The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-05

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is married, and that it is deal safer
in committing matrimony to get what
you want in the first place than it is
to run the risk of altering it after you
have gotten it, If you want a sober
husband, for goodness sake don't be
goose enough to marry a drunkard on
the off-Chance that you can sober him
up. If you want a domestic husband,
who won't be running out at nights,
marry the prop and stay of the prayer
meeting, in place of confirmed club
man. If you want a husband who is a
good provider, don't marry the man
who has never even been able to sup
port himself, and then weep and vail
because he can't take care of a wife.
The most mischevous theory that has
ever been advanced and the one that
has done most harm, is the attraction
of opposites. What we want in a good,
comfortable companion is not somebody
to dispute us, but somebody to agree
with us-a poultice. instead of mus
tard plaster. Two people who have the
same likes and dislikes, who vote the
same ticket. and belong to the same
church, and use the same amount of
seasoning in their food are reasonably
sure of happy and placid life to-
gether. If, to add to this, they have
a mutual passion for some particular
fad, their felicity is assured. On the
contrary, If they have entirely differ
ent tastes, no matter how good and
worthy or how much determined they
are to do their duty as husband and
wife. they will be continually irritat-
ing each other | have known fam
lily that was in a constant state of
pickering over even the amuSementS.
The wife had a grand opera taste, and
the husband adored ragtime. She
shifted when he took her to see a com
edy and he went to sleep over Wag
ner. and they turned every treat into
a spat that they both remembered with
shame and remorse.
''Why is it," remarked some one the
other day says the New York Tribune,
that hands are honored and feet are
dishonored in modern estimation2 The
former being the aristocrats, as il
were, and the latter the plebeians of
the human body. The ancients had no
such prejudice. In the East the wash
ing of the feet was done in public with
out hesitation, and to serve water
and towels to a guest for such a pur-
pose was considered an especial mark
of attention. They were anointed and
perfumed, and the toes probably as
carefully manicured and cared for as
the fingers In the Bible they are men
toned with especial honor, and in the
days of classic beauty and art
dreamed of covering her feet, and
showed them in all their naked
beauty, only protected by sandals. La
ter on shoes and slippers came in
vogue, but it was not until the high
heel was invented and ii became the
fashion to have small feet that they
became dishonored for it was not un-
til then that their Disagreement began,
that their joints became enlarged, that
the toes lost their beauty and that
corns, the crowning mark of their dis
grace, made their appearance.
TT is only fair to the present gener-
alton to say that of late years the foot
has been more carefully treated. II has
been no longer the fashion for some
time to have particularly small feet
straightness and shapeliness being the
prime essentials. Therefore, the feet OF
the young women of the present day
are not disfigured like those of their
mothers. Still, few even yet could
afford to wear sandals at fancy ball.
even If the absurd modern idea that
the feet must be clothed to be modest
were not in force"
Arthur Wilson, broker. says the New
York Times, may or may not be sto-
ical when he loses the monev of the
other fellow or makes it, as the mar
ket may be, but to his friends he is
known to be peculiarly, even chival-
rously, thoughtful when circumstances
permit But a few days ago his chiv-
airy was strained to the breaking point.
Mr.. Wilson frequents the home of
an affectionate but erratic family. For
many years he has been running up
against things which have taxed his
To ho limit M family
but this erratic one of his friends
would think of making ice cream in
a fat. Recently. however, they have
acquired the homemade ice cream
habit. Mr.. Wilson's fate led him to
the place about the time the sarcopha-
gus used in it's construction was
opened. He does not like ice cream
He was helped not wisely but too well.
One taste and friendship hung in the
balance.
Friends" he said 81 hate carrots
it has been my fate to find carrots on
your table four times out of five. Well,
/ said l liked 'em-cooked that way.
Once / faced some homemade bread
on your table that would have made
Napoleon quail--I said I like my bread
like that. One night when Mrs. Blank
made chocolate in the fireplace and
she observed that 1t was burned.
lfnnerlIeQ lHlH1OIldl SOUL ny bdSl
/ liked chocolate burned. l hate choc-
olate-burned or otherwise. can't
pretend about this Ice cream. l feel
that the time has come for me to be
brave and speak. When / happen
around here at dinner time, We'll go
to that place on the corner for dinner.
If they try to kill me there / will feel
no hesitancy in resisting. The worm
has turned"
The duties of a certain outside man
for a big local concern, says the Mil
waukee Sentinel. require him to fire.
quently call at private houses for In
formation concerning matters in which
the corporation is interested, and his
general experience has been satisfac-
tory and pleasant. He had an anus
ing experience the other day, however,
and enjoys relating IL.
1t appears that he was told to inter-
view a well-known East Side society
woman and he went to her residence
prepared TO do his best. He rang the
bell and inquired If the mistress was
in.
II don't know" the maid replied
give me your card and / will see.
The request was compiled with, and
in a few minutes the information came |
back that the mistress was not at |
home.
The very next day the Investigator |
called again, and the same programme |
was rigidly observed. He waited a cou-
pie of days before trying II again, when |
he had the same experience. Finally |
he came to the conclusion that he was