The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-28

IL is not very long ago, says Harpers Ba-
Ear, but for the sake of infiniteness. and
mat no one be wronged, or panied. let
US say in the time of our remote ances-
tresses, or in that of theirs, that it was
thought to be an exceedingly indeIjcate
and unfeminine thing to eat. She who ate
the least, and looked it, was an ethereal
being and the proper object of worship
II she died early, 1t was all in the line of
her angelic nature, and not at all because
OF her defective nourishment Eating was
IN manner, necessary; SO much was ac-
knoWledged, although with reserva tons
10 De sure; for, We're one a woman, this
eating must also in manner be curtailed
ana 1t must by no means be enioved En-
Joyment of 1t would be considered coarse
animal and therefore unwomanly A fe-
male epicure, or one dainty and particu-
lar about the table for her own sake. was
thing of horror, intoerable not to be en-
dured, and a woman with a good natural
appetite for her food was thought rather
lH-pred than otherwise. 1t was the femin-
Inc duty to pamper in man this ignoble
disposition to eat; degrading to women.
put part of mans acknowledged being
1t was necessary and proper to invent
ana prepare toothsome tidbitS and to keen
the cupboardS well stocked for masculine
uses Women themselves were to be sat
lshed with little more than their cup of
tea, their bit of toast, and sWeetmeats
She doesn't eat any more than a bird"
was thought phrase of high commenda-
ton.
All this was in the day when Young Ia
dies wore white cambria dresses cut low
in the neck in midWinter and went out on
the snow in thin kid slippers; when the
more delicate they looked, the more wo-
manly and charming they were supposed
TO be; and when consumption was abroad
in the land Ike an army with banners.
~ hnw
Step by step the young girls went into
underclothes which their grandmothers
would have blushed to mention but which
have preserved the vital heat to work
wonders with it, and now the winter
weather finds them swathed from head to
foot in soft f1annels, and they are protect
ed from its rigors by thick garments and
thick boots The infrequent bath of the
old time has become the daily bSth of to-
day, and the outdoor oxygen is relied
upon for great upbuilding work in the
whole growing body. And to-day the girl
with poor appetite, pecking at her food
and eating little, is regarded with suspi-
cion as possible invalid of the future and
poor wife to choose, while the plump
and rosy damsel who eats well, and who
shows in herself the result of her moth
er's, and possibly of her grandmothers
good eating, fine animal as well as a fine
spirit, is the one who is the womanly per-
son, fresh and sweet and sound and alto
gether attractive.
We expect our young women and girls
now to eat and to eat good deal; all, i'm
fact, that they can digest, and that not of
the delicacies merely, but of the substan-
tial dishes, for we know that the blood Is
the life and that it is the wholesome and
bountiful food that makes the blood. Even
in city life, where less than a generals
ago a thin and poor lunch of bread and
butter and tea was considered sufficient
now the lunch is made a hearty meal,
without at all lessening the claims of the
late dinner, and in country life, where
dinner is at noon, the evening meal is
made twice as nourishing as it used to be,
with relishes and substantial dishes
And the result of all this is very appa-
rent in the present number of more than
usually tall wel-formed and lovely girls,
with stout appetites, of which they are
NOT ashamed, and with bounding health
and snirits. with fresh color and with
strength that would fill their great grand
mothers with alarm and awe. And we
nav be sure that, other things being
eoual. succeeding generations, both of men
and women, will develop the advantage
Of this rational change of living from
! the fantastic to the natural
Tossing on the ocean between Boston
and Liverpool just now is Miss Isabella
| Rosetta Farley, a granddaughter of Lord
| Dorbv who is on her way home to Eng
! Iand 10 take possession of a fortune Of
! s25O 900. The story OF Miss Farley's life is
y romantic one. She was born in Liver
| nooI thirty-siX years ago. When 10 years
old her mother died and her father turned
| bor adrift when he married again. She
| became a servant girl from sheer neces-
| rtt,- Her ennnlover lost what money he