The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-12

10 tedAy as safe as the masculine escort
Wnlcn was allowed in more primitive days
When the young men of the period took
the carriage and invited Their young
lady friends to 50 with them to dances,
the theater and other evening functions
OF their day. This custom had at least
the advantage of an adequate protection
IN case of any accident. OF course when
| people keep a sufficient number of horses
10 use their own carriage for night work.
ana HOFFMAN sees thst his young mis-
| tress and her maid are safely put into the
equlppase. of which the family coachman
Is IN charge, the most nervous parent
ieels that his daughter Is as we'll protect
ca as she can possibly be; but there is
something decidedly uncomfortable for the
mother who is unable to give her chtid
these luxurles to feel that she is driving
| ABOUT New York at night in a hired car
rage with another young woman quite Al
! inexperienced as herself and much less
| intelligent. 1t also sometimes happens
that the maid and mistress do not meet,
and every season there are a number of
awkward little happenings in consequence
| i think a maid is more bother than
she is WORTH exclaimed an Independent
| young woman recently. II am always
losing ner, or she misses me. and we have
TO hunt around for each other in conse-
| quence. l tell mother l would be much
| SAFER alone, but she will always insist on
my having one with me. My last contre-
temps was very funny. although poor
Jane the maid, failed to see the humor
| OF 1t. Mrs. S. asked me for a theater
| party. We were to meet in the vestibule
| OF the theater and afterwards go to her
house for supper did rot know wheth-
| er she expected us TO go with her or in
| our own traps so 1 told Jane to return to
the theater with the carriage. Mrs. s.,
| however, had an omnibus, and wanted us
| all to go together, so 1 gave Jane the
| street and number of the house, which
was only few blocks Off and told her
| to follow me. After supper was over l
| went up to the dressing room, expecting
to find her but there was no one there.
OF course, l knew that something had
| happened, so l went down and told my
| hostess, who sent her son home with me
| in trolley car. You know l live in
Eighty-sixth street, and Mrs. SIS house
| is in Eighteenth street so the distance is
immense I thought that Jane had failed
| to find the house and had gone home, so
l let myself in with the latch-key and
| went up to her room. No Jane! I felt
| really frightened. What had become of
her? Are you all right?' called out
mamma, as I passed her door. Yes
| answered, not daring to let her know
| was alone. Then l went down and opened
the front door wide. Imagine the fam
|
! l drew an armchair up at my window,
which was over the entrance, and waited.
| Two hours al least went by and then
| saw a dark figure YEARLY climbing the
| steps. II was poor Jane nearly dead with
| fatigue and terror 1t seemed that she
| thought l expected her to walk to Mrs.
| SIS, and that the latter would take us
| home, so she dismissed the cab and then
| found she had got the number wrong.
! m
| house, but as it happened she had made
mistake in the street as we'll OF course,
| she never found the place. Then she con-
| cluded to go home, as she understood
| was in Mrs: SIS charge, when she found
TO her CONSERVATION she did not have even
a nickel in her pocket, so the poor old
| thing walked the entire way.
| That comes of giving me a maid TO
take care Of l said to mamma next day.
| If you would only let me go about alone
| | would be all right. i would have given
| old Patrick, who drives the brougham,
| the correct number and would have come
home without the least trouble OF
| course persons in James class always
make mess of it. and whey they are con-
| sidered protection / cannot see"
| Entertaining conversation is not alone
| dependent upon a wel-stored mind,
| ready wit or broad culture" writes Mrs
Burton Kingsland. in the August Ladies'
| Home Journal. 1T lays under contrbu-
ton qualities of heart as well as head and
| should reveal sincerity, sympathy and sim
| plcty. We must feel an interest in our
| subject before we can inspire it, and en-
| husasm is contagious when it is sincere.
| 1t gives animation to the face. vivacity to
| the manner. and has a thought-compelling
| power that aids f1uency of expression.
| sympathy and adaptability are created in
a measure by the desire to please. but one
must be sensitive to the mood of one audi
| ence and quick to perceive when some
| one else wishes to speak. There are talk
ers who metaphorically take the bit be-
| tween their teeth and run away with a sub
| ject When they finally cease no one has
anything to say. despairing of opportuni-
| ~. Without simplicity no conversation
| has charm. The moment we perceive that
| it is labored. or that the speaker seems TO
| calculate the effect of his words If un-
| necessary mention is made of desirable ac-
| quaintanceS or there is a display of at
| tainments or mock-innocent Wanting of
| advantages-that moment do we feel only
| contempt for the affectation and pretense.
| Truth has a marvellous power of making
! itself felt, in spit of what is said. Self
| consciousness is but egotism under a less
severe name, and self must be forgotten
| before we can add to our speech the grace
| and dignity of simplicity"
Prudent Maiden and the Man
| HE.
| Since you have smiled find the world
| A place all beautiful and bright;
| I've heard you sigh-things once despised,
| Now fill my heart with pure delight!
! To-day I look upon the fields
| That once with weeds were overrun,
| And lo 1 see fair flowers there
Serenely nodding in the sun!
| see you smile and lofty nights
| Wherein long have sought to stand
| Soon, soon shall lie beneath my feet
| If / may hold you by the hand!
SHE
| And since l hear your praise the sky
| Has seemed a fairer. deeper blue,
| And all the birds have seemed to sing
| Enchanting songs concerning you!
I hear you speak and gaze around
| Unlovey things appear no more
| The scene has changed to fairyland
| That looked so bare and brown before
| But first go on and gain the hight
And when upon its peak you stand,
| Then beckon down to me, and I'll come up
| And let you hold my hand.
Chicago Times-Herald.
| London differs from New York in the
possession of a group of women who have
! made a reputation for themselves as con-
versationalsts. and independent of what