The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-26

15,000 bottles to give away to sufferers.
| A sample bottle of Stuart's Gin and
Buchu sent free by writing Stuart's
| Drug Co., Atlanta, Ga. Don't hesitate
to write for a bottle, as there are no
conditions. A request on a postal card
will do. So write now while you think
of it.
CANT world" in Paris, seldom appear
decollete for reasons of health or
beauty. 1t is to be hoped that the
fashion of low-necked gowns will new
er become extinct, for many women
otherwise plain have lovely necks and
shoulders and a pretty woman with
shoulders is more of a delight to the eye
than beauty with a thick neck or
plainly visible collarbones. Neverthe-
less, the court of st. James will seem
strange place when the poor, thin
dowagers or the shy debutantes come
yelled in chiffon instead of bare -necked
and bare armed.
A writer, who lived for more than
twenty years in China, has completed
a translation of the accepted author
ity on Chinese etiquette written by
Lady Tsad of the Han dynasty nearly
eighteen centuries ago. 1t contains
the following instructions as to the
correct behavior of a wife toward her
husbands mother:
When your mother-in-law sits, you
should respectfully stand.
Obey quickly her commands.
In the morning early rise
And quickly open the doors,
Making no noise to awaken her;
Her toilet articles hasten to prepare;
Her washbowl and towel.
Her toothbrush and powder,
All bring together.
Let not the water be too cold or too
hot
When the mother-in-law awakens.
All these things respectfully present to
her:
Then Immediately retire to one side
Until her toilet is completed.
Then approach and present the morn
ing salutations;
Again retire and prepare her tea.
Quickly and cheerfully carry it to her,
After which the breakfast table ar
range,
Place the spoons and chopsticks
straight.
The rice cook soft and
Let the meat be thoroughly done.
From ancient days until now
Old people have had sick teeth;
Therefore, let not the food be so dry
That your mother-in-law
With labor vainly eats.
Daily the three meals
Thus carefully prepare,
When darkness comes
And your great one (mother-in-law)
desires to sleep,
Carefully for her spread the bed,
When she may peacefully rest,
And you may retire to your room.
Following these instructions,
All your superiors will praise you;
All that know you will esteem you as
good.
Miss Mary f. Acton and Mrs. Mar
tha S. Hoyt of BoS ton, the former a
lawyer and the latter the widow of
a certain clergyman, are interested in
a bill before the Massachusetts Legis-
| lature empowering the Governor to ap-
point women as special commission
ers" to perform wedding ceremonies.
| The only women in Massachusetts who
now posses the right are those who
| have become ministers of the gospel.
Among the most valued of my
| friends, says Dorothy Dix in the New
! Orleans Picayune, is a charming and
accomplished gentleman, whose sole
grievance against life is that fate de-
prived him of the precious privilege
| of marrying his grandmother. Not
| literally, of course. That worthy dame
| mas Deen III HeT' grave lItSt Hlduy
years, and there are obstacles of time
| and place, even il there were no legal
| objection to the match, but my friend
still cherishes the fond belief that
woman's progress has been backward,
| and that the modern woman is but a
poor and miserable representative of
| the female angels who once inhabited
| the earth.
"I tell you" he is wont to say, when
Lit, I,nl On
called woman question is one of the
| curses of the day The mania wo-
men have now for deserting comforta-
| BILE homes and rushing into the cities
| in search of careers, and to go into
business. and"
"How many women" / interrupt,
"have you known, personally, who had
/ a. good home, but left it for the de-
lirious excitement of pounding a type
writer all day in back office, or the
| hilarious fun of standing behind a
counter for ten hours on a stretch
Did you ever know any woman who
worked who didn't have to?"
"And who thereby" he goes on, air.
| ily waving my question aside without
answering Il, throw away woman's s
most potent weapon-her clinging de-
pendence on man."
You can't cling, no matter how ad
hesive you are, IL you haven't got
something 10 cling to-" | interpose, but
he doesn't notice me.
"Is one of the most lamentable mis-
takes of modern civilization he con-
tinues Just think of the modern
woman. sef-sufiicient, independent
crowding man at every turn In the
business and professional world, and
compare her with our grandmothers
gentle. tlmid, shrinklng-women whose
whole horizons were bounded by their
homes, and who were content 10 be
merely the graceful vine that wreathed
itself about the sturdy oak"
Well" / say. "a vine isn't precisely
my Ideal Of what h noblest and best IN
llfo like something with little more
Z hack bone 10 a. Besides. I have Feen
more than one oak chOked TO death by
the vine that clunE about 10 until Il