The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-23

in the Post. She lives in beautiful house
out on Sixteenth street, and a woman 1
know went to see her once upon a time
on business one morning. The lady le-
ceived the visitor. but apologized for her
appearance. She hadn't her false front
on, and she was wearing a dressing sack.
You really must excuse me" she said
''but I've been SO busy 1 really haven't
time to dress
"Busy?" echoed the business woman
surprised to find that wealth does not
bring leisure.
"Oh, dear. yes" returned the lady of
the house, I'm always so busy the first
of the month signing checks that l haven't
/ time for anything else"
A New York doctor, noted for his skill
in treating women, says that to every
woman who dies of cold in the head and
its consequent ills three die of cold in the
feet. He says that nine out of ten colds
are caught through the ankles. and that
If the ankles were always Kept warm and
well projected there would be a great de-
crease in shifting and sneezlns. Women
must have found this out, observes a pa
per published in that city, because they
are wearing CATERS this winter more than
they have since the barbarous time when
even delicate cOnsumptiVes insisted upon
wearing low shoes through the severest
weather. Inc newest SdIleT IS IQOU'Sfl IN
the extreme, heavy ribbed silk being the
favorite material The gaiter is cut so high
that IT comes up a least four inches above
the top of the ordinary walking boot, and
runs up to pretty point behind. 1t is
lined with thin wool, and buttons snugly
about the instep Black is the favorite
color, but those who do not wear over a
No. A or boot can wear the pretty
soft shades in tan and mode and feel sure
hOf ay,d
1t is an acknowledged fact, says the
New York Ledger, that a great age is at
tanned by women oftener than by men.
One Of the most famous female centena-
rians was the Countess of Desmond who
lived to he AS years old, and died in the
reign of James / from the effects of an ac-
cident This wonderful woman found her.
self, at the age of 100, SO lively and strong
as to be able to take part in a dance; and
when she was 140 she Travelled from Bris-
tol to London-no triflng journey in those
days-in order to attend personally to
some business affairs.
Lady Desmond is, however quite thrown
in the shade by q French woman. Marie
Pron, who died at St. Colombo. it is said
at the wonderful age of $50. Toward the
end of life she lived exclusively on goats
milk and cheese. Although her BODY was
so shruhk that she weighed only As hounds
she retained all her mental faculties to the
last
1t is an extraordinary but incontestible
fact. that some women at the age when
most people die undergo a sort Of natural
process of rejuVenation-hair and tech
grow again, the wrinkles disappear from
the skin, and sight and hearing reacauire
their former sharpness.
A Marquise de Mirabeau is an example Of
this rare and remarkable phenomenon.
She died at the age of Sc, but few years
before her death she became in appearanca
quite young again. The same change han
pened to a nun OF the name of Marguerite
Nerdur who, at the age of go, lost her
wrinkles, regained her sight, and grew
several new teeth. When she died. ten
years later, her appearance was almost
that of a young girl
A frankness that is almost brutal. SAYS
the New York Tribune, seems to pass cur