The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-19
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year IlE unusual occurrence IS Que 70
the fact that the addition Of one day 10
each fourth year more than makes up the
pres rned deficiency in the calendar year
and consequently the world Is constantly
losing time, as a watch loses IL, and there
fore, there was danger that IN the course
OF Few thousand years the Fourth o.
July would come on Christmas
in certain parts Of England hot cross
buns formed a staple article Of diet on
Good Friday, says the Philadelphia Press
according TO rural superstition, buns
eaten on Good Friday protected the eater
from having his home burned down, and
were better than any system Of fire in
surance- These Good Friday buns have
been derived by some antiquaries from
heather bread Offering made TO various
pagan divinities. The custom was an
extremely ancient one, and is referred
TO in the scriptures. The sacred buns
were. usually sold at the entrance to the
temple, and the very word bun" is said
10 De derived from the name of these
ancient cakes that We're known to the
Greeks as ''boun." Still another supersti-
tion ascrfbed medicinal properties to bread
baked on this day. and a special loaf was
preserved the whole year to be replaced
al the next Good Friday baking. In cases
OF Illness small portion Of the loaf was
grated into water, and so administered
TO the patient.
The Chinese deity of fortune is always
represented as a jolly god. and the rich
votive offerings which cover his affairs
are speaking testimonials to his popular
ity, says Good Words. on the ID Of the
present month a special festival is held
IN MS honor, on which occasion his tenn
pies are crowded with Worshippers. who
manifest devoutness which is strangely
wanting in the services offered to the
less material deities. Feasts of fat things
are greedily presented TO secure his IA
Nor, and, not content with leaving the
lots on the knees of the god his practical
minded worshipper seek to lift the veil
which conceals his cOunsels from man
KIND. For this purpose they adopt
curious device. In some open space or
market square a large wooden cannon.
loaded with a small charge of powder
ana circular rattan Wad. is fired per
pendiculrly into the air As the wad de-
scends the surrounding crowd struggle to
eaten 1t, IN the belief that he who is sue
cessiul viii enjoy the blessings of peace
ana plenty during the ensuing year.
Perhaps no profession has had more
progress in the last thirty years than
qentlstry has done, says Harpers Bazar.
dalI a century ago dentistry as a sep
arate branch of the medical profession.
was but little known, and dentists were
nut very few, even in the great cities.
ne regular physician pulled the aching
tooth, and we have even seen a case
where he filled IL, and the filling, owing
10 the healthy character of the bone,
| possibly, remained in that tooth for all
OF long lifetime. At that period the
dentist Travelled about from one town
10 another through a wide district, and
people VINO aValled themselves OF his ser
vices were thought to be rather fantas-
ucal, and foolish and extravagant as
well. In a case where new front teeth
and the nerve destroyed with hot irons
and Infinite torture in order that a new
tooth might be driven in on a wooden
peg, tooth that was a perpetual trouble
and never permanent. a tooth that
ached then was extracted without re-
morse, and a filling, when filings came
to be known, as often dropped out as
. stayed in. Now, on the contrary, If a
tooth must be parted with, there are so
many ways of evading the pain that,
had they existed in the old time, Isaac
OF. York might have kept his money
and the anodynes are so used that the
patient is conscious and sees the whole
operation and suffers nothing at all. But
no tooth is taken out now that can possi-
bly, be kept in. II a nerve must be killed
II IS usually killed painlessly and the
tooth that once could not bear psrma-
nent and solid filling is treated till IL is
able to do so. Even when a tooth is so
nearly gone that retaining points for the
filling are not to be had, tiny gold screws
can be inserted whose heads answer for
the points. fine gold wire can hold the
fragile sections together and be built
about, and anodynes have been found
that can be injected into the gum or APP
piled to it and do away with much of the
pain once attending bad excavation or
a tender filling. Filings are made so ar
tistically, too, as almost to be beautiful
in themselves; and it is even possible in
case of a cavity on the front surface of
a tooth. to insert a bit of enamel so deli
cately that even the cracks cannot be dis
cerned.
Being photographed nowadays is an
elaborate process, says the New York
Sun. Heretofore, when a woman wanted
her photograph taken, she went to the
studio and arranged about the size of the
picture and the number she wanted. She
gave a reassuring touch to her hair. sat
down before the camera. turned her head
a little to the right or to the left, as the
artist desired, and. clamped on either
temple, gaZed fixedly, insipidly or other
wise, at a spot on the wall. Now the sub
jectS possibilities" are studied III de-
tail. Nothing is left to accident The
fashionable woman carries her various
gowns to the studio with her, and tries
them on, each in turn. that the artist may
decide which suits her best. She pays $50
for the Photographs. Her hair is arranged
by skillful hands in different ways, that a
style of coiffure may be chosen which will
be appropriate, not only to the contour of
her face and head, but to the environments
of the picture. The subjects hands and
arms are criticised likewise her throat
and neck, to see whether a severe high
costume or an evening gown shall be
used. The topics of backgrounds and ac-
cessories are discussed. All of these tint
ed carbon photographs are taken full
length Maybe the subject will pose as a
dame of the first empire. with skinny
satin gown, elaborate couture. jeweled
girdle fan and inaigrette. Perhaps she
stands half turned about. with her back
to the spectator, and her pure profile delft
ly brought out on dark velvet curtain
All women would not look charming in
such a position. The artist knows whom
to choose, and the subject will wonder at
her own beauty when she sees the pic
modern Priscilla The quaint spinning
wheel and high backed chair, the small
paned window at the back of the colonial
room, form a charming contrast with her
rich brocade gown and beaming face. The
scant, pulled sleeves set off the rounded
arms, the curve of the wrist, the hand
that grasps the wheel is like a rare old
painting, and the undulating outlines of
the figure are suggested, not revealed, by
the prim folds of the Powered silk frock
These latter-day photographs are like
paintings, and are likely never to grow
old fashioned. They have the charm that
distinguishes the portrait painters of the
old English school; a charm that custom
will not stale They will not become out
of date and grotesque, like the photo
graphs of twenty years ago. found in fam
lily albums. In those days a woman was
hired to put the lights in the eyes, color
the cheeks, and paint the ribbon bows and
artificial flowers of the ladies and the CAV
neckties and buttonhole bouquets of the
gentlemen. The new photographs, be it a
hundred years hence, always will be
things of beauty, no matter what evolu-
tions, contractions, or diminutions may be-
fall womanS dress.