The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-28

grant ena nations from an old garment.
Then the bouquet fulEOme and vulgar
Better than scent bag and potpourri are
clorhespOle and an open window Turn the
garments wrong side out and let the air
and sunshine disinfect ana deod0rize them
All night airing Is good, but a DAY OF dow
ing winds and purifying sunlight Is better
A teacher in a city school. says Harper's
Bazar. received the following note from
the mother Of a boy who had been absent
for a day or two.
.Dere nam; please eggscuse WHY lie
didn't hav but one pare of pants an 1 KEEP
him home TO wash and mend them ana
Mrs. O'toOle's goat came and ct them OF
the line that awt 20 be eggscuse ehuh'
Mrs. B.
Many women in New York have mas
tered the art Of embalming, says the New
York Tribune and are employed as IN
dertakers' assistants in mucn the same
way as a doctor calls on the services OF
a nurse There are several women IN
dertalxers who sell collins, provide SnrOuls
and attend TO other details OF their
gloomy calling These last are not neces-
sarilY embalmerS and are IN most IN
stances the widows of undertakes, car
rying on the business which their nus
bands established. They assume charge
of a dead body and prepare II Tor burial,
but invariably call on some friendly man
undertaken to conduct the funeral ana
ostensibly appear in charge. Brooklyn
boasts a woman who Is not only an under
taker but the sexton Of 4 church as we'll
successfully discharging all the duties
that pertain TO both callings, except the
personal conduct of a public funeral
NO woman has ever yet undertaken to
walk up a church aisle at the head OF
funeral procession said the secretary OF
the Underwriters Association. She
would appear extremely out of place. and
nobody would have her. Public sentiment
demands a man for that dignifed Office
Women can have an undertaker's shop
and sell goods, and they can be embalm-
ers and tend to the dressing OF body
but when il comes to the funeral arrange
ments they have to call in man..
This is the opinion Of the trade, sus-
tanned by many voices, but a newcomer in
the ranks of Brooklyn undertakers is q
woman of marked individuality and keen
business intuition, who, II is predicted, is
not likely TO permit either popular preju-
dice or conventiOnality to interfere with
what she elects TO do. Her business was
not lett to her by any relative, nor did she
stumble into it by accident. She deliber-
ately chose il, and Is probably the only
young unmarried woman in the country
pursuing that calling. There would lie
nothing homogeneous in the spectacle of
this young woman ushering a funeral pro-
cession up an aisle or otherwise being IS
ISOLATED with the trarpings of woe. The
habitual expression of her face is severe
and auStere. She is tall, slight and very
erect. Arrayed in the plain tailor-made
suit of black which she invariably wears,
her masculine appearance is striking to a
degree. No puffed sleeves, fluffy hair.
wells or superfiuous drapery characterize
her attire. Her skirts are as plain and
scant as skirts can be. her hair is put
plainly away under an Alpine hat and she
always wears the stiff collar. cuffs and
formal tie that distinguish the apparel of
a man. Those familiar with this unique
specimen of the woman up to date assert
that she is seldom seen to smile and Is
never known to speak TO any one except
on business, using few superfiuous words
even then. In addition to her calling of
undertaken this young woman lends mon
ey to a large number of people and takes
mortgages on their personal effects as Sc
curity. She has been singularly success
full in this business, and is considered by
her neighbors to be well-to-do She is
honest and upright in all her dealings, ana
has been known to be lonient in more
than one instance when she thought cir
cumstances justified mild treatment. This
unusual woman is not product of Brook
lyn life and institutions, having been
tern New York