The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-05

There is harSher term, but let 1T go
at that.
Are society persons happy?
When they are on top of the heap
How do they spend their time? -
AS they spend their money.
How is that?
Trying to be happy.
You mean trying to keep on top?
Mostly. .--.a
How old is society? ....
Not so old as the grandfathers of
most of its devotees.
Who created it?
The Lord God Almighty.
You don't mean it?
do, and man organized it and made
it what it is.
Which accounts for a good many
things?
Yes.
Thanks 1...
Don't mention it.
My de2rs, 1 have had such an ad-
venture!" exclaimed a pretty girl ar
riving so late at a luncheon, says the
New York Tribune, that all the rest
of the party were seated at the table.
Il was detained at home by a. visitor,
raced across to the avenue to catch a
stage that was passing, and was so
hurried and fiurried that L opened my
purse, which contained my last five
dollar gold piece, which / had kept
sacredly to buy Christmas present
Tor mamma this afternoon, and a
nickle. / dropped the latter as l
thought, into the box, when realized,
to my CONSERVATION, that it was the
gold piece instead. OH l could not
help exclaiming, in dismay, where
upon a good looking man who sat op-
posite asked if there was anything the
matter, and if he could not help me.
1 put five. dollar gold piece in the
box instead Of my fare said, feeling
inclined to weep, for l had not a cent
left, and how 1 was to get mamma S
present I-did- know. Why, l can
arrange that easily enough if you will
allow me- he said, very kindly. I
am going, up to the park past the ter
minuss and 1 will tell them at the Of
flee to get me out your IS, if you will
make an exchange, and let me give
you the amount now"
II hesitated, when a nice looking old
lady, who was the only other occupant
of the stage, said: Why, of course,
let the gentleufan do you the service.
getting it,. and if as he says, he goes
to the terminus anyway, it will give
him no ,tTouble.' So, with many
thanks, I accepted, took his five dollar
bill. and here 1 ann AS she spoke,
she opshed her purse, held up the bill,
and then uttered a shrek of dismay.
"Oh, girls! Whatever shall 1 do?"
Here is :, the gold piece. too. 1t was
the nickef after all, that put in the
receiverrs -
Of course there were shouts of
Ia1t n e;I A III
eultatiop Was held and there seemed
nothing TO do but to go up to the ter
minus of the stage line as rapidly as
possible, and try to see the unlucky
knight errant. So, without her lunch
con, the girl rushed off, took the ele-
waited road and a crosstown car and
arrived at the off1ve-just too late
Yes there was man here a few
minutes ago." said the clerk, with a
fake story, as we thought, about a
gold piece having been dropped into
the box. by mistake. They try that
dodge on us some times in hopes of
getting hold OF something. OF course,
there was nothing of the kind, and as
we threatened to have him arrested as
an impostor, he got out of here in
pretty quick time
The feelings of the young woman
may be more easily imagined than de-
scribed! But the end was not yet.
Leaving the place quite miserable over
her apparent confidence game, she
concluded to} walk over to the park
which she remembered was the pro-
posed destination of her good Samari-
tan, and there, to her great joy, sit
ting on "a bench smoking a cigar she
found her Victim.
TT was all a mistake!" she ex-
claimed, eagerly, rushing forward,
quite forgetting in her desire to re-
turn his money that he was total
stranger The young man arose,
threw away his cigar, and awaited
smiling the explanation, which was
breathlessly made, and received the
five-dollar bill which had given her so
much trouble.
Whatever did you think of me
when you found there was no money!
she asked several months later when
they were talking over their first
meeting.
why, that you were the prettiest
little crook that ever stole a five
dollar bill" he answered, laughing.
1t was Lady Mary Wortley Montague
who first introduced inoculation for
smallpox in England. While residing
in Belgrade, in 1717, she saw the Turks
practice "engrafting," as they called
it, to produce mild form of smallpox,
end stay it's ravages. She examined
the process, and, being convinced Of
its efficacy. applied it to her 3-year-old
son. On her return to England she
introduced it in London. At that time
IL was computed that one person in
every seven died of the smallpox Yet
she was opposed by the entire medical
faculty. BY order of government. an
experiment was made upon five per-
sons then under sentence of death, and
ii proved perfectly successful.
But. instead of Lady Mary being ac-
knowledged as a public benefactor, she
was prosecuted with the most relents
less hostility. Says Listener" in the
Boston Transcript: "The faculty rose
to a man against her; even the clergy
descanted on the awful impiety Of
seeking to take events out of the hands
of Providence. The common people
were urged to hoot her as an unnat-
ural mother who had risked the lives
of her own children. However, the
Princess of Wales, afterward Queen
Caroline stood her friend, and truth
and reason finally prevailed. Some his
torian has said that England has owed
her greatest blessings to women. II
was about the year 1852 that Lady
Montagu was honored by a monument
erected to commemorate EnglaHd's
gratitude TO her for introducing inoc-
ulation. DR.. Edward Jenner substi-
tuted cowpox inoculation in 1899. He
lived to be rewarded by Parliament by
a grant OF 10000. and later by sec
ond grant of 100000; and. in 1858, a
statue was erected to him in London.
As usual, only n bare credit was