The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-09

--,und-they seldom do much else but
I'm. in their rigid black and white,
background for the beautiful flowers in
-,v bright colors that, stupidity enough,
s-a called women 1t seems as If they
deserved a better name. Something that
,ol5 OF their ability to suffer and keep
c,,iet. something that told of their abil-
Nv 10 laugh with the lips when the eyes
,.sre burning with unshed tears; some
ring that told of their ability in what
ever position they may be placed and of
tbair superiority to men, oh, yes, like
men And 1 generally stand up for them,
but do that because I feel that they
are the weaker vessel. There are times
vvben a woman likes to talk to a wo-
nan-yearns for a woman's gossip. Likes
n hear about the last baby, especially
fit is a new one. which, bless its heart!
7 could squeeze to death for the love of
n or the new frock, or just how Jack is
being sweet, or the behavior of the per-
feet ladies who dominate the kitchen, and
dominating the kitchen, rule the diges-
+ions. and, consequently, the entire house.
man with a crooked digestion doesn't
love his wife or his children, and the
woman who has to preside over badly
cooked dinner loses faith in everything.
Oh these kitchen ladies'! That clever
writer Herbert Ward, spoke of them as
''cipbers in society,"" And then he went
TO prove that just such a cipher, because
she listened at the doorway and constru-
ed things to suit herself, could send a
Young beautiful, and well-bred woman TO
the penitentiary for life on circumStan-
tial evidence She thought she saw the
young lady stick the paper knife into her
cousins neck; she knew they mated each
other and she was certain, in her own
mind that this young lady had quarrelled
and quarrelled bitterly with her cousin.
And after this lady had lost her youth,
her hope and her belief, a dying burglar
told how he had killed man and used
for this purpose, the sharp paper knife
which the lady who had quarrened with
her cousin, had played with and then
dropped on the floor.
We were a lot of women together, drink
ing chocolate and eating the usual stun
Heve ladies' luncheon are arranged in the
interest of ladies' physicians. But we
have enough of the doctors. l drank CO
Goa and ate bread and butter and listen
ed. Difficult? oh, no, not always. Madame
st. German told of the old servants she
had; those inherited from her mother,
who were devoted to her and who sympa-
thized with her in every pain and ache.
Pretty Madame Fin de Steele looked at
her with envy. Her servants came from
an intelligence office, and no matter how
good their references were, the results
were as nothing. There I am wrong; they
amounted to a great deal. The little
woman, with a sigh and an unhappy look
on her face, said: MY housemaid, to
whom l pay enormous wages, came to me
to-day and told me that a very expensive
cupy had parted in her hands; she insist
ed that she hadn't broken it, but 1T just
''lepp'd apart" She said it could be
taken out of her wages; her wages for
six months would not pay for it. My
cook came to me with wonderful refer
ences. She had suited Mrs Blank and
Mrs. Dash and Mrs Head-of-Society so
raI n II d. 4.
her, but / soon discovered the reason.
She had weakness. not for cooking bad
ly, but for drinking extensively. re-
quested her to leave in a polite way, but
as l am child of the century, l declined
10 give her reference. 1t is queer to me
how women will put their names to refer
enceS given to servants discharged for
stealing, drinking or absolute inability.
And the consequence was-well what do
you think? A letter of six pages came to
me- presumably an anonymous letter, but
one in which 1 was told that if / didn't
give Maria Ann, that being the me-
lodious name of the cook, a reference,
friends what she had heard said about
them at the dinner table, and that she
would inform my husband that when
he was away / had male visitor. The
man was the doctor, and my mother was
present during the time, the very short
llme, IN which he managed to rid me Of
me I9lshlIuI rheumatic pains. what did
DO? l took that letter to the police
station, and a gentleman who measured
over feet informed the perfect lady
I M4o had formerly presided over my
once, she would land in Sing Sing You
see, she made a threat that unless 1 gave
Nara Ann reference such and such
thing would be done. That made it black
mail"
My eyes were growing larger and lar
ger, when little Mrs. Couleur de Rose
sad: do any of you remember when it
was rumored that Jack and were going
10 part? My dear, that was the result
OF Kindness. The newspapers had my
picture and Jacks picture in them, and
Sald that in very short time there would
oe a frightful scandal in the divorce
courts Horrible? It was more than
horrible. l cried until my nose was red.
and and when I do that I am in grief. But
JACK braced me up with a loving kiss,
ana very sincere hug, and forced me
ouI with him every afternoon for a month,
ether to drive or to walk. The truth
was l had brought a maid over with me
1ne last time was in Paris. When 1 en-
sdged her she asked me: Will madame
ps sy me 80 month, and give me her cast
on clothes to SELL or will she pay me $50
a er month, and keep her clothes for
aer poor relations?" laughed
as an American woman might, and told
neI mat l would give her thirty dollars
TT5I1 mat she would get her clothes, too
oreamed of locking my desk up, and after
TFrlIs proved that she read every letter
tso(. one day she was very impertinent;
cue mad been rather impolite for some
SSTLlSg, put this special day she said, ''If
1Hadame wishes to meet Monsieur Charlie
VIA arrange for it" Well, / ordered
lier out of the room, refused to see her
asdln, told the butler to pay her her
MWagSes, and put her out of the house. AS
cIduame Fin de Steele says, the conse-
Suehce Was-this. She knew by sight and
lame the various reporters who used to
oUIle 10 ask about our dinners and dances
+ i9 Sne sought every one of them out, and
c go mem that my husband and l had
foaITelled, that was in love with fair
.iaIeu man named Charlie, and limited
LLIIal they could easily fit it to a we'll
nv Grub man. AS you girls all know
ilg brother Charlie was desperately in
I've az that time with Miss Millionaire
qld not dare to write to her as her
PIUpie objected to him, for he was poor
~ NJ ne wrote the letters to me, and as her
,I ana mine happens to be the same,
~ $50 TO tear off the envelope, throw
letter on the desk, and later in the day
MI "drd 1t 10 Ethel Millionaire by special
iattSsenger During the short time these
d.g1rS reposed on my desk this French
rbeH had an opportunity to read it, and
H. was so vicious herself that she
SrsLsHt no woman could love her own
so-Sodhu, but must have an affair with
ritV other man. OF course, there are
49, Or people who win always believe
Io,l1 uld something dreadful in reality
no5 p'y helped two love-lorn people, who are
Fott married to each other, and have for
CGrieom,,s mat lt | was. ever any use to them.