The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-13


Hour-About the Woman Who Chests-
Iearsing to Walk on the stsEe-Yaiue of
Lemons a. a Toilet Aooe,sory.
Vrs1 four such Young women receive
r-trsss a. those Nho we're made VI. SIS
a.. r. as before a smiling, congTatu-
,.-re audience a. tho Columbian Uni
t.-..v a week ago. tho world begins to
re ~ Hat the sweet girl graduate Il
rrte.1aFs q mere mass Of fun and how-
Dr. planted on a stage. done in daisies
and mrarfa.Igs and carrying a roll Of
t--v ..srL white paper tiel with due
r.--- Eae graduate o. lEJ U.s. a distinct
j.. modern institution Twenty years ego
tzs thought that 10 De clever vas q
cine AGAINST wOWauiincss Ten years
..a t- tae DAY of the new woman-snd
.,. .s Eare her day is quite past-it was
.rz.r. t.at q womaHly woman could not
ras.t.v he clever. To-day our sweet girl
e-ss.ates are both clever and womanly.
~.s fs evolution, and 10 IS better than
..l.-.rg from n monkey, too.
And the od3cst, pret'iest part about Il
f.tEat me Rrl who took tho highest hon
--e and Knows more about the stars and
,-a moon and the solar system and Iati-
-a sri longitude and lOgarithms than
-. rre raet has mass OF BEAUTIFUL gold
g. lair. Two round ROSY checks. and a
fr--rtsz for gigriiEg and practical jokes
that would shock the most frivolous
boarding school miss. This Mastcr-Or
s-r.lGut We call hcr Mistress of Science
smiles an Cye- and bushes on the slight
esf r~ovoeat.ou. and makes the very best
chocolate e..a.rs that - certain young
~au ever tasted This should be suf-
fCout 10 refutc any arguments against
the nineteenth century woman. bat It
SIT
There are still young men who declare
that ". s.. when bestowed on a woman
means Mistress Of Stiffness, and that
feminine y. s. has a worse moral effect
trau a masculine B. s. which means a
brandy and soda. bat then they are mere
r,1 and cannot understand the glorious
oscillation a woman feels at being ac-
Er0R.cdgcd clever.
The Boarding-schooIG Girl.
She ls coming back again. the once IA
r.0ss lu story ana song bOarding-sChOOl
gI-I graduate. She has always been with
innocence. but for a long time she has
been sgpplan'ed by the girl Of the world
ir tEe hearts Of men and the eyes Of the
world. Vow men are beginning 10 weary
Of -he girl VINO knows il all who IS mis-
trs-- oG brilliant Tepartce and OF every
situation and has forgotten how 20 blush.
Tie bread and butter girl with her smiies
and Gimplcs and curls, her fresh origin
-
tons. her romance, her poetic views OF
life, In which her lover IS a fairy prince
I'D his castle only n vague sort Of af-
fair, Hhich doesn't NATTER is beginning
90 look very attractive.
And yet, how the girl graduate longs TO
become a girl Of tho world. With what
aHed rapture she listens 10 that oracle,
whom she occasionally meets I'm her moth
er's drawing-room. There is a subtle fasci-
nation about the worldly girl, something
GIurirE IN ncr perfumes and laCes. and
the rosebud Of innocence wonders If she
can ever climb those dizzy heights OF
CCnversatlon and gain that perfect pOise
ana charm OF manner. Dear little thingi |
She doesn't know that her own freshness
and enthusiasm are twice as charming,
that TO talk TO women who are astonished
nothing becomes disgusting and weary
irc after a while; and that her first duty
in life IS 10 preserve her own faith in
God and man and the devil.
Yes, MS a sad thing 10 see the good old
fashioned devil losing his popularity; for
verify he has kept more women in the
path of righteousness by virtue Of his
awe-iuspiring horns and tail than ever
,I g1r
woman whom he cannot frighren. the
only woman who dcies him anG the
whole world and actually ~evals in the |
glory Of her sin is the woman who |
cheats
The Woman who Cheats.
~ all modern denominations. the woman |
who cheats is the most abominabIe. She
Is a distinctly Up-to-date institution, and /
she s. omHipresent al this lime of the /
YEAR. when there are soda-warer clerks /
and iCe-cream dealers as well as trolley |
car conductors 10 be robbed # dimes and /
u.ske.S and quarters. The writer of this !
article has seen men who were mos; un- !
srupuI0us about stTect-CaT matters. but /
she has never seen one who WAS as bold |
lE br4Zrn.y, dehantly, artfully avaricious /
as The woman who cheats. Why. sac will /
actually board The trolley for The mere /
pleasure " doing the conductor. When /
he comes round for her fare she viii
look across and over and through him !
Win sweet, faT-aWav expression that /
would oIS8rm any man; and ae4rly every
tine be- will pass her by scr4fcning his !
head and wondering whether he nas real !
D. collected her fare or not, Dut TOO deli
cate 90 disturb her about it, Th-n the /
woman who cheats ChuCkles TO herself /
eNl.ianly- ana hugs the ticket tucked |
SnaF iu the palm of her hand.
tnt woman who cheats the soda-wlter
man sips her soda cautiously and SLOWLY
ahs'Fa.Hng hsr fun moneys worth of
S"t-. enjoyment thcrefr0m and ktrplng
'ht anxious ret-faCed young rlan behind
'-r counter waiting half an hour fer her
s"S,. After She has swallowed the last
spoonful or ice cream and drained the
'"S, 'i"p NJ soda, she VIII suddenly dis
cover IGa'-lstr me-tuat she hasn't a
cent 'HaNsr-uo'hinE but a CherK VIII
To. Young man wait unjn she goes down
''N1 and Dasles ID, or shall she pay next
''n' s'. comes iu2 Of course. the youas
man SAYS "Da that's all right" The
woman who cheats finishes him with a
s".- -m.. and lo0k OF heavenly graft
'.... and hats the end OF H.
'H" woman who cheats the ice-cream
''f.rT .s beyond description The cool
'.'s "'" which, after having swallow "A
wv. sa."ars nj four kinds Of c-eam and
''. dozen maesre1us. she sails past the
'ag H.ra desk would preserve army
'-'. 0t-r summer iu Washington.
h-i '.a Will never meet her and If YOU
O." You Won't recognize her. for you can
t'E'. catch fae woman who ohzsls. She
.. .''-... fo cover up all her tracks, ana
commits rHr a single act from which She
'f.Au. gracefully and smillugly back out:
ana therein She is much wiser and
''-ia'r THAN the man VINO CheaJs.
simplicity the style.
CIR. -ral.at.s should remember that at
IT,. ...-l..... meut ceremony, al any rate. |
'.i y sEu-li be the order OF the day.
''.' ..a' The time viii soon come when
,... ..a Ho longer wear white muslin and
90. waists. A graduating gown may be
NF-H-He as you like buJ 30 should be
t.'.. plain, and unconventional A low
"-. gown on "A school girl is ~ ridiC-
p-i ~ place as a bathing suit on
..... -.' ca train is positively prohib-
'' s"aa form. Flowers are the en-
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