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Mam Careu Thomas
COLLEGE PRESIDENT
called sphere. On the contrary, pro
portionally na nmny university women
ry na do other women, and the
children of the college educated mother
are aa numerous aa those of other wo
men. At the same time the college wo
man’s health has been proved to be
better and stronger than that of the
average noncolleglate woman. Dr.
FROCK OF WHITE VOILE.
THE NOBLE ARMY OF WOMEN.
Thomas hna n way of clinching her
statements with the cold figures that
prove them true.
The cablegram contained the state
ment that Dr. Thomas’ address was je-
reived with great applause.
It Is no wonder Dr. Thomas’ speech
was received with great applause. I
heard her S|ieak lust winter to u New
York audience. Hhe Is a beautiful \ o-
mnn In the perfect prime of life. Her
face beams with a radiance of Intelli
gence. earnestness and klndllners. She
has strong convictions and speaks them
out rulmly and sincerely without u
thought of whether Mrs. Grundy likes
them or not. To say what one honestly
thinks to be true—what else Is there to
do? And her utterances, spoken In a
cleat*, strong, perfectly cultivated voice
cannot help having an Influence deep
and wide.
Dr. Thomas carries her noble Inde
pendence and Individuality evm Into
matters of dress. Hhe was beautifully
gowned—would have been counted
•’stylish” even In New York. Yet, truly
ss you live, that dress of hers hud a
pocket In It, deep enough, too, to hold
her manuscript as well as various oth
er articles. Again, the average woman
would have bedraggled herself out upon
that platform with a long, dust gath
ertng train of hampering dry gooda
around her feet. Not so M. farcy
Thomas. Iler sktrt. rich In material,
perfectly mude, was at least two Inches
above the floor.
Ho she stood before us, a radiant pic
ture of health, hundeonp, learned,
broad minded and warm hearted. I
graceful, tastefully costumed, the per-1
ct type of the new woman now slowly
hut* splendidly evolving.
In one of her addresses President I
homas mentions the difficulties that
M»et n would be college womAn even I
so late as her own schooldays, thirty I
rs ago. Hhe was born of Quaker I
Mttnge In Baltimore In 1*57. As I
\ as she was old enough to think I
determined to secure a college ed-
to study In the classes with men,
ami Miss Thomas and a friend, Miss
Owyntie, entered the department of
modem languages and did brave Work
for three years. *•
On the other hand, however, Lelpstc
would not give degrees to women, and
In the second yeuroT the American
girls* stay there the German govern
ment requested Saxony to close the
doors of Its university to women stu
dents. And here a line Incident occur
red. Some of the faculty of the Lelp-
sic university had become so Impress-
with the brilliant attainments and
studiousness of Miss Thomas and her
friend that they personally. appeared
before the Saxon parliament and re
quested the decree against women to be
suspended till after the;.two American
Indies had finished their course. This
was granted, although the university
degree was refused to them.
“But I will have a degree.” said M.
fnrey Thomas. Hhe applied at Gottin
gen.
“It Is not advisable to give degrees to
women,” said the Gottingen faculty.
Next to Zurich. Hwltxerlnnd. Per
mission to try for the coveted Ph. D.
was thsre granted, but grudgingly.
Miss Thomas prepared for examination
In Anglo-Saxon, English, Gothic, old
and mediaeval German and German
literature. Appar-
WITH PHYSICAL HEALTH
YOU CAN DO ANYTHING.
ently everything
was done to prevent
the Indomitable girl
from securing her
degree. She
summoned to ap
pear In presence of
the full faculty, ami
not only that, but
to wear a complete
evening dress, with
train and white
gloves. Arrayed as
directed. Miss
U. Cart, Thomttt. Thoma, apprnr.d
before the high con-*
■lave. They plied her ft
I with the hardest questto
at horn with a desire (unity could suggest. It was like an In
and afterward to a qulsttlon trial for heresy, the heresy of
,y. It seems to me in believing that a woman had the right to
If the world had I a university
desire like that not even an
fogy relatives and frtem
. The girl with the ove
Fslrc for knowledge went
The woman came off triumphant and
•o over-1 showed herself to be entirely familiar
to give with all the topics on which they ques-
I tlone*l her. The examination was so
brilliant that It extorted Involuntary,
even enthusiastic, admiration from the
• I Inquisitors who tried to snuff the
o (American girl out. They gave her her
was grad- degree, not now grudgingly, but summa
nocked at j rum lauds. From that day to this Zu-
i Hopkins | rich university grants degrees willing-
Baltimore, ty to all qualified women students,
from Miss From Zurich she went to Paris,
re opened studying there a year, after which she
university returned to her own native land. Since
If degrees then she has beep a part of Bryn Mawr.
.s entered In t*x5 she was made Its professor of
a student English literature. About the some
tints she became dean and in 1994
were girls J president. Under her direction the
lant privt-1 standard of Instruction has beep so
ted to en- modernised and so raised that today
idents. but I Bryn Mnwr comes nearer being a uni-
outside as (verslty than any other college for wo-
plrfied girl nten >« existence. Miss Thomas was
i an Amor- • trustee of Cornell university from
ated thus 1935 to 1199. In ]&H the Western uni-
to Europe j verslty of Pennsylvania conferred on
university, her the degree of LL. D.
nltted wo- I EMILY SCHUYLER.
T a meeting not long ago a lady
told In a rich, vibrant, powerful
voice how for twenty years ahe
had been an Invalid, a nuisance to her
self and all about her. as useless to the
world as a dead leaf beneath a living
tree. Hhe made up her mind all at once
she was going to ho well. No matter
how she achieved It. the main fact was
that she made up her mind she was
going to bo well, thought of heraelf al
ways as well and would not yield to In
validism any more. In a comparative
ly short time she attained magnificent
results. She became a power In her
sphere, a blessing to all who knew her.
When she spoke In public she carried
conviction with what she said because
there went out from her the magnetism
of perfect physical health, a magnetism
that nothing but physical health can
give. The lady told how she was now
perfectly well. In a voice which, as
one could see. sent a thrill through her
audience, she concluded:
’’Then 1 was an Invalid and forty-five
years old. Now I am entirely well and
am sixty-five years young." . ' HH
At the close of the meeting scores of
women and even a number of men
crowded around the woman who was
sixty-five years young to' grasp her
hand, to get a word of cheer from her.
Hho was fairly mobbed In a friendly
way because of this atmosphere of
good heulth and good will which
streamed out around her. It seemed as
if. unconsciously to themselves, those
who had listened to her sought to
breathe in a bit of that atmosphere to
their own profit. Glowing health and
Joy were In It. ,
In n large city there was held a corn-
three hours I ii| Ve contest to find the healthiest,
their lvi|*« | Bipgi perfectly formed woman in the
place. Hhe who won It was only a
schoolgirl, still In the freedom of short
skirts and loose garments. Her waist
had never been "shaped’’ by the fash
tonahle corset, she had never become
knock kneed and pigeontoed through
the wearing of heavy, hampering skirts.
This fine young woman had sense
enough In her early teens to decide that
health was preferable to fashipn. Hhe
began training herself scecrdlngly, l(
that can be called training which mere
ly consists In avoiding the things that
Injure a woman’s health. Besides being
perfectly formed, the girl is always in
robust health.
To begin, this girl who made up her
mind to be well has never worn either
corsets, tight shoes, high heels, tight
belts or high, stiff collars. Hhe has
only two meats a day and eats almost
no meat. The cannibal Instinct Is lack
ing In her. She Is so careful not to give
her stomach more than It can do that
she sometimes skips even one of her
two daily meals and fasts till next day.
The last one of her ’Mon'ts” ts of ut
most Importance. Don’t allow yourself
to Indulge In bad temper or backbiting
or violent outbursts of grief or unpleas
ant feeling of any kind. Don’t worry.
These things poison the blood. Injure
the health and hurt a girl’s beauty.
I Here are a few of the "doe” of our
MRS. HENRY CLARK CORBIN.
Socially the attractive wife of Major General Corbin has become better
known than have any of the wives of the commanders of the eastern military
department In recent years. The old tlmy barracks at Governors Island In New
York hay now* echo with the music und laughter of lawn fete In summer and
gay Indoor functions In winter. General Corbin’s first wife, a most estimable
Ohio lady, was an Invalid In her later years, and general social life was not pos
sible for her. The present Mrs. Corbin Is much younger than her soldier hus
band. whom she naturally admires greatly. She was Miss Edith Agnes Patten
of Washington before her marriage and one of the “two handsome Patten girls.”
General and Mrs. Corbin will be missed socially not a little when they leave for
the Philippines this autumn.
young lady: Take a bath every day. I
finishing with cold water over the
whole body. Have all garments loose
and as light In weight aa possible.
Revel in pure air. Live in It und In the
sunshine as much as possible. Breathe
through the nostrtls and All every little
cavity In the lung cell* with pure air.
Finally take abundant physical exer
cise. and take it as much us possible In
the open air. Take Tong walk* or cycle
In loose, light garments and comfort
able shoes. Whatever happens, make
yourself always be cheerful, good tem
pered* and serene of mind. Nothing
that can happen is worth spoiling your
good looks or your health over.
The result Is richly worth the price.
With perfect health a woman may
reach heights of power and achieve
ment she scarcely dreams of now. The
reason the Japs are astonishing ths
world with their exploits Is that they
have robust physical health to build on.
MARY GOULD LYTLE.
JAPANESE NOVELS.
Japan Is a novel writer's elyslum.
The people are voracious readers, and
the literature is rich in fiction, hut on
a scale that would probably appall
western peoples. There is one very
celebrated work entitled "The Story of
the Eight Dogs” t! -t runs to 109 vol
umes. printed or written on only a sin
gle side of the page. Then, again. Jap
anese writers Introduce Into their sto
ries a number of characters so confus
ing as to bewilder even the authors.
Another peculiarity Is said to he that
no self respecting Japanese novelist
ever leaves a single personage olive at
the end of the book.
illy the same i
s. lives tu PhtU
»wn Hub worn
afjswrtid
i of her si
f the Rous
ts the costly Persian I ths Jewels with which It sparkles would
tdelphta and Is a well I buy out halt the peasants In the coun-
an. Her rug repre- ltry.
eight hours a day for Jones—What s wrong? You seem
admirable an lmlta- J worried. Brown—1 am. 1 wrote two
not be distinguished notsa—one to my broker asking him If
ii an article. I he took me for a fool, and the other to
the poet* queen of Miss Golding asking her If she would
to wear garments I be mine. While I wa
fabrics. Most photo- j telephoned ”Yes,” am
imr K»r wearing ths which of them it was.
“ i “ AM
ths three decades from 1117 to lt9f.
First, aa to marriage. It appears that
about CO per cent of these college wo
men entered the matrimonial estate.
This Is slightly less than the marriage
rate of the whole female population of
the country, but the tendency of civi
lisation Is toward comparatively late
tbody 1 and few marriages,
know | In continental. United Plates the to
tal number of persons engaged In gain-
tlon ten 7*ars of age and over and
nearly two-fifths of the entire popula
tion. Of these 4.S33.CJ0 were women
and 1.750,179 were children.
Don’t buy while or gray goatskin
ruga. It Is almost Impossible to keep
moths out of them. Once the moths
are In them the rugs are a nuisance
the hairs flying everywhere. Those
dyed black seem Immune frorp moths
and may be used with some ser.se of
tt summarises thelfu! occupations in 1990 waa 29.07I.2JJ, security that they will not become
x college gadmln far 1 which cesstltuu* 1 one-half the popula-1 breeding lur moths.
KATE
CLYDE
Disposes of the
Married Male Llirt
and (lie Too Inflcnu-
orjs Maiden and Then
Turns Her Attention
to Autumn Modes
uh off in ike
I Ike fftrla.
AM bsck In town again, end, I
don’t cere what any one says. It
feels good, lam always secretly
glad at the end of the summer, so
id, "vacation.” I<et others sing of
charms of the cow and of the smell
the cabbage patch In the rain, hut
me the asphalt underfoot and the
smoke streaked
sky overhead,
also the things
that go with
the same, such
ns food fit to eat
In restaurants
good to look at.
florists’ shops
where a pian
can spend his
all If you deli
cately lead hfrn
up to It. bon
bon shops ditto
and hnn (joins
and theaters
and, best of nil.
nice young men
of nil complex
ions. degrees of
strenuousness
and Incomes. Ah, some day I shall
write a song of the town full of electric
lights and glorified cobblestones. Bless
the summer vacation If It makes one
appreciate the dear old town like
I mention men as the chief r eset of
the f ity. why don’t I mention, too,
while 1 am about It that the return of
a girl to the city means her freedom
from the married man bore? Oh, thi
married men bores who will persist In
flirting with one at the otherwise man
less summer resorts! How they do fol
low one around and pester one with
their Inanities! Why Is It. will you tell
n><, that the married man’In the sum
mer time la always pining to he under
stood, while all the time you are rack
Ing every nerve In the effort not to be
misunderstood—by his wife?
It la a fatal state of mind when either
a man or a woman pines to he under
stood, hut whereas there Is some.ele-
mont of poetry In » young, inexperi
enced girl (who knows how to dress
for the part) exposing her untried soul
to the gate of the passerby In order
Hint some kind person may set her on
the right road, there Is nothing but
hunter of the farch «1 order In the vpec-
t .4* Is of the corpulent or ordinarily v
sale father of tha family in the same
predicament.
The Married Mala Flirt.
It Is a melancholy hut absolutely true
fact that most married men don't carry
off the role with a graceful air. If they
are good they are so good thst It gives
you a depressed feeling, much the same
sort that you have when you see a man
holding his breath In order to float
when he is naturally heavy by nature,
with a pronounced Inclination for going
down. When a married man Is good he
Is too good. He becomes positively
stupid, and he always has an air of re-
strulnt about him, ns If he were bound
hand and foot with all the Ten Com
mandments. But when a married man
has decided to be as If he were not
married—In a word, natural—that Is
hen his condition becomes deplorable.
By some Totality, Instead of picking
feminine prisoner of matrimony
like himself he rushes gayly off In the
direction of the young girls. They Ig
nore him and treat him with scant
urtesy, for th» main business of, life
with them Is getting married, and lie Is
> to speak, from which the
prise has already been extracted.
Filled with the memory of many con
quests In his
single days and
with his vanity
piqued beyond
endurance, he
frisks playfully
around until he
positively makes
himself cheap In
his efforts to he
taken notice of,
and It Is his
deadly persist
ence which poi
sons the vaca
tion of the sum
mer girl. In the
winter, thank
heaven, the coal,
"U, mm It nrrberl S®* * n « f ,ec,rlc
Upeactr OMbtgt." ''* hl blll »- not
to speak of
those for his wife’s gowns, are so large
thst they keep him hustling from early
dawn (111 break of day, and he has little
time for such foolishness. Thus It will
he seen that labor has Its compensa
Hons and that a wise woman keeps her
husband forever on tho move.
But why this rococo conversation,
anyway? We hear of Inappropriate
A PONGEE CREATION.
This pongee dress la made with one of the new Parisian three flounced
skirts, the upper flounce smocked at the top. Cut work adorns the waist, which
Is arranged fichu fashion about the shoulders and Is worn with or without a
lace gulmpe. The slashed sleeves hang over accordion plaited flounces of chiffon.
names In appropriate places. I think
the following Is s good Illustration: A
friend of mins, a prosperous man with
athletic tastes, owns a yacht. He ad
vertised for n sailor, and a rather
slouchy looking Individual presented
himself. In answer to demands for
particulars he replied In pompous ac
cents, "My name Is Herbert Spencer
Olddlngs.” which so dumfounded the
owner that he retorted prestissimo:
"And my name Is John HmlJh Jones.
Now, swab the deck." Then when this
had been done and the applicant’s name
wus shortened to Bert pouce once more
reigned.
Why Is It amonir many other ques
tions that tny puzzled brain aska you
that a girl who 1s well—er—of a certain
age persists like a criminal In convict
ing herself? ^he dutnned spot—beg
ging your pardon tor even quoting such
strong language—will out on every oc
casion. For Instance, she will say
something like this: "That will be very
nice for ua girls—that is, for you, of
course. But, then, although I am twen
ty-eight. I suppose you can count n
In as a girl, too, can’t you, because 1’:
not mnrrled?”
That Is one type of girl. Then there’s
the other who gives you little arithmet
ical problems to solve in your brain
like "The year our house took fire
during the fall I was to make my de
but.” Then, a few days later, she will
bring conversation around to the same
subject and inform you that “Our
house burned down, you know, about
nine or ten years ago.”
For heaven’s sake, girls,. If you want
to stay young leave dates and statistics
entirely out of your conversation. They
are fatal.
The Autumn Wardrobe.
Well, to change the subject aguir.,
this Is the time of the year to review
' be on*- tailor made left over and like-
i>e a hat. My advice is to cut the
aln off if this 1b a long skirted affair
-.d make it Just about an ln<*h from
.e ground. There 1* practically no
difference between the styles of the
and the short skirts Just now, so
that can be easily done. Send the suit
to the tailor and have it nicely sponged
pressed. No woman can press a
suit properly, and it certainly makes a
orld of difference. Perhaps it will
also be necessary to put In a new coat
lining. Then take your hat shape and
have It trimmed very simply to go
with this costume. A well made bow
will do and a couple of quills. You are
now ready for the best afternoon suit.
The Secret of Dressing.
This is very pretty either In medium
gray or In one of the delightful new
shades of coppery brown. Whatever
your design Is, don’t overload It with
trimming, and If the amount you have
to spend is small buy this costume
ready made. A three piece costume,
composed of a coat and skirt and a
waist of dyed lace to match. Is ultra
smart and fit for most Informal occa
sions. Of course your hat must match.
That Is the secret of being well dressed.
Don’t mind about making It go with
your other costumes. Think only of
making this one a success. If you have
more money for anything else, well
and good. You will at least have one
costume smart and complete. If you
have more money later on, why, then
you can Invest In the second gown,
with Its hat to match.
This should be of a design suitable
either for afternoon or evening wear.
It can have a Dutch neck with a de
tachable collar and elbow puffs Into
which lace undersleeves caff be pinned.
Choose a color that Is becoming In both
evening and daylight, and as for the
material, either stik crepe de chine, taf
feta or, best of all, voile, can be used.
Fine cloth Is also extremely fashion
able, but It Is also expensive.
You may think the woman who
chooses a white gown for her afternoon
and evening gown Is extravagant, but
she Is not. White can be made up In
cheaper material. It can be worn all
the year round, and It cJeana better
than any other known tint. The clean-
'Connt me In na a girt, too. can't youf"
I sna
Why don’t you lay as
sofa cushion and Its sister, tn- etorn u
doify, which you ar* "mbroMerlng and j
do a piece of practical fancy work for I
yourself—namely, a tea gown? We all
have to have them—those of us, at
least who care to look dainty in the
house—and in the shop* we are asked
fabulous prices for them. They are
easy to make, and remnants are fine for
them. Sometimes two old evening
dresses combined will do. They require
practically no fit—only an eye for the
picturesque and a few touches of lace
and ribbon put on In a becoming man-
Try to make one and see how
much prettier and less expensive it
will be than anything you could buy.
New York. |/
THE DOMESTIC GIRL. |
By the way, is the domesticated girl
really becoming extinct? Many people
would have us believe so. But there
will always be girls who Infinitely pre
fer domestic duties to any of the other
occupations now open to women, and,
after all, we cannot all be domesticated,
pure and slm'ple. There Is not room, to
begin with, and where t*here are sev
eral daughters of a household It Is far
better for each to follow her bent in
stead of growing dissatisfied from
sheer ennui at home. There Is never a
large or small family of girls without
the one domestic member. And it is
manifestly unfair to maintain that be
cause a girl follows, often perforce,
another calling she could not by the
exercise of common sense manage a
house should occasion arise. The lon
ger one lives the more one realizes how
Impossible it Is to lay down hard and
fast rules about anything, even domes
tication.
WHAT SHOULD MY HEIGHT BE?
Here is what an expert says on the
subject:
The height of the human figure Is six
times the length of the right foot. The
face, from the point where the hair
starts on the brow to the end of the
cbJn, Is one-tenth of the whole stature.
The hand, from the wrist to the tip of
the middle finger. Is also one-tenth of
the height of the figure. From the
crown of the head to the nape of the
neck Is one-twelfth of the total height.
These are the correct proportions, but
no fair damsel need trouble herself if
they are not exactly hers, for probably
not one person In a hundred will be
bit the wiser, and to the person who
loves her best her height, whatever it
is, is sure to be exactly right.
AN ADVANCED PARISIAN
• MODEL FOR THE AUTUMN.
:ume Is one of the
od« ls from a cele-
ise. It Is created
ack mixed English
i a tablier effect in
S
Ing Is the test; bear that In mind. Bet
ter the pale tinted plain gown that can
be cleaned frequently so that It always
presents a fresh appearance than the
most elaborate creation of a tint which
will not show the dirt, but which will,
alas, retain It.
If you don’t want to worry with your
winter wardrobe Just yet—although 1
AMERICAN WOMEN SPEAKERS.
In a letter to the London Chronicle t
correspondent writing of the Berlin
congress of women says: “As speakers
the American women greatly dlstin
gulsh themselves. Next In drawing
power as orators came the Englishwo
men. The German women spoke much
belter than those of the I*atlr. race, the
Frenchwomen as orators making rather
a poor show.”
front and three rellgieuse plaits at the
hem. The long jacket is of the same
cloth, with collar and cuffs of stitched
black velvet. Dainty frills of silk hang
at the wrist.
A HUSBAND’S RELATIVES.
A bride should try to remember that
everything depends on a first Impres
sion and should therefore be careful to
create a favorable one at once. She
must recollect that, whatever their fail
ings and peculiarities are, they are
her husband's people, and as such to be
treated with respect even If she cannot
feel for them the affection she Is wish
ful to give.
Let her try to love them as her own
people, but if this is Impossible she can
at least treat them with courtesy, not
do as a bride did not long ago—refuse
to let her mother-in-law visit them,
pleading as an excuse that “Your old
mother is so dreadfully deaf that I
really can’t be bothered to entertain
her. If she has to come, you must ask
her when I am from home and do the
entertaining yourself.”
As a rule, however, the young wife
will find her new relatives only too
ready to love her for her husband's
sake, and she ought to have no trouble
about returning their good will.