The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-26

~, York. Jan. 25.-The cleverest thing
~ very clever man. Benjamin Harri-
ever said, was in praise Of a GER
-, lady. OF her he is credited with say
70 "sbe knows how to talk when you
1sut TO talk, and she knows how to keep
81 when YOU want to think" There
ave been books written on How to be
-, Though Married" on How to
raep a Husband" on How to Get
Home. and How to Keep It." on THE
~, Of Living" Indeed, there have been
e,oks written with all sorts of titles, and
IN women how to keep their husbands
. y. home and in love with them, but there
sss never been a book that summed up
.te whole situation as well as that sem
tence does.
Mr. James Banker comes home from
VAL street. losses off his business clothes,
dresses for dinner and then chat and en-
,ovs the chat Of a charming woman. Pos
sfblv after dinner, he remembers some
thing. his sentences grow shorter, and
wise Mrs. Banker gradually ceases to
sneak and permits him to think. If he
rsises his eyes, he sees a pretty woman
ubo has tact enough 10 seem employed
about something, a book or a bit of nee
dlework. but something that can be drop
ned when he is ready to talk again. His
vounger brother is not so fortunate. He
has married a wife who permits no think
ing time unless il is away from the home,
81 called. and he has TO undergo histories
of the neighborhood, of the household wor-
,es of the children, of the servants, and
NJ all the other wonderful things that
a woman can talk about when she pos
sesses what might be called an uninter-
rupted flow of language, Another Droth-
or is quite as badly off-his wire meets
a bright speech with an Indifferent stare,
or a short answer, and proposes that ne
4 shall think all his time. The woman who
can talk when you want 70 tax ana keep
quiet when you want to think is the wo-
man to be looking out for inasmuch
as she is the proper one for you 70 marry.
II a laxative woman is married 10 an
Englishman. he coolly and calmly, either
i by Indifference ar brutaliy, gives her 10
understand that he don't want to listen
to her A Frenchman will endure as long
as he can and then depart to his CLUB,
and IL he desires to think for any length
Of time he is perfectly capable OF nndlng
some lady sufficiently congenial TO permit
ms to indulge in thoughts while in her
presence An American-wen, an Amerl-
can is always polite, and If woman VIII
talk. will persist in talking, and never al
lows even the thought of the thinking
cap, il dawns on him how easily dlVorce
NAV be gotten in some states. Speaking
Of French people reminds me that the po-
likeness usually credited them IS rather
exaggerated, A Frenchmans pollteness
is like the icing on plum cake-theTe
is no great depth to 1t, and II Is py no
means the best portion. An Englshman
is more or less polite, as he chooses 10
be- to the women in whom he is interest,"
ed but to the world at large he Is an un-
mitigated boor. 1t is true that If one Tell
into the river an Englishman would res
cue one without an introduction, and with
m M.
can't go tumbling into rivers every Gay,
and it does seem to me that little less
extraordinary bravery and niue more
consideration about tribes would make
all life smoother. An American Is polite
10 a woman because she is woman, ana
not, as a Frenchman supposes, because
he expects faVors from her in return. she
is woman, and he, stronger in every way,
can afford to cater to her wishes, respect
her likes, and make himself her obedient
servant. l often think he 1t too obedient,
but still he is very nice. 1t doesn't hurt
women, indeed, it is very good Tor them,
quite as fattening as sweets, ana much
more efficacious in keeping wrinkles of
their face, than any well advertised cos
metic, to feel that they have their own
way. Enthusiastic? Yes. l am once
in a while when l compare our men with
ffqGFeigners. You know the old SAVING ing
to Paris Well, if that is so, when she
dies a good English woman in Paradise
gets an American husband.
AucSt dWlully tOlu Qdy9 PCOPiL
been saying how sorry they are for the
poor, but | don't feel so very sorry Tor
the awful poor, who can go to missions,
and all the other wonderful places, and
have things given to them. do feel
sorry for such poverty as l heard OF the
other day. Two gentlewomen, mother
ana daughter, who used to give trench
lessons, but because of the hard times
nave lost their scholars, were discovered
sitting on. the floor, because they were
burning the last chair they possessed.
ho1 hoI n
Iorly-eight hoursi the mother was over
" ana the daughter over 50. They were
Iehned, well-bred women, not ashamed to
work but ashamed to beg. HOW many
more are there like them? God help the
Eehteel poOr Help that household where
mere are three of our little tots, a father
uut OF work, and a mother, helpless, be-
Sause the youngest of the babies is only
.9ur weeks old. God help that poor gen.
GIeWoman. who has to support somebody
use, and yet must look genteel, and so
ogrlhg that freezing weather, annoyed one
VI 1er wealthy scholars, because she shiv-
tneu So That girl would have shivered,
~. her underwear had been the kind
,n at She usually dedicateS only to sum-
MI mor Gays. And pity is wanted for those
FfOaseholds where there has to be an eff
III ~ made TO keep up good appearance.
n ne blble says 1t is hard for a. rich man
h go 10 heaven. If that is true, il must
mo-, because the sins committed by the
ib M are forgiven them. for it is poverty
si, ~ IS demoralizing. The people to be
a,ueq are those of the immense army of
4 be shabby genteel. And the woman to
Il esnIP Iilied IS that young one with every
4 nv, p.sS9slllty for enjoyment with feminine
& an I9f pretty clothes, with liking for
f. prat atadinty things that belong by right to
snotty women, and who is truly woman
saS ush TO sigh out her wants all by her
4 III. ana look cheerful. 1t is hard to know
& rcb You are better looking than your
freah COUSIN, but that you can't have
il IN lrock or a fresh pair of gloves. II
8 booIiSs q TO know that you would enjoy
d tar Ut a picture, or visit to the thea
y tbs r IVY that you can't have it, because
q can money must go for sensible things. /
BE tRIeHectly sympathize with the peo-
obrieene genteel poor, who loathe sensible
& tba+t sInas gifts, and who maintain that
y lD 1TS II the time TO give them some of the
8 foSeo res OF life Always there comes be-
s ne, when talk this way, fair
a Recl,g,ul ,green-eyed, smart-igured little
& sbe ~ sharp. who summed it all up when
len t ibaId: 1t is so easy to be good on
Wi,Rl ousand a year.
4 COM r,lq leap year there has, of course.
q tarfstIn some new ideas in the way of en-
afest ng The most amusing, and the
gvsr| Is the Widows luncheon. 1t was
f0Vare Aclusively to young widows. The
snd In on the table were violets. pansies
great 'iacs, with their natural leaves and
color Quantities of ferns, for green is the
ratbso u nope. Candles, though, they are
sticjss suggestive, were in their silver
The ana made the proper soft light.
maIroo uquets were violets, tied with long
~fE ribbons nd . he Of una