The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-19

number of the latter, and they are no
good at all, the forward carriage of the
head, which is the hardest fault to con-
tend with, not being corrected by either
gymnasuc exercise or braces. 1 have
threatened my family with irons to hold
the heads, like those they have in photo
graphic establishments, which may be
screwed to each of their chairs in the din
ing room or in any other room where they
may be sitting"
Here is scrap from the new volume,
Three Women" which, says the New Or
leans Ttmes-Democrat, is just issuing
from the press bearing Mrs. Wilcox $
name. This is its first appearance in type:
In the day my thoughts are tender
When muse on my Ladye fair.
There is never one to offend her.
For each is pure as a prayer
They float like spirits above her,
About her and always near.
And they scarce dare sigh that they love
her,
Because she would blush to hear.
But in dreams my thoughts grow holder.
And close to my lips of fire.
I reach out my arms and fold her.
My Ladye, my hearts desire.
And she who in earthly places
Seems cold as the stars above
Unmasks in those fair dream spaces
And gives me love for love.
o day, with your thoughts of duty,
Cross over the sunset streams,
And give me the night of beauty
And love in the Land of Dreams
For there in the mystic, shady
Fair isle of the Slumber Sea,
l read the heart of my Ladye
That here she hides from me.
Empty Stockings
Ellen Manly in Ladies' Home Journal.
oh, mother in homes that are happy
Where Christmas comes laden with
cheer,
Where the children are dreaming al
ready
Of the merriest day in the year.
AS you gather your darlngs around you
And tell them the STORY of old"
Remember the homes that are dreary!
Remember the hearts that are cold
And thanking the love that has lowered
With all that is dearest and best,
Give freely, that from your abundance
Some bare little life may be blest.
Oh, go where the stockings are empty,
Where Christmas is naught but a name
And give-for the love of the Christ-child!
Twas to seek such as these that he
came.
KlondflIe ice is as good to eat as it
Is tempting to look upon, and is the bold
invention of a famous New York caterer.
1t is in reality nothing more than a rough
ly shaped cake of rich ice cream, of any
flavor preferred, but so artfully tinted by
secret process that it shows deep gold
color This big lump of frozen cream,
which is obviously intended TO represent
an lmpossibly big nugget of purest rough
gold, is encased in an inch-thick cover
ering of crystal clear jelly, which gleangs
and glitters at every point with tiny specks
of gilt foil, until the aspect is quite that
or large lump of the precious metal frog
en- init ice that is also full of gold chips
1t is the custom at dinners now to pass
one big Klondike ice about the table or
serve to every guest a special nugget with
a gold sprinkled casing of clear jelly.
Bottle raised babies may be Just as
good as babies raised in the natural way"
said well known dentist to a Washing
ton Star reporter, but there is no DOUBT
that they are deficient in the stability Of
their teeth. 1 don't know that the bottle
food Injuries their teeth or prevent the
teeth from becoming as hard as the
teeth of more fortunate babies. The trou-
bic appears to be in the nursing from the
rubber nipple. The sulphur or other ma
ter1al used in hardening the rubber in
jures the teeth in other ways than by dis
coloring them. 1t Softens them so that
they decay and fall out at least year
or year and a half earlier than they
should. / know it is useless to decry rails
ing babies by bottle for there are those
who pay no attention to such complaints.
The dentist, however, has no difficulty in
distinguishing bottle-raised babies by the
appearance and condition of their teeth
There should be some substitute for the
rubber nipple, and it seems strange with
all the improvements of modern times
that the rubber nipples of our great
grandmothers' days are still in use"
young woman visiting abroad writes
of her gaities: Two picnics, three teas,
luncheon and an at home is the re-
cord for last week." she says In her let
ter. THE conundrum is, where am / Wis
iung? In Paris, London, Vienna or St.
Petersburg? Not at all. / am spending
a fortnight in Jerusalem With trolley
line out in the pyramids and o'clock tea
at Jerusalem, the world may be said to
have advanced, indeed.
The majority of people in Christendom
just at the present time, says the Phila-
dephia Record have their thoughts taken
up with the preparation of Christmas
gifts so that few rules governing the
good form of such presentations may be
timely. 1t is always best to err on the
safe side, so be very particular to bear in
mind your relation to the intended reclp-
lent; your nearest and dearest may be
given articles of wearing apparel or any
thing relating to the toilet, but it would
be quite bad taste to bestow them on any
one else. A man may give his friends Of
the gentle sex books, flowers, candy, mu-
sic or pictures, but unless engaged. moth
ing else may be presented. In return q
girl may send books, pictures or any sam
Piles of her handiwork she may care to,
as mouchoir or cravat cases, scarf pin
cushions, ETC., but so inconsistent are the
mandates of Madam Grundy that TO put
a cravat inside the case or a scarf pin in
the cushion wouldn't do at all. OF