New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-29
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prominent woman of this city declares that she
is ready to organize society for the protection Of
women from the tyranny Of drcssmakers Just
think OF it, she exclaims In the great majority OF
cases we can't have dress made want IL
for love money. The dressnmaker scornfully
ignores our desires, and makes It TO suit herself Il
won't make your gown tina, way said my dress
maker the other day In answer TO suggestion Of
mine 1T Is not the style now 'But,' protested
~ IS the most becoming style for me- NO difference
repl!ed the autocrat Il know best how II should be
made Now If TO 20 10 his tailor and
order a suit 10 be made In the Continental style. II
would be made 60 no matter what the tailor privately
thought OF HIS customers taste But tho dressmaker
treats her customer as child and ignores her wishes
entirely Then, too. drrsSmaker viii solcmny pro
mise TO mako costume f9r certAih prce, am u,
more Il Is high time for women TO kick against th's
tyranny and teach drcSsn2 &e TO DO business III
buslncsshke way
awhy IS IT,, asked house-hunter the other day
" that the people who advertise houses and fats 70
rent in the papers so frequently fall to state what
rent Is askedi l am looking for house. and. HE
most other people do not wish 70 pay above Ger
tain figure. ] look in the real estate advertisements
and find there plenty OF houses which exactly sni'
in STYLE size and location; but not word Is SAID
about the The result IS that have to trting"
away uptown 10 the house 10 some out-of thewsJ
agency. only TO find that the rent IS more than want
upon lose their time in this when 1T could be
avoided by statement of the rent asked II this
were done, I and others in my position could elimi-
nate from consideration all the houses whose rent
above figure. and thus save a great deal o.
valuable time The same thing IS true Of apart
ments and flats Owners Of houses ought not 10 be
afraid publish the price they ask, II The price Is
fair one and the fact that II was published would
not stand in the way of their coming down II thcy
saw fit do IN special cases. ] am quite sure
that they would get tenants much more quickly II
they would do what suggest
Many lntcre5 sting and odd things discovered by
the ANTIQUARIAN who presdes a well! Known old
curiosity shop uptown. IFs latest ilnd' Is massive
bracelet, fashioned Of gold and silver. which IS de-
clared to have been presented To Queen Isabella OF
spain. by Queen Victoria. The bracelet was recently
offered for sale by gentleman who says he was
Spanish general Of the household Of Queen Isabella and
that he received the souvenir from her. On account
of quarrel with the Queen at Paris nearly year ago
no came 10 Ncw-York. and his resources being well
nigh exhausted he was Obliged 10 part with the brace
let The ornament artlstioally made and must have
several hundred dollars at least. In the centre
IS Holy Scpulchre'-a heavy In relief guarded
by angels Under the cross IS excellent miniature
painting OF Prince Albert Edward BY prominent
artist II was painted in 1893 In n receptacle open
ing on the inside Of the bracelet IS wisp OF brown
hair which Is said 10 be the hair OF Prince Albert Inc
the bracelet in relief IS very skilfully done.
The uerdicant musician IS vending his way from
the city streets out the country again with the
return OF warm weather, and yet the numbers that
remain behind seem be IN whit diminished.
The variety Of instruments they play is unlimited
from the cracked flute 10 a laundering between
piano and calliope hoisted push cart. As they
would rather receive ten-cent bride, any day, to
move on than fve-cent encore there seems TO be
tendency toward queer combinations of Instruments.
devised with the palpable purpose Of ting I'M
mediate attention and subIecung nervous people 10
new tests OF endurance Some Of these ingenious
lnstrumnts of torture constant nightmare To
people who want 10 sleep late IN the mornings, and
the amount OF agony which be wrought by one
son OF Italy blowing into pair Of pipes which extend
in shape from his mouth depends altogether on
the systems Of his victims. The number Of organized
begging bands seems be the increase, while the
competition among individuals is so BRISK that the
day when the ping musical instruments OF
China shall be called into requisriOn IS not far on
II everybody thought Ike the writer on ms SUBJECT
money would be the little old women VINO grind
dumb organs on odd corners, and always rewarded
fer not making noise
A telegram from Font Valley, Ca, - Tho Atlanta
Constitution is devoted to account Of the great
and versatile accomplishments OF a Font valley
Young lady ase sixteen months. We read that
she not only talks and arculatcS well, but Knows
the infant catechism b. heart, also the county she
was born in the town she lives In, the county Site
the names Of the President and Vice President, the
Governor. the Mayor Of Font Valley, can count up
10 nifty, and says the alphabet with great rapldity;
All Tits az sixteen months. II that IS the s'yle
~ Girl which the new south raising just now there
need TO be no anxiety about her future.
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