The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-05-14

oouts III tuelT pTactlCe Oh VAultleb.
Queen Victoria has a large and peculiarly
shared hard. and wears q tx glove. She
wears only black gloves. and effects still the
two and four hutton kinds she wore at the be-
Britain and Ireland and the Empress Of India
is decidedly economical in her glove bill. and
wears only about two dozen pairs q year.
Lady Brooke presided at a flower table dur
Ing a recent London fete. Tho flower she
chose rs her own was tho modest Marguerite.
and nor table was adorned with masses OF the
snowy bloom. with trails Of feathery aspara-
skirt arranged In three et-hemmed 1ouncas,
black satin. ami, Geitsa with violet t' Velvet. TTiSsss
collar was Of jet. tho epnnlots over the shoul-
51s SiH', Jet S Ssnn sae With ' ]Sut ,"s Wow! 'So%. 81 f.c. =
one OF the most, attractive toilets w Drp.e and
gave the fair lady once more first place In the
Miss Jennie Young. tho American girl who
built n railroad to tho extensive salt deposits
she owns in Chihuahua. has received from the
Mexican Government a valuable concession in
colonies in the States of Chihuahun. and Goa
make ARRANGEMENTS for bringing over over several "a
thousand English families to settle upon the
lands she has secured from the Government.
Mrs. Humphrey Wards novel. David
Griovc." has been translated into Swedish,
II arneared rs, II serial in the leading Swedish
Ihbern! paper last year. and Is now being pub
lished in book form in Stockholm.
There are women writer's on the morning
and evening newspapers in London rs well AS
on the society ones every one snAers Mt and
reads with avidity. and more than one school
opened.
When there came to the household OF the
nnEp md nt,,h,ca 80 Dn,tto-l - t.t.. .-.t
ter some years ago. the Duchess insisted on
the Duke's converting the gift OF diamonds he
eGntemplated purchasing for nor into a hos.
Sc cared Tor. Now that a son has S' come H to I'M
, tsr%ia!sa on n the her w Ssns; q o tss ts aad las q. t H.
r.; .Ss hron .ss sa h to nreyspt thea the carving tSs
tsnants to the. ,n nfanstSI Marq "rsssn nea ls9a sf ie
theE" times su"h u IL would 30 n serious tax
on the resources of his friends.
Nine: Madeline Lennire and MILE. Bre.lau.
| S1an are d. s'5f,ns on the ,Try Of the Salon Of the
held that position in any salon.
terestinE study. There was a time not long
ago when the fashion article was considered
too frivolous to lie tolerated in n journal read
by men. Even the staid Vanity Fair. which
formerly passed over rs unworthy OF mention
On Important place. Whether It is that Women.
by proving that they read Tho papers as much
as men nav" insisted upon the Introduction OF
feminine topics. or whetnerthem matter OF dress
has assumed q moro serious ASPECT than it had
be'cre. and has merely received deserved req
o%gnition; cannot he settled. But there remains
the truth that in evory SUNDAY and weekly
new s.npor. rs well as some dailies, fashions
are discussed.
Oscar Wiide's new play In London must DO
very like the one which achieved such ropu-
larity here. for an English woman says of it
that when Mr.. Wilde desires TO make his play
people talk he pulls UP by the roadside. as IL
the Pleasant people and the wicked reorI. and
i,S .o'an,e people get on the coach. the
being changed the whole party step. int" the
ns,as ana cts down to a brilliant picnic OF
dox-some,imes POSSIBLY a iIdttle nte too mp PARA
they ali light cigarettes. pack away the bas.
RetIrls ina, remain after a miraculous feed.
ana resume their dramatic journey cLeerfully,
Due!!ing by proxy is something of a novelty,
and 1t halls from Paris: for mono but the
lively Fronchman could have devised thu
notion OF providing associates for lady jour-
nalists who might offend people profession
ally. Recently Nine. S6yerine. contributed an
" "i!enee. 4 re e a rantIo, at w saIlsd ~ Ln Msssard tex
bsuytre. Who held himsslf i ansWerab &c for si a any
honor eca al al lT ienrth aP ms 8 ft by tab An5 80
hccep,ing a Challenge and resolving a wound
~ aHureW University has thrown open It's
doors to women, and has further made the cur.
rlculum OF the Edinburgh School for womena
qualification for exa mination. 1t ia
mainly through the energy and determina alton
Of a woman; Pr sophia IJex Blake. that
conioint Edinburgh and Glasgow colleges.
In South Africa the ,Kaflr servants have
a union to which the members have to
give n character" for their mistresses. No
member is allowed to enter upon a situation
unless tho registered character OF the mistress
moro civilized countries the superior con-
uiidnS "i me serving Woman prohibits the
ness thersot belongs to the maid servant. The
nnainst w - a PD.r down.trodden creature,
she never dares TO assert herself, and il she
i inia any m lden O. being an exac,inG mistress Ne
at the rate Of sls a month .onsn'S A's "eF '""
1t Is said that Mary +. wilkins uses no
note books to help her write her stories. full
I'd they are OF photoCraphically minute detail
says" ~ Just write them" Miss WILLIS has
rs ns n reused to write qn 9 spoJeat re-
tfhoaSh .Poo n'! 6 b%a1s@'f She n Eeys - sb be Is a% eon.
yineei OF the impossibility OF happiness UNI
der those circumstances
1t has been said often that it was a physical
Impossihi!ity for women 10 play billiards
'ea!ly because her clothes are hui!t The wrong
way. 1t Is principally the sleeves that are at
'ault. for q womsn's bodice IS not NE q mans
'oat and cannot ia removed. or n II Is ex-
hanged for Tue bllIi4ri larfet, a garment re,
this does not obviats tho dir
,eplty. for. the garments beneath IT. ar" too
ZION lady bi.liarl player has arisen. lady Elena
yiosham, n" N" "on me Anal heat Of the
layed at the GRIND Hotel. Peterborough. and
no ladY's success has caused much stir
Imong the amateur lady players.
A little Rochester maid OF 5 watched her
mother and tho d~rcssmaEer wrestling half q
aorninE with n Ialr o! fashionable 81 ewes to
insure the pro- cr nj IT the armhole. At
the little maid sail Ia the hress.
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