The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-05
WOMANS WOKLD

orls9ns PicaYune, duJhsteN MS go
NJ" and looked at the young girl
pA1s and then he said something
'l'-'-' 49,. aonderfuI beauty of her eyes.
sp'u. - course" replied the woman be-
~ him. in a tone of burlesque horror
'u, ar,rr,. they are really remarkable
,or nity's sake don't tell us so.
arvbv not?" he asked.
n.,.,,ss" said the woman. "of what
% If ,s may have to suffer for your
,...rs-ion. of course, it may not hurt
~. have her eyes praised. She may
pe .,.,.,,gb the ordeal unscathed, just
'O'' -. are PEOPLE who pass through an
mir without harm, OF go through
-,itho,t A scratch. But you never
toll and the risk is too great men
- 80 harm that has been done by an
and innocuous little compliment,
times wish that we had govern
.,,....,. fl, sit on conservation and ex-
s,.-,ata the hattery or that a man could
- hsld liable for the effects of injudicious
like he can for unwarranted SIAN
ID would be so consolng, and such
...,so,,s revenge, TO get damages from
...,,I, who turn nice boys into lacka-
,,i-isaI long-haired poets by compliment
49, .bsir docgerel, and who make every
-, ubo recites "Curfew Shall Not Ring
To nighto at a church oyster supper be
,,.rs she is a Sarah Bernhard
There's really nothing more interesting
and amusing. though, than to watch the
effect of a compliment. There are some
,.,nie s., eaeer for fattery that any kind
81 commitment goes to the right place.
u &c IKE uriug at the side of a barn-you
cent miss il, and you can shut your eyes
and bang away with any kind of fowl
inc piece Others are more wary, but
,r,bablv there are none of us who can't
he brought down by a good marksman
With a sufficiently good ann. II is like the
parable Of the soWer in the Scriptures, you
know. Some compliments fall on such
stony ground of utter improbability there
is nothing in which they can take root,
but when they happen to fall on the good
ground. of a quality on which we pride
ourselves. they spring up and flourish like
The green-bay tree, and when the compli-
ment sower comes back that way he is
certain to find us sitting under its Shade"
The old beau bowed in mock humility.
"Nea culpaw he cried, Il confess l
have snned in that respect, but, at least,
the fault of fattering each other is a
weakness from which women are happily
exempt" he added cynically.
All that is Just where you are mis-
taken" said the woman, land woman s
1attery of another woman is just a hun
dred times as dangerous as 4 mans. A
womans compliment, compared to a
4 mans is like champagne to milk. The
i siliiest of US soon find out that a maE
provides himself with a stock of compli-
ments just as he does with a dress suit,
when he goes into society," and both are
intended for general use, and to fit any
4 dress occasion. It is his theory that wo-
men like any kind of compliment just as
children like any kind of candy, and that
both should be fed on sweets no matter
how Injurious the after effects At first
it makes our hearts flutter to be told we
are beautiful, or fascinating, or something
like that but after a bit we know that it
simply means he is trying 10 pay for his
dinner, or his seat in our opera box, and
We discount his compliments Down to
4 tnelr true market value, and take them at
what they are worth. But women are
uhder no obligation TO fiatter each other
ana as rule they are chary enough with
praise So if one tells another she is look
ing Well that her gown is lovely, or her
entertainment a success, she adds about
. per cent advance to the statement and
KNOWS, as the boys say, she must be
strictly in it,
But went on the woman, ito return
u our niue debutante with the ravishing
eyes ana our moralizing on the baneful
MHuehce OF compliments, how many Wo-
men nave you known with pretty eyes
VINO We're ruined by being flattered about
'Aem! II a girl has fine eyes, and three
reopie IN succession come along ard tell
ieI 50 all naturalness is gone forever. She
esIHs 10 Juggle with them. She rolls
.5 5 around like they were marbles. she
Cui.l'a'es far-away and stony gaze, she
osIes every passer-by, and flashes her
esgs around until she looks positively
epheptic. And it's the same wav with
ule woman who has been told she had an
NPiessiVe race. l can pick her out ev-
az ''Hle IN crowd by the way she grim
- ller lace IS never in repose for a
S"se moment. She lifts her eyebrows
ulu screws up her mouth and looks like
very feature of her face was hung ON
udHeins wires The face thar can sneak
soiulles may be very fascinating and de-
ea9pie IN novel, but in real life It is an
""u undeserYed calamity.
,.iS 9c'S are sometimes more interesting as
po ei as stranger than fiction A modern
1'oston marriage recently resulted from a
,pl! of romantic circumstances
s "'' make the ordinary society novel ann
s'dle and Improbable '''''
II Is not often a real romance 10 attach
h. [1e modern marriage but there can
SuIh remarkable combination for IL
j., occurred in all places of the world :
lis very town. Less than wear ago
HE "} young bachelor, breakfasting at
VIZ .'o' began reading his morning mail
wiz servant considerably brought in
Wen. e Hrst course. Among various in
ftous was one for dinner marty IN a
v-s..,.tl..oalpIe suburb, but the hostess' name
co,,i3 " " unknown TO the recipient who
h.. ms lady be? Had he ever seen
va. no ne thought not. vet the note
fs,ri' gu reggie and the address all right 90
rar,S 70 make blunder the Young zen,
or, salp 1t was better to accent than
No., someone whom he had nrohabl,,
Won, ]" MS various wanderings and he
thu 80 The night of the dinner no
ds....o'e' presented himself at he bo,Isa
t.r .9'ed' but only to find his hosts ne
s-es myers and they equally surprised 70
A 7en'eman who had not been invitad
mai explanations followed 70 H. 49, w.,