The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, December 16, 1900, Page 15, Image 15
WOMAN’S
WORLD.
know how to carry on a household,
j lO k- hor knowledge alive by prac-
Jul.an Hawthorne in the New
VVt rid, Is good for a wonun and
. i g t>r eveiy one else in th
i\ in the husband to the aouller>
A woman should be able o tea
, * to understand how to cut out
h r own dr® ses. though if she
, rl a dress maker let her by all
* .rnpioy one. She should qualify her
l f t. not only a k.nd mother but a
cJl < making a thorough study or
i, ar.d Ic.lining sonnthlng about
logy and therapeutics, so as not to
,*>l if there be r.o doctor at hand
t id i© honestly familiar with good
urw m and know and speak her own
uu^e well, even if she tuudy no oth
n do he. no harm e.ther to hav
j elementary s it nee and to keep
t irKd too ambitiously) of scientific
Finally, she should develop bet
t ext ensively, but systematical!)
K outdoors and in, eat health)
uni be fanatically immaculate in
, n Such a woman will make *
,i wife, whether she be rich oi
plain or beautiful %
Iblen Gould may be selected as
, t b®*t types of young woman
,i ,Aing. The otuy drawback for Miss
an> other great htdress is that
hardly any male being she can
M*h to feel safe in becoming bis
man hitherto honest may b*
rued into a fortune-hunter by a
Hf that.
,i. i doubtful under <h®
' r>dition>. becomes a madcap
\ it*r helreaav*. It Is surprising how
% i. vc lw -n. to ail appearances,
i . i ul M iry 1-elter (Lady Cur
• I*uled to be happy, and she cer
mako a g *l vicereine. The case or
s !• V iiidertdit, who undertook the
nation of the Mori bo roughs, a;*
, .i iu rory. Concerning Miss Mar
i.iy Ciuvtn), Catherine Goddard
; r*h e s I'oniatowski, Clara llun
. who married J’rince von Hatx
at *1 many others, suffl< lent >o a
pa ing judgment Is lacking.
• nerady considered, there Is no
± a- *n why wealth should not prov*
,ai to women. It is more likely
armtrly to prove so, because w<
ii, ore nlg<it< ruu nt as to the con
l ie than we used to have, out
. .nis for women are higher and more
. than of yore, and the new *’ca
ior women have given their am
I . n a better direction.
number, of beautiful women h*;-
.• i . u-.y increased in the last thirt)
a j tile example of the stage and it
. : i man) society women ma>
• 1 i mething to do with that; but.
al* ik* t t how to live and the popu
< f exercise and sports have bad
A woman he&Hhy in body and en
i in mind is much nor* likely to
U . and iti other ways than is her ineom
j. t si-u r; find since wealth affords th*
<> \ ; . unities for this kind of devel
ii ought to I*-, broadly speaking
t 1 to the sex in this country.
girls have not normally tiie same
* . a.ns that rich boys have; and i
o .r boys. and not our girls, who ough
* * <- amd tor the latter marrying tor
A f -re.gu aristocrat has at leas
ii rul a career to offer to a g;r
:gc fur her money; but what
ii i.c i young men to offer her
i* i : of a career is that of a rich
m s wife? Such cases as that oi
.. rg<tn are too rare to argue from
mian’i marriage to the young
. .i.t of M.im hc. ter. on the other hand.
* b.si rs. i value, and a ra-'iol one
f*r the noblemen of Englind are
I to cxerd great influence uf>on
h and tinit s. and it *s therefore de
that th* y should strengthen and
f> th* stock as much as ioaslble. i
. c l the young <v*uple has l*en for*
b% 1a pa JSlmm*rman and so wen
• ivi I In this city by our people.
Fut the WfM of a rich and beautiful
A ; ri an girl marrying a creature Ilkt
of our Anglo-American dudes is
siting Buch a fate would be who!!)
<• *.g. For her to marry an Kng.ish
; who was personally Insignifican
.♦
\ iic. but neither need it la* a 1 to
i-a*- There are compensations ano
tillies in the Uuter case which
ii entirely lacking in the other. If
life fails the wife may con
. If by bu: ding up or maintain
.. . km at s. >rial position; she may en
affair of state and do good In
;*]• Mental ways But the unhappy
. fa rich American has nothing to
■ tut vice ami dissipation If her
and be a nincompoop °r *• scoundrel
~i . n only hope that the future
nmuUitc uur >vung men to make
v s 1m it, I worthy of our rich ana
* iml .r:s t rail they have shown
t \* s to Ih of late
t ils happen* the situation wll;
i it.gular. For there Is every sign thai
Ah will continue to Increase In this
and if it continues to harm our
men and to benefit our young wo
and thus to cause their potfis In lit*
i;verge and to drive the finest typ*
nr womanhood Into Im' arms of for
w* might be moved to i*ass
making wealth transferable to the
id** of the family only However
1 not croea that bridge till we come
X tv York I*ress furnishes the foi
refleetlons of a bachelor:
i don’t want to know what
%\ l*i like, study Ins taste in oth
*■ W'inen.
the ancients knew a lot. Th*
' n d*to women had to pray to
th r hu* ian da.
a. man has n longing to know
w much ii*r huaimnd would tak*
u the doctor told him she was
to die.
average man doesn’t get married
• he |t*vea little children. What h.
i. t fried for is because he thinks he
< > to get fed better.
on* vv man tails on another
n. for the first ten minutes neltbei
m miys anything that the other can
ih. r. because each one is stud yin?
• nhtr's <ireas.
a poor young man marries a rich
i a I the women may he is mercenary
v. *n a rich young man marries n
' girl, they say such n love Is the
m■ t beautiful thing In the workl.
! wonder If a certain great lady in
* rid ever remembers how she came
• my place for a few days’ vial
and i suburban matron wno was read
er the fasmotiable intelligence in a
i M*W‘i>iier, say* n writer In tne
York Tribute. "Her family wiw
i>***r. but she was extrenwhy popu*
Mve was both pretty and clever,
v,m in great demand for house
Traveling about, however, coat*
■1 *l* il of money, and as she w.*-
o keep strictly within her allow
lie r<worted to some very funny
r- when she was i*a**Ucularly
d> On the visit 1 apeak of she ar
d irrylng only a hand bag and a
of parcels J was rather aur
ai* sh* knew that there was a
•>r one night and a donee for lb**
it of course. ald nothing How
when she went to her room th**
# ry was solved She wore thrw*
' sklrta. first a white aiik, with the
neatly turned up and basted; aw
a black net dinner dress, arranged
‘ similar fashion, and over th* whole
oth walking gown ’You see.* ahe
f*ankiy c *it woukl have coat me I
for my trunk, with the two transfer*.
PO 1 thought 1 could manage ;*i this wav.
and buy myself .* new pair of evening
glove*, which 1 needed very much, it.
strwd 1 put both of the bodies in my
b.*g ami wore the .Guru I heard
afterward that she nad told the #tor>
or her economical contrivances to tr.
lYiine of Wales, am! that His
Hlgnnes* was immensely amused.'*
Conf* as ton About Hr Name—
I once did know a little maid
Some four v.ars old or le**.
ho answered to the < harming name
Of Bessie, or of Bt?
Ht. when she r**ache<l maturer years,
With beuux and bade galore.
Ellxalieth her name b* tme
And Bessie wus ik> more.
And so I acked Elizabeth
The reason to confess
W hv she preferred the longer name
To chlldhool iv name of B**sa.
1 <> change her namo Is woman's right."
Twati thus her answer ran—
-1 11 change my first whene’er I pleas*.
My last, whene’er 1 can "
—Aimon K Spencer In Puck.
Why shouldn’t an ugl\ woman, for In
tan*** says Dorothy Pix In the New
Ortenna Plcnyun* fi r. the music n.|
‘ dmiy take m inventory of the beauty
thn* she lackc? Item one, i#>t u?* sa) a
m : V!y complexion. Item two Indifferent
•y* ** of r.o particular >!or, item * re* ,
* much ro*e; item four, nondescript
h..ir She is ho| !<•%*<l> f.iain No amount
or posing is ever goir c to make .inylody
mistake her for .* Venus Nothing abort
of n miracle, that isn t goirft; to occur, is
moir.g to change her Into u beauty, but
i there anv use, on that occoum. for
■i* r making an assignment an l g ing oit
of business In aoritty * Not u bu of it.
Having recogniz'd her she
*•" in a position to make them good. In
the fir.-t place. Jet her remember that af
ter the first flush of youth is I
lot hos make the woman Up to a
a Oman’s l**>ks de|* nd on her face. Af
?* r '£* it is merely a marter of bonnets
•nd gowns. It is a general effect of
beauty, anl we don't go Into details Half
*f the m l-i.e-jiK’-'l w>men who ore alwa),*
-I*oken of as "so handsome’* arc down
right homely, but they have a superlative
tiM** in clothes, u behooves the woman,
herefor*. who is ug y, and who has
nt*e and < ourage enough to re oxniie
h* fact, to study the fine art of dress.
Nobody Will deny that the woman who
* born beautiful draws the prize pack-'
Princes* of Wales itslr orn.intent.
ic— In the lottery of iifv, but she doesn't
4f t everything. Tnere is tact, and chitrvn
A manner, and stace. and the woman
aho lias these iuts n maate veil that
.tii!- s a hom-ly face nn<l roaitw II seem
•■■lUtlful to those whi come In ron:act
a-lih her. Moreover wid e beanty must
otne by milure, the~e qualities may be
.1 rated. It lies tsith every woman
am a delicate .-oivsideration for the
... sees of o ilers, to acquits the art e,f
listenlr.K with Interest, at and to so im
.ruve her mini she Will alwnys tie the
nt t delightful and Inielltiten of omt-
O.inlons. An.l when she can do these
iunc* he needn'; worry much about the
is. of iter nose, or whether her mouth ia
u bias or straight.
It. sides, these are attractions seldom
ft ssessed by ti auty. To keei> the beautt
ul women from hav.ng all the innings.
Providence mercifully provided an and
ote by s!mi>i aiDestine them with
.• iishness Th #is where th ugly woman
ores. Nol hav.ng to a.im re herse.f,
be has In to admire.other people and
ot having been flatteied and spot ed. -its
,ooni lake every coo-t-sy and fav.w
as no more than htr right, or expect
veryone to make a door mat of tnem
. lies for her to walk over It his been
•. marked before now that the l*.iui> a I
.on) marries well. This is because she
~, ( f, y ooe shot In her lockrr If that
falls she is left without a weapon, while
he ugly R.ri. w h.. bad no looks to dc
enl on. and has had lo cultivate other
,
*
a husband she Is sure to bring h.m down
wth something. The ugly woman wta.
makes her elf charm r.g ts the mo: fas
ti.atins woman on eilh.
It seema a P ty, too. doesn t It. that
~ ople don't oflencr take SiO k of lhf *J
hi.dren, stwl e just wha they are sod
what m:ght a made out of them Of
ourst H delghtiul to think ifatt all
A our little Sallies stwl Johnnies anti
lomme. are getdu-es. but our p.essure
in the illusion ts apt to be a Utt.e marred
i.v the subsequent dlsappiantment* that
we might so t tsdy have saved ourselves
f on.y we had looked si th.m as they
were. Instead of as we wished them to
should think a merchant rraxy If
he had a store full of calico, and heme,
'mm snd pots, and kettle, .ndl pan.
,nd in inking stock he listed them as
•Hunt Ism-, ami diamonds, and pktuies.
We would sty that he may call them
Z tho-e name, until hi. dy.ng day. but
he will never deceive the wort;!. \A e
lino* them for what they are. Yet that
is jus: exactly hat we are doing with
mr children. We ure e .11 n common
lice and ~rdm-try quail Ic by nno ame.
We won't sec th.m as they are. and
moke the best of 'hem on th-t ba. *
™ so determined on rals.ng up gen uses
£to,d of good bu-lnesa men nd itlset.s
r., now and then w. convert them into
"wnvThouMn'i a mother look her own
hitdren over. Just ** she does her nelgh
r, and site up tha.r strength and
weskltsss’ Sh * ould at least then be
able to work out ths problem of raising
fTi—, w'th some sort of knowledge as
foundation and guide ,hP.-* of go.ng
I' V, 'however* TJEK
wHk things In the face that she doewn t
pouess. She won t admit that this child
THEMOBNING NFAVS, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10. 1900.
Is feeble-minded, i>* that qne is dull, and
s she drier ve them of the marvsimis
help that modern education can gi\*
along ttksc line?. She shut* her eyes
to ih f.ici t ist Johnny l* bOW-b gged.
and Tommy u knock-knee!, and she
d**ms th**m to g> thM igh Ilf* a butt
f*r the ridicule of tlie.r friends when
the defect ould bes easily remedied
wu le they are children S e t ke* no
pains to help the ugly girl correct her
.twkardn* **■ and learn the things re%t
would make up for her kick of beauty.
Even her effort* to he!p her children
arc half the t me atrocious mistake*, be
cause she has never taken stock, aiwl
doesn't know what she has on hand to
work with
Even now and then some tin happy ami
tearful wife com* * to me with the tale
of her trouble*. Bhe is di?satisfied, and **-
contented, disgruntled Som* times she t
not appreciated, sometimes her heart is
httrt by cold treatment, sometimes sh*
fee.j ih i* sue made a mistake in marry
ing. and yearns for career out in the
world. I don't know any remedy as
good for such .% state of affairs, for
the woman to sit calmly down anl take
stock of her possessions. Perhaps life
hasn’t given her all she wanted Moat
of the rest of us are in the same fix
Very likely she hasn't gotten all the
happlne she expected out of her mar
riage. Not many dreams come true. What
she ne*<i? to do Is to count up the thin gw
?r* has got. and how she own do a
N't ter bus res? and get more happine***
and good < it of th** things she has Bhe
has a gnod home plen v to eat and to
vvttr, a respectable position in society
perhaps It tie ch 1 Iren, certainly liberty
u> enjoy h*rself In many ways, and a
settled freedom from the cares and an*
xierlg* that le*et many o’her women N<
woman who has got that many goN
cn her shelves has nnv right tn g<> d* -
clare herself h bankrupt In happiness
Una of the i*rlght t nn I cheeriest
women I ever knew hid mod when she
was s mere child a most wrt< Md mar
riage to a man who was in cv rv wa> un
worthy of her. He w,* o continual re
proach and shame yet In spue of It all
hs wife was never anyhng les- than
charm*ng. and her w and tprightllne***
mad* her the !lf* of every company. Once
I s!*>ke to her about It, and she rep! el
with an inimitable gesture that seemed
to tn* 1 almo-i to mock at ftiN “Pouf."
she said, "do you t ike no* for such o
• oward as to give in n* ih* fir**t rebuff’’
When I first real z'd, w hat a terrible m
take I had mode I wax crushed. Th fl n 1
gathered my*e|f together, ’I nm young.
•
perhaps fifty, years to live. Shall I go
sighing all that time? No, my friend
1 have many thing-. I have youth, ta'ent.
spirit; I will enjoy myself, and I will
make others happy. I will count the
blessings I have, not those tha' I !iave
mls.sl T o world Is u gnrd n. my fr end.
You can gather thorns or posts As foi
me, I prefer the roses "
If w>- took stork of ourselves nftener
wouldn't we blame our elves more for
many of the fallur<e of life and other
people less? It wouldn't be nearly BO
comfortable, but It would be a deal bon
ester. Our hubmds no longer show u
ihe atbnt ons that they dpi when they
were our sweethearts and we cry out
that marriage is a failure. Ik. we take
as much pains to please the husband as
We dill Ihe Iver? Our chi dren are rude
and 111-mannered, and when they grow
up they turn out badly. Whose fault but
the mothers who raised them? We hav.
no friends. Do we ever go out of our
wav to make friends, or to show love and
k ndne-s to any hitman being?
The mystery of the telephone l. vet hu
Imperfectly understood by many, yet two
women, with no scientific knowledge
whatever, were made to feel how grea
a Ison to humanity It Is
only a few- days ago a man In Chicago
dr:lded to give his wife a novel surprise
on her birthday anniversary. He arranged
bat a! a certain moment her mothe
whom she had not sen for years, shoul-
Pc a: the long-distance telephone ofn.-e
1,1 T'hl'adelpbla and sh- u:d call up Ihi
daughter n Chicago There was a tele
ph ne In the Chicago hens# and Use hus
i,n | answer#.] the prtnn-.ing.sl call
Turning from the Instrument h said to
his wife:
"Helen—here's your mother on tnc wlrt
In Philadelphia."
■ghr wife -Mtted hers-If at the Instni
rnent and heard the familiar voice of
per mother. It uttered one word: "Oaugh
ter !*'
Suddenly the young matron In Chicago
gripped the Instrument and poured ou
her heart In the response; "Oh. mother,
met her'"
Then, a* she heard me sob that cam.
ever the w Ire from her aged mother, she
answered In kind, still keeping the re
ceiver at her ear. Speaking literally,
those two women cried to each other un
IMI the tolls amounted to sls latter they
both said It was the sweetest experience
they had known since their long separa
tion began! Nothing could more eff.c
--! lively demonstrate the sympathetic possi
bilities of the telephone or better Ulus
trate the vital point of realizing tha per
sonality behind the voice.
The census recently completed shows
•hat the feminine population Is Increasing
at a rapid rate in the large cities and It
la predicted that this county will pre
sent!) be confronted by a problem tha.
his worried foreign statisticians for some
time—the preponderance of women, it Is
admitted that the women here have th*
advantage over the'.r foreign alstsrs In
[that many Redds of work are opened to
them and they can also hold and dispose
of pronerty to an extent unknown on the
other side So that the American woman
is in a great measure economically Inde--
pendent of man. and thus does she escape
some of the serious consequences that af
flict th# foreign women. It stems s pity
I that anyone ox tMs lata day should fall
u> worrying about ths superfluous woman
APPROPRIATE GIFTS
I f, • 'f selected from our complete stock of
Stl Hi A/; % Men’s Clothing,
C 7;' ? Children’s Clothes,
jVF t House Coats,
~yi|r-Ora Bath Robes.
; Pajamas?
') Night Shirts,
j? Dress Shirts,
Men’s Underwear,
Suspenders, Handkerchiefs,
Men’s and Boys’ Hats and Caps,
Leather Suit Cases, Umbrellas and Canes,
ARE CORRECT IN STYLE, QUALITY AND PRICE.
One
Price Figures.
myth. It I* such an old. old story, and
.ne that has Mm. without number prov
en to be needlessly disturbing As to sh
bogey of so many women, did It ever oc
cur to th< ilarmlsta to attempt to ttgure
how mat y of these feminine overplus were
widows wlio persist In outliving their hus
bands sen. twenty or even thirty years
and sp,lister* of uncertain age? Statistic*
published about ten year* ago showed
that In laanlon. where the woman popu
lation Is greatly In excess of the male
between Ihe ages of IS and 1.1 the men
were in excess. Tile Xrouble dd—.irs to
be mainly with the women of ! .md ove,.
who are much more persistent about
h .l.ling on to life than are Xhetr .xjntexn
por.ir.es among men When women as a
c!** are economically Independent the
alarmist articles about the sun* rtitiou*
woman will cease, for who would dare to
a pply to a breadwinner so opprobrious a
title us so peril nous'*
The personal column, or as they call It
In England the "agony column." Is
strlcily f rhl Men by law In Russia.
Nevertheless cer'.vln new-p per* aecept
such advertisements, and that fact Is te
snonsible for a love tragedy th.it look
place a few days ago. Involving the loss
of two lives.
The love s were a Mme, O k da end an
engineer named Klnket leln. Thel ro
mance lasted fra const lerable lime un
til rumo s reached Kinkeisteln which ex
cite! his Jealousy. H' pi ke! a quar el
wph Mme o*kala. whi h caused on Im
mediate rupture, and the eng neer left
It il* **l*i to seek forest fu.teas ant quiet
abroad. After ramb'lng thrush va tons
•uM cf Eu npe he w ote b. Is I idy love
asking her fo-vlveness an l Imnlorlng her
to |et him know th rough the me turn of
one of the It: I'etershucg dallies whether
he would be allowed to relurn. The
widow wlio ha 1 equally regretted the
rupture, went to the of!! e of the Nov e
Vremva and handed In an advertisement
assuring FI- kelsteln of her forgiveness
■and asking blm to telegraph hi* add ess.
Tne adve llem-nl wis curtly ref use 1,
and a few day* nf er the unfo tun te eti
g'neer. taking IM ell. M*• of M belovad
for a refu-.d. committed suicide at Nice.
Unaware or :he trugely. Mme O kill,
afler much effort, succeeded tn getting
Ihe advertl*' ment Inaei ted but <n Ih*
very day It appeared she heard the new*
of her lover - death. Broken hea led at
l is calamity, she also took her life by
swallowing poison.
"The ha'dest pa t of the life of a sab-s
--worn .n Is tee u s ess qu.-tlons she hist,
anew r." said agll * the jewelry <un
,er talking to a New Y'ork World r
iM>!ter. “A woman Just came up. pi ke I
up oxi*' of these br-a.-tp.n .looked at It at
tentlveiy. and asked me If It w i* a pin.
N w, there was no cause for that She
guf-w as well as 1 din th.it It w , pm.
1 had a mid revenge for I ► ild p litely
" 'No, madam; li'* * b ooch.' Then sho
glan-l at me as she snorted, 'Oh!'
"That l* Just a sample of what goes on
In here all day long Every worn in seems
to try to thick w. at f dish question* she
con ask. It I* the oxie thing that a m st
drives us crazy. Appsre* lly, the most
sensible women fill Into the habit.
They'll pick up a btacelot you ar t-y-
Irg to sell someone else ami sk you If
bracelets are stylish now It lo k* a* If
anybody outside of sn Insane asylum
would know that, under the circumstan
ce* you could make but one reply.
"iron will be mo king a run on anew
belt buck r and with a crowd of w u:d
be pur, baser* lls.enlng mm* women will
pipe nut: Will these buck:** wear well*'
"She might know that It would he as
much a* you pbc- *l* worth to say
they wouldn't. The other day a customer
left her little boy l'h fm * f * w
moment before she was ten feet aw-.y
seme one said
•' 'I beg your pardon, bu: would you
mind tel lng me where y u got y ur ll*-
xle boy's cap?' I told her * mething thst
satisfied her. when another worn in step
ped up with. 'I beg ycur par or. but whst
slse glove* does your little boy wear*'
"I slots! that, byt when ano her woman
earn# np and asked me If he was a bottl#
bsby I drew the Una
"Women wh lave looked at them slvss
tn the glass dally for thirty years ask us
If s certain color is becoming to thorn,
"And It's such a temptation to lie!"
"I have always wondered at th* repug
nance of the dressmaker to accent any
kind of good* t* be mad* up. aa* th*
woman, to tha New York Sun, who bod
to think of how much she epent on her
dreeing, "but I *a ll* to undentand
it <T) mouh the ot.hrr !•) I *** X‘>-
Ing through thr ttrrt lltttrvh w i
ha l h* ari that nh- a* t*hr|* and
trying to find out from >nvrra#Uofi with
hrr if *hr nerr ilkriy to l* Juft an in
#ffiHent ap most of Ih® rhrap ocira I had
tri#vi in thr pam
"Aftrr a wiiort talk I k.ipr that *hr
aigna of lntlllg iKf®. ••* *
pr jNr l lo curry lUKOtiatlonM a littlo f‘*r
thrr I wxnt**|. ah uaual, * aupply tl®
material, and *he Agr*‘*'l In •h*- rather
(ondricrndinz manner tliat all of tWm
?how whfti approach'd on the nubs* ■ t
Hht- xan wilting, ah<* *ik! to do it If I
had mode all my arrangement*, although
really didn’t car® t all lo make up
other people’ * material* and much pre
ferred to xuppiy the 1 haiMW'tM* 1 to
know what th** good* 1 wanted would
ro*t. I had bought fifteen yards of h
very best kind ami knew that It wouldn’t
cost morn tlwui s.kt 1 *kwl her what the
cost would le- Bhe thought for a few
moment* and said she would supply the
tn<eril and make up a dr* • > of ih* kod
I wante i for $l2O. The oat of making it
up, if ( supplied the material, was t he
SJ* That Included sewing anti every
ihlrif n* • s“;ry to make up th* garment.
Hy that grrangement the gown would * o*t
fiM. wh'r'it.i if the df* -rnikcr were al
lowed to supply everything tne coal would
b® |l3O
"From that time I have alwayw under
* '
provide all roatcrlwlH There wa- an ex
cess of $lO in th® coni of the dress a* th®
woman wanted to ruak< it. There was no
question of difference in the quality of
the goods, a? I knew what th® very best
cost, and had bought the high® t priced
stuff tlwt wa* shown to me in the Wor*.
There was probably even gr*-fer profit
for the dressmaker. h she doubtless had
some underwxndlng with the firm which
enabled her to buy t a price lower th**i
the casual customer."
Demure little Minnie Ashley. n tre*s
and winger of the I>aiy Company in New
York, say* the Chi'ago Chronicle, has
caused a Mir among the fashionable resi
dents of Great N®* k. L 1., by endeavor
ing to purchase a home in that aristo
cratic community They ore up In arms
against what they choo - to regard At* an
intrusion uf*>n their excluslvtiu-**. and a
committee of cMlx'-ris has undwrtaketi to
frustrate her purpose When th* commit
tee tilled upon her to ** *k to dissuade
h®r she burst Into tear and exclaimed
"Why, I’m going to retire from the stage !
rM ye*ir I’m going t* marry WlMiam i
Astor Chandier."
Bn® i- rep or • 1 to have revealed the *• ■*
cret only after her pride had been *tung
to the quick by th* action of a >otnml<-
tee of the projvrty owner* who wait'd j
on G Hmith Btanton, a rHil ess*st® agent
with whom Ashley wa* m :. slating
for the purchase of the Northam esUte
on the Shore road. Grat N •k.
Friends of William At r Chandler, mil
lionaire, explorer and politician, received
the news of Mi?-* Awh.ey’i l* * kiration
with expretsiofts ot surpr.se. It wax not
known that Mr Chond ®r contemplattnl
becoming a benedict H* had bulled him*
self with politic* and Was credited with
a rather unrom mth* turn of mind, and he
had tern quote i an advising young men
not to marry, although thl* he denied.
Miss Athley has spent several seasons
at Great N* k I. I Thera she visited
her friend, llrt. J B Nell new!, wife of
Dr. Neilnecd. ami became much attached
to the little town Wealthy reslden'a
were greatly agitated when It b* am®
known List summer Hiat Miss Ashley ami
her mother had *■ ’ured a leawe of h®
If A Kon -f, horn® on the ffhore Rout,
near trdajl s hlfi. Ah* spent the summer
there. Her neighbor*, however, evlm ed
a marked coolti'j* for tne little stress.
Bh* declared she didn’t mind this In the
least, as It was Great Neck which sh®
loved, ar.d didn’t car® snap for the peo
ple When Hie endeavored again to se
cure the Koreai residence for next *ea
•on the place wn not for rent. Then *he
•ought the purchase of a permanent
home She went to O. Bmiih Stanton, a
local real e*tate dealer. After lo>k ng
over ht* books he Informed her the N*rth.
am property wa* for *oi*. Thla beautiful
residence I* situated near the shore. Ml**
Ashley readily agreed to buy the proo
eriy. Before the title was delivered,
wealthy property owner* waited en Mr.
•tan tog and object id Mr. bum too re
plied that It was hie business to sell prop
. rty nd h® would not be aff* ted by th®
protests of the committee of Great Neck
aristocrats. Then th® committee sought
Mb Northam, who own* the residence,
tin I induced her ih* to well.
Miss Ashley la on® of the most beauti
ful women hi the American nsc. Htie
has long, curly hair and her face has been
describ'd as of the "girlish Umocmice"
typ Bh® was married in i.stwi to Wlil
iam 11. Bheldon, an actor, but nqsrziwl
from her husband In IMO Bh® *Om®s frtmi
Itoston. Theatergoers raved over her
when she sang as a star In th® "Geisha’’
nttd lat®r in He Wolf Hopj**r's ii th®
Prlnct ITo Tern cotnpanle*. fihi l 23
years old.
Mr f’handler served ns congressman
from th® Fourteenth New Y<rk District.
H* a IsUa Uni for the
ARiertcwn war. 1% #* Harvard graduate, so
ciety man and ti mil!ionsir® in his own
right. Mis* Ashley denies her engage
ment to lilm.
For one thing, says Dorothy Dix In
ihe New Y'ork Journal, there Isis been
the long and weury courtship that. hw
ey* r 'Plight ful to the lovers, has l>eeii a
trill® wearing on the nerv*s of people
not keyed up to th® sentiment of the sit
uation. The hilling tiled cooing couple
hav® monopoiixcd the house. If you want
ed to receive a caller they were spooning
In th® dinwing room, if you started *o
writ© * letter you had to retire with
il*nogies from the library w ore your
presence wo regard®*! at* n utiwarrati*-
•l intrusion; you stumbled on them in
•lark corners, and ran over them on the
steps, hed felt It generally unsafe to o|®i
a 'kssr tvlth'SM coughing. “Happy"
for other people who have to live in the
house with lovers "is the wmgig that It
Isn’t long a doing "
Then follows a wild and chaotic sea
son full of 'fresemakers and milliners,
and confusion, anl briJesniaids, msl ar
guments with mamma, and growl* from
papa about bills, nnd general irritability
and bad temper. It Is a time a woman
always nnu inbefr and alt of her family
recall as a kind of nlghtrrixir® from which
she emerges * married woman with fwi®e
as many clothes ms she lived* and n r
tons prostration.
Out of all thl* toil nnd tribulation ths
elopement offers a *uf® short cut. and *.f
It can be made the fashion It will he
ru thing short of a universal benefac
tion Nothing else in the work! lure as
little to recommend 8 a a display wed
ding. No man ever wants to figure in
one. He realises he is only the Insig
nificant excuse for the occasion, and th®
brides gown und vHI, and that If h®
should b® inadvertently left out nobody
would miss him
In commending the examine set by ther
Graces of Manchester It seems aito
worth while to <%iil attention to the attt* j
lisle of the bride’s father when the e.op s :
ing cotipl® cabled for hi* blessing DM i
he storm and rave, and threaten to cut!
off hi# 'laughter with the traditional
shHHng? Not n bit of |t. It Is nuthorita- j
lively re|srt*'l that he declared "All j
I hav© te my son-in-law’s." Astute man! j
lie realised nil the horrors of a fashion- '
able wedding h® had been saved from, and j
knew It was cheap at th isle*
There t r#u on to believe that fathers!
generally would take this view of the
matter. Many a rmtn would he willing
to testify his gratitude in a substantial
manner to the young fellow who would
elope with hlf- daughter and preserve th®
family from having to go through the
tong drntVß on igonies of having to ge; !
ready for * weddlog.
Lady de Grey, says the New York Bun.
who has Jum been b lured Ineligible any
longer to the Booiety of Queen Victoria’* :
ourt, has bran |>u< outside the fotle be- I
cause she has *Hi into trade, and so It !
appears that ladles who go Into trade, |
whatever their family and rank may tie.
are not regarded as fit for the society
that gathers shout a sovereign Bho will
probably fitsl plenty of society tn the ob
scurity into which she has been cast by
this d'erte So many men and women
of title have recently gone into business j
In England that society Among that art
ought to b® very tolerable
Lady de Grey 1* one of thr most con
spicuous women In London’s smartest set
h© has practically been In control of the
op rs season at Coveal Garden for the
past aix y*wr*> and has been known to
trwvel all Ute way from London to Mot
row to hear n singer whose engagement
# cmtemplated. Hh© la the inti rivet©
friend of J m it** H* *k** aim! 1a target*
i .-|Mnnlhli‘ for I fir *.©*,** of th© uwr*
h< 4oi it Covfiil (Jurikn, Airier without
her efforts M Is scarcely probable that
the subsoiilwrs roultl ever l© gathered.
Her social influence help* to ko p up th
standard of the U>x holders, amt she ds
\otrs as min h time to the management
of thr KtAMin of ojipfa ns if she w*re
k°lrg to make a large prollt out of M her.
Sfcif
Ilui only reward she has ever been
known to enjoy Is the frlciKkhlp of the
opera singer* It was In tier drawing room
that Jean d© Itrsake iirst sang tin* tmmlit
of “Hiegfrled." and at her over--Munday
hou.se lartlee near lemdoti hath Jenn anrft
Idouaxtl sang coon songs to Mm© Jean
li Itezko's a* * nrniwfvm* nt on the piano.
This has been all her rstvunl for ***r
lions on behalf of the ois*ra Her real
hualnesH enterprise Is a tea-room, which
she is to mndui't In imri tiers hip with a
w**4j known hotel proprietor. Her debts
are *ukl to b© very large and her hua*
ham)'a family has, according to one story*
refused to p,*v them again. lienee the
(r.i-room and tv ui • <niuiying Isolation
from tea society of thr Knglisft t'ourt
"I f<*ind my wife in on odd way.** salt
in ex-t<l'Kf 'i'ti operator, who Is now a
prominent off! **r of a Western railroad,
to the New York H i "I was my hlrd
year In the railroad business, hut I had
not forgot ten t < • < k language. and f had
a room In s hotel In futile igo which had
a party wall with n hoarding house ad
joining. In this hoarding house lived a
mighty pretty girl who w.t* attending a
commercial college in the next block,
where there was also a course In tele
graphy taught, and I gutvwed by seeing
th* books and papers she tried that
she was faking that course. You see. I
was watching her rather for I
ws Interested fr.*m t ** Unit time l ever
saw her on the Afreet.
"She was a stranger In town, and, of
course, there w isn't any chance for my
being Introduced to her. and as for flirt
ing. she showed no more signs of it than
sinter of charity would, though I gave
her every opportunity. I found out by a
careful study of windows that her ro m
In the U>truing house was next to mine in
the hotel, and th*t only made me feel
W'*rs** so near and yet so far. you tin i©r
stand. I knew she would not be In the
school much more than three months,
and ash Alf that time had gone by uni
I still had made no prr.' I began to
grow desperate, for I couldn't bear th©
thought of losing her. You know a ro
rance like that mak*s a deal more Im
pre-sion on a fe;kw than the real thing.
*'On* Sunday afternoon I was In my
rr*>m and sh# Was In her*, and I could
hear her driving a nail In the wall and a
great thought came to m© suddenly. Th©
neat minute I had caught up one of my
shoes and was pounding Its heel on my
wall, knit I w. n't driving nails. Not
much. I was miking at“ “graph call. It
wasn't anything In particular* only an
‘attention* call, and ©Her rep atlng It HU
I was about to give up In despaif It was
answered from the other aide. Taco I
telegraphed, 'llow do you koT* and that
was answered, a little bit slow. f“rha.et,
but answered all fight, ami the conversa
tion continued.
“She was not th“ most skilled operator
I had ever taken but certainly the most
Interesting one. and we talked through
the wall till AUM*r time That evening
1 l*egnn again, but she was not st home,
and when I got In at midnight I wisely
forbore sending a ‘good midnight' to her.
Next mornlpg I hailed her with “good
morning’ and got an :nswer. and then I
asked her if I couldn't m*s*t her aftsr
breakfast and Walk to school with her.
but sit© would not h ive It. You set, sha
was shy without a brick wall to? ween us.
I was three or four days pea llr.g wt:hmy
shoe heel on that wall before she agree*l
to meet me. and by that time I had told
her everything, ami she just couldn't re
fuse to give me some kind of a show.
After my fir'** walk to school with her I
wrni utterly gone, and though she staid
on and was graduated in telegraphy sit*
never hid a chance to practice what ah©
learned, for before ah© got a job I had
made her promt** 4o marry me and give
up telegraphy.**
—Vic* President-elect Hoo**v*H wth
spend a part of January In Colorado oe
a hunting expedition alter mount*!*
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