The evening world. Newspaper, January 12, 1900, Page 6

Published by the Press Publishing Company, @ to @ PARK ROW, New York. ‘Titian, Rubens and their contemporaries. ‘The claw-feet that appear under the chin usually do aignify age, though I have seen them upon the throats of young women as the result of constantly wearing the high, stiff linen collar which has been #2 long fashionable, According to the standard fixed by the Greeks, a perfect neck should be twice the length of the nose and rather thick in proportion to its length. It should also be more slender at the upper part than at the base, rounded and springing well from the shoulders, devoid of any marked depressions of mus- cles or tendons. ‘The perfect neck supporta the head in a vertical po- sition without any sign of stiffness or of wabbling. It {9 said that good business women—by which I dis- tinctly mean women who make a commercial success— almost without exception have rather short necks, Great financiers and many great political leaders have this type of neck. ‘The stubborn neck is set almost upon the shoulders, but the head above !t 1s apt to be round, and though women who are so ¢ tructed make good executives, they are too arbitrary to be generally successful. With daily care a woman's neck may retain its Deau- tiful contour for years—far into the rixties, HARRIET HUBBARD AYER. w DRESS 1S, Tene OT sivue 15 HoT. ERE is a smartly made frock, with correct acces- sories, In the weurer ks L'Art de la Mod 0. She resernvles nothing so much as Jeliy that is too soft. Her hair is frowsy. She thinks it Is “artistic” probably, But she is not sulted to ple- ure enc Hn 2 en ee Prarsind enrions Or tHe Reverie OPN SH eh ward " THE WORLD; FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 12, 1900, ON’T think that the neck of @ man or woman | forward and sideways, revealing lines and Gelioacy of; woman look like a caricature. Ttnin trpes of women, and, given a well-defined type,| The perfect neck, long or short, must be tm propor- | and thirty are not signs of age, but cf ripe beauty. For example, take a woman whe habitually carrles ul, ceremonlous character BEAUTY AND CHARACTER IN WOMAN'S NECK eo tella no tales. skin texture and a beauty of flesh tints that mortal! The Gelicate little lines that run around a woman’s Tan {n a general way come very near the disposition | tion to the shoulders and body. A long neck with a| They are called tho necklace of Venus, and are seen |her head ax th her neck were stiff and wh nn (wo oo «| OPENED.” ts, whlad thout th iM neck 4 “WHEN HARRIET HUBBARD AYER. a) I have found that certain necks belong to| man finds {t hard to witha neck like a bracelet and are firet seen at about five and chrracter of the Individual [large head and shoulders ai! out of harmony make «| on the throats of all the great beauties as painted by not bend it f You may ert ee WRG ree ve ee sc en of estan A thick, short neck On the left a stylish street gown, | tast of det! ung preca g mater women at throat take tis trimmed with Mar: great danger oxy in later life Airt's neck ts effect. It te y beautiful, a fen AS TO THE “OP GREAT deal is being said these days about the “open door.” The door that really] swings open the widest is that leading from President McKinley's Catinet room to the street. Secretary Gags ought to avail himself of its openuess And Mr. McKinley, if his Secretary ten and Passemens ith consummate never very | thin, nor ix It short and stout, but rather t tinge, as well ns The woman with | terie. GREEN SALADS HeuPruL, WE ERT FAR TOO FE y is still tn On the right a ‘ ft 8 a nation eat too few 5 ats : doubt, should forcibly lead him to the “open door are much ' table than turesaue colffures, and hers merely looks stringy and and close it, leaving Mr. Gage free of his Vreasury pastries and) if # eho Al-kempt wt he made, Ieay ede and sut Dd q f She ne y her corsets, and lets them carry her, ate tho green sulads wilh French de Princess gown 0 ina them merely for a waistband, lifting Jana ing herself well up above them. She walks 1 her heels, and her frock slips down at the back and Ip in front as she transfers the curve which should " t the walst Hne in the back to the waist Ine in front, where there should be none. Frown cloth, with double coat effect by simulating | And so might go on telling what style ts not, bands of sable fur. Hut a word to the wise. Careful reading of Mr. Gag 000- word report fm defending himself from rid's charges of favoritism and of violations of the low, and the}, ¢linching letter of A. B. Hepurn, should convince the President that the “open docr’ should be closed. ‘ Mr. Gage must go! TRUST DANGER APTLY POINTED. R. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, of Standard Ol fame, explained to tho Industrial Comsnission at Washington that one danger in trusts is that “combinations may be formed for speculation in stocks rather than for conducting business, and that for this purpose prices may be temporarily valeed instead of being lowered." Om the came day, under Standard Ol! Mapulses, petrelewm advanced three cents per gallon and the public was “squeezed” to the extent of $29,- 100,000. It appears that Mr. Rockefeller was quite right about that danger. He can swoar to {t of his own knowledge and belief. TO RESCUE OF PURE ENGLISH. © oll ea valuable nutrient t and the eaniest Cultly + for the olf and the aty, Mish, veret s women. ett cloth and sable, wholesome fruits and nu Frults should be 1 dry may an, | Neatly ail combin fresh and Dark green velvet and olf rose cloth, with green silk patilettes be ralad Wd; gree! TO THE GIRL WHOSE FACE IS HER FORTUNE. By LAURA JEAN LIBBEY. It Is very rarely that you see @ beautiful woman) beauties he | (Comet 1900, by the Prem Piisbing Company. New vert! ‘The husband who marries you for your beauty alone be [ie liable to fee from you when that beauty wings Its| one of the world's useful workers dear, plain I" every woman on earth had her way about It she t-and praises of {t are no longer upon the lips| They are not like the fruits of the earth that mive) him in his ittle woman who can sympathize with rows, counsel and console him when he would be beautiful of fare. of those about you. their treasure up for the benefit of mankind, but like | In nee Sho would choose beauty in preference to any Jeauty alone has never won for any woman the the flowers of the earth, whose only mission ts to | his that le wonders that he was ever so biina other gift the gods could give her | unfattering love of a noble man. rot tn the sunshine and be admired as to eee beauty In any other form or features. From her earliest infancy she !s taught to note the | +, nine cases out of ten, a lagy girl.| If the chill blasts of adversity overtake them, like fact that beauty bring» admiration and favor, ANd.) she would rather see the dust an inch deep in the the flower, they wither and perish. as ahe grows older, she Is taught that her beauty will! room than stand the chance of ruining her complexion | ‘The jesson for mothers to teach (heir daughters 1 win her wealthy h nd—bring her luxury aud) by rotsing the dust—by a vigorous use of the broom. | that beauty of fas the very last on the list ¢ 1 adoration—all that women sigh for in thetr| She would rather pin her clothes together on her) young girl's attractions, summing up of perfect happiness: than spoll her dainty hinds with a needle. She would! Usefulness, thrift and industry ate a hundredfold Hut, my dears, beauty is a most treacherous por | go without cooking—if !t obliged her to stand over a| more commendable. i} ession to bank upon | hot stove to prepare the food, ‘The prudent young gtr! who knows the full worth of | much need of pity Do not rely upon it wholly, for It {# almost as short-/ She is always conscious of her good looks, and {» 4 dollar—what it will buy and how far it will go—is ived aa the passing hour. ever on the lookout for praise from all with whom ste worth far more to a husband than the most brilifant | Hinges of & heavy sorrow may rob you of every | com ot, forgetting that undue pratse ie the! beauty that ever frittered away her time ine ball-| yy Do not win you a useful and practical as well. a) It has been sald "A thing of beauty ts a joy for- j ev Rut these words do not apply to womankind whose beauty fades, tend it as carefully as they may. ‘The girl who expects her face to be her fortune has LAURA JBAN LIDBEY. it ‘ortnight. And If you! polyon of women’s sou room, ITH these young saleswomen, not so far sevatze ctise geaing ts en tes gen you are poor | mvanly Slteainn usually the deauty’s prin-| A sensible girl who can cook a square meal tohouia | ms 67. Grammomens from New York, who have formed an | indeed. | ctpal characteristics [occaaion demand It) 1s worth all the pink-and-white | w' a association for the suppression of slang, oa ar irae aa ~ Pea eer oe will reat the uxdivided sympathy of all 9 advocates of Knglish undefiled. They T om ‘will need that sympathy, for they have undertaken @ task at once delicate and herculean. BCENE 1 SCENE 11. In the evolution of our curious tongue the line eoparating real language :..m slang has become almost as vague and mysterious as that of the Borderland between waking fancies and stumber’s dreams. We know what wo speak, perhaps, tut wot what we may speak. What to-day is slang tomorrow {s colloquialism and the next day accepted, every-day speech. Before the ink on this typo {s dry {t may be pos- Gibie to observe, without subjecting the editorial @etion to heavy censure, that the efforts of the Foung saleswomen wil! cut little ice outside their own circle. Yet at the present moment the appli- eation of the ice-cutting figure is clearly classi- fied as slang. Nevertheless, the example of personal reform fa to be commended. Extensive following would @ome near to working a miracle. In behalf of a Jong-suffering and patient mother tongue, we pray for that following. res i ‘a of “YOU 80 RESEMBLE MY EMPRESS." MRS. DE STAL BROWN SIIRIEKS, your) heard the news? trust we ghall see more of you. Will you be at the in my carriage !f you like, or set you Gown at your) heard the opera to-morrow night? I expect some pretty girls; | club. Mra. Van Ingham fe going with me. i | Van Ingham. ; | you'd better not forget me. Mrs. Van Ingham—Oh, do come, Mr. Alright! Tim! Mme. de Stoel Brown | Henry Clay Robinson—Excuse ME, Prince, but when | Just dying to have you tell me who ts muing to win In| 4 pair you get time I want to talk over Siberian matters South Africa. ae No? Orloffsky has eloped with Mra, A YOUNG MILLIONAIRE AT WORK. HERE fs common sense {n Millionaire Pot- ter Palmer's decision that his twin boys (In Two Boones an HARACTEN® Mae DR ATATT, RROWN thantem) Prince ORLOPPEKY (a palpable £ MBNRY CLAY ROBINSON (eapita’ ! Agiter) | The hussy! The wretch! Buch O'Trigger—That's not au, She thinks he's He's an escaped convict from Siberia, and Gea oF R (uahdier of fort wi . Panton me, Van Ing-| nobleman must go to work and learn the value off (07) 7R! sid with you. (Aetde) Maybe I can unload @ lot ef ralls| Alright-t'm with you, Pardon Mra, i ; c ming. seb 1 2 believes her an heiress, She hasn't a cen LUCY C-PRIGGER (eehemieg ceutante) for the Trane-Mberiaa reed. | ham, but did you ever meet Prince Orloffsky abroad ee pi Prep codn cody money. There ie little hardship, however,| sAuDe DE #TARL mice det ra in the lot of the first twin to take up his] ARH | } ¥ No, indeed; yet | Matter my: | The Prince (much agitated)—Siderta, str, te q painful) Airs, Van Ingham 5 topic to me. (Aside) 1 put in seven years there for; 1 know most of the Russian notables swindling I wonder what he knows (Aloud) I phall| Bowle Colt Gatling, of Kentuoky. w there before the Embassy was crea Gen, O'Trigger—But the best Is to come, Henry Clay worth $5,(00,000, ran away with my daughter were married In Baltimore at noon to-day. ALRIGHT (Bobasey TO VAN INGHAM Bt Asa 4ollar-a-day mesenger in his father's bank SCENE | put aside my regrets for my best friend who dl , t ‘ pe} | prison marry Prince Orloffeky and trust to luck that he'll| Mme. de Stoel Brown (thinking of the prite her this young fellow is aecidedly an edition de Juxo| ("#"/°8 Tm" 4 Mme te Marl Mone Washington, 0 0 | there inekdey (In pri gel yorthoig heart to y pel ‘me after | am his wife for making him think daughter missod)-Bhocking! It's an awYul thing to oh AN Aner ons qieesen do. How could a self-respecting giri— of the American workingman. His mother sends Bim roses and violets; his friends send him gently Gaying notes. it must appear to him that the Whole business is, for the moment at least, a di- Verting and edifying lark. But it may be different yet. It te remembered that young Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt took up the Bammer in his father's railroad shops and that I've acen that Prince somewhere RING Ket you will permit me, Gen O'Trigger— Mada e@ my leave. T have had an| Was tt In Egypt, where I was chief of staff in the evening of rare pleasure, Pray convey to M. de| Khedive's fighting army corps, or ine Cairo gambling- StarT my regrets at not having the pleasure to meet| house? I wil) watch. him. You so resemble my Empress that I fee! ap 1| Maude de Stacl—Gotng, Mr. Alright? Why, you| @nd these foreigners are not easily shocked. 414 last time tn the Winter Palace at Petersburg| Englishmen are worse than Icelanders in every way. CCEND 11 when I knelt to kise the hand that rules the destiny) Arohle Alright—Sorry, you know, but I've important! aa, 9, gas! Brown's of so many million& I shall see you at 2 to-morrow. | work at the Legation nowadays. Bright and earty, you bh until then, adieu know May I ese you to your carriage, Mise| Mme Ge Sted a show gl me. De Stacl-Brown—Pray don't kneel to me, Your | 0” ir? Trigger tn. (Astée) provoking, just when (wetel invention has come out of bis experience.| inghness. Your semaphore about my iikeness te nue OTriggee—Thanhs you so much Page ts talt-! expest the Prince Practica! usefulness may follow young Mr. Pal-| Catherine is beyond pure and without reproach. I ing to Mr. Robinson. I'll take you to the Legation Gen. O’Tvigger (enters much excited)—Have you @er's port. And the only thing to regret ts the . : * A Poem By INnGabES. « wv OPPORTUNITY. w up and go. The Prince is te call to-morrow afternoon Brown opens and reads It, after apologising.) and@ I shall simply throw myself at him. [ have money,| Mme. de Btael Brown shrieks, calms down and hands) it to Gen. O'Trigger. “Archie Alright and I were married at neon. “MAUDR” Time 1 PM. the Gey) Gen. O'Trigger—Why, that’s all right, ten't H? Mme, de Stael Brown—All right? No, it's awial, Once I had a salon, Now I'm only an attaches! { mother-in-law, Peally needs the wage. AN ASSEMBLY FOR HEALTH. " VIDENCE accumulates that our Municipal Assembly exists principally for the health i], @f its member Not even the Commis- Gener of Public Buildings, Lighting and ‘Supplies is 20 \20r as to do that body rev- q erence. Be Assembly says by ordinance that the Com- ? meant restore New York's twisted street O14 positions. The Commissioner ‘and the Corporation Counsel says ond of the matter. But the end of of thas? —— ‘ 4 aay os eaettveih to ane. Gupty feed him well and trust to Oe. bad “ ry (From the Saturday Evening Peet.) ASTER of Human Destinies om I! Fame, love and fortune on my footsteps walt. Cities and Golds I walk; I penetrate Deserts and seas remote, and passing by Hovel and mart and palace—soon oF late— 1 knock unbidden once at every gate! If sieeping, wake—if feceting, rise before I turn away. It te the hour of fate, And they who follow me reach every etate Mortals Gesire, and conquer every foo Save death; but these who Gendt or hesitate, Condemaed to filers, pesery ané wee, te > HE little village of land lay smiling ¢e, the bright Spring sun shine when the call for arma came. Most of the young men of tne town, only too glad to grasp the chance of winn'ng glory for themselves, onlisted at once. Among them wae handsome Jack Knowlton, When the word came thag the company should marca on the morrow, Jack ree gretted only one thing, and that was that he must By her graceful manner and exquisite character, as well as by the beauty of her rosy, dimpled face, Nam Haven had won the young hie hope into words. ‘The night before the little band of volunteers were te leave, Jack Knowlton, witts a few early roses, called the home of Miss Haven bid her good-by, He iat himself strong tell her of his love, evening passed he vas etill silent. As door he held her fs close grasp, while Bis velsd was husky with emotion @@ he said good-by. Nan flashed « loots ot and he saw her eyes were filled with tears. 1 he stooped and kissed her passionately once and tam fled down the steps. The morning came and the warm sunlight fell wen the boys as they passed along the streets on thelil] way to the train, lighting up buttons and flashing eB’ swords. Ae they passed Nan's pretty home, Seats as ever thought he admired, And the] Knowlton glanced up at the little balcony over the door, and there was his little sweetheart waving Rep tiny handkerchief, while among her dark locks nestie® of it grows in time so beautiful intone of the pink roses he had brought her the nigh® before. ‘The months wore on, and news came fitfully te (ae end upon your pretty face, my dears, tol vijiage among the hills. Sometimes it was good new the Joys this life can give. Learn to b@} and the people would grasp hands and cheer am@ shout for joy. Then would come news of a@ battle and ail that might mean. Through it all Haven prayer earnestly for her lover. Yes, sho knew he Joved her. What gir! does not know when is the object of @ man's affections? And so she hoped al- ways for the best. ‘Then came the Joyous news that their soldier boys were returning, and great was the rejoicing therefor. ‘The houses were draped in red, white and blue, while flags floated from every conceivable point. From her little balcony Nan saw the troops pase, Most of them were thinner, all were browner and some were miss ing. Then came her Jack, now Captain, but—what was that? His left sleeve hung empty. For a mo- ment she grew diszy and faint. The next she had braced herrelf and waved frantically to Capt. Knowl- ton, But the Captain never moved his eyes from the front, and his face was drawn with !ll-concealed eme tion. Non realized the truth, and in a moment she was walking quickly down to the litte road which led te Jack Knowlton’s home. When she reached the commer she saw him coming slowly along, his head bent. “Jack,” she cries, but the young man ealy wines and tries to pase on. “Bo.” cries the girl, attempting to be scornful while her heart is yearning toward him, “since you have become a Captain you no longer for you and ask he glanced down “Now, you need it take ft," and sbe laid her Boston Post. oo ee Bet Theve Wawa, ~ To the Battor ef The Mventag Werth: Look out for snow to-night. There riding on Jan, 10. New York, Jan.®& Long Ilen@ As Admirer of Peter Gatvesen, t To the Raltor of The Mveatag World: My wife loves a good joke. Go when £ to-night—vainly trying to conecal my Rilasttp—em® her that my employer had (to Jealousy at my wit) asked me to 1 am an helress. leave his exghay, Mme, de Stael Brown—Dear me, 1 wish they'd hurry| (Enter footman with a telegram. Mme. de Stael | laughed herself into a coughing fit. Amé then 2 i “Wyekoff sot’ Well, when che reseversd | r a o o | ' i