New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-09-15
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Mrs Charles Sprague returned last week from
Greenwich. Conn, with her husband. Colonel
sprasue. who is still ILL., They will be the Hotel
the house committee of the Little Mothers Aid
Association ooi and is working hard to add
the Happy Day House. No. 2SG Second-ave.
The question Is society deteriorating? is raised
and answered in the current number of THE Ladys
Realm" by Susan Countess of Malmesbury, in a
most interesting paper. Her Iadyship. after point
ing out that there is much less heavy gambling
and drinking than there century ago. says:
The great curse of day is that are all
gorged with amusements. so that those of us who
give themselves up to this pursuit are shortly
assaiied by desolating cloud of boredom. which
is only another word for surfeit. Our dinners are
too long. too hot gorgeous. too large and there
fore, usually too deadly dull enjoyable but
even II they were perfect in detail they could
not continue to amuse person who dimes every
night of his life Still with all their faults. they
must be less intoerable than those interminabe
feasts of roast beef cygnet peachick at
which our grandfathers sat, fanked by bottles
OF port and brown sherry. from three in the
haps tottered unsteadily into the presence of the
m"aern @ Also b dep9res n the rush or
the London world were Wednesdays and Saturdays,
duties but now the former only remains o' to- ths
gver or eater of dinners, Saturday is devoted to
following Monday But it is interesting to observe rye
She hss m mat of ner e a9y Of
country house depicted in a recent book, which
al o ,hIs Is Who Visited them The countesss conelu
the worlds great field" but that, on the Whole the
good predomnates over the bad. She is inclined
girl has not made her happier. The charmed veil
OF mystery which made of their mothers and grand
scarcely be enjoyed in fulness. has dropped from
our lovely. athletic. accomplished prosac young
physiology have robbed of something of the tender
cheeks of their ancestresses."
The first official teacher of a kindergarten in the
philippines is graduate of the training school of
the Baltimore Kindergarten Association. She IS
Miss Lesley Robertson. daughter of Captain Rob
ertson' now in com nand of the American legation
guard at Picking
The Chester Qenn.) Hospital is to have a nurses
home. the necessary money for its erection having
been given by Mrs ]. Frank Black. president of the
board or managers
1t Is reported says The Trained Nurse and Hos
pitdl Review that the Princess Freie ick- Augusta
daughter Of the Grand Duke and Duchess of Tus-
cany. who day may he Queen of Saxony is
now taking regular course of training as a nurse
at the Lutheran Hospital. in Dresden. While she
Is taking the entire course, the princess is par
Is known in the army first aid the injured"
Her royal hghness attends operations and applies
assistance given her than would fall to the lot OF
the humblest novitiate in the study of trained
nothing be done for her that always in the
ordinary treatment of those who studied she is
studying.
Women have conducted in London 1893 missions
during the nine years since they entered upon the
present organized system OF taking charge of mis-
are now about thirty women in that city engaged
In the work.
The condition OF women and children employed In
Ohio factories will be Investigated by special agent