The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-11
Wcn1en and Society.
BY MRS. T. M. DE coTTEs.

MONUMENT, TO CATHERINE COLE.
 There Is a movement in New or leans to build a monument to the late Catherine Cole, one of the greatest and most beloved women of the South. E
 writer in The Times-Democrat, af- ter telling of Catherine Coles early ca reer as a newspaper woman when she had to pick up news" and before sne made reputation even locally, says of her: sfs@
 Just now that the St. Cecilia Choral Society and the women's organizations are planning to memorialize "Catherina Coie."e the, writer and the woman, It is pertinent to recall these facts and char acteristics. and to dwell upon them Tor our own good. During her last suner- ing years, when she lay in her wheel chair a martyr to palsy and other i'm curable maladies, trembling even when she slept shaking everything but my friends" her helpful interest in woman- kind did not flag. The woman with voice to be cultivated went to her for encouragement. The woman who had written "society'' notes from her burg went to her with her pieces" for ad- vice. ! The woman who had lived through torment with bad husband, went lQ utt tVL ctt tch8ths hO oVtA0s" tor, the book agent, the patentee, the unhappy ones, sought the little sick woman in the simple little home in Burdette Street, Carro1lton. heaping their burdens upon her and receiving a free-will offering of wholesome direc- tions, or money, or courage. The cup of tea was always offered, or the dish of soup or cooling glass of lemonade' on torrid days. And no one was ever kept standing at the outer gate in the cold or wet or strong summer sun, but, however busy Mrs Field might be. was ushered straight into the gentle cii- mate of her presence. It was a long journey on Burdette Street, she used to say, and she made it for any pur- pose must be of honest purpose.
 Let us offer Mrs. Field our Catherine Cole" a memorial then, suitable and munifcent. not only to honor her mem ory, but to inspire other living workers by our recognition of duty we'll done and kindness to our sex. Every wo- man in New Orleans may help to make this occasion a rousing one. Will she do it? One, nor two women, can do everything, but a common endeavor can do much. This cause should have nof lukewarm indorsement, but the en- thusiasm of our hearts, the largesse of our purses. Women of New Orleans, she blazed tie way for your present distinction in many fields. It is your turn to serve her now in recognition of the debt. wOMEN OF ST. LOUIS
 BADLY GOwNED.
 Louis Redfern. the Paris dressmaker, who has been spending a fortnight in St. Louis, has the following to say of the gowning of the women of that city | toward which all eyes are now turned: |
 T do not wish to make ahy harsh l criticisms said MT. Redfern, but l there was such an astonishing amount | of bad dressing out there that feel | that we who have taken really good | gowns to the Exposition are doing an educational work. Evidently there Is | It by the style of the houses and the | private carriages, but not from the | dress of the women.
 "What is its worst feature? Oh, there is nothing smart, chic, about 1t. They must wear dreadful corsets, to | begin with, and they have no idea of lines of beauty in dress. Colors are bad, too, sometimes. but it is the gen. eral appearance that lacks distinction ! or grace.
 When got back to New York and
 
 was another world. You might have thought you were in Paris. And on the streets, too, you see even on the shop girls touches of smartness that are ut- terly lacking in the Western woman's dress.
 T would not be understood as saying that all the women in St. Louis were badly dressed. There is individual taste everywhere. but spoke of the way the zkR l
 Tt is, as said on the day I arrived from Paris, because the French work people have an inborn taste and skill found nowhere else. That is why you see so much good dressing in Paris and why that city must remain for years to come the centre of fashion and of irl- spiration to all dressmakers.
 THINKS THEM INSANE. r A New York exchange has the follow ng opinion of Dr. D. R. Brewer, who .erms Mrs. Eddy and pr. Dove para, loiacs:
 Two figures of prominence in Ameri- ,an life who are insane are Mary Baker Eddy and Dr. John Alexander Dowie," leclared pr. D. R. Brewer yesterday in Judge Honores court while giving ex- cert evidence in the case of Michael Cur an, a liquor dealer seeking freedom from he Lake Geneva San1tRrium on the. round that he is illegally detained as an rsane man.
 In Curran's behalf it had been urged hat he had, until declared insane at- ended regularly to his business of man ging two saloons. "An ability to attend to business does lot preclude the presence of insanity" aid Dr. Brewer. for ten years superin- endent of the Virginia State Asylum for he Insane. "It is not unusual for ,aranoiacs to transact their business for ears with success. Mrs Eddy and Dr. bowie are examples. Tn my opinion they re well-developed cases of paranoia Neither is responsible for what he or she ces."
 
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