Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-03-29
SUGGESTIONS.
Women CONFEDERATION Terry's Magnetic
Eye-Wornout Clothes.

women Gam D1efs-ElIen Ierry'S MaSnetlc
Eye-Wornout Clothes.
Especial Correspondence
NEW YORK, March 27.-Do you suppose
that women have no taste for gambling'
If so, you are quite wrong. Indeed it is
really astounding the way the fever is
growing. Girls hardly out of school play
poker. the winnings to be used as matinee
money. Their mothers meet at luncheons
and finish the afternoon with n small game.
Betting in a quiet way is not at all bad
form, according to fashionable ethics, and
many cardcase, box of candies, purse OF
bunch of flowers is the result of betting be-
tween girls. Going lower down in the
scale, it is a common occurrence for pool
rooms to be raided that are patronzed by
female gamblers alone and only recently
policy shop was discovered whose patrons
were entirely women.
Do you suppose that the dictionary is I'm.
profitable reading, or even dull? | know
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, is
noted for her brilliant conversational pow
ers. The secret of it is this: Before rctir-
ing, for this is the best time to commit any,
words and for days afterward introduces
these into her remarks whenever it is pos
sible BY the end of the week she has p
new words to play upon, and the brilliant
result may be imagined.
Do you suppose that the magnetic eye is
bit of fiction, properly belonging only to
novels? Then you should just once stand
face to face with Ellen Terry. had that
good fortune but few nights ago and un
derstood for the first time how strong per-
sonal magnetism can be, and how utterly
it deties description. Ellen Terry can never
grow old. She may be a grandmoth her, 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 a big
chandelier, a cluster of loose violets in 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 it is impossible for a
bachelor to make his little home nest at.
:
ed young woman, that while he may retain
his independence successfully he can never
know what genuine cOZinesS and beauty in
a home mean unless YOUR dett fingers trans
form cheerless rooms into place of beauty:
Then gOOdby to the agreeable and self sat
isfying fiction! He can do without you.
Three or four bachelors of my acquaintance
have rooms that one must cNclaim 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
still, 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 it is easy in these days
for even pretty girl with talent to get on
the stage? | went the rounds with one
the other day, 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
undaunted, 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 our view of life? | was
talking to Il doctor the other day, and from
statistics he showed me that more people
.
more on wet days than on fine ones. One
man was recently arrested for beating his
wife. The woman explained to the judge
that she wouldn't make Il Charge as She
had not known it was raining when he beat
her and that was failing of his on damn
days.
Do you suppose that wOrnout clothes are
only ugly? If so, go over wardrobe OF
stained and faded fabrics woefuly out OF
date and almost ridiculous. At first YOU
will be disposed to laugh at them and t.
wonder how you ever could have permitted
yourself to look such a guy, but little by
little memories will come stealing back OF
good times past Iou will begin to see that
fashion cannot he arbitrary and is in no
way infallible. You will be forced to adj.
NIT that you had just as much admiration
in the old pulled skirt and queer little hat
that look so funny nOw-ycs, and just
as much happiness as in the dear
est, daintiest gown you possess to-
day. You will be forced to see
that the day will surely come WHEN this
dearest gown, with its tlarng skirt and
pulled sleeves, will be only fit for laughter.
So you see after all, that clothes are very
much like people They have their day,
their adulation, they pass, they are forgot
ten they grow old, and to the thoughtlros
it seems a matter for wonder that they ever
were new, fresh and pretty. Yes, the in
spection of old clothes should teach lis a
very generous philosophy.
KATE JORDAN.