The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-03

regard any foreign fashion with sus-
plclon. They are buying no pigs in
pokes. SO the exposition shut its gates
and yet the short skirt remained the
sign of Americanism.
The only encouraging thing was the
appearance in the shape of the double
faced cloths for the making of these
skirts. Even then the tailors did not
know how to handle them. They talked
about Innings and gave estimates on a
suit with silk lining or with cotton
one! But at last the inevitable has
happened. The Partisan woman has
yielded to temptation. A Paris fashion
correspondent writes:
Goats are much stitched and the
skirts of walking dresses are being
made shorter; in fact, to show the
foot. There has been no end of talk
here about the length of the gowns
worn in the street and much uncer-
tainty as to what would be adopted;
but it is now beyond dispute that all
really smart people wear their walk
ing gowns we'll off the gorund."
81 was puzzled the other day by the
actions of a handsomely dressed wo-
man who was walking down Amster-
dam avenue" said an ebservant citi-
zen, according to the New York Sun.
"In one hand she carried her white
kid gloves, while the other she employ
ed in holding up her long skirt.
Suddenly she turned out and stand
With her heels on the curb and her
back to the roadway, began to put on
her gloves. The trail of her skirt hung
over the curb just clear of the pave
ment.
at took her several minutes to put
on her gloves and her unusual pos
ture attracted the attention of many
pedestrians but she didn't seem to
mind that a bit. I stopped on the
corner to watch her and never realized
why she stood there until she started
down the avenue again.
Then l knew by the careful man
ner in which she gathered up her
skirt that she had let it hang over the
curb to keep it from contact with the
pavement while putting on her gloves.
kissing may be fatal. This is, OF
course. the belief in a general way OF
many modern enthusiasts in the field
of hygiene, says the New York World
At more or less regular intervals the
cry goes up that kissing is barbarous
and unnecessary, that a handshake
ought to satisfy every eXigency of hui
to be deprived of the chief stock in
trade of the conventional sonneteer.
These campaigns, however, are usu-
ally the outgrowth of theory. There are
facts, it now appears, which adorn the
tale with far more startling emphasis
It is not so many weeks ago that g
Chicago girl died from kiss. Her
lover had had an attack of scarle'
fever. While convalescent she went tc
see him. There was little prudence
in their manner of greeting, and the
next week the girl herself fell i'll from
the malady that had been transmitted
to her through her lovers lips. 1t wa;
a tragedy in the end. And the girl:
parents successfully sued the incau
tious lover for heavy damages.
A single kiss has been known tt
cause not one death alone, but many
A few years ago white woman,
waitress in a restaurant at Granger
near Salt Lake City, permitted negro
to kiss her publicly. Witnesses of The
episode were so enraged that Trey
commenced a five days campaign
against all the negroes in the city, who
of course, took the part of their colcreo
comrade. Thirty-siX white men Were
either killed or wounded, to say moth
ing of eighty negroes. and at the END
of that time the waitress astonlsheo
everybody by marrying her colored
lover. This by no means settled mat
ters, for the negroes thereupon joined
forces with the white men, and the
newly married couple only just sue
ceeded in escaping from the city with
their lives.
On two occasions kisses have cost
the lives of many brave soldiers. The
beautiful Duchess of Gordon in 1Iy4
raised the famous Gordon Highland
ers by giving a thousand recruits a
kiss and a golden guinea apiece. This
method of recruiting proved so sue
cessful that the regiment was raised
to it's full strength in a few days. and
the Duchess placed her son In COM
mand. The men were then sent odi
against the French, and in the very
first battle in which they took part
more than $50 fell either killed OF
wounded, so that it can be tru-hfully
said that they paid for the Duchess 6
kiss with their lives.
Rut prior to this. in 171S, g wal
was brought about by thoughtless kiss
on the part of young Bavarian Prince
of somewhat reckless character named
Ferdinand. During a visit to neigh
boring state he inadvertently kissed q
beautiful member of the royal house
hold, Princess Thyra, ignorant Of the
fact that she was already affianceo
and that her betrothed happenei to bc
standing near and witnessed the III
cident High words ensued, followed
by blows, and a duel was arranged
which led to diplomatic relations be.
tween the two nations being discon.
tinued. Intimacy a war broke Out
which, although it only lasted barely
six weeks, resulted in the demise oil
more than 1000 men before peace was
finally declared.
One of the most fatal kisses evei
known was that given by a young
Spanish sailor to his finance nine
years ago, for it brought about the
defamation of town. The Madonna
a Spanish vessel, put into the little
seaport of Candalo, on the coast o.
Florida, flying the yellow flag, and wa:
accordingly ordered to remain in quar-
antine. for more than one member Of
the crew exhibited symptoms of bu
bonic plague. But the sailor in ques.
ton disobeyed orders and put off II
boat for the shore one evening
where, having sought out his fiancee
whom he had not seen for some years
he embraced her.
A few days later the effects OF tn,
kiss became painfully evident, though
the culprit returned to his ship BY
stealth the same night. The girl sue
cumbed to the plague. which spread
through the town so rapidly that NOR,
than 200 persons died out of tota
population of 1900.
Some one who understands che rails
ing OF house plants advises that 4 "a
a good plan, when seeds are to be sowr
in window boxes or pots for the house
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