The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-04

WORLD.

In commenting upon some compliment
..r- thugs said of American women bv
Max O'Rell, Ella Wheeler Wilcox writes
as .oIows in the New York Journal
suow wives of men with comfortable
incomes who are wearing old clothes and
DENYING themselves every luxury and
al..-lre life offers in order TO help their
husbands along" These women walk by
-,a Heht of a smail taliow DIP.
some day, after they are buried or di-
vor..., their SUCCESSORS will wear fine
line. and sit in opera boxes, and find faux
h.. ais, another woman wears bigger dia-
mlnls And nobody ought to pity those
hIsoauds
is not wish Mr.. ORen to think be-
fa he majority of American wives an
sss see very few ideal wives. very few
Ill.,, husbands, but more all around good
husbands than good wives, l confess.
Uh.t refute in his particular assertion
of tBe absolute ingratitude of all Amer-
ian women toward all American men, and
ria. he burden of life rests on. mans
shoulders alone. 1t is a most absurd mar
r,V. unjust and unfounded statement It
a,ol,s 10 a very small minority of Amer
ian women.
The majority of us bear our share of
sbe burden willingly, and with as little
srnmbl.ng as do our husbands. Not in
frsaaenlly we supply the courage and con-
fdence which are mighty factors in a
mans business career. Not infrequently
,ye would be ready to lay down our lives
IN save our husbands from the strain and
anguish which the modern competitive
financial system necessitates. And our
husbands know. it, sir, if you do not.
think We do, all of us, take our great
BLESSINGS rather too much as a matter
OF course.
Like an born queens we accept homage
Il as our right forgetting that certain hu-
..llry of spirit adds grace, even TO royal
persora@e.
Ard / fear that only those whose mis-
fortune ii has been to contrast by expert
eree rs the wives of men of other nation
,lii,es realize to the full their good fortune
m being the kiYes of Americans-nature'
4 real uOo.emen.
Mrs IT, C. Mosher, leader of the Anti
Gossip Society, in Springfield, Mo, has al
ready many names on her pledge-book.
4 The pledge is as follows:
81 do hereby solemnly pledge my word
To speak no evil of any woman, whether
such report be true or not. Any violation
n Of this pledge. however, does not release
me from it's subsequent obligations, which
are to continue for all time to come"
Mrs Mosher, when interviewed in re-
"A gard 10 the organization, said: Il regret
h very much that the motive of this society
Il has been misunderstood by the ministers
of Spriugield for l am sure that If they
RneW that the movement is an adjunct to
Christianity they would indOrse it, instead
of condemning it. The pledge is one that
* oai. easily be kept without breaking ones
word should any one forget and say evil
4 Of a woman she will be given an oppor-
nlnty Of still being under its obligations.
The women present yesterday We're very
much surprised and shocked TO know that
the minister's We're against the movement,
and were sure that a great injustice had
been done the Christian women of the
city The book will be kept open at my
residence so long as I reside in SPRING
field and every woman in this city Is in
vited to come and join the society and
thereby help their sisters lead better
Christian life. In the organization of this
society we do not say that the Springfield
women are worse in the matter of speak
inc evil of their sisters than other cities,
hut that whatever is said demoralizes so
ciety instead of elevating it to the high
moral standing that our Christian women
desire, Therefore, we have decided to take
a step in this direction which we think
will have a tendency to assist in its up
building
a hachelors reflections are published in
the New York Press as follows
Love is an ache in a new place
A widow always reminds you of hotel
soap. 4
Children are societys ciphers, but when
they follow marriage, they make it ten
times as valuable.
After girl gets engaged to a man
She generally isn't near so careful about
lhe holes in the elbows of her silk shirt
waists
PROBABLY in heaven the men angels are
waited ON by the women who used to
make their husbands stand around worst
on earth
The smart, girl is one of the most in
l..tsAne products of the very tip end of
'is century. She is as typical of the
/ 'IA'' do a human way as the automobile
N sceudilcallys She is the newest ex-
/ preston OF the change and growth of her
10 m2ay women, says the Pittsburg
lHpalel. and all men, she is a mystery.
-'ei confuse her charm with beauty, and
"QHl' n-tAe ungroomed half who don't I'M
11Isl'nd-put it down TO a fat bank ac-
COUNT while the truth is that the smart
En- Is often plain, frequently in moder-
"5 'feumstances and even occasionally
"ds Garner, to whom a bank account
is poaucal Illusion
oI'l lrtss Is achieved upon wholly differ
ny lines, although beauty and wealth are
J % Ae 'essarily regarded as a serious han
usap Co success.
II -nr smart girl takes herself seriously,
"a G9 uolSh she were a poet and starts
4 s., wa. The determination TO perfect her
III body and clothes.
lld- then, is her secret. She knows
M. 70 stand correctly, and she has found
e. "' woman who poises her body prop
cg me waist line can ever appear
attire ma ~" si'i'P'0 ~
h., minute a woman stands lightly on
an -e0 with knees straight chest well