New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-26

Woman's inexplicable aversion to beginning on the
first page of sheet of letter paper and following
the pages in their natural order is we'll known
Men find it distracting and even women correspond
ents confess that-in others-it Is eccentric
Practice not calculated to meditation and PRAYER.
Beyond this dreamed of going until this
feminine popularity served actually to invaidate
a woman's will The late Isabella Andrews Of
Brooklyn, it seems, one of the women who de-
light to treat the third page of sheet OF writing
paper as If ii were the second. the fourth If 1t
were the third. and the second If 1t were the
fourth She made her win thai, way too. Starting
on the first page. she jumped the provisions of the
two. and wound up by Subscribing and attesting
marked tb2e she used ferma hc
was intended to be attested the reverse side Of
paper one Would ea the fourth pager The W
%es a ng % on TO h gfound
that viii n he feeaI r1I,s+ he sgneS az the end
not In the middle, as the Andrews will was.
A large staff of women is employed at he Vat-
can solely for the purpose of keeping the Pope's
wardrobe in order. AS the successor of ST. Peter
always appears in white. and as his raiment is
made Of only the most delicate materials, a few
hours is sufficient deprive them of their
mer fabric and a fine cloth specially woven for
him the winter sd one AS it is f that no
women alone serve the Pope in this capacity.
That a woman can beat machine at coin count
ing has been demonstrated to the satisfaction OF
the authorities Of the Treasury Department. The
inventor of the machine arranged with the head of
the department to hold match between a human
counter and the automatic counter. The machine
| tators- Then a woman clerk was Civ en- an oppor-
machine by Just ten minutes. The department has
not contracted yet for any Of the new coin count
| ing machines.
Not long ago q firm of house furnishers in CIeve-
land advertised for fresco painters and received in
reply letter from n decorator said
that besides painting frescos she could plaster
prime walls canvas them and take off paper
high scahold she asserted. had terrors for her.
and she could work on a swinging scaffold
outside: II recess NECESSARY She could climb scaffold
! without a ladder and had worked the domes
! she had learned her trade from her father with
/ for her work so as not to attract attention and
therefore could ply her trade in any place, mat
! ter how public
! One should never descend too much in ones
games with children says a dignihed and elderly
woman, who recently made the mistake of trying
TO put herself on the level of a six-year-old boy
who happened to be the grandson of her host.
nus 6 fR e Bo GRng 6e pretended
surveyed her for moment with great disgust and
pers! I'll just go and play alone
The undermining of the Petsian rug industry il
the subject of much heated discussion at the pres
ent time. 1t is melancholy fact that the Persian
rug. in the usually conveyed by those terms
is The rugs sold under the name of
Persian made. for the most part under Euro
pean auspices. and from those still manufactured
/ independently by the natives the glory has de-
parted Aniline dyes have destroyed their beauu-
full colorings. and originality is dead Lord Curzon
and others have attributed this condition of af-
fairs foreign influence, but The Upholsterer,'
in the number, states that the exact con-
trary Is the case. It Is only. in its opinion the
rugs made under foreign direction that retain any
the use OF the pernicious anine dye and introduce
whatever there is OF originality in Persian rug
making. Though designs are collected from all
sources. Persian designs arc employed and ancient
Villages Just as anywhere else in Persia The rugs
needs. and any ancient rug in existence can be
exactly copied for any one who wants it This in
fact. seems to be the only way to get a genuine"
Persian rug. Those that still exist outside Of Euro
pean museums are either not to be had or not
main I'm Persia are not on The market, or II they
are to be had all, absolutely prohibitive in
price and those that offered Tor sale have been
hawked about the bazaars OF Teheran and Ispahan
for ages and are dirty worn and worthless
The recent visit OF King Edward and Queen Al
exandra to Ireland has created great demand for
Irish goods in English society. Irish friezes and
tweeds will be the things TO wear during the coming
au r pan Shd drng and tea gowns tmmeg Win
Irish lace Irish china too. is included in the
Rhe brdgS bac W RGf hm rom the &
was set Of Belleek ware.
A small boy was summoned one day TO see a bal
loon ascend and stood gazing upward with great
interest the great ball grew smaller and smaller
In the heavens. Then he clutched his mother
those gentlemen to-day?
A writer in an English periodical suggests that
for the word chauffeur there be substituted
the more correct term of google boge." '1ugger-
man" or, possibly. dog crusher," hen fiat
tener'' baby mssher.' The list. comments an
c~ie's INDIVIDUAL conception of a bubble" depend
ing indeed entirely upon the way it happens 70