New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-08
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commit the most imbecie actions. which in any
else would be termed idiotic.
we know what extraordinary thing
mamma will do next" said the daughter of the
house, laughingly, speaking OF her very clever and
witty mother. Papa and I always the |
watch for her absentminded vagaries but some
times she escapes What do you think shs did |
the other evening? They dining at Mrs. Tip
tops-a very big dinner for distinguished for
eigner. Mammals maid unluckily had received per-
mission to visit some relatives and I had
theatre party dinner, which took off before the |
rest: Just as l was starting met mamma going :
to her. while she went upstairs, evidently in a
brown study. I know the mater is in Of her
36sentmnded FITS and will forest something i'm
my cab put little realized what would really |
happen. Mamma has funny way Of doing her
tight little knot on of Ter head the rest in
4ToTIher asa6 niue knot Just back Of It,
was thinking of an address she had TO make the |
next gay at the opening of tho new hospital SO |
dne quite forgot she Vas not going to bed and took
Gi e{ H75s ana aIu ~ up IN the manner have
herself with start realized how late 1t was, and
on her dress and her dog collar Of diamonds and |
her head in scarf and hese in her GEEK and r
Tied on to her dinner Well. you imagine papa's
Ing room and sailing sereneiy up to their hostess
Knots Of GaP a ead9 tn e. T " bs her funny 4s
you will agree with me In thinking that he behaved
future but seemed take her new Fashioned couture
thought IT all right, too-and it really did not
matter very mucn but when mamma got hons
and saw herself in the glass she nearly faintedi"
AS rule the well bred. well educated American
woman has little patience with the newly arrived
! immigrant on these shores. She forgets in her
irritation at poor bread untidy kitchen that
! the newcomer is probably simple minded as
she ia ignorant and undscpIined as she is sim
| pie. One girl who placed in a position as
houseworker by the Home for Immigrant Women
established in 6th-st by the Clara de Hrsch Home
left her place in few weeks to take a room in q
tenement house and go to work in a factory. She
literally expected to pick up gold in the streets"
said her employer; and naturally abe found II
| hard to be reconcflod to work after such a pros
pect. She had no idea Of money value; the whole
and when her friends criticised her new 6atGber
6rst nat by by, the way. for she wore shawl over
| carded it and bought another. can hardly i'm
ing and ideals to make success Of household
work In an American home, or indeed, to enter
| any now life In a strange country.
Men so selfish at dances and dinners" a
pretty New-Yorker was complaining recently
| They to come for the sole idea of enjoying
| themselves and without the ghost OF an intention
of contributing to the pleasure Of their partner
! the occasion generally Will critically
vey the girl he has to take down. If she is plain.
he her alone after few platitudes launched
during the soup. II she is pretty. he seems to
peot her entertain him Many seem to feel
afraid to tell a woman anything interesting about
haps a similar dread keeps them from wanting to
AN this is different with the Englshm men and
other foreigners VINO come hS[e ana are l@fen up
upon their ability TO mako themselves Agreeable;
theatre parties and house parties they will re-
ceiye bids to-"
Here is a recipe for Russian salad which comes
via London. They say you may put almost any
thing you ike in Russian salad, and this receipt
Sho6 M some cold nets of chicken and game
a little ham with carrots tur1ips ana 9sPaIa.
gus all of which nave been cooked; Ada 40, some cr9
G0d 6 RSed naked G &S9s stoned olives ana
boned anchoyies Stir these ngreGfatS caVare and
iHd5 shaiots AS flavor should Predomn9te
TIN the S oil and vinegar or with mayonnase
ora NJ the reasons for the long continued popu-
,t+r op the high style OF hairdressing is that 1t
- i+se1r particuIarly well to the effective ar
rangernent Of the scanty tresses that most women
have The low couture. which now threatens to
carry everything before 1t, almost always cas ior
supplementary locks.
e .orbe older get the more am convinced that if
s men and women are to understand each other
+, viii be the woman that will have TO do 1T ALL
= observed a bright woman the other day. "As II is,
women understand men a great deal better than
u men understand women. Women are far more dis
= corning and sympathetic than men, for one thing;
n and besides men on their part, far simpler
:. and less subtle than women And then, too. most
X Of them are franker and honest than women.
q | Not that they're really frank or honest, you
y | know They're that only by comparison with
"0Tie ece heard men called .barefaced humbugs
was young then. and I thought 1t a very naughty
| sneech I don't think more-I got married
., | last June you lknow-but barefaced humbugs as
men they don't come up to women In the arts
/, brought up to lie and deceive What they had they
:, had 10 gain subterfuge and indirecon and their
training has left them past InlseSSeS or
liz and decaits Men don't deceive, because they
n don't have o-their livelihood ana future happlness
u DO nor denend on it. as women's do. When men are
result egOtisTn-they don't think II
# Is worth their while TO be anything else
How could they give n woman's garment such
le an uglv name as a sweater? p she asked in ex-
E ssperation az she turned from TO another OF
the popular garments. Hoodooed as It Is by It's
urlv and truly unfominine name. the sweater plays
q prominent part in the economy OF the healthy
stirring outdoor girl as : shown by its endles.
h. Norfolk sweater. built for walking traveli lg
r. and there is the bolero sweater, TO be worn with
-. ONT an outer garment. Braid Is applied in radlat
III lines % smarter one style, and brass ant
rs fancy buttons freely used to give The finishing
o. touch.
= White shot silk muslin gowns luxurtou.
- fancy for summer wear
he In the long gloves which have their innings this
I'd season black SUICIDES popular. They make thu
.e hand look small and the forearm shapely Fo
hi faint Shade Of tai that suggests weak tea an,
milk lead,
ey sunshades are shown in heavy silks In rich color
rs ings-orown orange, green, crimson. absinthe ant
pea soup green-for ordinary occasions. For NOR