Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-05
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN

In writing of the pet dogs on view In the
/ carriages of rich New Workers.. Geraldine
Bonner remarks. IN the Argonaut:
And apart from eyeryth else. those wo-
/ men in their carriages do look such fools
| with their dogs. dog is essentially an out
door animal, thing that runs and walks.
the best companion in the world for a
promenade. And to divert it from its nor
| NAL life and ways. wrap 1t in foolish cover
| ings. deck 1t with absurd ornaments. and
| make 1t sit UP on the back seat Of car
riage. Is to render 1t as ridiculous as self
respecting beast can be made.
| The dogs often look as II they felt it and
| were keenly mortified. Their owners are the
only ones who really appear to regard the
presence and get-up OF the canine as a
solemnly complacent as they lean back on
| their cushions and survey the passing
throng with vague. Indifferent eyes. Some
times they are those wonderful old ladies'
| with bright pink cheeks, ripply red-brown
hair. and improbably white noses To see
one Of these lounging superbly back In a
sumptuous victoria. with shame-faced
| bull terrier on the seat beside her trying to
look Indifferent to his checked oyercOat and
| his gold collar. is to see sight that would
| be delightfully."- funny IL 1t were not also
| exceedingly exasperating and little pitt
| full.
"W. V.-Her Book had its brief and OBJ
scure day some eight or ten years ago. 1t
was the exauisitely restrained and truthful
| record of a little girls life and of her con-
versationS with her mother, father and
| friends. She was just nice ordinary little
| girl. freshly arrived upon the planet, taking
| stock of the surrounding world and ques-
tioning its possibilities. She kept sharp
| lookout for fairies and angels, and walked
about expecting to see spiders big enough
to weave webs in the forests and catch
| tigers and bears. and possibly, just by way
| OF agreeable sensation. an occasional little
| girl She is introduced to in the frontis-
piece seated in large flower pot. with a
small Japanese sunshade tilted over the
shoulder. while she pleads with the gar
dener to water her and help her to grow.
W. ". like other children. invents a rich
ana suggestive language. which is much
! more natural and comfortable way of doing
| than bending ones energies to learn one
already made. AS, for example, when the
road was muddy and one had to choose
! ones way, she referred to it as ''picky,"
and when she suffered from a cold in the
head she mentioned that her nose was
'hoarse." Telling her father how much
she loved him, she added. And l love
mother just the same: you and mother are
| twins. you know. A feeling for the in
| timacy of what Is best in the world. not un-
like the little boys, who. coming to his
| first knowledge of the generosity of Santa
Claus on his second Christmas, exclaimed.
II bet he sleep eve'y night wifi Jesus" 1t
Is perhaps the lack of straining. the sim
pilCltS Oh the story or w. v, that limited
Its audience.-Harper's Weekly
OF all the orders booked by the gods OF
style. the toilets for Auteul are the most
triumphant. One and all they are costly,
often of real lace, and always of some sheer
| fabric.
So delicate are the costumes at Auteuil
| that the eye Is not startled: II is entrarc-
| ingly held. The tribunes look like huge
animated bouquets, while the promenade
is acknowledged to be the most harmonious
fashion display the city of perfect taste
ever shows. Longchamps, in June with
more favorable weather conditions emu
| iates the great day in finery. but 1t is 20
Auteuil that the palm is given for aristo-
cratic attendance and for novelty and fresh
ness In the styles worn.-Bookoyers Maya
| zine
Among shirt waist models for the
coming summer the lingerie bIouses prom
| Use TO be favor1tes. These are made of
sheer material-ine Persian lawn Indian
linen. batiste. grass linen and wash chiffon
combined with lace insertion drawnWork
and embroidery. These demand the finest
| of hand sewing. as every part of them must
| be exquisfte.y dainty. Many of them are
worn over slips of lawn silk in white or
| delicate tintS. Colored slips will be very
fashionable this season, and indeed the eff
feet of color under the thin white material
Is very pleasing. Only the very highest
lints are used. as deep color would de-
| stroy the daintiness which characterizes
| this style of waist.-Woman's Home Com
panion.
| the question as to which is the angrier. the
husband who goes home and finds that din
ner Is not ready. or the wife who has dinner
| ready and whose husband does not come
nome 1t IS believed that the debate will
| end in a draw.-Exchange
Signora Duse recently arrived in Paris to
| give a series of performances When she
| last visited the French capital Mime Sarah
Bernhardt generously placed her own thea
| ter at the disposal of the italian actress
5he onered to do so this time, but Sgnora
| Dase has declined the offer in curious let
ter to Mime. Bernhardt, which she heads.
There Is no forgetfulness In my heart
| In this strange epistle the writer saws that
| WINE she VIII ever remember with respect
| fui gratitude Mime. Sarah Bernhardt's past
| Kindness, she can never forget the unjust
criticisms of her acting which Mime. Bern
harot recently made in an English maya
| Zine and Sfgnora Duse concludes the letter
as she begins. There is no forgetfulness in
| my heart. Exchange.
What has become of the old-fashjoned
| woman who sat up nights and waited for
| her husband to come home from the club !?
| Call at the Atchison homes where man
| can afford to belong to club and YOU
| VIII ma him at home keeping up the fur
| mace fire. looking after the children and
| patiently waiting for his wife to come In.
! me women are crazy over Schaafskopf and
| hve hundred and play until midnight most
nights out of the week At the house where
| the game is going on the man of the house
| gets the children into bed, hears their pray
ers and gives them the last drink of water
| and goes quietly off to bed. as any we'll
| behaved husband Standardization Globe
Rough materials for everyday wear-that
| is. for the short tailor costume-are fash
| fonable, but for smarter gowns the smooth
| cloths and smooth effects In all materials
| are the most in demand. Chiffon cloth is
| in favor again, while lightweight cloths
| and serges of all kinds are very smart In
| fact. to have at least two serge costumes
| In the summer outfit is thought necessary
| and the white serge and blue serge gowns
| that are always so useful will be tremen-
/ dously smart this season.
Silks of all kinds. excepting figured fou-
| lards. Will again be in style, but here again
| the plain effects and the changeable are
| preferred. although there are some little
| narrow hair lines of contrasting color in
| the light silks that are very effective.
| Strange to say, the popular shepherds plaid