The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-09
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LIVE FOEICS ABOUT IOHN.
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Lilli Lehmann's interest In animals has
within recent years been one Of the most alb
sorbing OF her life. 1t IL said that she has
left her fortune by her will to the Berlin So
ciety for the Prevention OF Cruelty to Animals.
She has not worn feathers for some years. It
is said that che recently declared her inten-
tion OF never appearing again as Setikd. W
ing to the number OF feathers which il is nee
essary to use in the opera. The lntest evil
dence Of her devotion to this cause reached
New York. the other day. A package Of pam
Iilli lehman Kalisch" reached this city
from Berlin. Its contents we're a number Of
these were illustrated with graphic pictures
q animals about to submit to the operation.
Nine III Le ,hs first is ,d learned arm Sr here the 81 work Nmii
mails, but it was not until she, became a yege-
tartan that her views reached their present
servor. Her theories OF living are not wholly
confined to an avoidance OF flesh. She. be-
lieves that the quantity eaten by everybody Is
very much greater than 1t should he and linz
its her vegetarian allowance to q very small
portion.
House nerves used to be n specific som
plant recognized by New York doctors. It's
victims were always women. Never was n
man known to suffer from the ailment. Only
the women who stayed at home felt the ef-
fects of it. which came wholly from a lack Of
sufficient enjoyment OF out-of-door life. TIL
amount Of time which women sometimes spend
indoors astonished them when the hours were
estimated by a physician. The results OF the
disorder were usually h depression and ner-
vousness. which manifested themselves quite
as other nervous ailments do. II was surpris-
ing how frequently young women complained
Of these discomforts. although the majority
Of the sufferers was made up Of older women;
House nerves are q thing OF the past now"
said a physician the other da. the exact on
yet received a name. Street nerves would. 1
suppose. he the right thing to call it. The
only women who have mouse nerves, nova
days are the kind that cannot get out OF the
Old. l have never, seen anything to equal the
l see young girls on Fifth avenue when ! am
p9ying my calls who are 70 be found there
vi With sa such Ir Re sTa that half i their time must must
they go out Immediately after breakfast, and
shopping or something that keeps them until
nearly z. They must go out again immediate
substitute for It. That is the daily course OF
most Young women that l know. as well as OF
= number who are not 50 young.,wh0 are at
homes. But The. whole tendency Of their lives
is to get out Of the house as soon as they can
ment. Maybe this is only a passing tendency
among women; likely to, continue, no longer
IMAM tUc cOnultlOnS WHICH CTedteu mousse
nerves PERHAPS the new state OF affairs is
better. although | am not SO sure OF 1t. The
fact is that one is as unnatural as the other
was. Both are too excessive to be advan-
tageous. The house nerves epidemic did not
continue so long as this one. Women are said
Than tR ne tS stron sver 'V we're. a 60 ffensrs,.s n the nsW
disorder has a better effect on their constitu-
lions in the long run than the old one did"
One woman in New York who was an inter-
estine object for various reasons recently went
through an experience which has afforded OBJ
portunity TO her friends as well as to a larger
circle to discuss her considerably. Her beauti-
full taste in dress. her experiences in society and
elsewhere and the notorlety she gained through
then have made her fascinating to women when
they want to talk, even II she does not appeal
to them very strongly from a personal point OF
view. Only a short time ago the story was
that she had submitted to an operation by
which she had acquired n new skin. This was
said at the time to have been done BY a mas
seuse. who by applying various kinds of acids
finally removed the other covering and with
that all wrinkles and puckerings. This process
lasts for ten:days. during which the face Of the
patientis bound up in linen wrapDings and all
punishment has to be taken through a tube. A
number OF women who won't through this
treatment are said to have come out Of 1t safely
and much improved in looks. That they were
willing to submit to the necessary suffering
is not nearly so s2rrrising IA as the fact that the
seuse:: The latest method by which this VIC.
man has improved her looks is a species OF
facial massage. IL was noticed this year that
her face looked Younger and fresher. although
there was q curious expression or lack OF ex-
preston init that surprised those'who wore in
accident that the secret of this recently ac-
quired plumpness as well as the comparative
lack OF expression was made known. Daily
result Of that ls a growth OF the muscles; They
MI in the hollows and prevent the growth OF
ment we're a look Of smoothness and agreeable
plumpness. but at the same time one painful
defect. The face becomes exDressionless I'M
der this general smoothing out; All the char
.acterlstlc lines disappear along, with the
wrinkles and the hollows. The look which re-
suits is, almost supernatural In its efieGt. 1t
is mildly suggestive OF q bronze Buddha or
one OF the China mandarlns who faces the
spectator with nnmoyed face willie his hands
rise and fall: Few who have submitted 70 IA
twice a day. SO they rarely suffer from the
exaggerated results noticeable In this particu-
lar case.
Mrs. Patrick Campbell declares that nothing
quiets her nerves like sewing or affords her
the same relief from the strain Of her profess
sional life. SO she is never without a piece OF
work and this she takes to the theatre to work
on during the scenes in which she is not en-
ployed. Thus she deyotes the intervals in
performances OF Macbeth" or The Second
Mrs. Tanlueray' to plain sewing. as that Is
the kind which she finds most to her taste.
There is one young woman popular row In
New York society who invariably goes TO read
ings, lectures and such entertainments with
knitting. as she declares that her enjoyment is
much greater for that reason. Her friends
laughed when she went TO the hrst OF a course
views and had. 70 sit in complete darkness.
They told her she had enjoyed herself quite as
much without the customary knitting. But
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