The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-30
WOMHNrS WORLD.

r,ar since she was made mistress of a
&c, fortune, Miss Helen Gould has, like
~ otber wealthy women, been the daily
-.oinient of large numbers of begging let
.ors saws the Chicago Chronicle. Her
Ill was increased enormously by the
-.o.snaner announcement that she had Of
tarad the government large sum TO aid
:. prosecuting the war against Spain. In
oro dav recently she received COZ letters,
most of them of the begging variety, the
,o+al sum asked by her correspondents
5stng considerably more than $1,000,OO
THE amounts ranged all the way from $3.50
far seven tickets to a church fair to
sinoOO which cranky genius demanded
eo that he might be able to build war
chin on plans which he had perfected
rive other inventors offered their patents
far total of 1901, 900, and sixty-nine letter
writer's asked for loans aggregating S116,-
7qs A Klondike claim was offered for
$4,000. and an estate on the Hudson for
$4,000.
The day this wagon load of mail was
brought to Lyndhurst. her country home
at Irvington, Miss Gould was deep in the
work of providing relief for sick and
wounded soldiers. A visitor to Lyndhurst
at that time says that the interior of the
place speaks more eloquently than words
of the intense interest which its mistress
takes in her war relief work. The library
was 10 longer library 1t was to use
the words of Miss Goulds companion, a
Sweat shop" The chairs and floors were
strewn with pajamas, the tables with pads
and pencils boxes of necessaries for filling
comfort bags, and heaped up piles of filed
comfort bags were on chairs and In cor
ners. Bookcases lined the walls, 1t is true,
and books were scattered in orderly pro-
fusion on the tables, but they were all
that in any way indicated the original de-
sign OF the apartment in which we stood.
Two sewing machines occupied the place
of honor. One was even in the drawing
room-rather an homogeneous ornament to
the handsome apartment. Everything be-
spoke the absolute REIMBURSEMENT of any,
thing which was in any way foreign to
the business on hand that of caring for
the soldiers The brave men who had gone
to the front had found a warm spot In
the heart of the mistress, and everything
she had was at their disposal Even the
maids had been called into service. and
they were all busy stitching pajamas and
comfort bags and making button holes.
sewing on buttons end tapes Every spare
moment of their time, when not engaged
in household duties, which my informant
bewailed were sadly neglected, was devot-
ed to the soldiers.
The Fairy Prince of the old-tIne legend
would never have been able to identify
Cinderella as the owner of the little glass |
h4aI he - L.
a pair of the new English ''bull Dogs
upon which fashion has set its seal. The
dlHefence between an evening shoe. a |
satin sheath with a dainty high heel and |
Inc walking boot of masculine aspect in |
tended to be worn out of doors, has never |
been more marked, says the Pittsburg Dis |
patch. The slender foot of the American |
girl, with its highly arched insten has |
been noted for dainty proportions. But
these are lost to sight completely in the |
ne" Dull dogs" to be worn by girls and |
women on the street this season. The |
oulldos toe, so-called, of last season |
was toy In comparison with these new
boots. Very strong, very like the shoe |
VI our brothers, are the BULLDOGS" The
hhoe is made of stout leather, with extern
son so'es and heavy tips to the well round
ed toes. The heels are broad and low
Lulhishlhg firm understanding to Gin
uelelia little foot. The lacings appear
Ai'S'HC VI uuFaDie material
waxing and for attendance on outdoor
sports, the bulldog toes are tha annrov-
ed novelty.
. we make our windows fit, we pad our
uoors, we SILVER at a draugbt. we SIR
l 5y1.' ourselves with wooden curtains.
"usF carpets and fluffy luxurious rnboI
stery We breathe the same air o1,or ar,
over again, and then we wonder tbat rra
az q NOT strong and vigorous. saws Tondon
I"$Plal. The fact is we are daily using
t Up inc eXuberant vitality with which ma
, oute mas provided us in struggling against
Hruhclal conditions
row powerful for evil. how deteriorat
- 'iese conditions are, is shown bv the
i"c, mat their mere removal gives hack
20 p'e cohsumptive that vitality which
eu"OieS MIN to overcome the seeds of dis
ease within him.
-. 'esh air is not thing to be taken In
or 0oSes once day, but a thing to live
~, 4 bottle of red ink please" said the
.i.o91 stylish of two Smart girls across
elT counter Of a fashionable stationery
49, on upper Sixth avenue, according 10
'a NE" York Herald.
mr. AMY miss" answered the shop
go 80 auuressed, and he reached to a shelf |
- al hand, on which there stood q
,,ar ripeI OF bottles precisely similar though
t, vary in size. to the one he lust then
took down. az JUST 'iien
,nrrr was afraid you might not have It."
nlurmured the stylish girl. sIt's snch a
new fashion," sUoN
tam me oeliging clerk looked very inpor-
asi,a, lou are one of the first who has
Ia iof red ink, miss. but we have lust
i ~ n supply. Twenty-Five? Yes.
81 ,i,I you. 1t Is one of the newest freaks
Cd C oi' Gay, he went on, as the girls walk
~ ~. ga, with the little parcel To be right in
81 oiie 5" I'm a girl must use red ink instead
otl.o 80, IN her notes both to men and to
o5 sirlS. How long the freak win last
or thereabouts."
MI, iJ"i you ever know any man so absent
WALL. d. TO forget he had a wife while
rbiaals III III the street with her? asks the
n Tl.G9go Times-Herald Judge Thomas of
Tbor1o oi street, a brother of Congressman
hn rolilas OF Michigan, tells good story on
rio,,e whlcn aptly illustrates those Gu
'"us phase of psychological nheponana