The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-23

he continued. taking from the show case
a leather purse similar 10 the one he held
In his hand. but smaller This is what
men have been using. Tho English form
OF It. from which probably We borrowed
ours, ts called a buckskln. The huckskin
has no strap by which 90 hold Il. though.
Now. just trace the evolution Of the finger
purse. IL was adopted IN the first place
from England. and In our edition Of Il
was furnished with a strap. The mans
purse you see. has no pocket IN the back.
The Idea was 10 use It only for silver. The
Zap down. But one day some absent
minded woman. playing with one Of these
purses. slipped thc strap over her fore
finger. saw the convenience Of Sc and
stralghfway turned an accidental discov-
cry into a fad.
AT first women had TO take mems
purses as they found them. a woman
can't resist che temptation OF stufhng her
pocketbook with Aall sort OF things. She
puts her cards into It hrss. then slips In
the address that her friend gives her In
the street She must have IN Il, too. the
bill she is going 20 pay that morning and
where Is she going to put the half dozen
samples she has culled ont OF the stores
as the result ~ "a mornings work, n not
Ia her pocketbook2 The finger purse WAS
not adaptcd TO such usage. SO gussets
were put In 20 allow stretching room for
the compartments. The next improve
ment was made this year. Manufactur
crs saw that a coin pocket inside shutting
with "a clasp. would render the little purse
mucn more practical. and now almost any
hrger purse YOU see has that pocket
'Is Is a wonder 10 me-" remarked n man
| to the New York Tribune. recently, THAT
women ever keep their rings. they are so
very careless with them. My wife e con-
| tinually leaving hers on tho washstand
when she washes her hands. Once she
| had them returned 10 her from hotel
where we had been staying, another time
she recovered them from the dressing
room OF a sleeping car and several times
| she has left them az private houses she
deserves 10 lose them, she f. 50 careless,
and yet she always gets them back
| Have YOU ever noticed at che seoshore
the way women pull on their rings be-
| fore going into the surf. giving them In
a loose handful 70 any chance acquaint-
ance. who II she wishes 90 go away. soon
passes them on to some one elsof They
! may be holding ia this way thousands OF
/ dollars worth and no one seems to feel
any responsibility about IT. Yet such tiny
| things can be easily lost. and q would be
very unpleasant Ia be tine last custodian
/ Of a lost jewel Apropos Of this, "A cu-
/ rlous incident happened on the beach OF
i a Wei Al0AM NaAfNlNE AaAhhf ftAthf Va
| summers ago. A fashionable woman, who
was going in bathing, brought over
heap OF giisseuing rings which she had
| drawn of her fingers to a friend VIII
YOU keep these for mt2 she asked. Yes.
II YOU count them said the other How
absurd" exclaimed the owner OF the jew
| els or course they viii be all right
| But insist persisted the friend 9th
erwise ! will not take them So the rings
/ feN min In al IA
we're left Ia her charge. Returning from
the bath. Miss s., the owner. stopped
for her rings. Count them again IN
sisted the person who had taken them
into her keeping, and once more che rings
we're iaughingly counted and found 10 he
all right. but when Miss S. reached
her bathhouse one OF the most valuable
Jewels was missing Il had Slipped from
her fingers on her way across the beach.
ana although a large reward was offered
and the sands were thoroughly searched
the ring was never seen again. II the
count had not been made che loss would
naturally have been aseTibed TO the per-
son who had the rings IN charge. Some
women have the habit Of slipping or aud
OF their rings os they talk. That, too.
| Is extraordinarily careless. In fact. as
said before. there seems 20 be a special
providence protecting women and their
rings. Tor they certainly are most reckless
IA their handling OF costly ornaments"
How many women know how TO get OF
car IN tho proper way. or knowing.
practice it, When the papers record a
frightful accident on one OF the city lines
says the New York Mail and Express. We
fail 10 specuiating Ou how many acct
dents there are OF which one never hears
I used TO wonder in what manner !
would die" said a timld lady "bus / won
der no longer. for know I shall be killed
By a eurfnce car"
Instead Of eonjecturinE on the prob1-
bHity OF accident why do We not think u
some way 10 lessen the chances OF In
Jury? There could be no better way OF
doing this than of teaching women how 70
get of car for they all get OF differ
emily. and almost all their ways are
wrong Some get of-aud these are IN the
maiorlty-by seizing the rear handrau
IN the right hand and stepping away from
the direction IN which the car Is travel
ing. II n starts before the lady Is quite
released she Is thrown down.
whc woman who wishes TO avoh a
spra ned ankle. a bruised head or other
discomforfs that result from unskiiifully
leaving the car must study the methods
OF her free-handed brothers. without
psckage purse or skirts TO hold. they nat
U'alls' Gdapt themselves 10 the motion OF
the car and. In alighting. face the way II
Is travelling. Tho left hand holds the for
word guardrail and the right foot steps
first upon the pavement. Thus. in case
Of a sudden unexpected start OF the car.
the danger OF being unbalanced Is great
~ lessened.
A word 49, 20 geetng on the car r. nor
superiuous IN this connection. A woman.
being hampcred with things to carry
takes the high step without catching the
haudrail. Tbat g. very well II the car
stands still until she is well on But only
the conductor OF n crowded car knows
low impossible u IL 70 see II passengers
are all on or or before signaling 10 60
ahead when the streets ore dark aud
he h collecting fares forward The car
may start just as the lady has reached the
step. IN which case. unless her hand
grssps the rail, she Is thrown violently
backward So have care. ye careless
ladies. and help yourselves and others
by little cautioni
The almost universal fun0re for bridge
whist. which n the latest fashionable
wave" pervadinE the social atmosphere.
says the New York Tribune. has brought
great many amusing developments 20
the fore. To treat bridge" iippantly aud
90 play a hand carclessly Is 10 Sc devotces
an objectionable sin. such being the sa-
cred estimation Ia which the game Is held
by its votaries.
ut was too aUfuir' exclaimed a pretty