Telegram-herald., 1891-05-10
woMAN's WORLD IN PARAGRAPHS


Digsrsace Bss~esa Mascuiins nesss-
ksepisg aud Fessiains Housekeeping.
1t may not be- so in other cities. but In
New York there Is constant aggrega-
ton Of unattached women into groups
Of from two 10 half . dozen. who hire a
nat or house, rs the case may be. and
set up home for themselves. Rather
strangely, too, the Same is true OF unat-
tached men. Scores Of these. too-good
looking youths Of manageable age,
widowers OF middle age, and bachelors
who never mention their age-drift to-
gether into groups. and these, too, go to
housekeeping. independent Of woman.
The difference between the housekeeping
of the two sexes when they SO il alone
without the help Of the other is anus
ing as well as suggestive. The wom
en- bachelors como out strong in
bric-a-hrac. Japanese and China silk
wall hangings and household decorative
art generally. They have flower pots in
the windows, and not seldom . sleepy
old tabby cat and canary birds. Eating
arrangements they think little about.
The ideas Of the man housekeeper may
be best expressed in the conversation l
heard between two young men in a res
taurnnt. One Of these had just gone to
housekeeping in q fat with three other
men. Its arranged this way. you see"
he said. There are four Of us. Each
puts In hundred dollars toward fur
nishing the fat. We put billiard table
In the back parlor and hire coon to do
the cooking. The first man that breaks
the contract and marries forfeits his
hundred dollars to the rest and must
leave his share Of the furniture in the
fat" The billiard table, the ''ooon"
and the cooking were the uppermost
ideas in the young man bachelors prep
srations for housekeeping.
Have you Rad Dreams" BY Olive
Schreiner, this wonderful girl, Olive
Schreiuey?
Men should look after their preroga-
tives. In the last Legislature of Wiscon-
sin the chairman Of the judiciary COM
mittee reported adversely measure for
charging the rights Of women in that
recommend the bill, as it was contrary
to that state of subsection which nature
indicated was the proper one for woman.
Thereupon his associate members Of the
legislature, even men like unto himself,
laughed him to scorn and named him
sold Man Afraid -of-the-Girls." Thus
the masculine scepter is dropping to
pieces, and men themselves seem rather
to enjoy it.
Miss Anna W. Kelly, of Denver, was
appointed reading clerk of the Colorado
senate. She got the place because she
was the best reader among . number of
competitors, six Of whom were men.
Gertrude E. Fonda, Vermont girl,
won a fifty dollar prize for the best
original design by a woman for an arti-
Gle Of furniture. Her design was that
of a bookcase in the form OF q book.
know not who wrote the words be-
low, but they are golden: ''It is one Of
the most deplorable symptoms of the
state Of things which prevails In many
societies when, IL men and women who
are not married are noticed to be united
by close ties Of friendship and sympathy.
people assume ct once that something is
wrong between them. That assumption
may be, and perhaps is, a natural
growth Of q corrupt and immoral 60
ciety, but IL we are to mend matters we
must change all that"
Yale college has received during the
past year gifts amounting to 81. Isl ,272.
Harriet T. Leavenworth lately bestowed
on the college $4,000. And Yale has
not even an annex for the education Of
women. Harriet T. Leavenworth, aren't
you ashamed Of YOURSELF
II there is one thing uglier than An
other it 10 the lambrequin around the
fashionable basque this spring, hanging
half way down the skirt
Helen Campbell. author Of prisoners
Of Poverty" ono Of the finest. strongest
woman souls in America, has received
the GOO prize from the American Eco
nomic asociati,n for writing the best
paper on ''womsa Wage Workers" We
are glad Of 1t
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