The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-26


What matters that the canvas is old and
small, the colors faded, the flesh gray?
The spirit that lies imprisoned in the Mona
Lisa's smile will never grow old; and be-
cause a woman's smile was, as it has IL
lumined the work of one mans hands,
placing him on the nights in the vast
world of art"
There has actually been found new field
for expert invasion. The Boston Tran
script thinks we do not know how to
sleep, and suggests that some one making
a speciality of this culture should an
nounce himself teacher of Sleep" and
predicts for this pioneer. be 1t man or wo-
man, a large fortune. How not to sleep
is also explained. Anna Payson Call tells
1t in her book, Power Through Repose."
Don't adopt any habitual attitude when
you go to sleep. AS you are when you
drop away in the arms of Morpheus. YOU
are likely to say for sometime, and, if you
tie yourself up in hard knots, before they
are united by the soothing power of slum-
ber they will leave their impress. Round
shoulders, uneven hips, protruding collar
bones, to say nothing of the horrid
wrinkles from squeezing the eyes shut and
knitting the face into lines and burrows
are a few of the evils which result from
not knowing how to go to sleep. Even
young women are to listen and take warn
is hard to undo. Lie fiat on the back on
mattress which is not too soft. the head on
small pillow the room must be cool and
the clothing warm but light. The eyes
should be lightly closed and the hands
left easily at the sides. Don't draw the
corners of your mouth down, which will
make those ugly creases from the nose
down toward the chin. 1t is easy to cul-
tivate this sense of relaxation. Learn to
imagine yourself heavy, as if you couldn't
help letting a tons weight down on the
mattress. Take a lesson from the babv.
he sleeps in utter physical abandonment.
That is why he falls out of bed, and why,
as he grows older and begins to keep the
tension of waking hours through slumber
time, he stops falling out of bed Watch
tonight and see how you are managing
It, and If you are on your arms, are cross
ing your knees, putting your hands above
you on the pillar, crowding your toes in
between the mattress and footboard. tuck
ing your hand under your cheek curving
yourself around like paranthesis mark
stop all or any such practices right away
and try simple, relaxed repose.
a small girl, says the New York Times.
whose home is in the aristocratic shadow
of the Empire States capitol, has a bach
elor uncle who never fails to honor at
sight all her pocket money demands uDon
him. Playing in the park the other dav
she saw approaching a gentleman whom
she took to be her walking bank account.
and she FASTENED joyfully toward him.
oh, Uncle Jack!' she cried as she
neared him. How do you do? I've got
to have so cents right away"
oh, you have" said the man ad
dressed, amused. 'And what have Won got
to have so cents for, pray?"
Why replied the child, surprised.
you never asked me that before:" then
as she took a second look her face fell; II
ALL"
II don't believe I am her listener con-
fessed, with a smile. and the next moment
the little miss saw a way out of her d.
lemma.
DO you know my uncle. Mr.. Jack -"
she asked, with a funny assumption of
primness.
Yes, 1 do
Then at once all her joyousness came
back. "Oh, it's all right, then; Won inst
give me the 50 cents, and the first time
you see him ask him to pay you back"
She got her money with great prompt
ness, and somewhat later Mr.. Jack =
was surprised to be soberly dunned by his
intimate friend and fellow-cIub member
for half dollar, value expended,
The evils of the. corset, says the New,
York Times, are strongly painted nv
writer on "Hygenic Dress" She calls the
corset an immense bandage of splints ,,
Suppose" she says. you splint your arm
for six or eight weeks; what would he
come of its muscles? A heavily boned cor
set would do very well to wrap around
a broken arm or leg until it heals. but il
is a crime to wear it over the soft an
dominal walls which encase the most won
derful system of organs which only in
their full development can give us
worthy race. Even with the splints pulled
out, this garment would be hot and de-
biltating, and, tightly worn, it interferes
with the secretions and execretions of tho
skin. II bones must be in the waist tbev
should not run the wrong way of the
body but in conformity with natures lines
"Out of the harmonious lines with the
ribs, they grow a great many muscles
out of use, interfering with the natural
breathing the powerful intercostal mus
cles beneath the corset become shrivellef,
and partially paralyized; it becomes i'm
possible to properly distend the diaphragm
and, therefore, the proper amount of life
giving oxygen is not inhaled
me corset wearer makes her own rec