The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-13

that accounts for the 81 so have In my
pocket" Then this young man, after los
ing whole day for his employer on ac-
count of the money he hadn't lost. went
home and actually forgot to pocket
quarter that his wife had left where 1t
| wasn't lost
Verify says the New Orleans States, 1t
is good thing to teach the public to be
considerate of the rights of others. 1t was
| this realization, no doubt, that caused
that public spirited gentleman, Mr.. Du-
denbiefer to so heroically fight for the
passage Of the Dudenhiefer high hat law.
p recognizing, with a strong womanly
| spirit, the value of the great reform in
stituted by this worthy gentleman, a rep
resentative of the "Woman's Realm"
strolled into the St. Charles theater on
sunday night to observe whether the wo-
! men present acted with due respect to
the new law that is going to act so ma
| terlally to the comfort of theater-goers.
| Women as class, have a great respect
| for the law. And, as was to be expected,
they gracefully barred their heads to the
| inevitable, although as far as this scribe
| could take note, few, if any of the women
who compelled with the mandate, owned
| nigh hats. That is, not according to wo-
mans definition. But the majority of
| the fair sex DOTTED their hats, evidently
not feeling assured how many inches law
! fully constituted, an offending hat. Here
/
with rampant feather betrayed the fact
| of courageous owner who was endeavor-
| ing to draw the line between the high
hat and the towering trimming. AS to
| theater bonnets they were in the minori-
| ty, for 1t was not a theater bonnet audi
| ence. Fortunately the sailor hat was in
| evidence to break the monotony of what
would have otherwise given the impress
sion of an audience sadly lacking the gen
| tier sex. An audience composed entirely
| of unadorned, bare-headed people is not
attractive. At the opera 1t is different,
| the evening gowns and elaborate coiffures
1 distinctly mark the female element. But
to come back to this bare-headed congre-
| cation. Do not for a moment think IT was
a hatless one, for the hatsswere all safely
reposing upon their owners laps.
1t was positively pathetic to see the
| women enter, take their seats and meek
| ly draw out hat pins and tenderly lay
| their flowers bedecked headgears care
| fully in their laps to be source of dis
traction to them during the entire per-
| Torrance. You see, the men have al
ready pre-empted the right Of under the
| chairs.
Why do not the women come to the
| theater unbonnetted is a query man
! might put The custom of passing
| through the street hatless has passed away
and any how one enjoys a coveted Sc
clusion under a hat. In that large audi
ence of Sunday night the writer saw but
one woman who entered hatless and she
looked, as she undoubtedly felt, awkward.
The little helpless. clinging thing
| That lay upon my folded arm;
My nested dove, so soft, so warm
1 seem to feel his fingers cling,
And curl, and clasp about my own;
| l dream his lips are at my breast,
A,l 81 1,ofc dan flo
OF rapture. none but mothers know;
And wake
| To find myself alone!
All me! know what is is best
| But hearts will love, and, loving, break;
| 1 miss him so!
Julia Nicely Finch in the New
| Orleans Times-Democrat
A faithful wife, says the New Orleans
Times-Democrat gives her best time to
the rearing of her children, to the per-
Torrance of those duties of home keeping
which most of us are familiar with, to
the preservation of the lares and penates,
| the subjeetivity of each member to a
| Christian influence. She rises betimes be-
| cause there are duties She should cheer
the children off to school or show interest
| in their play or books, tell them stories,
| mend their breakages of body or garb,
| dose them, direct them, and under ordi-
| nary conditions act in the capacity of up
| per servant to them. Ella Wheeler Will
| cox once told me that she had never
known but two good mothers. was nat
| urally shocked. But perhaps she knew
| whereof she spoke. There are excellent
! women who make their children's clothes,
| tuck them in bed with a prayer and love
| them beyond measure, who are not good
| mothers. There is no discipline, no law,
no study of the young character forming
| its, own career; there is every material
| satisfaction Offered, but not one healthful
| influence for the establishment of reliant
| natures in man and woman Weak moth
| ers who permit the over consumption of
| sweets because their darlings cannot be
refused, who are encouraged In pertness,
| ia little resentments, in light treatment
] of parents and playmates-there are many
| such mothers, God Wot. although their
| most interpretive search would not re-
! veal the private error.
| All the same, the intention of most
mothers is to be duteous, and many of
them maintain dignity and sort of SOW
ereignty throughout life over husband and
| children. These are Biblical women:
| "She is like the merchants ship; she
! bringeth her food from afar."
"she looketh well to the ways OF her
household, and eateth not the bread of
! idleness."
When a visitor rs announced, says Lon
! don paper, the hostess. whatever her rank.
/ would rise and walk few steps forward
| to meet her guest. and, after shaking
| hands with her, would resume her seat
| and the visitor would naturally take one
! also as near to the hostess as she con-
| veniently could. If the visitor were shy
or nervous a good hostess would make
some remark such as, ''Will you sit here?
This is a comfortable chair" or Wont
| you be too near the fire there2" Adven-
titious aids to conversation such as Illus
| trated newspapers, photograph albums or
! portfolios or sketches are never resorted
! to in good society; the hostess would de-
| pend on her own savoir-faire and small
| talk to make the ten minutes or quarter
of an hour of an afternoon call pass agree
| ably to her visitor.
A woman of the world never has re-
| course to well-worn topics such as the
weather, new books, new plays, or the do
nestle details of nursery and housekeep-
ers room; she relies on social subjects up
to-date, and a courteous interest in the
! circumstances and possible plans of her
| friend of the moment.
| Ladies' should remember that morning