The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-26

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and year out. and village life certainly
/ has a much more interesting side than
! any other that presents itself just now.
/ our circle. however. has been added 10
BY the arrival of the Fauquier girls. These
two sisters are always spoken of as
girls" though each Of them is well over
! 20. They always refer 10 themselves as
I've ladies'" and would be highly indig-
nant if anybody called them women; for
nv own part. as everything feminine
seems to think II is glorious to call itself
"a woman. am beginning 10 be disguised
with the name. OF the two. Miss Betty
is the elder. Miss Anne, the younger, Is
naturally ruled by her sister. and behaves
as II she were still II and lacking in all
! knowledge of the world. They are, how
| ever. fascinating. and Il pleases me to see
! that life to them is so full Of JOY. They
| are interesting in everythng, and that
keeps them young. They laugh as merrily
when a witty story Is told or something
funny happens. as do girls of IS, and to be
able to laugh all ones life means that one
is youthful all ones life.
Miss Betty talks and Miss Anne ques-
lions her. 1t may be said. if Miss Anne
were not so gentle and sweet that she Is
the hot water and Miss Betty is the tea
leaves. and the combination brings forth
| something that Is next door TO nectar. We
choose a shady corner. and all sit there
working as busily as we know how, or
loafng as lazily as we possibly can. And
the sun shines and the heat heateth, ana
it comes on the rich and the poor alike,
as far as the whiting Of collars goes, but
| hatra hn adj
| over the rich inasmuch, especially ia the
| country, as the poor man lays aside his
| collar entirely and joys in bare, II
| sweaty neck. 1 have the utmost contempt
for a man who tucks handkerchief IN
| his collar. in bib fashion. He has the air
| of an overgrown boy, and gains no COM
fort whatever. Well when We are CIV
ilized we will try and suit our clothes 70
our climate, and men will wear during
the daytime, the softest of shirts, with
rather low necks and turned-doWn col
lars.
Miss Anne, finding that her sister is
deep in her book, has been telling me
about her flower garden. She is greatly
interested in il and rather excited over
it. For years she has had what she
calls Shakespeare border Ihat Is TO
say she has gathered in it all the shrubs
| flowers and trees that are mentioned IN
the works of Shakespeare Then she mas
another flower bed with she calls the
/ sentimental bed" In this every mower
has been planted by some one OF whom
she is fond. Her Indignation about her
flower garden is due to the tact that
somebody who wrote Tor one OF tne pa
! pers visited her pretty home, heard her
wonderful flower beds described and had
the quotations belonging to the She
4 peare bed read to him, and then went
away and gave the credit OF this wonder
full flower garden TO SOME titled woman
in England Miss Anne is orthodox She
doesn't wish her name to appear In the
newspapers. She thinks that woman $
| chn
born when she marries and when she
dies, and that this is three times too
often; but, still, If any part OF the his
tory of her life must come out she thinks
credit should be given where credit Is
due Dear Miss Anne is perfectly right,
but she doesn't know the ways
Betty listens to her sister, and
then tells me confidently that she has
never seen her so angry since she was adj
dressed by young minister as MISS
Anna" The idea of taking her beautiful
name and calling It "Anna!' However,
Miss Betty forgot this and discoursed
about her visit 10 the city. For some un-
known reason she elected to go on the
al of Iuiv' she thought that in the large
town, she would see the proper respect
shown to the day that celebrates the
bringing of Independence into America.
Instead, she simply heard lot of noise
and was frightfully warm, her petticOats
caught fire, and the Fourth of July is now
a horrible memory to her. For my own
part, / thought with her that the annual
outburt of patriotism which displays IT.
self in those abominable Chinese offerings
known as firecrackers was fraud.
Agreeing with me, Miss Betty said;
why, the very word independence Is
nonsense Who is independent? Every
blessed mothers son or daughter of us is
dependent on somebody for love eonsd-
GRAFTON or ducats--very frequently ducats.
Personally, l regard patriotism as the
cheapest of all virtues, and the one thar
is of the least use. 1t seems to spend
itself largely in talking and firecrackers,
and the so-called patriot is usually the
man who is at the head of some money
making scheme or is filling his pockets
by being a politician; he Is, consequently,
patriotic and much approved of by all
the other fools who do his work, and all
the other knaves who, Ike him, are max
ing living out of the country. l do be-
lieve in loyalty. OF course, there have
been loyal men in America. Gen Wash
ington was one, Gen. Lee was another,
Gen. Mcclellan was another, and Gen.
Stonewall Jackson was another. These
are the few exceptions that go TO prove
the rule, that, as nation, while we are
rich in politicians, we are very poor In
patriots"
Just then Miss Betty was interrupted by
a peculiar sound which was traced to Miss
Anne, and II was discovered that she was
crying her heart out over the woes of her
faVorite-Amelia, In vanity Fair" Is it
not beautiful to think that that book was
written? Unlike MssAnne, Amelia is not
my faYorite, but still / am proud that
some one who spoke the same language
that l do wrote a book that will make
people forget their own sufferings, even
though they take up the woes of others
when reading It, Miss Betty advised Miss
Anne to keep quiet and not make a goose
of herself. Then she began to talk about
| tears
Tears, she said, properly managed, are
without any doubt the finest weapon in
the womanly armory. 1t is only when one
gets very red in the face, and when one s
eyes swell, that they are not to be in
dulged in, but even then the skillful use
of the Handkerchief will make a slight
practice possible. Weeping Is the sharp
shooting of the gentler sex. 1t is very
direct, and seldom fails in its aim. wo-
man should be permitted to cry for any
thing, from a moon to millionaire, and
her chances Of getting either will be
greatly increased by the proper intro
duction of tears. Shakespeare knew the
value of tears, so did Byron, so did Shell
ley, so did Tom Moor e, and so did this
later poet, Tennyson, of whom so many
people speak well though for my part ]
| prefer more manly writers. AS said be-
| fore, a woman must manage her tears
! properly. There are times and seasons
when tears are really of no earthly use,
being simply waste of ammunition, but