The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-27

into q business WOman'S office recent, y
and through the density of merino, tulk
and gauze, began to spin out her cons
mercial platitude. Remove your wells.
madame, then l will talk to you, said,
the woman with little time and large
purposes.
No one is driven to work without first
being. equipped, latently or consciously.
for the battle with life, and when one
has been entrusted with a panoply by he
Great Armorer. is it not honorable to
use ones talents and means to the effece
expected? Is it not all over again the
story of the faithful in a very little given
authority to great extent, and the fearful.
sighting servant deprived of the little
that he hath? The n0bleman in far
country knew his judgments well, but
though we are familiar with the tale YET
do we profit little by 1t.
The new term which has educed the
foregoing expressions of indignation Is
that misapphed again and again to those
who regularly come to board In private
family; usually one with some pretentions
to social position. Paying guests are
being received in many houses nowadays
which boasts q buttons and coupe.
aristocratic accessories that paying
guests" are admitted at all. There has
perhaps been a slump in the market; John
may not have known enough to get in out
of the wet; growing daughters and a sta
tionary income may be the inspiration IN
some instances for gulping down one
exclusiveness and admitting the paying
guest to the finally hearthstone. The
term has been coined for the use, then,
of gentiIity as an apology for taking
boarders, and If it is a solace may he
phrase be a balm and satisfaction to en-
force "hostesses'' and the persons whom it
represents.
The other day. saws the New Orleans
Picayune, there was a brief Geographic
dispatch in the papers telling of the SUI
eide of a young servant girl in Iowa, who
killed herself because she was tired and
and had no pretty clothes" 1t was trag-
edy in three lines, which told of the dull
round of duties, unreleyed by cheerful
companionship of gayety and OF one with
a heart which so hungered for the beauty
and refinement of existence that she had
not the courage to live without them.
1t may be said that this was the rash
deed of an Unbalanced and morbid girl,
but the truth remains that women are
especially susceptible mentally and physi-
cally to the depressing effects of mo-
notony. They Mne and die under it's
blighting effects as under some deadly
upas tree. 1t is a. well known fact that
the majority of women in the insane asy-
lums are the wiz IS and daughters of
farmers. For them the monotonous round
of a life that has no high days or holt
days, few new faces or thoughts, works
its most disastrous results.
A great deal is said nowadays about the
improved health OF women. The interest
in athletics and outdoor sports IS given
credit for the all ounding health and
strength of the new woman. This is
only partially true OF equal importance
is the development that has given TO wo-
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alert mind, DieaSaI lilly engrossed in new
and stimulating tn puShts, is powerful
factor in a woman IS well-being in mind
and body. The buSl ness and professional
woman, and society woman, who is per-
haps the hardest-w, orked woman in the
world, keep their he nlth and youth long
after their placid 81 sterS in the country
have sunk into inva iidism or premature
old age. If one hear less now than for
merly of cranky won zen, It is due to this
cause also The puntrywoman who
rocked in one spot un til she wore grooves
in the floor unconscic usly acquired men
tai grooves at the sa- me time. The busy
woman with a new interest every hour
of the day has no chal ace to get into ruts.
Many mother of a tlfnily, who is worn
out ordering meals an sending the chill
dren to school and with the servants COM
plants, who has done the same things at
the same hours of the day, for years and
years, until she fees ii ke the hapiess ser
want maid that she conld commit suicide
because she is tired a I'D has not pretty
dresses, needs only a reak in the monot-
ony of her life. A little trip among new
faces and scenes would send her back with
new youth. A night at a gay play, with a
bunch of viO,etS to tuck in her frock and
a bit of supper afterWard, might save a
spell of nervous prostration, vel her fam
lily never think of any such treat, and she
goes on from day to day, being killed by
the dull mono tony of her life.
There is story told of a clever physi-
clan who CURED patient, fast sinking into
state of nlelancholia and invalidisn
with a presc ription of an evening gown
trimmed witt chiffon. In the interest of
getting the g own and wearing il to the
opera, the We man forgot to be SICK THE
remedy is wot tn trying by others. Flow
ers are not n lore dependent on the sun
than women { IN their outward surround-
ings. If they are to flourish ana grow,
sweet and beal ltiful, they must have SIM
shine and brifd atness.