The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-16
THE MODERN WOMAN.

A new method Of advertising developed
on Fifth avenue the other day. A young
negro stood near the curb at Forty-second
street with what appeared to be big bunch
Of jonquils
! As each smart vehicle passed he stepped
| up and thrust a small cluster Of the blossoms
| into the open window Of the carriage
! About the stems OF the flowers was wrapped
folder printed with the advertisement OF
the company he represented.
The occupants Of the carriages were 30
surprised that they had no time 70 reject
the folder, with the consequence that they
undoubtedly read II before throwing
It away. Moreover the flowers were fresb
and sunshlny, and no one would have the
heart TO cast them aside. So, altogether,
the plan worked very well for the time
being.
portly woman came down Broadway
during the recent hot spell tanning herself
vigorously. Like a ship under full sail
she swept along, intent only on getting
all the breeze going. The fact that she WaS
using an Empire fan Of quite diTninuHve
proportions which couldn't at the best
have reduced the temperature many de-
grees made the operation seem particularly
funny.
Men bearing huge bundles Of pussy
willow are a common sight in the streets
these days. They find a ready sale for this
first spring shrub in the schools, where IL
IL used for the nature study work and
besides. there are lots Of folks who like to
see a vase Of II on their tables as Il is one
OF the first harbingers Of spring.
'old figures made over equal TO new
Is a somewhat misleading sign seen down
N Houston street. It takes considerable
rubbering TO discover what OF whose figures
kn aifT haa vzaFa a..
proves the shop TO be a wax figure estab-
lishment and not a branch Of Miss Eliza
beth Whites dressmahng show
Some women think that the new polo
hats are extremely economical. As one
woman said:
AN you've got to do is to cut the crown
out Of your last years hat and stick shaw
ing brush in il, and there you are
But. as a matter Of tact this very practical
young woman would change her mind
about the mode being an economical one
II she priced certain specimens In some Of
the Fifth avenue, Thirty-seoond and Thirty,
nrst street shops, She would have 10 part
with two gold backs at least for the priv
! lege Of wearing one with the name Of certain
! smart hat makers printed In gold letbeTnon
| the inside. m n
| True It Is that the human shape divine
conforms to every fashion In figures. First
| there was the hour-glass shape, then the
| style that accompanied the kangaroo walk,
and now there Is the woman who wears
! the shirred skirts with the habit back and
! holds herself very straight and moves
| along like an automaton.
| She can't do anything else, as the
| shirrings are as frequent as barrel slaves
and quite as oonflning. Nothing but
moving sidewalk will accommodate fair
woman IL her garments continue TO decrease
in girth.
In an old fashioned, red painted houss
in the village Of Chappaqua lives Evange-
line Booth the new Commander OF the
Salvation Army. She has leased the house
for a year and a half, and there. with her
secretary, her dogs and her adopted chill
dren she lives quiet rural life.
Possibly the most interesting memberu
Of the family are the children, three In num-
Der, who are being brought up by the Sal
walton Army leader. One Of them lost
his mother In the railroad wreck that hl cd
the wife Of Commander Booth-Tucker.
A second was picked up here In New York,
and the third Is a waif whose home was
in Chappaqua.
Eighteen dogs form another lively factor
Demands and English bulls are among
the number. Miss Booth drives a good
deal and several OF the dogs generally
form an escort on these occasions,
Miss Booth maintains the strictest Sc
clusion when in her country home. In
fact, there Is a rule that no one OF her stan
shall give any information as TO her place
Of residence-a rule that not even the high
est Of her officials dares to break For
the new leader is said to be a disciplinarian
of a stricter sort than the late army COM
mander.