The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-05
PAGES 8 TO Is.

with. II the people wish to send their
children to religious schools, let them
either pay for It, or let the church OF
which they are members. arrange for the
tree scholars / never expect 10 be on q
school bOard-but. thank Eoodnessi I have
h9 i,, an opportunity TO say what think.
There must be one comfort in being a
man-one doesn't have to put on ones nat
with bonnet pin. II IS true the bonnet
pm has grown TO be a thing of beauty.
Its head is studded with diamonds, sonae-
times real and sometimes not. Sometimes
II IS q turquoise that Is at the top of it,
and all the lovely colOrei stones are called
into service TO make IL a Joy forever: but
that doesn't make the pain any the less
when as sharp point goes into your hard
head. You have gotten the bonnet Just
at the right augle-you stand quite still.
and To- and behold the pin slips, and YOU
have 20 place the bonnet afresh, The
next time the pin doesn't slip, but II
digs into your head as If II were straw
berry-the head, not the pin. And the
next time 1t slides along. and you think 10
Is all right. when suddenly YOU find out
that the PIN has gone through your hair.
but not through the bonnet. Now. a man
4 aI no q Resf mas Of na pin ana ana i n Is
square on his head; and even II the wind
comes and goes, that hat stays, as II It
knew its business; whereas. the carefully
pinned bonnet win so to one side or the
other. and the waived hair will blows
and one viii see ones self In window on
the street, and an instant decision that
life isn't worth living will be arrived at
Yet, the despiRed bonnet pin has its
uses. You can open letter with II, or
pick nuts with II; and when you go to
cash a check, you can prod IL into the
woman who Is I'm front of you when she
doesn't hurry up. II is always an ac-
ceptable present, when studded with di-
Almonds, and It is rather a low-minded
woman who isn't quite willing 10 give
penny In exchange for pretty ones
preventing the sharp point from cutting
the furniture.
Speaking OF cutting friendship, did you
ever hear that you mustn't give pair
~ q HN.f.al4 GA MF
for as sure as you do they walk away
from you and never come back? / hava
been thinking Of giving pair to our gas
man, but the result might not be what I
wish. as / can't claim to have a friendly
feeling toward him. And this Is the rea@
son why. New York has the worst gas
when l went away. tore up ali my gas
receipts. That Is secondly. At thirdly
comes the dramatic situation. About
January the collector began to bring me-
q bill for the May before. ] insisted that
i bad paid II, as / had. My receipts only
reached back TO September, but l had al
monthly bill that the last bin receipted
all Others before IT. Now that company
announced that, unless 1 paid that bill
would turn the gas off. And they did
This is fourthly. At the same time the
company had IN its possession S. Of my
money, on which they were drawing
interest, and which was demanded at
the time that / first needed the gas. Well,
Hdu 10 pay lnAt DILL IntS Is uftnlYs
For ! was in their power ana the gas
company In New York Is a monopoly.
which gives poor gas and keeps bad book
keepers That S. on deposit is a smart
trick of theirs. Now. the house in which
] live pays S. a floor for the gas meter
being put IN, nobody knows where il Is,
and couldn't run away with H. and the
company carefully keeps this deposit
drawing an income from the various ones
that come to them. 1t must amount to an
immense sum when you realize what the
deposit IS In large houses, when SIS IL
asked for q single floor. Now, you can
understand why | want to give the gas
man a pair OF slippers.
And the moral OF 1t all is-keep your
receipts. And the climax advice is-nay
your gas bills by check, and write ON the
check exactly the month, day and date
to which the bill Is due, and the fact thar
this check is for that purpose. am
giving this advice because / think It is
good, and the knowledge has come to me
from experience, that detestable old
teacher who forces you to learn whether
you want to or not. Still, his lessons
are good and seldom forgotten, at least
not by Bah,