The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-01


mat You cant Keep books, and there
is no use Of your trying.
That he expects you to look your best
when you go cut with him.
Ihat II does not improves his razor 10
use II for chiropodical purposes.
nat house hunting Is not reckoned by
the average man as a pastine.
Ihat q M is xty minutes past z
O'Clock, not fiftesn minutes 10 ..
A Southern girl just IS, and as pretty
andi charming as only a Southern girl
can be pretty and charming. was on her
first tour Of inspection of the metrop-
oils. When she was much younger. says
the New Orleans Times Democrat. she
had passed through the city on her wey
TO some other place. but now her skirts
were way down below her ankles. and
with a whole fortnight's stay before her
she felt equal to the situation and pro-
ceeded TO size things UP accordingly Her
relatives entered into the spirit of the
thing and gave her every opportunity
They took her to Manhattan Beach and
the theaters; she shopped and went 10
che Museum of Art; she visited the Stock
Exchange. paid her respects to the God
dess of Liberty and all the other things
thet no true New Yorker ever thinks OF
doing, and which all -weil-regulated tour
lists would not dream of going home with
out having done. At the end of her visit
the Southern girl felt JUSTIFIED In ven
tilatiag her opinion Of 1t all. We'll" she
announced with a gravity betting the
subject. II think that your New York men
are perfectly splendid. i never saw any
thing like them before in my whole life. y"
pride and pleasure expressed In the coun-
tenopces Of all the males presently
They're so good looking, so well dressed
and SOL can't think OF the word. but II
has something to do with horses" We'll
groomed3' suggested one of the please
proud males Yes, that's it--well groom
ed. Oh" with a deep sigh. they're reg
ularly lovely. But the New York wo-
men" with a gesture OF disgust. whats
the matter with them?" chorused the wo-
men listeners. They're SO ugly" re-
pied the Southern girl stylish. IL YOU
choose, and well dressed sometimes. but,
oh. so ugly Why l never saw so many
homely people in my life as just since I've
been in New York. Our plainest South
ern women would be beauties here" It
was some time before my OF the women
listeners could md breath TO answer. But
you must remember" at length one OF
these managed to reply, shat you haven't
seen any New York women-not any
worth Judging from; that is to say, at
sherlock Holmes. at the Iartlck tue
other night and also at me casino Eiri
there were probably hardly 'hfty Manna'-
tanese in the place These plays have
been running for months, and all New
York has seen them long ago, and the
omen you meet in the street, at whom
YOU SO revile, are more than likeiy
strangers from all over the country-from
New England and Canada and the West.
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heatnen mythoiogy CANNOT De assuhneo
10 ne historically correct altnouRh IL
ol'en interesting Inc ieteho ol ''ie M
zoos concerning tne crea.loh on "o,na'. -
one OF the most ehtertaio'ns Oh myths Una
nave oeen preserved tnrousn the ayes IL
relates tnat at the beginning OF ume
lwasntrl' me prototype OF vulcan OF more
recent my'noiosy' createo me worlo' WHen
ne round tnat MS WORK would be incom-
pIete wltnout woman all MS material nad
oeen exhausted. There was not a single
sohd element remaining. Much perplex-
ed 1wsSFtri. after profound meditation,
tooN the roundness OF the moon. the I'M
ddiatons OF the serpent, the enhancement
OF creeping plants. the trembling OF the
grass the slenderness or the rose vine and
the veIvet 81 the flower the hghtness OF
the leat and the glance OF the fawn. the
sayety OF the suns rays and tears of the
mist. the Inconsistency Of the wind and
t'midity of the hare. the vanity of the
peacock and the softness OF the down on
the throat OF the swallow. the hardness OF
the diamond. the sweet flavor Of honey
AMI the cruelty of the tiger. the warmth
OF fire. the chill Of snow. the chatter of
the Jay and the cooling of the turtle dove.
He united all this and formed a woman.
Then he made present of her to man.
Eight days later man came to Twashtr
and esid:
MY lord. the creature you gave me Ioi-
sons my existence. She chatters without
r"st. she takes all my time. she laments
for nothing at all and is always ILL.," AMI
T. received the woman again.
to the god ari said: MY. lord. life r.
very solitary since I returned this crea-
ture remember she danced before me-
singing. I recall now she glanced at me
from the corner OF her eye. that she play
ed with me- chung to me-" And Twashtri
returned the woman to him. Three dsvs
only passed and T. saw the man coming
to him again my lord" said he. IT do
not understand exactly how. but am
sure that, the woman causes me more an
lieve me of her"
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