The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-06

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weather that always comes when the long
rains are over. one morning six women,
whose ages ranged from twenty to forty
five, were sitting around an open lire. five
OF them had their embroidery Ia their
hands the sixth reading aloud. She was
a woman perhaps thirty years old, with
pretty, soft hair, eyes Of no especial color
and pink cheeks; In fact woman entire
~ fascinating In manner and appear
anoe. Suddenly she stopped reading and
put the book down.
you will not like this story" she ex-
claimed, Its all about a plain woman who
made herself beautiful. She did "A great
many wonderful things 10 her face, and
IN her method was Included little judi
clous rouging."
The speaker was looking In the faces Of
the other women as she spoke, ana the
expected look Of disapproval appeared in
every face. Then she said. You dom
think she was Justified In rouging. or that
1t is ever excusable in any woman. ?"
Never" exclaimed a demure little girl,
whose pretty cheek was tinged with that
charming color which goes, as rule, at
twenty-five never to return. II don't
think nice women ought TO do anything Of
that sort"
1T always seems to me uncleanly." said
another maiden.
1T is repulsive, added a matron OF forty
FIVE. embroidering very fast and speaking
very decidedly. and / cannot see how
there can be two sides to the question"
Il do not agree with you" answered the
young woman who began the discussion
Il am going to tell you secret now-I do
IL myself"
Horror cried three or four voices at
once.
Il have always had an idea that your
coior was not natural" said the matron Of
forty-tive. disapprovingly
Now that does not annoy me In the
least / am quite wiling TO have it known.
] am not at all ashamed OF It. You see. ="
continuing the young woman who rouged
eft was all mistake, my being created
with nice enough hair, good but colorless
eyes and q skin that / must say Is fault
less In texture, and then to have II all
spoiled by fatal sallowness. It was not
artistic. I think II nature makes a mis-
take we should make an effort to rem
edy that mistake.
You, my dear" she said sweetly TO the
young girl who had called the process OF
OF rouging "uncleanly." 1T IS your mis-
fortune to have hair that does not curl
In your case natures mistake Is very pref
tily remedied, / must admit" observing
the fluffy waves in the hair of the rather
discounted maiden.
Now. L." went on the champion Of color
do not have TO use curling tOngs. Ny
hair behaves itself. But the blood that
belongs in my cheek does not behave it
self, and 80 ! make an effort TO do with
out IT,"
Does your husband know that you
rouge?" asked the demure maiden.
"Why, my dear child, have never tried
to conceal the fact from any one. I
found out very early In my life that II was
less disagreeable 10 know people were say
ing, What a pity Janet rougesr than to
look in the glass and think, How really
well I should look II I hada little color
As to my husband. soon after We were
married he found II out, and one morn
ing" she went on. with conteuted little
laugh. when came down TO breakfast he
looked up from his newspaper and said
Janet, you will oblige me by going up
stairs and washing that stuff of your
face Certainly l said. and I washed
off my beautiier and reappeared before
the good husband Again he looked up
from his paper. Go and put it on again,
he said, Grossly. Certainly l said, ana
we have never mentioned the subject
since"
The young girls In the room were be-
ginning to take deep interest in the
story. and even tine inatron Of forty-iive
looked furtivsly at the dainty checks Of
the lady who rouged.
Il fancy do it well, too continued the