The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-10

looked upon as the outward sign of ex-
listing disease, and the condition was com
bated by drugs and diet.
Nowadays most advanced Psychologists
believe that emaciation cannot be over
come by medicines. They say that it is
as useless to try to fatten a thin man
by the administration of nourishing food
as it is to attempt to fatten a grey
hound. 1t is, of course, possible so to stuff
greyhound that by Withholding exercise
1t will become somewhat fatter, but in
doing so 1t also becomes a sick and USE
less dog. 1t is the same way, doctors
say, with thin man.
The defect in the organism which doc
tors say is the cause OF emaciation is Of
two kinds. There is, first of all, de-
fciency in the fat cells, or adipose It's
sue; and, secondly, a decided lack of the
secreting power in the intestines BY
means of which the fat globules are ex.
tracted from the food taken and stored
up in the body. The truth of this latter
theory, doctors say, Is daily demonstrate
ed in the case Of those thin people who
have been attacked by and have recov-
cred from typhoid fever. In typhoid fever
the entire lining OF the intestinal tract
is destroyed. Those who recover from
the disease have conferred upon them
an entirely new intestinal lining, usually
with unimpaired fat-secreting powers, so
tfat 1t nearly always happens that those
who have been thin before they had ty-
phoid fever grow fat afterward.
The twentieth century, says George w.
Gerw1g, in Woman's Home Companion. VIII
be pre-eminently the woman's century. 1t
Will be her duty, her privilege, to do its
choicest work. What is the noblest thing
she may do with her life, with her leis-
ure? The thoughtful American girl is
coming to see this truth-that the nations
greatest need is spirituality; that the ideal
type from now on will be the spiritual wo-
man. 1t is not the religious side of spir-
itual life which is lacking. The churches
and hundreds of God-fearing men and wo-
men are attending to that. 1t is that por-
ton of spiritual life not directly connect
ed with religion-the portion which has
even been woman's peculiar province
which is neglected.
In the physical conquest of this country
woman bore the heroic part of the silent
sufferer. Important as was the role she
played then, it grew even more import
ant IN the intellectual conquest which fol-
lowed. That conquest is so nearly com
plete that 1t may be taken for granted
An education-such an education as the
world never dreamed of heretofore-is
now within the reach of every American
garten through the university. But having
become the most powerful, the richest
and the most resourceful of modern ma
lions we are not to rest there in the be-
lief that progress is all to be measured
by warships and the dollar-merk. Every
people has gained a little on the great
ladder that humanity is climbing, and
though material progress comes first,
spiritual must follow or the nation falls,
She Is a woman, says the Pittsburg
Post, with a penchant for perfumes. The
use of sweet smelling things has become
fad with her. OF course, she is dainty
little woman; she could not be otherwise,
and her clever manipulation of perfumes
is source of envy and curiosity to her
friends. She has always puzzled them
with new indefinable scent for which
they can find no name
When went into her boudoir last week
a Whit of something unfamiliar greeted
my nose, which, knowing my friends ten
denotes, was on guard.
1T isn't sandalwood," I began uncer-
tainly, land haven't run into a pine for
est, have I? 1t is not violets, either"
In fact, l was completely mystihed. It
was such a vague, yet family aromatic
and altogether delicious odor.
The little woman smiled and made room
for me on couch beside her, amid heap
of personal belongings, trunk trays and
shoe boxes.
1T is a mixture of everything" she
laughed. you have burst in upon the in
ventor of this work. 1t is a secret I
am renewing my perfumes. They lose
strength, you know, and / have just hit
upon some new ones I am going to try.
THE box you are sitting on" said the
little woman, gazing fondly at my sup
port, contains a regular potpourrl. 1t
was the work of months. Rose leaves
are the foundation, with handful OF
spice, some Tonquil beans, orris root,
bunch of sweet grass and clover and
even some grains of Coffee
"Coffeew I echoed. incredulously.
Everything" said my hostess, "that
had vestige of aroma, of fragrance
about it, dropped in. You viii find any
thing from a piece of scented flannel to
nutmeg. But you would never guess
in month of Sundays what the things
taken from that box were scented with.
That is where much of the pleasure
comes in"
The woman who would have the dainty,
indefinable fragrance which seems to en-
anate from no place in particular, should
be an adept in the use of perfumes. The
simple dashing on of essence fails totally
to accomplish the object sought for, be-
side it isn't the method employed by the
gentlewoman.
Girls who have been together all winter,
dancing at the same balls. attending the
same dinners. and practically leading the
same lives, find that in Lent their paths
are widely divergent. At luncheon on
Shrove Tuesday, says the New York Tri-
bune,a number of this seasons debutantes
were discussing their plans. 81 am going
to -" said one, naming a well known
Southern resort. I'VE are going to take
our automobile and some riding horses
down with us, and / expect to hunt, play
golf and have a good time generally. It's
perfectly lovely to think that la a few