The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-10

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! don't want it and don't need il, and the
amount of wasted energy we expend on
other peoples affairs, could be applied to
! some useful purpose il would revolution
! ize the world.
/ At very pretty wedding, says the New
1 York Evening Post, which recently occur
| red, the brides dress of white satin was
panelled on each side of the skirt with
white chiffon, covered with point applique
/ sprays-the design a rose and foliage and
an orange blossom caught by true low
/ ers knot. The bodice was crossed in
front by surplice folds OF the chiffon
which ended in long scarf ends that were
! simply drawn together at the left side, I'M
/ der small diamond buckle, the scarfs
falling to the hem of the skirt, the edges
/ trimmed with the lace sprays, and plaid
! frill of the chiffon. The vest to the neck
which could be removed at pleasure-was
| of the most delicate and beautiful hsse
! embroidered in pearls and furnished with
! a pearl dog collar fastened with pearl
| and diamond star-the groom's gift to the
! bride. One ,long slender spray of orange
| blossoms was fastened on the shoulder
| and another at the waist-beside the dia-
/ mond buckle. The three bridesmaids
| dresses were of seashell pink, pale golden
/ green (this being worn by a blonde of the
purest Saxon type with a complexion like
tea rose), and soft, canary yellow. The
! dress worn at the same time by q dark
! haired Spanish girl was made as follows:
| The skirts were plain. The sash ends
were tucked and finished with wide lace
ruftes at the edge The bodices were
! tucked throughout, each tuck edged with
narrow cream lace, the sleeves ruffied with
| the same lace. The pretty shepherdess
hats of cream chip were trimmed with full
broad white plumes and natural flowers
] n air ba i1aa 1saiH
in green carrying pale pink roses and
| foliage, the girl in yellow graceful clus-
ter of glowing Jacque buds and trailing
| vines, and the one in pink shower bou-
| quet of maiden hair fern; smilaX, and lilies
| of the valley The mother of the bride
wore a very beautiful gown en- princess,
of white satin-striped faille, and the love
| ly looking grandmother was attred in
! trained gown of silver-gray satin brocade.
| 1t Is curious to what an extent the mu
/ tilation of teeth goes on among savage ma
| TONS and even among certain civilized
! people, such as the Japanese. With them
a girl is never married without first stain
! ing her teeth black with a repulsive kind
/ of varnish, and the custom is especially
| adhered to among members of the richer
classes.
| On the west coast of Africa large pro-
| portion of the teeth are deliberately brok-
en- when children reach certain age. Both
| in the New World and in the Old, says Tit
| Bits, the custom exists of extracting the
two front teeth of domestic servants. In
! Peru the custom has existed from time
| immemoral, and use to be a sign of slav-
cry In the days of the Incas. This is also
! the custom of the Congo and among the
Hottentots. Teeth are stained in various
colors among the Malays.
A bright red and bright blue are not
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with the aid of arsenic and lemon juice.
Livingstone related that among the KAT
mrs a child with a prominent upper jaw
was looked upon as a monster and imme-
diately killed. On the Upper Nile the ne
groes have all their best teeth extracted
in order to destroy their value in the
slave market and to make it not worth
while for the slave traders to carry them
off.
The spirit of benevolence is one thing
and the spirit of beneicence quite anoth-
! err. Every woman living possesses the
former says the New York Sun, though
many a woman never calls it up. She
is not even aware of it's possession, though
1t can do more to keep the sex young than
all the toilet soaps. face bleaches and
complexion beautifiers ever compounded
Benevolence is simply wishing well 10 all
MANKIND, Wnlie DSneDcence means dong
good. One spirit is attained by a passive
process and the other requires activity
One grows into the other, however, for
one cannot be benevolent long without
wanting to be beneficent. A woman whose
spirit of benevolence is constantly vieing
with her spirit of benehcence gave num-
Der of other women some sound advice
on the subject the other day. 1t all came
about this way:
what do you all do when a person you
really dislike calls?" asked a sad-eyed wo-
man, with feeling enough to give evidence
of a recent experience along that line. ut
has puzzled me for over twenty Years to
know what is the right thing to do under
such circumstances"
why the proper thing to do is to rush
right into the drawing room and tell the
caller that he is the very person you most
wanted to see and that you were just
wishing for him." answered woman with
a mischievous twinkle in her eye.
"I don't think so.' put in a matron with
a large fund of common sense. Il think
the thing to do is to send word that you
are out, though 1 don't always do it,"
81 don't believe in that at ALL" spoke
up a usually quiet woman, emphatically.
Most women contend that it isn't lying
to say that you are not in when you are
but it seems to me that's a case of diff
ference without distinction. Lying Is
lying just as black is black and white is
white. People talk about big lies, and lit
tie lies but all the same, lies do not run
like shoes and gloves, by sizes.
"Of course, l grant you that there are
two kinds, but they are not distinguished
BILE by dig and little; they must be
characterized as harmful and less harm
full To say that one is out to visitor
when one is really at home belongs to the
less harmful class. but 1t is an untruth
Just the same and every perversion of
truth weakens the character of the one
who perverts It, No, 1 for one do not be-
lieve in saying that l am out when 1 am
in. And yet do not believe in pretending
to be glad to welcome a person whom
dislike, so after all am as much at sea
as the rest of you about this question,
which confronts nearly every woman liv-
ing in a city nearly every day. year in
and year out"
Did any of you ever try calling up
your spirit of benevolence when visitor
whom you do not like calls?' asked she of
the benevolent and benefcient spirit IF
you haven't, just do so and you'll be
amazed at the result"