The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-01

and cutting of substantial garments, rec
ccfve some attention. and 20 ,his depart
ment they hope 10 add dress making an-
other year
A Domestic Training Association al
Orange. ~ j., has been organized To
| carry ON the work of training school
| FOR domestic servants. which is ono ol
ho aims of the Improvement Society Of
the Oranges. Of which Mrs. Louis d.
! Gallison is president. Mrs. GalliSon out
| lined The plans for the school recently,
and She is very enthusiastic about the
| movement. A number OF houses for "a
/ home for the school are under considt fa-
| ton. and a capable matr0n. WHO has had
experience in matters of this sort. VIII
! 0e engaged
The school viii Poe primarily for SER
wants. and will train girls in Nic.en
mysteries i'm order that the women OF
! the Oranges may Doe freed from annoy
anccs and disappointmcnts growing OFT
/ Of the present necessity Of hiring SER
wants from nteihgcnce-oihccs.
Lectures Will be given TO women ais"
ON household economy and cooking. t.
| is believed that tho association VIII he
! a having institution after a short Time
and IL is the intention TO lay plans for
/ the erection Of a building after year
or two.
There will DE bureau OF general in
formation in connection with the school,
/ Here the records of servants Will be kept,
with the places they have been in, ami
| the character they received at each.
There will also bo a laundry. where fam
lily washing viii De- done.
The effect Of European clothing upon
/ Japanese women is quite remarkable. for
whenever il is adopted. modern manners
and customs usually go with il. The
! educated japanese say that when ma
tive woman adopts modern dress. she
insists upon the same treatment and
| courtoslcs that her sisters I'm Europe
receive II IS curious fact that when
a woman is dressed IN japanese cos
tune. her husband always prececes her
when entering "a room or walking the
streets. and treats her as japanese hus-
bands generally treat treir wives-that
is. as servants But when the same wo-
man puts on modern dress, the con1i-
tons are reversed. Her husband pays
her the same Difference that European
and American husbands show their wives.
and recognizes her as an equal. There
fore. dress reform has had "A powerful
influence IN the advancement Of Japanese
women. and those who have embraced
Christianity and are laboring Tor the
emancipation Of their sex, are all work
ing quietly. zealously. and effectively 10
promote the reform that is going on in
the home and in the wardrobe.
In Westminster Abbey. says an Eng
Hsh paner there is large marble tablet
In memory Of a famous bishop. Ii Is
i'm bass-relef. representing the hishop-a
nortrait-in the 9eOny Of death sinking
into the arms Of an allegorical female
figure. presumably intended for the Angel
Of Death. II Is said that an aged cou-
pie were being shown around the Abbey.
and pausing long before The tablet, the
ola lady remarked TO her husband
That's q good likeness o. the Bishop.
hut" regarding the angelic parsonage at
tentivcly cts n very poor ono Of Mrs.
. knew her well. and She didn't
look like that
Paris has lost one Of its curiosities by
the death Of the Ducresse de Pomar.
who was also DowaPer Countess Of Calth-
ness. She was the daughter Of a Cuban
planter named Mariategue. immensely
rich. and fond Of entertaining. she he
came q spiritualist. took up Madame
Blayatsky. and believed herself 10 be
reincarnation Of Mary Stuart. The PAL
ace she built IN Paris she called Holy
rood. and the statue OF Mary Stuart
offered by her TO the city was refused,
az II turned out 10 be a portrait OF her
self. Her title of Duchess was given TO
her by Pope Leo. With all her eccen-
tricities. she was very charitable.