The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-01

man Is a bore, perhaps. but of whom they
are tolerant because of their good nature,
their obvious friendliness and desire 10 be
hospitabk. IL is only the family and in
innate friends who feel the real dscom-
| fort and misery that can be caused by their
| excess of zeal and continued interference
in every little matter that concerns the
daily life and doings of those around
them"
A scrap of paper few penciled words
| or a record written in faded ink; but il
survives the changes of centuries and rises
| up in judgment to condemn or approve its
! maker long after his dust has mingled with
| the flowers of another age. We are con
stantly witnessing some proof of the i'm
| perishable quality of that which is once
committed 10 the written page. and in thisN
| regard, if in no other, the pen is mghtier
| than the sword.
We should, therefore, says Harper's Ba-
| Ear, he careful what we write, to whom
| we lpriass and in what temper we write.
| Far be il from the sensible woman, high
| minded aud|weii-bred, to stoop TO clan
| destine correspondence. That would be to
| go contrary TO her training and tradi-
tons; and should she ever so foolshly
| err through impulse or misplaced affec
| ton or sentmentahty let her not be
surprised If there come an hour when that
which she whispered in pen and ink may,
| to her embarra ssment and confusion. be
| proclaimed from the house-tops. No hon
| orabie person should ever write or engage
| in or commit to the mails any sort of cor
respondence which has in it an occasion
| for avoiding the light. This does not, of
| course, refer to legitiplately confidential
! correspondence between accepted lovers,
| husbands and wives, and kinsfolk and ac-
| quaintance
Also, one should never suffer herself 10
| write an angry letter, no matter how irri-
| tating the circumstances prompting it may
| be. A calmer mood or less perturbed state
| will come, excavations may be perceived,
| apologies may be proffered or explanations
| given and the furious letter will itself ar
| Taign its author; il Will be a mistake, if
not a misrepresentation.
To write when one is suffering from fit
| of the blues, from temporary or chronic
| depression, thus sending forth ones melan-
| choy to become the chilly wet blanket
| which can smother another's happiness. is
| equally short-sghted. out comes the
bright sunshine. and your clouds vanish;
| but your darkly and wretchedly conceived
| letter has gone beyond your reach and YOU
| cannot recall it, ana IL is busy about its
! baleful errand when you are in no frame
| of mind to own that you sent 1t out. Years
afterward it may fall into the hands of
| your heirs, and may lay at your door the
| charge OF a uetutnCy 10 insanity, or be
| quoted In evidence of your spiritual or
mental weakness and infelicity. Refrain
| from writing letters when you are in
| low mood.
Another point. and this has TO do with
| the letters of well-kuown people. What
right has the public to the intimate knowl-
| edge, the unveiling, the revelation caused
! by the publication of letters when the
helpless dead can lift no hand for their
own defense or protection. Much as we
enjoy biography, there often comes over us
a creepy feeling, a sort of SILVER, at the
| thought that those who wrote these pri-
Vate personal letters never intended them
| for the perusal of other eyes than those
| of the one to whom they were addressed
Famous men and women should take pre-
cautions during their lifetime against this
invasion of their individual right when
they are no longer here.
Letters are endowed with a sort of earth
| Iy immortality, an indestrucHbilty which
resists everything except the flames.
New York women says the New York
| Times, may ia time go TO Dublin for their
| fashions as they do now to Paris and vi
emma, though that time may not be in the
near future. There seems to be a general
feeling that for really good taste in gowns
| one must go to a woman who is by birth
or ancestry from Erin sunny isle.
There is no one, who can make a gown
like an Irishwoman," said woman who
knows good gowns, speaking about their
| making the other day. "They have per-
feet taste, and they seem to have a spe-
cial talent for putting things together.
| Take some of the best modistes in New
! York and you will find they are Irish
| There is O'Brian-pronounced with an en-
| phasis on the % and none on the "Bri'-in
| Philadelphia! she is Irish. When 1 want
a satisfactory gown made l always go to
| an Irishwoman if | can"
/ "Come to think of it" said another wo-
man. 4 think my dressmaker is an Irish
| woman, and she certainly has a most won
| derful knack. She never measures and
| puts down whole lote of figures, as some
! dressmakers do, but she slashes out some
! thing, puts il on me, and some way 1t al
ways comes out all right For instance.
went to her one day and wanted some
| thing in a great hurry; could she oblige
| me? Yes, she would So she got a piece
| of linins, looked at me. slashed away at
the cloth, and in minute or two had
| something that looked like the lining of
waist. These pieces she did not haste to-
| gether, but pinned them on me. You
may come for a fitting of the bodice and
skirt tomorrow, she said. don't know
| how she does it, but WIEN ! went the next
| day the bodice looked if it was half
done, and ii fitted, too"
Who says that the outside of house
does not tell the story of its interior? If
one only looks at the shades on the win
dows he can say whether the feminine
owner is a neatly particular woman or
woman. with slovenly ways; whether she
be quietly self-possessed or nervously ac-
| tive. Telling character by window cur
tains is new fad. If the shades of
house are invariably in the center of the
| glass panes and always hang in an even
line. then II is safe&o pronounce the house
| keeper a quiet, orderly woman, whose
nerves never get-sharpened into edges. II.
| on the contrary, one curtain is up and
Annual safes oFct C,OJ~sOc~ 1900.
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