The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-24

/ Promoting the Education Of Women in
J oxford lfees Si25 year. Some Of the
] professors, however do not admit women.
! woman who may not wish to take the
I whole three years course are admitted as
! members Of the association. There are
1 fees also for the different courses Of lee
! lures; they do not amount to above $125
/ a year with tutoring.
| Both Girton and Newman now work
! regularly for the h0n1rs examinations Of
| the university But there is a little more
( readiness on the part Of Newman 10 az
| init women, under special circumstances
/ who may not wish 10 take the full univer-
| sity course. Though no definite regula-
/ ton is made duly qualified American wO-
| men have occasionally been admitted to
I Newman and GirtOn. when space permit
/ ted, without examination and without I'M
| dertaking the whole three years course.
| On no one thing Is the comfort Of an in
/ valid more dependent than on the careful
I making Of the bed Anything that makes
| a sleeper restless takes SO much from his
/ strength. The bed TO be perfect should
/ support all parts Of the body equally. Wire
] springs and a good hair mattress do this.
/ The covers should he light, warm and
I washable. Wooden blankets are prefera-
| bic in these respects to all other coverings.
| The sheets should be at least two and
/ three-quarter yards in lee 9Th when finish
/ ed, that they may be tucked in under the
4 mattress and at the foot. This is specially
/ important for nervous people, to whom a
I wrinkle or movement of thensheet may
/ mean the loss of a nights sleep. Blankets
/ should be put on with the opening a. the
/ top that part of the cover may be easily
! turned back if the sleeper Is too warm.
/ The pillows should not be filled too full
! and the cases should fit loosely. If the pa
/ tent IS at all sensitive to cold. both sheets
/ and pillow cases should be Of cotton. as
( linen chills. In putting on the upper sheet,
| leave the lower part little loose for the
/ feet, and the upper part long enough to
/ turn back over the blanket. The counter
/ pane should be the same length as the
/ sheet, to fold over; but the blanket not
/ 50 long. If the patient is very ill., the
/ lower sheet should be pinned in place.
I and a draw sheet laid across the bed.
reaching from the shoulders to the knees
/ This can readily be changed If desirable
/ Recreation. properly managed says
/ Leisure Hours, is not only conducive to
health, but to good looks and spirits
/ Dancing, for instance, is a splendid recre-
/ alton, but where a delicate girl is allowed
| to dance all night in oYerheated rooms,
! consequently spending the best hours Of
/ the next day in a close bedroom, IL ceases
! TO do any good whatever, and she looks
/ faded and dull long before she ought.
/ v,
| ing, and indeed all kinds of amusements
| and exercises, are often so oVer-indulged
! IN that young girl often becomes an in
/ valid In after years in consequence.
/ When a girl is in her first two or three
! seasons her mother should be most partic-
! uiar that her hours are not too late Take
! her away before a ball begins to draw near
! its close, refuse all theater supper par
/ ties, avoid too late hours of all kinds Re
sist the pleasure Of dragging her to half
a dozen things the same night and long
before the season is over send her to your
country house, or to the sea, or the noun
tains.
! In these days of rush and overstrain. ex
ercise and recreation properly INDUCED in
/ Will be the best thing to keep people in
| tone, and they are so valuable that the
! greatest care should be taken never to
over-indulge in them.
! To ask a friend to "come some time,
/ and make you a visit, says Harper's Ra-
| Ear lis equivalent to no invitation at all
| 1t is simply a polite facon de parler. and
| means little This sounds like a sweeping
/ statement, but it is none the less true. If
| you really desire to see your friend in
| your home, you will follow the foregoing
speech by the request that she will state
/ some date when she will find it convenient
| TO make you a visit, or you will yourself
/ set time when you will be at leisure 70
/ see her. As a rule, ANY time" means no
/ time Too many well-meanng persons do
| not understand the importance of this
matter of invitations. When you name the
/ time at which you wish your friend to
/ visit yOu also mention the length of the
/ stay you expect her to make; or, if YOU
wish to have her as long as she can posi-
| bly, remain in your home, invite her to
! spend at least a fortnight, and as much
! longer as she finds practicable
! When the time set by you and your guest
/ as the duration of her stay with YOU has
| expired do not burden her with pleading
that she viii stay longer. Make her appre-
! ciate that It would give you great pleas
ure to have her change her plans but
when you see that she has already made
! her arrangements and feels that she
should not stay, do not urge her further
To speed the parting guest is as much a
part of gracious hospitality as to well
come her. Never shall l forget the dis
comfort and annoyance to which | was
subjected as a young girl by being begged
TO lengthen a visit which 1 desired to
bring to an end at the time appointed for
my departure. My young hostess and her
mother begged that / would remain at
their seaside cottage for a week longer.
They were getting up a sailing party and
l must not miss II. / was too polite to saw
that the sight of a sailboat made me sea-
Sick and that l would rather face I'M
known perils than enter one of the rocking
denominations. could only plead that my