New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-26
HOME AND SOCIETY.
ruE WORK OF A WOMAN ARCHITECT
.s prcoME OF THE OLD LADIEse-A PAY
ING vfsIToR-THE FASHIONS IN PARIS
SMALLER SKIRTS COMING

SMALLER SKIRTS COMING.
rscul,ar interest is attached 10 a picturesque
..sore cottage which has recently been erected
1onr Island. This pretty dwelling is the work
- one Of the few young women VINO nave stndieo
s,,.c,pre that most delightful OF professions.
AZ, masculine thoroughness and who. therefore,
~ o,.ed TO compete with the opposite sex on an
al nlane The great difficulty with women
work seems TO be owing TO the fact that Tor the
-, ~ early training 1t must necessarily be ANA
-sh and therefore incomplete. Until girls nave
-. came solid education and subsequent adVan-
-os IN studying profession there can DC no
- equality or fairness in comparing their WORK
With that Of men
-. cottage here mentioned is built on the crest
irregular hill and II ceverly follows It's lines
". rssult being a long building very low on one
,ao and somewhat higher on the other. IL Is
tened not unlike a capital l. this arrangement
,,s,g tho rooms the charming and unusual erect
=, windows on either side, and in TINS particular
.,s. showing the equally beautiful view to great
svar,age Owing TO the swing OF the house the nall
a. irregular in shape. with an entrance on either
"a. .,n n-ircipal one being through an open-air
-, room and tho other under low veranda
,n,r,ng which natural saplings. with the
,,rk left on arranged in groups OF three TO serve
. nosts A large brick fireplace with an ample
,sad hearth Is prominent object while an
49,, ,r1 even more salient feature is gallery
6{ch rlN
80 ~ most Of the bedrooms. and bringing the
80, .. the former up 20 tho raftered roof. The
ii. -, IN. hall and. in fact, the whole house,
-. .ho construction beams showing, with cell
49,. =. tho beautifully marked Georgia pine be-
tween ~ So,
.ouo,,,g che lay OF the land" IS large square
.r, calsd the studio alled with end Of pretty
,b,,ys and opening into another veranda. hedged
a. ,i,b long boxes full Of gayly blooming flowers
Those pretty little porches are formed by the bed
looms above b. which means sufficient space is
ohained IN the second story to allow for the open
hall and gallery.
Across the hall on the other side, is the dining
room. q cool-ookng little apartment, all in green
chairs table. and sideboa-d all stained q pretty
moss green and polished with beeswax deep
window seat has cushions Of green and white
chlntz with curtains 10 match Like dainty
housekeeper. our woman architect has looked well
after the comforts of the household. and has pro-
yded neat little airy servants sitting room. out
OF which flight Of stairs leads into their bedrooms
above and a most convenient and comfortable
kitchen, with steps leading down into a well-ar-
ranged laundry. The latter occupies the space OBJ
talned by the house having been built down a sud
den slope OF the hill. forming extra story or
hasenen, or one side Of the house only. This ex-
ira room or space obtained by building off side
OF the Hill Is most useful IN many ways. and may
Be utilized as n cellar or storeroom. or. in this
case for laundry The bedroom floor in this
pretty cottage is very quaint The roomy. low
ceilinged bedrooms open the gallery. and are
quite surprising In their amplitude However do
you manage TO get so much room?' Is the first
question Of every visitor. This is obtained as has
already been said, by building over the three
verandas while the slope Of the roof is util-
ized for innumcrable closets. The irregularity Of
the house provides space for queerly- shaped but
notwithstanding bathroom. with white porcelain
tub and white enamelled woodwork. and for what
might be called a purely feminine idea-a passage
under the caves connecting a couple of bedrooms
I'm case OF burglars at night" explained the fair
owners Of the cottage with complacency. While
waiting for these gentlemen. however II serves
as an equally feminine comfort place wherein
70 hang extra dresses
AN altogether successful and pretty cottage" Is
the verdict of all admirng friends.
what has become Of all the old LADIES'" re-
marked man the other day. When a boy
there used 10 be one in nearly every family knew
and visited-wrinkled white-haired. veritable old
women who by their venerable appearance. gave
dignity 10 the household. One by one these dear
old ladies' so associated In my mind with the pleas
ant days Of my youth. have. IN the course of ma
ture Joined the great majority and, oddly enough,
their places have never been filed Other succeed
ing generations have passed through the custom
airy graduations of childhood. youth and middle
an occasional specimen bowed down by physical
inarmities betokening great age and as different
from the pretty kindly, busting old ladies that
remember as 1t is possible 10 imagine. Who would
care tc call the modern grandmother old!'
"I felt old oncer' remarked one Of these remark
able end-of-the-century products, but that was
years and years ago. when my children were grow
ing ND and ! was worried to death about their
health and their education. and their morals and
their manners, together with their future and
the thousand and one things that mothers fret
over so unnecessarily-for after ALL what will be
viii be and there is bru!sng ones self against
stone wall. Now. thank the Lord. they are all
married and settled, and feel as II had taken
a new lease Of existence. l find that there are no
end OF things I can enjoy that when was
young woman had no time or inclination for. So
] have taken up painting. and have become inter-
ested in politics and social questions; have devel-
oped taste for society. have become toleraby
proacien, In bicycling and golf. and am generally
enjoying myself. 1 certainly do not feel old now
Do look III" she added laughing. Certainly no
trace Of old age could be detected In the superb
physique and handsome countenance OF the dame.
who. twenty-five years ago. would have been ree-
gated 10 the ranks of old ladies-simply because
Il was then the almost universally accepted hotoh
that when a womans chidrens children entered
upon their existence. her day was practically over.
and that she must comport herself accordingly.
Paying visitors received by an English gentle
woman living In an unexceptional locality. whose
social position enables 10 introduce her guests
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-, Charing Cross. London"
This advertisement IN prominent American
Journal" said Independent young woman VI
means. caught my eye just as was contempia,-
ing visit abroad and was wondering how could
portion out my time IN some new fashion, ior
was tired 10 death Of the usual round OF sight
seeing. together with Homburg Monte Carlo ana
other European resorts where Americans generally
eongregate. l began to think that had enough
Oh being merely onlooker. and that shouo ike
TO be a participant; so when l saw the above-men-
uoned advertisement Il suddenly occurred 10 me
lsat II might be novel experiment and that AZ
ieast II would do no harm 10 put myself In COM
munication with this modern mentor who pro-