The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-04-05
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Women Gamblers -fliiea Terry's Magnetic
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Women Gambler Elien Terry's Magnetic
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Especial Correspondencc.l
NEW YORK, March 90 = DO you suppose
that women have no taste Tor Ramblngl
II 80. you are quite wrong. Indeed "a ia
really astounding the way the fever q
growing Girls hardly out ~ school play
poker. the winnings 90 DE- used as matinee
money Their mothers meet a. luncheous
and finish the afternoon with a small game
Betting Ia a quiet way Is not ~ all bud
form. according 10 fashionable ethics, and
many cauioase box u candies. purse or
bunch ~ flowers Is tho result Of betting be-
tween girls. Going lower down in the
scale. IL Is a common occurrence for pool
rooms 10 be raidod that are patronized by
female gamblers alone and only recently
policy shop was discovered whose patrons
were entirely women.
DO you suppose that the dictionary Il I'M
profitable reading, or even dulg i know a
woman who swears by the dictionary and
considers the half hour she spends with the
yellow tome as the most interesting Of the
whole day. This woman, by the way, IL
noted Tor her brilliant conversational pow
ers. The secret Of 10 Is this. Before retir-
Ing. for this t. the best time To commit any
thing 10 memory, she lenrns three new
words and for days afterward introduces
these into her remarks whenever IL Is pos
able BY the end Of the week she has 81
new words 20 play upon, and the brilliant
result may be imagined.
DO you suppose that the magnetic eye is
bit Of fiction, properly belonging only TO
novelist Then you should just once stand
face TO face with Ellen Terry. had that
good fortune but few nights ago and I'M
derstood for the first time how strong per
sonal magnetism can be, and how utterly
10 defes description. Ellen Terry can never
grow old. She may b. "A grandmother, she
may in time have TO seek the armchair and
the quiet corner. but she possesses that
which the merely handsome woman must
lose with old age. She stood under big
chandelier, "A cluster Of loose violets la her
pale blond hair, her superb throat rising
from "A cloud OF black chiffon, and it was
impossible not TO watch her every move
ment Her eyes are yellow and remind
one OF tigers They droop a little at the
outer corners and this gives them pa
thetic expression, which mingles in the
most bewildering manner with their rest
less, flashing brilliancy, their wonderful
play Of merriment
DO you suppose that il is impossible for
bachelor TO make his little home nest at
tractiveY Do you fancy, you dear. conceit-
ell young woman. that while he may retain
his independence successfully he can never
know what genuine co2iness and beauty in
home mean unless your def fingers trans
form cherries rooms intoa place of beauty
Then goodby TO the agreeable and self sat
isfying fiction! lie can do without you
Three or four bachelors Of my acquaintance
have rooms that one must exclaim over
They are pretty enough TO give teas IN and
so invite the criticism of the carping critic
in the 1880 gown. But, more wonderful
Gtill, these bachelors painted their floors
themselves, tinted the walls chose the fur
niture, hung the curtains, tackled ham
mered, even sewed-and quite alone
DO you suppose il is easy in these days
for even pretty girl with talent to get ON
the stage2 | went the rounds with one
the other Gay, and the result was discour-
aging and chilling. At the door of almost
every managers Office appeared these
words: Applications for engagements can
not be considered. This is positive" Still,
undnunted, they went up, passing Others
coming down, every face bearing silent
proof Of failure.
Do you suppose that the weather has
nothing TO do with orr view Of life? / was
talking to doctor the other day. and from