The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-18
WOMAN s v 0RLD

thinks il a rather mournfu business.
-bieh the dependence of a family upon
him renders necessary. He does not
sta his will for the love of making it,
rIs does not revise it every Sunday after
noon and cancel it at every new moon.
il. does not "gush" in it-that is, he
do.s not ainterlard legal phraseology with
s,,ob expressions as my own darling cou-
Sin Emma" or my faithful devoted cat
Fuffv." In fact. il is very seldom that
man refers 10 the domestic feline in
his viii at all. He is so unfeelng He
,ooks upon wiil-making purely as a bust
ness transaction
Not so with a woman She seizes the
neutrality-suspicious. the last she will
nave on earth-of expressing her opinion
about her relatives, neighbors, spiritual
advisers. doctors, lawyers-in short,
about everybody she has ever come in
contact with not emitting Che parrot and
H. lifelong enemy, the cat. And the in
yenrorv she makes of the furniture! Even
down 10 the pincushion with the hPld
trimmings and the antimacassar with the
impossible peaeock-nothing nobody is
forgotten.
Women derive great deal of enjoy
m.nt out of making their wills" remark
Oh a lawyer the other day. They change
Them s often as they change their gowns.
IN is only a few days ago that / came down
TO my office 20 find one of my fair clients
anxiously awaiting me. She was IN
great state of nervousness.
9"'Oh Mr.. Blankv she exclaimed, I've
come to change my VIII.
What! Again? 2 asked.
Yes she said, / discovered last
piqbt that Mrs -. whom l had intended
10 leave my diamond tiara to, has been
saving spitefua things about my poor, dead
!, Il Sc IF
green grocery and an off-beer license
odious creature that she is. / could never
resi- in my grave if l thought she would
benedt a farthings worth from my death.
Cross her off the Will, please, Mr..
Blank and substitute the name of-let me
see now, whom can | leave the diamond
tiara to? Well, IN think over it Tonight
aud come and see you in the morning.
But. no; something might happen during
he night and then thar hateful Mrs. -
would get the tiara. Yes, I'd forgotten;
old 10 wear a tiara, but she wouldn't
pledge it like that backbiter Mrs. -
And so on" concluded the man of
law That good lady changed her will
six times in as many months, and the
names in il would have filled a small di-
rec-ory while the rest of it suggested an
auctiOneer's catalogue.
A case is on record where a rich widow
went with her Two sons TO switzerland
for a holiday. When the day arrived for
her 10 leave Lucerne for London sud
den Dresentiment came over her that she
and the two youths would never see Eng
land again. and she feared that her money
might 20 to a nephew whom she disliked.
So she called in a Swiss lawyer and ex-
ecutad a viii in favor of a cousin. The lady
arrived in London safely, nut lew Gays
later she contracted pneumonia and died
Her lawyer at home produced her Will,
that he had had in his possession for some
years whereupon one of the boys foolish
" mentioned the Swiss will, which, of
coure. annulled the older one and robbed
the boys of what was really theirs, the
cousin coming in for very substantial
Another inexpucable propensity that
some elderly ladies have is to arrange
tn detail of their own funerals. They
will choose what clergyman shall perform
the last sad rites, what hymns shall be
sung and what inscription shall be carved
Il is very rarely one finds man who
keeps awake at nights arranging the pro
the subject possesses no attraction tofnm.
le prefer not to think about 1t. Which
just shows what towards men are!
Five years ago a certain widow made
provision in her viii that she should be
Inferred in the same grave as her late la
mented husband. TWO years later she
married again, and that of course, neees-
stated change in the will. Now she is
widow once more and her lawyer is OK
pectlns to hear from her every day
the man, meditatively. AT least my Wile
is. and l suppose she is a falr sample
OF the sex Every now and then, you
know l have windfall OF money, and
This is for Yourself l say impress
sNely now buy something you've been
wanting for a long time
After a while I'll say, on! by the by,
you haven't shown me what you bought
with the $40 l gave you yesterday. You've
spent Il, haven't you2' Yes, indeedy,
she replies, and forthwith produces cut
glass bowl or a bureau scarf or some
thlng equally absurd. Then when | OBJ
lect that ! expressly stated she was to
buy something for herself, she responds
that this is for herself, and has a double
value in that | can enjoy il, too.
Why, l have given that young woman
the money for pair of slippers at least
twenty times over, but on her way down
town to get them each time she has seen
something she wanted for the house and
has bought ii instead. Finally l grew
tired of seeing her without boots on in the
evening, and, despite her remonstrances
dragged her an unwilling victim to shoe
store and bought them for her myself.
Now, man isn't like that. When he
buys something for himself il is for him
sen, you must wager. No one else has
part or parcel IN it, And It's not for the
house. either He may, in a moment of
deep generosity purchase an article for
ms own den. The laborer is certainly wor-
my of his hire, and fellow likes to have
rev things of his very own"
NJ, The white silk wedding dress, says the
-4+AetAelpuld IliltSt Will always De popu-
laf, for there is a tradition clinging to
She wearing of white silk. Several of the
oldes of this season have white silks
which have been in the family for years.
ana they find them easily made over in
ms seasons styles
white silk dress, cut perfectly plain
en- princess, has a bodice almost entirely
covered with Guirlande lace. A Marie An
s9nette hchu was draped around the
shoulders and tied in the double knot at
tle bust line. From he knot il fell in
piS; loose ends below the waist
re skirt was trimmed with TWO very
Geep rufiies which began narrow at the
"tSt line in front, and We're Very deep
az the back, almost entirely covering the
eArt. This is new style OF trimming
NlthA the deep ruffe and one which has
4u9ad special favor in Paris this spring.
ne novelties if there be any in the
~ ksilg OF bridal gowns, are In the fitting
.. me BODICE which is extremely tight
Q9lle the reverse OF the blouse. Nearly
aI wedding gowns are cut princess and
sle seamless ever the hips. There IS
scarcely any flare al the back until half
Wy down the skirt, when Il suddenly
t'Its very broad In the back TO make
sMeepiag tran.
l. rains are longer than ever; four yards
Ing mar on the ground Is the rule Bri-
Nai bouquets are shower rather than