New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-12

It is a comfort to be told. as people VINO Hl-'Ae
specalty of curing facial defects almost Ai"ay
tell their patients, that every one looks hon'ee ~
the mirror than in reaIty. How many women
dreod ,,reneakabIv the task OF buying a new hat
or having their photograph taken, and 1Or no other
reason than that it obliges them to look IN lle
glass and see how plain and undressing uney
have become! If they will only reiheino01 t--4 80
mirrors lie most egregiOusly-that tney oA Ael an
d,,II the oouplexion magnify wrinkles ana INES
ard fail almost entirely to give back those cna-ls
ing expressions which constitute the ehAFm VI
many faulty face they will take sH igspectS
herself in her looking glass. Her face IS In repose
s ne aF nSersona mask What her friends see IS
human face lit up with , amI nona OF TIE de-
mands Of the beauty connoisseur'
The victory Of Miss Harriet L. Matthews in OBJ
+oi1tne the most of head librarian at the Public Ia
brar,, in LYNN Mass. after months OF controversy
among the trustees and in the city press is graf
living to women who like to see woman succeeu-
For more than thirty years Miss Matthew's hao
been assistant librarian OF the library where she
now presides Upon the resignation OF the ehiei
she was naturally enough. suggested as his sue
cessor Several male candidates were put rorIn'
and a lively contest ensued. many people taxing
library is one which men are I'M inherently oelrer
fesoug to have much weight and the appointment
OF librarian not being Ilvn 9[vIcS S1,f
one where ability was recognized as being the sole
test Miss Matthews got the appointment
paontv doctors warn the aspirant after good looks
not to powder the face after using skin food on IT.
BY so doing, they say an unpliable film or skin is
formed which robs the skin OF its suppleness fow
der however applied, should always be washed OUT
of the skin before one reures'
The invention by woman OF whipping ma
chine for wife beators. corning as II does in the
wake Of a lot of discussion over the revival OF
corporal punishment in the public schools, might
be taken as indicating reacuCn against the SOFT
sentimentalism which at present holds IN soch
matters Those persons-and they are not so few
as one would think. to read the letters which ap-
pear from time to time on the subject-who be-
lieve that whipping is a healthy form OF discipline,
whether the offender be schoolbOy or an adult.
will have to wait until the power to "lick -
officially granted before they viii be jusutied in
feeling much confidence ia the outlook. Mean
to find a certain interest In the whipping uachlhe
1t Is an ingenious contrisancss WlSh s D
SO that every portion OF his anatomy receives It's
due share avoiding only the small OF the back
CITY Attorney Human OF Meriden. Conn. IS
one OF the men who thinks sound thrashing none
too bad for the man who beats his wife, mother
or daughter and Mrs. William Fisk Rogers. one
of the wealthIest women in the same city. Is one
OF the women who would like TO see the same
punishment melted out to tho shrews. Mr.. Human
has framed a bill ana introduced 1t before the
Judiciary committee OF the Connecticut Legislature.
providing a fine not exceeding $500 imprisonment
OF not more than six months. or imprisonment
OF not more than thirty days and the initiation OF
the lash. Mrs. Rogers has not formulated her
her views on the subject freely. The harsh.
wife beating husband is no greater offender than
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