New-York tribune., 1895-07-28
HOME AND SOCIETY.
THE GIRLS OF THE FUTURE.
rurY ARE DEvELoPING-MANNERs IN ENC
.xn AND AMERICA-FRENCH FASHIONS
AND GERMAN cooKERY-twoMAN
AND HER WHEEL.


AND GERMAN cooKERY-twoMAN
AND HER WHEEL.
on,ooker the development OF woman in
10 o.. ,,r generation is a very interesting study
the Guild .rld at large in considering the problems.
The va nol.tcal that concern the sex, do not
so'" consideration the army of young Amazons
tsA' T. advancing 10 take possession Of its in
tnA. tnA..e. vet there has been no greater or more
ne', change or one that will have more far
rso. Influence than that which has taken place
raw. habits. pursuits and interests Of girls OF
,veve 10 sixteen during the last fifteen years.
Nv. change so entire and significant that 1t must
"..,r,v mark new era of some sort. The young
me- h :. couple OF decades ago either good
tn...,jc little thing. a frivolous, shallow Great
o' ,hnking chiefly of clothes and boys. while
u" hsr successor is apt to scorn the opposite sex.
n'' ..s her own parties. dinners and dances. to-
' 81 With her bicycle clubs. etc, and is, more
r. growing amazingly and noticeably tall. The
'" Or ,vpe is represented by the clever young
u..,,s who are taking their primaries and
-. like their brothers. preparatory to enter
,hs various women's colleges. All. whatever
-. nastines. are eager. energetic. full Of life
v" .ba, Is vulgarly known as vim" Obviously.
%s ''.,ors when these young girls become women
W. u,Il necessarily have great influence in their
~S.aa,s circles and II means power-for good.
:. rus,-but power. anyway.
r,n-s ,s your caddy9" was asked the other
=. ~ a fashionable young girl she and
- were starting off for three-mile course
- the links carrying their cases full OF sticks
~, the men have taken all the caddies," they
~.ras laugh!ngiy, there are none left" and
). ,hey strobe. evidently thinking the affair no
h!hip.
ma, is rather typical don't you Think OBJ
- man as he watched the girls. each driving
:. hall from the tee" with vigorous strokes.
ss,re Will we be in the next twenty years any
~ II this sort OF thing goes on?'
sau will have TO live up TO u.s." said the pretty
=. ~ whom he was speaking. "Tennyson was
-uer prophet than he imagined when he wrote
~ Princess as an EXTRAVAGANZA
Idreamed all las, night of catching and pitch
49,. exclaimed a fif,een-year-old girl who belonged
=, baseball team at breakfast the other morning
svba, dreams for young LADY," laughed her
.Ar. What do you suppose y-ur mother
tsmei Of at your ase?
4 dreamed OF you and the other boys at the
a,rlpc- school," replied his better half. smiling
yo really. your poor little mother" said the
.n Young Diana. looking al her with open-eyed
-,rse- How very. very funny. and how very.
very stupid.
The Two chief characteristics OF London society"
uys modern writer. ARE its heartessness and
rs simplicity" Certainly ii takes very little 10
make what is called the smart set in England
Practical jokes that We would consider childish
delight them. and any new excitement, however
nuerle is welcomed with eagerness; but what
shocks and repels an American more than anything
else unless she has become hardened by hearing
more or less OF the same kind of talk at home In
certain set which affects the latest Anglicsms is
he exceeding coarseness OF speech. Subjects that
ue generally tabooed are referred 10 with brutal
tankness and vice seems treated as a joke. un-
rs 1, is that OF the lower classes. in which case
nb Judged with the greatest severity.
his only fair however. to say that these people
nake themselves out 10 be great deal worse than
ag really are I; seems 10 be sort OF bravado
With them TO assume vice even If they have II
,st If they half as bad as they make them
sves out 10 be. they would not tolerate them
syes That this Sc; should be deemed more desir
able than any other. even by those whose in
iellect and position would seem TO make them su-
perior 10 mere fashionable considerations, Is one
Of the strange inconsistencies of human nature. but
TO be though; smart" seems certainly to exercise
4 potent influence the wisest, and is the great
est ambition OF society whole.
The local dressmaker in the seaside villages OF
Long Island is very important character When
fashion, as represented by the Workers" invades
her domain. she rises equa, TO the occasion, and
dis2enses her favors 70 the newcomers with the
same con1e.cens!on and impart.ality that she has
been won; TO bes,ow upon her old customers
"Oh. Miss Higgins" called out pretty girl. driving
up TO the rose-ebowered door OF the little shngled
house in her high dogcart and throwing the reins
10 the groom she jumped out. Il positively must
havc something new to wear at the dance at the
club next week won't you make me a muslin i'm
me3istey?"
We'll, Miss Van Twiller," calculated the village
Aniropos IN the most aggrievci tones. Il never
see anything Ike you city folks; you're always in
such hurry couldn't consclent.ously say I'd
DO II, and | won't. Deacon Whites wife sent me
her o.d Henrietta the other day, which I've turned
four times II | hev once. to have II trimmed up
fresh With mo!rey antck for the church sociaole
Al Mary Ann Hawkins, she came 10 me yesterday,
ard seq sh, (you know she's a coaxn little thing,
Isar Miss Mehetible.' she. can't you fix me
" kinder fashionable for the picnic at Smith S
Gsve this day week? ! haven't a thing / can
'z7 Why. Mary Ann sez l. there's that sweet
rigged barege / made for you last year; why
ent you that? on. Miss Mehetible. she
~ half cryin like. it's od-fashioned now. and
10 want 10 look nice And so l gave In TO her
"a promised TO put on one OF those fashionable
ass they call pouches, in front, and FIX up her
reeves somehow And besides Mary Ann ana
mrs White. | have Mrs. Doctor Fosters new
sraypond 20 cut out and ht: she's to do the finish
sorry. but | couldn't do your dress this week any
how"
we vent TO Battersea Park the other day.
"'''es an American girl in London to friend al
h'me That is you know where the women gen.
r'' r,any ocyce. just we do in New-York on the
""ersce. The English women always look so smart
VI horseback. and so exceedingly well turned out
.na' expected to see something quite out OF the
.ommon. and did. but not in the way antic
sas" Ny dear. they were simply dreadfui' one
"' AZ they ride abomnably. Their method o.
sveaure Is to first put the saddle as low al
.''oe then TO throw one leg over and TO scrap'
"s ground with the other foot for several yard'
~ ~ ihey get well under way. Then they com
po'e their countenances to a look OF severe deter
.@uon work aborousy for a few moments
-. tnen fail on-thc low saddles. meanwhile
s.Ans them look very awkward. This seems
wi y. oaly way OF getting off.
4, iney rest themselves for n few minutes an'
s "en repeat the process from tre beginning. Ihel
,ses too. are very queer. foppy musiins' VIII,
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