The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-08

etc. upon a fancy waist and decorated
/ Slro.es. Nandyke collarettes sleeve puffs,
! etc, cannot be the least slignted in adjust
! ing carefully stitch by stitch each par
/ ucular scallop point ana curve Of intri-
| cate trimming. A moIiste recently COM
/ PleIeu some pretty waists composed Of
alternate rows of either MORE on velvet
! rlDDon and lace insertion, with girdle and
Colidf 70 match. These were unlined, to
ne worn oyer different slip underbodies
| with various skirts. for the economical
! pan OF making one or two black silk or
/ salIn SKIRTS do as a foundation for any
| number OF separate waists is likewise
! eliminated from the designers me- hods,
Whlch are obviously intended TO favor
the dressmakers.
new profession for women seems to be
| open IN piano-tuning. This business pays
wei ana offers many inducements TO wo-
| men IN preference to others. There is a
very much more pronounced demand for
PIaHo-tuherS in the country districts than
IN the cities, particularly in this country
| running IS an art easy to acquire, and the
Iearhng OF this profession requires neither
llIhe nor great expense. Any piano max
er OF Woman's acquaintance viii be glad
10 explain to her The intricacies Of the
piano and make her familiar with its con
struction particularly when he thinks she
might IN return be able 70 sell some of her
customers piano. for which, by the way,
she would get a commission. Small re-
PAIRS are also easily taught; the strnging
OF the piano and the leathering of the ham
HleIs can be done by anybody clever with
tools. and, after short course Of practice
on some old piano standing in the back of
store a plano-tuner can start out on her
career What is absolutely necessary is
a good ear. That cannot be purchased,
nor can it be acquired by instruction. The
Tools necessary will not 20 into money
very much. A key, a tuningfork a few
pieces of hard felt covered with leather to
place between the strings, and a few or
binary tools, like hammer, tongs, pliers,
screW-dr1Ver. ETC., are all that are neces-
sary, and can be carried in a small. sachel.
Plano-tunlng does not demand great
strength, and without doubt il can be made
to pay we'll, since, according to the condi-
ton of the piano, from 81 to 50 are paid for
putting the piano in order, and three hours
on the outside is all the time necessary to
put the piano in perfect condition.
There are a number of pessimsts who
insist that women are growing selfish
that they are more concerned with their
own pleasures, their own caprices than
they are for the welfare and comfort of
their husbands and children, says an ex-
change. How far such opinions are JUS
tined by the fact each person must deter
mine for himself or herself. Some have
gone so far as to designate womankind
generally as the selfish SEX" and not
perhaps without reason. A writer in an
eastern publication takes the ground that
majority of wives-American, certainly
pay little heed to the wishes or interests
of their husbands, particularly when it
comes to selecting the places where they
viii enjoy their outings and the manner
in which they will conduct themselves
when away from the society of their hus-
bands. 1T isn't merely the seeking of
enjoyments in which he cannot share
that makes 1t reprehensible," the writer
says. 1T is the fact that by so doing
she makes the conditions of life so much
harder for him, for to a man of domestic
tastes what is home without wife but
more or less luxurious prison cell, in
which he is condemned to endure solitary
confinement? And yet year by year the
number of women who thus selishly de-
sert their husbands when they most stand
in need of their mnisterink. care is
steadily increasing. Day after~day in the
list of new arrivals one reads the names
of scores of married women whose hus-
bands are not with them because they
have to stay in the city and earn the
money which their wives are spending"
They are entirely free from any COM
junction of conscience as to the rectitude
of their conduct Apparently they have
all partaken of some opiate which has lull-
ed to sleep that invisible mentor which
is supposed to discriminate between right
and wrong The faintest suggestion that
they should stay at home and strive to
make a life of toll in torrid weather a
little easier for their husbands is met
with a scornfull toss of the head, or wide
eyed astonishment that an idea so gro
tesque and absurd should be seriously en-
tertained for a moment.
THE truth is" the writer in question
AYERS, "that the women of to-day are
more selfish than their mothers used to
be- because they have been spoiled by
too much hattery. The social atmosphere
is surcharged with 1t. Every newspaper
has its wOman's page, filled with fulsome
adulation of the sex; every city has its
score or more of clubs, where there Is
much eloquent discussion of women's
rights, but no consideration of women's
duties. The moral superiority of woman
over man is assumed by all women who
condescend to make comparisons between
the sexes, and the man who has the te-
merity TO dispute the assumption is re-
garded as a brute to argue with whom
would be like casting pearls before swine
And so II has come about that the av-
erage modern or so-called "up-to-date"
woman regards herself as a law unto
herself. Whatever she does is right be-
cause she does it. Her most firmly rooted
idea is that she was sent into this world
to get a good time out of it.. and that
man was made to help her get it. From
her point of view, therefore. when she
marries one II is perfectly right and prop
er that he should work like slave
through the hottest part of the year that
she may enjoy herself i'm the coolest spot
that she can find"
HOUSEHOLD HINTS