The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-26
THE MODERN WOMAN.

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No doubt the nov garter purses for
women are exceedingly practical, but there
! was q girl on a Broadway car yesterday
who must have thanked her lucky stars
that she didn't bank her surplus cash that
way,
As the conductor approached for his
fare the girl took out her purse with the
confidence born Of the thought that che
had plenty Of change. Suddenly a shade
passed over her face. She looked toward
the door a. II contemplating her escape.
Meanwhile the conductor was waiting.
! The girl sat iTTesolute for q moment
reached inside her shirtNeist and eau.
linen bag.
became the color Of an American Beauty
rose. After examining the roll Of bills
she found the smallest was IS. Nor was
this the climax. The conductor, with an
IN get even with you expression, walked
aowa 6SS car taking up OthST S. H SS
been passed that be finally dumped a LOT Of
Chicken feed into the girls lap. She
didn't stop to count IL, but made q dash
for the door, and almost fell In the mud
a. hoI hurry 70 BoV on
what is all this peaoe conference that
the olubwomen are bothering abouti'
q clubwoman's husband qSeried last week.
IF II has anything to do with keeping
peace In the family think my wife had
better join II. tn be a club worth the
name
Necessity as the mother Of invention
u never better exemplifed than in the
way in which women earn their ovid living.
At the Womans Exchange home made foods
are in great demand. Apartment hotel
life has become so universal that cooking
is abandoned In a good proportion Of the
homes. Women with money are only too
glad to take advantage Of the good things
sold at the exchange. There Is legend
that some OF the consignors make az much
as $50 a week.
one woman makes nothing but oorned beef
hash and caramel cake. Being a friend
Of A famous cook and finding IL necessary
20 do something, the recipes 10 make these
two dishes were given to her, but with
the understanding that they should remain
sscret
Another woman, daughter OF a once
famous restaurateur, who found herself
In reduced circumstances, moved from
the country 70 near the exchange and makes
her at IL O'Clock in the morning and by
In the afternoon she will have two dozen
ready, having in that time bought, cooked,
stuffed and Drowned them Still another
woman makes home made sausage meat
which IL said to be delicious. Each has
some speciality, and the returns are not
inconslderable
In the Rialto, in small two by four room,
there is a creamery lunch counter. II
never by any possible stretch Of the magma
ton could be called a restaurant, for there
are only two articles on the menu. The
man who runs the place lie philanthropist
He may not know IL, but he is. You can
get big glass Of milk, fresh bottle opened
each time in your presence, for five cents.
Then you can have with IL the most delicious
home made wheat gems, Hbuns they are
called there at one cent apiece Moreover
the man relies on your own statenent az
70 how many you have eaten. The place
Is patroni aed by stranded actors laboring
men. women living in neighboring apart
ments staid looking business men who
are living the simple life and clerks Of every
description.
NO boarding house for NINE young
girl was overheard 10 tell a friend at lunch
con the other day. Il don't see how my
friend stands IL. stayed one night and
couldn't stand another. You're expected
10 be at meals right on the dot. The land
lady says grace, and then, II you get down
late, begins 10 say mean things. The
dining room is hung with notices like
The Lord is a patient listener He must
have the patience Of Job If he can stand
that bunch.
There Is cosy corner in the parlor,
built against the folding doors that 60 into
the back psrlor, and every time you throw
yourself down there you come PUNK against
the hard wood, and the divan is a cot that
sinks down in the middle and gives you
curvature Of the spine.
Then there were a lot OF old cats in the
parlor at night who pretended to play
bridge. but only wanted 10 listen to your
conversstion. All the rest hung over the
banisters 70 see who called on you, know
they did for l saw the heads. A man
next 10 ms played 'Cavalleria' seventeen
times in suoCe ssion and a woman across
the hall had a At or the nightmare about
2 A. NJ. am all in to-day, but il won't
occur again promise you.
or all ths volumes IN the Waldorfs IL
brsry Of directories, the one that shows the
greatest signs OF wear il Burkes Peerage.
II Is worn, trayed and thumb marked,
while the dire tories which include. those
Of all the prominent cities in the country,
are fresh and crisp in comparison. II il
said 10 be the most popular book in the
library and its appearance confirms the
statement,
At recent after dinner gathering the
guests began 10 tell tales Of burglary or
attempted burglary. One man described
remarkable night In the little suburban
town he lived IN near New York
A very old lady once lived across the
street from US said he. sShe occupied a
fine old Colonial mansion. No one ever
knew quite how old she was She was re-
ported to be very wealthy but she kept
three women servants in the house and
never a man. Every one knew that she kept
a tin pan and q stick 10 beat In case she
needed assistance In the night. We often
waited 10 he ar the alarm but the years
went by and IL didn't come until we had