Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-04-14
WoMAN,s WORLD IN PARAGRAPHS.


i Meg Merrilies, the brilliant reporter
of the New York World, lately made
/ trip from New York TO Boston and back
wearing the SO called Boston rational
dress. The main departure from the
! line of ordinary dress for women CON
| sisted in her 'trouserettes, which were
Turkish trousers made very full, the
! fullness falling over somewhat and ex-
1 tending down two-thirds of the way
from knee to ankle. This garment was
SO loose and full that the effect was like
short dress skirt slightly drawn in at
the bottom. A short jacket, vest and
| shirt front, with regulation tie, complet
| ed the visible costume. At the top and
over all was worn coat reaching we'll
down toward the bottom of the t1ouser-
cites. Meg wore over her high shoes leg
gings that came up under the trouser-
ettes. Men, women and boys stared at
her, but women, poor fools, were her
severest critics and talked her over
openly and mereilessly. Women do
make me mad sometimes till stop to
think they don't know any better. Meg
heard some good looking New York men
say they liked the dress and thought it
was the proper thing for all women.
While she was stared at and guyed
somewhat during the journey, she was
not mobbed, as Lucy Stone and Miss An
| thony were 40 years ago. But the most
important point Of her experience is
this: She found the costume SO light,
comfortable and convenient that she is
going to wear it all the rest of her life,
and her portrait in The World looks as
though she had grit enough TO keep her
word. 1t gave her sense of lightness
and freedom that she never knew before
woman could feel. 1t was as if she
had wings. Among the costumes de-
vised by the Boston Rational Dress la
dies are several that are really beautiful
and artistic. OF some things l am GER
tain as that am alive. One is that
not many years will elapse till women
are emancipatcd from the awful slavery
of long skirts outdoors. Another is that
soon the idea of beauty in feminine
dress will change so much that short
| dress will look prettier to US than a long
plucky and brainy girls and women like
Meg Merrilies will make this most need
cd reform march forward with seven
leagued boots.
1t is pleasure to read the New YORK
Suns verdict on that gifted and indus
trions young woman, Mary e. Wilkins;
| Miss Wilkins must henceforth take her
place among the most able, the most
sympathetic and most enviable authors
Of this country, y
Does a woman grow old faster than
man? Not if she has any brains.
A woman is first of all human be-
ing, after that wife and mother if she
wants TO be. But it must be exactly as
she pleases.
Recently a poor woman with baby
In her arms stood in her miserable home
with two other children, scarcely more
than babies, beside her on the floor.
Her husband came in crazy drunk. He
seized chair ard struck her a terrible
blow in the back with it. Then he
kicked her about the floor. A pot Of
boiling coffee sat upon the stove ready
for this maniac's supper. He grabbed
it and attempted to empty it over her
as she lay. A little girl who lived with
them sprang between to protect the
mother. The boiling coffee burned both
severely, By that time, before he had
quite murdered his wife, policemen had
| arrived and after battle secured the
monster. As usual, when be was brought
to trial, the judge regretted that the law
did not permit him to sentence this man
to more severe punishment. If women
voted, such monsters would get the pun
ishment they deserve.
Miss S. Coles Gray is secretary of The
Franklin Park Racing association at
Franklin, Mass.
Women are admirably fitted to be the
| fuTnishers and decorators of houses as
we'll as the architects Of residence build
ings. They know better than men what
is wanted in home. Accordingly, after
the house is built and finished as to its
/ walls, the woman decorator and fur
nisher should take it in hand, decorate
/ the walls, halls and rooms artistically
and furnish it according to the rules of
4 the best taste. And it takes trained
artist to do this.
Text for women from job vii. II,
What is man that thou shouldst set
! thine heart upon himf"
Whatever you undertake to learn, find
/ out all there is to be known concerning
/ it. Don't let there be any humbug
about it.
The Atlanta Constitution says of the
| work the ladies' board is doing to help
the international and cotton states ex-
/ position, If the men don't look out,
4 the women will excel them.
Instead of working for women, it is
better for men to give women a chance
! TO work for themselves.
Mrs. Lydia j. Crane of San Francisco
is one of the best rife shots in that city.
AT a meeting of the Columbia Pistol
and Rife club recently she did some
target shooting with heavy winchester
( rifle that made the crack shots ct the
( club open their eyes. Women are adj
mitted as annex members to the ColuE-
bia club.
Margery Daw of the New York Press
declares she signed the 1000, 900 petit
ton for woman suffrage in New York
state, and she does not intend to wear
old bonnets or patched gloves this sum
mer either.
OF all the newspaper correspondents
in Paris none understands French poll
tics and society better than Mrs. Emily
Crawford of the London Daily News
and Truth. Her husband was CORE
spondent OF The News before his death.
after which she took his place. Her
mind is brilliant, accurate and logical.
What she knows she knows with preci-
sion and can say it without slush Of
words. Her range OF knowledge is very
vide, ELIZA ARcHARD CONNER.
1t sometimes costs more to keep up
big reputation than it is worth.
1t Is said that the value of Peruvian
bark was first discovered by the fact
that sick animals in Peru were observed
to gnaw the bark Of certain tree. Men
tried the same remedy with beneficial re.
snlts, and qninine was given tqthe world,