New-York tribune., 1907-06-30

Mothers OF unmarried daughters who complain
OF the superior attractions Of the young married
woman ought 10 give heed to the superior dressing
Of the latter, comments an English social writer.
MANY English girls of good family have extraor-
dnariy little 70 dress on. The money all goes to
their brothers in college or in expensive regiments
into which they ought never to have been put Il
only after she is married. il se succeeds in spite
OF these disadvantages In making a sood match,
that the girl has money enough to dress on, and
then the matchmaking mothers wonder why she is
attractive"
The f.hu Is a boon to thu amateur dressnaksr,
and with the addition of a few flowers. can bs
made work wonders.
A bill to give married the control OF tseir
own earnings in France has reached the stage cf
the second reading AS things now If mar
ried woman earns dollar by taking in washing
or thousands OF dollars by writing a successful
novel. every cent OF II belongs to her husband. II
she the money and puts il in the bank she
cannot draw 1t out without his written consent,
as he pleases. For fourteen years women have
been working TO get this law changed
The Fourth OF July becomes yearly greater ter
ror to parents who do not belong TO that very
care OF their little ones. I'VE let little
boy out OF sight on the Fourth OF July one
mother says. Either his father or I with him
from the time he wakes until he is safe IN bed
once more Onoe he wandered out OF sight for
only a few minutes and then he got his hand
burned The dangers Of the day are too great 20
take any risks. and the Indifference with which
the average parent regards them is simply incon-
ceivabls''
'"rhe Intelligent mother or to-day thinks uhar her
daughters are better employed listening TO good
music than performing bad says Mrs George
Cornwallis West. in The Gentewonan'' Then
she tells OF the head teacher OF well known
school IN St Petersburg who asked Rubin
stein how many hours q day her pupils should
practice. None" was the laconto answer. II u
an age Of virtUOsi and mechanical Instruments.
the writer concludes. The day has gone By when
people will listen patiently after dinner TO the
moonlight Sonata the -PrferS dune Vferss'
as performed by the daughter Of the house.
A phfanthropic woman who is constantly being
asked 20 contribute to basaars has hIt upon ths
expedsnt OF buying things at one function and
sending them or TO another.
Another mother always arranges a little picnic
OF lawn fete for her small folks. and the other
little people who invited share in the security
OF the occasion II Is easy to please children she
says. and II little trouble IS taken they viii Be
quite satisfied 20 be kept out OF harms way.
Water IS said 70 be one Of tho best tonIcs,
and physicians frequently recommend patients suf
fering from nervous prostrstion TO drink plenty oS
water between meals. To some persons water ts as
bracng as wine. and It is distinctly soothing when
supped slowly.
A bill 10 allow the importation Of docked horses
into the state was recently defeated IN the Colo
rado Senate, IN spite OF the fact that Senator
attributed the opposition largely 70 sicAly. senti-
mental women"
One of the most interesting woman doctors ever
sent forth by the University OF Edinburgh Is
Fraulein Pauline Maier. The daughter OF a seons-
mason in Wurtemburg. Frauein Maier went 10
England as a housemaid, and finding opportunities
for study availed herself Of them She intends TO
practice IN China. where she will be attached 20
one OF the missions.