The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-02
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MRS. Whitehead DEFENDS IT Be
FORE the RAINY DAY CLUE.

Her Costume should ne tervtcehnio hhe
Beauty Will Come In Due Time-Hcr Paper
Preceded by = General Discussion OF Fnat-
iinr Paper skirts and Pretty Club nadEes.
The Rainy Day Club held a rousine meeting
In the New York Industrial building, ut Forty
third street and Lexington avenue, yesterday
afternoon, Mrs, Emma Bookwith was In tho
chair and there was a large turnout OF men,
bcrs and visitors. Everybody was in high good
humor because at last the club has a perma'
nent home, and host OF all, it doesn't cost a cent.
Mrs. Balcam road a letter from Mrs. Bertha
Welby. Corresponding Secretary, telling Ola
meeting Of tho Rainy Day Club she attended in
Syracuse last week. The letter stated that
over fifty mombcrs were present, that most OF
them wore their rainy day suits. though the
weather was fine, and that the club was in a
most fionrishlng condition.
Mrs. Andrews, Chairman Of the Executive
Committee, In making hcr report, said: II have
been absent from New York for several months,
but we've had one executive meeting since my
return. The matter OF a place OF meeting camo
up and we were glad to accept Mr.. Charles +.
wingate's offer to meet horo-forn nothing"
I'D hoped to have a paper p%etticoat hero to-
day to show you ALL irrelevantly remarked
Tho presiding officer at this point. but it didn't
come. They are lovely. Come iniour colors
and rustic like silk"
do you wear 'emi' asked somebody in n
corner
YES" answered some ono who knew all
about II, you wear 'em anywhere, rain or
shine. They are made Of paper, and have a
lovely rustic, and they only cost so cents each.
II would like some one to suggest that we
send one of our badges to the President of the
Syracuse Club" said Mrs. Beckwith.
Mrs. May Banks Stacy made the motion.
II object" put In Mrs. A. NJ. Palmer. W
h.,n o,, ,tn Lot than, haya thnira"
ut would make us the mother club to let
them use our pin, and there is always power in
that persisted Mrs. Stacy
81 still differ said Mrs. Palmer.
'I think the idea of getting other clubs to
adopt our pin ia to secure q source Of revenue
to u.s. said Mrs. Andrews. Our dues are so low,
and II we could sell these pins Wholesale
The adoption Of the same pin by all Rainy
Day Clubs would be a bond of fellowship" in
terrupted Mrs. Celia b. Whitehead.
IAN l to understand that we are to give the
Syracuse Club our pinl' asked Mrs. Knowles.
1 agree with Mrs. Palmer. This pin belongs dis
tinctly to us. We originated It, and ! belong to
nine clubs, and this is the ~prettiest pin l have
except the Press Club badge"
This seems to NO." said Mrs. Fowler. ito be
q matter serious enough to be put in the hands
BE- referred to that body,
The motion was carried like q flash.
Mr W ss are }qst a,S ySsAs ss eld nss' tn %9 aHF eos ssif
tuition to-day Is the day to name our nominal,
ing officers, for our annual election is to be held
|, at our next meeting. The committee Is named
Mrs. Parker Morrison, Mrs. Paul H. colell.
Mrs. Minnie L.. Fowler. Mrs. A. Hays Smith,
and Dr. Jessie 7. Boyle were selected:
when our Secretary sends out the postal
t faFas said Hns ih1 msmS Sf Would Sa ahs suggest nsSt meat tha,
she put the New YORK indps5rial building N IN
thta time Tho HOuRPhDll EpOOOnic ASsOcia
$ Ralsssf| L tr 81 HSsF Fana t ss%%Pnip a Eaai I co sa:
b Everybody agreed that it was just too com
2 met in the Grand Central Palace; Mn; Beck I
t Her subject was Beauty and the Beast. q
It seems to Be- an indisgutabbiss fact that yo
J J \ Si's s,t .hs sIs, asastI iPgosf Il on %a ihsR X sS,. 'r s.at.
! : number; i there sh !; 5 e any any such n.;hao Wig 3 y asSs,'
. sorts; horse shows; for instance. When
8 speak of women, | moan the vast maJorit;
, These are more and more crying out agains
the restriction. the unhealthfplness; the OK
pense and Inconvenience OF their clothing.
) think also that there Is a general agreemen
that woman's dress Is not beautiful. Year
mans dress is as i~nartistic as it is abominab!
/ in other Ways Probably there would be bu
little II any dissent from the statement tina
beauty is u desirable quality in woman clott
< Ing vh,,. al orro. that bsau,v Is desirable. on
class emphasizes this desirability very strongly
70 care for itself; that il The dress be true !
To bring out clearly the points she wished t
d frSm the MfS weil.knoWn story, Beauty and tn
Beast. and then she continued; The bea:
would never have become beautiful had he nc
been first accepted because OF his goodness. s
x II is my firm belief that womans dress WI
accepted for its intrinsic merit. Although n
p Beast was hIdeous, he treated Beauty so vel
er did, so much for her., that she overlooked Ii
10 ugliness and then he became beautiful. -,
ir "Shall we not learn u lesson from this fabl
es find q dress adapted to our needs, and let q
10 the moro important and Fundamental on,
C. have been attended TOT Our ideas OF beaut
dress that doubt II we.know very much sboi
l.. anyway; ! am not sure ]. t lhnu, We se sn@ on
e. 30 let US consent even to be ugly il need be-
we find a dress that is good to us.
But has woman a right 10 be ugiyl Is 6ea mn
from J. q, Holland that No wife should ey,
an in her husbands eyes than herself l do n
~ know the impression Il made on me then, blu,
4, s BE scr ra2aBSstM RaHPy ol Slmi' w s5nif seP The an Wo psn
In. at. He did not state by what means o wi
'ei ing better dressed than herself in her hu
ok bands eyes. The inference did not seem to
y" her husbands sight, but that she herself shou
Ee devote her energies to the task OF dressing
well that no other woman could drcss bette
70 Think OF the awful strain on each woma
ra Evidently Mr.. Holland would not admit q -
mans right to wear an ugly dress. -,
'm Judge Albion TOurgee, in an address dell
leF cred many years ago to the girls in MountHoiyo
rs b, Seminary, said: Great stress should be laid up
We the necessity OF greater care In the person
1is adornment Of women. The influence o. WON
SCI depends first OF all upon the charm of prcsen
INT OF which grace OF manner and personal adol
ment are the chief Ingredients
"Evidently Judge Tourgee does not think
woman has O right to be ugly. They empf
size the duty of a woman to be beautiful.
-. rather, beautifully dressed. Much In the SAL
'ee strain have / heard In the Rainy Day Civ
and yet I am a firm believer in a woman's ri2
MIA to be ugly, at certain times and places und
W certain conditions and for certain purpos
'ed Can I prove iti MOI not exactly nor e9I