Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-11-24
SOCIETY
IN
THE SWELL SET.


We received several communications
for this department during the week,
where the name of the sender had been
omitted. which excluded them from
publication, as no articles or notices
will be published whore such omissions
are made We trust our friends WIN
remember this,
II Is safe to say that no woman In
the world ever had such birthday
celebration az the one which took place
in New York Tuesday night. the lsth
in honor OF Mrs. Elizabeth cady stan
toms elghtIeth birthday. and which was
called IA reunion OF the pioneers ana
friends OF woman's progress"
with. and very little Inter
est in the affair had no
doubt dismissed It contemptuously
from our thoughts, as only unc Of those
''women's" conventions. But on second
thought, this gathering was unique
and noteworthy one. II was not only
the advocates OF equal suffrage who
were out In force on this occasion, but
women who have earned distinction In
all walks 1f life, many OF whom are
either Indifferent ON the question OF
women voting or perhaps opposed to
it--nil were represented. on the pro-
gram for the evening appeared the
name Of Harriet HDsmer. the pioneer
woman In the field of sculpture Since
abe FIRST began to carve future for
herself in undying marble others of
her sisters have trod the same path to
Flory, a path made easier by having
been cleared by her.
The pioneer or thousands Of Ameri-
cun women physicians talked; the FIRST
American woman 70 take u degree at
the University OF Zurich also addressed
the audience.
Clara Barton. perhaps the best loved
woman In our land. who may be called
~
appeared, OF course. the veteran,
Susan Il. Anthony. whose name has
been proven to draw more largely than
any two other women combined, cook
part as well as the eloquent Anna
shaw and Julia Ward Howe. and a
galaxy OF other brilliant women. The
music for the occasion was furnished
by womcn's choira and quartcttcs and
Madame Antolnette Sterling came to
this country earlier than her engage.
incnts demanded In order to sing on
this occasion.
Beside the choir master. the only
other man allowed on the stage was
Mayor strong. who occupied place OF
honor by Mrs Stanton For the first
time In the history OF woman's pro-
RrcsH the mayor OF the greatest Amcri-
can city welcomed representative
band OF women to the city. Alas for
the poor mayor one naturally pitlud
him In his difficult position-he was so
new TO this sort OF thing that he must
have been on tender hooks" for fear
he might say the wrong thing and
tread on somebody's favorite rad" for
among all those women there muat
have been "faddis;s" galore.
This memorable gathering was pre-
sided over by Mrs, Mary Lowe Dlciiin.
son, president OF the National Council
Of Women. The boxes In the opern
house where the meeting was held
were taken By various women's So
cletlcs, and were decorated and used
as headquarters by the members.
On the whole, the sight and sound
on this occasion was ono well worth
seeing and hearing.
Rev. DR.. Tnlmage delivered lecture
In Washington last Sunday entitled,
advice to Young womcn'' in which
he tells them to make II part OF their
religion TO take care OF their physical
health, with much other good advice
equally MS practical. Here are some
OF his remurks ON the New Woman"
II In the more important that the
pulpit be heard on this subject at this
time when we are having such an IL
limitable discussion about what IL
called the New Woman" nv though
some new creature OF God had arrived
on earth. or were about to arrive. one
theory Is that she will be an athlete.
and boSing-g glove aud football and
her. Another theory Ia that abe viii
superintend ballot-boxcs. slt In Con.
gressional hail, and through impro'ied
politics bring the millennium by the
evil she will eNiirpate and the good
that she Will adopt masculine attire
she VIII enstill. Another theory ls
ana make sacred u vulgarlanlsm posi-
lively horrible. Another theory IA that
she VIII be so esthetic that broom
handie and rolling-pin and coal sout-
Tie VIII be plctoriallged with tints from
sott skics or suggestions OF REM
Heaven deliver the church and the
world from any one Of these stylea of
new woman? She will never come
have so much faith In the evnngclls-
VIC triuc.ph and In the PROGRESS OF all
things In the right direction, that I
mover arrive, She would hand over
ih's world to diaholism. and from be.
Ing, rs she 10 now, the highest
agency for the worlds uplifting che
wo''S hr the highest force for it's
viii DO. II will be the good woman
- ~ "~e" rost Hare aud there n dlf-
ference Of attire.as the temporarily oua.
tom may command but the same good
honest, lovely, Christian, nll-lnnuentinI
being that your mother and mine was.
VI tlut hlnu vi WNflhn was Cnriati1n
EDDY. who talking 10 q man who was
40 much OF an unbeliever he had
named his two children VOltalrc and
Tom Paine, nevertheless saw him con-
verted, he breaking down with emotion
oa b" -.'s - her, ~ cannot stand YOU.
you talk like my mother" and telling
The story OF his conversion TO twelve
companions who had been blatant on
posers OF religion, they asked her 10
come and see them also, and tell them
OF christ, and four OF them were con-
verted and all the others greatly
schansed. and the leader OF the band
departing for heaven. shouted, Joy
ful' joyfu'l joyfuif' II you know any
hetter style OF woman than that,
where Is shc7 The world cannot i'm,
prove on that kind, Tho new woman
may have moro knowledge, because she
VIII have more books. but she viii have
no more common sense than TINT which
tried to manage and discinline and
ecurnte US, and did as well as she could
with such unpromlsing material. She
may have more health than the woman
. OF other DAYS. for the sewing machine
ana Ne sanitary regulations and added
intellirencc on the subjects OF diet. ven.
ulation. and exercise, and rescue from
many forms Of drudgcry may allow
her more longevity. but she viii have
the same characteristics which God
NQyo her IA, mn IN aiaa vrttt, a.. ......,~