The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-24


having a serious difficulty with the jacket
she wore. and az which she tugged, with
the result that II would neither 90 on nor
come on.
Permit me-" said the woman who sat
near 20 her. and she pulled up one Shout
der and jerked up the top OF the collar.
still the woman with the jacket strug-
gled with It, and the side that the Other
woman had so obhgingiy assisted up
slipped down again, 10 be grabbed once
more and pulled into place by the con-
siderate passenger
Now. IL your turn this way I'll help
You on the other side" she said to the
a. .onished wearer.
THANK you. ma am" snapped the other
woman; If it's all the same to YOU. I'm
trying to get this jacket on" and with
a final Jerk she succeeded in freeing her
self from the encumbering wrap.
And the woman who had tried TO help
her gazed into blank futurity. and re-
called the example of the man who got
rich minding his own business.
lie Menestrel." Of Paris. tells an en-
PERTAINING story OF which Mile Calve is
the heroine. In Madrid one sunny dav
last month the prima donna seated her
self on one of the benches in Retro park.
She did not pay any attention to two hi
dalgos who sat at the other end Of the
same bench and, leaving soon. she re-
turned to the Hotel de Paris Reaching
her room she noticed the loss of hcr ret
icule, a bag now fashionable abroad. con-
tanning 200 francs in Spanish money. 5000
francs i'm French notes, a gold bonbOn-
Mere and small box of meerschaum.
The loss of the money and the bonbon-
Mere would not have mattered much but
the meerscAaum box she looked upon as a
talsman. 1t contained dry leaves culled
at her fathers tomb. and the artistic, who
is very superstitious, never went upon
the stage without It. She had 70 make
great effort that evening TO sing I'm "Ca-
valleria Rusticana," and, sure enough. she
was overcome by syncope. and could not
finish the part of Santuzza.
The Madrid press came to her succor.
making itself the echo OF her grief. El
impartial published an appeal to the
chivalry of the finder to restore to the
diva an object 50 essential TO her sue
cess. few hours after the publication
of the appeal Mile. Calve received a let
ter which is worth preserving:
To Mile. Emma Calve:
Beautiful ladyl I am in possession Of
the things you lost, but which We're not
stolen, as the papers have it. You dropped
them yourself in the Retro. Before re-
turning them 10 YOU please state il I
may keep the Spanish bank notes and #
you will send me one of your photographs.
! II NlllS IL convenient 1 VIII stnu you your
things by the Continental Express re-
tanning the Spanish money. You. madam.
/ will send me the photo. / then will let
! you know who is the admirer OF your
beauty.
Madrid Jan. %.
p S.-Answer by advertisement in FL
Impartial.
/ Upon receipt of this epistle Mile. Calve
sent an ad couched in pleasant terms to
/ the unknown hidalgo, and a few hours
/ later the little impulsive woman had the
/ inemable JOY of once more possessing her
1 talisman. The three 1,O00-franc bills
] We're there. too, as the unknown could
probably not have changed them without
/ being apprehended, but our informant says
/ nothing about the golden bonbonniere.
The most essential point to Mile Calve
was 10 get back her talisman, without
which, she says, she. cannot sing. a few
/ days later she returned to France.
Though Paris is responsible FOR the many
1 gowns, wraps. sets on sets Of exquisite lin
I gerie, ana head gear provided Tor Miss
Anna Gould's trousseau, TO New York jew
elers, says the New York Sun have been
/ given orders that seem almost carte
/ blanche for wedding gifts from the young
woman's family and her fiancee That
Count Jean de Castellane has an appre-
! citation OF the merits and beauty of dia-
/ monds Is shown by a splendid cOrsage
I decoration just completed under his di-
rection and II viii probably be the most
/ euviable of all the proposed contents Of
! Miss Gould's jewel box. The value OF this
! ornament, that contains nearly two hun
bred and hfty large, purely white bril-
! liants and two very perfect emeralds is
! estimated at xl4O09. II consists OF Il CEN
/ trail piece nearly as large as "A woman's
/ hand in an elaborate diamond crusted fol-
/ lated pattern. enclosing one of the emer-
! aids When this is caught ia the center
/ Of an evening bodive double chains of dia-
I monds will run up from IL to right and
! left high on the bust, caught at one
| end by cluster of three diamond feath-
| ers and at the other by small copy OF
! the middle piece, also holding an emerald
In addition to this dazzling breastplate
/ is a pendant the like of which the EN-
! press of Austria, whose emeralds are
| famous, could hardly show. Here is one
/ as nearly hawless as those capricous
1 stones are ever found. 1t is the largest for
depth and br lliance that has ever al pelrad
/ in New York. IL is to be suspended in
/ solitary magnificence IN "a hoop of picked
/ white diamonds. Taking their cue from
/ the count, the family OF this fortunate
/ young woman bid fair to complete for her
I an amazing collection OF the green gems
GIadsfoua an "a Nuf she'll