The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-02
SPECIAL SALE
OF HOSIERY
THIS WEEK.
IL. MORRISON,
p BROUGHTON, WEST.

ttna,a.bod seat Of learning. Mount Hoy
~. College. south Hadley. Mass. to SEQ
Miss Grace take her degree 81 y. A.
Affss Grace stood az the head ~ her class.
while her record during the entire course
had been one u pralHeworhy cndcaFof.
The President. 20 show bis appreciation
81 her success. bestowed on his niece a
beautlful diamond pin. Tho graduation
dress. a dainty creation 81 white chiffon
ana lace. was Mrs McKinlcys Eift.
IL was after this great event that the
President offered 10 adopt Miss Grace
formally. and thus make her the reigning
belle Of tho natlon-the social leader or
the capitai-tho only young girl IN the
great presidential mansion AZ washing
ton.
THIS was surely n tempting offer. but Il
did not swcrve this beautiful and brill
liant girl from long cherished aspira-
ton. she wished Ia use her gifts In Mt
ting way-in one 90 which she had en-
deavored 10 train herself during her long
and severe probation az Mount hoiyoke.
She chosa the arduous profession OF
school teacher and this fail. on her own
application. sustained hy her record at
college, she secured a position In che high
school Of AIiddletowu. conn She began
her duties in September.
II has lateIy been estimated. says Col
uer.s weekly. that during queen Vie
torin's lifetime no less than Ave attempts
nave been made 10 assassinase her. When
she was hardly six months Old shot was
fired through the window OF her nusery
NJ Kensingt0n Palace. ana only missed
her head by few inches. When - years
old, she nearly perished with her moth
cr the Duchess Of Kent. IN a shipwreek-
During the fierce tempest then raging she
quilted certain SPOT on the deck OF the
steamer. and over this very spot. imme-
diately afterward ZEN huge. half-shat-
tered mast
Victoria has been LUCKY. but she has
also been compelled 10 face some terribly
stern griefs. These. however, she wouh
doubtless have endured bester n the ten
or OF her life had not encouraged sensi-
tiveness by its constant luxury OF sur
roundings. For example. when she goes
abroad sho takes With her many memcn-
los OF home She always sleeps on the
same bed. and with her 20 her favorite
dogs ana birds. besides not few OF her
bestowed pictures. Here IS indeed a case
OF "Coelum non amman mutant aus trans
mare currunt."
n Is stated that the eight horses which
went with her 20 thc Rivera had been
tried again and again as 10 their perfect
tractabulty. All kinds OF noises have been
dlnned into their ears. from the strains
OF a band to those OF q baEppe and not
until their absolute safety became GER
tain was the choice OF them once and for
all decided.
Genteel poverty. says the New York Ev-
ening Post is one Of the tragedies Of mod
efn society Yet out 90 the evil comes good,
and from absoiute necessity clever women
devise new modes OF earning livelihood.
Most of those who ina themselves IN re-
auced circumstances take up ordinary
caIiines. but few plunge out OF the
beaten path aud make some idle accom-
plshment the basis OF paying vocation.
one young woman up town who IN the
past learned 10 make lace az a fad. now
puts q 10 practical use b repairing old
ana priceless lmces. She carries what may
be- called u kit OF tools. including "a lace
makers pillow. a fun set OF threads ami
various kinds Of needles and restores an
injured collar or an ancient nchu Ia the
presence Of the owner. The work Is ex-
respondiugly high.
Several women have taken W indcxlng.
Their patrons are people who keep scrap
more often the case too negligent 20 index
borious II demands wide literary
knowledge OF French and German The
pay Is moderate. being usually 81 a day.
A Nassar girl with n penchRnt for chem
istry found herself thrown upon her own
resources three years ago ard adopted for
her daily work the giving OF instruction
10 members OF her sex upon the subject
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