The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-13

| III al lts Ha]eSty ana beauty, Miss Nc
| Corkle, he said, tossing il into her lap
"allow me to give it to you in full, in
! typewriter form. You will see that you
missed the really eloquent, spell-binding
part of Ii. The peroration would have
made your hair curl"
81 hope, Mr.. Yipperly, YOU will NOT AL
low this to"
IT shane lose an ounce of flesh or a
wink OF sleep over 1T. I hired q literary
chap who was hard up to write that thing
Tor me, Miss McCorkle. No, you can keep
1t. I've got another copy somewhere. I
| have tried that production on five or six
! other girls, and it's had the same effect
on all of them. I'm getting an interesting
collection of negatives. I guess I was
badly swindled. Well, l must be going.'
Significant Ignorance About the Bible"
as shown among college students OF both
! sexes, is the subject of an article in the
May Century by the Rev Charles F.
ThWing, president Of Western Reserve
| University
Il sometimes ask myself he writes.
whether the American people are really
aware how far the Bible has ceased to be q
force IN both their literature and their the
/ ology The Bible might continue to be a
great force in theology, and seems to be a
, great force in literature; or one can easily
think that the Bible might maintain high
/ pace IN literature and yet lose its primacy
IN theology. The critic is causing it to
lose its theological value, and, apparently.
among the people II is ceasing 10 be known
as classic should be known.
/ Inc Bible societies may print the book
by the hundreds of thousands but the
people do not read it, or if they do read it,
they are not impressed by it, Its his DRY.
/ whether received as. veracious or as fabu-
lous is not known. lis heroes are less ia
miliar than Jack the Giant-kil,er or Jack
the Householder. Its poetry is not ap-
preclated. The majesty of and magnifi-
cence of its style, lis dizziness of phrase
ana sweetness of allusion, its perfection of
| literary form, as well as the profound sig
nificance of its ethical and religious teach
lngs, are ceasing to be a part of the price
less possession of the community Ex-
plain the condition as best We may, paint
out the results as one ought, yet the first
emotion is one of grief over this impover-
iShment of humanity"
The marriage Of youth with age, par
tculariy when woman 1t is who is the
elder is so common an occurrence nova
days, says the Chicago Chronicle, that 1t
scarcely excites comment The recent
union OF Mrs. Hodgeson Burnett with her
young secretary recalls number of other
notable instances
Mrs. Lantry, at So according TO the
church baptismal records of the Island of
Jersey, where she was born, became, a
few months ago, the bride of Hugo De
lathe, aged Il Persons who know them
say the marriage was love match In
any case, Mr.. De Battle is one of the
handsomeSt and most agreeable young
men of London's smart set
Less recently Nine. Adelina Patti, whose
age is about Sc, married Baron Ceder-
strom. who was desperately in love with
the lady, and who viii not enter his thir-
ties for several years vet
The marriage of Robert Louis Steven
son to Mrs. Samuel Osborne, a lady with
grown-up children, was one Of ideal hap
piness, and here again the wife was many
years her husbands senior
The recent and lamentable death of G.
w. Stevens, che war correspondent, who
succumbed 10 typhus fever in South At
RIGA, recalled his one romantic love af-
fair The lady of his heart became his
wife when Stevens was in his twenty
| sixth year and she had passed her six
tieth birthday. Incomprehensible as it
may appear to some, the Stevens mar
ried life was one of unalloyed happiness
Baroness Burdett-Coutts was over 60
when she created a sensation in the
homes Of the respectable British matrons
by announcing her intended marriage with
Ashmead Bartlett. her private secretary
penniless young man in his twenties
Vet in the score of years which have sue
ceeded that amazing marriage there has
never been q whisper of aught but devo-
ton and confidence between the pair, and
| Mr.. Bartlett has, by his ability become
a considerable figure In British politics.
Mrs Frank Leslie married William
Wilde, a man much her Junior. Mrs
! Florence, "Billy" Florence's widow. Sc
lected a young man not much more than
half her own years in her third matri-
monial venture.
In Boston-steid and proper Boston
Mrs. Frances Higginson, a social leader.
and matron of 40 q few years ago as
founded continent and fairly stunned
Back Bay and Beacon street by eloping
| with her sons college chum, young James
W. Smith, who was about "a and whom
she has since married about happy mar
riage at that. according to the people who
constantly see the Smiths at their villa
! at Mentone. not so very far from the
scene of Mrs. Burnett Townsend's honey
| moon.
Then there was Mrs. Mark Hopkins,
the widow of the California millionaire.
| who at 73 married f. F. Searles, a genial
architect and decorator, in his 40s. who
had been employed upon her country
house in Great harrington.
Prof Richard Hovey, whose death. re-
Gently recorded. is a distinct loss TO liter
ature, married Mrs. Henrietta Russell, a
lady certainly twenty years his senior.
And the Hovey marriage might also be
| called ideal.
In our smartest set we find the supe-
riority OF age on the WIGS side. Corne-
Illus Vanderbilt, Jr., married at o. His
bride Miss Grace Wilson. is much his
senior. William X. Vanderbilt, Jr, is
several years younger than his wife, who
| was Virginia Fair.
And as who should say IT am not done
with pranks. yet my masters" there
comes from wanton Cupid well-founded
rumors that Lady Randolph Churchill is
positively 10 marry Lieut.. CORVALLIS
West. a young guardsman, not quite her
| ali n from
| --revered and austere Boston-a state
ment that Mrs. Jack Gardner. the charm
ing and eccentric leader OF fashion, will
! espouse as a second husband none other
than Master George Proctor. a youth in
whom she became interested when he was
| a member of a boys church choir
Love is declared by those who should
| know, 10 be blind II Is unfortunate such