New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-26


T., o,,da,ca in Germany members OF that Dody
are most common. and go their rounds on IT,
cles 10 which are attached their o"AeS VI f
The women OF Boston led by Mrs. Coleman OF
Beacon-st. have asked the Board OF Aldermen 10
revoke or at least revise, the Ant-Theatre HAT
law SO that bonnets may be worn The women
say that going hatless exposes them 70 coIuS n'
that there is mo beauty Key IN nrtheT aese that he
law has affected seriously the Fate o III W.
liners Of ST Tas Se matter to the Com
r1ittee on Public Improvement
Miss Elizabeth Robins. who has been an active
exponent OF the Ibsen cult In England. mas arrived
in this county with the determination 10 make
tho nlavs OF the great Scandinavian dramatst as
u.eu known 10 New Workers as 10 Londoners
Villa Miss Robins is an American. nearly all her
mtlo ca are has been in England since 1889 She
is an actress. and her work In bringing OUT q
series OF Ibsen's dramas has been largely one OF
love
The women artists whom the three prominent
art institutions Of New-fork are turning out
,earlv are taking their places among illustrators
a,d colorists OF tho day and winning acknowledge
n,cnts OF their ability. In some branches their
work is liked even better than that OF men, as ths
touch is lighter. But the charge OF lack OF
humor In tho feminine mind is made here as else
where A woman cartoonist or caricaturlst mas
n certain coarseness necessary in the treatment OF
such pictures may have been tho reason women
them.
DR. Mary Walker Is said 10 be using all her in
euonce against the annexation OF Hawaii. Her
friendship for Queen Liliuokalan is said 10 be the
reason for this great interest in a work which is
NOT profitable In any way TO the little doctor she
believes the queen Sd declayes too that TO annex
tJ%oes Islands will be the beginning OF the end
OF the Republic
Seventeen thousand children are treated every
wear at the dispensary In Paris which the Baron
css Hlrsch has endowed by giving 1t 10000
francs The institution is one OF the departments
y, the socie,e Phlanthropique, which IS now
more than a century old. y while ago the Baron
ness gave sum sufficient 70 establish twenty -hse
persions OF 300 francs each Tor WIDOWS, VINO
bave been in clrcums tances OF afluence but are
reduced TO pehuiy
Some extracts from a letter OF Rebecca Parks.
written in 1886 show how the young women of tho
time felt they must deport themselves when. as
was the custom. they acted as waiting women TO
those of rank II would be difficult TO fancy Amer
lean girls Of to-day acting apprentices 10 other
women for the sake Of the prestige gained through
having served in that capacity and the useful
lessons Of self-contro! and establishment were
more usually thought necessary, and only 10 be
e gan o, IA Il hope shall perform my dutye
70 my Iadye with all care and regard 10 please
her, and to behave myself 10 every one else as it
shall become me
wealthy San Francisco woman who had under
gone an operation successfully performed by the
physician she employed surprised when bill
Of only So was presented to her She demonstrated.
saving that the sum not sufficient for the work
done for one IN her circumstances. But the doctor
rcrsisted that $50 WAS his charge for that sort OF
tneration and her circumstances had nothing TO
do with II. She however sent him check Tor
500 and was surprised when she later received a
receipted hin for $3.50 for temized services rendered
IN the moor humanity OF the city This pleased
nor so much that she sent another check. which is
bair ed In the same way.
A woman has been tho means OF having ra'roao
hui, ever a portion Of country which was thought