The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-20
IDid Not Understana

Did Not Understand.
Because 7 did not understand
Her little ways.
let lies best slip from my hand
In the old days;
l did not understand.
Her subtilitics Of thought and speech.
Her finer sense.
Her maiden-liEht reserves, seemed each
Cause of oneuse:
did not understand.
Some answer TO her wistful gaze
When she was sad.
y tender word, little praise,
Had made her glad.
But L did not underst and.
l failed to read the shy regard
That lay below
Her timid eyes and so was hard;
did not know;
did not understand.
But when I saw the wonder rise
of love that grew
And deepened in her dying eyes,
on, then / knew:
Too late l understand.
The elusive. eager soul below
That look sedate,
The passionate tenderness, l know
Too late. too late:
Oh, now I understand
Boston Transcript.
The age of marriage should be deter
mined by the understanding of both prin-
/ cipals as to the nature Of their bond
writes Mrs. Burton Harrison in some
very wise words under the title of "Heigh
Ho! for Husband" in the
January Ladies' Home Journal
1t must always seem to an
older person who has had experience in
observation of careers made or MARRIED
by marriage that the mistake is apt to
in impetuous judgment rather than inn
maturity or the reverse One has seen
quite as many failures from the mating of
gray hair with middle age as from the
nuptuals of Is with two and twenty As a
general thing. indeed, young hearts seem
to grow more together. to accept the in
evitables of life more frankly. to be more
lenient win offending for loves sake
than do their elders. Old lovers who
have spent their lives together in their
journey through life have a fund of ten
derness in recollection of their common
youth that is a fountain sealed at which
they alone can refresh themselves Then
in youth hard knocks are borne so easily
together; laughter is so apt TO come af-
ter tears; hopes shared are sustaining
even in disappointment! These thoughts
make an early marriage sacred from the
common gibes about rushing blindfold
into a pit tying a milestone around
ones neck" marrying in haste to re-
pent at leisure" etc.
But materialism is the governing power
of our age and society. Where certain
indispensables are now lacking to a home
discomfort and heartburning are as aften
seen lurking near.
my dear" sighed the tan girl in the
wine-colored gown dropping YEARLY into
chair near the window. says the New
York Times, amy respect may have had
for the masculine mind in the past is
gone"
What is the matter with the nascu-
line mind?" demanded the short girl in
blue, buttering a role and beginning her
luncheon in a business-like fashion.
IF you had spent the entire forenoon in
trying to exchange the gifts bestowed
upon you by hapless men, you'd know"
was the gloomy answer. There was Fred
White. l have quoted Lizette Reese to
him, and we've re-read her poems to-
gether from my volume The lunatic
sends me another volume for Christmas
with the statement that he remembers
how | like her poems. But he doesn't re-
call the fact that l have them. Then
George Grey, for whom l have made tea
every Tuesday afternoon, sent me a brass
of poor Alonzo Brown and persuaded
him that the desire of my soul was for a
manicure set, and the misguided youth
sent me that What he imagines I've
been cleaning my nails with all these
years l don't know. DO you wonder that
l have no respect for the masculine mind
any more?"
NO. 1 don't" said the girl in blue.
There was a slight misunderstanding
in the hosiery department of a New York
store the other day
Il want" said a young mother, lead
ing a little girl by the hand, some stock
ings for this little girl. I thing she wears
about number SKIES. At any rate il is
the number that goes with a number one
shoe"
Five n half" interrupted the clerk
Il want black hose, Isle thread, l
think went on the mother, with elabo-
rate care.
Feet white?" demanded the clerk la
conically, and the mother turned upon
her look Of whitening Indignation.
Naturally. my daughters feet are.
white" she Numbered. And it took two
other clerks and noorwalker to I'M
ravel the knot.
In manacuring the hands they should
first be softened by submersion in tepid
"
drops of ammonia and a small piece of
CASTLE soap. Thecuticle around the nail
should then be carefully loosened with
the little spoon-shaped implement pro-
yided for the purpose-never with a knife,
the use of which is always detrimental
The nails should be filed into a round
oval shape. avoiding the French point,
which is no longer in vogue. Should the
rough pieces Of skin known as hang
nail' appear, they should be cut away
with a sharp pair of scissors, and should
never in any circumstances be torn out.
They will soon cease TO be troublesome if
the hands are carefully and systematic
ally treated. The white spots which so
often disigure the nails are said to be di-
rectly attributable to physical debility
They are by no means easily gotten rid
of. but a little refined pitch mixed with
myrrh, laid over them at night and
rubbed off in the morning with a bit of
cocoa butter, is said to be an efficient
agent in removing them
A piece Of pumice stone, for removing
~+,irs and a good nail brush are indis-