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The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-18
Outwitted Hl. LnndInar.

II had rather a cinch on my land
lady the other day." remarked a So
ciety youth, chuckling to his neighbor
at dinner party, according to The
New York TriIune. II engaged room
in. a houes occupied by a private fam
lily, and the good lady with whom
made the negotiations seemed q very
nervous individual. You will not mind
my asking for reference, Mr.. Smith,
she said, deprecatingly. You see, we
have never rented any rooms before,
she continued, growing confidential
but this winter we had some very bad
financial losses, and / said to my
daughters: There is that third-story
front room, with a nice bathroom adj
joining, standing empty and useless;
now, why should we object to letting
it to nice young man, who takes his
meals out?" So / advertised-and you,
she added, fatteringly, are the only
applicant among the manysI have seen
who seems to me sufficiently the gem
tleman to admit to our household, still,
very hesitatingly, I suppose 1t is Gus
tomary, and that you will not mind it,
as you are total stranger, II / ask
for some credentials Why, certain
ly,' 1 answered, genially. i am with
the well known law firm of Messrs.
Doe, Roe g. Co. You have, of course,
heard of them?' She answered hest
tatingly. WELL I said, call up their
managing clerk, and he will tell you
all about me- That will be quite sat
isfactory,' she replied. of course. It
is only because / feel that / ought to
do it, I quite understand I return
ed. I know the managing clerk wilf
give me a most satisfactory charac-
ter You see, 1 felt quite safe on that
score, as l happen to be the managing
clerk myself, so that afternoon, when
the telephone boy came to me and said
woman wished to speak to the man
aging clerk, / knew what was wanted.
is that the managing clerk of Messrs.
Doe, Roe &c Coz said the voice. Yes
We'll, a Mr.. Dusenberry Smith en-
gagged a room at my house this morn
ing and gave me you as his reference.
1 am particularly anxious to know II
he is perfectly sober, and IL he is re-
sponsible? He is an excellent young
man in every respect replied glibly,
and he is one of the most Trustworthy
employees in this Office I am so gla,y.'
answered my landIady. Thank you, SO
much. 1 shall now feel perfectly sat
fsfled'"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-18
Revised Hanson Cab story.

In almost every town, says the New
York Herald, they tell the "call-me-a-
cab" story with different hero 1t is
always the local wit who stands god
father to it, though probably the best
known men whose names have been
connected with it are Ambassador
Choate and Chauncey M. Depew.
The story hinges on the customary
difficulty in distinguishing between the
servants and the masculine guests at
an evening party. A hurried man Is
represented as approaching Mr.. Cho-
ate or Mr.. Depew, as the case may be,
and saying: Call me a cab, will your
And the hero replies suavely, looking
at the man, Certainly, I'll call you a
cab, If you want to be called that. If
you were little better looking
could even call you hanson cab"
The young man of small financial
pretensions who was paying court to
the rich manufacturers daughter in a
New England town had heard that
story. One night 1t pleased the over
dressed and underbred aunt of his in
amorata to mistake him for a hireling
as she swept down the stairs at a re-
ception. He was lettering there to
catch a final glimpse of his idol, who
was under auntly chaperonage that
night. Aunt looked at him with a
naughty stare; then she said, Call me
my brougham, please" pronouncing
the name of her equipage as though
she referred to a bosom. The hearers
Uttered slightly. but the young man
bowed low.
mot for worlds" he said, would
call you anything that could suggest a
sweep"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-18
Mrs. Astor's $4,000 Stables.

Mrs. Astor's sable mantle, says the
New York Press, is one of the sights
on Fifth avenue on these crisp Janu-
airy afternoons and evne the uninitiated
visitor appears to know that some one
of Importance is passing when Mrs. AS
tors ponderous carriage appears in the
procession. The sable coat is a mar
vel, and a fortune is represented, be-
cause the skins are of the best pro-
durable quality. 1t is a long and very
full mantle with a cape, huge sleeves
and a rolling collar that almost meets
the sable hat she usually wears. This
fur hat is tipped with an osprey plume
and Mrs. Aston is rather youthful in
the dashing hats and rich coat. Sell
dom is she seen with her daughter-in-
law, Mrs. John Jacob Aston, who usu-
ally drives alone in a one-horse but
extremely snappy brougham. Mrs. AS
tor is accompanied by her secretary, a
plain, middle-aged woman who dresses
simply in black, and, therefore the
secretary contrasts sharply with her
mistress splendor. The Aston carriage
is sort of old-fashioned cabriolet
very high from the ground and enam-
eled in dark maroon. The horses are
the finest bays on the avenue. A deal
err in furs looked at Mrs. Astor's sa-
bles and said: THAT is the finest gar
ment in America, 1 think. The skins
are perfect, and don't believe it could
be duplicated for $4,000"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-18
BEWARE OF THE CAB.

BETTER the Frisky Hanson with an
Escort In These Days of Suspicion.
When hansoms first came into use in
New York, says the Sun, they were re-
ceived with suspicion. Nobody knew
why, but hansoms were fast" Young
women were not allowed to ride in
them alone. When they did succeed in
getting permission to do such thing
or did it without leave, they always
had the air of enjoying a stolen pleas
ure dangerous to their regulations.
Young women who thought IL piquant
to be just little fast delighted In the
opportunity that the hanson offered to
create that impression. Young women
with the right views of life were ex-
pected to confine themselves to the
conservative seclusion of a cab.
But the sighted vehicle has lived
down its unjust reputation. To-day no
girl would hesitate to take her grand
mother driving in a hanson She
could even be seen with a young man
in one under certain circumstances,
and in these days of emancipated
maidenhood might escape criticism
even for this act, which a few years
ago might have put her outside the
remain.
And cabs have fallen from the high
regard in which they used to be held
when the frisky hanson made it's APP
pearance here. Then cabs were de-
scribed as refined, retiring and modest
compared to the open-faced London
importation. Now they are mysterious
concealing and rather wicked. They
indicate desire to escape observa-
ton. They show that seclusion Is de-
sired and proclaim the necessity OF
half-concealed depths into which their
occupants may sink. This renown has
come after all its years of respecta-
bility to the slow-going, honest old
cab that held It's own so long, chiefly
on account of its substantial, solid
qualities.
If two persons who could ride in a
hanson without danger but dare not
get into a cab should happen to take
to Madison avenue as their thorough
fare, no ensuing social calamity might
be considered too awful. Such impru-
dence would, in all probability, be at
tended with the most disastrous re-
suits. Mere walking in Madison avenue
used to be thought equivalent to an
nouncing an engagement. More false
rumors of marriages were started by
that innocent habit than by any other
cause. But pedestrianism always meant
matrimony.
Two in a cab now suggests some
violation of social conventions almost
as heinous as lunching alone in some
palm room or even going to a contin-
uous vaudeville matinee. The hanson
and the automobile are in these days
models of decorum in comparison with
the cab. So young women and more
mature ones must beware of 1t unless
they are looking for the kind of repu-
tation 1t inevitably brings.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-18
Four Ages of Man,

At twenty his colossal bump
OF vanity imparts
No caution; when he makes the TRUMP
He always makes it Hearts.
At thirty he has learned to make
Judicious use of funds,
And when maiden is the stake,
His trump is Diamonds.
AT forty, with a cynic's sheer,
Woman fraud he dubs:
he dimes at home, say, once a year
His favorite trump is Clubs.
AT sixty he has crossed the Styx.
To mingle with the shades;
Death gathers in the winning trick
His trump is always Spades.
Life
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-18
Too Fine to Fit.

II is a very upsetting thing to have
some new article (Which you have
either purchased yourself or had given
to YOU'D that demands appropriate sur
roundings and which you feel yourself
obliged to live up to, says the New
York Tribune. II was perfectly con-
tented with my drawing room before
Christmas" said a house-mistress
plaintively the other day. "In fact, I
was very proud of its harmonious,
pretty coloring, and now / have sud-
denly discovered that II looks faded
and dingy, and I am in despair about
It'll 1t is really all on account of a
lovely hand embroidered screen sent
to me by mother-in-law as Christ
mas present. I chose it to 60 with
the delicate coloring of your drawing
ROOM she wrote me, and ten years ago,
when the room was furnished, / dare
say 1t would have accorded perfectly,
but now 1t is quite too dreadful to see
how badly 1t makes everything look.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-18

robs them of their sting. Moreover, she
is an authority on cards, from casino
to bridge. She can settle disputes
without calling on her hostess or her
Hoyle.
II no special duties De assigned her
her magnetic personality pervades all
the rooms. She does not cling tena-
.ciously to the receiving party at the
hostess elbow, but is here, there, eV-
erywhere; never hurrying, yet never
lettering longer than necessary to
make a guest feel at home.
She does not make the mistake of
DOMINIC a half-vorn evening frock for
this occasion, but appears in something
fresh and new-distinctly an afternoon
gown.
She does not devote herself to some
intimate friend whose conversation is
particularly pleasing, nor to the So
cial lionesses whose favor she would
win.
Neither does she add to the discom-
future of the bashful, constrained
guest by singing her out and publish
ing the fact that she is a wallfower
even in feminine gatherings. Rather,
I'm a way quite her own, she scores by
reason of discreetly chosen introduce
tons.
When the guests have gone and the
receiving party sits down for a chat
dIOuIiu the hbIdIy uicp VI lIesHeIh the
toilet preparatory to the arrival of the
men for dinner, she does not drop one
word that would mar the triumph of
her hostess.
She does not repeat one morsel of
criticism, which the most discreet of
tea drinkers will drop on occasions.
She does not detail any slight con-
tretemps in the afternoons arrange
ments. which has escaped her hos
tess eye.
She does not mention the fact that
she is tired to death. Not she--the
girl who is in demand by experienced
hostesses. She smiles and smiles and
is a charmer to the very end, until
she sinks back In her carriage. or
trips lightly toward her home, her wise
little head buried in a feecy wrap, her
arms filled with flowers from the hands
of a grateful hostess, who, over her
chocolate the next morning. murmurs
to her dearest friend:
MY dear. IL you. want some one to
pour tea for you at Helene's coming
out, ask that pretty Douglas girl She
has such faculty for doing the right
thing at the right minute"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-18

OF course, | must give 1t a conspicuous
place in the room and please the old
lady, but Ii calls attention to every de-
feet in the draperies or furniture COW
erings and wall hangings. ] fear II
VIII entail a general renovation and
consequent. expense" II wish Mrs. X.
would buy an entire outfit at once"
criticised one of her acquaintance.
she always looks shabby, and yet she
buys very good clothes. 1t always
rather puzzled me why she should have
that dowdy appearance, until sudden
~ L hit upon the reason. She will get
a new and very expensive up-to-date
bonnet, and that will make her coat
look out of fashion. When she gets
the coat her bonnet has lost its fresh
ness, and so 1t goes on with every
thing" Every house mistress has ex-
perienced the difficulty of combining
the old with the new, and deplored the
subsequent expenditure that IL is apt
to involve. In fact, one new possess
sion has been known to effect an en-
tire revolution in a family, as each ac-
QUESTION in its turn has to be lived
up to and the habits of the household
arranged accordingly. Mrs. Jack New
come, for instance, purchases q pretty
but extravagant bonnet; new suit
follows I'm sequence, and she looks so
well in both that she excites the adj
miration of the Tiptops, who take her
up" and make her a social success,
which necessarily changed much in
their way of living. These expenses
had to be met, and Jack Newcome In
consequence took to specializing, and
after a few years of Elusive success
failed in business. And 1t all COM
menced with your pretty French bon
net" said Jack, when the young couple
with mutual self-reproaching made
new resolutions for the future. who
would have imagined that little thing
like that would have had such an in
fiuence on our fortunes?"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-18
WOMAN'S WORLD

denly he turned 70 her and said: rs
your husband a soldier, by chance?"
She answered: mo. I'm not married"
The entree had barely departed into
the realms of the unknown when, with
an ingratlating smile, the conversa-
ton having now merged into the
range of things political, he said: II
suppose your husband is a pol
itician." I'm not married :"
Toward the end of the dinner
there occurred that momentary pause
when a hostess is engaged in collect
ing the eyes of her guests. He took
advantage of it. With a glow of in
terest he turned. Does your husband
happen to be here to-night?'' 1t was
too much for Miss Fowler. The signal
of departure was given. She rose. 81
really don't know" she said. He may
be. One never can tell what may come
of these little partieslr
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-18
AvANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. JANUARY 49, 1908

tered traders store, wrapped In a
blanket, nointed at a straw hat and
asked. How muchee?"
Fifty cents" said the merchant.
How muchee?" she asked again,
pointing to another article. The price
was quoted, and was followed by an
other query of How muchee?"
Then she suddenly gazed blankly at
the merchant and asked mildly.
DO you not regard such prices as
extortionate for articles of such pal
pably and Enthusiastically inferior quail
ity? Do you not really believe that a
reduction in your charges would ma
terially enhance your pecuniary pro-
tits, as well as be ethically proper !
beg you to consider my suggestion"
She was a graduate of the Carlisle
Indian School
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-18
Men blush More Than Women.

One of the most ill-founded of all
popular decisions, says the New York
Commercial, is that blushing is the
special characteristic of the female
sex. AS a matter of fact, except in
the case of very young girls, men blush
far more readily than women. The
well-bred woman never bushes at all,
while 1t is a matter of every day ex-
perience that in the excitement of
business or political discussions mems
cheeks redden with very little provo
cation. Whatever may have been the
case a hundred years ago, the modern
woman shows her emotion, not by
blushing, but by turning pale.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-18
Don't NEEDLE.

We think the world has gone awry,
We do not like its plan.
When Jack loves Sue and Sue loves
Tom
And Tom loves Mary Arm.
But should we better 1t at all
If we just turned II back.
And Ann loved Tom and Tom loved
Sue
And Sue was struck on Jack?
It's lucky that we mortals can
But change our own affairs,
And Jack and Tom and Sue and Ann
VIII all attend to theirs.
New York Herald.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-18
WRINKLES BORN
OF LAUGHING.
A Persistent Foe to Good Locks
Among Women.


Her eyes are blue; her smile is sweet;
Her cheeks show many dimpIe;
But best of all. love. I love
Her little laughing wrinkle.
This wrinkle may be celebrated in
poetry, says the New York Sun, but 1t
is seldom admired in real life.
Occasionally there may be seen one
who likes wrinkles, seeing in them the
good-natured soul beneath and behind.
But, as a general thing, people are will
ing to dispense. with the wrinkle. Usu-
ally they greatly prefer to do SO.
Theoretically the laughing wrinkle is
a sign of a fair, even temperament and
q lovable character. But why cannot
the character exist just as well without
the wrinkle?
The little laughing wrinkle requires
treatment. especially II 1t be dead
one, caused by laughing for many
years. And the sooner you get to work
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-18
Before Love Came.

Before Love came
(The rose lifts up its head and
longs for rain)
Before Love came sang of Love,
Its joy. its pain.
But when Love came
(The rose beneath the longed-for
rain is benO
But when Love came-its joy, its
pain
All my song went.
ELLA Higginson, in LittelPs Living
Age
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-18
She Could Talk Both ways.

Maj. Pratt, the United States Army
officer who is in charge of the Car
Isle Indian School, says the Kansas
City Journal, admits that many of its
graduates who return to tribal life
fall into Indian ways again. There
fore, he is doing all he can to prevent
the educated Indians from going back
to the reservation.
He tells of an incident he saw at a
Western Indian agency. A squaw en-
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-18
Perhaps He Was.

cros. brilliant Miss Ellen Thorney-
Of bar owler tells an amusing anecdote
win experience at a dinner party
man man who would not listen. This
wise nss, ner in to dinner, but other
tried PIu little attention to her. She
SPOKE make conversation, and
tha va thlngs military, apropos of
South African war. Sud
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-18
MILLIONS USE CUTICURA SOAP

Assisted by CUTCURA OINTMENT for preserving purifying and
identifying the Skn for cleansing the scalp of c scales dan
dru and the stopping of falling hair for sofening whitening and
soothing rd rough and hands, for baby ashes cngs
ehangs and for all the purposes of the toilet bath, and nursery
Thousands of Women recommend CuCRA SOAP in the form of
baths for annoying rtaon nammation and excavations
free offensive perspaon in the form of washes for Lucrative
weaknesses and for many sanve ntpc purposes which readily
suggest themselves No other dad soap to be compared with
CUTCURA for preserving purifying and identifying the skin, scalp
hair and hands No other foreign domestic toilet SOAP however
expensive is to be compared with for all the purposes of the toilet
bath and nursery Thus combines in ONE PRICE,
BEST skin and complexion SOAP and the BEST toilet and baby soap
the world Sale greater than the worlds product other skin soaps
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-18
MISS DEBUTANTE WOOS
HER MOTHERS FRIENDS

She Has Learned That the Foundations Of Social Success
Are Laid Among the Matrons During Her Debutante
Days-No Longer Content With Mere Masculine Scalp
Locks She Lays Siege 10 the Hearts Of Her Hostesses
and Early Proves Her Right to Social Leadership.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-10
The Oldest Preacher.
aw York Commercial.

New York Commercial.
 Mississippi claims the distinction of having not only the oldest drummer in the person of Colonel Levin Lake of Ox- ford, but begs leave to inform the coun- try at large that the oldest minister of the gospel Is also a respected citizen of that State.
 A list of record d-breakers was published not long since in which it was claimed that Rev. D. s. McCurry is a spring chicken by the side of Rev. N. l.. Clarke of Newton County. Mississippi. MT, Clarke was baptized at or near Gaines vile. Ala, on the 10th of June, 1888. and has been actively engaged in work in the Masters vineyard ever since. his la of Mississippi. to which State he re- moved shortly after having entered the ministry.
 MT. Clarke is now more than 92 years of age, and yet he is the pastor of two flourishing Baptist Churches-those at Newton and at Decatur. The two towns are ten miles apart and the roads lead ing to and from them are as bad and as rough as any country roads in the Uni ted States; but Mir. Clarke makes the trip alone in buggy twice month to i'll his appointments to preach, and often on special occasions. such as for funeral and wedding services. Te has been the pastor of the Decatur church for more than fifty-five years; he Is the editor of The Mississippi Baptist; and he Is en- gagged to some extent in farming. He is still hale and hearty and appears good for several years yet.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-10
FAMOUS POEMS.

When paper like the Montgomery Ad- vertiser permits Gin it's own columns sell--he of New York. not genial Ed. of Mobile-to credit Father Ryan's Con- quered Banner to "a fair daughter Of the South," 1t is time to ask from whence came the mind destroying. dope its edi- tors must be taking g?-Crenshaw County Critic.
 It was our intention to correct the error into which the distinguished New York lawyer had fallen. but other mat ters intervened and it passed out of mind. As long as the English language lasts "the Conquered Banner will be known and recognized as the produc- tion of Father Ryan and even MT. Russell will cease to give 1t improper credit
 Another case of lack of information about some famous verses was recently shown in a letter by a gentleman living for print the poem about Confederate money, and which was originally written on the back of a. Confederate note, and stated that dts origin was unknown. More than once the history of those pa- thetic verses has been published in The Advertiser, but under the circumstances 1t is proper to give it again. During the session of the convention which was held in this city in September, 1865, and which adopted the Constitution under which the State government was re-or- ganized and remained so until over thrown by the carpet bag and negro Constitution of 1888, Hon. James s. Clarke. a delegate from Lawrence Coun- ty, gave In manuscript to this writer the verses in question. He stated that they had never been printed. and further that they were written by Major S. A. Jonas, of Aberdeeen, Miss. He, however, re- quested that the name of the author of the verses be not given. as the copy he friend from Richmond. Va, and not hay. ing permission of Major Jonas to give him as author did not want to take the liberty of doing so.
 Up to that time the verses, so far as we know had not been printed At any rate their first appearance in Ala bama was in The Advertiser in eeptem- Der, 1865, When the verses had been widely published and authorship was still unknown The Advertiser published in effect the facts above given and there Is no reason why there should be any statement that the origin of the verses Is unknown