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The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-22
THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT.
1t Penetrated to the Restaurant mud
Made Cheer for the Tired Little
Slnyc.


1t was in one of the cheaper and less
frequented cafes of the city that the
young man who had to work holi-
days elected to partake of his Christ
mas dinner.
1t was perfectly natural for him TO
sit down at that long table void of
cover, with bottle of catsup and other
sauces placed at regular intervals, for
it was here that he satisfied his noon
time appetite from day to day.
Accordingly, when Christmas came,
and hefelt no more alone than usual. il
did not occur to him to patronize some
more pretentious place, so he took his
accustomed seat, picked up the bill uf
fare, let his eyes wander down the
long column of Special for Christ
mas" and awaited the coming of the
waitress he knew.
She soon appeared, with a knife, a
fork and a glass of water, and she
gave little gasp of surprise when
she-saFs-- who the customer was.
why" she said, do you have to
work to-day, too?"
Sure" he answered, and wondered
why she looked so funny to-day.
There was roast turkey with Gran
berry sauce and two vegetables for
thirty cents" and this seemed Christ
mas life, so, when the girl came back
he ordered this with the addition of
some sweet potato croquettes. He also
decided to obey a mural suggestion
which read, TRY our famous coffee. -
He watched the girl as she busted
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-22

at many dances. 1t will be worn
straight through the holidays and un-
doubtedly to the very coming in of
Lent. There is a white corduroy in
this very group and ii is treated with
spangles and narrow bands of black
velvet to show how conservatively its
decoration is achieved. Corduroy as is
betting is cut with a train of stately
length, but so, in fact, are all evening
gowns designed. Let the information
seeking reader observe the two cap
tivating costumes of the accompany
ing cuts. Their trains command as
much consideration and respect as
their material and ornamentation and
one of them is a new fabric, poplin
moired in a figure, instead of wavy
lines and circles.
A lovely lilac poplin figured in big
white MORE orchids and trimmed with
black lace is what the model of this
sketch showed when it was turned out
OF the dressmaker's hands and boxed
for delivery in time for a dance on the
25th. 1t was a simple and not a cost
ly toilet either, but it's train for
dancing dress was truly prodigious.
Lace and Nuns Yelling.
"Lace, yes it is used on every occa-
sion," asserted the dressmaker, who
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-22

for special holiday usefulness is
goodly majority that signify Christmas
festiVity in every fold These are TO
be worn with holly head dresses and
for Young girls the white liberty silks
bearing big white chenille disk and
spangles suggest the snow flakes and
sparkling frost of December weather.
Four typical models for a Christmas
Eve dance are showed in the group
drawn about a well loaded tree. The
debutante to the right displays white
Louisine silk that is closely striped
from the waist down TO points, that
nearly reach her knees, in close set
rows of doWny white chenille. Below
these points a constellation of silVery
spangles shows in three rovs ana the
spangles are widely s1eced on her open
square cut hcdice. About her waist
sash cs nolly red velvet ribbon is TIED
and a bow of the same shines in her
dark hair.
Nearest to this pretty frock appears
another evening costume that is a oold
study in green and red The lower
half of the skirt is of deep evergreen
colored velveteen. the upper portion
shows clusters of scarlet berries bro
caded on a mistletoe green silk
ground. These same colors and fab
RIGS are employed in the short-sleeved
round-necked bodice, and the wearer's
light hair is frosted with snow pow
der and crested with a cluster of white
feathers that sparkle with tiny crys-
tai beads.
Foreshadowing n Lcnten style.
White corduroy, of exceptional soft
ness, has been successfully appearing
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-22
CURSE
Of lT1l3
DRINK
CURED BY
White Ribbon Remedy.

Can be given in glass of water, tea or
coffee without patients knowledge.
White Ribbon Remedy will cure or
destroy the diseased appetite for alco-
holic stimulants, whether the patient
is confirmed inebriate, "a tipler," So
cial drinker or drunkard. Impossible
for any one to have an appetite for
alcoholic liquor after using White Rib
bon Remedy. Endorsed by members Of
w. c. r. u. Mrs. Moore, Superintendent
of the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union. writes: II have used White
Ribbon Remedy on very obstinate
drunkards, and the cures have been
many. In many cases the Remedy was
given secretly. 1 cheerfully recommend
and endorse White Ribbon Remedy
Members of our union are delighted to
find a practical and economical treat
ment to aid us in our temperance
work"
Mrs. West, President of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, states: II
know of so many people redeemed from
the curse of drink by the use of White
Ribbon Remedy that ] earnestly re-
quest you to give it trial"
For sale by druggists everywhere. or
by mail, $1.iTrial package free by writ
ing or calling on Mrs. A. M. TOWN
SEND dor years Secretary of the Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Unionl.
21S fremont street, Boston, Mass Sold
in Savannah by LIPPMAN BROS,
Congress and Barnard streets.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-22

a teacher that she is swiftly driving
unframed women teachers out of the
private and public secondary scaaols
and Will soon begin to drive them from
the elementary schools; she is also
driving men from the schools 1t is
easy to say that this is because her
salary is lower, and not because she is
better teacher; but If this is the e.l-
planation. why is the higher priced coll
lege woman replacing the lower priced
unframed woman in the schools? The
same increase in the number of women
teachers as compared with men is found
in England and Scotland and has be-
gun In France and Germany 1t is
probable that women are fitted in a
peculiar manner to become the teach
ers of the race. The college woman is
also slowly entering other professions
as well as teaching; as librarians
college women already outnumber men.
A great deal is said, and a great
deal too much is said, of the marriage
or on-marriage of college women.
Will college life make women disin-
clined to marry? Do as many college
women as other women marry? DO
they wish for children2 Will they con-
sent to bear them? Will they be able
to bear them? Will they be able to
nurse such children as they may bear?
VIII not college education make them
unloving wives and unloving mothers?
No, thousand times, no! The very
asking of such questions shows our
lack of perspective. Who would be
foolish enough to suggest that four
years of normal college life could so
profoundly alter the natural instincts
of a college man as to harden his heart
against marriage, deprive him of ten
derness for children. or of power to
beget them and cause him to desert
or maltreat wife and family? One by
one college women have patiently and
successfully met and silenced all the
a priori objections to college education
insufficient physical health, inferior
scholarly endowment, indecorum of
conduct in co-educational colleg as-and
now they are again face to face with
this new argument of the most insid-
ious kind.
Even Mr. Howells. in the November
Harper's. in one of the wittiest and
wisest of his Easy Chair TIA Ia ks, -
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-22
COLLEGE WOMEN.
WHAT THEIR PRESENT is AND
FUTURE MAY BE.

President of Bryn Mawr College
Discusses the QuestiOn-Thnnks
to Increased Opportunities the
Girl Graduate viii Enter Into
Competition With Her Brother OF
the Universities on Equal Terms.
In Some Fields She Is Already
CrowdinE Him Out-But Will This
Unit Ber for Fulfilling Her Nat
uraI Destiny as Wife and Moth
er. Not a Bit of it, Says Miss
Thomas.
Copyright, 1901. by Miss NJ. Carey
Thomas)
So rapid has been the progress OF
the great social and intellectual reVo-
luton known as the higher, or collie
giate education of women, that it has,
so to speak, no past, but exists entire
ly in the present time, and its future
development, more perhaps thZn that
of any other movement of the nine
teenth century may be expected to
create anew the heavens and the earth
of the twentieth century. In 1870, or
threabouts, the time had come
throughout the civilized world for wo-
men to be educated, and, in forecast
thereof, in the late fifties and early
sixties girls began to be born with an
instructive desire to go to college. l
was one of those girls, and 1 know
from talking with other women of my
own age that there were hundreds like
me. Although throughout my girl
hood l had never known a woman who
had gone to college nor seen anyone
who had seen a woman who had gone
to college. l well remember that, from
the time | was 10 years old, l dreamed
OF col4zge- by day an6-niSht until my
parents yielded. as everything must
yield to such. a longing, and took me
to the entrance examinations of Cor
nell University, themselves seeing then
for the first time college women. 1t is
no marvel that in every country the
barriers of custom and prejudice gave
way before the immensity of the desire
of women born to go to college.
That the United States is to-day far
in advance of all other countries in the
number of women obtaining a college
education is due, it seems to me, tc
two facts: first, to our national system
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-22

In addition to teaching and librarv
work, as at present, the college wo-
man of the future will have found
certain trades and professions pecu-
harly suited to her. in which she can
succeed as well. if not better than
men. l venture to predict that archi-
lecture and medicine will be two of
these. Certain divisions of business
such as accounts, and chemical and
electrical analysis, now becoming So
important, will tend to fall into her
hands, as typeWriting and telegranhI-
nave already become the professions Of
women.
The college women of the future win
not only be self-suppofting, but they,
VIII be married to college men as gen.
orally as working men and women of
the Weaithy classes are now marr!eG
TO men in the same circumstances az
themselves. For the woman who is
able to stand shoulder to shoulder
with the man she loves in the suppor+
of the family there will be 100 per cent
and no longer SO per cent. of mar
riases. She will indeed be the only
woman the man of moderate income
can afford to marry And the college
woman with inherited wealth will hs
able to use her wealth more wisely
than now, for in the future all .wo-
men of the leisure classes will go 10
college, like their brothers, as a mat
ter of course; and this tendency is
even now clearly marked. Two-thirds
of the women now at Bryn MaWr have
no expectation of supporting them
selves. The college women of the fu
ture will sit on boards, of education
and boards of charity in as large num-
bers as men, and they will assume
their full share of responsibility in the
direction Of municipal and national at
fairs. No one who watches the shad-
ows of coming events can doubt this
But it is the children of the COLLEGE
women and college men of the immc-
diate future that are to build anew the
heavens and earth of the Twentieth
Century. For the last half of the
nineteenth century the American men
of the poorer classes-and they alone
in the civilized world-have had moth
ers as well educated as their fathers
in our coeducational primary and sec
ondary high schools, which do not ex-
ist in any other country in the world.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-22

feathery green fir sprays and one big
fra agrant red rose.
As in the heat OF the ballroom, the
rose and the evergreen begin to droop,
they give forth a most delicious odor.
but none of these distinctly holiday
novelties disturb, in any serious degree,
the very definite and distinguished po-
sition of the pink rose as a hair orna-
ment. A silk, velvet, cotton or hot
house rose are all equally modish; they
are all pink and all worn in the even
ing a any point on the head that most
suits the picturesque, plaintive or
piquant style of the fair diner, dancer
or theater- goer.
The Transparent Yoke.
Next after the rose or holly IN her
hair, the most important detail for any
woman's evening toilet is the line about
the shoulders that her decollete even
ing body describes. American women
used to be very chary in their use
of tie decollete waist, confning it's
usefulness to the opera box. dance and
ceremonious dinner. Nowadays the
tendency is decidedly toward 4 low
necked gown for the theater for the
hostess at an evening wedding and
at public concerts. The decolletage
displayed upon the above enumerated
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-22

the ears close, scrape them inside and
out, and put head, ears and feet to
soak for an hour in tepid water, very
lightly salted. If jelly-making is con-
templated do not salt the soAking
water, but leave the meat in it half an
hour longer. After the soaking wash
well in cold water, then put into a
very clean and roomy vessel, cover
with at least two gallons of cold water,
bring to a boil, skim clean, then set
where the vessel will simmer for six
TO eight hours Fill up as the water
boils away, and occasionally stir gently
so there shall be no sticking to the pot.
When the meat drops from the bones
take it out with a SKINNER, pick out
every bone, and put in a deep dish.
Season well with salt, pepper, fine
herbs, and If liked a little onion juice,
or tarragon vinegar. Put a plate on
top, weight 1t and let cool. If the
meat is dry add to it after seasoning
cup of the liquor it was boilded in.
Thus you will have souse to match
your sausage. 1t is equally good sliced
and served in strong vinegar, or dip
ped in egg and crumbs, and fried in
deep, hot fat, Save the liquor until
cold. take off the fat from the top.
then skim off the jelly underneath,
heat and clarity it, for either aspic or
wine jelly.
Scald and skin the brains, mash
them with two fresh eggs and fry in a
very little fat, shaking in as they cook,
salt and pepper to taste. Score the
skin on the roasts plentfully. saL
well and cook until brown and crisp
and well done through and through.
Lay the hams flesh side down in n
dish or tray, and rub them well over
with cupful of fine salt mixed with
a tablespoonful of sugar and a halr
teaspoonful of saltpetre. Set the dish
where it is cool and airy. and turn tho
hams every day until the salt strikes
through. Then wipe them dry. sprinkle
them thickly with dry salt and ground
black pepper, slip inside cloth bags and
hang in the air until wanted A little
smoking will make them into bacon
But they are excellent cooked green.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-22

herself in getting up the order and ne
noticed that she looked kind of pitiful.
She was nice little thing, anyway,
but she sort of appealed to him to-day
she had TO work, too.
The poorly cooked turkey soon ar
rived with it's accompaniments, and
the girl hesitated at his place, and
finally stood at the end of the table
watching each mouthful disappear.
II am sorry that you have to work
to-day" she said.
Are you?' he observed. "Please
pass the sugar, and you forgot a
spoon"
She brought the spoon and slid the
sugar down the slippery table, and it
was then that he noticed that there
were tears in her eyes.
What's the matter?" he asked,
II don't know guess ] am blue to-
that way, too?"
"Yes-I do" he answered slowly,
and then. Check, please"
She smiled "a sad little smile, and
then punched the slip.
"I'll make it easy to-day as you
haven't eaten half your turkey. Kind
of a little Christmas present, you
know"
He took up the pasteboard and saw
that 1t called for only thirty five
cents, and he knew IL ought to be fifty.
He looked at her for "A minute. and
then his hand went down in his pocket
and came out with dollar bill, the
only one.
Mary" he said, for he had often
heard the other girls call her by that
name, please take this and go to 4
show. or get some candy-or some
thing-Merry Christmas" and he went
to the cashier. paid his check and
passed out into the street.
When he got back TO his desk he
took the remaining thirty-nve cents
from his pocket and soliloquzed
She is good little sort l guess
I'll have TO pass up the show tonight.
Didn't want to go much, anyway
wonder how she knew that felt that
Wayi"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-22

wondered how anybody could call the
Christmas season a holiday and in
substantiation of her assertion cons
cerning the length of trains and suita-
bility of lace she brought forth a
charming eggshell green nuns yelling
trimmed with ecrue imitation Irish
point
Eggshell green is one of the newest
evening tints and when it Is worn the
rose in the hair should be as red as
the poets love and preferably "A big
natural Americ9n beauty with one
spray OF its own green foliage.
Whatsoever the evening toilet may
be. two inevitable features now char
acterizes Il. one IL the lengthy bead
chain, the other Is the equally lengthy
cloak that covers the chains wearer
from train tip 90 coffure crest
While the chain m true or equally
pretty mock gold and gems il easily
attained by any women the cloak is "A
FAR more serious aud difficult problem
J.. must bc long and soft, and circular
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-22

occasions is very. very lightly velled
by gauze CAMP and long or elbow
sleeves OF the same transparent mate
rial as the yoke.
Any far-seeing woman, who can
sfford but one new evening gown this
winter, will. of course, buy for her low
cut waist yoke and sleeves of net
that can be adjusted for theater
party, but left off for a dance and she
can get these pretty delicacies already
made IN the shops or she can contrive
them herself. A strong but light
meshed net or very delicately figured
lace is what. the powers have agreed
on as the b@t material FOR this pur-
pose. The net II plain Is usually re-
lined by small widely spaced figures
done IN tiny black spangles and IN the
theaters the women who wear the open
gowns adopt draught protectors IN the
shape NJ full black or white feather
hoae
Win Holly Head Dress.
AmonE the evening toilets turned out
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-22

Ia and completed with a high collar.
The collar, of course, should be fur and
preferably ermine just as the wrap it
self should be constructed of Duchess
satin or peau de sole and lined with
brOcade. Such naturally are the
wraps of the wealthy. but none the
less useful and becoming ones are
made of white. or mastic, or dark tan
melton and Irish .fRieze and rough
surfaced hop sack and homespun. Cor
duroy and velvet have also their strong
claims to make and if any of these ma
terials are profusely decked with chif-
fon tiounces and the lining is done
with rosy sole de Chine over an inter-
lining Of thin cotton quilting an air
Of luxurious warmth is gained that
not ever sable and velvet can out rival.
Mary Dean
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-22
A HOLIDAY PIG.
Tie Is n Fine Investment for a Big
Family to Make.


Family to Make.
The potentialities of a live pig are
well-nigh illimitable. but since he is
impossible to the mass of housekeep-
ers, deal we here with a dead one to
be purchased tomorrow, Monday
morning, for holiday consunption-a
pig nicely scraped and scalded. and
hanging, pink and plum in the market.
He will cost more, much more than he
did a year back Still he is cheap by
comparison with beef and mutton, very
cheap II bought whole. Many more peo-
pie would avail themselves OF the fact,
II they knew exactly what TO do with
his pigship.
he must be small--seventy-five
pounds IS the outside limit. Forty is
much better. and thirty best of all.
Stll with many mouths to feed. the
seventy-flvc pound fellow will prove
most economical. as there Is apt TO be
more meat and fat, in proportion to
bone.
Amy butcher viii cut your pig IN.
but be sure the cutting is right. Have
the ribs chopped free, either side the
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-22

and to this, more than to any other
factor, is due, it seems to me. the phe-
nomenal enterprise and success in
commerce of the American people. In
the Twentieth Century the mothers of
our wealthy, professional and middle
classes will be as we'll educated as
the fathers. and we may then expect
a like success in spiritual and intellec-
tual things. NJ. Carey Thomas.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-22
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The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-22

White CORDUROY, Of exceptional soft
ness, has been successfully appearing
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-22

AmonR lhe evening toilcls TUNED out
The age-herald., 1901-05-21
SERIOUS FIRE IN
 SOUTH DECATUR Whole Block of Buildings Were Destroyed, Causing Loss
 of S50.000

New Decatur. May 20.-(Special )-At an early hour Sunday morning fire destroyed an entire business block in South Deca- tur. entaiiing loss of over $50,000.
 The fire was first discovered at 1 a. m in the drug store of Dr. Carton, In Fourth avenue, and the origin Is supposed to have been due to incendiary or else to rats having turned over a coal oil lamp left burning in Dr. Cartons store.
 The losses on stock are estimated as follows: s. H. Harper & Co.,, groceries and feed stuff, loss. 5000; insurance. 5000. Albert Fulgham, news stand and restau- rant, loss, s250; no insurance. Puckett & Co.,. gents furnishings, loss, 5000: insur- ance, $500 Dr. Carton, drugs, loss $30O0; insurance, s2250. Martins shoe shop and residence, loss. $500; no insurance. M. Frombolt Grocery Company, loss. $400 on stock and $250 in cash; no insurance. M. Frombolt restaurant, loss, s50 no insur- ance. A. J. Walker & Co.,, groceries, dry goods and drugs loss 5000; insurance, 5000. Warrick Brothers, confectioners and post office, loss s600; insurance, $400. Much mail was lost in this building with value unknown. A. A. Moore. groceries, loss, s30OO insurance. 5000. Buzz Wilkin- son. barber shop, loss $500; no insurance. J. M. Clark, meat market. loss. $500; in surance, s2o0. T. c. Howell, restaurant, loss, $500; no insurance Dr. I. G. Hughes, loss, s100 worth of books and $200 worth of household goods; no insurance. Bell Telephone Company damaged considera- ble, but loss Is fully covered by insur- ance. Electric Light Company also sus- tained some slight losses.
 The losses on the buildings were as fol- lows: Buildings occupied by s. H. Har- per, Albert Fulgham and Puckett & Co.,, owned by Charles Austin, loss $22o0 with s1oO0 insurance Buildings occupied by Dr. Carton and M. FromSolt, owned by James Echols, loss, 5000: about one-half covered by insurance Store occupied by Warrick Brothers, owned by J. L. Brock, loss. $500; fully covered by insurance. A A. Moore owned the building occupied by this firm, loss, $500; one-half insured. J. M. Clark loss on building occupied by himself 5000; partially insured T. c. Howell, restaurant, owned by Mrs H. c. Speake of Huntsville, loss $500; partially insured.
 All of the structures burned were of wood. Arrangements have already been made to replace most of the buildings with modern brick structures. This block was built In boom days and has always been regarded as regular fire trap.