The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-29

and tell him his loving grandmother will
give him nice present II he gets well
at once"
Certainly the gilded youth of to-day,
says the New York Tribune, has not the
chivalry Of his ancient prototype. Per-
maps the new woman has something to
do with the bad manners and ill-cOncealed
indifference which ne assumes at what
ever function he honors with his presence.
II this is the case, however, It will be
diamond cut diamond, for the girl of the
period Is far reader with her tongue. and
can be just as Indifferent and Independent
as her masculine contemporary.
Jack" said lady to one OF her guests,
come and be introduced to Miss s. She
is charming
Thanks awfully, but I'd rather talk
TO YOU, was the answer overheard by
the sharp ears of the young LADY In
question, who could see her hostess laugh
ingly eXpostulating.
Finally the youth, apparently yielding,
lounged toward her with well trot me
b and her victim stood before her.
Maud, dear" she whispered, Mr.. s.
IS SO anxious TO be presented to you,
want to introduce my great friend. Mr..
A." The girl gave a little nod, and look
ed at him critically. as if to take in
hes very nice, and now trot him back
again." and turning her back she con-
tinued her interrupted conversation with
her companion.
Mr.. w. D. Howels discusses in a HUI
moroUs way, the fact that there is a ten
dency in America to use the word 'ill''
in place of the word sick" following the
English fashion. To the Englishman the
word sick implies, as we understand. a
morbid state especially connected with
the stomach and with nausea. The Amer
lean uses the word sick to Indicate all
kinds of morbid states The word sick is
a good, honest AnglO-SaXon term, and
has answered the purpose very well dur
ing these last 200 years. But Mr.. How
ellis seems to think that it has got to go,
and that In time there viii be no sick
people in America, but only persons who
are Ill.
Housekeepers are beginning to learn that
the very cheap qualities of mating are
really very dear In the bedroom of an
adult perhaps, and well covered with dur
able rugs, the cheap mating serves q pur-
pose, but 1t is folly to depend upon It in
the nursery, dining or living room. The
more expensive, well-made, jointless mat
tings offer a much better final economy.
These may be- IL desired, seWed like car
pets and, though no mating adapts it.
self well to retitting in another room, the
1ointless variety does so better than any
other sort In cOlored mating dark shades
cannot be recommended to wear, with per-
haps the exception of the old gold tint.
This color produces in the wearing process
a natural mating shade that Is not OBJ
jeetionable.
incense at her own shrine. The latest
thing in jeweled smelling bottles is a YER
liable censor that swings from milady S
chatelaine, and, when lighted, diffuses a
delicate perfume and a tiny cloud of in
cense. At the theater the other evening,
q very elegant young woman, in a correct
gown and no millinery on worth getting
disagreeable about, produced her smelling
salts at the most affecting part of the per-
Torrance. AS she snapped open the cover
and a fine streak OF circumnambient va
mo- nrl I'M of axtya, Il
the footlights, there was craning OF
necks in her neighborhood for two whole
minutes, while the women tried to inves.
| tigate this latest idea of elegance This
new perfume burner as II is called, has
| displaced the vinaigrette and tiny bottles
| of aromatic salts. so dear to the hearts
| of sWooning heroines of half a century
| ago. The burner is in reality tiny lamp
! burning, in lieu of a wick, a prepared
| stick of incense as fragrant as the frank.
| incense and myrrh of Gospel days. East
/ ern perfumes, such as the pungent, arc
matte sweet grasses of India and Ceylon
are favorites for this use. In a shor'
| time the woman who formerly affected
| musk and altar of roses with all theil
/ low suggestions of the Midway bazaars
| will float into drawingrooms, theaters anC
| church pews in a cloud of Oriental incense
| terlinings of every frock. will burn viole
essence in clouds of spring odorousness.
Women never cared more carefully fol
| their nails than now, says the New Yorl
! Times, but the woman OF taste avoid:
| eXtremeness in this as in all things. Pinl
nails are admired because a perfect mai
! should be thin enough to show the rosy
| blood beneath, but a nail glowing witt
| the red salve of the toilet table is NJ
better liked than lips and cheeks which
| owe their brilliancy to the rouge pot
Nor is an artificial polish to be recon
| mended; the natural gloss merely SHOULD
be maintained and heightened. The bes
| authorities forbid the use of the nail
brush. Any dust or soil may be removed
/ with a bit of cotton wound around Z
| wooden toothpick or bit of orange wood
everywhere for the purpose keep the under
surface Of the nail so smooth that little
or nothing can adhere.
If the living for others, says the New
| York Tribune has been the supreme All
of the saints of all ages, they have beer
| rivalled. nay, even surpassed, in these
latter days. by little Mrs. Push, for Ger
tainly no philanthropist thinks more abou
his fellow-creatures than does she. From
morn until eve her whole mind is All
sOrbed in considering what opinions de
sirable people will form concerning her
and in concocting various plans and de
vices whereby to excite the envy of hel
associates or impress those in whom sh,
wishes to instill sense of her socia
Happy, indeed, was this small Maobia.
veli, when she felt sufficiently intimaf,
with the the great Mrs: A. to invite hei
about L. she said carelessly. You won
mind taking me as am, will your Anf
then she fastened home to make ar
elaborate preparation. Not a detail wa,
forgotten. Il really did not know tina
Mrs. Push lived so WE'LL" said Mrs. A
to herself, as she drove up to the small
but wel-situated house in her brougbam
while a neat-looking butler who, bv IN,
way, had been hired for the occasion
opened the door. She was ushered int
the tiny, but luxurious drawing room
Mrs. Push win be down directly - Sal
the man, Mrs Push meanwhile helms
seated before cheval glass studying liz
effect OF a simple and yet very chi,
houseEown, while she waited until sh,
thought her guest had had time TO tax,
in all the details of her encourage Now
I call this a really charming room. 10,
II looks as IL II had been lived in. !" SAID
the innocent Mrs. A to herself who
never having had any occasion for am
makeshifts and subterfuges, had not ths
penetration to detect her hostess little