The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-16

footsteps might not be traced in the
snow, carried him home on her back.
The Emperor heard of it and made her
take the secretary for the rest, of her
life, which she was not at all unwilling
to do.
When Cardinal John of Lorraine was
presented to the Duchess of Savoy she
gave him her hand to kiss, greatly to
the indignation of the irate churchman.
How. madam" exclaimed he "am I
to be treated in this manner? l kiss
the Queen. my mistress, who is the
greatest queen in the whole world, and
shall l not kiss you. dirty little
duchess? l would have you know /
kissed as handsome ladies and of as
great or greater family than yours. =
Without more ado, he made for the
lips of the naughty Portuguese prin-
cess, and despite her resistance kissed
her three times on the mouth before
he released her, with an exultant
laugh.
But in some quarters of the globe
the practice is not favored. if, indeed,
it is known. New Zealanders. Tahi-
tians, Papuans and Esquimaux are
still to be civilized in this respect and
Africa is the largest nom kissing area
on the face of the earth. John Bun
yam denounced it in no measured terms
and the Puritans looked upon it with
laws" of Connecticut no woman was
allowed to kiss even her child on the
Sabbath or fasting day. under heavy
penalties.
few years ago, when the King of
Sweden visited the Pope instead of
taking His Holiness hand and kissing
it, he kissed him on both cheeks The
last infraction of papal etiquette oc-
CURED when Gen. Grant went to see
II &c tarffl
saying. Very glad to see you, sir.
Many stories are told of the young
King of Spain and his kisses. When
Patti sang before, the Queen Regent,
Alphonso XII was brought into the
room in his nurses arms. Patti made
deep'courtesy to hineand pressed his
little dimpled hand to her lips. But
the Queen interposed. saying: MY son
shall not be So ungallant as to be the
first Spaniard. to permit lady to kiss
his hand. Allow him TO revenge him
self with a kiss" Obediently the lit
tie Alphonso threw his arms about
the prima donna's neck and bestowed
upon her warm and unkingly kiss.
An amusing story, says the Boston
Transcript. is being told of a Boston
woman who lost a beautiful seal gar
ment which her indulgent husband
had purchased for her in Montreal for
a Christmas present. AS the story is
told the coat was being brought to
Boston in a large travelling bag car
ried by the purchaser. AS he ap>
preached the Canadian bor-
der he began to have doubts as to
whether or not he could persuade the
customs officials to pass the garment so
he cast about him for some means by
which he could evade the payment of
the governments dues A short dis
tance from his seat in the car was a
well dressed woman who appeared to
be alone. The man went to her, and
explaining his predicament, asked her
if she would be willing to wear the
coat as her own garment over the
Zine" The woman agreed and the
danger line was crossed in safety AS
the train approached the Massachu-
sets line the purchaser of the coat ap-
preached the woman, and, after thank
ing her for the trouble to which she
had been put, and expressing both the
thanks of his wife and himself for
her assistance, said that he would not
trouble her to wear the coat for any
longer time. Much to his surprise,
however, the woman failed to recognize
him and insisted that the coat was
her own. All appeals from. the man
were of no avail, and the wearer of the
coat finally stated, so it is said, that
she knew the man WELL and calling
him by name asked him If he were
willing to have it made public that he
was trying to evade the payment of
customs duties in that way. The pur-
chaser of the garment pondered over
the matter for while and came to
the conclusion that the loss of the sack
would be less annoying than any no
toriety, while the woman left the train
at Boston resplendent in a seal gar
fOr ha wi of Oh
Bay man.
That Philadelphia conservatism, says
the Times of that city, is not confined
to the upper classes" Is instanced by
the experience of a woman from a
Western city. who recently came to
live in Philadelphia. She hired for a
cook a middle-aged negress.
One afternoon Mrs. b. went into her
kitchen and said: Sarah, 1 neglected
to provide anything in the way of
meat for tea tonight. but we will have
some 'waff1es. We are all so fond of
them" The cook said nothing.
When the bell rang for tea the fam
lily assembled, but there was no indf-
cation of any waffies. Mrs. B. sent for
the cook.
Sarah, where are our waffies?"
Sarah drew herself up. In a voice
that trembled with outraged dignity
she replied:
Mis- B. Ise done cooked in de first
est families of Philadelphia for mo-
dan thirty yeahs, an l nebber knowed
any of 'em to hab waffies for tea Sun
day night. You can't hab no waf-
hes."
And they didn't.
I know of no more hopeful prophecy
for the future than that girls are COM
ing to look on marriage as business
proposition instead of a lottery-that
they are beginning to investigate the
disposition and temperament and
character of the man with whom they
are contemplating signing a life con-
tract, instead of trusting to luck that
they will draw a prize package in
husband.
1t is only within the last few years,
says Dorothy Dix i'm the New Orleans
Picayune, that women have been per-
mitted to indulge themselves in this
luxury because the girl of to-day is
the only representative of her sex who
has not had to marry for a home. No
matter what other faults are laid at
the door of the so-called and derided
emancipation of woman, ii stands for
ever justified, because it saved women
from the ignominy of having to sell
themselves for a support. Church, and
book, and ring cannot sanctify we'd
lock If love fails to pronounce its BEN
edlction upon It, and the woman who
marries to get a home. or for money
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