The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-30

knights. The story comes through the
centuries in a little romance, "Sabna:
The first hairpin that the slave selects
is one, the head of which represents
rich Corinthian capital. sustaining a stat
ne of Psyche with Cupid IN her arms.
Put a luckier thought recalled to kypassls
0he slave) d pin which bore on its sum-
NIT goddess of plenty with dolphin on
her left and in her right hand the cornu-
cOpia, on her head the two high horns
the well-known symbols of Isis" All Of
which tends to impress the nineteenth
century girl with the fact that her hair
pins are very Insignificant things by way
of comparison with those of that ancient
belle, who seemed difficult TO please upon
that particular occasion, for before Sc
lection was made Nape a scientific mis-
tress Of hairdresslng, was called in. And
then there was a discussion as to ''Wheth-
er Sabina should have her front locks
fastened with dIadem and leave the
others TO float in careless ringlets, or
whether she ought to have the whole of
her hair bundled in one toupee over her
head After all, that fair Roman had to
choose between what the modern woman
knows as the high hardressing and the
fluffy pompadour.
Among the women prominent in the lit
erary world to-day, It is interesting to
note that many of them are of the deli
cate blonde type. Marie Corelli, whose
books sell enormously and are translat-
ed into nearly a dozen languages includ-
ing Arabic and Hindustanee, is distinctly
petite, with a fragile figure and a mass of
curling, reddish gold hair, under which
large. dark blue eyes look questioningly.
She was born in italy, but was adopted in
early childhood by a London physician
the father of Eric Mackay, the poet who,
like Byron, "awoke and found himself IA
NOUS" on the publication of his volume
af
hnist'-which gives him high rank among
the younger Victorian poets. CorelH Law
ished unbounded admiration upon his
work and frequently quotes his poems in
her novels. In the Romance of Two
Worlds" she has made copious extracts,
with warmest laudatory comment from
the Love Letters" "The Romance of
Two Worlds" by the way, has the distinc-
ton of having caused her most gracious
majesty, Queen Victoria, to forego part
Of nights repose, for her royal highness
refused to go to bed until the last chapter
was finished at o'clock in the morning
One of Marie Corellis eccentricities is a
dislike to being photographed and an
other is determination not to marry-a
decision which good many men have
vainly sought to change. She has made
fortune by her writings, so can afford to
be Independent. Frances Hodgson Bur
nett is also a blonde. In one family of
her trlendS she is called by the careSSing
pet name of Fluffy" She is delicate in
coloring and has a mobile face, rather
serious in repose, but lighting up into
charming humorousness of expression
when among intimate friends. Mary Z.
wilkins is another blonde. small in stat
ure and with a face whose earnestness
recalls her own New England Nun"
One day at Mrs. Louise Chandler Nor
LONESOME Of her famous Frldays-in a
group which included several noted peo-
pie. among them Miss wilkins, Julia Mar
lowe and Oscar Fay Adams, the CONVEX
sation drifted into Renaissance, and,
with a good deal of laughter, confessions
were made of childish sins. Miss wilkins
related her one falsehoOd with smile, it
is true, but in a way which clearly showed
the sensitive conscientiousness of her ma
ture. Once when very small she strayed
into the dining-room before dinner, and
climbing up to the table, distracted a few
grapes. Her mother coming in soon after
noticed a slight arrangement and asked
the child if she had taken any grapes.
Hastily the little one answered mo man.
ma" and the matter dropped. All the
afternoon. however, the falsehood sat
heavily on the chid's conscience until in
the twilight she threw her curly golden
head upon her mothers lap and sobbed
her confession.