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4 A POTPOURRI OF THINGS THAT CONCERN WOMANKIND 4 C - V ‘ " 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. F ikj Fj& - m. j PMENT ATTAINED BY A URSS IN FENCING 0”