The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-31

In the June Ladie=' Home Journal Ed
ward w. Box enters editorial protest
against progressive card parties as iA-y
are az present conducted. and against
card playing in the daytime Progressive
earl playing, Mr.. BOX contends, has pass
81 rom IL primary mi-s--n-a peasant
form o. alveFsiou-aul taken place as
"A social junction, creating rl. aires d. me
naEnilcence % the hosp -~llty. AID lu
the value az the rrfzes bestowed ly the
l1stesses. Tn far-. the writer asserts
tlat "fhe progresslve card playing OF to-
lay Is nothing more nor less IMAM sys-
TEN of gambling. II may De proper ana
erniueurlv respectable form or gambling,
nut the element OF chance mas come into
we came, ana mat most 4isl-ilc lly. ~ Is
simply a question of how respectable
gambling can be made. That is all-'
With reference 20 the improperly OF
card playing ia the day time Mr- Box
asserts that IL Is worse and more serious
IMAM waste OF time II mas pad
moral influence; IL eugenlers spirit thar
> IaJal 70 Woman's napRlesl way 81 nv
Ing. I make no d4stlnctO here,
ne says, between women who nave home
tles ana women who nave not, tne wrong
of the thing is simply a question of de-
gree. The one has mo- right 20 play cards
during the daytime; the other woman
pleasure. but my Misfortune, TO know
some women VINO are addicted 70 this
card habit, and the study Of them Is both
interesting and pitiable- Evidently their
thoughts rarely rise above the card Ia
bic. Talk to them about books, art, mu-
sic, the theater, the topics OF the day
anything, / care not what and their an
swers are as monOsyllaDic as their inter-
est is languid. But mention cards, and
20 their eyes, and they are ready for bus
mess. What a subject, after all, to arouse
interest. when one thinks or II! What
an ambition, what a dlsllucuQn 70 DC al
judged a good card player! DO
not adjudge me severe or uncharitable
until your next appearance az progress
s.ve card party ana then take Few mo-
ments and look calmly around you. Study
the women who are there. They may
be your friends. But look at them away
from that standpoint. Judge them I'M
partially and quietly. stop and think
little of what they represent. And then,
If YOU have eyes and viii see, ! think you
will agree with me In the kindly inten-
toned statement that the best type Of
our American woman is not 70 be found
al the card table during daylight hours
It is almost pathetic, says the New York
Times the interest which women take in
the cooking exhibit at the electrical eX-
hibition. Almost any hour OF the day or
evening the range over which Miss Sickles
presides is surrounded by women with
eyes riveted on the processes going on
before them. 1t is the millennium of ev-
cry housekeeper-this cooking by electric
ftv-and every step which brings her near
or the great coal wagons are going about
the streets, and with noise and dust the
winter supply of coal is going into cellars
of provident housekeepers. LabOriously,
by shovelfuls and scuttefuls, it viii be
burned in furnace ana range ana labor
fously and leaving It's gritty dust marks
on furniture and paint and woodwork,
the ashes will be carried out to be finally
carted away in a gray cloud Of choking
dust To get the small per cent of heat
the water used through the year a large
Nv disproportionate amount will be gener-
ated. making the house all too warm dur
ing the sumner, ana at all times keeping
me kitchen maid in superheated atmos-
nhere The tremendous saving Of time Ia
bor. dirt, discomfort, and Inconvenience
generally which will be accomplished when,
the fairy sparks enters our houses to rev
oIutionize domestic service is impressive
Women, mistresses and maids alike can
hardly wait longer for II.
The opinion of the electrical expert.
which was quoted i'm this department a
few weeks ago, is echoed by those i'm
charge Of the cooking exhibit at the
grand central palace Electricity cannot
come into our kitchen TO do the beneh-
cient work till the problem of generating
il more cheaply is solved. But that is pre-
cisely the question upon which many cleo
tricians are working all over the world.
and women may hope that the outcome of
such scientific concentration of effort will
before very long work to their great ad-
vantage.
In the meantime, the fact that in yachts.
clubs, hotels, and The private residences
of the wealthy cooking by electricity is
becoming more and more common is ia
vorable to the quicker development of its
larger and more general kitchen use