The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-04

| at her receptions and dinners. One of the
| men, however, in this ultra-fashionable
set regarded the pretty stranger with OBJ
vious dsfavor and remained coldly indiffer-
ent to her destinations. This unexpressed
disparagement was quickly OWNED and re-
scented by the quick-witted girl, who, on
her side, openly proclaimed her dislike for
her critic. 'Horrd, conceited prig!' she
exclaimed, to her hostess great amuse-
ment. IF there wasn't another man left
In the world, l wouldn't take himF' and
during the rest of her visit the avoidance
was mutual Nearly year later the
| Boston man, who was travelling north from
Nebraska, happened to see in the next
car a glimpse of a familiar profile, which
upon investigation proved to belong to
the girl he had SO criticised the season
before. His first impulse was to keep out
of her sight, but, as the day wore on, and
he concluded to pocket his dignity and to
claim her acquaintance. The young lady
received him frigidiy, treating the uneX-
pected meeting with true western noncha-
lance, and for once in his life the man of
the world felt embarrassed. The girl was
travelling alone, a circumstance which
would have formerly been sufficient in it.
| self to have caused him to avoid a young
woman of such obvious bad FORM" but
at which now he felt oddly pleased.
1t is hard for two attractive young pe0-
pie to keep up their dignity when alone in
self at his thoughtful little attentions
some fruit, new magazine, a wayside
bunch of flowers, gathered at q lonely coal
ing station, etc.-while all traces of his old
cynical manner had vanished and in its
stead was an evident desire to please. No
wonder that they became good friends be-
fore the journey was over, although his
| sensfbilities were again shocked by finding
that her destination was Chicago, and that
she purposed to spend the night in a
sleeper" This, however, was a mild
test, compared with what awaited him in
the Windy City. The train was late, and
it was o clock when they arrived, and
| of course he insisted upon seeing her to
her destination in a cab, where even her
| sangfroid was upset by being told by a
| woman at the door that the family were
| out of town, and only a care-taker re-
| manned in the house.
But l wrote | was comingr she said
ready to cry, whereupon the servant pick
| ed up her own letter which lay unopened
| upon the hall table.
Whatever shall L dor she said, turning
| tearfully to her former critic and censor.
| Il don't know another soul in Chicago"
"Oh, II is simple enough" he said kind
| ly Il will take you to hotel and see
that you are comfortable and will come
in the morning to hear of your plans"
That girl needs some one to take care
of her" said this pink of all the proprie-
lO0g-
| ings. After having given her supper and
turned her over to the kind offices of the
motherly housekeeper of the - hotel
| so whom he explained the situation "By
| Jove, believe l am the man that is des-
tined to do it, and so he was.
One Woman
| She had lived such a miserable life
/ AS undesired daughter unloved wife
| That when Death claimed her as his Iowa
and bride,
! She hesitated, fearing lest he died.
-Theodosia Pickering, in March Iippin-
colts.
In Austria, says the American Woman's
Home Journal, a man" and woman
/ are supposed to be able to be capable
| of conducting home of their own from
the age of IA.
In Germany the man must be at least
| is years of age.
In France the man must be IS and the
woman Is; in Belgium the same.
In Spain the intended husband must
have passed his 14th year and the woman
her 18th.
In Hungary for Roman Catholics, the
man must be IA years old and the woman
/ p; for Protestants, the man must be Is
| and the woman Is.
In Greece the man must have seen at
least fourteen summers and the woman
| twelve.
In Portugal a boy of "A is considered
marriagable, and a woman sof u.
In Russia and Saxony they are a little
more sensible, and a youth must refrain
from entering into matrimony till he can
| count IS years, and the woman till she
| can count 16.
| In Switzerland the men from the age OF
IA and the women from the age Of u are
allowed TO marry.
/
| can walk properly, and can understand
! the necessary religious service, are al
lowed to be united for life.
A woman who is In the hight Of fashion
! from other standpoints, so often shows
! lamentable lack Of taste in the dressing
| OF her neck. First Of all, there is that
| stoutish type. She is worth ten thousand
/ per annum, and she wears a handsome
cloth gown which has no collar where
| the collar should be. The material OF
| that gown cost $3.50 or 50 per yard and
/ with a choker or silk stock collar the
gown would be smart-lookng and lovely
/ Instead OF the choker, however her bo-
! dice is cut quite low In the neck and
/ filed in with an untidy bit OF narrow
ruchlng She is entirely unconscious Of
/ the incongruity.
IT suppose / look a perfect fright"
she says. my tailor made a great fuss,
/ i can tell YOU ABOUT TINS collar. But
/ you know, my dear, ] really can't stand
anything about my neck, looks or no
/ looks"
! And there is the woman, too, who tries
/ 10 make tailor effects and doesn't try
hard enough. She wears white collars
crnvats, etc, and she wears them badly
/ She lmagincs that a linen collar may be
worn two successive days, or even three
| without the fact becoming apparent. A
/ collar IS good for one day only. and some
| times not entirely good for that space OF
| time The second day out ~ just as no.
ticoable as three or four buttons missing
upon o mans coat.
Women are inclined. too, togard ienl-
/ oncy in the matter OF laundering. wo-
/ man viii wear a collar which breaks when
/ hrst turned about the neck. or one which
Is blacl,onod IN ironing. without protest
I A man refuses 80 90 do. He Is flnicky
about bis collars. lie has 10 be. ANA