The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-24

simplincation OF teleEraphy has. as We
al know. given employment to thousands
OF operators all over the United States.
In the telephone business a larger field
than in telegraphy has been created. ]
have not the exact figures, but believe
the number Is now about 5000. Latest
and oldest OF all Is the natural skill dis
played by women In using the two newest
OF his ideas, the graphOphOne and phOno-
graph- Thousands OF these are in use in
this country, Canada. Mexico. Cuba and
IN Europe. where they are employed in
commercial houses and in official bureaus
instead OF the slower and less accurate
shorthand writer. The operator Is almost
always young woman, and generally
one VINO can use the typwriting machine.
Further than this, in the manufacture OF
electric goods there are processes. such
as the insulation of wires. the putting to-
gether OF delicate mecanism and a dozen
other operations which require delicacy OF
touch. keen vision and a clear head where
women are employed in large numbers
II is probably under rather than over the
truth 10 state that a hundred thousand
women are gaining a livelihood to-day
from the inventions which Edison has
put upon the market in the past twenty
Isyesrs. The future is even brighter than
/ the present. All of these things are
spreading much more RAPIDLY than the
! population, so that there is bound to be
constant demand for skilled female labor
for the next twenty years at least. Much
of this will be drawn from occupations
which are now overcrowded. and. of
course, underpaid, and will in this manner
relieve and benefit the labor market in
/ both directions. When-and It now looks
/ as II II would be very soon-power will be
| transmitted through all the cities, just
| as gas and the Illuminating current are
to-day-there will be another field of great
| Importance opened in which women will
! have haffpf- 20 ba
men and will undoubtedly be in greater
/ demand than ever before.
In Italy, says the Mail and Express.
peasant women have strong and broad
| shoulders, obviously that they may bear
burdens. while the shoulders of the men
are narrower and sloping. Women long
past middle age have been known to re-
tain their beautiful shoulders.
Ninon de lEnclos, the famous beauty.
| spent much time in attending to her Shout
| ders, so generously displayed i'm the gowns
| of that period.
There are also numerous traditions re-
garding the shoulders. Should two people
! spill salt between them at the table, to
avoid a quarrel one or both must take a
/ pinch of salt and throw it over the left
! shoulder. To see the new moon over the
right shoulder is looked upon as a good
omen for the ensuing month.
Perfect shoulders are as rare as perfect
! characters, with the average individual
there being a slight depression of one
/ shoulder. very few persons carrying the
shoulders evenly. Tailors and dressmak
ers, In fitting their customers, are very
| keen to observe a discrepancy of this kind.
1t is upon the stage and in society that
! shoulders are to be seen; but there are
! many women in domestic life who possess
/ beautiful shoulders, and to whom fate
has denied the privilege of exhibiting
them.
Mrs. Frank Leslie, no longer in the first
! blush Of youth, possesses a pair of Shout
ders to be envied even by a debutante.
! These charms, added to those of person.
! ality, have made her favorite with the
opposite sex.
Eugene Fougere. the popular French
serio-comic, emphasizes her accents with
expressive little shrugs of her shoulders.
She speaks with them as some women
with her eyes. When she says something
| particularly droll or suggestive, her supple
shoulders help to convey the meaning
| Fougeres shoulders are slightly sloping
and beautifully rounded, a fact of which
she is we'll aware.
The peerless Patti seldom displays her
shoulders, for the reason that they are
| less admirable than her voice. Her gowns
are consequently fashioned TO conceal the
| outline, a tritie angular. However, one
may not possess everything.
To believe a French writer, says the Bal
timore Sun, there are no fewer than 1900
/ women caught every year in stealing dur
ing their shopping expeditions, a habit
euphoniously styled kleptomania. This
number of titled ladies seized with this
strange malady while examining the fash
ions of Paris, he tells us, is almost incred-
ible. Among the most recent culprits
were a Russian princess, a French count
ess, an English duchess and the daughter
of a reigning sovereign. As a rule, these
more distinguished offenders are let off on
the payment of round sum of money
for the relief of the poor, and when the
! shoplifter is known to be rich the sum
exacted rises to as much as 10000 francs.
The police authorities consent to this sort
| of conformation.