The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-02

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s--.h We may have sinned grievOusly
,.,-irr the winter. we have spent sun
- in sleeping or reading the papers, but
- .-a summer the moral backbone stiffens
.-5 Ne 20 TO church. Just now / am
.-s,tr- al what is known as short dis
80 from the village. A short distance
- he country means anything from two
- TO ten; We are 1--WE miles from the
..,47oa ana the church is a short dis
-. beyond that. The greatest mistake
-.i-,- visitor can make is TO suppose that
4 n. can 90 10 church when In the country
= her ordinary get-up. If she does this
- congregation, the choir and the
cher are all insulted. Instead of put
~ on little cotton frock, a broad
n t-.mmed hat and soft shoes, one must get
4 ~. ones best gown, stiffest bonnet, tight
=. gloves primmest parasol, and then
.,-sti, the Lord in hot room filed with
m tbs flies that, on every other day, ac-
1--,ulate around the hotel bar. When
onsrter to ten comes We are expected to
fs ready TO start; the children are unhap-
nv in stifiy starched frocks, and the
erown-up people are equally uncomforta-
he in their Sunday clothes.
Uncle Timothy, who is a handsome old
man when he feels at ease, looks self-con-
s,ious. and is awkward in full black get
81, topped by a high silk hat of the vim
-,ge of ffty-seven. We got in large
wagon. Before we get to the church, the
smallest boy, who is encased in a modernl
spit of armor. that is he has a kilt and II
Jacket Of pique so stiff that it rattles I've |
sheet-iron. outrages propriety by scTegm-
ing at the top of his voice that he lates
church. and he wants to go home. .
The wagon stops under a shady tree |
ths small boy and his mother gre as
sisted Out. and we all wait whilehe has
warming up. He comes bacF hatlhs |
church worse. and finding it more com
Portable to stand up during thy remain
der Of his drive At last we get there: we |
women are tenderly helped out by Uncle
Timothy and I cannot help Noticing that |
even Aunt Maria, who Is supposeu 70 |
know the Westminster catecmshl pdCh-
wards and forwards, raises her skirt as |
sbe stems down so that the presiding |
|elder has a glimpse of a well-turned ankle.
When DO women cease 10 be coquettish!
And when 90 men cease to be interested
10 that which is forbidden?
once We are packed al the pew a tCA- |
tain solemnity comes over us all and the |
|chiliren are painfully quiet. Then the
Choir sings an anthem, L am fascinated
by fly who hOvers around the mouth or
the soprano AID threatens to enter II.
u wonder If she knows, and / wonder II
she did know whether she would open
her mouth so wide. Just as she reaches
the last high note the fly goes in, the
note is a failure, she coughs, chokes and
al the children giggle. After this there
mo HfoF for no slatH in %
praying. He is the most cOndescending |
man l ever knew. He addresses his Max |
er as if they stood on an equal plane,
with odds in his favor and he calmly
what the Lord ought to have
done, and he sympathizes with Him in
His fOrgetfulness of His duty. He gives /
Him TO understand that il He would ask
the advice of the elders of this church,
everything would have been right, and
he closes by sympathtzing with him in
his Ignorance, and hoping He will do bet
ter in the future. OF course, that isn't |
exactly what he says, but that is the i'm
preston he leaves on everybody's mind.
Uncle Timothy being old-fashioned. |
me Oldest boy an opportunity to pinch |
ms leg. Then the children all gfggle |
again, and l look at them with a frown,
ana they make faces at me. And the ser |
mon commences.
The preacher, realizing that the Their
in the village drug shop marks |
hnety-sX, has selected or his text. "And |
mere shall be everlasting hell" He |
pIeaches for one hour and a half. and
Nanny listens to him with the fascination
.lal only comes when the horrible is to |
,Ne lore. lie pictures the abode of satan, |
ae pictures satan's JOY at Selling innocent
ihIahts and unfortunate sinners. he di-
.ates on the fact that all suffering in the |
I ootire WI be everlasting, and that ever |
asllng VIII be forever and forever.
ana, after he has told n hout th{s for |
an holr and twenty-five minutes, he de- |
VOTES lVe minutes more to impressiney on |
ouI minds how thankful We should be |
10 ~ IS almost certain that we are to
W canned. Nanny has stood it as long |
az She can-she has a vivid imagination |
aAl Is SupersentitiVe. Just before the |
sH1IIlg she gives a loud scream and begins |
NJ cry; and she is conducted out by Uncle |
o oltnolny who pats her on the shoulder |
eeueIS her piece of peppermint CANDY |
\ lored with snuff, seats her ON The |
'5 r,r step and fans her.
r., MI tuty take uD the collection If is |
a. poFlulhg warm clothing and Bibles |
INT, Cle heathen in Hindoostanee. The |
fo NM it GnId mas been given his penny |
~ H. but he firmly declines to do so. |
saij- on5 entire congregation hears him |
niH5 ms mother that he would rather |
'T5dp, II and buy hokey-pokey ice cream. |
4t Ie 10Y VIII some day be a great man. |
witb WIZ ere singing the Doxology, and |
Ifuf~r
nead ~, sh9ut out our gratitude that we |
Pn+ 3. ~ longer stay in the hot church. |
Fga aI lsh time to go home yet.
esa 99ouy Shakes hands with everybody |
adrnira 'u an the country people look and |
peonie VI usapproVe of what the city |
wbo ~ wearing. One energetic LADY |
rpa v,5 las llVe unmarried daughters asks |
clo,beSO patterns l use when / make nv |
can fo,, ana IL l don't think Clabberick's |
bt me- '1 n.,t 100 much material. She looks |
/ et so,, :" IN scorn when she hears that / |
BIZ saw, eoody else make my gowns. for |
i Il tb5tS dudlbly that she don't see after |
D ag r-la' mere IS much style about them |
sAesi1 win her-style and / are two |
BIZ cbn%5es are packed in the big wagon. |
NlariatiHuEeh are tired and sleepy. Amt |
sfrst M. amy is hysterical and smells |
$notbH5g Ehegarette and then her grand
h re3obs bottle of bay rum. When home
,ng for it eu' there is a good dinner wait |
j O0 - out everybody is too tired ana |
Affsr teissed 10 be hungry
l1 No., mat we can do what we nIease
k0gns "Ohen please to take off orr tiebf
\ asy assume those that are cool ana
BIZ Und i1,4 indulge in exquisite idleness
i COX AZ Tree with book of poetry ana |
b me l. ne flower garden. LUST in 'front.'
u ha3 great bouquet of sunshine II 1
kind bs[ooL old-fashioned yellow f1oUers
,ng ~ oAd that is the real. sweat-sr,aii'
bordssr. shioned garden. protectsd ~
ptd-fasbio,, o9A. Here grows, in the real |
Ioes @llohed way, sweet meas citron
R0h.5 Pdlsles, sweet Williams raegeI
more P9a1lIg5Ihonette, scarlet sage and bal
i i0WArs ne roses, while hack az ~