The morning news., 1891-02-01
WOMEN'S AFFAIRS.
,,ous MATTERS WHICH ARE OF
GENERAL INTEREST.

the WIZ -
Ta1king About.
y, long ago somebody experimental
lat Gathered from various places TO
W. - for microbes The dust from a city
ss.st that gathered from the sweeping of
'..-,itsI ward. some taken from a street
- the end Of a trip-these accumula-
oa- and more were examined, with start
W -oznlts. What struck terror to the
~ rhe house mother was the state
- in connection with all this investiga~
- that a rug could not be shaken,
--.ain busted out, or a carpet brushed in
domain without raising a cloud of
-.,,isn,s more or less injurious to the
S;1, health. The innocent pastime of
-ro- dancing was inveighed against as
paaing ont disease germs, and the final
swsaning assertion made that it was i'm
.ossible to make carpet clean in hygienic
sense.
.ha rescue. That authority pronounces car
vi W. microbes not to be feared. The air OF
PPboIasome well-kept house is not on sweep
inc dav tie poison-laden atmosphere which
i-SSoDlcted. Dust is found in carpets and
Ioicr6bes are found in dust, but all dust is
nnt so impregnated, and it is safe to assume
tbst most dust found in carpets is harmless.
Tho career of the millionaire society that
49,. bosn organized by Mrs. W. K. Wander
h,it Mrs. Ogden Mills, Mrs. Seward Webb
"a other men and women in sympathy
IN these would-be leaders will be watched
with 8 great deal of interest, says the New
York World.
NfN ha no hn
conductlng the movement have been made
tbe subject of endless discussion, and the
obstacles they will be called upon to meet
have been carefully estimated.
AZ 7 understand it the brilliant women
rar1ed propose to make personal wealth the
first and most important test of social eligl-
bility
The ability to maintain superb town and
country establishments and the willingness
10 give costly entertainments must be dem
onstrated before these latest arbiters of
fashionable acceptability will consent TO
consider the claim of any family or any in>
diyiduals to social recognition.
The men and women who have been
identified with the Patriarch and Assembly
halls for years, but who are not blessed
with immense personal fortunes, cannot
hope to gain admission to this newly drawn
circle, whose single and narrow gate is to
be worked in gold and studded with precious
stones.
Genealogical recS9es, family trees, grand
fathers and even chemical testimony as to
the tint and color of the candidates blood
are of no account at all unless accompanied
by the musical clink of countless gold al
the crisp rustic of uncut coupons
Whether or not the standard Of member
ship can be kept up to the point indicated
remains to be seen.
1t is to be feared that the people inside the
gate will become tired of each other and
groF very lonely.
At present, however, the qualifications
mentioned are severely required, and Mrs.
Vanderbilt, Mrs. Mills and Mrs. Seward
Webb have all put on queenly crowns, each
of them worth an ordinary fortune, so as to
give Importance and weight to their decis-
ions.
A young society woman of Washington
has recently confded to a man friend in
this city most remarkable state of things
in the "hupper succles" of the national
capital, says the New York Sun. Not long
ago this young lady gave dancing party
for some guests-two young girls-from
another city. Among those hidden were
two well-known young men, who, when the
hostess asked to present them to her guests,
declined the honor, saying that their circle
OF women friends was already so large that
they did not care to increase it. .iAnd they
made not the slightest attempt at any recog.
milton of my guests, but danced with their
own particular friends and ate my supper
and went away"
But" said her friend, "the idea of your
allowing such rudeness in your own house
why did you not at once ask them to with
draw, If they couldn't take the trouble to
be agreeable to your guests?
~, couldn't do that" she replied plain.
lively. because they would be offended if
did, you know, and never come back, and
there are SO few young men in Washington
society that we could not afford to lose
themn
At a pink dinner en- costume given last
week to twelve ladies of social prominence
says the New York Times, one Of the guests
wore the actual toilet in which she appeared
at reception thirty years ago. 1t was the
hlghto or the fashion at that time The dress
was magnificent one of heavy old rose
SIX, with trimmings of Honiton lace. II
was cut away IN the neck with voluminous
sleeves, full gathered skirt, and immense
hoops She wore a headdress to match,
inlttS, and carried a bag. Her pink
kid CATERS were long and slender and
laced on the inside Another guest wore a
genuine gown OF her great-great-great-
grandmother's. This was a white silk with
clusters OF brilliant flowers on @ brocaded
ground, and was worn with a petticoat of
anoIner shade, to which large Gainsbo.
Fougn hat correSponded in color. Old laces
anu jewels completed the costume, and its
H"earer, as did her ancestor, adorned her
1air face with numerous patches of court
pl&Ster In star and other designs.
with these gay toilets perfect Quaker
SooVulnS aGmlrahIV cOntrqCtad Tho nv.
@ @9aSlo pearl-gray gown and poke bonnet
we're made by a New York modiste, and
"cle worn by very beautiful New Jersey
Monan' Lady Washington assisted at the
Sr, Sinner, personated by stately dame, and a
spalish senor1ta in corn color and black sat
HaI,, HeG 70 Turkish lady of high degree.
oni,unood IN a white frock, long faxen
UurlS, baOy slippers, and wids-brimmed hat
wa we also present The feast was a famous
I ne' NO men were asked, and now the
f ffa.er want the dinner repeated with cards
tor the husbands
les; I'd rather bs car driver than a
piavate coachman in swell family,n said a
sou'' So' rosy-faced young man on a Broad>
10y car to New York Sun man. sits
ca, soS' tnls way: know my hours now, and |
Cr;t. Sas say just when I'll be home with my
'!no ana babies, and when / won't. When
was driving for the G.'s, up on Madison
Weenue: never knew a minutes peace.
sIweI ren L bad nothing to do, I must be
ways In the stable, subject to
on ipers' l had beautiful clothes and
tbs.t could eat, but the work came
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