Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-25

W0MEN'S INTEREST.
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Mrs. Amelia Gere Mason has written an
article in the century Magazine TO show
nineteenth century child OF the eighteenth
century French salon. She says that both
present pf a mania for knowledge, a change
NE; ana an unprecedented increase in the
authority of women" She regards the
club not as a conservator of social tradi-
tions. or the creator OF social standards. or
a tribunal of criticism. but as a literary
and political training, school; IA maker of
citizens with Il broader outlook into the
world OF %affairS, a powerful engine of
value is this moral force. which is the
heritage. and runs through all the avenues
OF life"
a correspondent of one OF The dailies has
taken up the question Of the First Night
Audiences. and complains bitterly of the
those who have taken their seats before
the rise Of the curtain. and urges man
ayers to admit no one during the progress
OF a scene. 1t is true that the tardy ar
rival of Il portion of the audience disturbs
both view and hearing of those who are
seated, and is a very great annoyance.
rows of seats is narrow, and consequently
the upheaval OF stalls or circles, as the
case may be. Is entaiied. But, ON the
other land. IL would be rather hard on
those whose failure TO appear at the rise
OF. The curtain ia due TO Il late train. or a
block on the road, if they We're shut out
from the first act because of an occur
fence of which they Were not even the in
nocent cause.
Colonel Warning was not only a man of
immense executive ability ana Il high
minded. unseliiSh patriot: he was also, i'll
private life. kind, faithful and amiable.
More than thirty years ago he wrote a
charming series of stories of his expert
ences in the civil war. entitled Whip
and Spur which ought to be republisilcd.
He was a many sided man. Probably the
last article he ever wrote was ole on The
Drink Problem in New York City Poll
tics" which appeared in the Outlook Cf
October ia paper so wise and practical
that 1t ought to be universally read and
needed.
en-. He often consulted with the New York
women interested in clean streets. etc.
treated them with much courtesy and al
ways cordially welcomed their co-opera-
ton.
No nobler life and work have ever disni-
fled and frightened our national annals
unpretending man, who was in the trueSt
and highest sense a hero and i martyr.
II is better to wear out than TO rust uht.
and even old lace does not improve by be-
ing shut up. II is a great mistake to keep
the air away. From time to time. On Il
nice dry day. these treasures should be
aired in the sunshine, for. just as the sun
shine is good for us. and gladdenes our
will make old laces last longer. If it is
thus treated, no dark yellow stains of
iron mold VIII appear. rms Is not iron
way through. The lace has been put away
after having been worn on a damp day,
and, being shut up. the damp could not
church lace. because it has been kept in a
cold, damp s~acristy, but if the present
charming fashion of wearing old lace con-
tinues. it will not be this iron mold fungus
that will eas ii away, but there will be a
considerable quantity fairly, worn out. IL
lace. even of the finest and most fragile.
is taken care of, il is surprising how long
il will last: but when priceless examples
OF Il lost art are delivered into the hands
of the modern dresSmaker. the chance is u
poor one. for age and beauty Will meet
with little or no consideration when some
new idea in the way Of trimming or drapery
has to be carried out.
Rejecting on demand and supply, we Won
der what future generations viii do IL all
the fine lace in existence is now tc be abb
sorbed. Are We producing good things suf-
fiCient TO hand down and replace what We
are using up? We fear not. Taking it all
round, modern real lace is but poor stuff.
Point gauZe. the handsomest of modern
needle point. is effective. but flimsy. Point
DuchesSe is almost vulgar, and there is not
the style about the Brussels applique of
the late nineteenth century that should be
desired. for. just as every style of dress
is worn. every style is drawn, and the de-
signs lack originality. The best things that
we shall leave behind are reproductions
reproductions of the needle point and pill
low laces of the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries-and the more exact the reproduc-
ton the better we consider the work. The
clever. industrious BelgianS are giving their
attention to reproducing the lacework OF
the past. and we can compliment them upon
the result and trust, that 1t may prove re-
muneratIve.
There still exist. however. many fine eX-
amples which cannot be reproduced: there
is too much in them. these We're made for
love and not for money, SO money cannot
reproduce them.