The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-27


sent by mail.
RAILWAY & CO.,
80 elm street, New York.
ously afflicted with the ambition of meet
| ing some nice young lady of culture and
| refinement who might be matrimonially
| inclined, and when his accomdating friend
| told him of a very handsome maiden of
| his acquaintance, his soul was fired with
| energy. This laudabe purpose was
| strengthened perceptbly by an incidental
/ recital on the old mans worldly possess
| slons, and the young man was on tenter-
| hooks until he obtained an Introduction.
| The introduction obtained, he lost no time,
| but called the next evening. The events
| of that memorable evening abide with him
| TO the present day.
1t seems the pair were alone in the par
Tor for something like half an hour when
the ardent youth threw discretion to the
| wind and essayed a feat of oscula ton that
| was Indignantly resented. Whether he re-
| ceived a blow of the hand upon his feat
ures rs mere matter of speculation but
| 1t was quite evident that there was some
stamping of dainty foot and a darting
OF nre from indignant eyes, for the young
man was given thoroughly to understand
that If he did it again the paternal parent
would be Informed. But the thrust fell
| on needless ears, for no sooner was it
made than the bold sutton once more at
tempted his trick. Then war ensued in
| stanter. Out of the room swept the young
lady and the young man was left to cogi-
tate but only for brief space.
In the next room was the paternal par
ent, a man who loved sporting above al
most everything else, and when his daugh-
ter entered he was examining a double
barreled shotgun in fond and doting
manner. Said his daughter to him. PA
there is young man in the parlor, who,
like yourself, is much interested in hunt
ing. l wish you would meet him. You
might take your new gun in with you, for
l know he would greatly admire the pat
term" Nothing could suit the old man
better than this, so he marched into the
parlor expecting to receive the enthusiast
tic praises of a true sport. But in this
expectation ne was doomed to sad disap-
polntment. The young man saw him COM
ing, and saw the gun also. Exit by the
door was impossible and the window Of
fered the only nope for escape; so out he
jumped with all his might and down the
street went flying as fast as his aroused
fears for life could make him The old
man gazed on this strange scene with be-
Wilderment, but his daughter had obtain
ed point of vantage where she gloried
recklessly in the success of her ingenious
contriving.
Sir Walter Besant writes in London
Queen: 1t is reported that a woman
lecturer in New York has been advancing
a new doctrine-a Doctine of Rebellion
She claims among the sacred rights OF
women, nothing less than the Right-with
a capital R-to be Ugly-with a capital L
If you please. We old-fashioned folk
who find nothing so delightful in the world
as the woman who is not Ugly, the woman
who pleases and attracts by her loveliness
OF face and form; or by the gracousness
of her manners; or by the ready sympathy
of her mind; or by the grace with which
she presents herself, so to speak, i'm q
careful setting of dress, need not be moved
in the least by this new doctrine The
lady lecturer cannot, try as hard and az
long as she pleases, put off her woman.
hood and become thing neuter. Now
the course of the world has firmly es
tablished two strong points in the human
mind, even the most savage. First that
the man must always have in him some.
thing of the warrior He must be quick
to fight, strong to defend, inventive anl
constructive; a hunter after food and {
cultivator of the soil. 1t is, if hefpleases
his Right-always with a capitalize be-
, cur and a coward: but there never has
= been a man who openely, deliberately an(
without shame has taken up that role
IT is on the other hand, understood 70 b,
! the special duty of the woman to lool
after the home; to make that hom,
pleasing TO the man and to the children
And since this is and always will be III,
chief duty and the life work of the wo
! man, whole group of virtues has grow
up for her exclusive use; among them th,
most conspicuous is the virtue of attrac
tiveness. ''Whatr' cries the Advance
one deck myself out in fine clothes t,
, please Mere Man? Neverl" Madam, yol
are doubtless within your Right. Dress a.
you please. But if you refuse to obey TIL
law of your being you win fail to per
suade women, as you will succeed in max
ing yourself disgusting TO men, Do 40
reply that there are women who are plaiI
by nature No woman need remain unat
tractive IL she cultivates graciousness
! sympathy, and becoming dress.
, When the great temperance leader la,
dead in Chicago. among the flowers nea
! her was a bunch of violets from a Wash
! ington newspaper woman.
II never saw Miss Willard but once
: said the newspaper woman the day sh
sent the flowers. 1T was in a Western
city l was reporter on a local paper. dis
oouraged, over-worked, blue homesicl
I and altogether miserable, for I was only
well / wasn't out of my teens, and I ha,
y been away from home only a few months
Miss Willard came TO the city to organic
. a W. c. T. y. chapter. l was sent to he
hotel to ask her something impertnent
r Miss Willard was ill., but sent word tha
l might come up. l found her sitting il
an easy chair, very pale but very sweet
l had only begun TO tell my errand whei
S she rose and came toward me. She pu
, her hands on my shoulders.
2 "'Why, dearle, she SAID how tired yol
! | look Take my chair, childH
} "And I-well, nobody had called m
: 'dearie' for so long. nobody had called m
child that I-well, 1 put my head OF
Frances Willard's shoulder and cried il al
$ out had never seen her before. ba,,