The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-08

gets, and one of the causes for the
amount of homelike comfort which per-
VadeS the camping of the present day is
owing to the fact that her brother or
husband often takes her along on his out
ing trips having found that the slight
trouble of catering to her comfort is more
than compensated for by the neat deft-
ness with which she can prepare a meal
or get rid of that awful bugbear Of camp
life-dish washing
The girl element in camp life has done
more to Danish the cairn of empty to-
mato canes and broken beer bottles,
which aforetime used to mark a camp
site, and to add a general decency to the
apparel and manners of the campers
than any other influence could possibly
have achieved. She may not be aware
of the fact, but she has effected an i'm
provement in the manner of men in the
field, the woods, and on the stream and
af1oat that can scarcely be estimated by
those unacquainted with the difference
of the sportsmen of the present day and
those of ten years ago. The outing girl
is a great and, it is TO be hoped, per-
manent institution
Customs here in the North with re-
gard to some of the little things OF life are
sadly different from those which obtain
in our land" remarked dignihed VIZ
ginian on Thursday to a reporter OF the
New York Times, who had witnessed mis-
unmertted discontinue.
A plain-looking little woman was strug-
Cling along with clumsy telescope bag
to her own exhaustion and the discom-
fort of other passengers who We're leav-
ing a Cortlandt Street ferryboat. The Viz
gilman, every inch a gentleman, politely
offered to carry the bag, but was with
cred in an instant by the look of indis-
nation and resentment which dishgured
the Vvoman's homely little face.
Il am not used to being insulted sir,
she exclaimed, as she jerked her heavy
burden into her other hand. swept up her
skirts with the released hand, and went
along jabbing people in the legs with her
bag.
Catching the sympathetic glance OF the
reporter the Virginian explained that in
his land women expected men 20 render
such services and did not feel in any
way compromised in accepting such as
slstance from a stranger, while In the
North they seemed to associa te any such
act of courtesy with the adva nces OF i'm
pertinence.
81 ought 90 have taken warning by an
experience had the other day" contin-
ued the Virginian. "A pretty girl. not
any older than my own daughters who are
at school in your city. was carrying
heavy dress suit case and an umbrella, for
it was raining hard and had a lot OF
trouble with her skirts. Let me help you
under my umbrella" She looked at me in
terror, flushed scarlet, and then palod,
and almost ran from me.
at is too bad" he added. that the
rascals who annoy other mems wives and
daughters and sweethearts make it i'm
possible for a gentleman to render trif-
ding service to a woman without damag-
ing her self-respect and being msunder-
stood himself"
Stories concerning the capers of royalty
are usually delightful reading, and the
following about Empress Eugene is no
exception The incident happened In 1857,
during soiree at the Tuilleries. where n
one-act comedy, called "A Deux de Jeu,"
was given by some of the most famous
actors in Paris by request Of the Emperor.
1t was at the conclusion Of the play that
the remarkable affair happened. The En-
peror rose to go, but Empress Eugene
seemed fixed in her seat, and it was only
when her husband stared in a surprised
way at her that she took the arm of the
King of Prussia, the honored guest, and
made her exit. AS she walked away she
limped painfully, and the incident was re-
marked by everybody.
NJ II
was the principal actor in the comedy per-
Torrance given in 1857, again appeared be-
fore the Empress az Chiselhurst. CONVEX
So ton turned to the former play, and the
Empress suddenly said that the remem-
brance OF the play brought back the mem
orv of a critical moment While listening
90 the piece she cooled her feet on the
waxed floor by freeing them from the sat-
In slippers, according to a habit which she
~ l.
came for leaving the room she had trou-
BILE to find one of her slippers. and at last
as she put her foot In 1t she felt that
there was something there which hurt
her. All this caused the delay and the
limp.
The object in the slipper was nothing less
than large pearl, which had fallen from
one of the earrings of grand duchess
who was present The Empress suffered
punishment all the evening, and next day
sent the pearl back to it's owner explain
ing by note that 1t had been picked up
in a salon of the palace.
It is doubtful whether the origin OF the
custom OF wearing a ring a symbol OF
an engagement or marriage says the New
York Tribune has ever been established
heyond dispute. 1t is certain, however,
that the custom is an ancient one, for in
the Bible may be found several references
TO rings and the Christians used the ring
as a symbol OF marriage in 500.
Regarding the custom OF wearing the
wedding ring on the most useless finger OF
the left hand-the third fngar-the explain
alton has been made that the helplessn ess
az that finger is protection to the ring.
&C on the weakest finger Ii is preserved
from rough usage. Another reason given
"a that on the third finger there Is a vein
Leading from the heart hence the same
excuse as that given for shaking hands
With the left hand, nearer the heart"
In olden times kings and others in au-
,horitv wore on the ring a seal or image
tbat indicated power, and in the time of
Moses the priests wore rings as symbols
of office. In the British museum quaint
rings made of porcelain which once
adorned the fingers of the poorer classes
in Egypt, may be seen.
Among the Jews the ring is an import
ont "a ctor in the marriage ceremony and
a. germany the husband and wife ex-
nhanpe wedding rings. The husband Is
avnac,ed TO wear his marriage ring con-
t,nuously. In fact, 1t would be a difficult
,,a,ter for a man TO rt-establish harmony
In his home were he discovered to have
moved the symbol Of marriage from his
finger. the inference being that he had
heen trying to c. mccall the fact OF his mar
rlage.
hut three Of these have special value, in
-, ~ the history connected with them.
one IS her wedding ring-a narrow gold
hand The second is her betrothal ring, q
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