The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-15

he had jotted down before him, these
/ new women are wonderful creatures.
Ihey can introduce bills all right, but
nothing perceptible the matter with the
old man!''
William Black. the novelist, says the
/ New York Times, is a little, dark man,
With gigantic, fierce mustache and
/ good features, with a keen and alert ex-
/ preston in his black eyes. He IS in the
habit Of taking his family with
/ him on delightful long trips
| on the yacht which has figured
IN so many Of his stories. On recent
| expedition Of this kind the whole Black
household landed at a well known CONT
| mental watering place, and all became
more or less acquainted with some Ameri-
cans who were spending a few days in
the same hotel frequented by the English
| mans establishment. To one of these
| women Mr. Blacks little daughter one
day remarked, ingeniously: Don't you
| think my papa is the handsomest man in
the world?" While her new acquaintance
could not altogether agree with the child's
| taste, she most heartily admired her 10y
atty and filial affection.
''The things that I learned when I was
| a child" said a dear old lady to the New
York Times the other day. whose hair is
| snow white, and who is a grandmother.
Il have never never forgotten. When 1
| was about years old an aunt of mine,
who was an invalid for many years and
| in whose sickroom we children We're al
/ lowed only as a great privilege when she
| was feeling unusually strong, asked me
/ for glass of water. brought it to her.
/ holding the glass in my hand with my
forefinger bent over the rim. She took it
| and thanked me, and then said: Now,
dear, here is a little lesson to remember
! all your life-never put your fingers over
| the edge of drinking glass, either your
| own or one that you are passing to some
one else; it is better not to hand the glass
| but offer 1t on plate or a little tray but
| If that is not possible handle it very
| dainty and without letting your fingers
| touch the edge anywhere You are lit
| Tie girl and haven't learned this yet, but
now you will never forget, will you?
said would not, and, though that was
many years ago, 1 think 1 have never
| offered glass of water to any one with
out quick thought of that first lesson of
how to do it," when l was 10 years
Old went on the speaker, for the chill
| dren to whom she was talking were still
! eagerly listening, Il took a short railroad
journey with my grandfather, a dignifed
judge, yet tender and affectionate whom
| we were all most anxious to please. !
sat in the car seat just in front of him
| while he talked with a friend sitting be-
side him. Pretty soon, having nothing
| to do, L began to sing in rather a low
| voice, indeed, but still loud enough 10 be
heard two or three seats away, and, as
was rather proud of my voice. /
| thought that my grandfather was proba-
| bly, thinking to himself that his friend
must admire the singing of his little
| granddaughter. BY and bye the friend
got out at a station and was called back
to sit with my grandfather. He greeted
me with a smile, You've been lonesome,
my dear. I'm afraid; 1 heard you sing
ing. Now, you are little girl, and it did
not matter, but you will be a woman one
of these days, and then it will. Let me
! tell you just one thing to remember all
your life. Never do anything in a public
place, like a car or steamboat or any
| where among strangers that will attract
attention to you And. though 1 was
deeply mortified at the time, for saw at
once that my grandfather had not liked
| my singing, l have always remembered
his words and thanked him in my heart
many, many times for them"
Men are at heart the natural protectors
| of women. If women trust them, says
the New York Times, they will guard
their property, persons and morals. But
they sometimes are over Jealous. Their
| zeal runs away with their reason. In
co-educational institution not a thousand
miles from this city the young men and
| young women use the same hall for their
literary societies. Not long ago they give
! joint entertainment to raise money for
! it's establishment. 1t was decided to buy
a piece of statuary The girls wanted the
Venus de Milo and the boys voted for
| Apollo Belvidere. The latter was ordered
life size. Apollo came. The boys hasten
ed to set him up in the hall to surprise
the girls. Their turn came first when
they discovered his paucity of neither gar
| ments Whatever was to be done? 1t
would not do to let the girls see him that
way. They might be shocked. Ingenuity
saved the day and the girls Apollo
adorns the hail, but he wears-white duck
| trousers.
elegance" is a very old-fashioned word,
says the New York Tribune, and the quail
ity, too. which it describes is in this coun-
try and England almost obsolete. In
| France, however, to be called a femme
elegante" is still expressive of the highest
commentator, and the DANES graz
cieuses" to whom the epithet applies pos
sess that same Undesirable French air
or costume so distinctly different from
and style that makes a Partisan bonnet
all Others
A French woman will wear the simplest
little muslin gown with the grace of a
| duchess, an ideal duchess, that is-for an
all their Graces of England are by no
means ideal. AT the water places along
the Gallo coast the difference in style
between the natives and foreigners is
most noticeable. However ugly, however
| old, however fat, French women wear
their clothes in a way that is invariably
| Chic" and almost impossible to initiate.
"One of the chief characteristics Of
French women at Trouville," remarked a
| recently returned American, ''is the ex-
treme simplicity in which they dress at
these resorts. The more pronounced their
position in the world of rank and fashion,
the more unostentatous their attire 1t is
| always fresh and dainty, but absolutely
simple--and yet what a simplicity 1t is
of the highest art the most exquisite ele-
| gance; and it gives TO nous autres hope
| less detected feeling that is impossible to
describe as we gaze upon the unattain-
able.
with their clothes, however," goes IN
! this same fair critic, their superiority
ends; for no English or American woman
could stand their comfortless homes and
the untidy way in which they keep house.
| l stayed at several ctateaus while 1 was
| a hroad and their VI