The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-20

| The President of the Woman's Club is
one of the most amiable and ladylike of
women. She would not hurt the feelings of
dumb animal, says the New York Times
ana she is most particular about her re-
| lations with the other members of the
| club of which she is the chief executive.
But with all her extraordinary care things
| will go wrong occasionally, and the club
| president has not the slightest idea that IL
is because, with all her good will, she is
| absolutely lacking in tact. The club had
prominent man to deliver an address
| before 1t the other day, and the President
in her efforts to do the distinguished gem
tleman honor, managed in some way to
! put her foot in it," as one of the mem
| bers said afterwards. AS it happened, on
! the day the lecturer was to appear, the
club did not. There were only some half a
dozen members out. The President felt
| this deeply, and apologized.
Il can't see why it is" she explained
to the distinguished speaker. 1T can't be
| because they did not know you were COM
ing for we have sent special notices to
every one'.-impressively-"a ii has
been in all the papers,"
What the feelings of the speaker were
by that time can be imagined, but he
may nave still had a comforting sensa-
| ton that the few women who had made
| tneir appearance were really anxious to
near him speak. A thoroughly interested
audience is something to be appreciated,
even If 1t is small But what little com
| tort he may have taken from this thought
the President speedily dispelled. The
| speaker was on the platform and was
about to be introduced. This is the way
the President began:
Ladies'" she said again. in impressive
tones i want to thank you all sincerely
Tor coming out this afternoon. I admit l
| am surprised to see so many empty
| Denches, but want TO thank you who are
mere for your presence"
Ahen she introduced the speaker with
the air of one who has done all that was
possible to make things generally pleas
ant, and he, being a man, was able to go
on with his address, though he had been
practically told that no one cared to hear
him.
A presiding officer in another promi-
| nent woman's club felt called upon to re-
marx after a recitation that had been
| gwen by one of the members:
w want to thank Mrs Blank for so
kindly entertaining us, but want to say
that, though the recitations she has given
us were very good, she can do a great
| zeal better than that, a great deal be tter -
And she could not understand why Mrs.
| Blank was dissolvd in tears and declared
that she would never speak again in a
pace |here such disagreeable things were
said of her
There is generally prevalent idea that
| no woman who is not desperately moor
does her own washing 1t used not to be
an uncommon thing, says the New York
| Ilnes, and the woman who did moi know
| now to hang our her clothes in a neat
| ana orderly way, the sheets together, the
table linen in on place, underclothes and
| starched pieces In another was thought
by her neighbors to be slack house
| keeper. Those times have not altogether
gone by, or perhaps they have come back
| again. One young married woman whose
life so far has been more literary than
domestic is keeping house in a few rooms
and does her laundry as we'll as her other
| work. 1t Is NOT necessary, but she wishes
TO save something for a rainy day. she
1nds her household cares light, and she
does not waste her money on wash
| woman.
And feel as If had found my arms.
she said, speaking of her laundry feats
the other day. 1T is perfectly surprising
what washing is doing for them. have
| never exercised the upper part of my
body much heretofore. and / feel as If 1
had gained two new members"
There are other women with small
| families who are doing the same and are
not ashamed of 1t. They have not much
money. and what they have they wish
10 use for other purposes, and they don't
engage washwomen for the sake of an
idea.
There Is no power Of love so hard 70
keep as kind voice; but it is hard to
get ID and keep Il in the right tone. One
must start in youth, and be on the watch
i night and day, while at work and while
at play. to get and keep voice which
shall speak at all times the thought of a
kind heart
But this is the time when a sharp voice
is more apt to be acquired. You often
hear boys and girls say words at play
with quick, sharp tone, almost like the
snap of a whip. If any of them get vex-
ed you hear a voice which sounds as IL
1t were made up Of snarl. a whine and
| a bark.
Such voice often speaks worse than
i the heart feels. 1t shows more i'll will in
tone than in words. 1t Is often in mirth
that one gets voice or tone which Is
sharp. and which sticks to him through
life, and stirs up i'll win and grief. and
falls like a drop of gall on the listener.
Some people have a sharp home voice for
use. and keep their best voice for those
they meet elsewhere. We would say 10
all girls and boys, Use your best voice
at home" Watch it by day as a pearl
of great price for Il will be worth more
to you in the days to come than the best
pearl hid in the sea. A kind voice is a
larks song to heart and home. ID is 10
the heart what light is to the eye.
Ieillng women now 70 thread q needle
may seem. at first sight, rather absurd.
However, q New York medical paper pub
fishes the following little hint: To thread
q needle hold u with the ring and little
fingers of the left hand instead Of with
the thumb and forefinger. ms Is The usual
way. This method, according to DR.. Jo-
seph NJ. Jackson leaves the thumb and
foreflnger free TO grasp the smallest ~
of silk or cotton Ia passes through the
eye. and pull IL to safe distance on the
other side. This does away with the slim
ping back, so common in the old way OF
changing hands I'VE do not remember. -
remarks the Hosoital. 80 have come
} across this suggestion before Certai- "
H. acts very well although personally we
find that We get fltmer grip Of the needle
by holding Il between the middle and rnE
fingers than between the ring and littls
fingers" j fancy, however. that Il will
be found that when the fingers ore dry
the ordinary housewives method OF hold