The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-26
UP TO DATE WOMEN.
Society Butterflies Who Have Gone
Into Business.
Some New York Ladies' Who Have De-
cided to Earn Their Own Livings.

While half the world Is spending money
upon amusement and recreation the other
half Is working equally hard TO make it.
The now schemes devised by women for
the increase OF their incomes or the useful
occupation OF their time are assuming large
proportions, and some OF the most success
full ventures have been made by those who
seemingly have no urgent reason for that
sort of effort. Miss Harmon Brown and
Miss Pruyn of Albany may be said TO have
celebrated the opening Of their millinery
business In West Thirty ninth street few
days since, and so numerous were the flow
ers that were sent by friends that the rooms
presented most festive appearance.
The now enterprise Of Mrs. John Lowery
and Miss Margaret Wilmerding calls forth
also wondering remarks from their old as
we'll as their new friends. These ladies
propose to start what Is called n teahouse
on Fifth avenue, somewhere In the neigh
borhood OF the thirties, which is TO COM
bine all the advantages OF "a dainty restau-
rant, supplying lunch and afternoon tea,
with a resting and meeting place for ladies
at the midday hours and again in the
cleaning, when the fragrant cup Is most
acceptable. The rooms are TO be fitted up
In n tasteful and luxurious fashion, with
easy chairs, sofas and divans, and a staff
of neat handmaidons, under the direction
OF Miss Wilmerding and Mrs. Lowery, are
TO minister to the wants of customers. IL
is TO be pretty and comfortable lounging
place, and the refreshments supplied are to
be Of the very best Similar rooms are to
te found In Paris on the Boulevard Hauss-
mann, which will serve as "a model for the
Fifth avenue establishment. Aseverything
that Mrs. John Lowery undertakes Is well
done and produces n satisfactory result, the
success OF the new teahouse is assured.
Whatever may be the faults and foibles
of the up 60 date woman, this certainly
shows hard, practical spirit, which does
her the greatest credit A new industry
has been opened by Miss CorEelia Red
mond, niece Of the late Mrs. Edward
Cooper. Mrs. Wheeler and Miss Sallie
Tucker, who entered into partnership
for the growing and selling of violets. SO
delightful an occupation as that OF per-
petually handling the most fragrant OF
blossoms ought 10 bring its own reward.
Another lady suddenly deprived of a
handsome fortune has made mushrooms
her speciality and supplies market garden
ers during the greater part of the year.
OF course women whom nature has en-
dowed with any special gift or talent have
greatly the advantage over those who have
only their strong common sense and in
iomitable energy TO back them. And
now there are so many who arc studying
in art schools or who have already attained
TO so much proficiency that they can COM
mand high prices for portraits and illus
trations for books and newspapers, or who
are fitting themselves for concert ard choir
singing or writing for magazines and re-
views, that but fer the enormous wealth
that is accommodating in other quarters one
would think that the idlers of the feminine
gender were passing out of existence. -
New York Sun.