The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-25
Sleep for Skin-Tortured Babies

hen, all else fails
assumed the perpendicular and discovered
| his dilemma.
II made the most dreadful blunder the
other night" said a society woman re-
| Gently. 81 was due at dinner in --
| street, and as l entered the carriage l
gave the number to the driver as l
thought correctly. Arriving at the house
the footman who was stationed at the
door opened 1t Immediately. The hall had
a festive appe arauce, and without sha-
dow of suspic1on I gave my wraps 10
maid in attendance and entered the draw
ing room. There found a familiar crowd
but rather to my surprise / did not see
my entertainer. However, I stood talk
ing to my friends when a woman whom
l knew slightly came up and joined our
group. l noticed that her manner was a
little odd and embarrassed, and l won
| dered at it. But understood it TO my cost
when l exclaimed, I wonder where our
hostess isl The others stared at me as
| If I were demented, whereupon Mrs X
| said, hesitatingly: I fancy she is wonder
| ing why you do not come, for I suppose
it is better all around that 1 should tell
you that your coachman must have made
a mistake in driving you to my house. I
| should love to have you stay if you will
Well, you may imagine my feelings!
| Mrs. x was extremely kind, rang
until 1 was able to take my departure. OF
| course l was frightfully late at my own
| function, but was forgiven on account of
I the great amusement l afforded the COM
| pany when I related my adventure 1t
| seems l had Inadvertently said West in
| stead of East to the coachman"
II think my mistake was even worse
| said enc of her friends who had listened
| to her narrative II have not as you
| know, been living in New York long and
| a number of the people who have called
| on me l do not even know by sight 1
| have conscientously endeavored to return
! all my visits and 20 remember every one,
| end hattered myself had succeeded beau
| tifully until yesterday, when | made a
| long visit to charming woman, whom 1
| called Mrs Prown several times, purpose
| ly bringing in her name to show how well
| l appreciated her identity. As | rose to
| leave she locked at me and smiled. Who
| do you think i amp" she asked Mrs.
| Dexter Brown,'ltI answered glibly MY
| name is Smith, she replied sweetly. /
| had actually called on a woman l did not
know, sent in my card and made her a
long visit!'
Women when Ill suffer more from the
| indiscretion and the oVer-att entiveness of
| friends than do men, they are i'll the more
| often, for one reason. Then, TOO, men do
not visit one another in sickness so much
| as women do not being fond, in fact of
the sick room in any capacity. See a man
| call upon his afflicted friend, and ten to
one his wife or other female mentor sens
him, and that at considerable outlay of
| rhetoric. Herein says the Womans Com
/ panion. a man shows at once his wisdom
| and his selfis hness. Common sense and
| observation, if not actual painful expert
| ence. have taught him that a man sick
| is like wounded animal which drags it
self 60 some quiet. sequestered spot to die
or to endure alone; he wants only his fam
lily about him, and he wants them to be
! unofficious. He knows, too, thar sick
| man is net entertaining; and for stop
ping whole afternoon 10 gossip with any
| other visitors who might drop in, the idea
| is preposterous; the sick man would never
permit it, anyway.
"Whc is that. sonny?"
| "A stranger"
"A stranger? Well heave brick at
him.
The instinct, says the New York Tribune,
| which causes the majority of people to
| gard newcomers more or less in the light
| of interlopers Is not wholly confined TO
! the Wild West "diggins,'' where the
above conversation Is reported to have oc-
CURED. In All small communities a strain
| ger has TO contend against certain feel
! ing Of resentment Every act however
/ well intentioned, seems to evoke a feeling
| of antagonism from the old residents.
/
! on the part of the alien TO take a share III
| local matters, or even to be charitable
| and hospita BILE
This Is especially noticeable at water
! ing places where certain people consid-
err themselves pioneers and in a way pro-
| prietors. having been among the first to
| discover the merits of the spot. 1t is in
| such a place as this, above all others,
| that a newcomer must TO use a common
| expression) mind her ps and q'a' and
I exercise all the tact of which she.is ca
| pable, In order to propitiate the old resi-
| dents and disarm their easily awakened
prejudices. Festini lente must be the mot
/ TO of every one who desires or expects to
! succeed socially in such communities.
"Why Is 1t that the Ms are not one
| of the elect?' asked visitor of the
! daughter of the house at an exclusive lit
| tie summer resort. THE girls are pref
| ~ and their brother looks like a gentle
man. Are the parents impossibleT'
Not az an," was the answer. THE
mother is really charming and the father
most unobJectionable, but, as the boys
would say. they have 'queered' Themselves
somehow. In the first place. rnmor got
| about before they came that they had said
/ they expected to bring a little life into
! the place. This speech was resented.
| They arrived with their horses and serv-
| ants. and before they knew people az All
| they took the clubhouse and sent out In
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