The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-05

man in America in many WAYS The pres
ent lovely incumbent has more leisure
than most of those who have occupied
the place because she knows no more
about the domestic arrangements than IL
she lived i'm a hotel Everything is turned
over to housekeeper, who does not even
report 20 Mrs. President. The Presidents
wife has not the uXuries nor conveniences
of ordinary rich people living in large cit
les. Her quarters are circumscribed and
she is besieged by reporters, especially
during the first year, while the mere read
ing of her letters received every day is a
navy task, although she has secretary
TO help her out. This Mrs. President does
not even receive the reports of the head
steward, the chief official servant of the
household 1t is said that he went to her
not long ago to ask her advice about get
ting rat poison to kin the numerous rat
ana mice occupants of the white house (be
1t said in shame TO the nation), and she
tod him his province was to keep every
thing disagreeable hidden from her-from
rats to ghosts. That settled Mr. Stew
ard"
Sounds of music, dancing and revelry
may soon be heard again in the famous
east room of the white house. There is a
promise that the fine old customs of the
Gays OF pretty Dolly Madison, when the
hours went round the dial to the sound of
mute and VOL" are to he revived
The presence in the official household of
several pretty nieces, the many attractive
daughters of members of the cabinet and
news OF a long list of girls to be entertain
ed by Vice President and Mrs Hobart have
set the pail of public opinion on this sub
lect rolling with tremendous impetus
PROBABLY conservative objections of Pres
ldent Mckinley bid fair to be bowled aside
by sheer force of youth and the ever in
creaslng prosperity that has put warm
new blood into the social arteries of the
capital Not a week passes when evenings
are not given over to some one who wishes
to play, sing or recite in the white house
The cabinet families assemble with that of
the President, there is a little silence a
good deal of operate trilling, with bal
lad TO finish; or much prose, some blank
verse, triolet or two, or instrumental in
terpretations of masters, old and new. Ap-
pause follows, then good nights" All
very well for the elder folk, but deadly
dull for the younger ones.
Put linen on the east room eoor and
call up the Marine band. Hard times are
over. Let the young people laugh and be
glad that the shadows have drifted," said
a social leader. IF everybody is pleased"
she added, build ballroom, where not
only American girls and their cavaliers.
but little children, beloved by Mrs. Nc
kinley, can now and then rule the hour"
The society leader recalled the famous
birthday party Of Andrew Johnson, when
800 little folk were his guests crowding
the state dining-room for lordly feast,
| dancing and laughing through the big
house. while the band played a Jolly ac-
compartment to their pattering feet and
happy voices. The last dance given in the
white house was for Mrs. Mckee during
Gen. Harrison's administration. A hun
dred or more ladies and gentlemen took
part in the gay affair There were mer-
riest music, supper and a general good
time.
Every one of us has his and her own
ailments" writes Edward w. Box in the
| December Ladies' Home Journal decrvine
! the unpleasant habit many people have of
| discussing their bodily ills "It is enough
for us all to keep well ourselves: to be COM
PEELED to listen to the ailments of others
does not make that task any easier Be
sides all this, these unnecessary narratives
! of personal ailments are positively iniu-
! rious to ourselves. Physicians all agree
! that many of the slight illnesses, of which
| some people make so much, could be cured
IL they would but take their minds from
themselves. Too many people work them
/ selves into illnesses, or prevent themselves
| from getting well, by talking about a petty
ailment, which, if forgotten would right
/ itself. | will not say that women, more
| than men, are prone to this evil. But as
leisure
! than the majority of men, they are more
| likely to let their minds dwell upon every
! little i'll that assails them. and talk about
! it, 1t seems to me that one of the most
| important lessons we can all learn with
| the close of the year is to refrain from in
| hictinS upon others what is purely per-
sOnal to ourselves. Let us cease this fire
some this incOnsiderate, this unnecessa-
ry talk about our ailments. Cold and hard
/ as it may seem, the fact is nevertheless
true, and will ever remain so, that the
! vast majority of people are interested in
| what is pleasant in our lives, but not in
what is unpleasant Pains and sorrows
/ are elements in our lives which are sacred
and interesting only to ourselves"
1t was at the theater, says Clara Belle
| in the Cincinnati Enquirer, and Teddie
/ Lovelace was not being as attentive to
| Cornelia Kondike as his mother might
| have wished. That was because he was
| staring a Miss Belle Darling in the next
/ box. AZ last he took courage. IF YOU
| know that girl in the next box-won't Won
oh, want to meet herr he sighed. Then
! Cornelia, being nice sort of person. if
! her nose was big, looked Belle over and
/ answered, mo, | don't know her, but your
mother wouldn't let you be nice to her
/ She dresses beyond her means. she ia
] dreadfully deceitful, she is engaged. ana
/ she has very uncertain temper"
Teddie repudated all this ardently. and
| Cornelia Went on, ANY girl who wears so
! stunning a gown" said she, "and has no
/ maid to help put it on is dressing beyond
! her means. Any one can tell she hasn't
+ a maid because her placket hole is open.
| and the last hook in the bow at her neci,
/ in the back is LOOSE besides, the end of
/ the rat under her pOmpadour shows I'M
| der the back of her hat. Only a deceitful
! girl wears silk petticoat that is only
! silk half way up, and you can see that is
! her kind. Also that lace at her throat is
| not real, but it is colored with coffee. and
! that's q sure sign of deceit. Her teeth are
| not very good, or she would smile more
! comfortably, and no one with good diges.
| ton has bad teeth, and bad digestion
/ means an uncertain temper. 1 know she
| IS engaged, because no girl wears only
! one ring under her glove, unless it's an en-
/ gagement ring. Therel and what is more
/ she is engaged to that other man in the
! box VINO Is looking at the play and not at
! her, because she is madden about it than
! she would be unless she thinks he ought
| to look at her all the time. Usually girl
| Is only cross at man when he neglects
| her for another girl. Besides there is a
blank space in her bouquet of violets and