The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-03

TO hold woman. and clever man win
never go at it in an aggressive, I-will-boss-
you-or-die-tryiug manner. AT least, that
is what one girl who has recently been
| mastered says. She was talking il all over
with her chum not long ago. Results, the
ehum is pining to be mastered
Lois" said the chum. 4 never expected
| to see the day when you would allow
man to boss you as Phil does. Why, he
rules you completely. You have no mind
of your own left, and it seems so queer,
for you've always bully-ragged every man,
and woman. too about You. OF course,
it was natural for you to do that.and I'm
not blaming you, for your family has al
ways put a great deal Of responsibility on
you, and then you've been making your
! own living for five years and are conse-
quently Independent financially, and moth
Ing strengthens the will like steady in
come and a bank account. Butiyou've been
downed at last, and to think that quiet
old Phil has done it!'
We'll, after ALL it is a fine thing to be
bossed, as you put it, said Lois. You
see, I've been working so hard for so long
and I've had my way so absolutely until
now that. come to think of ii, I'm utterly
tired of it. Really it is a glorious thing
to have a great, big, clever man think
for YOU and settle things for you. Ever
Try it, chum? The feeling is a fine one;
it beats that of Independence to DEATH
Any man can win any woman by master
ing her, by mentally dominating her, If
he is sharp enough to do it without let
ting her know that he is mastering her.
OF course, my case is only an average
case, except that l was far more indie
pendent in thought, word, and deed than
the average woman, and 1 assure you the
minute Phil says, you must do thing,
or must not do it, 1 really want TO do
just as he wishes, and il seems to me that,
after all, if you do a things because you
want to or keep from doing it because you
do not want to do it, that isn't being
coerced.''
The other girl laughed contemptuously.
Laugh all you want TO-" continued Lois.
"The day will come when you will grow
sick and weary of your independence, and
of deciding things for yourself, and you'll
be only too glad to have a fine fellow de-
eide things for you. / never had such
fine holiday as the one he made me take.
True, I had occasional twinges because /
knew l ought to be at my post but the
feeling that somebody cared enough for
my physical well-being to make me give
up work for a while drove all the twinges
away. Come to think of it, somebody
must be immensely amused at the way 1
kick at his mastery and then give in to it.
The best of it all is that, be was smart
enough to keep me in the dark about my
subsection. I'll admit frankly that never
was so interested in any man as 1 am in
this one, who completely rules me. Talk
about the sweetness and beauty of con-
trolling ones self Why, il is nothing to
compare with the deliciousness of feeling
that you are dominated by a nice man.
After all, that is true independence. A
woman is never really independent until
she has a man who cares enough about
-I.1 hoe col
friend, and with one genuine, true friend,
in the best sense of that word, by ones
side. woman can face the world, the
flesh. and the DEVIL and be awfully hap
py."
1T reckon you are right" answered the
chum. I'm sick myself of bossing myself.
Every woman who does is If she'd only
own it,
Woman. says the New Orleans Plea
| yune, who are not clever with their hands
are fond of talking about the natural
| "knack" which other women seem to pos
sess in millinery, dressmaking, cooking
| and the like, but according to one unus-
| uallv skillful north-sider 'knack" is not
born. but made, says the Chicago Chron-
icle Here is the conclusion of a discus
sion she had with a less skillful friend
who was recently watching enviously her
swift fingers:
81 haven't a bit of 'knack' that way"
what! Why, my dear, just look at the
| genius positive genius, that you're put
ting into that thing. Those puffs and
| nats and turns and twists and the rest of
IL could not cuddle it the way you do
for 1000"
II only said that hadn't knack' for
IT. explained the well-dressed woman, ad-
ministering another turn and a pat. IT
do know how to do it now, and know
we'll. because-I studied il"
az hadn't money to pay for tufts and
frills. If waited for a $40 bill to secure
an opera toque-wel most times 1 should
miss the opera. Neck fixings, 1 can't af-
ford to buy at shop prices, So"
80 you studied these thngs?'
eyes. Studied them Systematically.
| had lessons in ribbons and bow making
from an expert milliner. Neckwear
learned in ten lessons from young girl
who makes swell cravats and sells to So
c;etv folk. Cooking took up regularly
at a cooking class"
.eYou educated your 'knack, then-ac-
| quired IT."
eyes. It's every bit acquired. I hadn't
a lot Of natural aptitude that way. But
| one can learn anything. OF course the
lessons cost me something, but not an I'M
reasonable amount. And within six
months after taking them I must have
| saved the sum put into them twice over
Saved it by making things for myself"
Now a doctor who objects to mourning.
'.Nany a woman has been laid in her
! coffin by the wearing of Grape he rays.
.'It Is a sin to do or wear anything that
hurts the health. and, therefore, 1 think
| II positively sinful for women to wear
mourning. Even plain black is not whole
! some. 1t Is astonishing that this custom
| has not been abolished, for women have
/ grown very sensible in the matter of dress.
| II would have been abolished long ago
we're it not for the fact that woman cares
more for what other people say than she
! does for herself. For example, il a ,yo-
mans husband dies, she would not dare
| to go without a long crepe veil and a
! crepe trimmed gown, or the world would
| say she was glad to get rid of him; after
wearing it awhile she is not brave enough
10 leave 1t off, for she knows the same re-
lentless world will say that she is looking
! for number two. Women claim that
mourning is a protection. If one is really
arief-stricken ones own feelings are SUI
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