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The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-04

If the nails are brittle, a little vase
line or cold cream, we'll banked in at
night, and protected by a pair of old
gloves, will soon remedy this.
If the hands chap easily, a few drops
of pure glycerine and rose water, APP
piled while the hands are wet with hot
water, and well rubbed in and then
gently dried with soft cloth, will do
much to prevent the evil, or cure it if
the mischief is already done.
Sometimes, but not often, glycerine
does not agree with the skin, and if
this seems to be the case, apply at a
good pharmacists for some pure prep
aration that will answer the purpose
and not cause irritation.
Children should never be allowed to
to get their hands in bad condition. 1t
is all very well to excuse it on the
ground of their youth, but in years to
come the child will bitterly regret the
neglect of former years, when the
hands will become red and unsightlv
IN winter. There is no doubt but that
playing jackstones to excess enIarges
the knockles. and SNOWFALL making
with the bare hands is ruinous. some
tlmes permanently, unless the poor lit
tie frosted members are carefully
treated at bed time, in spite of youth
full protests and nodding heads.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-04
TRIM OF MOURNING.

English ideas in regard to mourn
ing differ considerably from those
generally entertained on this side of
the Atlantic" said a matron, to the
New York Tribune. mot only is the
length of time prescribed by custom
and Mrs. Grundy of wearing very deep
black much shorter, but the period of
seclusion from the world is almost in
finitesimal, according to American
ideas. 1t is not, however, that Eng
gish people feel less intensely, or that
they forget their loved ones more
readily than do American. 1t is sim
ply the philosophy of King David,
who, after having lain prone in ag-
ony before his child's death, refusing
to be comforted, arose and returned
to his worldly duties as soon as all
was over. Sometimes, however, their
acceptation of irrevocable conditions
is somewhat startling. At a large
subscription dinner given at some
German spa by the guests of one of
the hotels, one of the women present
appeared in the deepest black, draped
from head to foot with a huge crepe
veil. AS my husband has only been
dead six week she explained to the
women who were acting as hostesses
of the occasion, I thought it would be
disrespectful to his memory to discard
my veil. So, having shown her loyalty
to his memory in this peculiar fashion
she proceeded to enjoy the feast with
as much Zest as the others.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-04

ing apparatus in good working order
and the nose will be 100 per cent.
prettier.
Sharp eyebrows never make a pretty
profile. Get a small bottle of pure
olive oil and put it in a dish of hot
water Let the water remain hot, and
add teaspoonfuI of red vaseline to
cools, and the result is a very soft
pomade, which is just the thing to
use as an eyebrow grower.
rake small camels hair brush
and go over the eyebrows every
night. Outline the brows Just exact
~ as they are desired to be. Next
morning wash the face with hot
reward Will be abundant and pretty
eyebrows.
Many. people have ugly profiles be-
cause they have ugly eyes. The eyes
are blinky and watery, and IL is i'm
possible to open them wide. They
must be treated until they are clear
and pretty.
To treat the eyes successfully, take
bowl of warm water-say a. pint of
water, and dissolve into it a teaspoon
ful OF powdered borax. Set the bowl
where it will keep hot, and then
pathe the eyes with the solution. Use
1t every night before going to bed.
The beauty of to-day, or the home
ly woman of to-day, could not put in
an hour better at bed time. If she
will take a full hour for the prepara.
ton of her face for the night she will
be rewarded by a greater measure Of
beauty than she has ever before pos
sessed.
The wrinkles between the eyes
and all women of 80 have this wrin-
kle-must be massaged away. Then,
too, all the little querulous lines in
the forehead must, be brushed away
with the finger tips. Besides this, the
chln must be nicely managed to keep
away the crows feet from around
the mouth
Steaming the face is a process best
done at night. Wet the face with
very hot water, and let the skin be-
come smoking hot, but not so hot as
TO blister it. Don't allow the steam
to play directly upon the skin, but
rather apply hot cloths until the skin
is warm through. 1t takes a little
practice to know just how hot the
water should be-
Now is the time to wash the face
well with soap and water. Only the
very best of soap should be used, and
for this purpose the highly advertised
brands are generally best. Shaving
soap is pretty sure to be pure, and
Wash the face thoroughly and rinse
well. Rinsing is very important.
Finally apply a little cold cream to
the face, rubbing it well into the
skin. Next morning wash it off.
This course of advice. if carefully
followed, will certainly bring about
its own reward in an increased de-
gree of beauty.
And particularly will it benefit the
profile, for it is when seen in side
view that facial defects are most
plainly evident.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-04
EXPENSIVE TO BE ENGAGED.

Lovers, says the New Orleans Plea
yune, are enthusiastic creatures be-
cause they see everything through
rose-colored spectacles, so they often
become engaged before the prospective
bridegroom has attained a position that
Will warrant marriage, and he lives in
hopes that this desideratum will be full
filled in the natural course of things
in due time.
AS rule, disappointment awaits him
him, the struggle is very keen, and a
position is attained only as a result of
hard work and the display of consid-
cradle ability.
Instead of devoting his time to the
acquisition of knowledge, he spends It
with his adored one, and so decreases
his chances of securing the position.
So much for his time: now for his
cash.
You cannot take a young woman
about two or three time a week
without considerable expense, and
money spent is, naturally, so much less
saved.
The result is that marriage has often
to be delayed because there is not
enough in the bank to purchase a fit
ting home-or 1t may be that an ILL
furnished home has to do for the start.
or loan may be negotiated to make
up the deficiency.
In any OF these three cases the start
is bad one and does not tend to make
things smooth during the first portion
OF the married career.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-04

with grated cheese. Dot with butter
and brown in the oven.
Baked Potatoes With Cheese-Select
potatoes of uniform size and bake.
When done cut the skin lengthwise Of
the potato, remove some of the inside
and crowd grated cheese into the cav
ity. Cover the opening with white of
egg and brown.
Cheese souffle is an extremely dainty
luncheon or supper dish. 1t is also
used as an entree for dinner. Have
ready a. quarter of pound Of rich
American cheese grated. Put a pint
of milk into a double boiler or into a
thick pan where it will not burn Stir
in a quart of stale bread crumbs. Beat
until the mixture is smooth. Now add
the cheese. Cook for a minute, no
longer Season with a dash of cayenne
and a little salt. Remove from the fire
and add the yolks or four eggs. mix
lightly and stir in the well-beaten
whites. Pour into a stoneware baking
dish and bake ten minutes in quick
oven. Serve directly 1T is removed from
the oven, from the dish in which 1t was
baked.
Very few housekeepers have master
ed the art of cooking macaroni with
cheese. The article generally offered
on the American dinner table is heavy.
dry and tasteless. If a good creamy
desired, try this recipe:
Take a quarter of package Of
macaroni, break it into lengths of
about three inches and drop it into
boiling sailed water. Cook rapidly for
twenty minutes, drain and throw into
very cold water for ten minutes more.
This will blanch 1t a pure white and
prevent it's turning the ugly grayish
hue which spoils the appearance of the
.1.NN s-I. l.. -
chop a quarter of a pound of mellow
American cheese. or measure out a
quarter of a pound of grated Parme-
san. Rub a tablespoonful into the
same quantity of -four, add a coffee
cupful of hot milk and stir over the
fire until it reaches the boiling point.
Butter the enamel or china lining of
your silver pudding dish and cover
the bottom with macaroni Dust with
salt and pepper and sprinkle thickly
with cheese. Then add another layer
of the macaroni, and so continue until
the dish is full, having cheese for the
top layer. Pour over this the white
sauce, add another sprinkling Of
cheese, and bake in q moderate oven
twenty to thirty minutes. 1t should
be a golden brown color when served.
For luncheons, the macaroni may
be cut into smaller pieces after being
boiled, and then baked with its creamy
cheese dressing in individual dishes
or ramakin shells.
Never throw away the shell OF a
pineapple or Edam cheese. Fill It
with boiled macaroni and cream sauce
and set into the oven on a baking dish
lined with heavy white paper and bake
in a moderate oven fifteen or twenty
minutes. The shell will provide the
necessary cheese flavor and no chops
ped or grated cheese should be added
to the cream dressing. Serve this
shell on a paper lace doiiey or folded
napkin.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-04
IMPROVING THE PROFILE.

If ones profile is not all it ought
to be, one can go to work and reform
it. The profile. says the Brooklyn
Eagle, is not immovable, as many per-
sons seem to think, but, on the con-
trary, it can be decidedly influenced.
One can change 1t so that it looks en-
tirely different from the profile as it
now is.
To change the profile, take the de-
fects first and remedy them. II the
teeth protrude, have them straight
ened. Strengthening the teeth is not
at all difficult these days. There come
certain appliances which can be fixed
to bring them into line with the rest
of the mouth.
The next thing to do I'm reforming
the profile is to straighten the nose.
II the nose is crooked In the bridge,
and there are many people with
crooked noses, have 1t Strengthened.
The nose is built upon soft cartf-
lage, or muscle, which is easily
shaped with the fingers. The opera
ton of Strengthening the nose is not
at all difficult one. By all means
have IL attended to at once.
II the nostrils are distended, giving
the nose an ugly, wide appearance.
have them treated. Distended nos
trils are caused by a defect IN the
breathing apparatus. Asthma and
a cold IN the head, and all the kim
dred ills, will have the effect OF dis
tending the nostrils. Get the breath
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-04

ture and sale of boots and shoes, set
tied with his family for the winter at
A., the 'residenz stadt' of one of
the most aristocratic little court in
Europe, which, in lieu of territory
and power, kept up it's prestige by an
ultra eX-'smart.' When Mr.. X. took a
very grand hotel, and arranged ev-
erything on a magnificent scale for
the season, he expected, of course, that
he would have the entree to the high
est society, and was greatly chagrined,
and for the time being discouraged,
when told that selling boots and shoes
would effectually debar him, together
with his wife and daughters, from be-
ing presented at court or attending
ont of the best functions. But the rs
go to court he argued, speaking of an
American who had made his money in
trade. All, but he is entered in the
court records as a philanthropist, said
the Baron NJ, who was explaining
the difficulty to the millionaire. A
few days after that all the newspapers
in c. announced that boots and
shoes would be given away to the
needy at the various establishments of
the x brothers on a certain day
every week for a certain length of
time, and the papers were filled with
the praices of their generosity. think
1 have earned the title of philanthro-
pist,' said Mr.. X, showing the file of
newspapers to Baron M, who was
the arbiter elegantum of court ETH
quette, and was only too glad to find
cause to admit the wealthy and at
tractive Americans to the innermost
circles
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-04

on everything. an eye on the things
that fanatical bankers forget. If the
banker is melancholy, she must teach
him ordinary cheerfulness. II the
banker is too conVivial, she must teach
him ordinary caution. If she had four
husbands dixie Chaucer's Wife of
Bath, she would be an optimist to the
pessimist, a pessimist to the optimist,
a Pagan to the Puritan. a Puritan to
the Pagan. For she is the secret health
of the world.
Surely. then, 1t is absurd to test the
brain power" of women by asking
how high they figure in examinations
or trades; that is to say, how dexter
ously and powerfully they work as
sweeps, or parsons, or journalists, or
emperors, or innkeepers, or what not.
For the very great brain power" if
women in the world is largely poured
out in an attempt to modify the excess
sive sweepiness of sweeps, the undue
parsonity of parsons, the journalistic
feYerishness of journalists, the imperial
vulgarity of emDerOrs, and the moral
difficulties that arise from the keeping
OF an inn. Our sanity is built up out
OF their agonies. Our stiffness is made
out of their straining. We have not
much to pay them back with for thus
unfolding from the beginning the ut
terly unattainable ideal of common
sense. We have made one attempt to
do 1t: we have called Nature she"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-04
ADVICE FOR BACHELORS.

Agree with the girls father in poll
tics and the mother in religion, says
the Chicago Journal.
If you have a rival, keep an eye
on him. If he is a widoWer, keep two
eyes on him.
Don't put too much sweetstuff on pa
per. If you do you will hear it in
after years when your wife has some
especial purpose in infiicting upon you
the severest punishment known to a
married man.
Go home at. a reasonable hour in
the evening. Don't wait until a girl
has to throw her whole soul into a
yawn that she can't cover with both
hands. A little thing like that might
cause a GOODNESS at the very begin
ming of the game.
If, on the occasion of your first call,
the girl upon whom you have set your
young affections looks like an iceberg
and acts like a cold wave, take your
leave early and stay away. Woman in
her hour of freeze is uncertain, coy
and hard to please.
In cold weather finish saying good
night in the house. Don't stretch 1t all
the way to the front gate, and thus
lay the foundation for future asthma,
bronchitis, neuralgia and chronic ca
tarrh to help you to worry the girl aft
err she has married.
Don't lie about your financial condi-
ton. 1t is very annoying to a bride
who has pictured a life of ease in her
ancestral halls to learn too late that
you expect her to ask a bald-headed
old parent who has been uniformly
kind to her to take you both in out Of
the cold
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-04
SIGNS OF LONG LIFE.

The woman who desires long life,
says the Chicago News, must have
eyes round and wide. rather than long
and narrow. and If they are brown or
hazel life will be longer than IL they
be black or violet.
The brow must be ample and slope
back slightly from an absolute per-
pendicular The head must be wide
behind and over the ears.
The brow must be wide and full and
we'll set and the chin square and thin.
The nose must be wide and full
through its whole length and have
open, easy, dilating nostrils. This in
dicates a good heart and good lungs.
II the orihce OF the ear Is low, indi-
eating a deeply seated brain, there is
better chance of long life.
The woman who appears taller In
proportion when sitting down than
when standing has a good chance to
live long. II the body Is long in pro-
portion TO the limbs. the heart, lungs
and digestive organs are large.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-04
POTATOES AS PENWIPERS.

Homely, ugly, without beauty of any
kind, yet serving a purpose and serv-
ing this purpose so we'll that no sub
stitute can be found. says the Louis-
vile Courier-Journal, which win nor
form the same task as well, the Irisb
potato, that protector of the hungr,,
and standby of the poor, is stiu bet
ter than any penwiper which can be
devised by the ingenuity of man. L
is used not only by a small countr,,
hotel, but also by the most fashion
able and costly in the cities. If IL
simply plain potato, too, in all places
No attempt is made to disguise its an
pearance. In the Gait House and in
Seelbach's Hotel the potato is +ba
main reliance. The Louisville hotels all
use them, and the bill at the end NJ
the year for potatoes which are used
for this simple purpose is not small
Just who discovered that the Irish
potato is the best pen receiver which
can be found is not know. The mar
remains unframed and his name is NOT
written on the long list of American
inventors. But he deserves some
thing. Some historian, delving into
the past and endeavoring to dig up lost
events of the past which are important
In the present, should find the name of
the man who first jabbed a pen into
potato and found that it womb
cleanse and preserve the pen without
attaching to it small fibers which
would smear the ink If the pen was
put to use.
Louisville hotels have been usine
the Irish potato for years, and theV
still use it. On the desk in each office
is a large potato and in 1t a brtstltng
array of penholders, and points stuck
deep into the inky sides of the tuper.
Many substitutes have been tried.
but all of them have been found want
ing, and the potato rules supreme. AT
Seelbach's Hotel recently new desk
stand was bought. 1t had an arrange
ment for holding the pens, but a few
days trial soon convinced the clerks
that it was no good. The steward was
called up, a potato was hurried to the
front office and soon was occupying
the place of its aristocratic substitute,
There is a peculiar acid in the DO
tato which neutralizes the ink on the
pens and prevents them from rust
ing" explained H. M. Secor of Seel-
bach's Hotel, land that is one of the
main reasons for using them. They
keep the pens clean, too, and there is
nothing hanging to the pen when it is
drawn out. 1t is the best thing we can
find, and 1 suppose the potato will be
used for a long time to come.''
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-04
MAxIMS FOR MEN AND WOMEN

When woman says she wouldn't
marry the best man alive she speaks
the truth; she couldn't get him, says
the Chicago Journal.
Tomorrow is the reef that has
cost the life of many a business man.
III every woman's face was her for
tune there would he a run on the veil
market.
Justice might take your part, but
injustice takes your all.
Too many irons in the fire eat I'D
much expensive coal.
Don't take a polite acknowledgment
for an encore.
The man who jumps at conclusions
usually falls with them.
Curiosity ofttimeS hides behind the
mask of solicitude.
Everything comes to him who waits,
except the waiter.
When you are arguing with a fool,
just remember the fool is doing the
same thing.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-04
SOME FAvORITE DISHES.

Queen Victoria is said to have given
mutton the preference in the line of
meats, and was nowise offended if of
fered the cold shoulder"
Queen Elizabeth, says What to Eat,
was very fond of roast goose. She was
dining on this when the good news was
brought to her on Michaelmas day
that the Spanish fleet had been driven
back. And ever since that fowl has
been to the English feast of st. Mich
ael what the turkey is to our Thanks
giving Day. Henry VIII was extreme
ly fond of beans, and imported a
Dutch gardener to raise them, as in
his day they were only used by the
upper classes-"a dish to set before
the King" Napoleon's favorite dish
was bean salad. much cheaper in
his time, but equally good, Louis XIV
was extrava gantly" fond of a dish
made of the eggs of various birds,
which cost 500.
George Eliot while at Brookbank,
used frequently to walk to the farm
where she bought her vegetables, and
chat with the farmers wife on gar
dening and butter making, who was
somewhat surprised at the great novel
lists conversation on such homely top
les, and afterwards remarked: ct
were wonderful, just wonderful, the
sight o. green peas that l send down
to that gentleman and woman every
week" This was the summer Mid
dlemarch" was written.
George Sand not only liked sauces,
but excelled in making them. Lincoln,
in the days when he did his own mar
keting, often stopped at a certain shop
for his favorite-gingerbread He used
fO IF GuVallc and Yes
feel as II had had something.
Stonewall Jackson delighted in buck
wheat cakes-in season and out of sea-
son.
Charles Summers private secretary
tells of the statesman's sweet tooth
for chocolate creams. Andrew Jack
son surrendered to ice cream, at first
taste, when 1t was introduced into
Washington, and swore his usual oath
by the Eternal!"-he would have it
at the White House, and he did-at
the next reception. Washington was
noted for his fondness for hickory
nuts and the amount he could con-
sumo.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-04
TO HAVE PRETTY HANDS.

1t is no easy matter to keep the
hands in good condition at any season,
says the Philadelphia Ledger, but now
that cold weather is coming on, they
require special attention, for nothing
is more distasteful than to see a wom-
an, well dressed and lady-like, but
with hands cracked and red from the
cold.
Even when a woman is subjected TO
manual labor, she should be able 10
do away to a great extent with the Ill
effects of her work, and as for young
girls, there is no excuse for rough or
untidy-looking hands.
OF course, IL is an expensive mat
ter to consult a manicurist very often,
but visit now and then does Won
ders, and with a little practice IL is
possible TO treat the hands at home
the rest Of the time.
In the first place. a silver or any
sharp pointed instrument should never
be allowed to touch the fingers and in
order to do away with the encroach-
ments of the cuticle around the nail,
the hands should be soaked in hot
water and good soap for ten or fif-
ten minutes, and when the hands feel
soft and pliable, take a blunt orange
stick (Which may be procured for a
few cents at any druggist's) and press
the offending skin gently back until
the pale half moons at the bases OF
the nails are uncovered. taking care,
however, not 70 press so hard as 20
cause an appearance OF the little white
blemishes that are apt TO appear after
harsh treatment.
When the hands have been thorough
~ dried with a soft cloth. II IN an eK-
cellent thing 10 press the nails deep
into the half OF lemon until the nails
are thoroughly wet with the acid,
which H. a good cleanser and beautl-
ner. When the lemon juice has been
gently wiped on, the nails may be-
polished with "a wad Of t0wellnR. n a
regular nail polleher ~ not Al hand.
This treatment should BE- undergone
every woek. but the cuficie SHOULD b.
pressed back every time the hands are
washed.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-04
HIS PERSISTENCE.

There is no denying the fact that
the Americans are a people of wonder
full resource and assurance" remark
ed, says the New York Tribune. an
Englishwoman recently, half envious-
ly and half disparagingly They ven
ture in where angels fear to tread
with perfect aplomb and audacity, and
once there, l must admit, they act as
II to the manner born and rarely
commit any solecism or mistake. In
England, even the upper middle class
of good birth and position seldom as
pire TO alter their condition, and are
content to remain in that state of life
in which it has pleased Providence to
place Them Americans, on the other
hand, although they might be born in
the slums, would feel that so long as
they had the stamp of the golden eagle
on their belongings they might aspire
to the society of royalty itself: and
not only desire to have the position.
but would find means somehow or 9TH
er to get IL. / heard of a characteristic
instance of this truly American trait
only the other day. A man from one
of the Western States who had made
an immense fortune in the manufac-