The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-08
NONAN'S WORLD.

must open the door for you as well as
| answer your wants.
There are funny anecdotes without mum
J her Of women who seem afraid TO enter Of
fees. To is not pleasant. but where IS your
pluck DO not go az all unless YOU must
and then 90 boldly, quietly, confident that
the business thai brings you viii win
/ courtesy.
There is a strong sense of fraternity in
the business world. Il is the exception
not the rule, when i'll temper or III man
ncrs are shown there to women, unless
. they provoke them by some unusual dis
play Of ignorance. Think Of a busy man
who IS called upon perhaps twenty times
in a day 70 coax timid women to come
in and tell him their Grand
/ If your necessities take YOU to Rome, 90
az the Romans DO, and naturally a s you
| are stranger there, you cannot do as
/ they do unless you observe.
Women are generally conceded to be
more observing, quicker to initiate than
mcn, You only need to open your eyes,
therefore, and with the tact that should
} characterize al your dongs in life, fol-
/ low the custom of the most enlightened
IN each act of public life.
There is reason for everything even
more surely than "a place for every
! thing. and it is the discovery of this rea-
! son that viii make you mother Of every
! situation, a pleasure to yourself and an
ornament to your sex.
/ Those ladies fortunate enough to have
stored away in their cedar chests white
or black lace shawls may be pleased to
note the following item from a reliable
/ fashion letter:
Old-fashiOned lace shawls are again In
vogue Not worn simply over the Shout
| ders as they used to be- but made into
] e anti n
| black lace is used in these garments. The
point of the shawl is arranged to come
! just below the waist in The back, the
folds caught up high on the shoulders in
soft plaits and the ends left to fall a la
peerine in front Bows of ribbons caught
down with buckles finish the shoulders,
and about the neck is a n che of chiffon.
Lace hounces are also used for these
wraps, and often black and white are al
ternately combined. Silk or net is en-
ployed for the lining, Capes made entire
ly OF chiffon or mOusseline do sole or net
ruhies are always small. In fact they are
little more than a collar The dress ma
terIal is a very small part of the expense
or effect of gown this season, for the de-
tails of trimming and finish constitute the
chief element of smartness Rows and
rows of ribbon and lace insertion are
seWed on one gown, and the latest addi-
ton to the insertion is a very narrow frill
of chiffon set on each edge. When chiffon
Is used, and can be shirred into little close
| double frills punched together it is done,
/ and all sorts Of gauglng and puffings al
! ternated with insertions are used for
sleeves, vests and entire bodices Very
narrow frills Of chiffon gathered or accor-
deon plated, are used to edge and head
the silk ruffies on taffeta silk gowns.
| Cording is much used in dress skirts, and
very often just below the waist. This
plan, while securing the close fit around
the hips, allows for the expansion of the
skirt below, giving the effect of a very
deep founce. A new development is
skirt made with three hounces of equal
width, one overlapping the other the top
tounce being put on with the waist band.
Most Of the f1Ounces are either tucked on
the lower edge or finished with bands of
lace or narrow frllls of ribbon. Mousse
line brillante is a new gauzy textile much
used by Paris modistes f)r draping even
ing frocks. 1t has silky surface and is
very beautiful.
From time immemorial. "out of the
mouths of babes and stockings" words OF
wisdom are occasionally dropped that al
most startle the hearer by the wonderful
glimpses that they suggest of the eternal
dormant intelligence which has not vet
awakened from its new sleep, but lies lat
ent until the growth of the body gives il
opportunity of expression. A 1O-year-old
child's idea OF evolution, for instance. is
perhaps as graphic as anything that could
be written by our up-to-date philosopher.
The bad people" he remarked sagely
get down on their hands and feet and
run on all tours; but the good ones rise
up on their hind legs and TryF'
This Is delicious! The suggestiveness Of
the moral appearing and the Try Is
perfect. The little daughter of one OF the
modern disciples Of a new philosophy ac-
cidentaily hit her mother with a whlp
she was playing with. As the latter gave
little scream, feeling the singing of the
lash the child flew over to her, and
placing both hands on the injured wrist,
exclaimed: IT'S all right, mummy; it's
all right-only think sou
A curious little modern story. where the
! heroine was Intentionally brought up hv
her father without knowing about death.
causes one to reflect whether the know
ledge of evil Is as necessary as is geuer-
ally supposed. A perfectly healthy Joyous
little girl Of seven asked her mother what
an enemy was The latter, not knowing
exactly how to define the term so as to
give the idea to the child. answered per-
haps rather foolishly: lone who hates
us But what is hate" persisted the
little one. Wishing us pain and sorrow"
returned the parent more and more puz-
zled how TO convey the world-weary ideas
70 the new soul that was so patheticallv
ignorant of evil. what is pain and what
Is sorrow?' continued the unconscious
little being, who. ia her shielded healthy.
happy life, had never felt pung. What
parent would not shrink from bringing
such woful knowledge home to a child?
Deliver us from evil" we pray; but
alas. we cannot hope or expect to escape
from the penalty of our mortality.
According 20 the advice OF n famous
professor on hygiene. one would never
need nerve medicine il he would "eat fruit
for breakfast and fruit for luncheon.
Avoid pastry. mullins, crumpets and but
tered toast. tea and coffee and eat pota-
toes not more than once "a day. Eat
whole wheat bread. Walk four miles n
day Take bath every day Wash the
face every night In warm water and sleep
eisht hours All this Is well. but Il cam
not be an the directions necessary TO the
tain the object desired. II one eats only
fruit for the FIRST two meals Of the day
ana is allowed only whole wheat bread
ana potatoes, the latter In small quantt-
ties for the third, IN short time he
would have no use for nerve medicine or