New-York tribune., 1900-09-03
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GATHERED HERE AND THERE.

1t is always a surprise and a pleasure to fnd
man who can do justice to womankind' said a
woman yesterday. Justice I say advisedly for
mat Is something different from praise or admira-
u0n. or charity. There is such a thing In the
world as woman who would rather receive fair
treatment than the most abtect devotion Perhans
This is rare At all events Robert J. Burdette who
was an interested spectator at the biennial con-
Fenuon OF women's clubs in Milwaukee shows in
MS observations thereon a commendable spirit OF
FAIRNESS and just appreciation, and that without
oaung jot Of good humored criticism. In an arti-
Gle published recently he draws so many amusing
comparisons between the ways of mankind and OF
Womaukind that IL Is difficult to quote him briefly
But the gist of the whole thing is this one remark
She knows how TO run a convention Mr Bur
oette aceoros Unstinted praise Mrs. loves man
sSgemeHt OF the big assembly: also 10 the orderly
earnest practical spirit of the women in general
70 hanoie, but the president does WELD bor-
IoMeo gaVeL' The assembly splendidy
dressed the funny papers would have carca tIlred
her ana people would have said What did I tell
The The ,,g genial observer took pleasure in the
!!ndlVlduality OF womans dress. opposed to the
livery, Of the masculine half of humanity He has
a ntte run over the manifest feminine pc
IN and oat Of the elevator with maddening slow
great Milwaukee breweries were Omitted In this
convention he remarks that the delegates TO the
with pride TO the fact that they did not adjourn to
tre CAKE 9nd Grink tea Al Of Thlch is strictly
But Which qualifications convey Burdettesq1e
young woman at watering place this
mer made q reputation a profound linguist in
rather odd manner. She called one day at
Chinese laundry. where she had left shirt waist,
but ii could not be found there entry
IN the book OF hieroglyphs corresponding to her
pink slip After half hours search the China
man found the entry. mistake had been made.
the entry crossed out and new set Of hero
characters placed
told that the waist would be laundered immediate
day the young woman called for it. accompanied
by three other young women. At the seashore the
excitement OF visit TO the Chinese laundry Is not
TO be despised. The Chinaman 10 whom the pink
the day before and he experienced the same difi-
Guilty IN 1nding the Identifying characters. finally
take the BOOK TITn ne t6a IsaHe 1 sba he ese @
10 that had an entry crossed out with an
other in tiny characters under it. she handed It 70
the chinaman There it Is she said. and, to his
know spik Chinese" he said And the other girls
looked upon her with awe and admiration.
In the SILLY season" every possible diversion is
hailed with delight. The dollar tea is a o'clock
function where the guests themselves by
trying who can spin dollar longest polished
table. the successful receiving a prize. The
baby tea" is another novelty. Men and women
person who Identifies the greater number wins.
The baby tea" is rather amusing.
found in England At several balls recently pro-
fessional % coifsur vas IN the dressing room & to re-
% w'eS BE 0f6S f65 R @ deo t6s a5s waGs a3 pns
irons OF every description. and not few ardent
vices
at IS most interesting TO get the impression Of
Westerners regarding New-York,' said
who has been entertaining a Western contingent of
relatives for the last fortnight II took my tall
blond haired cousin down to Coney Island the
other day BY the way, the blond hair is not the
New-York kind but the genuine impersonal kind
such as one never sees about here. She was look
ing very iutently at the ocean when asked what
she IN such q brown study about. was think
Ing she said, that I would write TO sister Bess
that she has done her ocean all wrong. She must
paint the scaIops all out. She has Just been
painting picture OF the ocean-a marine view she
calls it-and she has got It all wrong. There are
scallops in the ocean. feel rather d!sappoint-
ed myself But the next week she went down to
Asbury Park and she wrote from there that
Bess's ocean was all right Plenty OF scallops in
the ocean down here she wrote
"One of my guests IS the mother Of q family, and
special thing from New-York. one girl wanted
q box Of candy, another wanted a fan hat the
baby wanted doll and the shyest child, boy.
ne wanted for fear OF being laughed at, finally
walsPeFe9 S Inn ~ nus g @ C1S ds ne ne {oo @
down TO the beach and filed II for that dear boy.
1ner refused to eat We took a trip TO the beach
for fsh dinner, but she refused crabs and she
dinner companion. I came TO New-York TO see, and
not to eat she said in defence. when urged her
10 order something she liked. 7 can eat al home
she said, all OF which seemed very funny to a New
YorkerI
''Cue OF my visitors thought the Battery
The most interesting spot in New-York, and an
other insisted that Brooklyn Bridge was the great
est thing while another voted in favor Of the ele
waited railroad. We had quite old lady in the
party. She was not able to go about every day
with the others, but she saw considerable after all
When I uuizzed her TO find what Of all she had
seen she liked the best she confessed that she liked
Greenwood Cemetery the best OF anything