The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-13

"'Oh, you can have them. said
the whole armful upon me.
I was just taxing them to school,
home ~s1N ~
after lunch we syalked, out again
and stopped at "a residence to look over
the fence at the roses in the garden.
The lady of the house saw us from the
window, came out, and picked a great
bunch for us. We were fairly abash-
! ed at such treatment. We had come
from the East. and we didn't know
what to make of it.
Later we were at Pasadena one day
riding on one of the trolley cars that
run out into the surrounding country.
The road was lined with beautiful pep
per trees, with great punches of scarlet
peppers among the glossy green leaves.
l made the remark that l wished l had
bunch to dry and take home with me.
." I'll get you bunch. said the con-
ductor, and ne actually stopped the car
and got me a bunch of those peppers!
A lady on the car asked us if we were
going to the Rose Carnival l told her
l knew nothing about it. She explained
about it, and said
Livery one who attends is expected
| to bring a bunch of roses. When we
! get off the car l will take you to my
| home and give you roses to carry, and
| show you where the Opera House is
| She did so, and armed with beautiful
| punches of roses. we entered the opera
| house. Every. seat was sold, and we
bought standing room. The entertain
ment was a sort of spectacular affair,
in which the young girls of the city
were dressed to represent different
| roses. Every inch of the woodwork
of the building was concealed by mass
! ed roses, every person in the house
| carried roses, and at the close of the
! programme. by some sort Of mechant-
cal arrangement overhead, a shower Of
rose leaves fell upon the audience. 1t
was the prettiest thing I ever saw.
But the most astonishing thing about
it was that two gentlemen left their
seats and forced us to take them.
1--WE said, why, we cannot take your
seats; you have paid for them, and we
have bought standing room They re-
! Piled, oh, you are strangers, and we
can't allow company to stand up in
| California. And they gave up their
seats to us. after paying 50 apiece for
| them How they knew we were
strangers, l don't know, but they al
ways spot you in California, and do
something nice for you before they let
you go.
MY brother went to a convention in
! San francisco, ana Wnen MS ueleBd-
| ton had reached the headquarters they
had chosen they found a perfect bower
Of golden California peoples and great
baskets of fresh fruit. nesting in its
| own leaves, on every hand. And each
day the faded flowers and old fruit
we're removed and fresh put in their
places. At all the other delegation
headquarters It was the same. It's a
little way they have in California"
"Most women hate to spend new
money" says an observant salesman.
IT haven't the faintest idea why this
should be so. but I've noticed 1t often
right here in the store. A woman will
make a purchase and pull out her
purse to pay the bill, but If she hap
! pens to have to part with a clean, crisp
note in making up the amount she
looks greatly annoyed. I've seen wo-
men with fat wads of bright, brand
new bills fustered when they came to
pay for purchases because they hadn't
| sufficient old money to meet charges.
| They would dig out the contents of
| their purses and stow the crisp notes
| to one side, and, If they couldn't scrape
up the sum, in a few cases I've known
| them to go out without buying. Others
| will give utterance to little feminine
| EXPLANATIONS of dismay and will has
| tily pay for the articles selected in the
! new money. l know one man who al
ways takes his salary home in beautl-
| full clean certificates. He has caught
on to this popularity of the sex, and
he says it saves him all kinds OF
money"