The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-21

did so with "a crowd of other people, and
the car started over the bridge, stopped
on the other side. and the passengers
were told to transfer. No transfer tickets
had been given out, ana the man felt
grieved. 1t was not that he minded the
extra cents, but he had been plainly
tod that he would be transferred. an eX-
preston understood to mean free trans
fer, and now he would get into another
car and pay his fare. He approached the
conductor with a reproachful air.
Didn't you tell me you'd transfer
me?" he asked with that note of re-
preach in his voice.
Sure" said the conductor, land I
didn't ask you no fare coming over The
bridge, did II"
why, you didn't. did you?" ex-
claimed the man, and with a relieved look
he ran for his car. The carlull of people
had been carried over free.
Many have found TO their cost. says the
New YORK; Tribune, that 1t is a dangerous
habit to write memoranda of any kind on
the back of ones card, especially if 1t Is
put into the purse or cardcase again. A
society woman called a few days ago at
the mansion of a certain great dame, and,
finding the latter out, deposited her coli
lection of cards on the silver salver which
the servant held for the purpose. As she
felt doubt as to whether everything was
right and turning quickly, motioned to
the footman to reopen the door.
Let me see my cards again." she de-
handed to his surprise ana taking them
up, she found as she had feared, that the
back of one was covered with a list for
the butcher headed, For Wednesdays
dinner" a function to which the great
dame in question had been invited.
Even worse, however, was the mistake
Of this kind made by another careless call
er who had scribbed a list of visits she
intended making not on the back OF her
own card, but on one belonging to an ac-
quaintance, which she picked up at ran
dom from collection in the receiver. one
of the names on her memorandum was
that of an exclusive dame, who, as was
well known, decidedly objected to enlarg-
ing her visiting list, and. of course, such
was the irony of fate that ii was precise
ly on that naughty parsonage that she
left the casually scrubbed card of her
friend who had not the pleasure of the
formers acquaintance 1t goes without
saying that the card was never heard from
or that Mrs. NJ ever dared to confess
her mistake to the victim.
How nice it Is of the great Mrs. l.
to call in person." remarked an impecun-
ious member of one of the old families
who had felt quite fiattered one day on
returning HDiIlt ~ iliii a teiib VI liz fFNi'-
known society leader left on her in ordi-
nary fashion.
Don't hatter yourself" laughed her
friend, TO whom the remark had been adj
dressed, her secretary leaves all her
cards Mrs T. is of the OLD school, and
likes to do everything in the good old
fashioned way in contradiction, ] am told,
to the new people with whom the ancient
shibboleth 'noblesse oblige' is not recog
nized. | thought, like You, she made per-
sonal visits, but one day / picked up on
my doorsteps her secretary's list, which
the footman had presumably dropped My
name was on il, and opposite was written
Personal visit; leave one card with one
corner turned down