San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-09-07
Chr Daily Eight.
THE WoMAN's BUILDING
BY MISS TKNAs.
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has been written up and written
down, CORRESPONDENTS have eX.
hausted their adjectives and prin,
ter'S ink has OVerfOwed until the
whole world is wholly convinced,
The Lords of Creation" do not
seem to have any leading question
but the ladies, nine out of ten
will ask frs" What must we wear"?'
and then "what Will it cost::' Well,
if you want the national uniform
wear serge and Get it be blue by all
means. Blazer. p0iers, breton suits,
anyone will fit tde combination
and nothing could be mOr service
able, but by all means let your
waists or shirts Oe of some soft
dark material. Everything about
the fair is kept very clean but the
smoke and dust from the city
creeps in somehow and laundried
clothing is discouragiEg, besides
you will not have time for ''immac-
ulate white' if you come to see in
stead of to be seen.
The very sensible women wear
dark serge suits made rather short
the long skirt being a great both
er and very untidy, as it gathers
up the sand and dirt from the con-
stantly sprinkled avenues, and one
would have quite a border around
their feet unless they remembered
"to hold up some of the dry goods"
IL you wish to know what they
yea CD one word will answer
"everything." The summer girl
comes out in white frOck, white
hat and white slippers, while her
mother and grandmother come in
elegant silks and satins. a South
American Indian says: "The
women dress too much" Yes, Mr..
Indian, there is yet considerable
kinship between the ch~ieftain's
wife in the AnthropOligical build
ing decked i'm her beads and feather
work, and the women of this en-
lighted century, but Mr.. Chieftain
himself does not disdain feathers
and headgear and seems as fas-
tidiOus about his plumage as our
brothers and cousins of today
does about his "fOur-in-haDd.'
But so the world will wag till
that sweet millennium comes when
one will not be judged by their
appearance or dress, yet dress after
all is a slight index to character.
Our fault is in letting it stand for
the deeper instead of the lighter
characteristic. The second question
is broader. The cost? Whatever
you make it but you can have
every comfort and a few luXuries
on three dollars per day and you
can e most of the fair or enough
to wear you out in from ten to tif-
teen days. This rate allows one
dollar for room rent, II dollar for
meals and a dollar for fair ticket,
street a tickets and midway at
fractions, with cream, soda and
cider, treats now and then. If you
are with a friend or with a party.
your expenses will be considerably
reduced by sharing room and or
dering meals together. There can
be no maximum or minimum set
on the financial question for it all
depends on individual manage
ment and how little or how much
is necessary to your health and
happiness. You need not fear any
exorbitant prices so don't let that
hold you back from seeing the fair.
There are reliable agencies that
will place you in a hotel or board
ing house, if your friends have not
yet returned from Chicago. Rand,
d McNally's Guide gives much
good and reliable information, so
all that "read may run" in safety
and pleasure, through the wiIes of
Chicago and the Fair. After you
are comfortably settled, take a day
for the WOman's building. This
beautiful structure will not fail to
attract your attention. Miss Hay
den, of Boston, holds her own in
this grand architectural Spree"
and this building bespeaks a new
avenue Of employment opened to
the fair sex Four hundred by two
hundred feet is the size of this
structure, in style, the Italian re-
hdioodlCe, oil euIlCIleu WlJn 0ldDO-
rate b~as-reliefs. The interior is del
icate and chaste, having a Spanish
or Italian courtyard effect, giving
plenty of room for the marveIs of
patience and skill found on exhi-
bition here - dainty laces, finer
than cObWebS, embroidery and
drawn work, row on row and case
by case; each set seems finer and
daintier than the last. The laces
of Spain, France and Italy belong
ing to the royal families are so