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

say in sober truth, these dLe liz
that Try mems souls"
OF ali the new departures that woman
has made. the wearing Of boomers seems
IkefS 40 cause the most trouble. out 10
California Tie other day a dentist refused
TO pull tooth for a woman because she
v-ae attired IN boomers, and the boomer
woman is suing him Tor tne refusal. Down
!, Alabama a man tried 10 commit sui
did bv hanging because his wife "oalH
wear boomers. and it would seem tn1-
Dracticipg law. be.ongins TO clubs anu
riding bicvc.es are minor offenses py tNe
SIDE of the wearing OF hfurcated outer
garment.
Men have always been strangely sen=i-
tive IN the subject OF woman's dress. 1ney
bave made war to the knife on the thea5er
ha+-and who could blame them? "heh
fashion threatened us with a return OF the
bideous crfnoline. it was the valiant may
or Of a Texas town who declared tAa' i'e
Uo,jd ger an ordinance passed making
boopskirts criminal ofense ana only
few months ago a southern legislator male
himself known over the length anu
breadth of. the land by presenting OH
IN the legislature Of his state prohibiting
women from wearing shirt waists or
any garment resembling a mans
In the midst Of ali this clamor against
Voman's dress not one womans voice has
been raised in protest against the fashion
of mans apparel. As far back as We have
any historic knowledge-that is 10 say,
from Eden dowu TO the present time, wo-
man seems 10 have accepted both mau ana
his clothes with the angelic meekness hui
nility. ana contentment for which she
has always been noted. she resigns her
self to man in evening dress or in dusty
bicycle erray. If woman has ever refused
her professional services TO a man because
he wore sweater. no wife ever tried to
hang herself because her husband pre-
ferred frock coats TO Prince Alberts, and
no woman legislator in Colorado ever IN
1roduced a Dill against toothpick shoes or
baggy trousers or stove-pipe hats or any
other abomiDatiOn Of masculine fashions.
In view of these facts. We are forced 10
the conclusion that, whatever woman
faults and fOibles may BE- she is at least
fairly emitted 10 be termed the tolerant
sex.
Mans Intolerance on this point is
striking proof of his degeneracy. mani
fest token OF the immense distance that
he has wandered from the simple tastes
that characterized the first man. Adam
found no fault with Eve, either before or
after she put on fig leaves. There is no
record in Genesis of a threatene divorce
or suicide because the fig leaves were too
long or too short ana not gored enough
Nan Ia those days was as tolerant as Wo-
man. I believe that the memory of those
peaceful hours in paradise. when she wore
fg-leaf tunic or a drapery Of skins, has
been handed down 10 every daughter Of
Eve. and dress reform is but the outbreak
OF prlmeval womanhood striving TO get
back 10 the noble simplicity Of pr!meval
conditions
4 do not know why il is" said a charm
ing woman 10 the New York Tribune.
whose energetic temperament and keen
sense Of enjoyment seemed unaffected by
Increasing age. but / cannot feel old"
The fact is that we none of us feel old:
Il Is the flesh that fails, not the spirit: and
Il is one Of the hardest lessons that we
are obliged TO learn. that we have left our
youth behind US and must act according
ly.
Even when we are obliged to admit the
fact to ourselves, we prefer that others
should not take it for granted: and to mid
dle-aged people extreme Difference from
their juniors is not always acceptable Il
wish, MIly," said a woman testify 10 her
Well-mesnlng niece that you would not
always ind the places in the prayer book
and hand them 70 me as IL I were pur-
blind.'
1t enrages me to have those imperti-
nent little chits stand up when ] speak 10
them and assume such exaggerated re-
spect," exclaims Miss Five-and- Thirty
Even II We 20 so far as TO alude to the
subject Of our age loosely ourselves, we
resent IL If others adopt the same man
ner What do you suppose that Miss
c., who is thirty If she is a day, said to
me- remarked middie-aged matrOn,
looking considerably RULED Il said to
her playfully: You must come and see
me. Miss c., although my young people
are all away, but as I am an old lady you
must not mind. OF course it was just a
1ueon de parler on my part for / do not
consider my self, as Mrs. Malaprop says,
either an oxygen or centurion yet
Whereupon she answered effusvely: oh,
but I love old ladies'" could have boxed
her ears
If there IS one thing that infuriates me
more than another" CALCULATED an up-to-
date young grandmother. lit is the Of
fcious attentions Of goody-goody little
girl, paid TO me on account Of my ageW
''Mollie" (this TO her daughteD Il hope
you will bring up your babies 20 have tact;
that is far better nowadays than the re-
spect and reverence for ones elders, which,
let me say, by the by, the. elders them
belfGs 10 not appreciate IN tlle feast.
In the correspondence column Of OK
change one Of those columns in which
women make such strange condolences and
condde family secrets-woes. usually-to
the whole world, apparently with the idea
that in this way they can get a larger
amount Of sympathy without in any way
compromising themselves a woman was
talking about a husband who was "a
jolly good fellow" There is something Of
the meanness of the anonymous letter in
these public condolences but there are
many glimpses of domestic tragedies in
them. This woman. who has "a jolly good
fellow" for husband, writes: Girls
how ! envy you your freedom" Hers was
love match but she says her husband
"goes yachting. belongs to six clubs has
a salary Of $500 a year" and gives his
wife "$3 week TO dress, and expects me
20 look stylish and do him credit when
be invited his friends to the house, and
fe al attention then before them and
perhaps will utterly ignore my existence
for a week after, not deigning to speak
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