The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-07
FUN OUT OF THEIR IDEALS.
YoUNG WOMEN CHIT ABoUT THEIR
RELATIONS III THE MUSES..

WY ~ VI " "A'N
Are you here for the winter !" was asked.
"No, only until the 18TH"
"Then you go back SOUTH"
"Thon I go back home"
But why not stayl II here's so much going
on, and with your turn for art It's q shame not to
be right at the fountain head, as II were"
"oh, I only dabblo a little" demurred the Wis
fling girl. I'm worry apprcciativc. but l don't
think i could do anything serious"
"Yes. you could; your work is beautiful.
Don't you know they always said at Vassar that
you could teach II you wanted tor
"Yes, but I'm Going to keep that for a re-
source II I ever really need 1t. Papa misses any
OF us so when we are away from home, and 1
think it's my duty to please him.
You dot Now i don't look at IL in that
light at ALL" argued the other. III q girl has a
talent, her first duty Is to that talent. I'm sure
of that. Now there's julie McCabc. You re-
member her 7 She's beautifully settled in Ten
teenth street and going In for elocution. She
tried music last winter, but her voice is against
her. and then she's not sympathetic-rathcr the
other way; so they discouraged her. She has q
gorgeous suite Of rooms, opening right through.
and sho has fitted them up beautifully. That's
one thing julie understands, furnishing. was
out with her nearly every day for two weeks
hunting up things"
"Tell her about Reese put in the girl on
the other side.
"Oh. yes; and Reese Melvers is here, but Just
for this month: on her way home from Europe.
Did you knowi She's ut the Bigdome. Go up
there with us one afternoon and see her. Poor
girl! She'd give her head to live In New York,
or even to spend tho winter here; but she
can't move Mr.. Melvers, and she's got no earthly
excuse for coming"
"She's happily married. isn't she p inquired
the girl who had an excuse and wouldn't avail
herself Of 1t.
"Well. so so, I guess; but Reese Is such a
bright sunbeam of q creature; it's a shame to
tie her down to a place like Froglovel. Mr..
Melvers is q bank President and q factory
owner, you know. and he Just won't give up his
business. Reese says she doesn't understand
him.. 10 is so kind about other things. but
whenever she suggests his moving to New York
he gets perfectly furious and just puts his foot
down. He simply won't. She thinks it's a little
inconsiderate, because. Of course. II he could
manage q bank and a factory in Froglevel he
might Just as we'll manage one in New York.
AS 1t Is, she's only here now helping her sister.
in-law to select furniture for q new house. and
curtains, and to get a few pictures and bric.a o.
brac and the like"
"Let mo see. Was Reese fond of study at
0chooli I've forgotten"
"No. That's Just II. She said yesterday that
II she only had my musical talent or Mabel's
taste for sculpture she'd be in clover, because
Mr.. Melvers would be sure to give her a winter
here then; but she hasn't the least taste for art.
She hasn't a decided talent for anything, except
having q good time. I told her to come and
take q course in literature; not to write any
thing, you know. but just have professors como
and read with her, and all that; but she says
anybody would see through that right away,
because she never has cared for books, except
q nice, lively novel now and then"
and you remember Dafsy Hume, that spiritueile.
going In seriously for literature. She gives de-
iicious little teas. She married 3 Minnesota
map so;t e course Mri ef I remsm felf6f Daisy Tsyi 0s s5he had lovely
yellow hair, Docs she writei I didn't know
well She hasn't done much yet. I believe
Trainer; and shs says r. WOrId q Song Is il
study: The desk would give anybody inspira-
mings, don't you know. A portrait Of the great
lights OF literature, framed in forget.me:nots.
wide. morocco-covered lounge in there.
convenient for when she gets over.
lamp IaraFu to brew Sn Russian s%S tea @f for . stim H'hs when when
her Ideas don't come freely. The writing room
opens into a larger, apartment, and she always
keeps IL that way, just, with curtains that can
easily be pushed aside and not interfere with
her walking up and down when what she calls
the divine ~afiatus Is on her. She says it's aston
fishing how much striding up and down you can
do when in that condition and not realize It in
the least. Then; when the collapse comes. there
Daisy and her husband get on well to-
o very. Only I don't think Mr.. Boomley
cares much about the ideal or anything Of that
sort. Clara Preyer and ! spent some weeks at
day he gave Clara a serious shock. Truly, she
didn't get over 1t for a week
How In what way r.
well, Clara is all architecture. you know;
she dreams architecture and breathes archi'
in the seventh heaven. I do believe she's never
happier than when she is In a ruin. particularly
% %ell th in,t e0 when ne She 'y w ANY ts Shanse a be ree ebut
ments and thrusts and arches and all that in
her lest manner, and suggesting the differences
what does MI. Boomley do but tell her. off hand
that, he abominated. old things and that he
than all the musty old castles in the world. and
moreover. that he did not sec the sense Of any
could be put to use and be Of some benefit ts
mankind In a practical way.
OF course she did. No wonder she comes tc
New York. where she can live close to the muse!
S %iats shs % Wsi, after T sSo thSt in Is cl sbs h %ss, f or s sh,
says she moved heaven and earth to come. Hel
people were, opposet to the idea. but she go
is just her life and she feels pcnt up unless sh'
can stay where she can go TO the lectures nnt
STUDY the InOuelB ana uelVo INTO Tue DehutIlu
works in the libraries to her hearts content"
Does she go to the libraries often =,
Hasn't been at all yet. You soc, she had 81
many things to get before she could feel settled
All the ornaments and bric-a-brac she brouRh
from home were out of date and had to DO sup
piled new, and then, of course. there was thu
shopping to be done for the real necessaries ant
her own winter outfit, besides all the matineest I
go to. The lady and gentleman who came OF
from the East with her, and were to look afte
her, have since found quarters at Montclair, 81
Clara has her own way at last and is absolutel!
her own mistress in New York. We see q grea
deal Of her. She's awfully good fun. But I wa
telling you about Daisy Boomley; We saw he
just fetching: She says she devoted three morn
ings to thinking 1t mp and three more to con
~sultation with the dressmaker. She wante'
something odd and Minerva.like, yet not to-
stern; something harmonious, that would trai
about and yet not hamper her. but would leav
her limbs free in every movement. The cow
has long, loose sleeves that show her arms an,
just a gem of a girdle. The editor OF the HON
Trgiger was in town just the other day, and h
says she's so harmoniously fixed that she's goin
to lot Mr.. Boomley come on for a day or two 8