Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-02


% gathered sunshine in the center from dish
nf the vivid yellow broom which now covers al!
the hills with a golden glory.
Mrs. Frances HodgsOn Burnett is always an
object of interest when she is seen swinging in
lar hammock or ont driving or riding. she is q
good hOrsewonian. but does not ride much. for
she is suffering from nervous prOstration and
Oyer-wOrk COR. perhaps. excitement). and is
Obliged to Keep very quiet. Her two little boys
are with her. but DR.. Burnett only comes coca
sionally. the distance being great from Wash
;ncton. Mrs. Burnett cares nothing for fashions;
she dresses uncoEventiOnaliy but in style that
suits her strong rather than beaut full face and
lovely rounded figure. One merit of her dress
inG Is that she rarely wears black. which has
become the badge of professional women. ami
when she does it is as a habit or is long rich
and untriGnmed except with lace. She wears
long. soft white woods. pale blues. lavender.
pink. and even pale yellow; and each seems to
te part of her personality and quite different
from anything seen on anv other woman.
A SHOE FACTORY.
In Lynn one discovers that shoe mem are
not necessarily shoemakers," but may be great
capitalists, who put fortune in the shoe bust
ness as others do in iron or dry goods. 1t is
in the past thirty years that machinery has been
applied to the making Of these complicated ar
ticles of attire. which presented so many diff
fcultieS required so many different and sepa-
rate processes to bring about the complete re-
suit. that it seemed impossible ever to accom-
plish it except by the nice manipulation of the hu
man hand. 1t has been accomplished. however.
and now one can follow a shoe from the rouG h
cutting of the sole to the polishing of the sides
and the putting on of the buttons. though
twenty or thirty different operations, performed
by different hands with different and surprisiG civ
deXtrous little machines that hammer stitch
fold. press bind. make button-holes and Gas be-
fore remarked) sew on buttons. One great adj
vantage is gained by this application of force
besides rapidity. and that is accuracy. The av-
erame shoe is q much heater object than for
merly, and better made. and the buttons are
sure OF receiving two stitches at least and the
moral support of strong. continuous thread
Six thousand pairs of shoes per day are turned
out and inspected from one factory alone during
the busy seasons. and both men and women
earn more than i'm the old .hand-nade'' DAYS
sOled,' and women bound the shoes
and made the beautiful button holes
and sewed on the buttons. They work by
piece, TOO. and come and go pretty much as
they choose at the factories. The Intelligent
women operatives rarely become part of the
permanent population. They come from Maine
and New Hampshire to earn money for special
purpose-to pay off mortgage, to buy a we'd
ding outfit. to get year OrtwO years schooling.
to help the ''Od folks" The mill girls belong to
different class. They are. usually fixtures
are often foreign born, have no skill. can only
follow machine, but not guide It, Strikes have
become as common among the girls among
the men, and occur from the most absurd causes
The manufacturer must. of course, follow the
fashion in the cOlOrs OF his Innings and facings
as this has much to do with the appearance of
style" and the actual sale of the shoe But the
girls get the habit of assOcating certain coors
with prices. and when, recently a manufacturer
substituted pretty shade Of peacOck blue for
the orange yellow the girls were accustomed to
use. they struck for more pay--nOt because it
gave them more work. but because they believed
it was finer shoe upon which such a color
would be used and, therefore. entitled to better
rates.
The great difference between a machine-sewed
shoe and a hand-sewed shoe is not alone the in
sertiOn Of the welt, that strengthens the SOLE
but the difference with stitch one being made
by an upright. the other by @ horizontal move
ment. The desderatum has been a machine
that would accomplish the process exactly as it
is done by hand-put in the welt and perform
the horizontal movement. This at last has
been achieved. is now in operation and WILL in
time, create a revolution in machine methods.
ALONG THE COAST
between Boston and Portland are an hundred
beaches and famous places of resort much fire.
quented of late by New YCrkers. especially by
professional class who want the fine air. the
magnificent views. and the freedom of a simple
out door life. in preference to the conventi0nali-
ties of the usual summer hotel and watering
place. Theyoung man is generally conspicuous
By his absence from the kd-gloved hops and
prOmcnades of Saratoga. and people wonder
where he spends his summer or his vacation In
nine eases out Of ten it might be said from the
numbers one meets ''along the New England
coast" Certainly they are in a majority every
where. and their gray or blue flannel shirts their
knickerbOckers. their lawn tennis shoes and ier-
seys or bclted waists. tell the story of their Oc-
equations and attractiOns-of the rowing. the
"a tl,nf two,
which the modern young man endeavors to
CRAFTY the savage Orperhaps it would be better
TO say the natural man within him. for the ma
tural man can be very gentle when his primi-
tive instncts are not TOO much repressed and
put under the ban of a rose water civilization
Old Orchard beach. Hampton beach and
kennebunkport are among the best known of
the summer resorts this side of Portland and
Poland springs. Kennebunkport is ''Out of the
way" and therefore little known except to fam
lilies and their friends who have climbed it's
rocks and watched its spOuting springs when
only farm houses and cottages existed for their
entertainment. Kennebunk is a village Kenne-
bunkpOrt is seven miles beyond on the edge of
the Atlantic where the waters eddy and play
In rocky assures, and an arm of the sea forms a
river which is good for rowing and not bad for
sketchn2 when tine ali fist or amateur is tired OF
marine views. The life here is natural and
healthy; the dressing simple and sensible
Flannel dresses. straight, striped skirts and
rough and ready hats. or felt with q CAV silk
handkerchief twisted around it, and strong
common sense" or lawn tennis shoes There
is no effort at prettness, yet the girls look
bright. picturesque and certainly attractive
when they start off on their expeditions through
the woods or on the river or down to the rocks
and come home laden with 1IOss and cones and
sweet ferns and wild roses. branches of the bav
berry. for the odOr and for tine wax which is
healing. ami the wild strawberry upon its
branch for painting. Dress seems so utterly
subordinate here to the life. the healthfulness
the strength and the refreshment of nature that
one Is ashamed to think of it as thing inpor-
tant. All that is necessary is its fitness to the
active out door life and to changes of tempera-
ture. Touches of high color which would be
iHtOcra5c elsewhere are welcome here: The
red sashes. knOtted about the waist Mexican
fashion OF the young men. sometimes. and the
req aud yellow stripes upon dark blue Of some
OF the flannel costumes. One young lady ven
tured the other morning upon an orange skirt
dark blue Jersey. and dark blue felt hat with
orange silk Observation-Disclosures round it, and
another wore very large plaid in dark blue
and red, with lines OF yellow and white and q
blouse OF the dark blue, with plaid collar and
cuffs.
The dresses worn in the evening are dark silk.
By the older ladies; gathered cheese cloth "Ty-
coon rep Ca firmer material of the same char
acter and nuns yelling. by the younger There
is little jewelry to be seen. though there are
people who have plenty of it locked away In
safes at home. But they are here for freedom
and fresh air, and do not embarrasS themselves
with what would be simply out of place Ore
lady here for the first time brought two trunks
but she has only opened one and will not use the