The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-25

take care how they offend. The tiny
seed may grow into a great tree and
bear fruit of good or evil.
Again and again girls try to discover
the secret of popularity, for to be gen.
orally liked is one of the great de-
siderata of youthful social ambition.
Why such-and-such a one should con-
stantly be singled out for delightful
house parties. and another, who is ap-
parently equally attractive, left out;
why at a dance one girl is a belle and
another a wallhower-why,i in short one
should be taken and another left-is
one of the problems that seem to defy
solution. Perhaps, says the New York
Tribune, one of the best ways to dis
cover the why and the wherefore of
such qualifications is to study the char
acteristics of some exponent of social
popularity. Take Miss T., for instance.
Regarding her casually, it is hard to
find adequate reasons for her being
such a general favorite. She is not
more than moderately pretty; she is
not particularly clever her people are
not rich. There seems to be nothing
ia warrant her success, and yet when
ever any party is organized she is one
of the first thought of. and she could
spend the entire year in a round of Wis
its if she wished to. If one analyzej
her personality one would find that she
has the gift of a perfectly equable tenn
permanent. She is always in good spir-
its, and is never, so far as one can see
depressed or dull, but, although full Of
fun, she is never boisterous or loud.
One cannot breach any subject with her
without finding her sympathetic. If
she is visiting she seems genuinely in
terested in everything-in her hostess's
house, children and various possessions
She discovers her hosts particular hob
by, whatever it is--his horses, farm or
Sacht--and displays intelligent interest.
The boys of the family pronounce her
bully because they feel her anthu-
sasm for their sports and animals is
sincere-"no girls shamming about it ="
Another quality that accounts Tor her
popularity is that she is always ready
to go in for everything. Whatever is
proposed, she always seems perfectly
delighted to do. Her perceptions, too,
are very keen, otherwise she could not
be so adaptable, and she is always wei
versed in the latest and newest fad.
These are some of her surface qualities
that explain her popularity SIZE las
probably other little ways" tina: are
not so easily detected, but almost every
one has some popular" acquaintance
that she can study as an object lesson
and draw her own deductions from.
It is one of the curiosities of hered-
ity, says the Chicago Post, that while
the children of young parents are usu-
ally brighter than the children of old
parents. the children of the old parents
develop into the most intelligent men
and women. A good illustration of
this is TO compare the savage races,
which marry at a very early age, with
the white race. which is the latest in
marrying of all races.
Teachers among the negroes of the
South. In the Philippines in Polynesia.
and in Australia tell US that the dark
skinned children IN their schools are
brighter than the white children. yet
we never look for great men among
these races. and we would not ind
them n We did look.
All Of the great men OF the world.
like Aristotle Bacon, Cuvier, and
Franklin. have been sons OF very old
men. When eminent men Ike King