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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-31
IF HAD KNOWN.

If I had known in the morning
How YEARLY all the day
The words unkind
Would trouble my mind,
I said when you went away,
1 had been more careful, darling,
Nor given you needless pain;
But we veX "our own
With look and tone
We might never take back again.
For though in the quiet evening
You may give me the kiss of peace
Yet it might be
That never for me
The pain of the heart would cease.
How many go forth in the morning
That never come home at night?
And hearts have broken
And harsh words been spoken
That sorrow can ne'er set right.
We have careful thoughts for the
stranger
And smiles for the sometimes guest;
But oft for our own
The bitter tone,
Though we love "our own" the best;
All! lips with the curve impatient,
All! brow with that look of scorn,
'Twere a cruel fate
Were the night too late
To undo the work of the morn.
Margaret E. Sangster.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-31
BY KATHERINE KINGSTON.

A quaint writer in an old English
book speaks with great admiration of
the beautiful Carpets" which adorn-
ed the tables of the English nobility
of his time. Americans do not car
pet their tables to-day, but their din
ing boards are very properly classed
as being feminine by the French, for
they are tickle as to the manner Of
their Attainment, and insist upon being
clothed in fine linen and lace.
No dainty dame of the fashionable
world fiaunts more costly lace than
her guests. So extravagant are the
styles in table lace that they have
only one recommendation besides
their beauty, and that is the fact that
when their days of service are over
they can be made up into frocks or
pretty things for the boudoir.
That woman who made her shirt
waists OF drawnwork table doilies
last summer has only to detach these
same doilies for table use this New
Year, for drawnwork. without wheel
edges, is now in vogue.
The most fashionable styles of table
lace defy the ingenuity of the econom-
ical woman in their manufacture, ex-
cept that she may insert bands and
medallions and fancy designs in lace
into the linen which forms the frame,
as II were, Of her tablecloth, and so
save the expense of an elegant piece
of table finery all ready to use.
French crepon and Italian filet net
designs, Persian lace and Russian
and Duchesse lace lead the styles in
table laces. and Chinese and Japanese
embroideries are the sort affected by
fashionable people.
The up-to-date woman no longer
rejoces I'm the fine quality of her
damask. but in making her bosom
friends green with envy over the quail
ity and beauty of her table lace. She
discards last years table sets just as
she casts aside last years frocks, and
in the space of week or so becomes
a connoisseur in the selection Of the
latest styles in table lace.
Italian filet net is so new and mod
ish that there Is qualification in the
fact that a woman may initiate it very
closely by darned work with coarse
embroidery linen in a good filet net,
but French crepon, the other new lace,
defies imitation. 1t seems to combine
stitches of Irish crochet lace with point
de Venice and Russian without actual
ly resembling any of them, and it can
stand any amount of hard wear and
washing, two things which make it
dearer than its price to a housekeeper's
soul
Persian and Armenian table sets,
than which nothing is more fashion,
able. combine lace with embroidery. O
combination affected by exclusive So
ciety. Whole tablecloths are made of
drawn-thread lace in a peculiar mesh of
Oriental linen, which is very artistic.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-31
ALWAYS WEAR THE HAT
SUITABLE TO YOUR FACE.

Don't forget, says the New York
American, that if the hat is suited
to the wearer all else is forgotten and
forgiven.
Don't hide small face under pic
ture-hat of the Gainsborough type.
Choose a style less pronounced in
size.
Don't wear hat turning back from
the face II you are a long, oval-fac-
ed beauty. 1t makes the face look
longer.
Don't wear hat that is bent down
directly in the middle if you possess
a nose that slightly turns up for it
will look as though it were trying to
meet the hat. A hat that flares at
the sides is becoming, as is also a
toque or a turban.
Don't indulge in very many flowers,
feathers. and flares If you possess much
hight, weight and color.
Don't wear a hat that very close
ly follows the outline of the face if
the face is plump.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-31
Splendid

that in St. Petersburg. Splendid
houses, beautifully furnished, warm
and flower-scented in the freezing win
tiers, rich furs, Partisan tei!ettes and
excellent cooking, all help to make life
pleasant. The tone of society has the
reputation of being lax, even as COM
pared with the same set in other cap
itals. and great ladies have a passion
for cards and for all sorts of gambling.
The country seat is visited for a
few weeks or months at the pleasant
est time of the year. The castle is
fitted up in the English style, with all
the comforts that money can buy, and
a good supply of French and English
books. The great lady looks after
the hospital or school she has found
ed, reads good deal, pays formal
visits to the small proprietors, and
drives over to see her friends at an
other castle twenty miles off, where
they exchange gossip about their
friends in st. Petersburg and Paris,
and discuss European topics.
The other type is honest, straight
forward and sensible, brave and ener-
getic, as strong in soul as in body.
These are the women with a purpose,
workers, people with views and ideas.
If of the upper classes, they work hard
on their own estates, supporting
schools, trying to train the peasantry
in better methods, facing undaunted
the uphill task of interchangeable and
ignorant beings. Numbers of the wom-
en- of the nobility manage the estates
and keep up the great houses to which
they belong.
In no country do women show great
er self-devotion. In the recent famine
ladies Travelled immense distances at
their own expense, and lived amid ter
rible conditions, organizing and saw
ing life in a large-hearted and capa-
able way-raising subscriptions, nurs-
ing the dying, persuading starving
children to swallow and appearing
themselves to live wit 1ut sleep, and
L 4
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-31

to the privileges of such rooms are
chary about ordering food, and the
yarns about women who always nave a
cocktail before the club luncheon are
mostly the Pigments of fervid masculine
imaginatioms.
IF the club dining rooms for women
had to depend upon the food and drink
ordered by the ladies themselves they'd
soon shut w. 1t is the costly little
meals that men order for women that
keep these places going.
THE economies of the American
woman extend TO hundred other
things. Women in New York hire cabs
less often than men of like means, and
usually with the sole purpose of saw
ing their best garments from damage
by weather, so that the cab hire is
really an economy.
In four cases out of five it is the
wife rather than the husband that in
sists upon cheap seats at the theater.
You seldom catch girls buying candy
for themselves or for one another in the
eXtravagant fashion that young men of
very moderate means buy it for the
girls.
1.-THE mild drinks that women set up
for each other are usually very cheap,
and woman is really not a treating an
imal. Women will carry a bag all over
express company, and most women will
resort to almost anything rather than
send a telegram, except upon urgent
necessity.
IF married men denied themselves
little luxuries as their wives and
daughters do, the savings of a good
many families would be doubled. 1t
really takes courage for men to econo-
mize in small matters: but women are
not afraid of being thought stingy, be-
cause the weight of feminine public
opinion is in favor of economy in the
daily go and come of existence.
Perhaps it is the sturdy independ-
ence of American life that accounts for
this attitude. Women. who are not
wage earners are too proud to waste
the money of their husbands and faith
ers, unless the family income is such
as to make economy absurd.
Those who denounce American
women as extravagant have made a
hasty generalization from observation
of small class. Ancient American
thrift is still in the blood of our. wives
and mothers"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-31

a complete suit of mourning several
inquiries were made with regard to
her bereavement, as she had said
nothing about the recent death of any
relative.
How long have you been wearing
mourning, Lucy?" asked her mistress.
We'll. m, this is just about the fust
time Abs worn this we're suit, and it
amt egzactly mohnin'."
Not mourning!" was the reply.
UNLESS you We're swathed in Grape
you couldn't wear much deeper mourn
ing
'Yass'm, I know de color's all right
black enough, but All isn't really in
mohnin' yet, cause he isn't daid yet.
You see, Abs engaged ter marry
Clarence Jones and he's daown right
low with an oncurable disease. Nom,
cahn't possibly git better An seem
as All had to hev a new dress All reck-
oned All might jest as well git mohnin'
right now, and Aid be sure to hev it
when All needed it,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-31
THE MAIDS JOIN THE UNION.

The latest emigrant to the suburbs,
says the New York Sun, had pass
ed through the cold spell and other
incidental episodes of the commuters
existence. He was silent as to the
sentiments regarding them, but he did
tell the story of the way his domestic
staff became unionized and the dire
effect on the peace of the family.
One night last week the bell rang.
Knowing that the servants We're I'm
the kitchen, the lady of the house was
surprised to hear it ring a second
time.
When it rang three times, she hur-
ried down to the door herself. There
were two neighbors who had come to
call.
She apologized for coming to the
door, waited until her guests had de-
parted and then went to the kitchen
to investigate. The two domestics sat
there quietly conversing.
why did nobody answer the bell?"
began the lady of the house, in ma
tural excitement. 1T rang three
times and finally went"
There was silence for a second, while
the two servants looked at each. other.
do you hear me, you, Mary?" she
asked, turning to the waitress. ut
was your duty to answer the bell.
Why didn't you?"
The two women exchanged looks
again and then the one addressed
finally answered.
"Well, we-Maggie and me-joined
the Rosehurst Hired Girls Union this
afternoon and we don't work after 8
o'clock-that is unless we get rs cents
an hour extra"
She looked triumphantly at her col
league after delivering herself of this
declaration And they both seemed
only little less proud when at the
end of the week they departed to seek
new places, leaving behind them for
ever the union which had succeeded in
getting them discharged so soon after
they had Joined 1t.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-31
TYPES OF RUSSIAN WOMEN.

Nowhere says the New York World,
do we find such diverse types of wom-
anhood as in Russia. 1t is a land of
extremes; but in no country are there
more noble women, giving their lives
and talents, often under terrible diff
ficulties, to solve the problems of their
time. There is the idle, luxurious, fas-
cinating woman, full of charm and
caprice-a brilliant creature, rich iE
social qualities, often highly educat-
ed, and born diplomatist. Her Opin-
ion is sought after by men, and she
exercises considerable influence in pol
itics. Such women live in very lux
urious way.
No society is more cosmopolitan than
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-31
THE GRO0M'S FOLKS NOT IN 1T

Ebert Hubbard, says the New York
Times, tells of a girl and her lover who
were discussing their approaching nup-
tial feast.
But, dear" said the bridegroom
elect, your mother has said that we
may only have fifty people at the we'd
ding breakfast, and your list of the
must-be-inviteds' numbers forty
nine"
Il know it, dear" said the sweet
young thing. (which would you rather
have here in that one place, Jack
your father or your mother?"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-31

humblest friend may do one an inesti
able service one day, and the
most obscure enemy may suffice to oul
undoing. To revenge small injuries
is false from a diplomatic, no less than
from an ethical, viewpoint.
OF course, the presumption is that
the authority quoted had no reference
to "quarrels thrust upon one." nor to
enmity incurred in a righteous cause.
The idea is that of the conciliatory
attitude instead of the aggressive.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-31
ALL READY TO MOURN

Lucy is a smart young colored wom-
an who ohiciates as maid Of all work
in a Brooklyn family She lie much es-
teemed by her mistress and the rest Of
the family says the Brooklyn Eagle,
and all take a very friendly interest in
Lucy and her affairs. When on re-
cent Afternoon out" she appeared in
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-31
RAREST OF LACE SETS
FOR THE DINING TABLE

NO DAINTY DAME OF THE FASHIONABLE WORLD FLAUNTS
ON HER SHAPELY SHOULDERS
THAT WHICH DECoRATEs TABLE All WHICH SHE SEATS
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-31
Baby Mine

mother should be of to ALL but the suffering and
danger incident the ordeal makes its anticipation Of misery
othe Friend the only remedy which relieves Of the great
PAIN and danger of maternity this hour which dreaded a woman
vrest trial only made painless but all the danger avoided
y Those who this remedy longer respondent
gloomy and other distressing conditions
overcome the for the coming event and the
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-31

Every mother feels .
great dread of the pain
and danger attendant upon
the most critical period
of her life. Becoming
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-31

Setlous accidents so common to the critical
hour are obviated by the use of Mothers
FRIEND. "It is worth its weight in gold,
says many who have used it. $500 per ~
bottle at drug stores. Book containing
valuable information of interest TO all women, W
oe sent to any address free upon application
4sRADFEEZD REGUEAT 0R Coz Atlanta "a
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-31

CONTINUED on Pase Twenty-eisht.)
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-24
Mushroonn Catsup.

Break into pieces the mushrooms
and put them into a crock in alternate
layers with salt sprinkled over each
layer. Cover the crock, and put 1T
down in the cellar stirring the con-
tents three times day for three days.
Now warm the mushrooms, mash them
to a pulp, and strain through coarse
netting, squeezing mem to extract all
juice. Put this juice on the range and
boil for ten minutes, then measure. To
each pint of juice allow teaspoonful,
each of whole peppers and allspice, q
blade of mace, two slices of onion, d
bay-leaf and a dash of paprika. Put
all over the fire and boil until thick.
Strain, cool, and fill bottles with the
catsup. Seal tightly.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-24
THE WAY OF A MAN.
Does Not Understand Why Women
Take So Long Arranging Their Hair.

Does Not Understand Why Women
Take So Long Arranging Their Hair.
What lot of time and thought you
women do give to your hair" said Mr..
Blank. with good-natured raillery. TO
his wife one morning when she was
preparing to go down town with him,
and was standing before the glass at
tending to her front hair" 81 won
der what would become of my busi-
ness If 1 spent as much time over my
hair as you do over yours"
An hour later Mr.. Blank was sur
veying himself anxiously In the mir
TOR before him. as he sat in a chair at
his BARRIERS, and the barber was hold
| ing a mirror back of him, while Mr..
Blank said, Eyes, guess that will do.
You might take just the least little bit
off the front part of my hair. and clip
off a trife more just above my left
ear. Seems to me you've left it little
longer there than 1t is above the right
ear. And l think I'll have you part
my hair a little lower on the left
just little! No, not that low. A
little higher. That will do. No. don't
| comp IL down quite so nat. and brush
1t back more above the ears. That's
better. but it's still too fat in front
Herel let me take the comb. See?
like 1t combed rather loosely. Let me
see how it looks in the back again
Just hold that hand mirror back OF
me again. Isn't there hair or two
longer than the others right back OF
the left carr Getting thinner and thin
ner on top of my head, isn't it? BY
Jovel I'd give ten thousand dollars
for something that would keep my
hair from falling out and leaving me
bald Couldn't you comb my hail
somehow so that bald spot wouldn't
show up quite so prominently? Yes
I've tried massage for it. Had my
scalp massaged an hour a day once
for seven weeks, and was balder whe1
1 left off than when 1 began. Yes
you might powder my neck a little
and just twist the ends Of my mus
tache into something of a curl. Tha
will do. Now do look all right. Good
day."-Woman's Home Companion.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-24
ITO he continued)
The Girtn OF Man Increasing.


An excellent illustration of the value
of records has been afforded lately re-
garding the question of physical degen.
eracy. A firm in the north of England
has compared the measurements for
clothing made two generations ago
with those of to-day, the results going
to show that chest and hip measure
ments are now three inches on the av-
erage more than they were sixty years
ago. The same conclusion is reached
by the experience of the ready-made
clothiers. These facts, whatever may
be their generality, do not quite dis
pose of the question of degeneracy'
They are what we should expect from
the more abundant and cheaper food
OF the people, their better housing and
improved sanitary surroundings; but
the testimony regarding the unfitnes,
of recruits and progressive lack OF
stamina in town, and especially manu-
featuring, populations cannot be disre
garded. The girth of man may be IN
creasing, but, like fatting hog, is moi
corpulency bringing clumsiness?
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-24

NJ
Should s1ow-Pay{hg Patrons or Disap-
pointing Dress5rykers Stand Lossf
Mrs. Bixby's see Of the case is set
forth by that lazy somewhat as fol-
lows, although she uses more words,
and warmer:
For her husbands business welfare
and her own Social advancement it
was necessary that she should make
good appearance at the first recep-
ton given by the Grays, whosare rich
newcomers to the place. Mr.. Bixby
strained a point to provide fifty dol
lars for a new gown.
The order was given in ample sea-
son to the dressmaker, who promised
that the gown should be ready for the
reception. 1t did not come, and Mrs.
Bixby, having nothing fit to wear"
was denied her expected triumph and
compelled to send her regrets. The
dressmaker sent home the gown the
morning after the reception, but Mrs.
Bixby declined to receive it or pay
for 1t.
The dressmaker says she was rush
|
attended to her cash customers first.
Mrs. Bixby does not pay her bills
promptly, and since there are many of
that kind, so many that the dress
maker was behind" with her silk
merchant. there was delay in obtain
ing the material for the Bixby gown
1t was finally procured however, the
ont q
been ready at the time appointed but
for two INTERCHANGEABLE forewomar
fell downstairs and broke her arm, anr
the dressmaker herself was taken Ill
Mrs. Bixby declares she is justified
in refusing payment. The dressmakel
insists that the material at leas
should be paid for, and points out thai
If Mrs. Bixby had given her something
on account when the gown was or
dered, the first delay in obtaining the
silk would have been avoided, and tina
would have left a liberal margin o
time, with the chances favoring tn,
completion of the order.
1.-THE lady or the dressmaker," Al
the circumstances are set forth above
Is an actual problem now engaging tn
attention of social circles in England
In vital interest it surpasses MI
Stockton's LADY or the tiger prob
, lem; for controversies. essentially sim
, liar, between people who sell and pee
pie who buy are taking place contlu
ually.
Our cousins across the water, VIII
, are furiously arguing the case In tn
/ newspapers. have NOT requested a
American opinion. But it Will strilS
| the unprejudiced observer at a dis
t lance that the aggrieved lady Nigh
: have been saved a deal of unpleasant
ness If she had established a reputt
, ton for paying her bills.-Youth
{ Companion.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-24
SaIt-Rising Bread.

Into a pint of scalding water stir
half teaspoonful of salt and enough
-four to make soft dough. Beat hard
for fifteen minutes, then cover and set
in warm room to rise for eight hours.
Into pint of lukewarm milk stir in
teaspoonful of salt and add enough
-four to make stiff batter. Work this
into the risen dough. Mix well, cover
again and set to rise until very light.
Turn into a wooden bowl and knead in
enough -four to make the batter of the
consistency of ordinary bread dough.
Make into loaves and set these to rise
until light, then bake.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-24
A Hard KNOCK.

There's an awful row on in the la
dies literary club"
whats the matterr'
"Why, the president requested
Grace to write an article on her per-
sonal "reminiscences of the Civil
War"
"Well7"
"Well, Grace claims she wasn't born
until ten years after the war was
over.'-Detroit Free Presa
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-24
Oatmeal Waters.

One cup of butter, one cup Of light
brown sugar, one cup of water, two
cups of oatmeal, one tablespoonful of
vanilla, one level teaspoonful of baking
soda, one teaspoonful of salt, enough
-four to mix to a dough. Holl out thin
and cut into long, narrow strips. Bake
until crisp. To keep the waters crisp
put into an alright tin. They will
then be good for months.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-24
sca11nned Oxstars.

Butter the dish and sprinkle on tho
bottom layer of bread crumbs; cover
this with oysters and put bits Of but
ter on the oysters and season as you
like; then layer Of bread crumbs and
oysters till the dish is filed, having
the bread crumbs, seasoning and but
ter on the top; half cupful Of cream
or milk TO moisten improves them. AL
ways use stale bread crumbs rather
than cracker crumbs, as 1t will be
found much nicer, and use them rath-
er sparingly.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-24
Canned PUN pkin.

Peel the pumpkin, cut into pieces and
cover with boiling water. Stew until
very tender, then rub through a colan-
der. Return to the fire, bring to hard
boil, sweeten to taste, and, while boil
ing, fill to overlooking hot jars, and
seal Immediately.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-24
Rice Outlets.

Boil one cupful of rice till very soft;
season with salt and pepper; mash
perfectly smooth. Put several pieces
of cold veal or chicken through a food
chopper; mix these with the rice, bind
together with the beaten yelk of an
egg, shape into outlets, and fry. Gar
nish with sliced lemon and serve with
gravy.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-24
Marbled Chocolate Cake.

One and one-half cupfuls of white
sugar, one-half cupful of butter, gen
erous half-cupful of milk, two and one
half cupfuls of -four, two teaspoonfuls
of baking powder, beaten whites of
four egges. Flavor with vanilla. Take
out one teacupful and add to it five
tablespoonfuls of grated chocolate
moistened with little milk. Pour a
layer of the white batter into the bak-
ing pan, then drop the chocolate bat
ter with spoon in spots and spread
the rest of the white batter over it.
Frost with chocolate frosting.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-24
Pumpkin Mo1asses. |

Cut sugar pumpkins into small
pieces and place In vessel and add
water to nearly cover; then stew it
until tender. Strain out all the juice
and boil it down until it is thick
enough.