The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-12
CopvrIght 1877


no others DO. but when VIC suffer, what it
does mean! From "a toothache TO the loss
of ones best friend. from disappointment
In a fFock TO coming Gown TO bread and
butter without jam. there IS such intense
woe that all the pleasure ia the world, or
az least in this world of worry, cannot
compensate for our sorrows. We who
have seen New York at its worst, with
one SIDE Of the street dug up to let the
gas pipes go in. the other side dug up to
let water pipes go in and the middle dug
up for the benefit OF the car tracks, have
endured smels-you cannot call them odors
that are past description and have come
10 the conclusion that the American pub
lie IS the most long suffering and the most
absolutely idiouc of any in the world. No
other nation would endure what we DO.
As nation We may have rights; as in
dividuals we are counted as nonentities.
Good. clean street cars are started for the
benefit Of the public. The Individual pays
his nickel and has to stand. If he were
an Englishman, he would write a letter TO
the Times, all other sufferers would join
In signing petition and the car compa-
ny would be forced after the seats were
all occupied TO put out a sign announcing
that it was complete" and if any one
entered after that it would be because he
preferred 10 stand and against the rules
and wishes of the corporation. Independ-
ent! As individuals we are the most SER
vile in the world
We are so afraid Of what somebody viii
say, and we are so ready 10 start en- a
pilgrimage of Improvement and so willing
10 stop midway. We have good inten-
tions of which we repent, and naturally
these 90 to make an uncomfortable road
way for somebody hereafter. 1t does not
make the least difference whether you
wear a No 10 or No. / shoe in these
days Of wretched streets because ones
boots are so entirely covered with mud
that it looks as if country roads had been
gone through rather than what might be
called and should properly be the byways
OF civilization.
With the various effects in the way Of
Chills, feVe~s, nervous exhaustion and the
queer stomach troubles and horrible colds
that have come from stagnant pools and
abominable smells at least one type of
woman is abroad. She is not altogether
pleasant She is crude. Crudeness in a
woman is offensive. She must be like the
orchid the product of civilization. But
the woman who is 10 the front now and
who is doing much talking IS the sanitary
woman. No place is sacred to her, for
she rushes in where even the most daring
angels would not venture, and no human
being IS free from her fads. She tests the
way We breathe the clothes we wear, the
friends we have and scorns tradition as
she does dust.
1 hate the sanitary woman. I am per-
fectly willing 10 live on as did my grand
mothers with no knowledge whatever of
sanitary blessings. In fact, l sometimes
wonder If they are blessings. The sani-
tary woman is a most unpleasant person
10 visit you. On her arrival she carefully
inspects the plumbing and has to have
some special treatment of her own given
70 the oath nearest her. She criticises me
food and counts IT as worthless unless it
belongs to The special health variety
which she upholds. She tries to convince
you that you are not properly clothed and
that she IS, while The fact that she looks
a guy and you DO not only adds 10 her in
dignation Nine times out of ten, unless
she is very well bred and simply slightly
insane, she manages to call you a friVo-
lous female.
no woman likes to be called that. II is
putting her on a par with the animals
in the menagerie. Still il is a curious
thing that in this world men-unless they
are cranks. and then they are not men
Ike frivolous females. l have an idea
that Eve frivoled. 1 am sure that Lillith
did, and I would be willing Ito bet my last
gold dollar now worth $165) that all the
women of ancient history who were in the
least degree charming were frivolous. One
does not want the air dissected and the
water analysed with ones dinner. one
does not want the charms of graham
bread and the delicacy of a baked apple
and the intoxicating qualities of oatmeal
the theme at breakfast, nor does one wish
the value of flannel worn next to the skin
and no corsets the subject for lunch.
Imagine, if you can, the sanitary wo-
man in love Imagine the discussion of
what one ate and drank and wore as be-
ing part of love affair. Fancy talking
about a new health food between kiss.
on, il is past belief! 1t is absolutely fair
10 conclude that the sanitary woman has
no reason for existence and that in time
she viii drop into that desuetude which
Is her proper place. Selah!
The big hats, with their 70 or "a feathers
surmounung them. are shown in the shop
windows and are sold TO those unsuspect-
ing women who believe what their milliu-
ers tell them AS the woman who buys
whatever she Is advised TO is many in
number, you see the big hat here, there
and everywhere. The tall women look
like oVergrown mushrooms, and small wo-
men look like candles wearing fire exiin-
guishers, and the wind plays havoc with
the feathers, and the miliiners smile and
thank heaven that there are great many
fools stil in existence.
However, there is an occasional millner
who tells the truth. She said to me the
other morning: Big hats were bought
early in the season by the very smart wo-
men, who wore them when they were
driving, and while they were stll i'm the
country but now they are the women who
have the close fitting little toques ofteEest
made Of piece left from their gowns.
Dom misunderstand me These toques are
not cheap. The less they have on the more
they cost, because under much trimming
you can hide bad work, but "A simple hat
must be perfect in its development
The well dressed woman is without
DOUBT thar woman who understands the
eternal fitness Of things. When the beau
tiful Duchess Of Devonshre was painted
and The artist made her famous nobody
dreamed that such a hat as hers would be
worn except in the daytime In those DAYS
maguidceuce was the keynote Of all dress