The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-23

WORLD.

A man will, Of course. always speak
of the woman whom he loves in the
most f1attering terms. l know one
who loved a woman who had neither
nretty face nor good figure.
one day. says Max O'Rell in the New
York Journal, he was loading a friend
With an account of all the lady's intel
,,o+uaI attachments and moral quail
,iee She was so virtuous. so bright,
90 witty. so good. "Ahy' exclaimed
the friend. who was getting a little
,ired of the long litany, what pity
,.ou cannot turn, her inside out!"
Now women are fond of compli-
,nents. and like especially to receive
tban from the men whom they love.
sonetimes a man is severely handi-
AIMED in this respect when he has too
great a sense of veracity. If he loves
Sincerely and truly there is no DIM
cul+v. I have known men in love with
rerv plain women; their love was
sincere. and in their eyes those wo-
NON were perfect in body as well as
in heart and mind.
If is with the woman man loves as
II is with the nation he belongs to-
If is the best in the world; with this
eli
1--we and admiration for his country
lasts forever, whereas his love and ad-
,,,irat!on for a woman sometimes lasts
for time only.
His country may commit all the
faults. all the crimes you like to mem
tIon; he goes on sticking to her and
bv her; she cannot do wrong. l must
saw he is much less indulgent toward
the veriest wife of his bosom.
S1lnn0SP that
love of a woman is love by adoption,
whereas love of country, or patriotism,
is like love for a mother-an Unborn
love.
T repeat it-if a man loves woman
with all the force of his heart and soul
his life is easy.
He can flatter her to his and her
hearts content without inflicting any
undue pain upon his conscience. But
If he doesn't, poor fellow, what a lifel
of course, a diplomat will get OUT
of difficulty If his lady love gives him
the chance.
He will avail himself of every oppor-
tunity offered to him. Maybe her nose
is crooked, but her face is all right
when viewed from the side. On the
right, the profile may be slightly Jew
ish: on the left it may be perfectly
Greek.
If she has one leg shorter than the
other, she may be very graceful when
sitting down. If she is too much In
cined to embonpoint, he will not fail
to quote to her the line of Mistral the
great Provencal poet, who declares
that ''you must not complain that the
bride is toe beautiful.
He may say to her that she is lovely,
even if there is too much to love- If
She is lean,he viii pity stout women
before her, and declare that only thin
I@., IL -.
gantly
But if she has smallpox marks on her
face. how can he say that they suit
her style of beauty?
Man would do we'll to resist the
temptation of paying a woman-even
the one he loves-compliments which
he knows she does not deserve.
He would do well, instead. to extol
her on the grounds of her virtues and
character. If she drops hint about
her possibly being beautiful, let him
return with a volley of compliments
on the way she plays the piano, or
makes pastry OF the cut of her dress
Let a plain woman once taste the
sweets of personal fiattery, and the
man who lives with her is done for.
If
(By Ella Wheeler Wilcox.)
If you are signing for lofty work.
If great ambitions dominate your
mind,
lust watch yourself and see you do
not shirk
The common little ways of being
kind.
If you are dreaming of a future goal,
When crowned with glory men shall
own your power,
be careful that you let no struggling
soul
Go by unaided in the present hour.
If you are moved to pity for the earth,
And long to aid it, do not look so
high
You pass some poor dumb creature
faint with thirst;
All life is equal in the Eternal Eye.
If you would help to make the wrong
things right,
Begin at home; there lies a lifetfme's
toll.
Weed YOUR own garden fair for all
mems sight,
Before you plan to till anothers soil.
God chooses his own leaders in the
world,
And from the rest he asks but will
ing hands,
AS mighty mountains into place are
hurled,
While patient tides NAV only shane
the sands.
We New Workers., says the New York
correspondent of the Cincinnati En-
qulfer' are so habituated to safe
Sureets-that is. freedom from assault
ana the depredations of petty crimi-
nais-that we forget to be proud of our
kood order. 1t is only when some rare
event like the following occurs that our
auIentlon is attracted to the rule that
III most essential respects our town is
very orderly. According to the old say
m,s, r,s, the exception proves the rule.
Inree young women, all friends of
Iilhe' We're out on a shopping excur-
SION They hadn't got as far as the
purchasing point yet, though many a
counter had been visited and enough
sooos pulled over and felt of to stock
an ordinary store. 1t was all very en-
yGyapie-for thenlS-and to the busy
Jerks suppose it passed simply as a
-natter .iaIr or necessary routine. One of the
sllIs' can her Emily, had her purse sus-
penued from her belt by a chain. The
ITO ITO had been examining things along
olAth avenue, and It had come to the
urn or Twenty-third street Just be-
iore lhey came to the corner they fell
il win crush. There is always hustle
Ilere IN the daytime. but at this mo-
HIeht there were several times as many
persons moving in all directions than
usual. In the thfcL nc a I,r,tix, falt a