The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-31

does the rest-and a woman's imagina-
| ton in such matters is an impenetrable
disguise.
When Ii comes to a mothers magma
ton nothing on earth but the pink mos
quito setting over a basket of green and
| wormy peaches is capable of casting such
an alluring halo. 1t turns weak-eyed,
snivelNng little demons into seraphic cher
ubs, and to it we are indebted for the
continued growth of our population. No
body but his mother can see enough IN
| the average child to think il worth the
trouble of raising.
Morally, it may be bad thing that wo-
mans imaginat ton should have been Gull
| tivated at the expense OF her Veraclty'
Practically, it doesn't work out so pad
ly. There are plenty of times where 1t
is actually immoral to gaze upon the
naked truth, and see people and things
| lust as they are, without any softening
haze of fancy about them. In an uncer-
| tain world, where the only certain thing
| is the certainty of not getting what you
want, the blessing of a healthy imagina-
| ton is not 10 be despised.
We're Is something which will interest
people who have a strong feeling for the
opal, either favorable or unfavorable. says
| the New York Times. A priceless Aus
tranan opal is to be presented to the King
| of England 1t is two inches long, an
| inch in depth, and weighs $50 carats
| There is only one other opal in the world
| which can compare with this in size and
| beauty, and that is owned by the Emper-
or of Austria, is a Hungarian opal, and
| has been said to be the finest in the
world. Fifty thousand pounds has been
| offered for it, but neither 1t nor the opal
to become one of the crown Jewels of
King Edward VII is purchaseable. A
higher value has been set on the Austria
| liam gem, which is marvelously beauti-
| full. An English woman, speaking of the
| opal says: ut is fit to grace the coronet
of a queen, and queens fortunately for
themselves, are above the vulgar prejudice
| of believing the opal an unlucky stone. -
| 1t seems that Queen Victoria had a spe-
| cfal liking for Australian opals, and fire.
| quently made presents of them to her rel
! atives and friends.
At recent public school examination
says the Cincinnati Enquirer, this com
position was handed in by girl of 49,
1.-The boy is not an animal, yet they car
be heard to a considerable distance. Wher
a boy hollers he opens his big mouth like
frogs, but girls hold their tongue until
they are spoken to, and they answer re-
spectacle, and tell just how 1t was. A
wade where the water is deep. When the
boy grows up he is called a husband
and he stops wading and stays out al
nights, but the grown-up girl is widow
| and keeps house"
Begin your married life in a home OIL
your OWNS sound advice to all prospect
i've brides. says the Philadelphia Record
Boarding is at best lazy way of exist
ence, and the young couple who com
mences life in this way will surely regret
II sooner or later. Take house, no mat
ter how small It must be, make careful
selection of rugs, curtains and furniture
and when the little nest has been costly
furnished settle down to become acquaint-
cd with each other-for this is matter
| of no small account.
Living in his own house, the man at
once becomes a factor in society while in
a boarding house he is as but grain OF