New-York tribune., 1903-04-20


Perhaps there is nothing which is more indicative
Of character and style than the way in which a
7roroan elects to finish off her neck The fastidious
woman is declared b. the dainty freshness Of her
little turnover collar. the exactness with which II
meets behind and the trig lines OF her bow, era
vat or tabs a slouchily closed stock, a collar
that is too plg and has TO be Tapped, betray the
careless hit-or-Iniss person II shows a marked
lack of sense of the fitness Of things to wear
low neck bodice in the street, and the string Oh
pearls such as the New-Yorker often adds,
scarcely betters the impression. In London such
80? ;?iY ~ "a 1Eee low eck in the street is not
Niiiclal 10 CtSiee y 70" lN - -
not he bestowed upon the neck r rom lts very
traction il is conspicuous, No neck garniture or
effect is uninportant-lt either makes OF mars
Women who are clever at lace making turn
ing out very creditabe specimens of the circular
medalions. composed of alternate circles OF fancy
rneshes which go by the name OF Tenerine lace.
The coarse darned lace on netted foundauoh OF
wide square rneshes is also a favorite form OF
fancy work with the deft. All work of this sort
is much facilitated by the excellence Of the ar
tidcial light at the disposal of women To-Day and
the possibility Of buying the netted foundations,
etc all ready made. How our grandmothers,
working painfully by the flicker of their tallow
dips would have enjoyed the light Of an electric
bulb or even Of an up to date kerosene lamp!
Have you any evening paTlor work in hand?
I
Because if you have not I want TO know If you
would undertake TO a breadth of netting the
size Of the inclosed pattern. 1t is strip for
muslin gown. If I get several friends to assist
me I do not think the undertaking will be so des-
And her friend. who obligingIy undertakes 9 70 70
proper light. work is advancing but slowly
ties 10 She saws. but can seldom work at it.
l cannot insist candle near me. ana cannot
net without IT.
London too has its MONDAY rest club, under the
name Of the Enterprise Club for Lady Clerks. A
daily luncheon IS served. the menu including cut
from the joint with vegetables. bread and one
sweet" all for sixpence. AS in he New-Yo1k York and
Chicago clubs for the same constituency, there are
easy chairs and magazines to oeguiie the AFTER
luncheon leisure.
That wonens colleges have come to fulfil some
thing Of the same purpose in the social economy
which converts filed in the earlier ages and still
fill in Roman Catholic countries. Is the view set
forth by Janet E Hogarth, an English writer. She
goes on to explain what she means:
There are always the daughters not necessarily
the least attractive in family, who do not quite
fit in with the domestic circle who are bored per-
haps by country pursuits. and apt to administer
shocks TO county society. who find the tradi-
tional going out in town with their mothers more
OF 2 treadnin than a pleasure They cannot be
married off all in moment, nor can you offer them
the alternative o. a convent like the traditional
parent Of romantic fiction. But you send them
10 college and stave of the question Of their
ultimate destination for some three or four years,
bv the end OF which time you will very likely find
that they have solved the problem themselves.
either by finding friends. possibly even a husband,
more to their liking. by deciding 10 enter pro-
fession and in the mean while they willhave had a
very good time hampered by very few restrictions
and bv almost none that burdensome.'
This statement may reflect contemporary English
opinion OF wornens colleges, but il does not hold
for American sentiment. American parents do NOT
as a rule send their daughters TO college because
10 NTH hon 1nr
do American girls a rule go to college to stave
the question OF their ultimate destination ai 9 Ior
Is REGARDED in THIS country something more than
a sf6n aan for the girl who has shown herself
trife diTfcult but VINO yet cannot be packed OF
TO the cioister. II pursuing the higher education
i1aps5Se9ce Fi in giri in his counfy happily
divorced t,nIe Il0i The mass OF women at any Amer
lean college are there 10 get something oeIite r anu
are earnest conscientious ambitious. clever FROM
their ranks are recruited the deans aa eorers
OF oIaer to .H,care ~9ly-e' and so on
soTiaIlv as wen as temperamentally however the
class OF women American colleges mas chalsea
considerably within the last ten or ndeeeh Sens. %
The rnpecunious student OF middle age Ips i. iri
eorerv's daughter. the country clergy man : eIri
me s'.4g 46ne minded woman being slowly sub
merged by the hundreds OF girls who now elect 10
none later in some profession such as teaGhlng t
but ii order acquire certain T1eh'ai culture
siscfpiine atmosphere-whaf yon Will
.1t-nat is the matter with the modern young per
SOM asked the dowager, Young people useo 10 De
esv and romantic perhaps even little frivolous
"a 5ll1 Now It is the middle aged who are frtv-
oloas and the young who ind ne state OF Den Den,
aa,1 =, have vanished and just al the time Wnen
~ ought to be full Ct ideals our young people
~ goqb sexes are bored and cynical and pessi-
mtstic.
g.. t,s ,acent visit 20 Buffalo Bills Wild West
-, 1,,ta Prince Edward Of Wales TIE future
~ ~ England has appeared to desire nothing
- much as 10 be a cowboy. The subject now oc-
- .u his snare moments, and with the as
t-.a ~ his sister and brothers he has been
5zSesenfing wild West shows OF his own OF more
OF TL ie yosng princes by Buffalo BIZ and Johnny
LIZ .aSa r prominent part In these Representa-
5ahsf 80 the guests of the royal household are
aeea sionaiIy pressed into service