The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-14


which gives the accounts of the meetings to the
newspaper reporters on the other. Mrs. Webb
is an elocut1onist, and one of the wing spirits
She is speaker at club breakfasts, either TO
read selections, or to deliver poems, or addresses
written by other members. Mrs. Webb thinks
her name ought to appear in the newspap er ac-
counts of the meetings But it never does. No
man is permitted to be present unless he 10
waiter, and, therefore, the reporters get their
accounts from committee. Mrs. Webb laughs
entirely in the interest of harmony, and says il is
very funny" Latery the club gave a break
fast to Genevieve Ward, and there Mrs. Webb
read the poem of the day. written by Miss Sarah
Palmer, sister of the theatrical manager. A. NJ.
Palmer. As she had requested the president TO
see that her name was given to the press, che
was surprised to see that no account of her was
published. She says that the same thing has
been kept uD ever since her first appearance be-
fore Sorosls, five or six years ago. land So" she
concludes, sit is evident there is conspiracy
against me, and think it is all very funny
The members of the club so Mrs. Webb says
call her the adorable Webb" and they address
her as sweetheart" you dear thing" and 9TH
er titles provocative of harmony known only to
women and lovers $50 you can see,' she con-
ing against me. Why. you ought 10 see me in
the club You could discern at once that there
is no more popular member" Then she remem-
bered to say that the names of other elocution-
its who are members of Sorosis are always men,
toned, assents to the declaration of friend and
partisan sitting by that there is screw loose
somewhere" concludes again that there 20 eyi-
IDENTIFY conspiracy, and then comes back to her
original assertion that it is ''all very funny"
Sorosis is divided as to whether she is a notori-
ety-seeking woman who ought to be suppressed,
or martyr to envious malice; and so, though
kisses are plenty as ever, there is something in
the smack that Kisses spitefully.
/ have, to-day, made study in streetcars,
elevated and surface rise to defend the men
l-on~ Ar W.
who sits and compels lady to stand is not
the most wearied person in the whole carr So
many women expend their strength in a round
of shopping much of it unnecessary, ard in
dulged in to crafty love of seeing pretty
things and the latest styles They count on sit
ting during the homeward ride, and then if the car
is crowded. and no seat relinquished for them,
they erumbe over the sel6shness of men, and
bewail the dearth of old-time Rallantry. hope
gentlemen, when you are tired you will keep
your seats and teach as lesson not to use
needlessly the last remnant of strength. / saw
graceful act in a Sxth-avenue car A lady
in delicate health entered, and took her place in
the long line of standees. A respectfully dressed
Irish woman in the row put her arm about her,
and said:
Lane on me, num- it's a shame for the likes
| of yeZ to be Standin'."
The lady gracefully accepted the strong arm
of the womanly woman, whose homely face
shone with kindly feeling thought the act
| equally graceful in both. Later in the day an
| old woman entered car that was so full she
! could hardly get within the door and lean
| against the frame. young lady quickly
and said: Take my seat, madam" The other
| refused, but she remained standing, insisting
| with so much sweetness that she gratefully ac-
cepted the seat The faces of those two women
| linger in memory, and their courteous actions
hrOn infn fo ha1~ f,.l
than mere physical rest
| An episode of different kind came to my no.
| tice soon after. was sitting a well dressed
man whose hair and beard were quite gray. A
! pretty young girl modest in look and manner,
came in and stood quietly near the door. The
seat the other side of the gray haired man from
me was soon vacated. and he motioned the young
girl to take it. She politely declined. He rather
| ofciously insisted again she declined
and another lady coming in took the
| seat Other changes occurring moved away,
and the man eagerly called the girls attention
to the vacant place. | heard her say, firmly:
! Il thank you, sir, prefer to stand" and this
little play went on from time to time. as
caslon offered, until the girls annoyance was ap-
parent to all. 1t happened that she left the car
at the same time did, ard yentured to ask
why she remained standing when she could have
been seated The tears came to her modest eyes
| as she said:
II have to work for my living and have to
| ride on the cars every night and morning. !
| n
| tlemen. | have found | must they are not all
! gentlemen and this one called me my dear'n
| fringe the upper lip is admirable to the
| girls masculine adornment, but no gentle
| maiden likes to have mustache on her own lIp
| at least not with the roots toward her. At GER
| tain age some women begin TO detect signs of
hirsute growth upon their faces, and they scan
the papers for advertisements of quack prepara-
tions for removing superhuous hair Some OF
these nostrums are powerful acids which GER
tainly take off the hair, but too often the skin
goes too. and leaves adisfeuring scar. To meet
the undoubted demand. some of the hairdress-
make specialty of improving complexions
by the old fashioned means of lather and razor.
In an uptown har.dressing establishment is a
private room devoted to this work and I was
permitted to intrude there while French
lady was being shaved. The operator said
her customers were all brunettes
with coarse, black hair; that blondes
never were troubled with Inustaches. Tho
greater number were French The patron about
to be operated upon laughingly admitted that
the mustache was almost national badge.
and laying her head back upon tho rest COM
posed her features for the ordeal There wasa
high foot-rest in f'Nnt of the chair but it did
not appear to Ue red on this occasion. A
napkin tucked under her Chin and the
operator applied quantity of shaving cream OF
| lather squeezed out of foil tube. instead OF
being mixed in cup with brush. A little
gentle rubbing VT the ends of the fingers
softened the ski the hair on the lip, the
| operator refrain from remarks upon the
weather. or electl- is during the process, which
| impaired weird. unnatural air to the whole
| performance. The barber then deftly stropped
a small, thin, short-bladed razor with pearl
handle, seized the victim gently by her pretty
nose and began to shave tile lip with quick but
| delicate touch
"ln shaving ladies'" she remarked. at is nee
essary to avoid scrapng the skin. so as ia
roughen the surface cutting against the
| grain for that causes the hairs to draw back
under the surface, get curled there and produce
pimples. If callow youths would take the same
care, their adolescent com plexons would be bet.
ter
AFTER the shave. the lather was carefully
washed out of the pores wi III toilet water and n