, 1890-07-11
womArs WORLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
Tight LAcinE Again In Vogue, Mors's the
Pityi

Tight LAcinE Again In Vogue, Mors's the
Pity
Copyright by American Press AssoclAronl
There Is q shocking mount Of tight
lAcing again, with the long, narrow
waists now in fashion. II you see a girl
who looks like a wooden image, with all
the graceful, willowy of her body
at the waist gone; who, II she dropped
her handkerchief, could not get II with
out sliding off sideways and diving
after it, unable to bend her body at the
waist though her life depended on 1t; II
she looks generally stiff and awkward
and clumsy and constrained, unable to
move her arms in graceful, sweeping
curves from the shoulder, you may set
1t down hat girl has q twenty-four inoh
waist squeezed into an eighteen inch
corset. Steele MAckAye, the most fa-
nous exponent Of Delsarte in this ooun-
try, who himself saw and knew the
master In France, will not allow his girl
pupils to wear corsets at all IL he can
help 1t. A friend tells me 1t was owing
to his influence that Mary Anderson left
them of.
One of the bravest, brightest girls in
this country Is Miss Nelly Kelly, Of The
Ohio State Journal, at Columbus. She
Is a regular FIRST wire" operator of the
Associated Press, and receives $50. 80 q
week, the same money that is paid to
first wire men. She Is the only tele-
graph woman in the country holding
such a place. At half past 8 every after
noon Miss Kelly takes her seat upstairs
in The Journal Office. In front of her Is
a typewriter, close beside her is the eter-
nally clicking '.irst wire" Of the Associ-
Rted Press. As asst as the receiving in
strument clicks, Miss Kelly copies its
messages On the typewriter In the shape
of neat copy" for the paper. Fast she
must work, for 1900 words a night
come over that wire. At 2:80 a. m. this
remarkable girl rises from her type
writers beside the telegraph instru-
ment. Her work is ended. She draws
a sigh Of relief and goes home, alone and
safe. She ~ never missed a night, and
The State Journal praises her work in
the highest terms.
A new society of women has started in
Washington, called the Wimodaughsis.
What this odd name means may per-
haps be guessed without possessing the
mind reading power. It Is an incorpo-
rated organization, and Lucy E. An
thony, Of Fort Scott, Kan, Is chairman
Of the board Of trustees. One Of its OBJ
jects Is TO provide permanent headquar-
ters at Washington for the National Wo-
man Suffrage association. Ground will be
bought and suitable buildings crested.
The building will also be used for the
assembling Of all conventions either
composed of women or called to advance
their interests. The structure will par
take of the universal in its uses, contain
ing an art gallery in which the works of
women will be exhibited, a gymnasium,
library, reading room and public parlor.
Everything pertaining to a first class
club house will eventually be intro
duced, among other luxuries Russian
baths and a bowling alley. The capital
stock of Wimodaughsis Of the queer
name is $25 900, in shares of Is each.
This year the Harvard Anne gradu-
ates twelve young women, the largest
class in its history.
The Ladies' Health Protective associa.
ton, of New York, has formulated 9
great truth in a few words, as follows
"a great deal has been written and said
about La grippe, but a more serious cpl
demic, because one that is always with
us, Is known by the simple Saxon name
of dirt" The ladies Of this association
have shown what the united effort OF
women can do. They nave rid New
they have Resolved NOT TO rest rnh IN,
streets Of New York become as clean a,
those of Boston. One measure they arr
~endeavoring to compass is the cremation
OF garbage by a process already in sue.
cessful operation in smaller cities. The
women have investigated the variou,
methods Of disposing Of refuse. Thi.
cleaning mp business Is a field of action
in which the most conservative woman
will not feel hat she is out of he,
sphere.
1t is a mistake TO suppose that woman't
sole mission on earth is to please men
Part of her mission is to please herself.
Jessie Mcintosh, of Georgia, has in,
vented something worth while ~inventing
It is an apparatus for keeping fruit fresh
during transportation. Miss Mcintosh
had an eye to business. She sold hel
patent for a valuable consideration, and
invested the money 30 shrewdly that she
now has nearly three times as much as
she had two years ago.
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