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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-22
"HIS" MOTHER.

She was dressing. Nobody in the
family, says the New York Times,
could tell for what or for whom she
was dressing. She carefully pulled
down the shades and lit all the cleo
trio globes and all the candles on her
dressing table. She took off her fancy
slippers and put on pair of heavy,
sensible" boots.
Are you going skating?" inquired
her sister.
She looked at her disdainfully and
continued in her occupation. Then she
took off two rustling, bright-colored
silk petticoats with ribbons run
through the waistband and put on a
plain white cambria one instead.
Are you going to do the mission to-
night, Madeline?" inquired her moth
er, with gentle surprise in her uplifted
brows.
NO, mother, child" she cried. A
faint flush of pink stole into her face.
She took down her aureole of crimp-
ed pompadour, parted her hair plain
ly in the middle and made herself look
two years older by combing it back
stifiy and severely at both sides. She
scrubbed her nose to get the powder
off. until 1t got red on the tip. Then
she began hauling things out of the
closet. First out was pink chiffon
waist. which she flung disdainfully on
the bed. Then came one of those skirts
which cling tight about the hips and
fiutter about the feet so bewildering-
~. This she put down without a
glance. Frock after frock of gay hue
and filny texture she threw down in
n rff he 81.
a plain black dress of coarse etamine,
which did not At her about the waist
and too short in the train to be fash
ionable. This she put on trinity and
neatly, after letting her corset out at
least three inches. When she had
pinned a white band about her throat
and made herself as ugly as possible
I'm a Fedora hat and Norfolk Jacket,
she turned around to her sister and
inquired.
DO look worthy and good. and rS-
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-22
A BIG PROBLEM.

Lady Ramsden, one of the leaders of
English society, has been graphing in
London periodical with the problem,
rs Society Worse Than 1t Was?" She
admits that the general judgment is
in the affirmative and likewise ack-
nowledges that many evils exist at
present that were unknown years ago
Drinking, smoking, loud talking in
the theater, unchaperoned maidans,
double ententes and dinner conversa-
lions she finds more Objectionable than
swearing. So patty does every point
made strike American society that the
reader can scarcely refrain from sus-
pecting Lady Ramsden has taken
Gotham rather than London as her
viewpoint. Sometimes when fault is
found with present day manners and
morals" sums up Lady Ramsden, the
blame Is laid on Americans and the
newly rich. 1t is doubtful whether this
accusation is justified. AS to Ameri-
can women, they certainly encourage
extravaganza in dress, but they are,
generally speaking, we'll educated, en-
ergetic and self-reliant, and those who
have married Englshmen have in most
cases proved to be exemplary wives
and mothers"
Women" says Lady Ramsden,
drink far more than they did fifty
years ago-not only wine, but spirits
and liquors. Liking for alcohol is in
creasing alarmingly, though, of course,
INDUCED in secretly. Dressmakers and
grocers procure wine or spirits for the
lady and call it by some other name
in bill paid by the husband" In Amer
lea, i'm the large cities, drinking among
fashionable women and their imitators
is not secret, but open, and the bill is
not necessarily paid by the husband
Talking in the theaters," says the
titled lady, has become an intolerable
nuisance. Can nothing be done to put
a stop to it? In Paris any attempt
to talk is instantly stopped by loud
Kisses. Has 1t not been silenced in
New York by a command from the
orchestra chair to the box? Are Eng
lishmen less courageous than their
American brothers? Scores of women
indulge in dress extravagances they
cannot afford. They cheat the trades
people to give away large sums TO
charity, then preach to working girls
the desirability of dressing quietly and
being respectable"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-22
A PET FISH EMBALM MED.

Robert f. Calbick, an undertaken,
West Eagle and Niagara streets, was
sitting in his office last Friday night.
says the Buffalo Express. when he was
summoned to the telephone.
Hello" said a woman's voice. rs
this Mr.. Calbicks undertaking rooms"
1T is" said Mr. Calbick
rs Mr.. Calbick there?"
This is he at the telephone"
We'll, this is Mrs. BIS house on
Auburn Avenue, near Hoyt street"
"Oh. yes. What is it, Mrs. B-?"
II wish you would come out here
right away
Mr.. Calbick thought she said some
thing about fish, but he wasn't sure
he summoned an assistant. They both
got on the undertaker's wagon and
drove as fast as possible to the house
on Auburn Avenue, near Hoyt street
All the way out Mr.. Calbick was
thinking about what the woman had
said concerning fish. Before he got to
the house he concluded that it must
be some one of the name of Fish who
had died
When they reached the house Mr.
Calbicl1 jumped out of the wagon and
his assistant followed with a piece of
crepe. Surely, there was some one
dead, for, as he climbed the steps
leading to the front door, he thought
he could distinguish sobs.
Once at the door he tapped on one
| of the panels. The door was opened
| quickly.
| Here it U.s." said the woman, who
had summoned him, as she handed to
| the undertaken a mourning envelope
| What's this?" asked the astonished
Mr. Calbick.
That" she sobbed, ,'1s what 1 call
ed you for. Oh, it's too bad. 1t was
so sudden and he was such a dear
| little thing. Little did l think that l
should lose him so soon."
But, my dear madam. hadn't bet
ter see the corpse and embalm it?"
You've got it in your hand" said
the woman.
What" exclaimed the undertaken.
you don't mean to tell me you've got
body in there?"
Yes" said the woman. ITS my
dear little goldfish Oh he was such a
cute little thing. And now / want to
see that he gets a good, respectable
burial. Take him down to your office,
| embalm him. and hold him for further
instructions"
But" persisted the astonished Mr..
Calbick. I'm not accustomed to
burying fishes"
"Oh, but you must bury this one.
Do it for me. l don't care what it
costs. Be sure and embalm it and
then I'll talk to you further"
Slowly the undertaken and his as
sistant made their way back to the
wagon. Mr.. Fish was allowed to 20
down town on the seat with the un-
dertaker and his assistant
When they got back to the office Mr..
Calbick lived up to his instructions.
He applied embalming fluid to the fish,
which, by the way was a particularly
small fish, even for one of the gold
variety, and then put it in a small
box.
A reporter last night was allowed to
see the fish.
when is it to be buried ?" was ask
ed.
"Buried?" said the man in charge.
ITS not going to be buried. We're
going to cremate it; right down stairs
in the furnace"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-22
WOMAN'S WORLD

his vanity. You may smother his soul
II you wish, and trample his vanity in
TO nothlngness. but do not offend his
senses. One Whit of an onion. one
hour of pettish folly, will do more to
Kill love than the breaking of the Ten
Commandments.
A woman should first discover what
sort of part a man expects to play in
ms HE drama. Then, if the part fits
her she should play it with all the zeal
ana enthusiasm of an actress, until it
becomes her second nature Never. for
one moment, should she unmask. She
should keep him out of her mental
dressing room. She should keep lust
that subtle distance between her hus-
oand and herself that makes the illus
sion of the stage so perfect, She should
give her husband a perspective on her.
She should not bring herself and her
petty worries so close to him that he
cannot see over them into the charm
ing distance. Too much intimacy in
the dressing ROOM too much interfer-
ence in the kitchen, a few clashes of
temper and the spell is broken
DO not worry because your nose isn't
Grecian and because your waist meas
ures tWenty-eight inches. Just worry
sufficiently to keep your sweetheart's
mind off these facts and on something
more alluring. Do not fancy that a
Well-cooked steak with mushroom
sauce is going to make your husband
forget you are wearing a Mother Hub
bard wrapper and you haven't said a
clever thing for a week. Your sweet
heart loves you for yourself, alone"
but it is not for the self of flesh and
blood done up in 9S-cent corset, but
for an ideal self, created from his own,
beautiful fanciful, masculine illusions.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-22
LACKED CONFIDENCE

81 had no confidence in advertised
medicines. But l had heard so much of
Dr. David Kennedys Favorite Remedy
I thought l would try it. l had suf-
fered for long time from a most hor-
rible pain in my back caused by lum-
bago.
After / had used a second bottle of
'Favorite Remedy 1 was entirely we'll
"A medicine so worthy deserves the
publicity that its grateful beneficiaries
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$50 New Britain ave, Hartford. Conn
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edy is the most successful medicine
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clears up the urine, restores the kid
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1t is better for constipation than any
pills. Better for the nerves than any
sedatiVe. Better for the weak than any
tonic. 1t is purely vegetable. 1t con-
tains no minerals in any form. no
dangerous stimulants, no mercury or
poisons. Children and invalids can
take it with perfect safety.
Druggists sell it in NEW 80 CENT
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Sample Bottle-enough for trial. free
by mail.
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TION, Rondout, N Y.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-22
THE UNAPPREClATIVE MAN.

Men are a social necessity. Hence.
their arrogance. You simply can't
get along without me-" their attitude
seems to say, land there is no use
in my bothering myself about being
civil, or gracious, or accommodating.
You can take me on my own terms, or
ruin your old party"
Everywhere, says Dorothy Dix in the
New Orleans Picayune, hostesses are
complaining that the men they are
forced to ask to their entertainments
do not show even common politeneSS.
Men who are invited to a dancing par
ty won't dance, or if they do, spend
the evening dancing with some partic-
ular girl they fancy, deaf to the hos
tess hints about wall flowers. Men
who have been entertained time after
time at "a house, will not even come to
call on visitor whom their hostess
is trying to make have a pleasant stay
unless the girl happens to strike their
fancy. Men accept invitations to a
debutante's coming out reception and
drink her fathers champagne and eat
his terrapin, yet when they meet the
girl at other parties never pay her the
slightest attention. Men who never
buy anything but a cheap admission
ticket to the opera, trusting to some
woman's hospitality to extend them an
invitation to sit in her box, yet calmly
overlook her, and let her struggle for
her supper at the next entertainment
at which they meet.
This wall of women over the de-
cadence of politeness among men is
universal, but no where is 1t louder
than in this city, for New Orleans,
whose men used to be the pink of
chivalry and courtesy, is afflicted just
now with an unusually large crop of
these social deadbeats. Their lack of
manners would make their grandfath-
ers-if indeed they had any grandfath-
ers-turn over in their graves, and a
veracious story as illustrating the ex-
tent to which the thing has gone is
being told of one young man who had
been invited by a pretty and charming
young woman to go with her to a ger
man. The night arrived, the young
man arrayed himself in his evening
clothes, and sat down to wait for the
girl to send a carriage after him. None
came, and the young man remained at
home, although he knew that the CIR!
was looking for him to go with her.
and that his non-appearance would
mean her bitter disappointment. The
next time they met the girl re-
preached the young man for not COM
ing, and asked him why he had not
done so, and he actually had the nerve
to tell her that if any girl expected
him to go out with her she would have
to send a carriage for him.
Nor is this all. Several other young
men in the same set-and Ii goes in
good society-upheld the youth in this
position, and announced that they
would not pay party calls upon the
married women who entertain them.
ut is enough they said, for them
IL we go TO their parties and dinners"
Now, the remedy for this kind OF
thing is so simple that II fills one with
righteous Indignation TO think that
women are so poor-spiHted that they
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-22
A HARD-B0ILED ROMANCE.

The following story comes from Ha-
zleton. Pa, says the Baltimore Sun.
When Miss Emma Snyder of Little
ton wrote her name and address on an
egg which her father was shipping TO
market she confidently hoped that
romance would be Matched out in due
season, and her hope was not in vain.
"A friendship directly resulting from
this effort to poach on the preserves of
Baltimore girls has 'ripened into love-
The egg also ripened in due season,
after which it was brought forth in
overdue season and served up at
Baltimore restaurant table, soft boil
ed.
When one Mr.. Norwood, a commits
sion man, discovered the egg along
side his plate he was only amused. If,
he declared. the egg itself were as
fresh as the young woman who wrote
that I'd eat it. but l guess not. Take
it back. But stay. let me get that ad-
dress and 1 will see what 1 can do
Then he wrote to Miss Snyder and
asked how she could do such thing
and at that time of the year.
Miss Snyder wrote back and tried
to lay it on the hen, and thus the shell
of an acquaintance was broken and
Mr.. Norwood crossed the state line to
shake hands with his unknown CORE
soondent.
He found her good looking, and also
he found that her father was wel-to-
do. This he didn't wonder at. Any
man ought to be that could convert
bad eggs into good money.
He returned home. They continued
to correspond, and now they have
been married.
Mr.. Norwood was supposed to be a
confirmed bachelor; but what Is a
poor man to do when even the hens
of Pennsylvania are laying for him.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-22

due to an ingenious method of heating
by means of alcohol. When not in use
certain parts of the engine are kept al
a temperture of about 20 degrees F
by small gass burner. When a fire
alarm is sounded, the pressure in the
boiler is brought to five or six atmos-
pheres by means of carbon diozide. and
at the same time the alcoholic heating
apparatus is set in action.
Fifteen seconds after the alarm the
fire engine leaps forward with veloc-
ity of twelve miles per hour. In a very
few minutes enough steam is generated
to serve as the motive power, and the
carbon dioXide is then turned off II
requires but short time for the burn
ing alcohol to bring the coke placed or
the CRATE of the boiler to a glowing
heat so that after arriving at the fire
the heat is kept up by coal or other
fuel. The alcohol heat is used only
during the run. For generating it e
small copper boiler containing 35 liter,
of spirits is fastend to the rear enc
of the engine. The spirits are kept
| under constant pressure of two at
mospheres generated by a small flask
of carbon dioXide in copper tubes. II
is forced in the form of a jet through
two small openings 4 millmeter in
diameter in the furnace of the boiler
and is lighted there. About half g
liter of alcohol is used each minute 50
the usual supply will last for an hours
run.
The management of the engine Il.
exceedingly simple. AS soon as an
alarm is sounded, two TASKS of car
| bon dioxide are obtained, the alcho'
| jet is lighted and the run begins This
1remen need only pay attention &c
| the supply of water. Everything else
! is carried on automatically. The engine
runs entirely without smoke noise OF
odor. In fact, it closely resembles
a first class electric automobile.
Since the difficult problem has been
| so successfully solved by Hanover,
Cologne and Amsterdam have al.
ready determined to follow her ex-
ample and adopt the automobile ap.
paratus for their fire departments.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-22
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-22
A GIRL WHO ISN'T NEGLECTED..

1t is a great crucial test of char
acter, this coming out in society for
a young woman" remarked an older
matron, to the New York Tribune 1T
affects them all so differently that 1
am always rather curious to see what
it will develop. For instance, there
are three young girls l know-all in
innate friends, and brought up togeth-
er since their babyhood-who were in
troduced to the great world a year
ago under very similar conditions
that is, all belonged to families who
were equally well connected and
wealthy. Yet they have drifted COM
pletely apart and belong to entirely
different circles. Mabel r., who used
to be a genial, nice child. with cordial,
simple manners to every one, has been
bitten by the society bee and has a bad
case of 'swelled head in consequence.
She seems suddenly to have come to
the conclusion that there is but one
social set worth knowing and belonging
to. By adroit management she has
succeeded in attaining the summit of
her ambition, has been taken up by
what is termed the smart set, and is
COIlpIGlely dUSOID6u ny InSIHs on6
feels very superior, and Is totally OBJ
livious to the fact that she is laughed
at and not envied by her old compan-
ions. She is not having a particularly
good time. The men who belong to
that exclusive Coterie are too few to
go around, and are apt to neglect her;
but she sits with Mrs. Tiptop smiles
commiseratingly upon the rest of the
world, who, she deems, are not of the
elect and iC or
great friend, Edith X, whom, by the
way, she never sees any more, has also
adopted a role. She has made friends
with married women who are, to say
the least, audacious in their manners
and Ways-and merry wives of our
modern Windsor, who consider society
a playground, where they can perpe-
trate their practical jokes and amuse
themselves after their fashion, quite
Indifferent to any comments that may
be made upon them by Mrs. Grundy
and her gossips. Edith is certainly not
'Splendidly swell like Mabel, but it is
to be questioned whether she, too, has
not chosen the Dead Sea fruit, which
in the end turns to dust and ashes
Molly S., the third of my trio and al
ways my favorite, is just what she has
always been-an attractive, sweet girl.
Joyous and happy in her youth, she
has taken without effort whatever has
been thrown in her way. She does not
scan her invitations critically to see if
they are smart or weigh her partners
in the scales of fashion. Frankly kind
and cordial to every one, she is an i'm
mense favorite, and she enjoys her
belledom with zest that is as natural
as it is pretty to see. I wish l were
young again. l heard an old bachelor
say who was watching sweet Molly s.
at one of her dances with sympathetic
interest, and 1 would try my chance
with that girl-she is wholesome
through and through. Women like that
are the leaven that save our society
and elevate our homes "
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-22
EIectric Fire Engines.
From the New York CONNIE

From the New York COMMERCIAL
The city of Hanover has taken a step
In advance of all other German cities
IN putting into the hands of her fire
department a complete system of auto
mobile fire apparatus, and at the same
time adopting the Beichel system of
alcoholic heating for the fire engines,
says the World Today. The fire engine
is propelled by steam, the other two
vehicles by electricity. In the earlier
trials there was much noise from es-
Gaping steam and a great deal of
smoke caused by burning coal or wood
as fuel. The noise was entirely removed
by the use OF a condenser. After many
trials the smoke was disposed of, and
the result was an automobile fire
engine that more nearly approaches
perfection than any heretofore con-
structed. The elimination of smoke is
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-22
ABSENT-MINDED SHOPPERS.

DO you know l actually walked off
with woman's purse the other day
knowing l had it and hearing her make
inquiries about it?" said a society girl
recently, to a New York Tribune re-
porter.
What do you mean?" queried her
friend, puzzled, as she well might be
by the declaration.
1T was a case of pure fright" said
the other. Il was mentally paralyzed.
/ knew l had the purse and l heard
her asking about 1t. and yet l could
not make myself give it up and ex-
plain the circumstances. Fortunately
l found her address in it and express
ed ii to her as soon as | reached home.
1t happened in this way: 1t was after
Mrs. Us musical, and near my muff
| saw what | thought at first was my
purse and picked it up. Just then a
girl whom / did not know exclaimed:
Where is my purse? | left il here on
the dressing table Then | realized it
was the purse I had taken and thought
how queer it would seem to her that l
took it, and then, as 1 said, it was just
as If | were paralyzed. l literally could
not say word. She went on about II,
saying how queer Ii was, and to es-
cape 1t all l hurried out, and then
realized that l had kept the purse; and
you can imagine in what a state /
was! 1T was the queerest mental panic
and l cannot account for 1t. but you
can imagine the relief / experienced
when l found the hame and address
inside"
People are apt to make mistakes in
crowded dressing rooms IL the gar
ments are at all similar, and by the
nerVerSeueSs of chance the article left
is generally inferior to the one taken,
as men who have their hats changed
generally find to their cost. OF course,
the mistake is finally rectified. but it
often causes great annoyance. and,
sometimes, embarrassment.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-22
TWO COLUMNS OF PROOF.

DEAR Mrs PINKHAM: Il was sick
and nothing seemed to do me any good
until began taking Mrs. Pinkham's
medicine.
sit was Change of Life with me
and falling of the womb. had severe
pains all through my body. l had
a terrible cough and people thought
had consumption.
81 took six bottles of Lydia E.
Pinkham'S Vegetable Compound
and two of Blood Purifier, and two
boxes Liver Pills, and am now stouter
than have been for a long time. /
can do all my work now, thanks to
Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
If any one wishes to write me, to
verify these statements, will gladly
answer their letters"
MRS. CLARA CHEzEM, Jewett, Ill.
"DEAR MRS. PINKHAM For seven
years had been suffering, was pass
ing through the Change of Life, and
my womb had fallen; menses were so
profuse that at times / was obliged to
lie on my back for six weeks at time,
could not raise my head from pillow.
1 had been treated by several ply
sicians, but got no relief.
was advised by friends to try
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, which l did, and after
taking it six weeks / was able to be
around all the time and do my house
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