The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-06-22

rpoa the Ia<sy wrote this n<H vezss1 /
ol the nursery rhyme.
The womxn Who contriyes 20 do
With children oseS many.
Lives tn Dat 90 cr0xdef that
10 be<istead stands for any
Some snug - bugs sleep wrapped N
Twins eud.'lei are bag IN
4 hammock swings from curtain
rings.
Tripless = ro~ 90 sas in
Two fnsfiens are particular.
Yet trick cots are NOT sccrning;
Around two pcss dad ties ms ieSss
Heels over head I'll morning
EteIka Gevsser sailed for Europe
few DAYS ags. yey York was once
Glad 10 hirr her at $9oD week 20 sing
IN Italian of<ra- she xas hnna@Snhs
woman. almost in the front rank As .
prinaa donna. and. more than an Hne
was 20 exemplary woman N Pf1xasc
| life that the doors OF the best homes N
| lothian were freely opened 20 hef-
she was the wife OF Dr., 5artiinir Gel
ehrafed medical specialist and autuos;
I do not know what she did with al
fhr n.onex that she earned on the
stare. hut the impression Is that she
sayrf rsess Of il. and has sufficient
fortune % live on for the rest OF her
| life. That Is fortunate, because her
voice L gone. She came % America
| last winter under contract to sing IN
concerts. An immense and fashigna-
bic audience assembled To hear her.
| but she was quite unable to sing more
than ordinarily well, arst the falling on
| from her former abilities was depress-
| ing wonder 20 her friends The failure
attributed to nervousness, and within
a week she tried again. o.iIy 10 meet
with still more decisive disaster. she
| has lot her voice. | do not think that
| her misfortune In that respect had
made her unhappy. On the contrary,
she yruuineiy smiled In bidding adieu
| 10 her acaaaintance- and seemed I'M
questi0nal,ly proud OF her two-year.
| old baby. Now. that. youngsfer had
| been the cause OF vocal deterioration
Motherhood l. almost sure To be dam
aging TO y,rirsa donna voices Patti.
Nilsson. Pauline Lieca and many 9TH
ers could be named have preserved
their voices ut the sacrifice OF family.
Mrs. Gers.er- Gardini has the satisfac-
| ton Of being very happy wife and
mother. no matter IL she can't sing as
| well as she used 20. The child was
pretty enough TO be a reward. and was
| decked out most sp.endidiy in the
arms OF gorgeoasiy fashionable
| nurse-fiai5.
| A society woman, who Is very fond
| OF betting on horse and yacht races,
has come out boldly as the author and
| self-constitutcd champion OF a novel
social reform which she hopes TO see
con<ummased at no distant day, but
in which il il safe 20 predict, she VIII
be defeated al the hands OF her own
sex. Her scheme Is nothing less than
the abolition OF the post-prandiai sep
aration of the sexes which now pre-
walls at all well-reguiated dinner par
ties. She Is very magnanimous about
ii. too. for she does not suggest that
the gentlemen rise from the table with
the ladies' at tie conclusion OF the
meal and proceed at once TO the draw
ing-rooIn. but that the ladies remain
while their male friends enjoy their
coffee and cigars, and even participate
in these iuxuries If IL please them.
Such plan, of course, i impracticable
aud could only emenate from wo-
man Of horsey procliyities; while even
a suggestion OF persuading the men to
forego their coffee and cigars would
not be tolerated by large majority Of
ladies. bless them. There was time.
certainly. even in good society, when
the custom Of lingering was abused,
with the result that men often appear
ell in the drawing-room who were in
no fit condition for the society of
ladies. But that day Il happily past.
The separation now Is brief, and,
while the men enjoy it fully, it but
renders them more glai 10 return to
the fair ones, and adds materially to
their good nature On the other hand
the ladies have hundred little fEiyo.i-
ties OF the sex To discuss among them
| selves, and are glad enough of the OPP
Iportunity. leaving politics 70 the din
ing-rooin-
The makes of ccremonious after
noon calls is apt to be just about the
most deliberately dressed lady To be
found anywhere. The writer studied
one a she stood in the hallway OF 4
gorgeous apartment house, waiting for
the elevator 10 take her up to the es-
| Enlistment of some acquaintance
above Her toilet was . composition
OF silk, velvet and lace. and far too
| fine for the promenade. She had come
Ia carriage, of course, and everything
about her was spick and span. She
was coming "A list OF places where she
meant 70 cal that day, and was evil
IDENTIFY making hard job of it. l was
reading yesterday that the wife of our
minister in London lately had six hun
bred visitors on her day lat home. :"
All these must be repaid in kind, or as
nearly so as may he. Ii l. no wonder
she finds IL necessary u engage a
young person To keep her visiting book
for her. THIS ingenious lady not aonly
performs the usual tasks Of writing in
new addresses. and SO forth, bat di-
yides the callers into groups according
10 their day aud their locality. Some
times, we learn, she will herself sci
forth and deliver cards in place OF her
Iemp,oyer. This is reducing visiting
% Il science, and. like all sciences. il
will be best treated by specialist.
Here l. another new employment for
women: the professional caller! IL
could be done economically. too; each
caller could represent fifty or more
ladies visited. fhe idea has possihii-
ties. There would be an enormous
demand for callers of attractive man
ner-, conversational resources and
charming address. However. most of
Us like TO wear good clothes. and so
we shall continue 10 do our iorlnsl
calling in person.
Three artists were in n stiiio. One
was man about thirty-iive years old.
who makes something OF "A speciality
in the painting OF marine views; the
Others were young women. one a por-
trait PAINTER and the other euliiyatins
. Il speciality for forest scenes that is
likely some time 10 make her name
famous. The talk after the first few
: minutes was almost entirely confined
70 the portrait painter. and the stories
she told developed naturally from the
inpatien: protest she was making
against the inuumsrahlc interruption
which an artist experiences from all
: kinds of callers
They begin a early as 9.Sa,F she
said, mot counting the milkman and
the bakers boy amt the sracer, who
leaves WY breakfast outside ms door
Z withou; disturbing me al some aonr in
the morning. which is 50 far beyond
nay CONSCIOUSNESS thSt il might he a
hundred years ago for all that know
) about IL, but by that time the l,cll i
! llalae Ia ring or the whistle - scrcceh
announcing that somebody wishes 10
see me. oi coarse, cannot say that
| am nat always giai 10 receive Gus
, toners "a whatever hour they may
come. but there are not usually
enough os them in the course OF a day
To give ule any serious ii turbaace. |
leave sirtrt orders with the clerk and
the elevator man nos o. cave anyhofv
come up here Hho IS on a bcESinr sr-