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Thirty second consecutive summer season under
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-17
HOW THEY RUN UP BILLS.

"I remember" said a matron, to
New York Tribune reporter. being
very much shocked as a young girl
by an Englishman of the diplomatic
corps telling me that he never paid
his tailor's bills. But how do you
manager l asked. astonished at the
forbearance of the British sartorial
tradesmen. Oh he replied, / send
him a check on account whenever
feel flush, and he does not dare to
quarrel with me, as it would injure
his custom. Besides he added, with
laugh. I send him a lot of rich
Americans, and as they always pay
cash, it helps to square accounts
felt quite proud" continued the speak
er, at the probity attributed to my
countrymen, and wondered at the OBJ
tuseness of the young secretary of le-
cation who could not see that he en-
phasized the different standard of
honesty that existed between the
Americans and English in regard to
their debts.
But we have changed all that" she
added, with a sigh. Some fashion
able people in America nowadays run
up bills with as little prospect of pay
ing them as their English cousins, and
wriggle out of every obligation that
they can contrive to postpone. A gem
tlewoman who. to support and educate
her children. has gone into trade told
me the other day that on paper she
had made a great success of her
business. while in reality she was in
dire straits. and doubted very much
If she would be able to continue 1t,
all on account of her unpaid bills
against her wealthy customers, which
she did not dare legally to collect, or
even dun for lest she ruin her busi-
ness, for, strangely enough, the SYM
pathies Of her customers would be
against, not for her, in such a pro-
ceeding. And the curious part OF it
ALL said the poor woman, is that
several of my heaviest debtors are my
friends, who say they are helping me
on by giving me orders. and in every
case the people who owe me the money
am so greatly in need of are well
able to pay promptly
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-17
JAPANESE WOMEN AT WORK.

The sewing in the kmona. says the
New York Press, consists of one small
and one long stitch. species of artistic
basting. There is reason in this, for
whenever the kimona is washed, 1t is
ripped to pieces. This is perhaps, why
such dirty clothes, while the Chinese,
who battle sometimes, wear such clean
clothes. The kimona strips are dabbed
up and down without soap, scrubbed
with brush and are ironed by drying
them carefully on boards One of the
sights of a town are these boards, with
their strips of silk. leaning against the
sides of the houses.
The peasant women not only do the
homework, but out -of-door work as
well. Like the coolies, they wear trous-
ers and stand knee-deep in the sush
of the rice paddles guide the water
buffaloes at the plough, or bind up the
straw to dry on the trees. This is the
japanese idea of a hay stack, and
makes the trees look as If they were
wearing skirts.
One of the novel sights is the old
women mowers, clipping the lawns with
scissors as neatly as a lawn mower
and stopping now and then to gossip
over their tea. Both in China and ia
pan the tending of the silk worms is
not only done by women, but is re-
garded as an elegant duty. In China
each year the Empress inaugurates IL
ceremonially, as the Emperor does The
spring ploughing. In each country the
other important industry-the tea
growing-is largely in the hands of
women.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-17

others who have a most convenient
habit OF forgetting their obligations.
A man who forgets his debts OF honor
can be reminded of it at the next sit
ting; in fact, he must pay straight
or he cannot play; but with a wom-
an ii is different. A man must pock-
ct the loss and say nothing about it,.
The conditions of risk in a game Of
cards should be absolutely equal, and
for that reason I do not care to play
with women"
Women contend that men are very
unfair to them in this respect. "Of
course" said a woman bridge player,
we cannot carry money about with
us as the men do. We have no pock-
cts in our evening gowns to hold bills
or checkbook, but we generally pay
all right, and what l do mind" she
continued. lis the way men assume
beforehand that they are not going
to be paid when we say we will send
the money. A couple of weeks ago
Carrie A, lost. quite a little sum to
Bobby M. at Mrs. IS. and said she
would send him a check. The next
morning she went off to Lakewood,
and Bobby told a number of people
that he never expected to hear from
that winning, and put the sum down
in his bridge account as loss. OF
course, Carrie sent him a check in a
few days. but do you suppose he ever
told the people he had spoken to that
he made a mistake? OF course, not.
II a man had gone off without paying
he would have felt perfectly sure that
his money was safe, and said moth
ing about it; in fact, he would not
have dared to, but a woman can be
accused of dishonesty, and no one
thinks anything about it. 1t is dread
fully unfair"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-17

riYaled, or rather surpassed, those Of
millionaires' wives. Another section of
the committee visited the wigmaker
known to supply the star with stage
hair Did Miss So-and-So wear wig
in private life? Being a diplomatic
wlg-maker he knew nothing about
Mile. Stars private life.
Then came this story straight from
the lips of a well-known and socially
popular purYeyor of songs. He had
written a song which he knew would
make Mile. Star famous: or, vice
versa, she might make his song fam
Gus. He made an engagement to have
the new piece played for her in her
apartments It was early morning
when, in company with his piano play
err he arrived at the home of the star.
A demure maid admitted them to the
drawing room, and informed them that
her mistress was not able to appear,
but she would sit behind the screen
placed between the drawing room and
morning room and there would listen
to the music. The composer consent
ed to this arrangement, and at Sig
nal from the hidden but rich contralto
voice of the star the performance be-
gan The first verse and chorus were
sung without accident, and during the
playing of the interlude the star an
nounced through the screen that SO
far it was very good
Evidently the piece improved as it
progressed, for by the middle of the
second verse the star forgot her desire
to remain hidden, and the pair at the
piano, hearing a slight noise, turned
to see, peering above the embroidered
screen, the interested face of the STAR
her ample shoulders framed in a dec
ollete negligee gown and her chestnut
locks crowned by-a plume swept, vel
vet picture hat! The composer gasped
the accompanst lost three notes, and
the head disappeared behind the screen.
However, the star agreed to introduce
the song, and the composer went
forth, not to pirate of his promised
hit, but to spread yet another tale of
the hat.
But now there is no more room for
speculation. The awful truth has been
discovered by an insignificant milliner's
apprentice. She works in a shop on
Fifth avenue which overlooks the
stars apartments. One day-a dull
and gloomy day, when evidently not
even a gorgeous millinery triumph
could Tighten the gloom of the stars
doudOir-this apprentice saw the act
ress standing at a rear window, trac-
ing the progress of rain rivulets down
the heavy plate glass with her dia-
mond-decked finger Not only was the
inevitable hat missing, but also the
chestnut waves that usually formed
resting place for the French crea-
lions. And the star had about seven
whisps of dull, lifeless hair to her
name!
All Broadway knew it in less than
twenty-four hours. and all Broadway
said Il told you So" but not one of
them had ever thought that so long
CHI Lan hot tha v1yier
not be discovered for certainty. For
it is the part that tells the tale, not
the locks that curl or wave gently
about the face.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-17
THE PERILS IN KISSING.

To the average healthy citizen. says
the New York Medical Journal, the
practice of kissing includes danger
of insidious bacterial infection. When
the mucocutaneous investment of the
lips presents one or more breaches Of
continuity, the danger is, of course,
indefinitely increased. But to such
dangers there is superadded, in the
case of the neuropath, that of a shock
highly injurious to the nervous sys-
tenn.
1t has long been known to ethnolo-
glsts that among many primitive tribes
and races the practice of kissing was
unknown. Among the Lapps and the
Maoris, rubbing of noses occupied it's
place. The average native of Japan.
country which promises to take so
important place in the making of
future history still knows nothing of
the practice of kissing.
The practice of lip to lip salutat ion
was especially characteristic of Eng
lish social life in Tudor times. It's
universal employment was one of the
things noticed by Erasmus during his
sojourn in England. and is thus COM
mented on in one of his "Epistolea: -
Here are girls with angels faces, so
kind and obliging that you would pre-
fer them to all your Muses.. Besides,
there is a custom here never to be
sufficiently commended. Whenever
you come you are received with kiss
by all; when you take your leave, you
are dismissed with kisses; you re-
turn, kisses are repeated. They come
to visit you, kisses again; they leave
you, you kiss them all round. Should
they meet you anywhere, kisses in
abundance; in fine, wherever you
move, there is nothing but kisses"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-17

pressed through my foot, and the pain
is unbearable"
I'm just that way. too" said the
other. why, when I go to the theater
l have to take along pair of slippers
to wear after removing my shoes. And,
at card party, the other night, I had
to slip off my boots and sit in my stock
inged feet all the evening"
Me too" spoke up third woman
who overheard the dialogue. 1--WE been
a terrible sufferer from the same thing,
and at a dinner party, when l had to
kick my shoes off under the table, they
got lost and had terrible time find
ing them without letting the other
guests know what was the matter.
What do you suppose the trouble is?'
MY doctor says it's nothing but
what is commonly known as fiat
foot" said the first woman. Give
years ago, he tells me. the thing was
hardly ever heard of, but nowadays
every one has it, and there seems no
way to stop it. 1t is caused, he says,
by a weakening of the muscles in the
sole of the foot. which allows the in
step to sag down, bringing a pressure
on the front of the foot and causing the
nerves at the base of the toes to be-
come pressed together, making the
blood congest, or something like that.
hygienic shoes, but nothing seems to do
much GOOD"
"And l." said the pretty girl. why,
for a year 1 went without a heel on
either shoe, thinking that high heels
caused the trouble. But was just as
badly off. My doctor says the asphalt
pavements cause the trouble more than
tight shoes or high heels"
Whereupon all agreed that they were
ia trio af
way and went out together.
They come in by the Dozen" contin-
ued the manager. "At first we began
to think that we were making bad
shoes and had the last examined with
a view to changing it. But we found
that every ones shoes seemed to cause
the same trouble Finally, / asked a
doctor about it myself and he explained
it very much as that woman did just
now. There seems to be no cure for it,
though in some aggravated cases
physicians have removed a small bone
or two from the foot of a patient.
"Hygienic shoes, of course. properly
and carefully constructed, will relieve
the trouble, but after il has once got
it's hold on a woman nothing appears
to completely cure her, and l have
some of them return here after we
have everything that a shoemaker can
to ease her pain, with the cramp driv-
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-17
HER REASON.

why don't you like this fellow"
asked the brown-eyed girl of her blue
eyed friend. says the New York Times.
You say he is very kind, is making a
great deal of money. and has all the
qualifications for an excellent husband.
Why don't you take him? You're get
ting along bit in years and you can't
afford to daily like a girl of seventeen"
We'll, he's so bashful," complained
the blue-eyed girl.
The brown-ey one shifted.
What of il ?" she cried. He won't
be chasing after other girls If he's a bit
shy. l prefer bashful men myself"
He's coming tonight and I'll intro
duce you and then you'll see why il is
/ don't like him."
The man came and was introduced.
In vain the girls worked to make him
say something besides Yes" or mo. -
Finally the brown-eyed girl launched
into description of an accident she
had seen on the street.
The horse fell fiat" she said, "and
Immediately three men rushed out and
sat on its head"
The man began to laugh uproarious-
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-17
"SHOE-PULLERS."

Say" said the manager of a fash
ionable shoe store on Fifth avenue to
a customer, who, according to the New
York World, was waiting for his bun
die, have you seen any of these shoe
pullers YETI"
"Shoe-pullers repeated the custom
err" What's that-some new kind of
animal?"
mot exactly. It's-But here comes
one now
The door of the store opened and a
young woman. stylishly dressed and
who would have been very pretty but
for a look of agony that suffused her
face, limped in on one foot. Before a
clerk could come to her, assistance she
reached a bench and pumped herself
down, raised one little foot and liter
ally ripped the shoe off, several buttons
flying off in her haste. Then, with the
same look of agony on her face, she
grabbed her stockinged foot in one
hand and rocked to and fro. clerk
by this time had come to her aid with
a glass OF water, which the young
woman drank at a gulp and seemed to
be relieved.
Are you in pain, madame?" asked
the clerk, politely.
Dreadful" exclaimed the young
woman. Il don't know what it was,
but l suddenly got the most awful
cramp in my foot and it seemed as
though 1 could never get here to take
my shoe off. I wish you would see
what is the matter with the shoe. l
bought this pair here the other day,
and they're loose instead of being too
tight. But though they feel all right
when l start out, they begin to hurt
terribly in a little while, and yester-
day had to take this shoe off right in
a street car.
The clerk smiled. Madame" he
said, sit is not the shoes that give you
that cramp. You have simply Joined
the great army of women who suffer
with a mysterious Epidemic And he
went on to explain further to his GUS
toner.
shes a shoe-puller with ven
geance" observed the manager to- the
man he had first addressed, but by no
means the first one to-day. should say
that she was about the fortieth who
has come in here with the same story.
The clerk will fix her all right, by put
ting a steel lift in the instep of her
shoe. but she'll be back again in a few
days. and We'll probably have to build
a pair of shoes for her.
But" said the customer, Il don't I'M
derstand il"
MOP" laughed the manager. Meth
err does any one else. It's fact,
though. that in the past five years
a painful affection in the shape of Il
sudden cramp of the toes has over
taken the feminine population of New
York and other cities, till almost every
woman is victim of it. We began to
get cases of it from the first in few
numbers, but ever increasing, till now
it is no uncommon thing for us to have
to treat a hundred day. See, here
comes another"
This time the newcomer was a heavy
woman, of fashionable appearance. who
hobbled into the store and sank into a
seat next to the first sufferer. A clerk
removed her shoe. and the succeeding
conversation was much like the pre-
vious one the customer had overheard.
Its terrible" said the heavy woman.
mo matter where l go 1 am liable to
have to stop and take off my shoe. 1t
feels as though hot needles were being
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-17
HIDING A BALD HEAD.

A certain charming actress and her
hats, says the New York Press, long
have been subjects of speculation in
Bohemian circle which gravitates as
close as possible to the profession. Her
friends said hats were her hobby. Her
foes said one little wheel in her head
had slipped it's cog and run in the di-
rection of hats. And every newspaper
writer who ever interviewed her had
something to say about her passion for
beautiful headgear.
BY and by the men and women who
came in contact with her began to
compare notes, and discoveries were
announced. No member of her COM
pany had ever seen her without a hat
on. She wore hats in all her scenes
on the stage, and never seemed to
take them off between the acts. She
wore them at rehearsals, and her stage
manager, the one person in the COM
pany ever admitted to her presence
during the sacred hour of makeup,
was forced to admit that he had found
her before the great pier glass arrayed
in a kinona that had seen better
days and $50 millinery CONNECTION.
One morning a newspaper woman
was sent to interview this actress on
members of the profession. The news
paper woman was hidden to join the
actress at breakfast, and she found
the star clad in a morning gown of
rose-colored plated chiffon-and a big
turban made of violets.
This delicate morsel of gossip was
carried to a certain theatrical ex-
change where gossip-mongers congre-
gate, and then was unfolded a tale of
a manicurist who has been summoned
by the star when the latter was con-
fined to her bed by Illness. She had
found her patient sitting up in her
cretonne drapped couch, languidly in
teresting. clad in a lace coffee jacket
and a. picture hat trimmed with blush
roses.
1t was too much for the gossips,
and a committee of investigation was
selected then and there. Some Of the
members were delegated to interview
tn milliner generally patronized by the
star. They discovered that her bills
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-17
STRATEGY IN LOVE.

Thackeray has set forth most en-
tertainingly in one of his novels the
arts whereby English mothers and
fathers seek to gain husbands for their
daughters. Evidently in England
matchmaking is a science much more
highly developed than in this country
a writer in a London periodical hav-
ing recently described ingenious meth
DDS which Thackerays characters
overlooked-and one of these is the
"decoy."
For long time, says the New York
American, the parents of a girl of not
very attractive appearance had sought
to get her married. But the only hope
was a modest and somewhat simple
young engineer. They invited him con-
stantly to the house, and tried to throw
the young couple together in every
possible way. But the youth, while
appearing to like the girl, gave no
signs of proposing.
He was known to be a Jealous youth.
and the mother was ingenious enough
to think of a decoy. Fannie had a
younger brother.a delicate lad. who
had to be educated at home. Why not
substitute for the governess a prepos-
sessing young tutor? So an advertise
ment was put in the papers, and in a
week or so the tutor appeared. Part
of his duties was to play Miss Fannie's
accomplishments as she sung, and to
teach her French. This the unsus-
pecting tutor did conscientiously.
Meanwhile, Fannie and her mother
had carefully let out the secret Cn-
vented, of course), that the tutor was
in love with her. and had said all
sorts of nice things about Fannie to
other people.
This came to the ears of the engi-
neer, who was aroused to the very
pitch of jealousy that had all along
been anticipated. After a few weeks
consideration, he made the long-ex-
pected proposal.
A corn merchant of Lewes found it
necessary to employ decoy to secure
the hand of Miss Maggie White, the
daughter of a neighboring rector. He
had made overtures, but with no re-
suit. She regarded a corn merchant
as beneath her.
However. he knew a young man of
prepossessing appearance, and con-
ceived the idea of inviting him for a
months stay. Directly he appeared
on the scene, driving a smart dog cart
and generally looking very magnifi-
cent, the interest of Miss White was
aroused Invitations poured in on
the corn merchant. who took his new
friend constantly to the rectory The
latter made overtures to Miss Mag
gle. with full consent of the merchant,
until in a week or so people had be-
gun to talk about a probable engage
ment between them, including Maggie
herself.
But imagine her establishment at the
end of month to learn that the
young man had to sail shortly for
Australia for an indefinite number of
years. He left very suddenly, and
Maggie was forlorn, and the butt of
the chaff of her girl friends at having
been so deluded.
This was the very thing the corn
merchant had anticipated. Choosing a
suitable moment during Maggie's cha
grin, he asked her if she thought she
could be happy as his wife. Tingling
with her recent disappointment, and
despairing of another sutton. she ac-
cepted, and the two were shortly mar
ried.