New-York tribune., 1899-12-24
PET FADS OF GREAT WOMEN
QUEENS PRINcEssEs AND EvEN a,, Amn"'
IcAN SOCIAL LEADERS NURSE THEM
,,,o MAKING MISS ANTHoNYs. AUTOMOBILES
MRS ogLRICHss. PALMS Miro
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,,,. ovup,c1Igs PALMS MRS. FRANK
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DOCS PONIES AND BIRDS.
every woman In the world nurses II, ne, 'o,,nc
,.orv man rides his hobby shu a D''e"e ~
e,,,h.oman as she gazed medhativey lnoo .n'
' rste why even Aunt susan D. an"
thony. who prides herseI upon n,,shod
.h,rs modern has a fad well estaDiisheo'
"Avrt susan calculated several other "oihen
..ho we're grouped about. Think OF Aunt 0u'""
with a fad!' -. .,,o vou would
.,v,bv I should like to know what else you "ou'e '
ou tbe absorbed interest she takes In making
rugs and bed quilts. ,-,.h.or,an'. =.
,.o,hor Don't I remember how her BUSY hhsei'
u.ed to py the knitting needle ana "ha' oo"i''
names grew apace when as chiid she '""em
obout the little busy bee and told me now Sa'""
snas some mischief still for idle hands 10 90
"psh,w, Inst a woman's fad" Insisted me hrS'
sneaker. why she cribbed patchwork patterns
,ror, overv wood and tiled floor she saw. ana oe'
ueve she watched even the pavement Tor ieH' SUM-
unusual combination of stones should escape "e'
when she was down here last year. ana as ioi VS.
why she studied every one she sa" VIZ" "'' VIZ
interest Of modern rug hend.
"Tve been thinking" said young "oi," I.
ustener 'I certainly have no fad never "ap
time for one You know. as soon as | lett co"ese
took up that course OF historical reading' anu
kent up my music did the home ma'he'"e "''
belonged to the club and league -
"Oh vou,' almost shrieked her mother ana s's
TOR in the same breath. Haven't we made dresses
~ ,,,,o trdops basted aprons for little negroes In
southern sewing schools and given you our very
cothes before they worn out for all SORTS ana
conditions Of waits?
WHY that Is not fad; It Is benevolence." the
second sister answered. calmly .
Yes sure enough" responded her mother' out
nd
have heard you envy your very frlehdS 'ne"
threadbare garments. .
well I've got my fads, and glory IN them'
said the first speaker who had been busY cu'''"e
out monograms from old letters and envelopes
EVERY one in the world who has minute OF time
finds hours when as George Eliot says. The woria
looks like a garden of cabbages. with the 'ao-
bages all cut 1t Is at those times, if no other that
a well rounded and developed fad makes HE worth
living. Mrs b.. the well known literary woman,
said only the other day that she had never hh'
time to nurse 4 fad What Is her curo corner TOT
which she has all but fought and bled and died 10
get articles from ell the known and some unknown
countries Of the world but a fad corner? ! sup
pose busy women like Marietta Holly and Mary j.
Holmes would scout the idea Of a fad and yet the
one at Adams and the other at Brochport y. l.
beguie their weary hours in gardening
"Candace Wheeler the veteran art connoisseur
and business woman. knits. The daughters OF ex-
Mayor Hewitt nave q MAMA IOr hlIb HoN l" "a"
things and recently they even learned to shoe
horse not only hammering out the shoes on an
anvil. but mailing them TO the horses feet.
"A long list Of American women have become ex-
perts in the use of rifles and pistols. Among them
are Mrs John Jacob Astor, Mrs. Havemeyer MIS-.
Alfred Seton, Mrs Seward Webb and Mrs. Valen-
tine Mat. All of these women. by diligent practice
of their pet fad have routed the ancient creed that
a hulrs eye must be the size OF barn door In
order for a woman 10 hit It.
Automobiles have had fascination for Mrs.
Hermann Oelrichs ever since they were first used
Almost every one has habit Of collecting some
th.rg The teapot fad is pretty common. Mrs.
Charles T. Barnes's collection In Chicago is one Of
the largest in the countryor was, until half or her
lot were lost in the fire that destroyed her house