New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-10-21

AS who go in for the higher education
always accused by conservative people OF a
disposition 10 evade the humble domestic duties Of
their j. rather interesting md that al Co
lumbia University, where bureau has been
opened 10 obtain employment for inpecunious stu
dents. the needy girl student turns up her nose at
busters and brooms. and insists on teaching OF
nothing OF course this reluctance 70 exc out a
slender income by house work may spring from
sources other than dislike for IL There are not
many girls Columbia anyway as there are
men, and what there may come from a more
prosperous class But Mr.. Meyers who has recently
undertaken the placing Of girl students in posi-
tons over from the Alumna Association. which
formerly managed il. says the girls simply won't
sweep or clean windows or do anything Of the sort
on the other hsnd the men who must work are
willing TO do ANYTHING. SIX or eight are employed
coz nd tbes men ADDS Mr. MGvrs ;
effeminate by any means. Quite the reverse
Mostly the men who are so eager 10 get on that
fb me r @ G vouhg W or h Bons rd
poverty-stricken farms Down East
To encourage the beautifylng Of the city the
municipality OF Paris awards three gold medals
annually to The designeTs Of Gu the most artistic
iieved OF half their annual taxes
There IS a perceptble decline for the moment in
the popularity of cut flowers in table decorations.
The favorite novelty is miniature landscape,
somewhat after the japanese fashion with tiny
lakes Of real water bearing small craft OF various
sorf and bordered with messy banks and dwarf
forests Sometimes the florist beds down the whole
cGntre OF the table with rare ferns rooted small
eowering plants Violets pansies aTbutus. etc This
il especially favored for a woman's luncheon.
he guests are permitted 10 gather bouquets dur
ing The last course. souvenirs OF the occasion
re women would only remember" said the artist
.,bat when a gown is composed OF more than one
material IL should look like garment worn
over another they would save themselves from
some grievous artistic i'm dress Take the
case OF the double sleeve. popular The idea
Is that Of a comparatively heavy outer sleeve cut
sy,av 20 show a lighter and generally pretter arm
Covering. and a with any artistic feeling
aIw,avs preserves that effect. though she may
not consciously act any definite principle But
artistic feeling thing. and Their fore the
double sleeve Is the occasion Of many artistic
atrocities One actually sees such sleeves cut in
two al the elbow. in order that pun 81 silk NAV
he inserted thus leaving the lower half without
any apparent connection with the shoulder and
with nothing 10 prevent II. Ear "a the eve can
see from sliding off the The sleeve may with
perfect goropriety be slashed The elbow 10 show
4 silk lining but TO cut IL in two snr the Lurpose
OF inserting another material is merely TO make
patchwork OF IL. Another beautiful custom is 10
put the second material with which sleeve ter
inmates over, instead of under the rredominatine
material, thus destroying entirely the idea OF an
undersleeVe and leaving the construction with 1ut
any show OF reason for its existence"