El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-17

women has been classified as servant
galism." Its chief symptom is worry
over the cook IL attacks the nerves.
temper and digestion
The women of Portage. Wisconsin
have organized a cooperative meal as
ISOLATION They rented a building. in
stalled housekeeper. authorized her
TO engage servants and TO the market
ing. furnished up dining rooms and be-
gan taking their meals there instead
of trying to solve the cook. waitress
and menu problems in Their separate
homes Very plain food is furnished
but the experiment has proved entirely
satisfactory and the meals cost on an
average of ten cents apiece.
Chicago physical culture clubs are
discussing and lamenting the preva-
lence OF the kangaroo walk" among
the young women of the town. This
walk which has attained some popu-
larity elsewhere also consists Of
STRENGTHENING out the shoulders but
throwing the trunk forward while the
limbs are swung out in a stride and
the feet are planted very firmly. heel
down first The walk gives a separate
disturbance and jolt for every step.
IL is ugiier than anything since the
days of the Grecian bend Some inves-
tigators say that II is due to golf play
ing. but IL would be a pity to shoulder
SO healthy and hearty a game as golf
students of feminine problems and fads
say that IL is the result Of women so
newly having come into short skirts
and heavy soled boots. combined with
the fact that the head with its big
woody pompadour and top heavy hat
disturbs the natural equilibrium of the
body and brings about awkward move
ments- Certainly very few women can
walk or sit gracefully in short skirts.
There were several women discussing
the problems of graceful carriage and
bearing when one said. There are two
things that my eyes instantly identify
a woman as a lady or no lady: the way
she holds up her skirts and the way she
comes down stairs. Few women study
how to do either and IL they do both
gracefully and with refinement it is be-
cause they are born ladies. Women
drag their skirts about them too tight.
o. lift them too high or catch hold of
them too high or too low, or elevate
one portion and leave others dragging.
As to coming down stairs there are
women who come down humping all
and a ton OF coal jerking down from
step to step would be as light and
graceful. These women never use the
3alls of their feet except for dancing
Mrs. Workman. who with her hus- |
,and, DIR. Workman is the author of |
/ book on the Himalayas. has the |
worlds record for mountain climbing |
Dr. Workman. his wife. the guide and |
he coolie assembled the Koser Gunge, |
,ne of the peaks OF the Mimalayas to |
he summit. 81 900 feet above sea level. |
They made the last stretch OF the as |
.ent. 5000 feet. in thirteen hours. The |
Wind was blowing and the cold so in |
ense that Mrs. Workman's feet and |
lands had to be pounded and rubbed |
o keep the blood circulating. Mr.. and
Mrs. Workmn are well known noun
ain climbers and have scaled to the
summit two of the great Himalaya
,eaks. one $4,000 another 1880 feet
lbove thesea-
Wheeling. West Virginia celebrated
he end of the campaign. the Monday
hight before the election day by a
rand frolic and carnival parade in
which Bryanites and republicans joined
o do fantastic honor to Carrie Chap
nan Gait and the Woman's Suffrage
This Is the quadrienniaI
ustom of the town. the night before
lection they always drop all political
trife and proceed to make merry over
he suffragists- The suffragists don't
Ike IL at all and have veehmently pro-
ested. but heir protsts have made no
Inference sa for. This year the merry
Oliticians decided to give a Mother !
hubbard parade" in honor of Miss +
att the president OF the Woman Suf-
rage associations. entered the parade
lounted. riding side ways and dressed
4 fine broadcloth habits with picture ,
ats Another ward sent a delegation
ttired in rainy day costumes. one cam 3
align club got up a Cleopatra barge
nd had a gorgeous representation of
ne Egyptian queen. and another club
Josephine and her ladies'
n big float. The bands and drum {
,rps were also in dresses and five !
men or more paraded in
oman's dress. Politics. that is re- :
iblicanism and Organism was strictly l
.booed and campaign calls or ban
ere were Kissed out OF sight.
The women of New York now await
e verdict of the coming Horse Shoe
II the approval or disapproval of the 1.
lriOus new fashions in sleeves. skirts. n
'inureS. millinery and coats. Several N
wv fads have come into prominence r
the few weeks that We have had of n
Oler weather, the fiat crushed toque, q
lvet skirts. gold and tinseI trimmings .
Id the loose coat that Sarah Bern -
lrdt brought into fashion in her play. 8
I'Aiglon". but no one can tell until o
ter the Horse Shoe. how many will \;
rviye among the fashionable of fash a.
nables. :,
There is a continual proof that the o
w woman is not at all The idea u
at the dominating, superior. master 9: