The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-19
BY MRS. GEORGE c. BALL


There are many moments when one is
inclined to cry aloud in great gratitude
for blessings received; when the heart
thrills with emotions of thankfulness ait
dangers past-and deep sigh of relief
comes from a surcharged spirit. AS
with an individual, so with nation.
Today America and Americans feel that
they may sing peans of joy over the
accomplishment of two facts that will
bring a degree of peace to the minds of
the people. Evangelina Cisneros with
and without all her musical but confus-
ing middle names and inltials-has been
rescued by a brave young American
journalist, and the muchly written about
son of the Duke and Duchess of Marl-
borough has at last been christened! A
patient but exhausted public utters
prayers of gratitude that both facts are
matters of the past. Even the recep-
lion TO Miss Cisneros has been given
and what is best of all, every possible
attitude of the celebrated Cuban girl
has been photographed, etched and
wood-cutted, until there remains no
other view of her that can be thrust
upon the very weary newspaper read
ing public. The New York Journal ac-
complished wonderful feat in taking
Miss Cisneros from her loathsome pris-
on but, after the manner of yellow jour
MATS, it has rescued her too much and
too long. The public cries out for relief
from Miss Cisneros. The first two hun
dred and fifty thousand pictures Of her
were scanned with interest and pleas
ure; after that there naturally came an
exhaustion Of patience, and a paralysis
of the optic nerves. But she has bean
saved from Spanish tyranny; the recep-
ton has been given, and these facts
take their PLACES with the events of the
past, while the gratitude of the people
wells up strong and unquenchable, be-
cause they can't be done again. This
much is behind the nation, like soma 9TH
ereyils which have burdened the coun-
try. All things come to them who wait
Tong enough, even the quiet retirement
of Princeton home, far from the mad
ding, worshipping crowd. If the New
York Journal would only secure a SUI
burban residence for Miss Cisneros,
where she could calmly enjoy the pleas
ures of domestic life-and fish or go
duck hunting like other retired celebri-
test would be a great and good thing
for those persons who are suffering from
form of mental dyspepsia, superin-
duced by the tons of gush and the art
gallery of pictures printed of this young
Cuban girl.
The only thing that reconciles one to
the fuss made about Miss Cisneros is
that it interferrsd with a more elabo-
rate account of the Marlborough baby's
christening. The amount of snobbery
expended upon Consuelo Vanderbilt
ChurchilPs baby has been sufficient to
disgust every respectable American
who has ever caressed her own child or
kissed into sleep as it lay close to her
own true heart. But these evils are be-
hind the nation; the Cisneros has been
feted until there remains nothing for
future hospitality, and the heir to the
Marlborough titles and the Vanderbilt
millions has been baptised in due form,
with the Prince of Wales for god
father. An expectant public awaits the
next excitement with profound graft
tude that these two evils are safely rel
egatsd to the silent past.
A clever little Brooklyn artist, stand
ing beside one of her pupils as the class
of tall young women was breaking up
for the day remarked: There's no use
talking, tall girls must be the style
so nova days, whether it is fashion or
con,rnon sense, which DEGREES It, the thin
girl is not "the STYLE" The thin, scrawny
neck has long been the source of deep
concern to its possessor; but only with
in a few years has she determined to
rid herself of the ugly hollow and prom
inent collar bones.
Art is attempting ITO revive the Venus
type of beauty; and to accomplish that
she must do away with the wasp-like
waists ard high-heeled shoes. Leanness.
however, like fat, is a condition of the
body, more or less dependent upon diet
and exercise.
To be sure, the thin girl can no more
stand before the mirror today, sec where
flesh would add to her comliness, and