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starve others. we may be very certain she
would never fall under that tyranny of
Wallets and janitors which are the "sling
and arrows" of wealthy. selfish, old bache-
lors.
On the whole, then, the unmarried woman
Is becoming every year more self-reliant,
and more respectable and respected: and
the unmarried man more effeminate and
contemplate. We look for a day not far off
when man will have to become a member
OF some religious order if he wishes a reput-
able excuse fo- his celibacy: and even in
secular life, it would not be a bad idea ia
clothe bachelors after forty years of age in
a certain uniform. They might also after
that age be advised to have their own cnhs
and recreations. TO- their ASSUMPTION OF
equality with those of their sex who have
done their duty as men and citizens Is n
piece OF presumption that married men
ought to resent. Men who marry are the
honorable progenitors of the future and
their self-denying. busy lives not only bless
this generation, but prepare for the new
one. The old bachelor is merely a hu,,an
figure, without duties and without hones
Nationally and socially. domestically and
personally, he is spoon. with nothing in
H. AMELIA f. BARR.
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ribbon belt fell lace ruffle The skirt was
made slightly full all around and had three
full ruff1es of lace with row of blue bows
down the front. Her hair was fair and was
tied with a big bow of baby blue ribbon
below which fell four five thick curls
1t was an ideal dress for a young girl. but
maybe the fact that an ideal girl was in side
of it had something to do with the charm
that it seemed to possess.
The Elton jacket has d new mission in
life. The radical change in top garments
close skirted coats of last winter and the
season before. They were hopeless because
no amount of revers, cape or sleeve would
take away the skimped skirt, but some
bright woman outwitted the cloak makers.
Take the passe coat and cut it off right at
the waist line. bind or hem it up and there
you are. 1t needs no new trimming, but
should be skin-tight. Some of the half worn
sealskin jackets have been treated to the
same method of curtailment. Pretty? Well,
TO be candid. they are not. Yet, stylish
girl can carry them off very we'll indeed
ard they have the merit of economy
A pretty girl that L know is going to an
pear at one of the state receptions in this
half empire gown. She is very tall and
her eyes are as brown as the riotous curls
on her queeny young head. L think she
will be one of the very prettiest girls there
in this petunia velvet with three rows of
gold insertion on the short trained skirt
and sash of yellow liberty silk.
Hints for Women Who Travel.
Not long ago 1 had occasion to take a
day and night trip and in the section 1
occupied was a young lady. She was well
dressed, bright and companionable, and
apparently girl of means, but she either
knew nothing about travelling in comfort
or was very careless. Before the shades OF
night fell she had borrowed nearly every
toilet article that L possessed except my
tooth brush, and l rather. expected a re-
quest for that but she refrained 4 ed
down in my mental note book a resolve to
tell Dorothy that she must never be SO
irexcusably careless as to start on a trip
unsuppHed with the toilet appurtenances
she was accustomed to at home. The first
thing the young person borrowed of me
was my hair brush, and the last was nv
shoe polish. l was glad to loan her that
for goodness knows she needed it badly
enough, Girls who have TO maids to look
after their travelling bags will perhaps be
benefited by the instructions l gave Do
rothy. L never carry one of the fancy dress
ing cases. They are all bottles and bother
heavy to carry and take up too much
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| our health. and the odor is all gone by
morning.
DO you eat them by the half bushel."
demanded, as / recalled the onion feast /
had interrupted, and why can't you eat
them at dinner? l think it is rather a pie
beian taste, for my part
Dear me, Sara, you are SO obtuse," COM
planned Dorothy. IF you must know il,
onions are the very latest cosmetic, and the
more onions you eat, the clearer the skim
certain that | only succeeded in looking
idiotic. How could one look otherwise over
such d statement as that?
1T is English, you know" Dorothy went
on. MIR. Walter BeSant, who condescends
to turn his literary talent in the direction
of writing wonans stuff for an English
journal, commends the onion very highly
He says that onions cooked or raw aid di-
gestion and beautify the complexions He
thinks that the best time to ca them Is Just
before retiring We have not quite decided
whether We like them best cooked or in the
natural state. Beside the onions we eat two
slices of graham bread, and drink a bowl of
steaming hot milk. The graham bread is
for the complexion and the hot milk is fat
tening and strengthening. The celery is
considered an excellent anodyne for the
nerves."
Now, just think of it, Two girls yet i'm
their teens needing nerve tonics and
strengtheners." AT their age their grand
mothers used morning dew for a cosmetic
and swept the keeping room" and made the
family beds for nerve tonics A bean of
good 1T will do Elaine and Dorothy to eat
onions and celery. after feasting on olives
and salted almonds, tea slops and black
coffee, lobster salad and iced punch fried
oysters, sausage, stuffed turkey chocolate
creams. mince pie and other highly season.
ed solids that society is slave to- After
one season they won't need hot milk either
Ter they Will get fat enough without it-fat
and habby. and If you don't believe it, lust
look at the women who have submitted to
that regimen for half a dozen seasons.
Onions are bad enough but they won't save
any woman who let's her appetite get away
with he- Judgment. didn't argue the aues-
ton with the girls, however. If il isn't
onions 1t might be something worse.
Bewftching Evening FrOck.
Elaine, whose figure is statuesaue. some
times affects the severe in dress and il
most fetching in 1t. One of her Marty
dresses is a yellow MORE that will stand
alone, and naturally the eleRnce of the
material is its own garniture. The corselet
skirt has a long train, with one wide and
two very narrow rows of velvet at the foot
The big puffed sleeves and the bertha of
yellow MORE are trimmed with bands of
narrow velvet. She never wears any Jewels
with this gown, but carries black feather
fan. which is spangled. Another one of her
evening gowns is sensible dancing length
1t is pink mirror velvet. which shades
into yellow and purple The circle skirt
has close sides and is striped to the back
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means can make one almost as handsome
out or changeable taffeta silk or gloria of
any shade she likes. and can use velvet
instead of jet. One of the gaslight greens
made up with ruby or petunia velvet would
be "howling success" Dorothy informs
me.
At tea last week one of the receiving
ladies' wore d gown of elegant material.
Now, the disposition of that qualifying
WORT marks a serious distinction. 1t is as
marked as the difference between a ques-
ton or privilege and privileged question.
Inc woman Is no longer young, and was
always plain. with thin sandy hair, which
she declines to arrange becomingly, and q
sallow complexion. She has brains. but
they are not supplemented by good taste
IN 1act, she Is one of the creatures who
would wear Grape trimmings on black
velvet bonnet or make cabinet calls bare
headed. Consequently, she had no more
sense than to do herself up in dove gray
bengaline. Such lovely shade and such
exquisite quality, but when she put 1t on
she was all of a color from her thin hair
to her boots. which lacked two buttons.
As kind of after thought, some black
lace was added to the garniture, which
scftened the effect little, but even that
vas spoiled by its arrangement. The front
was draped with three-cornered lace
shawl An exquisite piece of thread lace
that any woman might feel proud to pos
sess. Laid plainly over the front of the
dress 1t would have formed one of the sty-
fish apron overskirts, but, instead it was
III tiIee WrlfikleS across the aDQO-
men. and the effect was to make it look
exactly as though the lace had been torn
and sewed in three seams. Such execrable
taste displayed by a woman who has money
enough to hire somebody to dress her prom
erly always sends me home with a sick
headache.
Learning Her Lesson.
At one of the cabinet houses last week a
very young girl not yet "out," watched
from quiet corners the ebb and flow of
callers her bright eyes shyly taking in the
hollow shams of official society and her
little heart beating with pleasurable antici-
patton of the time when she too can say
"Ah, happy to see you. Your face-or your
name-is very familiar to me. Dark mawn-
in--or bright as the case may be. Have
some refreshments? o, do. No? So sorry
Lovely time Good mawnin'."
She was learning her lesson well, too, for
saw her with one of the young receiving
ladies in an alcove during a lull in the
tide of callers, practicing the diplomatic"
heart-high handshake. OF course, / smiled
"a little grimly perhaps. for l detest un-
one could forgive her anything short of a
crime. Anyhow the Prince of Wales style
of protecting a boil under his arm is pre-
ferable to the queer kind of courtesy which
some anglomaniacs are trying to introduce
in the american court" My little friend
wore a plain white India silk. The baby
waist was cut too low for her thin should
ers, but the bertha and full sleeves of lace
with shoulder knots of baby blue ribbon
almost hid the bones. The silk was shirred
at the waist-iine, and from under a blue
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and she does not wait for an executive ses-
sion TO unfold her secrets. either. For sew
eral days past, however, there has been
something in the air that made me posi-
tive that / was living over a mine that
might explode any day. 1 noticed that
Dorothy and the executive of the culinary
department were holding grave conferences
each evening after dinner. and, excepting
the maid and Elaine. Dorothy's guest from
Chicago. nobody else was in II. l came
upon the secret quite innocently. AS j
passed the door of Dorothy's room one
evening a perfectly terrible odor greeted
me. 1t was the aroma of onions. Dorothy
and Elaine had excused themselves early,
and / at once concluded that Dorothy had
the sore throat and was trying her nurses
old remedy. roasted onion poultice. knock
ed on the door. There was a clatter Of
dishes. then Elaine exclaimed. as if in dis
may: Mercy, who can it be-" Dorothy
pettishly replied: Its Sara, of course;
q very unssteriy remark. 70 say the least
and then she threw the door open. Talk
about steerage passagei / was in the steer
age once. but such conglomeration OF
smells as rushed in my face from that
room never greeted my nostrils before
They were hard to classify, but were of the
onion oniony. and 1 detest onions. To tell
the truth, the odor nearly took my breath.
but Dorothy caught me round the waist
and whirled me into a chair, and Elaine
lung the door shut Then they both began
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been objects of most unme-ited contempt
and dislike. Unmerited. because 1t may be
broadly asserted that until the last genera
ton no woman in secular and social life
remained unmarried from desire or from
conviction. She was the victim OF some
natural disadvantage. or some unhappy
circumstance beyond her control. and there
fore entitled to sympathy. but not to con-
tempt.
OF course, there are many lovely girls
who appear to have every advantage for
matrimony. and who yet drift into spinster-
hood. The majority of this class have
probably been Imprudent and over-stayed
their market. They have dallied with their
chances too long. Suddenly they are aware
that their beauty is fading. They notice
that the suitable manageable men who
hung around them in their youth have gone
away; and that their places are filled with
mere callow youths. Then they realize
their mistakes, and are sorry they
have thought being IAN awfully silly little
thing and having a good time the end
of their existence. Heartachcs and dsap-
pointments enough follow for their punish
ment; for they soon divine that when wo-
men ceases to have men for lovers. and are
attended by school boys, they have written
themselves down already as old maids.
Closely allied to these victims Of folly or
thoughtlessness are the women who re-
main unmarried because OF their excessive
vanity-or natural cruelty. MY dear! /
was cruel thirty years ago. ana no one has
asked me since This confession from an
aunt to her niece. though taken from a
play. is true enough to tell the real story Of
many an old maid. Their vanity made
them cruel. and their cruelty condemned
them to a lonely loveiess life. Close obser-
walton, however. among the unmarried wo-
men of any ones acquaintance will reveal
the fact that it is not from the ranks of
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Eat pIalH 1OOU.
Be regular In your habits.
Begin your morning meal with fruit.
Don't go to work Immediately after eat
ing.
awake.
BE moderate in the use OF liquids at all
seasons.
If possible, go to bed at the same hour
every night.
sponge bath OF cold or tepid water
should be followed b. friction with towel or
hand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-20
Men and Women Who Elect the
State of Single Blessedness.
SPlNSTERS ARE OFTEN A BLESSING.
But the Same Cannot be Said of
Old Bachelors.
THE FAULT is WITH THE MEN
Written for The Evening Star.

OMEN WHO HAVE
devoted themselves
for religious purposes
to celibacy have in
all ages and coun-
tries of the world re-
ceived honor, but
those upon whom
celibacy has been
forced. either through
the influence of un-
toward circumstances,
or as a consequence
of some want or folly
in themselves. have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-20
Written Exclusively for The Evening Star.

UNI Il IlMES Il LIE
awake nights won
dering what kind of
a surprise society
girls will spring ON
an un su $ p Getting
world next. This So
lcitude on my part
is entirely unneces-
sary. 1 know. be-
cause Dorothy is as
good as a private
wire for keeping me
informed of t n e
lightning changes.
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but that's another story. The cashmere is
made Mother Hubbard from the neck,
gathered close up about the throat and the
fullness of the waist fitted to a tight lining
The skirt has little bit of a train, with a
ten-inch fiounce of black lace headed by
three rows of black velvet. About the neck
is a collar of black velvet edged with black
lace. The sleeves have five rufiies at the
top, each edged with black velvet, the lower
part of the sleeve being black velvet. At the
waist is band of black velvet with long
ends. OF course Elaine's dress cost dollars
where Dorothy's cost cents. but the CASH
mere was almost the prettiest. What do
you think?
But That is Another story.
But as I was saying about the onions.
Elaine gave me one of her coaxing pats and
said in extenuation of her crime" Now,
Sara, you are to be a dear and not scold us
for making the house smell like the Capitol
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breadths with rows of cut jet insertion.
The bodice which is quite decolete has big
pulled sleeves of pink silk, with black lace
shoulder caps, and the front of the bodice
has striped arrangement OF Jet velvet
and pink silk. Smart? L, - stamped all
over with st":e, but think a GA, of modest
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AT recent dinner on one OF the damp
days which the ''deah bows" love beca use
they are English, you know, the salt was
exasperatingly damp. a freak that over
takes that indispensable condiment just as
surely as falling weather presents itself.
hut II can be avoided. A tablespoonful OF
corn starch to a teacupful of salt, the two
well mixed solves the difficulty. The corn
starch absorbs the moisture and its pres
ence cannot be detected. Try IL.
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About sixteen times a year some one hobs
up and declares that carpets sprinkled with
salt in sweeping will retain their colors.
Just You try il IL you want to ruin your
carpets. Every damp day the salt will
moisten and stand all over the carpet like
dew and smell like the mischief. and IL In
simply impossible TO sweep the salt all out
of the pile.
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Buttons bid fair to be the next craze
Big buttons and little ones all of the cost
Hest Kind. decorate some OF the latest i'm
portations e
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figure that lacks breadth at the shoul-
ders Is greatly improved by a short. round
waist; DID sleeves that do not fall below
silk rufiies. ~
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Pincushions are now showing the pin
trays TO the wall Good pincushions should
be of generous size. and are best stuffed
very tightly with bran. Bright coiored silk
or satin covers the cushion smoothly and
over that may be placed any ruled or lace
betrimmed extravaganza that the maker
designs 1t should be kept I'm mind how
ever that a pir cushion is for service and
not show alone.
Put your address your cards. You NAV
hug to your heart the fallacy that You
are the one creature on earth of your name
who is worth remembering. but when YOU
get older you will learn that among the
Smiths, or Joneses or Greens. or " hites or
whatever tribe you may belong to- are
dozens of others who are Just as sure OF
their noted Identity. IL will save your hos
tess embarrassment and yourself annoy
ance u have your pumber printed on the
lower right-hand corner of your card.
Never roll a glove. Pull IL or wrong side
out instead of by the fingers Smooth out
the fingers carefully and lay the gloves
straight in a box.
Keeping the nails long and pointed will,
reduce the apparent bluntness % the SQUARE
finger tips.
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me very latest fad in Gotham Is for So
ciety women to pose as models for the ar
tists OF fashion magazines. They don their
new gowns and give sittings. being paid
Ioyaiy ior them. The money they earn
thus they give to charity.
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The'very newest fabric is velours du nord.
III Is a plush. with a shorter pile than the
ordinary plush. and does not crush as
easily as velvet 1t makes very handsome
top garments for women. and is particu-
larry elegant In house gowns
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-25
COLLEGE NOTES.

Vt tho last meeting Of tn Dartmouth faculty II
was voted to make all the studies Of the senior year
elective and to abolish all required studies.
The February number 81 THE Wellesley Maga-
lin" T. especially commemorative" OF tHe He ana
work Of thc late president. A admirah" article on
trihutcd 10y Mrs. Marion Peton Guild OF me CLASS
Of ~ now % member Of the Board OF Trustees
Tho exterior Of the Walker Art building at Bow
dom s now complete Last week the two inches in
front were filed with bronze statues Of Demos
Themes and Sophoclcs. Of heroic size. Although III"
decoration Of the interior Will not he finished before
its dedication ia Nay = large numper o, Vl,Io"r ,
iuc the paintings and casts now IN place
Tho undergraduates Of Bryn Mawr at their an
n,al meeting for the election Of officers chose the
following: President, Miss Fowler. 49, secretary
Miss Go'dmark 9i: treasurer, Miss Dunn, 49, Ihe
association also discussed letter received from 'Hr
women 80 Tho University Of Michein m" o'Ject oI
which was to suggest som" plan by Which FteaIeT
interest s.l rror" friendly feeling might be pro-
NOTED between all colleges where women are study
ing.
Washircton's birthday at Buckncll wax appro-
priat,lv celebrated in Buckron Hail Among the
cycrciees was an address by President Harris An
o-,r.tta. "Thc Musical Enthusiast" vas given on
February a. urdor the direction 81 T.. Aviraguet
= rrv, constitution has been adopted by tho ath-
lct'c association. l. requires the payment OF e -
apr,i.t,u.ut az au advisory board. whose duty u
sh'l hc - select th" cnnddajes ior me ''n,"I L
wood. Judge Mcclure Dr. G"rh"art ana N"ui''"h
Wlshlurton's birthday following the regular
weekly r,crcotior dag at Mt lloyoke gave oppor-
urity o. students living near for quite recess AZ
homo hlt the attractions a. the college were 50
fr.a; that Few avaled themselves OF the oppor-
uiulty Mrs Caswcll representing the Home MIS-
-fnnarf Society. two OF her inter. sting ttlkS
ou "Frontlcr LIE and Work" Miss villa Wh.te
has rly,n snies ~ four l'cture-reciais curing
tho week Illustrating the dcvcl ppment OF German
song. \ reception rendered 10 her on February
o.. Lv thr f.ouity and senior class. Prof.ss VIM
%. 4f N..r
100 "AlilsIumor Nights Dream on wednesday
evening. ~ Us the inst 81 cOIgs" on Shakespeare
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-25
THE WOMAN'S COLLEGE.

Baltimore. Feb. = oSpc~ap. Professor Borden j.
Bovine. Of Boston University. last week delivered
a course Of lectures before the senior ca's TN psy-
chol0gy. Dr VI. j Cramer who was announced -
lecture on Friday on Ten Years ~ Diplomatic Like
at the Court OF Denmark" was compelled on ac-
count Of illness - cancel his '1-ae"u'at. l'r. d.
NJ buckley rs announced 10 elye l. course &c ie'-
lures In the near future.
on last Saturday evening Tau Kappa III he'll i'f
regular half-ycarly Initiation. followed 10y 90 hi'-
quot served I'm the chapter room. Those initiate {
were sadie Graham and i;.anch" Harmon. both -
the freshman class. on Tues lay evening Delta
Gamma received into membership Mary Y. Ic'l
AMI Edith West. 10th juniors.
\ reception WIS given on Friday evening last IN
Ciouchcr Hall The hostosscs hcn, the resident stu
dents OF the two homes. Many guests from outside
the college circle were present. notably many Johr <
Hopkins graduate students. An organ concert WIS
given on Friday evening by LouIs I.ui'or assisted
10y Miss Myrl Pemfor and others y s'rles ~
piano and long rcDiials hy tho instructors and all
Vanc'd pupils in tho DEPARTMENT or music nave Re-
Gently been given on Friday afternoons ln I'D" PAR
lor ~ Home T.
Thursday was observed as holiday hy all except
the senior class. Who are now 'HuN.i l.l i1 I'N''"
every spare minute To- the preparation OF their
graduation ta'-.s.