The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-19
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY OCTOBER 49, 1902

an expedient worthy of romance wri-
ter.
The British ambassador was inform
ed that the Empress was going to visit
her great and good friend, Queen Vic
toria. and on the following day a lady
resembling Eugene in figure, closely
yelled. ostentatiously entered a court
carriage and was driven, in great state.
to the Northern railway terminus. 1t
was one of Eugenie's ladies-in-waiting
Meanwhile a diplomatic agent had
been sent to the real Eugene TO warn
her of the possible consequences of her
folly. And Queen Victoria, who had
learned the cause of Eugenie's visit,
and whose English ideas of decorum
were shocked thereby. received her
with extreme GOODNESS.
The result of the whole affair was
that Eugene, seeing that she cut but
sorry figure at the English court, re-
turned in a very contrite spirit to the
Tuileries.
There are any number of people, says
the New York Times, who have rec
ipes for disposing of stray kittens.
These are not the cats of which one
wishes to dispose for ones self. but
the poor little waits. cruelty put out
to find home by people who consider
themselves humane and would not put
anything to death on any account.
Minnie Maddern Fiske once said that
she could always give away any kit
ten which came to her house as a
stray by getting it in good physical
condition and then tying a ribbon
around its neck. with a smart bow at
one side. The cat would then present
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appearance that few people could re-
sist it. There was a woman artist
riding in the New York street cars the
other day, carrying in her arms lit.
tie month-old black kitten. The little
thing was horribly frightened at this
unusual experience and mewed pitiful
ly, but was not big enough to escape.
The artist was taking it home to edu-
cate for a friend.
II think I could give away every
stray kitten in New York" she said.
IF could have them for a few weeks.
1t all came about through my train
irg a kitten for myself. 1t was a wee
mite when l took it, only three days
cid, and every one said it would die.
But it was a dear little kitten. and l
| knew l could manage it. / bought a
regular babys nursing bottle and be-
gan to feed the kitten. and it was
surprising how quickly it came to un-
| derstand. In a few weeks it knew the
| bottle by sight. and would be wild with
| delight when it appeared. Now that
| 1t is growing bigger and stronger, ii
| is the cunningest thing in the worlG
to see it hold the bottle with it's fore
| paws and take it's dinner with closed
eyes and an expression of absolute con-
| tent on its face. A friend who has
no special fondness for animals usual
| ~ has been quite won by the sight
and l have been commissioned to train
the first little stray cat l come across
| for her, and this black kitten will be
drinking from bottle contentedly in a
weeks time, I am sure. l don't know
| hut 1 could make n more profitable
business of training cats than making
| pictures
The woman who is not afraid came
home before the other members of the
family opened the big house and in
stalled herself in it without even a ser
want. Why should there be any more
danger of burglars with one woman
| alone than with two or three and a
man? Some people are so timid.
But the other night, says the Phila-
delphia Ledger, the woman had an ex-
| perienee. She had gone out to make a
call upon friend, and it was 10 o'tEock
before she reached home. There was
nothing to be afraid of, of course. but
certainly it is lonely to come back into
a dark and empty house. In going tc
her own room she passed the guest
chamber and noticed that the door was
closed She could not help feeling sur
prised She was positively certain thai
she had left that door open. Anyway
she would go in and see if the window
had been raised and the draught had
blown 1t to. She put her hand on the
knob, turned it and made a movement
to enter. but the door did not open. She
/ tried again, with even her brave hear
| beginning to beat, for the door was
| certainly locked. Down the stairs she
| fled like a deer, out of the front door
and around the corner to the nearest
police station, where a big policeman
was detailed to investigate
Reaching the door they rang the bell
i a suggestion of the policeman, to sec
what would happen. Certainly there
was some one in the house: there was
a light in the guest chamber window;
strange the girl had not noticed it be-
| fore. The bell changed through the
| empty building again and again; they
| could hear it plainly, and so could the
occupant or occupants of that room,
| for the window was raised hurriedly.
! Oh, dear, they were both going to be
shot now, thought the girl on the steps
| below. But out of the window came a
| little blonde head, and the soft voice
| of little blonde woman was asking
what was the trouble. The girls heart
| began to beat normally again, but the
! blood rushed holly to her face.
"Oh, officer" she cried, I'm so sor-
| ryi IT'S that little Armenian mission
airy, and l gave her a key to the house
and told her to come in at any time
And, oh. dear, / might have known,
and I've made you come way around
here"
"Thot's all right, thot's all right"
broke in the big policeman. "Oi've seen
plinty of burglars of the kind before
One of the coastwise steamship COM
panies has placed on it's flagship a
ping-pong equipment and has devoted
the after part of the cabin saloon to
the game and the crowds that may
want to play it.
The board, says the New York Sun
is one of the finest that could be found
end it has been in position for several
weeks, but it looks as good as new
There is not bruise, a dent or a mark