The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-19

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full. May heaven bless her for the
good work she is doing for our sex"
trip until have lost and had an agonized
hunt for my keys. Then. and then only, [
feel sure that ! am ready TO start on my
travels. My last experience was decided
~ thriliing-so up setting, i'm fact, that
then and there l resolved to reform, ana
never again TO mislay anything of impor-
lance. We were leaving a seashore cot
age we had leased for the summer and 60
ing direct to the ocean steamer. Our boxes
were oil shipped the house was put in or
der for leaving, and when every one was
out l turned the key in the lock and de-
livered the bunch TO the agent. AS We went
up the gangway the usual vertigo seized
me. Were my tickets and key safe? HOr-
rors! l found that I had left everything
steamer tickets, stateroOm vouchers, keys
for our trunks-ali behind In an hour and
a half the vessel would sail.
"'Where did | leave themr I exclaimed
in answer 10 my family's frenzied demand;
1T must have been in my room on the bu-
reau. l remember 1 began, with my usual
Renaissance, that l laid them down just
as
- Heavens, mamma! broke in my prac-
teal eldest daughter, there is but one
thing to dol must go back and get them,
and Try and catch the steamer. GOOdby! If
YOU don't see me l will come over in the
next ship, and will cable, and she rushed
down to the dock
" But how viii she get into the house?'
said my husband. whose slow intelligence
had finally grasped the situation, and who
wore his usually resigned expression at
such crises. She will just have time,
think, but the house is locked up.
'Mily will manage said her little
brother confidently. And manage she did
Just before the last bell rang, and before
we had finally made up our minds what 10
do if she did not return, she appeared,
GREATNESS, but triumphant She had climb
ed into a window of the cottage which she
found open. 1 would have broken it, she
declared, il l had found no other way.
And, rushing up 20 my room, she found
everything I had said. q am rather good
about remembering, by the way, when
really set myself to work to think it out)
She tipped the man to make him gal
lop the horse she had hired at the station
and just caught the next train, the boat
and finally the elevated which. she took
to the pier If she had missed a connection
anywhere she would have been too late.'l
There is a distinct style Of walk among
women of fashion to-day "'Women of fash
| ion'i does not mean alone the women of the
| upper tendon, but the woman of kinds,
| sorts and conditions which think much of
| her apparel and endeaVors to keep it uD to
! date. 1t usually presuppoSes the French
! use of the corset laced snugly in at the
| waist by separate lacings, and let out free
| ~ above and below. This, says the New
| York Times gives perfect freedom to the
figure and there is considerable of that
| with these women, for they are of the we'll
| fed well-deVeloped classes. They cannot be
said 10 belong to a class, for these types of
wc%en are to be found among the people
| whose names are household words in New
| York from their social distinction, and also
among others who know Broadway better
| than Fifth avenue. But the walk is the
same. 1t is a swing of the hips from the
| waist, a somewhat sensuous swing which
has a certain style, but which Puritanical
people unused to city ways might not think
| attractive or in good taste.
ooh, yes" commented Trainor, i'm his
lofty way, feeling in his pockets for a
| fresh cigar you fellows can talk all you
| please about your awkward situations.
but how does this strike you for a fx?"
Having brought to light a dilapidated
| cigar, says the Courier Journal, he care
| fully pasted down the broken wrapper
and struck a match on the sole of Winter
smiths shoe. which was turned up con-
veniently near.
Bet he got stranded in a strange
town." observed Bailey, idly watching the
| Pickering match
Either that, or was mistaken for a
horse thief" agreed Wintersmith
| 'Oh, come OH r. exclaimed TrainOr
slangily, shaking the match to put out the
| flame worse than that!'
We'll lets have it," said Watson. set
Ting down in his chair, give me a light. d"
at happened down South" commenced
Trainor extending his cigar. across the
table, while / was travelling for the EN-
celslor people, you know"
| Through a customer. a mighty nice
young fellow, l was invited to a swell af-
fair some of his friends were giving, and
II was arranged that I was to take his
sister whom I'd met the night before"
Nothing startling in that" broke in
Bailey. why don't you get to the"
"Wait'h 1 get through. can't your"
growled the narrator you fellows never
could listen 10 story, always want to"
Never mind. him" interrupted Watson.
Go on with the story"
We'll as l was saying" continued
Trainor, glaring at the offending Bailey,
II was TO go TO this swell affair
Il had my dress suit along but I had
only one white shirt. every one was wear
ing those red and green shirts you know.
II took that shirt around to a Chinese
laundry, took il myself, so Ia be sure Of
getting il, and that Chnaman swore in
Chinese, too, that he'd 'Washee' the shirt
light away and assured mo nv an bfe