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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-13
A Graceful Mount.

ations, there will then be no public senti-
ment or conventionalism to be outraged and
displeased, and the bloomer question may
take on a different phase. The present, and
1t is to be hoped the future, woman for
many long day should keep to iier skirts.
Nor should the matter of age affect
woman's riding. If she is inclined to the
exercise and has the strength for it. the
Bible limitation of thu ee-score and ten need
not prevent her taking to it. The older
woman. however. who mounts he wheel
needs to be especially careful in her dress.
What Is piquant and effective at twenty is
not equally SO at forty and fifty. A few
years ago it was the fashion in the Cat
skills-it may be so yet-for women to wear
soft felt hats on their mountain tramps
and rides. These were becoming and ar
tistically grateful surElcunting the fresh,
pretty face of a young girl or woman in
h ,r early twenties, but when the plant
headgear, in a brilliant red perhaps. with
many a rakish droop and dent, was set
above lined, elderly face the combination
was genuine blow to the spectator.
In these lavish days every period OF life
has its ample range of suitable, ccmforta-
bic and becoming wear; there is no reason
not to choose sensibly. Similarly, one may
dress to ones years on the wheel.
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was conductor, that Is worth telling, and
which practically demonstrated to me that
there are women and there are others. The
woman In question wished to go from
Quogue to Riverhead to do some shopping
and asked for ticket by way of Manor.
The ticket was supplied to her and she paid
Tor 1t. Then she boarded the train and ar
rived rapidly at Manor, where had been
assigned to work a few weeks while the
regular depOtmaster took his annual leave.
When the lady alighted from the train and
made inquiries / told her that the train
she wanted to take haG been discontinued
for the season.
"A man would have taken it out in a
good swearing bout, but this lady was
different. She looked me over like sample
of dress goods, and said:
-. You mean it hasn't been running, young
man. Ii is going to run, because I've got
ticket that calls for my transportation
from Manor to Riverhead and I'm going
by that route
Then she sat down on the bench in the
coolest manner possible and let me walk up
and down the platform in the greatest per-
plexity. 1 then went into the telegraph
office and telegraphed the situation to the
superintendent of the road. l knew that
woman was looking for law suit. and
there were dozen chances of her winning
it. The superintendent was of my way Of
thinking, and finally ordered out a special
train. 1 went out to the young lady and
told her If she insisted upon going by that
route we would have to give her special
train. She took the information as a natur-
al consequence, saying:
I am not insisting. I'm just waiting
here for that train what's going to take
me to Riverhead.'
Ard the train was made up and the
lady. in her lonely majesty. was transported
to Riyerhead as per her ticket; but the
ticket agent at Quogue sold no more tick
cts to Riverhead by way of Manor. That
woman, I'll venture to say. could fill almost
any position on the railroad. She possessed
lots of nerve"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-13
HIS VIEW OF THE THING.
The Little Girl Escaped, but He Was
battered and Bruised.

The Little Girl Escaped, but He Was
Battered and Bruised.
From the Chicago Tribune.
The wheelman who was scorching through
Washington Park rounded one of the curves
just as a little girl about four years old
started to run across the road in front of
him. He set his teeth. turned his bicycle
sharply to the left and flew out of the sad
die in one direction, while the machine
went tun:bling in another, the little girl
escaping by hairs breadth.
"You careless brute!' exclaimed a sharp
voiced matron, who came running up.
You monkey on two wheels! What do you
mean by racing about the park in this
daredevil kind of a way? Haven't you got
any consideration for other folks? Don t
you know you're always liable to run over
somebody. Do you want to scare people to
death? Some people haven't got the sense
they were born with. If / had my way
about it. I'd stop this business mighty
quick. You might have killed my child
Yes, ma'am," replied the young man,
who had gathered himself up and was
making an inventory of his damages. But
1 didn't. She got off without scratch,
knee, a sprained ankle and a lame Shout
der. There's piece of skin as big as a
half-dollar gone from the palm of my hand,
my hair is full of dirt, I've ruined suit of
clothes and it will cost me S15 to have The
machine mended. II I'm not kicking, mas
don't think you ought to kick"
He picked up his broken bicycle, put IT
over his shoulder and hmped slowly away
In the dl ection Of the nearest repair shop.
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The Changed Rubies.

From the Boston Saturday Evening Gazette.
There seems no end to the curious stories
about jewels lost and stolen. One of the
latest is that of Mrs. A. who recently took
a pair of large ruby solitaires to be reset at
IS. where they had been purchased.
The morning after the maid brought her
the card of the firm, saying a gentleman
wished to see her. and going down to
the drawing room she found one of the
clerks, VINO told her that the stones, which
were apparently of great value, were in
reality false and worthless. Very much
agitated over tie intelligence Mrs. A as
serted that the jewels had never left her
possession since their purchase, and claim
cd that fraud must have been perpetrated
before she received them. This, of course,
the firm denied but the feeling on the sub
ject became very bitter on both SIDES and
detectives Were employed by both to ferret
out the mystery. When former butler Of
Mrs. a. was proved to be a discharged
clerk of the weil-known jewelers., the in
ference was obvious, although no proof
against the man has been found and the
jewels have never been recovered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-13

She May Ride ModesfIy and Accept
nbly If She VIII.
From the New York Times
Women succumbed late, but they have
gone under fast and far now that they
have acknowledged the sway Of the wheel
The woman who does not ride Is getting
rarer every day: the woman who las not
thought of riding is really remarkable
person.
Women's bicycling received its real i'm
petus when the smart set took 1t up. Once
the seal Of fashion was set upon the sport,
the pace of its success was designated.
The limit Of that success is still unsettled.
Conservatism in general has entered its
protest in print and by word of mouth, and
continues to do so. but individual conserv-
atism has daily yielded to the infectious
influences all about, and the ranks Of the
new riders every week are recruited from
the most modest and feminine, the least
aggressive and most woman!y of women.
There is no earthly reason why they
should not be. If the exercise can be
brought into disrepute 1t will be by its
monopoly by the other sort~of women. 1t
Is those of the sex who adorn and dignity
every act they perform who are needed
in this and every other pastime, exercise
or occupation.
That women can ride the wheel accepta-
bly, in every sense of the word is demon
strated every hour of every day. The illus
traticn shows a woman in the act of
mounting, and her pose is as graceful and
pleasing as IL she were entering a carriage,
much more SO than the spring to a horses
back for a canter.
In the matter of costume, the 1eaven of
taste and modesty is as valuable among
wheelwomen as among women who do not
wheel. So long as it is the custom of So
ciety that women shall wear skirts she
should keep to them en- the wheel. Numer-
Gus skirt costumes have been designed that
are safe and convenient, and the plea that
either quality is increased by bloomers is
not terable. If in future decades dress for
omen shall be revolutioniZed and the
skirts of today be done away with. as have
the farthingales and colts of former gener-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-13

poodle dogs, Chinese dolls and bandana
handlserchiefs
OF course no self-respecting woman would
like to see her prospective lawn or silk
waist draping the show window with print
ed instructions along the selvedge Ito cut
out along the dotted lines" In this ready
made a as one can put UP with a good
but when 1t comes to buying bodices like
votes. in blocks of five, the best-natured
woman win rise in wrath and stamp out
the whole business.
By the way, the American idea of the
French blouse is rather funny. The French
woman wears blouse waist for comfort.
1t is Cnlined, unboned, and has but two
seams, those being under the arm. 1t has
a draw string at the belt, and when it Is
frightened. it bags all around. and is looser
than mans shirt. The American idea of
q blouse is a tightly boned lining, with
some handsome material draped over 1t,
hanging loose and bag-like in front, but
outlining the figure at the sides and the
back 1t really gives no more freedom
ways pretty, either. One thing sure, the
American blouse will never be sold in
bales" because 1t is too complicated In
its details. and separate chart would
have to accompany each one.
One of the newest things in waists IL
Rob Roy plaid taffeta silk. 1t has box
box pleats below the yoke, full elbow
sleeves. with a fold of bias velvet and a
butterfly bow to finish, and a velvet stock
collar. That sounds a very warm gar
nent, but isn't at all, if the lining is very
thin. The velvet collar may make It
warmer. but. of course, you can substitute
a silk one If you Like.
Speaking of plaids. here is a novel illus
tration of combining plaid with cream
serge to make sea side frock, and you
must admit that it looks mighty pretty
There is a band of the plaid on the foot
of the unlir.ed skirt, and the front and
back of the real French blouse waist is
of the plaid, with the lower part
Of the sleeves, belt and long knotted
sash of the same. The parasol to match
is of cream taffeta silk, with border of
the plaid. and the hat is an odd mixture
of colors like the plaid. with bows of cream
silk
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-13
EVER CHANGING, NEVER NEW.
The Coming Woman VIII BE the Same
She Who Has Gone,

The Coming Woman VIII BE the Same
as She Who Has Gone.
From the Butte Inter Mountain.
The new or coming woman will not differ
much from the old one, notwithstanding
all which has been said or predicted con-
corning her. She will wall and COO, take
soothing strip when she is cutting teeth,
and be the same source of misery and hap
piness to doting parents when she is
baby that she is now AS she grows apace
she will go to school, play with the boys.
tear her clothes, soil her hands and face,
surreptitiously appropriate sweetmeats and
play mischief generally. as she does today.
When she reaches young womanhood she
Will dress as fashion dictates, bang her
hair or cut 1t off coil it on top of her
head, pile nearly all her dress on her
shoulders. put needle-pointed No. shoes
on No. feet. paint and powder to show
the world her Creator didn't give her the
right complexion. want a new bonnet or
two for every season of the year. fall in
love, swing on front yard gates, talk sweet
nothings to her best fellow. get married,
have babies, apply for divorces, and in all
other respects do about as young ladies do
nowadays.
The new woman as painted is a myth.
Time changes fashions and customs and
education and inventions open new fields
for the employment of women, enlarge
their sphere of action and usefulness offer
them wider field in which to display their
power and WORTH and to assert their God
given rights that man in his ignorance has
withheld from them. But human nature
today is the same human nature which
moved Adam and Eve to costume them
selves in the best goods at hand and to
multiply and replenish the, earth. The very
same loving, devoted, self sacrificing wo-
men. the same blushing brides, the same
kind doting young mothers and the same
fond, forgiving old ones will bless the world
in the future as they bless it today. The
world must be born over again to produce
a new woman. The old one is good enough.
God bless them.
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are leveled on the lares and penates OF
the prospective ne.ghbor.
They do not inspire confidence. The fur
niture is old. Bought at auction, like as
not" one mutters. as the heavy claw
footed mahogany chest of drawers Is
dragged off. Must have been in swell
hotel,'' follows the unfolding of a gaudy
1ower-wreathed velvet carpet, relic Of
better days and a bigger house, on the tiny
front yard plat. "Old as the hills" is the
epthet applied to the square grand piano,
which might have been used for the playing
Of PATHS first accompaniment. And so 1t
goes till the newcomer is settled.
She puts up the regulation cream blinds
and long lace curtains and an additional
Spanish" curtain across the lower sash,
which seems to be made Of very fine old
swiss. darned until the fretwork of thread
looks like a yeritable pattern. They, the
women of the block. resent this. too 1t
looks like an effort to be exclusive, even II
the old house is minus inside shutters.
Then the woman and her daughter settle
down to their lonely life. The daughter is
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closely, but in their opinion Qhe same ex-
changed over the back yard fence, or in
the morning when sweeping the sidewalk
in their opinion no woman of quality" has
called. no man worth mentioning has left
his card. And so the Council of the
block decides to let the newcomers severe
ly alone. There is no borrowing Of flats"
whel there Is a big ironing on hand. no ex-
change of Cuttings" though the new
neighbor has some rare varieties of ger
anium in her small front yard. Those
nearest her never talk back and forth from
the bay windows, and the rustic seats in
the 1.-TWO by four" front yards are I'M
recognizingly placed back to back with the
fence between.
And SO the long bright summer goes.
Suddenly one day after the season opens
a handsome coupe draws up at the door
and two stylish women are ushered out by
the obsequious footman. Another follows,
and lots of women come in visiting attire,
and then call at another house or two in
the neighborhood. The denizens of the
block suddenly awake to the knowledge
that the woman whom they have snubbed
is lat home" during the season to half
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-13
A PLUCKY WOMAN.
She Acted Promptly and Thereby
Saved Her Life.

She Acted Promptly and Thereby
Saved Her Life.
From the Youths Companion.
One of the pluckiest things which man
who has travelled all over the world says
that he everNsaw was the act of woman
whom he never spoke to or even saw near
enough to know whether she was old or
young. 1t was out in California canon on
hot summers afternoon, and he was driv-
ing slowly up steep mountain road. On
one side was a wall of rock and on the
other the precipice fell off into valley
perhaps half a mile WIDE Across this val
ley was another road just like the one he
was traveling-steep, winding and precipi-
tous, and SO narrow that no teams could
pass except in carefully prepared spots
On this other road. going slowly up, just
as he was he saw another wagon, the
horses driven by a woman, who Is alone.
AS the two wagons crawled slowly up sud-
denly the man heard sharp, quick sound
that somehow startled him. He turned and
saw, to his horror, tearing down the steep
ascent at full gallop, a pair of powerful
horses attached to heavy wagon, such s
the MeXicans use to draw wood in. Down
they came, straight in the path up which
the woman was driving. A moment more
and sudden destruction would be upon her.
The gentleman opened his lips to cry out.
Half mile of valley separated him from
the woman. He could only sit, frozen with
horror, awaiting the end. The woman had
stopped her team and sat as if petrifed. 1t
was impossible to turn around or even to
turn out.
Suddenly. to his unutterable amazement,
the watcher saw the woman deliberately
rise in her seat. raise her arm and fire.
There was flash. puff of smoke, re-
port, and simultaneously the outer of the
two frenzied horses stumbled, fell and
pitched headlong. dragging his companion
and the wagon over into the gorge below.
All this had passed in a flash. The
watcher, stupefied and gasping, sat gazing
at the valley, into the depths of which the
mad vision had disappeared. Then he
looked at the mountain opposite. The mar
row. road was perfectly free, the air was as
still as before the silence unbroken and the
team with the solitary. woman was quietly
winding up the road again.
1t was a cool and rarely brave act. An
instant's indecision. the trembling of a
hand, would have been fatal; but both
brain and hand were under absolute con-
troll. In nine cases out of ten it is not the
danger which kills us, but we who-cow-
ardly commanders of ourselves-lay down
our arms and succumb without a struggle.
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which Just matched the pretty striped
duck suit she wore. Admirable economy
and extremely fetching in effect, too. Some
of the pretended sunshades are masses of
puffed chiffon or lace rufiies. They are so
''fussy"' that they actually tire the eyes.
And that reminds me of fussy waist of
chiffon 1 saw recently. 1t had chiffon shir
red on yellow silk foundation, and actual
ly the girl looked like big yellow cante
loupe, or rather three of them, for you
couldn't tell the difference between the
waist and the sleeves, but then, you know.
canteloupes are delicious, and was the
delightful creature who wore a yellow
silk skirt with Dresden stripes and the
canteloupe bodice.
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the real ariStocracy
Of the city, and they
speedily set about
cultivating her. She
receives them with
cool Indifference, for
she has long since
guessed that her APP
parent poverty was
the bar and is quite
grateful that She has
been left to herself.
She can no longer
claim her exclusive
loneliness, however,
for she is now the
idol of the neighbor-
hood Odd that a
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VALUE OF "GooD MORNING"
A Mistress Who Never Had Any TrOu-
BILE With Her Servants.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Your servants are always so civil" re-
marked one woman to another. "Have you
any especial training methods that engraft
such courtesy into their manners?"
Not especially" was the answer, but
maybe you can find keynote to their good
temper in the fact that always select as
a commencement to each day a CHEEKY
good morning
Somehow it seems to Gil up the wheels
of domestic machinery, and the work of
the day glldes along in a smooth manner
that is entirely lacking if by chance omit
this before-breakfast courtesy. From cook
in the kitchen to the boy who carries my
market basket, the good morning tonic is
magical in effect.
In southern households I know the first
greeting of the day comes from the 6omes-
tics, but when one must cope with the ig-
norance as well as Indifference Of foreign
ers about ones household. it is better to
take the initiative in acts Of politeness and
let them learn by example"
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few callers and a carriage with a crest on
1t, guest with a family tree rooted on
the conqueror, should SO affect a whole
block.
Suppose the woman and her daughter, in
stead of being reduced gentlewomen de-
srous of quiet inexpensive summer So
journ, had been veritable newcomers to
the city as we'll as to the block. The meth
DDS pursued by the women of the locality
would have driven them all but mad, with
loneliness ana longing for friends.
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Eussx Waist of Chiffon.

The dome-shaped parasol is the favorite
of the hour, but this writer will never tell
you which Is the favorite material, for all
materials have the call. A smartly dressed
young lady carried one the other day
which was lined with white silk and rufiled
to the ferule with black and white striped
lawni The why of 1t appeared as we stood
close together waiting for a car. The white
silk of the original was soiled, SO the own
er had covered it with fresh lawn ruff1es
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-13

that she isn't quail
ity," but belongs to
the vast army OF
''rooming" h gu s e.
keepers. They resent
her intrusion on the
block which has hith-
erto been exclusive,
even If it has been
poor, with not a car
riage to the credit of
a single resident. The
first wagon load Of
household traps ar
rives, and through
closed blinds and
drawn curtains nu-
merouS opera glasses
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frail and delicate.
with a high-bred face,
and, Ike the mother,
has the bearing of a
lady, but though no
opportunity Is lost to
sweep the interior on
bright sunny morn
ings with opera
glasses, when open
windows give excel
lent opportunity, not
a woman Of all the
curious dozen on the
block would set foot
inside the door for a
farm.
They have watched
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An Orsandy Gown.

If you are hankering for an organdy
gown. make it like this The style answers
quite as well for taffeta and summer silk.
but is remarkably pretty for thin stuffs.
The skirt is nine-gored affair, which an
swers very well for gown that will not
wash, but beware of the gored creations
for a wash gown, they hang like the mis-
chief was Juggling at each seam, after
they are laundered. This skirt is lined with
plain pink lawn. The full front of the
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Ahauf White Piano

Sometimes white pique looks pretty and
sometimes it doesn't, and one of the times
when 1t is prettier than usual is when
made into a jacket like this one. The re-
vers are buttoned back with big pearl ball
buttons and at the waist line 1t is button
ed with large fiat mother-of-p pearl. 1t is
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Philosophy About Women.

From the Philadelphia Press
The secret of Dumas influence over wo-
men is said to lie In the observance OF the
formula which he wrote In 1.-The womens
Friend" Here 1t is. Try 1t, IL you like:
1.-The love for women must be judicially
dosed with esteem and hate. and IL the
man adds to 1t indulgence when Judcious
and kindness always he attains the limit
Of his art.
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Why Hunt for 1t.

From the Toronto Rural
Tommy's mother-"Did you hear about
poor Mrs. Jones? She ran needle into her
hand. The doctors had to open every finger
trying to find it,
Tommy-"'What made 'em do that, man.
ma? Why didn't they get the lady another
needle?"
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The Housekeeper Should Be Given
a Day of Rest.
REVIVE TEE old PURITAN CUSTOM
Abolish Hot Dishes and Be Com
Portable and Happy.
s u M M E r DI E I
Written Exclusively for The Evening Star.

w AS DOW N In The
market Saturday,and
. standing by one Of
the fruit stalls, over.
heard two women
d | s C u s S / n 6 their
grievances.
"Pm tired out, T"
said one. MY nerves
are worn to a thread
this summer. We've
had such an awful
lot Of sewing, for my
three youngest girls
are all big enough tn
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bound with a bias of the same. and II your
laundress has sprouted wings you may be
able 10 get 1t done up properly. for there
is nothing about it that will not launder
The bodice to wear with it is of the sheer
est null, tucked finely, and each tuck edged
with narrow lace. The hat is the very lat
est agony in an English walking hat, be-
ing straw with a garniture of flowers, vel
vet and buckles.