Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 18, 1909, Page 23

Activities and Views of Progressive Women in Various Walks of Life Suceessfnl Women Lawyers, WRITER In the DeMneator. after looking over the field of woman's activities in the learned professions, asserts that B] successful women lawyers are mich more rare than successful doctors. “Since the days of Mother Eve," Says the writer, “overy one has told every One else that woman was net logical, that she acted from Instinct rather than Intel- lect, ete. Yet by some miraculous chance the fact remains that there are at the present day women lawyers of such capac- ity and renown that they have been en- trusted with delicate commissions by the Vresident of the United States, who trusted them above their supposedly superior broth- ers of the profession. “It 18 true that sex Is & hindrance to the woman lawyer, but it she resolutely puts aside all womanishness, she will find that truo womanliness 1s as great an asset for her as for the woman doctor. The law course covers usually three years, but the fees are about $100 a year; this does not in- clude the graduate course, which lasts a year at a cost of about $1%. “It s a discouraging profession for a woman, and unless she is absolutely sure that she s fitted for it, no college girl should undertake the long years of prepa- ration. Y takes brains and hard work and perseverance, and to those who are lacking in any of these qualities we say eme phatically, ‘Let It alone’ But to those Who are sure of themselves and who are bound to succeed, ‘Go in and win.' " i The Snob and the Woman, For a first-class snob, says the Chicago Inter Ocean, commend us to C. H. Fowler of Springfield, Mass., who has written a letter to the Republican of that eity to the effect that Olive Fremstad, the singer, once dla housework for his family in Minne- apolls. For a sensible woman, with delicacy of feeling, commend us to his wife, who said, When asked about the statement, that she regretted her husband had written the letter; that she wished Mme. Fremstad every success, and that she had nothing further to say about the matter, And, lastly, for a prima donna with sane American views of real worth, commena us to Olive Fremstad hersclf, who replied, when the letter was brought to her atten~ tlon: “Of course I worked for his family. What dishonor s thers in doing so? I worked hard and at the same time trained my volce; and I think I should be given all the more credit for my success.” Thore is something positively inspiring in this little honest, clear-cut answer. It is @ refreshing as a breeze at noon. We don’t usually hear that sort of thing from prima-donnadom. The messages that come from these spolled favorites of the public are usually querulous and egotistic or pressagentesque. Of course, she saye what everybody knows. Bvery American who deserves the name understands that the overcoming of obstacles lends merit and strength to him who overcomes; that the only thing to be ashamed of is not to have tried to make the best of one's opportunities; that thers 1 @ guif as wide as heaven between being @ servant and having the soul of a servant. But, in spite of all its self-evidentness and familiarity, we like to hear it from the unexpected It shows what we sometimes forget, but ought never to, that hearts and minds may easily remain simple, sano and true even amid surroundings calculated to set up false and silly ideals of worth and honor. As for Mme. Fremstad herself, all we have to say is that if she was once & ser- vant ghe has her thousands of them now. The American audiences who have heatd her sing are pleased to write themselves down her very bumble and admiring ser- vants. ——te Women Werkers in France. An Inquiry made by the British Board of Trade into Fremch industrial conditions shows that in France wives and children contribute to the family fincome to & Breater extent even than {s generally be- lleved. An analysis of 5,606 household bud- gets of working class families in Parls and in reprosentative industrial towns through- out the republic disclosed the fact that among families earning $10 a week or more, 8§ per cent of the income Is contributed by the wife and children. In the lowest in. come group (36 and under) their joint con- tributions constitute 15 per cent of the total income, and In the other growps vary from 115 per cent to 247 per cent. The wife's individual earnirgs range from &6 per cent to 145 per cent. In the town of Roenne, with a population of 34501, 97 out of every 100 wives ald in the famlly sup- port. A near approach to an equality of lbor between the sexes hasthue been reached in Fronce, where by the census of 1901 6,804,510 women and girls, or approximately one- third of the female population, were i active occupations. They constituted one- hird of all the workers in Franee. In Ger- many one-quarter of all workers are women. In the United Stats in 1900 5,319,397 females were returned as in employment out of a female population of 23,246,384, or 188 per cent. They comprised. less than one-fifth of all workers and showed an increase In number of only 1.4 per cent for the ten-year peried from 1800, But where In Europe women still assume the burdens of the heavier forms of labor, comments the New York World, with ue the drift of woman labor is toward the Mghter work in the office and store. While in 1850 women supplied 23.3 per cent of the employes In American manufacturing in- dustries, and In 1890 20.3 per cent, the num- ber in 1900 was 347 per cent. On the other This institution {s the only one in the central west with separa bulldings situated in thelr own amvle grounds, yet entirely dig- tinet and rendering it possible to classity cases. The one building being fitted for and devoted to the treatment of noncontagious and nonmental diseases, no others be- ing admitted. The other, Rest Cottage, being designed for and devoted to the exclusive treatment of select mental cases, reguiring for a time watchful care and spe- clal nursing. hand, the percentage of women in protes sional service in the United States rose from 6.7 In 1880 to 81 iIn 1900, and In trade and tradsportation from 2.4 per cent to 0.4 per cent. And this in spite of the yearly addition of a vast European woman popu- lation famillar by tradition and early tralning with women's work in the fac- tories and flelds. —— Farms for Spinsters. Bmall suburban farms will be supplied by the state to the 100,000 spinsters in Mass: chusetts if the plans of three score busi- ness and professional women of Boston are carried out. Because of the scarcity of men in the state it s recognized that something must be done to aid this army of women and an organigation has been formed for the purpose of winning state ald In securing small tracts of land near large citios, where women can engage In profitable agricultural enterprises. The Women's Massachusetts Homestead association plans to encourage the many thousards of women of all ages who are forced to struggle to gain a livellhood to ralse flowere, herbs, plants, mushrooms, strawberries, vegetables, squabs, chickens, bees and pigs. To achleve this end, the assoclation wints the commonwealth to buy tracts of land ‘Wwherever avallable, divide It into acre lots and then, through s commission, supply the women with a share of land. If the state Is not willing to furnish the land free, then the sasoclation asks that it take a mortgage on the land bought by philan- thropists, develop it, bulld cheap and com- fortable homes on it, and then furnish the necessary implements to cultivate the soll. This plan, say the members of the Home- stead assoclation, will take thousands of women and children out of the large cities of Massachusetts, thin out the congested slum districts, and place these women and those dependent upon them where they can be profitably employed under sanitary con- ditions, There 18 a bill before the state legislature introduced by James H. Mellin of Worces- ter to have the state distribute lands to heads of famllies through a commission of five agriculturists and five labor men. The women of the Homestead assoclation want this bill amended so that the unmarried women, widows and mothers of families can have & share of any land dlstributed by the state, as well as the “heads of families.” These women also want two ‘women on the commission. A wealthy New York woman has become interested In the project and it Is an- nounced that she is coming to Massachu- setts in June to Investigate, and that he will spend from 320,000 to $300,00 if the cause appeals to her in buying land for struggling “‘old malds.” Options have been secured on several farms. There also is a philanthropist lv- ing in Brooklyn who otfers to give his big farm for an experiment if the state decldes to ald the widows and spinsters in earning & living from the soil. —— Hints to Saleswomen. The last of the series of talks upon the art of selling, before the class of sales- women of the New York Evening High Schoel for Women, on Firty-third street, mear Third avenue, was given by Sylvester Byrnes, general manager for R. EH. Macy & Co. Mr. Byrnes told the young women present in substance to work for them- selves and with their own possible advance- ment always in mind. In speaking of the kind of girls whe do not get employment when they apply for it, he said: “When a girl comes in with 3800 pearl earrings in her ears, a sunburst that prevents the sun from being seen and half a dozen rings on fingers that are none too clean—the kind of a girl that one office boy I used to know always anneunced as ‘WHITH sergo frock is one of the almest indispensable items of a summer outfit, and this weason, when sSoft serges are (NREN] wenl to the fore, white serge faad promises to have even more than its usual popuiarity. For coat and skirt-tallored suits it has no rival mnong the white woolens, though the French makers have sent over some models in a white suiting resembling heavy whipcord, 4 the Bedford cord, or cotele effects, are liked in white, as in colors. The widewale diagonal serge, which was much used in white as well as in color last summer, is still in evidence, but has yieldea place, insofar as modish- ness i{s concerned, to finer weaves, and with the white serge, as with the blue serges, which this year are very smart in addition to being, as always, extremely serviceable, the hard service has given place to the softer, looser weaves. To be sure, the soft, fine werge does not shed duet 88 the harder weaves do, and a soft, white serge solls readily, but when did the makers of fashion ever consider atilitarian matters? You murmur a protest about the ease with which a modish white serge suit will accumulate dirt and the tallor says blithely: “Oh, but they clean perfectly.” And the discussion ends there. Ome might explain that cleaning estab- lishments are not always at one's elbow in summer apd that some impoverished mortals cannot well spare one gown out of their wardrobes for a sojourn of sev- eral weeks or evem of & waeeck at ihe cleanser's, but it is simpler to buy the frock. And they are excesdingly pretty—these white suits of fine, supple serge. Some of them are esceedingly lght in weight, too, and these are chosen for frock and coat costumes, the froek & near relation to the jumper and with a bodice mostly composed of sheer net or chiffon or other ool material. There are very knowing little frocks too, which are on the straight princesse order, with only & shallow yoke and undersleeves of sheer material, and some of these mod- ols are most alluring, but they are down- right precticel only for the woman who spends the hot weather at genulnely ocool resorts. For the woman whe does not the ocoat and skirt suit with separate blouse or the ceat and jumper frock, with but little of the serge used abowe the walst Une, 1s the best general utility investment. The stralght princesse or redingote of fine white serge, braided with soutache or rattall and suggesting In general lines and character the linen medels illustrated on the opposite page, s a charming thing for m untains or northern shore, and the long loose coat accompanying it will be welcome enough on cpol days. This coat In the dressier models often assumes cutaway lines, meeting only at the bust or meeting not at all and leaving the front of the frock beneath showing. Other models bhave the long stralght fronts buttoning pn the bust or fastening there under ornaments of passementerie or of silk. Some effoctive models with strasght talling fronts bave semi-military braid of- THE OMAHA ‘a bunch pf junk'—and stops chewing gum long enough to ask If there is & vacancy, she docen't get the Job. There is a vacancy all right, but not the kind she means.” Mr., Byrnes told his hearers to ally them- selves with a house In which they had entire confidence, and added that if they themselves did not have the utmost con- fidence in goods they were supposed to Sell they could not do justice to them- selves or to the firm and had better xo out and ge. a place with somebody in Wross €oods they did have confidence. He also 0l them to choose a department for which they had an aptitude and a special liking. Mr. Byrnes said there was a better op- portunity for advancement in department stores than in many of the other great enterprises, because of the closer relation between those in the minor places and thelr employers. After finishing bis talk, Mr. Byrnes was the target for all sorts of questions from the girls in the class. In answer to a question whether the characteristics of an applicant did not have something to do with what department of the store sho was put In, he sald: “Well, ¥ a young woman s of good helght and of good pro- portions she probably will be put in the cloak department.” As to the reductions in price for which many customers clamor, for one reason and another, Mr. Byrnes sald that he never could see why a min- ister should pay less for his goods than a carpenter, “Both are worthy callings,” he sald, “and they frequently pay about the same remuneration.” In the way of tips on how to make a sale the speaker advised the girls to show the best goods first. “It flatters the oustomer a little and makes ber feel comfortable,” he explained. —® Saving the Next Generation. Defective eyesight, writes Willlam Allen Johnston in the April Circle Magazine, calling attention to the necessity of guard- ing the health of the little people, is even more common than defective hearing and usually more disastrous in results. A Chicago physiclan states that the num- ber of ‘short-sighted” children in this country today runs away up into the mil- llons. And this great army of little weak- lings may be made healthy, robust chil- dren by the timely and proper fitting of glasses. Beslde defective eyes and ears there are many other nervous frritants which elther escape the parents’ eyes altogether—which is almost always the case—or else they are voted too trivial to need correction. The skilled physician can find them; he knows, 00, that while there are quicker ways de- lberately to wreck a child’s health there fe no surer and more deadly course than the neglect of these ‘‘trivial” abnormali- tles. A crooked tooth sounds unimportant enough, but in a young child it may com- pletely disarrange its bodily, mental and moral development. Proper mastication ls prevented and Impaired digestion with all its resultant ills and its promise of per- manent weakness naturally follows. The case is cited of a little girl who had grown to be a hopeless “llar.”” Sha was anemic, very delicate and frequently fll. A careful examination revealed con- stant fermentation in ber stomach, and this was caused, it was found, by a single crooked tooth, which prevented the grind- ing motlon #0 necessary to proper masti- cation. The fermentation of food in the stomach caused unnatural nervous reflexes, which in turn overstimulated the brain and re- sulted in a disordered imagination. The child “day dreamed” and exaggerated. The straightening of the tooth made her normal in every way. In the medioal inspection of the New York city schools it was found that 30 per cent were backward. Putting the mat- ter in the light of economy, the city was APRIL 1 wasting 83,0000 a year In teaching chil- dren who were physically unfit to recelve an education. Examination revealod the fact that of the small army of backward children over % per cent were “dull” be- cause of physical defects. And of this considerable, almost total, number than 9 per cent were ochanged from dullards into normally bright scholars by simple operation or physical treatment. more -y English Women Workers, According to statistics just published, the excess of fomale population in England amounts to 1,010,00, mainly due to the lower death rate amoug women. Woman's participation in man's labor, therefore, must apparently raise that rate, for as against 10,8% male deaths from accidents, there were 9561 female deaths from ac- cldents and pecullar causes. Women also appeared to have a greater average dura- tlon of life. There are 135 women old enough to claim an old age pension to sover every 100 men How was the excess number of women to be provided for? Marriage wad still woman's most extensive occupation, claim- ing 496 per cent in England and Wales— 1. e, nearly one-half of tho female popula- tion over 15. Granting that all wives were supported by their husbands, marriage provided for about three-fourths of women, but for twenty vears only, between the ages of 35 and 6, Before and after a very large proportion was not provided for. Tonomle self-Independence for many of these was a stern necessity. The number of women and girls over 15 in 1901 returned as ocoupled was 845 of all living, but a very much larger proportion actually en- tered on a trade of occupation, many leav- ing it on marriage. n speaking on the foregoing data, Miss B. L. Hitehins has pointed out that a cer- tain proportion of married women, however, were, through widowhood or economic causes, foroed to re-enter the labor market. They returned at a great industrial disad- vantage, and this handicap, it could hardly be doubted, was a main cause of pauper- fem. It was, sald Miss Hitchins in con- clusion, this passing to and from different planes of soclal development, the entering competitive industry, leaving it for domestlo duties done for thelr own sake, and then re-entering it, which rendered women's economle position singularly weak, although their more temperate and orderly life made them less criminal than man and less lfable to come on the race. In Industry woman has ostensibly a lesser task, but it would be difficult to prove they hed less fatigue. They often worked longer hours under the factory act than most men did under their trades union. The domestic work accom- Quaint Features of Everyday Life An Engineer and His Engine. FTER serving for thirty years as an engineer on the Philadel- phia, Baltimore and Washing. ton dlvision of the Pennsylvania rallroad, Willlam M. Ford 1is Iying critically il at his home in Chester, Pa., and those who vielt the 0ld man Insist that he is dying of a broken heart; that he longs for his engine and thinks of nothing else during his wakeful moments. Whenever Ford hears the whistle of & lo- comotive he arouses himself to a sitting posture, bends his head' attentively, and whispers: “If I only had it back I belleve 1 would get well quick. It was a good old machine and it was all my own.” Ford s referring to the machine he used to drive over the lines of the Phila- delphia, Baltimore & Washington when he talks lke that. About six months ago the old engineer was hale and hearty, but the members of his family persuaded him to give up railroading; be had never had a serfous acoldent during all the years he was on the road, and had never killed a human being. But he was getting old, they told him, and ought to quit work and rest the remainder of his days. Ford reluctantly consented, but he Im- medlately began to pine for his engine. In a short time after his retirement Ford showed a marked change in his condition, and hes gradually been getting worse. Justice Over the 'Phone. Justice Herman D. Hunt of Nerth Ya- kima, Wash., s convinced 6f the conveni- ence of the telephone. He realizes particu- larly that much time and expense can be saved by the exchange of a few words over the long distance wire. Judge Hunt tried a case and imposed a $20 fine over the long distance line between this city and Toppenish. Attorney G. G. Lee of Toppenish called the judge's office and informed the dis penser of justice that a deputy sheriff was in his office with George Swazey, charged with assault and battery. “We plead guilty,” sald the attorney. “Bring your man to the 'phone,” said the judge. The prisoner pleaded: “This you, judge? I'm gullty, honor. “Twenty dollars,” replied the court. “Thanks,” said the prisoner, and the re- celvers were replacod. The fine was paid at Toppenish and the prisoner was released. The proceedings are declared legal. your A Venerable Chimam A Chtaman, who claims that he 18 160 years old, arrived.in Seattle from Manitou, Colo,, en route to his native land to die. ‘White Serge Important to Summer Outfit feots down each side. Heavy crochet or knotted lace is some- times used for trimming, as in pne of the ‘models sketched here, and we have seen some French models whose coats, falling stralght over the front like a priestly vest- ment, open on the left shoulder and along the under arm seams, with lacings or stays to hold front and back in place. The line of trimming runs down the shoulders, around the armhole and along the under arm seam, and these coats are sometimes sleeveless, though others have rather loose sleeves of three-quarter length. A long redingote loosely drawn around the body and fastening with one large but- ton well below the waist on the left side 1s the comfortable cloak supplied with one French princesse frock in white serge which bas & plain tunic falling In aprea fashion over the skirt front and buttoning down the skirt, kilted around sides and WHITE SERGE SUITS, BRAIDED AND WITH BANDS OF IRISH CROCHET. back and showing a Kilted flounce below the apron front. Among the imported costumes, too, are some tremendously good looking coat and skirt suits of white serge plainly but boautifully tallored with novel cut apd seam arrangements, but without trimming save for a collar facing of some vivid In- lan print, something in which glowing red or Chinese blue or the beautiful Orlental yollow is the chief color. Black collars are found in some of the ?fill. serges, but not so generally as in earlier seasons. White ottoman, white satin, white tussor, white Beugaline, all are used for collars, and often the collar is partly of the serge, only the lower por- tion belng faced. A pongee in color may be used for this facing, and one of the wide collars may be fastened on with white pearl or silk buttons, the large but- topholes being bound with white silk. Large loose separate coats are made of white serge and are comfortable things to throw on over a summer frock where addi~ tional warmth is needed and elegance is out of place. Ome of the most attractive models we have seen was an ample coat with Raglan shoulders and a seam up the middle of the blas back. It buttoned down the front with huge white pearl buttons, had a shawl collar which ran down in & point in the middle back, and the sleeves were wide and open, the bottom of each turning up six or eight inches and buttoning to the sleeve with blg pearl buttons. The coat was unlined and even the collar was self-faced. Big white serge capes, too, are offered in the cloak departments and are made with clinging shoulder lines and very ample flare and with or without satin lined hoods. One of these is a most useful possession for summer, and the price s not necessar- ily high, for many of the capes are quite unlined, and even when there is a lin- ing of soft satin the price s moderate, muech less than a He s Sin Chong and came to the United States in 1857. He lived for many years in New York, Brooklyn and Philadelphia. With the rush of gold seekers to Colo- rado the old Chinaman, for he was over 100 years old when he came to this country, Jolned the young men and journeyed west. In Colorado he served as a cook and later as gardener. He has accummulated an im- mense amount of money and he s living n ease In the best hotels here. The local Chinamen are celebrating his home golng with great pomp. The aged Chinaman looks to be every day as old as he claims, for his skin Is so wrinkled that it does not resemble the covering of human flesh. It is as thin as parchment and as white as paper. Only a few dozen strag- gling hairs from the fast disappearing pletall of the old Chinaman. He is lame and extremely feeble, beling suported when standing by two young attcndants. gk Cannot Eat Love Letters. “I ain't no goat; I can't live on dese here love letters, judge,” complained Rose Berry, colored, who was testifying against her sweetheart in the police court ot Baltimore, Ma. John Henson, the swaln in question, was arrested for disturbing the neighborhood by madly running after the object of his heart's love with threats to make mince meat of her. Hengon testified that the trouble began because he refused to buy Rose a suit of the same goods as a sample which she had. Rose testified that John never aid give her anything worth while, and all she got while he was away on the Fastern Shore was love letters. It was these let- ters she protested her inabllity to eat. They were both fined $10 and costs and were committed to jail in default. ‘Wakes Up the Wrong Man. Albert Sweltzinger's etfort to to cure his son Frank, 19 years old, of the lle-abed habit earned the father a sound thrashing and a pair of puffed eyes. Their home is in Mahoney City, Pa. Frank attended a dance and was accom- panled home by Charles Hernden, an athletic young man, who plays full back on Shennandoah foot fall team, to whom he yielded his room. When the son did not arise after being called for business next morning, the father. In a temper, bounded upstalrs, and, seizing the sleeping Hernden, whom he mis- took for Frank, dragged him out of bed and proceeded to wake him up with a varfed assortment of fistcuffs. Hernden, thinking he was being attacked by a burglar, pitched into his assailant and beat him so badly that it will be days before he recovers. e A Poor eaman, That Uncle 8am would make a poor real estate agent is indicated by the advertise- ment for the lease of Santa Barbara Island, which the government has just issued. In the bald statement of the attractions of the little island off the coast of California no attempt is made to gloss over its many drawbacks as a place of residence. The advertisement of a request for bids in all its brutal frankness reads as follows: “The island is about forty miles from the mainland, is about one and one-half miles long and one mile wide. The Pacific coast pllot states that there is no water on the island and no grass, but plenty of prickly pear and shrubs. The fisland rises to an elevation of 547 feet. Landing is at all times dificult, and can be effected at only two places. The anchorage is In eight fathoms of water with clean sandy bottom, but no good holding ground.” — Great Grandmother at B57T. Mrs. Frank Sager of Bellwood, Pa., cele- brated her 57th birthday, April 11, by gath- ering around her the members of her im- mediate family and their children. Mrs. Sager 1s a great grandmother—one of the youngest on record—and among the guests was her great grandchild, Marle Harvey, aged 4 months. All members of the Sager family married young. ITTLE JOHNNY had been to Sunday school with his papa. The lesson was about the death of Saul. When he came home he said: “Mamma, we won't b have any more about Saul.” “Why, Johnnie?’ asked mamma. Cause he's dead,” Small Tommy was playing In a mud puddle one day, when his mother saw him. “Tommy, you naughty boy," she ex- clalmed, ‘‘come out of that mud this instant!" ‘““That's always the way,” whined Tommy. “You never want a fellow to enjoy him- self.” QS Teacher—Can any one in the class tell me what & lawsult is? Small Boy—Yes, ma‘'am, I can. It's a sult worn by a policeman. o Johnny (aged 6)—Mamma, I wish I had a little sister. Mamma—Why do you wish that, dear? Jchnny—'Cause I'm tired of teasin’ the cat. Little Miss Caroline, aged 8 or there- abouts, was to be flower girl at a wedding. In planning her costume it was decided that she should wear pink socks which end about half way to the knee. Miss Caroline has always worn socks instead of regular long stockings in the symmer time, s0 it surprised the bride, about a Prattle of the Youngsters week before the wedding, to find her small attendant wearing stockings and looking uncomfortable in them. “Why are you wearing stockings, Caro- line?" she asked. “I'm saving my legs for the wedding," was Caroline’s reply, And at the wedding, to Caroline's great Joy, the exposed parts of her legs showed not a scratch. —— Both father and mother struggled va- llantly to teach little Effie to repeat the letter “A.” The child emphatically re- fused to pronounce the first letter of the alphabet, and after many vain efforts the father retired from the fight discouraged, The mother took the little girl on her lap and pleaded with her affectionately. “Dearle, why don't you learn to say ‘A'?" she asked. ‘Because, mamma,” explained BEtfle, * as woon as I say ‘A’ you an’ papa will want me to say ‘B.' " “I licked the stuffin’ out o' Dick Smith this mornin'." “You bad boy! Aren't you sorry for it?* “Yessum—awful sorry. I fest found out that he's goin' ter have a birthday party tomorreav.”! . PN 55 The following conversation was over- heard between two boys, aged 7 and §: “Joe, why can't chickens talk?” “Aw, they don't®have to; when they wants anything they just pull their wish- bones and they gets their wish." plished by them must equal In output of energy to much more than all the industrial work of women. It could be sald, then; that their lower death rate was the result of privilege and protection. e Leaves From Fashion's Notebook. The fullness of all afternoon and evening gowus Is moderate, and falls chiefly trom the waist bebind. Rouleaux braldings have been taking on & new character these last few months and gaining in attractiveness. Gray and pink is a favorite oolor com- bination, likewise black and royal blus, and strong biue and a dead amnethyst shade of purple 5 Foulard promises to be one of the leading fabrics for summer wear, and the French designers have been especlally partial to it this season. The color range in plain linens includes every shade on the modish list. The copper shades are noticeable, and likewise cachou, tlleul, French and powder grays. The very long coat and the three-quarter ocoat have their special advocates this sea~ son. The former meets with particular favor when it Is such & coat as might be worn by itself. The new medieval gown has a body loose and shapely like a sweater that reaches Just below the hips. From there down it is continued by a deep plaited flounce. The same effect 18 seen in many of the new :uh-w-ln-nm skirts and semi-princess resses. Whatever form the skirt takes, It is kept absolutely flat and straight in front, and almost as flat behind. Occasonally one secs u skirt having a gathered yoke plece round the hips, from which the material falls In full folds, but the material {s usu- ally very sheer. The flounce 1s undoubtedly on its way back to us—a natural outgrowth of the nar- row, close-fitting skirts. Of course, the in- fluence of the flounce will he foit first in the lac or lingerie princess dresses. Cholce In thy matter of princesses ia fo longer mited. Blue serge continues to be a favorite for spring tpllor mades, but all shades of brown, from dark tobac to a dellcate champagne run it close. They have the ad- vantage over blue that they do mnot so readily show the dust, but they are not so becoming to the average complexion. One of the fashion features this season is the return of the old-time bishop sleeve. The 1% sleeve {s not quite so full as its predecessor, and is generally made In lace or transparent ted net; also, it had a close-fitting band of trimming just above the pouch at the wrist, and another just above the elbow. Chat About Women. Ivy Palmer of Manchester, Vt., has been taken to the retreat at Brattleboro. Bhe is 90 and {8 thought to be the only native- born Indian woman in the state. She Is a ‘Tuscarora. Mrs. Sallle J. MecCall of Cincinnati left fifty shares of Cincinnati Btreet Rallway stock to the National Woman Suffrage as- soclation. Just what use will be made of the bequest has not been decided. Mrs. Ellen M. Richards, instructor in the department of chemistry at the Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology, has ac- Oepted & oall 10 lecture in the summer school of the University of California. She will go In June and will give a course of lectures on household economics. Mrs. Eliza Hall of Melrose, Mass., aged 7, has just invented a skirtholder. ' Some months ‘ago Mrs. Hall tripped on her skirt and fell, breaking her ankle. While con- fined to her bed holder, which she believes will prevent such accidents, The taxes that men should pay for re- maining bachelors, a speaker contended be- fore a woman's club in New York re- cently, should be turned into pensions for Wwidows and spinsters past the age of 60. This appropriation of the fund, it was thought, would come nearer fitting the punishment to the crime than any other that could be sugg L. Mrs. R, H. Tucker of Spokane, Wash., is sald to be the first woman wireless opera~ tor In the world. At present she i in oharge of the station on the steamshi) Indianapoli lying between Seattle an Tacoma. ing of wireless telegraphy as a business for women, Mrs. Tucker said that the only reason she could think of why women do not go into this service is that they are afrald of the Instruments. Women of British birth residing in this country have recently organized a soclety to be known as the Daughters of the Em~ pire. The soclety 1s a branch of Tm- perfal Order of the Daughters of the Em- pire, which was started in Canada by Mrs, Clark Murray of Montreal at the outbreak of the Boer war. The American branch ls known as the King Eward VII chapter, and the members ,are careful to state its purpose is soclal, ‘intellectual and philan- thropic only. Musings of a Cyniec. To swallow the truth, most of us want it sugar coated. ‘The churchman's motto is: love may dogma." Philanthropy not only hires a press agent, but a clacque as well. The people Who bulld castles in the air are never sure of their ground. Bome men would even like to take their pick of the various brands of succel “Love me, At least where a mirror 18 conces 3 woman always looks on the bright sid When o girl {8 color blind she has little excuse for making & fellow green with envy. 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