New-York tribune., 1899-07-26
FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS.
NEWS OF WOMEN GATHERED FROM
ALL PARTS. OF THE WORLD.
LIFE IN INDIA - WHY SOME WOMEN FADE
EARLY-MRs oRMIsToNs VIEWS ON

LIFE IN INDIA - WHY SOME WOMEN FADE
EARLY-MRs. oRMIsToN's VIEWS ON
THE IDEAL FIGURE
Stories that have been told for many years re-
garding life in India make the world toleraoy Ia
miliar with the habits and customs OF foreigners
especially Anglo Saxons. who take up thelr resi-
dence in the country OF the Hindoos YET 'he iuea
20 well established. that owing to the not climate
little exerton Is possible. is not altogether CORRECT
one There is time OF the year when the temPera-
perfect for out OF door sports ana the eher
getic English woman does not fail to take adVan-
tage of the opportunities TO ride. drive pia! tennis
and dance. But for nine months out OF tweNe eX-
ertion is not sought. During that time 'he man
ner in which most English women pass their day
is the following: Early and light breakfast from
6 to o'clock then a ride or drive. after Which
light loose gown is assumed and substantial
breakfast is eaten This takes place at ABOUT i"
O'Clock. Between breakfast and tiffn. when Is the
Indian for the midday meal, or the rePaSt
that comes nearest to midday. there are Iou' houiS
In which to get through some social oohgi'ions
This is the fashionable calling time, since atter
tifin the afternoon siesta supposed to be OF strictly
Spanish origin. takes place 1t lasts only ABOUT an
hour and half. and at or 43O o'clock tea Is
served An afternoon drive is then the correct
the eloamns Wbcb m ana n iI da o' so swiftly follows up
the close of day Dinner comes at o cloun, a,,o
ths evening is spent much as 1t Is al watering
That women of the tropics fade cary Is ean WEI be
known fact, but the reason for this fadlns Ga" p
found not in the country climate, but n tne
customs. OF all the Eastern people, those w " or
the quickest to show signs OF age are the Sia.hese
The cause for their decay is largely found IN tneif
habit of chewing the bete nut which @ TulhS otb ,be
ing to the complexion. The nut is rolled In ser
leaf cigarette is rolled When they start ' OF
these leaves and nuts Another cause Of their
speedy decline n beauty Is the lack OF prSR are
taken at all. and the chances Of recovery ri Mnen
sickness seizes them are extremely slgnlI rettv
eers say the Siamese have as young glrIS @ ptouf
faces and figures that seldom or never grow ssGu,
so that only slight attention TO theif pi' ''o"'
charms would preserve them
Mrs. Ormiston. speaking In THE Nlneleenth
Century the ideal feminine figure. says: he
feminine acrobat. trapeze performer ana popuid'
danseuse give some idea OF the Ideal FEMININE
figure in the bountiful curves and outlines "he'e
difference Of is most marked. If an OBJECT
lesson is sought to prove that muscular develop
ment tends to emphasize the evolution OF sex diI-
ferentiation 1t be found in such shows as bai
and female acrobats while II another Is needed
to demonstrate that want of muscular deveioPneHW, ~
can be found, alas! all too easily among women "a
who either cannot take exercise Cas C overSorAeu @
teachers and seamstresses) or who VIII not
The first public peace meeting held by women IN
Germany was attended by American woman
from Jersey City. Miss Helen l.. Gennert. VINO mas
written full description OF the occasion 10 d
friend. The meeting was called for the women
International Peace Conference, and took place IN
the hall Of a restaurant in Munich. Miss Gennert'
seeing the announcement. curious TO attend,
and entered the hall al O'clock the hour set. Inc
filled with small tables. at which the
audience sat and partook OF beer. and on the plat
form sat the speakers. about dozen women In all.
lawyer Dr. Jura, the first speaker: Sne
had won her degree in Zurich. but was not allowed
TO practise in Bavaria Women have been given the
right Of public speaking in the Kingdom now
ever. and Dr. Jura made much OF It. while she
said that the principal things to interest women IN
the peace movement were the consolidated acton
OF the sex, its insight as a whole. ana in an IN
dividual way not as echong mems belief, and the
feeling of the need the future has and demand II
makes on the present. Another speaker frau
Selenka declared that women are as human as
men, and have the same interest in the good OF hu-
manity." Miss Gennert noted that, although II was
a womans meeting, the audience was largely COM
posed Of men.