The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, July 08, 1900, Page 13, Image 13
WOMAN’S
WORLD.
]n a secluded and beautiful place over
ly kins' the Hudson river, amongst tree,
fllSie , ls and splendid cloisters, more than
,o N - cW Yoik women, many of them from
highest social circles, spent the last
( li jn June as puriicipants in the an
nual "Retreat” of the Sisters of St. Mary,
the Anglican Order of the Protestant
Episcopal Church.
this annual "Retreat” Is unique. With
l j ory of only a few years, it has al
r j,ty taken its place as one of the more
mportant as well as attractive seasons
( j- jser and pentitence in the Episcopal
Church. The "Retreat” just ended was,
lu th, number of participants, the largest
t v<r conducted.
At St. Gabriel’s Convent, which is under
the auspices of the Sisterhood of St.
Jlary, the "Retreats” are held every year.
•ji rc convent grounds enclose about fifty
acres They command a view of the llud
t , for many milts. The village of Peeks
k is just under the hill on which the
g'rcUtids are located.
These grounds are laid off with the fin
piieil art of a landscape gardener. Five
ma j„ buildings are surrounded by a pro
t s on of flower beds and carefully culii
vaUj trees and shrubs, with numerous
rViKs winding in and about the entire
place. . ..
Yhe first building, as one enters the
grounds, is the little home of the chap
lain of the convent, the Rev. Father Hen
,V Mead. Just beyond is the home of the
Sisters, where during the winter months,
about twenty-five of them live and give
instruction to the girls in attendance
upon St. Mary’s School.
In this home Sister Superior Esther re
ceived the "associates” of the order, who
had signified their intention of be ng pres
ent at the ’’Retreat.” The women came
from all over the East, but most of them
were from New York city.
It is usually anticipated that a large
number of the women at the "Retreats"
will spend the summer at the seashore
and at other places away from home, so
me celebration is set for the last week
in June, it bring expected that this wi.l
enable the "associates" to attend the
"Retreat" on their way to their summer
places, . - .
Among those who were received by Sis
ter Esther last Tuesday were the follow
ing New York women. Miss Daisy Post,
Mrs O. H. P. Belmont, Miss Elizabeth
Arnold. Mrs. Beekman do Peyster, Mrs.
Philip Hubert. Mrs. Alfred l.oomis, Miss
Livingston, Miss Franklin Delano, Miss
Ellen Middlebrook, Miss Grace Schuyler,
Miss Mary Morgan, Miss Ellen Kemble,
Miss M. Stuyvesaftt, Mrs. C. H. Ames
and Miss Annie Houghton.
As the women were received by the sis
ter Superior they were each assigned to
* small alcove in the school building,
where the girls stay during the school
season Each of these alcoves is curtain
ed off by itself, contains a small bed and
is supplied with only the necessaries of
the toilet. The building is in charge of
several of the Sisters, and there are
many private rooms for prayer and med-
Vi those admitted to the "Retreat are
associates” of the order. They have
manifested their Interest in the sister
hood in some ©radical way.
During the "Retreat” season the asso
ciates” wear the ordinary clothing of
their homes, except that on their h^ s '
instead of a hat, they have small white
morning the matins bell summons
ll„. Sisters and associates to morning
praver and Instruction at 7 oclock. m
s rvices are held In the little st - Ga *”, lc '*
Chapel, and this year were conducted by
the Rev. Father E. A. Osborne of Bos
l°ln the chapel, which Is splendidly ap
p-inted. the Sisters take seats In carved
'tails bn each side of the altar and in
the body of the church the *"■
The music of the services, which I un
dpally made up of chants, is S
tirelv by the participants in the R
treat." There is no choir.
After this service there is b " akfast ’ '°'
lowed bv a walk through the grounds.
The weather was p rfect, and these m-.rn
lt.g meditative strolls were immensely en
joved. At 10:15 o’clock the bell again
sounds, and the priest once more conducts
’‘Dined .s°at P i a o’dock. All the meals are.
verv simple, though of carefuliy selected
food At 3 o’clock there is another t
uc 0 in the chapel, another atSmidan
cther at 7. The 7 o’clock service -
brief, except for such as wis an(l
Bf er ii for a special season of pia>e
“per bell sounds at 9 o’clock and
lights are expected to be out at that hour
During the "Retreat the p . have
. evt r leave the convent grounds and ha-, e
no communication with
T.he last service, the morning mass,
each of ihe associates makcs what
non ,o the order. No one knows what
unv one else donates, bu - . p e
sums contr.buted are under* j
• xcefdlngly liberal. These ~"'ributlons
defray the expense of the
er and penance, and no other collection
'’’The Sisterhood of St. Mary is the high
est organization of this kind Inthe W
copal Church. Branches ate ' ~h
Memphis and Kenosha
sisterhood is very exclusive
Itself and Its work as much as possible
from the world at lArge. wavs
Some interesting nous a ' r in
end customs of the Dutch lac * n< j en t
the British Weekly from a corre = .ent
who spent some time in ooe h
in the Wakkerstroom district of the
Transvaal. The ladles, we are told.
very pale complexions, in the
Of Which they take their P‘lde ’ro k eep
off the scorching Bun's rays, thej e
their heads in white Uncn scarfs, worn
like the nuns and Sisters of- • ’
over Mils wear either the sun bonnet o
the " t apple." or a large strawhat. tied
under the chin with strings They have
the Impression that they b 1 '
an I know nothing of the becoml g
sunburn which English girls * ®
in most Boer houses of the toe iter class
tide is an American organ, o * era P“
ire. and the girls are generally “bleto
11 1 v simple tunes and accompany songs
sr i hymns. Four girls In one J 10 "®*;
where the correspondent was .
Prised their visitors by singing the la
-- Old songs, "In the Gloaming. and
"Just Before the Buttle, Mother,
pr. Terence to Dutch songs. As only on
mi'd able to speak English, it £
riovj: to hoar the others join in the cho
ruses. The daughter of the house Is a
- the one to bring the customary cup
©f offec to the visitors.
At the same house the daughters enter
tair.ed their visitor in their bedroom by
showing her box after box full of elabor
o* * crochet-work, counterpanes, antimac
flfsnrs, and yards and yards of the crocn
h,ce frilllngs, which they had made.
They are also very clever makers of paper
flowers, and many of the parlors and en
b-rt,lining rooms are freely adorned with
Lunches and festoons of them. In some
hoiacs the bedroom walls are adorned
w ith pages of fashion books. The Igno
of the Boor girls Is sometime® sur-
I’MeiuK. One old Dutch "frau” quite
bought that there were Kaffirs or black
P 4 **ple nil over the world, and no doubt
Pondered how the English could get any
"ork done with no servants at command.
A woman who had come out of the
" * L where she had Jteen a cow girl on
!' r nch. says the New York Sim, was
“warding a car In this city recently. She
r,r "l Just placed her foot upon the step.
was preparing to take another step
10 iht upper platform, when with a furi
ous Step lively!” the conductor pulled
th strap. The car jerked forward and
the Western woman swayed back for a
minute, then just caught herself in time
hI eVe, V H ba<l fail l| P®n the cobbles.
bhe confronted the conductor with arg-v
fntoVf* ! hat h( "' * ""-h-ma-d
the pratrt ° f m ‘ Bhty hor monsters of
hcfo.^T 1 d ° you mean b y starting the car
, f ° re l vvas 011 41 eh© asked.
mna dl ' t v " alt all 'tay for you. ladv.” the
conductor snarled. "Just step inside
In a moment the Western woman, with
.a Ward , 6olf - swee P of ,hc arm - lunged
I?!" the conductor's head. He dodged. The
t Se^,^ s hat spinning back inio the
acK. he woman entered the car and
vv •, She wns hushed but dignified.
hle the ocher women passengers wer
stl f ~6 te^l ed ’ they all knew J Uft how
- e felt. Then the car stopped while the
conductor went back for his hat. The
estern woman rode free that time.
In the autumn, says the New York
vening Post, when its members reassem
*e * the New York section of the Council
or Jewish Women will undertake work
on lines widely different from those which
it formerly followed. It will strike out
against Sabbath desecration, and the Rab
binical Alliance of the city will lend its
hearty co-operation. This is the first time
m the history of Judaism that the syna
gogue lias recognized on organization of
women or sanctioned its taking any part
in temple work in the sense in which the
New !ork section will do it. In each syn
agogue in the city a Council League will
be formed among members of the congre
gation, and all such will act in unison
with the central organization in further
ing the plans laid down. The economic
conditions will not permit a too radical
policy os regards trying to get all the
members of even the orthodox Jewish fam
ilies to observe the Sabbath. The rabbis
have kindly adopted the suggestion that
simultaneous services be held for children
in the temples with those for adults, so
that mothers need not be for Jed to remain
at home. The children at the same time
will be receiving instructions in their re
ligion in a manner suited to their years.
The Council and its branches or leagues
will each make it a part of its duty to
canvass certain districts and obtain sta
tistic®, religious and otherwise.
“The bravery and noble endurance that
are displayed in the lives of some of these
quiet country women are simply wonder
lul,” remarked a New York woman to the
New' York Tribune, who is sojourning on
Long Island. “Take the woman who
‘cleans’ for me once a week, for instance,
she is a veritable heroine. 1 think that
the gallant fight she keeps up against
‘poverty, hunger and dirt’ in her house
hold, with no other aid than, her own
splendid courage and industry, is one of
the finest things I know. And yet she
does not realize it. She is a fresh colored,
strong looking, Cheerful creature, and,
happily for her small family of six chil
dren, the strain does not seem to over
whelm her. Like so many other house
holds which were broken up by false hopes
at the time of the Klondike discoveries,
her husband left her for the new-found
gold fields, and since the day they parted
she has never heard a word from him.
“I work all summer, and I sew the
children’s clothes in the winter, when I
have not much to do,’ she said, when ask
ed how she managed to keep her little
ones so tidy.
“But, putting that aside, only think of
one woman doing ail this! She works her
eight hours a day at house cleaning, she
cooks for her family and provides for their
meals during the day, she takes in sew
ing, ‘which she does in the evening, and
with the help of her children, who are
wonderfully industrious little things, she
cultivates a small flower garden, the nose
gays from which And a ready sale at the
summer cottages.
“ T cleared S3O on my garden last sum
mer.* she said, with great pride. ‘lt seems
n long time to struggle before the chil
dren chn do for themselves,’ she said one
day, a little wistfully, w r hen I was talk
ing to her about her affairs, ‘and some
times it is very uphill work. But, thank
the Lord! I am strong and they are
healthy, and I guess we'll pull thiough.’
And mounting her bicycle (for every one
‘wheels’ on Long Island now) she rode
off home. ‘A woman like that ought to
have fine sons,’ said my husband, to whom
I had told her story, watching her as she
disappeared down the road; and certainly
her children should in the days to come,
rise up and call her blessed.”
A great many of ihe students of causes,
says the New York Sun, and effects, as
applied o the human species, ask from
time to time the reason for the perpetual
youthfulness of the women of the stage,
whose faces are constantly being pic
tured in the omnipresent half-tone publi
cations of the day, each lime seemingly
more attractive and young than before.
Many learned reasons are given by those
who say they know. Some say that the
keeping-up-to-date of the life profession
al is in itself a tonic. Others say that
the portrayal of stage emotion leaves the
face unseated by the lines of real care.
But the women of the stage are no more
youthful of face than many of the best
known women of society. The true se
cret of the continued youthfulness of the
modern woman is that she has discovered
the virtues of face massage, now ac
knowledged as one of the only healthful
natural methods of preserving the fine
texture of the skin and the contour of
the fact and now part of the toilet of ev
ery woman whose means affords the lux
ury. The daily manicuring and hairdressing
are now argumented by the half hour or
more of careful rubbing of the face with
educated fingers.
For thin faces the movement of the
masseur's lingers are gentle tappings and
slaps calculated to harden the muscles
and develop the cheeks to becoming
plumpness. For faces inclined to stout
ness the rubbing is harder, the extra
adipose being fairly melted away in the
process. Every lady’s maid must under
stand this new act nowadays in its dif
ferent branches. The Swedish system is
the general one in use for the face, while
for the body, especially in cases of rheu
matism or for reducing, the Japanese
system has many adherents. One of the
most popular massage operators in town
Is a Japanese of American education. His
clientele is in the fashionable uptown dis
tricts.
The summer girl of to-day, says the
New York Times, is a very different In
dividual from her elder sister of a decade
ago. The latter, clad in a spotless dress
that a shower would ruin or a touch
rumple, looked very charming under a
lace parasol on a hotel veranda or in n
shaded hammock, but except as a pretty
accessory to a rural landscape or a part
ner in a summer flirtation, did not
amount to very much in the eyes of a
summer man whose tastes ran to out
door sports. It was a constant wail of
the girls in those days that the selfish
men were always away fishing, catboat
ing rowing, or tramping, leaving them
to their own devices and amusement,
which were generally confined to needle
work or n novel. The girl of the pres
ent day however, is a companion whom
many a'man Is glad to secure for every
thing from a fishing excursion to a cross
eountrv tramp. From the sailor hat to
her feet, sensibly clad in stout leather,
her costume is one which will look well
after any disaster short of an actual
capsize ani> * iho can r>a ' l(ile n fa oo *,
sail boat, or play a fish In a way that
makes a man regard her u's a companion
arid a equal. She is generally a good
swimmer, too, and as a result has ac
' Hired a cool confidence when confront
ed with a squall .or nasty weather afloat
that makes her a far more enjoyable
companion than her elder sister, whose
one Idea of the proper thing to do when
the lee rail went under was to still fur
ther endanger the stability of the boat
by standing up and screaming.
The modern summer girl, at least a
large percentage of her class, alao knows
how to handle a pistol or rifle, with
which she can make very creditable tar-
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. JUDY 8. 1900.
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gets, and one of the causes for the
amount of homelike comfort which per
vades the camping of the present day is
owing to the fact that her brother or
husband often takes her along on his out
ing trips, having found that the slight
trouble of catering to her comfort is more
than compensated for by the neat deft
ness with w’hich she can prepare a meal
or get rid of that awful bugbear of camp
life—dish washing.
The girl element In camp life has done
more to banish the cairn of empty to
mato canes and broken beer bottles,
which aforetime used to mark a camp
site, and to add a general decency to the
apparel and manners of the campers
than any other influence could possibly
have achieved. She may not be aware
of the fact, but she has effected an im
provement in the manner of men in the
field, the woods, and on the stream and
afloat that can scarcely be estimated by
those unacquainted with the difference
of the sportsmen of the present day and
those of ten years ago. The outing girl
is a great and, it is to be hoped, a per
manent institution.
“Customs here in the North with re
gard to some of the little things of life are
sadly different from those which obtain
in our land,” remarked a dignified Vir
ginian on Thursday to a reporter of the
New York Times, who had witnessed his
unmerited discomfiture.
A plain-looking little woman was strug
gling along with a clumsy telescope bag
to her own exhaustion and the discom
fort of other passengers who were leav
ing a Cortlandt Street ferryboat. The Vir
ginian, every inch a gentleman, politely
offered to carry the bag, but was with
ered in an instant by the look of indig
nation and resentment which disfigured
the woman’s homely little face.
“I am not used to being insulted, nlr,”
she exclaimed, as she jerked her heavy
burden into her other hand, except up her
skirts with the released hand, and went
along jabbing people in the legs with her
bag.
Catching the sympathetic glance of the
reporter the Virginian explained that in
his land women expected men to render
such services and did not feel in any
way compromised in accepting such as
sistance from a 6tranger, while in the
North they seemed to associate any mtch
act of courtesy with the advances of im
pertinence.
“I ought to have taken warning by an
experience I had the other day,” contin
ued the Virginian. “A pretty girl, not
any older than my own daughters w r ho are
at school in your city, was carrying a
heavy dress suit case and en umbrella, for
it was raining hard, and had a lot of
trouble with her skirts. ‘Let me help you
under my umbrella.” She looked at me in
terror, flushed scarlet, and then paled,
and almost ran from me.
“It is too bad,” he added, “that the
rascals vho annoy other men’s wives and
daughters and sweethearts make it im
possible for a gentleman to render a trif
ling service to a woman without damag
ing her self-respect and being misunder
stood himself.”
Storles concerning the capers of royalty
are usually delightful reading, and the
following about Empress Eugenie la r.o
exception. The Incident happened in ISS7,
during a soiree at the Tuiileriee, where n
or.e-act comedy, called "A Deux de Jeu,"
was given by some of the most famous
actors in Paris by request of the Emperor.
It was at the conclusion of the play that
the remarkable affair happened. The Em
peror rose to go, but Empress Eugenie
seemed fixed in her seat, and it was only
when her husband stared in a surprised
way at her that she took the arm of the
King of Prussia, the honored guest, and
made her exit. As she walked away she
limped painfully, and the incident was re
marked by everybody.
Ten years later M. Frederic Eebvre, who
was the principal actor in the comedy per
formance given in 1867, again appeared be
fore the Empress at Chlselhurst. Conver
sation turned to the former play, and the
Empress suddenly said that the remem
brance of the play brought back the mem
ory of a critical moment. While listening
to the piece she cooled her feet on the
waxed floor by freeing them from the sat
in slippers, according to a habit which she
described as blameable. When Ihe time
came for leaving the room she had trou
ble to find one of her slippers, and at last
as she put her foot in it she felt that
there was something there which hurt
her. All this caused the delay and the
limp.
The object in the slipper was nothing less
than a large pearl, which had fallen from
one of the earrings of a grand duchess
who was present. The Empress suffered
punishment all the evening, and next day
sent the pearl hack to its owner, explain
ing by note that it had been picked up
in a salon of the palace.
It is doubtful whether the origin of the
custom of wearing a ring as a symbol of
an engagement or marriage, says the New
York Tribune, has ever been established
beyond dispute, it is certain, however,
that the custom is an ancient one, for in
the Bible may be found several references
to rings, and the Christians used the ring
as a symbol of marriage in 800.
Regarding the cuslom of wearing the
wedding ring on the most useless finger of
the left hand—the third flng'T—the explan
ation has been made that the helplessness
of that finger is a protection to the ring,
as on the weakest finger it is preserved
trom rough usage. Another reason given
is that on the third finger there is a v in
leading from the heart, hence the same
excuse as that given for shaking hands
with the left hand, ’’nearer the heart.”
Jn olden times kings and others in au
thority wore on the ring a seal or image
that indicated power, and in the tlma of
Moace the priests wore rings as symbols
of office. In the British museum quaint
ring*, made of porcelain, which once
adorned the fingers of the poorer classes
in Egypt, may be seen.
Among the Jews the ring Is an Import
ant factor in the marriage ceremony, and
in Germany the husband and wife ex
change wedding rings. The husband is
expected to war his marriage ring con
tinuously. In fact, it would be a. difficult
matter fora man to re-establish harmony
in Ills home were ho discovered to have
removed the symbol of marriage from his
finger, the inference being that he had
been trying to c nctal Ihe fact of his mar
riage.
Quern Victoria possesses many rings,
but three of these have a special value, in
view of the history connected with them.
One is her wedding ring—a narrow gold
band. The second is her betrothal ring, a
*nake made of emeralds, and the third is
a diamond ring given to h,er by Prince Al
bert when Sht was a young girl.
Queen Elizabeth, who was noted for
her love of Jewelry, wore many rings. The
Ftnperor of Germany Is another royal
personage who has displayed a I king for
ring*. It ls !,alrt that on all ln, l >or t a fit oc
casions the Kaiser will be seen to m*r on
his left hand a massive gold r.ng set with
a large dark stone. The ring is credited
with being an heirloom of the Hohenzol
lern family, ajid came into ;he tosseasion
of Margraf Ulrich way back in the
thirteenth century. After a series of ad
ventures and mishaps the ring became
the property of the Kaiser, who, a though
not a superstitious man, is never seen on
occasions of state and importance with
out the ring
Rings have been .fashioned from every
material of sufficient strength to be put
to such use, including gold, silver, siee.l,
brass, iron, bronze, ivory, jet, earthen
ware and wire.
Curious instances have been cited w here
makeshift substitutes for the convention
al wedding ring have boon utilized dur
ing the marriage ceremony. One such in
stance occurred some time ago in a near
by town, when the ring was missing.
Nothing Letter being available as a sub
stitute, a curtain ring was used, and on
still another occasion the ring handle of
the church key was utilized. A couple in
this state used in such an emergency a
ring formed from the outer edge of a coin,
and which had been carried by some om
present as a curiosity.
A gallant “best man'' came to the res
cue at a recent wedding, when*the ring
was not forthcoming at th* right time He
drew from his tie the slender a tekpin that
had been adorning it, and. bending the
wire into ring shape, handed the impro
vised wedding ring to the distracted
groom.
A horseshoe nail bent to the shape of a
ring is said to bring a great deal of luck
to th© owner, and the lead cramp ring
worn six centuries ago has given place
to various rings now* worn to prevent and
cure rheumatism.
Teeth were at one lime fashionable for
adorning rings, but such grewsome orna
ments are no longer sought after. The
fashionable women of to-day prefer the
more costly jewels.
Patience With Love—
They are such little feet:
They have gone such a tiny way to meet
The years which are required to break
Their sups to evenness, and make
Them go
More sure and slow.
i
They are such little hands:
Be kind. Things ajre so new and Life but
stands
A step beyond th© doorway. All around
New day has found
Such tempting things to shine upon, and
S3
Th© hands are tempted hard, you know.
They are such new, young live®:
Surely their newness shrives
Them well of many sins: They see so
much
That, being mortal, they would touch;
If they would reach
We must not chide, but teach.
They are such fond, dear eyes
That widen to surprise
At every turn; they are so often held
To suns or showers—showers soon dis
pelled
By looking In our face—
Love asks for such, much grace.
i
They are such fair, frail gifts;
Uncertain as the rifts
Of light that lie along the sky—
They may net be by and by—
Giving them not love, hut more—above
And harder—patience with love.
—Georg© Klingle in Kansas City Journal.
Fruits of Love—
Bo others shall—
Take patience, labor to their heart and
hand.
From thy hand and they and thy
brave cheer.
And God’s grace fructify through thee to
all.
The least flower with a brimming cup may
stand.
And share Its dewdrop with another near.
—Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
Rabbi T. Silverman talks of "The Ideal
-Marriage,” as follows in the New York
World:
There are no two blades of grass exact
ly a ike; and thfre are no two human be
ings exactly alike. Therefore the exper
ience of any one individual cannot be
tsken as a criterion for the actions of any
other. There can be no universal specific
that can apply to all people alike; and
there can be no theory regarding the sub
ject of marriage which will be applicable
to all people. The experiences of any one
individual must be different in many re
spects from the experiences of other in
dividuals in social and domestic life.
Thus we must guard against having too
high or too low an estimate of marriage.
Marriage was not instituted bj4 any hu
man law, and I doubt whether any law
can ever he enacted by man which will
abolish marriage. All discussions about
the abolition of marriage are in vain, for
it is certain that with the downfall of
marriage would come discontent, revolu
tion and anarchy.
Dove alone gives sanctity to the mar
riage bond. It takes the most important
institution of our civilization out of the
jurisdiction of man, and place® It within
the province of divine law'. Love is not
the law of man, but of God.
Upon this basis of conjugal love there
can be no discussion of marital duties.
There ought not to be any discussion as
to duties between husband and wife. Du
ties mean laws, and laws are only for
those who are not guided by love. Laws
are necessary only because men are mov
ed by selfish motives.
The highest ideal of marriage i* based
upon the equality of the sexes. There must
be no surrender of Individuality In the
marriage state. Marriage means rather
the blending of two individualities, inspir
ed by love and consideration of each for
the other. True love will not desire Ihe
abolition of individuality, but will rather
uphold it. Each will strive to further the
alms and ambitions of the other. There
is no more beautiful relationship on earth
than that of two beings, guided by love
and respect, who steadfastly uphold each
other’s individuality. This ls not possible,
except upon the basis of absolute equal
ity.
Many women cease to develop imme
diately after marriage, and begin to de
teriorate intellectually and sometimes
morally. Their lives become commonplace
and their work becomes drudgery. The
cniy way by which this can be prevented
Is by insisting that both man and woman
shall continue to develop and Improve as
diligently after marriage as before.
The Chicago News presents the follow
ing side-lights for life:
A reasonable woman is one who Isn’t
unreasonable all the time.
Nature heals—but the doctor always
makes out the bill.
Don’t wait for great opportunities. A
long, continuous walk will get you over
more ground than a short run.
Some people put on airs because that is
about all they have to put on.
One half the world may not know how
the other half lives, but it has suspicions.
Don’t think when any one gives you a
present that It Isn’t going to cost you any
thln - - ,
A thorn in Ihe bush is worth two in the
flrf-sh.
The beauty of a woman who paints Isn’t
even skin deep.
Misery is like a marriageable young
lady; it loves company.
When pride heads the procession pov
erty always brings up the rear,
House No. 7 on the Promenade des An
glais, in Nice, says the New York Press,'
has been bought, dispatches from Europe
aay, by a Miss Gough, "the wealthy
American lady,” therefore, is the proud
owner of the house with a history, which,
next to a hauntid house, probablly la the
most romantic thing In houses. In that
house lived for many years the Comlesse
Colloredo, which must not be confounded
with Colorado—thcrc is nothing American
about Colloredo. The Countess was the
wife of the ambassador of Rome, and was
most proud and • fanatic about etiqustta.
One evening at an entertainment In the
Palaise Borgheae, in Rome, she ;-aw sit
ting in her chair a lady of rank. The Com
tesse Colloredo—or Countess, if you will—
walked majestically to her chair and.
plumping into the lap of the crushed but
innocent intruder and offender, as if she
had been invisible, proceeded calmly to
arrange the folds of her dress.
This tory, however, is offset by one of
the haughty Countess
While in Nice she was In the habit of
spending an hour every day before dinner
on the terrace of the Kursaal.
She was seated one evening in arr easy
chair, w ith n little pet dog in her lap and
with a liveried flunkey in attendance,
when a stout, rather elderly and faultless
ly Clad gentlemen came tip to her and tak
ing off his hat said, in exJellent French:
“Madame, 1 am glad to see you.”
The Countess stared at him and asked—
with an ac.©nt on the “you”—"And. pray,
who are you, sir?”
“1 Am afraid I must have changed very
much since last I saw you," said the other,
a trifle of vexation evident in his voice.
“You do not know me?”
“No, I do not know you. nor do T wish
to know* you, monsieur,” retorted the lady,
and she got up and sailed away majesti
cally.
The eyes of the elderly, stout personage
twinkled with malicious fun. “Ah!” he
said. “But—pardon me! I have already
been introduced to you madamc. I am
the Prim'© of Wales.”
The Countess fainted into the arms of
her footman.
There is a melancholy sequel to this
amusing story, for Ihe Countess died in
her home. No. 7 on the Promenade des An
glais. about six weeks later, and. in the
opinion of many of her friends, her death
wns “superinduced by shock.” She never
recovered from the blow of having, unin
tentionally, cut the Prince of Wales.
So prominent ore the beds in handsome
sleeping-rooms nowadays, says the ritta
burg Dispatch, that they begin to vie with
their fashionable owners in the lavish
beauty of their clothing. Sheet© of es
pecial fineness are made with wide bands
of drawn-work running round the four
sides, with linen lace whipped on the
edges lightly scalloped and buttonhole
stitched with silk, and a monogram :s
worked In the corners. Bedspreads of
China silk show a fluff of Valenciennes
frills and pinked flounces about their
edges, and the huge ©how pillows for day
use are upholstered exactly to accord with
the spread. Added to this luxuriousfiess
there ore beds with big sachet pillows,
which scent not only the l©d but the
whole room most delight fully with the
fragrance of lavender or roses, or a whole
pot-pourri of delicious odors.
The two mistresses of the White House
who W'ore unquestionably the most popu
lar were Mrs. James K. Polk and Mrs.
Grover Cleveland. The praises of th**
loiter yet linger upon the lips of thoee
who were privileged to know her, while
the memory of the former lias been treas*-
i.red im song and story.
Martha Washington, the wife of our first
President, was a brunette. Her ©yea were
rf a dark hazel and her hair was of a rich
brown. She was small In stature, had a
pood figure and her manners were engag
ing. She dressed plainly and at a ball
given In her honor, she wore a simple rue
set gown and white handkerchief about
her iu(k. One of her dresses, which she
herself manufactured, was made of cot
(on, c-trlpcd with silk, which she obtained
from raveling® of brow r n silk stockings
nn.l old crimson chair covers.
Mrs. Monroe was considered a beauty.
She was tall and gracefully formed, pol
ished and elegant in society.
The first Mrs. Tyler was one of the
belles of Eastern Virginia, being most at
tractive in her striking loveliness of per
son and character. The eecond Mrs.
Tyler was the first woman to marry a
President. Before her marriage she was,
for (he one season she spent there, the
belle of Washington.
A sparkling brunette was Mrs. William
Henry Harrison. She wus very handsome,
with a face full of animation, and her
health, which was perfectly robust, added
a glow to her features, which increased
her charms, "TXpon her countenance,” it
is recorded, "nature had been profusely
liberal.”
Mrs. Thomas Jefferson was remarkable
for her beeuty. Her complexion was bril
liant; her large, expressive eyes of “ihe
richest tinge of auburn." A little above
medium weight, she was slightly but deli
cately formed. She danced, she sang,
played the spinnet and harpsichord and
rode with great skill.
Mrs. James Madison was a pretty, buxom
woman, with a smile and a pleasant word
for everyone. She had regular features
and sparkling eyes.
A blonde of rare beauty was Mrs. Mil
lard Fillmore, with a skin of dazzling
whiteness and auburn hair. She was quite
tail, with a fine figure and of commanding
presence. She Is ranked with the wives
of the two President Adams as a learned
woman, and It was through her that her
husband asked for and obtained an ap
propriation of Congress to buy books for
the White House. Up to that time there
had been a Bible there and almost literally
nothing more.
Another woman of rare beauty was Mrs.
Franklin Pierce. She also had many ac
complishment* She was very refined and
quiet, shunning society.
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln os a giri was very
attractive, and ahe had many suitors. That
she was the successor of the popular, ele
gant and accomplished Miss Lane wa’s not
a point in her favor.
Mrs. Andrew Johnson possessed the
beauty of face and form which rendered
her mother one of the most beautiful of
women. Mrs. Grant was a blonde of deli
cate figure, rather below middle stature.
Mrs. Hayes was of very attractive appear
ance and highly cultured, .with charming
manners. Mrs. Garfield was noted for hbr
tact and her husband once said that he
never had to explain away any words of
his wife.
Mrs. Arthur, who died before her hus
band became President, was known as
"the beautiful Miss Herndon, with the
marvelous voice,” before her marriage.
Mrs. Harrison was fair as a girl and
possessed the blonde style of beauty, which
also belongs to Mrs. McKinley.
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Half-Price for White Waists.
$2.00 White Waists at si.oo
$2.50 White Waists at $1.25
$3.00 Whtte Waists at $1.50
$4.00 Whtte Waists at $2.00
$5.00 Whtte Waists at $2.50
25c Handkerchief Sale at 15c
SI.OO Ladles' Hose Sale at 49c
59c Linen Towel Sale at 25c
Ready-made Sheets at 50c
Ready-made Sheets at
Single Bed Sheets at 35c
Nice Pillow Cases at 9c
Pore Linen Damask at 44c
Pare Linen Doilies at 5c
tO yds 27-in. Diaper at 69c
20c Linen Toweling at Jsc
$2.00 Linen Scarfs or Squares 51.25
10c Percales and Ginghams 6lc
1.000 Dozen Val. Laces : 25c
Irish Linen Fast Colors 19c
Iri-Mli Printed Dimities, Best Make 19c
Scotch Ginghams, the genuine imported.l9c
White Batiste Mull, very sheer 19c
•k)e Embroideries, great bargain 19c
'*oc Ladles’ Fust Black. HoaAbry 19c
Indigo Blue, Silver Gray Calicoes 5c
Fast Colored Shirting Calicoes 4c
Sheer White Lawn and Nainsooks 5c
Yandwide Bleaching and C. Islands 5c
Heavy Twilled Roller Toweling 5c
10c Men’s and Ladies’ Handkerchiefs.. 5c
10 • Fancy Japanese Folding Fans 3c
Stamped Mats, Scarfs and Squares 10c
Cambric Linings, assorted lengths
25c Colored Spun Glass Linings 15c
$5.00 Marseilles Quilts at $3.39
$5.00 Silk Waists Down to $3.00
$1.50 Ladies’ Summer Skirts 88c
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REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
The Southern Bank of the State nf Georgia,
Located at Savannah, Ga., at the clone of business Juno 30, 1900.
RESOURCES.
Lo-ana and discounts $1,561,626 70
Demand loans secured 339,762 41
Overdrafts unsecured 149 ti3
Bonds, stocks, etc., owned by
the bank 675,701 34
Banking house and
annexed building ..$65,000 00
Furniture and fix
tures ... a 2,000 00— 67,000 00
Other real estate 3,000 OJ
Due from banks and bankers
ill tills state 9,969 01
Due from banks and bankers
not in tills state 162,283 32
CASH— ,
Currency $190,011 00
Gold 41,452 50
Silver, nickels and
pennies 54,206 19— 285,698 69
Protest fees l jo
Total $3,108,082 13
STATE OF GEORGIA, COUNTY OF CHATHAM—Before me came JAMES
SULLIVAN, Cashier of The Southern Bank of the State of Georgia, who being
duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement ls a true condition of said
bank, as shown by ihe tooks of file in sal.l bank. JAMES SULLIVAN, Cashisr.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 6th day of July. 1900.
JAMES P. Notary Public. Chatham County, Georgia.
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—READ THE FOLLOWING TESTIMONIALS—
Bowlinski, Pharmacist,
Broughton and Drayton Sts.,
Sovannah, Ga.
July 6, 1900.
Columbia Drug Cos.,
Savannah, Ga.:
Dear Sirs—Please send me half
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Wesleyan Female College, Macon, Ga.
Oldest college, for women in the world. Its graduates are everywhere. A diplo
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the South. Elective and special courses. Every member of the faculty a specialist
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till* vacation. Rooms reserved for those who apply first. Fall term begins Sept.
12, 1900. For catalogue, rates, etc., apply to J. W. ROBERTS, D.D., President,
Macon, Ga.
Children's Ribbed Vests at 6o
ladies* Ribbed Vests at Mo
ladles' Ribbed Vests at Jso
Men’s Gauze Bhirts at Ifto
Men’s Balbriggnn Shirts at 2fio
Black Mohair Brilliantines at . .3o
Black Mohair Brilliantines at 500
Black Mohair Brilliantines at ..690
$1.60 Dinner Napkins, dozen, at Wo
Ten-quarter Bleach Sheetings at to
Ladies’ Shopping Bags, line, at Ski
SI.OO Ladles’ Best Leather Belts at .....00a
Men's Fine leather Belts at 200
3 Cakes English Bibwri Windsor Soap.Uo
Cakes Colgate’s Fine Sweet tSoap for
Bay Rum. Florida Water, Witch Hazel, 10a
50c Ladies’ Waists at 29c
75c Ladies’ Waists at 39c
SI.OO Ladies’ Waists at 50c
SJ.SO Gloria Umbrellas at 9dc
$f.25 Ladles’ Neckwear at 50c
si.oo Serges, 54 inches, at 59c
$ \ .00 Black Taffeta at 69c
75c Printed Foalards at 49c
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in $ 600,000 M
Surplus fund 300,000 00
Undivided profits not carried to
surplus, protit and loss 101,200 06
Duo to banka and bankers In
this state 23,270 *7
Due to banks and bankers not
In this state 4,191 M
Due unpaid dividends 17,605 00
Individual deposits, viz:
Subject to check* 2,131,3% 27
Certified checks . 7,225 00
Due to clearing
house 13,193 08— 2,166,814 3*
Deserved for taxes 6,000 00
, . r , M—i
Total $3,108,082
The Constitution, ; j/'i^rjj
Atlanta, Ga. TlMl!
Woman’s Department.
Mrs. Wm. King, Editor.
480 Courtland gvemie,
Atlanta, Ga., April 26, 1900.
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