The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-11
Wotnan's Wot1d.

i g.. soAlethAsis ABOUT a ''preSum-
IS creature who would have given her
ntte finger TO be recognized by me a
Ae" years ago.! Then she went on:
| anu so many pushing persons take
advantage OF this indifference" continued
our exasperating country woman. that il
removes US TO be very careful as rep
resentative Americans as TO whom we
hho" among our own people / consider
II Is true patriotism, do not YOU. for US
| Anslo-Americans 70 be exclusive-for after
an II rests with US to make the distinc-
tlon. As Mrs. Van Blank had long been
the fashionable leader Of this Anglo-Amer-
icah native town, her feelings, says the
imagined than described.
| 1t Is safe, says the New York Tribune.
70 say that not one woman in five hun
dred carries herself gracefully, and yet
next TO actual beauty of feature and color
ING there is nothing that adds so much
/ 10 Woman's attractive appearance as
straight, well-poised figure and an erect
carriage of the head. Despite her years.
| her embonpoint and her want of beauty,
/ there is no more dignifed-looking woman
or the English court than the little, fat old
queen, her one notable point being the
way she carries herself; that alone gives
her distinction.
II is very odd that knowing the impor-
lance of this matter and the great ad-
vantage II gives to a woman, wether she
| be plain or beautiful, tall or short fat or
thin, to hold herself WELL so very few
are willing to take the trouble of acquir-
| ing a habit which, when once mastered,
is rarely lost. That this is a crooked and
perverse generation is literally true, as
most mothers know to their sorrow.
What can do to straighten my daugh-
| teri" is a constant query; and one unfor-
runately that remains unanswered. for
way invented as yet to correct an ugly
| carriage. Braces are useless, athletics Of
| all kinds, although excellent for the
| health, are not efficaciOus for this trou-
bic, excepting inasmuch as they strength
| en- the general system. All temporary ex-
pedients, such as carrying a book on the
| head, drilling, etc, last only for the time
being, the chin remaining po1ed forward
and the shoulders rounded as before An
| appear to vanity seems to be the most
| potent method Of influencing girls to
| straighten themselves up, but this also
/ fails with many. 1t would seem that some
| specific treatment might be found TO cor
| rect this growing and unmanageable evil
If physicians would give it more thought
| and that some radical remedy might be
| invented. Certain it is that if such a
| cure could be found IT would be considered
| boon of incalculable value by mothers
| OF course the chief trouble lies in the lazi-
ness and self-indulgence of the spoiled
/ daughters of this generation. They are
| not willing to make the eXertions neces-
| sary to strengthen the waist muscles
and so they miss the possession of what
is really an all-conquering charm.
| story told by an English paper says
| the New York Times, and claiming the
merit of absolute truth evidences once
| more the inexorable purity and womanli-
ness of Queen Victorias character At
| Windsor. a party of young princes and
| princesses were chattering with members
of the royal household on various matters.
| The queen was present but was not MOTTO
| ing them, especially when heartier laugh
| than the rest aroused her interest, and
| she asked to be told the fun. Now the
| laugh had arisen from an anecdote. which
was not really risky, but just a little bit
so. There was a demur at repeating it to
the queen. Everybody felt slightly uncom-
| Portable. The queen said again that she
and Princess Beatrice would like to hear
the story. 1t was told. The queen listened,
and then said with her inimitabe dignity
and simplicity: I'VE are not amused"
1t is not the example. set by its royal
head that has given TO the English smart
set it's unenviable reputation in the mat
ter of morals big and little.
The busiest woman In Washington dur
ing the summer recess of the supreme
court of the United States is Mrs Tomp-
kins, formerly Of Kentucky. Mrs. Temp
kins probably has the drollest shopping
| list to be found. Just as soon as the SUI
| preme court justices vacate for the sum-
mer months Mrs. Tompkins begins to
make up her shopping list. She has to
buy everything that the nine honorable
justices can possibly want for the coming
year, both for comfort and utility in pro-
| foGGiOn9l FTnmnlxinc hos 10
entire care of the nine gentlemen who
form the last court of appeal in the coun-
| try, and which can even show itself more
powerful than congress. She holds a po-
sition that has apparently no title just
now, but that ineffable air of dignity sur
rounding the court depends on her for its
maintenance-much. it is said in secret to
the annoyance of the nine great judicial
| minds when 1t surrounds. They don't like
the idea of woman running the court,
but not for the world would they have it
| known that they objected.
The nine little pages who are at the
| beck and call of the nine big judges are
under Mrs. Tompkins's control, and in
| the intervals between court and in the
Ismornings between the time they have to
report to her and the opening of the judi
cial session Mrs. Tompkins keeps them
| actually studying as If they were in
| school. This is plan of her own deVising,
ana Lne nine pages HldndS6 10 Keep out Oh
some of the mischief they otherwise are
very prone TO find awaiting them. The
court room has to be cleaned under Mrs.
| Tompkins's direction. All repairs are made
in the same way. Every plank and nail
goes in as she says, and the court room
is restored to it's usual air of dignity under
her eye.
Most of US, says the London Queen.
who have had anything TO do with we'd
dings, have had experiences of the direful
| effects of the showers of rice which mark
the departure of the bride and bridegroom.
There are few young couples who have
not entered upon their honeymoon in &C
tual physical pain, thanks to the stony
grains which have stung their eyes and
ears and have found their way into their
clothes and down their necks. Worse dis
asters even than this have followed the
use of rice as a sign of the good will of
their friends, and serious accidents have
not infrequently occurred in consequence
of the reckless showering Of these grains.
The horses have been scared, and this, in
some cases, has led to the overturning of
the carriage and the severe injury of its