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The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-11
MARY MANNERING'S
SWEET ROMANCE.

Miss Mannering, writes Eleanor
Franklin in Leslie's Weekly is an Eng
lish girl, as everybody knows, brought
over here by Mr.. Daniel Frohman for
his Lyceum Theater stock company
just six years ago. She went on the
stage in England when she was IS
years old, and had attained a nice bit
of distinction both in London and the
English provinces before Mr. Froh-
man discovered" her. Her instanta-
neous success over here is within the
memory of all of us, and the romance
of her marriage to one of our own
splendid young actors is dear to the
hearts of ALL There is one little page
of this romance, by the way, that
believe has never been written. When
Miss Mannering was just a bit of
girl in London she and young
friend one day discovered a photograph
in one of the shop windows which they,
girl like, began to gush over.
isn't he handsome?" said Miss Man
nering.
What facet" exclaimed her friend.
"Is he an actor or a clergyman? ?"
unused Miss Mannering.
He is st. Anthony" said her friend,
and can't you Just imagine the accom-
Well, after this the two girls stopped
before the picture nearly every day and
began to call it "our face in the win
dow" and Miss Mannering says it
stamped itself SO plainly in her MEM
DRY that she could never forget it.
Time wore on and the bit of a girl
grew into a bit more of a girl with
ambitions. She went on the stage and
pretty soon we allured her over here.
1t was surely fate, for such short
time after her arrival in America she
met Mr.. Hackett. She knew she had
met him somewhere before, bur
where? Looking at him, and wonder
ing where, may have had somewhat
to do with her surrender to the fas-
cination of his strong, manly person
ality, but be that as il may, she sur
rendered and then came the announce
ment of their marriage engagement. A
short time after this, and before her
marriage, she was visiting at his moth
er's one day and was looking with him
over some old albums of photographs,
when suddenly, placing her hand fiat
down on the face of picture with
little exclamation of surprise, she said:
"Why, dear, il was you!"
opp said Mr.. Hackett.
eyes; you in the window"
The rest is better imagined than ex-
pressed, since Mr.. Hackett and Miss
Mannering were lovers and both i'm
questionable, romantic, and tempera-
mental. Miss Mannering is now hos
tess of a beautiful home in East Thir-
ty-third street, New York, and in that
home she is Mrs. Hackett.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-11

book into a cosy corner of the parIor
for a quiet read. 1 felt sure that on
such rainy morning 1 would not be
disturbed. My dear, in about half an
hour, when 1 had become too absorbed
in my book to notice it, the door bell
rang. The first thing knew the butler
was ushering in Charlie Van Lew. Just
about the last man could have wished
ii to be. OF course. I explained that
l had dressed to go out in the rain.
but that didn't make me look a bit
better.
Scarcely ten minutes later Fred
WINTHROP came in, wreathed in
smiles.
Just took advantage of the rain,
he said. Knew l should find you
Then he caught sight of Charlie and
his face fell.
My dear, before that dreadful morn
ing was over no less than ten men
dropped in, each relying upon the rain
to keep every one else away, and all
were pretty mad at finding the others
there, and there I sat trying to be
charming to ten men while looking
like a fright in an unbecoming shirt
waist and a second best walking
skirt"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-11
Mr.. BIinIs and His Ca,ac,x.m

AS Mr.. Blinks paced to and fro with
in the limits of his eight by ten cham
Der 1t would have been evident to the
casual observer. says the PHILADELPHIA
Ledger, that the mind Of the young
man was greatly perturbed. Upon his
broad forehead the finger of anxiety
had traced a wrinkle, and his abundant
hair was disheveled where his hands
had grappled it in the stress of the
problem he faced AS he paced the
floor he occasionally muttered to him
self, but the mutterings seemed devoid
of meaning. At last he CHANGED to
observe his own reflection in the mirror
on the dresser. and pausing in front OF
II, he addressed his imaged self:
You are nice party, you arei A
nice apology for nothing in particular!
You are six feet high and built accord
ingly. and you are afraid of a bit of
femininity that stands five feet moth
ing in it's French boOtsl Yes. you are:
IL is useless for you to deny. ] know
you, you great, overgrown coward you
pose as being somebody, but you are a
mere bluff You swell around and try
to keep up the pretense until you meet
five feet nothing, and then
Mr.. Blinks abruptly ceased talking
and modify walked from the mirror.
Again he ran his hand through his
hair and after that violently bit his
rnoustache for a time. Then he again
spoke:
"I1lsdo It. If / die for 1T, will
will 90 over this very evening and have
the thing settled once and for all. No
body shall longer have an opportunity
to say that l am afraid Of a lawn dress
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-11
The LovabIe Girl.

The girl people like, says the New
York sun-the successful, popular girl
is she who appreciates the fact that
she cannot have the first choice of
everything in the world.
She is the girl who is not agrees
sive and does not find joy in exciting
people.
She is the girl who makes the world
a pleasant place, because she is pleas
ant herself and not inclined to sad
ness. Laughter is a far more popu-
lar tonic than tears.
She is the girl who is slow to anger
and quick TO forgive.
She may be dark or fair. slender or
well developed. tall or stout. for there
is no special mark which distinguishes
the most lovable type of girl. The only
way by which she may be known is by
the number of those who love her
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-11
Objected 10 the Change.

When an old farmers daughter first
left her good old country home. with
It's quiet, simple ways. for a year at
q fashionable boarding school, says
Tit-Bts, she signed her name Sarah
Jane Smith" and took no offense at
being called Sally"
Three months later her letter came
home signed Sadie j. Smith,
Six months elapsed and she had be-
come IS. jamie Smithe."
Time rolled along, bringing its won
derful changes, and when June came
she blossomed forth as IS. JEANNE
Smythe."
Then her father hitched his old blind
horse to the vegetable cart and said:
I'm going to bring that there Sal
home and let FER know that she can't
bring ojeum on the good old name o.
Smith by ringin' in any more " and
e changes on 1t. There can't nobody
say a word o. harm again my branch
o. the Smith family. I'm proud o. it,
an glad I'm one of 'em. / reckon a
month o. hard work in later time'll
let Sary Jane know that jaime don't
spell no JEANNE
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-11

and it's contents. I will summon my
courage to the sticking point. Here
goes!"
A half hour later Mr.. Blinks, still
chewing his moustache, was sitting I'm
a small and cozily appointed parlor
awaiting the arrival of five feet moth
ing on the scene. The little lady took
her time, and the young man in his
nervous tension suffered accordingly
Seconds seemed minutes. and minutes
seemed hours while still he waited. AZ
last the rustic of a dress was heard
and she whom he awaited appeared.
Mr. Bllnks said to himself that he
dared not wait lest he should fall by
the wayside. SO he drew long breath,
summoned courage from the deep and
hidden recesses of his nature, and, al
most before the young lady fairly was
seated took the decisive plunge.
MARY" the young man said. as he
nerved himself to the effort, you must
ere now have observed the condition of
my feelings. You must long ago have
felt how 1 have seen-that is. you must
long ago have seen how I have felt.
You must know the emotions with
which I look on you. When ! am with
you / feel as il my entire nature had
undergone a complete clatacysm-that
is, a complete kityclasm-or, I should
say, catechism. Mary, what / wish to
say is that in your presence I feel that
my nature has undergone complete
klittechas-Mary, a complete lizzyclat-
a cIeempote clmmypaz-"
"Mr Blnks," low, sweet voice in
terrupted him.
'Yes, Mary"
Don't you think that you might get
along better If you would skip the
word 'cataclysm' and go right on?"
So he skipped the word, and every
thing went along too beautifully to be
told
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-11

tribution of infectious materials.
This is true of the more delicate per-
fumes, such as rose, violet, lemon and
lavender. A liberal use Of these can
easily be accomplished by any woman
who takes the trouble to do it.
Bed linen may be kept sweetly per-
fumed by the use of lavender bags in
the linen closet Every shelf can have
a number of these strewn about. No
dainty housewife in the good old times
would think of putting sheets upon a
! bed that had not first been scented
well in lavender.
Hurried modern times have forgotten
in their rush many things that the
ways of the old days were an i'm
provement on.
History tells many interesting tales
of perfume. One of Nero is that that
tyrant had the perfume of roses spray
ed upon his body every day.
| Richelieu had so much perfume in
every available way in his apartments
that the scent of it almost stifled per-
sons who entered who were not ac-
customed to 1t.
Orange blossom perfume was the
favorite OF Louis XIV who never used
any other.
Queen Elizabeth had almost every
known device for pertaining employed
in the care of her dresses and living
apartments. For her use sweet scent
ed candles were made to be burned in
the boudOir. Perfumed cakes of con-
densed rose, violet, or other flowers
were thrown into the fire to perfume
the air with their fragrance. Her wigs
were scented with Spanish leather
which had been stepped in musk.
Pertaining the hair was considered
for many centuries in the middle
ages part Of the quite essential things
of the toilet. Women would spend
the whole day in the hands of the hair
dresser, who would first wash. then per-
fume and lastly ds,ss their locks.
Some Partisan hair dressers of to-day
perfume the hair by busting the scalp
with powdered orris root or violet per-
fume powder. No attempt Is, however,
made now to get the heavily scented
results that were once thought to be
so nice.
said to have subtle effect upon the
character.
The continued use of violet is SUD-
posed to make one peaceful
Heliotrope is generally liked by the
conservative and retiring natures.
Women of vivid imagination and ex-
travagant habits are known to prefer
the odor Of roses to that of any other
flower.
Apple blossom is a favorite with the
timid 1t is said, and the lily the-val-
ley bought oftenest by those who
have tendency to be melancholy.
Musk, carnation and other very pro-
nounced perfumes are apt to be the
favorites of the loud and coarse. on
whom IL takes nothing short Of a cy-
clone-so to speak--to make an impress
sion.
The dainter and fainter the perfume.
the dainter and more refined the wom-
an who chooses and uses it.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-11
Subtle Flattery.

The Wichita Eagle tells a little story
illustrative of the vanity of women.
Recently Miss Mabelle Crawford, the
soprano, gave a concert at Wichita.
For some reason she wanted the stage
lights turned low while she was sing
ing. Now, the manager had decorated
the stage for the occasion and he was
anxious to have plenty of light in order
to reveal it's beauties to the audience.
But Miss Crawford was obstinate and
utterly refused to permit high illum-
nation. We'll" said the manager,
automatically, "Nordica allowed us to
turn the lights on full blast. and, as
far as personal appearance goes, every
body will acknowledge that, compared
to you, Nordica couldn't well,
turn them on" said Miss Crawford.
'I'n try to stand it."
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-11
Troubles of the Popular Girl.

wall flowers are not the only ones
who have their trials" said the popu-
lar girl, according to the New York
Herald There are days-not many,
of course, but last Sunday was one
of them-when I fairly wish there was
not a man who would look at me.
You see, it was raining in the morn
ing; but just the light, showery kind
of rain one doesn't mind, so 1 decided
would go to church. And I dressed
for the occasion. I put on sffrt-
waist whose only excuse for existence
was its immaculate cleanness, a second
best walking skirt. which had got used
to rains, and a pair of walking boots,
which my maid had forgotten to polish
after my last tramp.
"Well, by the time 1 had finished
breakfast the rain had settled into a
hard, steady pour, and / decided not
to go to church afteN all. 1 took a
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-11
Perfume Z. HxRenic.

An authority on perfume says that
1.-THE liberal scent on the handkerchief
is calculated to make it antiseptic and
to destroy the germs in it, The use
of a perfumed or antiseptic handker-
chief Isl therefore, consistent with the
dictates of bacteriology So that, in
stead of practicing a luxurious habit.
woman who puts scent on her hand
kerchief may actually be doing good
to her neighbors by checking the dis
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-11
The ReasOn.

He-Why are women so anxious TO
have small feet?
She-Dont you know? Man wants
but little here below. nor wants that
little g"--Philadelphia Ledger.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-11

Representative Cyrus Sulloway of
New Hampshire, the giant Of the
House, insists that he is still growing.
He took his annual observations one
day this week and found he measured
feet ~ inches in hight and weigh
ed 276 pounds.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-11
AMERICAN WOMEN
CORNER ENGLAND'S
FELINE MARKET

English Fanciers Dazzled by the
Prices American Buyers Offer for
Pedigreed Cats-Many of the
Finest Batteries in the World are
Located in the United States.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-11

The late Archbishop of Canterbury,
DR.. Temple, was descended in a direct
line from Lady Godiva, famous for her
ride through the streets of Coventry.
The old Archbishop was very proud
Of his ancestry, as well as of the fact
that he was entitled to bear the same
coat of arms as her husband,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-30

don cab drivers are the cleverest in the world, but they cannot from the dickey fight successfully against all the laws of nature. They are marvelously skillful in keeping their horses Un their legs, but when they fail the position of the pas senger is anything but enviable. especially in presence of that handy guillotine, the glass window. There are those who go so far as to predict that the metropoli- tan hanson has, for these reasons, seen it's best days. Be this as 1t may. the light four wheeler Is deemed to have a chance such as 1t never had before, and accordingly an experiment is about to be made which will be watched with a good deal of interest. A number of capitalists who have faith in the up-to-date, and who have secured the services of MT. George Cox as manager, propose early in May to place on the streets of London q number of coupes and victorias of the most approved Parisian models.
 Some forty examples of each class Of conveyance are being built in the French capital as a commepcement, and they will be let on hire to London cab driv- CTS, just as is the fashion with hansoms and "growlers. There is, however, to be one condition, and that is as regards dress. The vehicles being natty and hobby" the drivers will be expected to wear dark coats and top-hats, and to keep themselves spruce. The new ve- hicles will exactly follow Parisian ideas in shape color. and upholstering. They will have two seats apiece with third and sliding out seat for use in emergency It is claimed that they will be almost as light as a hanson. although running on four wheels, and they are to be smartly horsed, so as to insure speed. This lat ter, indeed is point on which stress is to be specially laid. The cOapes will of course. be able to carry consider able quantity of luggage on the railed roof The victorias, necessarily, cannot compete with them in that respect, but in the event of rain the hood of the Victo- ria affords almost as much protection as in the case of the roofed coupe. The idea is to run the victorias during the summer months and retire them for the winter. unless the season is very eXcep- tional In the cold months the coupes, lighted at night by electricity, will be fitted with foot-w rmers, of which Lon don cabs have hitherto been innocent.
 \ good deal will naturally depend on the drivers, and for this reason careful selection is to be made iron: the haHsom men, who are used to moving about quick ly. Some of them have already got scent of the new enterprise, and have offered their services. Among their number, it
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-30
Old-Age Pensions.

Edward Everett Hale, in The June Cos
 mopoitan.
 Simply speaking, the payment of an old age pension, say of a hundred dollars each to every citizen, male or female. who has passed the age of seventy, does not involve a heavy burden to the State.
 Let us now consider for a moment the advantages which the State. as an organ ization, would receive from such sys- tenn. As matters stand, the managers of asylums whether for the poor, or per- haps for the blind, or the insane. or other invalids are always at their wits ends to know what they shall do with the aged people who are crowded upon them. The almshOuses of towns and counties are filled in the same way.
 Now. all these old people are better cared for in the homes of old neighbors. or old friends very possibly of sons. CT of daughters. who would receive them and take care of them humanely if they could receive a little ready money for the extra expense. As society organizes itself. a very little money goes great way in the average household of an American. The moment it appears that a grandfather or a grandmother has one hundred dollars a year to his good, that moment We shall find that the bur den thrown upon the State and town in their asyiums is reduced by a larger pro- portion than by the charge made by the pensions upon the treasury. Thus the pension system has the( great advantage that 1t maintains life in homes. and that it abates the necessity for great instis'S- tons or asyiums.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-30

There was no baseball game yesterday.
 After carefully considering the matter the weather man reached the conclusion that the Little Rock-Montgomery game should not be played. The weather man was the umpire yesterday. putting MT. Carpenter out of business and his decis- ion was irrevocable.
 , In the city the rain began about 2 o'clock and came down in torrents until after o'clock, but every car that went out to the bal. grounds was packed to its capacity, showing how eager the fans are to see the Black Sox before they leave on their long trip. Out towards Picketts Sprino the rain was heavier than in Montgomery. In fact there were two separate rain storms and the grounds were out of shape for ball playing.
 This leaves only two games of the Lit tie Rock series-today and tomorrow and its up to the Black Sox to play them safe and take them both.
 The same batteries intended for yes terday will be in today-Oscar Streit for the Black Sox and Dolan for the Trav- elers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-30

as no man stands higher in the profession of medicine and science than he does what he tells you can be relied upon as being correct In this way hundreds upon hundreds that we know of throughout the South have been cured for this great doctor Is not only an expert in knowing what you suffer from, but his cures are brought about in an entirely original way, along new lines developed by him after two generations of years in the pro fession. He wants to hear from all men and women who suffer from any disease of the throat, lungs heart, stomach, kidneys, bladder trouble. blood poison. nervous debility. emaci- alton of parts. impotency, losses varlcocele stricture, night sweats, weak back and all other affections of the nerves muscles and glands. He will instantly stop all aches and pains soreness and swelling, steady the to circulating. put strength in the back and hrInness in the tissues and once again make you as determined and ambitious as of old.
 The doctor is also famous as the author of many medical books on chronic diseases that are standard among the profession and these free circulation among the masses. Every person who is sick and every head of fam ily should have them for reference in case of emergency, and this can be done by address ing Dr. J. Newton Hathaway, A Inman Building, Atlanta. Ga, telling him which book Altogether, there arc of them. as follows T. Diseases of the vital organs; 2, throat, lungs catarrh; 8, female diseases thew edi- tton); 4. stricture; 5. varicocele; 6 blood poison (modern edition); 2, kidneys. bladder, rheumatism; 8 nervous debility and weakness book you want and the doctor will send it to you, free; write him how you suffer and he will tell your disease and the quickest way to ha Eured, tree
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-30

is said. are men who frankly acknowl- edge that the public is getting a little frightened of the hansom The idea of the promoters of the enterprise is that 1t will be sure to pay, because anything which represents improvement and up- to-dateness is always freely patronized by the London public. Besides, there is a great fund to be drawn upon. There are from 12,000 to 15,000 cabs in London. They are worth to let. with horses, from IA shillings to 16 shillings per day. so that a man must make IS shillings a day or starve. If, say, 14.0OO cabs earn IS shil- lings per diem, this represents an expen- diture of over 12,000 pounds a day. The marvel is that. with all this spending pow CT on the part of the metropolitan public it should have been necessary to wait so long for the promise of smarter four wheeled vehicles.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-30
C. Y. B0CACKI,
Sas., Doors, Wall Paper, Cabinet Manteis, Builders Hardware and
 Supplies. Mail oredrs solicited.
 and given prompt attention. Phone 33O. 34 Commarce st.

horse came charging down the hill be- hind them. They hadn't thought much of the riders horsemahship on the field, but he was sitting down to his work now and he had a jaw like Gibson's version of Richard Harding Davis. The horse had one of the same kind and Roman nose. Tom pulled to one side of the road and his companion to the other, while between them rushed that black simeon. The man on his back was in very real danger, but as he bolted past them he actually bowed, to the awful detriment ot his balance, and called out:
 T beg pardon"
 Under the circumstances that was a triumph Of politeness.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-30
Contracting

l beg to announce to the People of Montgomery that l am now Contracting again and would be glad to make estimates on any class of work l am in a position to do work cheaper than any man in Montgomery as all my mater ials come direct from Manu- lecturers, no middle man has to have any profit from my business.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-30

Birmingham, May 2s.-Clarke was too much for New Orleans today and the visitors were shut out by the Iron Men good game, but failure to hit behind him gave the victory to Birmingham. During a squabble, Catcher Hurley was hit with a bat on the mask and had to retire from the game Mcguire was put out for kicking. Attendance, 1,250. Score:
 RH E.. Birmingham :. .....0010O101"-3 ' New Orleans .. 70 O. 000O0 co 2 Batteries-Clarke and Millerick; Smith and Hurley and Drury.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-30

'InuF NIts tFace. Temperatures nearly stationary: rains in all districts, except Mobile. being generally light to moderate. except locally heavy at Weldon. N. C., and slightly excessive at Waynesboro, Georgia
 HEAVY RAIN-Weldon, N. C., l.5o. EXCESSIVE RAIN-Waynesboro, Ga, 2 SO
 FRANK P. CHAFFEE,
 Section Director. Weather Bureau.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-30
Shreveport. 5: Atlanta. 8.

Atlanta, Ga., May 29.-Atlanta lost an- other game today to Shreveport on &C., was almost featureiess. Score: Atlanta .. O 0 0201 0-3 5 Shreveport .. 10 001020 0-5 2 8
 Batteries-Wilson and Matthews; Hu- ghey and Graffius.