The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-03-11
"BAB" SCORES MRS. STANLEY
AND PAYS HER A FEW COMPLIMENTS.
wehring n TAwdy Gown 20 Mrs. Astor's
Douse-"Ths Maid who wAits"--A
New school for wowon-
Chiid's Charlty-Gosslp.

voice loud and her dressing very objection
able. She has spent all her time looking
| for pretty women and can't find them.
Evidently she Is not as good an explorer as
her husband. The insolence displayed by
/ this Englishwoman is almost magnificent.
| Wherever she has gone she has been well
treated; great courtesies have been shown
! her, and in almost all instances they have
! cmanatcd from women, and this is ler
| THANK you" VIII the American worm
ever turn? Will it ever discover that it is
casting pearls before swine when it goes
in iorexIending kindly greetings to people
who, having violent attacks of swollen
heads, think they are doing fayors in nc
cepting them?
| Mrs. Astor, whom nobody ever believed
to be anything but a gentlewoman, with
the finest feelings and the greatest con-
sideration for rich and poor alike, was
asked 10 invite Mrs. Stanley 10 her house.
| She did so; and among the crowd of we'll
! dressed American women, the English
one. who had 40 unkindly criticised them.
wore n crimson velvet gown so tawjry
looking that one could not but associate il
with those affected by the queen OF Den
mark when Hamlet is played on the Bow
cry. IL is said that as n nation we are too
sensitive. Well, / don't know that We are,
| except where our women are concer ned
and we do object TO having disagreeable
comments made on them, especially by
| the stranger within our gates, to whom
/ they have offered the bread and salt OF
| hospitality. and who have not known, or
else forgotten, that once you have broken
! the bread aud tasted the salt YOU respect
4 the courtesy shown you and only say
words of kindness.
/ We have nothing in this country that
answers TO the type represented 10y Mrs.
/ Stanley--the mail who waits. She is
very commonin England, where husbands
! are by no means easy TO get, and where
women wait on far beyond thirty, waiting
for a man to take pity on them, and grow
10 have an pxpectant look on their faces,
until YOU Won not be surprised TO hear
4 them cry, ANY man, Lord" That is
4 why nothing good is found in the Ameri-
can woman. She can always marry and
when size don't she isn't an eXpectant old
maid, with the stamp OF prunes AMI prisms
set about her month and on her forehead
in il-tempvred lines. but hhe rs a woman
who doesn't care to marry, and chooses 10
work out her life alone. For my own
part, / say, "God bless her !" for she takes
care of many another woman, looks after
MANY another woman's Children, and does
/ good IN many a household. After the
! criticisms oil Mrs. stanley. however, it is
to be hoped that the American woman
will close her doors TO so-called lions that
are. after all, catfish in their actions. It's
a pity, in the interest OF society at large,
lt4f Nrlfa Of 40 M
to darkest Africa and learn there of the
sacredness OF hospitality.
! Talking abont women, there is s1me-
thing going to be done for them ab ut
which a great de al ought to be said. There
are schools that teach women everything
except how 10 be useful, and that is some
thing that Mr.. George w. Childs is going
to remedy. In the great Drcxel institute
for women, which is now being built, they
will be taught how 10 cook how TO sew,
how TO make bonnets, how TO keep ac-
counts. how 10 write shorthand, how to be
good typewriters, designers, and t. be per-
feet in every one of The arts that are with
in the reach of womau's hands. A GER
tiiirale OF the perfection in any one branch
Will be enough to 2 in them a position in
any shop or mandatory, and the bonnet
has to be az well made, the steak as well
cooked as the design is perfect or the
account properly posted. The woman
who graduates as q cook will under
stand her business. and the one who
receives her diploma as a drrssmak er
will know exactly where pockets should
be put, how buttons should be placed,
and Just how closely collar should bit to
3 look well, and yet be comfortable. Isn't
! this the right sort OF school, And to show
you how entirely Mr.. Childs intends to
carry out this idea, he has put h mteli in
communication with ali the artisan schools
in the wor d, and intends to get the best
Of everything from them; to find out their
mistakes, and as FAR rs possible TO avoid
them. Only the other dav, when secre-
tary was needed, and Mr.. Childs was
asked to recommend young man, he
said, mo, let it be n woman; this is for
women, and wherever women can honest
/ " earn any of the money from it they
! shall hold the positions" Now, that's
! what / call n good speech; and the school
promises to be that best of all lhings-a
help TO women who want TO make life
better, tTuer, and more absolutely honest,
for the poor worker is as dishonest as the
thief.
The dogs have come to town. They
are aristOcrats from the tips OF their tails
to the ends of their cold noses. The big
] OhtH olCAh btO iibbiC thtof anu tilC A4tlic
ones nearly park their outside coverings
off in an effort 10 prove that thew are not
as insignificant as they look. Unlike the
beggars, none OF them are in rags, and
their coats are glossy enough 10 be con-
sidered as satin dinner gowns. That any
body who has personal attachment for
a dog should put him in show is mys-
terry TO me. The big dogs are cooped up
in places not big enough for them, and
they look downcast and unhappy; while
the little ones are so nervous that they
spend all their time barking, and when
the show is over need months DOCTOR
ing TO get them in good condition again.
However, without thinking abont the
poor dogs, the fashionable crowd look and
approve, and are interested in the pup
pies, whether they are on four legs or
two.
Did put my dog in? Would you put
in fox terrier with the whitest OF coats,
who knows perfectly what you are talking
about under any circumstances, because
early in his lite he chewed up and digest
ed an English dictionary? No, indeed !;
not when he can sit in box and point
with his paw to the prettiest woman in
the ace. Everybody who saw him said
it happened to be Mrs. Van Rensselaer,
Grugrr; but that's nonsense; he kne "
Just who lie was choosing, and with the
knowledge that came with the dictionary
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