El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-05
For the Better Half
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Written for the HERALD.

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port, she unhesisatingly took her
bold and i'n toiled to give
him all that she desired for her own
| children. Her children died and LETT
her lonely but she records that with
all her drudgery, sorrow and
| failure to realize her bright ST
she made for life was not
all unhappy, that feeling her own
power to succeed every day WAS Joy.
.Among other occupations that have
been singled out by clever New York
women to specialize on that they may
bird training, VT ich in wolves unlimited
patience in tie teaching OF parrots,
can aries and cockatoos their various
| tricks; expert parasol designing and
| making, for in these days psrasol max
| ing is an art In itself; and expert &C
companying. There Is school for
pianists where they are taught the art
of accompanying singers and special
ty is in giving them practice in that
sympathetic work that helps a singer
past his weak notes, backs up his
strong ones, fills in when he mistakes
aud generally rounds out and completes
his song.
Sarah Bernhsrdt is playing Hamlet
in Paris. The French Hamlet is al
ways amusing to American Shakes
peare students because the French con-
ception of tragedy is very different
from the persistent low-keyed melan-
choly of Shakespeare's Dane and be-
cause they read his lines with al ex-
element, rolling of RS and profu-
sion of frantic gestures and tones quite
at odds with the stern quiet tone that
our actors deem appropriate to the
character. When one further thinks
of Sarah Bernhardt, who is identified
with plays of the Camille" type where
with her silvery voice and slim enticing
grace she enlists our interests, and SYM
pathies as we'll perhaps, for IA unvir-
tuous woman. and does it in a manner
e tirely French-for one never forgets
her nationality-when one thinks of
what her Hamlet must be, the imagin-
alton is amused.
Boston is to have Woman's Hotel,
carried on after the same theory
as the Mills hotel in New York. The
Mills hotel provides a clean, we'll VEN
tilated room, supplied with q clean,
warm comfortable bed, for q sum that
any wage-earner can afford land besides
provides baths. and reading rooms for
him. The Boston hotel is to be an
eight story structure, and the plans are
drawn by woman, Josephine Wright
Chapman. There are to be single
rooms and suites of two or three with
baths everywhere, gymnasium. roof
garden, restaurant, psrlors, and bow
ling alley. These institutions while
not exactly philanthropic are never
theless not built for mOney-making. but
rather to give decent, sober, homeless
working women whose wages are small,
clean, comfortable rooms, a chance to
get well-cooked food at reasonable
prices and to provide them with some
quiet amusements for their leisure mo-
ments.
There is scheme to organize a new
"trust" which shall buy up all of Sar-
toga's mineral springs, make big park
out of that resort, build q sanitarium,
establish rules so that no one shall
drink of the waters except as prescrib-
ed by the physicians, and practically
to convert it into an American Csrls-
bad. The facts themselves are inter-
esting and If the American can ever
learn to take his rest or holiday as
pleasantly as Ithe German does, this
may be the beginning of happier
state of things at summer resorts.
springs and cures. Every little resort
in Germany is made delightful with an
orchestra playing fine music at least
conscientiousiy, every good view OF
mounte n, meadow or river made an
object point with pleasant paths and
bowery seats SO placed that ones eyes
may be gladdened while one listens to
good music, fountains play in pretty
parks, sopen air gymnasiums interest
the children and give them a chance
to work off their abundant spirits and
there ia an air of simple delight and
good will about these places entirely
lacking in our usual resorts where form
atty reigns and the business man takes
his waters with no thought of the view
or of music, and has his meals indoors,
forever missing the delight of dining
under the trees, which the Germans go
hugely ENJOY. The American is often
accused of taking his vacation too
seriously.
The Oklahoma club women have
started 8 movement which certainly
shows an entire lack of self-interes st
snd a oommendable desire to straight
en- out some of lifo's crookednesses for
| club rooms in Guthrie for farmers
| wives. The argument is that under
ordinary circumstances it is very IA
| tiguing for farmers wives to come into
town with their husbands and children
and that many stay at home rather
than undertake the day with the long
ride, children growing fretful and ner,
vous, and no place to go for rest, to
| smooth their hair and get q good quiet
cup of coffee. Furthermore the num-
Der of farmers wives who go insane il
large and this pitiful fact is ascribed to
their monotonous, isolated toiling lives
| in which often the trims to town arr