The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-01
THE MODERN W0MAN.

Not every evening gown one seee Is par
and parcel Of tho wardrobe OF the woman
who wears It, One woman coetumer In
the city ia getting rich by renting out airy.
fluffy creations Or mousseline and tullc
by the evening.
From sloup to $50 she asks for the renting
OF handsome ball gowns. Her customers
are by no means restricted TO women OF
limited means.
Il rent gowns to plenty OF women in the
city. women Of means, too said she, but
most Of my trade comes from women who
are making brief visits in the city.
waldorf patrons ara my best customers.
Say woman comes here on visit ana
wants TO attend the opera, or IL asked to
a dinner and needs evening dress. She
comes to me and nj her, from top to toe.
all for "A comparatively small sum.
u supply not only the gowns themselVes'
but all the accessories. It's a great oooN
to women, and now that am known. l can
scarcely al my orders between Ihanhs-
giving and the beginning Of Lent.
A pretty little physical culture teacher
Of Westminster county. anxious to put her
fresh air theories 10 test. is sleeping out
OF doors this winter on the rear veranda
OF her Ionkers apartment. She declares
that she was never better in her life, and he-
appearance certainly bears out her state
tnent.
Naturally, she has more covering than a
down quilt. In fact she sleeps in 4 sleep
ing bag such as Alaskan travellers make
uso or Comfortable woollen blankets cover
her narrow cot and, cnsconced in her sIeep-
ing bag with the hood drawn down 50 that
only her face is visible. she sleeps the sleep
Of the just.
II began last summer for comfort. the
outdoor slumber. and 30 delightful and
inyiRorating was the result that when cold
weather approached came the determlnation
to continue using the Veranda as sleeping
apartment The veraTda being enclosed
at each end the sleeper ia exposed to the
wind from one direction only. Now she
is trying to induce her friends to follow her
examp!e-thus far unsuccessfulIy.
Forty umbrellas were left In the subway
from Saturday TO Monday OF the week
before Christmas and turned in to the lost
property Office Of the elevated road in Green
wich street Carved ivory sterling silver
and moaogramed gold we're among the
mountings OF the lost umbrellas. while the
coverings were Of the finest.
Suit cases formed another part OF the
army which Christmas fh00Ders left behind
in their mad 7ish for presents. and from the
number Of package i H. sac 10 assume
that n good many Christmas trees were
minus expected gifts
Restaurant Manner Of women are some
times a Bit surprising. To strike an atti-
tude seems to be the aim OF many women
when dining in public places Nor is this
true only of women without the advantages
OF social training
A woman who W. 'in't dream Of doing
such n thing in "a private house viii lean
her elbows on the tabla' she may not stop at
even that. but may lean hal! way across the
board, assuming an ultra confidential man
ner in conversation with ner Wis d VIZ
II by chance p woman strikes % new and
fetching pose 1t is Immediately copied nv
women IN the place
Delinourut husbands whose wives are
being supported by charity are very apt
20 turn up alb VI holiday time. and this sea-
son has been no exception 70 the RI o, But
charity agents know the ways and wles
Of such gentry and are on the whtch 10,
them As a result there was quite a round
up last week of wife 6eserters who were
forced TO take upon themselves once moro
tile responsibilities Of caring tor their
families.
NV New Years resolution Is not. 70
srnugrle this year,' one fair Transatlantic
trave Ter was heard to remark TO FRIEND
the other day. i always smugge things
over every summer when | 60 10 Europe.
It. half the fun Of the trip
But il ia risky and gu - ] won't this
year-at least nothing really valuable, don't
you know
Last summer I brought back this dia.
mond cross IN the toe OF my boot BY
nInuggling it ] got q larger size than |
could have bought had | paid the duty.
but il did hurt like fun, SO I'll swear OF
this year anyway