The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-15


into possession of the portrait. Not being
crowded with this worlds goods. the own
or deeided last spring to sell her heirloom.
The smoke and diseolorat.on of years on
its surface seemed to deuact from the
sightliness, and she took it over to
Sixth avenue picture dealer to have the
canvas polished up. 1t was polished. 1t
shone with layers of varnish. Most of the
genuine brush touches SO unmistakable to
a connoisseur got rubbed off also. The
young woman overjoy a with the fresh
ness, went off 10 the Fifth avenue trader
in antiquities, He fairly gasped What
ever possessed YOU to have this touch
ed ?"
'oh, I thought it would sell BETTER
was the reply.
Sell! Why, you've just vanished $4,000
off it. II could have got at least 5000 for
TINS IN its original condition, and now I
doubt If / can get more than $1,000"
A few days later Mrs. Palmer came in
and looked long and lngeringly at the
little square. Her knowledge of pictures
told her its value, and II was understood
that she was looking a it to make il one
OF the treasures the Princess Cantacuzene
was TO have had boxed up for shipment
TO Russia. But Mrs. Palmer finally con-
eluded not to buy, and Europe has missed
a chance of getting a fine specimen of
American art displayed in a distinguished
American subject and restored by an en-
terprising American renovator. The in
heritor is tearing her hair.
A group of malrons not long ago were
discussing the important and always in
teresiing subject of education, SAYS the
New York Tribune
why IS it, remarked one of the party.
that goveTnesSes, that is the higher
grade of goverpesses, are now so rarely
10 De met with? When I was young girl
every family of position had a governess
as matter of course. Even il the elder
girls attended schools or classes, their
studies were always directed and super
Nlsed at home by one of these superior be-
ingS, who, in many cases, dominated the
household. At the present time I do not
know half a dozen families who possess
one. What are known as nursery govern
esses-F'rench mam'selles and German
frauleins, who are in fact really upper
servants-are in almost every pretentous
household; but the typical English gov
erness, who aspired to be guide, philoso-
pher and friend to the various members
of the family is nearly extinct"
Every one agreed that this was the case,
and the why's and wherefores were gen
orally discussed The prevailing opinion
seemed TO be that although the system of
education has materially changed good
goVernesses would still be in demand if
there were any supply; that is, that there
were no longer capable women to fill the
situations
81 would gladly employ a governess,"
said another woman present but | have
tried a great many, and 1t seems impossi-
bic to find the combination that would
make such an inmate of the family agree
able They are either too proud or too
humble, too careless or too officious. A
simple gentlewoman, who would have too
much self-respect to be fancying she was
nj ho ha +oJ
with the society of her pupils and would
leave me alone, would be a godsend 1
think the whole trouble is that a woman
of ability would rather do anything than
be a governess, and nowadays there are
so many more opportunities for women to
earn a livelihood than formerly After all,
who can blame them? 1 would far rather
be a typewriter or take a place as busl-
ness woman myself than be in any family.
No, rest assured, the reason the governess
is no longer a household necessity is not
because she is not needed, but because
intelligent women no J. niger covet the posi-
ton"
Great truths are portions of the soul of
man;
Great souls are portions Of eternity;
Each drop of blood that e'er through true
heart ran
with lofty message, ran for thee and
me,
For Gods law, since the starry song be-
Hath been, and still forevermore must
That every deed which shall outlast times
span
Must spur the soul TO be erect and free;
Slave is no word of deathless lineage
Too many noble souls have thought and
died
Too many mighty poets lived and sung
And our good Saxon, from the lips puri-
fed
With martyr-flre, throughout the world
hath rung
Too long to have Gods holy cause de-
MED. james Russell Lowell.
The claim recently put boldly forth by
a distinguished lawyer that a person has
a right to die, when by means of disease
or misfortune life becomes a burden, has
provoked renewed discussion of the sui
eide question, and it is interesting, in
this connection, 60 note that by far the
larger number of suicides are among men,
saws the New Orleans Picayune. Women
seldom take their own lives and so we
have the curious and contradictory spec
tacla of the sex that is universally ac-
counted the drawer and stronger, finging
Themselves out of the world to avoid its
troubles. while the weakhngs patiently
bear theirs on to the bitter end
Nothing is more common than for the
man who has speculated with other peo-
ple's money and lost, and so brought ruin
and disgrace on his family, to commit sui
eide. In fact, after reading of the trust
ed cashier going wrong. in one column, we
almost expect to read in the next that he
shot himself. No thought apparently