The evening world. Newspaper, December 9, 1901, Page 8

a7) By Mme. Louise. The Fuening World nlaces at the services of @ very competent dress- maker who will assist and advise them in planning naw dresses and making over; old ones. Address ail letters on this topic to ‘Mme. Louise, Evening World Homs Dresemaking Department.” Dear Mme. Jowise: KinGly give me your efvice aden: matiag ‘re! eoeta for my ttle girls, axed etgst ani fre I have Weck velvet fer tro coaty Dut fo cot Knew how to maze then. { should Ite them te be very etyiieh ant tno style thet ean be word fer two or three erascns. Should the velvet be mitched? Do you think the box back or rem down the eestre of the back the proper © J wre 8 te Sega Make your Ifttfe girls’ coats Ifke the eut an 2 will have very stylish ear ments, and a style that will Inst. I would advise a seam in the centre Deck and ander the arm, and, as velvet is very Wkely to wear at the edges of seams, strap them with dlagk satin, ‘The revers collar of velvet with fur, edged with white lace appliques. The buttons plain white pearl Intertine the coats to the waist IIning with eet cotton made‘ for the purpose You will find a stl serge @ nice-appear- E ing, durable lntag for coats. It can be B. Yeuht at % cents a yard. \. MME. LOUISE. Mme Toate 1 have @ courts to be marrtet sna; M te to be @ noon wedding ts church. Never having at- ask your edvice an to mlat outt. Tem abort. rather mw oneck De tn place and would one of white felt et WII ahi de. QUANDARY wear a dress cut low, except tn med with black ribben y rultadt 3a rorvicenble for street ezonomlcal tn Such a one tan crope de canvas cloth, made with a fn clusters with lace the 3, the Ts Q work The walst should be ers, Joined with ¢ yoke of shirred chi d trimming should d9 rhite, giving the elrcu- © shoulders of white hould match uff at elbow covered with * ipper sleeve at the elbow, The valid be of pale di or etween at P to our binck ang white et UISEB eae oy OR HOME DRESSMAKERS. The World's Hint. Evening Daily Fashion / To out thin shirt wat “yards 21 inches wide, 3 i) st in medium size 22 yard arrow front, cufts and front when contrantlig coler is us World, ye!" disposal of its feminine readers the| ! |: iit hes wide or 17-8 yardn 4 tnchea| ™ “wider will ve required, with 5-3 yards, OO =e ARRIET HUBBARD. AYER. Points on Etiquette. resren I for us ty have or sthers as 2 the caneh HE EMPLOY BES fpr xeult ta entirely pr and very sensthle r to ak on one of young Indies Anawera Are Obiuntory. Ne kindly tnt sesanry for me and tf mo kindly Kite met a. ot! uf neenssary ty neknowt- This should be the T ts postttrelr edge invitations form: Mra. M. regreta + to accept Mr. | on -— day | About Engagement iings. any style of ring may deta de used as an engagement ring. M that It must dé « eolitatre rin, Ko ana ™ | TS corr: An engagement ring may bea plain band of gold Ife man can affont an expen: sive engagement ring he buya a rolitaire @tamond; but there t@ no ri|s adout tt whatroever, Ping as Dear Mra Ayer: I would Uke to present my Kentleman friend with a pin for his tle Do yon think ft will break frlandship? I teva! been told !t would. M. a. | HERE tm « fooltsh superstition re- | Wording the giving of pointed artt-| cles, but all hacm te prevented, av- oording to the tradition, by the payment of one penny which the reciplent turns over to:the giver. So you can make:tho resent you have dectiet upon with an easy heart, taking care to exact the necensary ern 3 Castoma Vary on This Point. Lave Token Dear Mme Ayer Wl gou kinfly advise me whether or dance with a man she does not know, when Ne asks her: her escort having to ivide his time between herself and his several offers to danen from strange men, for the reason that I waa never Introduced to them. My friends laughed MADELIN, F the dance was a public one. accord- | tng to Amertcan rules the man should a ball In European noolety It ts not necessary for a man to be presented, Dut tn this country the formality ta re- However, many foretgn custome are adopted In the United States, and pos- albly the ball you refer to was conducted When Threo Generations Combin Deer Mra Ayer: T ain tn receipt of an invitation to an and granddaughter, the latter unman ried. Kindly inform me of the oorreat addceve in such case, Mra. A. 5. this case. Gift Must He of Wood. Dear Mra Ayer: wooden wedding of a friend. RB. B, and Mf. J, Any article useful or ornamental mado First Wedding Annive: Dear Mra Ave! What should the present be for the it is the cotton wedding; B mays tt ty the paper wedding. WD Ate correct. ‘The first anotversary ts not {t is proper for a young lady to aister? At n dance recently ¢ refused at me when I told them of it have been introduced. garded as necessary. on a foretgn pian. “at home" given by mother, daughter Address the envelope to the mother In Kindly advise us what to bring to «| of wood will be appropriate. first anniversary of a marriage? A wayn the “cotton wedding.” + THE PEOPLE. In Defense the titer of f Tip System ro single man he wage cart ae name an Dart oonirae THE WORLD: MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 1901. VOLUME “2. Prem 62 PARK the Publish A hk inday rile to clureh with a young man on venings or lea x trip sometimes of te cherished feature of pb. On such journe along quiet pikes and thr vethy the noniles the moonlight Ivern, lightest randal. A youth wh meaelf np time wenld be ostraetzed in the com and the one phase of the attack on which mirht in the slightest degree ex: ise or Justify it ls this Jealous rural regard tor The great blunder of the self- minin mor. constituted avengers of the supposed Insult lay tn the welght they attached to a negro’s gossip negroes themsely heen Iynehed on e convincine ean ty aaving the prize Agiter 4 al vore!ngman r Molineux {= guilty or tnnocent the law's long with him has put him in A mental etate not to be envied by any crimt- nal, however despondent. If he murdered Bar net his conscfence, In the secluston of a cell away fron erting sights and incidents, must long ago have whipped and scourged him to the limtt of endurance. If he {8 the fnnocent vic- tim extraordinarily {neriminating ¢lreum- stances, the alternate hope and fear of his long have made him deplorably WI ot confinement mist morbld. —s Whe wan paper currency ever tnywnted? I se nome one wanted money to burn Seats This ts the time of year when Scandinavian fmmigrants who have been long enough in this Jand of promise to have saved up the where- withal prepare for the voyage to Sweden or Nor- way to spend Christmas with friends and rela- tives In their native towns. These Journeys, be- have attatned such Kun twenty years or xo ago SOME POINTS ON THE EVOLUTION OF DRESS. Parallel to the mental, moral end) warmth They could not carry thi joth coverings consisted, ike the Greek ethical development of man has the caves about hunting, #0 they] chiton, tn a long robe that hung from Gevelopment of dress progressed. Aw adopted of the animals and] the shoulders and enveloped the entire evolution the changes have made clothes of fur-with the hair on| body except the head and feet. the eiante 10 complex. | Inside this was later worn the ¢unto, oth ve fothe wea of te stone age to the neterogenenus ard the member of New York's Four Hundred ts no greater a atep than from. the anenta! equipment ana ethical arrow worn for comfort and nv Am the stone aze passed men Denn to ufe auch weapons an the bow and ® ‘SIDE LIGHTS ON THE NEWS. iinportanee because of the numbers engaging in them that shrewd railway and steamship pas- senger oM now send their agents into the Northweat “book" passengers for the trip. | Anglo-Saxon peoples have long been reputed to | be the home-iovin would th tion for race par excelleage, but it the appear annual exodus that wedereoitt om them in sincerity of affec- old home. ernment statistles for the fiseal year that rnded last July show ¢hat there ts less illit- eracy among Swedes than among any other immigrants from Europe. Housekeepers notice that Swedish girls never call on thelr mis- tresses to act as amanuenses in preparing epistles to the old folks at home, and it isa ation that whe 4 core ner grocer is a Swede his books are well kept and his bills rendered In handwriting that for neatness would put a public school boy to the blush. Foreigners generally, where they hare had any school training of consequence, pay more attention to handwriting then Americans. eS ‘Ro Spaghatt! won thd third race yeaterday! Who wan upt” “My overcoat, several million dollare and a jockey whose name I forget.” ———— HY A. writes to The Evening World: Kindly Int me know the meaning of the letters az I was told that @ President who couldn't spell correctly algned those ietters to all bills, Who was the President? The President In question wae Andrew Jack- son, Whose knowledge of English was not ohar- acterized by brilllance or accuracy, but who, as a lnw student, was probably able to spell the simple words of speech correctly. The derivation was attributed to Jackson on general principles, much as the risque stories of the Inst genera- tion were attributed to Lincoln, and with as lit- tle pertinence. John Jacob Astor, the original of the Iine in America, was also credited with mutter of general obse s. ok. of theme early people were} a garment which had us yecanse of girdle at the walst. nd the spsar; protective ves and reached from the shoulders nearly to the knee. being gathered dy a From this have evolved the kilt and the modern shirt. NO. 14,720. Office at New Clana Mail Matte: at the Pos Beron ntered York originating O. K. ‘The West Indian Port Aux Cayes, represented in pronunciation by the let- ters “O. K.,” ts also held to be thelr source, the explanation being that a superior; brand of liquor irom there passed the customs officials unquestioned. But at best the derivations given are matters of fanciful etymology invented for the occasion—like "jerked beef,” that has noth- ing to do with Jerking; “forced,ment,”’ which has no connection with forcing; “court cards,” which are really coat cards, because they pic- ture the wearers {n long robes, and other well known absurdities of derivation, ‘Ta rather be a live donkey than a dead Ion” “I congratulate you on getting your wish eaniiy,”* a Mra. Crawford, writing in London Truth, ascribes the crisis in the silk trade in France to “the death of Queen Victoria and the great loss of Ife on the British side in South Africa, also to “the death of President Me! “The conjugal devotion of the McKinleys won for the President the tender regard of most American women, and bright silks and splendid brocades could not tempt them while the shock caused by his tragical end was fresh.” The nee of full mourning In the United States {s much less general than formerly. Some of the newer religious sects frown on it and custom has grown Tax about !t. The number of persons in black tn New York on the day of the President's funeral was noteworthy, but this wearing of mourning was but for the day. It was continued only in the crepe badges sewn on the left arm, a mill: tary fashion of Continental origin, conspicuous on men and curiously so on the tan coats of schoolgiris. — The German tariff on imported bicrcles has Deen increased to $3.60. American exporters seeking to enter the market will be obliged to eend two shares of Trust stock with every wheel shipped abrond. By Albert .< ~ Schneider, Ph, D. from them and the Persian women were soon 40 clothed.” When the natural caso and other advant “of the now ment were seen {t begun to be adopted as far west as Rome, so that tn the third century Tertullian remonstrated with Christians decause they preferred to wear the effeminate and pagan trous- eres rather ¢ the m robe. Trousers wera at frat only an elonga- tion of the trunks or breech clout. In ually short = thelr present form they were not recog-| hised 4 me 4 proper garment for men untll t ole ne t e :| Shawls, cloaks an «raps worn by} well along In the last century. In 1814 Mi of the one to the offer. lothing began to be fashioned, Heavy o A et hh n he a natural result of ‘he Inter: |shtelts of hide were made, helmeta of| women are traceable to the chiton, shal Duke core Welt ineton was excluded ractal nt pranisrarte peo- tnd gradually other forms] while thelr fur gurmenta ate traceable | Aiminek fhe tamous, London piace ples the weaker vere foread out of othing were added, In| further back i trousers instead ¢ breeches and ongenial environment of the tropice and the weap changed and! Much of elvil dress has evolved from) i mpelied to find a home tn the colder en In working metals ad-|eartler military fasitons. Tn fact, mate Sxrcoentzing § ones Arens Ay gatentially ‘ r yal a \ entta sorth as There they must ave vanced the echatn and the plate armors) card ally adopted the general) inasculine, as we do to-day, it I jit werlahed elld themne: were devised and tien turn cast | fart gary, while women! esting to note the tendency ‘to an {nter- Ke They must antde | howy part of the wol-{ change of garb. As the feminine drei to the new er y t i hae A She! Decomes inore moxculine man's dress have sought shelter from the cold be- © modern military dr ment fer themselves nid toward the femiine, A few seats hind sheltering groves. tn caves and in things dertvel from this p the back of a man's coati ago when the Mevele craze wan at its may yalloys, These caves ant sth nor be consifered the primitive clothing, and A man who crawled into a hole in the rook which sheltered him and retatned some of the earth's warmth may vonelderd to have put on a big, sta-/ tlonary overcoat Germans are traceable to the old tective head dress, rived from the ateol shoulder guants o¢ the Roman rolttery, The gaudy u: forms have bean discarded as @ step tn a movement that has recently made ‘Tae spiked tein tae dtvided « The epaulets ar it to make the o rae Women stilt cling te the br: the apangles of Jet. bird win iere to hohl up the sword ‘rst wo made by A German soldier-ta!! aet better when they rade on height women made strenuous efforts to Foduce the wearing of a form ixers—dloomers, immediately | besan wearing coats with jong tatls, fiers up in disgust. Then women of attalls were Eat oad ot ithe o puffed, “leg-of-mutton sleeve, Immediately men left all the padding out of thelr shoulders, Women tried di- vided coats With brass buttons on and sleeve, and men introduced the ‘ame buttons, nga, plum Ruch clathing, however, would not do{the military garb in many countries far land other. decorations of the aokdler.| waist. More recently women have gone under all. clroumata Tn tho tar| more hratente Gran that of civiilana — | Worn lias, long Aiscanted, howevor.| back to tight sleeves and fickle man haa what was at on fe even north hase people were forced to eat| In clvil dren the iden of comfort pre- | Ritnanc trousers, ‘Irousers were frat | rldtcu! aly padded, and hast" sore animal food because there was nothing | dominated orginally, but this has now | worn by the women of the Medes, ‘The| tnstances—shoved his watst line up to- More almoat been lost right of. The early ‘Persian conquerora learned the custom | ward the armpita {t contained el and because WHY WOME There are psychologtoal reasons for ton—untll something be! the lower wages of women In tho world of outdoor labor woman 1s, com: N ARE PAID LESS WAGES THAN tter turns up. ydrum Inbor, But how about a mething better” for the ma-| Well, @o not most women jority of women ts marriage, The an-Junder {t sooner or later? BN By Prof. M. M. ¢ Mangasarian. housework ?compensation. It ts for this reason, too, break Jown) (hat they do not eave any constierable Count the} portion of thelr earnings—for they look back | t number of weak, worn out, prematurely ovtce, NAV= paratively speaking, atiil a novice, hy recently Joined of the winners, For bread haa yet to acquire the pkill and accu- mulate the experlence which bave cost man centuries of struggle. Moreover, whon.man first began to labor for an- other, the “social milieu" was dreadful tn comparison with the industrial con- ditona now prevailing throughout the villzeq world. Hence, man, and not . has borne the brunt and stood in the forefront of the long confiict ¢ mélloration of labor. Uclpation of marriage Introduces an el ment of uncertainty tn all the under- takinga of young women. The posal- bility of marriage hangs ike @ sword of Damocles over all their 3 The tastory girl who sald: will marry body to get out of the drapery bust. was @ representative of her class. Mrs, Jamfeson says: ‘All trie women tove, have loved or are capable of lov- Some women clatm to de tn- different to the noble passion; but so Qld Shakespeare's Jullet, than whom a @reater lover cannot be imagined. When the streets, gray halred women one meets mith In Leaving ortt al! moral cone aideratlons, from un aesthetic standpoint alone, whatever ateals the gleam from the eyes and the giow from the cheeks of woman {= a great wrong. house duties are never eo confining ar work at the shop or housewife can work until the afterncon—unt!! sho is fn a better mood for {t- era work must be gone within the itmits of the the allotted. postpone ut e factory; the morning upon thelr weekly wagen as 5; ending money. and ate therefore quite free with it, Notwithstanding that omen are less yastly aatistled than the men, stil! they are satisfied with less Of this deaire ® woman to accept almost anything a price for her labor many empioyers have taken an undue advantage, let us suggest another consideration which millteres against women: Ther reaence in the shop or the factory calls or better accommodations, which neces- warily Increases the expense of conduct. ing @ business, whatever ite nature may The conditions we have mentioned have frequently been made an excuse for And yet the the emplo: LETTERS FROM—|" her mothe Women do not take kindty to learning question ¢ a trade thoroughly before seeking em- Thelr peculiar physteal and enders chem impatient i apprenticeshtp, without which impossible, and eMctency married Evidently rtake a trade or a profes: f making tt 0 \ temporary 0. women ui . but erage are too artistte r broached "Tell the interesting jo her me, daughter Jullet, how stands your dtspisition to 1? the pportive girl replied: !s an hovor that I dream not of. ehe had not yet met her oly necessary to secure higher | Ftomes. Lacking business jialgmen:,| Again, woman's nervous temperament te to invest efther the Ume dis tn the way of her success required to master the borer with or a peor of ep tra or ofesston which |To do prosate work steadily day in and Ife work In fact, most] Out requir stronger 3 than with, woman is um- Bosse eee EREDAR DIRE DT DRE READ 22D, TASH. nog People’s Chor To the Eaitor of The Hyenton Worlt WHI you kindly et me know an take alnging per & young man Which Ie Mont DiMeuttt {To the EAttor of The Frening Wor WI] readers destte tor y aimeatt mimieal tne piayt Want the Mower Laugonge. To the EAitor ot Hvenlng Wor}! Loam a young lady, twenty years : would itke to tell of my love though fone, WU some reader kiotly toll me the language of Sowerat 308IB, “Haid ont ist thought Improv "Aha, Billy; don't » cuuld get atine? Y. PSOTVTE DCIS Y yo wth you Nh the: FAD Sanoee re's that pretty Mixs Joueat Poe FESS DSTS Another reason is that women are overanxtous for remults, ‘Time {sa great tax upon thelr patience. They are, ana rule, In too great a hurry to begin mak- Ing money, and therefore prefer to make a ttle quickly rather than walt for the larger results which come more nlowly. Sul another reason for the lower | Wages of women ts ¢ most of them to work, ‘The majority of working wo- men have at least thelr lodging and food provided for them by thetr parents or husbands, an@ this seml-independence tempin them to ke satisfied with anailer ‘© not compaNea nx the men are to go) & greater reduction than warr womay's wages. ies We Aro of the opinion, however, that AU avi not be long pefore women will décome thoroughly acclimated in the worhl of outdoor work and not only command higher wages for themealy but also by their presence make thi for existence a little less ferce. hae been the greater gainer progress of the arts and. the during the last half century Orce she tolled Ike the beast of the feld, Wae knocked down by the man who wlehed her for his wife, but to-day: she onjoys more than man the fruits of ritzation, A recent. French aveiter us that at this rate of progress It will not be long before men will aay: “Why waa I not born a woman?" PPIODEHDHLA AOL IAD HNO HS HOH OED HONG 197.96. 34O8 DPOHIADS PUTTING ON THE FINAL TOUCHES. Th round’? the fore- “Anda little more color AN INTERRUPTED SALUTATION. food uftternoon, PEEVISES THE SEDEDOOT ESTEE Mier Jones. “On that stone SED? 22 58a Be "Go Int dt can"—~ Charmed to—meet you!" z $ j SIPSSLHIDODS HSS BETO E-2EEOOOS a “THE MESSENGER BOY.” 3 As Seen by Kate Garew. & o > » ” ¢ eo ESIPEELEDE VDOT? 06-05-006-50:000-002- 0026996 FE OTPPOO Fd PEDRO RIOTES $3994 DEM DES 6 DORR H0042-0090-94 Mr. James T Porters continues to im over 1% with his Joyous personality, and that te alla Sow York audience sake of hi! Messrs Kelly ani Kennedy: Mr. Harry Kelly assists the mirth mith x ener; talent. Mr. George Da Long, who js pictured just abov Promise for a beginner, but he should avold overwork. | anf no small shows much PEF FFOTIOIG OH $994: 269 ; \% Ooo ree brsoy Mr, Paul Nicholson contributes a) Miss May Robson, ax the mensen- linndsome share to the gayety of] ger boy's Cockney mamma, gives “Tre Messenger Boy." There Ja! onother of her extremely clever © something modest and graceful | character vtudten. The artistic ‘2 about this young man's methods) abandonment with which Miss Rob- Which augura well for hile future ae! non sacrifecn her combs’ perxonal- a comedian. His sense of humor ts} {ty in the interests o? character tn never caught napping, and yet hej worthy of wide imitation among the has a delightfully innocent and | ladles of her professlon. If one may careless afr about tt. venture on a criticism, ft is that she worka a lectle too ni 3 bs ADIODRIADOI ESE D> SHARPER THAN SHERLOCK HOLMES. Some of our woclety women havo thelr) apeclal guest #he sald, “Mrs, Jones, £ wits sharpened wonderfully by obser-} witi iave her in your ears until the vation. One leader who often gives! Qoctey comes. 1 know you must under- Nettle luncheons and dinnere frequently | stand nursing.” invited a pretty woman to theee affair: Bho dd. and the Sho enjoyed her conversation and bert harshecacely vacity and never mado ont m Hat wit) gua y uuillty, doctor commended 1 for her nerve and thie special quest upon tt. | "Hui, my: d woann,” exclaimed he ae ene ot the ladias at & inner rater on, wheal the sick quent and nurs A tad gone, “how ¢ you know he was tuken M11, There was a PUMpUB At) To Re tia ine nurse. Naw Bho once, All the* others scuttled around Jever told y alutting off the ulr and raining fans, “On, no,” " Vout 1 uaed her eat soup with a sort of handkerchiefs, smelling bottles and) to wate ? i f acx, fascination. She always crumbled. a0 flowers upon tho victim, "Stand d4ex. | nen bread in it, tt get ibe Re Sice ladies, 1£ you please,” entreated the/and 1 sunpected ‘at once shi wpe in the hostess. Then turning toward telhabit of muking them.’—Loulsville a