The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-04

! when one is alone, in an upward direc-
ton, however little time" you may
feel you have for facial massage"
The two saddest things on earth are
the creases between the mouth and
cheek which have been called the pa
| rentheses.
1t rests a face to wash it, give 1t a
! dry rub, more often than women who
have notions about Compilations" es-
say it. EXPIRES sion is more than com
| plexion. A few moments daily rest
| on the lounge, whether spent in sleep
or not, is absolutely essential to give
those we'll worked muscles a we'll
earned-repose. To talk much when one
| is all tired out cuts up the face into a
| map of life whose lines are not easily
| erased.
But when finding yourself worrying
too much rush out into the fresh air.
hunt up an absorbing book or enter
tanning fellow creature and rest your
/ face while each discourses to you of
! things which take you out of yourself.
| AS she walked into an uptown drug
! store somewhat famous for its soda
water, her appearance seemed to indi-
cate that she needed no particular in
/ struction in the use of cosmetics. She
was a large woman, had arrived at
| years of discretion and was handsome
| ly, if somewhat flashily, dressed. d.
Passing majestically by the soda wa
| ter fountain, says the New York Sun,
she sought one of the clerks and said
something TO him. What she said
! couldn't be heard by those standing
| near, but the clerks voice hadn't been
filed for some time, so there was no
! difficulty in hearing him when he said:
Certainly, we have just the thing.
| Step this way"
He led the way to a counter directly
opposite the fountain and took down
from shelf containing proprietary ar
| ticles, several bottles. He recommend
ed one after another but they wouldn't
do. Finally, he took down bottle
and said:
Il think this will be just what you
want"
The woman scanned the label care
| fully and said: IT have tried this, but
it seems to make the face rough and
! burns horribly"
The clerk, with an eye to business,
and all unconscious of his unified voice,
said in tones that could be heard half
a block away: We'll, you know in
making up the face"
For heavens sake! Don't give your
directions for the benefit of the whole
store!" exclaimed the woman in a tone
| which only those in her immediate VI
entity could hear.
Pardon me-" said the clerk. 'I for
got that anybody was around" Then,
as if to make amends for any and ali
breaks, he started out all over again
| in the same tone: LAS / was saying,
actresses in making up the face al
ways rub a little of this on, then ap-
| ply the powder puff and then rub the
| face with chamois."
BY this time every one of the fifteen
or twenty women at the soda fountain
had become intensely interested in
what the clerk was saying, and nearly
all of them turned around. They look
| ed at the customer and all smiled
But the woman who was looking for a
satisfactory cosmetic was quite the
| mistress of the situation. Looking at
the clerk as If she had not the slight
est idea of what he was talking about
she said:
You quite mistook what I asked for.
l don't want any cosmetics. I never
use them under any circumstances.
| What l asked you for was a bottle of
witchhazel extract"
The clerk looked at his customer for
a moment as if he didn't quite know
whether he was in Manhattan or Ho-
boken, and meekly replied: "Oh, beg
your pardon, will you have a large or
small bother"
The woman in loud tone, said that
she would have a small bottle, and
then in a much lower tone said: "And
put in that bottle of face cream. You re
too stupid for any use."
The clerk followed both directions,
and when the woman went out, man
who looked as if he might be a person
having authority in the place called
the clerk over into the corner near the
cashiers desk and said:
THAT woman is one of the best
90, 60. faa Itch
fear you have lost her for the store by
that internal calliope voice of yours.
For heavens sake cultivate pianissimo
| or get a new job"
The rest of the women went on drink
ing their soda water. and all smiled in
diligently at the clerk as he passed to
the other end of the store.
"Oh, why should the spirit of mortal
be proud?"
If / could make proper reply
My wisdom would raise me so far Ger
the crowd
That none would be prouder than I.
Washington Star.
Little Kindnesses-
You gave on the way a pleasant smile
And thought no more about 1t;
1t cheered a life that was sad the while
That might have been wrecked with
out it;
And so for the smile and its fruit
age fair
You'll reap a crown some time
somewhere.
You spoke one day a cheering word.
And passed to other duties;
II warmed heart, new promise stirred
And painted a life with beauties.
And so for the word and its silent
prayer
You'll reap a palm some time
somewhere.
You lent a hand to fallen one
A lift in kindness given;
1t saved a soul when help was none,
And won a heart for heaven;
And so for the help you proffered
there
You'll reap a Joy some time-some-
where.
ID. G. Bickers in New York Tribune.
It has often been remarked, says the
Chicago Chronicle, that while many
women have defective memories re-
garding events of Importance in the
worlds history they never forget the