The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-06

The HUSBANDS OF W bultiis
has exercised a wise charity, inasmuch az
she has only mentioned by name husbands
who have some claim to distinction on
their own account She will probably re-
tort that others were not worth writing
about. Supposing man Is fortunate
enough to wed a celebrity, how should he
comport himself? The lady mentioned adj
mits that 1.-The precise, requirements of
man in such a situation are very much
in the air at present IL may be his
function TO dry weeping eyes when the
reviewer forgets that he is criticising the
work of LADY,; he may be called upon
to demonstrate with the photographer who
produces a perfectly hideous likeness for
an illustrated collection of lady celehri-
ties, or he may be goaded into boarding
the publisher in his den anent royalties.
Should the husband of the distinguished
fair one be in the same line as herself,
am afraid he must be prepared TO take a
back seat, whatever his intrinsic merits
may be, because a distinguished woman
is more rare, and, of course, vastly more
interesting than a man, especially If she
dresses well-which reminds me that the
model husband should be a judge of cos
tune, qualified to advise his distinguished
wife upon her appearance when she graces
a public dinner, especially if she is going
to propose a toast"
The woman in the car watched the girl
sitting opposite her with great attention.
There was a mystery to be solved and
she could not solve 1t. The girl wore
linen collar, says the New York Times,
and coming from between the edges of
that collar was a little gold chain, four or
FIVE inches long, with a little gold heart
on the end of 1t. There was nothing
strange about the heart or about the chain
but the location was certainly unusual
What there was at the other end of that
chain and why 1t should be in that pecu-
liar place the woman's ingenuity could
not make out. But patient watching ac-
/ complishes many things. The car came to
a sudden standstill; there was blockade.
The woman wondered to herself what time
il was and wished she knew without the
trouble of taking out her watch. The girl
| across the way evidently wished 10 know
the time also, and it was no trouble for
her to do so. She took hold of that little
chain with the heart at one end, gave
quick pull, and out from her collar came
a little gold watch. She opened it, closed
it again with a satisfied air, gave it a lit
tie push down inside the collar, and the
mystery of the chain was solved.
That's a very good scheme, too said
the woman who was watching; "if you
only have a small watch. You can't lose
1t and not a single underwaist ribbon
The man who thinks it costs a woman
small fortune TO dress does not understand
all her necessities A woman Is as par
ticuar about that part of her clothes
worn underneath as that which the world
sees; or she should be if she is not. And
| she can carry this feeling to any extent.
For instance, there is the big gold hook
exactly in the shape of the ordinary every
day hook, which fastens into an ordinary
everyday eye which is secured to the
corset to support the skirts That hook
in plain gold will cost So. In the Duchess
of Marlborough's rousseau 10 every pair
of corsets was fastened one. of these gold
hooks If the hooks are set with jewels,
diamonds, sapphires, or emeralds, they
will cost many times as much as the one
of plain gold. And the corset clasps The
steels for the front, covered with white
kid have in each of the little gold buttons
over which a gold loops fastens, a dia-
mond which will cost $5S at the lowest
calculation. If they come direct from
! jewelers. they will cost more. And the
clasps for side elastcs., also gold, with
diamond or two set in one or two places
where they will be least Ia the way, will
cost $55; and there are only two or three
small items purchased, and good sum
| of money expended.
Among the most highly priced Of the
many helrlooms belonging to a we'll
known Brooklyn woman, says the New
York Tribune, are three mahogany tables
and silver porringer.
"They belonged to my great grand
| mother" she explains, who, when the
revolution broke out, was living in
Charlestown Her husband being at sea,
she was alone in the house, save for her
five-months old baby, on the day of the
warned to leave the town by a certain
hour in the morning and before setting
| out my great grandmother made into
| bundles such things as she could carry,
! put a private mark on her furniture, and
buried her table silver and money In the
cellar placing the fire dogs over the spot
to enable her to find it again.
| She wrapped the baby in a little quilt
and took him and her many parcels and
hurried out of the house. Courtesying to
the British officers, who had already
drawn up their troops in the square, she
passed through the village into the coun-
! try The refugees were taking short cuts
over fences and across fields, and my
great grandmother had just climbed a
wall and started up hill, when she heard
man calling, Somebody's dropped a
baby' gEs
Il" Thank God, it's not miner she said
to herself, hugging her bundles tightly.
again the man shouted, Somebody's
dropped babyr and she looked down and
saw to her amazement that the cradle
quilt was empty. Rushing back, she found
the baby, unhurt NJ the arms of his res
cuer.
by this time the sound of firing was
heard among the hills. Later in the day
it raned, and she was glad to dry her
clothing i'm the house of a woman who
sheltered her for the night. She had to
sit in the kitchen, as the sleeping rooms
were filled with other homeless people
The next day she set out again, walking
except for a few short rides, all the way
to Newburyport where she had relatives
after the evacuation of Boston she re-
turned to Charlestown. Her house was
burned, but these three tables she found
at what had been the British headquarters
and the spoons and money were safe in
their hiding place. The coin was after
wards melted and made into this porrin-