The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-12-01
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all sorts of things TO secure the comfort o
| the shopping sex. and one is not sur
prised to learn,t thai some OF the big de
partment stores in New York have
service of small boys who check babie.
and take careief them while the mother.
wander about the store making their pur
chases Some shops go one better ant
| have nurseries, with young women wht
take charge of babies and little children
and rock them to Sleep or amuse them
Furthermore, a Brooklyn preacher, not t'
| be outdone by any department store, has
set up a nursery in his church, whert
mothers may leave their babies in tht
care of a few young women who voluntee
their services for this purpose AS a re
| suit many women who otherwise woult
have TO stay at home attend the services
and as comparatively few young womer
can take charge of all the babies of the
parish, can take turns at it, and, ANYWAY
are engaged in a good work, even If they
themselves have to miss occasional serv
ices, the plan on the whole seems to ad
vance the cause of the church.
A woman's years after. she is 16 are
popularity supposed to be more or less of a
burden to her, but the following account
from The Pail Mall Gazette goes to prove
that there are times when years are an
advantage, and we wish these Spanish
nuns luck in their affair.
"Annuitants never die. The fact has
Just been illustrated by a circular from
the Spanish Ministry Of Justice to the
collective prelates of Spain. A law was
passed in 1887 dealing with the Spanish
National debt, according to which law
there were certain nuns in Spanish con
vents and sisterhoOas who held lien on
the state for a small allowance to be paid
by the treasury to each member yearly
The circular goes on TO state in calm
official style that in 1887 the youngest t
CT these religious ladies was II, the eldest
was 66. Between them comes a varying
list of ages, and all these ladies', be it
remembered, were state arnuitants.
And now we are in 1888, and not a
single death has been recorded in these
81 years The nuns have with complete
unaninity and uniformity paced peace
compact and unbroken body OF annuitants
still The youngest would be rs, the
eldest 127 and almost all the others have
scored their three figures
"The treasury finds something suspici-
Gus in this unbroken succession OF cen
tenarianS, costing il no less than so GEO
francs Their lordships are asked for an
explanation. and the venerable nuns are
invited to furnish some proof that they
really are alive; failing which said the
circular abruptly, 'ye shall be scheduled
as dead
Certain clever women who want tailor
made suits and can't quite afford them
buy a well made, ready made coat and
have tailor make them a skirt out OF
stuff to match For plain street dresses
of stout cloth there is nothing to equal
the tailsr's work with bis heavy irons
When tailors Handle chiffon and iaceS
they are not so remarkably clever, and
tae ordinary woinanfS content with her
one street frocI< from his hands, while
she devises ,with her ldressnallers all the
blouses, and the six and cashmere, the
velvet and chiffon, vanities that she
needs. il
The favorite color nov for the little ones
is red The small girls wear soft velvet
or siken hats with big Topping brims
the boys generally affect the round, brim
less sailor hat, which is pretty enough to
suit the mothers and convenient and
manly for the boys. A boy
early begins to netesti curlS, kits and all
girl ornaments or clothes, ard is very
miserable in them, and his ideas must be
respected even at the sacrifice of his
prettiness It's the small girl seven years
or under who has the soft hat with the
Topping brim; after She leaves babyhood-
and girls are kept there longer than boys
she TOO assumes o sailor hat or some
sort of Tam O'Shaater for school wear,
and has a de-bTim mned felt for dress
affairs. The wide sailor collar is as well
liked as ever for boys and girls The boy
viii insist upon leaving il off
after he is seven years o.d-and Almost
man in his own estimation; the girls viii
wear them until they are Old ladies. The |
lines Of the sailor collar are very becom-
ing. and long after she has left off wear
ing ii on her froclis, woman puts il on her
dressing sacks and wrappers, until ii |
ar has to be discarded; for when youth is |
gone it accentuateS her fading.
ft+
Now evening frocks are often made very
ow as to the neck and long as to the |
sleeves.
The pompadour still f0urishes in every
from the hair that is only loosely |
combed back to an over1anging struc
.ure fortified by several rats, and prOtrud
ing an inch or so beyond the line of the
brow. Also some wear il very plain;
others crimp the hair on pins or with
longs, from the brow 10 the knot Some
wear a curl on the forehead and curls
about the ears; some do not; some women
OOk very pretty; others do not Take il |
Ill in all, while the pompadour fashion is |
not in itself so pretty nor so graceful as |
he part down the middle, yet the pretty |
girls took as pretty as ever; only the |
lomely ones look homelier-whch is a |
pity