New-York tribune., 1903-03-16

The women Of Boston have long been famous
for carrying handbag-wtness the name OF the
Boston bag-but they can no longer claim the
practice as distinctive characteristic The nano-
bag is becoming almost as common In New-York
as in Boston. and, having once obtained footing
its extreme convenience. in the absence OF any
to do the rest, Tor how women ever managed to
carry their belongings without these recep'dcleS
| Is q mystery.
! The latest word Of wisdom regarding the hair
is that 1t must not be brushed A famous London
hairdresser Is reported saying that those VINO
follow this antiquated method are brushing ali
the beauty Of their crowns Of glory. II head
of hair which been so treated happens to be
beautiful 1t Is in spite of the brushing, not be
cause of 1t. The reason assigned for this dlctuI1
is that the new hairs are easily destroyed @ aha
roots tryinz to make up for this destruction are
Is exhausted and badness is the delightful result
The amount of nourishment required to maintain
the Nfe of q whale Is something which almost
passes human Imagination As many as fourteen
seals have been taken from the stomach Of a
sperm whale, Gays Mature" and his ordinary diet
consists Of sqgds whGn e9 0f7 opens his outh
and takes in ielIyHsh by the waEonload The blue,
that It IT, reGurfS 5sn on bnee sR
on coasts every summer.
The English papers say. according to the
Gently issued report OF Society for the Protec
ton of Birds distinct and encouraging advance has
been .nade along the several lines OF work IT takes
up. A new act amending the Wild Birds Protec-
don act was added in 1902 which will impose a
much needed check on the doings OF birdcatchers
and collectors Of eggs. Another point gained was
of still greater importance. since it constitutes the
first definite action taken by British government
TSis f9TsTn prohibon Was pr promuSated at sma india
and 6: she and ae 9y GF
feathers and skins and feathers exported as speci
gS5b Of mtTca aF e Chief II S
plumaged birds now in the possession IN OF se1ni
that the sgIepdd e9amps OF the # Is bo6ed It
VIII not fail to produce good effects
The election Of Reed Srnoot to Congress may
have consequences OF very far-reaching charac-
ter and among other things it appears to have
aroused the women Of New-York to an energetic
crusade against Mormcnisrn. Mrs. Dore Lyon Will
raise the question at the first convention Of the
New-York City Federation Of Women's Clubs, to
be, held on Nav 8 at the Waldorf-Astors- and and
hsve literature printed for distribution to the Won
ems organizations Of the city. The more immediate
sore 4f be w SS
oEc 1of IT. Woen Do OF Elliott has lived in Utah.
and is most positive In her assertion OF me need
1T is a melancholy fact" observes Evelyn Green
leaf Sutherland. In paper before the New-Eng-
land woman's Club Are Women Wttty?
that the only women who had a reputation fer
wit in byKone centuries were the women who
lacked a shred Of any other reputation whatever
They could afford Wit, seemingly, having nothing
10 lose This divorce Of wit from morality in the
female character has its inevitable reelection in
literature and its inevitable reflex action from lit
erature. It has been well said that none OF tne
oen IN very ery 0a bad cSaracteT The otsetng Of
Amelia By Becky Sharp must & have been at terrible 99
t.q man n. in RGos 5 WomaR IS
che dnIi iiUa Woman and the converse has yet
been altogether espIodsd I The s only " women I1 of
tation for wit were women whose pre;emtnsfnt miner 20
gition preeluded any f tho OF InS W If
women aon n that history has preserved to come
Ye be very 6ufiy. my Lord Of Hurleieh, yet nake
less STIR than my Lord Of 6 fSa tra Is
5esFs Of history
The time at which q child should begin to study
is vexed question Of education. and one which
shows no signs OF being settled. The superintendent
Of the Quincy CMass) schools raised the question
q few dava since. and asserted that child should
not be sent to school until 1t was seven. Other
educators however. do pot agree with him
or boT Should enter the Kindergarten at four and
the superintendent Of the Boston senoos: EdWhh HSh
to begin the school life. The superintendent OF the
Cambridge schools EranSs for Ss a'
The National MiiIiners' Association objects to
the use of the heavy crepe mourning veil ana
mourning ruche by young widows: and at the recent
convention of that body in Chicago Nine. Hunt
urged the members to discourage the wearing Of
such headgear. No doubt the miiliners view Is
siI9fYv interested but the reasons urged are that
the Young widow has young heart and future
while tie mourning veil expresses the contrary
II many or the large shops in Lopdon customers
entering with dogs are refused and at others only
those carrying their dogs in their arms or on
leash are attended to. Now, one entsrpstssnE West
End shop has arranged for comfortable and healthy
snar4nnents in which dogs can be left while their
n5istresses are making their purchases Clean
benches are provided, end man IL appointed to
Iook after the dogs In these dog stables. Rs they
arr he called,
A woman who can remember the hrst President
ef .ha Arnnrinan RennhIc Ls now living at No. lSl9