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The times., 1901-03-10

PARIS. Feb %. 1901.-In the spring the
question Of outdoor wraps is not cOnsid-
cred as interesting as in the fall. Indeed
everyone is possessed by the desire TO
dispense with coats and capes entirely
and disclose fully the daiutiness of the
spring gown. Yet the treacherous weather
changes make a wrap Of some sort indis-
pensable and the successful efforts In
that direction OF the tailOrS and dress
makers are by no means to be dcspised.
For the demi-SaisOn the skirt and Jacket
costume is the most "cOnVenabIe. IN
which case the jacket, especially II the
costume is a dressy one, follows the lines
Of the Bolero and EtOn, which are too
deeply rooted in good taste to be given
UP lightly or readily, and nothing short
oust them. The independent coat or
Jacket assumes larger proportions and
some OF the latest models are very beau
tiful and will appeal TO all who are on the
lookout for novelties Cloth, silk of the
heavy order, and velvet in its various de
nominations are equally fashionable In
the makeup of the spring wraps ana the
very newest is a rich pressed velvet re
sembling a brocade with the ground mi
roired and large flower designs rising
from It in high velvety nap.
A much admired Paquin model is crl-
terion Of all the latest edicts of spring
fashion. 1T proves with other indications
that in spite of Il rich display OF glow
ing colors in the shop windows this VIII
be eminently a black season, this sombre
color being represented in most Of the
choicest creations in the tailor and MILL
The times., 1901-03-10
u.n OId-Fashioned Girl"

rrhe girl sign painter is the latest San
Francisco has her and is proud of the
fact for May Longest is really an extra
ordinary asrl She is but sixteen and IS
well educated and cultured, but says sue
never wrote until she was twelve years
old She printed everything that she had
10 saw on paper and has a theory that
this is the secret Of her unusual aptitude
for sign painting. Miss Longest is or
Southern birth. She is a native of JET
ferson county. Ky, and as unassuming a
girl as ever grew to independent young
vvomanhood. please don't say anything
about me that will represent me as being
any but an ordinary girl she said the
o1rer dav. Really, / am just an old
fashioned girl l don't know if lettering
is a talent or not, but | like it better than
ANYTHING else. When / found l had to
start out in the world to earn my own
living l naturally took up the kind of
work | could do best The girl sign
sign painter can do other work than let
tering. She IS proficient in al kinds OF
Uainting. from the most pretentiOuS pos
ter work that deCOrates the city bill
boards 10 the finest pearl on glass. She
has done q great deal of designing for the
largest advertising house In San Francis
co and many of the advertisements on To-
cal theatre curtains are the products OF
her busy brain and busy hands. In the
morning she is at home, engaged in such
work as card writing, wagon lettering
and the painting of glass signs-all orders
from the best firms In town, which she
Faithfully fills T.efOre Miss Longest went
to san F'rancisc. she lived six months in
Pueblo, Col. says a Western exchange,
where she picked up artistic sign paiht
ing Miss Long Mt is a musician as wei
as a letterer She plays the mandolin
banjo. and guita, and enjoys the unique
distinction of be ing the only girl sign
painter in the UpNted States.
The times., 1901-03-10
ConI-Heavine Girls of Japan.

If | were asked to say, of all that l
saw In Japan. what that is that IVes
most wildly in my memory, l should
probably shock my artistic reader by say
ing that il was the loading of steam
ship at Nagasad with coal, writes Bish-
ou Potter in the Century The huge
vessel. the Empress Of Japan, was one
morning, soon after its arrival at Nag
asall. suddenly festooned-I can use no
other Word-from stem TO stern on each
side with a series Of hanging platforms,
the brOadest nearest the base ana
diminishing as they rose, strung togeth-
er by ropes, and ascending from the sam
pans. or huge boats in which the coal had
been brought alongside the steamer, un-
til the highest and narrOwest platform
was just below the particular port-hole
through which it was received into the
ship. There were in each case. all along
the sides Of the ship, some four or five
Of these platforms, one above another, on
each Of which stood a young girl
On board the sampans men were busy
filling d long line Of baskets holding, 1
should think each about two buckets Of
coal, and these were passed up from the
samqans in a continuous and unbroken
line until they reached their destina ton,
each young girl. as she stood on her Jar
| ticular platform, passing, or rather al
most throwing, these huge baSketfuls OF
| coal 10 the girl above her. and ne again
| to her mate above her, and 50 on TO the
| end. The rapidity, SIKH, and, above all,
| the rhythmic precision with which, for
hours, this really tremendous task was
performed was an achievement which
| might well fiji an American athlete with
envy and dismay. As / moved to and
| fro on the deck above them, watching
| this unique scene, / took out my watch
| to time these girls, and again ana again
| counted sixty-nine basktts-th y never
! fell below siXty-passed on board IN TINS
/ way in a single minute
! Think of II for a moment. The task
| ! ought rather TO call il an art, 80 neatly
| simply, and gracefully was it donc-was
| this; the young girl stopped 10 her com
paniOn below her, seized from her uplitted
| hands a huge basket Of coal, and then
| shooting her 1.-the arms upward, tossed il
| laughingly to the girl above her in the
IeYer-ascendiug chain. And all the while
| there was heard. as one passed along
| from one to another Of these chains OF
| living elevators, clear, rhythmica
! sound. which / supposed at first to have
| been produced by some Dystander striking
| the metal string Of something like a man
| dOlin. but which / discovered, after a lit
| tie. was series Of notes produced by th'
| lips of these young coal beavers them
| seIves-distinct, precise, melodious, anC
| stimulating And at this task these girli
| continued, uninterruptedly and blithely
from 10 o'clock in the morning until
The times., 1901-03-10
A sCULPTREss IN DUCK.
California Girl DonS Mems Clothes
for Work.

a pretty curious. interesting girl is
SibyI Eastsrday, of San Francisco. On
the top floor of an old five-story build
ing in Montgomery Street she has her
studio. There from sunrise to sunset
she works The little studio is her world.
and the figures her fingers have nodded
into form are her companions. If she
cares particularly for any other compan-
ionship she has never shown it. Occa-
sionalIy she dons the garb of woman
and goes up the street, but in her work
shop she wears a light flannel shirt, duck
trousers. and Iow-cut shoes
on a farm near Niles in Alameda Coun-
tv this girl was born. She was a strange
cn.d and seemed to take particular de-
light in placing in the mud. But she did
not make mud pies as did other children.
ont of the mud with which she prayed
she fashioned all sorts of queer figures
resembling the animals and the persons
about the farm In the days When lheIe
was no mud she played indoors ana her
mother often was Mortified TO nnd that
the little girl had delved into the butter
tub to mold the butter into the shapes OF
horses or cbWS, or boys ana girls Later
the child began to carve tsures out 9I
wood. and as she grew older she devel-
oped a decided ability IN painting ana
An enthusiast like this girl was certain
attract
Tribune" Within a short course she
mastered all the technical knowledge her
teachers at the institute had to impart.
Had she so desired, Miss Easterday
couId at this time have become pet OF
society She was so astOnishtngly clever
and gave such promise of winning a great
name in the world of art that not a Few
of the ultra rich and the dilettarte were
anxious to patroniZe this girl from the
Alameda farm But Sibyl Easterday-had u
no social aims She only desired work
When the first barrel of plaster for casts
was brought i-itO her studio and the Whlte
powder left q trail along the moor, Wneh
her tub of wet clay upset ana SpOled her
skirt. Miss Easterday determined upon a
radical departure that caused great deal
of comment at the time.
The next day. when the baker boy
knocked at the studio, the door was open
ed by young person in duck trousers,
flannel shirt and with long, huhy, red
brown hair. This young person had a
sCuptor's knife and wad OF clay IN one
hand and the other was held out Tor the
loaf of bread The bakers boy gasped'
hut the serious earnest blue eyes or the
girl showed no evidence of uneasiness-
The baker boy and the people VINO VlslI
the studio have long since become aC-
cllstomrd to the white trousers ana nan
mel shirt attire of the sculptresS anu SIie
has become so fond of that comfortable
style of clothing that it is with much re-
Iictance she puts on the garb OF woman
10 apDcar upon the street.
The times., 1901-03-10
Mritinc in levels.

According TO a girl just returned from
Paris the newest freak is 10 ornament
pocket handkerchicfs with blazing mono
grams, where iridescent pailIettes and i'm
itations Of precious stones and beads re-
place the quiet embroidery Of cotton or
silk These sparkling gems either har-
monize with the simmer inherent to
fashionable gowns, or with the color Of
the stone which name begins with the
initial required In this wise the name of
Rose is fashioned with rubies. Sophia
with sapphires Pauline with pearls. Ma
bel with mOther-of-pcarls or moonstoucs;
Theresa turquoise; Thomas, topaz,
George with Raruets. Words Of endcar-
mcnt and short notices can also hc spclt
by means Of stones AS conspicuously on
fancy bracelets and pendants. For in
stance. the sweet familiar word dear
calls for four stone. diamond. emerald
amethyst, ruby. A great choice Of colors
wiz be offered for some Of the mono
grams, and very few or none at ali Tor
others, until the research and ingenuity
Of the workers have cOncocted suitable
emblematic alphabet. The jewelers. fan
cy Of the month stone could likewise be
carried out for birthday handkerChiefs
and suggest an idea for a cotilOn in fan
Cy costumes, where all the brilliancy OF
| a firewOrk display would intermingie with
] great effect
The times., 1901-03-10
- The GnfiIIinn.

Even a year or two ago girl who had
not been asked for a cotillOn it ball
either went home or, what was still more
stupid. would go up stairs and wait in
the dressing room until her carriage ar
rived. But the young century maiden has
too much self-respect and Independence
to do either She prefers n congenial
partner, and is frankly pleased if she has
one. but if not, she does not allow IL to
interfere with her enjoyment. She can
dance stag as well as her brother. and
does il, toe, without any uonsenSical self
consciousness This is a very decided
step in the right direction says the New
York Tribune" and may have more ef-
feet on society than would at first seem
possible 1t is the narrow. almost imper-
ceDtible entering of the wedge that may
break eventually the cast-iron structure
that surrounds a woman in ballroom,
and which has proved such detriment
to her enjoyment. That such Independent
action WAS necessary is obvious. Sixty
or more charming debutantes made their
bow to society last December Win the
attractive young women atready III TIE
field and the large contingent OF young
mon who would be their natural ComEan-
ions at colleges it is easy 10 see tntC
there would not be enough partners 70
go round even If the young men WHO
we're present, did their duty, which Is by
no means the case. Still. it required q
certain courage TO take the initiative. and
it is greatly TO the credit of well known
belle that she led the way Tor her more
tin1id and less popular companions. 50
that now a girl practically has no feeling
If faIsa shame If she is left without a
partner. .. .t,r,t.,
said "a nopuIar Girl at q recent dance, ana
sboyy The men we can get on without
them''- this in spirit Of retaliation. lot
that men are not doing their uulS az ,.,L. a..
D,cU this winter is the complaint OF many
a hostess. Nevertheless, the idea succeed
ed and the excluded masculine element
laughed and applauded, and liked the
t,rIIre( women all the better for their in
donendence. IL is women, not men, VINO
ehouId be the autoCrats of a ballroom,
and il is To be hoped that conditions VII
arrange themselves so as TO make lll'7
possible.
The times., 1901-03-10
In RnNnI Service.

Being an attendant upon queen is not
as splendid as it may sound. At the pres
ent moment Queen Alexandra IS deeply
concerned about her court for as
Queen Consort she has a little court OF her
own. with chamberIains and officials ana
other high-sounding personages Tor her
erccial and exclusive use. These ladies'
and oen+Iernen are her ''household,' and
tbe,, have some very tiresOme duties. IN
tl,a denartnent of the Mistress OF the
Robes there are eight ladies Of the bed
,tsrober eight women of the bedchamper
and eight maids of honor. a lord-ih-"alI-
ing receives $50 II year and groom
waiting 81 $40 a lady-ln-waitlns mas
about 5000 and q bedchdmper woman
loss ) maid of honor used TO get @l'9V''
l,,,t .I,ls has of late been increased to y
o,n and If she rnarries, and the queen, hei
mistress. approves Of her marriage sHs
has s.. coo as a wedding gllt
+, the days of queen Victoria, the Ia
5ia. of the court were required TO wear
cloves indoors as well as out-ol-doorS'
and during the day as well as IN the
evening In fact they were always gov
ed The rule may or may not be nam
tanned in the court Of Queen AleNlilGi .; d.
Ladies of the court can Ohly De IecIudttSu
from certain degrees OF fdhh ne
GUeen-s ladies -inrwaiung must be mar
riad women and pCeiesS@S. btdtlidIli''S 'St
I..o,,,au have to be wives OF peers eldest
sons. or daughters or granddagghters OF
/ raers 'Fhey may be ether single or mar
ia nh wives Of peers younger sons
are also eligible as bedchamber women.
! Maids of honor must be daughters OF
aranddauehters of peers. But the daugh-
| fers of dukes. marquises., and earis are
! ~ t1o high rank 10 hoId TINS appoint
Uiant n rails to daughters of yiscounts
/ and barons The Mistress OF the Robes /.
/ - noIiticaI appointment, and does not
/ ia1s. on The demise of the Crown.
/ Maids of honor wait; two together
/ for - period of a month. three times a
YEAR, t9 They have, OF course, no meniai du-
| ties to perform, but they are eNPecte
! tn he active. willing, very punctlal, anl
entirely devoted to the o,scri 9gee9s ser'iee ice
! rJeT silent concerning the private Iif'
ana possible secrets I5 of ther soyeregn of
/ lF iC,,.. ,,-bo being closely questioned OF
the day dongs Of r2Yalty f told Tffgs you t6ss an,
thinge should be no longer maid
! of honor.
The times., 1901-03-10
A Club with Some odd Features.

The Jewish Womans Club Of Detroit
boasts that it is the only Jewish woman
club in the world. II was organized near
" ten years ago with seventeen members
Today its roll call is answered by 2ZI It's
first president held Office for seven years.
its aim is 10 bring together on an equal
footing Jewish women from all stations
in life. thus fostering feeling Of sister
hood The club Includes women from
wealthy homes and from humber walks
some who iii positions in Office, some
who teach IN the public schools. who
stand behind the counter. and i'm fact,
who do many things TO earn their bread.
None Of the members are domestic ser
wants. however The president says.
There are no Jewish girls in domestic
service they find different occupations
Reading papers and speaking pieces for
the edihcaJion Of fellow-members form
a very small part OF this clubs work II
began by establishing clasNss in music,
sewing, and physical culture ana gave
weekly informal s0Clals with monthly
entertainments when the members were
addressed on some practical subject All
this resulted IN a greater unity Of thought
and good fellowship.
One Of the most praiseworthy aims OF
the Jewish W0man's Club is its scholar
ship fund, which enables Jewish girls
otherwise Uuproylded FOR 20 pursue a
sigh school course. The club also Oper-
Ates q labor bureau. for members only. In
-his club women meet on equal footing
and membership alone is guarantee OF
good character. The club belongs 10 the
Detroit Federation Of Clubs. The club
motto is Giving and Receiving and
best which she possesses intellectually
and socially.
The times., 1901-03-10
THEY CAN DRIVE NAILS.
Maryland Normal School students
Are Handy With Tools.

The girl students at the Maryland State
Normal School at Baltimore who particl-
nate in the sIoyd class AT the school
completely disprove the old saying that
"a women cannot drive a nail straight"
The young women of the class not only
drive nails but handle saws, planes, and
other carpenter tools with a deXterity
that would shame the awkwardness of
many men. The whole system Of cduca-
tfon by s!oyd teaching means to combine
intellect with the hand training, and edu-
Gators the world over are interested in It.
The sloydroom in she basem INT Of the
normal school is really a well-eqdipped
carpenter ship. 1t contains about dozen
sloyd or carpenter benches and COM
plete equipment of all TarietisS of car
penter tools. Before taking up this part
of the work the pupils are instructed to
mold certain objects and do work in pa
per-folding. This elementary part
of the work is really very com
pliCated. Working plans are made
Of all the work. Then comes
cardboard work, forming figures out or
pieces of cardboard representing EeOmet-
riCal solids. After this preliminary work
the pupils are introduced 70 the carpen-
ter shop. They display some little awk-
wardness at first but soon become skill
fui in handling the tools and become in
tenseIy interested in the work.
Only one girl has injured herself thus
far and that happened because Of shaw
ing aiighJing on her nose. She was so IN
terested in her work that she thOUghtless-
" brushed at it with her knife and cut
her nose. The first tool handled IS
slOyd knife. with an ordinary blade about
three inches long. The first article made
is a glove merdcr. requiring twenty-five
steps in the making. The next article IS
a seed-stick introducing the use OF the
plane and requiring eight different steps
| Thus different articles are made, each
| introducing her tools, until the use OF all
the tools is acquired. The pupils work IN
both hard and soft woods All work is
shellaced by the students, who also do
all gluing and use sardpaper- spartngiy.
The tools used include different sizes
| and varieties OF chsels. saws. planes,
| hammers mallets. gouges, and squares.
/ The middle and senior classes participate
! In the work Prof. ". G. A. Hammond
/ is the instructor. He has studied sloyd
/ training under Swedish teachers and
/ planned the system at the state Norman
|
The times., 1901-03-10
Fraud Flowers.

Art dOesn stop at painting lilies. Not
she. She manufactures them from the
whole cloth with no end of buds and
stems thrown in, and then sells them for
table decorations. Ugh! To the ordinary
man or woman an artificial flower is an
abomination when set in the middle Of a
festive board to be looked at and pre-
sumabIy admired. But there must be 9TH
ers, for there is a store in New York
where nice stiff lot of water lilies and
pads-almOst as true as nature-sO true
that they can even be sprinkled when
dusty sell for eight dollars the set piece.
They are sprinkIed with cologne and
suggestion goes with each purchase that
it viii be just too lovely for anything If
in the heart of each blossom IS placed
small electric light. To the average taste
a dock leaf or a bunch of grass in a tum-
bier of water would be an addition 10
feast if there were no flowers to be had.
They would at least set one to thinking OF
streams and meadows, which are fresh
and wholesome thoughts to haye-but
Clump of rag limitations smelling of cX-
tract ana glaring with hghts-oh the
sparsencss Of words when one wants to
put unspeakable language into general
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niece il is considered extra desirable
because of its economy. 1t never fades,
and "a variety can always he obtained by
adding 'CaTclesSly graceful buds,
which incidentally, are only 80 cents
each-without the perfume. Some of the
lilies have candle pockets-Whatever
they arc-risiug through the heart of the
flower. and they are 80 cents also. And
then they can be busted and perfumed
and used over and over again ana
loaned, If the hostess be an accommOda-
ting ueighbor TO her admiring friends.
Nobody seems To give the first thought
to the injured feelings of the guests who
/ have to sit before the thing. Think of
the deary monotouy of enCountering it
every time one had to dine or high
tea" at the house of the hostess who
owned it Think of the worry of calcu-
lating how many extra 50-cent additions
had been annexed to the centrepiece
! since the last junket. Think. too, of the
wear and tear Of ones immortal soul soul
! if each occasion was expected to bring
/ forth an exclamation of delightful sur
! prise.
! Give the woman who would buy heI
! floral centrepiece a choice between arti-
! fetal lilies and a bunch of grass in a
! tumbler of water and nature would stand
| no chance.
And there are other women as bad.
The times., 1901-03-10
MRS." SPEAKER HEARTH
Denver Woman the First of Her Sex
to Wiel5 the Gavel.
she Docs Not BIame ex-speaker Reed
for His Methods OF Ruling the
HoUse-Mcmbcrs Admit That She
Acquitted Herself Very CreditabIy.

Mrs. EvangeIine Hearth. of Denver. en-
joys the distinction of being the first wo-
man in the world to preside over a legis-
lative body. She is the only woman mem
Der of the Colorado Assembly. having
been chosen as representative from
Arapahoe county at the election held last
fail. and thus far during the session has
won the highest esteem of her fellow
members Of the other sex. 1t was In
recognition of her superior abilities that
Speaker Montgomery the other day called
Mrs. Hearth TO the chair when he wished
to participate in the debate on a pending
bill
The house has a membership of sixty
FIVE and is a bustling. noisy body at times.
Especially was this the case on the day
that the fair speaker presided. as the
question being discussed was an impor-
tant one and brought out heated and live
/ ~ arguments.
Many difficult parliamentary points
came up for decision from the chair. but
Mrs Hearth proved herself equal to ev-
cry emergency. The speaker pro tempore.
as she has been unofficially termed, is a
slight little woman of the brunette type,
with a pleasant and sympathetic face
While the fair speaker welded the CAV
el it was amusing to note the various
methods employed in addressing the
chair Several Of the members her Mr..
Speaker" one or two said Mrs. Speak
er" The members themselves did not
know the proper way TO address the
speaker under the circumstances They
were all too deeply engrOssed in the de-
bate that was going on to notice how
the previous talker had addressed her, so
every one had a different way of express
ing himself The outsider only apQreciat-
ed the humor of the situation.
Il can hardly describe my feelings
while in the chair said Mrs. Heartz
when she was asked IA question on this
point 1T Was very much OF trial Tor
me. of course. the first hour or so espe-
ciaily. / felt as though everybody IN the
house was looking at me and criticising
my every move, and, indeed, IL was real
embarrassing to stand On the platform
knowing that / was engineer of the house
and was responsible for it's conduct
"A woman who has never presided over
body of men when excitement over a
bill is at fever heat cannot appreciate
how much tact and Judgment is required
to preserve dignity in the chair. NOT tnat
! am possessed of any tact. was en-
abled. though to Learn just how much is
necessary in q position like that some
men have to be ruled by an iron hand,
there is no getting around that. Just as
much in the House of Representatives aS
they do at home
Il don't blame Speaker Tom keed Tot
being tyrannical at times. he simply had
to be in order 20 r1lle and keep the ma
chinery OF the House running smoothly.
Members of the House, however. are
unanimous in the opinion that Mrs
Hearth acquitted herself very credltably
Mrs Hearth was elected to second term
I'm the Legislature on the fusion ticket
She is classed politically as Demo
PoDuliSt.