The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-27

well. nanny, good-by again" called
out mammals youngest daughter as she
started off in her high dogcart for the
station with her maid beside her, says a
writer in the New York Times. The groom
cIambering up behind, endeavored TO keep
his own equilibrium, as well as to hoid
on to her bicycle and golf bag fun or
clubs. as his young mistress wished the
cart around the circle and started down
the avenue at a smart trot, off for a fort
nights visit to Lenox. The little mother
looked after her rather wistfully
"How different it is from my young
DAYS" she said. Il feel so out of touch
with the young woman OF the period. My
daughters and their friends seem like
other beings from the contemporaries of
my youth. The girls are very good 10
me and pet me- and call me their dear
little mother; but their lives are so differ
ent TO what mine has been! 1 am like
an old hen that has Matched out brood
of ducklings, and stands on the waters
brink, cackling and miserable, while the
happy little things swim off in the strange
new element where she cannot follow, and
would not if she could.
ITO see Edith go off just now with her
golf clubs, and bicycle and maid, in suon
an Independent way, instead of being sur
rounded with the lady-like impedmen,a
1 used to carry on my travels, has set
me moralizing." she continued with
laugh. but l must go now and order the
carriage, for 1 have promised Adele that
I wit b,ar n he
the political situation which she is to read
before the Society for the Dissemination
of Useful knowledge this afternoon"
Don't you hate women with kittenish
ways? l do, they always get what they
want, and can never be relied upon
either by word or deed. We all know
them, don't trust them, but somehow they
manage to make their way through diff
ficulties where Drawer, true natures fail.
Somebody writing on this peculiar trait
of women. ask:
why is it that felinity'-for want of
a better word-seems to be an almost
wholly feminine attribute? Rarely, if
ever, do you come across a man with that
small sly, stealthy streak in his nature
that we recognize as 'catty. 1t isn't in
nate to man, and he hasn't time to culti-
vate it. Yet among women 1t is unusual
not to find some traces of it, even in the
largest, hlQuHeSI natures. IL is chleUY
engendered by sewing societies and the
like; in other words narrow lifes AL
though small in one sense, and although,
of course, by no means ranking with the
seven deadly sins, the feline manages to
play some pretty desperate havoc in the
world. 1t makes mischief wherever 1t
goes. Gossip, busybodyishness, malice,
Observation-Disclosures Islander and many other
peace-destroying things must follow .sdi-
rectly in its wake, Indirectly it induces
all sorts of evils. Every one who has
taken the trouble to reflect upon the sis
tiers three and such branches of learning
must acknowledge that it is the LITTLE
things of life that really counts for the
most; IL is they that have a way of turn
ing the tide of events, the most insigni-
fcant word or act sometimes shaping des-
tiny itself. But there is no small thing
responsible for larger, more impressive re-
suits than this same feline quality And
as an altogether feminine prerogative, 1t
is the one that wome9 need not be
proud of.
Style covers everything that goes to
make up life-even teeth, says the Paris
correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer
The latest fad is dentology. Mile Jeanne
Blais' parents We're among the first to try
dts practical benefits. NJ Francois Goulet
of the Rue de Clichy was betrothed to the
fair Jeanne, but her careful parents in
sisted that NJ. Goulets teeth be tested by
the new science. His teeth being unusu-
ally pointed he was pronounced depraved
and the engagement is off.
Phrenology is out of date, physiognomy
is deceptive-even the shape and color of
the nose may be changed, at a price-and
dentology alone IS the sure way to read
character. the teeth are beyond our con-
troll, at least with most of us and the new
scientists claim that character is infalH-
by recorded in their shape, size and posi-
tion. Great men, whether good or bad
always have long teeth. If the teeth are
close set their owner is intelligent; If they
project stupid: if they recede, not trust
worthy; sharp. depraved and so on. This
new science win be studied by the dent
lists. If one buys a set of store teeth,
the dentist should furnish a guarantee
that they will stand the most searching
investigation at the hands of the dentol-
ogist. Horesmen the world over guess a
horses age by his teeth and the traders
file them to prove any given age. In
like manner possibly some expert will
arise to crown our teeth with those char
acteristics which all covet.
New ideas for home entertainments are
always in demand as the evenings grow
longer, and an attractive affair called a
leaf social was recently given by a
young peoples club, as a means of rails
ing money for a new library, which is
well worth describing, by the Philadel-
phia Press.
Leaves were cut from green cambria,
10 resemble those of different forest trees
and garden plants. One was given by the
doorkeeper to each lady on entering the
room, and its mate was put into a large
box. When the company arrived the
leaves in the box were shaken and sold to
the gentlemen, who paid 25c then drew
leaf from the box without being allowed
TO see It until he had it in his possession.
That entitled him to supper for himself
and lady. He could know her by the leaf
which she wore. pinned to her dress, which
must resemble exactly that purchased by
him, even to the color of the thread used
in veining. Much amusement was found
in the attempt to match the leaves, and
the stiffness so noticeable at many So
cables was entirely overcome.
The table was decorated with leaves, and
at each plate was a leaf cut from white
paper, on which the one who sat at that
place must write rhyme containing the
name Of the leaf, and sign his name to it,
All who failed TO write the rhyme were
compelled 10 pay a fine of Joe.