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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-09
THE BRAVERY OF WOMEN.

The courage of the sexes, says the
Philadelphia Ledger, has long been a
matter of discussion, but the balance
shows an inclination nowadays to in
cline to the side of the women, If the
story recently printed in the Cincinnati
Post may be accepted. The Post tells
the story of two devout people, DR.. and
Mrs. William II. Logan of Bethany,
ILL.,, who went to China as missionaries.
DIR. Logan was a physician of con-
sidera BILE repute as well as a Christian
of the finest type. This devoted couple
were stationed at a town far in the in
terror of China, where, as i'll luck
would have it. the doctor was taken
violently i'll with appendicitis.
1t was 500 miles to the nearest doc
tor
He told Mrs. Logan that his only
chance for life lay in an operation, and
asked her to carefully listen to his In
structions and perform it.
Can you imagine a position more
tragic? And her unskilled hand might
slay the man she lovedi
She listened to DR.. Logan. She pray
ed, too; then gave him an anaesthetiC
and successfully removed his appendix
After that came loving care and ten
der treatment, until he had rallied sur
fciently to be moved. when Mrs. Logan
took him 500 miles by wagon and rail
to n physician, who completed the
treatment.
Are women brave?
Mrs. William II. Logan has answered
the question. Florence Nightingale
never did a more heroic act than was
performed by the missionary woman,
hundreds of miles from civilization.
The moral of this true story is OBJ
vious. The bravery of women depends
on circumstances. 1t is a woman's ma
ture to be afraid of little, things. She
screams when a mouse runs over her
feet. Fear clutches her heart when
she is alone at night. Almost every
woman will say, I'm terrible cow
ard
That is only true to very limited
extent. When the time for bravery
comes the grandness of woman's I'M
selfish courage is apparent. And when
love nerves heart and hand you have
a force to move the world.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-09
BEAUTY DON'TS
IN MAKING UP

Don't make up" nothing is more
depIorable. For rare occasions. how
ever. such as amateur theatricals or a
fancy dress party, cosmetics may be
used, and in such a way as to be per-
fectly harmless,
Don't use any but the best ma
terials.
Don't use a hare's foot to blend the
powder, but the lambs wool sole of a
baby's slipper.
Don't apply rouge with heavy
touch, but with the deft. light hand of
fairy painting rose.
Don't forget, in using rouge, that no
one bushes in a round spot. Shape
the pink a little to the cheeks, and If
the face is very full. make it more
long than round.
Don't put paint too near the nose
If the cheeks are thin and sunken.
The little flush of color must be placed
further back than if they were plump.
This makes the cheeks look fuller.
Don't forget that short face may
be heightened by bringing the color
down toward the neck.
DOnJ put rouge near the eyes IL
they are prominent. If they are deep
set a tiny bit Of color over them is
becoming.
Don't neglect the ear and the chin
in the makeup. Just a suggestion of
rouge on the ear lobes and on the
chin, and the faintest touch in the cleft
under the nose. and a little rouging of
the nostrils give a spirited look.
Don't forget the mouth. If ii is too
wide draw the upper lip down tight,
and put plenty of grease paint on the
corners. With lip rouge trace a Cupid's
bow, small in the middle of the upper
lip. and a little wider in the middle
of the under lip
Don't have an uneven outline of the
mouth, and be careful to avoid smears
at the corners. which have an abom-
Unable appearance.
Don't use lampblack on the eye
brows or any liquid preparation, but
an eyebrow pencil. For blondes there
is a brown pencil.
Don't forget the bit of court
plaster when making up the face. It
gives a touch Of coquetry. so by all
means wear the beauty spot.
Don't wish for a return of the time
when
They're painted to the eyes;
Their white 1t stays forever:
Their rid II never dies.
They are 80 fine and fair.
You'd think a box OF essences
Was broken in the air"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-09
AMERICAN WOMEN
CRITICISED.

The trenchant pen of the celebrated
Mr. Labouchere, says the Philadelphia
Ledger, has been lately busted with
the American woman. He has been
making observations Of her. as she an
pears in Europe and on the continent
and, on the whole, it is gratifying to
ind that he approves of her.
She has undoubtedly made a success.
says the great critic. He considers her
generally pretty, generally clever, gen
orally ready to take pains to please
those she considers worth pleasing.
With his usual unsparing touch Of
cynicism, he adds that "she has that
instinct for the class above which only
they have who belong to the class be-
low" and that, to use an expression
employed by M. Taine, "she stands
with shouldered arms and feels herself
on parade" Nevertheless, he admits
she is the fashion. Marriage has adj
Vanced her to exalted positions; favor
has been accorded her by royalty
Continuing, Mr.. Labouchere discusses
the American woman in the character
OF wife and mother, and makes against
her the terrible charge that society is
the end-all of her existence, and that,
''since she has obtained a foothold in
England, it has degenerated from a
polite pleasure into a profession"
There is now, he complains, little pri-
vacy in English society, and he quits
his complainings against the hapless
American woman to scold about the
omnipresent reporter, who, if we are to
judge from what he says, is quite as
enterprising in his newsgatherings
over in the mother country as here.
America must be content to shoulder
the blame on his account, for she I'M
doubtedly taught enterprise to the
stold conservatism of the English
press.
The domestic virtues of the Ameri-
can woman Mr.. Labouchere sums up
in the one statement that she is toler-
ant, and expects her husband to be the
same.
There seems to be no answer to all
this 1t is difficult for the women of
America to see themselves as Others
see them. We must rest content with
the conviction that there must be some
superlative excellence somewhere to
attract so much comment and unwil-
ling praise.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-09
THE MODERN GIRLS WAY.

When our mothers lost their pocket
books and found themselves far from
home without a nickel, says the New
York Sun, they boarded a honaeward
bound car and confided their troubles
to the conductor. The modern girl in
such a predicament has other resource
es and shows more nerve.
The first thing her penniless condi-
ton suggests is the pawn shop. It
is no uncommon thing nowadays for
the girl who is temporarily in need
of money to search out the sign of
the three gold balls and pawn her
valuables. She finds it the easiest
and surest way to raise a small
amount of money in a hurry.
A girl lawyer with a case in court
at 10 felt in her pocket for her purse
non reaching her elevated station
at $3.50 and found it missing. without
hesitation she made for the nearest
pawn shop, hooked her watch, caught
the next downtown train, and reached
court in time.
IL takes the superstitious girl long
er to pawn anything. She knows it's
process that hoodoos any lucky
thing one may have, and so takes
time in making up her mind to it.
One of these girls entered a pawn
shop with much uncertainty of pur-
pose. She wore three possible pledges.
her fraternity pin, her grandmother's
engagement ring, and an old Egyptian
snake rip$ that brought wealth to
every Wearer.'
AS matter of loyalty to her sis
terhood she couldn't leave the badge
Of that society in pawn, so she re-
nounced that idea. 1t lay between the
two rings. 1t became a question of
family pride and possible lucre, and
she sacrificed the poor family and
handed over grandmother ring to
the man behind the counter.
A girl who was bound for a Jersey
house party had her pocket picked OF
all she then possessed. She was near
Seventh avenue, and had the inspira-
ton to sell her coat.
She sought out a secondhand cloth
En- establishment, and after brief
bargaining disposed of her covert
cloth coat for the modest sum of 81
Then she went to the nearest tele-
graph office, and sent a message TO
her brother with a full description of
the coat and Instructions to go UP and
buy it back Immediately. This over.
she went on her way Jerseyward re-
joicing.
Her brother found the shop. and
otter much haggline got the coat
back for $40. The girl lost SO and the
cost OF the telegram on that deal, but
she made her train.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-09
WRITES WITH HER TOES.

With her toes. says the New York
World, Katherine Smith OF Poynette,
Wis, has learned to do handsome and
Intricate embroidery, to draw with ease
and skill. to write fluently and even
to use carpenters tools.
These remarkable accomplishments
were not gained because of any desire
for the unusual and bizarre. but were
forced on her by grim necessity. When
vars old. Miss Smith had both fore
arms amputated at the elbow. She is
now a pretty and attractive young
woman of IS. and by her pluck she has
overcome many of the terrible handi-
caps which circumstances place upon
those afflicted like herself.
Miss Smiths misfortune calls for par
ticular sympathy, because she has
never yet been able to earn a living
with her work. and the fund of 81. 300
which was raised for her at the time
of her accident. has finally been ex-
hausted.
Recently Miss Katie sent to Chicago
a remarkable example of her work
1t was a picture which she drew and
then, without assistance, neatly and
handsomely framed. With the picture
was the sworn statement from M. L.
Drake of Poynette, that, in his presence
Katie had sawed the material for the
frame, nailed the corners, cut the back
for the picture. nailed it in and then
screwed in the eyes and attached the
wire for hanging.
Nine years ago Katie's father sent
her to n saloon to get him a quart OF
whisky. Coming home she drank some
of the cheap. fiery stuff she had bought
and became intoxicated, and as she
reeled into the house she fell against
the stove with her hands on the red
hot lids. She was so badly burned that
it was necessary to amputate her arms
above the elbow.
The sad story of the accident awoke
a great deal of sympathy for the I'M
fortunate child, and the fund of 81, 300
was raised and deposited for her sup
port with the Northern Trust Company
Miss May Ingraham, a kind-hearted
woman of Poynette, took the child
into her home and has cared for her
ever since, receiving out of the fund
the modest compensation of SO a week
This fund is now exhausted and some
provision must be made for Katie's fu-
ture.
She is a bright, cheerful plucky girl
who has worked bravely to overcome
so far as possible the terrible disability
that fate put upon her. She can now
do things with her toes that might wei
have been considered impossible unit
she did them.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-09
BREAD AND BUTTER NOTES.

ct can write an important brief with
out any especial mental strain" said
a young lawyer. 'but 1 find my bread
and butter letters quite brain exhaust
ing. especially to people to whom 1
owe frequent hospitality. To express
myself differently each time, to avoid
being abrupt, not to be too discursive, to
remember what I have said before on
similar occasions, so as to avoid rep
etttion, is no easy task. 1 have to
write one now to Mrs. A b.
She has been good enough to have
me stay there several times already
this season, and I am at my wits
end now to write another note, espec
tally as she has such a sense of hu-
NOR. and l know she will read between
the lines and laugh at my Efforts
The girl to whom he was speaking,
says the New York Tribune, smiled
commiseratingly. Il know" she said
sympathetically, social note writing
must seem hard to men who have so
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-09
WOMAN'S WORLD

mucn more important phraseology to
consider; IT is like Hercules with the
dlstan, she continued tactfully. How
would you like to have me write Won
out three or four formulas? You can
iapeI them in our notebook, so that
the one you send to Mrs. A. will do
duty for Mrs. B., and then Mrs. c..
ana so on. In that way you may be
able to make several models last a
long while"
Gould you really do that?" said
the man gratefully. why, it will
help to keep me from nervous pros
tratlon," and he pulled out a memo
randum book, in which the girl wrote
without any apparent effort several
graceful little notes thanking some
imaginary hostess for hospitality re-
CcelVed, which the other read admiring-
~, and copied No. 1 Immediately to do
service as his thank letter" to Mrs.
A B.
By an odd coincidence the girl who
mad helped him dined a few even
lngs atterward in company with Mrs
A b, and the conversation turn
ed upon social notewriting. "I know
one man who can write a gracefully
expressed note" said the latter. and
mentioned the name of the man who
mad been helped out of his dilemma
L hau bread and butter letter, as
they call them, from him this morn
ing" she continued, "and it was as
gracefully expressed as if a woman
had written it."
Men as a rule have a hard time
with their note writing" laughed an
other guest who was present. 81 have
Kept some of mine as curiosities. thew
are so funny, one of the most inter-
estlng being first copy as the chill
dren call it, written in pencil with
numerous erasures and interpretations
which the writer man who is con-
sldered exceptionally clever. had evil
IDENTIFY put in the envelope by mistake
consigning the finished note in all prob
ABILITY to the waste paper basket. It
was most labored production. and
evidently cost him both thought and
anxiety, all going to prove that in note
writing, as in many other things, men
must yield the palm to women"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-09
"BABIES CHECKED HERE" Q

Two enterprising girls says the Los
Angeles Times. who wanted to earn
money this season and have a summer
outing at the same time thought up a
clever scheme and are making it pay
beyond their widest expectations, al
though they have been established but
two weeks.
kindergarten work and are fond of
children, so they rented a large tent,
pitched it on the sands at a popular
resort along with the snake charmer,
the fat woman, the toy railroad and
the rest of the side shows. They had
no flooring put in the tent, but made
il attractive with festoonS of seaweed,
kelp and shells. On the sand they
spread heavy rug or two, heaps of
pillows and hassock cushions covered
with gay, wash cases, added two small
bamboo screens, behind which are con-
two great trunks they keep all the
rest of the accessories necessary to
their enterprise.
These are a quantity of small tin
pals, toy hoes and spades, building
blocks cardboard bright woods, blunt
needles, higher colored tissue papers,
fine assortment of beads of all sizes
and bouncing balls.
Then they hung out their sign, DAY
Nursery" Patrons began flocking as
to lunch counter.
Parents going for a sail checked their
whole family; mothers ready for the
morning dip deposited the baby with
many injunctions; fathers tired of an
swering What for?" took their trou-
blesome charges to the tent shelter;
giddy young aunts going fishing with
their "steadies" took little nieces and
nephews to leave, and all received
checks for the little ones left.
Now, when fond parents want to go
off for the day they take Johnnie,
Susie, the twins and the baby to be
cared for and fed until the sun goes
down.
Often fifteen or twenty children art
at the nursery during the greater part
of the morning, and charming sight
1t is. The attraction fairly outrivals
the side shows.
Behind the blue screen lies a fat
cherub gurgling over a string of
smooth, shells, and just ready to drop
of into dreamland. Behind the green
screen under a bit of mosquito netting
slumbers a dimpled darling hugging
her bottle.
Out in the great tent all the little
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-09

did accomplishment of which the
world is proud. There are women
whose tokens of triumphant effort are
to be sought among their servants and
dependents. They have felt that for
them home bounded and limited their
influence, and they have determined to
leave a mark on every crude, igno-
rant, vulgar life that came under their
roof. I know a woman or two who
could to-day stand with a bodyguard
OF neat. loyal civilized servants about
them, who have won truth from equiv
ocation, and loyalty from indifference,
and order from carelessness and lift
ed the service for wage up to the
standard of doing duty for duty's sake.
Not mean life product this!
The compleXity. the unreality, the
mercenary struggle of our time presses
on us. There is not one of us free
from the responsibility of producing
something that tends to clear the at
mosphere and ease the strain. Be 1t
among our children, beside our hus-
bands in single handed struggle as
solitary women, or as workers in any
and every place of life-mother, wife,
unmarried members of households,
employer and employed-the RESPONSE
bility is upon us by word or deed, or
thought, or patient resistance to pro-
duce our individual something, which
is the token that we live not to our
selves. and that we find it more
blessed to give than to receive" Some
thing which shall strengthen mems
faith in each other and in the exist
ence of goodness and purity in the
world. Something which shall disclose
solid, impregnable sources of happiness
when the phantoms of a mans wealth
disappear and the material splendor
he loves grows dim.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-09
WHY DOES SHE DO 1T?

There Is a girl in this city, says the
Philadelphia Ledger, who is furnishing
no end of fun to her neighbors by her
devotion to golf. Every day she APP
pears in the back yard. fully dressed
in golf clothes, and for hours assumes
all sorts of golf poses, hitting OCCASION
ally at small ball. Then she gravely
disappears into the house, only to do
the same thing again the next day.
Just what she thinks she is doing no.
body has been able to find out, for she
is never seen on the street in her golf
clothes, belongs to no golf clubs, and
in fact rarely goes any distance from
her home. Yet each day finds her in
the yard, posing, and wearing the new
est and most up-to-date gowns affected
by enthusiastic golfers.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-09

,Mollies and Jimmies who have never
met until to-day are engaged in ex-
caVations in the white sand which
threaten to undermine the centre pole,
or in digging dry wells or building
pyramids. Around the gentle guardian
the taller children are grouped prick
ing cards, outlining thereon in bright
colored worsteds circles, squares, birds,
beasts and fishes, such as were never
seen on land nor sea. All must play
nicely" be polite. and are conscienti-
ously minded" by these caretakers.
Outside the tent, under other chap
eronage, the small charges are watch
ed while they wade or play at catch
ing the tiny ripples which roll in shore
ward, and none are permitted to stray
out of sight or hearing.
When the children are scattered
about at play the day nursery looks
like baby orphan asylum on a holi-
day jaunt, and every woman stops to
exclaim: Amt they too cute for any
thing?" and to ask questions.
I'VE are doing more business than
the snake charmer," said one of the
pretty proprietors yesterday I'VE are
not only making all our expenses, but
will have a big surplus at the end OF
the season, We shall stay as long as
the crowds do. Some of the same chill
dren come every day. The mothers
know they are taken better care of
than by nurses, for we direct their
amusements, correct their speech, and
give them constant change of occu-
patton, so they do not get restless and
fret. The tent is better for them than
so much hot sun.
Yes, we furnish them lunches when
desired: fruit, milk, bread-whatever
they are accustomed to eating"
DO they ever quarrel?" asked a cur
ious observer, noting an incipient
struggle over a hoe.
"Oh, no." replied the fair caretaker
unconsciously dispossessing a scow-
ling 2-year-old of the implement in
contention and replacing it with a
brilliantly-red shovel, which at once
distracted his attention. "They are
such good children, not one of then
whining or crying: l suppose mother.
would not leave really peevish or half
sick little ones with us. We are yer,
careful that they are all bright anC
strong children. 1t is great fun-anC
so profitable
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-09
A BARGAIN COUNTER BABY.

Mrs. Valid, says the New York Times
is noted among her relatives and friends
for the bargains" she constantly sue
ceeds in securing.
mo NATTER" she is wont to say, 'ff
the coat is not in fashion, it is just as
warm. And the dish will answer every
purpose If it is green and most of our
chtnaware is blue"
Her little daughter is always teasing
her for baby sister, and one day when
she was making her usual request her
mother exclaimed:
Bessie, l can't afford it: babies are
too expensive"
"Oh, mother" replied Bessie, cant
you get one without a finger or toe,
or just teeny bit homely? You know
if it was damaged they would put it
on the remnant counter and you could
get 1t at a bargain"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-09
AN UNFORGOTTEN SPOT.

I never raised stone to show
The world where dead Hope lies;
And never sought my feet to go
Back where 1 closed his eyes.
No mound, no flower, above his face;
No path to where he sleeps.
But. oh! my heart it knows the place
1t knows, and, knowing weeps!
Cora A. Matson Dolson in the Reade
for August.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-09
SILENT WORKS DONE.

There are, says writer in the New
York Evening Post. silent invisible
works done in places unseen, which
are yet better worth the struggle of
the heart and the patient application
of the brain than are many splen-
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-09
'Dave" WarheId Told He Doesn't
Know How TO Act.
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
San Francisco, July 29.-David War
field, the actor. failed ANONYMOUSLY
in an attempt to break into San Fran
cisco vaudeville circles yesterday. In
company with a friend, Warfield Wis
tied the Novelty Theater. a 10-cenr
house, where Tony Lubelski, the book
ing agent, was trying OUT num-
Der of applicants for positions.
The friend introduced Warfield as
MIR. Williams of New York" who
was seeking fame on the stage, and
Lubelski told Mr.. Williams to show
what he could do. After Warfield had
sung several songs he ventured upon
some Jewish representations.
When Warfield had finished Lubel-
ski threw uD his hands and exclaimed:
Rotten" You might take the tick
cts at the door. but you couldn't act
here II you did it for nothing"
The booking agent is still ignorant
Of the identity Of the man he so SUM
Hnarily dismissed.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-09
COMMERCIAL : BANK
of Savannah.
]. II. II. ENTELMAN. President.
J. FERRIS CANN, Vice President.
BARRON CARTER. Cashier.

Accounts of corporations, firms
and invidualS solicited.
Department of Savings, a per
cent. interest, computed quar-
terly.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-09
No. 1910. Chartered 1866.
THE
MeTClQnIS NQdOl0I BIDE
CT SAVANNAH.

OF SAVANNAH.
CAPITAL 100000. SURPLUS 800, 900.
UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY.
j. A. G. CARSON. President.
BEIRNE GORDON, Vice President.
w. M. DAVANT, Cashier.
Accounts of banks and bankers, mer-
chants and corporations received upon
the most favorable terms consistent
with safe and conservative banking.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-09
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