The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-31


the rich cloth or to create beautiful lace,
| they abuse it, whereas We who are ladies
care for our belongings and would count
ourselves vulgar if we did not show our
appreciation in this way"
l could but smile as / thought of the
wealthy woman who. the other day, gave
my halrdresser a magnificent evening
dress that she had worn once. OF course,
she could sell it, but that present eX-
planned to me the tang of vulgarty that
there had always been about this woman.
My gentlewoman would either have given
her money if that was what she needed,
or something better suited to her station
In life. Such a present makes a poor wo-
man dissatisfied, and it is foolish.
BY the bye, speaking of a hairdresser,
the American woman is learning that a
maid Is no longer a luxury but a ne
cessity. To the woman whose income is
good, but not eXtravagant the maid is an
economy. She does not demand such
wages as she did a few years ago, for
the supply is beginning to equal the de-
mand; but l am continually surprised that
more American girls do not become maids.
Instead of starving on the wages paid
them as shop girls, they might have easy,
comfortable lives and positions of trust.
a maid is always respected by. the othel
servants, can have If she wishes her
meals alone and it rests with herself
especially if her employer is an elderly
| lady-whether she is not in reality the be-
loved companion
The English maid is desirable for the
Englishwoman, but when she comes to
| this country she is a changed person
| She does her duty and is well behaved
for while, but six months in this en-
| lightened country and her quiet manners
| become insolent; she can't dress you with
out referring to the duchesses and count
| !, l..
She scorns your wardrobe, reads your let
tiers and knows exactly how much money
you have in your pocketbook If you
chould object to any of her weaknesses
and summon up courage enough to dis
charge her, you would better have hel
! trunks examined before she leaves and
if you are wise you will tell your husband
all about her, for the chances are, if she
thinks you have a secret from him, she
will attempt NE Matchmaking scheme I'M
mediately after She has left.
The French maid usually stays just long
enough to become acquainted with Amer
lean habits, and then she leaves in a
hurry, either to marry some chef and
open small restaurant or to become a
| hairdresser The Irish and Scotch maids
are usually honest, usually impertinent,
and usually ignorant, but they are as
faithful as dogs. SO that because of this
virtue you forgive them the rest.
There are women in New York who do
not dare discharge their maids, who live
in deadly terror as to what is to be done
next, who have been foolish enough to let
them find out something, it may be a
very little something, that they do not
want either mother or husband to know,
and so the maid levies tribute gets frocks
that have seen but one wearing, has her
wages paid in advance, and is worse than
any skeleton at a feast, because she is
with you nearly all the time. Not long
ago at very smart luncheon, served by a
| gorgeous butler and three footmen,
woman said, speaking of a notorious pa
| per: oh, dear, | think l should go crazy
II a paragraph were put in it about me-"
| The hostess looked silent at her guest
When the servants left the room, she
said: MY dear, why in the world did
| you say that before those men? Evident
ly you know nothing about the English
servants. Ny butler is perfectly capable
| OF writing you letter. demanding a GER
tam sum of money or threatening you
with just such paragraph as you dread
| The English servant has no more idea of
honor than the cannibal, and not as much
for cannibal eats one out and out and
doesn't make life horrible by spinning out
the agony"
man asked me not long ago, DO
| people never get tired of hearing about
women?" And before l could speak an
one always Interesting topic in this
! country" This is essentially the coun-
| try of women. If a woman sold her
| jewels that America might be discovered
| Womankind has certainly reaped advan>
| tage from il, as in no other country il
! the same consideration shown her She
| can make or damn a play She can cause
! the success or the total extinction of
book. And nobody has any interest in
| pictures unless women want to go ana
see Them Her power is marvellous and r
she doesn't always know how to use it.
that is hernmisfQrtune and not her fault
Until she has seen other women, that is
the women of other countries, she has
no idea of the position she occupies. She
is catered to like a small child and the
material as well as the mental sweets of
life are offered her while her opinion il
asked on the most important subjects
And yet the result has not been bad
for the American woman is neither greedy
nor selfish nor unbeleving. She is some
times a bit of. a tyrant, but it doesn't
take her very long to find out the truth
of what st. Francis de Sales said some
hundred years ago, sugar will catch
more flies than vinegar"
The American man believes so thor
oughly in her that he generally does
what she wishes, He is happy with
her when she is ready to enjoy every
thing, and yet, if the day comes when
she's i'll andA sleepless, worried and fright
ened, he will stand by her endure her
fretfulness, be gentle with her. lift her
so he doesn't hurt her, cater to her whim-
steal desires, be sorry for every pain
she has and do everything in his power
to relieve it. All because she's a wo>
man. Certainly the American man is a
something to be proud of. But then it
may be said in his favor that he would
not be here if it were not for the Ameri-
| can woman. Bab
Miss De La Rance, known to fame as
| "Oulda,' is eccentric in dress. she fav-
ors light colors, quite out of harmony with
| her age and appearance generally Her
| face is not innocent of powder and her