The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-29

the sewing machine or put Cew wire on
the screen door he viii not pout and
say: That WAS rot down n the marriage
contract. He viii overlook any htIe
weakness his wife may possess. instead OF
calling her a cross patch ana then acting
ten times worse himself. He pympathizes
rather than initiates. lie is nct always
telling her she is wrong a-c he is right
He is Inclined 10 lie cement and let The 1t
tie woman have her own way IN many
things ard always .ets her have the LAST
word for thai is . Wifes privilege He Is
an all-rOund good fellow in his home life.
"A good husband keeps up his courtesy
as long as ne lives He never forSets 70
make love to his wife and tell her how
much he thinks Of her Ee believes the
honeymoon should be everlasting and that
love grows richer as both grow oder. He
never ceases TO show those delicate little
attentions and couriesiSS which mean 50
much to q WOman's heart. He kisses her
Just as he used 10 do before marriage. He
is not like some men who actually are
rougher 10 their wives than to any other
woman on the fO0tstool. He never out
grows the civilities of life. lie plans littie
surprises as he used 10 when he was
oourting He takes an interest in her new
dress and bonnet and speaks words of
praise White she is yet living, and does
not wait for the funeral and then deliver
his praise wholesale when she cannot hear
ILL.,"
The "genueman's gentlemen" and the
''ladys ladies" have a unique society of
their own al the house parties at the
English country houses. AS long as they
are on hand al stated hours. says the New
York Tribune, to attend to their resDec-
tive masters or mistresses the rest of
their time is very much at their own dis
posal and their pursuits and pleasures are
not unlike a travesty on those of their
employers.
Il consider that the less I know about
my maid the better" remarked a certain
titled woman. IF l concerned myself
about her private life ] should be chang
ing every few weeks. No, the only thing
is to see nothing, to hear nohing'
and consequently to know moth
Ing, except so far as con-
Germs her relations toward myself. If I
am properly attended to ana served that
is all that [ ask. OF course. # anything
fragrant is brought directly to my notice
l am obliged TO take action, but / always
avoid the necessity, if possible for it is
so upsetting to change ones maid.
"What do you think happened last
spring just in the middle of the season?
l went to my brothers rooms for after
noon tea one day, and, turning over some
photographs in a basket, l picked up, to
my utter surprise, a portrait of my own
maid, and what was more to the point,
she had been taken in my best walking
gown. Who is this?' ! asked my brother,
who evidently had no idea that l had any
personal interest in the Photograph.
" oh, that he said careiessly, is a lit
tie nursery goVerness met when l was
stopping with Lady c. last autumn. You
were there at the same time, don't you
remember? You must have seen her. We
struck up quite a friendship. She tooE
the dogs out to walk and that sort of
thing 1 was always meeting her, and
when I came away she gave me her pic
ture'
" But how did you know she was the
governess2' persisted, curious to find out
how she managed the deception.
Why, she told me So of course he
answered, and she said the reason she
had her time on her hands was because
her little charges were away on q visit
well, I was in a quandary. 1 was go
| ing that week to several important din
| neTs, and I knew I could not get any one
to do my hair like Eugene, so I deferred
| explanations for a fortnight after which
! I handed the girl the photograph and told
| her she would see how under the circum-
stances it would be impossible for me tc
| keep her. WhereupOn she burst into tears
and confessed the whole business. OF
| course it was an indiscretion, bur after
all, there was no great harm done. She
| so wanted, she said, to feel and look like
a lady for once that she had the picture
| taken, which she considered the real crime
! AS TO the governess part, why that was
| a bit of Incorporating and hurt no one
| The child seemed sincere according 10 hei
| lights and I ended by keeping her, and
dare say she will be the better for the les
SON"
one of the gayest hours of the day in
| high life below stairs is from 10 to i
| O'Clock in the evening, for it is at thai
time the maids take out the pet dogs fol
a final airing before shutting them up fol-
| the night, and the Wallets are off duty
| These reunions are exclusive; none Of The
lower servants are tolerated. The visit.
| ing maids and Wallets, with those of tht
! house who occupy the same positions, con
stitute the assemblage.
Apropos of the story of the recovery Of
Beatrice Harridens engagement ring
| which has been going the rounds of the
newspapers, some curious tales Of the
finding of other lost articles are told. Miss
Harden some thirteen years ago, while
! boating in Oquaga Lake, lost the ring
| Search was fruitless. Returning to hei
Philadelphia home, she was married. and
| the loss of her engagement ring was a.
most IOlSOIten. 1nlS summer a party 81
| her friends were spending some weeks a
the same resort Tramping across the
fields one day, they caught large tur le
carried it home and began preparation.
for making soup. In its stomach the Eong
lost ring was found.
A Brooklyn woman while gathering
flowers in her garden dropped her engage
ment ring. Tireless was the search, but
in vain. One year later, while superin-
tending the transplanting of some tuIir
bulbs, the ring was dug up, none the worse
for its long burial.
A New York literary woman says the
New York Tribune, while visiting at a
Long Island summer resort, lost on the
beach a neck chain charm, a stone she had
herself found in the Rocky mountains.
After some days Of waiting she lost hope
Of seeing it again, and returned home. The
following summer she again visited the
same watering place. While walking on the
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