The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-19

one girl did for another-a service which
might be often rendered and the course
OF true love thereby made smoother
There was a certain attractive American
slrl at one of the continental watering
places last winter who had
the good fortune to be eA-
tremely popular swith both sexes. and
so made fast friend of a young English
woman of her own age, who introduced
her to countryman of the latter's, who
straightway fell in love with her He was
a Veritabe ia Try prince. good looking eN-
ceptloniy rich and of excellent family and
position. 1t is almost needless to say that
has sudden fancy was reciprocated, and
| That an enga cement was the result. For
| while everything went OK smoothly, then
came the little rift within the lutte, which
Wldened, as; riffs are apt to do, until final
| ~ there was quarrel. The engagement
| was broken, and the Englishman left for
London in a temper. For a while the girl
was gayer and in better spirits than ever.
After little while, however, she began
| TO complain. She had neuralgia, she had
colds, she had weak heart etc In short.
she gradually changed from a healthy,
| fun-loVing self-forgetful girl into that
| most unhappy of beings, a low-spirited
| hypochondriac. Her friend, the English
| girl, who suspected the cause, finally won
| her confidence. AS she had suspected it
| case of love-sickness.
Feeling a certain amount of RESPONSE
| billCy in having been the means of bring
| ing the two together, and being also
| warmly attached to her friend, the Eng
hsh maiden resolved to see what she
| could do to heal the breach, and So max
| ing a visit to one of her sisters the ex-
| cuse, she set out for England Arriving
| in London she sent for the truant swain
| sklllfuliy sounded him as to his feelings
| and then finding, as she was sure she
| should, that he was still in love with the
| fair American. told him as much as she
! deemed necessary about the latters illness
| and low spirits, and finally persuaded him
| to accompany her back to N where af-
ter a touching interview the lovers were
reconciled, and another one among the
| many international alliances was consum-
mated The English girl off1ciated as maid
of honor, and, after giving the couple her
blessing, she considered that she had well
! earned the title of true friend
The Sweetest Things of Earth.
What are the sweetest things of earth?.
Lips that can praise rivals worth;
A fragrant rose that hides no thorn;
| Riches of gold untouched by scorn;
happy little child asleep;
Eyes that can smile, though they may
| weep;
| "A ofotherS cheer; fathers praise;
The minstrelsy of summer days;
A heart where anger never burns;
A gift that looks for no returns;
Wrongs overthrow; pains quick release;
| Dark footsteps guided into peace;
The light of love in lovers eyes;
Age that is young well as WISE
A mothers kiss; a baby's mirth-
These are the sweetest things of earth.
Kansas City Times.
1 don't believe 1t is very often spoken OF,
| but the fact exists that in England there
has been an unwritten law that young men
shall not appear at the heavy social func-
| lions before the age of 80. An English ma
iron visiting at Newport a couple of sea.
sons explained this understood law in the
! course of a converse tion held regarding the
| appearance of Mrs. Palmer's sons at elab-
crate dinners. "They are so very young"
said this lady, why, they are still in
| college, I hear The chilling dearth of
| men of more advanced years to lead out
| the girls was described as the reason for
the premature debuts of the Palmers and
other young men of corresponding age. In
| England, it appears, the callowness of the
''2Gs' was regarded as bar to the desira-
bleness of young men, and they were shut
out from all but lightweight teas and
small dances. Up to quarter of a CEN
fury ago it was the habit to look upon a
man under so in the light of partial emanci-
patton from the Eton jacket
The period for a formal acknowledge
ment of the young Englishmans claims to
social recognition has now advanced about
five years The reason for this conces-
sion the part of hostesses is that the
younger sons of the nobility spend less time
in college than formerly, the spirit of COM
merce leading them into the precincts be-
low Temple Bar or ambition to shine as
martial heroes impelling them to enter the
army. at an age when Greek and Latin
were once considered all important
The woman of to-day is a far more
vigorous creature than her sister in olden
times It has drifted into "a tradition that
people should praise the good old times
and that the man or woman who belongs
to another generation sh ould revile that
which is present and praise that which is
past but honesty, candor and absolute
keen-sightedness forces one to the opinion
that never in any age that has joined the
shadowy has-been were there ever woman
of such vigor and forttude as to-day live
and have their being in our social ranks
| The mothers of heroes in the revolution
or duty-bound servitors of the rebellion
could not vie with the debutante of 10
day who proves the wonderful power of
her constitution as well as that of her
| country D9 an SiiuuIlilS anu HeV6T-Hd8-
ging strength that many man might
| envy.
The routine of a day in her life is enough
| to stagser most men. One of two lunches
half dozen teas, dinner, the opera and
ball ending at daybreak with a chatting
dish repast is a programme sufficiently Sc
we're to wear out the beauty and the diges-
ton of a veteran, yet which apparently
has no power TO feaze dozens of delicately
reared delicately built women.
Have women stronger constitutions than