The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-05

slacken in our efforts to do all In our
power to lessen some of the needless suf-
| fering and overwork of so many of our
| fellow creatures When one thinks of the
! sad and even awful amount of suffering
| and distress in the world which we can
| not prevent, it does seem cruel and la
| mentable to be the means of causing
| needless and unnecessary trouble and
| pain. Each individual woman must do the
! best she can, not screening herself behind
| others or behind custom. And we must
remember this is emphatically a woman's
| question, in which we would fain show
a womans tenderness and unselfsh con-
! sideration for Others" Mrs. Talbot also
refers to the sympathy of Queen Victoria
with the movement.
1.-THE common delusion that a woman
looks younger and better on the STAGE"
! said a stage manager, has very little
| foundation in fact and almost the exact
! reverse is true. Women with bad com
| plexions may be made more attractive
| by cosmetics and may acquire all the
! beauty that comes from pink and white
| skins and carmne lips. But the first in
dications of age will be more frankly
and cruelty revealed by the footlighrs
than by the morning sunlight at its
| brightest. One need only observe the
| ciearness with which every wrinkle is
brought out by the glare of the foot
nights to realize that woman owes lit
tie of her stage beauty to them.
Lillian Russell was never more hand
some than she is to-day and her lowell
ness is in its fullest bloom. Yet she is
! pretuer on the street in the daylight
than on the stage. Emma Games an
other type of American beauty, is better
| looking In private life and can stand
the test of the most searching light. I
nave never seen her appear more lovely
IMAM In her husbands studio with a
searching north light pouring on her.
| Little OF the beauty that has made these
two Americans famous came from the
| artlhcial aid of the footlights, for the
| charm or both would be stiA more cele
nrated II the public had seen them in
their greater natural loneliness.
mere are many American women vho
| nave become noblewomen, saws Wonoanps
Home Companion, but there is only one
VINO has ever become aunt to an empress
the Countess Won Waldersee; and she
lo' only holds that exalted position, but
Is also distinguished as being the only
American woman who ever became a
| princess IN her own right quite aside
| from any title acquired by marriage. The
| Countess is really the Princess de Noer
the title having been conferred upon her
by the Emperor of Austria many years
ago.
Few people in this country know The ro-
mantle and remarkable life-story of this
| American princess who has never re-
| turned TO her native land since she left
| II Iorty-lVe years ago. then young girl
In the glory of her beauty and first
youth. She has been so closely associated
win the exclusive life of the high nobility
OF Berlin that Americans, travelling or AZ
| IF
| woman who is acknowledged to be almost
| a power behind the German throne.
| Ihls remarkable woman, although the
daughter of New York grocer, married
| successfully royal parsonage and a scion
OF one of the most exclusive families of
sne proud German nobility. She frankly
| used her influence TO bring about the
| marriage of the present German Enperor
ana her niece, and has proven herself to
| be most remarkable matchmaker Her
| husband holds one of the highest positions
at court because of her influence, and he
was sent to China at her request. Thus
| she is really one of the most brilliant
and interesting women of the century.
but the fact that she lives in Germany
makes 1t impossible for the English
! speaking world to have a true knowledge
| of her power and achievements: for. AL
| though woman's influence may be very
great and far-reaching in Germany. her
| PeiSoHailLy - always nldden, the new
| woman and 'women's rights being ut
terly unknown quantities in the Kaiser's
domain.
| There is now a club in Vienna SAYS the
New York Herald, of which the sole mem
bers are divorced women. 1t was opened
few days ago, and already thirty-eight
women have Joined IL. The object of the
organization is to provide a home for its
members. and to secure remunerative
work for those among them who are
obliged to earn their living. benefit
society will also be started in connection
( with 1t as soon as there are sufficient
funds in the treasury.
At the first meeting the question arose
as to whether women who had been aban-
doned by their husbands but who had
not sought divorce should or should not
be admitted as members. "They should
not" said several because, though they
could be free II they chose, they prefer
to remain in slavery. and hence they show
that at heart they do not believe in wo-
mans inalenable rights"
This was admitted to be true. but new
ertheless courageous member insisted
that women whose husbands had deserted
them were worthy of pity. and that the
privilege of becoming honorary members
ought at any rate TO be accorded t. them.
After some further debate a vote was
passed to this effect. and. Therefore.
henceforth the club will welcome such
women
"I have come to the conclusion" says a
woman who entertains constantly. that q