Evening journal., 1907-07-18
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Rainbow Girls Are The Golfers Now.
She was always "out of the picture"
in the dust likely to rise even on the
turfest OF golf links. and the girl in
white is put even further into the
background this season by. the rainbow
girl. Gaily colored Scotch plaids, in
cotton or in worsted. loom effectively
against the green of the grass and
tree. Manufacturers are bringing out
and dressmalSers are using new de-
signs in the clan plaids in miniature.
! Economy is not responsible for the
shift in taste. There are few habits
more costly than the wearing of
laundered duck and linen outing suits
New Roosevelt Lily uek Grower
Have you seen the new calla lily
known as the Mrs Roosevelt? 1t seems
10 have attained unusual bloom, as if
by magic unknown 10 the average
raiser of flowers. The petals are like
luminous velvet Of a delicate yellow
There are several beds OF them in
Central Park. and even when the
flowers are not blooming the foliage
woman, Just back from Paris, which
is a paradise Of flowers in these days.
was so delighted when she saw the
park lilies yesterday that she asserted
positively she would have several beds
Of the blooms in her Long Island home
just as soon as she could get her
gardener to work.
Tying Dogs to skirts New Fad.
win women use their skirts as
leashes for their pet dogs? A fashion
/ paper proposes that plan. but will the
majority Of women dare carry IL out?
A little gold clasp is fastened TO the
! bottom of the skirt at one side and is
snapped into the dogs collar That is
the extent of the latest eccentricity
! in woman's dress. Happily 1t hasn't
gone far beyond the inventors mind
! Imagine a girl all tangled up around
a tree or lamppost when taking her net
for an airing in the park Lampposts
serve a useful purpose, and It is not
! likely the Park Commission win have
them removed so that slSirt-leashed
dogs won't get their mistresses into
trouble.
Gambling Spoils Society Fun.
Society entertainers have found the
season in London a dismal failure even
though dukes have given big enter
tainments and the rank and file of So
ciety has basked in the occasional sun
light of a royal smile. The cause Of
the deplorable state of things is bridge.
In spite Of the assurance that the
i gambling delirium is lessening and
| that the most confirmed card players
show signs OF convalescence. the "in-
siders" say the old covetousness fills
hearts For instance It is said that
when Melba and Caruso were singing
the other nightsin ducal mansion not
more than half the dukes guests were
courteous enough to listen. The rest
were deep in bridge. And, sad COM
mentary on modern British manners,
this particular duke and duchess were
among the first to show they preferred
cards to carols.
Back Bay Maids Back to the "Bike.v
Moved by the spirit Of Boston de-
mocracy to make the social pendulum
swing back from the snobbery of auto
ownership, several Hub girls never
have wholly abandoned the bicycle,
which in its day was n greater leveler
Of ranks than even the more modern
devil wagon though it didn't level them
into the dust of the street. In spite
of the fact that most Of the persons
who still find the bicycle useful are not
found in the social registers. Miss
Eleanor Sears pedals away spiritedIy
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the Nahant cottages rear themselves
J in cold exclusiveness. She frequently
Is seen riding along the roads on her
wheel, followed by her dogs. Stln
Miss Sears doesn't let bicycling inter-
fere with her interest in other ath-
letics. She has few rivals in golf or
tennis, and, as for swimming, why the
waves at Newport tumble over one an
other to tell how she masters them.
Blind Girl "a No. II Phone Operator.
More adept and more willing in her
work than many "hello" girls in New
York is Miss Anna Aldrich of West
Burke, VT. the only blind telephone
operator, it is said, in the country. She
is remarkably quick and accurate in
handling the plugs and is discovering
the dropping of the little keys when
a customer calls central Indeed, she
has shown herself so capable that she
has received two promotions within the
last six months She Keeps record Of
long distance calls and prepares her
daily report on a typewriter. She
learned the telephone board in practic-
ally the same manner that she ac-
quired the touch method on the type
writer. The moment she touches a
drop" on the board she knows, bv a
remarkable sense of location, just what
number is calling, and with the same
Judgment she makes the proper con-
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