The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-09-25
woMAN's WORLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
A Man Tells Us what Men Think Of wo-
mans Dress,

dress. 1t is from the man Is standpoint,
therefore we'll worth considering, for .
women do attire themselves more or .
less to please man, and quite right too .
He says, this gentleman who reveals the |
secret workings of the masculine mind 1
on the all important subject, that "al- |
most all men abominate all forms Of
women's attire that merely aim to be
'mannish, that are adopted only for the
sake Of making smart appearance
that is to say, when women put on
the collars, neckties and hats usually
worn by mon just for the sake of look
ing like men and nothing else, then
that diSgusts men, and | don't wonder.
Men are not so beautiful and admirable
that anybody should want to initiate
them servilely, and nobody knows that
better than men themselves On the
other hand, Mr.. Crandall generously
says: Men do not in the least object to /
their wives, sisters or daughters wear
ing gym suits for athletics, divided
skirts or Turkish trousers for bicycling,
or even for business, so long as the /
touch Of femininity, of modesty, is new
Ni ibSt HlShN VI III lllt nluhlllH vi SUCH
costumes, but he looks for that round
ness as opposed to angularity, that grace,
be 1t of rutfle or gather, that little |
adornment, touch of color ribbon, |
flowing outline, that shall proclaim the |
sweetness, the preciousness of woman
hood. He believes that, although wo-
mans dress should be adapted fully to |
the new conditions that tho sex is en-
countering, the going out to business in
all weathers, the active work in facto-
ries, gardens and elsewhere, the enjoy |
ment of athletic culture, mountain |
climbing, etc, still the element of ar
tlstic beauty must never be lost sight of |
Mr.. Crandall is exactly right One of |
the first duties of women, from the age |
of | to 100, is to make themselves at all |
times as beautiful as they can, and | |
have always said it. Mr. Crandall is |
enthusiastically in favor of short skirts. |
He writes: 1.-THE gain to the race that |
would accrue in the way of increased |
health and happiness and lessened pain
and doctors bills if the average skirt |
was cut ten inches shorter would be ire
mendous. BY that one simple stroke of |
the scissors, quick and painless, think |
how many hundred tons of dry goods |
would drop from the overweighted hips |
of woman
Whether college bred women do or do
not marry is "A question of no more i'm
portance than whether college men
marry.
The sensitivites of school trustee Of |
Greenpoint, n. Y, have been cruelty, |
cruelty hurt by bold, bad schoolmis- |
tress who rode to school on her bicycle |
and wore bloomers-actually wore 'em. |
1t is true she put on an orthodox long
skirt so soon rs she entered the school
house, but that did not palliate the
enormity of her crime. The delicate and
tender plant Of a trustee was afraid
other girls might see this bright, ath-
letic schoolmistress and put 'em on too.
He was afraid of the effect Of the bloomer
example on the morals of his "dees-
trick, so he ordered, did the trustee,
that the schoolmistress shouldn't wear
her boomers any more when she rode
to school | will be one of number to
subscribe fund for testing in the court
whether that school trustee had any
legal right to issue such an order. When
Miss Nancy school trustees undertake to
regulate teachers dress, it is high time
that women voted. That Nancy man
had no more right to prescribe what the
teacher should wear than she had to pre-
scribe what he should wear.
The woman's press committee Of the
International and Cotton States expnsi.
ton will have meeting of their own.
gathering at Atlanta from all parts uf
the Union Oct 2, 3 and 1. Their visit
will be as delightful as the people Of
Atlanta know how to make such Il visit.
Mrs. Maude Andrews Oil Of the Allan
ia Constitution is chairman of the com
mittee,
Mr.. ]. H. Monrad, one Of the LEADING
butter and cheesemakers of TIE cnun
try, says that every creamery ought to
have among its employees girl tester
to find out the amount Of cream and
butter fat the separators leave in the
skimmilk or buttermilk. This is one
persons work Of itself The man who
runs the churn and the separator has
not time to make such tests, and so it
happens often that separators leave a
considerable per cent of butter fat in
the milk, and it is wasted. The girl
tester would save many dollars weekly
over and above her wages. Excellently
Thought of, Mr.. Monrad We know doz-
ems of neat, sweet, Immediately clean
and pretty girls who are just waiting
for such place.
There is not working girl in this
country who cannot conquer success, not
one who cannot earn good living, lay
up money, and in time get compe-
tency. She has only to make up her
mind that she will do this and then
stick to it,
1t is a hopeful sign that the colored
women of the United States have or
ganized society of their own, the Ma
tional Federation of Afro American
Women. The colored women of this
country work harder and more steadily
than colored men do, and they do not
get the recognition they should from
their white sisters.
If l were man, l should not say
much about college women not marry
ing. l should consider it such poor
compliment to my sex that l should
want TO pass over it in silence. II col,
lege women and successful business wo.
men prefer single life to accepting men
as husbands, then so much the worse
for the men.
1t has u pleasant sound, Farmer Kate
Sanborn. ELIZA ARCHARD CONNER.
A Cremation.
Mrs. Alice N. Lincoln thus describes
her feelings while watching crema-
ton:
AS we stood in silence watching the
rosy glow which played over the white
surface Of the retort feeling came to
us of awe certainly, but also of peace
and rest There was something SO spir-
final sn aleyatinu In tho "a soIn ~ ,or,ity