Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-08-08

fields, that they have not time for COM
ments on their own rank and file, equally
out OF their sphere. as cooks, dress
makers or chambermaids. Woman 5 work
is gaining recognition, and Californians
with sense of chiyalry and justice for
which they are noted, are inviting them to
equal advantages movement is on foot
in this city to organize journalists club,
with view to including women attaches
on various local papers. All the time there
are distinguished men of letters visiting
the town whom women of the craft have
no chance TO meet, but could, with pleas
IRE to all parties, in a club-room.
The Bulletin has regularly engaged
upon its staff Mrs S. 3. Cooper ::
the Chronicles Sunday fashions, society
reports, star ads. and like matter are
written by Mrs. Mary Watson MIS- The
resa COrlett expresses in each Saturdays
Nele8 Letter her opinion of how the world
and its inhabitants could have been i'm
proved Miss Shinn edits the Ocerland
Monthly magazine, and writes for its pages
pretty poems; dramatic and society news
IS dished up for the Arg0pGW by its manag-
ing editors sister, Mrs. Joe Austin" Bet
sey B. the San FRANCISCAN has on its corps
of regular contributors Mrs. Flora Haynes
Aponyi, Ella Sterling Cummings, Mrs.
Frank Unger and Francesca; short stories
are rewritten from the French and pub
lished in the Wasp by Mrs. Mcdonald the
CdH Post and alta each gives space to its
lady correspondents. This Coterie of wo-
men writers, strengthened by Mrs Stowe
would do honor to any city press either for
beauty or brilliancy, so it is small wonder
the men hold out metaphorical open arms,
and are willing to meet them on equal
footing for exchange of ideas.
. urtT sOCrrTy" sr-pprp
Several merry young people filled two
boxes one evening recently to witness one
of Days plays. Afterward they repaired
en- masse to an oyster-saloon and proceeded
in gentle manner to make Rome howl.
While they were singing
Ala gait gait, gazan.
Kalamazoo from Michigan,
and similar dashing choruses, one Of an
adjoining company said All, there's that
theater party from the Bush-street' His
companion said That's the way those
actors spend their money, and never have
cent. They carouse around all night and
sleep all day. Its ridiculous the way they
are yelping this time Of night" Then
somebody about my size smiled, and said
You misunderstood. These are not act
ing people, but q party who together at
tended the Bush-street play Those you
saw on the stage are doubtless glad to get
to bed ere this, as they have TO Tehearse
and study Tomorrow As we left waiter
opened their door to enter with a fresh
bottle Of champagne, and through the hall
was waited
O. Pinafore,' by the score:
Qlivette, aud the late William Taylor
Allegro, De CaDO
On Miss BrGdyS pianO-fouay.'
Never mind who gave it away, though it
n OR yVlA thara r.. ho
but the party had a ratification which
would have caused town talk had there
been even one actress among them. 1t
seems that certain pa was III hard-times
lines this summer and could net afford to
send his daughter to Monterey, hut prom
ised if she were cheerful. good girl that
She might give a swell evening entertain
ment whenever She liked during the fall
She anticipating that private theatricals
will revive with long evenings, and senSi-
bic enough to see that she has no special
dramatic talent. is, however, ambitious to
astOnish her guests on that occasion and
her girl chummies who have been gone the
season. She has been learning ballet steps,
and expects TO shine as an amateur pyima
donna danseusc. On this night in question
conversation turned on discussing the ac-
ComplisIments of different girls on the
western hills. \ young man who was
present behind Il jockey-cap scarf pin,
spoke Of certain young woman as
high stopper. Thereupon the cheerful
good girl calmly walked 10 the mantle, laid
fork so that it protruded half over the
shelf, lifted heg limber leg and sent the ia
bic tool spinning into air, asking, Can she
step higher than that o.
Every other girl tried the trick. and
though none could could come up to the
prima, they managed to tilt with their toes
several silver dollars laid on the table edges
and win low sills as an incentive to display
of agility.