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

he f. perfectly certain that Cen Harrison
would not again BE- a candidate Tor the
presi4ency, says The tnleaso tnIulliete.
the news that Gen. Harris0n Is enG@sel
% 1Irs. Dimmick Vii probably make him
change his mind. Those who REMEMBER
Mrs. Dimmick when she lived ~ " asn-
ington and was OF the white mouse ce-etle
give her the character OF an aInpiloua
woman and say she VIII never p con-
tented as the wife 81 Gen, HARRISON .2.ls
Win want 10 be the vile OF fFes-aeA-
When Mrs Dimmick lived in the white
mouse a New York paper printed tne
statement that she was acting as mouse
keeper there and was paid a salary. rms
statement was afteTward retraGLed, out
II obtained general credence IN WashlHe-
ton poth before and after It's puDncatoIl-
Mrs. Dimmick. said the gossips, was very
anxious TO be considered IS the mistress
OF the white house. but this position Masn5
ington society general refused 10 accord
her; II IS known that she received MANI MANI
snqbs from petty officials and minor dlplo-
MATS and she IS not al all a woman
likely 10 forget these things 10 sum u
al up. II Is generally believed that
Mrs. Dimmick will throw her whole infiu-
ence to the task Of making Gen HARRISON
republican ticket, and should be ultimate
y De elected, her chief end in lie VIII
DE 70 suppress the people who snuDDed heF
This is leap year and in both the politi-
cal and social fields women can claim the
star parts. One woman holds IN her
another woman Is credited with being
enough of power 10 be the arbiter OF
that future. Mrs. Dimmick can probably
make the eX-President run again II she
wants to- but Mrs. Elkins, wife OF the
senator, If she uses her influence, can
probably prevent that race being OF much
account When Mrs. Dimmick was act
ing as head Of President Harrison's FAM
lily at the white house she considered
herself the recipient of several sights az
the hands Of Mrs. Elkins. international
or not they ranked, and the feeling be-
tween the two women was anything but
cordial Now the present relation of Sen
ator Elkins to the boom of ex-President
Harrison is that of a pin to a childs
balloon. Mr.. Harrison could probably do
quite well without Senator Elkins' aid.
but II Mrs Elkins chooses to jog the pin
il is not thought that the eX-President
will ever have the least chance of getting
the nomination.
Have you ever noticed, says the Phila-
delphia Ledger, how few women walk
well? Nowadays, when the streets are fun
of all sorts and conditions of women. you
have a good chance to watch the varieties
of gait. Very few walk gracefully. One
gives you the idea her feet are too heavy,
so unelaStic is her tread; another walks
as if every step would jolt her to pieces,
and there are some students of Desarte
who are thinking all the time just how
they must do IL, and the result is an af-
fectation worse than any awkwardness.
French women have a special style of
walking, pretty enough in its way, and
winch makes their dresses hang better
than they do in America. They throw their
whole bodies forward, keeping them quite
erect all the while, that a line dropped
from the chin would touch the bosom and
then fall sheer to the toes. The difference
is so marked that American women are
known at once in Paris. Most of the girls
who stay long enough in Paris, however,
adapt themselves to the French manner.
English girls have a distinctive walk,
and such a walk They have a stride which
is better adapted to flowing Greek drap-
cries than to gored skirts, and the result
moves to amazement rather than to ad-
miration.
Walking is an art that deserves to be
cultivated, especially in these athletic
days. In the old-fashioned novel the as
thetic heroine never walked. She always
moved" or "hoated airiy," or "glided."
1t is strange that women doesn't realize
that it is her mission to be graceful. We
cannot all be pretty; but the charm OF
grace even more potent than that of beau
ty, can be acquired by any one who will
take the trouble. Why should any woman
be willing to make herself ridiculous2 II
you want to walk well, hold yourself erect
don't throw your shoulders back, though
you have probably often heard that piece
of erroneous advice Just keep them in a
natural position. Don't put your toes down
first, like q dancing master, but try &c
make both heel and ball of the foot touch
| the ground at once. Hold your body firm.
! ly, your head up, your chin in, and walk
| a great deal with these things in mind.