The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-24

| the problems OF lie as they are solved
by the light of modern science.
Clearly, If a woman wants more clothes
than she has money to buy, she has to
want less.
The feet Of the average woman. says
! the New York Times, are the most un-
dignifed part of her. Composure of bear
! ing marks the cast Of We're de We're TO
say nothing of the ordinary conventional
marks of LADY. Most women know this;
| they have been bred in all well-conducted
/ households to realize that they must cul-
! tivate repose as far as possible, and
! they do in every way but with their feet
| Americans are 4 nervous race. the wo-
/ nIen are more eXcitable than the men,
/ and when, to all intents and purposes,
they are absolutely quiet, they are letting
! off steam, so TO speak, with their feet.
| II is a great relief to the woman. or she
| thinks it is, while the world Is but little
! the wiser, for her feet are hidden by her
long dress. But now that short skirts are
ia vogue, there are great revelations, and
the family of We're de We're, il becomes
! apparent, is but little known in America.
The funniest revelation which the short
skirt makes is at the big restaurants.
Every other woman wears a short skirt
when she is shopping, and at noon she
goes to some spacious, quiet, place for
people have nothing to do but look around
while their orders are being filled, the
short-skirted woman and her nervous feet
are in evidence. She hasn't the slightest
idea OF 1t herself, and she sits in her
chair with great dignity. From the chair
up there is presented to the on-looker
grave, dignifed matron, very likely
while looking below the chair there are
the tell-tale feet that are tripping rounl
II oil haa ~.
sixteen. They are very likely to be nice,
trim, little feet-the woman who wears
the short skirts sees to it that her shoes
are neat and well fitting-but such capers
as they are cutting. They cross each
other and slip under the chair they pat
ter up and down. they hit their heels to-
gether from very joy occasionally, and
stand up on their toes in a frivolous way
IL looks like metamorphosed picture.
the head and body of one person on the
feet of another. 1t is very funny and
the dignified Inconsistencies of the wo-
man is humorous. Ii is impossible to &C.
cept her dignity while those frivolous feet
are telling such tales of her.
In ancient Egypt says the Westminster
Review, monogamy was practiced. al
enough II was not enjoined by law. There
Is no evidence of the existence of a mar
rage ceremony, but the marriage con-
tract secured to the wife certain rights.
one of which was that of complete con-
troll over her husband, who promised to
yield her implicit obedience Nearness of
relationship was no barrier to wedlock
the union of brother and sister being quite
common.
Women, both married and unmarried,
participated with men In all the pleas
sures OF social Intercourse. They took
n It,
bauquets, drove out in their chariots. and
made pleasure excursions on the Nile
Al oanquets the guests were entertained
chiefly with music and dancing. Singing
was also an esteemed accomplishment.
and the more solid part OF their .educa-
ton must have been attended to. as wo-
men often held important Offices in the
priesthood. They presided at births and,
officiated as mourners at deaths and
burials.
Ladies of rank occupied their spare
moments in embroidery and In the culti-
walton Of flowers, of which they were pas
sionately fond. and which were lavish,y
used on all festive occasions Women of
the humber classes were employed IN
spinning, and in the rural districts in
tending cattle and sheep, and in carrying
water-the heavier employments being left
to the men.
This halcyon state of affairs lasted only
during the days OF Egypts greatness;
during the period of her decline her
daughters were fearfuily dlowntroddeu
and degraded. The hardest manual labor
was assigned to them, and they suffered
cruel punishments for the crimes of their
fathers. husbands. or brothers, as the
case might be. Sometimes they were pub
ncly beaten with sticks, at others
thrown into dungeons or sent to work AZ
mines.
dured were so great that, as the old
historian tells us, they 3onged for death
as far preferable to life.
The perslstency with which women
continue to carry their Jewels and money
IN handbags when travelling in public
conVeyances is worthy of better cause
As long as they continue the practice
they must expect willy thieves occasional
ly to get away with their va'uables It
is favorite mode of transportation with
women on the continent and some silly
creatures over there, fancying Ii is Eng
lish, now do the same care ess thing.
They say they don't care to trust thou
sands of dollars worth of diamonds in
their other luggage and must know
where their Jewels are. Very good but
then they should have the bag or case
chained to their persons. A curious rob-
berry of this sort occurred between Mad
rid and Bord faux a few weeks since,
when an English lady, the wife of law
yer residing in Jamaica, landed at
Spanish port and took the train at the
first mentioned city. The lady carr ed in
hand satchel her jewels, worth $4,000,
and sum of $1,000 in notes. At Bordeaux
she was Mortified to find her satchel
missing and. thinking she must have
dropped it, she telegraphed 10 the stat on
masters at the places passed on the jour
uey asking them to look out for the miss
ing property. Her purse contained money
enough for her to continue to Paris
where she found a letter from her hus-
band awaiting her; in this letter he told
her to be careful while travelling, as he
had been informed by detectives that
she was watched by two Russians. a
man and a woman, who wanted to
steal her Jewels and money. II was then
that the whole mystery Of the loss was
explained. The lady had as travelling COM
panions part of the way a young Rus
sian and his ostensibie wife, both excel
lent linguists agreeable in manner and
according TO their own showing, belong
ing to the Muscovite nobility. The young
woman was particularly attentive to the
lady, and with good reason. as the man.
her confederate, was meanwhile angling
for the satchel. The sharpers suddenly
disappeared at Bordeaux, although they
said they were bound for the Paris Eek.
position. There is little hope the victim
of their artfulness will ever recover her
property unless the persons who warned
her husband shall throw out further In