The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-12

! The result was that ten judges of the
city united in a petition to the mayor
asking that more women should be ap-
pointed on the school board. Exchange.
Dress Goods Cheap.
Any woman Of limited means who has
the least knowledge Of dressmaking who
does not present neat, charming and
summary appearance this season, during
this mercantile deluge of miraculously
cheap dress fabrics, ought really TO be
ashamed of herself-when hats and
gowns and flowers and fabrics are almost
given away, and laces and trimmings to
be had for a song, ara not Patti song,
either.-Exchange.
The prettiest little story of all concern
ing Miss Philippa Fawcett comes from
Cambridge. Twenty years ago, when
she was only year and half old, the
| first Of the meetings which, under Pro-
| fessOr Sidgwick's auspices, resulted in
| the foundation of NEWMAN was held in
Mrs Fawcett's drawing room in Cam
! bridge. I'VE did not think of this in
1869, did WEI said the professor, as he
/ congratulated the mother of the first
lady senior wrangler the other day.
A suggestion that piazza cushions
should be supL-ed for piazza steps is
worthy of consideration. There is al
ways a temptation, especially TO chill
dren, to sit on these steps, and cushions
will save dresses from wear and soil
/ Such cushions may be filed with excel
sior and covered with awning cloth,
which can be removed and washed when
| necessary.
There was notable wedding at Rock
ford, Ills, recently, when Miss Catherine
G.. Waugh, the young lawyer and wom-
an suffrage advocate, was married to
Frank II. McCullOch. Chicago attor-
ney, the ceremony being performed by
Rev Anna Shaw. The bride and groom
were classmates at law school, and will
enter a professional partnership in Chi
cago.
Women shorthand writers viii be adj
mitted to take part in the international
stenographic congress to be held in
August at Munich. The meeting will
be inaugurated by the unveiling of the
Gabelsberger statue. The official Ian
guage at the congress will be German,
but other languages will not be debarred
from the discussion.
Russell leather shoes are not so much
worn abroad as formerly. They are be
ing superseded by black patent leather
and dark red Russia leather. They are
stttsa simply to the foot, as plainly and
perfectly made as possible, and are laced
across the instep III such way as to dis
play the handsome hosiery.
Iced cocoa IS a new beverage for the
summer lunch table. Il is made for
breakfast, sweotened and frozen, frappe
that is. iced, but not frozen as firm as
ice cream. Iced cocoa should be served
in little cups set in saucers with a tea
spoon of cold whipped cream on each.
Princess Louise is now modelling a
statue Of the queen as a young girl, in
tended for the Kensington people as a
memorial Of her majesty's residence in
the district during her early lie.
The Empress Frederick Is continually
doing charitable work. Her latest
achievement Is The collection Of 1925, 900
for the new children's hospital at Berlin.
The queen Of Sweden, who still suffers
from shattered nerves. finds ease in
working like a housemaid and in weed
ing and dj-Cing in her garden.
Il wish, writes a girl from abrosd.
that when every American girl crosses
the Atlantic she would register a vow to
behave herself with dignity until she re-
turns. II is so provoking 70 have the
American girl. with all her pronounced
III breeding. thrust at one by foreigners
who have happened TO meet some rough,
slanry American girls II is no use ar
guing with these people, no use making
a defense of ruy c0untrvwomen b. point
ing out English girls who are fast, horsey
and slangy. They VIII have il that the
American girl Is loud and fast in 4 vay
different from all civilized human beings
The truth is, the load and fast ones
get themselves so thoroughly known
End talked about that 10 one hears OF
quiet girls VINO 50 through Europe witt,
out any ado. Now I saw an American
girl at the HsyInarket. a pretty creature.
who talked audlbiy between the acts
and made herself generally conspicuous. .
She is the daughter Of very rich snd
very plain people. watched her 80 we
sat with several English friends. who
insisted upon being delighted and
amused at her American ways Great
heavensi Is America 70 be made re
sponsible for the bad manners Of every
Young woman VINO was born there:
Can't these English people oe made %
understand that a Ei-i acting consp;cr-
ously in one Of or theatres would be
considered as distinctly IL b-ei there IS
she is here IL Loadl1:-At-za.a Con
suturion.
The Coming ColorS-
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