The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-10

! was Just getting on her bicycle 10 come
HAek ana hear your trouble. / wonder
Hlar The ladies OF l0ug ago would have
E Thought of Tie bicycIe2 Those ladies who
were So careful about sitting down iu "a
feminine way aul walking iu feminine
I 7Fay-Wlar would they think Of "a steel
morse THAT demanded the throwing of their
le-7 across lle saddle and wearing knick-
ergo tArls read a year OF Two ago about
a funeral ln Paris. the funeral of man
Who was noted ride OF the bicycle He
was followed 20 Che grave by 80 men and
women on taeir bicycles. Well 4 laughed
] laughed until remembered how awful
Nta-l always is ana how ridiculous. and
now lflFoiods. ana how hideous the bicycle
magnificent in having his horse without
tne rider 10 follow the caissln because the
morse knew ana loved the dead man. but
be just as sensible 70 have 1--WE hundred
So" .is machines follow woman who had
4 MoLhrd ~ q shirt factory, as 10 have biz
For me. I Ike the days Of DID,. when a
--tL tode Q morse and j was triumph Of
AiiIl4 over matieI-yes, but matter that mad
some mind, not matter that was controlled
uL "a monkey wrench, or an OilinE can. or
TTnalgtef may be required from the kit.
l,ul I mad better not say anything about
DlcScies- one makes enemies by living
one need not add 10 them by talking.
m. ln nose days of old. when Jeannot and
Jcanu-tIe loved each other, they told much
or tne story by looks Then they went OFF
-pt Fl htue walk and Jeannot picked a
nette stuck fhcn5 In bar b"if ,,j i,s,1-
Hished he We're that near her heart, and
geaHleIle biushe1 until JeannOt begged
Jeannot goes TO a smart florist. hands
out twenty dollars and his visiting card.
ana when annette gets the result of This
visit she tips her nose in the air and won
ders why he ala not send orchids insfead
on roses. Years ago Jeanette put on a
sr-j -- -'.,Si5m sgwh anu "a pale blue sash,
sit Roger de Coverly until broad daviinbt
@l4 would have been shocked If any one
nad suggested that wicked dance peculiar
20 flahce-the waltz. And Jeannot held
her very respectfully. Nowadays she
SCOTS at every dance but the waltz and
Jeahhttte Is Wniried around by Jeaunot in
q manner lacking in respect. and only mo-
bcraple because of its ouickness IL is
StUlE ttue Lhat Jeaunot does not long to
AakeF IN tne pan room. BE wants to get
~ "tti me otner Johnnies ana have % lite
.Le aosihthe. HOW he is changed Long
~ ~ $1,000 lh me doorway and watched
1ie sly ne ioVed' and enVied every man
H1ilu Io-Qay ne thinks he can get her
- tiLit He wants her. and he doesn't
io,d hHiselI anout teiliig the story Of his
ne JeannoJ or long ago had bright
CIedF eyes ana rosy cheeks 10 is true that
81 ~ ne s2L 70 pc an elderly man. he took
l!s brandy ana water or his Scotch whis-
hy, or. Whatever drink he fancied after
Inner, ana ne smoked pipe the pipe Of
NothLot y every evening. But the Jean
Iiol p4 to-oay, alas- lie commences with
a cocktail before he has had "A mouthful
10 eat and he ends with pousse cafe.
or an absinthe, while i'm between there
nave been an sorts Of mixtures NOT Ia
mention the deadly cigarette that makes
Jeannot pale, nervous, and I am strongly
tempted 10 believe hairless Look an him
lie lacks The fun beard ar Tho c,iri,, , ,,i,si'
tache of his ancestors. What h lie -
son? Us 10 his method of drini,ipo or - T.
10 the cigaretteP or is IN fbe e,o,9e,.i
mixture Of depravftv taken esrf,e ~, 81
often that has made Jeannot tbS 6f iit
such a moor si1cressor 70 Tes,,,,+ i ~ -
nrstP In those da9-s ~ ,I9 Az ~
ny across the continent on ~ ~. ~
had a library "a dinfnp-roo,, a = en- , t I
fun Sleeping cars aftached 81 ~ /" Oi'' NJ
went i'm earriao.e,s ,t,,,,r.i,,. ~, no. We