The evening world. Newspaper, December 19, 1902, Page 14

& Li Y . The question of wh © -Parkinton, in his best young-woman-be- * point of consulting his doctor when he =WORLD'S THE ¥ WORLD: FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19, 1902. POON MAGAZINE. “THE COURTSHIP OF A WOMAN-HATER| | deen growing for three month | pageiugpand "most well?” he demanded, ely. “Vie 43 going to work next Monday, 1 A Confirmed Old Bachelor Who Fell Love shouldn't care to work myself after that. with His Typewriter, but Found in Proposing ipsrcw'" ° speak to you about « te ee to Her that There Was Another Man in the wenet arsine “vianty, “Consiler Case. turned Parkinton bluntly, “Consider him right at it. You needn't come vs hel Til have a check sent of the week to-morrow, a libele jaugh ne the lady | went out the door, apd Parkinton hauled desk ® ou ss Setgwick, a word you, e. before, yOu g down oe. his with a ny fend a certain suit when what he! vicious n he could not have ex- By Haydon Carruth. |; was to Jump in and| cecded had been sivtting | the last ditch, ‘This| © n inside where they _ 2, ry Pi * nh advice was unp | poor men, (Copyright, 1902, by Daily Story Pub. Co.) beh ea ee asnaine s ti he is Atty LD Parkinton had advertised Of settling “with ihe a fool of himself a young woman typewr er or losing clients, | won a pretiy apt to do & really wanted a man, r Parkin- night, after everyb: ody | an 1 ht he Serene , as he ( TAR DICESE © except the sald pre wy \fammeil his hat‘on his head ami went ton was a confirmed old bachelor and and she Was at the doc ny 1 took m cab for uptown & woman-hater, but he aid ger a id to her: eee ¢ reprhaenie re Aa} ton woman cheaper man who made ca of Yes, sir, anawered, turning the La vk and toxins tha’ door. THE PARTING SCENE. r later that Park- 3 over a ye he et ht “Miss Se F ‘ ome thing speak, to you y with much world hi i ig ell, ry it all—w is than 7 want you to vs, sir, that's {t. I—I love , Ne, Went on, emboldened and sur- at the sound of his own voice. yang ‘ic'you don't become my wife I'll —well, I can't set along at all, and 1 tan prove Jt to the satietaotion gurt in the land,” and Lawyer Park! ‘on Slapped bis hand on the desk bef: him with a violent bang nent the girl inton encountered Mr, and Mrs. Sedg- wick in @ car, Mrs. Sedgwick had her two-montha’ aid baby in her lap. Park- sign, of recognition top "t he got up, stepped ross the aisie, and, speaking. over his oulder so that she could have no ponstl ance of introducing her hus- band tld he) been a long struggle with him, but hi love of money had finally triumphed 7 handwriting of one reply had pleased him. The note was signed Mary “Sedgwick. He sent for her. When the|{ office hoy announced her Mr. Parkinton © tood with her i &horted, assumed a mien of haugh the floor and blush on her | bar er serve and ordered the boy to fetch her Then she looked up at him and HP or girl, Mrs one Sg with a strong ace in, “She shall see from the first mo Pagkinton, I'm certain that no] {\Boy,") she answered proudly, ment that I'll stand no foollshness,” in the ined would be more ft? | “tiuht ‘he returned; Pdon't ike ba- dies." ‘Phen he snorted and. walked out 1 to hear you say this than T am. Very. 3 gi the ear, jabbing the floor very hard was his mental comment: mune utRC ey Meceatsoorspuient) y The applicant came tripping in. She/put the fact 4s, Mr. Parkinton, that | With his can was a little thing and, Parkinton iin already maredct ried tee you Stil, on. Christmas Eve his office *thought, about twenty—but he was noj{hit J am Mrs. not Miss, Sedwwick. (boy struggled up to the door of the 2 the first day, but you wouldn't listen (6 ick flat carrying @ rocking horse expert and she may have been rather|me, I've been married two years, and | t aR eas ae eey Si ern ae eh older. I was going to describe her, but ie. meason. ¥ am working ts that my h E a dram ipo ne other ee ¥ gir very pret 4 ban has been all the summer and|The t as were a le advanced for Iwon't. Just Imagine a very pretty sirl) fil" and we aren't very Tich, You] two-months’ old baby, but It was and let it go at that. Think of the} icn Haieeatty Oma elton eo Barkin tons + prettiest girl you know while you are hricinton gave a mighty snort—an| itm might have sent the. boy @ shot- ‘bout it. Even Parkinton couldn't t accumulative syprt—a snort which hed! gun and a pair of skates, seeing that she was pretty—“pre therefore the more dangerou thought. ‘How much do you want?” demanded HELPS FOR: HOME DRESSMAKERS. MAY MANTON'S HINTS AND PATTERNS. ware tone. ¥ “I expected $12," she replied in a modest little voice. But she looked at her prospective employer at the same time. “Wer—um—er," said Parkinton, and then he snorted again. He had in- tended to give but $10, and he felt a atrange weakness coming over him. And Mt mastered him, though he snorted twice more. “All right,” he said, “I'l give you that, There is the machine, Miss Sedg- wick.” “T am''— began the lady in en ex- planatory manner. (Now this wouldn't do. Parkinton saw it. He had been weak in giving her that additional $2—ho wouldn't show any more weakness, So when @he began he snorted once more and roared at the boy. “Young man," he shouted, ‘let up on that whistle and close the door! Miss Sedgwick, you will find work awaiting you on the machine. Double space it, and don't strike your periods too hard, please. fo the new typewriter began her Parkinton has always been a good He prides him- amd thinks he is always right; and he never any doubt that if he had his attention to women that ‘ell would have fallen in love with notwithstanding all this, during next three months old Parkinton, woman-hater, busted himself tn fall- ing in love with hie typewriter, such ts the weakness of man, oven when dis- guised as 2 real estate lawyer. Parkinton didn’t know what ho was @oing ti toward the last. Hoe knew “something was ithe matter, but he ‘oouldn’t diagnose it. He was on the iacovered the cause himself. ‘Of course Parkinton fell violently in Jove—he wasn’t the*man who did things halt-heartedly. His pretty typewriter became’ his one thought. Other women even appeared rather better in his eyes Gh ber socounr He was sure he had geen such small white hands as hers st @ther typewriter or piano ‘Be would lean back in his chair Meten to the click of the machine, ‘was like music to him. Parkinton stopped talking thought :of hei ‘old | 48 made without the fitted front lining, the | When this fast is used. bye ‘They weren't last the thing reached | Wide, Mebiayen # inches wide or 6 1+2. yerds 44 inches wide, legal A TASTEFUL MORNING GOWN. ‘This morning gown ia of ecru Swiss muslin dofted with white and trimm with lace, but is sufted to dimity, lawn, batiste, madras and all the range of stmpic cotton fabrics as well as to chaille, albatross, cashmere and the Uke, but woollen goods are more eatistactory een ae woah —e th a THE DARING TOPICS DISCUSSED BY NEW YORK MAT RONS. i ECLECTIC CLUB DISLIKES PUBLICITY, BUT USUALLY GETS INTO THE PAPERS WITH A SENSATION. Fashionable Women Who Have Their Own Way of} Thinking—Some of the; Startling Subjects They Have Tackled with More} or Less Surprising Re-) sults. HE Boleotle Club, composed of some T of New York's most fashionable matorns, has gotten tnto the news- papers again. Now the Eclectle Olub 1 exclusive In {ts proceedings as In tts membership. What {s sald at tte meetings is sup- posed to be of the atar-chamber-exect- tive-seasion order. Nevertheless, the @electle Club ocsa- stonally breaks tnto the news, and when it does It 1s usually with a sensation This time It {s Mra, Elleabeth Bacon Walling’s paper on ‘Marital Unrest." This paper Mrs, Walling was to have read fo the chid; Dut she gave It to the newspapers mM advance; with the result that the shooked and indignant lub would not listen to !t Another paper had to be substituted. Tn the coay privacy of the club ment- ings held generally at Delmontco's the most conservative matron eettles back comfortably to listen to things which, iscussed before a hundred fluttering women, seem some way more proper than when whispered In a pleasant soll- tude of two. Secure In the good opinion of fellow- members the most austere morlists re- lax and to a Iquid accompantment said now to be tea, though one of the great est rowa in the history of the chib was due to the presence of the insidious Manhattan ¢ocktall at club meetings. What has not the Eclectic diecussed at these symposiums, where there In a general taking off of what, might be termed moral corsets and an all-around comfortable time? is man less faithful than woman?" ‘an ® woman love more than one man “What {a the difference between a man's ana a woman's honor?" ‘These are examples of the delicate problems discussed by the Welectic at former meetings. “Can @ woman love more than one ‘Man,’ discussed at an exolted meeting held on Feb, 27, 1903, created a sensa- tion. For the fair members were In- clined to take the view that a woman frequently not only could but that she aid, “It Js entirely a matter of tempera- ment,’ said Mrs. Richard Stearns, one of Belectic's most prominent members. “Some women would find it an imp sibility. Others would reallze its possi pility. One man might appeal to one side of her and the other to a different | element in her nature, I must confess} I am In the Intter category.” “L think it {s absolutely deplorable. said Mrs. Leon Harvier, in reply, “tha one woman eannot love one man wholly ‘The husband and wife are two halves! of a perfect whole, There can be no third side to that, Any euch three-cor- nered affection is a malformation of love.” “Mrs. Harvier is wrong in her prem- ises,"" retorted Mrs, Stearns, ‘Two peo- ple should make a perfect whole, but they don't.” “Tt would be nice,” Lyon, the President. go around looking for halves and quarters.” “But very dangerous,” interposed Mrs. opined Mrs. Dore if women could thelr missing LETTERS, QUESTIONS, ANSWERS. Scores (‘Kat jaro the Aitor of The Brening World: I agree in saying the girls by the name of ‘Kate’ ate apt to be hot-tem- pered and ugly, I know girls by ghat hame.. They are also sometimes very Geceitful and are flirts, BDNA. Reoord Fifty Years Ago. ‘To the Bitter of The Hvening World: Will you please inform me through your paper the fastest time made by a sailing veusel fifty years ago? A SATLOR. ‘The cUpper Dreadmanght, launched in 1953, on first voyage westward roached New York as soon as Cunard steamer Canada reaghed Boston, the latter leav- ing Liverpool one Gay eartler. In 1361 the Dreadnaught covered %,700 miles from Sandy Hook to Queenstown in the unprecedented time of nine days and seventeen hours, A New Name Discussed, To the Miitor of The Brening World: Have read what #ome of your cotre- emondents state about women by the name of ‘Kate. I hawe found that two out of every three ‘Kates I iknow have irritable temuers, They also make careless and Indifferent wives. Have ‘also observed that women by the namo of ‘Sulla’ are intelient and broad- minded, They make faithful wives and good mothers, What do other readers think? OBSMRVER, Stamford, Conn ‘The Virst Locomotive. ‘To the BAitor of The Drening World: ‘What was, the name of the inventor ot the first builder of a locomotive? E. G@. ROBERTSON, $3 Bast Jersey st., Elizabeth, N. J. ‘The first real locomotive was invented and put {n operation In London tn 1904 ea|by Richard Trevthick. Co ry Girls Wiv: It | To the Editor of The Evening World: I would like to have readers discuss this question: Do girls, born and Quantity of material required for the medium a@lze is 10 1-2 yards 37 Sian brotight up In country places, make bet- ter wives than girls that are born and Patsern: $008, to sinte form 53, 94, $4, 98.49 and <2 loch wuss, sellee 9 ¢ 30 conta ‘brought up in the large cities? | | | Richard Honry Sa So th Interesting And next mor Ing. For they osophy which have been rkers ut up your capera, It was matron agree was more int ed too late t Ost tneu Mrs minty But don't get it m the papers, For you're done for if you get into the press.” a woman love two? they had cy of-club associa- | ton. And} behold! in a half-dozen Iftaring hendlines the harmless query {was blaxoned to the uncomprehending | worta an echoed a an asked In the bitin love two men?” dismayed husbands, p from: thelr morning inewspapers to the falr clubwoman seat- ed opposite at the breakfast table. were tears, reeriminations, The husband of a clubwom- a woman j There outings n is not usnally a formidable quan- ty. But this time it was different. 10 the revl-eged members redflzed. ‘phe ih is were In a boty jealous, of the other snan, the purely hypothet!- eal pers who bad strayed into Delmonico's at the club oy Who was he? they d in chorus As a re the Eclectic, for lon’ time ganization of women in town-—was forced into seclusion. For tt was resolved that reporters should be resolutely barred from future moetings. "The first time, but that Is the cocktail story CASTORIA For Infants and Children, The Kind You Have Always Bought Bence the jgnature of And wittlest Dr. Lyon’s ERFECT Tooth Powder AW ELEGANT TOILET LUXURY. Used by people of refinement for over a quarter of a century. Amusements. PIRH THEATRE, a ‘and 40th at. Matinees To-morro Xmas, 216. WML FAVERSHAM in-INPRUDENGE. CRITERION THEATRE. Broadway & ttn ot. | Bveaines at BA. Mats, To-morrow & Sia, 2.15 JULIA MARLOWE CAVALIER. GARRICK THEATR Last 8 Ey'ge. Mal MARNERING | Broadwi at, near Bway. Wed. & Xmas, Bs Sate, OF GERALD, By Clyde oe THE STU 7BBORNNE: Ss ti WOMEN PROMINENT IN THE CLUB. PDE ESEIOOHE DEDEDE BY MRS. J. BRADLEY ia EX-PRESIDENT OF THE CLUB. No woman should have the appearance of a memory in polite society. ‘The bore !s a woman who is usually spoken of as “so tire- some, but oh so good!" The prude poses as a saint; and the only difference between this saint and an ordinary sinner is that the saint has a past and most sinners have a future. The tactless woman can ask more questions that mean noth- ing, und about things that do not céncern her, in a shorter time thanit takes to procure a Dakota divorce. * sbeessecnseros noses Dd DHS In November, 189, a wave of reform{cafe. wept over the clib and at a meeting Another member retorted that she was held tn that month a sensation waa/frequently quite exhausted after the created by the Introduction of an article| meetings and, needing « stimulant, had for incorporation in the constitution | as much right to take it in Delmontoo’s atmed at scandal-mongers, Mrs, Harry) cafe as anywhere else, Wallerstein introduced It with a recom- Tho discusston became so excited that mendation that any club member heard|Mrs. Wallerstein reetgned forthwith. to epeak Jil of any other member should,|/ And her resignation was followed by after a thorough Invest!gation, be many others within the week. Among pended or expelled, these were Mrs. Joseph R. Quinby, Mrs, The F ctic indorsed the spirit of Mra.| Afbert Bellamy, Mrs, George G. Van Wallerstein's resolutions, but neverthe-|@chalok and Mra. Albert Jon ess held It UM the next meeting.| In April of 192 Mre, Joseph Bradley when It was agreed to. Thereafier| Read, ex-President of the.Bclectic Club, followed @ series of ahocks, which while) rend before a club meeting one of not the direct result of the reforma-|the most comprehersive and ecathing tion, consequent poy It# stirring|arratgnments of women ever written. of deep waters. The " the ‘Yealous The shocks reached their culminating) woman." the gossip and a score of point at a special meeting held at Mrs. |other types were unsparingly depicted tn Walierstein'# home, No, 23 West SIx-|Mrs. Read's paper. The Eclectic listened tieth street, when at the end of a stormy | with silent indignation, though the veins were vession one of the members rose and objected to the club members and offi-|anxioun query, ‘Did she mean me?" cers drinking cocktails in Detmonico's| “Let them talk,’ said Mra, Read, who cafe after the club meetings held on|nhad spoken her mind. “I was nov born alternate Wednesdays. with a drop of fear in me. I have been The club luncheon, the protesting) Wanting to free my mind for some tine member declared, was—and properly~a]} about certain things and people in our club, and I believe I did 30. Women are funny things.’ As a result of the arraignment of her cocktall-less affair, but she asserted it was the habit of many members to in- dulge in the tempting beverage in the who ‘The only piace to buy re- oods at Teas than Amusements. 731 Biws of every individual member pulsed the | £ a fellow members Mrs, Read resigned. — Other topics discussed by the B Club were: “Equal Moral § oa for Men atid Women" and “What the Difference Betwoen a Man's Ho and a Wormn's?’ A woman's, th decided, was based on age Sm while a man's was a mere qu f general honesty. At another meeting members: much wrought up over the to which had been more potent world’s history, the mpral or moral woman. “Outside of the Bible,” declared Mrm A. C. Bage, “the history of the World proves that the women 1s greater.” “She prevatis,"’ said Mrs. Lois H. bate . 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