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

rent in society for up-to-date smartness,
and the language that is now used by GER
taip society people among themselves IS
sometimes only a little short Of billings
gate, while swear words seem to have
lost their awfulness and are used almost
as freely by women as by men. 1t IS cur
iOus how "gentiity,' both as word ana
quality, has disappeared. Fashionaoie
people are distinctly no longer 'genteeL
They may on occasions be high bred, but
the mincing propriety of the bellies ana
beaus of yore has entirely disappeared. In
a Well-known society novel written fifteen
or twenty years ago, which was a presuh-
ably correct delineation of the manners
and habits of the fashionable life of tha1
time, two heroines play their roles one
a We're de We're, with the correct speech
and manners of her caste, and the other
d suddenly exalted bourgeoise, who goes
through the social fires of criticism and eA-
periences before she emerges pure soia
from the ordeal. Oddly enough, to-day inc
type might be reversed; it is the bourgeois9
who is "high-toned," and the We're de were
who is a slangy hoyden.
The pearl, says Table Talk, is periect
in itself, art can add to it no new ulster,
and every effort to improve it has resuitel
only in marring it, The formation OF the
pearl can be likened to a human tooih. II
is covered with three layers similar -
enamel and so long as these are uii
broken the pearl is not readily injured;
but the slightly piercing of the enanltl
envelope and rapid decay sets IN =
perfect pearl is one that is evenly sphelF
cal, free from the minutest flaw. and WIN
a sheen like rich satin. There Is d
quaint rabbinical legend that illustrates
the esteem in which pearls were wont 70
beheld, only one object in nature pens
rated above them:"On approaching hsyps
Abraham locked Sarah in a chest III
order that none might behold her danger
Gus beauty But when he was come "
the place of paying customs the coieS-
tor said, Pay us the CUSTOM, and he saiu
4 will pay the CUSTOM They said 20
him, Thou earliest clothes? and he SAID
L will pay for Clothes Then they sdN
to him, Thou earliest gold?' and he az,
swered them, L will pay for my goiu
On this they further said to him, sure
ly, thou Dearest the finest silk| ana ne re-
piled, i will pay custom for the nnest
silk Then said they, Surely, il mus 80
be pearls that thou takest with thee
and he only answered. L will pay lgr
pearls Seeing that they could name noln,
ing of value for which the patriarch Wa
not willing to pay custom, they sald, ~
cannot be, but open thou the box anu ~
us see what is within So they openea
the box and the whole land OF hSypI w."
illumined by the luster of Sarah's beauty
far exceeding even that OF pearls.
is most curious to learn that precious
stones are capable of contracting CERTAIN
diseases, which affect them much as they
would human beings. Pearls are pei
liarly susceptible, and are known 70 W
the victims OF incurable maladies tnat
cause them to crack and eventually
break. Being composed entirely OF ca,
borate of lime, they perceptibly feel eve"
slight temperature changes. Mere hanu,,
ling will often lessen their luster, az
necklaces of pearls worn close to the sA,.
have been known to change color throu5'
the acid contained in the perspiration. .
touch of any corroding acid will rum q
pearl irretrievably, and one dropped ihl a.,
fire at ordinary red heat will be speeI"'
reduced to a mere sprinkle Of lime dust
-'tAh." said the salmon, shudderingy,,
as he slipped back into the river, i reaNH
feel uncanny. "-Inuianapolis Journal