The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-20

saSeWay by plated wire railing that
reaches up nearly to the ceiling. She is a
young woman, plump and comely, and in
no sense cast down by the peculiar ma
ture of her charge.
''The place amt lookin' as it ought to
now" she goes on "but we've been so
busy that there amt been time to dust
up any. There's some new altar cloths
waitin to be hung up and when Mr.
Brightbrush gets through with the cell
ing in here he's going to do over the one
IN the next room where the people sit That
part of the picture he's painting now is
the sea in purgatory. The tan figure in
the rcd dress is our Lord, and the mans
head looking up out of the waves is the
soul that is going to be saved. See, he's
just going to seize onto the Saviorss robes
Yes, it's beautiful picture. the first one
that Mr.. Brightbrush has ever done that
was so large sized. People comes in here
from all over tho street to look at It.
rms is our busiest season. she went
on. Colds, you know, and pneumonia
carries the people off; Group for the babies
and rheumatism for the chronics Trade
always gets brisk after Christmas. NV
brother-in-law was saying last night that
wen be tight put to it right along now
straight enough to April Yesterday we
had two of EN- in here side by side. One
was Chinese. They put S. in his mouth
me chinese always burles with money
That's their belief. And they act curIous
at the buryin', too. Going along to The
cemetery one of the chief mourners got
on the box with the driver and kept tear
ing on bits OF paper from a book he had
ana sprlnkling them along the road That
was for the dead souls salvation Soma
way. They burned up a lot Of paper with
a strange smell in the room here before
they started, and they carried a ham and
some chickens and other things TO eat to
the grave, and after they had all tas4ad
of them they left the eatables there on the
grass to perish away. / don't understand
their customs; and even the ways of some
of our Italian people seem strange to me
because they manage things differently ao-
cordlng TO the part of Italy they ,,orna
from. The Amerlcanized ones let MS ran~
age after the custom here
we nave to keep different colors of
mourning on hand to use. for a good MANY
thau amt Americanized don't want M
black put anywhere. Some wants blue If
IT'S child that's dead, and some wants
pink. We always keep flower pieces and
lace curtains and a long worked cross
PINK roses on white cloth-to help decora 70
the funeral room. The cross we eenerall,,
hang down over the looking-glass, because
it don't look well to see a glass Uncovered
IN watchroom. We hire out the candles
ana candlesticks If the people can afford
10 pay for them but they are expensive,
is 1t the custom to have funerals from,
the undertakers shop, nowadays?" is the
question, and then IL turns out that OWNS,
to the great number of people who die in
lodging houses or boarding houses. and
nave no family to make funeral room for
them and no means to warrant anv outlay
for extra upsetting on the housekeener,s
part recourse is had 10 the undertaker's
The neighbors, whether they knew the
dead or not, make up a collection among
themselves for the funeral expenses In
the room back of the undertaker's main
shop are all the essentials for a seennlv
funeral. The burning candles are there
too, for consideration, the cheerful stove
IS always there, the wooden chairs are
there in plenty, ana all the saints and i'm
ages to bless and console. 1t is during oh
sequies of this kind where none feels
bound to grieve, but all feel themselves
obligated to call and display interest and
tumble little coin in the gilt plate on the
CONN, that the social aspect of the func-
ton seems to come uppermost. and 'ft,
N the IS or $40 coffin under the flaring
candles is in no way hindrance to the ex-
change Of every day comment and chat
How about your sisters grandson. Mrs
Bricelh; did the board agree to let him