The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-17


and certain parts OF the canvass. such as
house-to-house visiting, is largely i'm its
This work the political secretary organ
! lzes. she has her district, her subcom-
hmalititees; her political methods In her
/ looks she mas enrolled the name OF every
] voter in her district his occupation, his
/ residence, his political affiliations. OF this
! Individual she keeps constant trace. She
! HouSe. IN the record OF TWO years one
/ restless person has moved his trunk thir-
| Teen tlmes, yet her finger was upon MIN.
! Sne visits his wife, pets the children, Of
! ters recipe for a stew, captures the fam
! ny confidence, and all to gain or keep
] vote.
She holds public meetings once month
! IN Connection with the masculine organiza-
! ton and helps TO provide entertainment,
| speakers, or, perhaps, speaks herself
Here is a woman in the thick of machine
/ politics, new woman. a woman bachelor.
/ she is little, demure, cherry checked, low
/ voiced, conventional in manner TO the
/ point of preciseness, and with those pre-
/ tensions to fashionable COstuming that
/ Americans recognize as English. She could
] not sufficiently express her surprise that
| her position and her work should appear
| so novel TO an American.
The pocket question for women's gowns.
| says the New York Times, is a little more
| satisfactorily settled this season than us
| ual In the full pleats at the back and
/ slightly at the side OF the fashionable skirt,
| it is possible to put a pocket, and with the
/ revival of belts to degree not known for
! several seasons, the manufac tUrers have
/ shown a kindly appreciation of the pocket
/ poverty of womankind. To many of the
! belts are attached small purses, varying in
! size from the tiny ones suitable for change
! TO the bill and card purse. A genuine now
! city which is provided for the bicyclist,
! but is fortunately not copyrighted by that
fortunate woman, is a little pouch of
| netted cord, which, fastened to the belt
/ and with a spring opening, is safe and
/ light receptacle for purse or handkerchief,
| or both.
The consequences Of the mania for bicyc-
! ling, says the New York Sun, are far
/ reaching indeed when lace makers in
! England find reason to complain that it
| affects their industry disastrously. The
severe cycling costume requires no decor
| alton, and there is so much time spent on
| the wheel that ladies' have very little use
4 for the more dressy gowns Jewellers, too,
contend that cycling has. a serious effect
on their business, as all the earnings,
| which were once boarded and finally spent
for some coveted jewel or gold trinlet, are
now put into bicycles.
The fancies that fill a child's mind iust
| as he is slipping off TO the dusky shores
] of dreamland says the New York Times,
| are often Illuminating One night last
/ in his bed, already half in the embrace
| of the god of slumber. His big brown
! eyes were fixed on the ceiling with that
| intent but drQWsy gaze that means the
last attempt at concentrated thought be-
| fore the senses let go their hold and rest
! full Inconsistencies ensues. A slight
| uneasiness which held the waiting Nor
/ pheus q moment longer at bay then the
| thought arranged itself, and through the
half parted lips came the sleepy ultimat-
! UNI: when I'm a man I'm gOin gtO
have two boys and a wife-and-a-
horse" the last word crawling slowly
| forth as, this burden of decision and an
| nouncement off his mind, the little fell
| lows eyelids fell, and, with tired and
| satisfied sigh and slight dropping of
the head toward the shoulder, he was
sound asleep
Another bicycle story says the New
! York Tribune, comes over from the
i other side" from an intimate friend of the
| pretty Lady BERTHE c., transplanted
1 American, who is an enthusiastic cyclst.
| She had been warned by her Sister-1n-laW
not to mention the suDJect before tnelr
mother, who has as great horror of that
| dreadful American machine" as she calls
| the bicycle. as she has q VeneratiOn for
| royalty, who, in her loyal eyes, could do
no wrong. Celia, my dear" she said
very sweetly one morning to her daugh-
ter-in-law, II thought some one told me
on the face of every one, but Lady Ber-
tie, true to herself and her country, an
swered: yes, Lady G. L was devoted to
| it at home in America"
"Why, them said the countess, growing
more and more gracious, did you not
bring your wheel with you. 1 should have
"Bertie," she continued, turning to her
SON. pray send for Celia's bicycle at once;
it's a pity we did not think of it sooner"
| and she rustled out OF the room.
'"WellH calculated Lord BERTHE, as he
and mis- sisters gazed at each other in
amazement.
little Lady Jane, the youngest and bright
est of the family; and she read from
The Morning Post" whichi! Lady g. had
left open by her plate: THE Princess
! of Wales and her daughters are taking
lessons on the bicycle, and the Princess
Maud bids fair to become very prof.
Dear materP' laughed her son. "Any-
thing that an H. r. r. does is sure to be
nobody good! So we will send for our
| cycles, Celia, and have some fun"
There were many things of interest to
women and housekeepers in the RECEIPT mi
| croscOpilcal exhibition held a { the Museum
Of Natural History. One in particular,
saws the New York Times, was the
useful information about the buffalo
moth on microscopic showed the pupa
in seven stages, the last and largest one
being the age of maturity and about to
change its condition. the larvae having
done the harm. 1t was then the size with
which too many of us, alas are familiar.
rs little furry back was perhaps quar-
ter Of an inch long and an eighth broad.
When ii reaches this size, it has finished
eating: 1t is the tiny things scarcely no
ticea ble that begin their depredations in
ne early spring. The beetles fly in al the
! window in February and March. They
Inle new white flannel and the color red.
| CIotbing should be shaken frequently to
prevent their Judgment in its folds, and
Carpets washed along. the edges with ben
Ghafic in his assertion that benzine was
he best preventive of the pests ravages,
and. being harmless, can be used on all
fabrics and colors.
A fact worth remembering about this
n,nch-discussed household nuisance is
+bet If freuuents the same places year
fter year if it is not routed. The same
Side Of a room, the same trunk, the same
box. viii be its victim from season to sea-
son This makes it the more easy of ce~
9oetion and persistent vigorous cam
naigns will dislodge it. The beetle is often
carried into the house on a spray Of f0w~
ers AS he is specially fond of spirea, it Is
We'll not to have this shrub growing too
near windows or doors.
The whole tendency in dress materials