The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-12

a serious ordeal-at a funeral for example
and one of the company told now the
gravity of a certain mourning circle was
threatened by an occurrence OF the day
previous to the obseqUies.
"A friend of mire," she saidi zone OF
those capable women whom ii Is delight
TO know not only because they have a
clever suggestion ready for every emergen-
cy, but because it Is given VITA prompt
decision that inspires confidence, and that,
as everybody knows, is what the word
covets. She was the dependence of her de
voted family circle at all times and sea-
sons and Il may be understood that on the
occasion of the death of the male mead
of the large connection OF relatives her
presence and counsel We're eagerly and
specially welcomed. The deceased had liv-
ed in a small interior village, and thlther
in haste Ourneyed all the sons and daugh-
tiers with their wives and husbands, to-
gether with the more remote kin, to pay
the last honors to their beloved relative.
I'm the village was large manutac-
turing establishment With which the fami-
~ had been long identified and on the day
before the funeral 1t became known at the
house that the employees We're going TO
send a large floral Offering In token OF their
respect and sympathy. Later IN the after
noon, therefore, when the village messen-
ger brought to the door huge paste
board box my friend CHANGED TO be the one
to receive it and at once guessed its CON
tents. She carried IL into the room where
the others were sitting. Here is the piece
from the factory sNt dlIouhceAs ~ has
come too soon, but we must keep 1t fresh.
A florist told me once That the proper way
to treat such a thing was TO put 1t in a
cool place and soak il IN water. box and
all OF course her suggestion was quickly
Endorsed. and down to the cellar went the
box, accompanied by my friend and one or
two of the other women. Pals Of water
were brought to them, and by them care
fully poured oyer the box, till it was
thought that the soaking process was com
plete, and the piece was left to its sched-
uled preservation.
Meantime, one of the daughters-in-law
was awaiting the arrival of her husband
by an evening train with a mourning suit
she had left him to procure. His appear
ance without It aroused hurried questions
from half a dozen.
why said the besieged man. I sent
the suit out this morning by special eX-
press; / saw tire box placed on the car,
with orders to have 1t delivered at once.
For moment no one fathomed the mys-
terry then somebody murmured family
The emblem. But my friend had already
rushed to the cellar; she was struggling
with the swollen box lid when the daugh-
ter-in-law Joined her.In a moment the con-
tents of the box were reVealed-no floral
piece indeed but a soaked crepe bon
net, a limp and, drenched veil. and a wa
ter-logged dress, comprising an outfit that
modiste that morning and was now ruined
beyond redemption The formula of the
florist had done it's work though not pre-
cisely as he had intended.
And that was why sporadic attacks of
a wild desire to scream seized various mem
bers of the mourning circle at the funeral
the next day, particularly when their gaze
rested on the emblem from the factory en-
ployes, which duly arrived fresh and
timely the following morning"