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The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-30
PRAISE IS WHAT is WANTED.

"It is a difficult art to view a por-
trait tactfully," said woman OF the
world to the New York Tribune. i
find that it is always best to praise II
unstintingly. Even If the owners them-
selves are not altogether satisfied, their
sense of possession, mingled with their
personal vanity, makes them prefer 10
hear fattering remarks. Mrs. M
gave a tea recently in honor of her
portrait, which 1 attended in company
with my cousin, who considers herselI
a connoisseur of paintings. 1t was a
much fiattered picture very badly
painted, but 1, following my usual
trend, Just said, How very like you!
How much pleased you must be with
it, and our hostess beamed on me,
perfectly satisfied with my so-called
criticism And what do you think of
it, Mrs. Smith?' she said, turning TO
my cousin. Please give me your can
did opinion, for l know you under
stand pictures Cousin Martha looked
important, feeling that it behooved her
to live up to her reputation. She re-
turned no answer at first, but made a
cylinder with her two hands and look
ed carefully at the picture. 1t is very
like you, she admitted, wishing to con-
ciliate and at the same time to sustain
her position as a critic, but are not the
ears a little too prominent Mr.. UNI
ber,' said Mrs. M a little stitfiy,
naming a prominent artist, remarked
that the ears were particularly we'll
painted Whereat 1 smiled inwardly,
for | saw that Mr.. TIMBER. like my
self, had wriggled his way out of it.
Yes, now I look at them, it is not the
ears, hastily answered Cousin Mar
tina. L think it is the nose that is
not quite right My husband says that
the nose is the best painted feature of
ALL remarked Mrs. M. OF course,
1t is well painted, but continued poor
Cousin Martha, fioundering more and
more. Then, trying to retrieve herself
by flattery, she added, L wish that the
artist could have caught your intelli-
gent expression more exactly. To my
mind ii does not do you justice My
family like the expression better than
anything else said as a final squelcher
the lady of the portrait, who, to Cous-
in Martha's intense relief, turned just
at that moment to receive some new
arrivals, while we hastily retreated to
the tea room-I shaking with sup
pressed giggles, and Cousin Martha
bristling with indignation. I never saw
such a daub in my life, she exclaimed
as soon as we were out of earshot. How
you, Mary, could praise such a thing
as that, she continued, passes my
comprehension Then, catching sight
of my face. she laughed in spite OF
herself. The next portrait that is
shown to me / will, declare to be the
work of master and a marvellous like
ness. she declared"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-30

here in this bank convinced me-
SEEM" Mr.. Cases caller could not
help eXclaiming.
Exactly" replied the cashier with
perfect calmness. Il have seen many
strange things. Why, Mime. Scalchi'
the prima donna, frequently used to
come in here and take her money out
of her stocking as soon as she got IN
side the door,
THE door through which men and
everybody entered?"
Yes"
80 you had to protect your clerks
Il did not say so." replied Mr.. Case.
1t is not of little interest that the
room which the Second National now
devotes to women was for many years
the sleeping quarters of James q.
Blaine while he was stopping at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel. The room IS on
the ground floor, it's windows opening
on Twenty third street. 1t is not fitted
up quite so deliberately as some of the
stocking rooms" in the newer banks
but its old-fashioned furniture gives 1t
an air of dignity we'll suited to It's po-
sition as father of its kind
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-30
THE KIND OF A WOMAN
A MAN WOULD BE.

Not long ago, says Dorothy Dix, in
the New Orleans Picayune, a clergy
man in Northern city, being a wise
man in his day and generation, and
desiring to boom business in his church,
inserted a want advertisement in the
daily papers, asking 500 girls to come
and hear a sermon on the subject, IF
1 Were a Girl" A live "ad' always
helps trade. On the appointed night
the church was packed, and the young
women listened to a lot of platitudinous
advice that men have handed out to
the female sex from time immemorlal.
Unfortunately, the sermon is said to
have missed fire, for the congregation
was mostly made up of those who were
born girls and had had years of expert
ence in the profession of being girls,
and they merely smiled at the remarks
of an ignorant amateur who did not
understand what he was talking about.
This need have surprised no one. The
IF l were" idea is bound to always be
absurd, because of its impracticability.
Nobody knows what they would do if
they were somebody else. Still less can
one sex solve the problems of the 9TH
er, and the siliiest woman that ever
wisest philosopher in regard to her
sex simply by putting her experience
against his theories.
1t is almost an impossibility for a
woman to put herself in another wom-
ans place and tell what she would
do under given circumstances. For a
man to attempt it is the night of pre-
sumptious folly. No man was ever a
girl and felt like a girl. More than
that, he doesn't want to be one, while
as for being a woman, you couldn't
hire him to undertake the job for a
million a minute.
Yet, for all that, there isn't a day
that we don't suffer from the spectacle
of some man sitting up and audacious-
ly outlining the campaign of sweetness
and light that he would pursue if he
were only a woman. He may admit
that he isn't much to boast of as a
man. He may confess that he has a
rapid-ire temper that is hung on a
hair trigger and likely to go off and
do damage at any minute. He may
admit that he is self-indulgent, lux
urious and lazy in his tastes, that he
likes excitement and amusement, and
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-30
A CHEAP RACKET.

LET u.s." said Whittier, now that
the cook has left go down town and
get an Inexpensive NEAL
Mrs. whittier. says Tom Mason ir
the New York Herald. yawned.
I'D rather get a bite at home" she
said. 81 don't feel bit hungry"
We'll" said her husband, neither
do I, but the change will do us good
Wen get some
"All want is some cold tongue and
a cup of tea"
"And all want is a sandwich and a
cup of coffee How would 1t do for us
to walk
The Wtjttlers lived some fifteen
blocks from the restaurant district, and
this proposal seemed to please Mrs
Whittier.
Just the thing" she replied. In q
moment she had donned her pongee
coat, and in the glimmer and CLEAN OF
the late afternoon they strolled of
down the principal avenue.
This idea" said Whittier. as he
shifted the air. "of blowing In all your
good money on food / never could un-
derstand. l believe in having enough,
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-30
WOMEN AND CULTURE.

The question, says the Philadelphia
Ledger, has always been recurrent,
but it might as we'll be settled once
for all. No man, however he may APP
pear to admire her. really likes a silly
woman. She who wins her initial vic
tory by means of a pretty face can only
retain her triumph by a show of in
tellectual strength.
1t seems so simple, this fact over
which wonderland men, too-have
stumbled and are stumbling every day.
There is no enduring love without re-
spect. The very moment his love cools,
though it may be only in a scarcely
perceptible degree. With what fidelity
to absolute truth Dickens paints the
establishment of David Copperfieldl
Was ever penned a more pathetic pic
ture than that of pretty, foolish Dora
realizing that, though she loved her
husband so tenderly, she lacked the
ability to make him happy?
Love is not all in marriage. Why
will young people blunder so IN think
ing that it is? There must be suit
ability of mind and purpose" to quote
Dickens! there must be intellectual
equality or there can be no true COM
partnership, and without companionship
there can be no real happiness in mar
ried life. 1t is not necessary that the
wife of a talented man should be equal
ly talented; it is necessary that she
have such mental equipment, such deli
cacy of perception as will enable her
to appreciate and sympathize with his
work.
Many a man has married a pretty
empty-headed girl and found out his
mistake too late. Many a girl who
confided her future to the keeping OF
a man whose ambitions and aspirations
she could not in the least comprehend
has known a sharp and bitter awak-
ening The command, BE We not un-
equally yoked together" is seldom
read as 1t should be, with the emphasis
on "unequally."
Talking this over, a woman of Gull
ture made the claim that her sex is
not usually to blame for this condi-
ton; that wives are more willing to
give companionship than husbands are
to receive it. Granted that some men
really enjoy the sense of intellectual
supremacy, how many others expert
ence deep unhappiness in the convic-
ton that their wives fail to under
stand and appreciate the best of which
they are capable? This conviction and
this alone, has sunk many an aspiring
young man to the level of a mere wage
Garner.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-30
BEAUTY DON'TS
FOR THE HANDS

Don't over-manicure the hands or
they will become so tender as to be
easily Redeemed and roughened.
Don't wash the hands oftener than
necessary, and dry them thoroughly
after every washing.
Don't neglect the palms Of the hands.
They need attention as much as the
backs of the hands. Rub an .emol-
lient--perfurmed honey is good-into
the palms with thumb and forefinger.
Don't neglect massaging and knead-
ing of the hands in order to secure
the hands white and to make the skin
plant.
Don't forget to pinch the ends Of
the fingers now and then. This will
do a good deal toward making the
fingers taper.
Don't polish the nails too highly or
they become so brittle that the slight
est contact with anything hard breaks
them down to the quick, thereby caus-
ing intense pain.
Don't file or scrape the nails; either
process only helps to thicken them.
They should be rubbed down with the
very fine emery and cinnaber powder,
which is used for polishing shell and
ivory.
Don't allow the nails to remain long
soiled with anything that will stain
them.
Don't always use a nail polisher or
buffer. Once in a while try polishing
the nails on the palm of the hand.
N..t.. ,ot1 20. e1neaFs moi &c
If there is anything that will set the
teeth on edge it is to shake hands and
feel a slight Craze from such claws.
1t is feline.
Don't always use scissors to trim
the nails: file is better to round off
the edges. Nothing tends to injure the
nails so much as persistent trimming
with a pair of scissors.
Don't think that one rule applies to
all finger nails. No two sets of nails
can be treated quite alike, not alone
because of their texture but of their
formation. To trim some nails over
much renders them thick and ugly. To
leave others too long uncut increases
their tendency to brittleness.
Don't wear rings that are too small
The inevitable result is Disagreement
from red and swollen hands and
knuckles.
Don't wear bracelets so tight that
they affect the circulation and thus
injure the appearance of the hands.
Don't wear gloves that are a size
too small or that fasten too tightly
This prevents free circulation and
makes the hands red
Don't wear gloves stitched with col
ors. They make the hands look larger.
Don't think the appearance of the
hands a trifing consideration. A
beautiful hand may be even more fas-
cinating than beautiful face, and
nothing more strongly marks the per-
son of birth and breeding.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-30

ouire much more care &ring the pro-
cess of washing than those made or
plain glass. because of the unequal
thickness of the glass, which makes
it expand and shrink irregularly.
Warm water, the best CASTLE or
other pure soap and a stiff brush are
the first essentials. Wash carefully
in a good suds and brush thoroughly
through all the cuttings. Rinse the
glass off in clear water of the same
temperature and set to drain.
After five minutes put in box or
lockwood sawdust, filling all the cuts.
This will absorb the moisture in the
cuttings. Let it stand ten or fifteen
minutes, then give it another brush
through the cuttings with a dry brush
or a soft cloth. Wipe inside and out
with a lintless linen cloth.
BY following these directions the
original sparkle and cleanliness of the
glass will be maintained.
Shot should not be used in carafes,
cruets, decanters, oil-bottles, toilet and
similar articles. 1t is apt to scratch.
Plain everyday potato parings are the
best cleansing agencies that can be
employed. Let them remain in the
glassware over night, and then rinse
out in teptd water. When tnere are
no stains a sponge fastened to the
end of a stick viii be found useful to
wipe the inside OF the ware.
In washing cut glass put a folded
towel In the bottom of the dishpan.
unless you have one of the cedar tubs.
To distinguish between the genuine
hand-cut glass and that where the pat
tern is bitten out by immersion In a
corrosive liquid. look az the cutting.
4 greasy shading betrayng dullDess
r. never seen IA reputable handwork.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-30
The Kiss 1 Did Not Get.

She gave consent and bent her head
l thought her strangely kind
With pouted lips, Just one." she said.
And then-she changed her mind
A woman's privilege. All. twas sad
To relinquish it! And yet
The sweetest kiss l ever had
Was the kiss did not get.
Then how she laughed-the dainty
sprite-
And smoothed my scowling brow.
1 played a churlish part that night;
l scarce forgive her now.
And yet twas better far I'm sure,
Than If our lips had met;
For in remembrance will endure
The kiss did not get.
So in life: the aims we miss
/ Will shine forever bright,
And leave a fragrance like the kiss
l failed to get that night.
All, years may come and years may go,
But ne'er shall, l forget
The sweetest kiss I'll ever know
The kiss did not get.
IT. E. H., in the New York Press.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-30
HE WAITED.

"wiM you give me kiss?" he asked.
Certainly mott" she replied.
II was in the old back parlor, says
the New York Herald, where the shad-
ows deepen and lose themselves in the
abysses OF the old mahogany furniture,
and they were, Of course, alone. But
he thought to himself afterward that
perhaps they were too much alone, and
NAV be after all her family was too
near and she had that natural timid-
ity in which one might feel enveloped
In the rigidity OF home atmosphere.
And so, on a later day, as they walk
ed down a duiet country lane with
the heat rising In spirals In the dis
lance and the busy bees humming over
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-30
IN A FAR COUNTRY.

VIII you take me back again,
Hills and woods 1 knew of old?
WIZ you take me back again.
With my sorrow and my stain,
VIII the old-time love still hold?
VIII you make me whole again,
Silent hills and sunny land?
Broken dreams bring to you,
Who the first young rapture knew.
WIN your pity understand?
VIII you fold me close again?
For I'm wearying to come;
just TO lay me on your breast,
In your quiet and your rest,
Like child-come home.
Arthur Ketchum, in Ainslee's Mag
azne.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-30
KISSING UNREASONABLE.

Among commonsense improvements
in manners and customs is one which
abolishes the kiss as a form of greet
ing among women. When you see two
women kiss each other now you may
make pretty sure that it is the gen.
uine salutation of affection, and not a
mere formal ceremonial. The quiet.
"gentlemanly" hand shake is now
strictly correct. In obedience to the
dictates of modern science, which has
so long and emphatically pointed out
the danger to health incurred by pro-
miscuous OSCILLATION, leaders in good
society have set the example Of abb
staining therefrom, and have earned
the gratitude of the general public in
40 doing.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-30
THE PROPER CARE
OF CUT GLASS

Right Attention VIII Preserve This
Wares Pristine Purity.
with proper care cut glass should
keep It's purity for a hundred years.
This cannot be done. however. II IL
is csrelessly wished in greasy dish
water. or II exposed 70 extremes OF
heat and cold. Cut glass articles re-
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-30
No. 1910. Chartered 1866.
THE
NeTCl0IIS N0fO|lQI bQDk

OF SAVANNAH.
CAPITAL 100000. SURPLUS 500. 900.
UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY.
]. 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., 1903-08-30
COMMERCIAL = BANK
of Savannah.
J. 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-
tefly.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-30

DIRECTORS.
MILLS b. LANE.
WILLIAM ROGERa
]. H. ESTILL.
H. d. STEVENS.
JOHN r. YOUNG.
EDWARD F. LOVELE
T. H. MCMILLAN.
]. III. HUNTER.
GEORGE j. MILLS
L. T. CONFER.
LAWRENCE McNEILE.
]. w. HUNT.
J. ]. CUMMINGS.
b. r. BIJLLARD.
The Washington times., 1903-01-25
HTZR4czzNE .G0hlT
0%/Iau55kzANE linen

the costume. Perhaps this is why
every woman who can afford it has
u collection of boas in her wardrobe
at all times of the year.
A fetching boa TO wear when The
fur stole must be laid aside is a com
blnation of chiffon and chenille. The
cape portion is a double plated friIl
of white chiffon, the edges VIC. !,ed in
black chenille. The ends of this cape
boa are of woven black chenille cords
finished with accordion plated white
chiffon edged with black cheriIle.
The boa, in black and white. is al
ways a wise investment, as it looks
well with any gown with which IL is
worn. Flat scarf boas of chenille
cords, woven in a fish-net pattern. are
among the Spring novelties. They are
quite broad and reach straight to the
hem of the gown. ana are often fin
ished with chenille tassels. They look
well in black and white and in such
color combinations as fawn and brown
and also in the pastel colors.
The young woman whose llgure is
stouter than she wishes has rnu,l to
make her happy in this Spring
modes. for vertical tUcks are high in
favor, and gowns entirely of tucks,
running straight w and down, are
midosh and new.
The Washington times., 1903-01-25
Princess RebUked

There is a little story of the royal
family which shows that Queen Alex
andra is much like other good moth
ers, and that her children are like
children the world over:
Once, on returning from a short
sail, one of the little princesses was
walking up the plank. An old sailor
instinCtiveIy said.
Take care. little lady"
The child drew herself up haughtiIy
and said
I'm not a lady. I'm Il princess!"
The princess OF Wales, who over
heard the kindly injunction and the
rather ilI-bred reply, said quickly:
Tell the good sailor you are not a
little lady yet but You hope to be
some day"
The Washington times., 1903-01-25

IT is no longer that in the Spring
a young woman's fancy lightly
turns to thoughts Of clothes, for
her thoughts are Of clothes the whole
year through. That is. the gowns she
wears would make one think so. Just
how the fashionable young American
woman can accomplish all she does
and dress the way she does is a
mystery For clothes. and such
clothes as she wears. 1enand time
and thought as well as money
Variety has become a craze with
the smart woman Of to-day. She
wants a different gown for every
time Of day and every occasion the
day holds. and if it is Impossible for
her to have so large a wardrobe, then
she depends upon the accessories Of
her costumes for changing the effect.
Different she must look as far as her
clothes are concerned, and different
she does look you may be sure, for
this girl of to-day has a viii Of her
y
Spring Street Costumes.
Just now she is busy planning her
early Spring street costumes and rem
ovating the gowns Which she has to
make them appear like new.
The advanced models for Spring
street wear have much about them
this year that is attractive u black
cheviot costume. which has just a
touch Of white 10 relieve it, is a good
model to copy for a first Spring walk
ing costume. The skirt is made plain
over a drop skirt OF black taffeta, with
a piping Of black velvet introduced
to simulate a deep founce. The pip
ing does not extend all the way
around the skirt. but at eithsr side of
the front breadth It ends with tab
Of velvet, ornamented with a big silk
braid covered button This is the only
decoration of the skirt which hangs
gracefully fun at the bottom and
cIings TO the figure over the hips.
The slightly bloused jacket has a
shoulder cape of the cloth; it is fin
ished at the neck with strap of
black velvet, the edges worked in
white silk, and the strip itself ap-
pliqued with large white velvet polka
dots Black velvet tabs treated in
this same way relieve the somber eff
feet of the jacket which is opened
just a trifie in front 10 show a mar
The Washington times., 1903-01-25
L60e and Time
fTIS said-but whether true or
not
Let bards declare who've

TITS said-but whether true or
! not
Let bards declare who've
seen EN-
That Love and Time have only got
One pair Of wings between 'em.
In courtship's first delicious hour,
The boy full oft can spare them;
So lettering in his lady's bower.
He let's the gray-beard wear them.
Then is Times hour OF play;
Oh, how he flies, flies away!
But short the moments. short as
bright,
When he the wings can borrow;
L Time to-day has had his fight,
Love takes his turn tomorrow
All. Time and Love, your change is
then
The saddest and most trying.
When one begins to limp again,
And tother tales TO flying;
Then is Loves hour TO stray;
Oh, now he flies. flies away!
But there's a nymph. whose chains
feel,
And bless the siIkeu fetteri
Who knows. the dear one, how to
deal
With Love and Time much better.
So well she checks their wanderings.
So peacefully she pairs them.
That Love with her ue'er thinks OF
wings.
And Time forever wears them.
This is Times holiday
Oh, how he flies, flies away
Thomas Moore
The Washington times., 1903-01-25

out of it, but also a mass Of fuel for
supplying heat necessary 70 the
sDrouting seedIet? More than this
Il you look at the early spring buds
and flowers you will notice that those
which are likely TO be exposed TO
. frost, such as catkins of willow and
hazel, are well protected by a thick
covering Of soft MATERIAL regular
plant overcsat-
The Washington times., 1903-01-25
Plants We'll Protected

Plants have developed almost as
many lodges for perpetuaHng their
existence as animals. only we don't
so easily recognize them. Did it ever
strike you that every seed, bulb or
tuber Is not merely Il reservoir Of
material for the plant that is to grow
The Washington times., 1903-01-25
Breaking Bottles

Breaking ginger beer bottles has
been held by the Eastern District
Court at UItenhage, Cape Colony, %
be d C. iminal offence. The parents Of
a little girl Who smashed two to get
the marbles out were fined s., while
two boys were birched TO the same
offence. People who purchase aerated
w1ters. the court held. do not yuy the
bottle. but its contents.
The Washington times., 1903-01-25

front and caught with a buckle which
ma tches the bodice
Every woman knows that many
times the boa gives a new effect to