The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-24


conformity. Self-reliance is its aversion.
Emerson.
Though Lent is once more upon us. the
time Is past when its advent was the
signal for society to retire into its shell
and give UP all the pleasures of the world
for the space OF forty days and nights.
There is really as much going on in the
amusement line during the penitential
season as at any other. only IL is done,
perhaps. In a bit more decorous fashion.
There Is fad now for music among the
smart set. and musicaies will doubtless
be a decided feature of the l. nten days.
Card parties are also a popular means
OF diversion. and. in fact. all minor forms
OF evening entertainment
Mrs. Beerbohm Tree seems to be Gre
ating almost as much OF a sensation as
her iilustrious husband. She is highly
Intellectual woman. being a graduate OF
Queens college. and is remarkably pref
~, on or off the stage. She is frankly
outspoken in her admiration OF american
women. but she does not affiliate with
the strong minded ones of her sex. being
thoroughly imbued with those retiring
domestic Views OF life that are now stig-
matlzed as "oid-fashioned.'
There is something pleasantly sugges-
tive in the organization of company 10
boat is comparatively unknown in this
country. but 1t has long been a favorite
means of diversion among our English
cousins; and an American visiting En-
gland within the last fifteen or twenty
years may have seen scores of shallow,
fiat boats surmounted by structure re-
sembling a house moored in the upper
Thames. We have not, perhaps, so
many charming canals as Europe boasts.
but we do reyel in plenty OF rivers and
lakes. and In one OF these delightful float
ing cottages we can meander at viii from
one charming stream to another. with
always fresh fields and pastures new
before US. \ house boat OF average size
will contain four sleeping rooms. with
two beds IN each, almost the size OF the
berths on board our ocean steamers. "A
living room, cooks galley lavatory and
necessary store rooms. The wide deck
enclosed with awnings would be most
delightful living room" in pleasant
weather
Do not allow yourself to marry as long
as you have any mental reservations
about the man. Do not tell men that you
never intend to marry. We ali know
that every woman and every man on
this earth intends to marry. IL Is only
question of time and opportunity. The
intention is often remote I'm young men;
IL is never remote enough to be vague
in young unmarried women. Above all.
be careful and rational and serious in
your Judgment OF men. Do not put much
faith in the theory of womans intui-
tons about which so much fudge Is
afloat Reason is better than instinct.
although instinct Is of much value TO
such as are incapable of reason.-(Aph-
orisms To young women)
Stlll the crusade against the theater
hat wages hot and heavy. Mankind evil
IDENTIFY does not appreciate the efforts OK
the gentler sex not 10 impair their view
of the stage by DOMINIC the so-called
toques for theater wear. They are now
lifting up their voices, individually and
collectively, against the Alsatian bow,
with its tiny aigrette, or, worse still. os-
trich plumes prancing in front There
really seems nothing left for us but TO
submit with as good grace as possible
under these trying circumstances, do our
hair its prettiest and leave our hats at
home. One wonders, even then, II we
shall be left in peace: or II some mis-
guided individual viii not then arise TO