The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-11

with which she should concern herself Is
to-day its sunshine, its air, it's friends,
Its frolics, its wholesome work, and, per-
haps, its necessary sorrow.
Tia Way of the World
Laugh and the world laughs with you;
Weep, and you weep alone;
For this brave old earth must borrow its
mrth-
1t has troubles enough of it's own.
Sing and the hills will answer,
Sigh, it is lost in the air
The echoes bound to a joyful sound,
But shrink from voicing care.
Rejoice, and men will seek you;
Grieve, and they turn and go.
They want full measure for all your
pleasure,
But do not want your woe.
Be glad, and your friends are many;
Be sad, and you lose them all.
There are none to decline your nectared
wine,
But alone you must drink life's gall.
Feast, and your halls are crowded;
Fast, and the world goes by.
Succeed and give, and it helps you live,
But no man can help you die.
There's room in the halls of pleasure
For long and lordly train,
But one by one we must all file on,
Thro' the narrow aisles of pain.
The gOssips are telling a pretty story
about Nine. Nordica and her husband. A
few years ago she became acquainted with
a young Hungarian nobleman who was
studying music in Paris. He suggested to
her that Eskel's wonderful song, st Eliz-
abeth," was the very song for her-that
no one else had the voice for it, but that
20 be effective it must be sung in the Hun
garian language, which she did not know.
How was she to manage it? The young
Hungarian solved the difficulty.
81 will teach you the Words he said.
VERY well; If you do. I'll love you all
your life," she replied gravely.
The bargain was kept on all sides. Soltan
Doeme, the young Hungarian, is Lillian
Nordicas husband.
The art of making use of all materials at
ones hands and of turning all things to
useful account is one in which the house.
keeper must needs excel, unless she has
the purse of Fortunatus, says the New
York Tribune. 1t is an excellent plan to
make a semi-yearly "rummage" of the
premises previous to housekeeping
Sort out carefully every thing in the
way of furniture, dishes, clothing, and any
belongings of the house. which are not in
use. DO not attempt to save anything that
is not worth ii, but examine everything
carefully before you reject it as value
less.
Old furniture which has become too
much worn to appear downstairs may fire.
quently, after having been scraped, mend
ed WELL and treated to a coat of enamel
be made to serve for some corner upstairs
in the bedrooms. An old armchair that has
become hopelessly disabled may become a
thing of beauty if properly mended, scrap
ed and enameled with some of the new
forest green shades, and upholstered with
gray-gTeen velveteen, or with English
chintz in one of the mistletoe patterns de-
signed by Morris. A wonderful array Of
useful footstools may be made from COM
mon small pine boxes with the cover fas-
tened on with hinges. These footstools
should be painted inside, and covered on
the outside with remnants of decorative
stuffs.
The cover should be cushioned, so as to
make a comfortable footrest. Remnants
of chintz and other materials in the house,
or even of carpets, may be utilized i'm this
way.
one seldom realizes the possibilities of
materials on hand until ones ingenuity
is tested. These box footstools are excel
lent receptacles for stockings, or for
dainty house shoes and other small things.
There are always many articles of furn-
iture that are set away for slight repairs,
and they are likely to accumulate on ones
hands if one does not have regular sea-
sons for looking up such matters. 1t is
a great satisfaction to know that all such
mending has been attended to before
house cleaning begins.
The most careful manager finds that
there is always some CASTOR clothing at
the end of a season that needs attention.
What cannot be cleaned and made over
as it is can often be dyed and begin a
fresh existence under another color. What
is too much worn for use as clothing may
be torn into strips and woven into rugs
or mats. These old-fashoned rag rugs
are not only durable, but If little care is
taken in selecting effective soft colors,
they may be very pretty. They make
warm, comfortable rugs TO use in the
kitchen and in some upper rooms.
One of the most effective rugs the writer
ever saw in a bathroom was an old-fash-
Toned rag rug" woven OF wool rags In
soft subdued colors. 1t possessed some
thing of the richness of tone seen in the
carpets of old Persia.
II you are beyond the need of economy,
remember that there are thousands who
will be grateful for made-over dresses and
rag rugs" These people are often too
busy to do this work themselves. Gifts
of this sort are doubly valuable to busy
working women, every moment Of whose
time Is occupied In the struggle for exist
ence. There are always places In large
cities where rag carpets are woven, and II
takes a comparatively short time to pre-
pare the rags" Exquisitely dainty por-
there's are sometimes knit Of silk and vel
vet scarfs, and may be made pretty
enough for any one.
To be selected as the one woman in all
Europe whose face and figure most close
~ tailed with the ideal OF Englands
greatest painter Is surely no empty hon
or. says the Louisville Courier Journal
When the late Sir Frederic leighton,
president OF the Royal Academy, and fore
most among British artiatg, conceived the
idea OF his famous painting "Cymon and
Iphlgonia," he sought In all quarters 81
the continent for suitable model 20 pose
az the sleeping maiden, now 30 familiar
IN his finished canvas. After a fruitios8
search OF six months he came upon the