New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-09

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G@LEAN ElNGSS
The King Of Italy IS so small in stature thai
he makes his public appearances on horseback
wherever possible. On other occasions. such as
court receptions the floor is often sloPsd mSsF
standing SO that ne may not nave 70 lS4 I ~ %
An English committee recently appointed 20 m
vestgate the economic effect Of legislation reguias-
ing the labor OF women reports that while some
Inconvenience and hardship may have resulted tn
special cases from the factory acts they have rot
displaced womens labor IN any appreeiable degree
The employment Of women in factories appears. on
probably require severe restrictions to make EN-
plOyers fOregO the advantages OF class OF lapor
simpler processes Of work
Princess Andreas Of Greece is the newest recruit
to the ranks Of automObists. Until her
wedding day. when she and her husband started
Off their honeymoon IN automobile presented
TO them by the Gar OF Russia, the princess had
at once fell victim TO its delights The Drincess's
automobile has movable top for use in winter
Mrs wfIiamina P. Fleming who since 1891 has
been curator or astronomical photographs at har-
ward University, was born and educated in Dundee.
Scotland. Her duties include the management and
OF the university's collection OF photographs
She must examine the five thousand more photo
graphs taken annually at the southern station OF
number taken at the observatory in Cambridge,
the observatory Mrs Fleming has made a world
wide reputation by her discovery OF nearly two
hundred variable stars and Of six new stars.
Tho dacsfo, or Tho hoard % c,,ra+ora oF 1Tissosrf
University that each chapter house connected with
the university must have chaperOn opens Up a
pleasant, if limited. calling for women Not only
must she receive a salary, but IN addition. the
theatre tickets and free cabs She is to be FOUND
to be responsible for their behavior.
A poor woman who recently applied to the Lon
don authorities for relief said she lived by making
bouses. or shirtwaists at SO cents a Dozen Think
that t. H00d save OF the Snl'' was nothing 10
Burmah IS unique among the countries OF the
East IN the position accorded to women. There Is
no purdah there, and. gentle she looks, the
married woman is the head Of her house. The
girls, before their ears pierced-which is equiv
alent to a cOmng-out receDtion-are allowed to
roam about the streets playing boyish games with
their brothers and their friends and afterward
there are many opportunities for young men and
women TO meet at festivals boat races and other
usually love matches. and the unmarried woman
women are charming-generally slender dainty
and deInurely e3quetf1sh. They wear gayly colored
and their mar. WHICH Is shining and smooth. is al
Many a heated discussion has revoIved around
the subject whether it Is right wrong to drive
to church on Sundays. In certain circles both here
and in England it is considered OstentatiOus to
order out ones carriage in order to attend divine
worship unless one Is living in the country where
the distances and the absence OF streetcars seem
TO make fl imperative. Another class is down on
Sunday driving for quite other reasons than the
abstract good form involved. They hold that any
thing which needlessly involves the employment OF
others on the day OF rest is wrong Yet others
who are not disturbed by religious scruples make
a point Of giving their servants as easy time
Clergyman, the Rev. E. J. Campbell. OF the City
Temple, In London, seems TO have cut the Gordian
knot Of the dilemma how TO get TO church VITA
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automobile in which drive between his home and
lie cOnveyanees. he is not obliged to exert himself
he does not break in on anOther's day of rest and
he gets there. =
''Puddngs especially packed for transmission
abroad Is legend that meets the eye on every
hand in London in these pre-Christnas days. There
is touch Of pathos in it. at the same time that it
smacks OF Engand's proud dominion over palm
and pine. These Christmas buildings are going TO
the brave English men and women who in the
wilds Of Australia. the veldts Of South Africa
under the torrd skies Of India and in lonely places
dotted all over the world help maintain law and
execute righteousness to the best OF their Anglo
Saxon ability. But il marks the hold that ths
stodgy. sodden, hopelessy irrational and ndigest-
IDLE compound known as an English plum pudding
has the affections of the British heart that ths
postal authorities should thus take conizance OF IL
A woman OF Individual resources but scant hnan-
cial means. takes as she expresses it, an outing
once in a while by changing the physiognomy' OF
her rooms. The eye she says gets so acctls-
toned to pictures in certain places that II no
longer sees them. and even the most beautiful are
apt to become like patterns on a wall A fine
landscape placed in a fresh hight is a new Joy in
ones life And yet know people who haven't
moved their pictures for thirty years. Books too
may be treated in the way. BY looking a.
the backs Of books too long becomes weary
sire to look into them"
Another lover Of fresh perspeetive" turns her
bed around once IN while and sleeps with her
head the other way" This she declares rest.
her wonderfully, and is almost as good as a
trip. Certain II Is that "mOnOtOny corrOdes ana
there IS much inspiration In a new point Of vtaV~
even IL this IS TO be secured only by shifting ones
furniture and oTic-a-bTaC. $50