The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-05-15
IN A CAPITAL BOUDO|R.
A Gotham Butterfly Introduced to
the Culture Of Intellectual
Washington.
A Leader Whose Voice Was Tire
some, But Her Gowns Were
Soothing.
Pa Was Unsympathetic and Hat no Long,
ing for the Unknowable-Nofhing
Too Good for Browning.

Washington Critic: "You will SO enjoy
our Literary Society,"" said the Washing
ton GIRL to her friend from New York, who
vas having her a visit. ''The society meets
at our house tomorrow, and you'll have
chance to see the really Intellectual women
of the city,
"Hov delightful" said the New York
Girl, with her mouth full of hair pins. I'VE
have nothing like that in our set. Mother
ia all taken up with fashionable life and
dresses, and 60, you zee, l am Obliged to
live the life of butterfly. just envy
you.''
"You poor thing said her friend, heat
ing a slate pencil in the gas 1T Is so marc
to feel those longings for the higher lie ana
vet be chained to the unsatisfylng bodies OF
society. Ma, you know, is regarded as IN
tellectual, and she said she made up her
mind long ago not to turn me loose mere
fashion plate" and the beautiful girl, hav-
ing finished her bangs. gave an extra tweak
to a lacina cord and grabbed up q lou OF
wire spirals encased in pink cambria.
SIT must be lovely; but what 90 you 90 az
your club?"
d; fferent subjects criticism and revis VS..
We have instrumental and vocal music.
Then when it is over the hostess serves the
ioyeliest lunch. Ma is perfect artistic,
and can spring more surprises at a req eco
than any one | know. "a say: I sne ne! nes
awake nights scheming out new dishes ana
decorations. The lunch served at our last
meeting here fairly made the other woman
green. Oh! mas up on spreads, You
ought to have seen her get awav with Mrs:
D. Vandick Smiths sugared v1olets ana
lilac and helieotrope effort"
'What do you have tomorrow, asked
the New York girl, mincing NJ, and down
before a swinging mirror and kicking bel
Mrs. James Ward Binghamnailor will
have . paper on Italian art. You ought tt
see her. She's too artistic for anything
She has spent years abroad aad discusses
the old masters as you do gowns and things
Art is her fad. Her voice will make yot
tired, but her clothes are awfulIy soothing
She promised to wear one OF hef 0reei
gowns. It is white clinging dream, will
a pirdle of real stones and embroidered Will
gold and silver thread.
Does she write we'll on art?
"Ishould remark. She knows all about
oh. what's his name?-Ralph; no, Raphael
and -and-well, that other old fellow-le
me see--van-van. Oh, yes; vandyke
You'I like her gowns and her hair is Lowell
what else do you have? I'm 80 inter
SWell," said the Washington girl, rubbin
the powder off here and there and touchin
up her eyebrows. MRS. Porter Cadwallade
Don't let me forget to tell you that teno
story. OF course, one can't tell, but the
do saw Mr., C. shut down on the Friday nigh
rehearsals and that the tenor is in Boston
Then you'll hear Margaret Dobson's revle
of Spencer"
lish literature fairy tale SpencerY'
''No, goosie Herbert, of course. Al
about the unknowable and evolution. M
and ran through Spencer last month, and
of course, we'll enjoy the article. Pa sniff
at the idea of women compromising sue at,
way, remind me to tell you of Miss Dobson'
Irritation with foreigner. and how angr!
her people were. They want her to MARI
one of those rich Dakota fellows"
'Where can get Spencer? I'm going +
try and improve myself when l leave Wash
ington."
"Take my copy, dear, you can read it o.
Browning. We all study him."
Oh, dear, and you understand Browning
"Good gracious, no; nobody does. That
the fun. He's lovely. We first discuss an
discuss and try to guess what he means.
is all SO elevating. Ma and have an eli
CANT easel with his portrait and shelf fc
his works. A vase of flowers always stand
before it. Pa laughs at it, but then he hi
no literary tastes. This grieves ma, BIT
she goes on improving all the same. l.
show you the sweet scarf embroidered fl
this easel. Nothing's too good for Brow
ing. Then you'll hear Miss Stuyvesal
play. She finished music in Germany, an
can get more noise out of a piano than Va
Bulow himself. She looks too Dutch f,
anything-has lost ali her style. You wi
hear Miss Leiend read a paper on 'Theos
ply and Miss Darlington does the scie
tifc. TIM on fo' recitation. Ma has 60
ten me an empire gown that will show {
elegantly. The exercises will soou be ov
and you'll SO enjoy the lunch and the swe
spring gowns"
II mean to coax mother to give up son
of her fashionable parties and organize
literary society" said the New York gi
II know it would be grand. It's shar
for girls with talent and brains to spel
their lives like butterflies"
"That's so,' responded the Washingt
belle, fitting her hat over her eyes and pi
ming a red veil on. "This sort of thi
keeps me out of the common society goss
Ma says I'm improved wonderfully alrea
by associating with intellectual and artis
people,"
And the two friends, gloved and pa
soled, set ont to order flowers for the
ersry lunch and buy ruches at bargs
counter.