The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-26
GOSSIP FROM GOTHAM

How many women renember that
with revolving doors the unwritten
law is ITO the right?" How many
women can get through such door
successfully if there is no doorkeeper
and no one going Just ahead ?"@ They
invariably go ito the left And what
happens? The door swings an inch
and stops-and the woman, trying to-
make it &c round, strains with all her
might. Somebody comes up with
rush, starts the door going to the right
and unless the woman is active she is
upset. Everybody is familiar with the
woman marching lin" through the
"out" door, while her fellow men say
harsh things between their teeth.
Mrs. Bixby, of the Woman's Repub-
lican club, is bending her every energy
toward saving Fraunce'S tavern as
historical site and with flashing eyes
tells of entering the tavern one day
last week and finding walters apron
on the bust of Washington. Fairly
shrieking with anger, she demanded of
the waiter why he deseerated the
bust of the father of his country. The
unpatriotic waiter denied that G. w.
was the father of his country and
conveyed the irritating Information
that the bronze bust long had been
used as a clothes peg. This has only
strengthened the resolution of Mrs.
Bixby to force the city. officials into
her view of real patriotism
To clean ostrich feathers aat home is
very simple, says well dressed wom-
an, who takes care Of her own. Il
| make suds of lukewarm water. dip
the feather and draw it through my
hand. Continue this until 1.-The feather
| is clean, never letting it stay long,
hr,cs <Icn, fI1nr,
oughly rinsed through clear cold water
place it on something round and slope
with the hand to bring out the fulfil
ness This last is the only difficult part
and requires practice to bring out the
desired fuffing.
That the Turkish chibouk is to be
one of the forms of recreation In the
New York Athletic club is denied with
vehemence, although the rumor has
! been spread with remarkable persist
ence that one room is to. be fitted up
| for the enjoyment of that form of ORR
entail solace. Mrs. John Jacob Astor
| Is the president of the club, and neither
she nor her colleagues on the organlza-
| ton committee-Mrs. j. Borden Haf-
riman, Mrs. Richard Irwin and Miss
Anne Morgan-would dream of coun-
tenancing such a thing. 1t has become
known that the story was started by
woman in revenge for getting the
cut direct from a member when she
attempted to have her name presented
| for membership. This woman's name
has been associated unpleasantly with
divorce scandal, and she was not
| regarded as a desirable addition to the
roster. She was made to understand
| that fact in the kindly killing manner
| which the experienced club woman
knows how to assume when the neces-
| sity for a deep and effective stab
arises. The Turkish chibouk story
followed and most of the members
i know where and why it originated.
| Placing the feet of her girl babies in
/ tight congresses, after the fashion of
| the Chinese, has been attempted by a
mother in Paris, foolish enough to fear
her own abnormally large feet might
be reproduced in her children. The
| family physician discovered the effort
to deform and put stop tosfit It is
not known whether such ignorant in