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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-25
OLD MAIDS WHO
GOT HUSBANDS

Long ago, says the New York World,
the silly odium that attached to old
maidenship disappeared, but even in
the days when popular notion made a
Rplnster of forty a hopeless old maid
records show that there was no age
limit to matrimonial hopes.
For instance, so long ago as 1774
Miss Jane Hodgson of Stepney, Eng
iand, was welded to Henry Hutton, of
me same place. An account of the af-
tSlr continues:
me bride, who had once been noted
.or her beauty, and had, so 1t is said,
slused lovers by the score, had reach
~ her 800 summer, and the bride
Groom, who had vainly offered her his
nahd and heart seventy years earlier,
was TWO years older"
H More remarkable was the wedding
4 ~ 1ohn Jackson and Annie Bates on
s sSFeh %, 1896. the 101st birthday Of
AZ AZ bridegroom, who was three years
n va ser than the bride. 1t was his fourth
/ mage within two years, and 10000
1 church.
80 youth of 10, a son of Mr.. Graves,
Saioock-on-Herts, married "Mis-
1 IL, Lake. Spinster, aged TO-" April 20,
/ ~ ana In August of the same year
IsSS IAN IN Capt. Hamilton, aged 80. mar
ray. MISS Manson, a blushing bride Of
MI fortune and IS years.
Z Yo.i, imam half a century ago a
spi,oIlire belle who had SO many
1 the she could not choose among
4 thai tod one of the most persistent
later - ne would ask her fifty years
I'd io,, sne would marry him. He wait
'~AiV and faithfully for the fiftieth
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-25
GL0vE-CoUNTER PALMIsTRY.
Character Reading by an Obseryant
Young Woman in a Store,


do I believe in palmistry," repeat
ed the glove-store salesgirl, according
to the New York Sun. 81 don't know
much about it. But just let a Gus
toner hold out her hand to be fitted
and I can read her main traits of
character without ever noticing her
face.
1.-THE woman who extends her hand
with the thumb shut in under the fin
gers is apt to want the best gloves in
stock at the cheapest price. and is like
ly to find some flaw or misft in the
glove after it is on that no one else
can see. Reasonable people, with de-
termination of character, unconscious
ly shut the thumb over the fingers
when the hand is folded in repose.
IF girl puts out her hand to be
measured and the fingers bend back
ward little and are not overtapering
at the ends I know that she has a
sweet, sunny disposition and is con-
siderate of others.
customers with fingers more square
than tapering are sure to thank you
for your services after you have fitted
them, and will generally make some
comment peasant 10 near. Ihey nave
good taste, as a rule, and don't select
ultra-fashionable shades and styles.
1.-THE woman with fine-tapering fin
gers has good taste, too. But she is
formal and seldom considerate.
never expect such a one to thank me
for having tried to please her. And
she seldom does, taking it as a mat
ter of course, 1 suppose, that sales
PERSONS duty is to please and that she
is paid to do so.
From looking at a customers hand
/ can tell whether she will want her
gloves to draw on and off easily or try
to wear them so tight that. she could
hardly turn a door knob, lift her
skirts, or otherwise use her hands with
them on. Fewer women want their
street gloves tight now than used to
be the case. But a good many still
persist in wearing their evening and
full-dress gloves a quarter size small
er than they should be-"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-25
How They Mannue II in .Janar

Pollteness distinguishes the relations
between mfstresses and maids in ia
pan. 1t is so memorable in Japan that
even the ceremony of "giving notice"
is turned into an occasion of compli-
ments. There are no vulgar threats,
or sulkings, or determinations, or scold-
ings, or answering back" A servant
VIII never tell her mistress that she is
dissatisfied or has had some better
place offered her. That would be I'M
pardonably rude. Instead she asks for
a Few days leave of absence. This is
willingly granted, for Japanese SER
wants have no settled time for taking
holidays. At the end of the given time
the mistress will begin to wonder what
has become of the girl. She is not left
to wonder long. A letter arrives couch
ed In the most polite and humble terms
and giving any excuse but the real one.
Sometimes it will be that she has found
herself too weak for service or that ILL
ness at home detains her. Whatever
1t may be, the plea is never contested,
but accepted as final, and a new SER
want engaged. Then, after some weeks
have passed, very likely after taking a
fresh place, the old servant will turn
up one day, express her thanks for
past kindnesses and regrets at not re-
turning in time, will take her arrears
OF wages ana her bundles and disap-
pear forever. So the matter ends with
the kindest semblance of feeling on
both sides. If the mistress on her part
does not wish to have the girl back she
will not tell her so to her face, but
will send word, Even when servants
come on trial for a few days they Oft
en- leave nominaIly to fetch their be-
longings or make arrangements for
their return-never because they have
any complaints" to make. Any dis
comfort is to be endured rather than
the suspicion of bad manners or of any
thing leading I'm tn a "Scana
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-25
LOVE LETTER OF AN INDIAN.

One of the most remarkable love let
ters ever written is a part of the arch
ives of the Indian Bureau in Washing
ton. 1t was penned by an Indian brave
when he was a student in one of the
government schools in the state of
Washington.
At the top of the first page of the
tender, passionate missive are typical
Indian sketches. In the center is a
star, which, in the Indian mind, meant
that the girl to whom he was writing
was the star of his affection. On either
side of this artistic centerpiece is a
tree, with the ground shaded in green
color. These are the evergreen trees
of love, one leaning toward the other.
This is the text of the letter:
my Dearest, Great, Genuine Darling:
1 am taking the excursion pleasure of
replying to your most kind and well
come love letter. Also, 1 was we'll
gratified to hear from you that you are
in good health-it gives me more con-
ISOLATION to know that you are in sweet
presence of a good cheer, comfort. and
it leaves me the same two. And here
1 am taking the greatest love 1 have
hitherto which will expressed to you it
fales. And, also 1 find my indifference
toward you increases daily. The more
will meet in the mission of a love there
more you will appear in my heart, and
object of contempt. You remember,
dear love, that day seeded from -
to -, on the twenty of November, I
feel my way disposed and determined
to meet you again, but l did not. Well,
my dearest, darling wife, / do wish
that you could believe me, that I new
er had any intention yet to offer you
from my right hand.
And suppose your recollection that
our last conversation has left tedious
insipidity which has by no means given
me the most exhalted idea of your
character. 1 will say again to you my
dear that your temper would make me
extremely happy, and If we are we'll
united / shall experience nothing but
the hatred of my parents.
Perhaps you remember that your
letters are full of impertinence and you
have not a shadow of wit and good
sense and believe me so adverse to you
that it is impossible for me even to be
your most affectionate friend and hum
| BILE servant. Oh. my dearest darling
dear, love you with all my heart and
with all my soul and with all my mind
and what more could / do after love
you so we'll is that every time / come
| to think of you my heart flop up and
down, like churn dasher. My great
promise is no matter what trouble we
had we be friended for ever and ever,
for been acknowledge you originally
| to be my authentic friend and / shall
| try to succeed all the words that I
| been counsel to you and l hope you
| will do me the same two. But you
must not think that 1 will discontinue
loving you no matter what happen.
Remember that 1 would not sacrifice
you for anything. I love you so wen
that I always dream about you"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-25

large and small. The mercerized finish
makes some of these vestings for
blouses simmer like silk, and fire.
quently the mercerized' sheen is intro
duced in way that brings out the full
beauty Of the design. Small figures,
frequently of a geometrical character,
predominant. Sometimes they cluster
In stripe-like designs, again they
spread in all-over patterns.
The white blouse will undoubtedly
lead. II kept fresh and dainty it is
the prettiest thing a girl can put on.
Men always like to see women in
white. Sometimes a touch of color
lights up the otherwise snowy surface
OF the vestings for blouses. For in
stance one with a corded ground like
pique is crossed by small figures which
form ZigZag stripes 1t is all in white
except for a tiny dot In pale blue
woven in at regular intervals. The
new cotton fabrics all attest the con-
tinued popularity of the polka dot. but
this season the tendency Is toward the
small dot; sometimes it is merely the
size of a pin point. White-and hlac ok
is always a smart looking combination
for shirtwaists. White grounds are
crossed by wavy black stripes that are
hardly more than hair line; then there
are others with half-inch stripes which
give the appearance of grey. Some
extremely good looking shirtwaist ma
terials are shown in gray, which all
ways has an air of refinement.
The new piques come in designs with
dots, which are especially good, small
figures and stripe effects. There are
some floral patterns for instance, a
vine of tiny roses and leaves, in ma
lures pinks and green's, which twines
In and out over a white ground.
For the shirtwaist suit, which will
again be with us, there are cotton
cheviots in small checks in black-and-
white and blue-and-white; only now
instead of small blocks of black and
white being set one right UP against
the other, the severe regularity Of the
squares is broken, while the check eff
feet is still preserved. The figured
Mates will also be much used for
shirtwaist suits. Among these the
perennlally dot is to the fore. Dark
blue with a white dot is good style,
and there are white grounds with dots
In black or color. An odd pattern is a
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-25
A Lament frOh the Links.

(Mr. ]. l.. Low, the golfing expert
in a recent article, makes use of two
new terms: "Dunch" "a peculiar dig.
cling stroke). and "flub"-presumabl
the American for foozle)
You ask what makes my cheek so wan
What dims my lustrous eye,
Why l deliberately dom
An unbecoming tie?
Why, when 1 saunter ito my club,
l sit alone and crunch?
My friend, it is the fatal fiub,
1t is the deadly dunch.
My waggle satisfaction gives,
My swing is free and fine,
No golfer boasts Of explosives
A richer store than mine.
Yet do not for these reasons dub
Me happy, Mr.. Punch,
For I'm infected by the fiub,
Distracted by the dunch.
In vain 1 seek the means to win
Remission of my ill;
I've tried sloe gin, phenacetin,
White port and salicyl.
I've tried ammonia in my tub,
Hot water after lunch;
But man, alasl is born to flub,
Predestinate to dunch.
And yet, though desperately tried,
1t mitigates my woes
To find my symptoms coincide
With Mr.. Johnny loves;
To learn that at the quilting hub
The pick of all the bunch
Are just as apt as l to fiub,
And just as sure to dunch.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-25

A dreamer and a man of action loved
q woman, says the February Smart
Set.
The dreamer said: II shall write
verses in her praise; they will touch
her vanity, and she win love me for
them"
But the man Of action said: How
old-fashionedi shall corner the stock
market, and that will bring her"
So, the dreamer wrote verses, aud
he induced a friend Of his, who ran
Decent magazine, to print them. And
the man of action cornered something
or other, and became a Millionaire.
In the meantime, the girl married a
man who inherited his money, and
they lived happy ever after.
But the dreamer was so proud of his
verses that he didn't care; and the
man of action was so busy that he
didn't care.
The only one to suffer was the man
she married.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-25
The Ruling Passion.

A good woman was dying. says the
New York Times, q woman who had
been a true wife and a loving moth
er; a woman with but one weakness
a love for gossip.
Although her time on earth was
short she was critically watching the
attending physician and the nurse
as they talked in subdued whispers of
the result which their united skill had
been powerless to avert.
In response to the summons of the
dying woman her husband approached
her and bent low to catch the words
which he expected to be words of love
Again she turned her eyes, from which
the light was fast fading, upon the
doctor and the nurse, as she said
family:
DO you suppose they are engaged 20
These words were her last.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-25

Paula. yet? II not, advice you to do
so. friend OF mine who is working
on the Dispatch knows her, and says
she is charming, and not bit like
your description of her. Better Gull
tivate her acquaintance. Yours fra
ternally, JACK"
So" she said to herself, "he has
actually discussed me with his friends
Perhaps l shall have something to
say about his making my acquaint-
ance."
Then her eyes danced.
ut must be from Haskell. He has
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-25

been very nice TO me of late / sup
pose that / ought to take these letters
down to Mr.. Seaton and ask for mine"
Halfway down the stairs she met a
man coming up.
Miss Paula Seyton, l believe" he
said. with a smile and a bow.
Paula gave rigid little nod and
looked down into the most eloquent
pair of brown eyes that she had ever
seen.
Il am your nelghbor just below" he
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-25

is the proper dress for a groom in the
afternoon"
The clerk who opened the mail re-
ferred the inquiry to the livery depart
ment, and the head of that depart
ment dictated a brief reply:
Bottle green coat, fawn colored
trousers, with top boots, silk hat and
cockade. We can make you prices"
In about a week came a plaintive
note:
II always knew it was expensive to
get married, but can't you suggest
something a little less elaborate?"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-25
A BncheInr,n SoInce.

Across the way a taper CLEANS
All through the long. dark night.
1 joy to Sc those steady beams
They make my vigil bright.
No boon of Cupid, understand,
Brings gladness to my cup.
There dwells my welded rival, and
Her baby keeps him up.
New York Times.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-25

Expensive to Get Married.
Not long ago. says the Youths Com
panion, large clothing house in New
York received a letter from the re-
mote Southwest, to this effect What
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-25

we are over-stocked with verse of all
kinds. / shall be glad to examine
anything in prose that you may care
to send us
Very truly yours,
Editor of --".
She unfolded the manuscript with
some curiosity. The poem was in
scribed ITO My Sweet p" When she
reached my flowers you on your
Continued on PAGE ruentu-fonr
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-25
A Feminine Mystery.

white ground sprinkled with medium
sized dots in black blue and red.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-25

Continued on Page Twenty-f0ur.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-12-02
SOME WAYS TO Sc KIND

We make NE infinitely and all about US
BY the % Kindness
II nothing, hearts riches
pleasantnesa
ndolcnc multitude OF
Virtues but Kindness aggressive
Mines kindness The best sort
j. goro
phnanthropst generally tempered SYM
nowlelge and insight into the
uiekefiea Of life make him rri
fellow contact With
calls than disposition be kenuiaeiy kind Il
The
Incarceration OF criminal kindness him tends 70 his refer
nation which himself than anybody else
child obedience Ia kind
the hud FOR It's edueatonef its develop
The Friends faults
congratulate
and crieiae
than friends who praise and
the thousand little things Of daily life
happiness like sunshine
. "a reflected mind
ami n smiles 4 smiles I
life
naught but dropped tS-piaees
field Of life have
been bghtcd that
been hcediessly kindness
fAnshns souli
blessed By
flower alas pricked thorn. Of such plannsi
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-12-02

We had e<en doing. hut Groans Knocked
angry boasts. IL ~s haard the splash
Ing % the osrs. ths haarns command.
the vile htasphrmy. the rsst was Ia
imssinatian's ksspiEE The Run'a hail
swept the barren rock. Tbs dawn
would shoN ~ the h<Exss, We haa
rsAysd
The voIlsyu rolled their thunder fIght
away 70 the hills q Ksn's island. and
thu whlsfilnE % the bullets was uhs
the singing q unseen birds. 40 heard
oathn and cries. commands reared
hgarseiy across thu water. and then
came the first great silence. what
sVer had bsfaiicn on the rock. those
who sought 10 force the lesser gate
were. for the moment driven back.
Even little Dolly. mad At the gun.
heard mo az last and ob~ycd my com
mAnd
Cease firing. lad" rosred T. cease
firing would you shoot tha ssa ?
rander'n the captains whistle. ~
means that the dangers nearer. Aye.
stand BY. lads" said. "And look out
for a."
We swung the gun round ~ that "a
faced the basin before us. and rifles
ready. ws pearcd again IN the low
sring darkness. Shielded BY tho night.
those hidden boats were creeping up
to uH foot by foot. Whatever had
been done az tho lesser gate had been
done a. a ruHe. I ava not doubt Ger.
ny'a goal was the greater door We
held 50 desperately. his desire the
fun possession. the mastery q The
house wherein lay life and Treasure
and lasting security.
4 a.. 49,. L To-
than I raised my voice. Dlmiy. IN tho
shadows. made out the shape ~ a
iousboat drifting 10 the brink, and 20
Dolly I said.
Lat Ro.--in Gods name. lot 20 lad"
lie stood 10 the gun with a cry %
Distance and blaEsd into the dark
ness. The drifting boat lurcbed and
asgssd and turned her beam 10 shc
Heas. could distinguish the faces %
men. fsrocious and threatening. a.
they peerod upward TO the rock. 1
saw other boats looming over tho
dark water. I heard the ringing CON-
nand. in AZ themi" and then. think
for many minutes together fired
wildly NJ the figures before me. seuug
round now 20 this aide. now 10 that.
waa unconscious % the bullets apilu-
tering the rock or 81 the lead shower
pouring on ~. The battle ragged we
were AZ the heart Of r. What should
a man remember then but those who
counted upon himf
You can imagine the picture; that
defiant craR IN the great Pacific ocean.
the darkness Of heaven above ana the
darkness 81 the sca below. the belrh-
ina guns and the splitting rifles. the
yells % agony and the crouohlnE fig
urea, the hearts beating high aud tho
sweating faces, and Just M the out
oome was hidden from mo and knew
not from minute 20 minute whether n
were life Or death 10 ua. no will you
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-12-02

the last n Ysa love your Hfar. efissi
60 Dolly Nauu. DO you Tstar. fai-
low me. I am going % clear the rock.
Yeu will hsiY me 70 DO thai. Peter =
Help you. captain AYs.- REARED
he. " q was tbs 6aid dlVii himself
Ia fravsiins caravan. ID help yuuH
lie aNsnE his rifle ~ the barrel aa
he spoke the wpFds anf. bringing Il
dewn crash. he elca we'd the skuii Il
great ruffian Wheas face vas al
ready xlgWerius down from The taf-
rsts rim. SgthinE. I sweas. m al
that right vas more 1nndsrfai thar
thr sang freid II this great friahfnan
90 the merry words which ne could
fbid for "a even when hape scented
sons ard the worst upon ua Far
fsieF knew sell what ! YEA about
whsn I isapt from the uarret AID
charged down upaB tbs mntinsera A
/ dnnen man hal gained foathala on the
rock. We must drive them back. let
the osids be what thsy might.
God NtreuEfhen my arm this hour
and show mo the bald plaeesr cried
he. leapins O. tbs Kround and whIfis
I iuE his muaksf ike dsman. seth
I Barker was on his heals euuid hear
him gruntlnK even shove that awful
ain lie fouaht iikr ten. ard wherever
h. swung hts nushst thsfu be left
death behind him
50 follow "a as w. leap from. The
turret and huri ourselves Upon that
astoniahsd crew. Black as the place
waa tremuioua the uEht. ueverthe-
I less the cahined space, the open pia-
tsaa. was our salvation. ! aaN fig.
ures before me; faces seemed to look
into ny own. and as a battle AZ Il old
time. - my rifles butt wauid fall
upon them Heaven knows han the
strength ~ three and I used I'll with
fhrse'a agility. now shooting them
down. nov hitting wildly. thrust hers
thrust there. bullets singing abost my
ears. haunting cries every where. Are.
hgw they vent under What music
II was. those crashing blows upon
head and breast the loud report the
EtirEliuE death-rattls. the body thrown
into the sea. the pltiful screams for
mercy And yet the Ereater wonder.
perhaps that We lived to tell Of IL
Twelve against three yet a craven Il
remember. who feared 10 die and set
must fisht to live And % nerve our
arms woman'a honor. and % guide
va Alright the watehwords Home
fought my way 10 the waters edge
and then turned round O. see what
the others were doing There were
two upon Peter Bligh at that moment.
bat ons fell heRdione as I took a step
towards them. and the others driving
knife fell on empty air. and the man
himself. struck ran between the eyes.
rolled dead into the tapping sea.
well done. Peter. we'll DONE" I
cried sgIIfIV and then "a tRnf,af "a
were an answer 20 my boaata, aome.
thing fell upon my shoulder like
great weight dropped from above and
J went down hoadlong upon he rock.
Turning "a I feli. ! ciuthed = human
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-12-02
OF Interest 10 Thin. Weak People

IL Il perfectly understood by every
sick man and woman that II they
can set some remedy that will stop
the gradual loss OF flesh and strength
their recovery Is assured. People that
are nervous and unsteady. have diz-
sy spells, with weakened memory
and loss OF ambition, their blood ls
thin and watery. II shows In their
sallow complexion and tired man
ner. soon as thov commence TO gain
flesh they look better and sleep bet
ter. To gain from 10 lbs. OF good
solid flesh per week the blood must
be made rich and pure. DR. Gums
Blood and Nerve Tonic puts In the
body thu very pith OF what makes
pure rich blood In the most direct
way. and cures disease by making
strength. This tonic IL IN tablet
form TO be taken right after meals
II enriches the blood. making force
where there was faintness. For wo-
mems weakness better remedy was
never made. Sold by all druggists
for TSo per box. or three boxes for 81.
or sent by mall. Write us about
your case Address Or. Bosanko
Co. Philadelphia, Pa. For sale at
The Quaker Drug Co. 1913 First av-
enue Seattle.