The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-10
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY FEBRUARY 10. 1901.


steep grade
At the foot Of the incline there was a
sharp turn to the left.
Here the automobile left the turnpike
and ran down the embankment, throwing
the young couple out ana landing them in
a big pile Of sand
Never mind, darling" exclaimed the
youth. who with hat gone. collar loose
at one end, and coat ripped up the back,
was presently engaged in digging the
sand out of the hysterical maiden's
mouth, this IS one time that the course
of true love ran smooth, even if it did
get a bit of a jolt at the end Of the run"
Cyrus Winterbottom," she said, half
an hour later, as they were journeying to-
ward home In a farmers wagon, Il be-
leve you did the whole thing on purpose
so you could have the chance Of saying
something smart"
Young women in choosing their associ-
ates do not sufficiently observe the law
that governs contrasts" remarked an OBJ
server to the New York Tribune. "They
would never dream OF putting two colors
together that do not accord, and are even
particular not to let their gowns clash
with another's but as far as their own
personality is concerned they never take
that into consideration, and yet some wo-
men who are really good looking when
alone become decidedly plain when walk
ing or standing next 10 some one of their
acquaintance. Tail. willowy creatures, for
instance, have a way of making a me-
dium-sized companion with waist and
hips Of ordinary proportions, appear stout
and stunted; a freshly colored, rather
large face causes it's contrast to appear
sallow and even weazened, and so on.
with men it is also the same. although,
Of course, to a less degree. Still every
one must have noticed how a short man,
who may look quite dgnified and impos-
ing by himself, will turn suddenly into
ridiculous little manikin when walking
with a proportionately large and tall
friend. In these contrasts it must be ac-
knowedged that the larger and taller peo-
pie have the best of It. They dwarf other
people, but do not look diversified them
selves, as they ought to do IL the rule
worked both ways Some girls however,
are clever enough to recognize this fact
and act accordingly"
why do you not walk any more with
Elsie S. ?" l heard a mother ask her
daughter recently. Because she is such
an uubecoming friend answered the lat
ter quite frankly She makes me look
so fat and short and dowdy that I can
not stand it! l notice it every time I
catch our reflections in a shop window"
This was obviously true, and the girl was
hardly to be blamed If she objected to
appear at such disadvantage. 1t is anus
ing, however, to see how utterly unaware
some people are of the existence of such
a contrast in their own case, although
they are very quick to perceive it in
others. Brown you know, is very
small man" says Jones, in telling a story
of his friend land his wife would make
two of him. Why, she could pick him up
with one hand" he continues, laughing
heartily at the imagined picture, quite
oblivious of the fact that he and Mrs.
Jones suggest the same criticism.
Eve do not realize how odd IL would
seem to an individual who departed this
life, say, even twenty-five years ago, and
who has had no spiritual cognizance of
our proceedings since, to catch glimpse
of the Fifth avenue of to-day about Twen-
ty-third street" remarked woman re-
Gently to the New York Tribune. ct sat
one evening last autumn about o'clock
at the window of the -- Hotel, she
continued, land for fully fifteen minutes
I did not see a horse. Cable cars slipped
along in four directions with bewildering
rapidly, automobiles with lamps just
lighted moved backward and forward with
noiseless speed like huge firefies, while
a number of belated bicyclists shot silent
ly past How incredible such a scene
would have seemed to us a couple of de-
cades ago I said to myself as I watched
the strange panorama, and I wonder
what my little daughter will see If she
sits at that window twenty years hence.
Perhaps there will be plenty of flying
machines sailing about among the trees
i'm Madison Squarer"
"This old table has held a great varie-
ty of garments since it was made twenty
five years ago" said a clubman, laying
his topcoat on a broad mahogany table
at n country club where the wraps of its
members were laid out ready for use.
Take these things, for instance" he went
on, indicating the next pile TO his. "A
member of ten years ago might wonder
if 1t were an Esquimau suit or a diving
equipment. but he would never guess its
real use-a protection against the win
ter's wind while going in a horseless
road vehicle at the rate of fifty miles
an hour" 1t was certainly a strange
looking collection-a black silk mask with
huge glass goggles, a short fur coat that
seemed all collar, and a pair of fur trous-
ers.
How many of those who fully realize
| the value of quinine in these days of colds