The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-27

SFg time. the AVERAGE EyyFa4 n
3clns certain number Of glasses
g ard Is asked 10 dror Ia as a
visitor 1T q number more. Ea-
ing that very common thing, a
Anrsv woman. do not regularly bsioag ~
80 glasses. although | 60 10 several
earring q bunch o. gsoiefs to give the
rafen. as a sort Of iIckes OF admission.
Is this way one learns an immense
uneu=t. One learns how TO Listen with
oefe syes shut when the Ezypsosogsss
t.ns a5out tbs meaning OF tse queer
naauesyph.cs ard tnprssses upon your
sisA that Ciecs,atra was q very ordinary
1fang little woman, with fair hair and
- sal moss. whose chief charm TO tie
Egyptians WAS her good complexion. Thai
fuser wonders why lbs class In 80 small
nGxt week and does not realize ua.El
.auaefwsYd that because Of this reference
e tAe skin Of Cleopatra woman, hckis
: vemen. lovely woman. has gone In a be<is'
= N or twenty to hear beauty teacher
i - about How to Manage the Skln.''
>. 1AeA I have learned 10 stare straight
80 vacancy while the woman Of the pres
- bangs gaggi and talks about the
fsnsn Of the future ard I can be quiz
- Enthusiastic Oh tfre subject OF dress
Nesfm. / was not always 50. There was a
j - when 20 listen 20 the dress sefofmers
r - my angry passions rise ard want
asfh 20 UP ard tell them what thought.
~ hov. when some woman who has been
I Hlag on overdone beef Oh too much pas
~ on oatmeal eaten IN humps or too
NEnY preserves. gets up ard tells about
) = Hsli fitting corset being an invention of
~ Devil and pretty gown an ffnpossi-
fzsy as CONNECTED with brains. I simply
i nile and give myself satisfied wriggie
: Which means that there is@ comfort in
properly made corsets.
i A speaker OF tts!s kind invariably me-
Aodsr4 OF and asks with much excitement.
What viii the coming generation be wh en
ths woman Of today ~ satisfied TO be
merely beautifni?" ard I sit there and
ah.nk Of DR. Hchenck ard Of the fact that
o(auty Ii hereditary. and / remember
handsome families Ike the Mays and the
Cuttings and the Works and the Carys.
ssd there comes To ma visions OF fae love
-. heaifhiest babies ! have ever seers~--
1hles who inherited their beauty from
Aew mothers, their bravery from their
tathzSS, while father and mother had
zach tontribused toward the intellect
there Is untold jey In nay heart when the
EgeHs reformer talks. She Is very EN-
taatle. She il usually fse shape OF 81 Shin
9is. and shs damns with u u thai Is In
fense all corsets. while she objects to pref
n underwear, and considers as q special
work OF the devil Il well fitting bodice.
ehe il down Oh woynar's hips. those curves
which are SO essentially feminine. and
which were made 80 broad and strong for
Gre purposes OF carrying burdens.
The dress reformsr does not believe this.
6se thinks that everything ought to be
strung from the shoulders. You are Ia Ell
dire nasty, narrow tapes cutting your
SHOULDERS and making Tia wearing o. a
hw bodice an smpc4lhslity, 40 thar You
can string pett.costs assi everything else
that you wear from them. tight It's aw-
fal I never made o speech fl my life, bnt
esery TINE hear the dress refexnsvF speak
] want somebody 10 set up and say what
] think-iiiat II. that nature tthe dress
:stormer prefers TO say nature. as she
counts CD oId-fasnsoneds. would have
made women with narrow hips and bread
shoulders II it had been intended that her
burdens be carried from them. Lut IL was
sot Consequently her shoulders are ma
dunn and her hips are biz. while man has
10 hips at aH-thaf Is, to speak ot-and
his shoulders are supposed to be bread
enough TO bear the burden OF feminine
heads when feminine hearts are ia &rou-
bic
At & hotel where there WAS an alarm
OF fire. when we all ran just as we were
without the slightest plea. | saw dress
ssformer I'm her nfghtgown. On. but she
was sight, She eertaialy did I've UP 10
her theories. There was TO pretty uaifs-
cook, 40 frills. no bits OF lace and hows OF
ribbon. Oh. no. That nighigown was made
-cas Of some indicated material the odor
1cf which is best iIkefea to sewer gas. and
u was cut as John Gifpin's buttons went.
straight up and down." with every sslg-
Esesios Of utility. but not n hint Of beauty.
II The dress reformcrs would drop dress
E~sorfn.ng altogether and take up eating.
which Is nav special fad. there would be- j
great deal moro good done. as far ga the
looming generation Is concerned II some
sb0fy would have the courage OF her con-
ysscslens and say that women need less
pastry and more mutton. fewer fried and
moro roasted things hess cake and mora
5gcod bread. and nothing fried. there would
Ne good o;.sicek for the people of the
Nature.
The average woman needs better bread
sead butter, especially butter, and less tea
Ahowcver, j mean less had tea. FOR good
SEA properly made. hurts nobody. Then.
80 the average woman wants To devote
y loEser time to dinner snd less 20 reform
ing the world. Her complexion Will h.
better her eyes clearer. her hair healthier.
ard her teeth will remain in her mouth
soager il she eass good food, properly cook
"a. rather slowly. and chats merr!iy IN be-
lseefA / nayssE believe III retcFina Ton.
but every proper thinking person believes
sAat reforms. Ike charity, ought 80 begin
at hensA Tho woman who wants "a Keep
90 nan cut of temptation IA the evening
u mitch arter 80 succeed hg having a good
e.rrer. beginning at o'clock and lasting
arssti ?. than by all The preaching in the
world. After clock the average nsan
who has consumed a good dinner and is
eascying has smoke ard a glass of cordial
Teas so comfortable thar he doesn't want
70 81 cut. aud a woman sra}tsr bs 81 fooi
sso can& entertain = imam who has had q
god dinner Why 6ccsnt somebody start
society for the propagation u Gead foode
would be wiling 70 tosn agd ~ wogk 20
ssss = a Success. ard / possess "A rab-
WIS foot ana "a h4re's ears and aFIa said
70 bring good luck.
never grow patriotic except when an
sAking about tlse blessings. as far as food
: concerned of tho people oE This ooun-
". We have everything 9has j. good al
sae year round, ana ga have sag tbs sense
% appreciate 81
80 England. where iheys 80 10 81 tn
sassse deal a. $rouAia Rbo.t Eo1d service
saa proper feed. there Is a stras. ahcat
ssas saortAs os the wear tAat vou lsgve se
r.