The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-16

the real is puzzling nowadays, says the
New York Tribune, and just where milady
draws the line fs'very hard 10 say. j have
bad several funny mistakes made about
nv Strauss diamonds" said a fashionable
woman the other day. lone of my win
Ter toilettes was a dinner gown from
Worth, with the bodice studded over with
really lovely stones; so brilliant and scin-
tulating that no one but an expert could
have told them from the gems themselves.
Unlike many of such trimmings, these
stones were not perforated with holes to
pass the thread through to hold them on,
but were set like bona fide jewels, in tiny
and almost invisible settings, the thread
being passed under the pointed clamps. 1
made my first appearance in the dress
at a large dinner, and a few days after
ward I received a note from my hostess,
asking if l had lost any valuable jewel as
a stone which was evidently of great value
had been found in her drawing room after
the weekly cleaning To find its owner
she had written notes to all who had been
entertained at her house for the week
preceding 1 Immediately thought of my
bejewelled bodice 1 discovered vacant
setting, and so relieved Mrs. A. from the
responsibility of finding the owner of so
valuable a diamond but as she was a
woman who thought she knew thing or
so, she was naturally rather VeXed that
she had taken so mucn JfOuDle ABOUT a
paste affair, and also that she had be-
trayed her want of knowledge.
The next victim was my husband. My
engagement ring consists Of three large
and very perfect stones of equal size, set
one below the other. one day Mr.. H. said
to me quite gravely: "Milly, have you not
Why. no / answered, rather startled
by his manner.
" In my jewel box ] returned, for !
i had not worn them lately.
"I advise you to go and look at Them,
he said, somewhat severely, and has
tened to unlock the box, quite worried
NJ and to my relief l found everything all
" Then, where does this belong?' he
a queried, producing one of my mock dia-
mOnds, carefully wrapped in paper. The
4 last mistake was that of a kitchenmaid
4 who was proved to be dishonest and who.
among other thefts of silver and orna-
ments discovered in her trunk, had Sc
creted in a box and wrapped in many lay
ers of paper one of my deceptive gems"
The Indifferent jumbling together of the
true and the false seems to be a charac-
teristic of the end of the century's man
ners and customs, and even morals; and
the line drawn in many things Is so slight
as to he almost indefinable. And yet the
distinction between what is right and
q what is wrong is just as accurately marked
4 to those who see Alright as the difference
i between paste and the gem of purest ray
4 serene"
The New York World has been publish
/ Ing letters from women on the question
as to the qualities necessary to make the
4 best wives The letter that took the prize
was written by Mrs. Ella Van p. Cum
mlngs. 1t was pronounced the best letter
by Mayor Strong of New York. 1t is as
follows The best and most contented
VIE is one who has marched in line with
WaSe-earners through every stage of
mental and physical tiredness: who from
4 the severely practical standpoint of expe-
rience in earning a dollar, has learned the
value of it, whose contact with the out
side world has brOadenel her sympathy
ana general knowledge; who has been
Denied care and consideration, and who
though earning enough of salary, per-
maps, to partially satisfy her taste for
the beautiful in life in art or study is
4 allowed no time for anything but an insa-
table longing for the same. To such a
woman the care and protection of a hus-
nand, and the shelter of a home, is a
heaven. Any womanly woman from out
me ranks of the business world will prove
py lifetime of devotion and helpfulness,
her appreciation of and her fitness for do
nestle life, if her husband be half
worthy. Ella"
see so much courtship, says Clara
Belle in the Cincinnati Enquirer, that is
current that l feel l know its ways and
wues pretty thoroughly, but this new dis
coVery in photography NAV turn the most
experienced ones into very neophytes. Sup
4 pose the new process develops into general |
ana practicable use; in time the chronicle
VI q tender incident should read like this
ohe d9d not know that he carried a
Pocket Rontgen, but he did, and when
ne asked her if she loved him, she droop-
e. ao ner pretty head, whispered: yes. =,
IGeorge, love YOU and then fiuttered to |
~. MS breast like a bird seeking shelter. At |
ID 10 very moment, when his heart should |
e as 9een full only of trust and love, he |
ndis1eo the pocket Rontgen ray upon her |
nllnq' Yet she had no warning fear, she |
ascepted his Judas kiss and let him go, |
anu she thought herself safely and surely |
vv,-sased. Even while she thought It he |
% ss consulting the flash picture taken by |
49, Most devtlish invention 'of an 1effete /
u.s. se ana behold! These thoughts APP |
55 ro5 eu named clearly in the pitiless re- |
mfUuucuon the dastardly pocket DESTROYER /
" VI peace had made:
,ba lie isn't as good looking as Jack, but |
bot JACK hasn't spoken yet, and I am /
~. real sure he will speak If he does.
he sa VI throw this man over, and meanwhile |
"A WIZ wen TO be sure. How l hate a man /
voI ,dOesnt kiss one when he saws: DO |
~ LoVe me? 1t makes it so awful hard /
yor aIsWer with becoming feelings when /
Ia aren't kissed. He is awkward and /
N no az IeeI, but then he has big fortune /
~ Els 'fe aIQ AFTER all Shan't need to notice |
s1rt e as wonder if he will ask me what /
81 giys " a wedding l want, and if he will |
. S ss4 me choice of stone for the enesa 5ye-
MI MI ring. WHO'D! What b>~rrid cigars he |
stioT =, and it SHOWS a lack of consider I
u vben 10 nave one in his breast pocket |
stcknigae is Is going to propose. This one is |
~EftS IiShI IN my ear.
BIZ a ~ all it's dreadfulIy uncomforta-
head DS hugged by a man who isn't a |
N IN and a half taller than ones self !
If nat he is hugging me particularly. !
nv wa wasn't that the cigar IS really firm in /
N hod az az l should fall off, for ali he has
# h1gI Of mel So few men know how to /
N trogbio Jack does. All, me, that's the
any 'C cr,. o. being in Lowell You can't take
4 done I'M N ort in anybody else Therel HE'S /
u thu thank goodness! MY neck was gers
nuisaSam awful crook. What a horrfd
any6org.e all this engagement fooling Isl
bet NV put the men expect it, and ri
hess nalr is all mussed, and, oh, good
could r got powder on him. wish I
kercbiafs member always to put my hand
by the Under my cheek. Upon my word |
little uine girl really learns all the
4 Gagged TTscessary points about being en-
n Hero ~ oppose men will stop asking her.
4 by raniae record became blur caused
WV procession Of suitors that seen1-