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The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-23
HER REVENGE.

She hated him, says the Philadelphia
Record. as one hates death. Her
loathing was a bitter, ranking hate,
for she knew that he was not overload
of her.
She knew that he felt happy when he
could shake her off for but a minute,
and she revengsd herself by following
him with a pertinacity of a shadow.
She saw that she was plaguing him.
wounding him with her revenge, and
she was happy.
She had often heard their friends and
acquaintance speaking of her and her
husband, remarking how they lived like
two little doves; and deep in her heart
she laughed a venomous laugh.
She was a bad one and she tortured
him He was q weakling and he suf-
fered.
One day she conceived the suspicion
that he was in love with another.
She bit her lips and fell
into a brown study. Suddenly her eyes
gave one vicious flash and she broke
INTO laughter.
And she began to prosecute him
more viciously, more terribly.
She went TO work in the same shop
where he was engaged; when he eX-
pressed the merest wish to go any
where, she offered her company She
saw that he was suffering acutely and
she was overtoyed and did not let him
escape her eyes for a second.
Her poor husband almost went mad
from annoyance and worriment.
He would have been ready at any
moment to part with half his life II
lie could but free himself from the
burden of his better half" But he had
neither the strength nor the courage
to bring his ardent wish to realization
His sweetest dream, his happiest
lima ginR, was TO be himself. away
from his wife-even n for but one
night and yet she was always
with him--always.
His life became hateful. burdensome.
10 him. He felt that hell
was within his own bosom. .
She noticed this fun well. md II be-
came her life. her JOY. Revenge tine
tured the color Of her soul and finally
became Identical with a.
His patience began TO give way, and.
little BY little, no began 70 express bis
feelings.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-23
JOKER AND THE BRIDE.

At one of the recent weddings, says
the Utica Observer, the bride carried
a prayer book, marked to open at the
marriage service. and from which she
was to read the responses and follow
the service. The practical joker was
present of course. for there was never
a wedding at which the practical joker
was not. Just before the ceremony he
slipped tho brides prayer book into
his pocket and left another in its place
which he had borrowed for the occa-
sion. When the bride opened it at the
altar she was a bit surprised, and for
a moment was lost in wonder as to
what had happened. Then she
caught on" bit her lips to keep back
a smile. and bent her head over the
book with no evidence Of anything
wrong.
The practical joker had substituted
a prayer book printed in German, and
the bride could read only English.
Nevertheless. she had studied the GER
emory carefully and made the re-
sponses at the proper time and in the
words set down in the ritual.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-23

unknown and unlocked for precious
thlngs, which are discovered by
woman whose dreams have been Gre
ated in the pure and holy places of her
heart and mind, and have always TAX
en- the forms of things divine, The
dreamer who mas seen before her pict-
ufes of home made happy by her
wise rule and faithful labor; of a man
already good and strong made better
and stronger by her ministry; or one
who has seen in the night watches al
Turing and delightful illustrations of a
life of noble sacrifice made blessed by
her wise and faithful work, will not
grow old and feeble when she no long
er finds them glowing before her eyes.
A woman ages fast when her dream
is over" True enough, bit why should
she cease to dream? The years, let
their plough-shares furrow as deeply
as they may, cannot extinguish youths
best aspirations in the hearts of wom-
en- who have kept in touch with high
ideals and in sympathy with progress
and the advance of the world. We
have all seen women, still physically
strong, who were reduced to their
newspaper and their knitting bag as
the measure of their mental and man.
ual activities: surely they are old in
dsed
But again we all know faces from
which earnest eyes have looked out
upon the generations, perhaps three or
even four. and never ceased to go for
ward with each advancing line. In
touch and step with the coming young
feet they press on and encourage them
to hope and never retreat. To such
as these, age does not come as a rob-
Der and q destroyer, but as an almoner
continually encircling them with means
by use of which they can never be iso-
lated or alone
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-23
0vERCARE OF THE HEALTH.

There are people who would never
or hardly ever'-he out of health if
they thought less about the matter"
says, according to the Brooklyn Eagle,
an observing woman, for it is just as
possible to take too much care of the
health as too little, and it probably is
every bit as mischievous.
I'VE have all heard of the green
eyed monster jealousy, who makes
the food he feeds on. The health wor-
rier does much the same. He or she
CIT is as often one as the other) broods
so mournfully over some little symp-
tom or ailnlent that depression of spir-
its results, and depression is fruitful
parent of both mental and physical ills.
"A medical writer of eminence said
lately that he never knew a strict
dietarian who did not after time be-
come confirmed dyspeptic.
''Shackles never produce strength in
the wearer. The body shackled by con-
slant conformity to rules loses its nat
ural vigor just as the tied up limb
loses it's muscular power.
People who are afraid to open their
windows lest a draught should give
them neuralgia, who are afraid to go
out II there is little rain or a little
wind or little cold, because they are
so delicate infallibly become more so.
and in time make themselves as sensi-
tive as hot house plants, which can
only exist in one particular spot in the
overheated conservatory.
There are, of course, certain gen
eral rules of health which every one
should understand and comply with il
they wish to avoid Illness, such as the
danger of breathing impure air in un-
ventilated rooms, of drinking impure
water, contracting chills, eating and
drinking too much. and so forth. This
knowledge, however, need not turn the
care Of the health into a bugbear. We
can make a fad of our health as of
any other useful thing. We can grow
mono-maniacal on the value of fresh
air or wooden Undertaking, and the
mischief of our mania is not the harm
we do ourselves so much as the dam
age we do others in turning them
against the object of our fade Take
the wearing of wool, for instance. Have
not many people been resolutely set
against II by those faddists who per-
sist In wearing their flannel shirts os-
tentatiously, and who maintain that
their hygienic value is destroyed II
their hideousness is softened by wear
ing linen collars and cuffs with themf
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-23
A SOCIAL PROBLEM.

have decided. says a writer In the
Philadelphia Ledger. TO do something.
Everybody does something nowadays,
so why should not I? 1t is fashiona bic
either 10 enter trade or to be a club
woman. Now, + cannot possibly be a
clubwoman, for 1 don't know how. 1t
as necessary to know a great deal
about Parliament or Congress, I. for
get whieh-Parliament- it-par-
lianlentary law. l have it now! l
don't see why it is necessary to know
anything about Parliament to be a
clubwomsn, unless it's because it's
English, but they say it is. Then, too.
il you join club you may have to
be on committee. and committees
are such bore
! was on "A committee once. 1t was
a committee of Wlys and means TO
serve O'Clock tta he worthy Door
and the committee each gave IS to-
ward the fund to encourage the rest
of the club to DO likewise But none
of the other members seemed to want
to follow suit, and, anyway, we did
not seem to be able to make the poor
appreciate the blessing of o'clock tea,
so we finally took the money that
was left and gave a spread-to the
committee. Now, 1 would rather have
had my So back and used it toward a
new hat. / don't think much of COM
mittees.
No, altogether. I don't think I care
to be clubwoman, and I am getting
just a little tired of bridge, since
everybody else has learned how to
play 1t, too.
can't even organize a bridge class
and teach it myself, for every soul 1
know understands quite as much about
it as I do
Now, Arethusa van Jones organized
class to learn the correct method
of keeping a diary, and the idea took
like wildfre, so Arethusa earned
enough to keep her in watch charms
all one winter: but 1 am not clever
enough for that.
did try manicuring last season. l
bought the dearest little outfit and all
the purest and most exclusive French
creams l could procure. l bought
charming little cap and apron for my
SELF too, trimmed with real valen-
ciennes, and / made almost enough
money to cover the expenses of the
materials and instruments.
But my ideas soar above this. wish
to be a success. I want people to gaze
at me in admiration, and say: There
goes that clever Miss c., the wonder
full girl who did not become a slave
to society, but did thus and so in
stead"
But there is absolutely nothing I
can do worth trying-yes, there is,
just one thing / really can do well.
and that is to tie a shoe bow so it
won't come undone. Brother Tom says
] am the only girl he knows who can,
and he does not believe l can, either.
l wonder whether it would do to or
ganize a club with reward to the
member who can wear her shoes the
longest without coming united If 1
thought they would not make me put
up the money for the prize, / believe
I'd try it.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-23
HUBBY KEPT HOME.

81 have done forever" said, to the
New York Press, a wise little wom-
an the other morning, with the reci-
pes in the woman's magazines for
keeping your husband at home"
''Why?" asked sympathetic
friend. Don't they work?"
Work? Why, they work overtime, -
said the first little woman, land that
is the trouble. The most awful failure
l know of is man strategized into
staying in the house when he doesn't
want to-"
Tell me all about it," said the 9TH
er sympathetically.
We'll, last Sunday, when 1 woke
up in the cold, gray dawn of the
morning, / saw in Georges eye that
he had planned to go fishing. 1 would
have seen it if his eyes hadn't been
open and if 1 hadn't stumbled over a
bundle of fishing tackle in the hall
way. So tried a woman's magazine
recipe.
What was it?" interrupted the
sympathetic friend eagerly.
"Oh, a simple thing with a few
ounces of sugar, some spice and a lit
tie pepper and something about put
ting on your own bonnet when he
puts on his hat and starting out the
door at the same moment But don't
you ever try it, my dear"
why, what happened?'
"Well, the uDshot of Ii was that
George did stay at home and try to
play the loving. domestic husband. He
began by refusing to touch mouth
full of the most delicious breakfast the
cook ever got up. sweetly remarking
that a man who was going to sit
In oil 1ur
would be foolish to try to do II on a
full stomach; and, anyhow, the very
thought of not going fishing had TAX
en- his appetite away
Then he went into the parlor to
read his papers and, as / suggested,
to get acquainted with his own chill
dren. They very first thing he did was
TO play ride a cock horse with the
baby and tumble her off on her head.
1t made a fearful bump and she
w-Nldn't stop crying for half an
hour, and he swore around and got
the other children all so frightened
and fretful that l had to send the
whole lot of them into the nursery
and set the scene all over again for
the loving husband act
Then he settled down to read his
paper and found that somebody had
taken the very sheet he wanted. II
TOOK nearly anOlner ndll nOur 10 10
cate that missing sheet, and when
at last we found 1t under the divan,
where the poodle had carried it and
gone to sleep on it, 1t turned out to be
the advertising sheet, and he was too
upset to read then anyhow. he said.
80 he decided to trim the poodle
Now don't ask me why, my dear
For the same reason that he refused
to trim him all during the dog days
l suppose. Well, ! spread the news
papers out ON the floor and got the
poodle Gained down and found the
shears and a footsteel and a brush and
but never mind. The poor little poo
die was so nervous by the time he had
examined his ears and stepped on his
tail and gotten quite ready that he
couldn't keep still, and It all ended
by George doing half of him and then
siashing his ear and finally kicking
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-23
BIG. ROOMS, BIG FURNITURE.

1t is whispered along Fourth ave
nue. and in other haunts of antiques,
says the New York Sun. that Colonial
tors are reported as having decided
to sell their old Colonial mahogany,
and are now taking a special interest
in the furniture of the First French
Empire.
Nobody knows for sure just why
there should be these symptoms of a
change in taste, and the special adj
mirers of the Colonial style stoutly
insist that it can never really lose its
charm for persons of right perceptions
because of it's intrinsic beauty. Some
guess that the growing taste for the
Empire furniture is part of the Napo-
leonic revival. 1t is just a century
this year since the First Empire was
set up, and the centennial of the
browning of Napoleon falls on Dec.
2 next.
Another guess is that genuine EN-
pire pieces are likely to be more cheap
ly imported hereafter now that they
are a century old, and real antiques
in the eyes of the customs authorities.
The best guess as to the threatened
change of taste is that the vast houses
built just now require massive furni-
ture rather than the delicately beauti-
full Colonial chairs, tables and sofas
Now. much of the Empire furniture is
massive.
The great pillared sideboards of dark
mahogany with richly marked veneer
on the solid wood, and elaborate dec
orations in ormulu go well in dining
rooms fifty feet long by forty feet
wide. In like fashion the massive EN-
pire sofas and tables make an inn
pressive show In the great drawing
rooms of new mansions in town or
country. All these things ARE to be
had now in great quantities and at
high prices.
Several of the dealers in old furniture
are making a speciality of the Empire
style, and dealers on the other side
of the water are feeling the effect of
the demand in this country. Prices are
likely to rise.
An East Side cabinetnaker, famed
for his enthusiastic love for his craft,
and the lingering fondness with which
he handles beautiful old pieces which
he remakes, said the other day If the
rumored change of taste:
II do not believe that Colonial fur
niture is going out. 1t is certainly not
falling in price, and the best patterns
are more, valuable now than they have
been at any recent time. sold some
Colonial chairs to a customer ten years
ago that I'd like to buy back now at
double the price.
ut is true. however, that some per-
sons are buying a great deal of En-
pire furniture. A collector told me
the other day that he intended here
after to collect Empire stuff instead Of
Colonial, and / have heard the like
from at least one other man interested
in furniture. A single piece of EN-
pire furniture sold short time ago
for $1,000.
Il suppose that good deal will be
sent over from the other side now, and
as It is not difficult to trace the his
tory OF Empire pieces they are like
ly TO come certified and to fetch good
prices. A piece with a history sells
quicker than nameless piece of equal
age and quality, and the history, by
the way, need not be anything remark
able.
Here is an American Sheraton side
board about a century old, and made,
! should think, by a Southern cabi-
netmaker. 1t is not perfect in its
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-23

Her hate became more violent, more
venomous. more profound
She pretended, however, that she did
not understand him, and became more
and more attached to him. but he felt
that he was being choked by her
slowly suffocated, strangled.
Finally he summoned up courage,
took on determined air. and told her
fatty that he loved another, and that
they must part.
You IDIOT" and she burst into laug-
ter, when she had heard him out.
And what do you imagine? That 1
love you? / hate you-as-as l hate
DEATH
"All the better" he answered, and
trembled in his anger.
You may 60" she Kissed out, and
simply spat at him.
1t was far gone in the night, and the
couple retired to separate rooms.
The Womans revenge was, however,
not complete.
Several times she arose from her
cot, and, with glowing eyes and quiet.
cat-like tread, she stepped up to his
room to see if he was asleep.
When she was sure that her hus-
band was in the land of dreams she en-
tered his room, and, darting one look
of hate at his sleeping figure, quickly
turned on the gas and went out. The
smile that played over her features
was "a deed without q name"
But the woman's revenge was not
yet complete.
A short time elapsed, and she en-
tered her husbands chamber again.
She lay down beside him, entwined his
cold, half-dead arms about her neck
embraced him and closed his lips in
hers.
And in this position they were found
dead in the morning.
In a note which she had left behind
she asked, for herself and in her hus-
bands name as well. that they should
be buried in one grave.
Friends fulfilled the request. A
monument was also placed over their
grave, on which were carved the fol-
lowing deeply moving words:
They were lovely and pleasant in their
lives.
And in their death they were not di-
vided.
And no one knows that this was a
woman's revenge.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-23

lines, for the Southern cabinetmakers
did not have quite the best tradition.
This piece. however, is beautiful.
1t is solid mahogany almost through
out, and its history is known. 1t came
from the Eastern Shore of Maryland,
probably from the home of a Hugue-
not family now extinct. It was fifty
years in the home of another Hugue-
not family. and was sent here for re-
pairs by a member of that family, who
thinks he cannot afford to keep it.
II have put $40 worth of work on
the piece. and with its history It Will
easily fetch 1925. When 1 first saw
it my guess was that it would sell for
s175. l don't say the extra $50 is for
the history, but the history is worth
something, and that is one reason why
Empire furniture of historic interest
is fetching good prices
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-23
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The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-23
SUCCESSFUL WOMEN !
IN VARIED FIELDS,

AT time when artist photography
is claiming so much legitimate art IN
terest. as well as professional success
the work of women photographers, says
the Brooklyn Eagle, seems TO possess
peculiar excellence. One of the most
successful photographers in London IS
Mrs. Lallie Charles. Her picture
photographs are well known among
fashionable London women. and an I'M
usual success attends her IN her studio
I'm suburban North London The et-
fects specialized by Mrs Charles are
in picture costume because she be-
lieves In the graceful outlines produc-
ed by ofd-time drapery, and her love
for setting a beautiful face among the
loveliest possible accessories achieves
some remarkable pictures
Mrs. Charles recommends women
who would be photographers 10 make
the beginning at rs. 10 work hard lp
ACCUMULATE capital before setting w
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good results "A name for which peop''
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lcontinusd on PsEs Twsnty-Avs1
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-23
DAY DREAMS.

II the "castle Of a young girls
dreams" has been bullded with the ma
teral things she covets-if her longings
are for great riches and the gay music
of the worlds instruments. and the
light OF its jewels-when it's "baseless
fabric" IL destroyed, says a writer I'm
the New York Evening Post, there is
nothing left either IN its conception or
expansion. It's failure. or It's disappear
ance, 20 sustain her heart The "house
buildcd on the sand" OF Holy Writ,
leaves q more comforting wreckare
There IA something most suhtly beau
tiful, like the curious and fascinating
Developments made by chemistry OF
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-23
A FEW DONTS.

Mrs. John Mclaughlin of Chicago
who read a paper before a wonian's
club on Mothers Mistakes" and who
ought the next time to speak on
Fathers Faults" laid down the fol-
lowing scheme OF don'ts:
Don't tell the children what you do
not mean.
Don't wait on the childrenI make
them wait on you.
Don't break a promise to your chill
dren.
Don't talk about your neighbors.
Don't scold at the table
Don't hurt their self-respect by cen
suring them before others.
Don't overdress little children.
Don't give them too many presents
before they are 10 years old; they are
liable to an attack of ennul before
they are 20.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-23
WOMEN AND DRUGS.

more women are addicted TO the use
Of paregoric as drug than 20 whis-
KY" said a clerk in big Broadway
pharmacy. to the New York Sun, re-
Gently. Il have women who come here
for 1t every day as regularly az they
eat their meals. and sometimes as
often.
1T contains morphine, produces
pleasant drowsy sensation. sounds
harmless and Is easily obtainablc. so
that women have little conjunction
about asking for IL when, perhaps. they
might hesitate al asking for morphine.
"One woman who comes here for Il
never goes beyond a four ounce bottle
a mouth. while another one, indeed
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-23
where Happiness 4. Found.

Don't look for true happiness in the
mansions of the very rich. where high
priced physicians are called in 10 doc
tor every allment. But seek 1t and find
II. too I'm the comfortable homes of the
middle classes and so-called poor,
where Green's August Flower Is al
ways used 10 keep the family healthy
10 cure an stomach troubles, whether
Indigestion. dyspepsia. constipation.
loss VI appetite. bilious attacke 3" 'e--
pid liver. Trial bottle August Flower.
Csc. Big bottle. 7bc. A. AL druEHIsts.
knights Pharmacy.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-23

several OF them. take three ounces of
the st~ three times a day. Generally,
hks her oDiate. the dose must
be Constantly increased. as the medi-
cine loses its effect
II is not generally supposed that
women are as, addicted to the use of
drugs as are men. but 1 think it's
about evenly divided. At least, that
is my experience"