The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-10-17
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wonsen. Mrs. Humphrey Ward. an
thor * fsoa<rs Elsnere than shirh
no book has been - widely read and
university approved since Asism
Bede appeared--is said 70 Re . small
sight woEnAn. - ga George Ellots
Loo. b the wsy. and has = eolofless
face, soft. fnfek. dark hair, whica she
gears VERY smooth and riains q large
nose. ike EisoE again. and her eyes are
small, hack and very piercing.
The aAtior q he Sscry Of an
African Farm. which has had orly less
success than Ecaert ElsEners. : an
English goyernez-, who vas born AZ
che Cape. Of rsixesi German and Eng
Iish parenfage. the daughter OF >
missionary who died and EFT her AZ
II years u are alone and lfiendiess
TIE early years o. her he were fssas o.
she raost dreadful hArsiShips and
eraeitses, and much Of the more rnel&n-
rhsfv p&rts CT the book j. asst3blogr8-
phiral. Her real name i Olive schrei-
ner. though she claims herself Ralph
Ir0a.
Vernon Lee i another author who
h4s chosen to wriie under 3 pseEG-
onxna. her true title being Violet Paget.
same stcrHs IN England thas The
Quick Or the Dead did here. and
since then she has confined herself 20
| writing essays on ali sorts Of subjects.
and very remarkable ones they are.
! she : plss4. large and very masculine
in apnparance- Iioesn't care much
about wonaens frilIs and faneies and
- an invcferafe cigarette smoker, al
wavs h4ving one between the fingers
OF her left band while she wri e or
reads
II l. said that every yoIng woman
who can emit = musical sound BY ex-
peiling the air through her pursed up
/, lips i. preparing TO rival Miss Alice
shaw. the famous whistler. this com
ing season. Sueh feminine ambition
ard show 81 enterprise i surely com
mendabse. bat Q out Of every 10 OF
these human moeking birds are prone
10 forget the honest work Mrs. shaw
pat on her talent before she ever dared
venture her wonderful whistle before
critical prblic. She worked with
rs much ardor and perseverance as
ever songstress or pianist, and was
wise enough 10 wait uat,l practice had
wrought perfection before asking
society TO make her the fashion.
The exposure the press i making
OF inhnmznities To sewing women has
reused the deepest sympathy for that
cla.s of iaborers Ia Chicago and
elsewhere women OF wealth are eStab-
fishing protective societies to help
seamstresses 70 stand up Tor fairer pay
and more consiGeFate treatment. but
unless they adopt the plan formulated
in Brooklyn years ago. OF a great en-
piovment society where time and tai
ent can be utilized. there seems little
10 hops for IN the way OF permanent
assistance for these white slaves as
they are termed. There i small use
deplgriag tips harisbips of the poor
unless some way i devised of helping
them tighten their poverty. Work
means bread and iileness starvation
to too many women for strikes TO he
agitated, and to he friends. indeed,
wealthy sisters must find better em-
pioyment, or the tyrannies they assist
In exposing will &c on forever.
The world. SAYS an English society
Journalist, viii hear something OF wo-
men IN art before the 2ath century
comes In. | have been listening 70
singular concert. improyi ed by the
danasels who carried OF the prizes for
violin playing this autumn at the con-
seryatoire There were eight OF them.
The flower OF the flock was achit of Is.
Paganini never had more accom-
plished disciple. She looks mere
gamin. Al OF them acquitted them
selves brilliantly Is it not curious
that girls we're So long IN finding
ont how well the violin suits them? Ii
they have talent and good fingers
they ARE. rs yioliniSts, simply ire
.istahle The outline of the bust,
when the violin is against the Shout
der, is given its fullest value; the fore
arm emerges from the nest OF lace,
the head gracefully bends down
toward the instrument. and, ii
the frock is not very long, the foot,
which Of course are in neat shoes and
stockings. are well in view. The draw
backs are that the violin wants an ac-
compartment and that girli,h beauty
j. ileetiug. Very ripe beauty does not
20 so well with the instrument