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WOMAN AND EDUCATION,

The vassar Students Aid Society 10 an
association composed Of graduates and non.
graduates. members and associate members
organized for the purpose OF making loans and
advancing money to students unable to pur-
sue course OF study without pecuniary aid
on condition that the money shall be refunded
as soon as convenient after graduation. This
the recipient and well calculated to Keep the
treasury in good condition, Tor women as such
have q great distast" Tor debts and are more
prompt and conscientious In discharging
them than are men. 1t is becoming not at ali
unusual for u woman to incur obligations
sS are and her r%s
for earning money fewer than those Of men,
s the bnsn wSs to h re-
while the number Of wives who are saving
money ont Of the allowance for. family, ex.
bands college debts is by no means small
nor are half the cases KNOWN
DR.. sargeants training class at the Harvard
Annex now numbers twenty-five members
The Sargent prize has again been won by
woman. Miss Margaret Herrick. a special
student at the annex. and a young woman
from Pennsylvania. who entered this year has
broken. all previous records IN entrance ex-
nSs as Ee .f ., neatly 500
fofmsr pupils IN this class: One Of the gradu-
University, another has charge Of the WON an 8
departm emit in Stamford University. and two
Others are at the head OF tho Berkeley Ladies'
Athletic Club.
1t Is interesting to learn from Prof. Heath's
report respecting the mixed classes at Mason
College. England. traditional theory to the
contrary Notwithstanding. that the girls
record is especially good. both in art and
mathematics: but in the conduct OF delicate ex-
perments he gave the verdict in favor Of the
boys and intim al ed that in deicacy Of manip-
ulation the girls were INFERIOR
Harvard Annex students are rejoicing. too.
over the victory Of one Of their REPRESENTATIVES
at the intercollegiate tennis tournament ON
the Bryn Aswr tsnnis squirt Mise Whittlsssy
e. fSs T %oa e ss Sss tGs hem
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-27
TWO YOUNG MILLNERS.
Polly and Peggy Tell OF the Ways by Which
They Prospered.

Polly and Peggy Tell OF the Ways by Which
They Prospered.
well. how are you and Polly getting on
these days 2" inquired the clerk.l measu ring
of dozen yards OF ribbon for a rosy-cheeked
girl. leaning against the counter.
Doing" replied the shopper. why Polly
and are simply booming. that's all. We are
just back from q round I'D through the
Oranges and brought homo $500 worth Of
trade with U.s."
NO" exclaimed her friend. leaning over to
Ill out the check.
ITS fact" said tho girl. gathering up her
parcels. The story is too long to toll here
and am in hurry. but il you como up to our
rooms tonight you shall hear all about 1t. and
maybe get some ideas about going into busi-
ness yourself"
That evening. under the glow OF two power
ful lamps, the girls wired bows. pinched crino-
line into bonnet foundations. and told the his
tory OF their success.
You see." Polly began. when papa died
and we discovered his life Insurance had run
out. there was but 5000 between ourselves
and the street. We were awfuly young and
Ignorant. and only because people had said
showed taste IN trimming my own hats did 1
happen TO think Of it as profession.
tb.Ss 9 sy don't you fool yourself with the belief
ma nmhls sry arah.eur WORK goes town with the
o- -4t course not lo!y %on,tnuri But oHr
| years we studied the trade worked for next
to nothing. and figured continually on some
way OF netferlns or cond.ton. seemed to
be pretty clever at thinking UP new IDEAS, and.
Just to be friendly. trimmed hats for every
woman in our boarding house They even
brought them to W. from outside. till finally
woman in Jersey saw whaC could do and
wrote Offering to pay me for buying and trim
ming her bonnet suitable for half mourning
i IL, pleased l..fO l,po
every moment out " Office hours was taken
up h private private country ,E orders.
sver dare throw over your steady pay Tor an
We would never have had the courage il an Of" Old
friend OF our fathers hadn't .offered Us the use
and then | tell you We Just hustled TO get pat
ronage. We sent out circulars to every woman
We knew. we called on them personally. and
That function consisted Of SIX trirm"d bon.
nets and q cup OF tea for all those good enough
were hosptaoYs as We Knew how to be- 5s'S and
begged orr guests to help advertise VS.
in tidy little sum every week. We made Il a
rule to study the individual tastes OF our GUS
out civil note Of thanks. These things s"uni
III SS! ss!sssS 50 that day 5, day
Then we conceived the idea Of going out as
se9mstrefses DO by the day said Polly, re;
and hst ms that LED up 10 wi
visits to tho little towns about New York. This
autumn and winter We haye been more pros
hss nstasd Us sS5a
and while there visit our patrons a the!E own
s.l:ssas tSo:s that s Ss WORTH ss1r,ins Ssat
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THE sun. SUNDAY. NOVEMBER q. 1892


hshem Of their f,ocks: Their expansive aprons
are miracles OF sheer snowy muslin and lace.
They wear collars. and cuffs to match, and
about their shoulders fall round. half-lonR.
gray bengaline cloaks, lined with rose to
match their cap ribbons
These big. broad sho uldered women each
carry a DIM pied baby. the flneness aud ampii-
tnde Of whose white garments fall in foam
like masses over their arms. They are taught
to bear their young charges so that every
touch will tell and enhance the almost
pathetic grace Of tho slender figure that
walks between. For handsome as are the pic.
lures, nOpnOuS and infants present. they. OF
course. are merely, satellites to the. fair
countess. who with half raised eyes and slim
hands crossed at her waist. moves under the
every reflection OF her broad -hrimmed hat. an
idealization OF tender motherhood She IL Of
fectiy.ly fragile In appearance. has a sensitive
mouth. appealing eyes. and a gown designed
by Worth for Just such occasions. The
stuff OF her dress Is soft and .cinging.
a delicate lilac tint, with lines of black iur
hero and there to harmonize with, the long
rarely speaks and never laughs while filling
this role but her lips are wreathed in
dreamy smile. and the men whom she recos-
nizes by q Frightening Of her languid looks
rhapsodize eloquertly over tho charms OF
Young maternity.
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EGYPT FOR TIE Lungs md NERVES.
Physlcians Are Recommending st-Now to
Pass the Time There.


Several wcl!-known New York physicians
n,ti.nts wb, ,rs .ufrar;r,, rr,,,, ,,,i,i,. I,,r.
SiS. % 80 a., '',' .','-, ,'..r7. 'un
disease hLu from tle various nervous and
mental diseases which are yearly increasin.
In N.w Y,rL Itrs,,t, ~. ,,,,s.,r,orv 's,,ot,
sufferers from incipient phthiss to Florida or
to tLe mountains of Colorado but the pre-
scr,ption now for those who can atrorl i, is to
spend their winters in Egypt. The doctors
especially recommend Egypt for patients suf-
.e"s '1o,t ~. "otN. - 'e'. a. vi
sim pie meiancho!.a. rms PRESCRIPTION IL for
ates md friends 70 orcunv their minds an yh,,
same topics; no matter where they might go
DIR. Frederick Peterson. ths well.known an
.,o.,,, ~ a.,.o's t,n. ane VEL "Io"u ~,
thorlty on nervous diseases. went over to
Egypt himself and wrote an article for ths
Medical R,,,.,j an rho rssu,t. ~ Ma i,yosti,,
tons Hs NV. T,vn, is GOA xi,tar 800,
for people who need an even. dry climate and
especially for sufferers from nervous diseases.
He says that in all OF Egypt there is only one
insane asylum. and about one-sixteth as
many insane as IN the State OF New York.
which has about the same population n.
Egypt The temperature is even throughout
'ne year, ESPECIALLY III 'le winter.
Freezing point is never reached In Cairo
flo ovsr ons ,mnh ~nar i, tsw v,r,ar d., ~.
aie Ssef que lHSn year III lew winter IA $
h 4. ~ LuAor. -" mics iur1ner u p ne RIVER.
showers ~ Wbich SHOWS that IL nepI once o ' n
IS9S nn:s IN NO oncain INA '' tn III
minute drizzie IN 1855 Clouds even are a.
hT Ts uhknowh.
Inc Itia'iNe n"tntuiV Oh al EgIit j. low. IN
SaiFo ths nunIltltI nus been o. WI 10 three
anu iour; Wits At LuNot IL - les Inc
aOI ~ 9, ahtna' i,nn.",ty - i9 ,
tnan "a sew i,rN, anu u spou Get ,p"tr tIan
at Asheyille; Aiken. ana Y! the hair"ntarkS
not w , tsaImfs 20 aNon"A
needs resi- int mas To go someM @"i" u4Ght
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to New. York and freshenin MP for them.
They. the patrons, are relieved OF al! trouble.
done with the stun. II the same time
we drum up trade and solicit new orders. L
wish you could have seen the mass OF half
worn fnery. ticketed and packed in big paste
board boxes. that we brought home and are
busy even now working up into second.hest
hats for our customers. We secure feathers:
press, cut. and alter frames. stilen and
smooth crumpled ribbons. and do UP crushed
velvet almost like new. This Ia the part OF the
business that rays best. for when q woman
does not have to buy new materials she 10
willing to pay literally for the labor Of doing
them over"
And then. you see" said Peggy. Polly and
linery in New York city. l am pretty handy
with my pencil. and can In few strokes lot
down all we need to guide US in copying nov
elites. Later on l elaborate these sketches.
mail them to the country. and rarely fail to
get new com m ssions In consequence We
keep excellent photographs OF our patrons.
we study their style and coloring. AXE our:
selves useful to them in a hundred ways and
very sell dom lose customer"
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4 GIFTED W-OM.iN ORATOR.
Mrs. Maud Baiiiugton Booth Mt the saliva
tIon Army Congress.

tIon Army Congress.
Whom Maud Ballngton Booth speaks Murray
Hill is as anxious as Cherry Hill to listen to
hear and oil through the recent Salvation
Army Congress tho boxes at Music Hall were
filed with men and women not enrolled
among the recruits and officers OF the Army.
listening with something beside curiosity to
the little woman in the blue uniform. with her
officers sash of the stars and Stripes.
TWAS picture to be remembered the Army
lassies in their poke bonncts and the bright
sashes OF their corps. the soldiers in their
scarlet jerseys. the slum workers with their
white-robed babies. the Turks in their brilliant
dress, sauting with grent waving OF ban
ners. with a deafenire din Of drums and blare
Of trumpets as the little mother came down
before them all. pale from her recent illness.
but with bravely smiling irs and glowing
and 81 ,h mary IN tut Ca
shs aplSs as sS s' the
voice rang out through the great building
to the far tsS e oas 81 sp :
fully for the 5alilst and said; little turther
ing man raised his head AMI said family. "A
little further and it would have touched the
laugh at our uniforms and laugh at our bon.
nets. that doesn't hurt any: you may scorn
and despise and prosecute US. that doesn't
hurt any; but when you despse and refuse
tho Christ. ah! that touches our hearts.
man in one OF the boxes said to the
man beside her. with culver in her voice and
a mist in her eyes: Il have always ridiculed
and hated the salvation Army but she Is the
hravest most heroic little woman ever knew.
ilnement devoting her life to this sort of thing
to save the poor creatures that other people
give up az utterly worth less makes me feel
that want to put on II poke bonnet myself"
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TO RESCUE LEPERs.
Miss Harsden's Long Siedge Journey
Through Russia.

Speaking OF heroic self-sacriRce. another Of
the worlds brave women ,'il be with us soon
to tell us OF her long sledge journey to the res
cue OF the Russian lepers. When Miss Mars
den set out upon her journey. her friends sent
in some queer things for her contradictory
pounds OF plum pudding. two boxes OF rusks.
forty pounds of candles. sardines, insect pow
der. 1c.. enough to fill three sledges. But the
tins were broken on the way. the insect
powder permeated everything. and only bricks
OF tea. with hard. three w-eks old bread fla
vored with the nshskin bags in which 1t WAS
carried. Afforded her nourshment on the long
Journey, The boxes were put first on the
slcdRe then some straw. then Miss Marsden
was packed in fiat on her back and made to ut.
though as she is q very tall woman. the eledgs
was too short. nd her head was always bump
ing. against the end. Tho roads were waves
and ridges OF ice. 80 that besides being. bruised
and aching all over. she was as i'll as IL on sea-
board. All this for a people she had never
seen. cast out by their own relatives and
friends to die by inches. and from whom the
guides and s!edge men ran in fear IA from n
plague. In these days of peace. verify it Is
the women who are the worlds heroes.
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FASHIONS SWIFT CHANGES.
Bodied in the Dress Carnival at
Madison Square Garden.
A FAIR PARTISAN MOTHER.
Bonnie and Baby the Background for
Her Own loneliness.

from shapely shoulders Flatters the
graceful Tippet - Blonde snA Brunette
r.n Of tho Horse show and OF Society
pssv Gentiewomea and . fearful Little
psnc..-A Question OF Dressmakers,
Also How Two Young Miiiiners Made
Their way-woman and Education, An
.,h,r University Door Thrown Open, .
cried Woman Author; n Woman Travel
Ter, Two Kindly Literary Ladies'.
That cataclysmic change In fashion Is i'm
-,,,sn, the great dress carnival at the formal
waning OF the season in Madison Square Gar
Az demonstrated. Tho reign Of reasonable
"a. Already shows signs OF dissolution. and
.,..n,ricity more or less picturesque aomi-
..,s. One OF the most famous dress authori.
AZ, IN France has assured us that the graceful,
.lo...attirg skirt IA doomed. foe the new
lawns measure from siN to nine yards around
IN. bottom. and are trimmed to the knees with
hands Of fur and velvet. with gallon and pirinss.
sill this authority rcassures us by promising
ma erinone this winter. The leading motive
a, every gown Is to present n succession OF
curves Ia which the shoulders receive rromi-
nance at the expense OF the hips. the height Is
t,n degree sacrificed for the breadth. and the
hour.class idea is the much desired object OF
attainment
Besides the great fare at the bottom. the
skirt has changed. too. In this way: At the
het in tho new skirt the fulness Is plated in
two box broad plaits. or several inch-wide
plaits are gathered across the back or shirred
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PRINCESS VICTORIA LOUISE.
Tho Little Lady Cried All Through Her
Christening Ceremony.


Christening Ceremony.
Even to he the only daughter OF an En-
peror. and to be christened in a robe OF cloth
OF silver. with n train carried by titled ladies
and embroidered in gold with long list of
names OF the royal infants that had
worn the robe before. doesn't seem to
make little baby forget what pin
pricky. hannelly world she has come to. for
Princess Victoria Louise OF Germany cried
all the time through her christening. to the
manifest disturbance OF her six small brothers.
and. doubtless. to the annoyance Of her pyro-
technic and imperial father Perhaps she didn't
her own instead OF being made to wear
the same old frock in which all the Hohenzol-
lern babies have been baptized from the En-
peror Frederick down. The altar was covered
with crimson velvet. and the font was OF solid
gold. but the little maid refused to be COM
forted until they carried her under the canopy
OF red velvet. where the Empress sat, sur
rounded by her sons. and placed her on her
mothers knee.
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the Garden. and those
whose business it was
to m nj ter to her
needs knew she would
have to undergo an
amount OF inspection
and critics IN that
would produce embar-
rassmentiinot resent
ment at a later stage
OF her career. SO the
chubby innocence OF
the baby bellies was for
titled by all tho subtle
arts and attractions Of
dress. Such prettylit-
tie coats they wore.
the tiny maids OF nine
or ten. made always
on the Em pivn itaa =,
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TO ENCOURAGE BUDDING TALENT.
The Kindness OF Two Famous Women to
Young Girl Aspirants.

1t Is pleasant to read. in the midst Of all the
talk about woman's inhumanity to woman. Of
the graceful courtesy shown by Grace Green
wood to girl reporter whom she met at q
recent reception.
1T 10 a great pleasure to meet young girl
that is Just entering the work have pursued
so many years." and after a little she added,
laying her hand on the girls shoulder: A
recording angel
1t was Jennie June who gave up half Of q
precious morning to a novice in the profession
and then. seeing the girls anxiety lest she fall
to remember the points" tho veteran Jour
written on the subject. the only copy she pos
sessed. and gave it to the girl. saying:
Now. don't think you have to remember TO
return this. ! know what trouble It is to
keep all these little things in mind. was in
the newspaper busi ness before you We're born
Cut the book 10 pieces paste the facts into
your copy to save writing. and run away now.
You know. with an old woman like me. one
hour ip the morning Is worth three In the
afternoon
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in the old-fashioned
way. with a six-inch
space in the centre OF
the back. The plain
finish OF the edge. ex-
cert for tailor-made
morning gov ms. Is
quite done away with
and u great variety Of
trim mings has been
invented as n finish.
some narrowly edG-
ing the bottom. others
extending quite to the
knees One pretty and
effective trim ming is
formed by using a vel
vet ribbon two inches
wide. with a satin
back Of q different
shade. A yery hand
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beauty the hand-woven masterpieces Of the
olden times. the onbre velvets. the shot terry.
the soft rich ''velours Muscovite." so crinkled
and frosty. the satin-surfaced cloths. with
shiny lustre. the heavy corded. lustrous silks.
all are employed to make the cape regime one
OF splendid magnitlcence.
Not infreuuently two different materials are
employed in capes OF two circles. velvet
outer cape over an under one. cloth or silk.
but edged with fur and lined with the richest
OF brocade. The favorite colors are the
petunias and, yoets. which in velvet are
really soft and beautiful. rich warm dahlias.
and red with Jet and black fur trimming. all
the bright and dull shades OF green and rose.
with black always a favorite. for the black
cape has most resplendant Innings. and in
velvet IS exceedingly rich over a bright gown;
in reverse order, by, a. dress OF black brocade
or velvet with little frost-lik lace and great
profusion OF diamonds. Indeed. black Is worn
more generally than for many years for the
entire costume while II gown without a touch
Of black somewhere in, its DECORATION. or
black cane. is as unusual as ineffective.
With gowns Of handsome cloth the cape Is
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INTERESTING INFORM4TIOS.

Among the deaconesses recently conse-
Grated by Bishop Potter was Miss New
ell. a lawyer in regular practice In New York
with large and remunerative business. For
several years Miss Newell was employed in
the Patent Office in Washington. where she
was first attracted by the iutricacy OF the law
as applied to patent cases. Later. she drew q
large salary in New York from a firm that
made patent law specially. Having thus
practise In the United States courts. and was
Frequently consulted BY young patent lawyers
who had heard Of X. Newell WITHOUT knowing
pairing her bri ef. she employed male counsel
to appear for her In the courts. but not infrs:
the dull counsel; requested her to appear ard
enlighten the Court. which she did in we'll
chosen and eloquent language. supported by
references to appropriate legal authorities.
Edward f. Hale supports tho idea Of Miss
Wizards nomination Of Jean Ingelow for poet
laureate. He says. In the Boston Common
reaith: "A queen should have q woman for
OF England to know who has written or who
can write such poems as shall honor reign.
etn se IN S9hs rssh BE
has its own distinctive history This woman
is Jean Ingelow."
Wlmodaughss. tho woman's club OF Wash
ington. whose mysterious name translates
readily enough into wives. moth rs. daugh-
ters. and sis tiers. had telegraph wires run into
the club house on election night to secure full
and immediate election returns.
Women inventors by no means confne
themselves to those departments where they
might be supposed to possess special expert
ence. Patents have been granted to women
for plan for deadenir the noise on railways.
for preventing sparks from locomotives, for
sweeping the streets. for a new form OF life
raft for t. xtile manufactures. electrical appli-
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and read. Women Do no. require any special
habit t. ride u camel. and preliminary training
L. not necessary.
s',,i!r wno, want TO spend more money and
travel around IN great etylp can hire what IN
f.ylt j. called ,ahahccyeh or house boat.
y ',tLth"ry'h costs about 5000 month. In.
ending wages and food. \ fairsized dahabee-
sch has tour bedrooms. a dining room. SIT.
ting room. II bathroom. and large Tree deck
space Tho usual number on boat Is one or
two families Or 'our or i've adults, The tese
way tudu il to hir" "A hahaheeyeh OF your own
and dr!ft around Tho Nile with an interpreter.
No schedule time has t. DO kept. and at any
place wher" there are any ruins or anything
else you want to see Won can tie up to the shore
ana stay u longns YOU wish.
This Is tho tmo OF year to go to Egypt, A.
tho season j. from O"toncr TO April. 1t is not
u good country to live in during the summer.
The Nil. overiiows then. ami the heat is I'M
Uomfortahih. II is not recommended that In
yaIid- should stay in the della OF the M or
SHOULD su"ud much time IN Cairo The death
rate Of Cnir, is high. and thsre Is more rain In
the delta than further up the Nile. Tho way
to ENJOY the winter j. to get a dahabeeyeh or
soma canes and start up the country. not to
return until early spring. 1t is a good country
to 60 to sleep IN. to rest. and to think about
nothing.
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very full into the collar OF fur Such hugo
hats. so laden with feathers and tied under
the chins with broad. soft strings. And be-
quaint replicas of those worn BY their moth
ers ami sisters. one little blond beauty
with all its little frIlled rapes edged with mink
fur. and beneath it she wore little frock OF
c,hlians"Gb,,e Velour green: sh2t with brown;
gallon gold in an open pattern. The waist had
the big revors. the shoulder ruifle. and tho
sleeve puifs and the only childish thing about
il was the little guImpe OF nue grass OF linen
beneath which sho wed at the neck nd wrists.
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and In velvet was gown Of beige
velvet. shot and shaded with lavender.
giving silver sheen to It's lustre. The bodice
was fastened with ak large diamond buttons
In Directoire fashion. and about the shoulders
fell pelerlne Of exquisite old Genoese lace.
lar Of sable. rather deep at tho back and taper:.
ing to narrow points In front. The full velvet
sleeves. gigot and finely puckered from the
finish. and the skirt was trimmed only at the
very edge with a roll OF fur twisted In and out
with a velvet ribbon. with now q bow and knot
OF the one or a dark tip Of the other escaping
from the twist.
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THE TIPPET IS IN FASHION.
From Graceful shoulders Il Flutters viii
Defiant Audncity.

The tippet reigns supreme on mantles and
dressy coats. sometimes alone. som etimes
trnnluted. Occasionally 1t assumes demure
sobriety and falls sedately downfall enough
to show the graceful shoulder curve for which
the Empress Eugene was once so much adj
mired: but more often it defies all lines ex-
cept its own and futters UP and down with all
the daring eccen,rcty Of ballet girls skirt.
The clpes themselves have two or three small
cores set in on the shoulders, forming plents
which set outward above the sleeves even in
sealskins. making the limo OF monotony with
great success.
All the rich and beautiful materials which
manufacturers are producing. rivalling in