The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-19


Tor "A woman. / sometimes think he can
read her better than "A man can Occa-
sionaily when man don't see tears In a
Woman's eyes "A dog will, and he Will
stand beside her and brush agains;
her skirt, and do his very best 10 make
her see him, so that she viii comprehend
ssn.e mas a friend. and very sympathetic
And a friend. too, who viii not tell her
secrets A dog can be cOnflded in. You
can sit him IN front of you and tell him
exactly how happy or unhappy you are;
exactly what worries you, and you can
shake paws with him and pat him on the
mead, and somehow feel better for IL; then,
Wnen you meet him in the company OF
some tWo-legged puppies, you and he can
look at each other and think how much
you know, both Of you. And he viii shake
paws again, as much as TO say; "Oh, /
know. but ] am not going to tell. i have
never told anything for hundreds and
has been many thousands of years since
dog talked and this Is how he was made
10 keep quiet
Away OFF in the east. in one of the won
derful countries that Moore wrote about,
there was beautiful maiden who loved
an equally handsome youth. who was be-
! ,s,t., h.r III Iahk, lnasInuch as she was a
princess. And every day her faVOrite fox
terrier went to him with a message Of
love, and every day ne came back with
another message of love. Now one Of the
queer eastern gods was her father. and
ne had determined TO wed her 20 a great
king but she refused and said she would
bAiA- MAJ ~ the man she AONfus anu SIt
sent word by the little fox terrier to her
lover that she would die for his sake but
that she would never become the wife of
another man.
And the lover whispered something to
the little fox terrier and hid a quaint lit
tie bottle in the collar Of jewels that was
about his neck. That same day the
princess heard that a beautiful youth,
who was of no standing, had been found
dead on the street. Then she permitted
her maids 10 dress her for her wedding.
And the little dog asked her if she were
going to be unfathful And she looked
at him as dogs look at women, nowadays.
When they fetched her into the temple in
all her bridal finery and left her alone to
pray, she took from one of the gorgeous
jewelled pockets that swung at her side
the little bottle that her lover had sent
her. And she swallowed its contents.
They came to look for the bride. but they
found a dead maiden, while beside her
was little dog crying as If his heart
would break. And her wicked father
called curse on him, and said that,
IRON, tnat day on until the end OF the
world no dog should speak except through
his eyes. And If you have bit of doubt
about this story, you need only, some day
when you are in trouble, and a little dog
who is fond of you and whom you love
is near you, look at him and he will say
all that a friend could say, but it will
is true. If you have any doubt at all
about 1t, that is any further doubt, you
need only go to small village four hun
bred miles from Calcutta and the truth
will be sworn to by several priests in the
temple there. And when the clergy swear
to anything it must be true. Even truer
than when women announce certain facts
as truths. But this Is enough about dogs.
Let us return 10 women.
Talking about weddings always suggest
honeymoons and talking about honey
moons reminds me of something I heard
the other day. 1t was told by a French
man who said he had thought IL out and
boiled II down, and to me 1t did seem very
clever. 1t was the sum of his experience
in regard to women of different nations.
OF them, he had concluded that the
FrenchWOman loves until the end of the
honeymoon, the English woman, her
whole life, and the German woman, for
ever. The French woman takes her
daughter to ball. the English woman
takes her daughter to church, while the
German woman teaches her to cook how
to control her kitchen and how to make
a home. The French woman, 1t seemed
to him, had imagination and ViVacity, the
English woman very little taste and great
stupidity, while the German woman pos
sessed modesty! He said the French wo-
man chats the English woman speaks,
the German woman renders decisions.
When the Spanish woman is Jealous, she
kills her lover: the French woman kills
her rival; the German woman, with dig
nifty, denounces both and gives up the
man. But all women. at some time or
other marry. His acquaintance with the
American woman was slight. Taking up
his line of thought, should say that she
is more like the French woman than any
other. Sometimes, however. she has
Ettle or the StQpiulty OF Ine fnSllSn WO-
man, since she is of the same blood, but
in the American woman the stupidity be-
comes a fascinating dignity that is to be
encouraged. The American woman has no
lovers after marriage, so she seldom COM
mits a murder. but she marr!es, not so
much because she loves the man as be-
cause the man loves her and refuses to
take mo" for an answer.
Then, too, it is the fashion just now to
marry 1t always is in the early spring
months and in June. Later on the bach
elor girl has her innings. 1t would seem
as if everything in life was a matter of
seasons since love making is guided by
the ruling star. At least, l suppose it is
the ruling star, though l have no knowl-
edge whatever of astrology. The only
astrologer l ever met charged 49, and
said that the star over me caused me to
lose many things. Ever since then I
have been believer in the science for
could employ two able-bodied men to go
through the town every day ringing bells
and announcing my losings; but l have
not as yet. and I shall not as long as the
newspaper remains the great power that
it is, and one can put in an advertisement
for $3.50; an advertisement in which is de-
scribed all the fine points and accomplish
ments of the dog lost by Bah.