The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-04-14

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world is strewn with tragedies for the
lack of It. Probably there isn't day of
our lives that all of us do not hear a
| caustiC criticism being passed upon the
extravaganza of some woman whose hus-
band * tottering on the very verge OF
financial ruin. Everybody knows it.
Everybody talks about it. 1t is a secret
| to nobody but the woman herself. She
doesn't know, and all unwittingly she is
driving her husband to ruin. know peo-
Pile always blame the woman for sucn
disasters. They ought to blame the man.
Woman are afraid of debt. They have
| horror of losing their homes and their
! position, and 1 don't believe there's one
in a million, just on selfish grounds, who
wouldn't live within her income, and re-
| trench in her expenses, If her husband
would go 10 her and tell her the plain
truth ABOUT their finances. 1t Is some
| thing every oman has a right to know,
anyway, about the man on whom she Is
! dependent for support. She has no way
10 safeguard the future without 1t. OF
course. a man will defend himself by
saying that ne is trying to save woman
| from the hai dships of existence by keep
| ing the brutal truths OF life from her,
but it is a cruel kindness, that has
brought disaster to many a woman.
Women who answer advertisements cal
| ling for book canvassers, says the New
| York Tribune, receive offers of liberal
| commissions If they are pleasing in ap-
pearance and dress. Some women have
natural ability for selling books, and the
| publishing houses are always on the look
| out for one of these and are willing 10
pay well.
One of the leading houses in New York
| has now in its employ, in a place of the
| highest Importance, commanding a large
| salary, a woman who few years ago
| came to the firm as a canvasser on COM
mission Her marvellous aptitude for sell
ing books speedily advanced her to the
place she now occupies, and she is con-
suited on the question of publishing va
| rious works, as she is considered an au-
/ thority as to the kind of wares in this
line which will please the public.
One of the oldest things in connection
with some of the publishing houses is
small catechism or pamphlet. which con-
| tains an imaginary conversation between
a book agent and a possible customer.
| This book gives a complete list of the
| objections that are usually made and the
Arguments that are to be advanced TO
| Push the sale.
| For instance, If a man says he already
has a complete library, the agent must
| tell him that that is the reason she has
called to see him about the book she has
to sell, as his library cannot be complete
| without such a valuable work. If a Wo-
| man states that she has no time to read,
the agent is instructed to explain to her
the necessity for relaxation in her social
and domestic duties and the advantages
to be gained from good books
| The answers are all voluminously word
| eG and ingeniously contrived, and explain
che of the secrets of the book-selling
trade.
4 San Francisco vaudeville actress has
started new way of displaying jewels
on the hand, says the New York Jour
nal.
The fair Titenia has earrings hung in
her thumb and three Of her finger nails
She has also a big jewel moored by chains
to the center of the back of her hand and
diamond earring hung from every nail
In order that holes may be bored in the
tips of her finger nails to accommodate
the sparklers, she has to wear her nails
very long-so long as to be quite incon-
venient, one would think.
| The distinguished Chinese who wear
long nails as a sign of elegance are very
helpless people. having to carry the dis
tinguished hand about upon a cushion.
With the dancer it is as bad; the adorned
| left hand is as good as helpless
A professional manicure attends to the
| care of the hand. The nails are daily
treated in a way to tougher them; a
chemical preparation does the work. The
boring of the hole is matter where skill
| ed labor is needed; it would be an easy
matter for a clumsy manicure to break
| the nail which had been tended so care
fully and brought to the length required.
Every little while the nail must be cut
| end new hole made Then the manicure
and manicured are on pins and needles
| all over again until the nice operatio is
safely through.
1t is said that one Of the rings-nail
rings, they should no doubt be called
| once caught In door as it was being
shut. The door had a spring lock and the
nearest key to the lock was a mile away.
| A friend of the actress started to assist
her by cutting the nail, for time was pre-.
| cious and there was a train to be caught.
But the lady stopped him by uttering
| piercing screams. Il will lose my train"
she cried, but never my nail" And she
sent for the key. waiting a prisoner until
it came and in the end missing her train.
She had to make her next place of en-
gagement by riding on a freight train,
but she always said that it paid.
MANY parents" says the New York
Tribune. do not appreciate how much
more influence they can acquire over their
children. and what splendid results they
can obtain, by appreciation rather than
Ieproof." remarked a mother recently.
| Conscientious people are too apt to use
the former sparingly and the latter Law
| ishly, whereas just the opposite should be
the rule. Praise should be bestowed with
out stint and fault-hnding should be re
served for grave offenses. The good that
is in every human creature requires. like
| the seeds, warmth and a kindly atmos-
pnere to terminate. particularly with the
| yc ung, who so easily get discouraged and
disheartened. But / must see something
to approve Of before / can conscientlously
| praise it, says a mother whose greatest
anxiety is that her son should grow up
! to be a good useful man; and Harry is
so needless and thougbuess he Is con-
! tinually disappointing me! How gladly /
would praise him il he would only really
make an effort, but whatever / say 10
] him rolls off his mind like tho wafer fro,,