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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-08

n ~ the matter or donations for benev-
olent and educational purposes the
year 1901 was a record breaker.
More than si00, 100000 was bestowed
by wealthy persons in the United
States for various worthy enterprises.
largely for libraries. II the youth OF the
country are not universal readers, IL
viii not be for want of books.
Women have not so much money to
give away as men, yet many of the
great gifts OF 1901 were from ladies, the
largest single one. the splendid sum OF
$50. 400, 600 being from Mrs. Jane Stan
ford 10 Leland Stanford, Jr. university
The odd $1,000 is the value OF Mrs.
Stanfords home in San Francisco.
which she gives as a museum and art
gallery TO the school she and her hus-
band founded For years Mrs. Stanford
herself has been living in the simplest
manner, spending little money in luxu-
ries for herself. that she might equip
this university as a great seat of learn
ing should be equipped. Leland Stan
ford, Jr., university Is the richest edu-
cational institution in Christendom.
OF the vast sum given for the public
good last year more than SAC. 900 900 was
contributed by women. The name OF
Mrs. Phebe Hearst does not figure
among these feminine donors, for Mrs.
Hearsts benefactions are so quiet that
she is often able 10 escape newspaper
notice. OF Helen Gould's gifts si2, 500 has
been reported. Much of Miss Gould's 5
philanthropy was bestowed in scholar
ships in the University of New York
and in Vassar and Holyohe colleges
Her gifts will therefore, TO the extent of
two. thirds at least, benefit women. Mrs.
| Coils p. Huntington has also consid-
cred the use she can be to her own sex
IN her gifts for 1901. She gave 100000
to the School OF Applied Design For
| Women in New York city. This sum
goes toward the schools endowment
| fund Mrs Huntington could not have
done better. Al this school of applied
design women learn house decorating
and designing for furniture. wall paper,
silk and cotton printing, hook covers,
cards and notices. They also have an
opportunity to fit themselves TO make
a living in those and other kindred in
dustries.
Mrs. Susan Cabot Richardson gives
s200, 900 TO Radcliffe, the woman's coll
lege of Harvard university Apart from
these. however, no woman seems TO
have devoted her wealth to helping her
own sex especially, though much of 1t
goes 10 libraries and other institutions
for both sexes Mrs. Emmons Blai.e
gave 81, 600, 900 TO the School of Education
of the University of Chicago and for
an elementary school $50 600. Mrs.
Frederick Aims presents 100000 to Gin
cinnati university for a music hall, and
Mrs. How. the daughter OF James y.
Eads, gives 100000 TO Washington uni
versity. St Louis. Mrs. Nettie McCor-
mick gives $50, 600 to establish a Hebrew
scholarship in the Mccormick Theolog-
ical seminary. Chicago.
Some of these great gifts are bestow-
ed by women in such way as to give
them the appearance of actually dis
eliminating against their own sex and
trying to keep Ii down. Yale university
students and many of it's faculty are
bitterly opposed 10 the admission of
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-08

smart note paper and beg TO state that
madame is now ready TO give her IA
nous spring complexion treatment, and
for that purpose she has taken for the
Lenten season house i'm such and such
a place tout of town. where every
thing for the comfort of her guests will
be provided. They reply, naming the
weeks which Il will he convenient for
them TO spend with her. and she ar
ranges everything so that none of the
engagements will conflict. The treat
ment, which Is quite expensive. includes
complete skinning of the face, neck
and arms The surface OF the skin Is
toned up generally, coarse pores are
made to resume their natural propor-
tions and I'm general the ravages OF
time, rouge and powder are made beau
tifully less. The patient emerges with
a complexion ht TO go with the new
spring shades in millinery. So you see
that the fashionable woman has a
spring cleaning of her complexion as
her humber sister has of her house.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-08
HONOR FoR MISS ssALe.

Miss Dorothy Beale is well known In
England. for as head mistress of Chel-
tenham College For Girls she holds one
Of the best records for educational and
charitable work. Cheltenham College
For Girls takes about the same posi-
tion as Elton or Harrow. Miss Besle
now holds the freedom OF cheltenham.
being the first woman 10 receive IL.
The last presentation took place thirty
years ago. Schoolboys are noted for
their cheers. but the girls Of Chelten-
ham college proved their ability TO
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-08

only goes TO illustrate how far the one
sided effect can be carried.
You don't know what the one sided
effect is?
oh, yes, you do. IL Is having one side
of the decoiletage of an evening frock
different from the other. This gown 1
am speaking OF was of white spangled
stuff trimmed with the palest pink
panne. One side of the waist was OF
he spangled material, the shoulder
strap of the other was of the pale pink
velvet. Al a distance II looked exactly
as If the dress had slipped off one shoul-
der. IL was very startling until you in
vestigatear / dare say that at short
range 1t didn't look that way at all.
However. 10 return TO Lent some of
the old fashioned people who wouldn' {
for the world give dance or dinner
in town during that season get around
the difficulty by moving TO their coun-
try places. where they have lust few
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-08
- : ~ THE SINROCK
:. -. CHIEFTAINESS

ing. however, as the white wife must
also have, material TO work on.
Charley and Mary tended their herd
as II increased and prospered and were
among the first in the territory "a
break the wild little deer To harness.
Reindeer driving is "A more serious busl-
ness than an outsider would suspect,
for while one person sits In the sleigh
and rides, another must run alongside
the team with whip and whoop up the
creatures. The enterprising pair OF Es-
klmos managed II well Charley rode
while Mary drove, and vice versa. At
length they had the largest and best
trained herd OF reindeer in all Alaska.
Then IL was that they began to reap
reward. White men-mail carriers
army officers. surveyors miners and
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-08
Kz Ma
New York.

women. yet one woman presents IL with
500 900 and another with $25, 1000.
a woman with 81. 600. 900 TO give away
might immortalize herself and do a
benevolent act whose good effects would
last through generations by establish
ing some factory or enterprise i'm which
women and girls could earn a comforta-
bic living and i'm off hours have oppor-
tunity TO enlighten their minds. An
honorable financial independence is the
direst need OF the feminine sex today,
and ladies OF wealth have little idea OF
the desperate struggle required for a
poor woman TO attain this.
ALICE w. MORTIMER.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-08

increasing her charms. Now that the
very low eoifiure Is asserting itself 80
determinedly, picturesque styles are
becoming the fancy OF the moment.
The sketch is of low coiifure pfet-
tiy dressed with velvet fillet or band
carried quite tightly round the head.
the lillet stitched with pearls or SILVER
sequins, This may be hooked at the
back and kept In position az the front
OF the head by a hairpin. A further
adornmSnt is achieved by means OF a
string OF pearls carried round the head
and twisted among the low coils on tho
nape of the neck
Artistic hairdressing has been reduc-
ed 20 science. The accompanying ,cx-
amples of the hairdresser's skill show
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-08

don Jackson. missionary, the United
States government introduced reindeer
propagation into the upper country In
hope that our Eskimo subjects might
be preserved from extinction by star
walton. one intelligent native immedi-
ately comprehended the plan and learn
ed from the Lapps the care of the ami
mails. Then the government gave him a
few of his own wherewith TO start a
herd. They throve amazingly, especial
iy since associated with Charley in his
enterprise was his strong minded wife,
Mary. Like many a white wife. she
was the making of her husband. hav-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-08
KArz erLz11sE:'s =: LENTEN
REFLECTIONS

Ing no address and only come back at
Easter. Then their friends gaze at
them I'm surprise. The absent ones
seem TO have gained ten years of youth.
Shall tell you where they have been?
To the complexion cures
Yes, there are such places in Atlantic
City, in Lakewood There are also
equally fashionable ones I'm unheard Of
places I'm the country. This is how II Ia
done; Nine. Rosa Line. the fashionable
complexion expert, sends cards TO her
clients. These are engraved on very
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-08

don't think Lenten sewing circles
are as popular as they used 10 be.
They offered too much opportunity to
the social climber. who was enabled by
this method to reach the charmed inner
circle. Indeed. l have known women
who loathed sewing TO sit for hours
cramping their fingers and their backs
in order that they might have the pleas
ure of asking Miss Moneybags or Mrs.
Van Something g-or-other to pass the
spool OF black thread or the scissors or
the bale OF red flannel or whatever ii
might be.
DO you know, take her all In all,
think the Lenten girl Is big fraud
and as for the girl who poses I'm peni-
tential purple and violets, IL | were a
man / would be afraid OF her; but
don't suppose the men have sense
enough for that Religion Is one thing
fads are another. l would cheerfully
exchange the sewing society girl. the
Summing girl and the girl who kneels
under a stained glass window twice a
day FOR the merry, honest little maid
who goes about much as usual having
a good time. but adhering to her "all
the year round principles.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-08

friends 20 pass away the time" These
few friends play bridge OF pingpong
all day long. and in the evening. after a
jolly little meal mot a dinner. of course,
although II has all the requisites of
one), there Is music, and " some of the
couples dance why. of course, no one
makes any remarks. And thus II Is,
may add that some Of the best matches
of the season are made at these quiet
I.enten house parties. You see, young
people have so little opportunity for
really knowing each other during the
height of the season, and the delightful
informality OF house party gives them
Just the right chance.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-08

r DON'T think society pays so rf1ch
attention TO Lent as II used TO. II
objects 10 being quiet for such a
long period. so there are a crowd OF
minor gayeties, and. really. when
you come right down 20 IL. there Is
quite as much fun as at any other time.
Look at the boxes at the opera, for in
stance. / don't see that they are any
more deserted than usual, and the cos
tunes worn are quite as brilliant Oh
by the way, l saw one the other even
ing which was really quite startling. II
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-08
sac SMOKED HeR CIGARETTES.

a rather strong minded young woman
was recently passenger on railroad
train. She was in a compartment re-
served for ladies'. and soon after the
train started she took OUT a cigarette
and quietly began To smoke. Her fel-
low passengers protested. but she per-
sisted and justified her action by bland
ly remarking. n am IN n ladies' car
riage, and know of no law which hin-
ders ladies from smoking
When the train stopped the conduct
or was called upon TO interfere. but he
was loath to do SO. The upshot OF the
matter was that the lady smoker ar
rived at her destination without being
I'm the least disturbed.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-08

take one through tenement districts
have little sympathy. II always seem
ed to me the height OF impertinence
that we shouldfintrude into the misera-
BILE privacy OF these people, whose lives
we simply cannot Judge by our stand
ards But when the expedition wends
it's way through Chinatown. then /
have no further scruples. because !
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-08

Lent. both kinds-those which have the
avowed purpose of lettering the condi-
tion OF the poor. and the others. com
posed OF those who want TO see how the
poor live anyway and discuss II after
ward over luxurious little supper
With the Summing expeditions which
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-08
ARTISTIC WAYS OF
DRESSING THE HAIR.

Balls, theaters and gayeties OF all
sorts are In frll swing. and the desire
II every girl as she dresses for the
evenings enjoyment Is 20 look .u
charming as she possibly can.
Finishing touches SO long way to-
ward the attainment OF tho bcauiifn;
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-08

Of horticulture. began gardening for
profit with bag OF poppy seed. Within
flve years they have developed a busi-
ness In rose and bulb culture which
taxes the capacity of ten greenhouses.
A 81. Louis minister i'm whose copgre-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-08

present I'm this country 1000 graduates
OF the large women's colleges and CO.
educational institutions. Fourteen hun
dred were added to the number during
the last year.
Sarah Bernhardt bushes to own the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-08

the variety or
his additions 10
the natural hair,
The self diyid-
ing pompadour
coiffure appears
under two as
poets. In one
II Is slightly
parted at the
side, in the 9TH
er the dip occu-
pies the center
Of the front, and
the hair falls in
gra aceful waves.
The coinure for
an elderly lady
is with a slight
parting i'm the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-08

the Congregational church at Spring
Valley. N. A.. Rev. Mrs. W. w. Christie
has resigned and will remove TO Wis
consin.
- Two sisters living near the bay Of SAN
Francisco, with no practical knowledge
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-08

a n q With -
evening toilet NJ
most irli oeina'
finishing touch ef
all Is the garni.
ture OF the c0i.-
furc.
Some dainty irl
ne is always
Worn I'm tho haip
nowadays witlt
eyening'lreSs. alii
the tasteful gu.
will make tho
best Of this he
coming opportu-
nifty for greatly
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-08
NOTES OF INTEREST.

Royal marriages always suggest the
familiar ending OF the fairy stories,
"and they lived happily ever after"
Occasionally. however. as I'm the case OF
the Grand Duke and Duchess Of Hesse.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-08

cation Of nearly 600 members there were
only about twelve marriages last year
thinks that the percentage OF thoee
matrimonially inclined Il too small snd
blames women for not proposing mor~.
riage themselves.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-08

Asst summer a California woman,
one OF the adventurous souls
who journeyed TO far Cape
X Nome I'm search OF fortune, was
lucky enough 10 be invited 20
the home of Sinrock Mary, several
days travel from Nome into the inte-
rior OF the upper country, as northwest
Alaska Is called Mary is a person OF
note and consequence, the real chief of
the Snrock tribe.
The natives of north western Alaska
are not Indians at all. but Eskimos. and
they are mentally superior to the red
men OF the United States. They are
more like Japanese than Indians and
partake OF the Jap's quickness and per-
severance.
When. at the instigation OF Rev. Shell
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-08

price Of her recent extravaganza. which
Is in the form OF lovely ermine cloak.
IT will be the remorse OF my fife" says
she. IL ~ certainly n remorse which
many people would gladly bear -,
After three years work as pastor Of
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-08

the publicity attendant on infeIfcity
proves that royalties are prone To make
mistakes like less exalted mortals.
The report of the Collegiate Alumni
association shows that there are at
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-08
sIummips PARTIES.

Dear me- That reminds me. al
most forgot TO speak about the slum-
ming parties. They are q feature Of
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-08
womew who Disappear.

There are other women who disappear
utterly during Lent and their friends
know them no longer~that II to say.
for the time being. They depart, leav-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-08

center This Is indeed blessing In our
days when no woman allows herself 10
apDeaI old
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-08
LARGE GIFTS FROM WOMEN,

I ~ the matter OF donations for benev-
oIent and educational purposes the
year 1901 was a record breaker.
More than 500, 900 900 was bestowed
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-26

passing toward the House of BurGesses,
whose walls Ions since crumbled, resound-
ed TO the imprisoned eloquence Of Patrick
Henry. On some of these old porches the
beautiful Miss Burwell may have sat and
chatted with her irate over, Governor
Nicholson. whom she rejected and whose
devotion was exceeded only by his bad
manners.
In the golden October weather of ISL,
the whole town turned out TO see and
cheer a never-to-be-forsotten sight-the
march of the troops. ragged provincials.
and debonnair Frenchmen, On their way
TO capture CORVALLIS.
ANCESTRAL HOMES.
The glory Of that past lives In song and
story, the Tavern the Palace" and
the Capitol" have long since crumbled
and disappeared but many Of the old
ancestral homes, built Of timbers Which
defy decay, still stand. They are loved
for their memories and associations and
receive q devoted care almost unknown
in city life. In consequence they grow
more beautiful each year, and nowhere
is seen that dila pidation, which is char
acteristic of many towns not half so old.
The spacious gardens. where fruit and
flowers run riot together, are odorous
depths of verdue and glowing color. I'm
provements have been made in the city,
but so as not to detract from its air of
beauty and repose. Situated near the two
principal cities in the State. Williamsburg
keeps in close touch with the progressive
affairs of the outside world and has an
exclusive society of its own. The pride
Of ancestry is a birthriEht to those who
constitute it: yet between them and the
humblest exist the kindliest relations and
the poor are helped in an transformations
Christian way that robs charity of its
humiliation. 1t is indeed an ideal town.
and during these warm. bright autumn
DAYS 1t has been at its best The abund-
ant foliage is touched with russell and
gold The roses still bloom luxuriantly In
the sunshine The air is like balm. The
sky an unclouded dome of blue, 1t is the
place for the student to mediate. the poet
to dream, and the businessman to forget
the cares Of a veSatious world.
RACHEL SYr HAX WRIGHT.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-26
STYLES IN MEMS DRESS.
Getting ver< Close to English
Standards.
CThe HaberdaSher.)

CThe Haberdasher.)
Fashions for fall are now In that en-
bryonic state which admits OF great
deal of specula ton and very little intel
ligent forecasting. We may follow the
trend SO far as it has developed. but we
cannot. with any great degree Of Ger
tai1lty, put the stamp of authority on
wat may be classed as the entirely new
ideas. or ideas that are merely in the
Introductory stage. The mode has been
drifting most decidedly toward conserva-
tisr1 and anglosms. We are dessing very
close to the English standards. | iook
forward to a season that Will be remark
able on account of the almost complete
Of the American sarto-
rial type-while the modifcad ions when
have always obtained in AWNING, ols,
the other hand. the long waist ~, hne e. or
skirted great coats. the, low-butt1I1n on e..
waistcoasts, the wing and poke collars
and the ascots and high hats Will p, Pc
almost universal and will naterlaliv
change the tout ensemble of well-dreSs-
cd American crowd. We will leave inc
tight fitting short overcoats. the smali
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-26
TOWN Of MEMORIES
,,rrnrNG ABOUT WILLIAMSBURG
An HER HISTORIC FEATURES.
Is OWN PECULIAR CHARM.
oo,re of stirring Events During
,,onia1 Times and Revolutionary
,o,,-puke OF Glouccstcr Street
md old Rruton Church.
,,,r,,rSc ABOUT WILLIAMSBURG
An HEB HISTORIC FEATURES.
$ OWN PECULIAR CHARM.
,-e of stirring Events During
-o,ouin1 Times and Revolutionary
For the Dispatch.)

"a old Rruton Church.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-26

Mr.. Watkins was born in West Pitts
ton, Pa. and is IS years old. He has
lived in Scranton for the past twenty
wears. Labor men believe he Is a repre-
sentative Of the operators.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-26

He was born at Port Deposit, Md. June
10, 1860. He received his education at the
common schools and city colleges Of Bal
tirnore.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-26

George Gray, United States circuit
judge for the Third District Of Pennsyl-
vania, has been on three of the most
important commissions appointed in re-
cent years having to do with questions Of
arbitration. His appointment, although
holding court in the eastern end of Penn
sylvania. win not be objected to by the
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-26

Brigadier-General John NJ. Wilson.
United States army. retired. was, until
his retirement, chief Of engineers. having
charge OF all river and harbor and forth
flea ton work OF the United States govern
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-26

Army Medical Museum was built under
his direction, as was also the new gov
eminent printing Office, at Washington.
General Wilson served for a time as
superintendent Of the United States Mill
tary Academy at West Point He showed
great executive ability and succeeded in
securing appropriations for the recon
struction Of the academic buildings
Carroll D. Wright. United States Com
missioner Of Labor and recorder of the
commission. has long been interested in
the progress OF labor. He was born in
Dumbarton. N Fl. in 1910.
Commissioner Wright has been the in
termediary between the White House and
the representatives of the Mine Workers
Union since the President undertook to
effect settlement OF the difficulties. lie
was present throughout all the confer
ences between the President. the mine
operators and President Mitchell and his
district presidents. He is thoroughly ac-
quainted with the various suggestions
made to President Roosevelt by both sides
to the controversy.
While q member Of the Massachusetts
LEGISLATURE Mr.. Wright succeeded In hav-
ing passed many laws favorable to labor.
He completed the eleventh census and Is
the author of many pamphlets and mono
graphs on social and economic questions
He nov has the chair OF social econorn-
les at the Catholic University. Washing
ton. and Is the lecturer on statistics and
social economics at the School OF Com
parative Jurisprudence and Diplomacy.
Columbian University. Washington 10
is also the lecturer on wage statistics
of Harvard University.