The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-16

Bursting In from school OF play
This IS what the children say:
Troopingi crOwding, big and small.
On the threshold. in the hall
Joining in the constant cry
Even as the days go by.
where's mother"
From the weary bed Of pain
rms same question comes again;
FROM the boy with sparkling eyes
Bearing home his earliest prize;
From the brOnZed and bearded son.
Perils past and hOnors won;
Where's mOther2"
Burden with a lonely task.
One day we may vainly ask
Fer the comfort of her face,
For the rest of her embrace:
Let us love her while we may
Well for US that we can saw
where's mother"
Mother with untiring hands
At the post of duty stands,
Patient, seeking not her own,
Anxious for the good alone
of the children they cry,
Ever as the days go by,
Where's mother?"
The American.
The handsomest bathroom in New York
is owned by a woman, and it cost S. 600
1t is foored and walled and ceiled with
imported tiles, The bath tub is of fine
porcelain painted by artists of reputa-
ton. so that II is thing of beauty There
is every convenience for taking shower
baths and plunge baths, and there are
many appliances that can be understood
only by the fortunate user of them. Ev-
cry possible wish seems to have been
thought of in advance in this bathroom
There are plate glass mirrors so arranged
that the back Of the head can be seen
as well as the face, and a full length
view be obtained OF their occupant in any
position.
The wedding cake made for the mar
riage Of Princess Maud of Wales to her
cousin, Prince Charles of Denmark. says
the New York Sun, was decorated in a
manner entirely new. Pure white, which
is the usual color for a wedding cake,
was relieved by the fruits and flowers
being tinted in delicate natural colors.
The cake was in three tiers mounted on
a base, and supported by beautifully mod
eled British lions, alternated with wing
ed female figures. A spray of the roses
of England and Denmark between each
figure was moulded in sugar paste. Upon
the lower cake we're medalliors emblaz-
oned with the arms of the royal bride
and bridegroom Wreaths and festoons
composed the rose of England, with that
of Denmark, the shamrock of Ireland,
and the thistle of Scotland were inter-
woven with sprays of orange blossom,
and Joined the medallions.
The second tier was entwined with
wreaths of fruits and flowers, made of
sugar paste and carried out very daintily
in the natural colors. The smaller and
top layer of cake was ornamented with
a graceful scroll tracing in white, and at
opposite sides were shields with the mon
ograms of the young couple. The upper
edge of the cake was finished with
delicate wreath of orange blossoms, and
the whole surmounted by basket filled
with fruit and held by three little figures
of dancing Cupids, moulded ike the hg-
ures at the base
Queen Victoria also sent her grand
daughter a wedding cake, which is her
custom at the marriage of each one of
her grandchildren. sThe Communications
were OF the conventional white, with sill
yer bullion.
zone of the greatest problems in bicy-
cling remarks a giddy Louisville bicyclst
"is how to kiss a girl while riding a tan
dem without upsetting. The first time l
tried il there was the blankest catastrophe
on record. We were spinning along at
scorching rate and struck shady place,
where the electric light was INSTRUCTED by
the dense foliage and the shadows lay
heavy and somber. l had made sufficient
progress. with the damSel whom l had
honored with the front seat to venture
upon a delicate caress, and as we struck
the shadows / leaned forward, throwing
my weight upon the handles and giving
my neck the necessary curve. she was
naturally somewhat startled and lodged,
giving the wheel a wrench that was fatal.
In moment we were sprawlng on the
boulevard, and when I gathered up her
remains and my battered self
she was the picture OF an
intensely irate damsel. What
she said to me was plenty. Only a man
who can ride a bucking broncho in a cy-
clone ought to tackle such a feat
The following, says the New York Sun,
is an excellent substitute for cream to
har- he
whites of two eggs, a level tablespoonful
of sugar, a piece OF butter the size OF a
hickory nut, and one teaspoonful OF corn
starch. Stir in half a cup of cold milk
and beat very hard. Put one cup of milk
over the fire, and when it boils draw the
dish to a cooler part of the range and
pour in the egg mixture. Let IL simmer
until the milk thickens little. When
cold strain through sieve.
When a south sea island mother wishes
to chastise her child she seldom resorts
to shaping and slippers OF course. she
has none. Instead of using the forms of
punishment customary among civilized
mother, she pulls the child's hair and
bites some part of the body, generally the
fieshy part of the arm. In wandering about
the villages one sees many children haV-
ing on their bodies scars produced by
wounds inflicted by their mothers teeth.
When a mother wishes to caress her child
she deity draws her thumb across its
eyebrows or cheek, or deftly seizes the
cheek between her teeth. The rubbing of
noses is also a mark of affection among
the Kingsmill islanders, as it is among the
Maoris of New Zealand.
One of the queerest of the old-time su-
perstitions, says the St. Louis Republic,
was the one that is responsible for the no
ton that pearls and diamonds breed" as
animals do. Rues says: LAS for what
/ know concerning the reputed story that
precious stones are divided into sexes, male
and female just as are plants
and animals, and that they
breed as the latter do. 1 relate
the following, which came under my own
knowledge: A certain princess of Lux
emberg had two diamonds, the colors of
which betokened that they were male and
female. The princess laughed at the no
ton until one day she was startled by
finding a tiny speck of a diamond in her
casket She put the two large diamonds
and the little one away together and
they had a whole family in a reasonable
course of time" A similar tale is told by
Boethius
A writer in the London Chronicle. saws
the New York Times, has been making
study, or rather quest. In search Of an
ha of nj