The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-06

tn at a kindly. thoughtful woman like that
could have much harm in her"
Speaking of small attentions, a florist in
New York has recently made il possible to
deliver flowers in any part of the, civilized
world, with ones card, on any especial oc-
ca sion. The order is given and paid for in
New York, and the card left to be deliv-
cred with the flowers, the same as if it
were to go TO any house in town, allowing
of course, a sufficient time for the trans
mi sson of instructions. BY this simple ar
rarSement woman was considerably
my stified on last New Years day by re-
eel wing in Paris a bunch of lovely roses
wit h a friends card on which WIS pencill-
ed, THE half-world's width divides u.s."
1T is not a mans good looks brains
position or wealth that wins a womaIis
love" said a woman of the world. TT is
his capacity for love-making. His tender@
ness, ardor. tact, considera ton, and, above
all, perseverance. will make her his more
surely than anything else in the world
And If he possess these qualities and WELD
thern well he can triumph over the men
who, lack them, even though he be poor
as a church mouse, ugly as Vulcan and
stupid as an owl
, An amusing incident, somewhat on the
sorder of the story of the ignorant man
who strikes a match in a powder maya
zine is told by leading society woman.
OF Galveston, Tex. The lady was brave
although she was not aware of hers own
courage. 1t seems that she, in company
with several other ladies', ca led on a nnu-
tual friend who has to show off before her
visitors The precocous lad has leaning
toward elocution, and his fond mamma
sost no time in apprising her callers of his
powers in that direction. They, of course,
asked to hear some of his work and he be-
gan recting that characteristics sketch of
James Whitcomb Riley's entitled Seen
Things"
Just as the boy reached the lines reading.
I'm not Altered of rats an mice at1r
things at girls is skeered Of" an enormous
rat darted across the room toward a con-
venient hole The ladies'. except the one
about whom this story is told, screamed.
jumped on chairs and tables, gathered
their skirts around them and made every
effort to convince everybody Interested
that they had no desire to form the ac-
quaintance of the rodent. The other laey
who, by the way, is near-sighted, sal
quietly in her rocker and smile of aDpre-
citation on her face. When the excite
ment had subsidized she calmly remarked
that il was very good" muchto the mys-
tihcation of her companions 1t develop
ed that she thought that the small bov
had thrown a toy rat on the floor and that
his mother and the other callers were as
sisting to make the performance realistic
Nevertheless, she is regar ded as quite a
heroine by her friends. among whom the
story. of course, has been circulated.
Many worthy and some notable persons.
says Susan Nichols Carter in January
Scribner's, have possessed the onion hab
it now and again. William Makepeace
Thackeray, writing of himself in Lowell
the Widower." says: at is notorious TO
all my friends there is a certain dish /
cannot resist" He referred 10 stewed
tripe and onions, as a proof of which If
is narrated of him that on one occasion
while on his way to dine with the MARQUIS
of Westminster his eye caught sight of
a placard IN the window of a London res
taurant bearing the legend. Tribe and
onions tonight" Going in he called for
the dish and writing materials. ana wrote
off as an excuse 10 his would-he host thai
he had Unexpectedly met an old friend
tnat insisted upon OBTAINING him.
IhaeAerays faYorite edibles were raw