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WOMAN’S
WORLD.
A woman who has just returned from
London, says the New York Sun, has
not yet recovered from her astonishment
t the extent to which the English wo-
Bfn are using paint.
• I had heard so much of the beautiful
English complexions,” she said, "chat I
was not prepared for the shock, and it
was not easy to understand why the
women used paint, for they seemed in
reality <° bave very nee<l of il -
The women I saw in the streets, the
ti)ops and the art galleries seemed to be
entirely without it. They all had the
high color 1 thought a peculiarity of the
ra ce and had no apparent need ot
paint- They had too much color for
beauty according to my ideas, unless one
accepted them as the out and out dairy
maid type, and there was scarcely one
of them w ho did not look as if she would
be improved by the judicious use of a
powder puff. They were free from cos
metics of any kind, however, and seemed
nat arai,
"It was among the. swelier set of women
that the use of paint seemed rampant. I
ta y rampant, because most of it looked
at if it had been put on for its own sake
and not os an aid to beauty. At the opera
there was scarcely a woman to be seen who
had not applied rogue with a liberality
that suggested that she had taken into
consideration the size of the building and
wanted her cheek to look as red from the
tox opposite her as to the perron seated
with her.. And the strangest thing about
their cosmetics was that most of them
w o u;d have looked better without them.
-I remember especially one conspicu
ous woman in society who has very black
hair and the high color that frequently
toes with it. But this appaiently did not
satisfy her. Paint was eveidently some
thing that had robe put on with the
diamond tiara and the string of pe-aris.
go the natural redness of her cheeks was
made several shades deeper by a coat of
rogue. An Amtiiean or a French woman
who set out to improve a complexion like
that would have used powder and tried
to mitigate the rosiness.
Paint is distinctly the fashion in Lon
don, and it is plainly put on for that rea
jon. nnd not to increase a woman’s nat
ural good looks. I went to a v. ry sma t
garden party one afternoon and learned
that I was wrong as to my conjecture- as
to why so much was used at the opera.
There was quite as much on view that
bright sunny afternoon, and few of the
women thought it necessary to resort to
the favoring protection of a veil. On a
coaching party one’ day I saw that paint
was quite as popular in spoiling as.in in
door society.
"There were, of course, many women
who did not disguise themselves in this
way. and were satisfied with their natural
complexions or some slight and artistic
modification of them. But the number of
conspicuously painted women are ap
pallingly large. It certainly cannot be at
tribute'! to the examples of the French,
as paint is distinctly out of the mode in
Paris. When I was there ten years ago
the pale woman was the fashion, and so
she is to-day. Women who have naturally
high colors see to It that ihey obtain the
popular degree of paleness. Women pale
already rub on an extra layer of chalk,
in order to look a little bit whiter than
their friends. The procession of white
faced women in the Bois every afternoon
would lead a stranger to think the
Parisians were becoming very anemic
were it not for the invariable redness of
the lips. They are always like cherries.
This is rarely the result of nature, but it
Is a pendant to the rage for while cheeks
that the lipss shall be ruddy enough to
proclaim perfect health. The cosmetic !
usually employed to produce this result ;
was a kind of paste, although there -were -
ss weil liquid preparations that accom
pl’shed the same result. This style of
beauty is thoroughly artificial, nnd the
succession of pale-faced women became a
little monotonous after a while. But it
was rather an improvement on the highly
colored English type, and it looked about
as natural.”
Here, says the New York Journal, is one
o! the prettiest and most characteristic
gowns of Mrs. Gladstone. Just after she
"as married, her husband, who had al
ready been a minister, put to her the ques
tion: “Shall I tell you nothin?, and you
can say nothing ? Or shall I tell you
everything, and you say nothing? 1 ' She
chose the latter of the alternatives; and
he told her everything and she never fold
anything— except one. Two cabinet minis
ters were dining with her husband, then
also a member of tlhe cabinet, and some
'hlt/g was mentioned, the details of which
were known only to members of the cabi
net and to such of their wives as were
trusted with their secrets.
-Mrs. Gladstone said, or did, or looked,
something which revealed that she knew.
At once there was flashed upon her from
'he brilliant black eyes of her husband
one of those terrible looks he could give;
It was a silent but an affrighting reproof,
"hen the dinner was over, and Mrs.
Gladstone went up to the drawing room,
the had a good, old-fashioned cry, and
wrote a note of apology to her husband.
He scribbled back n reply; it was in
tomethlng like these terms:
"You are always right. You could not
d° wrong. Never mention it again."
Mr Gladstone had, of course, forgotten
*ll about it, and his surprise was os great
•* anybody else's when it was brought
hack to his memory. One day he was
•howing some of his old letters to some
Sucms at Hawarden, and in the midst of
H Mrs. Gladstone disappeared, and, oom
'ag down with a little bundle, said she
•lei had her little treasures of the past
which she must show; and then out came
•his little note —faded, scarcely legible:
Preserved throughout half a century of
ommon life—of Joy and suffering and
freatness together.
!< was no wonder that everybody pres
et was touched at this resurrection of
something that brought hack tho Image
of youth and enrly marriage and oil the
Va st expanse of tenderness and perfect
understanding that lay between!
In the many perfections of this perfect
marriage, Mrs. Gladstone was most won
derful in flcr method of saving iter hus
hand and looking after him in the most
unostentatious way. Indeed, sometimes
*h* did it with such wondrous loot and
“hh such entire concealment of her pur
pose that she gave to a superficial observer
•n Idea of stolid stupidity.
There was anew baby in the day nur
it was a little boy about three years
old.
'Vhere did you come from?” asked the
matron, by way of an introductory re
mark
"I came sthwalt down fwom heaven, and
*f"lp Ihister came, too," answered rite
chilci promptly, somewhat to the matron s
•Urprlxe.
"'Veil,” she replied, “this is a pretty
had world to live In, nnd I think If I had
"cen in your pla#6 I should have staid up
there
“That wath what little thister thought."
* a 'd the child, "and she went right back
histn week.”
The little sister, n young baby, had suc
cumbed to the hard conditions of the poor
nnd tiled.
s he has no presence, but has an un
doubted effect," remarked a society auto
cct to the New York Tribune, surveying
* n'wcomer th rou(t h her lorgnon YTo
vWed a woman Is not actually ug .v and is
tot too fat, the can always make tiuscl.
Carriage onT of h V' Sh ' " a> abou ' "
continue,) , he soci.-,! au'hoF-r^'ha'-”
women who i , ha\e
held " bV ,h * " ay > h ' y
-Her and -howeT 7o
on Fv rT" in W ' h:ph ,hpy arp Put
look C v ?n'\h ° W? ,h "’
tior.s
•"hers show '77 h a,Pllp "’ "™ p
skjs s av h
■ .maker. Such adaptability is gener.il
-7-* -
-he c,,,, makp , hp hpst of hprsc , f
fc .ler women often score in this wav
•' 1 Ul ' :r younger rivals. We cannot l„-,k
7 pr n p ~, bu> nt le *‘ we may look new. nnd
dow’ •'L r,n 77 r,f '"'■cumbirg to the
die ace •• "’ l,ch F<> oflen overtakes mid
fl?ft nowadays if is no -longer the
n yenceal poverty a s if it were a
an 7 Wpir " nn unpear
i used'to 7 impoverished aris‘oerocv
- m necessary to maintain their
„?. r r ’- ion ln lhp y° rM - if quite out
with th e ' ,V Fa,r - •>"' society people
-.0 frankness that fs one of their
whs.e r 7r°7 ra v.7 r,S,!oS makp "<* attempt
° hl<ip ,hp;r misfortunes from
. r friends, nor do the,- deem It ne -cs
:Zl f° P out of ‘heir world heoause
7s , •mrccun'ot's. Neither does their
~' r ° P . ,hPTn - a s so many oenple
ln7. P , ap ' ,0 (1 °- T f there is
17 '-rorping" It is on the side of those
rr °nr ' hPir money nn<l become In
sonseq, force morbid and suapVlous. Bui
7 soc, . :'’ ,IPo,prl hf the poorer members
r ' s ''' ' ' a ffoofi apnonrnnee and f'h
ful eountensneo T f the,- dress well and
. bap: y ’" v pa n drive In (heir friends’
their 7 ° f ,hPir 4lrnPr s and sail In
.7,7 77 s " luch ns PVPr: h>" they
J make up their minds lo put hypnr
sensttiveness aside and to frankly avow
he situation. It is not only in far bet
ter taste to make no falce pretenses hut
i is also better policy. The pride which
pi.tei is not only vulgar, hut often he*
nurdu consequence* Not long ago the
1 . rnf a Ir,an who had expert-n-ed
considerable financial reverses went on a
visit to some friends, and with the silly
.oastfidnes* of youth talked largely of
the horses an.] carriages ot home which,
as u happened, were only kept by her
• ather for a -ale which was scheduled for
a few weeks later. This, however she
did not mention, and the father of her
.rier.l, who was a large creditor, natural
ly supposed that in spite of debt Mr. A
u I*’--ng in the same expensice
style as before, and in consequence re
tused his consent to an arrangement
", ! l would have helped the poor har-
T-.r.l man out of his difficulties. These
tmngs happen oftener thou the member*
ut extravagant families realize, and go to
show how foolish it is to have any false
priae about one’s circumstances.
Milady's Purse
She was an heiress, and the purge
®h p carried in her dainty hand
Might well the fortunes reimburse
Ot any- spendthrift in the land.
At least m. st men imagined so.
Yet they for years might ra -k their brains,
An<l after nil would never know
1 lie total wealth ihat purse contains.
?o here in full we give the list,
L torn which no item has Veen missed:
A bit of string, a buttonhook,
A clipping from a cooking-book,
A iittle Turkish cigarette,
A bit of gum (unused as yet).
Samples of gingham, organdie.
Chiffon, crepon and dimity, 1
Besides a shred of mousseline
De soie, a worn-out safety pin,
A coliar-button made of bone,
A lock of hair (perhaps her own),
A fashionable modisie's card,
A strip of blue and white foulard,
A crumb of gold from far Cape Nome,
And half-a-dime to take her home.
—Catholic Standard and Times.
With the opening of the Newport sea
son anew bracelet will be introduced by
the wemen of the smart set. In Paris it
b already a fad. I is cal ed the thumb
bracelet and shows an entirely new way
to wttr a Jewel, says a writer in the New
York Jcu nal.
The brae-let consists of a broad band
of gold worn about the wrist, which has
attached to it a tine gold chain loop, from
which a large jtwel dangles. In wearing
the I rue Get the loop goes over the thumb
and th“ jew 1 res s on the hand between
the t umb and the lirst tlngrr. or, more
co’rer.tly spa king, dangles there.
Mrs. Cass Canfleld is the fir t New York
w man to own ore of th=se very original
humb biacelets. In her bracelet the Jew
el which swings from the gold loop Is a
turquoise, surrounded with diamonds. The
thumb Iractlets tan be b ught both in
London and Paris in a variety of des gns.
They range In prieeefrom SICO to SI,OOO,
< ne very beautiful bracelet made with
the thumb loop is a g id band studded
with amtthysts. The loop is made of lit
tle gold lirks, alternating with tiny ame
thysts, and the Jewel which swings from
i is an exquisitely colored amethyst, cut
pear share and set with pearls.
Another bracelet made in this same odd
fad ion has a gold snake coiled about the
wrist, a smaller geld snake twisted to
form the loop anl an emerald for the
and ngllng j wel.
L sr si ason at Newport it was the fash
i n to have the most priceless gem of
one's coll ct’.on suspe ded from a fine gold
hain w.rn about the neck. This season
the Jewel must dangle from the thumb.
The Boston Globe is responsible for the
following things wives should remember.
That Adam was made first.
That "he rays the freight."
That "blessed are th’ meek."
That nine men in ten d-test gossip.
That all angels are not of your sex.
That confidence begets confidence.
That men sometimes have nerves.
That there should be no place like home.
-1 hat it takes two to prolong a family
Jar.
That ihe least said Is the so-nest mend
f That with all his faults you love him
stilh
That you should have no secrets from
1' i Tl
That husbands have troubles of their
own.
Thrt he's "ail right" wh n you know
''T |i a t woman's best weapon Is her weak
' That home Is more than half what you
"rhai* he Is Just as anxious to get rich
"wives arc unusually favored In
this country. . . ..
That his typewriter cannot help it u
' h That P he"ukr to hear that the baby Is
his dead lmige
That six |> Irs of slippers are enough for
“ThaTa man likes neatntss In your attire
3 That candy in excess Is worse than rum
1 'Vha tfm *sTou 1 and not run up Nils with
-oThitS ' k a no^by K In i the house Is a well-
S T ".ft s h o'who* puts on the gloves should
‘ThV'he l's° ntln love with every wo
mTha%t let him believe he 1.
't at'you? r. la lonshlp is closer to him
answer does
" That' r he a does nM 1 get sle*py the same
m T^at n, .he h r‘e are* letter drop-boxes on the
nearby corners. ,
THE MOKNING NEWS, SUNDAY, JULY 1. 1900.
That you shou and not expe.'t him to llgh*
the fire in the morning.
That you car,*: kfep bodks, and There
is no use of your trying
That- he expects you to look your beet
w7en you go out with him.
That it cfcKs not improve h s razor to
use it for chiropodical purposes.
i hat house hunting U not reckoned by
the a\erage man as a pistime
That R m.* is s xiy minutes past 7
o'tl> k. not fifteen minutes to •. 1
A Southern girl, just 18. end as pretty
and charming a? only a Southern girl
can be pretty and charming, was on her
first tour of inspection of the metrop
olis When she was much younger, says
the New Orleans Times-Pemocrat. *be
had passed through the. city on her way
to some other place, but now her skirts
were way down below her ankles, anti
with a whole fortnight's stay before her
she felt equal to the situation and pro
ceeded to slxe things up accordingly. Her
relatives entered Into the spirit of the
thing nnd gave her every opportunity.
They took her to Manhattan Beach and
the theater*; she shopped and went to
the Museum of Art: she visited the Stock
Exchange, paid her respects to the God
dess of Liberty and all the other thing*
that no true New Yorker ever thinks c f
doing, and which all well-regulated tour
ists would not dream of going home with
out having done. At- the end of her via It
the Southern girl felt Justified in ven
tilatiog.her opinion of it all. “Well.” she
announced with a gravity befitting the
subject. “I think-that your New York men
are perfectly splendid. 4 never saw any
thing like them before in my whole life."
(Pride nnd pleasure expressed in the court
tonnneen of all the males present >
“They're so good looking, so tvell dressed
and so—-I can’t *t)ink of the word, hut it
has something to do with horses.!’ “Well
groomed?” suggested one of the pleas’d,
proud males. “Yes. that’s it—well groom
ed.- Oh.” .with a deep sigh, “they’re reg
ularly lovely. Put the New York wo
men,” with a gesture of disgust. “What’s
the matter with them?” chorused the wo
men listeners. “They’re so ugly.” re
plied the Southern girl. “Stylish, if. yoy
choose, and well dressed sometimes, but.
oh. so ugly! Why I never saw so many
homely people in my life as Just since I’ve
been in New York. Our plainest South
ern women would be beauties here.” Jt
was some time before any of the women
listeners could find breath to answer. "But
you must remember.” at length one of
these managed to reply, “that you haven’t
seen any New* York women—not any
worth Judging from; that is to say, at
•Sherlock Holmes.’ at the Garrick the
other night and also at ‘The Casino Girl’
there were probably hardly‘fifty Manhat
(anese-ln ths place. These plays hav-e
been running for months, and all New
Yprk hj\a seen them long ago, and the
women you meet in the street, at whom
vou so revile, are more than likely
strangers from all over the country—from
New England nnd Canada and the West,
and ” “And the South,” here put in
another woman, while “Yes. the South.”
chimed in all the others. The little eelf
appointed critic just pressed her pretty
lips together and shook her head. “No
not the South.’ she said, with the air of
final refutation; “they couldn’t have come
from the South or they would have been
better looking.” i*
Heathen mythology cannot be assumed
to be historically correct, although it is
often interesting. The leeend of the Hin
doos concerning the creation of woman is
one of the most entertaining of myths that
have been preserved through the ages. It
relates that at the beginning of time
Twashtri. the prototype of Vulcan of more
recent mythology, created the world. When
he found that his work would be incom
plete without woman all his material had
been exhausted. There was not a single
solid element remaining. Much perplex
ed, Twashtri. after profound meditation,
took the roundness of Ihe moon, the un
dulations of the serpent, the entwlnement
of creeping plants, the trembling of the
grass, the slenderness of the rose vine and
the velvet of the flower, the lightness of
the leaf and the glance of the fawn, the
gayety of the sun's rays and tear* of the
mist, the Inconstancy of the wind and
timidity of the hare, the vanity of the
peacock and the softness of the down on
the thront of the swallow, the hardness of
the diamond, the sweet flavor of honey
and the cruelty of the tiger, the warmth
of fire, the chill of snow, the chatter of
the Jay and the cooing of the turtle dove.
He united al! this and formed a woman.
Then he made a present of her to man.
Eight days later man came to Twashtri
and said:
"My lord, the creature you gave me poi
sons try existence. She chatters without
v*t. rjie takes all my time, she laments
for nothing a* all and is always ill." Anl
T. received the woman again.
But eight days later the man came again
to the god and said: "My lord, life is
very solitary since I returned this crea
ture. I irnumber she danced before m*
singing. I recall now she glanced at me
from the corner of her eye, that she play
ed will. me. clung to me " And Twashtri
returned the woman to him. Three days
only passed and T. saw the man coming
to liim again. "My lord," said he. "I do
not understand exactly how*. but I am
sure that the woman causes me more an
noyance than pleasure. I beg of you re
lieve me of her.”
But Twashtri cried: "Go your way and
do your best.” And the man cried: "I can
not live with her!” "Neither can you live
without her.” replied Twashtri.
And the man was sorrowful, murmur
ing. “Woe is me. I can neither live with
or wdthout her.”
This is found in an English translation
of a book of Hindoo legends recently dis
covered. The title of the book is "Of n
Finger of the Moon Reddened by the Set
ting Sun.” and ia the sixth part of a
large work. "The Surging of the Ocean of
Time." It was written In Sanscrit and
the original manuscript was given to an
Englishman—Mr. Bain—by an old Brah
min dying of the plague. The other five
parts are not translated.
At home a woman should be guided in
her manner of dressing by an even greater
desire to please than elsewhere. Her hus
band. says the Ladies' Homo Journal,
may be the most unobservant of men. but
he will know when ehe looks neat and at
tractive. with hair newly dressed, and
some pretty arrangement about the bodice
of her gown. The practice of wearing
soiled finery at home cannot be too strong
ly deprecated.
Mrs. Edwin Gould, says a London let
• er. who has been creating something of
a sensation over here, for her youth, her
good looks and her elegant (towns, and
who was recently prisented at court.wore
a few days ago a dress which attracted
tttrnlion It was in black and white.those
two most desirable colors from a modiste’s
standpoint. "Give me Hack and white and
I can do anything." said a fashionable
dressmaker the other day. running her
hands through a chilTon flounea of black
and carelessly draping it over a white
satin skirt.
Mrs. Gould's dress, as worn In London
and described by a girl correspondent In
a letter to an artist friend in Paris, was
all In black and whi e
"Tha skirt.” said the letter, "was a
black silk tulle, very shiny and as thin
as a spider web. It was cut round’and
was shirred at the waist line until It was
exactly the same fulness a 1 the way
around.' It was made Over a skirt of white
taffeta With a ruffle of embroidery. The
skirt had a joke of whits taffeta, em
broidered In silver.
"The waist was of black tulle with a
yoke of embroidered taffeta set over a
v s of t ilt The 1 wer pa t of the waist
was of th white embroidery to match
ttsyrk* The sleeves wer* of tulle shirr
ed over s white taffeta foundation."
The letter concludes: "You can imagine
the pretty !W(t voolne s of sueh a gown
and the sersaticn it made In a wilderness
of color." ■
4 brilliant teueb of qoltr U given these
raher somber g wns by the stock which
is of hr ght blue or green, or ev n pf scar
t t For the maklfig of rtfese stocks’ the
newest colors aro used, tbe fair pale
sha>- of gieen ard the s arthng green
ish blues being very popular. In reds, ge
ranium leads at present, as It gives to
lostumei the one touch they may lack.
The single rose ha*- appeared as a fash
ionable irir.mng Many ar* the hats of
tan colored and < orn colored straw and of
sirfcw in Its natural shades that a r e tr.na
med with tulle, put around the crown in
the form of a big soft roll that complete
1> hides th crown. Ar one side.th re Is
a l lq; i odding rose of pink or red or
white stancing high upon is s alk with a
leaf or two.
The rose is used upon ihe back of the
stock and It Is tail alto seen tupon the
belt a: and on the parasol. Four large hand
some n ses and ycu will iini them
scented wit* a powder which is concealed
in th<ir s alk.
She wa. not at all vain, says the New
Y* r< Coir.tmrcial Adve tiser, but she di i
think she looked rather we 1 in it. She
had spent three afternoons trying on the
stock in tiade of fifteen mi 1 ners, and th
moment she saw' this hat cn its pedestal
she knew it wa*s hers. She believed in a
kind of material affinity between her
s.lf and the clo.hes she ought to have.
When the hat came home she pur it on
for benefit of the five gir s with whom
s e kept h use. Her ast glimpse into the
m.iror reatsured her. and sh. walked into
the r om with a suggestion of lho strut
(fa peacock.
"Tha looks very well, E sie!” Five
vcice* in five and ffeient keys said the words
in cl oi us.
“You den’t bave to keep it?” asked a
girl in a gray shirt waist. "No? Well,
then, to tell the truth. I don’t quite like
that rvght side. It droops ioo much.”
‘Not like that side?’* b oke in a pretty
girl with brown iy.s, “Oh, I do, but the
left side l* a littl- too high, don't you
think? It (tight to come down a little.”
' Go'dness, no!” Faid a light haired girl
with decision. “Give it all the style it has.
The sines are all r ght. But the front, you
know, there s sme hing queer about
that The black velvet bows haven’t an
gle enough ”
“I like .hose Lest of a 1,” sad a chic
little girl from the c rner, “but it seems
to me the back isn’t very pretty. It come
out too much over Elsie’s hair”
“H’m,” said the wily girl who had not
spoken. “I think the hat as a whole is
stunning, hui it imt b- coming to Elsie.
These ro 1 flowers are lovely against her
dark ba r. b .t that’s ihe only g od point
about It—for her, I mean.”
“i think lhai’s so She can get some
th n < hat l)ck< betier on hfr,” the cho
rds ag e and w til bioken sentences of ac
r 1 imation.
Elsi' took the hat off slowly, carried it
out, rut in its b x and spread the tis
?ue paper over it. She sent it back by the
boy, who was waiting in hall, and
faced the w ary vista of hat hunting days
pati ntly.
A young man of Louisville, says the
Chicago Chronicle, has been in love tor a
long time, but it was only the other day
that his engagement to the girl of his
choice was brought about. And this is
the way it happened:
The maiden's elder sister is what is
known as "practical." Seeing that the
happiness of both was likely to be lost
altogether, or at least materially delayed,
through the hesitation of the lover, she
met him at the dewr not so very long ago
and said: "I want to talk to you myse.f
for Just a few minutes before Dulcinea
comes down. You are in love with her
and I know she cares for you, and if you
tw’o can't fix it up why, I will. I'm go
ing to give you fifteen minutes to tell her
what you've been trying to’for more than
two years. At the end of that time I m
coming into the parlor, and if you haven t
made your confession I’ll make it for
you.”
Dulcinea came down. The elder sister
departed. At the end of a quarter of an
hour she returned.
"Have you tOid her?”
“Well, you see, I haven’t had time just
yet,” came the teply.
"Ail light. Dulcinea. Mr. Longwaite
wants you to marry him, but he can't
summon up courage enough to tell you
so. Am I right, Mr. Longwaite?"
A nod of assent was all he was able to
give, for nt that moment Dulcinea, who
may or may not have been prepared, plac
ed her hand In that of Mr. Longwaite, and
then the creator of their happiness re
tired.
After a discreet interval there came a
knock at the door and the proposer and
disposer entered.
"Do you want me to call father, Mr.
Longwaite?" ehe said.
“Can’t we wait until' to-morrow for
that?” asked Mr. Longwaite.
"I think we had better not, and as he
is upstairs now I'll call him.”
When paterfamilias turned up Mr.
Longwaite was stricken dumb. A second
time the strong-minded maiden came to
the rescue, and asked for her sister’s hand
for the silent wooer and paterfamilias,
like Barkis, "was willin'.”
Like all familiar customs, says the
Philadelphia Times, the origins of which
are lost in antiquity, the wearing of or
ange blossoms at a wedding is accounted
for in various ways. Among other stories
is the following popular legend from
Spain:
An African King presented a Spanish
King with a magnificent orange tree,
whose creamy, waxy blossoms and won
derful fragrance excited the admiration of
the whole court. Many begged In vain
for a branch of the plant, but a foreign
ambassador was tormented by the desire
to introduce so great a curiosity to his na
tive land. He used every possible means,
fair or foul, to accomplish his purpose,
but all his efforts coming to naught, ha
gave up In despair. The fair daughter of
the court gardner was loved by a young
artisan, but lacked the dot which
family considered necessary to a bride.
One day. chancing to break off a spray of
orange blossoms, the gardner thoughtless
ly gave It to his daughter.
Seeing the coveted prize in the girl’s
hair, the wily ambassador offered htr a
sum sufficient for the desired dowry, pro
vided she gave him the branch and said
nothing about it. Her marriage was soon
celebrated, and on her way to the altar
In grateful remembrance of the source of
all her happiness, she secretly broke off
another bit of the lucky tree to adorn her
hair.
Whether the poor country gardner lost
his head In consequence of his daughter's
treachery the legend does not state, but
many lands now know the wonderful tree,
and ever since that wedding day orange
blossoms have been considered a fitting
adornment for a bride.
To deplore “the great increase of drunk
enness among women of education and re
finement,” to dwell on Its dreadful conse
quences and to discuss measures for abat
ing the evil, seem to be necessary at cer
tain Intervals. The latest voice heard cry
ing Its warning, eays the W’hiladelphla
Times, belongs to a woman, and It was
at a temperance meeting that her addresa
was made. She said the usual pessimistic
things on the subject, declaring that
drunkenness was Increasing at a destruc.
tlve rate. She was. if possible, a little
bit more discouraged about the outlook
than the average person who sets out to
deplore the Increase of drunkenness
among women. Some idea of the despond
ency of her views may be gathered from
this part of her address:
"Many women," she said, "acquire the
taste for alcohol from cologne, which they
drink constantly, although it contains 96
per cent, of alcohol. They drink all the
essence# made for the toilet. Compound
tincture of lavender Is one thing they
drink a great deal. I know one New York
woman who drinks eight ounces of laven
der tincture every day. It contains 80 per
cent, of alcohol. Women drink the essence
of cinnamon and cloves, A well-known
physician has. written to me that theee
habiu are growing to an alarming extent
among women. Women also acquire tho
alcohol habit through temperance drinks,
many of which have* been found to con
tain 40 per cent, of alcohol. Peppermint
drunkards arc made In this way and. they
are very difficult to cure. Peppermint
drunkards are nearly always women.”
Jamaica ginger, baker’s yeast, alcohol as
a medicine nnd various other terms of
feminine tipples were mentioned by this
Cassandra, who apparently sees very little
hope for the women of this country.
Continuing the discussion, the New York
Sun says that it ,s a fact that New York
society has during the post ten years had
only two scandals in which it was shown
that women were drunkards. One of those
was a faithless wife, and it was urged in
her defense that her use of stimulants had
caused her downfall. The other case has
never attracted such general attention, but
it is known with comparative accuracy
why a beautiful and attractive woman in
society hos never married. She ts not now
much more than 30. and her misfortune
became known first some years ago. ln
a set which is the most conspicuous in
New York, which is the center of atten
tion from all sides, only these two women
have been discussed. So it is fair to pre
sume that the forebodings of the temper
ance lecturer were unneccesarily dark. It
is usually in fashionable society that most
of the drunkenness is to be found, accord
ing to the yarns which regiflarly appear
about cologne and other essences that wo
men are supposed to drink. Asa matter
of fact, drunkenness among women is now
as much confined as to a certain
Class. Among women of refinement and
respectability there is no greater taste for
alcohol, no greater indulgence in it than
there always has been. The women of that
particular class which hos always been ad
diJied to drink probably drink no more
than they ever did. and any consideration
of iholr case has no place in discussing
the alleged increase ln drinking among
women in general.
There is a young matron 1n Kansas
City who is the possessor of a highly ner
vous temperament, ns well as of a son.
aged 6, who keeps his eyes nnd ears open
and generally knows what Us transpiring
about him. Some nights ago a number
of friends dropped in at the home of this
nervous woman nnd observant l>oy for the
evening, and the husband, who, by the
way, is a Southerner, suggested that he
moke a mint julep for each of the com
pany. At the same time he informed his
guests that the mint was of an exeep
iionally fine quality, as it came from their
own private garden. The suggestion was
received with delight and the juieps were
promptly mixed.
In his wife's glass, however, he put
In only enough whisky to flavor the wa
ter—probably not more than n teaspoon
ful. Of this she pipped about half. Th**
result, however, was the same. She was
troubled with insomnia all night long,
and it was not until 5 o’clock in the
morning that she dropped off to sleep,
and as a consequence was not called for
breakfast.
At 10 o’clock she came downstairs and,
hearing the*voices of children on the front
porch, stopped to Helen. Her heart filled
with motherly pride as she heard her
elder son. a hoy oft. telling seven or eight
children from the neighborhood that they
must not make too much noise, ns his
mamma was asleep. Imagine her horror,
too. as the young hopeful added:
“She drank so much whisky last night
that she couldn't come down to breakfast
this morning.”
The following little skit first made its
appearance in the Chicago Tribune. It is
entitled "Her Electric Snnrk."
"Millie!"
The young lineman twirled his hat In
his hands in an agitated manner and
spoke in a voice that seemed to have a
tendency to get away from him.
"Millie, the fact is. I—l—there's some
thing I’ve been wanting to tell you a long
time, but I can't .seem to fetch it. When
you look at me like that, you know, it
breaks me all up. I've been coming here
so long that I oughtn't to be afraid, I
reckon, you know how it is—or
maybe you don't either. I thought I
could say it all right when I came in.
but you're a little the llvest wire I ever—
I didn't think It would be so hard when
I"
Here he came to a dead stop.
"Millie!" he exclaimed. In desperation.
"I'm short-circuited! I've burned out a
fuse!”
"Jerry, are you trying to ask me to
marry you?”
"Y-yes!”
"Why, of course T will, you foolish boy!"
And love's current flowed unobstrueted
ly again, lighting up with its pure radiance
the rose-embowered pathway that, etc.
etc.
A POPULAR MISTAKE.^
ReKflrdinK Henicfllcn for Djupepnila
nnd Indijf cMtlon.
The rat onal disease of Americans is in
digestion or in its chrcnic form,
?ia, ard for the very reason that it is so
common many people neglec: taking prop
er treatment for what they consider trl
flirg stomach trouble, wh n as a matter of
fact, indigestion lays the foundation for
many incurable diseases. No person with
a vigorous, healthy siomach will faTT" a
victim to consumption. Many kidney dis
eases and heart troubles date their begin
ning from poor digestion; thin, nervous
peopie are really sj because their stom
achs are out of gear; weary, languid,
failed out women owe their condition 10
imperfect digestion.
When nearly every per.-on you meet is
afflicted with weak digestion it is not
surprising that nearly every sec et patent
meuicine on ihe marke*. claims to be a
c ure for dyspepsia, as well as a scoie of
other troubles, when in fact, as Dr.
Werthier *ays, there is but one genuine
dyspepsia cure which is perfectly safe
and reliable, and moreover, th a remedy is
not a patent m dieine. but it fs a scien
tific combination of pure pepsin (free
from animal matter), vegetable essences,
fruit sails and bismuth. It is soil by
druggists under the’ name of Stuart’s
Dyspepsia Tablets. No extravagant
claims arc mad. for them, but for indi
gestion cr any stomach trouble. Stuart’s
Dyspepsia Tablets are far ahead of any
rcmorly yet discovered. They act on the
food eaten, no dieting is necessary, simp- j
ly eat all the whole-come food you want
and ihese tablets w 11 digest it. A cure
results, because all the needs is
a rest, which Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
give by doing the work of digestion.
a DUMB AGUE AND J
A- malaria
H
LIPPMAN BROS.. Proprlslors,
Orugglsts, Llppman's Block. SAVANNAH. C
CITY OF SAVANNAH POCKET HAP.
BO CENTS EACH.
I’RINTEO IN TWO COLORS.
NICELY ROUND IN CLOTH AND
•TAMPED IN GOLD ON SIDE,
v For Sale by
’SP.V- THE SJOn.MNG NEWS.
This Store Remains Closed on Wednesday, J uy 4th
Goods Lower Than Ever.
Odds and Ends from Our Great Stock-Taking
Will be Sacrificed This Week ! The Reductions Are
Positive and Will Please the Closest Buyers.
It Pays to Trade at Eckstein's
10 cts Dress Ginghams, New Styles 6 % els
10 cts Yard-wide Percales, New Stripes k'i cts
Cambric Linings, Short Only 1% cts
Spun Glass Lioings, "Ibe 2S cts Quality” 15 cts
One Dollar Dress Goods, "A Fine Lot” 50 cts
85 cts Taffeta Silks, in Short Lengths 59 cts
Printed China Silks, “Blues" and Others 49 cts
Hemstitched Sheets, some with three rows Sf-00
Full Size Bleached Sheets, No Starch 50 cts
A Few More of Those Printed Dimities 5 cts
New Lawns and Piques to Cts
Genuine Imported “Irish Linen Lawns" at 19 cts
Genuine Imported “Fine Irish Dimities" at 19 cts
Genuine Imported “Best Scotch Ginghams" at 19 cts
Genuine Imported “White Batiste Mulls” at (9 cts
Genuine Imported 25 cts “India Linons" at 19 cts
40 cts Finest embroideries, “Best Ever Sold," at... 19 cts
50 cts Ladies’ Laundered Shirt Waists at 29 cts
Men’s Stylish Laundered Sumtirr Shirts at 39 cts
75 cts Genuine Black Pure China Silks at 49 cts
SI.OO Black and Colored Serges, 54 inches, at 59 cts
$5 Ladies' Silk Waists $3,50
Indigo Blue, Silver Grey and Fancy Calicoes at 5c
Yard-wide Bleaching and Sea Islands at 5c
Sheer White Lawn and Nainsook Checks at 5c
Men’s and Ladies' Handkerchiefs, “a Gift” at 3c
$1.50 Linen and Other Washable Skirts at 88c
$2.00 Stylish, Clean, White Shirt Waists at SI.OO
$2.50 White and Fancy Fine Silk Parasols at $1.50
Applique Skirts, Latest Fashionable Style, at $5.00
50 cts Towels, Damask, Huck, Turkish, at 25c
$2.00 High Class Black Dress Silks and Satins at $1.25
Bargains in Laces, All Overs, Puffings, Tuckings.
No Disappointment! Every Item as Advertised 1
GUSTAVE ECKSTEIN & CO.
Hot Day Bargains
AT HOGAN’S.
Some wonderful offerings of the best
qualities. Good goods cheap, and nothing
old to sell.
LADIES' NECKWEAR.
Taffeta Silk English Square®—the new
est for Indies’ wear.
Handsome colorings and styles.
All other sorts and styles. Price* way
below the usual.
FANCY RIBBONS.
Fancy Grenadine and Striped Ribbons
this week for 23c, 39c, 43c.
LACES AND EMBROIDER IB*.
A big reduction on Dace*. Embroideries
nnd Allover Daces and Embroideries.
LADIES’ HOSE.
Ladies’ Fancy Openwork Hose 13c;
worth 20c.
Ladies’ Black Lisle Fancy Dace Striped
25c; worth 35c.
Dadies’ Black Disle Fancy Ribbed lioe
29c; worth SOc.
Dadies’ Fancy Colored Striped and
Polka Dots Hose 19c and 25c.
Misses’ Fine Black Lisle Openwork
Hose, all sizes 23c; reduced from 50c.
Infanta’ fine Lisle Openwork Half Hose,
all colors, 25c; usual price 35c.
SALE OF DRESS GOODS.
The sa’.e of Drees Hoods proved a reve
lation to the ladles. From our announce
ment they had expected much, but they
found more. It is undeniably the
biggest opportunity ever offered this year
to buy dependable, stylish and beautiful
dress stuffs t sensationally low prices.
HOUSEHOLD GOODS.
Good Table Damask 25c.
Good All Linen 60-lnch Table Damask
(6c; cheap nt fiOe.
Good Ail Linen 72-4nch Bleached Table
Damask 65<\
72-inch Bleached Table Dnmnsk 75c.
72-inch Bleached Table Damask 98c.
DANIEL HOGAN'.
The corner Broughton and Barnalrd Sts.
UNION HOTEL,
West Broad and Haris street.,
opposite Central Depot.
Modern appointment Convenient to .11
•treet car lines. Rates $1.25 and $1.50 and
$2.00 per day. Single meal 2uc.
M. J. PATERSON. Manager.
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.
~
A Summer School, in which boys will
be prepared for High Schools, Colleges, or
Universities, will be opened at Woodbury
Forest High School on July 12, 1900 Thos#
who desire general Instruction In the aca
demic branches, or "coaching" In special
subjects will find the school adopted to
their wants. A complete y fitted chemical
laboratory will be accessible to the pupils.
The session will continue during six
ed by the course pursued. Address comi
munlcatlons to the Principal. Orange. Va
IF TOU WANT GOOD MATERIAL
and work, order your lithographed and
printed stationery and blank books from
Morning New*, Savannah, Ga.
4JPEUIAL FOR THE WEEK.
Our regular 72-inch $1.50 Damask tl.XZbbc.
TOWELS, TOWELS. TOWELS.
20x40 Linen Huck Towels $1.75; a bar
gain at $2.25 per dozen.
Linen Huck Towels $2 00; a bargain at
$2.50 per dozen. - ‘
Spkndid line of fine Damn*k arid Huck
Towels.
White Bed Spreads f>3c, $;.00, sl.2a; ex
traordinary good values. ,
3ti-iqch Bleach Shirting 6%c, 7c, BVc#
LADIES’ I \DERWEAIt.
The interest in this sale is unflagging.
People coming beck for more in an indl
| cation of an offering of peculiar merit.
The assortment is complete, numbering
all grades, from tho.-e of little cost to the
finest lingerie the market affords.
GIVE T.HE HEN A CHANCE.
The men are happy because they can
dress from our stock at close figures. At
women’s prices, so. to o;>eak. And tha
stock is all that can be desired.
Colored Shirts, wbh or without collars,
$1.25 quality, to go at 89g*
89c quality to go at 69c #
79c quality to go at 63c.
Large assortment at 49c.
MEN’S I NDERWK.I .. -
Men’s Bal. Vests 25c; worth 35c.
Bleached Drill Drawers for 25c and 43c;
cheap at 39c and 50c.
A fine Gauze Vest at 39c; worth 50c.
A good Cambric Night Robe, without
collar, this week only o0c; worth 75c.
MEN’S HALF HOSE.
Splendid line of Gents’ Half Hose,black,
tan, unbleached, 19c; worth 33c.
Up To Date Druggist,
DONNELLY I’ll ARM ACY,
Phone 078. Liberty and Price.
Get oor prices and we will get
yoor orders.
J. D. WEED & CO
•AVANXAH, GA.
Leather Belting, Steam Packing & Bose.
Agents for NEW YORK RUBBER
BELTING AND PACKING COMPANY.
AMUBI J 9 Morphine and Whisker fiob-
Jfj Bl a TT U If iu ' r ** lfd without pair or
lI—I I I IIfI couhueraent. Cure gutiran
unuivisife-
OLD NEWSPAPERS. 200 for $5 cents, nt
£u*lnesa Offlc. Morning N.wa,
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