The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-26


The love of money is the root OF all
evil" and the indisputable sordidness OF
the young people of the present day IS
positively alarming! WHAT can parents
be thinking of, says the New York TrI-
bune, to allow such a cOrrupung infiu-
ence TO direct all the aspirations, hopes
and ambitions of their childreni What
chance is there for the cultivation OF
the intellectual or moral qualities, when
the one absorbing desire is for money,
and what money bringS2 And what can
be expected of the morals of boys and girls
exposed to such influences! No wonder
that so many of the young men become
drunkards and rogues, and that the girls
develop into hard, sallow worldlings. 1T
used to be considered vulgar to be purse
proud when 1 was young; remarked
charming old lady, belonging to one of
the best old Knickerbocker families.
Young people who belonged to the upper
circles, and particularly those whose par
ents were wealthy, were taught that any
display or talk of money was in bad taste,
and we were told, too, that 'noblesse OBJ
hge, and that we should have kindly,
gracio6S manners with every one with
whom we came in contact But my grand
daughters friends talk of nothing but
their line clothes and how rich So-and-So
is, and how they hope to marry rich men,
until feel tempted to tell them how I'M
utterably vulgar and silly it all sounds,
and how dreadful and stultifying it is for
creatures with immortal souls to care
merely Tor such sordid and material
things Perhaps in my day we thought
TOO much of lineage, and family pride
might justly have been considered our
failing, but such fault becomes posi-
tive virtue in contrast with the mercen-
airy spirit of to-day, which would gladly
accept money from any source without
considering or caring how it has been
gained.
The leather waist or belt satchel, says
Harper's Bazaar is being entirely super
seeded by the more capacious and Alto
gether more convenient silk or satin shop
ping bag. A handsome bag is of heavy
black satin, andtis one-half a yard deep
by three-eighths. of a yard wide. 1t is
lined with changeable red surah silk, and
Is finished at the bottom by a broad band
OF black passementeries. The drawing
strings at the top of the bag are of black
sros-grain ribbon. This receptacle is so
large that ii holds the owners purse and
many small parcels when she goes shop
ping, or if she means to take in" matt
nee before she returns home the ample
reticule holds her opera glasses. extra
handk,eerehiefs, pair of light gloves, and
yet, IKE Rohin-a-Dobbin, of nursery
ryhme fame, is not full. These bags are
so simply made that the veriest tyro in
needle-Work would have little trouble in
fashioning one. For severe utility one is
made of single piece of black MORE a
yard long, doubled so as to form both the
outside and lining of the bag. This lining
viii be found to have more lasting quaIi-
ties than the surah, which, although pref
~, soon trays or wears thin.
Every woman, before she starts out for
her spring shopping, says the New York
Times, should read, mark and inwardly
marks on the bonnet question in the book
For Plain Women Only" above all
things, says this clever woman, 1.-The
ideal hat is simple in construction and in