The San Francisco call., 1903-09-20

TNlME is completely reversed for the
bachelor girl Night is her day, and
when she makes her hay she don't
90 II by sunshine, but by the light OF
the moon
BUT Just the same she's exactly like any
ener s EirL Instead OF climbing wearily
INTO her car, budding into a corner and
naoooily thinking OF q lonely dinner and
SHei eiasning the alluring- prospect Of turn
lNs IN with the chickens, she sits up and
taAes notice OF every well-grOomed wOm-
an about her. and at the same time plans
her evening furbelows. for II is one Of
ehe greatest reliefs in her busy life TO
LAY aside her professional garb and put on
the pretty, hufy house gown.
Al goes without saying that the girl
oache-or Is always a business girl or a
professional woman, and one Of the first
fealizations that come TO her is that she
must dress herself suitably during the
DAY Her work is all important then, and
Ehe follows the inclination OF her head
and not her heart The eternal fitness"
OF things is one Of the codes OF her life.
and she lives up 10 IL vigorously.
How would a young lawyer look In q
light silk: a singer In a severe black suit;
doctor IN a sweeping frOck. with pretty
nying ends2 Well. she wouldn't do much
OF a business. The old saying, clothes
don't make the man." may be true
enough. but they pretty nearly make the
woman II a lawyer is clothed in a plain
black suit she looks as though she had
been IN court before and as though the
law was tingling on the very ends Of her
finger tips ready 10 be shaken of at an
instant's notice. Who would look twice
at a doctor rushing along with the trail
ing skirts which fashion periodically pre-
scribes2 They are worn by shop girls and
any other girls. no matter what their occu-
patton or manner OF life may be- but one
gives professional woman bent on cas-
ing pain the credit OF possessing enough
common sense 70 adopt the short skirt.
especially as health and comfort 50 en-
phaucaily demand Il.
So the very first thing this independent
girl does upon her arrival home is to
throw OF her uniform of duty and let
her fancy run riot. IL is her own bust
ness and decidedly no one else's what she
chooses 70 put on, and certainly she is
entitled 20 dress as osintily and as pref
tily as she pleases, not Oyerstepping, Of
course, the limit Of good taste.
The world is a very harsh critic, and IL
behooves every girl. particularly II she is
alone, 70 have some slight regard for its
conventiOnalities. She may know but lit
tie OF its rules and regulations and care
less, but she owes IL In common justice
20 herself TO see that Mrs Grundy let's
her severely alone
Unfortunately for women, there never
has been a time, and from the looks OF
things just now, never Will be, when the
world VIII be entirely rid Of scandal
mongers. Gossip. we might just as well
frankly admit. although we all hate TO
like sixty, has a perennial interest for
each and every one Of US. 1t is all very
fine and daisy to hatter ourselves that
our interests In life are infinitely wider
than our neighbor's trifiing doings. but
the fact remains just the same that If
We curb our tongues and speak no evil
we are wonders at listening to that which
speaks no truth and works no righteous
ness.
And people 90 so love 10 take a hand
In a girls little affairs. They watch for
q time in absolute silence and then burs;
lOrln wondering this ano wondering that
until the innocent offender finds herself
the one absorbing topic Of after-dinner
conversation No actual harm - meant
but nevertheless every time tale bearers
put their heads together they have such
an astonishing array Of newer and
stronger facts that IL takes but a short
time 10 tear a reputation TO ta;ters. And
the great pity of il is that Il Is all done
on the side and the girl In question is
generally the last person on the face OF
the earth TO hear or learn OF the criti-
cisms.
OF course the bachelor girl goes in So
ciety. and good society at that. for she
belongs 10 a class Of her own making
and she. above all people. knows full
well that her mode Of living and her
very Independence makes II positive
necessity to have but the very best OF
friends. Birds Of a feather flock to-
gether' and she takes precious good care
20 pick and choose her flock Nine
Grundy may not so much as 1arken heI
threshold. And so when her days work
Is finished she is free to go hither and
thither. gladly welcomed in any social
set for which her education and rearing
best fits her.
Education goes a long, long way, but