The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-02-16
GOSSIP ABOUT WOMEN.
Iolive Harper, in New York World.

as pleasures. and one of the most un- pleasant features of being known to pos ! sess a larger share of this worlds goods than some others Is being inundated with ! begging letters. Mrs. A. I. Stewart re ceises from nifty to one hundred per day, and IL Is safe to say that all the rest of the wealthy people receive as many
 ! Mrs. Ann Stephens IS another who Al- most has to keep special ioo,msn. Mrs. I Stephens is now quite old and IS not ,n the best ot health ,h,s winter. She Is writing another serial novrl to, the Peter sons. ot Philadelphia, ~Aich makes i think. forty books she has written. Few ~n,en have enjoyed more distinction than Mrs. Stephens Tn any country, and there ,s no house nor person Tn the land who docs not welcome her as the most honofed guest. She IS known to have | heart tua oi tenderness iot all human woes, and so people write Ia her asking all sotts oi things, from a nve thousand dollar check Ia some pieces of silk to make crazy Qullt ct
 Bs the way. what an odd fancy Il i> ;Aa, has taken ieminiai,y anyhos, about this NetN work. Cfaxy E Is. and Cra-y, indeed. will he or she oe who attempts ,e declphcT An,thins like consecutive plan or pattern To Il. and ,,asier snll must have been the one who invented il The deliberate outras,ng oi All ,ee rules ei au and combinations and contrasts oi color Is enough to dave an alu>l Ia frenzy. and the unblushng mendAc,,y oi women and glds to ob,ain sCtaps oi silk CT satin ,s enough to diseus; man with the set X ie~ years ago II was crochet that held sway over the icminIne heart. slace then Au embroidery on which suhlc1, do not dare to speak. les, ny feelings become too many for me. ard before the crochet pet,oa there were the :" cfcwcls and canvas sampler work and eentuIy ot 30 ago |, ~As gold cn- bfoidetl We read even ip thls day oi the outrageous behavior oi the women who made the men giVc them tho gold lace on then coats and then epau.csics. Noa. the ssofekeepeis have seen through the Atlle ar,,itees ot he country ladies who s,ltr for samp!cs Il Stlks and have become abdutate. and send no more un less the sender ineloses a rcftlteatc from her phl siolan that she IS nDt Gtssy, aud one from her clctsyin an to sa> thH she Is ot good moral ouadust and ls no, ad dl, ted ie srazy patch work.
 The 70 play has been in one sense a ietotmef. IL is no longer the fashion iar young gitls to Ee around tug glng A h,ilc black and tan dog nor Skye teriier noi Japanese puk. ~lIh his ugly black face behind her, The proper thing now ls ,o have a large dog. the larger the better, walking deinareiy by her side Inc only trouble IS that these dogs are so scarce and se expensiNe that few can obtain them Hut il Is really charming sight-a great. shaggy dog wl,h watchtul eyes but gentle mcin, walk. ing proudly along beside pretty young gil, sho thus seems to have protector and friend
 Why isittha, se fc~ persons seem to be able to giNe then o~n personality to the clothes Inc, veal hey seem al~a,s as If they ieit tha, then ,iothcs d,d not belong ,o them and ,hcy ate bu, bor. tosed taI the ocCaslon Perhaps one reason Is that they are having nes clothes so often that they never get used enough to one drcss to feel perfectly 4, home m Il One lady m Brooklyn. who h born of a family known ,hrouy hout the land fnf wealth and refinement. never we4rs a dress In pubhc un,ll after she has worn Il at home ;~o of thtec tunes. Anothet hule lddy oi birth and edGoai.o1 thinks that a woman can dress eley n'ly and vet always have certain individuality about esefythinK she wears. Often have l seen this pretty lit,le woman dress iaf different oet aslons and never saw her dressed when she did no, show An lnd,- sldualsty that was charming and new She had :, gold dagger winch migh, in another country have earned her ihe SO biiquri of the lady of the golden dag ger. SO often she used Ii tn one way Jr another. ss an ornament. IL held her lace neCk,ie sometimes, ~aa thrus, through the crown of her haIr at o,hers. held a bunch of dsIsies on d dainty even ing bonnet, gave nai,y tili ,o one side of her ~lde suax ha, with its sweeping white plume, was caught through the folds ot her black velvet drcss or pinned in place her GOT sage bouquet, but no mat ter where or hoe worr. II always seemed ,o bc lusi the one thing without witch the fcst ot her ioIlc, would be incom. pleie
 Nrs Hamilton Fish h anothef lad, whose clothes bat adorn her stately pres enee .~iihon, seeming to be anything apart from herself Nhe cannot be forgotten for her elegance, and yet no one can signal ou, any one ;hing she wears, nor remember her asid- from her entirety ~rth her clothes. She ls one of the fe~ women ~ho have the innate sense of petse fitness in ali maiieTs of dress, and II is d pity ih4; more women do no, make the subject study Al leas, that portion oi 'he eommguliy ~ho are able 10 gratIfy their taste for beauty
 Anolher lady 1hose name is the syno- nym of al sooaness and k.nduess b. ward struggling genius is Mrs 'ala A. OAliev How many CT how great her hafi;ab.e sco9ns none bu, herself and pitylng S4vioUr kno4 for she does no, let Ter lei. hand know shat her right hand does, but maHY young gfls and sorrostng women have rIsen up ard Ailen her blessed.