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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-30
She Clips Poodies.

A curious profession has been adopted
by the daughter of an Army officer whose
only accomplishment when she left school
were dancing, riding. and a knowledge of
dogs" The latter she has put TO use by
becoming a professional poodle-clipper.
Clipping poodIes is one of those things
which can be done very badly, OF can be
reduced to fine art. The young woman
who has thus identified herself with the
curly caniche loved of the French dog
owners. has had royal dogs and dogs of
the nobility and millionaire dogs, prize
dogs and theatrical dogs TO take care Of.
She Is an adept at all the tricks of her
trade such as decorating Toto and Loulou
with monographs, shaving him into the
semblance of a lion and otherwise tickling
his vanity and pleasing the fancy of his
doting master or mistress. Miss pallin,
the poodle clipper spent her summer in
England and France, and found more
work in her peculiar line than she could
find time TO do. She stayed at country
houses for weeks. putting blue-blooded
poodles in form for coming shows. and
she ornamented several coai-blaca beau
ties with weird and wooily decorations
which earned for their owners big
salary from London theatrical agent
who engaged the poodles for French re-
view he was producing. In referring to
the remuneratiyc results OF this unique
professor, the New York Commercial
Advertiser" says: Miss Dallin's terms
are amusing. For plain clipping she
charges so much, for rosettes and sad
dies and tassels a bit more, but for mon
ograms and eoat-of-arms or special de-
signs she receives truly extraordinary
sums. She has recently added branch
TO her profession; that is, dog sketches
and portraits, and has been equally sue
cessfui in this department.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-30
THE WOMAN WITH NERVES.
One Doctor Thinks She Geeess Ga
TO Heaven.

This is good time of year to scold wo-
men for having nerves. Most Of them haze
Just returned to town after months OF liv-
ing in the open air, so they DO not weep
when the egg ordered to be boiled three
minutes comes to the table hard as a bull
let, or declare they will go mad" if Tom
my does not stop wbistling, or faint whe1
telegram arrives. Air is the best nerve
doctor and occupation is his chief assistant.
Long hours OF sleep in weil-yentilated
rooms are, OF course, necessary to COM
plete cure, but good, big will, tincture
OF Unconditional religion and early acquired
habits OF self-disciplira are competent
trained nurses.
a nerve specialist whose women patients
nave made him rich and cynical SAYS that
first of all the nervous woman should ex-
ert herself to get well-for a nervous wo-
man Is never well-because nerves are dis
agreeable to their possession; secondly be
cause they are source OF anguish to her
family, and thirdly, because they are slay-
ers OF youth, not to mention home happi-
ness, beauty, and such mere minor matters.
Nerves spell Wrinkles bad figures, dis.
agreeable expressions, distorted features.
The majority Of women, says the Com
mercial Advertiser" do not work them
selves into nervous fdgets or melan-
choly breeders by trying to do one thing
well. They try to do dozen things. and
all at the same time. The time comes
when they are untitled to do anything.
and then they complain Hurry, worry
and fuss are a trio of beauty destroyers,
health runners, and nerve wreckers
Habit dies hard. and most women love
the rut. especially If it is suggested TO
them to leave it after their nerves have
begun to wear out. They are stubborn,
fearful, resigned. They sometimes admit
that they ought t. live differently, but
their will power Is weakened and their
courage at a low ebb. They dread to
break with old hihits or associates
They have morbid ID cas- that are almc st
superstitiols. 1t il almost a hopeless
task to reason with them. They rush on,
joining club after slub, fussing over
housework. worrying over clothes, hurry
ing, furrying, weeping or Seeding. as the
spirit moves them, until they wake up
one fine morning to find youth gene be-
fore its time and a nervous, unpleasant,
middle age in prospect.
To one such Individual who would read
Gerhart Hauptmann and Maurice Maeter-
iinck, ana who would not go in for physi-
cal culture, a great doctor was sum-
moned. Il don't care whether l ever get
we'll" she said gratefully. I'D rather be
an angel than an idle, invalid woman,
shut away from all the pursuits and in
terests of life"
You had better try to live, so as to
get back to your pursuits and interests. y
remarked the great doctor. .Fcr-ahem
i really don't think there are any ner-
vous angels. I'm afraid, my dear Mrs.
H., that st. Peter would not let you in. -
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-30
II Wen We're women.

s'If I were = woman said . man worth
quoting to a Southern correspondent, Il
would think nothing better worth my
while than first to have good and lib
eral education. l do not mean by that
that I would be satisfied with nothing
less than a college training. though that
is good in its way, and l would know
history and geography and literature, with
enough arithmetic to attend to my own
accounts and business affairs, should &C.
CASTOR require. If l were a woman I
should consider myself very incompetent
to take up the lines OF household manage
ment without good working knowledge
of cooking and cleaning and sewing II
were woman Twould learn to do every
bit of work that is generally conceded to
lie within woma1's domain
If l were woman says another
man, both writer's giving their views to
the Detroit. Free Press. Il would
inform myself upon the topics of
the times and current events.
would know something about the latest
books, the latest plays, little about
music and q little about art, even II l
could not know much about any of these
things Then when my husband or my
children or my friends were ready for
half-hours chat I could be counted on to
be companionahle. I would never discuss
the servant question, and | would never
tell about the little bitches in the domes-
tic machinery.
This mans ideal woman stands out very
clearly. She is the eompanionaoie wo-
man
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-30

Are women intellectual in the interpre-
tative sense? Yes. without hesitation
answer this question. for music. apart
from the creative side. is feminine art.
ard one in which woman's intuitions lead
her many leagues toward success. That
women have as yet--you mark my guarded
use of future contingency.-that women
have as yet exhibited powers of interpre-
taticn as keen, as original, or even on =
par with men. am not prepared TO say.
They have never given US remarkable read
ings of the classics or romantics; they
have been close pupils, never great teach
ers.
uIuminative in Bach or Beethoven they
are not, though delightfully."- poetic in
Schumann and Chopin. 1 have never
heard woman play the Hammer Xavier
sonata. Opus Ice, Of Beethoven with unu-
sual force. lucidity, or imaginative lift.
Nor have | yet listened to convincing
reading Of the first movement OF the gil
gantic C-minor Sonata. Opus III; the
slow movement is delivered charmingly
by all the girls Of the Leschetizky racing
stables.
Eniip: the lesson of the years seems to
be true that women may play anything
written for the piano. and play it we'll.
hut not remarkably.-James HuI:eker, in
Hnpsrs Bazaar.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-30
The EXPLANATORY CHOU.
Matrons Wear Them to the Right:
Vice Versa Maids.

Hereafter society will have no difficulty
i'll distinguishing married from single
women. Hitherto the wedding ring has
been the only mark but even this does
not help at evening functions, where the
hands are always covered. Now the
hair dresser has come to the rescue in
European capitals and declared that
madame must wear her aigrette to tie
right side OF her head and mademoiselle
TO the left. II mademoiselle desires TO
enhance her beauty by n flower instead
of an aigrette, let her have it by all
means, tucked in with seeming artless
grace. but let her make sure it is the let
side OF her profile she studies while ar
ranging the effect lest later on she be ac-
cused OF endeavoring to seem that which
she is not.
Dressmakers in this country are follow
ing the same unwritten law with flowers
or the huge chou bow so indispensable
this season to all smart frocks. Let no
Impractical hand be SO misguided as to
imagine that this chou can be carelessly
put on either the right or the left side.
Its proper adjustment is a matter of art:
its inartistic adjustment is enough to ruin
an otherwise chic gown. The size OF the
chou should bear~ some relation to the
figure of the woman who is to wear it.
1t is prettest made of lace but may be
of chiffon, or even silk or velvet, if &c
sired Commonly il is the size OF d
penny, of a contrasting color to the
gown, and may have ends or not as one
likes. On a slender, fat-chested woman
ends that fall below the waist line are
most desirable; woman of coed curves,
on the contrary. prefers the chou with
out ends But with or without, en- mat
ron right or maiden left, the chou must
be set down on one side of the bodice Just
below the decolietage.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-30
A HOUSE OF BEADS.
One Curious Way of Spending a
Blightcd Life.


One of the most wonderful houses in the
world, which is called 1.-The Castle of Lib
erty," has been built entirely Of beads
by Miss Matilda Hemming of Cheltenham,
England. 1t stands two feet high and its
first floor measures about ten inches
square. The second floor has all around
IL the queerest little balconies, enclosed
with fences. mansard roof. through
whie. curious little dorner windows peep,
covers the third floor.
1t is made entirely of beads Pure white
beads form its windows, beads of chalk
form its sides, the roof is of opal tinted
glass.
woman worked fifty years upon it,
weaving into it the story of her life.
Like her life. the house is incomplete.
The maker was an eccentric woman.
When she was eighteen her heart fell into
the keeping of a young man of goodly ap.
pearanee, but who her father thought was
not of goodly ways. In fact, although
Miss Matilda had but one heart to give
his stock apparently was inexhaustible.
They did their counting in the old Ok
ford churchyard. parental approval being
denied the swain. Despite this every
thing went merrily until Papa Hemming
discovered the trysting place and put a
stop to the meetings.
1t was then that Miss Matilda began her
Castle of Liberty as she called the
little bead house" And into it with every
bead she put some longing and hope for
her lost love. Some vain hope that time
might change, as it is supposed to do, all
things. and she would live happily ever
after"
Fifteen years passed, and the structure
of the Castle Of Liberty" grew. First the
sides were made on perforated cardboard
with chalk beads no larger than pinhead
still the lover stayed away.
Ten years later the windows of the first
floor ana the foundation Of the second were
finished Miss Matilda was growing old,
her hair. once dark and glossy. was almost
white. The love of her youth had married
another. and she had learned that life does
not pass according to plan, but that broken
and married the years have TO be taken
up. and the mosaic be made as perfect as
possible from the shattered pieces.
The house became a part of her life.
With it went all her thoughts. She spoke
to no one, lived in one room. and prayed
that she could live long enough to see her
work completed.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-30

After all, civilization is only skiE-deep.
and try our hardest, we still keep many
customs aud tastes that show that we owe
our origin to a barbaric people. Nothins
shows this so much as our present craze
for decking ourselves out with gay colors.
ard hanging every kind of trinket about
our persons providing ourselves with
countless charms of all kinds. These We
hang on chains, and think We thereby
bring good luck. And what a collection
we gather together! A jeweled pig. a tiny
tortoise, a four-leaved shamrock, the bull
let that nearly killed cur lover in bat
tie set in gold our birthday jewel in a
golden heart. a quaint curio from India. a
ring mummy has worn, and many other
passing Whims of the moment
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-30

They may not do all the wonderful
things in the coming by and by that the
prophets profess to foresee, but there
seems to be every probability that we
shall literally live up to the clouds to
a very great extent. Aerial tramways
may possibly lie some time coming. but
the aerial laundry has already become an
established fact in Paris AS people grow
in numbers and open spaces become more
limited, and the smoke of cities increases,
the difficulties of getting ones linen well
cleaned and whitened becomes greater. A
Partisan firm OF blanchisseuses. antici-
pating the future, has hit upon the happy
idea of sending washing up by n Lalloon
to be dried in pure and smutless ether.
The articles are attached to frames, and
sail away for hours at stretch. Need
less to say, the balloons are captive; the
long suffering public cannot afford, even
at the gain of cleanliness, to give the
Iaundress any further excuse fer losing
things
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-30
PEBBLES THAT ARE GEMS.
Think of This When You Promenade
the beach.

Did you ever search for UNUSUAL peb-
bles? Nearly everywhere there are semi
precious stones to be faInd in the common
gravel. but few people know how to look
for them.
Jasper is red, notified with every color
of the rainbow, but not transparent; car
nelian is red, OF many shades, transpar-
ent, and rather soft; rock crystal is white
and transparent Make your pebbles wet,
hold them up TO the light, and If you can
see through them. they are, according TO
color, carnelian, chalcedony, or rock crys-
tai II there are no flaws, these pebbles
are worth cutting for ornaments.
Now, If the pebbles are banded black
and white and brown and-white. with the
white bands transparent that Is onxy, =
valuable stone, used for cutting into cameo
gems II the pebbles are banded in red,
white, grey, or any other colors, they are
agate. Some agates are banded OF dozen
different kinds Of precious stones, others
are like clear glass, with beautiful moss
like or tree-like markings, and moss agate
is worth money. Jet is a soft, Opaque
black stone. which was once the sap OF
the pitch pine, but has turned into a fine
variety of camel coal. Fragments of fos-
sill pine trees are always found with the
jet Hundreds Of tons are used for mourn
ing jewelry.
None of these stones are so precious as
the topaz. Pebbles of topaz may be known
because they are very clear yellow. The
darker kinds are known smoky quartz.
Another class OF lovely gem pebbles are
the common amethysts, ranging through
every possible shade Of purple and violet.
Garnets appear as deep-red, transparent
crystals, stuck in the rock, and looking
at first sight like the heads OF rusty nails.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-30

There is n pretty custom in vogue in
Denmark which might with advantage be
copied.
ment is made by which little Danes from
town and country change places. The pa
rents of town children send their little
folks off to the country and receive in ex-
change country children. The result is
that the town children are strengthened
and gladdened with country air and sights,
while the little rustics enjoy the pleas
ures of town life and the festivals which
are for their benefit.
This exchange system results in 10000
children from Copenhagen getting coun-
try holiday, and another 10000 are bright
ened up by a visit to the Danish capital.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-30

OF sympathlzing with others under control
as it is to curtail our passions. Excessive
expenditure Of nervous energy for others
Is crime Upon our own natures, and we
have no authority to justify us in its COM
mission. Yet the man or woman who sees
only the gloomy side of life will wasta
energy and emotions in this way II there
is no other channel through which they
can be expended for self. A clear compre-
hension of the sufferings in the world is
necessary for our well being but undue
brooding or emotional sympathy over them
will accomplish nothing but evil. We
merely add to our own burden without
tightening in any degree whatsoever that
of the world.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-30
Reriyinr a Tamous Lncc.

Philanthropic women have been inter
esting themselves recently in the revival
OF Hcniton lace. and in organizing regular
1t is becoming common thing to see the
women sitting at their cottage doors in
the evening busy with then cushions and
bobbins, or, as they call them in unteci-
meal parlance, sticks" A great deal of
the work they do is effective enough,
even If coarse in pattern, but being mod
crate in price it finds a ready market,
though by no means OF the delicate work
manship for which Honiton lace was once
famous. But some OF the women, on the
contrary, have attained q high degree of
excellence, and produce some lovely
sprays. AS d rule the cottagers them
selves do not make up the flowers. etc,
into collars, ends, OF ties, but sell them
direct TO a woman who mounts them and
sends them TO London and elsewhere for
sale.
Most Of the women seem only to work
at their pillows at odd times, in the same
8ay as cottagers do elsewhere at knitting
or crochet. There is one advantage says
the New York Tribune" IN lacemaking
ever other needlework for a busy house
touch the cotton it is mater Of small
moment II the hands are rough and not ex-
ceedingly clean. Possibly the workers
might regard it as a source of income,
rather than as an addition, If ii were bet
ter paid. but rose and short stalk. TAX
ing three-cLarters OF an hour 10 make, "a
valued al ole half-penny when finished, or,
TO encourage systematic continuance ser.
en-penee : dozen when the whole number
&c IN Lott haa
Il is rather rice 10 be able to buy the
motifs" separately, as they lend them
selves to dress decoration in so many ways
impossible when the lace is already mount
ed into some set form.
The people OF Devon. who priced them
selves upon the beautiful ace oLce produce
ed thsre, are rejoieed at its revival. Many
of them look back with regret TO the days
when the Queens wedding veil was made
al Beer. and when no bride would have
thought her tropssesu complete without
some costly examples OF Eoni:oa lace.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-30
Control Your sympnthy.

II is commonly said that no man or
woman can be perfectly happy in this
world, for IL all that was necessary to
make one happy fell to his or her lot, I'M
happiness would creep in through seeing
the suffering and sorrow OF others. This
sympathy with the world of people around
us serves us many valuable lessons, and
We would not eliminate 1t from our lives
If we could, says the "Woman's Home
Companion" But We have no more right
to be prodigal with our sympathies and
emotions than We have with cur fortunes.
1t is as much our duty TO hold our powers
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-30

In the "Bookkeeper" appears the FOL
lowing:
have a new typewriter.
Andd it is my delight
To patter on it gailN
And write, and write and Writes
1t aides mE in my laborrs9
When DIN in WorkiNG vein
II makes A GRFat improvEment')
| write So very plain.
II OPERATES sosw!FtlNs'
that when YIN find you're sfCck;0
and Cannot FIN the letter
,Iust6jab-and t-nsT to luckGl
It's Easy Fry e-SS-
To opeIAte it then -; lsGSlso
Now where on earth's that colon?
Give me my ink and pen.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-30
Archery in Frnnce.

Word comes from Paris that French
women have suddenly taken up archery,
and that courts are being laid out at all
of the country clubs where there are wom-
en- members One of the chief attractions
OF this sport is that it demands pretty cos
tunes, dainty elaborate ones in place of
the severe tailor-made affairs.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-30

Baron X-The woman whom I marry
must be my opposite in everything.
Miss Jane-But. Baron. wnere do you
expect to find such an angel?-Heitere
Welt
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-30
Couldn't Dream of II.

He-Just think. Miss Amy. / dreamt
last night that / was engaged 10 you,
She-Then speak TO mamma,
He-oh. did not dream of thatl--Hei-
tere Welt
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-30

Kissing is almost unknown in Japan.
A mother never kisses her child, lover
never kisses his sweetheart.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-30
AGAIN THE FRENCH heel
Here Is a Case of SartOriai AtayiSm
to Be DeplOred.

France Sends Us the AiEIon Hat for
This Year Radiraily Differ From
These of Last ysinter-Netni Tabs
for Ties - Plaid Hnndkerchiefs.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-05-22

A royal revel with Old Momus is
promised the theatre goers Of this
city when the bright and breezy
play OF Have You Seen Smith"
which has created afurore wherever
seen. will appear here. As, mirth
producer 9 Have You Seen Smith is
pronounced an enormous success.
From the rise Of the curtain to the
final fall OF the same the interest
never flags, the hu1nor. never loses
it's piquant flavor, and the entire
piece goes ripping merrily on to an
uproarously funny termination. In.
cidental to the action of the play, a
perfect plethora OF catchy specialties
are introduced. Thursday, May "a,
at Gross opera house. 9? Il
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-05-22

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