The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-04

The scale of prices must necessarily be
moderate. but still high enough to reim-
burse the worker fairly, and there must
be a central office, or headquarters, for
| the guild.
| 1t is only twenty years since George
I Sand laid down her active pen for the last
time, but the world, to a great extent at
| least, has already forgotten her and her
| numerous works That is hardly the i'm
mortality TO which she and her admir-
| ers dreamed. OF the dozens of volumes
| which she wrote only two or three have
| retained any popularity even in her own
world of Paris. But she was an interest
| ing and impressive figure of her time, and
| the mere announcement that her unpub-
| lished letters are to be given to the world
leads "Silvo' to recall some entertaining
| "reminiscences of the remarkable woman
| in lie Gaulois
The editor of George Sands private cor
| respondence has undertaken a Herculean
| task, for few celebrities have written so
many letters and to so many persons.
| They are legion, in fact and, If used,
would ill hundreds of volumes. During
| her long literary life she devoted regularly
| an hour or two daily to her correspond
| ence. She preferred to do her litera-
ry work at night. Whether at Paris or
| Nohant she never seated herself at her
| desk until the midnight hour had struck,
and she prolonged her work until morning,
never going to bed until between 6 and
o'clock, and sleeping until noon or an hour
| later There was no effectation in this
| diversion of her time; she really believed
| that her own mind was most active when
| others were dormant.
In the course of the day she talked lit
| tie, but went about apparently filled with
| her own thoughts. Her great round eyes,
| which looked out at one fixedly, had little
| expression. She responded as much as
! n n 1hlpS
| and short sentences, as though making
an effort to save her strength, and usu-
| ally between the puffs of a cigarette.
| George Sand, in fact, was passionate ci-
| garette smoker. She always had a case
| full of them near her inkstand, and Smok-
ed one after the other, almost without in
terruption. On her desk was also glass
| of water into which when working she
| threw the pieces after she had finished
them. This was to prevent the POSSIBLE
! ity of fire of which she had an almost
| constant fear.
| She answered every letter addressed to
/ her, and acceded to the requests of all
| autograph hunters. then almost as nu-
| merous as now. Her letters were full OF
| erasures and interlineations which added
| to the difficulty in deciphering the indis-
| dnct chirography She was rapid pen
| woman, writing her books "straightaway"
on the inspiration of the moment, almost
| without plan. 1t was this latter lack,
which, in the opinion of "Silvio," caused
| her failure as a dramatist. She wrote her
| pieces for the theater as she composed
! her novels, without pretension to the log
! ical development of action and characters.
| But she knew her faults and gladly ac-
| cepted criticism
It was a snort time after the Franco
| Prusian war that she composed drama
in five acts, the scene of which was LAID
| in the revolutionary epoch and which
| bore the title Of "Nanon," When the piece
was almost ready. she read it to Chilly,
then director Of the second Theater Fran
Gals, in whose judgment she had pro
| found confidence The fatal second act
the one which always gave her trouble
| displeased him. 1t had, he said, 'rlDs, put
| no spinal column He quickly outlined
| his corrections and the plan on which the
| part should be remodeled.
81 understand" replied Nine. Sand;
''you are right, and I shall go to work this
| evening" Come to me tomorrow after
noon O'Clock and l shall show you the
| changes which 1 have made
On the morrow at the hour named, she
| read to him not only the changes in the
original act, but two entirely new acts.
| She had finished them in one night in or
der to give Chilly his choice "Nanon,"
| however was never produced.
Too many American women who are
| pretty in girlhood become positively ugly
in middle age, says the New York Tri-
| bune. Those who are Shapeless with fat
and have muddy compilations are often
thus unlovely because of laziness and
| self-indulgence. They eat the rich and
| sweet things which make flesh and do
not take sufficient exercise; and with the
! flesh and the inertia the whole woman
becomes heavy and dull of aspect. 1t is
these habits and not the flight of years
that take the expression of youth out of
| the eyes of these DANES, the look of
| freshness from the skin, the lightness of
| grace from the step. The odd thing about
it is that while they deplore the loss of
beauty no persuasion will make them
adopt the Spartan methods which will
| bring at least some of it back
As for the thin, nervous women who
| lost the delicate, round, pink-and-white
| outlines of youth in sallowness and scrag-
| glneSs, they are no more emenable to rea-
son and common sense. A daily bath in
| tepid water, plenty of nourishing food,
judiciously chosen, and a resolute avoid
| ance of the twin fiends, Hurry and Wor-
| ry, mean a new rosiness in the cheek,
a softer contour in the figure, a new en-
| joyment of life. But there must be no
| half measures. 1t won't do to follow
wise regime for six weeks and then give
| it up because the results are not salts
| factory. An unruly digestion and tyrani-
cal nerves are not reduced to order in
twice six weeks; many months and unre-
| lenting perseverance are needed.
1t might as well be said frankly that
| American women do not battle enough.
! Thoroughly good health, the physical
well-belng that 1T is a delight to see, is
| impossible unless the skin Is kept clean
and in a condition to do its own work
in connection with the rest of the system.
To be well, to be handsome, to be light
| Of heart-surey all this is worth a little
regular care and thought and exertion.
children should be taught to eat every
thing that is passed to them" declared a
hospital matron whose young sons and
daughters brought frequent guests Of
their own ages 70 her table. Il have been
| really annoyed sometimes" she con-
| tinued, "by having my good food declined
By these young friends Of my children.
One boy came to lunch with
us unexpectedly the other day
| when our staple dish was corn
cd beef II never eat corned beef, thank
YOU he said, when the maid was about
10 change his plate. Potatoes were pass
ed and he shook his head I don't care
for mashed potatoes ne answered when
pressed him TO take some. Rice shared