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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-07
WHY SHE IS GOING TO MOVE.

All the tall girls friends, says the
New York Times, had heard her say
she expected to stay in her present
quarters till the last trump sounded, or
at least till the house changed hands,
therefore they were surprised when she
announced her intention of moving
. why are you going to do that?"
they asked.
Because 1 cannot afford to get any
new clothes this summer" was the re-
ply, land 1 want to live in neighbour
hood where 1 cannot be spotted by my
old ones. Down here everybody in the
block in acquainted with every stitch
l have to my back, and 1t would give
some of the women entirely too much
satisfaction to find that / was making
my dresses do duty a second season.
In that respect there are many blocks
in New York like unto the country viii
lage. We live in the same street year
after year, and although we may never
become really acquainted, we know
each other by sight, and in many cases
we find out through the children in the
block the names and occupations of
certain persons Naturally we keep
track of each others wardrobe. A new
gown, if at all handsome, is noted and
commented on, likewise an old one. AL
ready the summer gossip has been set
going. The wife of the professional
baritone comes in for the sharpest crit
icism. Last year she was a bride with
a perfectly beautiful outfit We all adj
mired her gowns very much, and some
of us even went so far as to wish we
were newly married so we could have
pretty clothes. But this summer we
can get back at her. She is wearing
the same old hats and dresses, and ev-
cry day when we see her going out or
coming in our remarks are quite caus-
tic.
THAT is what would happen 10 me If
stayed in this block. 1 haven't had the
courage to wear any of my old things
yet, but when 1 move 1 shall blossom
out in last summers finery and all my
new neighbors will think me quite
fashionable"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-07
ACRIMONIOUS HUM0RS.

In one of Scott's novels, says the
New York Tribune, one of the charac-
tiers depicted is that of an irascible old
man, because things went contrari-
wise, worked himself up to such a
pitch of irritation that he made him
self perfectly intolerable to all about
him, until finally" says the novelist,
his acrimonious humors settled into
kissing hot fit of the govt" In hot
weather especially IL is a great advan-
tage to keep COOL" mentally as well
as physically. Heat undoubtedly be-
gets irritability and want OF self-con-
troll. 1t is a we'll known fact that sui
cidal mania and insanity increase
with a hot wave, and subside when
there is a pleasant change of temper
ature, while every one is aware how
much more apt even the mildest per-
son is to snap" when the thermom-
eter is in the nineties. At such times,
it is said, mental irritation has a d.
rect influence on the health. and that
the acrimonious humors" are no i'm
aginary figure of speech, but actual
secretions which may affect the gen.
eral system. Many men have in sum-
mer an easier time than their wives.
They go to their cool offices, where the
routine business is rarely disturbed,
and, although il goes without saying,
that they have much to worry them,
and many anxieties to endure, these
are not of nature to cause irritable
ity, inasmuch as their very magnitude
and importance render calm reasoning
a necessity. 1t is the pin pricks of life
that excite the temper and get on
ones nerves, so to speak-the contact
with uneducated. unreasoning crea-
lures that the generality of women
are obliged to endure daily in man.
aging their servants, the fretfuiness
and exactions OF small children. All
these little tribulations are without
doubt very trying 10 the temper. but
the only known panacea for such evils
is calm endurance, and, although this
Of course cannot remove the cause, 1t
will greatly lessen the effect.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-07
GIRLS WHO BORROW MONEY,

Bridge seems to have been more de-
structive in England, at least on the
spinster side. than ever it was here.
They are lamenting there. says the New
York Sun, the disposition of young
women to borrow money to pay their
debts as one of the most regrettaDle
effects of the game.
Young girls who have suffered heavy
losses at the game" said a man who
was recently interviewed in London,
SHOW no hesitation now in writing to
men friends, and sometimes to mere
acquaintances for loans because they
dare not appeal to their fathers or
brothers. / hope 1 shall not appear
wanting in chivalry when / say that
myself have been the recipient of sew
eral of these aristocratic begging let
ters from girls whom / have met only
once or twice. AS a nation we have
always prided ourselves on our woman
hood, so this sort of thing comes as a
shock"
Another London complaint against
the prevalence of the game has been
heard here. 1t is a protest against the
long hours spent indoors that are in
furious to womens health and looks.
Here bridge has been discouraged most
in the summer. But in Westchester
and at Tuxedo women have bridge
clubs for almost every day, and they sit
indoors during the entire afternoons,
when they might be thought willing to
give up bridge for golf, driving or
some of the diversions not possible IN
the winter in New York, when bridge
is always in abundance
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-07
THE WIFE OF T0LST0I.

The Countess Tolstoi, says the New
as the wife of the great novelist and
religious teacher, Leo Tolstoi, but 1t is
only because she persistently keeps
herself in the background that she has
not separate reputation as a writer,
a remarkable linguist and a brilliant
society leader, says a writer in the
Gentlewoman. The Countess Tolstoi
at home, whether in her suburban
Moscow home, or upon the family
estate some miles distant, Yasnaya
Polyana, near Tula. is a charming
woman of the world, speaking perfect
ly,. English, French or German, as the
visitor prefers; eager to discuss the
latest books of Paris. London, New
York or Berlin; a grande dame of the
old school, dressed simply but with
exquisite taste, and wearing a few
jewels which are heirlooms and of
much value.
She is very fond of Yasnava Poly
ana, which came to Count Tolstoi
through his grandfather. one of Cath
crime the Greats generals. But the
stone gates at the entrance to the park
and few separate buildings of the
old Manor House, used in former days
as extra apartments for the servants
of visitors or actors hired for the en-
tertainment Of the household are about
all that now remain of the ancestral
hall. In 1860 the present count, al
ways an cratic man, decided he would
never marry, and thereupon sold the
Manor House, which was taken to
pieces and set up again upon the
estate of the purchaser. 1t was but a
short time later that he met the young
daughter of a Moscow physician who
made him forget all his plans and
resolutions. Two years later they
were married, in 1862, and the count
brought his bride to Yasnaya Polyana
She was more than twenty years
younger than he, and although she
spent the first seventeen years of her
married life in this lonely place, living
in a small building left standing after
the Manor House was taken down,
she was extremely happy when the
Moscow house was built and she could
be often in the city. The count was
much away from home upon tours of
literary investigation when they lived
in the country, and the complete iso-
lation of the countess during those
seventeen years was a sacrifice which
would not have been made by any but
an exceptionally brave woman and
clever wife.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-07
THE END OF THE FILTRATION.

In the yard next to the house where
the pretty waitress lived, says the New
York Press. they were building an ex-
tension that had reached the stage
where the pipes and registers for the
heating apparatus were being put in.
The steamfitter at work on the job was
a handsome and graceful young man,
black-haired, dark-eyed, with a black
mustache the ends of which swept
across ruddy cheeks. He evidently
had made a pronounced impression on
the pretty waitress, who spent as much
time as she possibly could at the din
ing room windows-for the dining room
was on the drawing room floor. level
with the one on which the good LOOK ng
steamhtter was working. Now and
again she would speak 20 him, her
bright face all aglOw with pleasure,
and the steamfitter would answer
her--s0 Il seemed to the lOOker-on
from a window oppOsite-in the disin-
tereEted way Of one whose thoughts
for pretty faces were Otherwise en-
gagged.
A lilac bush laden with fragrant
blooms stood IN the yard ~ the house
where the waitress lived, and On fHe
~ these regent warm mornings, just
before the noon hour, she came Oat %
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-07
THE GIRL WHO DOESN'T FUSS

1t is the girl who does not fuss that
a man likes said the man emphati-
cally, to the Philadelphia Ledger's rep
resentative.
May 1 inquire just what you mean
by that?" asked the woman.
"Why, you know, the girl who does
not fuss is the girl who does not mind
things"
Your explanation is worse than your
original statement" said the women.
couldn't you be a little more lucid?"
TITS deuced hard to explain said
the man. It's er-er-er-Why the
girl who does not let the small wor-
ries of life wear upon her nerves"
Now we're beginning to reach day.
light" said the woman. Develop that
statement g little"
"Now III just give you illustrations
of the girl who does not fuss, then
you'll see exactly what I mean" said
the man. zone girl that 1 took to the
theater spoiled the entire play for me
because she fretted so over the dis
agreeable breath of a man who sat
near her. Now that sounds very vul-
gar, but it's a fact. Instead of remark
ing on the features of the play, she
devoted her entire attention between
the acts to setting forth the different
ways in which the obnoxious breath
annoyed her. Another girl once took
away the pleasure of a trolley ride be-
cause I was unable to secure the COW
eted front seat. Still another of the
fussy type made life miserable for
every partner she had at a dance be-
cause some previous clumsy partner
had stepped on her dress and torn it.
OF course. it was natural for her to
mention the accident to her gown, but
m NIB he ch
have scolded about it all the evening.
Why didn't she make the best of it?"
60 on, this is becoming interesting"
said the woman. Maybe If you con-
tinue I shall find myself belonging to
the fussy woman class, the class you
don't like"
"Well. there is the woman who grows
peevish the minute she is jostled or
crowded. who talks for an hour about
the impudence of a loafer who spoke
to her, and magnifes a slight into an
insult. More than once 1 have started
out to give a girl the best of good times
only to be thwarted by her petty OBJ
jections over the minutost things. Her
ice cream was not hard enough. the
show was a failure because a woman
in the seat in front laughed too loud
ly, she was wholly unhappy because
her gown wrinkled at the shoulder and
she could not get over the fact that
she was wearing roses when violets
would go better with her gown. In
stead OF gracefully ignoring everything
that would tend 10 mar the good time
she hunts for little troubles. II is I'm
vain 20 try 10 turn such a girls
thoughts TO other things and 10 con-
vince her that the small irritations are
not worth noticing, for she at once
becomes grieved and pouts and says
that man does not have a BIT OF SYM
pathy. Now, do you see what mean7
Do you wonder that / like the other
sort Of girl, the girl who does not
fuss ?"
Yes. see exactly what you mean"
said the woman. "ihe girl who does not
fuss - The girl who does not mind
things"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-07
THE PRESIDENTS DAUGHTER.

When Chartran painted the portraits
of Mrs. Roosevelt and her daughter.
says the Chicago Chronicle, he said he
found Miss Alice a subject much to
his liking. He admires American
women exceedingly, and, being an
idealist who does not disguise his SUBJ
jects TO an extent that their friends
are unable to recognize them, has the
reputation of bringing out their char
acteristics more fully than perhaps
any other painter.
ITO the artist" he says, most Won-
en- present two pictures-what she is
and what she poses to be. What she
is we discover accidentally through the
medium of a gesture, through an I'M
conscious movement, through the ex-
preston of thought when the subject
is off guard. The truth, however, as a
rule, is not beautiful unless it is ideal
lied. In America, | paint no profiles.
l make only one demand of the women
who wish their portraits painted.
ask that they shall not dress in the
fashion. 1 plead for drapery, even If
l have to pin ii on them myself"
The portrait of Miss Roosevelt is
smaller than that of her mother, the
head and shoulders. The picture is
striking because of the characteristic
pose-head thrown up and backward,
revealing the graceful throat of the
Presidents daughter She was paint
ed in a girlishly made gown of white
tulle, the same she wore at her debut
at the White House.
A large bunch of violets is the only
ornament worn with this simple toilet.
The background is the pale blue OF
summer sky. The portrait is a fine
example of Chartrans revelation of
character, while producing a faithful
likeness
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-07

1t up for inspection. this was a section
of a township"
Just then the civil engineer himself
appeared upon the scene from the Of
fee, where he had been plotting maps.
Edward" cried his wife. these
clever people here refuse to take my
word for the statement that this waist
of mine and also this handkerchief
were maps not longer ago than fort
night. Please come to my rescue and
explain
The civil engineer did his wife's bid
ding.
She is telling the truth with COM
mendable eXactness, said he. They
were maps.
You see, in the course of our bust
ness we make use of blueprint plot
tings. They are for the most part
rought triangulations and preliminary
serVey records, photographed from the
original diagrams. The use to which
they are put is generally pretty hard
and uncertain, so, to avoid tearing
which would result if they were printed
upon ordinary paper, a peculiar and
specially prepared material is brought
into use.
This consists of an ordinary blue
print coating spread upon large rolls of
linen which is the toughest and most
beTNlC&dDles III point Oh leACuTS, Oh any
common cloth. These large rolls are
cut into the desired size, and upon
them by the usual Photographic pro-
cess the maps are copied.
EVERY surveyors office is packed
with yards and yards of these blue
prints. which in course of time become
valueless and bothersome, being moth
ing more or less than litter and waste.
l do not know who first discovered it,
but for several years the wives of Of
flee employees have known a use to
which these back number blue print
maps could be put, and nowadays our
offices are kept INCA clean and roomy
condition"
Here the wife told her story in turn.
when summer is in sight, or for any
reason 1 feel the need of a new shirt
waist. or a dozen pocket handkerchiefs,
l go to Edwards office and he finds for
me a bundle of disused blue prints.
take them home, put them in a big
boiler and boil them out.
THAT cleans them thoroughly of the
coating and the lines and when they
come out the water is very blue, but
the cloth backs are very white. The
quality is durable and fine, and as you
see, sEs~rt waists made of maps are
quite equal to shirt waists made of real
dry goods store linen at preposterous
prices.
Edward and 1 know of a surveyors
wife who made all her baby's clothes
of blue print maps, and there was not
a more prettily dressed baby in the
town.
All her listeners wished their hus-
bands and brothers and brothers
chums were civil engineers.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-07
HAVE THEMSELVES TO BLAME.

1T always amuses me to hear mem
bers of my own sex complaining of the
unpleasant attentions they receive
from men," said the college settlement
girl. las rule the complaining con-
tingent is young. One sweet thing
actually complained that men on the
street looked at her. She did not also
say that her street conduct was
enough to compel them to. Coquettish
glances in all directions and every
foolish possible and impossible sort Of
self-consciohsness are enough to draw
the stares of the idle. From all can
learn even pretty women are seldom
pursued If they absolutely keep their
eyes where they belong and pursue a
straight course Should they happen
to pass a street or a store into which
they intended to turn and retrace their
steps some loiterer might find the
action suspicious and fancy his own
fatal charms were the cause. He soon
sees the mistake when there is a mis-
take. While it may be safe enough.
l admit, it is not very nice for a girl
or woman to be on the streets alone at
night. AS far as I'm concerned,
though, l have never had any man
speak to me or offer any indignity
even when returning at night through
the slums entirely alone"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-07

deposit vault. It is safe to say that
three out Of every ten shoppers N a
department store will have a kttle roll
of money tucked away in her stock
ing and when she decides to make a
large purchase she will seek a seolud-
ed spot and dive down for the
money.
When woman is calling she usu-
ally carries a little change IN her
cardcase, especially II she is obliged
to ride on the street cars. II she Ia
travelling she wears a tiny chamois
skin bag about her neck for the pur5
pose of safeguarding her money and
jewels. The glove is a favor1te place
for carrying money, especially on Sum
day, when the hands are busy taking
care of a prayer book and the train
of y-go-to-meeting gown. The
little space between the glove and the
palm of the hand holds just enough
for the offering and car fare. The
schoolgirl carries her change wrapped
up in the corner of her handkerchief.
There it remains until noontiune or re-
cess, when she unties the knot and
buys her lunch, candy, chewing gum
or lead pencil.
Now that the sleeves resemble moth
ing so much as good-sized satchel
they are used for carrying money
tied up in handkerchiefs. The full
front shirtwaist is a convenient hiding
place for money and other feminine
belongings. A petticoat pocket often is
used by women for their vaiubles.
They know this pocket is an impos-
sible thing to find and would as soon
think of having the garment made
without a hand as without a pocket.
Many girls wear little finger purses
and tiny silver bags suspended from
chains to carry their change. A brace
let purse Of leather or silver is worn
by the fad-loving maiden, but no one
would ever suspect that there was
money in II. Perhaps the girl who
carries her car fare in her mouth is
the least common of all, but she ex-
lists.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-07
SHIRT WAISTS
FROM OLD MAPS.

''It is a pretty waist" replied the
wife of the civil engineer. but If you
had seen it two weeks ago its beauty
would have not affected you to speech
lessnsss. 1t was then map"
The young woman, says the New
York Sun, was arrayed in all the fluffy
GOODNESS of the American summer girl
at her best and the trim tailor-made
shirt waist OF pure white was in pleas
ing contrast TO the deep blue of her
skirt. Apparently its texture was OF
the finest lawn, perhaps a little heavier
than the usual run Of that diaphanous
material but marked by it's even weave
aud smooth appearance.
When, therefore, she said that two
weeks ago the waist had been a map,
everybody smiled in the superior man
ner Of people who want others 10 un-
derstsnd that they are too clever 20 be
caught In q Joke. The civil engineers
wife insisted.
IN was o m8p two weeks ago" she
declared with emDhasis. Also" she
continued. extracting q small handler
chief from her chain purse aud hOidlng
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-07
Santa Fe

the kitchen doorway, plucked a half
dozen sprays of the pretty flowers and
tied them together with a bit of string.
Then she stood below one of the win
dows Of the extension where the
steamftter was at work and called to
him. When he appeared IN the OPEN
ing she tossed the lilacs UP to him.
He caught them just as the whistle
in a nearby factory blew the signal
for the midday rest.
A moment later the steamfltter ap-
peared in the yard of the house in
which she was working. He was car
rying a child in his arms and behind
him came a young woman with lun-
cheon basket. She seated herself on
some planks in the cool shadow of the
extension and spread out the luncheon
on newspaper. The pretty waitress,
standing in one of the windows of the
dining room, saw the steamitter go
into the house and bring ont the
bunch of lilacs. He gave one of the
blooms to the baby and the rest to
his wife. Then he bent over and kissed
his wife.
The pretty waitress looks from an
other window now.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-07
WOMAN'S WORLD

in marriage for a support. Neither
would we be confronted with the
heart-breaking spectacle of a middle
aged woman, suddenly deprived of hus-
band and home, sinking into hopeless
poverty because she does not know
how to do any kind of work we'll
enough to sell it in the market place.
So. would urge you to learn some
thing practical, and to learn the COM
mon forms of business usage. 1t is
woman's ignorance which makes her
the prey for every sharper in bust
ness. Half of the time she cannot
cash a check without being told
where to sign her name; she doesn't
know one kind of stock or bond from
another, and as the result, even if
she is left money, she is robbed by
some trusted friend or relative. Any
girl that has seen enough to learn
how to do Battenberg can get a good
working knowledge of business and
she should never rest contented until
she does.
Learn how to cook. No woman's
education is complete without she is a
mistress of the pots and pans as well
as mistress of arts, any more than
a mans would be complete if he didn't
know some way TO make a living. You
may never be called upon to stand an
examination in chemistry or the high
er mathematics, but you are dead sure
to have to stand a daily examination
in how to make break and run the
butchers bills. Everything else con-
sidered, the educated woman ought to
make a better housekeeper than an
ignorant one, and it is up to you, for
the honor of your sex, to prove it,
Above all, beloved, study to be wom-
anly. Don't get the illusion that an
fto4 l. aal
woman. 1t isn't. All limitations are
cheap and vulgar. Be real. Be wom-
anly and tender. A kiss is better on
a woman's lips than repartee, and
there is a wisdom of love that makes
all other knowledge seem foolishness.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-07
SKETCHES FROM LIFE.

The lovely model, says Walter Pull
itzer in the New York Press, had stood
long in the same trying position. Fin
ally the artist paused and laid his
brush aside.
Wouldn't you like to take little
rest?' he asked kindly. He pointed to
a nearby divan.
The beautiful creature tossed her
head.
You apparently are no believer in
the saying that figures never lie!" she
remarked
This was the first stage.
Man-Is Miss Gertrude Boote at
home?
Maid-I'n take your card, sir, and
see. Kindly step into the reception
room.
This was the second:
Man-Is Miss Gertrude
Maid-Yes, sir. She told me to say If
you called that she'd be right down.
This was the third:
Man-Is-
Gertrude (from upstairs)-Oh. is that
you, Tom? Come right up.
And this is the last:
Man-Is my wife
Maid-No, sir; she's gone driving
with Mr.. Sparkler!
Mrs. Muchwed of Chicago was in a
reminiscent mood, and would gossip
about her old flames.
Said she with an emotional sigh to
her New York chum, Mrs. Wiseacre:
"Ah, Edgar Truman was such a dear,
sweet fellow, you know"
Wasn't he the young man who was
killed in that auto accident you had on
your last trip to Europe?" asked her
friend.
Gracious, no. replied Mrs. Much
wed. why, you're thinking of poor
Reggie De Fault
ITO be sure, 1 remember" cried Mrs.
Wiseacre THAT was the fourth hon
eymoon before the last, wasn't it?"