The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-18
FROM A WOMAN'S STANDPOINT.

one OF Mrs. Cieveland's virtues that
seems. somehow, to have escaped the
public notice is her economy. 1t is said
that she spends less than $1,000 year on
her wardrobe. which. when we consider
that Mrs John Jacob Astor. Mrs. Fred
Vanderbilt. Mrs. George Gould and many
other young matrons prominent I'm New
York society have hard work to keep
within their dress allowance of $4,000,
certainly bespeaks a genius for manage
ment little short OF Jeffersonian. And yet
the presidents wife is noted for her beau
tiful gowns and her faultless and never
failing freshness in every detail OF COS
tune. 'One must study ones character
istics and gown oneself accordingly" she
recently remarked 10 a friend who fain
would learn the secret Of her success in
dress. ''If a style that is in vogue will not
adapt itself to your figure then put II
aside and choose something less novel.
that will add 10 your charms instead Of
detractinE from them. If color that Is
the rage does not suit your complexion or
the color of your hair or eyes. discard It
for ono less new. that viii enhance your
good points instead Of Clashing with your
natural Coloring II the latest style of
dressing the hair does not harmonic with
the contour Of your head, don't have any
thing 20 do with IL"
An extremely pretty gown 20 be worn at
the watering place hop is of a deep rose
colored crepon. The fun skirt is silk-lined
and untrimmed while the gathered bodice
Is square cut and edged with a fiounce Of
Fayal lace. extending into wide frills over
the large sleeves \ belt OF rose-coIored
satin ribbon encircles tho waist and hangs
in how and sash ends 20 tho bottom Of
tho skirt The sleeves just conceal the
elbow and are trimmed with a fiounce Of
the lace.
AdeIina PATTI has again won the hearts
OF Londoners with her glorious voice. Al
though her high notes are not as true as
IN DAYS gone by her middle tones arc
quite as mellow IS they were twenty
years ago. and her acting infinitely better.
Patti SAYS she hopes % sing with her last
breath. and thinks that the reason that
so few voices last among present day
singers Is because so much of their tui-
ton Is forced. when T was Young"
she says. singers We're not turned ont IN
half-dozens. like oysters on the half
she'll"
One 81 tho most fruitful causes or vrin-
kles IS straining tho ewes Sudden transit
lions from light t. darkness or vice versa
make the ewes shrink end produce wrin-
kles Reading hv dim light. cverworkinE
,hn ayes and wearing cross barred and
dotted wells help on the wrlnkle-produCing
work.
eve went - Battersea Park the other
dav." writes an American girl In London
10 a friend az home. THAT Is. Won know.
where the women generally bicycle. Just
ns We do i'm New York on the Riverside.
The EnSlish woman always looks so
smart on horseback and so sNceedir Civ
well turned out that 7 expected % see
something quite o0t Of the common. and
So did. hsit not In the way anticipated
NV dear. they werN simply dreadful. ono
ard all they ride ahomiuahlys Their
method Of procedure - 70 first pat the
saddle as low as possible. theB to throw
one foot over. and 20 Scrare the ground
for several wards NTH the other until they
get well under way Then they compose
their countsuances 20 a look % severe de-
termination. work lahoviouSiy for a few
minutes then fail cf-fhe low saddle
meanwhile making them look very awk-
ward This seems their only way 81 get
ting OF. They rest themselves for while
and then repeat the performance from
the beginning. Their dresses, too. are
very queer. ioupy muslins- with large
hairs or duck Jackets with long tails. that
mako one think OF dressing sacks. NJ and
/ intera bicycling there tomorrow. and va
-sattsr ourselves We shan do our country
/ credit: at all event. II ] couldn't bicycle
/ better than they 80 l wouldn't 20 Il at
! all"
That old tlnac-Wcrn argument against
woman suffrage that "wcUan's sphere Is
| the home - as amusing as Il IS absurd.
| because im New York city alone. Thou
sands Of women have no home. unless -
/ b. q lttie hare rom ~ n fourth-rate
| boarding house can 50 % called. Another
! objection 10 giving the ballot 10 women IS