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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-17
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They know you need something 70 dis
tract your attention from yourself, and
a good doctor comes into your sickroom
bringing rays OF sunshine with him and
leaving you as many times better as
you felt worse before.
A man who isn't cheerful naturally
who wasn't born with that golden vir-
tue, ought never to become a doctor
The best vocation for him 20 take would
he To sell ready made underwear 10 Ia
dies, for that requires n gloomy man,
but a doctor-well. II there's anything
between man and an angel-that is.
on this earth-it's a doctor who cannot
only cure your pains but make you so
absolutely eager and thankful 10 pay
his bill that you are willing 10 pawn
your soul 10 get the money to do IL
with.
Just now there is a special fad as TO
your photograph. In the first place
you must not have full length. That's
counted especially bad form. The very
latest is 10 be early Victorian. To pro-
duce II you must part your hair i'm the
middle and draw IL down in soft curls
at each side. Then you must assume a
large straw bonnet. inside the brm OF
which is a wreath OF roses, while over
the crown droops a real white lace veil.
The broad ribbons must be tied in
fascinating bow under your chin, so
that attention is called 10 the dimple in
IL, and altogether you must look as
nearly like the early pictures OF the
queen OF England as you can. Hdeous
as this huge bonnet is, when placed on
the head of a thoroughly womanly wo-
man-that is, a woman whose face is
distinctly feminine and Madonnalike-
this coal scuttle abomination really be-
comes her and makes her look sweeter
and daintier than the smallest and
Frenchiest Of bonnets ever did. You
remember these bonnets. don't you?
There's hardly garret in the south
that has not at least one coal scuttle
shape in leghorn or tuscan braid, and
one OF which know is so large that 10
allow II room enough to spread 1t is put
not in box or a trunk but in a barrel!
In those days a great deal of material
went TO make a bonnet, and IL was by
no means unusual for a lady to pay
$50 for the bonnet alone, while its trim
mings and the veil cost $50 more. But
this bonnet lasted n lifetime. If fash
ion ordained change in shape my
best leghorn" was pressed and bleach
ed. and. like the best feather bed, the
best bonnet appeared in many a will.
We have changed all that now. A bon
net can be got tor s25. but q new one is
required every season.
Fad No i'm regard to photographs is
very Frenchy Finished, the picture
shows a pretty woman in a fascinating
dressing gown. really a low neck tea
gown, sitting in front of her dressing
table. which is covered with all that
dainty litter adnred by Momankind and
utterly unknown to man, with a r>wder
puff in her hand, as If she were going
TO put the last touch on her face OF
course the face is seen in the mirror.
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FASHION
FANClES.

All the world OF women seems 10 30
possessed OF one idea. and that Is a
muslin frock. one OF the prettiest mus
lin gowns seen this year Is made os
cornfower blue with tiny spots on the
surface. This has plain skirt trimmed
with graduated tucks mp TO the knees
and a simple bodice with a huge square
collar Of Irish lace outlined with 4
Killed frill OF the muslin. and round tho
waist is tied q sash OF white muslin
striped with lace Insertions.
The same style would look delightful
In one. OF the little checked musIins in
red and white. q white muslin sash ard
a white collar lined with red. Further
more, in black grenadine lined with
white the fashion would have charms
for the half mourner.
A simple muslin dress may be made
with lac1 bolero and collar and blouse
sleeves with lace cuffs, the bodice Just
to be gathered full and overhang a sash
OF glace ribbon, the glace ribbon sash
sharing affections with the little waist
band now To be seen in oxidlzed silver
links alternating with little miniatures
framed in diamonds or oxidized silver
links interspersed with green tortoiscs
The belt is ubiquitous. and as the
present order Of dresses ins.sts that Tho
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recalled TO mind that owned a yacht.
II was the keel sloop Spy, built in 1869,
but purchased by Miss Cram years aft
er. This boat was 81 feet on the water
line, 30 feet over all, 10 feet beam,
feet deep and of feet inches draft.
Miss Cram sailed her own boat and did
it well. She made quite extended
cruises in her craft and, IL is believed,
never met with mshap. IL Is on record
in New York that i'm ordering her sails
she gave such instructions and meas
urements TO the maker that he had no
trouble TO turn out rig that was not
only the handsomest but the best fitting
on the coast Of Maine in those days.
The American Yacht list contains the
names Of others. True, the number is
small compared with those 20 be found
In British waters. Still. il is pleasant
TO note that there has been an increase
from year to year. which gives promise
under the new order Of things OF better
results In the future. For instance, the
steam yacht Elf. s. feet water .Se and
rs feet over ALL is owned in New York by
Louisa L. Bates. The boat is said to be
OF considerable speed and extremely
comfortable for bay. river and sound
cruising
The steam yacht Marguerite. former
" the Adelaide, is owned by Grace w.
James and Sarah +. Campbell OF Alba
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the whole width of the ship. These
rooms. which were formerly occupied
by Mrs. Langtry. are splendidly fitted
up. The walls are hung with pink silk.
and the berth, which is a swinging one,
Of brass and enamel. is a gorgeous sight
tO see. Heavy carpets and Turkish
rugs cover the floor OF the main saloon,
which is without a doubt one of the
handsomest ever seen in a boat. This
room is fitted with number of small
but beautifully carved tables, with
handsomely upholstered settees and
comfortable looking chairs. In addi-
tion there are a grand piano and an or
chestrion. The walls are hung in vel
vet tapestry, and a heavy blue axmin-
ster carpet and Persian rugs cover the
floor. Just Oft the saloon in a little
niche is a well appointed armory filled
with Martini-H Henry rifles for use i'm
tropical waters. Aft Of this is an apart
ment which is known as the bachelor
quarters. which also runs the full width
OF the boat. IL is fitted with two berths
and a bathroom. In addition 10 the
above there are two large staterooms
and a bathroom on s>le port side and
two single staterooms and one double
one on the .starboard side. The rooms
are all hung with tapestry and are fin
tshed in-white enamel. The yacht is
lighted bv electricity and Is heated by
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BAB TELLS OF THE
WAYS OF CHARITY.

the time II their minds were easy. Now,
when a man is brought here. IL some of
the people who want TO do good would
come TO him and say. My friend. have
you a wife or a mother. have you any
children, and Is there anybody to care
for them and give them bread and but
ter while you are illT and then when
they learned the state of affairs would
care for that wife or mother and those
children until the husband and father
came out OF the hospital and could care
for them himself. they would indeed be
good Samaritans."
There's a work for you who long 10 be
counted a phianthropist. a better work
than carrying around half faded. sickly
smelling flowers. It's better than buns
and Bibles. It's what the Bible teaches.
though the experience OF most OF the
people i'm this world is that we find 1t
easier to give away black and white
editions OF the Bible than TO show its
teachings as man to man and as broth
er TO brother. Charity may cover "A null
titude OF sins, but there are more crimes
and more worrying little deviltries COM
mitted i'm the name OF charity than In
the name of any other virtue. a wo-
man believes she is being charitable
when she asks "a man what he thinks
about the future. Now, when he has a
raging fever and every separate and i'm
dvidual bone in his body is aching and
his eyes feel like balls of fire the future
doesn't trouble him In the least. II is
the present in which he is interested.
and a good sponging off with cool alco-
hoi. the Strengthening up OF his bed and
the giving of a veritable drink OF cold
water is far greater charity than pic
turing to that man just how he would
look. dressed up as an angel and play
ing on a harp. In his present condition
he has no use for harps.
Just remember that / don't want to
say one word TO keep any good woman
from trying to help those who are In
trouble. but / wish few women, just
few. would be little bit more prac-
tical and remember how their own man
kind when IL is i'll, wishes TO be treat
ed and to credit all the other men with
having the same human longings. A
sick man is always a sad and sorry
sight, especially If he isn't very sick
for then he has II firmly planned out
that he is going TO die. He thinks no.
body ever had such pains as he has. and
from the very first he takes an aggres-
sive position toward the doctor regard
ing him as n personal enemy rather
than a kind friend.
Somebody has said that doctors are
very much like whisky-there's good
whisky and better whisky, but there's
no bad whisky / don't know, though,
about the truth of that. for there have
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WORK
IN WASHINGTON.

II is always interesting to see how
cleverly a bright, well Informed woman
can earn living by utilizing her fund
of general information as her stock in
trade in no other city is it more diff
cult for woman TO get a start. for the
number of women desiring employment
is constantly augmented by the help
less tide that flows into the city believ-
ing Washington the place to make it's
fortune We have--besides the annual
class of graduated nurses, doctors and
dentists-women real estate agents,
photographers and full fedged lawyers
without number many of whom have
TO scrimp and plan to make both ends
meet One dear little English widow
| know confessed to me tearfully that
she had to give massage at nights to
cabinet lady to add to the scant earn
ings Of her profession, although she is
a dental surgeon who graduated with
highest honors. and those who have
patronized her are loud in their praises,
but it takes money to keep a family
and run an office in a good neighbor-
hood and truth 10 tell, there are more
dentists in the ciry than there is work
for them
1t is the woman who takes a new
road who is most likely TO succeed.
Among the most successful women l
know is a Virginia girl who has made
her living for two or three seasons by
giving Illustrated lectures at the sew
eral churches, taking as her pay a
share Of the proceeds. The church peo-
pie advertise and patronize the affair
for some deserving charity, and the
girl has only to deliver the one lecture
TO make a tidy sum.
But the time came all too soon when
her lectures on Paris and other places
ceased to draw, so she set about maxi
ing new plans that would not require
any outlay. Knowing a number OF
fashionable women and realizing how
very careless many of them were, being
uninformed as to the most stirring
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WOMEN WHO SAIL
THEIR OWN YACHTS.

Yachting is a favorite form OF amuse-
ment with American women, but there
are very few who are owners of yachts
or who know how to handle the tiller
and sail a boat.
Following in the lead OF a good many
English women. some OF our wealthy
society leaders nave taken up the sport
and are skilled in all sorts of sea lore.
The foremost American yachtswom-
an is Mrs. Lucy c. Carnegie, widow Of
a wealthy Pittsburg coal and iron mag
nate Mrs Carnegie owns the steam
yacht Dungeness. which is considered
one Of the finest yachts afloat.
IL was built more with a view to
comfort than speed. 1t is magnificent
ly equipped and is valued at more than
$4,000 and costs $4,000 per month to
keep in commission.
She was the first woman to he ad
mitted as a flag member Of the New
York Yacht club. With her daughtel
she takes a cruise every summer up
and down the Atlantic coast from Ches
apeake bay TO Bar Harbor, and in win
ter she keeps her yacht in commission
for use i'm Florida waters and around
the Bermudas.
she is a full fledged navigator and
has a certificate which allows her to
command both steam and sailing yes
sells
Mrs. George j. Gould Is typical
yachtswoman, having at her command
the steam yacht Atalanta, the property
of her husband. She thoroughly enjoys
yachting and has made many long
cruises with Mr. Gould. Besides beng
magnihcently quartered on the Alta
lanta. Mrs. Gould enjoys the reputation
OF having the most complete and elab-
crate wardrobe of yachting costumes OF
any yachtswoman.
a few summers ago a series Of ladies'
sailing races was arranged I'm the com
paratively still waters of Newport har-
Dor. Mrs. George Gould, Mrs Robert
Iselin and a number OF other women
entered. and there was a good deal of
comment over the fact that they ham
lled small sailboats in short race. but
in each boat there was a competent
sailor man who held himself ready to
lend hand In case U emergency.
Mrs. Langtry the famous actress, for
awhile did considerable yachting in the
White Ladye, which Abingdon Baird
gave TO her in 1891. Baird is said TO
have given s1S50O0 for the yacht. which
was considerably below her original
cost. The principal dimensions OF the
White Ladye are: Length over all. 2Oi
feet: beam, 27 feet; nodded depth. Is
feet; tonnage, yacht measurement, 693
tons. Her engines. which are OF the
triple expansion type, have cylinders
1872. 27% and AZ inches I'm diameter by
20 inch stroke. Steam is supplied by
large boiler. having four furnaces.
which drives the yacht along at n IL
knot an hour gait. The vessel has been
constructed I'm most careful manner
and was specially built for long sea
voyages. Much attention was given 20
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copyright. 1911

There Is no doubt about il that during
the summer months there are many
good and kindly things done for the
women and little children who suffer
from the awful diseases OF poverty. ig-
norance and dirt. l thoroughly approve
OF the various funds for taking the
children of the other side out for day
on the water or in the country. and l
believe there Is real charity displayed
in making cleanliness a necessity in
each guest who is allowed TO accept the
invitation. There is no end of kind peo-
pie who help I'm the. right way those who
need 1t. but the silly season brings
about a great many so called philan-
thropists who imagine that vanity and
charity are synonymous. OF a woman
who is very much OF a fool l heard IL
said. She's very charitable" and when
i asked. How does she display her
charity?" this was the vague answer
given to me: "Well, she goes TO the
hospitals and takes the sick people
flowers and Bibles and buns and tracts
and reads to them and talks to them
about their souls"
Now, n woman calls that charity!
man with any sense would put a ID,
with a long dash after IL before the.
proper word which would be imperu-
nence. If you were sick and IN the
public ward of a hospital and. II Is fair
20 suppose, feeling very miserable. why
should your misery be aggravated by
having some strange woman sit down
by your bedside and read to you about
the tortures of hell or perhaps deposit
punches of half withered flowers upon
you as If you were already half
Sorpse? / know il TO be absolutely true
Mat a poor old German who was in one
Af the public hospitals longed for one
Of the delicate buns that a visitor had
brought but she would not give II TO
him unless he first took Biblel He
could not read or speak a word OF Eng
fish. but he took the Bible and got the
Dun.
There Is no charity in reading the
Bible To very sick people. Nine times
out OF ten they don't understand 1t, and
the tenth time they're annoyed by the
strange voice near them. Why can't
the woman eager to be charitable say
few cheerful, hopeful words and then,
when the poor, wretched body gets bet
ter. think over the wisdom Of saying
something about the poor wretched
soul? A doctor in one OF the big hos
pitals said that II anybody who had
plenty Of money yearned TO do really
good work there was room for IL, and
this is what he suggested: Men come
here with broken legs. injured in all
sorts of ways, men who are laid up for
months. They would get well In half
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make the principal parts of the hull
heavier and more substantial than is
really required for Lloyds' 100 Al. the
class in which she is registered.
The arrangements both above and be-
low decks are very complete. On deck
there is a spacious deckhouse. contain
ing deck saloon chartroom, etc. while
the principal accommodations below are
forward and are such as are rarely seen
on American yachts. A wide staircase
or companionway leads from the deck
TO n passageway on the starboard side,
which connects with the owners state
room and dressing room, which runs
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bodice should pouch over the belt a
fairly extensive waist need not prohibit
its use. So that the belt be narrow the
results would be becoming.
The affections of the wise multitude
which are not entirely absorbed by
muslin are bestowed upon linen batiste
of the finest quality. This in a pale
buff makes lovely gowns when exten-
sively trimmed with real maltese lace.
Pique is also making a bid for favor
and the authorities have wisely decided
to soften the texture of this, yet 1t is
rather unsatisfactory, except TO those
energetic women who never sit down.
No matter how elegant may he your
sitting down. your uprising in a pique
frock will be disgraced by wrinkles.
Blue and green as a combination does
not seem TO have died the death in
Paris, whence halls very smart little
frock, whose narrow apron, bordered by
a variegated pessementerie of blue,
green, gold and red. gives style TO the
skirt. which is wide at the bottom and
tight over the hips in the approved
present fashion.
A bolero opening over the lace cheni-
settle is peculiarly shaped, boasting box
plaits at the shoulder. front and back
and opening over aforesaid chemisette
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-17
Salads as Medicine.

Each OF the various salads possesses
a medicinal property of its own. thus
affording n possibility Of absorbing
medicine and at the same time a dainty
article Of food. For example, lettuce
contains a well known narcotic princ.-
pie. opium, and may therefore be taken
for insomnia. Chicory has laxitivo
properties. Water cress Is tonic, cx-
citant and purifier Celery. stimu-
liant. wiz dd good 10 the depressed.
Whatever faith one may have in these
marvellous properties. Il Is easy enougli
to prove them. The trial can be repeat
cd daily without danger ana with
pleasure To the palate.
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ny and is 70 feet inches on the water
line. Sc feet over all. II feet inches
beam, 6 feet inches deep and OF feet
draft. The yacht was built on Staten
Island in 1888 and rebuilt less than a
year after at City Island. The ladies
owning the Marguerite use her through
out the yachting season quite industri-
ously and obtain much pleasure from
the frequent cruises they make.
There are many other small yachts
owned by women about Long Island
and TO the eastward, but there is no
record Of them. During the visits OF the
New York fleet to the ports of New
London, Newport. New Bedford, Vine
yard Haven and occasionally farther to
the eastward il is not uncommon to
see women sailing about in good sized
and smart yachts unaccompanied by
gentlemen. They live near tie water
love the sport OF yachting and very ear
ly learn how to manage boats. Their
number will increase. as will the num-
Der OF ladies in America who Will build
or buy the larger craft capable of any
service.
Julia NJ Wilson OF Bridgeport, Conn.
owns the centerboard sloop Charlse and
frequently takes the wheel on the trips
she makes in the sound. This boat
is 20 feet inches on the water line, %
feet 6 inches over all, 10 feet inches
beam, feet inch deep and Of feet S
inches draft The watermen about
Bridgeport say that the Charlse has a
very nice turn OF speed in a moderate
breeze and smooth water.
The steam yacht Nirvana. hailing
from Hoboken. n. j.. is owned by Mrs.
Elizabeth l.. Givernaud. She is MEM
ber Of the New Jersey Yacht club.
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How to Keep the Tablcolctf..

When the tablecloth 10 removed af,ci
a meal, It should not only be very catc~
fully folded in tho crcascs into which Il
was ironed. but Il should bc la.1 away
under some heavy weight. a srall
marble slab. if procurahlc, Is exceilcotly
adapted for this purpose. If the wei,
smoothed cloth Is laid beneath Il three
times daily. 1. VIII Keep its freshness
remarkably and last much longer be-
fore need OF change.
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than any other men, because they ap-
preciate the keenness OF the pain and
know how II Is hurting not only your
body. but your mind. They realize just
when you are worrying over something
yes, and Just what medicine you need
other than that which comes I'm bottles
from the chemist. They know you need
cheerful words, but not too many.
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been few bad doctors but as we de-
pend on the descendants OF st. Luke
TO such a degree it's wise 10 conclude
that their intentions were honorable
when they started in and that it's be-
cause OF the general wickedness some
of them have grown greedy and cold
hearted. Doctors. good doctors, are a
thousand times more tender hearted
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allowed The graspng selfish thing and win
daily the bright congn friend the friend who
elastic walk viii have done
can
little food
Remember all
beautie o the
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WOMAN'S PHYSICAL BEAUTY.

all realize
to
till had purchase I
Of
walking available
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fortunate enough to live the country bicycling physical
about the only methods of exercise but do all
md
the and the milk
s
a more
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hot water In summer the air is cooled
and forced through the different apart
ments frcm the icehouse. All in all, she
is one of the best equipped steam
yachts.
was the first woman in this country now
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in a pretty but somewhat complicated
arrangement behind.
A little capote OF realistic periwinkle
flowers in the natural color and green
wings finish the ensemble OF smart
and useful turnout.