The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-26


especially annoying.
Have you ever noticed" commented a
man, how women put down their feet as
they walk toward You on the street, and
how they almost always show the sOles of
their shoes in an ugly heel-hrst, slap-me-
down sort OF fashion? Not one in fifty,
or even hundred, puts down her feet
gracefully. and yet every child who goes
TO dancing school is told over and over
again by her dancing master to point the
toes and put them down first" The habit
Of putting down the heels first is called
the peasants walk as IL is essentially
bourgeoise in its character. Duse, as San
tuzza, in "Cavalleria Rusticana," initiates
this walk admirably. But do you know"
said a fashionable woman, who was
watching the actress. and had heard this
particular gait discussed, that Is exactly
the way ] walk myself" and the friend
who was with her could not gainsay her,
for the lady was not noticeable for her
graceful carriage. 1t is a great pity, says
the Boston Transcript, that the art of
walking is not taught as persistently and
carefully as dancing. It seems to be an
dance well grace will naturally follow, and
that the Improvement will be general; but
tnls IS by no means the case. Aptitude
al dancing by no means argues that a good
carriage and graceful walk will he devel-
oped, and 1t will be only by making this
part Of the physical education a separate
and particular study that satisfactory re-
suits Will be obtained.
some friends or mine, who live simply,
went abroad year or two ago with some
good letters, and among others they were
Hospitality entertained at the palace of
certain lord bishop, who a year later
came out for a tour through the states
with his wife. And as they stopped for a
few weeks in New York, my friend Mrs
X. felt bound BY the unwritten laws
of hospitality, to nave them to dinner,
although as they live quietly and know
few people, it was for her great under
taking, particularly as the people she felt
10 a a4f m
of their position, were comparatively
slight acquaintance. However, they all
accepted. and she had hired an excellent
cook for the unwonted occasion, together
with the servants to serve the dinner
and all promised well, when the most
memorable cold wave of the decade seem
ed to make her the especial victim of its
attack. OF course the pipes all froze, and
this was followed by the bursting OF the
boiler an hour before dinner. The kitchen
was flooded. The dinner was stopped, no
plumbers could be had for love or money,
as their calls that day were legion, and to
complete their misfortune, the gaspipes
froze also. and the lights went out.
1.-The professional Gordon bleu refused
to cook dinner in a stream from the Gro
ton aqueduct above her ankles, and there
was nothing for it but to send for some
hastily concOcted dishes from the neigh
boring restaurant. In the mean while the
house grew colder and colder, the pipes
from the furnace became chilled, and re-
fused to convey the heat, although they
had a big enough fire TO burn the house
down. AS the ks were rather old
fashioned, their drawing room was de-
pendent upon gas, so that reading lamp
and few candles supplied all the light
they could muster. In the midst of this
dreary outlook the bishop and all the
grand guests arrived. I felt as If could
commit suicide, said Mrs. X to me
afterward. OF course, everything was
late, and every one huddled around the
little fireplace in the dim light, while the
nner-Heayens! shall ever forget the
misery of that evening! 1 trust l shall
never live through such another"
One Heart-C. ]. Boden in Chambers
Journal.
1 sometimes linger DER the list
OF friends / lost in other days,
And still the question with me stays
when / am gone shah be missedT'
/ doubt If others think the same,
or even wish to share my thought
That men were foolish who have sought
To leave never-dying name.
When thou hast run thine earthly race,
Thou wilt not leave world in tears"
Nor will men come in after years
To view thine earthly reSting-place.
Thy poor remains will rest as well,
Thy spirit will be no less free,
Although it is not thine to be
A Milton or Raphael.
Fret not thyself but Heaven thank
If all the good that thou canst do,
May be so done that only few
Need ever know thy place is blank.
Be thankful if but one true heart
Shall feel for thee the moments pain
Ere il can say I'VE meet again.
OF knowing what it is to part.
One loving heart thou mayest crave,
Lest all thou carest for on earth
Should seem to have no lasting worth
And end for ever in the grave.
One faithful heart beneath the sky,
In which to leave a seed of love,
To blossom in a world above
And bear fruit which shall not die.
Good men and men of ability, says Hap.
by Thought, have occasionally said things
which throw a flood of light upon some OF
the difficulties of married people. Paley
once said to Wilberforce: who ever talks
to his wife?' The philanthropist at the
| time was much shocked at flippancy such
| as this on the part of the author of The
Evidences of Christianity" but after a
week spent in the gay world of London
dining with Nine. de Stael and sharpening
| his wits by contact with gifted and intel.
| lectual people, he records in his diary the
| resolution to deny himself such stimulus
| in the future lest IL might prove hurtfu
! to his contentment in domestic life Now
we believe that II the great anti-slaVerN
| apostle had exerted himself to entertain
| Mrs. Wilberforce, If husbands generally
| were to talk little more upon subjects OF
| wide interest at home and were to force
| conversation on other lines than those Of
|
| there would be no such painful contrast
| or danger from excursions similar to those
which the good man made into the world
| Of vivid thought and interest. Indeed, we
/ half suspect in the case of Mr.. WILDER.
| force, as certainly in other instances. thai
in his eagerness to please in London So
/ ciety he exhausted his vitality to the point
| that he was completely talked out, and ii
| consequence was duh at home.
No end Of awkward blunders have beer
| made by the careless handling of notes
/ and packages whereby the flowers destineC
| for young beauty are changed into some
! altogether prosaic gift, says the New York
| Tribune; the note Intended for Miss a
goes, by the natural depravIty OF in
animate objects, TO Miss b., and creates a
| GOODNESS that lasts a lifetime. and fhs
! delicate attentions OF friend are thwart-
1 ed by some little oversight that Change
the whole character Of the gin. A sior1
is going the rounds Of society just now
I which serves as an explanation of the
/ sudden GOODNESS which has arisen between
Miss D., The pretty western helress, and