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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-10
1T SEEMS TOO BAD.

What did Nine. Seven say at the
convention" asked the first dress
maker, according to Judge.
why, 1 didn't hear quite all she
said. The chairlady announced that
Nine. Seven would make some fitting
remarks, but some one else cut in and
said If she was to be held up as "a
pattern for the other speakers 1t would
be a waist of words. l was right on
the skirts of the crowd and was try
ing to edge in. and there was a terri
bic hustle all about me. and then
Nine. Seven got up and exclaimed
that she could trim any one who chose
to debate with her, and all the time
the other woman was inserting a word
or two as she could, but anybody
could see she deserved a basting and
that she was going to get it, and
wish 1 could have heard it, but, 1
missed the best part of it."
why, couldn't you hear all that was
said ?"
q mot exactly that, but got stitch
IN my side and lost the thread of the
remarks"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-10

wrong, has it ?" he asked anxiously.
"Oh. no, but every one was so kind
to us that find it a little hard Toto.
1t wouldn't be proper to sell any of the
presents, would it?'
Certainly not"
That's what I feared" she said, with
a sigh. You see,. don't know just
what to do with them ALL"
DO with them?" he exclaimed. with
masculine readiness to settle any prob
lem. why, use them. of course"
But how. Fred? How" she asked.
1--WE have seven clocks and only a six
room fat r.
He gave a low whistle.
Then we have six dozen silver
spoons and five cake baskets"
He began to look perplexed himself.
There are fifteen butter knives and
eight fruit Dishes" she added.
He swore to himself, but made no
suggestion.
1--WE have three sets of fruit knives
and
Enough" he exclaimed. do what
you please with them"
But, Fred. 1 want you to"
They're yours" he interrupted.
"They were all given to you. and not
to me. weren't they? 1t wouldn't be
fair for me to assume any right to
them when they were expressly giver
to you"
And thus she first learned of mans
ability to dodge a difficult problem.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-10
LITTLE THINGS
THAT DO MISCHIEF.

1t is the little things of life, says the
most mischief, so that it behooves one
to look out for trifles and deem nothing
unimportant. A man who was greatly
attracted by a girl, and would probably
have fallen in love with her if some
little thing had not interviewed, told
one of his intimate friends who noticed
that his attentions were discontinued
that the little habit of laughing at the
end of each remark was the wedge that
first started the rift within the lovers
Lutte" which, widening slowly" made
"the music mute" so far as he was
concerned. Almost every one has one
or more little personal habits more or
less annoying to his associates, of
which he himself is quite unconscious.
81 do wish Selma X. would not begin
to hum a tune in the middle of con-
versation," said one of her friends. ut
is very irritating and shows that she is
not paying the least attention to any
thing that am saying. 1t is certainly
not complimentary, and 1 have heard
a number of people speak about it.
Some one really ought to tell her.
Unfortunately, however, that some
one never will We all dislike to be
told of our faults, and the task of cor
rection is an ungrateful one. There
are other little habits that are even
worse than faults of rf1anner-unpleas-
ant little traits, which develop all I'M
consciously, but which are exceedingly
detrimental. 1t is not necessary to spe-
city the little tricks that jar ones
sensibilities. Every one has noticed
such irritating trifies in others, al
though he himself feels perfectly sure
that he has no such idiosyncracies.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-10
SUCCESSFUL
AMERICAN WOMEN.

Who's Who in America" is an I'M
failing mine, says the Independent. for
writers of statistical articles on the
conditions of success, the value of ed
ucation and the like, although it is
uncertain whether figures so obtained
will bear all the weight Of argument
put upon them, since the wisdom of
the method used by the publishers
in the selection of names is much
questioned, especially by those who
do not find themselves included.
The latest deliver in this quarry is.
Amanda Carolyn Northrop, who finds
that one woman has attained dis
tinction to twelve men: that "a per
cent of these are married, 50 per cent.
refused to give their ages or their
reasons for not giving them; that only
1915 per cent. had a college eduoa-
ton, and that of these co-educational
colleges furnished more than the wom-
ems colleges. About half of the women
mentioned in the book are authors.
with articles in the next numerical
category. We dislike the use of the
word successful" in this sense as an
piled to women, or men either, for that
matter. The great majority of the
most successful women" in America
have not come sufficiently before the
public to be applautied, Kissed or
"Who- Whoed"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-10
PASS ON THE PRAISE.

you're a great little wife and
don't know what 1 would do without
you" And as he spoke, says the Kan
sas City World, he put his arms about
her and kissed her, and she forgot all
the care in that moment. And, forget
ting all, she sang as she washed the
dishes, and sang on as she made the
beds, and the song was heard next door,
and a woman there caught the refrain
and sang also, and two homes were
happier because he had told her that
sweet old story-the story of the love
of a husband for wife. As she
sang, the butcher boy who called for
the order heard it and went out whist
ling on his journey, and the world
heard the whistle, and one man hear
ing it thought, Here is a lad who
loves his work, lad happy and con-
tented"
And because she sang her heart was
mellowed, and as she swept about the
back door the cool air kissed her on
each cheek, and she thought Of a poor
old woman she knew, and little bask-
ct went over to that home with a quar-
ter for a crate or two of wood.
So, because he kissed her and prais-
edther the song came and the influence
went out and out.
Pass on the praise.
A word and you make a rift in the
cloud, a smile and you may create a
new resolve, a grasp of the hand and
you may repossess a soul from hell.
Pass on the praise.
Does your clerk do WE'LL? A
Pass on the praise.
Tell him that you are pleased, and
if he is a good clerk he will appreciate
it more than rise. A good clerk does
not work for his salary alone.
Teacher, if the child is good, tell him
about it; if he is better, tell him again.
Thus, you see, good, better, best.
Pass on the praise now. Pass it on
in, the home. Don't go to the grave and
call mother" Don't plead, Hear me,
mother; you were a kind mother; you
were a good mother, and smoothed
away many a rugged path for me-"
Those ears cannot hear that glad ad-
mission. Those eyes cannot see the light
of earnestness in yours. Those hands
may not return the embrace you now
wish to give.
Why call SO late? Pass on the praise
TODAY.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-10
A LITTLE MAIDEN'S MISTAKE.

She was sweet, seven and Southern.
When her family moved to New York,
says Harper's Magazine. there were
surprises in plenty for little Virginia.
Virginia's meals in the old homestead
had always been served by u klnky-
haired uncle" or turbaned "auntie, "
and the realm of white domestics was
as vet unknown to her. Soon after
coming to New York she was invited
to luncheon by neighbor whose es-
tablishment was conducted along
smart, up-to-date lines altogether for
eign to the little Dixie girls home life.
Now, the most imposing member of the
servants staff in this house is an i'm
ported "Jeems"-a regular Du Maurier
type, from the trim of his mutton chop
whiskers to the tips of his polished
boots. His dignity is enough to awe
an ambassador. so Virginia's hostess
thought II only natural that her small
guest should accept the buffers sefv-
ices at luncheon with shy glances and
timld Thank yous." 1t was only at
Virginia's home dinner that the secret
Of her timidity leaked out, when some
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-10
ABSENT-MINDED COURTESY.

Absent minded politeness, says the
funny and goes to show how strongly
habit dominates us, all unconsciously
to ourselves. II beg your pardon" ex-
claimed a majestic looking woman who
was walking in Madison avenue, as she
stepped inadvertently on the tail of a
large cat which was summing itself be-
fore the steps of a brown stone front,
and which disappeared with a squall
down the area. Then, realizing that
she had begged the pardon of a cat
she looked furtively around in an en-
barraSSed manner to see if any one had
overheard her, and meeting the inyol-
untary smile on the face of a passerby,
colored high and walked dignifiedly on.
Another absent-minded woman who
was apt to be rather cold in her man
ner with her servants. treating them
as if they were machines, had a large
house party at her country place re-
Gently. After her usual Sunday inspec-
ton of the stables with some of her
guests, she stood talking for a few
moments with the head groom about
some of the horses. Then, to the as
tonishment of the women who We're
with her and the embarrassment Of the
man, she concluded with one of her
most gracious society smiles, well, L
must be going. ''Goodby" The groom
touched his cap, "Goodby, ma'am," he
responded feebly. Mrs. T. suddenly re-
membered herself, but feeling that any
betrayal of the consciousness of her
mistake would be out of place, waited
until they were well away from the
stables before laughing at the joke
upon herself among her friends, who,
however, would not let the matter rest,
and whenever the occasion presented.
itself, continued to quote, well, we
must be going. Goodby!"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-10
ART OF entertaining.

Did you know" said a man to a
young matron who was discussing with
a, representative of the New York Trtb-
une, the art of entertaining from
philosophical point of view, that light
has a great influence on sentiment? l
have visited in many houses, and 1 al
ways notice that there are more fir
tations and matrimonial alliances at
those places where the hostess has a
feeling for effect, and arranges her
rooms with a view to aesthetics in the
way of subdued and becoming lights in
retired corners and small Withdrawing
rooms. Red light is especially subtle in
it's effects, rose light comes next; yell
low promotes gayety. but not senti-
ment; green predisposes to romantic
sensations, while pure white taVors
conventionality. There are other IN
fluences." he continued, that Won-
an who is ambitious to make entertain
ing a fine art should consider. Chairs,
for example, play a very important
part in social diplomacy. In the first
place, their size, shape and general
comfortableness are to be carefully con-
sidered, and after that their juxtaposi-
ton and relations to each other appro-
pirate to the various rooms IN whlch
they are placed. A clever woman that
has the instinct of true hostess knows
by a sort of intuition where to place
the chairs of her room so that they Will
promote agreeable intercourse.
1.-THE other afternoon l called at
house on a reception day. There were
a number of people in the room that i
knew, but the prevailing stiffness was
uncomfortable, and 1 made as short
visit as 1 conventionally could. At
another house in the same street, where
the surroundings were substantially the
same. the conditions were entirely diff
ferent. Here was an ease and gaYety
about everything that was delightful.
On thinking it over afterward, l tried
to analyze the reason of the difference,
and came to the conclusion that one OF
the chief causes was the chairs and So
fas and their grouping.
Have you ever noticed, too" the
masculine critic went on to say, "how
futilely some people entertain? They
want to be hospitable, and yet nothing
that they do seems to count for any
thing. They totally lack the percep-
ton that insures success. They will
spend money and time all to no appar-
ent purpose, while others, with half the
effort, will make a social hit. One
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-10
KAISER AIDED MISS FERRAR.

Geraldine Ferrar, the young Ameri-
can who is singing now at the Royal
Opera House in Berlin, writes that
her success as Manon was great, al
though the criticisms credited her
with little better than a fiasco. She
says that the envy of her colleagues
led to the hostility which the press
manifested toward her.
One of the rules of the Royal Opera
House in Berlin. says the New York
Sun, is that nobody not taking part in
the performance shall be allowed on
the stage. This excludes all husbands
and mothers.
Miss Ferrar went one night TO the
theater with her mother and ran up
against the rule. The mother wept
and stormed. but in vain.
The daughter, who did not have a
baseball captain for her father for
nothing, adopted more effective tao
tics and wrote letter to the Ameri-
can ambassador explaining that she
was so young that she disliked to go
to the theater alone, and as she was
among strangers she hoped that he
might help her to reach some person
who would aid her to gain the requis-
lite permission for her mother to ac-
company her on the stage. The am
bassador gave Miss Ferrar a letter
to no less person than the Kaiser.
The letter got to the Kaiser I'm some
way, and Miss Ferrar's mother has
had access to the stage ever since.
This angered the other women in the
company who had no such privilege.
There is little cordially toward
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-10

American or other foreign singers in
the company, and to enjoy such priv
ilege does not endear her to her col
leagues.
The young American soprano attrib-
utes the unfavorable notices she has
received in the Berlin press to the
feeling aroused by this favoritism,
which she says was absolutely neces-
sary in the case of young girl
scarcely 20 in a foreign country and
surrounded by strangers in the thea
ter.
The Crown Prince of Germany is
said to be so much devoted to Miss
Ferrar that his father has interfered.
That the Crown Prince is a great adj
mirer of the beautiful young American
is matter of common Information
among her friends here. He sent her
his photograph with signature after
her first appearance, and his atten-
tions have been very fiattering
She must be a delight to anybody
accustomed to the heroic beauties of
the German opera houses. Miss Fer
rar, according to the latest photo
graphs she has sent to this country,
is a young woman of unusual lowell
ness.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-10
FAMOUS FANS.

The Princess of Wales, says the Phil
adelphia Ledger, has quite a large col
lection of fans of all descriptions, both
ancient and modern. Among the col
lection is a Japanese fan that once was
fiuttered by former Empress of ia
pan, and is a trophy that the curio
collector would give a large sum to
possess, though it would certainly
cause some alarm if worn in a mod
ern drawing room. This fan is about
six times the size of the ordinary ar
ticle, and is made of the brightest
scarlet silk, upon which are embroid-
cred figures of various history of ia
pan. The embroidery work of this
fan is said to have taken ten years
to complete, says Home Chat.
A fan frequently worn by the Prin-
cess of Wales is one presented to her
by King Edward shortly after the
marriage of her royal highness. This
fan is made of kid skin, exquisitely
hand-painted, with pure ivory han
die, inlaid with gold. This type of
fan is extremely fashionable just at
present, and if you care to pay about
$3.50 you can get an almost exact copy
of one often carried by the Princess
of Wales.
Queen Alexandra has particular lik-
ing for fans made of lace.
During her majesty's recent visit to
Ireland she was presented with
beautiful fan made of Irish point lace,
a souvenir Of the visit much priced
by Queen Alexandra, and which has
since been worn by her majesty on
several occasions.
The lace on the fan was of Irish
manufacture; but the fan itself was
made by Duvalroy of Regent street,
who has made fans for numbers of ce-
lebrities.
The Duchess of Devonshire some
times wears. a large fan made Of black
ostrich feathers, and a fan OF this de-
scription was presented by the Prin-
cess of Wales to Lady Mary Crchton
on the occasion of her marriage. Nine.
Patti has a most exquisite collection
of fans, many of which have been pre-
scented to the famous prima donna by
different European royalties, several of
them bearing royal autographs, among
them being those of Queen Victoria
and the late Empress of Austria.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-10
MADE HER OWN BARGAIN.

There We're three of them, says the
New York Times, and they were
charming young things of the matinee
girl variety. They had bright eyes
and rosy cheeks, and they were all
talking at once, as is characteristic
OF their type. A Greek florist poked
a bunch of violets under the nose of
the prettiest.
"Fina violet" he cooed. 'Looka nice
on lady Dress
They are pretty" said the young
thing. How much?"
The Greek smiled with courtlv grace
ITO lofely lady a-twenta cent"
Three for seventy-tive?" asked the
girl with lightning calculation.
Three for a-seVenty-five If my lady
say So" said the Greek with humility.
The bargain was clinched, and the
three young things were arranging the
blossoms among their furs when one,
who had been wearing a rather puz-
zled expression for a few minutes,
suddenly said:
Ruth, it oughtn't to have amounted
to seventy-five cents. Didn't he say
twenty cents apiece?"
There was an awful silence while the
three young things laboriously worked
the problem out in mental arithmetic.
Then Ruth, with her cheeks all afiame,
turned to the smiling Greek.
You've overcharged me-" she said.
ut ought only to have been sixty
cents"
But the Greeks smile only broad
ened.
THE lady mazda her owna bargain, -
he said with a Chesterfieldian wave of
his hand.
Which being quite true, the three
young things had nothing more to
say; but somehow, quite suddenly, as
it were, all the sweetness had gone
from the flowers.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-10
The German workers Few Amuse-
uaufs.

From the Detroit News and Tribune.
Amusements play a comparatively
small part in the lives of German work
people, and such as they have are most
ly confined to Sunday Games have
not taken hold of them; they go to no
football or cricket matches. although
there are matches, and other classes
in Germany show growing taste for
games and sports. went to see a
football match between Dusseldorf and
a neighboring manufacturing town. A
similar match anywhere in manufac-
turing England would have attracted
from 10, 900 to 10000 sons of toll. who
would have shouted themselves hoarse
from beginning to end At the Ger
nian match rot one put In an ap-
pearance. When l left the. field, to-
ward the close of the game, the spec
tators, who had slowly increased dur
ing the afternoon, numbered exactly
sixty-hve; they were not workingmen,
and they showed no excitement what
ever. They played the ASSOCIATION, game,
not very we'll. The national game in
Germany is kegel, a kind of skittles,
and il is played ait public houses, but
not by workmen or seldom by them.
They play cards sometimes but not
a great deal In short, games may
be ruled out as an item of industrial
life Theaters and music halls count
for more. but for nothing like so much
as in England and i'm America. They
are less numerous in proportion to
population, and are only visited by the
working classes to limited extent on
Saturday and Sunday
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-10
ORGANIZATIONS FOR FARMERS.

the activity of the blood-mak-
ing glands, so that the supply
of pure, healthy blood is in !
creased, and the whole body
built up with the good, sound
flesh, which only pure blood can make.
"Words cannot express what suffered
for three years from the effects of tor
pid liver" writes las. E. Hawkins. ESQ.
President Order Golden Circle, No. al, of
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1 but known of your Golden Medical
Discovery sooner what misery l might
have been spared. I was bilious, tongue
was coated, appetite poor, and had fire.
quent distressing pains in the side and
under shoulder-blades, but within a week
after 1 commenced DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery there was a marked
change for the better, so kept on using
it, three times a day, for over a month.
with an occasional dose of DIR. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets to regulate the bowels.
and the results were all and more than
could wish. My appetite is Splendid
feel ten years younger, and am entirely
free from pain of any kind. Your Cold
en- Medical Discovery is certainly all
that it's name implies, and gratefully
endorse it."
The cures effected by DIR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery are SO many
and so remarkable that an explanation
of these cures seems almost necessary.
To understand the action of the "Dis-
covery" we must go beyond the blood.
If we follow the scarlet clue of vein or
artery it leads us at last to the stomach.
0The blood is the life?D True. But
=, kIAoI -
made chiefly from what we eat and
drink. 1t is the food, which, after being
properly digested and assimilated, nour-
ishes the body in the form of blood.
But when the stomach and the allied
organs of digestion and nutrition are
diseased there cannot be perfect diges-
ton and assimilation of food. Hence,
in what is called "weak" stomach the
nutrition of the body is reduced, and
the various organs which depend on this
blood made from food are put on short
rations. Like soldiers in a seige theyj
will hold out on this reduced ration as |
long as they can. But it Is only ques-i
ton of time when collapse comes, and
weak stomach is followed by wweak |
heart" weak lungs, vweak" kidneys or !
weakness of some other principal organ. !
The conclusion is obvious To help the |
blood You must cure the stomach. The
great success of vGolden Medical Dis
covery" is in chief due to the fact that
it begins with the stomach. 1t cures
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these it cures diseases which seem re-
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their origin in the disease of that organ.
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-10

favored. Remnants Of tapestry which
have seen their best days but which
are valued because of their associa-
ton, are kept intact in this manner,
thus serving double purpose. Pink
shades of tapestry with a gold thread.
and green shades with touches OF
brown, are both popular in this new
role.
Some of the prettiest pictures seen
recently were Holland scenes Of the
windmill type in Delft blue. They
were mounted on mats of the same
shade of blue book linen, and were
framed in Delft blue passepartout.
Green, yellow, brown, black and
gray book linen are also much liked
for mats, and when framed in the
same shade of passepartout are dura-
BILE, inexpensive and effective.
Remnants of Dresden, pompadour
or other figured silks are often
brought into requisition for this pur-
lose and are dainty for mats. A pic
ture recently shown was of woman
in Colonial attire, powdered hair, black
patches, volumnious skirts and all.
The mat was of q a)ompadour silk
with a dash of red in it, which gave
"a needed touch of color to the black
and white picture.