The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-09-15

: INTERESTING TO WOMEN. :
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On. cease your proud boast Of mans free
dom. and OWE,
II superior either. the woulan's the one;
Since a woman could overcome Adam,
poor Elf,
But 70 overcome woman took satan him.
sell -Anoly NOUS
'T Go wish our American girls would
learn how TO walk" remarked al opserE-
ant man 70 me recently. We we're stroll
ing down the avenue at an hour when the
ultra-lashiouaoles were out for their daily
promenade. and the way they pronenad-
ed was enough TO give one the sh-vers.
although there was probably not one
among them who had rot been properly
educated n the art, for maid and matron
alike affected the "spr.ngy" step taught
by calisJhenists. and went boba.ng up ana
down Ike ship at sea, sway4ns the
body from side TO side
To put the foot down properly. Is TO
walk gracefully, 20 seem 10 have pref
~ foot whether It IS really pretty or not
70 secure q stylish carriage, 10 make the
skirts hang well and the waist seem long
well, 70 put the foot down right IS 10 Sc
cure many Of the blessings Of life. Don't
believe Il when you are told to put the toe
down first. The foot should De so lightly
poised on the ankle that when the LII
from the hip is made n taking a step
the foot naturally swings the toe down,
so that the forward part or the foot
touches the gropnd first. That IS very
different IN effect from stiffly pointing the
toe down and trying TO walk that way
Put the foot down so that the heels would
keep pretty close on an imaginary chalk
line, the toes always falling little out
side OF the line. The full weight or the
body should be on the foot resting on the
ground, and one ought to be able 10 bal
ance gracefully at any moment on the SIN
gle foot that IS supposed 10 be carrying
the walkers weight. II this can be done
II is proof that the body IS well poised
and well carried.
II Is now the chic thing in Paris TO serve
lobster at the end Of a luncheon after the
chicken or chops and before the peas,
lettuce or other vegetables.
Very few people who vlsi. Windsor
castle get e peep at Queen Fictoria's
boudoir, a sanctum TO which not many Of
the important personages Of the realm are
admitted. and which is closed 10 the or
binary run Of tourists altogether. But
this season some very privileged visitors
were allowed TO enter that sacred apart
ment and beheld the room which is the
very one of her maiesty's ancestral home.
and the scene Of her most halloWed hours
Of privacy. on the door was this inscrin-
ton: Every article in this room my
deeply-lamented husband selected for me
in the twenty-fourth year of my reign"
And there they all WCTe-the cosy chairs
that the queen has sat in at her leisure
moments, the tables covered with her
most treasured knick-knacks and souV-
enirs, the pictures that she loves best to
look upon on the walls. Under a glass
case is her bridal wreath. preserved thus
in accordance with the German fashion
as a dear memento. and beside it the first
bouquet presented to her by Prince Albert.
on all sides are visible evidences of the
ever-lamented ones care and devoted con-
sideration for her maiestys every need.
And now she has rcigned thirty-four
years since the Prince Consort arranged
the room TO her liking and convenience
and passed to the great majority and
those household gods are still preserved
just as he left them The queen has wept
for his death and that of several dear
relatives in that room; she has rejoiced
over the birth IF a huge clan of descend
ants in the third and fourth generation.
and grieved for the loss Of one valued Old
servant after another The world has
rolled on for well nigh three decades and
half and still the sovereign's own room
remains. living testimony of the con-
stancy of her affectionate heart 10 the
love of her early years.
good man who has seen much of the
world and is not tired of it says: THE
grand essentials to happiness are some
thing TO do, something TO love and some
thing TO hope for
one Of the loveliest out-of-door gowns
seen at Newport this season was that
worn by Mrs. William Douglas Sloane at
the tournament last week. It was of
green crepon mixed with whitehall Lily
OF the Valley hade of green which is all
tho cry I'm Paris now, and which is so
universally becoming that 1t is bound TO
be a success here as well. The bodice was
entirely Of white lace, with moderately
large sleeves Of the crepOn-everybody'
sleeves at Newport show a marked dimin
utiOn in siZe-and the skirt had much less
flare TO 1t than last springs STYLES, and
had a foot trimming of a hand Of Russian
lace just above the hem. large leghorn,
shaped like a sailor. with an extra wide
brim curling up at the edge, trimmed
with green ribbon and lilies Of the valley,
and white gloves shoes and parasol of
white chiffon completed the costume.
THE best woman IL the one least talked