Evening journal., 1901-09-17
10 Keep Wives CheapIy

10 Keep Wives CheapIy ,
A philosopher from Camberwell
writes to the London Express: Teach
your wife to be a vegetarian and mar
ried life will be cheapened." OF course,
there can be no suspicion Of selfish
ness in this advice, for the man who
offers it argues that "the man does
the work: therefore he needs beef
steak: but the woman has very little
to do, either with her brain or her
muscles
This may be true in his case; but
where the woman does the work and
the man exercises neither brain nor
muscles, should he live on vegetables
an dthe beefsteak go to the wife? II
not, why not? But let us hear more
from this philosopher when / mar
ried" he says, 1T occurred to me that
| it woald come cheaper If l fed my wife
on cereals I taught her to live on
lentils. maize and oatmeal. At first
she violently objected but I won her
over by my strength Of mind. Now
she sits at one end Of the table and
dimes on grains. ! sit at the other and
have my mutton-chop and my pint Of
ale. She is getting used to it, and
makes less complaint than formerly.
Inasmuch as women are generally
more unselfsh than men. I think it
only proper that any reduction in ex-
penditure should come off their part OF
the income. When I married
it was not fashionable for a woman To
eat much. It was considered better
form If they were delicate and took
very little food. Oh, for the good old
times!"
Perhaps they are catching on to the
trick of American newspaper humor in
England. but this so accurately puts
into exaggerated words the course
pursued by the husbands OF some un-
fortunate wives that it can without UNI
due credulity or without detraction to
ones sense OF humor, be accepted as
| the typical male view of it, Tenny-
sons traditional English husband is
neither extinct nor wholly alone in the
world. who holds his wife as Some
thing better than his dog, little dear
er than his horse
The tendency of all the latest skirts
is to extreme snuguess at the upper
and pronounced flare at the lower por-
ton. No style contributes to that end
so perfectly as the habit back and the
circular fiounce, and the two combined
make a marked feature of advance
models.
Some very pretty new ideas in lace
trimmed handkerchiefs are now on the
market that are all right. These diff
fer from the ordinary run Of goods OF
this character in the style Of lace trim
ming used Heretofore walls and SINH
lar sorts have been the most used fol
this purpose, but now we have effects
trimmed with honiton, a lace some
thing on the Renaissance order and
still other effects new to this class OF
work.
Debutantes' afternoon reception
dresses for the season before us will
show pretty compromise between
the very ornate full-dress evening
toilet and a demi-dress tailor gown
There is a train. but the bodice Of mOsi
of the advance models is cut high in
the neck. with the concession Of g
guimpe or yoke and undersleeves Of
Il shirred tulle, mOusseline. brilliant, nel
or other transparent textile. The youth
full evening toilets are notably chic
i graceful and delicate in effect, includ
I ing French styles Of lace or net, ant
chiffon over sheath slips of clingina
silk that are artistic and beautiful
For the greater part, however Their,
is less eXaggeratiOn than there wa:
last year. while at the same time there
is picturesque daintiness and simple
elaboration which good taste alone car
bestow.
Very stylish and attractive is a gown
of black and white silk. trimmed with
Ipompadour ribbon, which is set on like
an insertion just above the hem of the
accordion-pleated skirt and overdress
this fan-pleated garment coming down
quite over the underpleating, except al
the sides. The bodice has low-cut
bolero with a vest and collar Of white
taffeta relieved with incrustations oil
lace and pompadou ribbon.
An odd fancy in s'~aial T~oach
owns IS to have the stride uade OF
fine cloth, even for the very thiulcst
toilet. ore ct very diaphau~us silver
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