The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-21
WOMEN HERE, THERE, EVERYWHERE

WOMEN HERE, THERE EVERYWHERE
There are no slow coaches among the women
Of Las Cruces. y. NJ. They about run the town.
Four years ago the woman's Improvement So
ciety Of Las Cruces was organized. with Mrs.
Mary 4. McFie as President. Although the
OWL numbered 5000 inhabitants there wasn't
a hearse in the place. The first thing that the
women did was to buy one and let 1t for fu-
nerals at a moderate price. They didn't take
any undue advantage of their patrons, but all
the same the hearse proved a paying invest
ment. They have bought ground for a public
park. fenced IL and planted trees and shrub
berry. and are now accommodating money to erect
a town hall and public library building.
Thu we. expect to aid our husbands to i'm
prove and beauty our town. or probably I
should say do it for them" said the President
women raise funds for town Improvement by
giving entertainments. suppers and balls and
by furnishing refreshments for other enter
Mrs. McFie is known Throughout New Mex
from s.. Louis in 1874. and is the wife Of John
tees Of the Supreme Court Of the Territory.
Wichita, Kan. has the distinction Of having
as a citizen q dressmaker who is q cousin Of
Admiral Camara. and Wichita is proud Of her.
too. She is Mrs. Henrietta Victoria Isabella
Wilhelmina Marty Boyle Campbell. Wichita is
also verJ proud Of her name. because as a rule
people in Wichita don't have many names.
Mrs. Campbell's mother was a sister Of Ad-
miral CAmara's father. Her father was OF
Scotch descent and was named Campbell.
She was born at Granada. Spain. where the
live. Mrs. Campbel's father had large bust
ness interests In America. and she was
was quite young and her mother had arranged
for her TO marry a Spanish cousin. but she
mother disinherited her and Very soon her
young husband died. She married again, but
obtained a divorce and the restoration OF her
maiden name. Her mother has never com
municated with her since their separation. and
lives in Spain with her Spanish relatives. The
dressmaker andt ~thorough-going American.
When Queen Taitou. the wife Of the NeRus
Menelek. conqueror OF the Italian troops in
Abyssinia. arrives with her husband and dusky
but brilliant escort, in Paris next month. even
the gay Partisan viii no doubt marvel Queen
Taitou is no less interesting than her husband.
When she appears in public she is accompa-
MED by many women. mounted on richly
caparisoned mules. with runners. umbrella
bearers and other attendants says the Phila-
delphia Post "Taitou's nm brella, is a bright
red. She Is very stout but withal her presence
Is diEnified. She il remarkably well informed
on current topics. and is q charming conyersa-
a bright. natural style. She does not dress any
more richly than her ladies-in;waitinE; but she
press believes thoroughly in court etiquette,
formally presented to her"
The Maori women Of Australasia have rights
dourishinG ones. Generally they have little
voice or choice in the selection Of their first
husband. but they may and they frequently do
change him. All the Maori gods and goddesses
help the Maori whose wife betrays him. but
she may trade him without so much as q
comment from the public. without the
slightest smudge on her good name. and
I. Is nothing to his dIscredit. either. Court
loSe to repeat Oriental love tales and
q Sic sii0S i Snd s sSnSd. 9 MaS4 w ad6 shf nd1 intr o.
SS1sntly commit suicide upon the graves Of
simpler than IN our own Chicago. It needs no
revenue, employs no oficen. he turns her
That is all, What would, certain .many-times
divorced theatrical people not give for such
Girls are often betrothed irrevoeably in Infancy.
Girls not betrothed In childhood are expected
70 have as many admirers as they please. In
greater the prestige OF the girl.
Il. de n. HaiG. an EngiIshmAn. has been tell
English women how men are won. Here
" q iuNO "a AK POluI5 10 BlNch IucLu liza may
apply here as well as there. since man nature Il
man nature and woman nature IL woman nature
the wide world over:
After all. the basis OF all friendship and love
is conversation It il the bread and butter Of
our social life: anything further may be the
jam. but We annot always live on jam. Under
our present social conditions. lapses Of silence
are most irksome, unless the friendship is very
far advanced, and Il IL At present absolutely
necessary 70 keep me BAL OF e9nVerSation roll
stood. but being tossed backward and forward,
Many an embryo lover has been SCARED away
by this initial difficulty ke does not K now what
TO talk about 70 the strange creature. by his
side, and she, on her slds, knows nothing OF
thus Often Ss Is forced to COO coneiasd tS that hat there st%
y not much In common, between them after all;
th IIiI The syTn n 6SI Which he thought would last
:, It 10 in the art Of keeping up . conversation
but many men get over the d~lnioulty By not go
M s1ya into Sn S sSs {bsi women ne never shut them.
more marked. In e%ery ssptspe ss
are what one may call leaders. or IDEAS
which PAY lead one on 70 further subjects.
To be able TO guide the talk
parent eho oP'es Coward those subjects which
are most Interesting TO her companion,
to keep Il there; and to draw him GU;
~ FNNs ~ GiN 1
sVeT-endurtng power in a woman, which makes
her attractive no matter what her age may be. |
I Unfortunately, II Is as u~nrecogntLed as IL IL rare |
In Its fullest development: but this IL the real
Solld foundation OF charm In woman; this Is
The art for her TO cultivate II she wishes TO
attract and win men, There are many other
attractions which may add TO and increase this
but there is nothing that can surpass il.
aud nothing else can give q woman so much
hold over the other sex.
" II is q very common idea AmonR women
that men like to be- talked 10 and amused. To |
certain extent II is true: the merry prattle OF
b young girl has its charm. especially II she IL /
pretty and innocent, and IL may help an hour
two 20 pass, pleasaDlly away; but there IL
nothinR lasting In II, nothing, that can hold a
man and m his devotion. Also, though
L may be charming In a young girl, II Is out ~
place in al older woman IL bores a man and
1riyes him away. where he can have his say
about the things he cares TO talk of.
when q woman has onee got n husband she
will often take little trouble 10 keep him as y
over. although she will reproaeh him for Civ
nE up his loyer-like ways, She does not real
" that such things are mutual. and when
by either elicit responses from the
ptteI. II not neglected too long. To keep him
attached to her needs thought and study TO try
ind become what he wants la more ways than