The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-26


zion Of the car. I have been told of
The Measure expected by women who will
get no nearer TO Russia than the quarter
dedicated 10 the Russian Jews, on the
East side. in New York city; and the
queer part Of Il is that these ladies'
who do not tell the entire truth are so
7olacid about it, Ii takes woman 10
lie with ease. She can get into her face
a look as innocent as possible, ana then
90 ahead in her efforts 10 Guido Ananlas.
j can imagine that this great spectacle
of the coronation will be well worth see
ing. but / don't think IL will ever COM
mare. as a curiosity, with the stoidlty
with which the spring-gowned young
woman tells of her invitation 10 De pres
ent. and Of the impression that she maze
or various Russian mobiles whom she met
abroad last season. / cannot understand
why Russia is so fascinating 10 Wo-
men. Possibly, it is because, in the MS
tory of the world, the most wicked "o-
men have been Russians. Possibly II Is
because the average Russian man. "hlle
good to look upon, is, in reality stupiu.
And. possibly. it is because the line Oh
caste is drawn very decidedly IN all lhe
Russias. .
A republic does not appeal TO anything
feminine. The eternal feminine wants 10
sit upon throne and command othef peo-
ple. or else she wants to be sumclehuy
near the throne TO influence 1t. Win Wo-
man, an aristocracy is necessity ana al
though we may talk until we are blue IN
our faces about an aristocTacy OF braalhs,
there never has beeens and never VIII ~
one Brains bow to good manners anu
Hood Sometimes when l get to thlnk-
ing very hard / ind myself prSalclins
that 500 years from now the Jnteu otalcs
will be monarchy. me ody WIZ iuclt
~ brains and wealth, men like Thomas
Jefferson and James Madison, lohseu 70
make all men as near as pOSslDIe equdl,
have gone by; in these days edcn CITY
and each little town has its arlstOcfdcy,
usually an aristOcracy OF Weailh. put
after TWO or three generations OF WeaIih'
there begins to be a longing LOT an ~
tocracv Of race: and. once the arlstoc-
racy of race and wealth, with cSi IAN
leayen of brain is in CONTROL II VIII ue-
mand leader, and king VIII pc lIle = has-
1,ral result Who will be the king so years
from now? A descendant from ihe outCSiu-
er Aston? one of the tribe OF Vahuerplll,
boatman? VIII the king come from oul
of the west and be descended from one
of the railroad magnates, or from Jlle on
the workers who dug in the eaIitn anu NJ
found gold therein? The king VIII MOI NC
a poiitician of that feel sure unless, IN
deed, he should descend from one OF
those dignified New England gentlemen
who made politics, not question OF n lol-
ev but who used their money 10 purify
0goiitics / am not speaking Of any poll
ticians Of to-day. Even in New h1lsldiu
/ know of none who viii answer thal ue-
scription But think it out for yourseli anu
decide under whose banner Will the ar-s-
tocrats of 900 rally.
But to return to Russia. The woman OF
to-day is a great admirer5 of Catharlne OF
Russia She always speaks of her as pos
sessing great brain and will power. she
has never seemed to me, however, the
sort of person that I should care to have
an intimate acquaintance with. she be
gan her career by killing her husband,
and after that she look 1ancles, SO 10 say
to various gentlemen TO whom she gave
her very intense love, and on whom she
spent the wealth of all the Russias. one
of these gentlemen, Potemkln, was 50
weary of money that he had his books
bound in bank notes l may mention that
! have never seen or borrowed one OF those
books, but read TINS IN the history OF
Russia written in French Speaking OF
borrowing books, aren't they cheap
enough, and isn't our civilization old
enough for that sort of thing to cease?
You. or l love a book. We spend many
happy or unhappy hours over it. Here
passage is marked by a pencil; there a
specially beautiful description is empha>
sized by some rose leaves between the
pages, and there, we'll there where there
something that appealed specially TO your
heart or to mine a tear drop fell, and
tear drop never fades. This book is part
of ones self. Some day Miss Rosalind
Flighty appears, and she, after the man.
ner of her kind, goes over your books,
picks up this special one and asks you to
lend it to her You are kind-hearted and
don't know how to refuse. And this fool
has in her possession what is really part
Of your life. And the chances are ten to
one that she pencils certain passages as
lovely" too sweet for anything" and
when the book that you are fond of comes
home, If it ever does, 1t has become so in
oculated with the insipidity of the bor-
rover that you catch 1t up with tongs
and put it in the fire.
Sometimes the borrower selects your IA
Vorite passages, learns them by heart,
quotes them to other people, tells how
they were marked in your book and then
starts in TO adapt them TO your daily life
Personally, I do not lend my books.
used to, but the disappearance of valu-
able French book, the mystery attending
a book illustrated by John Leech, the
walking away in some mysterious man
ner of an expensive dictionary of quo
tations and the disappearance of no end
of novels has made me brutal. Now
have the courage of my convictions and
announce that l never lend a book For
myself, should just as soon think of ask
ing people to lend me their underwear
as to lend me of their library OF course.
there are people in this world, as / know
TO my sorrow, who do not draw the line
at borrowing lingerie. Apropos of books,
II you want one for your daughter, put
into her hand the life of Dolly Madison,
which has just come out, and which will
explain to her in the most charming man
ner how a woman can be fascinating and
more than merely fascinating to
both men and women, and yet always
be womanly and loveable. l am a great
admirer of Dolly Madison. In her day
what a great lady this little PHILADELPHIA
Quakeress was. No queen ever surpassed
her in dignity or in charm and no queen
ever realized better than she did how I'd
make people like her. And she MANAGED
this little bit of diplomacy as a woman
and not as a politician. Dolly Madison
would not have been in harmony with the
advanced woman. Bicycles, boomers and
longings for votes would have been far
from her, but she would have ruled to-
day just as she did so many Years ago.
and for the same reason-because she
was charming woman. AS I said be-
fore, 1t is a good book for a girl this
story Of her life, and a good book soec-
tally for the girl of to-day
To-day. or rather tonight nobody sfAtsns
Wen Whether ii is the fault OF the noisy
city, Of oVer-strained nerves, of a troubled
conscience, who can tell? But certain
sure that doctor who will find an inno-
cent opiate IS the one who will make a
fortune. / don't believe the beds then1-
serves were ever more beautiful: they are
OF enameled wood of brass, Of mahooa nv
Frightened with gilt IN the empire FASH
ION, or OF whatever material you viii but
lhey are always marvellous studies az
beauutul furniture. Gossip says thar .Ju-
len Gordon sleeps in a bed shaped like a
swan, with draplngs Of lace about III.
surely siumbering in this way, the SONGS