The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-15

pretty in themselves, instead az the
things which suit her particular style
ana coiors which blend with other
tnlhgs IN her wardrobe. There are a
rev words which are used by artists in
dlHerent lines which could we'll he an
Piled by women to dressing.
Eliminate, eliminate, eliminate" is
one golden rule. That was a theory of
ROBERT Louis Stevenson in writing.
tnough he did not use exactly those
words. He was constantly cutting ex
traneous matter and words from his
work to give it simplicity and har-
nlohy. An expert in house decoration
repeats with emphasis the cry for elm
NATION, and that is what is needed in
women's dress. A girl is attracted by
the pretty ribbons she sees in the
shops, lays in stock of them. blues
| ana plnks and lavenders, and wears
them with all kinds of frocks. Now, if
she wears just that one bit of color,
| with nowhere in her costume a repe-
utloh OF II, 1t is a blot instead of an
| ornament.
Repeat, repeat, repeat" is another
golden rule to be used in dressing,
II there is bit of pale blue at the
| neck II must be repeated somewhere,
says the New York Times, and if two
! or three times, so much the better; in
the belt, in the hat, and a touch of it
showing in the underskirt.~ woman
| will look distinguished in any kind of
| a suit OF one color-in brown, for in
stance. hat, gown. gloves, parasol, and
no other color, unless she repeats it in
| several little touches-eVen then she
Will not have the distinction that she
| Will in wearing all of one of the deeper
| shades, or one shade and color of any
| kind, or even a blending of shades of
one color 1t is trite to use the illus i
Of he a. -
| mattresses in restaurants,Sand nurses
In the hospitals, but there is no better.
| There is certain distinction given to
| the most commonplace by the uniform,
and 1t is revelation to see the same
women and girls in their street clothes
OF many colors. Uniformity is the key
note OF dressing well.
Eighteen years ago Mrs ]. G. Laugh
lin. now resident of Seattle, Wash,
left Denver to seek her fortune. She
| was then Mrs. Sharp, a widow with
two daughters, and had considerable
means. But in her new home she
| sustained heavy financial losses
through the incompetency and dishon-
esty of those to whom she Entrusted
the management of her affairs. These
| reverses set her thinking. Why should
| she not attend to her own affairs and
| take up a regular line of business?
| The idea crystalized into a determine
| ton to embark in the real estate bust
ness, which she knew from previous
| transactions through agents. Hiring
an office man, she hung out sign one
day announcing Mrs. J. G. Laughlin,
| real estate" The fact of a woman In
business there was an advertisement of
| the best kind She was the most talked
| about woman in the city of Seattle,
In less than two years her name be-
ma wal In thA nfG 40
coast as the great railroad king. Col
| lis 2. Huntington. Meantime she was
| accommodating commissions and wealth
| that outstripped any competitor. She
! then added advertising to her list and
aided materially in letting the world
! known about the new Ell Dorado in
! the Klondike country. OF this North
western gold district she, being a
draughtsman, made many maps of the
| country from the government surveys
and sold them to the steamship lines
and the railroad magnates.
Five years of active and energetic
work have given her not only a repu-
tation of national scope as a business
woman. but brought her in returns
thar. have run up her wealth little
| short of seven figures. She represents
! several of the largest gold mines in the
| Klondike country as well as in wash
| ington, Oregon, Idaho and California.
up good commission on the sale of one
mine in Oregon. About the same time
she sold 10000 telegraph poles for a
railroad into the Klondike. She seems
to be a woman Midas
Secret of my success? Well, 1 don't
known, unless it be in hard work, pluck
and tact, combined with honest deal
ing. prompt attention to my clients af-
fairs and commercial nerve" she said.
"At first 1 was timid, but now expe-
rience has taught me to go out after
business and to get it. l never fail in
my purpose. In common parlance, If
you will excuse it, 1 was easy at first,
losing business and money. 1t is diff
ferent now. I can tell piece of real
estate, promote a mining deal or dis
pose of mine close a land sale, or even
float railroad, about as we'll as the
rext one. 1t is business, you know.
There is no reson why woman
should not succeed just as we'll as a
man in certain lines of business If she
makes up her mind to it, and provid-
ed too, that she has some ability to
carry out her scheme. 1 am not a
business woman. OF course have an
ambition to do what 1 attempt and do
II well. This is one of the secrets of all
success. Withal, i have not let any
success that have made affect me in |
the least"
Always There Is Hope
An infant blowing bubbles in the light; |
See how the glory grows-a rainbow |
here
Is prisoned by a fairy's touch; we
hold,
Thro' lore most dear and true. the pot
of gold
Where rainbow touches earth, should |
now be near
II breaks? What i'll? Well blow one |
far more bright.
A youth thro' Fancy's golden portals
peeping;
A gracious realm is here; no, enter
all!
Here bide the fiery muses., graces soft, |
The palm and laurel summoning aloft |
|. To fame-nay, shut so soon? A mere |
blank wall?
Well, here at hands earths harvest
for the reaping.
Old age beholding in the flrelight's
A pageant of the tolls of vanished
years;
All. life! a vision thro the fitful glow
OF blossomings immortal that shall
grow
From sod where fell those once un-
meaning tears
What, dies the flame? All, death, stu
ours the dread.
From Town and Country.
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