The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-27
WOMAN'S
WORLD.

NJ that Southern girl OF long ago
.,rite in reverence, says H. S. Can
aaId. in the Woman's Home Com
rsrion. Her beauty, her virtue, her
+onderness, her repose. her loyalty to
bar own, are heritages of every man
,,bo knew her in the flesh. or knows
her by tradition. There was fine, strong
emf in her. She was nobly constant.
I'm not old, yet l remember 1.-The
fierce South cheering on her sons" and
ne women at home, bearing the most
savage of the brunt, steady, industri-
Gus. accomplishing, grieved for the
bright blood that was split, yet lock-
ing their lips upon fear and longing,
and bidding father, husband, son or
lover to the fray. I remember coffee
made from bits of sweet potato dried in
the sun! sassafras roots dug by negro
bovs as a substitute for tea; hun
dred simple herbs which took the place
of contraband medicines, and bread
made from Indian corn, sometimes
saltless, and many, many pitiful expe-
dents to fill the mouths of hungry
children. remember these things
cut I do not remember that any wo-
man of them ever repined. Whatever
NAV be said for or against the men
of the South, the 'impolite SEX" as a
fool has termed them, did not falter
This woman, who picked lint to be sent
10 the front, ran the plantation"
while its owner was facing Grant,
taught the little negroes their alpha
bet, and had prayers each evening in
the big sitting room, is the grandma
Their of to-day. talked to one not long
ago-white- haired, blue-eyed, serene,
with the presence of a duchess and
the heart of a child, a widow since
Charlottesville. While we talked the
laughing of grandchildren sounded
from the front yard" and aunt
Prissy," black, bent, and as old as her
mistress, brought in some yellow puff
balls of chickens in a basket and show
ed them with immense pride. l said,
you must have found it hard to take
I'D the work at the close of the war,
Mrs Blank, and manage the place with
almost every condition changed?"
The old lady said. simply, why
shouldn't 1? I never put a skirt over
my head with my own hands until
1864. But 1 did it."
If a housekeeper has any doubt as
TO the genuineness of the butter fur
nished by her grocer an infallible and
simple test is at her hand, says an ex-
change. 1t was invented some years
ago by a detective whose duty it was
10 look after adulterants, and con-
sists merely in boiling a small portion
of the sample and observing its beha-
vor the while. Melt the sample to be
tested in an old iron tablespoon, has
tening the process by stirring with a
small splinter of wood, as, for in
stance, a match with the PHOSPHORUS
removed, or a toothpick. Then, in
creasing the heat, bring it to as brisk
a boil as possible, and after the boil
ing has begun stir thoroughly the con-
tents of the spoon-not neglecting the
outer edges-two or three times at in
tervals during the boiling, always
shortly before the boiling ceases.
Genuine butter boils usually with
very little, if any, noise, and produces
an abundance of foam" Process
butter and oleomargarine sputter as
they boil and produce practically no
foam" The composition article may
small that it can easily be distin-
guished from the genuine article.
Standing in almost the center of
Helen Goulds white dressing table in
her boudoir, says the New York
Times, and seeming oddly out of place
among the silver-topped toilet pieces,
a young lady friend of hers saw one
of those little iron penny savings hanks
such as the children of the less wealthy
commonly have.
why do you disfigure your dresser
in this fashion," asked the friend. Miss
Gould looked at her questioner with
mild expression of reproach. That"
said she, lis for my babies. It's just
one Of those ordinary little fresh air
fund boxes. I have pennies sometimes
to save, and why shouldn't my babies
profit by them?"
You dear thing!" said the girl, who,
as soon as she got home, impetuously
had IS bill changed into pennies,
which she forwarded to Miss Gould
with the following note:
Dear Miss Gould: Here are 500 pen
MES. Pray fill the box and spare your
dresser"
She hasn't yet been reproved for her
impertinence. Possibly Miss Gould was
able TO find some reason for excusing
and forgiving it.
Nine. Emma Calve, the prima DON
ma contributes to the Chicago Chron-
icle the following instructions respect
ing singing:
There is no reason, in my opinion,
why American girls should go abroad
for the cultivation of the singing voice.
If / were an American mother should
have my daughters voice placed and
trained in this splendid country. 1
have heard pupils of New York pro-
1essors who showed in their singing
the masters perfect method and abb
solute knowledge of our art.
Practice every day regularly and
Systematically if you wish to make
progress.
Remember that careless. slipshod So
called study is worse than no study.
Learn to breathe properly. Take
Your breath deliberately. The moment
YOU begin to hurry the tones are insult
ncient and you will acquire the habit
Of audible gasping for breath, which
IS painful to your audience and de-
Structive to your voice.
Never practice with a high collar or
Tight stock about the throat. Many
persons have remarked the tendency
OF singers to wear at all times gowns
cut so that the throat is free.
should feel choked If were to dress
~ the strangling bodices worn by fash
tohable women. A singer must make
iashion subservient to her art.
Ilsht shoes, tight corsets, tight col
IaIS' or even tight sleeves will impede
EQUATION and ruin your vocal cords.
stand erect when you practice or sing
,or your friends. with the weight of
'19r body on the balls of your feet.
''eInember that the strength required
produce the tone must come from
pl,oW, Use the other muscles only TO
mold the tone.