The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-25

to force an entrance, but when they
once get inside may force open inner
doors to get at the goods.
The master of the house is not his
own doorkeeper, neither is the door
keeper the master of the house, al
thought the concierge, or French door
keeper, is the master of the situation,
and a despot to be propitiated with
frequent gifts and walls. A turnkey is
the doorkeeper of a prison, which is a
dreary place, of which the topper COM
planned who was locked up for month
in default of payment of a fine that
it was
"Warder warder everywhere,
And not drop to drink"
Dungeon doors, although now regard
ed as curiosities by sightseers, must
have been painfully real to those whom
they excluded from light and air. and,
in many cases, debarred of hope.
What tears and signs and groans
must have arisen behind those grim
and massive dungeon DOORS what
misery and what a depth of human
suffering they must have witnessed;
what terror the closing of their bolts
and bars must have brought to the
prisoners entombed within them!
You can bolt your dinner and you can
bolt your door; the latter is a wise and
the former an .unwise proceeding.
Cupboards have doors which should
be kept carefully closed by those who
have reasons to fear that the skeletons
hidden within them will come to sight,
also one should never let the cat out
of the cupboard, for if ones does so
all ones friends will want to see how
the cat jumps and regulate their. at
titude toward one accordingly.
Swing doors are not made to swing
on nor storm doors to storm at.
The barn door is a fashionable So
ciety dance which has gone out of
popularity since the invasion of the
cake walk; when it was in favor ev-
cry lady used to dance the barn door,
and nobody danced it properly; after
that the barn door divided honors with
the Washington Post as a violent form
of exercise.
Many people confuse the barn door
with the pas de quatre, but there is a
distinction, which, however, is not APP
preciated by the multitude.
The stage door is an institution be-
loved of our gilded youth the motto,
which is not written up above the en-
trance is mo admittance except on
stage business" Outside the stage
door the, gilded youth cluster like bees
outside a hive, waiting for the forms
they adore to emerge from the dark
ness into the radiance of the lamplight
to be carried off to supper at the Ho-
tel Cecil or the Savoy. The stage door
IS one which people come out of it
appears to be reserved especially for
exits, as any outsider can discover for
himself.
Spiritualists and people of feeble in
tellect who are unable to recognize the
happy medium are fond of sitting with
closed doors waiting for manifesto
tions which for obvious reasons can
only take place while they are kept in
the dark.
The bank clerk who aspires to the
hand of his employers daughter will
probably find the door closed against
him.
1t is better to shut out of a door
than shut in it.
A person who is shown the door, as
a general rule, has no desire to see it.
The inutility of locking the stable
door after the steed has been stolen is
proverbial yet it is strange how peo-
pie cling to the custom.
1t is not always the study door
which is studded with nails.
People behind glass doors should not
make faces.
A glass door may lead to the bottle