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4 A POTPOURRI OF THINGS THAT CONCERN WOMANKIND 4
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I T Is a bad tiling: to buy for a spring
dress a color or design which is
very odd or noticeable.
I wish more women would real
ize this. I observed a young woman
walking on Twenty-third street the
other day who positively illuminated
the sidewalk. She had on a brown
tailor mad?. That sounds innocent
ar ' quiet enoiij . dot sn'l il Weil, if
you could only have seen the'shade?
was one of those red-brown-yellow
tones that make your eyes ache. Now.
perhaps, her friends won't be tired of
seeing her in that gown! And what
will she do with it next year, pray,
when it promises to be utterly out of
style?
Champagne, pale green, blue and
gray are always pretty for the first
bright days, and they afford plenty
enough variety it seems to me.
If one wants an odd looking gown it
is always best to reserve it for even
ing wear or special occasions, but to
be seen in it every day is certainly the
action of the unwise woman.
Either That or Nothing.
There seems to be only one hat shape
this season—the mushroom. That
Is rather hard on those of us who have
features unsuited to it. Much may be
gained, however, by making a few lit
tle dents here and there to soften the
“all around” effect. The single dent
directly in front giving an upward
poke is particularly becoming to some
faces.
The combination of flowers and
feathers, formerly considered all that
was dowdy, .s
Imlor
extremely smart
this year, and
there is nothing
wonderful about
a black ostrich
feather trim
ming with tiny
roses imbedded
RECENT PICTURE OF MRS. CLARENCE MACKAY.
Whenever the town of Roslyn, L. I., wants anything done to improve or
beautify it the common thought turns to Mrs. Clarence Mackay, school trustee,
model mother and now the giver of a J50.000 church to Trinity parish (Pro
testant Episcopal). Roslyn. The edifice is a model of country church archl-
in it at regular tecture and was designed by the late Stanford White. It was erected by Mrs.
Intervals. : Mackay in memory of her mother, Mrs. Ellin Travers Duer.
Uncurled os- ■ — - .
trieh feathers
are again to be
used, and I
have seen sev
eral pretty white
horsehair braid
hats trimmed ;
with these feath- j
ers. together
with valancien- i
lies lace ruffles and tiny bows of black
velvet.
Still Reigns Triumphant.
The guimpe dress is all prevailing.
It is made in cheap taffetas, as well as
in the most expensive messalines and
chiffon voiles.
If you want a general utility gown,
by the way, nothing can be more sat- '
Isfactory than the last iv.atinal. It
does not spot or wear out like silk, and
It Is cool and soft looking, a guimpe
dress of this material may easily be
vurn all summer.
Speaking of guimpes, I notice many! dressy wear and dull kid with kid
women are having them made of all J rosettes for ordinary pumps,
over lace or net lined with chiffon. , There is nothing smarter for even-
Xow tiiis is anything but practical, for i ing wear here in New York at present
guimpes to be kept fresh looking in than a black suede slipper beaded with
warm weather must be washed and r.ot ! jet. Worn with the sheerest of black
m-de grimy by continual cleaning, silk stockings this gives a most shape-
Now a chiffon lining grows very yellow ly foot,
with constant wear, and washing ab- Some Peculiar Fads.
solutely ruins it. The best thing to do sji.c crab apples are the latest milli-
is to select a well covered all over lace nery fad Worn on a brown hat trlm _
ar. 1 line it with thm net. This will med w j tb brown feathers they are very
'- v -' lsb perfectly, and in the^cas^of^ecru | sraart ant j a cb ange from the ordinary
~ ~~ things one grows so tired of seeing.
la e it may be linsed in coffee or tea
instead of bluir.g.
Now For Footwear.
When it comes to shoes, quantities of
tar. ones will be worn, so that the shoes
are fast running out of sizes already.
Black shoes are not half so popular,
but still, of course, with certain cos
tumes they must be worn, but then it
seems to me patent leather is discarded
[ people wear it absolutely unlined to
show the lines of the figure beneath.
If you have a high forehead you
want to cut yourself a tiny bang to
be worn beneath the pompadour. This
is the very latest and “swellest” and
it gives a very
soft, pretty ef
fect to most
faces.
Why don’t you
try a mocha
cake some night
for tea?
This is in great
demand just
now, and smart
bakeshops are
charging fancy
prices for it. It is
really very sim
ple. Of course
the layer cake
is made in the
usual way. For
the filling and uakc a lew little dents
the frosting you j, e re and there.
take half a cup
My present maid is a jewel, but she I Besides there is no better opportunity
is somewhat of a “highbrow.’'' She j for flirtation than when rolling along
loves to read, and for amusement she ] “so merrily, merry—lee”— Don’t say
has been attending the Metropolitan j a word, I know two of the best skaters
Opera House Sunday evening concerts, j alive, and neither would admit she can
I give her plenty of opportunities for stand alone. It is so much more fun
The latest glove is of silk most
elaborately embroidered with a brace- |
let effect of fine drawn work around i
the wrist and sprays of flowers up. the '
arms. It is very stunning.
So many pony coats are going to be i
worn we shall all look very "chunky” |
this summer. The pony coat is not I
exactly graceful. It is at. its best in j
of unsalted butter and cream It with one
and a quarter cups of confectioner's
sugar. Then you add two tablespoons
of cocoa and two tablespoons of strong
coffee with one tablespoon of vanilla.
The consistency should be soft and
creamy. Spread the mixture over the
top and sides of. the cake smoothly,
and then with a pastry bag make a
border around the outer edge and dec
orate the center 'with a star composed
of five strips of angelica and a candied
cherry for the center.
I don’t usually put recipes in the
Kate Clyde letter, but I have tried this
one, and it's perfectly delicious. An
addition to the filling may be made in
the shape of finely chopped nuts.
Other Toothsome Delicacies.
Speaking of table delicacies, have
you tried the imported Frencli endive?
It sells for 25 cents a pound. It is al
most white and so light in weight that
half a pound will make a very large
salad. It will keep for some time, so
if they do not have it in your own
town you can send for it, and it can
be wrapped up and mailed like dry
goods.
A French dressing containing red
pepper and a tiny dash of onion should
be used over this. It is very delicate
and makes an attractive salad for a
guest luncheon.
Another importation is the French
chicory at 15 cents a head. This is so
fine it looks like white curly grass, and
the ordinary chicory simply can't be
compared with it.
No Wonder She Sticks.
Why change servants all the time?
So many women are forced to do this
because they want everything • done
their own way, and they must be
“boss” of everything.
gratifying her tastes so long as she
does my work satisfactorily, which she
is very careful to do, as site appreciates
the time off, the good books I lend her
and the fact that I never go out in the
kitchen and interfere, and so we are
both satisfied.
An Enjoyable Substitute.
Now that the ice skating season is
over roller skating is taking its place.
This is enjoying a huge revival. The
hew roller skates are ball bearing, with
solid rubber wheels, and this adds
much to the attraction of the sport.
to be towed along by some man, and,
of course, the very poor skaters have
to have two men, one on each side.
By the way, you get a good chance
of seeing human nature at the rink.
For instance, the other day a crowd of
us went over. I am not a good skater,
and neither was one of the other wo
men of tho party. Finally after a
couple of turns I hired an instructor at
50 cents a half hour. The other wo
man sat on the edge of the floor, too
mean to hire a man herself, but watch
ing me.
Finally the instructor and I came
back exhausted to rest a few moments,
and immediately up pops Mrs. Meanly,
remarking, "I can go with him now,
can't I, if you’re not using him?”
The poor instructor (he was pretty
well played out) looked at me piteous-
Tico men, one on each side.
ly, and one of the other women in the
party spoke right up and said: “No,
indeed. You can't have him. He be
longs to Miss Clyde, and you’H have to
hire your own man!”
Sirs. Meanly turned nine shades of
lavender, and she murmured faintly:
“Oh, well for the short time I'm going
to stay it isn’t worth while, so I guess
I won’t bother!
What do you think of that for nerve?
New York.
KEEP TRIM AND NEAT.
Life for a woman must always bo
more or less a question of appearance.
No woman is so good or so beautiful
or so intellectual that she can afford
to be dowdy.
No woman has the least right to ren
der herself unattractive, particularly to
those with whom she is most closely
associated.
No woman can afford to fret or
worry and nag if she wants to retain
her beauty and power to please.
Nothing is unimportant in a woman’s
life from her nails and hands to her
mind and character.
A happy woman is delightful to see—
a woman who is cheerful in every-*
thing she does.
MARJORIE, THE DAUGHTER OF GEORGE JAY GOULD.
A TONGUE TWISTER.
Some people hold, in fashion old,
That “absence makes the heart gro^
fonder,”
But. foolish me, I disagree
With, these, and, pray you, quietly
ponder.
For. don't you think, all said and done,
"Propinquity” is more important?
Look how a thing will-grow on one!
Yes, sometimes when it really oughtn'tj
But, haply, all your tastes are set;
You cling to old ways catholicly.
"Propinquity” you haven't met—
in favor of suede for evening and very. lace, however, and then a great many;
The eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George J. Gould promises to be almost
handsome as her beautiful mother, who was Edith Kingdom Marjorie ■
A good, well trained servant has her Gould is now seventeen years of age and will make her debut in society next I matter . j et j t g0 _ but yet
own ideas about doing things, and it j winter. The picture here shown is from an etching by the famous French i t conquers you—oh,' ves—I'll bet
is well to humor her. i artist, Paul Helleu. 1 You cannot say it six times quickly!
HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE AMONG WOMEN.
A paper says, referring to the suf- .
fragette procession in London: Half a
mile of women, led by nobility, ask for
their rights. Thousands of suffragists
march in procession through rain and
mud.
When invited to make a speech be
fore a committee of the United Plates
senate, Wah-pah-bo-ko. Kickapoo In
dian princess, said: “Women are r.ot
supposed to talk. Talk breeds mischief.!
In our tribe a woman acts. She does
r.ot talk. I have spoken."
It is always wise *o have very good
training for the stage before trying to
act a position. There are good schools
in the large cities. They are not board- |
ir.g schoois. One goes there so many
hours a day. This makes the expense
of study for two years considerable.
Au English girl. Elsie Heins, eeven-
teen years old, has accomplished the *
extraordinary feat of ascending a I
church spire 260 feet high in the teeth I
of a gale of wind.
Miss Alma Matthews, superintendent
of the immigrant Girls’ Home in New
York city, has saved hundreds of igr.o- |
r.tr.t. innocent girls from a fate worse j
th in death. For nineteen years she has |
met every immigrant steamer arriving j
at Nr - . York. j
"Dime novc-is. craps and fights" be- |
came so pi- valent among the telegraph ■
messenger boys of Hoboken that the
manager made the experiment of hiring
one messenger girl. This was so suc
cessful that the intention is to put a
number of girls into the service. The
one girl is prompt and reliable, and the
boys behave better when she is around.
Canaries that are fed on too much
sugar will be ruined so far as their
singing is concerned.
Magistrate—And your wife struck
your head with a cup? Complainant—
Yes, sir. Magistrate—Did she aim the
cup at your head? Complainant—Yes,
I sir. Magistrate—■Well, you have a |
treasure. Be proud of her, be proud ofj
her. Not one of a thousand women:
I could have done it!
There are 40.000,000 women shut!
away behind veils and calls in India.j
The cruelty with which they are treat- I
ed in sickness is almost incredible, :
1 They lie and die for the lack of a little
simple service.
That a w man cannot do the best
, work in her home and for her husband j
I if she occupies a merely servile atti- i
tude toward him is one of the ideas
contained in the letter written by.
President Roosevelt to the New York
state mothers' assembly. He urges
that woman should have the same right
as man to train her mind and that she
should have wholly outside interests
and occupations as well as those of
home.
On her deathbed Susan B. Anthony
took the hand of little Julia Foster Av-j
ery. daughter of Mrs. Rachel Foster;
Avery, and said to her: “Julia, I ami
going to will you my position as head
of the women of this county. You are
the best fitted for that place of all the
girls I know."
A writer in Punch says the reason sc
many American women go abroad foi
husbands is that they want to be boss
ed. The average American man whe
has made an effort in that line is per
fectly w illing the European should un
dertake it.
He who loves and runs away oft get:
the lawyers' bills to pay.
INDISTINCT PRINT
S OMEBODY, apparently a wo
man, has added a new ex
pression to the English lan
guage. It is "nerve storms,"
and now every woman who hears of
them is getting them. The wash lady
has them over her tub. the dame in
society indulges in them, while the wo
man clerk and stenographer get them
frequently. “Nerve storms” show such
exquisite sensitivities, such fine lady
capabilities. They used to be called
hysterics, but that term is out of date,
unrefined and unfeeling like. “Nerve
storm” expresses a higher, more ad
vanced civilization.
But all women do not have “nerve
storms." She who has a wholesome,
sane, sensible mind never had, never
will have one of them. She despises
them. Slio uses means to ward them
THE FENCING GIRL.
off that are in easy reach of every ooe
of Eve’s daughters. She takes abun
dance of physical exercise outdoors,
she eats simple food and dresses in
comfortable, lightweight clothing.
Above all. she controls her irritable
temper and fool emotional outbursts.
The Premier Exercise.
Almost any kind of vigorous outdoor
exercise promotes health and strength,
but the one above all that gives grace
fulness to the carriage and body is
fencing.
Sitting, walking or standing, stage
women are far more graceful than
others. They quite generally take
fencing lessons, while those who are
carrying their physical grace and sup
pleness through the' whole term of
their natural lives are in nearly every j
case experts at this noble exercise. The
aging of the human body is now said
to be due to the hardening of the coats
of the arteries. If that can be prevent
ed, then goodby old age—and good rid
dance to it!
The way to prevent hardening of the
arterial coats is to not let it get a
start. Keep the muscles and the ar
teries so active that no deadening sub
stance can get lodgment. This can be
done by regular fencing practice bet
ter than in almost any other way.
Some of the most active and efficient
fencing masters of tho time are aged
men, spry and strong. One of the
most graceful women living is Lang
try. Langtry practices physical cul
ture exercises every day of her life,
and she is an expert fencer. Bern
hardt is past sixty, yet Bernhardt can
kick a chandelier like a ballet dancer, i of the body out of poi«e and causing it [ umbrella, defend herself from robber or
Bernhardt is a noted fencer. Her • to protrude in front in a manner un- j ruffian.
marvelous youth is largely due to the j sightly to behold. What then? Take I The Japanese system of fencing is In
fact that she keeps on doing the same (proper exorcises that will let the kink! some respects superior to that of Eu-
things she did when she was young. ! out of the spine and make it straight as j rope. Like every other system of Jap
“Youth stays with us as long as we; a die, says the physiculturist who has j physical culture it trains both hands
will it.” says a writer. Let the girl of i at heart the bodily perfecting of the ! and both sides of the body equally,
today will, that youth shall stay for-j American race. Weir a pad on your 1 The foil or sward used .by the Jap
ever, and then live up to Ihe part. How I back, saps the dressmaker. And the ! fencer is two handled. No wonder the
to do it? In a recent interview Lang- j American girl—wears the pad. } two sided Japs whipped tho one sided
try says that youth is ,in the mind.} The diseased fat condition of the • Russians,
that one must hold fast tp it there and American woman’s tower limbs is “Divinely Tail.”
that the best preservative of it is partly due to the wearing of long and
hea.-y skirts. Professor Sargent de
clares In so many words that skirts
have hampered woman's progress for
3,000 years. He docs not believe in
them, but if they must be worn, he
says, let them be as light in weight
as possible and shert. What the lead
ing American apostle of physical pe'r-
1 le ! fection thinks of the girl who Coos not
en- dressed” unless she has on threo
the best preservative of it
mental seif control. The' girl who will
keep her youth must gave in to no
"nerve storms." They a: l e deadly.
For the Twentieth Century Girl.
It is the girl of today lam talking to.
With continued youth as a fixed fact
in her mitui. taking advantage of mod
ern physical culture and ranitcli
girl of todey can be younger at
There is really no limit to the phys-
; ical improvement that is in the power
of almost every woman when her will
ion. i
reve
her mind sees before her already that
result achieved. Measurements show
that English women average consider
ably taller than .American. This is un
doubtedly because for several genera
tions English women have cultivated
vigorous outdoor spouts.
But it is possible even to increase the
! height from one to two inches if the
beauties of the courts of France and j _ ’no "wonder on the whole thrt wo- ' woman takes herself vigorously in
England during the eighteenth ccn- j mau is deformed both above andbelow !
tury. Some of these dames were real- the waist I; ,. lo , v the walst she . is to be ta “- ^ ou ha ' e heard the story
what. 3.000 years of heavy skirts have
made her. AboVe the waist she is
mind; I’m sure it wasn't your fault,”
and the lady smiled up at him without
a trace of anger or even irritation on
her face. “Well. I must say your wife
is an angel!” exclaimed tne bachelor
warmly. "Most women would have
, . , . , ,, . withered that clumsy fellow with a
is determined on any given result, and look if they hadn . t s ' orched him with
hf*r mind spas hpfnra hr»r alrpnRv thot , . . • , . . , ,
words." “An angel Is she? said the
ty than hex grandmother was at forty,
The result is worth ali it costs. ■ probaWy couId not put into
You have seta pictures cf noted : English.
No wonder, on the whole,
met av.rtng tne cigtuceam ccn- j lr
tury.
skirts in addition to her dress skirt he ,
reeable '
ly so hand-some that the modern girl
wears their portraits painted in min
iature for a brooch. Wall, among these
of the candidate for admission to the
naval academy at Annapolis who. re
jected on account of the shortness of
court beauties were women
who excelled ary of their sex today,
unless perhaps professionals, who earn : w
SSXs pr “““ d
unless perhaps professionals, who earn was started by certain women in Pome** ine refluirea Ien * c » ana tllus Sot in.
their living by giving exhibitions of > anv^rnoT’~Vdo "EX
their skill. • done to rnake'the hins look lar^e Thus ca< ^ e ^ an ^ w oman can do. 3.he
Dressed in the height of fashion, we see thcra-were humbug and illusion j .“fhnrt
with ..tailor and millinery accessories, ----- - " - T - Rt ,hp short «ri hold herself to her
married man as he picked up the
broken umbrella and smiled quizzically
at his wife. “She may be. but—she's
wanted a new umbrella for a month,
and now she knows I'll have to get It!”
in 'feminine ajtire before the Christian
the American woman has won the era --
reputation c'f being pretty. So she is— j ' _
in the face. .But what does Professor j Now r=r toe Remedy,
Sargent, the director of physical cui- , The task before the American woman
ture at Harvard, say of her figure?! | s to nut herself in physical training
To satisfy himself about the American j that will straighten her spine, pnlargo
girl’s shape and size Professor Sar- j her chest and lungs and change tho
gent took the physical measurements | abnormal fat upon her hips and lower
of girl^students in twenty colleges, j limbs into clean, live, lithe red and
The students in women’s colleges are j white muscle.
probably better developed bodily than J The physical Inferiority of women to
men has been found much greater
among so called civilized people than
among savages. It is much greater
than nature ever intended, owing to
woman’s wicked neglect of physical
training. Now that she knows^what is
the rest of their sex, for gymnastic ex
ercise is part of their cuiTiculum.
Professor Sargent finds- this much
vaunted American beauty has a hol
low back, a flat chest, a head that
droops slightly for want of support, an
artificially small waist, hips and lower! the matter with her figure, let the
limbs abnormally large because of ac
cumulation of fat. He has, indeed,
found some woxnen whose monstrous
thigh measure is actually greater than
their waist measure. It is because of
tho diseased gathering of fat below the
waist and that c^mes from lack of full
breathing and of exercise of the lower
limbs.
Girls have noticed many a time that
they have backs' that hollow in below
the waist, thus throwing the lower part
American girl reform it. And once
more, vigorous fencing practice will do
the work. Its effect on the mind is as
beneficial as on the body. It trains the
eye to quickness and accuracy. It
trains the mind to concentration to be
cool, steady, resourceful,- ever on the
alert Steady concentration is what is
most needed by the scatter brained fe
male who is subject to “nerve storms.”
Finally, the woman who is a skilled
fencer can at any time, with parasol or I
A CYNIC’S QUEER WILL.
An old bachelor and cynic made the
following conditions in his will: That
instead of the tolling of church bells
there should be bass drums, fifes and
fiddles; that any of his relatives who
shed tears at his funeral should be dis
inherited and the one who lanslied
loudest should be' sole heir; that, in
stead of the house and church being
draped in black, they should he deco
rated with flowers and the green
branches of trees. It is said that the
conditions of the will were carried out
to the letter.
Let the short girl hold herself to her
full height at all times, sitting or
standing, and give herself the feeling
that she is drawing herself upward
from the-waist.
A horizontal bar placed just out of
her reach, so that she will have to
stand on tiptoe to grasp it, is the best
mechanical appliance for Increasing the
height. Let her grasp this firmly with
the hands and swing back and forth They tell me of your paddocks green with
beneath it. The exercise will strength- | grass:*
en chest and arms as well as lengthen j They tell me that with you are pros*
the body. Lying flat upon the floor I perous years.
Your sheep yield up full measure to tho
I WONDER!
I wonder Is it well with you today.
You whom the great blue mountains
part from me,
And green fringed swamps and miles of
plain and tree!
I wonder is it well with you today!
on the back with the feet against some
firm hold and then pushing the body
vigorously from foot to head is also
useful. To Increase -the height,
stretch, stretch and keep stretching.
MARY GOULD LYTLE.
THE LADY SMILED.
A bachelor was recently traveling in
a sti'eet car w.ith a newly married cou
ple of his acquaintance. It was a rainy
morning. The young wife had her um
brella well out of tho way of those who
passed down the car, but an awkward
boy on his way to the door managed
to fall over it and break it. “Oh, I’m
so sorry!” stammered the lad. “Never
o'er your head tho seasons
shears,
And lightly
pass.
They tell me wife and child are by your
side, *
Full hours are yours of health and rest
and peace.
Your cattle on the wooded hills incrcass
And you have set your landmarks far and
wide.
And yet things that long since have pass
ed away
Leave scars no later -eyes can under
stand.
And, just because of love forever ban
ned.
I wonder is it well with you today!
—M. Forrest.
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