The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-22
ABOUT WOMEN AND THINGS.
Vitality, Novelty. Diplomacy, Fenininity
and Eccentricity.

baItIg SOME " omen are DAcc>cO Win. L neV
seem 10 have nine lives, just Ike the vel
vet paved, graceful cat, who can neverthe-
less scratch on occasion, and to whom, by
the way, they are so often hkened- Take
Clara Morris, for instance. She has just
returned from the road after a season Of
exhausting business and SIC, 600 profits,
and she is very well indeed This same
woman, n man who knows everything was
telling me the other day, has been the Ge-
spair of managers, as they feared 10 make
contracts with her, owing TO her fragile
health. For IS years she has had the rep
utatiOn OF beiDg a nervous wreck, q con-
sumptive, etc, and her obituary has been
on lille in newspaper Offices in readiness
for type a score of times. Stil now she
seems TO have entered upon a second youth.
is planning for next season and, accounting
to report, is remarkably strong and healthy
looking.
The latest novelties in millinery rrs an
affront TO nature. Black velvet violcts,
black satin peoples and brown velvet roses
are at present nodding in defiance of all
law or fitness from the crown of every
swell hat.
had occasion 20 so to police station
recently TO endeavor 10 recover some Jew
elry stolen beyond doubt by sentimental
eyed charwoman who had seen better days,
and who had amused me by quoting from
Macbeth" while she brandishod her
scrubbing brush on high. You SEE, " said
To the man at the desk, THE woman told
mo such a heartrending tale Of her lost
fortunes and seemed SO much above her
unfortunate position that / engaged her
without references. - 'Ah, that's Just it!''
said a policeman standing by. That's
the way with women. Oh, my, but they
play on your heartstrings! And the worse
they are the harder they play. i never ar.
rested a woman Yet without hearing
story from her lips that would have touched
a heart of steel, and / never landed one Of
them at this here desk without feeling my
self a cursed brute and the law a holy hor-
TOR. There never was one arrested yet who
WASH lady, who wasn't innocent, or IL
guilty who didn't blame all her degrade
ton on some man or other at some time in
her life. I'd rather struggle with 20 plum
dering Goliaths and get them here with
both my eyes BACKED than arrest one wom-
an and hear the tale of woe she tells me as
we come along" Truly women's weapons
are diplomacy and stratageml
The flower markets in big towns are
ways one Of the spring novelties. SOci
women get up at dawn and stand in
freshness of the day bargaining for pots
pansies and bachelor buttons. There
something so revivifying about it also
tempting so joyous! After tho flower
markets open the spring fever for green
lanes quickly follows, and n quick exodus
to the country is the result.
Women are at present divided into two
known claSses-those who want suffrage
and those who don't. The emancipated
woman calls the othel "undeveloped "
The woman fighting for femininity and
who rather enjoys leaning on the lord Of
creation calls her opponent masculine,
bold. " This division in the camp was I'M
expected, and the situation becomes still
more interesting when one remembers that
there is another vast mass who say moth
ing-the women who are utterly indiffer-
ent about the whole thing the women
whose view OF the question is represented
by shrug which expresses nothing.
Among the eccentricitics in hosiery no
tice silk stockings with spangled insteps
the upper part patterned on the contrary
lines 10 the lower, White stockings, elab
orately openworked on the instep will DO
much worn with the white canvas ties that
look so natty with summer outing frOcks.
If you are thinking Of writing play,
well the trials you will have 20
When it is finished, only one
fifth Of the battle is won. II is hard 10 see
managers. They are hedged around like
kings. IL you send your play, IL lies fox
months unread or j. returned after most
examination. Even after your
play is considered and commended, tbers
are sure TO bs alterations required, some /
times the whole rccasJing Of character. /
II You want peace Of mind aud sleep Of
nights, write books galore. sonnets, but a
only write il II you can't tear /
yourself away from the idea Those en- /
.ering upon the profession OF dramatic lit /.
,Iature must consider that they viii have I
many masters To please, cautious and critic 4
u all Of them.
Plankcd shad is the VERY thing with .
'resses these days. To cook IL observe thu I
ollowing Directions. Nail shad 20 an oak .
,oard and stand b before the FIRE, the lower
nd - the board standing well in a drip
ling pan. Sprinkle wei with salt and pep
YER When done On one side, take IL OF
md nail DC on 80 that the other side cook
nicely. Serve on a platter, with butter
At this season 81 the year get new Shoes
md gloves SIZE larger than arc worn in
winter, n you would Dc comfortable, and
hervfore pretty. With the warmth tbs
ect and hands enlarge o lizzie
Lilac and hutfTr.up !uEcheons are row
e fashionable - fhsy vFerv last season
Fitk these the focd shoUld be served pie
&c style and the table llnen match tie
ue II thc pretty spring flowers
Perhaps yOu think sulphur baths quite
at 81 your reach II ycu DO not i've IN
arge city. You are mistaken. Put rash
chair ovgr pan - Goals ar
snEed "a hat a water pan. Throw pow
erfd sulphur on tbc Goals The fumes
angle with the ste.la. which enters the
vstcm b. TIRE pDrrs Which 4rs op~Hsd ~
be yapor. Tho hafhsr ia the chair Ms
razier and ali must - CON pletsly wrapped
D a waterproof guilt, having the had
TIso-ed, - that no sulphuFous ar .s
afhed. as u 0ot7-@ this produces ssIffo-
alton Do net take this bath until the
'cafher has beccrue scttIed In it, warmth
One - the most useful things IN a won
2 wardrobe j. q hlack six skirt- A.
.shions % today, tbs can make par -
az q DOZEN toilets 4 clg-h ar * watst
~ te worn with II u The s-r-ct. fuzzy
aisr- with Chiffon. a. hone Aos iase.y
~ most fashionable 'hiug-ths ight cc--
70 i:zfat'r h-~liee-rsquires a t3ses s-ls
az. These b0<llees oo.ne IN . variety -
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al beng among tae fAvcTItss POINTED
~ and front. viii fan slesFss ed
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festive VIA tAfss q small - b4llf-7-a
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