The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-17

while her numerous brothers and
sisters scoffedi at its hue She
made a great trouble about the color of
her hair, and at the age of wrote a
story in which the heroine was a red
haired girl, who wanted to marry a man
who was in love with a brown-haired sis
ter. Helen Mathers' first novel was pro-
duced when she was 10, wherein her father
who was a martinet-was depicted. For
months afterward she was in agony for
fear he should discover that she was the
author. Seven years after this book an
peared a youthful aspirant for literary
fame wrote to Helen Mathers'
publishers, saying that she had
written the twin novel to
Comm Thro' the Rye" and would
they publish it? Upon Helen Mathers'
hearing of this, she wrote to the pub
fishers, saying she had always under
stood that twins appeared about the same
time-not one seven years after the other.
What is the occult influence of hered-
ity? 1t has puzzled many a philosopher.
Some of the authentic STORIES says the
New York Tribune, told wherein this
mysterious bond between ancestors and
descendants is suddenly and Unexpectedly
exemplified are very curious An English
girl not long ago visited loan collection
of old portraits. She was an orphan, and
despite her condition of worldly affiuence,
often complained of the lonliness of her
position. AS she passed through the gal
lery one especial portrait attracted her
attention, and she returned to IL more
than once, although her companion saw
in il nothing but commonplace paint
ing of a middle-aged man in the costume
of the latter part of the last century. 1T
is such a nice. kind face" said the girl,
rather wistfully. II thing my father
might have looked like that II he had
Ae. Of . n fuF afafs
were ticketed, they had bought no cata-
logue, but before going away Miss x.
purchased one at the entrance and made
q last visit to the picture for which she
had felt so strong an attraction. To her
surprise she found opposite to its num-
Der her own name, and found on inquiry
that the original was indeed one of her
direct ancestors.
Another odd coincidence or psychology
ical phenomenon, whichever it may be,
happened a few years ago to Mr.. -, a
southern politician and capitalist. whose
family is one of the Oldest in his state
He was examining the ancient archives
and letters which had been stored away
in musty trunks for years, with a view
to collect and publish whatever might be
historically valuable and interesting To
his amazement, he came across a letter
yellow with age which was written in
his own rather peculiar handwriting and
signed with his own name, with his own
characteristic signature exactly but
which had been actually penned by one
of his forebears hundred years ago.
A London tobacconist has been inter-
viewed on the subject of cigarette smok-
ing ladies', and he says: Il know ladies
in all classes of society who enjoy their
cigarettes-at least one princess among
the number; but as far ] know and
I think If IL were the case / should
know-neither the Princess Maud nor
any other of the Prince of Wales daugh-
ters smokes. l think 1t is an exaggeration
to say that cigarettes are handed round
after dinner as usual thing. Ladies'
and a very large number Of them-un-
doubtedly do smoke; but they keep the
fact as much as possible TO themselves.
and do It privately" VIII you please tell
me what a tobacconist knows about the
manners and customs Of London fashion
able society? Before / believe that En-