The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-13
ipimisal to marriage than any other save

inimieal to marriage than any other save
that OF a nun.
One OF the daintiest, as well as the
most useful, among the many gifts or
recent bride, says the New York Times,
was a set OF bureau sachets. They were
wadding thickly sprinkled with wild rose
sachet powder and edged with narrow
cred exquisiteiy with wild roses scattered
here and there over the surface. done
IN three shades Of pink Asiatic tlo floss,
with the leaves worked in two shades
OF olive. The set consisted OF three large
pads for the drawers Of a low, wide -bu-
reau. and FIVE shorter, but wider ones.
These are charming for any friend,
| but especially for a mother weighted
one who longs for dainty little home
adornments, but has no time 70 make
them; nor need they be as expensive.
| White linen, embroidered with Violets,
buttercups or daisies-as sparsely as you
| please-and lined with silesia or cheese
| cloth, tufted and bound with baby rib
\ bon, is very pretty, and quickly made.
one Of this seasons brides. says the
New York Times, received on her We'd
ding day the completion of a set OF din
ner napery that began to be hers some
/ time ago. On her sixth birthday, an
| aunt, whose hobby was table linen, gave
of heavy, fine satin damask, as hano-
| some as could be got, and the inltal OF
|
/ ed upon it. Each succeeding birthday
| brought her corresponding one, TIL the
/ dozen was completed two years ago
| when you are married, you shall nave
the cloth" said the aunt, and she got it,
owning now a set of which princess
/ might be proud.
Icetongs are among the seasons novel
/ ties in small silver. They show a spoon
| at one end and claw at the other; An
4 odd teaball is like teaspoon, WIN
cover and has a twisted handle. A tea
/ ball holder, upon which the Dan rests
when not in use, resembles an inverted
/ tripod, and the ball fits into II. Lltue sh-
yer cakelnives are new.
Many women, says the St. Louis Repub-
i lic who would scorn dishonest, or even
mean action, have certain haolt whlch
| they consider merely thrifty and whlcn
| borders very closely, nevertheless, on Ieai
greed. This is the handling over and sort
| ing fruit and vegetables or fruit before
| purchasing. Every woman has a perIect
| right to refuse to buy what she does not
| think, after proper investigation Is worm
| the price asked for il. But no woman mas
for herself, thus leaving all the poorer por-
tions, either for less fortunate buyers or
on the sellers hands. Some go SO Tar as
! to ouen ears of corn to examine the ker-
| nels 1t is quite possible that the next
| conner may not care for what SHOWS SO
| plainly that 1t has been condemned even
| though matters have not gone SO lar as
| with a certain prominent clergyman
wife, who positively bites into the article
| handed to her to see II she nkes me
flavor. Such people do not mean 70 pc
| grasping, nor unfair. But they must pc
very hard for the poor huckster to endure
in patient silence.
Being naturalists, we generally spend
! all our time in scientific researches, says
| the writer of a letter from Martinique 70
the St. Louis Republic, but as Martln-
ique is renowned for being the blrthpla ace
of Josephine we could not 81 IeT Fort td de
| France, which is thirty miles distant from
| The town of Fort de France is low and
| level. In a large park, thiclSly planted with
| rows of tamarinds ard mangoes, Is the
| statue of the empress. Majestic in pose.
| Josephine holds her queenly head, sur
! rounded by a circle of magnificent palms.
An inscription states that TINS mo u
| Martinique to the memory OF Empress
| Josephine, born in this colony. On one side
is the date of her birth June 49, 1859
| while on the other is that of her marriage
to Napoleon March 9. 1885. Between the
base and cornice sunken die contains a
| representation in bronze of the coron@-
| ton scene when the pope was summoned
from the vatican to assist in the royal
assumption. The pope is the central hg-
near, and is placing a diadem on the heau
II of the kneeling Josephine.
! Directly south and across the bay from
| Fort de France is the little town of Trois
| Islet, in which is the church where the
infant Josephine was baptized. About 2.
r. =
| running up from the sea. shaded by tama-
| rind trees. A short distance up this vai-
| ley, in a secluded spot is low wooden
| house, which marks the spos where the
| empress was born When Josephine was
| but years old history tells us that Mar
Unique was visited by one of those disas-
| trous hurricanes which occasionally sweep
| the West Indies, and which we know as
the eQuinoctial storms.
Terrible earthquakes ensued in various
! parts of the world at the same time, ana
| in Martinique several hundred persons
| lost their lives An old sugar mill be-
| longing to the plantation owned by Jo-
sephine's father withstood the shock, ana
| beneath this roof the frightened family
! destined to become famous throughout
the world. took refuge.
Indeed this old sugar mill was the home
of the little Josephine for ten years ar
| ter, and no doubt they were among her
! happiest years. The building Is well pre-
served, the walls being two feet in thick
ness. 1t is twenty feet long and sixty
| feet wide and consists of several apart
ments. Near by is a little brooklet that
| empties into a rock-hollowed basin, where
| Josephine took her morning bath. 1t IS
| protected from the gaze of the passers-
| by by huge mango tree. Many years
| afterward Josephine returned to her ole
hame. bringing with her the artless and
| beautiful Hortense. She was then Nine
| de Beauharnais, and she and her little
daughter Hortense, visited all the IA
miliar places.