The evening world., 1908-11-02
"WE ARE YOUNG YET"
FUTURE is BEFORE US"
"The Ridiculous Styles That
Women Are Following Are
Only Another Phase of
Brainless Impetuosity" -
Moderation, Studying One
self, That's the Thing"
By Ethel Lloyd Patterson.

The curse Of our ,.ge and OF our
country" declared Nine Emma
Games. is the mad-house rush that
leads nowhere. The pell.mell, uu-
thinking haste that leaves one
breathlessly stranded on the same
spot from which one started. Life,
to-day, here, is like mighty wind,
extinguishing all pickering candle.
like flames Of intelligence in its on
slaught."
And yet Nine. Eamess 8uite in the
Hotel Aston seemed far removed from
either cause or effect of<the American
characteristic which she decried. The
clash and grind OF Broadway sounded
remote through the heavy hangings
that concealed the windows. Some al
most intangible fragrance that mingled
with the perfume of cut flowers sug-
gested oriental lanGuor. and the voice
and low laugh OF Nine. Eames herself
in their gamut OF exquisite modulations
held one spelbound.
All Too Busy to Think.
so many mistakes. 80 much that Is
vulgar can be traced to the fact that
people are too busy to think" she con-
tinued. Imagine that, Too busy to
think! What are they dong-what are
they accomplishing without thought?
What can they attain without it? From
the watch tower of my heart and brain
see them all go hurrying on, and
wonder am / old fashioned, or am
dull that i cannot see what they &C
compllsh. 1t makes me think of Alice
in Wonderland. Do you remember the
Red Queen? She rsn-and she ran
and she ran. and finally. when Alice
caught up 10 her, she found that they
were just where they started from.
Why. in my land Alice cries. when
people run they get somewhere My
goodness exclaims the Red Queen.
II you want to get somewhere you will
have TO run twice as fast as that"
There you have II. That is Amer
lea. We think we will have to run
twice as fast as that but the trouble
is we don't know where we are going
begin? Where does 1t end? We do not
know. We only join the hurrying
throng
Will Improve with Age.
But" and here Nine, Eames soft
ened perceptibly, lit is not bad fault.
We are young yet. We are not sea-
soned We have not measured our
strength. America Is still In period
of transition. Our future is before us
other nations are living theirs. The
years TO come hold the strongest, big
gest promise for us. AS all great char
acters OF Unreasonable aloftness are
also capable OF tremendous unworth-
mess, so is America. In youth the con-
Trajectory elements war. We are
young, but the years will bring US con-
troll OF our proclIvities."
But is this mad rush essentially
American? Are We tearing along so
much more unthinkingly than Paris,
France?"
DO not confuse Paris with France"
interrupted the singer, with q warning
gesture. Nothing could be more ex-
aulsite than the thoughtful intellectual
home life OF France; but Paris-Paris Is
like boiling pot"
The process OF boiling purifiss does
II not?" / asked her.
Not without sk!mmlng" Nine.
Eamef parted quickly.
Through purely feminine mental
TRANSITION the mention OF Paris reminded
The interviewer that Nine. Games
had delivered rather scathing criti-
clsln of IN" winter fashions on landing
from tic French liner La Lorraine last
week. she did not hesitate to repeat
and embcllish the arrangement
Scores Latest styles.
'n my opinion, the ridiculous styles
that women are following are ohly an
other phase of the brainloss impetuosity
to wA.rh.l have already referred Nine
Eames explained DO you mean 10
tell u,e that any woman If she stopped
40 tlin. and to study her own type
propnllv. would deliberately choose
and adcrn nents that he
Fe'rapred from her appearances
j c2unot believe II, and as so many
Of the W1ucn are dressed unbeconl-
.ng,y ard ungractfu,ly, must believe
,Nry are ~ too much Of hurry 10
think l1r themselves. Some one
launchos style and hey wear ~ 't'-
lw HE sheep dressed ~ sort q
uniform have always considered II
ridiculous for woman not 10 consider
err oau personality In selecting Ter
costumes but ! suppose the present day
fashions have drawn more violent
roIest from me than usual, Tney
are 80 ugly-sO bizarre These tree
nenGous lais-thcso so-called sheath
gowns DO you fancy any woman OF
refinement would wear them?
However, | do not mean to convey
~ my rsmonstrance that woman
should not follow the modes. or course.
that is necessary. as disregard OF
them would cause one to be suite as
unplclsAntiy conspicuous as an indu'
sence in their extremes. Moderation.
studying oneself, that's the thing.
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