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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-15
TRIALS OF FAINTER.
She Is Driven 10 Despe ration. bS
Various Family IikenrSSeS

Various Family LikenesseS.
New York, Jan. l3.-"There is nothing
like painting portraits to take the con
ceit out Of one" said young artist as
she made a feint of thrusting sher small
fist through the stretcher before her.
whats the matter?" asked her com
panion, looking over the girls shoulder.
Il don't see anything wrong with that
It's an excellent likeness of old Judge
Green, and a perfect image of the pho
tograph you are working from"
Il thought 1t was pretty good myself %
said the girl, YEARLY; but his sisters say
L haven't caught his expression. and the
whole things got to be sponged out"
And look" she continued. ruefuny.
producing heap of photographs, daguer-
reotypes and miniatures, these are what
they have given me for my guidance. Here
is a picture of his mother, for instance:
they say the judge had his mothers eyes
although hers were large and dark and
his were light and swaziland the likeness
won be right unless / get EN- in some
how. This" holding up a daguerrotype,
rs prolific likeness of his brother. Miss
Anne Green insists that the judge had a
nose exactly like his brother. and that
l must emphasize this point of resem-
nance strongly. / told her that II would
be out of the question to put a profile
nose on a full-face portrait She said:
But, my dear, you must show the nose
as 1t is here, even if you have to change
the position of the face to do IT, for no.
body would ever recognize the judge with
out his brothers nose It's very discour-
aging! But the worst of it is, they want
me to give the judge a mouth precisely
like his uncle's-here, this is the uncle's
picture cant see the slightest resem-
blance myself and / know, If l give him
anybodys mouth but his own, It will spoil
the likeness. But they say they won {
take the portrait unless the mouth suits
them
What are the other pictures?"
"Oh, his daughters and his nephew's.
They say he resembles them all. His own
picture seems quite lost in the shuttle, and
doesn't count at all as a guide to his
appearance. With these pictures of his
relatives and with what has been told me
of the beauty and holiness of his charac-
ter and disposition, which is said TO have
revealed itself in his face, his sisters say
/ ought to be able to turn out a tirst-rate
portrait of him Well, never mind some
day perhaps III be a celebrated portrait
painter, and then won't ] paint people as
they are, and not as their adoring relatives
think they ought to be-"
Frances A. Schneider.
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THE DERELICT.
Continued From Page 20.


did not very much care. Kettle had his
theories Anyway II stopped. TO go on
with, although they were buffeted with
every kind of evil weather all their mis-
chances were speedily rectihed.In a heavy
sea their unstable cargo surged about as
though it had been liquid, but it always
shifted back again before she quite cap
sized.
An hands got covered with salt water
bols All hands, with the exception OF
Kettle who remained as usual neat, grew
gaunt, bearded, dirty aud unkempt. They
were grimed with sea salt they were
iayed by Vio.ept suns; but by dint Of hard
schooling they were becoming handy sail
ormen, all of them, ana even che negro
stone mason learned to obey an order with
out first thinking over its Justice ill he
earned a premonitory hiding
IT'S a blooming Flying Dutchman we're
on" said the coal-trimmer, who acted as
mate. There's no killing the old beast
Only hope she gets US ashore somehow
and doesn't stay foollng about al sea for
ever just to get into risks. | want to
get off her She's too blooming lucky to
be quite wholesome, somehow"
In Bristol channel little scattering tug
wheeled up within hail tossing like a
cork of the brown waves of the estuary,
and her skipper in the green pulpit be-
tween the paddle boxes waved a hand
cheerily.
Seem to have found some dirty wealth
er. captain" he bawled Want a pull
into Cardiff or Newport"
Cardiff. What price?"
"say nO0."
~ wasn't asking TO buy the tug. You're
putting a pretty fancy figure on her for
that new lick of paint you got on your
rail"
I'm take $780,"
"Oh. ] can sail her In myself il you're
going 70 be funny. She's as handy as a
pilot boat, brg-rigged like this, and my
crew know her fine. I'll give you f2O into
Cardiff and you're to dock me for that. %
Twenty wicked people. Now look
here, captain, you don't look very pros
porous with that vessel of yours. and you'll
probably have the sack from owners for
mshandling her when you get ashore ana
don't want TO embtter your remaining
years in the workus. so III pun you in
FOR so quid. -
Twenty pounds, old bottle nose"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-15
an iucognito, preferring to be William the
Emperor TO the end Of the chapter.
ST. AGNES EVE.
Spells, ana Entertainments for the
Evening of jan. II.

Evening Ot Jan. Il.
Upon 81 Agnes eve, Jan. 2i. let every
maid fail not to try magic spell.
If supperless to bed you go, nor look
behind, nor sideways. then will st. Agnes
dreams be the sweetest of the year.
There are other signs and portents which
may help to makes festive evening for
a merry party. Nut-shakng is one Of the
mystical arts Probably the Christmas
tree of evergreen has not yet been aban-
doned. Hang upon its branches a guam
tity of nuts OF various kinds-put on in
such a way that they may be shaken off
very easily.
When the proper hour arrives for the
nut-shaklng, each damned in turn stands
beneath the tree, and while one of the
party gives Il a gentle shake, she holds
out her arms 20 catch all the nuts which
fab The charmed number seven rules
the evening. So the girl who catches seven
nots or any larger number, which is
a multiple of seven, is considered most
fortunate-marriage riches and honor be-
ing foretold.
If only two nuts are caught, an early
marriage is signitied, or "A double nut an
swers the same purpose. Three nuts
means a legacy; four indicate, great
wealth; five voyage cross the sea; six,
fame as an artist. author or musician;
seven, the possession OF the gift most de-
sired by the finder.
A Inc Of prophecy-similar to old-fash-
Toned mottoes-may be written and wrap
ped about each nut before Il is hung upon
the tree.
If a number of English wanuts have
been included among the nuts, when they
are opened the shells may have tiny can
dies put in each and then they are started
out upon a voyage in a tub of water.
Each boat or shell Is named as the candle
is lighted and set adrift. The boats that
sail together will be partners for life. A
penny should be dropped in one side OF
the tub and o ring in the other Thu
boat that drifts toward the ring Will mar
ry for owe; if toward the penny, for
money
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-15
Laughing as an Art.

lug women il- society are laughing
arS r zeal nowadays. Even those who
opt, naturally given to laughter send
T5 after peal of musical "Ha! Hast"
Herr, S.'''ry laugh. says the New York
of ..i Is the result of weeks and months
Of na, ,al training and hours and hours
onlg gn' practice. Perfection is attained
,angb '''oush private instruction. This
plo5 branch OF musical training APP
mos, " 'mbellish conversation in the
r., pressing manner.
all r.,b. WIN the loud, hearty laugh is
sort 2 ~ the mountain or seaside re-
tie dr,,' mat same laugh is tabooed in
so ss. wing room. She realizes this. and
tiyatf. 70 a musical trainer and Gull
refred d merry laugh which is soft ana
laugb 9ia delightful to hear. She can
pitch ~ very known key and in every
sar sa II tuning fork is a most neces-
piano az r''Igl 10 this practice although a
used T.. any musical instrument can be
fasbio,l, best, however to use the old
cessfur Wv. ,unins forks, says very sue
Their amer of the voice.
Very Us great difference in those sill
use. Al'sas and an art in their proper
guisb ~, plFt Of the training IS TO distin-
Proper 'oler laugh, proper pitch and
plessur. 10 express various degrees OF
laugh o dtire, interest or merely a lieht
means nothing. Then there
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-15

There is perfect mania for chains of
all kinds, and there seems to be no limit
to the number with which women load
themselves down. Many of these jeweled
chains, says Harper's Bazaar are beau
tiful, and correspondingly expensive. At
one time, and not very long ago, either, il
was not considered al all good style for
women to appear in the street laden down
with jewels, but this craze for chains has
apparently worked a revolution. The
amethyst chains interspersed with pearls,
the gold chains with gold and turquoise.
the pearl chains, and the jet chains are all
extremely pretty. These chains are used
ostensibly for some purpose; on one is
hung a heart-shaped locket, the watch is
attached to another, a third is for lorg-
nette and a fourth for muff chain, while
there is always one intended for ornament
alone
1t is a mistake 10 suppose that the imi-
tation jewels are of necessity cheap; on the
contrary they are quite expensive-that
is, the good limitations. The imitation
pearls are so perfect that only an expert
can tell them from the real. Even the
very poor ones cost from s. to Sc a string.
These ropes or strings of pearls are
very becoming with the evening gowns.
One long string without any fastening Is
put around the throat two or three tines
as many times, in tact, as IT VIII pass
around the neck. Then there are the
single strings of pearls, and also the col
lars made of several strings and with the
diamond slides. An odd fancy is to have
either the little seed pearls in these col
Iares or several strings of them and the
slide is then set with imitation diamonds,
or even if desired with the real stones,
when the pearls will be imitation. In
deed, never before were imitation and real
jewels worn together 10 the same extent
that they are now.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-15
'WONRNS NOKLD.

number of things which
az stu provincial in our even
i-'' .--.,ipreuts in America" writes
ls .....r with the best society on
pan If the Atlantic, for the New
boz. -,-.s,,n.. traces of former condi-
''N s,,,s.y which might be abolished
oL ~ GREAT advantage to our social civil
."'- one IN particular, which would
,.,,ls if il were not so inconvenient
,-r,ryzfng 10 conviviality, is the ab-
-' ,.,..7jence that women over here
.,,,.. mon masculine attendance at
E''' fancdons, making it impossible
10 move freely about or TO get
inner without an escort. While dane
NJ course out of the question.
-, ,5sy realize that in England's
s, sat ali that sort of thing has
& .,olisbed perhaps they might mus
49,. ,be courage of their convictions
n 1,iov themselves nationally AT the
4 lance attended in London, given
Il ,,.i,. p. who is the smartest of the
o-, was greatly struck by and much
,-,,r.5 The absolute independence of the
d s, belonging to that set. If men
&. ..,s7 ,6em. well and good; il not it did
-, interfere with their evident enjoy
.rt. they moved about perfectly I'M
need going and coming as they
,.,ssd noticed Lady Betty NJ, for in
2e,,nce VINO is most popular, going down
"a sIpper. when il was announced, with
o.,t v,,ting for any escorC, and both she
ID another fashionable looking woman
,rbo WAS with her helped themselves with
nsrfscr apl0mb, and, taking possession Of
4 small fable established themselves en-
t,o,e-s-.ata 40 their obvious and entire sat
S,sfasfion. BY and by a man sauntered
srone and drew a chair up to their table,
h and then another, until finally they had
he iofss1 and most attractive looking
4 ram i'm the room. And So il was about
8everyfDms Madame came in her carriage
al II oc.ock; monsieUF arrived in a nan
4 som an hour later, and when they were
4 ,re5 they went home, each independently
4 of the other while, as | say, al The en-
&tert9ilm+nt itself one sex seems quite as
Hupr1mmeltd as the other
cover mere it is altogether different. I
a heard my niece, who came out last win
Ter deseanung th.k other day upon the
miser.es Of getting stuck Tt makes
q going out a perfect trial. she said. First,
4 the necessity of having partners before
3 hand for supper and the coullion. and,
q second the uncomfortable feeling you have
when the general dancing is going on that
n every man remains with you five minutes
a without being relieved may be stuck,
4 which with me invariably brings on men
81 tal paralysis And l can never think of
g a word TO say This word stuck which
81 seems 10 mean so much over here and be
q so full of dreadful possibilities, is purely
II American. No man is ever stuck in Eng
b land and a girl expects to be left after
& a dance is over as a matter of course.
n THE only remedy for the congested
q condition of affairs that interferes so much
& with the enjoyment of both sexes at
4 American dances is for women to recog-
4 nze that they are free agents, and that
4 it is not only permissible, but much more
fashionable to give up the ridiculous help
Il lessness that custom has imposed upon
Il them so long .......
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-15

is bewitching, low keyed, mellow con-
tralto laugh, which is not possible Tor
everybody TO attain
OF course, there is with these laughs the
necessary expression of the eye, which is
10 compete The impression one wishes to
convey.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-15

Since the foundation OF. the Legal Aid
Society in New York 10000 people victim
lied by their fellows have sought and
found justice through its Efforts The
society has collected and paid over to It's
clients a sum largely in excess of 100000
The indirect dement's have also been fell
by far larger number Of people
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-15

rs An interesting story is connected with
a the familiar picture of Trilby painted by
Ashley D. NJ. Cooper which was exhibit
Il ed very generally throughout the country
n at the time of the craze for DuMaurier's
picturesque heroine. The artist obtained
4 his model for the painting through the
desire of the young woman TO lift the
mortgage off her home farm.
Some years ago this young woman was
living The happy life of a country girl on
her wealthy parents farm in Western
Missouri She grew UP wild and free, I'M
restrained in spirits and form, living very
close TO nature No corsets ever encir-
cled her waist and no tight shoes dis
tOred her feet She grew to womanhood
an unfettered child of nature, beautiful
in face and form. Then came misfortune
for her father. The grasshoppers devas-
tatei his fields, and he was compelled to
mortgage his homestead. The father sick
ened and died, leaving his wife and daugh-
Ter without resources and with a mort
gagged home They went 20 Kansas City,
Fl where the mother secured employment as
n a cashier 10 department store, and the
daughter as a cloak model in the same es-
H iap.Ishment Their common purpose was
10 save money enough to pay off the mort
va 'ii' liOiAlNSN0du. as tHtS CdIS
ana went to their work they began to at
tract attention, and soon all eyes were
upon them The young woman soon
Oecame known as the Giving Venus" and
h as Sucn was known to many people who
Knew nothing of her life.
Al this time an artist friend. who, lived
III Kansas City, wrote to Mr.. Cooper that
" nld seen woman of goddesslike form,
"no dione would serve for a model for a
pelleeI Inby knowing that Cooper was
searching for such a model. The artist
"ell posi- haste to Kansas City. He man
aseu 10 secure an introduction to the
Dtduulul sirl, and with all possible tact
Suss'Sled his purpose. She Indignantly
.eluSed MS offer, but Cooper was so i'm
pressed with her beauty that he would
~, De content with a refusal. He argued
"ln The mother, persuaded her, and
ptonl'Sed price that would raise the
1sno''sase' and endeavored to show the
1eusA'eF that there need be no sacrifice
VI "' mdidenly modesty. He told her
''. her mother could go with her and
WIN her all the time she was posing.
tlua!y She yielded. At Cooper's beautiful
ina ''s W San Jose, Cal. during the follow
a e -our months, she was the sole model,
ere furnished the inspiration for this
49, iel' picture When the picture was com
IL W. oolh mother and daughter returned
so NausaS city, where the daughter was
soon married.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-15

Inc pessimist may still be glad
When dinners served in jovial state;
de may evolve some comment sad
Upon the turkeys hapless fate
Washington Star
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Destiny
Sailing out upon iife's ocean,
Souls are tossing to and fro,
Till together, two are drifting
Side by side, and learn to know
All the joy the other brings them;
Then they both are loath to part,
For it's destiny uniting
Soul to soul and heart to heart.
Strange it seems those souls are growing
Each one, in the others life
So important, were they parted,
Life would seem q useless strife.
Destiny sly Cupid's workman,
Weaves web to join two hearts,
Till they both are taken captive,
Love her sweet joy then imparts.
In a web of fascination,
Destiny unites and binds;
Loving hearts she weaVes together,
When the souls true mate she finds.
And they wonder how it happened
They We're drawn together SO,
For the unseen power that guided
They could scarcely see or know.
Martha Shepard Lipplncott.
Moorestown, n. ].
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-15

zone hears a good deal about the new
woman" said a Washington woman who
has had long and varied sociat experience
in England and America, "but ii seems TO
me that the women I meet to-day are very
much like the women l knew fifty years
ago There may be more who are highly
educated, or self supporting; but the we'll
bred woman doesn't talk entomology or
Greek roots or shop in society, and / can't
tell a pretty girl who knows about bugs
from Que who doesn't II a girls frock is
stunning ] don't care whether she earned
il or her father paid for It, The brilliant
woman and the attractive girl in society
are very much what they always were,
fancy. One must get behind the scenes 10
recognize the modern woman's peeuliar-
ties. Entomology and salary may affect
her private life
But do notice in society one sign. that
women are changed and I'm delighted
with the change. When I was a girl the
half hour or whole hour after dinner was
the abomination of desolation. The men
stayed with their wines and cigars. The
women adjoVrned to the drawing rooms
ana manfestly did penance for their sins.
Some of them tried 10 be am,able and kept
up an invertebrate conversation. Some
We're openly, frankly bored, and the ad-
vent of the men was hailed with undis-
guised joy and relief. Now things are al
together different in this day and genera o.
ton. To be sure, the men often leave the
table with the women, but even when they
don't there is no dun hour for the women
Women are more Interested in each other
Than they used to be, or else they are more
interested in themselves. Whichever II is
the result is the 'same-increased anima-
ton and fluent conversation. When a num-
per OF women are together nowadays they
seem to have a most hilarious time. and
conversation never flags for a moment
suppose Al is because there are more in
terests in the lives Of women than there
were in the Old days. one doesn't need TO
tax jam or servants or children or clothes
though those staple topics are still hard
worked, ! notice. I've often seen a look Of
actual regret on the women's faces when
The doors opened end the men came in It
is wholesome sign. A woman's woman IS
a much finer product of civilization than
mans woman. The men are so easily de-
ceived, poor things"
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The Reason Why

The Reason Why
When l was at the party"
Said Betty (aged just four,)
"A little girl fell off her chair
Right down upon the floor.
And all the other little girls
Began to laugh, but me-
1 didn't laugh little Bit
Said Betty, seriously.
why not?" her mother asked her.
Full of delight to find
That Betty-bless her little heart
Had been SO sweetly kind.
why didn't you Iaugh darling?
Or don't you like to ten?"
Il didn't laugh" said Betty,
Cause Il was me that fell"
Mary E. Bradley in St. Nicholas.
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90 m from % ave. 4 Is m for Bolton 81
500pm from 2d ave.
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TO take effect Oct 2. 1898
II. c. BENAGH, Supt.
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One Of this years debutantes, says the
Chicago Times-Herald, expected to be one
of a NUMBER of guests at a large dinner
party, but az the last moment sent these
regrets
Il am sorry TO be obliged to decline your
kind invitation to your lovely dinner par
ty. which owing to a dreadful cold in my
head must be postponed for future enjoy
ment"
The debutante's mother and the hostess
had been girls together, so the latter on
the strength of friendships license, return
ed The above with this reply
1--WE are disappointed to learn you could
not be with us last evening. but everything
was ready to go on the table and the
guests had begun to arrive, when your
note was handed TO me, so it was rather
late to change my plans, you see;. and as
for having the dinner postponed for flu
ture enjoyment" 1t was the kind that
would not bear warming over my dear
While the craze for souvenir spoons was
a its hight. the proprietor of the Waldorf
Astoria sat one day, al luncheon in the
Grand Union Hotel, next to two stylish wo-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-15

'Never mind about the cake and Ice
cream. my dear. Just see that they have
plenty of bread and butter and hot cho-
colate. with perhaps a salad. and they'll
enioy the meal nightly. you may be sure.
OFFER them plenty of bread and butter,
even # you have to sacrifice the olives and
the sailed almonds TO do So"
This was the advice says the Times
Herald Of that city, which one clever CHI