The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-14

1T is unfortunate that we have in this
life OF ours, which seems so fun to
some Of US. so many women, who can
find nothing for their hands to do"
writes Edward w Box In June Ladies
Home Journal, discussing Women and
card parties" Il do not mean by this
those whom we call the wealthy and the
leisure classes. The greatest dangers to
our womanhoOd do not arise from these
classes. The woman most dangerous 20
modern society is she who is married,
and yet IS Indifferent to domestic ties,
who lives in boarding house or hotel, and
who IS constantly on tie lookout for some
thing to occupy her attention. And
woman in this condition generally finds
the very thing she shouldn't. Instead of
filling up heC life with something worthy
Of her womanhood, she drags it out
through a succession Of such enjoyments
as these progressive card parties" AS
she cannot play alone, she seeks COM
pany, and, unfortunately. 1t IS never DIFF
fcult for a woman of this sort to find
companions of her own kind. She is one
OF the types of women who have made
these card parties what they are to-day
among women. The well-bred woman, the
woman OF intelligence who can see the
relative fitness of things; the woman who
believes that God gave her something to
do in this world; the woman with nice
perceptions; the woman whom II is good
for another woman to know, who says
something of value when she speaks, who
lifts herself mentally and spiritually above
others. whom mothers like their daughters
to know and their sons to talk with
believe me, my friend, when 1 say all
this, and I say it in kindness-such women
do not play cards during the daytime;
hof IF IN ut
They find something else to do-something
worthler Of them, something better, more
elevating, more enlightening, and better
fitted to qualify them for their positions
in their homes, and their duties toward
their husbands and children"
Travellers. says the New Orleans Plea
yune, tell Of a lonely grave in a little coun-
try churchyard on whose simple stone is
the name of a woman, the date of her
birth and death and the statement she
was so pleasant" There is no other rec
ord of her virtues. and she needs none.
Could any epitaph be nobler2 Could any
of us, dying, wish to leave behind us
sweeter record7 The memory of such
life must linger in the consciousness of
all who know 1t like a subtitle, rare and
'she was so pleasant" She had SYM
patty for those in trouble, and that
larger sympathy that takes in the sin
most to be pitied who have brought mis-
fortune upon themselves. She was always
young in heart is this woman who Is so
pleasant and whose prototype some OF us
are so fortunate rs to know. She remem-
bered all the foolish young desires of the
heart, all the wistful longing for things
we want so badly at the time, and care
so little for after a while. She knows
when to speak, and when silence is more
blessed than any words.
Sometimes the virtues of our friends are
hard to bear. They never make mistakes,
| they are always right, they make the
| proper investments, they never speculate
| in promising looking things, they never
| buy things because they are cheap, or live
| beyond their income, they tell us our faults
| for our own good. The pleasant woman
vinely intuitive sympathy that we are suf-
! fering for our folly and she leaves US alone
with that
Sometimes the world is amazed at the
| spectacle of a mans devotion to a wo-
| man with no apparent outward claim to
unusual affection. She is not beautiful.
she is not very clever. There is nothing
| notable about her. But those who know
her best love her best because she is so
! pleasant. She does not fret and worry
and nag. She doesn't affiict her friends
with her trials, with her servants and
| children Her home is a place of peace,
| and quiet and restfulness Her CONVERSE
| ton may not sparkle with wit. or bristle
| with epigram, but Il is as soothing as the
| quiet hum of the bees on summer days.
| Beauty of soul is as attractive as beau
/ " OF race or form, ana IL mowers IN the
| woman who is pleasant. She makes her
| path bloom with gentle deeds and kindly
| remembrance Of others. 1t is a little thing
! perhaps, to repress the harsh word, the
! il-natured criticism. to remember to give
| pleasant greeting to the chance &C
/ quaintance, or the servant or a bit of
| kindly sympathy to the beggar. These
are small virtues, but they are what we
mean when we say Of woman "she is go
pleasant"
| Another Influence NJ the wheel eova
! the New York Times, that has not been
| prominently brought forward is its bear
! ing upon domestic felicity. Wives and
husbands, notably those who have reach
| ed the early forties and beyond have
| found bond Of companlonship In the BIZ
| cycle that IS as strong as 1t is oftentimes
| unconscious. The advent of children and
| the encroachments Of business cares ire
| two elements Of life that slowly force a
man and wife apart to a greater or less
! extent TIL, after twenty years of matri-
| mony. 1t not infreuuenty happens that
! Nltnout any jar or conscious estrange-
| ment the two are spending most of their
| time IN separate pursuits. Into this
| breach the wheel has slipped with mag
nettc power. 4 common enthusiasm for
| interest, their daily spins in company
| make them amusement sharers. and the
| SILVER wedding anniversary is likely to
| stretch on to the golden one If they are
spared to see It, with their lives happily
To the closely united couples. too the
| wheel has TO come. Said a wife recently,
| woman whose eldest son has voted
| twice: Il am going to learn to ride a
| wheel this summer while 1 am out Of
| town. My husband, the most conserva-
tive Of men, has resisted the craze till
now, but he is about to take 1t up, and |
| foresee dire results If l do not also. IN
all our married life, despite various cares
and anxietes. il has been our habit 10
| take little outings togeher-sometimes
/ only day, sometimes a week, or a month.
as II happened, but always together
walking, driving, or sailing. Now, If he
! rides bicycle and I do not, it will mean
| separation on these expeditions. From
| now on we need each other more than
| ever, for our sons and daughters are
! nearly ready to go out into the world. So
| though the children smile al the idea Of
mamma on wheel there Is whore she
| is going to be. -
Mother. may I so out to sxim?"
| Yes, my darling daughter.
| But hang the b!oomerl On your limb
Wear The gown you oughter.n