The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05
NONAN'S WORLD.

] course, 1 can trust all of yOu-that there
/ has been the most tremendous row be-
/ tween the AS and the BIS, and the latter
are going to begin a suit for Islander
/ against Mrs. A. You know the gossip she
/ IS said to have started. But, all the same,
/ 1 believe wherever there is smoke there
/ is bound to be some fire to cause 1t.
/ Guest No. 2: Well, for my part, I like
/ Mrs. b. and do not believe there is any
| harm in her, except that she is rather too
/ fond Of sport for married woman with
/ a family. She is a splendid horsewoman;
| and by the way, speaking Of horses,
| hear there was a smash-up in your fam
| lily Bertha: is it true?
Guest No. 3 Qanguidly): Yes. it was
that polo pony OF Jimmy Aliens I
bought it for the children to drive. It
is the wickedest little creature; / can hard
| ~ manage him myself.
Hostess Oaughing). Then that was the
reason YOU got him for the children?
Guest No. 8: Why, they must learn, you
know, ana if they had a gentle. quiet. old
thing, they would acquire very bad habits
of inattention and a sovenly way of hand
| ling the reins; as it is, Barbara my eldest
| little girl, who is only TO- is a capital
whip. She can drive now as well as
do. The trouble the other day was that
she let the baby take the reins, and the
pony got away, ran into a post smashed
the wagon and threw them ali out How
ever, no one was hurt, and IL will be
good lesson for them
Guest No. I: Well, you are A Spartan
mother, or rather. / should say. an uD-
to-date mother l shall be curious to see
your daughters when they grow up Apro-
pos of education, does any one know about
those st. Clair classes? | am thinking
OF letting my Mildred join them.
Guest No. 2: You mean the man who
prepares all the girls for college nova
days! Ihey say he Is a wonderful cram
iher' put take my advice, and don't send
your daughter to college. For my part,
nave gone back to the old-fashioned
ldea that girl should be educated to be-
come charming woman, and not an cru
dite one. l was at a house last summer
where there were two female collegians.
ana they could not even talk as well about
literature or current events as their cous-
IN who had had no education to speak of
but who had travelled and read. and mix
ed with people
Guest Not (earnestly) Oh. I do not
agree with you! This is an age of evolu-
uon Tor women. To reach the higher
pane she must be developed intellectually
as well as physically, otherwise she would
SIMPLY become a splendid animal
Guest No 3 Grrelevantly): I hear that
all or Mrs. Us gowns are detained in the
custom house because she tried to evade
duty just before the election. OF course.
every one is extra virtuous Just then: If
she had waited a few weeks later. 7 dare
say she would have been all right They
say now she will have to pay an immense
sum.
Guest No. 2: Girls, do YOU know that
Anna here, has a gown upstairs that has
]ust come from ROUTE; it is the loveliest
thing.
The two others enthusiastically Not
really! oh, we must see it.
The Hostess Cooking pleased: Would
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room, then. and I will show it to Won.
but 1t Is really rather simple.
(EXeunt omnes).
The Wonder OF It
He squeezed her little finger tips
lie heard her loving signs:
lie kissed her on her ruby Inns
And was in paradise!
she looked into his handsome face
ana bushes swept her cheeks:
They.d planned the wedding to take place
In half a dozen weeks.
Inc happy morning dawned. at last
1t was a grand affair:
The preacher tied them hard and fast
And all the town was therel
Now, gentle reader here's the Joke
Prepare to laugh your fill:
a uoNeu years they've borne the yoke
ana are happy meath it still! -
From the Cleveland leader
The fact that so per cent of tho oo+io,s
Tor divorce are brought bv women eavs
Grace Atherton in the ContemDorarv Re
view would appear to tell heavily against
tne men OF the country, but, as a matter
OF fact, large percentage of these di-
oorCes go by default which implies either
Coiiusioh or indifference on the part of the
oehhquent. Many men, it is estimated
permit the offending wife 10 bring The suit
rather than to disgrace her and her chill
ureh. Nevertheless, the divorce revolu-
uoh mas been brought about and is main
famed by women. The typical woman of
the United states to-day is a mental an
archist The reasons for this are severaI
She is the composite of all tho raoos 20
earth If not i'm blood in point of view She
Is product OF experimental Democracy,
ana, IKE her country, blindly but ferceI,,
STRIVING for an ideal. She has been thrown
largely on her own resources: unlike the
women OF the old world she has done No.,
own thinking. She lives in an electrical
atmosphere. She is a spoiled child Sba
mas herSet component mart Of n me-
that is ever changing, and changes Win
H. ohe mas come to regard herself as h,,
Iar the most important element in that
NE. she Is child of the hour. of The
! eiiS boSS NOT strike roots IJar
lhdepedence has begot an abnormal amonnt
| of individuality. ''ii0 d d"
Is 1t matter for wonder thar 6pd,ro
| tne man she has married unsatisfactor,s
She losses MIN aside and begins life anew ,
IL might be argued that many of the condi-
IONS enumerated apply equally n tba
men men put Il must be remembered that the
iatter have less time to reason and ara-
I'VE They are essentially a race Of ra,.
vous, incessant workers; they seem 10 no
possessed by the idea that if they neuSo
TO take breath the imperfect struct,ne sc
their republic will fan to pieces. Even 81,
the rich men die in harness.
The deftness of woman's fnpars Co.,.
the New York Ledger enables bor "a -
turn ana twist the things thai ave- IA
INTO decorations that are new ana ,o,, o,,,
IN effect She can select harmoninoiso 80 a eiS
ors when she buys inexpensive fnr,ie}I
lnss, and so tone the asnect ~ i,I
home that rest and ease NAV ,,'ni,o i.er
/ every new visitor; she may become 80 nI
senual to the happiness of each CHA !.
the nome that its first inquiry u,bnn "a
/ turning from play or from school MIR
! is mother hOma2" Gha 49,. ICES ~ 70