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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-17

white pongee coat over evening dress.
The child, apparently about years
old. wore a costume which reached 10
her knees and showed long lengths OF
white stocking ending or in fine white
slippers.
As the woman lifted her skirts 10
pass across the pavement. and up the
low steps OF the building there was 1
display of fancy lace stockings and
handsomely huckled ties almost as
artleSS and unreserved as in the case
OF the child. No rustic lass catching
up her skirts in country secluSion 20
leap across a ditch or mud puddle
could have held them At better angle
for esoap ping damage than this me
lady in clearing the clean-swept pave
naent
II is the fashion 10 display hosiery
mountaineering exhibits are seen all
over the city, and moreover, there IS
nothing new about il. but merely 8
reverSion 10 the customs Of four gene
rations ago. when over-ela borated cor-
fures and honnetS We're the style. and
the skirt. limp. plain and of an all
round evenness Of length, were so scant
as 10 leave the feet and ankles in full
relief with every free motion OF the
wearer.
This was before the days OF full
gathered skirts. and observation-disclosures
garments. All the full-length prints
Of costumes in those times show per
sonages with quaint perked-up head
dresses or marvellous honnets, with
waists up under their arms and scant.
straightforward skirts that allowed a
good look AT the footgesr.
In those days ultra-fSshionahle bellies
are said TO have damoene6 their
muslin and tissue skirts TO made them
cling to them and TO have centred great
attention on the make and Shapeliness
of their fine open-worked stockings.
and flexible slippers. Their gowns
were simple in pattern. habitually low
necked and covered with q modest
little tippet for street wear. but their
coiftwes. whether with or without
hats. were marvels Of construction,
puffs, curis, rolls, rising tier upon tier.
Many girls sat up half the night or
slept very gingerly TO avoid MASKING
the structure. And their feet and
ankles were dressed with utmost solicit
tude because 50 constantly on view.
The dresses nowadays have long.
swirling trails and much elaboration OF
trimming. and so have the petticoats
worn With them. The coats and man
ties are loose and large. but there is
the same spicuousness OF lace-cover-
ed ankle and fine foot dressing each
time that Dame Fashion with the
deftest OF motions sweeps her super
tiuous draperies out of the way.
So, though the visions of hosiery and
footgear that so enliven the highways
just now may be startling and trine
provocative OF comment and amuse-
ment, the fashion is a perfectly legiti-
mate one, countenanced and practised
by sedate DANES and grandmothers Of
long ago. who took very screditabls
part in the affairs Of their day and
left just memories behind them. along
with very Illuminating pictures OF their
doings and customs.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-17
THE HARDY SEX.

II is vet TO be proved. says the Chi
cago Inter Ocean. that women who
wear low shoes are more subject to
As yet, il is to be proved that those
who are constantly on their guard
against what is called exposure live
longer than those who do not care
When women not only survive a tickle
climate, but come out of its most try
ing changes in clothing of a weight
that men would hardly feel. IL is diff
ficult to see how their health can suf-
fer because they wear low shoes.
Now, take a man-take the average
man. He puts on five thicknesses of
clothing on cold day. He is not con-
tent If the temperature is below 75 in
his office. He would not think OF step
ping across the street without putting
on his overcoat. In most cases, he
would not venture out without his
muffier and overshoes. And take that
mans wife. She wears two or three
thin thicknesses of clothing. She
doesn't mind the weather. She will
meet the blasts OF winter with uncon-
Germ. In her home, she will allow the
furnace fire to get low. She will fol-
low a caller to the door, out on the
veranda, and talk and talk. entirely
unmindful of wraps.
Her husband takes colds-all kinds
of colds-every kind that is going. He
wonders why he takes cold. His wife
is good enough to wonder with him and
tells him he must be more careful Of
himelf. Maybe she will insist that In
addition to all of his other precau-
tions against exposure he shall wear a
chest protector or a porous plaster.
But she takes no colds. That is, she
seldom does. and. IL she does. she at
tributes the cold she takes not to care
lessness. but TO the fact that she has
inadvertently undertaken TO be too
careful of herself.
IL sheer any other woman-finds
greater comfort in low than she does in
high shoes. why blame her for wear
ing the former? Even IL she wears
low shoes and openwork stockings
from pure vanity. why blame her?
Are not the women of America
healthy? Are they not strong? Are
they not harder than the men-as a
Iule? Then why not let them have
their own way about low shoes. open
work stockings and everything else
that gives them comfort or pleasure?
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-17

each looked happy. After a few IN
troductory remarks, just enough 10
impress each other that they were
glad they had met, this conversation
ensred:
yes, Mollie, is down with"
"Oh you dan't say SOP"
"She was taken with"
'eThe poor girl!''
LAS l was going to say, Mollie is"
"And she always delicate"
Eyes; but as 1 was going to say"
Give her my love and tell her l hope
she viii soon be out"
Pardon me, my dear; but as was
going to say"
WHO'S your doctor?"
Pardon me again; but as I started
to say"
"Oh, you did start to say something;
I beg your pardon"
LAS I started to say, Mollie is down
with her aunt in Kenneth Square. She
was taken with a desire to get to the
country, and went yesterday"
And then both went back to the bar
gain counters.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-17
THE STEN0GRAPHER'S
CHANGE.

One who has investigated the sub
iect thoroughly declares that ste
nographers have a much better chance
of winning husbands than any other
class of woman workers. The de-
mand for their services as workers is
said to be unfailing. That is said to
be because it is the gate to matri-
mony, and the ranks are constantly
being depleted to recruit wedding pro-
cessions. For this reason the demand
for women stenographers continues de-
spite the constant turning out of new
material from the business colleges.
From the colleges and schools of
Chicago the stenographers come in the
hundreds. They have little difficulty
in entering the offices of business
houses, corporations and firms Their
predecessors have left to marry the
business man, one of his clerks. one
of the customers with whom she dealt
or someone she has met by reason of
being in the office.
In no other line of business, il Is
said, are the matrimonial chances so
good. The stenographer has more
opportunity than any other of. her Sis
ters in other work to come in contact
with eligible men.
Qualities which help TO brighten an
office may do the same for a home. and
may men whose business requires their
striotest application, not leaving them
time for extended observation. discover
that the young woman working IN
their offices possess the attributes they
would desire in wives.
The school, teached. it is argued. may
be Just as pretty and just as sweet
tempered as the woman engaged In
any other work but she devoted her
working hours to children whose ar
lection may be pleasant to have, but
not effective so far as the future is
concerned. The stenographer. on the
other hand, is likely to produce affee-
ton in men who have the ability, II
they have the inclination, to offer her
horne
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-17
A NEW WRINKLE
TO AVOID WRINKLES,

Here is a suggestion which holds
forth hope to the woman who tavels.
One clever member of the sex, says the
New York Press. has discovered a
method by which skirts and other
articles OF feminine apparel may be
preserved from the rumpling which Is
the usual result OF a night in a Pull
man berth. She does not appeal to the
porter and ask him to hang her gar
ments up in a nice closet in the car.
Time was when the porter, for a con-
sideration, would perform such little
services for the feminine passengers
but the company's orders on that. sub
ject are too strict now TO permit Of
violation, even for the most generous
tip.
This woman provides herself with
generous supply of safety pins before
setting out on her journey. Then she
pins her skirt to the berth curtain and
arranges its folds so that IL hangs as
nicely as II II were in the closet at
home. The other garments are dis
posed of in a similar manner. In this
way she is able to make an appearance
in her tailor suit which is the envy OF
all her fellow travellers.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-17
QUICK RELIEF
FROM AGONIZING INDIGESTION
AND TORPID LIVER

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Sample bottle-enough for trial. free
by mail
DIR. DAVID KENNEDY CORPORA
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-17
WOMAN'S WORLD

are not the Iveliest company in the
world. She goes about with the air of
a martyr because her husband will not
attend conferences and Sunday-school
conventions and on several occasions
ploheiy requested prayers for his soul
Inats a nice sort of woman TO live
Win isn't it, But. then. he should new
er nave courted a puritan maiden. He
should have sought a creature not too
bright or good for human natures dali
~ food, woman who possessed some
vestige of ordinary common sense.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-17
JUST AS IN EARLIER TIMES.

A stylishly dressed woman and a
little girl. says the New York Sun.
alighted from a private carriage al the
entrance Of a Fifth avenue restaurant
one afternoon lately. II was 6:se
O'clock, and the woman wore a loose
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-17
SHE WOULD INTERRUPT.

They met down on Thirteenth street
the other morning. Each had a bum
die. SAYS the Philadelphia Ledger, and
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-17
A MOTHERS COMPENSATION.

The mother, says a writer In the
New York Evening Post who Is com
pensated FOR the cost Of winning hfe
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-17

DIR. DAVID KENNEDY'S SALT
RHEUM CREAM Cures Old Sores.
Skin and Scrofulous Diseases soc.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-17

Every mother reefs a
great dread of the pain
and danger attendant upon
the most critical period
of her life. Becoming
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-17
Baby Mine

mother should be of joy ALL but the suffering and
danger incident the ordeal makes its anticipation OF misery
Mothers Friend the only remedy which relieves OF the great
danger of materny this which dreaded womans
only made painless all the danger avoided
Those who this remedy respondent or
gloomy; nervousness and other distressing conditions are
the coming and the
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-17

serious accidents so common TO Inc CRITICAL
hour are obviated by the use of Mothers
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says many who have used it. $500 per 1
bottle at drug stores. Book containing
valuable information of interest to all women, Y
be sent to any address free upon application
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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-01-19

italian revolts of 1S49 He was IS
years old at the time OF his death. and
had resided in Philadelphia twenty
years.
The report of the life-saving service
shows that there We're 3SS accidents
to registered vessels in this country
last year. Out of 23,424 persons in
danger only nineteen in all were lost.
and the property loss was about S.
100000. There are 272 life-saving sta
tons. of which 1875 are ON the Atlantic
and Gulf coasts, sixty on the great
lakes and sixteen on the Pacific coast.
The cost of maintaining the service
was $1,G5OOOO.
Paul Kruger. in his memoirs, tells
the story of a secretary whom he pun
ished for being drunk by tying him
to wagon wheel. During the night
three thousand Kaffirs and about four
thousand Zulus attacked the BOer
camp and were not driven off till day
break. The secretary slept so soundly
that he noticed nothing Of the fight.
and the next day, when he at last
awoke, he looked around in astOnish-
ment and asked: Have you people
been fighting during the night?'
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-01-19
THE UPWARD IREND.--A WORLD MOVEMENT.

n brotherhood at this time
many the world
between t moore moore of ] pt' % ns dons of men every
where than in any of the We coming understand each
wisdom of the Orient flooding the occdent Even China awakening
Whatever p we mn think abuses No
@ nsns fl nans of unity se soms
the good that in religions in sense is pass
identical This distinctive feature and
dominated all
" short D sSsrGS" a n %
few centuries Rome everything from England to Palestine
They held together bond of good will and
interest Then smaller nations by the larger
Now democracy of nations Then the most the union took in
few hundred million people Now extends billion and half Then
that of the sword Now there mutual understanding trade re
"n nns "nI s"ea w the railroad the telegraph the ana
a revolution in international
states no longer dus each other formerly Arbitration coming
more and into What before left the sword now
Herein world
longer permit any great
or ON the oe w no allow to be- disturbed
by extended struggles There will still be of few little
little disturbances on the ragged edges of humanity These too must grad
tuy will see the dnn endur OF wnr "n the pan ~ Viz ~ ~
So all the industrial uice governmental corruption and moral and
social evils that seem " flourish rather local in their nature and will
are ansoy eurtons rather than permanent mshes The trend of
particular nation but ahe ] nai e Er s th 81 @
a
whose irresistible There
but the
and
sociological
blessings Never did labor
dfused
the
poical
the SO MANY
be removed-Denver News
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-01-19
Importance Of the Comma.

Lately in small town in Germany
the school inspector arrived on his
tour Of inspection too soon after his
last visit to please the mayor, who was
asked to accompany him.
Il should like to know why this ass
has come again so soon?' muttered the
mayor to himself. as he put on his hat.
The inspector overheard the remark,
but pretended to ignore it, and was
soon busy examining the pupils in
punctuation. The mayor told him:
I'VE don't trouble about commas and
such like here"
The inspector told one of the pupils
to write on the blackboard: The may
or of Ritzel5uttel says the inspector is
an ass"
"Now," he added put comma aft
er Ritzelbuttel and another after in.
spector."
The pupil did So and 1t Is believed
says the New York Mail and Express
that the mayor has altered his opinion
as to the value Of commas.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-01-19
Onion Finds a Defender.

The onion is one Of those strenuous
vegetables about which one cannot be
Indifferent. One either yearns for it
with passionate longing or else utter
ly repudiates it and everybody who
has any traflicking with 1t.
If one never had to take ones onions
Mt second hand 1t would not be so
bad. If the law would only set apart
one day week for the consumption of
onions and forbid it. under penalty Of
fine and mprisonment-prefer i'm
prisonment-at. all other times it would
be boon to the world. The onion
hater would at least know when to
take to the woods and how long to
stay there.
AS for banishing the onion from the
kitchen, that would be a crime. There
have been poets who have sung it's
praises, but perhaps some of the prose
rhapsOdies are just as eloquent. For
instance, If you want to crush your
neighbor who regards your dish of
onions with supercilious eye, just
ask him If he knows that the onion
Is called 1.-The rose among roots"
Ask him If he knows that without
1t there would be no gastronomic art"
that Its presence lends color and en-
chantment to the modest dish. its alb
sence reduces the rarest dainty to
hopeless insipidity and the diner to de-
spair."
1t is quite possible that your naughty
neighbor may decline to follow this
hint and may show signs of not being
plunged into despair pending the adj
dition Of onions to his own menu. The
anti-onionist Is a stiff-necked party
Providence Journal.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-01-19
NAVAL OEFl~ ERS ARE TRUSTED.
Valuables and Large sums of Money
Given in Their Care.

Valuables and Large sums of Money
Given in Their Care.
AS retired officer in the royal navy.
let me say that up to within very re-
cent period our naval officers admitted
ly made very handsome sums by TAX
ing charge of valuables when going
from one port to another; indeed, there
are officers who boast Of having made
more money by carrying vast sums in
securities or jewelry for private per-
sons introduced by friends, than they
ever got out of the navy otherwise.
And the same thing is done nowadays.
but absolutely as disinterested favor.
and under the rose" so far as Off
GERS of to-day are concerned.
served under captain who
brought t3OOOOO in specie from Cadiz
to England and only gave a note of
hand for the receipt Of the amount. but
l could tell you of scores of similar
cases which show that the faith Of
most foreigners is so great In the in
tegrity of British naval officers that
the former will intrust vast sums with
the latter without even any word Of
writing being exchanged. The China
station used to be noted for the very
large sums that could be made by TAX
ing charge of valuable belonging to
great native mandarins and statesmen,
or conveying such valuable from point
to point.
l personally know of one case where
n high Chinese official intrusted the
captain of British man-Of-war with
bar gold and securities worth more
than million sterling. Only brief
receipt on half-sheet Of paper was
given, and the Chinaman could not
personally even read this.
Up to comparatively recent date It
was looked upon as no dereliction Of
duty whatever for a man-of-war to
carry valuables that We're not bulky
for bankers and traders, and even
down to Junior officers the perks"
made in this way We're most consid-
cradle. AS a commander l made over
$4,000 in this way on one station. and
l never even gave receipt for the
valuables handed over to me. And
quite dozen different races Of men
are comprised within the number of
examples have seen Of this unbound
ed faith in British officers.-Tit- Bits.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-01-19
INVENTION FOR THE PIANIST.
Leaf-Turning Device IL Operated by a
Putt of the breath.

Leaf Turning Device Is Operated by a
Putt Of the breath.
Mechanical science has come to the
relief of the perspiring pianist. Here
after it will he Unnecessary for them
to make spasmOdic passes Il: the music
holder or TO have standing by him an
attendant whose only office is to turn
the sheets.
a leaf-turner has been perfected
which is set in operation by single
pun OF the performers breath, leaving
his hands entirely free for the manipu'
lation of his instrument, reports writ
er in the Saturday Evening Post.
When paced in position on an ordinary
music rack OF any kind the device is
ready to perform its functions. turning
successive pages Of music ut the Will
of the operator.
II performer Is both playing and
singing all that is required Of him in
the mechanical manipulation OF the
music-leaf turner is to sing note ut
the proper moment into concave
wing OF the contrivance. The impact
Of air thus produced operates Oh u
releasing device which in turn carries
momentum to various small attach
ments including series Of pawls. the
number of which is determined by the
number of sheets to be turned. and the
whole cOntrivance Is set to work turn
ing the leaf as deXterously as the deft-
est attendant.
1t is claimed for the device that it
works SO rapidly, and holds the music
sheets in such perfect alignment with
the axis of the arms Of the music hold
or, that the performer Is enabled to OBJ
serve the music down to the last note
on one page, then with puff Of his
breath cause the sheet to be turned
and the note ON the succeeding page to
be brought instantly to view without
the slightest break in the performance.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-01-19

In those days, says the New YORK.
Post, the clergyman would, in obedi-
ence to the royal decree. publicly re-
cite the Book Of Sports" from the pull
pitt after divine service, he, with his
churchwardens. would proceed with
the congregation on to the village
green, there to indulge in all kinds Of
lawful Recreation" While the sports
were going on it was the custom for
the parson and his churchwardens to
retire to the adjoining inn.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-01-19
Paid Sage to Refuse,

A solicitor for Wall street paper
had been trying for long time to Sc
cure the signature of Russell Sage to
an advertising contract at a cost of
500 per year, but to no purpose. To
show how diligently he had been work
ing. hoping thereby to induce Mr.. Sage
to sign the contract. he said:
81 think, Mr. Sage, you ought to ia
vor me with this order, for have been
after you for three years."
The old financier leaned back in his
chair, thought moment. says the
New York Times, and then asked:
How long have you been trying to get
this contract, did you say?"
''Three years." hopelessly replied the
agent.
"Then, you see," continued Mr.. Sage
II have saved just $780,"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-01-19

business training. lie was president
Of the Nevada Central Railroad and
Of the Nevada company and the Wood
bridge company. all Of which have Of
fees in New York. He is member
of several of New York's most eXclu-
sive clubs.
Mr. Stokes Is unmarried and has al
ways lived at his fathers house until
now. Last summer he abandoned any
intention Of spending the heated term
yachting or idling on seashOre, or
mountain and lived at the Settlement
house. studying social questions. Pre-
vious to that he had gone through the
full course at the College Of Physi-
clans and Surgeons. graduating in the
class of 80. and. although he has not
practiced medicine. he is qualified to
do so, and in this respect possesses
technical education rarely to be found
among Settlement workers. His broth
err, Arson Phelps Stokes, Jr.. Is secre-
tary OF Yale University. He has two
other brothers and four sisters. and his
father is reputed to be several times a
millionaire.