The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-31


get married. Before parting from them
he took down their names and addresses,
ana 1okingly told the girl that he might
perhaps find remunerative work for Them
but that any way he would send them his
portrait as reminder of this meeting. On
her wedding day the bride received a heavy
necklace composed of gold coins, on which
she recognized the face Of the man who
mad asked his way of her. It was the
promised portrait of the king.
Women the world over says the New
York Sun, have a fashion Of saying that
men have the best of everything. This
is certainly true in China According to
a small pamphlet just issued for the infor-
nation of his American friends by the
Rev. 5. G. Miner a missionary in Foo
chow, the Chinese mans good time begins
at birth.
In telling of the children of China, he
speaks first of the boys. One-fourth of
the children Of the world are born to Chi
nese parents, and the goddess Mother is
the most diligently worshiped, so that they
all may be boys. But this is q hard thing
Tor even so great goddess to control, and
many girls are born. When the news of
a birth is announced everybody asks, just
as they do in America, as Ii a boy or a
sirl?'' If it is a boy all the friends of the
tions and presents; but if the baby is a
girl they extend sympathy. The kindest
remark that the disappointed mother ever
hears under such circumstances is, "Well,
girl is worth something" Every city
has baby tower built on its outskirts,
which is the burying place for infants.
Not lntrequently a newly born girl is
drowned, left on a missionary's door step
thrown into the street, or, before she stops
breathing, is tossed into this lighthouse.
Mrs. Booth Tucker in an article in the
New York Journal says: The women of
American can learn many things from
Mrs. Cleveland. First of all, and best of
ALL they can learn absolute simplicity. 1
spent. a. morning with Mrs. Clevc .and the
other day. l Wore my usual blue Saliva
ton Army uniform and my poke bonnet
and the negro boys on the street had all
they could do to keep from forming in
line to tease my husband and me as We
passed along Mrs. Cleveland received
me as if | wore the jewels of a queen. l
don't know whether she knew that red is
the Army color, but she took me into the
red room and asked me to sit down and
have a talk. She asked me a good many
Neutrality-suspicious. that showed a kind
ly and an unusually intelligent interest in
our work. She wanted to know all about
our children's homes. Mrs. Cleveland
loves children You can tell that the
minute she speaks of them She takes a
great deal of care of her own children.
am told by those who know her well, that
Mrs. Cleveland never let's anything or any
body interfere with her "children's hour"
That's the hour when the babies go 10 bed
at night, and the hour when they take
their baths in the morning. Mrs. CleVe-
land is never too tired or too busy to lis
ten to the babies troubles. She wanted
to know all about our slum babies and
our day homes. l told her about the new
home were going to have-a home for
babies whose mothers forget to care for
them. It's going to be opened on Wash
ingtons birthday, and it's going to be
called the Cherry Tree. Mrs. Cleveland
laughed. Are you going TO have hat
chet over the door," she asked. When
she had heard all about the home, 1 told
her about our temperance work. She was
much interested in that. Mrs. Cleveland
never drinks wine, even at the state din
ners. She wanted to know just how we
worked, and what our success had been.
She asked many questions about our vari-
Gus branches of rescue work. She did not
listen with perfunctory politeness. She lis
tened with real sympathy and human in
terest. 7 have heard people wonder what
it is that makes Mrs. Cleveland so much
beloved. There's no mystery about it,
Mrs. Cleveland is woman-~a sympathetic.
genuine, unaffected woman, and you can't
be in the room with her five minutes with
out feeling, somehow, cheered and en-
couraged, as the presence of a healthful-
minded, gentle-hearted woman always en-
courages and cheers What can the wo-
men OF America learn from Mrs. Cleve-
land2 Much that is worth learning
simplicity. kindness, love OF little chill
dren, human sympathy and an utter lack
of self -consciousness. Not bad example
to follow, is it?
One Of the most beautiful and without
doubt the costliest materials ever woven
in Lyons is the magnificent and unique
brocade manufactured last summer for the
German empress. The ground is silvery-
white silk, and the highly raised design
consists of bold sprays of flowers aud foli-
age, among which bright plumaged birds
disport themselves. Every petal leaf and
feather is perfect. and the whole stands
out in such strong relief that at a dis
lance the effect Is as though the pattern
was laid lightly upon the silk beneath.
one weaver alone was capable of pro-
ducing this masterpiece, and it took him
many long months to complete a piece of
sufficient length for gown The wages
he received, in addition TO his ordinary
pay, were az the rate OF 100 francs G2m per
yard the eventual price Of the brocado be-
ing coo francs Sl2O per yard. The stuff
had been specially ordered for state
gown for the empress. but when her
majesty beheld Il she instantly exclaimed
that 1t was far too beautiful to cut up,
and gave the command that curtains
should be made Of It instead of utilizing
II for the purpose originally intended Up
to that date the most expensive material
on record was the cloth OF gold bought
by Louis XIV for a dressing gown, which
cost. according to modern reckoning. the
respectable sum of lli francs per metre.
The condition Of a woman's hand.
whether she is a busy housekeeper or nos.
says the American Queen Is a sure indi-
cation OF her sense OF innate refinement.
Tho gentlest ladys hands may be hard Of
palm and red of knucke because they are
no strangers 10 the broom and dish mop.