The evening world. Newspaper, December 31, 1902, Page 9

a WV ORLD Ss eT SST STATA oe ‘ THE WORLD: WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER ca 31; 190: HOME ‘The Difference Between the Smart’? Woman and the| Dowd—It’s Qhiefly a Question of Corsets— & Few Hints on Correct Corseting. society. They would not depart from the truth, on matters generally, but, oh my, the way they do atick by the numbers of shoes and gloves worn in the early eighties, when they welghed fifty pounds lesa than to-day, and the way they crowd their interiors and de- stroy thelr complexions In a desperate conflict to retain the little waist of little girlhood, TIGHT LACING. HW difference between the woman who looks always trim and smart, ‘trae top to tos’ and the luckless '@ who is never well dressed no matter what her garments cost or where she gets them is chiefly a ques- ‘tion of corsets. Over @ properly fitting corset a simple gown may be easily fitted in these days ef wonderful paper patterns and the woman of modest means may for a few dollars and a little time present a really #mart appearance. ‘The beat fitter in the world cannot make a well-fitting gown over an Iil- Aiting corset. You cannot very mynsion on the fra 1t would be amusing—only thinking people know that there never was an Agent conceived so dinbolical in its ef- il bulld a colontaa ne of a Gothic r te ing fects upon the heaith and beauty of < ey y thes y ke | Woman kind as the tightly inced corset, Pcbicantoty. bx. ie seine. token, whieh, with flendish certainty, deprives G harmonious figure according to the Prevulling ideas of harmony, for I ad- mit that the standard for feminine clothed figures is subject, as they say a woman of the proper functions of every vital organ of her body. Tt is perfectly useless to talk of going without corsets to women {n genoral, fn the catalogues, to fluctuations—over T have tried without prejudice the me wkward, body-deforming corset. ee ace boasccere maine 102 various make-shifts, waists, gindies, voneless jackets and other fearful and ! wonderful substitutes for corsets and I have been made ridiculous and uncom- fortable In varying degfees thereby. A young girl with slender, graceful figure may wear a girdle or a waist and if she knows how to carry herself ehe will be charming without a corset. But wernen who are even plump= women who have botne children are But when is a woman well co! ted? WWhere can she get the correct corset? is {t that, given two women me height aud welght, pract!- ally the same bust and waist measure- \ jy Ments and the same corset, one will look smart, and with the correct lines @8) pan , benefited tn health and vastiy improved 1 4 they are now regarded, while the other, |in appearance by wearing a properly th the fdentical garment, will have ® | consiruoted corset. protruding stomach, a flat chest and| 4 correct corast whould be eo com: 4#@ heavon-knows-how-to-deseribe-it curve «= to her back. A woman Is well formble that the wearer may We down in it with ease. corseted when the) Tt should not press on any part of the ft garment performs the service {t 98 lbody. ‘The well-corseted woman ts never originally intended for. in a hurry to “get her corsets off 90 as t*4 A’ corset should be a stay in fact a8} ty pe comfortable.” | well as name. 4 4 Tt should eupport the breasts, and GOOD ADUWICE. I asked the corset-maker who is em- ployed by the best gowned women not only in America but In Europe as well, and who sends corsets from her New York shop to London and Paris by every steamer, the secret of a well- fitting corset, and she sald: “The secret of a well-fitting corset is in having {t fitted to the individual. “No two women are exactly alike, It is Impossible to count on getting the right corset unless it has been ad- justed to the form of the woman who is to woar it Secguould be a stay, not a vise. * Jt should support, not imprison, figure. 44 No woman can have a pretty figure in fw tightly-laced corset. Many of our deluded sisters apparent- { Qy imagine the end of the world will B some for them the day they yleld half Mevan inch to the size of thelr waists, no Hi matter how nature revolts at the neces- f eary saueczing to maintain the girlish ~aMwalst measure of long ago. *\< Bo many women aro so very childlike @bout the: size of their waists, the num- Soewers of their gloves and shoes. I know women who are really sensible, God fearing and amlable members of the HELPS FOR HOM . /LETTERS, ‘s. QUESTIONS, ANSWERS. ) leis ’ Gays Forty Is Age Limit. jie the Editor of The Evening World: Myself and other men of forty years . of good appearance, competent h the hest of references, try to ain positions. The answer In every ine 8 been that we are too old. t younger men. What is to e of men forty years old and up- "ward who have not been successful tn Mertabticning a business for themselves? to hear the opinton of some rs M, BROMER, or Washing the Face, of The Evening World Sie yy, FO the 8 it good to use cold water on the ing It with hot water? H. A. M. te Is ithe face directly after washing It with not good to use cold water *n y hot water. Wash !t with warm water Quiver the hot) then using tepid water » aud after that cold water, : The Vote of tud/cyate. wea Fe the BA tor of The Kvening Wortd y in aoclety very often means > with a lot of disagreeable People whom you care nothing for, Tae evrest way to find out what a man Hices Is to try different samples on him. ‘The man was wise who put his hens “th a coal bin, with the faint hope “txt they might possibly lay tax. "Would be good polley to keep a ple face on these days (especially indies), © because Jack Frost is apt to snap It. CYNIC. ‘ ate Queries on Mat-Lifting. meee the Eslitor of The Rvening World: With which hand {s it customary to puttlag STOLE sity, The design illustrated is of lamb tiona can be substituted, and the design fur coats and wraps that are showing gos when meeting a lady? When walk. geodnw unaccompanied I meet a friend of mine accompanted by a lady. 1 tip upon Seeing hin. He stops me and intro- Be duces me to his iady acquaintance, ould I tip again upon receiving th + Antrofuction, and if 0, with which se oand? B. H.C. The long stole ends are smart, and add the collarette made round, If desired, To cut this colarette for a woman inches wide, or 1 yard 0 inches wide, The pattern, 3711, In sizes for a 32, 34, Mailed for 10 cents, Now York City. wreovers bis head. The left hand is used for removing the hat {f the gen- tleman thinks the lady intends to offer ‘bim her own right hand. In all other cares ho lifts hts hat with the hand MAY MANTON’S HINTS AND PATTERNS. No gentieman shoula salute a lady| The cape and collar are in one, by merely “tipping” his hat. He shows| Which cause it to ft snugly to the throat her due respeot-only when he entirely |and joined at the edge, and the HARRIGT HUBBARD AYBR. “The next best way of getting a corset fs to send measurements taken anise. the walst, acress the bust and bart under the arm to the waist, down in+ front and back. Get the corset rearest these measurements and have It fitted to the figure.’ No corset fits when the weare hibits fleshy lumps or protuberai Them must be no bulging above the corset at the shoulders; no protruding stomach. Sensible women should consider that fat must go ¢ome piace. It they crowd it down by tient Incing they will nave enormous stomachs and hideous hips. If they force the flesh up they will have what is called a high bust, which makes a woman appear like a trussed a, |r. ‘The chief value of tha #o-cailed straight-front corset 1s In the fact tirat {t gives a woman natural Jines—gives M/her plenty of breathing room, and neither compresses nor distorts the form, * There Is a trick in adjusting the ntraight-front oorwet, which should first be put on with the laces far apart xt it should be adjusted, pulled down over the hips and tn front unt! it loovely fits the figure, Every woman knows when the corget right, Next the laces should be drawn com- fortably snug, not tight. The etraight-front corset should never be laced ught. It muat be very loose above the watet and easy below. THE TRICK IN IT. which the Now comes the trick by short woman does away with the big stomach which she hae hated every hour of her life since she acquired It. The wearer thrusts her hands inside the corset at the top between the brea: and raises the loose flesh. This at once produc the fiat stomach and relieves the vital organs of all pressure. The woman wao with practically the samo figure, puts her atraigit front cor- set on In the old-fashioned way—hook- ing tt up tne front and then pulling the corset laces until her strength giver out or nature cries help! help! will find the straight front a failure; she will have the old-fashioned figure, big stomach ‘and all. Most anything worth doing ts worth doing well. Get the correct corset—put ft on prop- y. Wear your gown with the corset fitted over. ‘The greatest injua- ttee to your figure and your dressmaker 1s to have your frock fitted over one style of corset and expect It to look well over another made on entirely dif. ferent Mnes. Don't expect to have a perfect figure n any corest unless you know how to stand and waik properly. Your corset does not fit tf {t presses un- comfortably any place or prevents free, a oF aching. He? SHARRIDT HUBBARD AYER. E DRESSMAKERS. WOMAN'S COLLARETTE, WITH OR WITHOUT ENDS. The collarette that can be worn over the jacket or blouse is almost @ neces- with chinchilla, but countless combina- will pe found admirable for remodelling flgns of wear. Velvet, seal plush and Persian lamb cloth are appropriate with collar and border of any fur preferred, to the warmth, but can be omitted and cut in six sections, the curving seama of ‘The border and stoles are separate tire collarette is ned with silk, of medium sizo 2 yards of materia! 21 will be required, 36, 38 and 4 inch bust measure, Send money to cashier, The World, Pultser Building, furthest away from her. Tt is not customary nor in good taste for a gentleman to introduce the ludy whe accompanies to another gentleman whom they meet on the street. If suoh y the term ‘mimicry in zoology fan Introduction is made, ever, it]aturalists indicate the curious phenom Bhould certainly be acknowledged with |¢n’ Whereby an animal Intimates closely Uitted hat. a The Overloaded Hor, ‘To the Editor of The Kvening World: ifs & shame to see the loads some @rlvers put on thelr trucks and then ex- pect a horse to haul It, If the wagon wets stalled the driver nearly beats the life out of the horee because he can't Ddudge it, De you think it is pght? Not by a long shot. Stiji, in New York it is & commen sight bia) days in the week, iteelf from Its enemies, says the Lon- don Chronicle, Thus certain butterflies abeclately: inagoranal ca othera of evil smelling na escape the attacks of birds which re- Ject, or rather, leave unharmed tie odorous forma, Similariy we have in- sects Imitating leaves and dried twigs, jand by ald of the actor's irt escaping destruction, This principle of mimicry ‘bee other and very striking illustrations, One. would Berar 5 reps the markings ‘of a tiger. 99 tending to concealment, the form or color of another animal, or | of some object, by way of concealing! INSTANCES OF MIMICRY IN°WAR. [surroundings that it successfully Hes tn walt for unsuspecting prey, The zebra's markings, {n the same way, are re girded 44 aiding {ts escape from en mies A novel application of this prin- ciple of mimicry has lately been ex- hibi'ed in connection with certal \° Rory experiments made stanly fershot. The cod cvat of the reed Pa ey hes long ‘been condemn rie onvmyehence. khaled. n re hay come’ inte favor ‘eat colts ite Dros tection of the solver, the PE FIRST BABY OF THE CENT CRY. on ooo Eugend Barry, Born at 1901, 12.00.10 A. M., Jan. 1, Winner of One of The Evening World’s Gold Medals and Brass Cribs, / Is Alive and Kicking. His New Year’s Gre 1 other babies who came after me will have a tvwew Year eting to Other Babies im the first baby of the twentieth century, and | hope all the bright and happy as the one | hope to spend myself with my papa and mamma, —EUGENE BARRY. 2 HE firat baby born in the twentieth century in Greater New York, and robably in the Tnited States, will de two years old to-morrow At ten ids after midnight little Eugene Barry, who won the p T nine pounds and with hair and eyes brown as ha tx, made her ap- ince In the Kriegel household. t Eur Rarry also welghed nine pounds at birth, But he grew rapid! nd on his second birthday, Jan. 1,he EUGENE Winner of The Evening World's gold medal for first boy baby born In BARRY. Greater New York in Twentieth Century. offered by The Bvening World two years ago for the first baby born tn the twen- tleth century will oslebrate his third virthday, Little Eugene whos enterprise in getting Into the world ad of all the other bables of New Year's Day, 1901, won one of the handsome gold medals and wonderful brass cribs offered by ‘The Evening World, ts the eon of Thomas J, Barry, a printer, snd his wife, Annte, Just as the whistles of fac- tories and engines and the tootinxs of horns were welcoming in the New Yoar this blue-eyed, light-haired baby boy made his appearance. ‘He beat the first girl baby, to whom The Evening World had also offered a prine of a gold medal and a crib, by one minute and fifty seconds, there- | by settling for all time the question of masculine supremacy, and laying to | rest the claims of the women suffray- iote. ‘The little girl who followed young Master Barry at a respectful interval of one minute and fifty seconds was Katie Kriegel, daughter of Abraham and Dora Kriegel, of 138 Norfolk street. It was just two minutes past 12 o'clock when @ bouncing little girl, welghing almost weighed over thirty pounds He has never known a sick day and his parents have grown to regard the beaut!- ful gold badge which he received from The Pvening World as a sort of charm. Ltttle Pugene will colevrate his third birthday at the home of his parents, No |17 Bast One Hundred and Ninth street. | He waa born on the same strect, but not quite eo far east, for in 1801 Mr, and fre, | Barry resided at No, 121 Bast One Hun- dred and Ninth street, The Evening World prints little Bu- gene's latest photograph, which shows what a fine aturdy youngster he has be come. He now weighs over thirty-eight pounds and Is two feet seven and one- half inches In height. The photograph was taken last week, Thomas J. Barry, his father, says of him that the only time he ever gives his mother any peace Is whén he ts sleeping soundiy {n the brass crib given him by The Bvening World, “For a ohild two years old,” raid Mr. Barry, “he certainly enjoys remarkable health. We have had no occasion to call In a doctor for him since his birth, He 1 able to walk and talk and 4s in- clined to be very mischtevous, far more so than any of hig brothers and sisters, LIVELY SUNDAY, ‘Am old Scotswoman who all her life had observed and followed the rigorous teachings of Calvinism she had imbibed when a girl in her native land was re- cently induced by some of her young relatives wom she was visiting, to go with them to a fashionable pisco- paltan church where they worshipped, a the Philadelphia Times, The cholr, the elaborate ritual, the robed minister and the vested boys wore all new and utrange to her, As they filed out after the wervice she was naked: “Well, auntle, how did you like It?" Weel.” she replied, "it’s verra inter- estin', I must say, Dut what a wy to] spend tho Sabbat ‘ ——— THE YUKON. When free from ice the Yukon River is navigable for large steamers 1,965 | miles, a distance twice as great as that from Chi wo to New York. ———— OUR GUNNERS. In the tests of guns on the ships of | AS GOOD AS MEAT. ON from cotton seed, sunflower seed, Olives or peanuts contains tho fat el- ements of meat as well as other food qualities YOUR CREDIT IS AS GOOD AS YCUR CASH SMALL WEEKLY PAYMENTS. _ era Credit Credit Credit Credit Credit crit Diamonds ot Credit Credit Credit Credit Credit Watches Credit Credit geet Gredit Credit Gredit Credit Jewelry Credit Credit Credit Creat Credit Credit Credit Credit Write to have our man call with samples, Meyer & Posley deve Go. 50 West 22d Ste goin, (20 Steps fiom Gin Avs.) Open tren nas. the North Atlantic equadren rece: the man behind the gun hit the ca seven times In eleven, CASTORI i a i Yo ae Aa Gea | En Amusements. FA WAND UpeaDe Al PRENCH Grand Central balaoes |x d Central rs see ce TO-NIGHT, ee Si BVE Lae, Ave, 107th %, A GASE OF ae cat The Small Girl Figures plessditty ae as Domestic Pea maker in This Pretty and Interesting Romany © Written by Temple Bailey. 1902, by Dally Story Pub. Cod 1 5 the Small with the Rumes| if faced the Captain in the early morning light, he was again haun ed by a resemblance which had star him the night before when he had met her on the hotel porch, He had worried through a restloss (Copyright night and had come early to walk up and down the beach and watch the 1 Te green wave with hea miserablo| didn't tell har whero ae was.’ n . “ eyes, and listen to their maddening) ‘rhe idiot,” breathed the Captain,| ‘rhe red one, #hrleked thé monotone whone face Was white and net Girl, “and can I carry it over wat ona one he rae ome Upon the! Tho Small Girl sild down from his| head? . mai! Girl. She was barefooted and} kneo and faced him wrathfully. ay ; ” stood whera the waves, shallow and| “You #han‘t call lim names. Ho's my| the cnt dist eee ae sight, and foam-fecked, touched her toes. Her in-| very own father.) Mrs, Burton turned td the Captala, finitesimal skirts were gathered up in Into the Captain's eyes there came a @ smal bunch behind, and’ more ruf- took which the Small Girl did not under- joes she know 0." he sald. she asked, Thea he wrote tho note with a hand that trem-| pied, while the Small Girl watched him) *| curtousty But hia reflections were broken in upon rudely aw the Small Girl rushed straight at him and clung to his white trouser with sand-solied hands “It wes a bigger wave," ehe shivered, “And I am awfully afrald of the big ones.” With @ mudden rush of memory the Captain gathered her up in his arms Somebody had cling to him once In just that frightened way, and somebody's curls had blown across his lps, a kimed them, down suddenly, “Did you get wet?" tously. No," she whimpered, “but Ht came up to my knoes and It looked go deep. He sat down on a piece of driftwood and took her on his knee, it's too early in the morning for little girla to be out alone. Over the child's face there ran a ripple A n ever were In evidence. Her| stand. He caught the small hands in his! “Why did you come back?" hair wan twisted up Into a knot on top|and drew her to him. | veers ocr eae of her aad. And now the Captain knew |""guppoae we write mother a etter and! father, dexs. 1 should not Rave gon why Tie was haunted. | Somebody lee base tahaait ae Cement noe teay Twi sh Aioked toe eae seal j Wearlly, and the tears ¢riekled dows } maiden, The Captain took out a note-|her white cheeks, “How oan you fore i book and tore a leaf from tt give me?” H \ He nut down on tha driftwood: beside) nh drew her head down on_ | broad shoulder, STRANGE [MEETING 5 THE he asked aolict- whe gu: and clasped her small hands eostatically. “Tran away. At the flash of her blue eyea the hand of memory tugged once more at the Captain's heart “oae's asleep,” went on the Small Girl, “and pretty soon ahe will wake up anil ‘Margaret, Margaret, darling’ 1.0 Captain stopped her, "Is your name Margaret,” he asked excitedly. “Ye—es,"" said the Small Girl “Is your mother’s name Margaret, too?" he went on. She nodded and then gasped as tha Captain caught her in his arms and held her very close and kissed her. “Margaret Burton?” Bo many question for such @ Small Girl to answer. “"Yo-os;" the Gmail Girt was a little tired of so much emotion which #he aid not understand. "My father’s name was Jack," she volunteered. “How old are you denty. “Bix, was the proud answer, "I knew your mother once, quietly. “When T was up in heaven?’ asked the Small Girl ptous The Captain nodded, and the Small Girl settled herself to listen. “Tell me about It, e sald, the a little girl then?’ “@he was very young, and she bad curls like yours, and eyes Iike yours. “Everything Mke me but her nose, broke In the Small Girt, with her hand over her own diminutive affair, “My nose !s like my fathe Involuntarily the Captain's hand went up to his own face. “Oh, no,” he erled. “you don’t know,” said the Small Girl arrogantly. "Mother sald M was. And T have my tather's lovely disp'sition.”” “Did she say that?’ demanded the HE SAT DOWN ON A PIBO® OF DRIFTWOOD AND TOOK HDR ON HIS KNEE, What does it it was folded. “It says, ‘Como down,’ She opened it, looked at the scrawled characters and was satisfied, although she could not read ft. But what it really sald was “Margaret: Fate led me to the beach, where we had been together in those firet days, and brought to me your sec- ond self, little Margaret. It has been such a long time, dear. Surely after all these years there is nothiag to keep vs 5 i apart? Come. JACK, ‘As the Small Girl laboriously climbed the dluff the Captain watoned her out of sight. Then he paced restlessly up and down, up and dowa, At last he saw a woman down the beach coming, her figure half hidden by the ascending morning mists. He went to meet her, his eager eyes taking In the beauty of her—her curls gathered up in the old way, her cheeks pink with the hurry and exeltement. ‘“Margaret!"? “Jack!” ‘There was onty a minute for @ stlent greeting, and then the Small Girl came upon the scene, Her mother called. to her betore she reached chem. Run back and get my parandl, dex. he asked sud- yt she asked when "he said “Was “Yes, and it gave me ‘courage, e Down the beach came a bobbing fign submerged in a red eflk sunshade, ‘When the Small Girl reached was evidently much uplifted by the of her mother with her head Captain's coat. Mrs. Burton swept her up is ber and put her on the Captain's knee, “It's your father, dear,” she eatd, Burton waited for a ony of raptup but the Small Girl was not q dramatic situations, She calmly, and then atroked hig nose with admiring fingers. “We really have very nice father,” ghe giggled. “Yes. But he went away.” asked the Captain It Ja dreadful for people to quarrel,” pro- weeded the Small Girl virtuously. ‘I don't do ft, And mother aent him away, and he went to war, and she cant’ write to him and tell him ahe Amusements, Amusements. 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