The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-04-19
THE HON E.
NOTES ABOUT WOMEN.

| NOIES ABOUT MOMEN'
Queen Victoria has fancy for Vienna anC
French bread and rolls in all sorts of ode
shapes. Besides having it made up in {
score Of fancy twists and curls she Away:
has some baked in the form of little dolls
These are for her grandchildren when they
| eat at her table.
For nearly century there has existed in
New York City Society for the "relief Of
poor widows with small children" 1t was
formed by some of the foremost people Of
the city, and for three generations the
daughters have taken the places of the moth.
| ers in the management.
A young lady recently invented new
fashion for weddings that may be taken up
| by members of the fair sex who are crowded
with engagements. Unable to appear at her
| friends wedding, she had her photograph
| specially taken for the occasion, and this
portrait, with appropriate good wishes.
greeted the bride on the morning Of the
eventful day.
The Countess Waldersee, who was Miss
Lea of New York, is now the first lady at
the German Court. She lives in great state
in The palace adjoining Won Moltke's, but
her personal tastes are severely simple. At
home she always wears cashmeres of finest
quality, but made absolutely without trim
ming and relieved only by linen collars and
cuffs.
The seven hundredth female physician in
Russia has Just passed her examination.
One of the best If not the very best high
art enamelers in this country Is New York
woman whose wages are 800 week. She
has constant employment and is proof that
Of epaaial 0apaaitiac al ma "a.
demand
Mrs. Wanamaker, the wife of the post
master general, keeps one or two persons
busy during the fruit season canning and
preserving. The good thiags thus stored
away are all given TO poor people. Mrs
she employs woman whom she can trust to
investigate all cases and sift the deserving
from the imposters
Miss Juliet Corson is said to be very in
teresting woman apart from her culinary
equipment and celebrity. Those who do not
know her presuppose that her conversation
Is limited to boil and roast, whereas the
kitchen is only an incident 10 her discourse.
She Is something Of an invalid, suffering
greatly at times. and has acquired from ply
sicians great deal of that hygienic knowl-
edge which appears in her books.
Here Is a short sermon by a woman,
though not preached from pulpit. 1t Is
good one, and is pretty sure to hit you some
where. whatever may be your age and cir
cumstances: "The best thing to give to your
enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, toler-
ance; to friend, your heart; to child,
good example; to your father, Difference; to
your mother, conduct that will make her
proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all
men, charity"
A prominent society lady of New York has
Just returned from Europe with beautiful
pair OF cut glass one pound dumb-bells in her
trunk. This is said to be the latest within of
aristocratic athletic English women. They
are made in sizes from four ounces to two
pounds. and are as clear as Japanese crystal.
Women employed on the VOlga River, in
Russia, work from four O'Clock in the morn
lug till sunset. They carry 40 pounds of
freight up high ladders. Men get % cents
per day, women is cents.
EGYPTIAN STOCKINGS.
The Egyptians of the present -Kepts as
we'll as Arabs--run about with bare feet.
The ancient Egyptians, on the contrary, who
are now only to be seen in a dried con-
dition in museums. possessed a very good
method of knitting stockings, as is shown in
the collection at the Louvre, in Paris. In
the grave Of mummy there was found
pair of knitted stockings, which gave the
surprising evidence, firstly, that short stock
ings. resembling socks, were worn by the
ancient Egyptians; and secondly, that the
art of knitting stockings had already attain
ed great perfection in ancient Egypt. These
curious stockings are knitted in a very clever
manner. and the material, fine wool Of sleep,
that might once have been white, is now
Work XIV Was Done Must nffaes 6 wth whi e
thicker than We should choose for the same
purpose, and the knitting is loose and elastic.
The stocking is begun just as we make the
design. only in the simplest manner, with
single thread; but in the continuation of
the work 1t is not simply plain, but fanciful.
vents the rolling up Of the work is narrow,
consisting of a row of turned-up loops; and
the circle, the nicely-shaped heel, which is a
little different from our method, show
very skillful hand. But in the point of the
stockings there is a characteristic difference
between the Egyptian stockings and mod
ern socks. While ours end in rounded
point, the Egyptians stockings run out in
two large tubes OF equal width, like the fin
gers of glove. This strange shape is made
to suit the sandals, which are furnished
with strap fastened about the middle of
the sandal and as the strap had to be laid
over the stocking the division is needed.
HOW TO KEEP YOUR FRIENDS.
A girl know said: "Pm great one for
making friends" 1t sounded as If she ought
to be very happy, but when l had minute
to think l wondered if she were good at
keeping them. Making friends is easy to
the girl who is bright and happy. whose So
ciety gives pleasure and who is genial. But
the keeping of them demands more than
this.
If you want to keep friend don't get too
intimate with her.
Have your own thoughts, and permit her
to have hers.
Do not demand too much of her In the way
Of confidence.
And do not be too aggressive, wanting to
know why she hasn't done this, aud why she
doesn't think as you do.
If you think your friends style of dress is
not beautiful don't tell her; you only offend
her, because deep in her heart she is con-
about it than you do.
Do not find fault with your friends friend
and do not expect TO be the only one given
corner in her heart.
Be as considerable of her feelings as If she
were a stranger, and remember that polite
ness is an everyday garment, and not one
intended only for high-days and holidays.
To sum 1t up in one sentence, preserve the
courtesy Of the beginning If you wish to
keep your friendship to the end.-Ladies'
Home Journal.
OUR DAUGHTERS.
All women should have an early training
commensurate with the greatness Of the
work that they only can perform. Let our
young daughters be garnished with accom-
plishments, II you will. Let them have
amusements, and live and breathe in sunny,
gay atmosphere. Encourage them to cult
vate that habit Of looking at the best and
brightest side of things, which DR.. johnson
has pronounced worth thousand pounds a
year." Do not repress their cirlish enthusi-
asm over their pursuits or their pleasures
They will have need Of large store before
they are done with life. Give to them the
highest education demanded by the hunger
of their souls, and allow them to fit for any
adapted by their tastes and capacities.
But by no means neglect what Canon
Kingsley calls their Flower education" Let
them have an acquaintance with themselves,
with their own physiology, and the laws con-
trailing n of them he trained ne far as