The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-26

adage about WhlStl1ng girls ana Growing
hens has no terrors for Chicago women,
and they don't care a rap who hears
them.
I'm Philadelphia they are more subdued,
but they whistle just the same. But If
you want to hear good Whistling from the
feminine portion of the popula hon-soft.
sweet, melodious whistiing-just go to
Richmond. That town is noted for many
things, but If 1 was asked to give my
opinion as to its chief title to fame 1
should say it is the women's proficiency
in whistling.
but, taken all in all, New York beats
the world on whistling. You will find
more cases of the whistling face here
than anywhere else. This phase of the
habit is to be deplored, for the tell-tale
lines in the face of confirmed whistler
are not pretty. The upper lip is lengthen-
ed and furrowed with fine lines, and the
corners of the mouth become wr1nkied.
These facial characteristics are more pro-
nounced when the whistler performs his
little turn from nervousness instead of
pleasure, consequently they are much in
evidence for 1t certainly is nervousness
that makes most people, especially wo-
men, whistle their way Through life"
These are the days of the strenuous
life, when drones, no matter what their
come recognized as the duty of every
one. says the Boston Transcript, and Of
the young women no less than the young
men-to have a career. 1t Is especially
desirable that the young woman's educa-
tional work, and particularly her col
lege training, shall be along the line of
preparation for such career. At least this
is the opinion that is entertained by the
up-to-date girl and her family, and the
rIry
entering the professions of fitting them
selves for business life proves that the
contingent of the community which be-
lieves in professional or business careers
for women is a large one and steadily
growing. There is one woman in town-a
prominent worker in clubs and philan-
thropic assocations-who has carved out
a career for herself in a literary way
and is DESTROYS and even anxious that her
boys and girls shall have definite life
work Three of the children have pretty
well defined ideas as to what they desire
to make their life work, including the
elder girl, who is yet at college.
The remaining child, the second
daughter, has no settled opinions as to
Career and her mother, in discussing
her children's futures with friend, said
recently in response to her visitors COM
ment upon the prettiness of these young
girls: Yes, she is pretty, but there 1T
ends. She is just a dear, pretty goose.
without any special ability or inclinations'
and suppose she'll have to marry"
The tone, more than the words, convey
ed the impression that marriage was the
opposite of a desirable career and the re-
sort only of the girl with mediocre tai
ent, supplemented by considerable per-
sonal charm, although the woman who
made the observation was the happiesc
of wives and has never entirely recover
ed from the effects of her husband
death some years ago.
OfMiss Bertha Runkle, the young author
ess who has jumped so quickly into fame
as the writer of The Helmet of Ma
varre," the Philadelphia Saturday Even
ing Post tells the following clever story:
She is devoted to her brother, and
when he went to Harvard the two en-
tered into a close alliance. 1T resulted in
Miss Runkle's graduating from Harvard
without a degree.
Her brother kept in touch with her
every day and coached her all summer.
Each morning she would receive the lee
lures as taken down by him. She had a
duplicate of every book he had. She stud
led as many hours a day as he did. She
mailed him every night the result of her
work, and he gave her the added benefit
of his examinations. She went through
each examination with him and passed
without condition. During their senior
year she studied harder than the young
man himself, and the excitement in the
Runkle household at the time of the final
examination was intense.
Literary men and Harvard men were
as interested in this unique way of Miss
Runkle's going through Harvard as she
and her mother were. The brother had
aroused all the interest and enthusia SIN
of the Harvard professors, and when the
final day came Miss Bertha Runkle's pa
pers were examined and it was found
she had passed with flying colors. She
virtually won the Harvard degree"
when they say that business women
holding responsible positions and getting
big salaries don't save much money they
strike home with most of u.s." laughed a
woman in a big uptown shop yesterday,
talking about the ability of salaried wo-
men to keep what they earn. But they
don't know all sides of the question. They
don't know how much money we are OBJ
liged to spend and what an item of cost
our clothes are"
The speaker, says the New York Times,
was q charming, ladylike woman with at
tractive manners and one who always
wears the most stylish of gowns. They
are simple and inconspicuous, though no.
ticeable in that they pronounce I their
wearer always well dressed. She is at
the head Of a department where in the
course of each season many handsome
gowns are sold, both domestic and i'm
ported.
You see." she went on, ''one of our
duties in a place of this kind is always
each season to kill the fashions of the
previous one. Now we might offer old
goods and we might persuade people to
buy them. but that is not our business.
We introduce the new styles, and to sell
them we must kill the old ones. Now,
how would it seem If. when I am telling
people that a certain style was old that
it was not to be worn, that no one was
wearing it, should be wearing a gown
OF that style myself. You see what /
mean?
II have to dress we'll for the benefit OF
the customers. l have to dress we'll to