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The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-27
FABLESs
BY GEORGE ABE. IT,. ST. ~ So
The Modern Fable of the Subordinate
Who Saw a Great Light.


son and a decrepit Old Gentleman with
haggard and sorrowful Frontispiece.
The two dropped into a Conversation
and soon began opening UP their Pri-
vate Affairs, according to the West
ern Fashion. The glib Party told how
much he was drawing and how he in
vested it and all about several gigantic
Schemes that he had under his Cuff.
The Antique with the pall-bearing Face
did not enthuSe.
Young Man, you will learn that Life
is a series of wasted Opportunities and
vain Regrets" he said. when you
are all in and a new Generation comes
along and gives you a good swift Bump
and you light on your Back over by
the Fence, then you can lie there and
look up at the Sky and count the Good
Things that got past you"
With that the broken-hearted Pa
triarch sprang a lonely Bundle of Hard
Luck Tales. He pointed out a Corner
Lot now valued at Half Million that
had been offered to him for $780, Once
he had been given Chance to trade a
secondhand Buggy for half-interest
in a Patent that netted a couple of
Thousand each Day. The Stock in the
Street Railway Company he closed out
at Z. Afterward it went to 293.
Il used to own the Ground where the
First National stands" he said, with
Tears in his Eyes. Like a blither-
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accounts, consider samples and wills
per secrets. Not in all of these resorts
is IL possible to smoke, but in the ma
jority this privilege is accorded those
who wish to enjoy a few puffs, and in
ore there is even a cupboard in one
corner where different brands of dain-
ty cigarettes are kept for the cOnven-
fence of those who have their prefer
ences in tobacco.
Crystal spoons and Saccharine.
Especial stress is laid, however, on
the tea and its methods of brewing,
and the women have pronounced en-
phatically in favor of a soothing tea.
What the American woman desires is
a brew that is bland and innOcuOus
and not fattening. and this is where
some special tea scores. The orders
murmured to the maids in attendance
is usually for a cup of mild" with a
crystal spoon and saccharine tablets.
or a full strength cup sWeetened with
white rock candy 1t is rarely, or
never, that the order includes cream
or milk, for your artistic tea topper
wants to enjoy the bouquet of the leaf.
and, Furthermore, she has been told
that it is the cream in the tea that
Injuries the complexion and dries out
the hair, while tea taken straight tones
the stomach, braces the nerves and
clears the brain.
The stout women all take sacchar-
inc in their tea, and use spoons with
crystal bowls. for there is a fancy that
metal and saccharine create an IN
pleasant chemical condition in tea, and
that white rock candy is far superior
to plain, cut loaf sugar
At the East Indian rooms where the
tea hall is all done in dull red. and the
gloom she'd from the big. swinging
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WOMEN, NERVES AND TEA.
A MILD BLEND WITH A CRYSTAL
SPOON AND SACCHARINE Is
THE IDEA TODAY.

The Thirst of the Matinee Girl and
Her Kind Can No Longer BE Who'll
Iy Quenched at the Soda Water
FOuntain-Tea as a stimulating
and Soothing Drink for Those
Whose Nerves Require Bracing
and Whose ThrOaIs Suffer From a
Distressing Dryness.
New York. April 25.-The tea rooms
are newly arrived on these shores as
a place of refreshment. over in Lon
don and Paris they have fourished
long and successfully, and attempts
made to initiate them in Boston, New
York and elsewhere fell pitifully fat
Nothing could be done to introduce the
5 o'clock habit until the women took
a liking for it, and hitherto the Amer
lean palate craved soda water with
plenty of ice cream in it, at that hour
A few months ago, however, a ply
sician, who has no connection with
any tea house or restaurant, casually
dropped the remark that one way to
injure a nice complexion would be to
drink soda water and drink it often
enough. and having a nervous woman
patient under his care, he recommend
ed a half-hour rest every afternoon
with a cup of weak hot tea and even
a mild cigarette after the drink. His
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munity and Madam Marliani is encouraged
and helped in her musical work by the
health and energy she derives from taking
Wine of Cardui. In writing of her case
she says:
~ consider Wine Of Cardui better than
doctors prescriptions or any other remedy
for female trouble. have tried many, both
IN this country and abroad, having been a
sufferer eleven years, and nothing cured me
until Used your remedy. l had such ex-
circulating pains at times that / wanted to
die, and indeed a Life Of suffering is not alter
ing to anyone. Your splendid medicine
Strengthened my nerves, restored my appetite
and built up the entire system and now
enjoy perfect health"
Madam Marliani was right when she
said life of suffering was not alluring to
anyone. After suffering eleven years she
was surely fortunate to secure remedy
that would restore her to health. She could
not get it from doctors although she went
abroad searching for relief. The power of
Wine of Cardui to restore weakened organs
after years of suffering has been put to the
severest tests, but it has never failed to
benefit and seldom failed to effect a cure
even in the most complicated cases. An
other proof of the work Of Wine of Cardui
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idea was to offer the restless creature
temptation TO relaxation. and the
tea and cigarette cure pleased her
nightly. She communicated the pre-
scription and its results to her friends,
and one of the few tea rooms that had
been opened two seasons ago and man
aged somehow to keep itself going,
suddenly found its patronage swelled
beyond hopes of accommodation
Tea. Toast and Quiet.
What all the women asked for was
tea, toast and quiet; dim lights. oblg-
ing and swift attendants and the priv
ilege Of dawdling as long as they lik-
ed over their cups and smoking a CT
garette if they pleased. The proprie-
tress saw what was wanted, supplied
the need and long before Lent came in
she began to make money in a way
that exceeded her widest dreams. 1t
was not very long before other women
with "A commercial instinct began to
realize that the era for the tea room
had arrived. and in a very few weeks
the accommodation had double and
trebled
There are now japanese, Dutch,
East Indian and plain American tea
rooms, and at the correct tea drinking
hours Of the dav they are filled with
women 70 whom gallons Of the amber
liquid, hot and hot, are served. one
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cakes, crumpets toast or Drowned bis
cult are served as fresh and crisp as
though just from the oven.
The YearninG for Rest.
At the American tea rooms the soft
luxury of the situation is increased by
bowls of cut flowers here and there.
and on cold afternoons a big wood fire
crackles on the wide hearth, while the
latest fashion papers are strewn; on a
big writing table by the window. What
the managers of the little resorts have
learned is to give an essentially femi-
nine and home-like appearance to
these rooms, and to get as far away as
possible from the aspect of the hotel
restaurant One enterprising man
ageress tried to introduce tinkling
guitars and mandOlns behind palms
on the stairs, but her customers fled.
They wanted quiet. and they left her
to go to a tiny little nook behind a
flower snop. where the roar of the city
is unheard; and where the plain. green
painted walls are hung with magazine
pictures framed in passe partout.
In this little snuggery they declared
they could relax. and the more mildly
dissipated could get a corner: of a d.
van, smoke cigarettes no bigger than
broom straws, cash up tneir shopping
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library, a $4,000 house in the city, and
some real estate in Brooklyn and Long
Island. between his wife, (the third,
and seven living children.
Mr.. Frank R. Stockton's sudden
death was a shock to his many friends
in this city, where he was visiting
when the grim reaper found him. Mr..
Stocktons genius was not only unique
in itself but peculiarly characteristic
of his time and country. The whim-
steal extravaganza of his humor was
American fun at it's best and most
delicate; and all that he wrote was like
himself-genial fancifu delightfully."-
companionable. Thousands of his
readers regarded him more as a friend
than as a writer, and feel his death as
a personal loss. AS long as there is
such a thing as American literature,
the work of Frank r. Stockton Will
occupy a high place in it, long as
America humor is known to the world.
his work will be part Of it, and until
fairy tales cease to delight the ears
Of children. his quaint and marvellous
conceits will be among the favorite
stories of the little folk of America.
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giggled. AS for the faithful old Book
keeper who wanted an increase to SO
and a weeks Vacation in the Sum
mer, the best he got was a little Talk
about Contentment being a Jewel
The Associate Partner played Simon
Legree, all except the makeup. The
saddest moment of the Day for him
was when the whole Bunch knocked
off at 6 O'Clock in the Evening. It
seemed a Shame to call 10 Hours a Full
Day. AS for the Saturday Half-Holi-
day Movement, that was little better
than Highway Robbery. Those who
formerly shaved alongside of him in
the Galleys had to address him as
Mister and he had them numbered the
same as Convicts.
One Day an Underling ventured to
remind the Slave-Driver that once he
had been the Friend of the Salaried
Minion.
Right you are" said the Boss. but
when L plugged for the lowly Wage
Garner 1 never had been in the Di-
rectors' Office to see that beautiful
Tableau entitled Virtue coping out
the Annual Dividend 1 don't know
that l can make the Situation clear to
you, so l will merely remark that all
those who get on our side of the Fence
are enabled to catch a new Angle on
this Salary Question
MORAL: For Educational Purposes,
every Employe should be taken into
the Firm.
THE MODERN FABLE OF THE UN-
FORTUNATE SHEEN AND
THE SYMPATHETIC CON-
DUCTOR.
In an open-faced Car sat a glib Per-
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However, he was not to be thwarted.
In the absence of the Blind Pig and
the Speak Easy, he fell back on the
Prescription Gag. Inquiring his way
he walked Blocks to a Physicians
Residence and caught the Doc just as
he was starting to Church. He gave
Doc the w. p. Grip and begged him
to save a. Life. He said he had Cramps
and nothing but a large Slug OF the
scandinavian Joy-Producer would re-
lieve his Agony. Doc wrote: Spirits
Frumenti-take as directed" and said
it would come to>One Dollar.
Then the Sufferer went out to find a
Drug Clerk. After a long Search he
found Mr.. Higginson of the Peoples
Pharmacy, down at Main Street
Bridge, pushing a Baby Carriage. Al
first the Druggist baked on opening
up, but the Traveller said he was Dy-
ing Man and handed over a good ~
cent Cigar
At P. NJ. he went back to the Ho-
tel wearing in his Pistol Pocket
Flash of Squirrel Whiskey, the color
of Kerosene. He was flushed and nap
py, for he had made a. Monkey OF the
Law. He invited two other DrummerS
up to 62. They pulled down the Cur
tains and tapped the Poison and no
body could talk for Minutes.
Two Months later the same TraveieI
struck the Town one Sunday and touhu
a Base-Ba Team giving a. Parade
Everything is wide open since tne
April Election" said the Clerk. Il can
get you whatever you want"
All right" was the Reply. SeHu
up a pitcher of Ice-Water."
MORAL: Thirst follows the Prom
bition Clause.
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nothing till I was about years old. 1
was so small and weak that it was
hard to keep me alive for the first six
months, but after that / began to pick
up. At the age of l year 1 was only Z
inches tall and took my daily baths in
a pint cup. l then began to walk alone
and my adventures to begin. Being so
small l could hide almost anywhere in
a room, and if l went outdoors l was
sure to get into some trouble. When
l was about years old Twas left alone
for a few minutes one day. and a
mouse came out of hole in the wall to
bear me off. l happened to be playing
with a knitting needles, and l used it
for a weapon to defend myself. Mother
came in to find me fighting for my life,
and though l had been bitten three
times ! had almost crippled the mouse.
People who heard of il came to see me
and praise me for my bravery, but l
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CHAIN is only as strong as its weak
"A est link, and the weak link must
LIZ bear ali the strain. 1t is just so with
the human body-a weak heart, stomach,
liver or kidneys or weakness in any other
organ makes sick person. Exposure inva-
riably strikes hardest at the weak point.
In many instances irregular menstruation
is the weak link in a woman s health, and
a cold in this instance especially is attended
by narrowing results. Menstruation be-
comes suppressed and painful and excruci-
ating suffering results. The nerves give
way and ailments multiply fast until dis
ease has weakened the whole system.
Meanwhile the weak link bearing such a
terrible strain snaps. Death is the broken
chain.
Madam Rosa Marliani, who lives at No.
1926 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, is one of the
leaders in French-American society in that
city and is President of the French Singers
Association. She is held in high esteem
by her associates who are drawn together
in social life by the mutual love of music.
Music is an elevating influence in a COM
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feature of all these rooms is the
warm, pleasant coloring and the sub
dued lighting that perVades them. In
the long ago. when women took their
tea lightly, and wholly disregarded
spiritual as well as physical refresh
ment that a cup of the stuff could
give, the idea was to resort to one of
the big garish dining rooms of a very
fashionable hotel and MUNICH toast
and take in the crowd. No woman
who realizes what her tea means en-
dangers the virtues of it's effects in
this fashion, and those who cater to
her thirst have provided her with just
the environment in which her soul as
well as her body can relax.
After the Dutch.
At the Dutch and American tea room
they have brought this feature out
with the most profitable result. The
Dutch room is paueled as high as the
tallest womans head in black oak;
above this a sallow brown cartridge
paper is put on, and the draperies are
done in brown pongee silk. Black iron
lamps and lanterns, shaded with
brownish yellow silk or heavy burnt
lumber glass, shed a rich, diffused light
through the big room that is furnished
in black oak. 1t is massive oak too,
with broad armed, high backed, costly
cushioned chairs that positively invite
tea dreams and condolences.
Pretty waiting maids in brown pom
gee silk gowns and with big yellow
silk bows on their heads, in place of
muslin caps. attend to the customers
wants They dispense tea by the cup.
tea by the pot; or, on the low, black
oak table before the thirsty visitor, d
complete brass and brown delft tea
equipage will be set, and one can brew
ones tea to suit ones individual fancy.
ALI the linen used on the little tables is
of a deep Holland brown, and the
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ROsaMarIian;
President of French Sin,,
Association of Chicago.

is the case of Mrs. Susan Lee y.
oils, Ala, who suffered nine year. LEI .,enop
cured by taking Wine of Carl anu wa
writes: She
Il have been sick for nine v.,-
not able to do my housewort g. -u0 wa
years. Since l have been Using vo,' .'' i've
dies have been able to work. IL '1oa''
Used three bottles of Wine of Ca,5,,, '' GUY
package of Thedford's Black.Dr,''ats.n ana !
can do almost as much work now IS 81.
did Ieannot say enOcgh about you, I've 'v''
cine. viii come to the fact-I ,mt DIe''
almost young again." ins
After reading the letters of Made,
liani and Mrs. Lee, the only roo. 49,. " ~ a.
thing for an afflicted woman to doist to-.aOls
her druggist and secure a bottle a. W. ""
of Cardui and begin the treatment ~ ~. -u'
You can begin the treatment TODAY in ~
privacy of your home. The change fo- ~, tL'
better will begin within week H. W. :u'
strengthens the weakest link first Nm ~'
ally that is where an improvement vonIa
be most noticeable. '4'N
Do not go on suffering for year, II,
Madam Marliani and Mrs. Lee TL LAG
anxious years are gone-lost when h u.s.
should have been enjoyed in health Fvo.,
day you hesitate is lost and gives n u,ols,'
suffering another day of your life. If WON
need advice write The Ladies Advisory i n.
partment, The Chattanooga Medicine O.
Chattanooga, Tenn. Describe your SWIM.
toms as fully as possible and a free ietta.
of advice will be sent you. All drugoist.
sell sl.0O bottles of Wine of Cardui.
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cause only he is so far behind the
times?
Strange to say, Turkey and Japan are
among the oldest and best established
members of the International Red
Cross-far ahead of our boosted re-
public.
Washington finds it extremely diff
cult to realize that the Rev. T. De-
Witt Talmage is no longer one of it's
chief resident celebrities. We were so
proud of his fame and successes, of
his powerful personality and the fact
that. whenever he preached his church
vas crowded far beyond the doors,
hundreds unable TO gain admission
His last will and testament. probated
yesterday is a somewhat singular doc
ument The distinguished divine di-
vided about 100000 worth of personal
property, mostly in bonds and other
securities, besides a very valuable
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Benares brass lamps is as dim, reli-
gious and becoming as that of a cathe-
dral, silent, brown skinned, white tur-
baned, cat-footed men serve the Gus
toners, and the regular patrons will
order often enough a brew of per-
fumed tea. The perfume is gained by
putting a couple of dried orange bios
SONS, three or four Riviera violets.
or a few iesslcatcd rose hearts in with
the leaves before the boiling water is
poured on. The effect is pleasing to
jaded palates, but the women VINO take
tea for teas own sake regard these
frivolities with appropriate sco-n of
connoisseurs and arch epicures.
Millicent ArroWpoint.
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ing Pin-Head, 1 traded it for a Team
of Mules. If 1 hadn't been all kinds of
a Ninny. 1 could have got in on the
Ground Floor of the Standard Oil And
now I'm getting too old and weak to
kick myself"
At the next Corner the ancient
Wreck alighted and tottered on his
Way
Us it not Sad Case?" said, the
Young Man to the Conductor. How
bitter must be his Reflections when he
counts up what he might have nailed,
If he had been Foxy"
Yes, 1 feel sorry for him." said the
Humane Conductor, who was drawing
IS per Week. "All he can show is a
measly Two Millions. What breaks his
Heart is that he doesn't own both sides
of the Street and the Green Cars that
run in between"
MORAL: The Kicker is the Man who
gets Part of it.
THE MODERN FABLE OF THE
SINGLE-HANDED FIGHT FOR
PERSONAL LIBERTY.
A Traveller landed in a Blue-law
Town one Sunday Morning and found
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upon. Two lines of sheathing were
driven into the bottom of the river d.
a distance apart equal to the width
of the channel. The planks were placed
close together, so that when the Woou
swelled by the action of the water the
joints became practically water-ugil /.
A platform, called the roof" was tneu
rested on top of the sheathing, ana d
third wall. at right angles, and touGn-
ing the ends of the first two wals,
completed a box, which, when pumpeJj
dry, allowed the men to descend anu
dig out the bottom of the river. As
the sub-river soil was removed it pc
came necessary to load down the rool
of the box with weights in order u
prevent the sheathing from hoatlns5'
But half the width of the stream coulu
of course, be thus worked at time,
as navigation had to be kept open os
the other half.
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SOME WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Continued From Page Twenty-Five.

1OHllHueu rage IMGHly-LMO.
recently retired from the post of sur
geon general of the navy; Mr.. B. f.
Tillinghast, editor of the Davenport
OOwa) Democrat-the gentlemen who
sent shiplOads of corn to the famine
sufferers of Russia a few years ago,
you remember: Mrs. ]. Ellen Foster.
a woman lawyer of Washington, and
probably Mrs. John A. Logan. The
United States government has appro
priated a liberal sum for defraying
the expenses of the party, which VIII
be augmented in st. Petersburg by
Capt. Slocum, military attache to our
embassy in that city. Since the last
international meeting of the society
there has been two great wars-the
Spanish American and the Chinese,
while constant fighting has been go
ing on in the Transvaal and the Phil
ippines. AS a result of the work of the
Red Cross in these campaigns much
has been learned about the care and
healing of the sick and wounded. These
subjects will be taken up in detail at
the session of the society. Each ma
tional delegation is expected to desig-
nate some particular subject which it
desires to bring up for consideration.
The delegation from America has not
yet decided upon the special topics it
will breach, but will have ample time
to think them up on the long journey
to the land of the Gar. They sail
from New York May l. Miss Barton
is in excellent health, and exactly in
her element on this mission. She has
presided over countless conventions,
and is familiar with all the courts of
Europe, having been many times deco
rated and otherwise honored by reign
ing families. By the way, do you know
that every civilized nation on earth
has enrolled itself under the Red Cross
banner, through the treaty of Geneva,
with the sole exceptions of Mexico and
China? What is the matter with wise.
progressive President Diaz that in this
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Once there was an Employe who was
getting the Nub End of the Deal. He
kicked on the long Hours and the
small Salary and helped organize a
Clerks Protective Association. He was
for the Toiler as against the Main
Squeeze.
In order to keep him simmered down
the Owners gave him an Interest. At
ter that he began to perspire when he
looked at the Payroll and it did seem
to him that lot of big lazy Lummixes
were standing around the Shop doing
the Soldier Act. He learned to snap
his Fingers every time the Office Boy
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-27
NIGNI THE DWARF.

The Adventures of ~ Little Man, as
Written by Himself.
The claim has been made for me that
l was the smallest child ever born
alive, but shall not boast of that In
deed, I would rather have been a
bouncing baby than the frail and tiny
thing l was. When 1 was three days
old 1 weighed only II ounces, and was
about as long as one of the little crock
cry dolls you see in the stores. Had
my father put me into his overcoat
pocket l should have been lost.
OF course, all I'm going to tell you
about my babyhood 1 learned in later
years from my mother. Even though I
was called very smart, I remember
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it as dead as a Mackerel. There were
only two Horses hitched at the Square
and in every Window the Curtains
were down.
why and wherefore this funeral
Hush?" he inquired of the Hotel
Clerk.
THE Sunday-Closers have been at
work." replied the Clerk "You can't
get Nip to-day for Love or Money
II cant, can't II" demanded the
Traveller. Indignantly.
do the Enemies of Personal Liberty
think that they can deprive me of my
just Rights? Not on your Dreamy
Eyes! Watch me-"
He cut for an Alley and began try
ing every Back Door. He would rap
three time on a Bluff and say It's
me-" but there was nothing doing
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To-day one may apply to him, with
peculiar fitness, the lines penned for
some one else, by his friend, James
Whitcomb Riley.
I'VE cannot say-and we will not say
That he is dead. He is just away!
With CHEEKY smile and a wave of
the hand,
He has wandered into an unknown
land.
And left us thinking how very fair
1t needs must be. since he fingers there.
Think of him still as the same, say
He is not dead--he is just away!"
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-Pointer.-Caxton: How can you
spare the time to be lecturing constant
ly on literary topics?
Braxton: Because l neversspend any
Of 1t In reading.-Chicago Tribune,