The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-29
"A Pocketful of Sunshine."-
"a pocketful of sunshine

"A Pocketful of Sunshine."-
"a pocketful of sunshine
Is better far than gold:
1t drowned the daily sorrows
OF the young and of the old;
1t fills the world with pleasure,
In field, in lane, and street,
And brightens every prospect
OF the mortals that we meet,
"a pocketful of sunshine
Can make the world akin,
And lift a load of sorrow
From the burdened backs of sin;
Diffusing light and knowledge
Through thorny paths of life;
1t gilds with silver lining
The storm clouds of strife."-
january Ladies' Home Journal.
The latest bombshell that has fallen
into fashionable English society," says
a London letter in the New York Mail
and Express. is the debut of Mrs. Fitz-
george, wife of the eldest son of the
Duke of Cambridge, as the presiding
goddess of an establishment devoted to
the Improvement of compilations, the
eradication of wrinkles, the improve
ment of figures and the general re-
7, juvenation of the female form divine
Mrs. Fitzgeorge opens her "parlours'
1T ANOs % IoIOOh SlI6tl, WHERE SIe Is
holding a sort of reception to a Gu
rious mob, all OF whom are more or
less anxious to get within seeing and
touching distance of the daughter-in-
law of regular right-down royal
duke"
Mrs. Fitzgeorge told me a story in
connection with her anxiety to boom
her trade among her own fashionable
acquaintances. Among other people to
whom sheShas gone in order to ask that
they would use their influence to ad-
vance her business was her Serene
Highness Princess Edward of Sake.
Weimar.
Princess Edward was quite interest
ed, though regretful to hear that a
woman of Mrs. Fitzgeorge's rank
should take to business, and inquired
the nature of the profession that she
had chosen. Falteringly the younger
woman announced that she was
about to open rooms in Brook street
for the treatment of the complexion,
the figure and the hair.
Dear me, dear me-" quoth the prin-
cess. II am very sorry to hear that. l
am afraid / can't help you, my dear.
Now, il ii had been something nice
and quiet like boots. or even hats. |
would not have minded. But the idea
of your selling dreadful things like
lnat TOT the lace. 1t Is really Shock-
ingl"
After a great deal of persuasion and
explanation. Mrs. Fitzgeorge partially
succeeded in making the sadly bewil-
dered princess believe that selling
complexion renovators and perfumes
was quite as respectable a means OF
earning ones living as dealing in
boots. Still, the latter shook her head
doubtfully and said:
well, Of course, I will do what I
can for you. my dear. but don't think
that l could come TO you myself. am
too old"
During their conversation the Duke
OF Cambridge was announced
Does he know?% whispered the
Princess hurriendly to her guest
mo! moi" answered the Dukes
daughter in-law. with desperate agony.
For heavens sake. don't tell him; I
must keep II from him az long as Z
can" AS she murmured the last word
she courtesied TO her royal father-in-
law.
How long the poor old Duke can be
kept In Ignorance OF his daughter-in-
laws venture Is uncertain ] have al
ways heard, however. that he b. an
ardent newspaper reader. This being
the case, his ignorance cannot long re-
main intact