The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-12

for as Il was a street costume. IL was IN
dOupteGly the ulrt from the streets. And
yer / would have put on that gown and
tancied myself perfectly neat, II II had not
been that decided TO have Il remodelled.
There is one untidy habit about women
mat ! cannot understand" commented a
married man. They think themselves
50 dainty, and yet they will wear the same
dress lining for a whole season without
any protection 70 their neck or arms. Ny
VIE never hesltates about the wearing of
loW-necked and short-sleeved undertakes
beneath her cloth gowns, which, OF course
are expected TO last FOR months without
,tailor-made' that ! know for a certainty
is three years old"
Landladies, says the New York Times.
get to be pretty shrewd judges Of charac-
ter, as IS shown by the recent remark Of
one whose house in upper New York Is al
ways IulL i don't want 'kickers,' she
says, ''and 1 don't want the folks who
come TO me with tales of the fine homes
tney are Just leaving and how they don't
see what they're going to do in two or
three rooms, and, most of all, don't want
lne woman or man either who says:
1,oou II md me an easy person to get on
Win make no trouble whatever The
persons like are those who make the mat
Ter business transaction; who ask what
diake 70 seIl IN the way OF rooms ana table
ana what l charge for them, just as they
would buy yard of cloth: who don't turn
up corner of the mattress in my pres
ence to see II it is hair, but who say frank
ask II l can give them. m glad that the
increase in the occupations open to wo-
men has reduced very appreciably the
number Of those who must take boarders,
Tor, though 1t is possible to secure a fair
uNlng out of the business, l know OF none
where ones self-respect is so mercilessly
needlessly, and continually sacrificed.
when is a woman old?" is the last
question to engage newspaper interest. 1t
has been asked of all the leading actresses
IN Germany, and some of the replies are
worth nothing. Jennie Gross take 10 the
usual refuge that, "A woman is as old as
she looks Frau Nuscha Butte thinks
"A woman is only old when she tries to
make herself young again" Marie Pos
plschtl declares that "As long as woman
DeheVes IN youth and clings to her youth
she appears young even when she is not
really So" and Marie Reisenhofer consid-
ers somewhat obscurely that Woman is
old when she begins to love reason, and
finds no love in return" Rosa Bertens re-
fleets that "A woman is old when she be-
gins TO ask herself, When is a woman
old?' and Clara Zegler the famous
tragedienne, is the author Of a phrase in
her reply: when is a woman old? The
conceited, nevery the unhappy, too soon,
and the wise. at the right time"
Zeal" remarked member of the So
ciety of the Daughters of the American
revolution the other day, "is sometimes
misplaced. I've been urging friend whose
FAMILY l know to be an old revolutionary
one TO become a Daughter. She has never
SHOWN any enthusiasm about Joining, and
her conservatism had simply the effect to
Increase my desire that she should So
when one day last week I found myself
unexpectedly tete-a-tete with her for a
trip TO philadelphia, 1 renewed my attack
with bold move. AS the train was ieaV-
ing Jersey City, | said, in my most en-
gaging manner, Now. my dear Mrs. s.,
/ have you at my mercy for two full hours.
Before we reach Philadelphia you must
have promised me that you will come into
the Daughters. I warn YOU that you may
as well yield first as last, for yield you
must. We want you very much Mrs
S. smiled rather peculiarly. Are YOU sure
you will want me- she said quietly, when
l tell you that my most prominent revo-
lutionary ancestor was Benedict Ar
nold?'