabbering scraps Of foreign
mes which she did not understand.
-..=s hereditary habit in certain fami-
So. e,- the women who have a grief to
..- themselves into single room, and
--sf, there for ten, twenty, thirty years.
.---,-s the morbid fancies of these women
80 gloomy and sad. They live some
4 -~ss IN an enchanted land of their own.
one whom I know. a woman OF sensu-
90. -emperament and motherly instincts.
..eIzed TO marry a man whom she loved
,.-su-e he had gone TO live in another
.,r7 and she would be forced TO leave
=. I'D house and half-acre which were
~. centre of the world to her. The court
shin went on for forty years. but she was
,-ys 10 the house!
Another drove her lover away on the
s.v of the wedding because she could not
hing herself to change the name of Won
can for any other. He was rich and she
mas poor. he remained faithful and ready
a. 15ng as she lived. She died at seventy.
maiden Wonson still. Could pride of
Hood 60 further?
Many years ago. says the New York
Tribune perhaps two generations back in
The past. grandmothers made dainty little
cans Of muslin. silk or lace, and these
adorned the heads of all infants. both by
night and by day. After time baby caps
vent out Of vogue. and no substitute was
ever contrived TO replace them. This
seems like quite an unimportant state
ment. one which may merely recall to the
memory of some few elderly people that
baby caps were worn long years ago. But
lst us ask. How many people do you no
tce Of the age of 81 years or Whereabouts.
whose ears fare away or set off from the
head? How many younger peoples ears
grow close, or on line parallel to the
head
Istt not a strange thing to note that in
all these years of study into the means
Of improving and beadtifyingy the human
face and form, no philosopher has given
attention TO the falling away in grace of
The human ear? Indeed. il is only lately
that q device was offered to restore the
contour Of the head by forcing the ear
back into position-and all because baby
caps went out of fashion-those little caps
which kept the tiny ears in place until ma
ture held them there through growth.
At maturity it is too late to force what
the growing time has neglected and to
bring back the true beauty of ears.
woman who admits that she carried
on "a tremendous Irritation" is defending
a suit for divorce in New York brought
by her husband. While both sat in court
avoiding each others gaze. his lawyer
read aloud the following penned by his
wife out of the depths of my despair
I cry unto you-you whose heart is al
WAYS so large for the sorrows of the
worthy-have tenderness for this woman
who comes to you asking you to deal
with her not through justice, but with
mercy Father, mother sister. brother
friend, / have none, but you. Oh my
husband, at whose hands | have re-
csivad nothing but good, ] come in my ex-
uemty for pity. I do not ask you to
forgive me. Spare in your mercy our lit
lie child, oh, You love him with a love
surprising human. Do not darken the
sweet little life at its threshold Do not
take him from me-my anchor. my silver
child my golden bowl. l will give him
al have left of my life And this
woman who sits in the ashes of her
desolate home is a new woman. Oh do
not deem me utterly false and disloyal.
Ny Woman's heart cried out for love.
You didn't love me. You had said it often
/ knew was a burden to your life. bur
den bravely and uncomplaingly carried.
loved you once. l could have loved you
always had you stretched out your
nand Will YOU let me come to you,
INTO your presence with the full story of
II aH' You need not fear that l shall
ask for more than I can give" There
penty of material for playwrights and
oookmakers here. But those who delve
ma more shade than shine.
saw Mrs. Jefferson Davis the other
oay says the writer of a New York let
tsr She's a bright, good. whole-souled
on lady with snow white hair drawn
smoothly back from her forehead. She
dresses in the deepest mourning, knows
everything and everybody, is genial
humorous and gets off a bonmot now
ana then which convulses her hearers.
WIS. Davis and her daughter live in
handsome apartments in the Gerard. Miss
winnie IN tall. refined a semi brunette
Nl'h great repose of manner. a student
u music, a fine conversationalist and
very popular in society. She dresses in
great taste, a. gown she wore at re-
lsnt reception, of gold-hued silk. costly
Nnite lace and garnished with clusters of
Ylolets, being declared one of the most
successful costumes seen this winter.
IS We are turning out yearly a large
Iop OF snobs, says Ward McAllister in
,ns New York World, it is well to recall
.ndokeray's definition Of snob before
nooseolng TO a. discussion of this inter-
s"as topic. Thackeray defines a snob
~ vulgar person who affects to be
Ter richer. and more fashionable than
az really Is, vulgar upstart. one who
apes his superiors.'
t. !. VIII be observed that this definition
NoIold. It involves the idea, first. of
a pTlson OF vulgar breeding and inferior
5-1ll,les who pretends to be just the OPP
hos.l7. and, secondly, it suggests servile
ION dependency and fawning. No
.neFetore, according to Thackeray's
b NJ can be a complete snob unless
-'"Holnes both these characteristics
--'--r are nlanV p0rSO0S in coriatIr com