The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-08

| Not every one possesses that delicate,
nlgh-arched curve that is the hight of per-
lection in an eyebrow, or the long curl
Ing lashes, without which no heroine
OF hction ever yet was complete. As a
rule scantiness of hair characterizes the
one, and short stubbiness the other. A
great deal of this unloveliness is owing to
me lack or care which nurses and moth
ers take of their children's appearance
ana the stupid habits they let a child
set INTO regarding them, They do not
cneck any little tricks when young, and
| as they grow up the consequences are
painfully apparent. The parents cannot
ana yet they have only themselves to
| paper.
To begin with eyebrows. To be perfect
| they should be slightly arched, and the
mar Of the same length and softness. 1t
should not be too bushy. or it makes us
look unduly nerce and masculine; or too
scanty, so that we look characterless and
lhslpld The color should be a shade
darker than the hair, but, of course, this
is as nature chooses, and she does not al
| this respect
I The brows must never be rubbed or
brushed except from the roots to the
/ ends. Some people contract a bad habit
| in childhood of rubbing them the other
| way, and the effect is both grotesque and
painful to behold. The hairs will never
| after lie as fiat as they ought to do and
briStle in unexpected places. A tiny comb
| ana brush should be used daily on them
| to keep them soft and smooth They
should be most carefully washed every
day, and the same care must be taken
ABOUT the direction they are rubbed in.
| They should have vaseline gently smooth
| ed over them once or twice a week. This
/ VIII keep them in perfect health and
| serve 10 strengthen and thicken them.
| Where they are very scanty and coming
| out very much there is nothing better
| to use than a few drops of castor oil In
| a little paraffin It sounds nasty ana
| smells rather painfully, but the result is
| so good that no one will mind such a
slight discomfort to attain so much in the
| end.
It takes very little. says the New York
| Tribune, to amuse Understandable peo-
pie when they are in convivial mood
/ At one of the Smartest houses lately ar
ter a Lenten dinner, cock-fighting was
| proposed. Not that highly pleasing enter
tainment which is known by carry
| and his friends, where bona fide cocks at
| tack each other Viciously with spur and
| beak in the cockpit The contesting birds
| in the drawing-room were represented by
couple of young gentlemen, who, seat
| ed on the ground, clasped their hands in
which, and over the arms, a walking
| stick was thrust, the hands being then
J securely bound. This made them quite
| helpless when upset, for such was the
object Of the battle. their only weapons
| Delng the points of their shoes. When
| these were cleverly inserted under those
OF the opponent, the latter was tilted over
| floor.
III TINS case the contestants were a hinge
Englishman, who had recently arrived in
TINS country, and a small French at
tache, who made up in alertness what he
| lacked in weight, and who horned around
Gollath with comical agility, while the
big man, acting on the defensive SLOWLY
turned his front to the enemy. and war
| i iayt selzed ms chance OF attack when the
latter came too near. Twice the French
man was nearly tilted over but recover
ed himself with india-rubber elasticity
winch ELECTED great applause from the
/ spectators.
ceeded In prying up the Brobdngnagian
toes that remained as if gued to the floor.
Hadf dozen times the Gallo cock hopped
up and repulsed. Finally he changed his
tactics, and approaching the English
champion from the rear he charged him
first on one side and then on the other
with surprising alacrity Before his nm
weildy opponent recovered his balance
after sudden turn he pried his pointed
feathers The big form of John Bul1 who
was thus taken at a Disadvantage tot
tered, and then swayed weakly over. and
lay at the mercy of his adversary. who
hoped about in triumph and croWed vo-
clterously. This was not however. the
worst OF the poor mans discontinue: his
uresS coat, Which, as he was rather i'm
pecunious, was not as new as it had been.
suddenly gave way and split from ton 10
bottom and he was hustled off upstairs,
to be sewed up by milady's maid.
The old country poor are born beg
gars, l believe" says a woman whose
married life has been passed in a mining
settlement where her position SAYS the
New York Times, as a wife of the chief
mine owner and chatelaine, of the only
prete e. It home Of the neighborhood
general aimoner to a large community
she goes on, i was called to the pantry,
as we call room opening out of the
kitchen where l receive my importuning
visitors to meet a young woman of %
arrived Welsh miner. l greeted her and
waited for her errand, which proved to
be request for the gift of pair of eve
glasses for herself. She added that She
had noticed 1 wore them, and probably
had an old pair that 1 didn't need But
L said to her, l am much older than you;
my glasses would not suit your eyes al
all. If you need glasses, your eyes must
be tried and the proper ones got Oh
n6e rfPea saf qgeky fG soe need them
/ get old they'll come in handy, and l
thought I'd just ask before I'd be forget
ting The truth was she had nothing
else to beg for and she was SO impressedd
with the idea that something must come
to her from me that she hit upon this
carded eyeglasses with almost plain
glasses in them that could do her no
harm, and / bestowed these upon her. 10
her evident great satisfaction"
How I envy you your opportunities of
going among people who are clever!''
said a society belle to a literary woman
says the New York Tribune. IT get SO
tired of our dinners, where nothing but
personalities are talked, and of eternally
meeting the same set. Now, you book
ish people when you meet each other can
always look forward to something inter-
esting and new. 1 wish 1 could change
places with your
MY dear!" answered the literary wo-
man, 81 will tell you a secret Clever
people, as you call them, are duller than
you can imagined Nothing is more de-
pressing than what are called literary
reunions. We poor authors dread them
beyond everything-parties where we are
invited to meet each other and are ex-
pected to shine. We would far rather
be mixed up with people of the world
and be thought smart
Il went last night to a reception at
Mrs is, who 'adores genius and af-
fects culture, and 1t was the drearest
function Imaginable. 1t was composed al
most entirely OF literary people, with