The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-07


born with that sort of sense of ease. They
arc the selfish men but, thank goodness,
they are IN the minority. All the balance
of mankind is also born with a sense of
ease, but Il is sense Of ease for others
as We'll as for themselves. Take Daniel
Domuch. He is a frst-rate example.
Daniel likes to do everything in the easiest
way, to save himself all the labor possible,
to accomplish things as smoothly as he
can. Daniel also likes good clothes. good
meals and good time, but he wants every
body else to have the same things and to
have just as good and easy a time. If
Daniel wants new suit and his wife needs
a new gown at the same time, Daniel gets
her the gown first, and somehow things
always come his way so that he doesn't
have to wait long for his suit. If Daniel
comes In worn out, eager to throw himself
on the big divan in their little library and
he sees tired took about Mrs. Daniels
eyes, ne always picks her up and put her
down tenderly on the divnn, and somehow
Mrs Daniel makes room for Daniel and
he soon finds himself comfortably en-
sconced beside her. To him sense of case
develops into a charming unselhshness in
stead OF into abhorrent selfishness A man
without any sense of ease would be a most
uhcompanlonable creature. He'd never
want TO make things comfortableLAbout
ham, and l don't know but I'd rather be
tied TO one with a wrong sense of ease like
Bob's than to one with no sense of ease
at all. But, thank heavens there are lots
OF Daniels In this world. In fact the world
is fun of them h we women only knew how
to distinguish them from the Bobs. To ten
the Tuth, I've no patience with this theory
concerning the universally of mans self
ishness. l like man. I think he is a great
glorious, good and wonderful being. and
he is certainly an entertaining and anus
ing one. If a girl gets taken in on a Bob
a fc or o1aIx-
fortune, but also her fault, and precious
little sympathy she gets out of me, for
as | said before, there are Daniels a-plen-
tv."
That throws now Hight on Algy's charac-
ter remarked Algy's admirer
Yes it does" answered the other girl
land l for one intend to make a study of
this sense of ease before l decide positive
ly'
George W. Vanderbilts gift to his bride,
formerly Miss Edith Stuyvesant Dresser.
cost the master of Biltmore 100000 II Is
necklace of rubies, the largest of which
is worth $500 and the smallest 81 coo The
prince Of these gorgeous gems is as large
cut through its widest dimensions as the
thumb nail of a man. These rubies. which
will qdorn the beautifully modelled neck
of Mrs Vanderbilt are a finer possession
in the estimation of persons who are
fond of bedecking themselves with rare
1ewels-than is any single ornament i'm the
jewel cases Of Europe's ROYALTY. OF
course, the Queens great Koh-i-noor
stands alone bur ID is of an order different
from the Vanderbilt rubies The Queen
never wears the koh-i-noor 1t belongs
to the crown of England-the people of
England, really-but the new Mrs Van
derbilt is the personal proprietor of her
glorious necklace The Car of Russia
could give his bride no more costly or
rare token of his affection than did the
transformations and quiet George Wander
bilt present to his chosen partner. The
first time Mrs. Vanderbilt wears her neck
lace will mark an epoch in the history
of fashion. The story of the necklace is
interesting. Some time ago the greatest
jewelry firm in existence conceived the
idea of astounding the world with the
exhibit at the Paris exposition Of 1900 of
the most gorgeous necklace that was ever
seen. This ornament was 10 be of pigeon
blood red rubies, and the activities Of
many dealers in precious stones were put
TO work. The rubies We're secured in the
mines of Kyat Pen and carried on the
backs of elephants by armed natives to
Mandalay, thence TO Europe. Then the
jewelers. set to work, and when they had
finished their task the gems We're worked
with ropes of diamonds into the superb
necklace Mr.. Vanderbilt saw it and
! bought It, This necklace is only one of
the pieces of jewelry possessed by Mrs.
Vanderbilt, who a few days ago was a
penniless girl. The gifts of gems she re-
ceived on her wedding day are valued at
$1,50O,0OO
A woman as a grave digger! The idea
seems almost impossible but in the town
of Lewes, England says Tit-Bits. there
is a lady who fills the Office of sexton.
Everybody knows her, and until recently
she dug all the graves in Lewes cemetery.
Now, at the age of 60, she contents her
self with filing them up and attending
TO the mounds and flowers
Mrs. Steel-the name of the sextoness.
II one can use such a term-is a very