The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-09-29

( INTERESTING TO WOMEN.


Sweet are the thoughts that SAVIOR OF con-
tent:
The quiet mind is richer than crown:
Sweet are the nights in careless slumoer
spent.
The poor estate scorns Fortunes angry
frown;
Such sweet content, such minds, such sleep.
such bliss.
Beggars enjoy. when princes oft do mist
Miss MoIlie Beal, of the Bucyrus, O..
Crocus Club. who is preparing paper on
Coming Woman asked NUMBER OF
prominent men and women for their op:h-
ions on this subject. and received many IN
teresting replies.
John sherman said: my idea OF No-
man is so high I could not express It.
Edward Everett Hale wrote: IF the
coming woman loves God and loves her
neighbor as herself. and If she can succeed
in not thinking of herself more highly IMAM
she ought TO think, as ST. Paul puts IL
think she viii make all the social reforms
her time may require"
Bishop Vincent wrote: THE coming Wo-
man viii be educated. without losing any
Of the delicate womanliness that belongs 10
her"
Emily Huntington Miller wrote: Il hope
that the survival OF the fittest VIII ieaNe
US the old-fashioned wife and mother
Mrs. Virginia Terhune wrote; Ihe COM
ing woman will be a friend OF humanity
in man as well as woman"
Mrs. Julia. Ward Howe is the mother or
women's clubs. She says: The cause OF
suffrage has grown astonishingly OF Iate
years, and ii is quite remarkable no"
many good, thoughtful men favor the eA-
tension Of the franchise to women. II is
the women themselves who Keep IL oach'
A novel and interesting entertainment
for an evening party and one that Is hheiy
TO become very popular is the game Oh
photographs" 1t is very similar TO the
game of authors. and is quite as much
tax upon the general intelligence OF the
guests. This is the way II Is playeu'
Gather the pictures OF noteworthy peo-
pie as they appear in small cuts, in the
papers and the magazines. Cut the por-
trait around its outline from the paper III
which il was printed and paste III 10 d
glazed visiting card, numbering the caro-
If you have twenty-five CARDS you must
also have twenty-five cards with SIMPLY
the numbers ranged down one slde IN
numerical order. leaving a space to be NIL
ed with the name of the picture corre-
spending with each number TO be written
Each guest is presented with numbered
card and pencil and is expected to guess
who the pictures are as they are passed
about and to write the names on his card.
The one who gueSses the greatest number
receives the royal prize, and the one who
guesses the least number the BOBBY prize.
This is an excellent test of ones knoWl-
edge of current news, as II IS wise 10 Sc
lect only pictures of persons now living.
An evening with Well-known women or
actors and actresses, musicians, minis
tiers or authors VIII vary the idea to suit
all social circles.
Lady Halberton, the inventor Of the di-
vided skirt, now declares that servants
should wear knickerbockers, as such
costume facilitates movement. Where IS
an American home mistress who would
dare 10 suggest knickerbockers 10 the
queen Of the kitchen?
Ninety-six is to be a crimson year, so
a leading modiste informs me. All the
Paris importations show glaring eHects
of this color, and II threatens TO become
the reigning fashionable shade here in
spite of the fact that hardly nine women
out of ten can wear il becomingly. Only
those compilations described in words as
"a clear. healthful pallor" can carry OF
successfully any color bordering on the
crimson, and women with muddy, highly
colcred complexions should give Il wide
berth. 1t likewise takes all the tone out
OF blonde hair. while for dark brown and
black il serves as foil that brings out
all the charms OF sheen and shadow.
Some of the lovliest gowns New York
has seen for many a day were worn at
the dinner given during racing week for
Lord Dunraven's daughters. OF course
tho Lady Aileen and Lady Rachel Wynd-
ham-Ouin were the observed Of all OBJ
servers. and were as alike as two peas
in a pod Their gowns were Or heavy
cream-colored taffeta silk. with roses
-Har .tfalF FaTs s.ft
All over the surface. The skirts were very
fulI and so were the balloon sleeves,
reaching TO the elbow and edged with a
deem nounce or real lace The dainty
Marie Antoinettc scarf, which is all the
rage now. was the only trimming on the
bodice II was gracefully draped aboht
the shoulders. and knotted on the bust
from which it fell in indescrihaole points
and puffs Enormous picture hats or
black straw with crowns Of pink velvet
and trimmed with a profusion or 0strich
plumes draped over the front completed
the costume.
lovely creation OF gray and lavender
attracts much attention. the gown proper
was Of rae lavender silk, with pinatore
ERECT Of pigeon gray silk embroidered in
gold. draDed across the bodice. The law
endcr sleeves were trimmed with VIDE
epaulets of gray silk. A sash ribbon, with
long ends and loops reaching to the Dot
tom of me skirt of lavender was teu ao1ut
the waist. The toque was dear little al
fair Of lavender and gold with two gray
pigeon wings at the side.
Black gowns were very much IN evidence.
4 very stunning affair was OF Tich' black
satin. relieved of its rather somoer erect
~, a v-reath Of mink crush roses worn on
The rirht shoulder and a large pink satin
how On the left The very unique sleeves
were a succession Of puffs and rutiles OF
raouseline de sole.
The following story OF the courtahip Of
tNa Rev. John Brown. OF Fla liiue;on, au-
thor Of the self-intespretlng Bible. is going
the rounds: SIX and half wears had
pas~ed away. AMI the reverend Santi man
had gotten no farther than ne had in the
first SIX days. \ step tn advance must