The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-20

If there is no inequality in the Shout
ders, it is still a good exercise to raise
and lower the shoulders simultaneous
ly. 1t not only develops the muscles,
strengthening them if they are weak,
but it lifts up the upper ribs, so that
the upper portion of the cavity of the
chest is enlarged, and activity of res
piration promoted.
She who has the interest of her
shoulder blades at heart, always keep
the following rules tucked away in her
mind for immediate reference:
Try to push the shoulders blacks to-
gether many times during the day.
Roll the shoulder backward and for
ward.
Walk or stand with the hands claps-
ed behind the head and the elbows
wide apart.
Stand now and again during the day
with the back touching a vertical wall.
Put the hands on the hips with the
elbows back and the fingers forward.
To make the skin satin-like in tex
ture and ivory-white in color, the
shoulders need an occasional kneading
with an emolient Nothing is better
than cream balm made thus: White
wax, 1 dram; paraffin, u dram; oil Of
sweet almonds, 3 drains; then add 10
drops of extract of violet. A rough
skin can be made fine, solt and beau
tiful by this treatment, together with
frequent bathing of the shoulders in
very warm water followed by dash
of cold water.
81 notice vast difference between
the different members of what is.
known as the smart set in respect to
their manners in public" remarked
veteran theatergoer recently, to a rep
resentative of the New York Tribune.
Some of them are politely considerate
of others, and seem to understand the
ethics of good breeding in the same
light as we less fashionable folk do
who have been brought up to consider
loud talking and conspicuous behavior
as distinctly i'll bred. While others, on
the contrary, evidently feel that they
are law unto themselves, and appear
TO take pleasure in showing how COM
pletely Indifferent they are to the
opinion of others. 1t is curious to see
how totally oblivious these people seem
to be of their surroundings, and one
cannot help wondering If their
thoughtlessness, or arrogance, as some
people might call 1t, is genuine or as
sumed. If the latter, 1T betrays a vul-
garity most unworthy of their position,
while the former is hard to believe.
eat the play the other evening Mrs.
T., we'll known society woman was
seated on my left and one of her init
mates across the aisle on my right.
My wife and I knew neither of them,
and yet they talked across us during
every entr'act about their own affairs,
as if we did not exist. This was bad
enough, as it emphasized our insignifi-
canoe, but it was even worse a few
nights afterward, when one Of the
same women came to another theater
where we happened to be. with a party,
and they all talked and laughed so
loudly and with such an entire self
complacency that it was almost unen-
durable. Finally 1 could stand it no
longer and went out to the ticket Office
and complained.
why, that is young Mrs. Croesus,'
said the man, with obvious Difference,
but he promised to send an usher to
the party, requesting them to make
less noise-a promise which, of course,
he never kept, and we were obliged to
stand their chatter through the rest of
the performance"
The race for Congress in the Tenth
district in Kentucky is being enlivened
by Miss Mary Burkhart, a handsome
and wealthy young woman who is
candidate on the Prohibition ticket
Miss Burkhart has 100000 in her own
name, and her father is a rich lumber
man of Lone Wolf county. She is the
first candidate in the field, and is maxi
ing a house-to-house canvass Lone
Wolf-isn't the very sound of it awe
some?-is mountain county, as is
much of her district. but she is I'M
daunted by the almost trackless forests
and mountains, going over much of the
ground on horseback. In discussing
the race she said, recently: Some of
the men up here who are talking about
running for Congress, tell me that nv
race is useless-that, If elected, I can't
be seated. 1 want to say right here
that if I get a majority of votes cast
in the Tenth district, I'll go to Con-
gress ali right and there is no law to
prevent me-"
1t will be interesting to watch that
race. and especially the outcome
A visiting Englishman who attended
a dinner given last week by a subur-
ban hostess whose hospitality is no.
toriously inadequate made a reply to
her that it will be difficult for her to
live down. Her dinners have been re-
ferred to as samples" and invitations
to them are not accepted with alacrity
the second time. Her wealth Is large
however, and her social persistence is
untiring, so that her friends are
obliged to accept some of her invita-
tions. The Englishman was a big fell
low, whose family had been kind to
the hostess when she was in London.
The dinner was of the usual inadequate
kind that her friends expected. II