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

'T think there is something radically
wrong with my DOCTOR" said a middle
aged woman to her physician, and she be-
gan, says the New York Tribune, to de-
scribe her symptoms
ALAS, madamer' answered the man of
science, II fear yours is a complaint from
which many of us suffer, and which is,
unfortunately, incurable. 1t Is a case of
Ammo Dominic disease which is always
epidemic"
Age comes to all of us as a surprise.
1t seems odd when our feelings are as
young as ever that our bodies are NJ long
as supple; that we can no longer sit
down on the rug in our old fa.vorite att
Jitude before the fire; that in going up-
stairs we must take it slowly; that with
out feeling appreciably different in any
way, or recognizing any change, the elias
ITCHY and spring has gone out of our
bodies We say of our contemporaries,
-'So-and-so has grown much Older and
of another, How she has changed" But
in ourselves we. see no such alteration.
We fail to recognize the ravages of time.
Our muscles are somewhat sitter than OF
yore, and our figures are stouter per-
haps, but we feel no particular difference.
ly, but not nearly as pronounced as with
Others of our age.
It is always funny to hear unmarried
sisters of ripe middle age talk Of each
other the lapse Of time means nothing to
them in their relations one to another.
they are still girls" together, and out
siders cannot fail to be amused at then
unconsciousness OF change.
ct wish Della would D7arrr- "a ia a Sis
ter of 20, in speaking of the youngest of
the trio-a troublesome maiden of 60. II
am sure she would be much happier"
This said in all simplicity by the gentle
and dignited lady, with no sense of in
congrulty or of the way it enight strike
her auditor.
This, says the Philadelphia Times, is
VIVA, what happens 20 the man behind ghe hat.
Inc preacher disappears untal nothing re-
mains but a voice. And with the hat
standing against the spot where the voice
is, and the modulated sentences breaking
against it, how is attention to be fixed
upon the sermon? The mind grows lax,
the quiet and sweetness of she sanctuary
tend TO distraction, the hat Ellis the whole
visible universe, and lnvoluntarily one $
thoughts center upon il. 1t is q wonder
full construction. There is a yellow rose
trembling on long stem with every
movement of the wearer's Head, and one
begins to calculate the extent of its are
There are punches Of feathers, disposed
thing from being seen between them
whichever way the hat is turned. And
there are stalactites of ribbon, upright ana
immovable, which still further obscure the
horizon. Occasionally one gets a momen-
tary glimpse of the hand of the preacher
as it is stretched out in gestieuIation, but
it seems mere detached fragment use
lessly beating the air. The preacher him.
self has disappeared as if he had never
been. The only thing visible when the hat
is turned for a moment is another hat
of the same kind further on.
Two devoted mothers, says the New
Norks Tribune, one a Frenchwoman and
the other an Englishwoman, were discuss
ing the various methods of educating boys,
and eagerly comparing the advantages and
disafA +antages of the English and French
system respectively. A dignity of the
Roman Catholic church was listening to
their prs title with amusement, and at last
he burst nut laughing and said: 1T seems
TO me, 4 1esdaTnes, that when pious
mother via hes to send her son away from
home for ed1 lcation she inquiries anxiously
how MANY IN mes a week he can attend
mass. huf VIII. N an English mother sends
her how 10 scho ol the principal inquiry she
makes is, how lien during me week can
IDENTIFY considered par excellence, for there
,the BOYS can have 'aths three times day
# they wish. 1t Isl s alla5S 70 , see now
ers Of All nationalitie 5. You all wish to
wash your sons; only [. ne Sathollc french
mother wishes to puri y III e a SUI SOU SOU
the English mother app. a1n.tiS, - CON
tented with washing the OUTSIDE OF her
child and soaping and comb hs ms eartnly
envelope.
The practice of a woman CHI thgihg ner
name on marriage originated fl, ON TO
man custom, and came into use '.'sr t the
Roman occupation, says writel ~ me me
Commercial Tribune. Thus, Julia a, "a &c
tavia, married 10 Pompey and @ zero
were called by the Romans Julia of ! ON
i'm la nF IA
women in most European countries sign ed
their names in the same way. but omtte =
the of On the other hand the usage
seems doubtful, since we find Catherine
Barr 50 signing herself after she had
twice married, and we always hear Of
Lazy Jane Grey mot Dudley, Arabella
Stuart mot SEYMOUR. etc.
some persons think that the custom
originated from the scriptural teaching
that husband and wife are one This was
the rule of law so far back Bracton,
ana u was decided in the case of Won VS.
smith, N the reign Of Elizabeth. that a
woman BY marriage loses her former
name and legally receives the name OF her
husband; Tic. custom however. is not
universal. in Spain and Portugal married
women do not take the names OF their
husbands. but continue to be known by
Their own. In many parts of the United
states woman never relinquiShes her
maiden name and rs called by &c as often
as By that OF her husband Even In the
rural parts Of England one often finds
married woman called by her maiden
name, and in country districts In Scot
land IT is sometimes found that both
names are used. In many parts OF France
ana Belgium the husbands and wife's
names are used together when either OF
them Is mentioned
II the New York Times is correct Il
has been said by men:
rhat economy Is born in a woman.
Lhat the most recklessy extravagant
woman mas vein Of economy somewhere
an hef competition.
Ihat y may not develop In a manner TO
grove penehcial either 10 herself or to her
nat there Will always be some point at
nSn tne WIZ not retrench. VIII look well
w the pennies, and think and calcuiate
Win the ablcst Nnancior
a IN hhe may be willing 10 pay 500 FOR
e.se e'fti', nui VIII shop nll over town a.
cents on o. yard on no Hnina
uart ~ may huend ID for IA ride M Tho
tiN hNt fhr VIII horrulrn q cerfH ~
4A's when out shopping. ''"' car
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