The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-06-03

worship which exists around them, ana
which, l must do them the justice TO say
as far as l can Judge, they themselves 90
not feel"
older women of this day. says the New
York Tribune, especially those belonging
to what Is termed good society, seem 10
have thrown down the gauntlet oil denance
to the grim destroyer Time and 10 Keep
up a plucky, albeit necessarily unequai,
fight with him to the very death. ~ Is
really wonderful to see the spirit these
frail beings displaysagainst SUCH mighty
odds, maintaining to the last courage
that is worthy of better cause Inere
is point at which II is far more dfsniiieo
and in better taste to retire than to keep
up a fight which must In the end pc
CHASTITY. Still, while 1t is possiple u Is
good to be young, and IL our IhoueIi
grandmothers choose to bicycle, play golr
and ride in the sumner and rejoice In
Partisan clothes and social pleasures OF
dinners and balls in the winter VINO wouid
| begrudge 1t? The French have gracelui
saying that woman never grows olo' anu
| in an old German folk song couplet may
| be translated as follows:
Easy to be young in youth.
! But harder and finer when old IN good
sooth.
Yes. the grandmothers should certainly
| be encouraged but how about the great
grandmothers? Would it not be well LOT
| these wonderful new century creatures To-
accept the inevitable, content to have gam
| ed generation of their predecessors
"Only fancy, my wife's grandmother Is
| learning to ride the bicycler' exclaimed
young man laughingly, the other gay anu
when his auditor exclaimed with lncreu-
ulity, he asserted it was fact. 10 pc
sure, she was not SO old as her tltle Wouiu
seem to warrant her daughter and grand
daughter both having married very young
| but il certainly sounded incongruous.
The following however, is delightful:
| II have ordered a tandem," said MD
dle-aged man, "for mother and myself,
| and we intend making long, lefsurely
| trip with IL In Canada this summer
Yes said the gentle-faced, raIher DEL
icate-looking woman beside him, my son
| thinks it will do me good, and it certainly
| will be charming"
"Hetty Green's wealth consists largely
| Of government bonds, railroad stocks and
mortgages" writes Leigh Mitchell Hodges
| of "The Richest Woman in America, IN
| the June Ladies Home journal. "She says
| she is not so fond OF government Donds
| since the finances OF the nation have be-
| come polluted with politics. Gooot mort
| cages of any kind are now her IaVorlte
| form of investment. If all the mortgages
| she holds were foreclosed Tomorrow,
| twenty-eight churches of various denou1i-
nations, in almost as many states, wouid
| become hers, and four cemeteries would De
| added TO her real estate. Besides these
| there would be blocks of great business
| buildings and splendid city houses, thea-
| ters. livery stables and hotels, country
| residences farms and ranches, factory
| buildings and thousands of acres OF valu-
| able land in ali parts of the country Sew
| eral years ago she made a tour of inspec-
| ton of all the property on which she neto
| MORTGAGES She spent two years travelling
| and stayed at forty hotels In as many
| cities Since then she has added largely
| 10 her holdings of this kind, The most
! conservative estimates place Mrs. Green s
| wealth at 10000 0o0 but 1t is probably
more. She, herself, won't discuss the mat
| ter, except to say that it is overestimateo
| ..I am wondering why NJ SIS X is so pop
u,arYu commented newly arrived visitor
| az a well known. seaside hotel, as she no.
| ticed that a plain, quiet looking little
| brown, mouse of girl was the recipient
! of a great deal of attention on the part of
a number Of young women who seemed
unlike her in every way. says the New
! York Tribune.
| WYATT and you will see" replied her
| friend. laughing mysteriousy.
| ssT3ut what is it? Is she a great heiress,
or exceptionally smart? Whot are her
| ouaAhcations?" persisted the other, seeing
that there was some particular reason for
| the obvious attraction she exercised, but
her companion refused to crafty her curl
osity. telling her she would soon discover
| the reason for herself. Day after day
| nasse.i in Quiet monotony, however. and she
| wondered more and more why the unnter-
| esting and rather ungracious girl contr-
| ned to be the object of so much consider
alton On Saturday the enigma was ex-
| plained She was the only girl with q
| brotherl And most attractive brother to
boot. who spent two days a week with his
family consisting Of his mother and plain
| little sister, of whom he seemed excessive
| ly fond.
DO you wonder now at her popularity"
| asked the friend Of the latest arrival.
\ why is it?" said an old-tirne belle
| whose attractive daughters. like the ma
| iority OF their friends, were Obliged foi
the most part to dispense with mascuhus
attendance in the summer, that there ars
so few young men nowadays? When
was a girl and went to Saratoga, Sharon
Springs and the other watering places near
New York that were then in vogue we had
plenty OF cavaliers to walk, talk and flirl
| with. They were generally young men II
business, too, but they found time to be
with us great deal. If the leisure class
as they say is the case, has so greatly IN.
creased in America In the last few years
what is the reason, do you suppose, thal
there ore fewer men at the summer re-
sorts to make themselves agreeable Il
our girls?'
yes, conditions have greatly changed,
commented another matron. There is X
doubt about that. The old Watering plac,
life of our day at the hotels, with plazzai
fiirtations In the evening and long day.
passed together In plnewood ramb,es, ba tn
ing, lounging on the beach and afternoon
drives, which In our time constituted tn;
summer enjoyment OF the youths an,
maids is entirely thing OF the past. Thu
sexes have drifted apart In their occupn
tons and pastimes and the athletic ten
denotes of the girl of to-day, far from
proving an attraction to the opposite gen
der, have had great deal to do with tn,
7 existing order OF things. Not that the mer
disapprove or begrudge women the pleas
ure of the sports which they themselves
enjoy. but the former do not dc, them wei
enough to excite Competition. In my opin
ion, Il is the men who are emancipated
not the women. They are no longer Willing
to be carpet knights, and take, their pleas
ure in dancing attendance on the girls
who. finding themselves deserted. arr