The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-20

law ceased to find favor in their
eyes. In France, whatever ones age,
one cannot marry without the consent
of parents until after the accomplish
ment of certain formalities.
His family remaining obdurate, the
workman only had them served at the
appointed intervals with the prescribed
number of respectful notices" at the
cost of $1S. The operation over he re-
turned to the town hall, where the
clerk pointed out to him that he was
just week too late.
He possessed his soul in such pa
thence as he was able, did as he was
bid and reappeared before the regis
trar with his batch of newly delivered
and attested papers"
There he learned that he must pay
$40 for a different document. The sum
exceeded his means, and he is still I'M
married.
There is story told of college girl,
says the New York Sun, who was ask
ed by one of her fellow students if she
liked pajamas
II haven't read it," she answered,
and when her mates heard of the re-
ply they decided that she was a deep
sly thing.
But very-up-to-date girl now has at
least one suit of gorgeous pajamas
among her lingerie. The feminine
taste for pajamas was evinced first by
dressing little girls in the garments in
place of the oldfashioned bifurcated
night dress that was worn by children
of both sexes. The little girls in pa
jamas looked so very pretty and were
also so much more comfortably dress
ed sleeping that their mothers and big
ger sisters began to initiate them. Girl
students at boarding schools and col
leges especially found that pajamas
were much better adapted for wearing
at those solemn conferences that take
place during the hour before retiring
when hair brushing meets are held in
the rooms and dormitories
The prettiest of colors and materials
are used in the manufacture of the
masculine pajamas, from the very
daintiest and finest of linens striped
and in solid pinks, blues, pale greens
and violets. There are exquisite de-
signs in flowers on creamy grounds and
some very gorgeous floral patterns in
silk and the mixtures of silk and linen
that are so popular.
These have been found beautiful
enough to suit fastidious feminine
tastes, although some makers have CIV
en- the necessary touch of sex individ-
lace whipped on by hand. Others have
embroidered monograms and interlaced
initials on the sleeve.
Pajamas are more expensive than the
ordinary night dress of batiste which
when machine made may be purchased
in the shops nowadays at a surprising
ly low figure. But pajamas, the pretty
fine sort that feminine taste affects.
are worth from S. a set up to SIS and
f,x- ~fs i
cred silks.
These last are extremely beautiful
and some in ornamental boxes tied with
narrow ribbons. Some made in Japa-
nese silks are done up in pretty wick
er work basket boxes and make nice
gift for a faddy girl. Pointed toed
Turkish slippers with fluffy rosettes
are worn with pajamas in place of the
knitted bedroom slippers tied with rib
bon that used to be the fashion and
the modern girl need have no fear that
they will not make chic and effective
appearance in case of a fire.
The Koran says the husband may di-
vorce his wife without assigning any
reason or giving any notice; he
may rebuke, imprison and scourge her.
He may twice divorce and twice take
| back the same woman, but if he third
time divorce her she cannot again be-
come his wife until she has married
and been divorced from some other
man. (Sura, H., 2S0) Yet Ibrahim
Halebi says: "In the absence of serious
| reasons no Mussulman can justify di-
vorce in the eyes either of religion or
the law. If he abandon his wife, or put
her away from simple caprice, he draws
down upon himself the divine anger,
for the curse of Cod said the Proph
ct, rests upon him who repudiateS his
wife capriciously.' Practically, how
ever, Mohammedan may. whenever
he pleases, without assigning any rea-
son, says to his wife, Thou art di
vorced," and she must then return to
her parents. (Amir' Ali. Personal Law
of Mohammedan. 1892; Lane. Modern
Egyptians, l., $50, PAD
Among most of the Mohammedan
peoples, says the Green Bag, divorces
are very frequent. According to DR..
| Van der Berg, an even more fatal in
| huence is exercised on family life in
| the East by this laxity of the mar
raige tie than by polygamy. In Cairo,
| according to Lane, there are not many
men who have not divorced one wife,
| if they have been married for a long
| time; and many men in Egypt have in
| the course of two years married as
many as twenty, thirty or more
wives; while there are women advanc-
ed in age who have been wives to a
dozen or more men successfully. In
Morocco, a man repudiates his wife
on the slightest provocation and mar
ries again. Among the Moors of the
Sahara it is considered low" for a
couple to live very long together
| Cwestermarch, $40, 520.)
| On the other hand. in India, among
the Mohammedans divorce is seldom
| heard of.
Manners that attract and manners
that repel seem to be topics that are
inexhaustible. 1t is so easy, however,
for the elders to preach. and so hard
for the young to realize. And the
worst part of it all, says the New York
Tribune, is that it is generally only the
parents who read and appreciate the
suggestions of an impartial observer,
while those for whose benefit the crit
cisms are made pay no attention to
| them. 1t is a great pity, however,
that young people do not study what is
pleasing more carefully; they certain
ly would benefit greatly by taking a
little pains, and as one of the keenest
desires of the generality of youthful
personages is to be popular 1t seems