The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-22

l can secure this awfully nice girl for
him." with which jesuitical reason he JUS
dfied his subsequent proceeding, for, II the
truth be told he carried on his vicarious
courtship with good deal of energy, and
left the young woman quite at ease re-
garding his intentions" The next step,
that of convincing his brother that he
must take the good the gods or rather he
himself. had provided required considera-
BILE tact, but he found the former quite
melancholy over the idea of their APP
preaching separation. and as he was an in
tensely shy man and unused to women's
society il was not altogether difficult to
persuade him finally TO accept the charm
ing bride provided for him, and to keep
the appointment which his brother had
made in his name and return a fortnight
later.
The subsequent proceedings were easy
enough, for, like men of his temperament.
he fell hopelessly and completely in love
at first sight, and he became the slave at
once and forever of the lovely Westernsr,
who on her part never detected the en-
change and treated him with the sweet
familiarity of an old friend. From being
an exceedingly timid man the supposed
woman hater developed into an ardent
wooer. Matters were FASTENED up. The
double wedding day was appointed for an
early date, and il was not until he had
brother made his confession and received
absolution, particularly" said his wife,
half in mischief, and half in revenge, "as
l am such a gamer by the exchanged
The woman OF As who owns to her age,
says the New York Sun, and could there
fore presume to give advice TO others was
talking seriously to the comparatively
young woman of 30.
Don't ever allow yourself to reach tina
stage of affa biity," she was saying, ''at
which people will call you good fellow.
I know that many a girl likes to have
that reputation and men are all likely to
be attentive to the sort of girl who is
called a good fellow. She is generally
sure of having a good time Men will
take her out, always be glad to have her
in a party. be very attentive TO her at
dances and make her seem like belle.
All these rewards come to the girl who
is good fellow. But I have rarely heard
of a man who wanted to marry her.
"Of course some man usually does mar
ry her. because the girls who are good
fellows usually find husbands. But the
demand for them wives is not relatively
so great as their popularity with men.
Girls with half the amount of attention
that the good fellow gets are going to
be married first Men don't want for
They want women who appeal TO their af-
fectons. not to their sense of what is
agreeable socially. 1 have seen good fell
low girls who waited for years to marry,
even when they had more men around
them than the other type of woman who
was married al the end of her first year
out.
Don't get the reputation of being a
good fellow, whatever men may think of
you. I don't mean not to be fast. I do
not take that into considera ton al all,
because that is vulgar in the first place,
and the notwithstanding loud-talking
type has nothing whatever in common
with the sort of girl meant when I spoke
of her as a good fellow. The type I meant
has nothing in common with the girl who
is rapid. She can be as good form, as
well bred, and as modest as the most
shrinking type of intensely feminine wo-
man.
"The popularity of the girl who Is called
a good fellow can usually be explained.
I heard man say the other day that he
would always rather he with a woman
than with a man. II he goes out to din
ner, he prefers to be with woman, and
if he goes to the theater, feminine society
is more agreeable to him. He confesses
frankly that The principal reason for this
preference is his ability to do as he
wants to. when his companions are wo-
men, whereas he would be compelled to
do as the rest of the party wanted, II
he were not with women. If he goes to
dinner with a woman, he selects the res.
taurantS that he prefers and orders what
he cares to eat. A man may do that
adrotly, even while pretending to consult
a woman's taste most assiduously. II
he goes to the theater, he selects the play
that he likes, In the majority of cases,
and the woman has to like 1t too.
Now the good-fellow girl is likely to
find a good many admirers among men
OF this class. who want woman compan-
ion merely because they have things more
their own way than If they go with
men. But il is not worth while, for the
sake of any. pleasure to be got out of il,
for a girl to acquire the reputa ton of be-
ing good fellow. I is likely interfere
with some of her more important aspira-
tions for the future, and you know matri-
mony and a good husband will compensate
a girl for missing a great deal in the way
OF good time before the wedding"
Mrs. c. w Wood of Madison S. D. says
the Chicago Inter-Ocean, is the possessor
of valuable diamond ring which has an
interesting history. About a year and a
half ago the ring disappeared. The house
was searched from top to bottom the ash
neap was placer mined, ana every nook
and corner of the premises thoroughly in
spected, but the jewel could not be found
Mrs. Wood gradually forgot her loss She
is. however once more in possession OF her
ring. About a year after the disappear
ance of the jewel Mrs. Wood sent a bed
stead to second hand store to be sold A
farmer named Merriam living several
miles from Madison, was the purchaser
The bedstead was taken to his home and
placed in position for use.
The otehr day a brilliant object in a
crack of the panel of the bedstead at
tracted the attention OF Mrs. Merriam
and. plucking it out, it proved to be a dia-
mond ring. The Merriams, instead Of
keeping their discovery quiet, at once COM
menced a search for the owner. They Wis
tied the second hand store where they had
purchas ed the bedstead, when they were
infor1nd that the bedstead with the dia-
mond setting had been the property of Mr.
and Mrs. Wood They called on Mr.. Wood
and when he had been informed of the
object of their visit. he stated that he be-
lieved he had heard something about his
wife having lost a diamond ring a year or
two ago. The jewel was given to Mr.
Wood, who suitably rewarded the farmer
and hia wife for their honesty.
He wore the ring home on his finger end
ate dinner without attracting Mrs. Woods
attention to 1t. After dinner, while in an
argument over the Chinese war, and while
making many sweeping gestures, Mrs
Wood caught sight OF the ring and soon
fastened to tell her neighbors OF her