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The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-07

ideas of what should be taken as a
tonic.
But when she wants a "bracer" she
drinks hot milk. and this she takes at
night. During the day she takes hot
water, not hot enough to scald the
stomach. but just enough to sort of
brace up the system.
She also takes tonic in the shape
of hot apple tea and she is very fond
of hot soup, which seems to go right
to the brain and the muscles and to
act we'll on the whole system.
This girl wears the same undercloth-
ing in the winter as in the summer. 4
little light Isle or soft flannel vest is
worn, with muslin lower garments.
The vest has no sleeves nor has 1t
high neck.
The girl argues that houses are heat
ed in the winter and that the sitting
room is as warm in winter as in sum-
mer. Therefore you do not need heavy
fiannels.
When she goes out, this girl puts on
a big warm jacket, and this supplies
all the extra warmth she needs against
the cold.
Really her body is so fortified by
long-continued good health that she
need not wear a heavy cloak even in
winter, but she says that she does
so as a matter of prudence.
The system she regards as a crea-
ture of habit. If YOU are in the habit
of going to bed at 10 o'clock at night
you should always go to bed at 10.
If YOU are in the habit of going to bed
at II you should always go to bed at
IL. The woman who retires at 8 habit
ually has taught her nerves to go to
sleep at 8. and at that hour she gets
drowsy. If she remains awake she suf-
fers from il and begins to feel gappy
and irritable
So with eating. Your stomach is ac-
customed to receiving food at certain
time, and 1t expects it at that hour.
If you do not feed your stomach at
the regular minute the stomach will
remind you Of 1t and you will have a
''gnawing," which is a hunger symp-
tom.
The theory OF the feeling is that the
stomach has become used to receiving
food at certain hour. At that hour
the gastric juices begin to flow. If you
do not give the stomach it's food then,
the food will have poor reception
when 1t arrives later.
Above all, walk. Sleep eight hours
night, but no more. Ten to six make
good sleeping hours. with an hour to
dress in the morning and an hour to
get ready to go to bed at night
In exercising try to exert all the
. muscles of the body and remember
that you must exercise If you would be
strong at least three times day, with
corsets off and plenty of deep breath
ing
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-07
WOMEN FARMERS.

Here is an idea, says the New Or
leans TimesDemocrat, for the young
woman who longs to earn her living
but who breads the shop and the Of
flee. Two young Northern women went
to North Carolina in search of health
some time ago, and fell in love with
the climate. They soon came to the
end of their carefully re-
sources, when, hearing that watermel-
ons were high and scarce, they bought
500 acres for song and seeded them
down to melons. That was five years
since. Now a summer home at Bar
Harbor, a house in Boston and a coun-
try cottage near the melon fields stand
as monuments to their success. Why
can't one of our home girls do as much,
and without journeying to North Car
DINA, either? The sandy soil in parts
of our own state, and in Mississippi,
would lend itself perfectly to the pro-
duction of a melon crop. Outdoor ac-
tivities and independence ought to APP
peal to women far more than restrict
ed, shut-in dependencies. One would
like to hear that more women are GO
ing into melon-and, for that matter,
chicken-farming.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-07
FADs IN COATS.

Though winter is with us, says the
Philadelphia Ledger. the smart wo-
man continues to favor the wearing OF
white and coats of the finest white
cloth are quite the fashionable wear at
the theater. The fashion is a charm
ing one, and is, moreover, not as ex-
travagant as IT might seem, for by the
efiicient-but quite inexpensive arts Of
a clever dry-cleaner-your coat may be
induced to return TO It's pristine fresh
ness and Wilderness for any length Of
time, and even after doing duty
through the best part OF the town sea-
son can be permitted to face, without
fear, the brlllance Of the sunshine,
should a trip southwark be included in
your plans.
Certainly these coats are charming
enough TO create the vogue for white
on their own account Take, for exam
pie. the one shown In the accompany
ing sketch. II rs "A delightfully."- dainty
affair Of softest and finest ivory white
cloth and brings IN the definite con-
trast Of black, though this Is softened
and made fascinatingly elusive by the
clever device Of introducing black chif-
fon beneath The Transparency Of the
deeply-scailO Hoped band Of white Irish
lace, which form an Insertion border
Ing, and which on The cape collar. dE-
ures even more prominently IN con-
junction with closely tucked white silk
and 40 outer eqging Of cloth. And be-
meath the collar there comes n s0ftness
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-07
QUEEN TAKES DOCTORS
DEGREE.
Consort of King of Portugal Attends
Poor in HOspftal.

Poor in HOSPITAL.
Queen Amelie of Portugal writes the
Brussels correspondent of the New
York Times, has taken her degree of
NJ. D.. and is now the chief physician
of her husband. King Carlos, and of
her children. The Queens great hobby
is medicine. but she has written and
published treatises on variety of
scientific subjects, as well as a vol
ume of poems. Like her mother, the
accomplished Countess of Paris, the
young Queen is passionately fond of
horses and dogs, and has written a
very entertaining volume of Animal
Anecdotes" being true stories of her
own pets. She is quite a linguist.
Fhe Queen is said to be the most
energetic woman in the kingdom. Every
day she makes the point of visiting one
of the Lisbon city hispitals. King
Carlos charming consort is well known
to the invalids of the hospitals. who
look forward to her visits as the prin-
cipal event of the day.
The Queen always has a word of
kindness and encouragement for the
patients, in whom she takes a genuine
personal interest She otter bandages
the wounds of poor patients herself,
and this work she performs as we'll as
a professional, in the opinion of the
hospital doctors.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-07
THE VOICE or EXPERIENCE

The brides mother was visiting her.
says the Brooklyn Eagle, and together
they sat in the sewing room. The
bride was fixing the sleeve lining of her
husbands overcoat.
well, / think that's a neat job" re-
marked the bride. as she finished her
task.
The mother examined II and shook
her head solemnly.
You don't like it?' suggested the
bride.
TITS too we'll DONE" was the reply.
"Too well done!"
Eyes; lisa tailor's job"
But If l can do 1t as we'll as a
tailor"
why. then, of course, you'll have to
keep on doing things of that sort. Oh.
know all about it. 1 tried 1t myself
when l was first married. and later
] had to ruin two coats before could
break your father of the habit of bring
ing everything to me. Just listen to
the voice of experience daughter, and
make bungling job of that, even IL
you have to tear 1t all out and do IL
over again. It's no trouble at all to
discourage him. now, but 1t will be
year or so later. 1t is of the utmost
Importance that a woman should be-
gin married life right"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-07
AEsTHETICIsM AND STAMPS.

Before this artistic. aesthetic pres
ent, after letter was ready for its en-
velope, says the New York Herald.
there was nothing left to do but lick
the stamp, and It was ready for mall
ing. But now Those who value their
social position or their immortal soul
do not lick flaps and stampsl Horrors!
No! The vulgarity of the process Is
evident. Tongues were made to talk
scandal with. perhaps, but not 10
lick" envelopes. Not even to moisten
them. No indeed
The really correct. the really up-to-
date, perfectly grOomed, assured. and
highly refined person uses the wet
stem Of a rose. after the fashion OF
a leading actress IN play OF ultra
aesthetic propenslties.
But in this workadny world some
are 100 busy 20 keep roses on desks
too busy 20 keep even ehrysanthe-
nuns or any other blooming plant
Some even scratch on hurried notes
while az luncheon. Shall the celery or
radishee answer a. weilf
10 their AID came the Js~elieTa, Win
their Artistic designs IN silver and gola,
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-07
WHEN HER ONE MAIDS AWAY THE
HOUSEWIFE

Lets the fern dish go dry.
She allows the table to stand from
meal to meal.
She serves cream from the jar in
which it comes to her door.
She forbids her husband the privi-
lege of entertaining guests at home.
She ignores the fact that the silver
ware is becoming furnished and the
carvers are decorated with rust spots
She forgets to turn out the gas Jets
in the oven and they burn riotously
three hours.
She decides that individual butter
balls are not essential to domestic
tranquility.
She patronizes the delicatessen and
invests in a bottle of prepared salad
dressing.
She announces that fresh fruit IL
more healthful for dessert than pastry
and buildings.
She glares at her husband when he
suggests the theater-wlth dinner at 7
and the dishes to wash
She decides that broiled steaks and
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-07

the sort is essential. Here are few
plans that have been weighed and not
found wanting.
If the gifts are to be distributed at
the dinner Christmas night, have all
the small parcels heaped into large
receptacle like a huge roasting pan.
over this is laid a cover of thick pas
try in which little shortening has been
used, and which has been previously
baked to a golden brown. The dish.
garnished with holly, is placed before
the host, who serves the gifts. Or.
IL the hosts are presenting guests with
Christmas favors, let the center piece
be of holly in the form of mound.
Under this the favors are massed, each
attached to green and red ribbons.
running to the plates. With the last
course, each guest is permitted to pull
the strings and learn what Santa Claus
has hidden for him.
Another pretty idea is worked out
in the reception hall or drawing-room,
where the guests are showered with
snowballs which prove to be balls OF
cotton hiding Christmas favors and
small membranes.
II 1t Is a gathering of young people,
try the Christmas grab bag, made of
Turkey red calico and holding pretty
trifies like French paper notices. veg
etable. fruit and animal forms OF pa
pier mache and filed with candies. and
German favors of various Sorts Each
prize should be wrapped In tissue pa
per and tied with ribbons. as the un-
wrapping occasions much merriment
and arouses curiosity.
For family gatherings on Christmas
eve there 10 no merrier custom than
that followed by the Pennsylvania
Dnten-that Of receiving a visit from
oio santa Claus, or. as he II called.
"Beisnickel" iils approach a her-
aided BY the sound u slolgh-bells.
Nearer ana nearer they come, until
the OLD saint makes his entrances
Continued On Page Twensy-four.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-07
ABOUT KEEPING A DIARY.
Suggestion by Young Girl Who
Has Tried It.

Has Tried 1t.
young girl, says st. Nicholas, who
keeps a small pocket diary has invent
ed a clever device for saving space.
She uses a set of simple symbols for
entries that would be likely to occur
over and over. Thus for the entry. II
took my music lesson" she puts in
simply n drawing of a little harp. and
for the words, II wrote a letter To-
she draws a tiny envelope in outline,
and so on. Then on the inside cover
of the diary she writes a list of these
symbols with their explanation.
This is an adapting of a scheme used
by a German scholar to save space In
a little encycIodepia. For the word
born" he used star: for died" a
dagger; for Astronomy" he printed a
little comet; for law" a pair of scales;
for writer" a pen. You can readily
see that by these little devices great
many lines of print were saved; but
without a suggestion you may not no
tice that this Improvement Is really
a going back to the days when the al
phabet was not yet invented. Yet
hieroglyphics. or ideographs, as these
pictures are called, have some very
valuable qualities They are brief
simple, plain and never need transla-
tion--being equally understood by all
nations, just as the Arabic figures are
the same in English. French, German
italian and other languages. This
consideration led an author recently to
suggest that Chinese, which is written
in these ideographs should be adopted
as a universal language.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-07
THE BABIES IN WINTER.

Winter, says the New York Post,
must soon put an end to the pleas
ant outdoor life we have been lead
ing, and none will feel the change
so keenly as the youngest members OF
the family, the babies. Without adj
vocating the hardening process many
children are subjected to, it Is un-
doubleday fact that a young child's
lungs accustomed to breathe steam or
furnace-heated air for days at a time
become abnormally sensitive to out
door air and are not able to resist
colds. Living rooms should be thor
oughly aired not once, but several times
every day in winter. The Temperature
can easily be brought back to 6S or 70
degrees before children are sent from
warmer rooms into the freshly aired
ones. good way to give them an arr
ing on stormy day is to wrap them
up well and send them for a ten-min-
utes' romp into a room where the win
dows are wide open. The baby NAV
be wheeled about the room in his car
rage.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-07
MISTRESS AND MAID.

"Jane," said mistress the other day
to her servant. II am sorry to part
with you; but I can put up with your
impudence no longer. You must 60"
"All right, num-" answered Jane.
pertly; "a change win do us both good.
am going to be married next month";"
Indeed. Jane! Well. hope you may
he happy, for apart from your tenn
per, you are certainly the most careful
girl / ever knew or heard of. During
the twelve months you have been with
me you have never once broken piece
of glass or china of any description"
mot that YOU have ever found out,
num-" said Jane, with a revengeful
smile. But / have smashed nigh
everything in the place at one time or
anotherl"
Had bombshell struck her the mis-.
tress could hardly have been more as
tonished; but she just managed to
gasp:
what do you mean, Jane?"
Pretty nigh everything. / say; but
the Joins Is SO fine that you haven't
noticed them, and TN leave you some
cement in the dresser drawer, for I
don't bear no malice, and you'll find
1t come in wonderful handy. seeing as
how you amt bad at breaking things
yourself"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-07

1t is really wonderful how the true
Christmas spirit-or the absence there
Offs denoted in the doing UP of a
gift. When the sending of a remem-
brance is promted by duty only, or
the thought that IL is the usual, the
expected thing, this motive leaves its
impress on mere wrapping paper and
insensate Irvine. On the other hand,
a spray of holly atop the gift will
carry more cheer and personal greet
ing than an expensive card with "Mer-
ry Christmas" done in beautiful type.
The possibilities of tissue paper. gay
ribbons and holly often have been
dwelt on. but there are those who
would color their gifts with a more
striking individuality.
One woman with deft fingers lays
in each year stock Of holly, and
forms wreaths, in the center of which
she ties her gifts with red ribbon.
Still another. whose friends cannot
fail TO recognize a certain Selicate,
elusive perfume which she affects,
watts a faint Whit of the same odor
with each Christmas package. And a
certain young man who was reaching
the proposal stage rapidly, and yet
did not feel free 10 send his lady-love
any other than the most conventional
and impersonal gift, managed 10 show
the real state OF his feelings by bury
ing the present in mistletoe.
A quaint way of prplonging Christ
mas pleasure for an invalid is TO do
up a number Of small gifts IN yarn,
rolling II tight. The "shut-in" Is then
Informed that she can secure her pres
ents only by crOchetting or knitting
or the yarn. and thus fingers are kept
busy ana the heart made light as one
tribe after another u disclosed
A more serious task cOnfFonts the
heads ~ large families or the host
ana hostess ~ d Christmas house par
~ and that Il planning some novel
method o. distributing giffe, Even Ia
a very eonGenial party, something VI
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-07

chops are the most digestible OF meat
prepare by all odds the simp-
lest
She says that no one can have re-
spectacle hardwood floors since soft
coal Is used.
She puts both her brass teakettle and
her chatting dish into retirement until
there Is some one who has time to pol
ish them.
She determines to buy bookcases with
glass doors after one experience in
busting the open ones.
And when the girl finally returns her
mistress understands why the maid OF
all work insists upon half days free
dom each week and every Sunday -af-
ternoon.
New York Herald
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-07

of chiffon frills-white over black-and
both edged with a full ruching, while
other frills fall from the turned-back
cuffs of the wide sleeves. and this sub
dued harmony in white and black
makes effective foil for the flash or the
paste buttons and the delicate pinks
and mauve of the flowers patterned on
the white satin which faces the fronts
of the coat, these pretty blossoms be-
ing guarded at either side by double
stripe of black satin, and the rest of
the lining of the plain satin.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-07
DAWN-ANTICIPATION.

The physical ills and needs of an expectant
mother have been the theme Of thought and
study for ages, and all physicians know that
her peculiar condition requires an additional
aid to nature an elasticifer for the expand
ing muscles and a strengthened for the sinews
upon which is brought the strain of child
weight; SO that the little one shall have per-
feet health and symmetry of form lubri-
eating balm that will enable her to go about
with grace and ease; quiet and steady nerves,
and her whole being acting tremendously
for the good of herself and child.
MOTHERS fRiEkD, If used diligently through
out CESSATION, will soften the breasts. thereby
preventing cracked and sore nipples. All
tissues, muscles and tendons strafning with
burden will soften. relax. become soothed,
supple and elastic from It's continuous appii-
cation. All fbres In the abdominal region
will respond readily TO the expanding cover
containing the embryo n n0ThtR'S fRIfhD Is
adminisieredeKternaliyaliduHngpreg pregnancy.
~ crsFesf 81 90 per bottle
ueafise Motherhood" fHEE, Wfts
fith bkADfiLlD REGULATOR 90, Aelaats, o..
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-07
SIGNS OF THE TIMES.

Useless Is the calendar
When DEFENDERS here;
Takes but little reckoning
To tell the time of year.
Johnny's sudden willingness
With chores at night and noon,
Tell it, plain as print could do
Christmas pretty soon."
Everybodys most polite;
It's a perfect joy
Now to meet the ianitor -
Or elevator boy. -
Merchants more than gracious,
All the towns in tune,
To proclaim the tidings,
Christmas pretty soon."
New Orleans Picayune.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-07
THE COST OF MINCE PIES.

Hint to the Reduced GentIewOman
Has there ever been a mince pie built
omposed-created-w may be
the appropriate verb to denote the pro-
cess by which a mince pie comes into
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-07
RULES OF HEALTH.

How the Strong Girl Keeps I'm Per-
feet Condition.
The strong girl has her way of brac-
ing up, says the North American. She
drinks no intoxicant and she takes no
drug.
She has no habit" Of any kind, for
she does not use any of the things
which SO many have fallen into the
habit Of using. Even a sniff of the
camphor bottle is far away from her
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-07
A WlFE'S COMPLAINT.
She Would Not Stand the Names
Given Her Children.

A suit for separation was recently
tried in Dunkirlx. France, in which the
wifes complaint was stated as fol-
lows:
Whereas. M. X, registered his
daughter under the names OF Marcel
lenne, Menezore, Penine and Lambine,
and his son under the not less odd
names Of Sidoin, Cornibsen and Arda-
leon, which are names not fit to live
at home with. she concludes that M.
x. Is the same
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-07
MODERN MANNERS.

Somebody, says the Philadelphia
North American, has discovered that
the decadence in modern manners does
not necessarily denote our increased
brutality or absolute Indifference to the
feelings and needs of other people. 1t
is balm to the soul to be assured of
this fact.
We have admitted to ourselves for
some time past that our manners have
not the repose which should mark the
caste of We're de We're, and that we are
indeed frankly discourteous to each
other We also know that many men
are no longer particular how they act
or what they say in the presence of
women, and do not even observe the
small courtesies of life where members
OF the opposite sex are concerned. Men
no longer hesitate to let a woman walt
on them, or to push her aside in a
crowd, or to smoke in her face unapol-
ogetically, as if that were their, natural
right. We certainly are less polished
and ceremonious than were our for
bears.
Facing this fact, it is pleasing to be
assured that the change is not due to
selfishness, but is simply the express
sion of our desire to be honest, to avoid
shams. Therefore, If we sometimes
overstep the limit and cultivate I'M
pleasant freedom of speech and action,
manifest unrestrained rudeness, we are
to be excused on the ground of our ex-
cessive frankness and honesty.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-07
QUAINT CONCEITS
FOR DAINTY GIFTS

The Manner Of Giving Gift EverythngTres Given in
Original Fashion Are Better Than Fine Gifts Sent in
Perfunctory WaySanta Claus Postoce, Christmas
Pie and Dozen Other Devices Will Make Holiday Par
ties Merry
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-07
SOCIAL INCONSISTENCIES.

Social ethics. says the New York
Tribune. are sometimes peculiar and
anything but consistent Insignificant
offenses are apt to be visited severely
upon the delinquent, while transgres-
sions of greater magnitude are often
completely ignored, the explanation be-
ing that people hate to take trouble,
and unless an offense is fragrant indeed
they would much prefer to overlook
it. 1t is not that such derelictions are
unobserved or uncrticised. over the
teacups Mrs. Grundy will exclaim to
her gossips: THE audacity of some
people passes belief! How So-and-so
has the face to go in the world when
she must know that others know all
about her." But If little later she
happens to meet the object of her re-
marks she will, in all probability,
greet her quite cordially. 1t is the
assurance of the sinners that generally
saves them. If they should show any
signs of humility or repentance, Mrs.
Grundy would be the first frigidly to
turn her back upon them; but she is
too easy going to adopt drastic meas
ures in order to ostracize any one.
and unless the case Is too conspicuous
to be overlooked she would much rath-
er appear to be ignorant