The morning news., 1892-03-13
WOMAN'S WORLD.
a FEW THINGS T5AT MAY BE OF
INTEREST TO TIE FAIR SEX

INTEREST TO TEE FAIR SEX
How Women Shop-A Suggestion for
Clerks - Treatment OF Old Folks
Some New Things in the Fashions.
Other Matters of General Interest
Have you seen how some women shopl
They start out early In the morning. says
the New York Commercial Advertiser.
30 as to have long day. They look fresh
and bright and very expeotaut- They either
begin down at Eighth or Ninth street and
work their way up, or else begin up at
Twenty-third street and g down Such an
amount Of walking as the fair creatures ac-
compli5h, it is surprising. It would wear
a man out. Sometimes you see one OF the
sserner sex waiting while bis wife steps up
60 a counter for lust a moment
Lock at tie man. He does not know
what to do with himself. he stands first
on one foot and then on the other. He
yawns, be looks at the ceiling, then at the
pretty girls behind the counters, then he
glances down at his boots, aud sees they
need blacking. then be examines his hands
if he have gloves on he works them up
and down nervously-and just as ne is look
ing for the hundredth time TO see what on
earth is the matter, OF IL his wife be buying
out the store, very 1ubilaut face is raised
20 his with rather coquettish turn of the
head, and the woman for whom he has sac
rificed fifteen minutes time says sweetly:
How do you like my new veiil It's the
very latest. Do you think it's becomingl
Why don't you answerfi This with
pout) or course he tells her she Is beauti-
full without it. He is at least supposed TO
tell her this, but inwardIy he Is irritable,
and knows he could have bought q necktie
in quarter the time
Yes, there's no doubt about il, women
like to shop and men do not: so let's leave
the man after he's seen the veil and let the
woman go on alone. She fits about like a
butterfly. Shel goes up and down, pats
the new goods tendsrly, smiles
at her reflected image in the various mir
rors, asks the price Of everything she wants
and more things that she doesn't want.
spends a lot Of time trying on bonnets, then
decides she will "think It over" gets sam
pies OF all the new dress goods, asks the
clerk et the glove counters what the very
latest shades in gloves is, and having been
through the same round in every store she
comes 60 she begins to feel the pangs Of hun
ger.
There is no doubt about it, women are
not SO ethereal these days that they cannot
eat, and they know what is good, too. So
the shopper goes to one OF the restaurants
for women, and here we leave her, knowing
that when through with her luncheon she
viii sally forth again, stopping to look In
windows, TO enter stores to inquire the price
OF articles, TO buy bunch of violets and to
go home so tired with such a.iot Of shop
ping"
M. Got Of the Comedie Francois has been
telling tales about the divine Sarah. He
says that when che came to him she could
not even walk, that she was awkward, tall,
gaunt and self~conscious. She could not
stand still, and she was sullen. But he
realized the intensity Of her nature and the
great ambition she cherished, and so they
worked together, he and she, very patiently.
Sometimes Sarah became discouraged,
which delighted the teacher, because it
showed him that the genius was there.
zone Of the most mGddening things on
earth, !" said q woman to the New York
Press the other day, "is the persistent
'ladying' get at the hands of the trades
men. My butcher and grocer and fish man
are SO hopelessly committed to this form Of
address ! expect no relief in their cases, bat
why the clerks in the dry goods stores are
not taught better cannot see. It il much
more pleasing TO be called 'madame;' the
continued lnterpOlating Uf LADY, as l am
making a purchase irritates me to the
verge OF evaporation, and has, on
few occasions, driven me from a
counter without waiting to select the
goods l wanted.n Madame Is certainly
more digni6ed, formal and general. Ii can
be applied to the most youthful shopper
and sedate purchaser OF staple household
goods. Lady" always sounds 50 cringing
and retailIy. while madame" Is term ap-
piled TO each other by the highest in the
land, a fact that should surely recommend
IL in these days, when the assumption of in
equality on the part of the employer and
employed is resented as an insult.
In decorating skirts, ribbon has COM
rletely superseded lace. All sorts Of pretty
and fanciful devices are worked out In SATIN
loops and ends, and excite admiring wonder
at the grace and ingenuity displayed. On
a dark blue silk, polka dotted in white, the
bottom Of the skirt had an arrangements of
this sort worthy of description. 1t was
done in a combination Of blue and white
satin ribbon about So inches wide, the
white laid along the edge In fat length wise
puffs, and at intervals of every A inches
loop Of blue and white standing out
TO right and left with a knot through the
center. These loops were unattached, and
though they would seem to be awkward the
effect was chic and good. pretty FANCY.
applicable TO an evening gown, is to draw
masses Of ribbons up from the hem in a
pointed cascade OF loops on the skirt, and
where the stuff is of more than one color
harmonizing the tints. When skillfully
done these bunches of satin look like lovely
bouquets of flowers. Certain It is ribbon
will be used more than ever this summer.
not only on gowns but on hats and wraps
rs well.
The daintiest and least artificial perfume.
says the New York Press, for the breath is
made Of the white Of an egg, the juice of
lemon, two teaspoonfuls Of sugar, dash Of
almond oil and another of rose water.
These must be beaten and stirred for hours
and then carefully bottled. A half dozen
drops In a wine glass of water and used to
rinse the mouth will make the breath more
softly sweet than any compound ever sold
by druggist With a little less dilution it
is sovereign cure for dyspepsia and will
settle all disturbances among the factions of
the interior more quickly that Presidents
message.
In only five states has q mother any abso-
Lutte legal right to the custody Of her chill
dren. These are Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas.
Oregon and Washington, where both par
ents have equal rights in the matter. In
other states a mother has no control over her
children, no, even IL driven from home by
her husbands cruelty, unless she applies to
the court for the custody. In other words
the father by right Of fatherhood can claim
bis child, but motherhood is not enough. tho