The morning news., 1899-12-03
WOMAN'S WORLD.
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"N"'t'N ~ EOt%S
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several years ago found myself suddenly
deprived of my income. 1 had a parent
and home, but no pardon my s.ang)
money in my Inside pocket" 1 answered
an advertisement in the columns of the
Herald and secured a position. Educate
in music, art and literature counted for
naught had to regulate my supply to
meet the demand.
Think of it, I fitted corsets to shapely
and shapeless women all over the country.
| Oh, yes, 1 humbled my pride, but I rose
| higher in my own estimation. After sew
eral months, l saw another advertisement
and answered that. 1t was for position
| in the imported gown department of a
prominent Boston store. When one of the
| firm asked me what experience l had my
| reply was, Il have not had any expert
ence, but I have ability; 1 know what the
well-hred woman wants" l was taken on
my assurance. After months of work
among the breadwinners, 1 came to the
conclusion that l was suffering because of
my independent spirit, and, after all, 1
was dependent on the very place and
among the people where I had tried to
find independence and 1 gave up the posi-
ton.
l have taken a trunk from Brooklyn to
the Grand Central station in two lines of
horse cars, and l have fought conditions
as hard as any soldier fights an enemy
Now the lesson to be learned from the
case of Evelyn Adams lies in the fact that
she sought fame when her greatest need
was food. Il am starving" is cry that
no human ear would refuse to hear. If
she was i'll some hospital or home would
have taken her in if worthy, as l believe,
and had she applied to some women's club
or charitable organization she would at
least have found food. Instead, she closed
her door to the world and suffered in ST.
lence SHE allowed her body to starve
for the sake of her high spirit. Evidently
she did not try to take any work she
could get, but struggled to reach the un-
attainabse. 1t is a mistake made by
many. Evelyn Adams did not die of star
walton, but of false pride. 1t is killing
both butterflies and breadwinners to-day.
At popular hotel like the Waldorf-As-
toria, says the New York Times, long
| before dinner time most of the tables In
| the dining rooms have been engaged Ev-
| cry one has a favorite location, and gets
| 1t II possible, and then It is desirable to
be sure of having table. 1t is necessary
to be on time then, for if the people who
| have engaged a table are not ready TO
| take it at o'clock, it is given to the first
! person who asks for it. And out of every
| 1000 persons who engage tables it Is said
that 999 want them in the palm garden,
! and that being a small room, the grea ter
number are disappointed. Why there
| should be such a demand for tables in the
| small room in preference to the large
| dining room some people can't understand.
! one man who does, says: 1T Is because
| the American people like a crowd. They
like TO be where every one is and where
| they can see everybody; thy don't like a
! large room where they cannot see every
thing that goes on in it."
The "hoodoo" has been taken from the
| opal! Until very lately il was considered
! unlucky to own or wear opals unless they
! CHANGED to be the wearer's birthstone. and
| then they were looked upon as lucky tails
| mans, bringing good luck and happiness
| to the rossessor
The Old adage has it that the opal Is
| a wiseacre with regard to the health of
| the wearer If in iR-health the gem will
| become pale and dim; if in good health its
colors will be flashing and brilliant Opals
were supposed to bring bad luck, disaster
| and Illness 10 the person wearing them.
! and for long time they welc tabooed
| But all this is changed now, like the pea
| cock feather and the Boston bean The
opal is now cut in The fern cf Il heart.
and in this shape given to swoethearts is
al NiIiDltAH O4 tnluTlHR dHSSllOQ. J. al
| from being 'ons!dered an evil omen it IS,
with lis flushing and rainbow nues. looked
| upon as type of happiness and luck.
One of the smart society papers in Ion
! don got Jp 4 corrcSp ondence recently con
| cerning Miss Maud Come, the young Irish
| woman VINO is endeavoring to enlist svrn-
| pathy everywhere for the Beers She is
| a rebel of the most out-aHd-out descrip-
| ton, and the majority of The English wo-
| men disapprove of her very highly There
| fore, in answer to the question of the edit
| or of the paper 1 mention as to what
! shall be- done with her?" | am told, saws
| a correspondent of New York paper. that
| the startling unanimity of the advice given
! by English women in the matter was as
| unusual as it was unerring. The nlmost
universal suggestion was that her punish
! ment should fit the crime" and that she
should be married willy-nilly to a Boer.
| and go and live with him in South Africa.
| This, it is contended, would practically
cure the beautiful, and impetuous young
woman of any desire to weep over the
misfortunes of ''her brother Boer."
The Queen Of Roumania, Carmen Syl-
| va" is so passonately fond Of flowers that
! she is positively unable to rest happily In
a room where there are no blossoms. As
| to writing without the neishborhood of
! flowers, that sne has declared to be quite
! out of the question. Nearly all her liter
! ary works have been composed out of
! doors, in a roofleSs room, built of reeds
| and surrounded by a hedge of rose bushes,
| in the hollows of which are cunningly con-
| cealed cages fun of singing BIRDS. The
floor is of messy turf In one corner a
| tiny fountain pours forth perfumed wa
| tiers; in another swings a luxurious silken
| hammock, in which the Queen can rest
and dream Her seat is messy bank.
| her desk lichened stone, carved into the
| shane OF writing table.
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