The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-11

forty-seven bangles has wearied of them
and they have gone the way of the pins
Then she elected TO cover the front oil
her bodice with what she called stick
pins" and she wore as many of them
as she could buy. beg borrow or steal
The stick pins have gone the way of all
flesh, or all fads After them appeared
the huge gold heart that was swung
around the neck and named after the
Young woman Mr.. Du Maurier made IA
nous. Then, and then is now, she en-
circled the upper part of her body w7th
chains There is a thin gold chain with
a gold purse on the end Of 1t; there IS
gold chain. strung at intervals with
pearls, that has tiny gold-framed mon
ocle on the end of it, there is another
gold chain that has a watch on the end
of it; and there is another gold chain
which has the end tucked out of sight,
and doesn't explain for what purpose
it is used OF course. there is no sense
in this collection Of chains. There is good
sense in the one chain on which the
watch is put, for il is less likely to be
lost when it forms the termination Of a
chain than when stuck on the bodice with
an Insecure pin. or dangling at the belt
from an equally insecure chatelam
Watches are cheap nowadays, and So
unless your watch is particularly unique,
it is not worth while wearing it. Though
some old-fashioned people wear watch
that they may know the time.
A fascinating watch was shown to me
not very long ago. Its case was in the
shape of a beetle and the darling had
his back thickly studded with emeralds,
while on his "tummy' was the face OF
The watch, and you literally pulled his
leg when you wanted to make him 60
great many years ago, before any OF us
were dreamed of, the simplest kind of
watch cost nearly 5000, and it took one
year to make it. But what watches they
did make in those days! 1t was said that
the Emperor Charles had the doubtful
pleasure of carrying a watch that weiSn-
ed twenty-seven pounds. In those days
men were strong. Marie Stuart, in addi-
ton to her liking for many good things,
had a positive weakness for watches.
Not the kind of watches that represented
flowers or fruit pieces or anything cheer
full; oh, no, To please her watch must
be concealed in a tiny skull, or come Out
of a crystal coffin. The watch that she
bequeathed to Mary Seton was marvel
Gus one. Do you remember Whyte-Mel-
villes book-"The Four Maries?" / have
never forgotten the rhyme, which says:
Last night there were four Maries; to-
day there are but three,
There was Mary Beaton and Mary Seton
and Mary Carmichael and me-"
How those jingles cling to onel
But, the queen left to Mary Seton
watch, enclosed in a gold skull. On the
forehead of the skull were the symbols of
death, the scythe and the hourglass. At
the back was old Father Time, and on the
top of the head was the Garden Of Eden
and crucifixion. The watch was opened
by reversing the skull; inside stood the
holy family, surrounded by angels and re-
ceiving the shepherds. The works con-
stituted the brains, while the dial plate
was the palate. This watch is said to be
now in the Lander family, and to keep per-
feet time. Many of the old watches have
both inside and outside cases. The outer
case was usually deliberately carved and
could be entirely separate from the watch.
One that was picked up in an old shop in
London has a group. formed of Peter,
Paul and Luke. on the back, in high re-
lief; St. Peter wears his hair in a plait,
looped and tied with a ribbon, while St.
Luke, telling of his profession, has an
old-fashioned medicine case in his hand.
a spade was called a spade. And people
dotted their is and crossed their is.
A newspaper announced this week that
1.-THE vertical writing is being taught in
all the public schools" How sorry l feel
for the children. They have just learned
to write the sharp English hand and they
are expected to take this straight up-and-
down one and to become adopts a it. l
have never been extremely fond of Napo-
leon Bonaparte. But | saw something
that he said the other day-that is | saw
it the other day, but ! presume unless it
was through the medium of a spirltualist,
that he said 1t a long time ago. 1t was
this: mo man, dealing with a press Of bus
mess. can be expected to write legible
hand; all he can do is to set down dots
and leave 1t to others to decipher them. +"
Since reading that Napoleon has seemed
more human and less self-made. OF
course, 1t is a great thing to be able to
write clearly. But the average man, and
more especially the average woman, is
not a legible writer. | think / have
solved the reason of this.
Al that happy time when most of rs
were going to school, we began to write
Perseverance is the secret OF success in
round, copybook hand, with beautiful
shadings. tan 'rs," and short "ts," as
properly dotted, and 'ys" that didn' (
have curled tails like "q's." In the midst
of this search for success we were sud
denly stopped, and by order of the school
teacher we began to write IF at first you
don't succeed, try, try again." in the an
gular English hand, which had meantime
become fashionable. Now, no human be-
ing, especially at the mature age OF is.
could, after years of application at round
"Os" suddenly make sharp "Os' with
success; she could not, in moment, drag
down from their hight all her as" leave
her ''ts' uncrossed, and count shading
altogether out. So, combination resulted
that is a hybrid handwriting, quite on a
par with that of the great Napoleon; but
blame the school-teacn ers Of the past
Personally, ! have the kindest feelings in
the world toward people who write in
distinctly, but there are some things In
letter writing that / do not forgive.
One is pale gray paper with the opinion
OF the writer put upon 1t in white ink.
Another is a sin of which Miss Ellen Ter
ry is guilty; she writes on the thinnest of
paper with the blacklist of ink and the
heaviest OF quilts. The effect is myster-
lous, and you are rather pleased at it's
being thought that you understand Chin
csc hieroglyphics, but you never really
make out the combination The writing
Is plain enough. but the paper is so thin
that It's" and "ys" and "q's" that be-