The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-10

church work, l think. that they came
in contact, and Mrs Van A. had her
to dinner. and introduced her about
generally. OF course, that was just
the stepping stone that Mrs. S.
needed. In our quiet country life a new
sensation is always welcome, and as
she is clever, as we'll as pretty, and
good form, / must admit, she has sue
ceeded in getting a very good footing
IN the county smart set, although they
nave no money to speak of, live in a
tiny cottage and do not pretend to en-
terrain any. But how clever it was
of her. was it not, to come out here and
attack society at It's outworks. .nstead
OF suffering defeat at the citadel. as
she would undoubtedly have done had
she tried to effect an entree In town"
The recent outburst of Southern in
dignation over President Roosevelt 5
invitation to Booker T Washington to
cine at the White House recalls a
story which has been published before.
but is perhaps worth reteiling
Two well-to-do women from the
Southern states. says a New York pa
per, were making the tour of Europe
not long ago. In London they had some
difficulty in procuring rooms that suit
ed them. They had looked long and had
SAONh NEdiE WuSll llcy GIllGI6u Il ST.
class hotel which had been highly re-
commended to them. but which, on &C
count of its high prices, they had re-
served for the last. To their dismay
they found the house so full of guests
that only one room remained empty.
1t was shown to them. however. and
so pleased were they with IL that they
could not repress EXPLANATIONS of Joy
at not being obliged to look any fur
Their. although they knew that wiser
policy would have been to decry it.
1t is indeed a nice ROOM" said the
polite attendant, and, though rather
high priced, it ought to be especially
desirable for Americans"
why so?' was asked.
Because your Mr.. Washington once
occupied it, was the answer.
Indeed" exclaimed the Americans.
How lovelyn'
After they had engaged the room and
were talking about its good points it
occurred to them that the hotel was
far too modern ever to have been seen
by THE Father Of His Country" So.
lsummoning the attendant they taxed
him with telling falsehood, saying:
What do you mean by trying to i'm
pose on us with your story of George
Washington sleeping in this room once?
President Washington died long before
this hotel was even built
Pardon me, ladies'. replied the hurt
hotel employe, Il meant Booker T
Washington"
Great was his surprise when the
Southern women insisted upon chang
ing their room for one less commo-
dious. They had none of the feeling
which prompted President Roosevelt to
ask Mr. Washington to dine with him
a hn N Il . H.
She was very young and very pretty
She was stylishly gowned and her Rat
was a dream" The man who was
witch her evidently found no charm
wanting. But the woman who sat en-
her other side. being an observant,
critical stranger, noticed several
things. as the car sped on, that mas
culine blindness failed to detect.
She noted, for instance, says the New
York Times, that the blue velvet stock
about the girls neck was pinned on.
From the side on which she sat one of
the pins-just the common article-swas
plainly visible. Then-such a little
thing, but it counted so much in the
others estimation of the girl a wire
hairpin had been carelessly stuck into
the golden coils of hair among the
pretty one of shell. There was button
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showed only once, when the girl hap
pened to raise her hand, but the other
woman took it in at a glance. When
the girl leaned forward in her seat
| moreover, this keen observer saw a
part OF a safety pin just visible below
the narrow belt and she knew that
the smart skirt had been hastily adj
justed
Then bit of the girls conversation
foated over to her
Now. you know" the pretty. young
thing was saying earnestly to her COM
panion, I'm not a bit superstitious
and I don't believe in fortune tellers
or any such nonsense. But / went to
one of these palmists and had my
hand read the other day, just for the
fun of it. And what do you think the
woman told me? That / was awfully
careless about my things. That I hated
to mend or sew and never could keep
my room in order! that always mis-
laid my gloves and little odds and ends
and had time finding them when I
was going out. She said I always left
everything till the last moment and
then rushed about and dressed in a
hurry. And. do you know. it's so. That
just exactly describes me. Now. don't
you consider that remarkable? How on
earth could she have known"
The man seemed deeply impressed.
The other woman smiled.
Unhappy man, says the New York
Press. has been trying for many years
to rid himself of the incubus of the tall
hat but, struggle as he will, the
"stovepipe" still remains his master. 1t
appears that the ban of the silk hat
first was placed upon mankind by one
John Hetherington, a London halter.
in the year 1891. 1t is pleasing to know
that Hetherington was promptly ar
rested. A contemporaneous newspaper
account of the affair is as follows:
John Hetherington, Haberdasher of
the Strand, was arraigned before the