Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-05

There has been formed in New York
city a girls club which is secret, exclu-
sive and original in its purpose.
eve formed this club" said the
president, "to teach rich girls how TO
catch good husbands.
"As things are now such girls have
trouble in getting husbands of the right
kind. They are compelled to go to
Europe and pick up a title. Or they
marry someone I'm their own country
who isn't up to their dreams.
This club teaches that one cause of
this state Of affairs is that rich girls
are not trained to make the most of
their looks, their dress and their man
ners.
"Then there Is another trouble with
the rich girl She doesn't know how to
work.
"That causes her suitor to tremble for
her and to hesitate about proposing
suppose she should ever be reduced in
fortune What would she do to earn
her daily bread? How would she dress?
Who would make her clothes? And
where would the money come from?
Poor Girls Advantage
"No wonder man is uneasy about
marrying a rich girl
In marrying a poor girl II is differ
ent. She is accustomed to shift for her
self. She can go out and buy material
and make herself a gown She does not
need maid. She can get along with
dollar whore another girl would need
a hundred.
Reed birds are all right for her II
she can get them. But If not she can
MUNICH contentedly on pork chops and
sauerkraut The argument is all i'm
favor of the poor girl from q matrirno-
nial standpoint.
THE rich girls club is formed to
teach rich girls to be both useful and
ornamental 1t is formed to teach girls
to face the worst.
THE girl who belongs to this club
does not need a maid. She knows how
to do her own hair. she can make up
her own face, she can do her own
manicuring and she can fit her own
gowns. And she is also taught to sew.
Sewing Without Wrinkles
when a young man calls upon a
member of our club of an afternoon
he does not find her munching bonbons
or doing an impossible thing in wors-
ted work; he finds her darning her
stockings. She has learned the art in
our club
1--WE teach our members how to sew
without getting wrinkles. We make
them sit upright as they ply the
needle. We make them protect the fin
gers with a leather shield. We teach
them how to sew gracefully, which is
half the battle.
The rules for girls who want to darn
stockings picturesquely are these:
Choose becoming chair, one with
arms If possible, so that you can rest
your elbows upon the sides of the chair.
Study a pretty position. Sit with
the head inclined little to one side,
in birdlike fashion, if you can. Don't
stoop over. To sew healthfully, either
lean back or sit erect. Don't stoop or
bend.
Then we give our members lessons
in dishwashing. This is important from
the poor mans standpoint. If a girl
cannot wash dishes she is helpless
1--WE teach rich girls how to take
care of their hands. There are summer
rules and winter rules. The rule for
taking care of the hands in wintertime
is to keep them soft and white. The
hands do not need bleaching in wint FL.
Care of Hands
"The hands should be washed fire.
quently in winter, for the hot air of
the house dries them and makes them
look withered. After each washing they
should be dipped in very hot water to
should be rubbed into the skin.
THE best winter soaps are those that
can be made into a soap jelly. This
soap jelly, which is really a soft soap,
is used to lather the hands. Then the
hands are rinsed and the cream is
rubbed in. This keeps the hands young.
Girls who try to cook on the chatting
dish and those who do housework, even
in the tiniest fiat or studio, are apt to
have old looking hands. This is because
they do not know how to keep the skin
young and pink. In our club we teach
all this.
And we give the girls a few lessons
in scrubbng, though we hope that they
will never have to scrub. But it is all
right to know how. And it makes
good impression upon a young man
for young men are more practical than
most girls think-to think that the girl
he admires is a practical housekeeper.
1--WE also teach girls how to look