The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-08
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER g 1895

men go straight into the water up to their
necks and stay there gently padding or
swimming quietly. All this is very Eng
lish, although the suits quite surpass in
modesty the English fashions and also
the French.
1.-THE New England character is still ex-
haustless IN its interesting phases" re-
marked a woman who has been summer
ing in the Green Mountain region. IN
the little village where I have been stay
ing lives a man who has been married
three times. his last wife be-
ing still spared 10 him. Recent
~ occurred the fiftieth ami
versary Of his first marriage, and the old
fellow thought II would be a good idea TO
celebrate on that day a golden wedding.
Naturally No. objected strenuously. and
attempted 10 show him the ahsurdty OF
the notion, but giving up Is not common
trait among New England men, and her
voice was not sufficient 10 dissuade him.
Friends were appealed TO, and also his
double family of grown sons and daugn-
tiers: II took the united and frightened ef-
forts of practically the whole community
before the stubborn patriarch could be per
suaded to abandon his cherished ambl-
ton"
No dinner table Is well appointed without
good takers; and the basis Of interesting
conversation is reality. After a course OF
London dinners Sir Walter Scott said:
THE bishops and the lawyers talked bet
ter than the wits" that Is the wits talked
for the sake of talking, and the church
and the law had something to talk about
Yet specialties and hobbies are not adj
Missile at a dinner table, and woman
who can only talk on her own fad has no
business In society She ought 20 write
pamphlet, or go on the lecture platform,
for any conversation at the dinner table
that is a strain on the attention or the
patience soon becomes a bore. Indeed.
one of the chief elements of pleasant
company is a readiness to talk, or to be
talked TO, on any rational subject
A society girl, one Of whose great attrac-
tons is a soft little musical laugh enter
tanned an interested group lately with an
account OF how that prominent charm of
hers was acquired
Very few persons have. as you all
know" said She IAN agreeable laugh I
had simply nothing that could be called
such in my possession. The lack made me
seem grim and too far from merry to be
a successful companion. So 1 took lessons
Of an actor and learned the mechanism Of
forced laughter This practiced and i'm
proved by myself till l had the art to per-
lection, and ii became second nature. 1t
cost me $50 dollars to buy my laugh, but
wouldn't part with II for many thousands
You can't guess what a boon 1t is when
the social atmosphere is full Of ancient Joe
Millerisms.n
According TO a London paper, the efforts
Of the railroad employees charged with a re-
cent transportation of the Princess OF
Wales and her daughters on a short trip
went to laughable lengths to insure a spick
and span appearance for their train. The
Goals in the tender were Whitewashed the
top layer only, and the fireman drew his
supply from a trap door at the bottom
preserving the snowy appearance unbrok-
en-. 1t is, of course, too late to suggest
that this was not high art. 1t would have
been in better taste TO have polished each
piece separately. after carefully washing
off all superfiuous dust. A high degree OF
natural perfection is preferable always to
any veneer. But coal stokers probabl do
not read Ruskin, so their transgression OF
the canons of taste was quite pardonable
Frau Won S., well known for her
kindness and generosity, was waited upon
the other day by well dressed gentleman,
who spoke to her as follows
Il wish to draw your attention madam.
to the sad case of poor family The
father is weak and advanced in years. thn
mother Is bedridden and tier Ave iittie
Chiiui en- are cldmorlhs Ior bread. The
poor creatures are about to be turned into
the street with their wretched belongings
unless somebody will undertake to nav
their arrears in rent, amounting to thirty
marks"
Frau Won s. at once went to fetch
the money. Handing it to her visitor, she
said:
Now, sir, I would like to know who
you are, as you seem to take so warm an
interest in these poor people7"
Il am their landlord madamr'