Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-27

not really seeking some one to devour, and
observant person is very apt to pick to
pieces those who come within the range of
their vision. CHANGING over the throngs
to be met in the journeying, the escorted
girl is sure to pass before the lenses. She
is not the girl who rows. shoots, and plays
tennis with her own and other girls broth
ers. The latter is at her ease, and carries
with her an air of good fellowship that is
unmistakable. But one who, while she is
partially awake to the belief that she is de-
sirable, has not arrived at proper esti-
mate of herself, and is jast little too anx-
ious that she be agreeable to her escort.
Her marked effort to please draws atten-
ton to herself and unwittingly she betrays
more of her real nature than she would if
she were self-reliant woman. Some
times her want of self-confidence is
shown by timidity of manner, and
there are women who never get beyond
this stage always receiving the attention Of
their escorts with gratefulness that is
scarcely dignifed; others not quite sure of
their rights and fearing encroachments
repel well meant courtesy and never gain
friends among those who can be so service
able; while a third class employ the arts Of
coquetry. tricks of the eye and of speech,
little gestures and beguiling glances TO hold
at their side escorts who commonly prefer
TO do the counting.
However pretty girl may be she wins
respect from true gentlemen only by
modest department and a maintenance of
self respect that enables her to receive at
tentlons from the opposite sex not as favors,
nor yet as rights, but as testimonials of
pure womanly qualities.
Opinions differ rs to what femininity
truly is, and it is not easy to classify or
define, but the instincts of a properly bal
anced character will rarely fail woman if
she heeds them. 1t is all right, girls, to have
escorts when you can, but it is better to rely
on ones self and not allow them to feel that
they are Indispensable.
If one We're called upon to name the sub
tie influence that in all stages of the worlds
history women have eXerted over men
there would be hesitation. and yet after 4
pause would not the majority say that the
power lay in that indefnable quality which
for want of better name the world calls
refinement Like many subtle essences,
refinement is known by its effects. 1t is
seen in such little things as the ends of
glove fingers, in the pinning of bonnet
strings and the white CLEAN of dainty
handkerchief, and yet its poSSessOr in
huences kings wherever their kingdom.
Negatively, it is not in the woman who
permits herself to be '.dowdy'' at home,
where her kingdom is. To the refined
woman her house dress is of as much i'm
portance, if not more, than others, and she
is not careless of the arrangement of the
details of her toilet. II seems hardly con-
sonant with true refinement to appear be-
fore husbands and brothers with hair done
up in curl-papers and yet this is SO COM
mon as to make the most courageous shrink
from wholesale denunciation of the prac-
tice, therefore, at this point of the argu-
ment an appeal is made to the better taste
of the reader rather than in the indulgence
of phlllippic.
The refined woman in her costuming will
not select the toilettes of actresses as
models for her imitation. She will rather
choose that which is suitable and becoming
in color, material and fashion, leaving bar
barrie display TO the stage. Neither will
she dress hastily: when going on the street
hat ha,, =.
that her hair is all right, and there will be
no torn drapery or other disorder to occa-
sion anxious questioning; she looks neat,
not precise, and will be considered we'll
dressed woman where another dressed
and careleSsly will fail.
plain and homely woman becomes attrac-
tive, and the best Of it is that while nature
alone can give regular features, it is in the |
power of every girl to cultivate that re-
tinement which is more potent than mere |
beauty possibly can be.
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Under the shadow of the bank building |
IN Philadelphia where her husband igno- |
betrayed his trust as president |
d tue spring CIaruen Oank. MIS-. Kennedy
mas opened store for the sale of fine pre- |
serves. That woman in her former posi- |
ton should have the courage to do this is |
an added evidence that there is an element |
n: woman's nature which enables her to be |
brave in the face of misfortune and to rise /
superior to disgrace.
~
The supreme court of Michigan has by
recent decision practically given every man |
/ right to half the earnings of his wife. |
Human parasites will doubtless flock to
state where they can draw their sustenance
rom women's earnings, but women who be-
ieves in their rights will not be caught in
the snare. When woman learns that she |
IAN maintain herself she does not yearn for
/ man to support or to endow with even
half her worldly goods.
CHAT ON FASHION.
Among the new fall styles that are now