The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-18


au1ek the pee1qde 10 senaa&3on. ana noise
iess force the dynamic lever With which
the good actor or actreso moves the pit,
the boxes and the gal,sfy.
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And now Johann Strauss died in Vienna
June Born October 8. ISIS. he was "a
years old. One Of family Of waits COM
pooers, Johann was the greatest. I'll
wager that Nr. Strauss has been the means
Of making more matches than any other
person who evef nsed. II there any heart
too old 70 throb and n1tter 1t the entranc-
sng strains Of Tho Beautiful Blue Dam
ube." one o. his most charming compost
tons.
.-rhe Beautiful Blue Danuhs,. WIN never
grow old. Frpm the cradle TO the grave
the strains or that lovely measure are al
ways enhancing. To the young that waltz
overflows with promises Of hope and love.
To the old, what "reminiscences Of glad de-
light; what echoes OF pleasures past does
that movement present. with the minor
cadence Of the autumn leaf just before its
fans
Johann Strauss has given much pleasure
to al sorts Of people with the many walt.es
which he has written and the many bright
compositions he has given to the world
OF. music. Who VIII take his place!
There never was q traer saying than
this. The longer one lives the more one
learns" Yesterday. while calling on a lady
at the Materially hospital here in Sc
attic. I saw for the first time an incubator.
This Incubator was not for Matching
chickens. but for giving human beings
chance TO grow when called too suddenly
from the maternal heart TO face cold and
non-nourishing world. This particular in
cubator. which. by the way, had been used
and tested. was all white and pink and
Was - dainty and sweet as the incest
cradle you ever saw. There vera little air
holes TO keep the too-prevfous baby from
suothering, sponge which. being kept
moist. made the atmosphere the right tenn
perature-7o to so-varying with the neces-
atty Of the embryo. There was dainty
padded sieeplng bag for the baby to re-
pose In. ran for hot water was the
foundation Of the Incubator. The water Is
required to be changed every hour to re-
tain the same temperature. Every hour
the embryo 10 nourtshed with q preparation
especially compounded for Nfe-givtng main-
tenancA
There b the cutest little japanese baby.
exactly nike q Jap doll, at the Maternity
hospital. The name Of this cute little patch
ie Aimosa Nlshau The parents Of this
dear little doll have lost four children
while IN the infant stage. - they have left
this little japanese baby to be cared for
and properly nourished at the hospital
When the little Mimosa. who = now four
months old. wlxes strong she win be taken
home By her parents to flourish IN Japan
ere kimonA. under the bloom Of the chry-
santhemum. She 10 the smil:ngest baby I
ever saw. wanted to steal her.
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A hotel run entirely by women Is the
latest fad In Chicago. II Will open this
week and will be run exclusively by NO.
men and will Be for women only. The
women who are in charge hive = ten
year lease. and Il 10 that building which
has been known a. the Richeiieu Annex.
Il II 10 Be the home OF Chicago business
women and women travellers. The name
10 to be the Laurel Club hotel. Four wo-
men are to b the directors OF the enter
prise. Chaperones for strangers and for
theater parties are Included in the list OF
attractions. Twice . month dancing and
other forms Of social entertainment win be
given. ssss*- .ss
Instead Of the Laurel Club the Cypress
Society would seem more appropriate. All
women and no men seems Q tribe nonot-
oneuT.
Think Of all those gilded picture frames
and superb furniture. all the hardwood.
marble and general maEniiicence which
70 to render the modern hotel thing Of
6eauty and 3 JOY forever, and no tobacco
smoke to lend a manly fragrance to the
air.
II IL all very well to talk about enjoying
female society. We all do. Blu. somehow
or other man does give fiilip to an AZ
fair. even In the opinion Of the most COM
pressed old mad.
When men formulate the idea OF women
less hotels. women think the men extreme
" selfish. Too much bread and hoecake
Isn't good for the digestion. We all want
reiishes-if not preserves. then pickles.
I'm surprised that these women respon.
sible for the Laurel Club hotel have not
taken the fact into consideration that mo-
rotony makes wrinkles. Even az charming
a thing a. smile. when Get, becomes q
furrow.
Women are all nice. bat they are only
one-half Of the world. and IL needs the
alliance Of male and female 10 make the
world a garden OF sweetness and light
It's all very well for women to get on
q platform and cry 70 be relieved from
the white mans burden. Six times out OF
seven the women have been disappointed
or discouraged. It's all very well for
men to get UP on rostxum and shout