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New-York tribune., 1908-12-27
Paris. December Il.


in the Salon de TAuto. just closed there wos
absolutely nothing in sbe stalls and cases d.
voted TO Eowning for this sort of progressiol-
There were the already classic manteaus Of thick
wool in gray and Ereenish tones. nned with petit
gris. seal or caracui with wide collar and huge
cuffs of fur Offering more resistance TO the
weather. The head coverings were indeed pretty,
well practical. The fur turban, or bonnet.
such as one sees everywhere. the favorte. A
lat that had az air Of novelty silk eabrioiet.
Gur trimmed. and tied ty wide brides of Liberty
Tibfgn- AS nearly all the autos are closed now
special order Of costume is not necessary
The interior or the motor car is truly luxurious
iccnhinnE practical things and luxuries in mar
<ecus manner One may play bridge write.
select q book read, smoke and make a toilet
for dinner
A party OF three women left by their car at the
6oor OF smart tea room yesterday were all
EoEned In the latest fashions. one-piece gown
OF pisck velvet showed pretty garniture in me
Set and silk braiding the top and wrist OF the
tight sleeves, and in narrow border about the
small squsre-cut neck. 1t broadened on the shoui-
oers meet that the top OF the sleeve The tiny
xuirnpe and checker black dotted net. laid
over a bit Of bright colored brocaded ribbon
stretched diagonaIy across. Such pretty touch!
The friHs that finished the stock and fen over the
hands were edged lightly with fur. This cut o.
gown shows no waist line: il hangs straight from
Ihe shoulder below the hip lines; IT flares then
slashi3y. allow ease OF movement The train
shapes perfectly sharp point achieved by insert
ang into the back seam square breadth with me
upper ends shaped, &c avoid over-nlrch tulness-
lover this costume OF black velvet was worn VIDE
mantle long enough 20 touch the ground on either
iside Il finished with the new silk fTlnse'
lrhowins netted heading. quite twelve inches in
depth. This mantle OF heavy bright green Ottoman
silk Vas banded and edged with sable fur The
hat vas al OF jet-shining. sparkling jet; tan
lfeather waved from one side
Showing a tunic oversklrt, short IN front, ueli-
ing in a point the hack was costume OF lead
colored meteor crepe The Underskirt visible only
! IN front and a little the sides, was widely
hernmed with lines of fine silk braid the tops OF
she sleeves the wrists and the edge OF the 10"
round corsage were trimmed 3n the same manlie'-
Tucked gray tuIe laid bright blue and silver
changeabIe uef. made the guimp and stock On
the front Of the bodice was mass OF raised EN-
k,roidery done GOLD and silver threads mingled
with blue and gray. Topping this costume was d
at cf lead silk. faced with blue velvet ana
trimmed with blue and gray feathers II was OF
the new shape moderate in crown and 5riTn. Dip
siue q little side, on the other II curved
slightly upward. sweeping gently back
Dropping her long fur coat 10 the footm7n. the
third woman showed ali al once her Charming
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27
Of Interest 10 CIubsOon1ef1
BY HELEN NJ. wINSIoW.

In these days when s. seems TO the casual OBJ
server tha5 there is a womans club at every cross
.o.a directions for forming club may appear
E,Iuerhuous: vet il is fact that leaders in club
work receive every now and then requests for oi-
-ec,lors in lust this way. And IN this connection
The rules sent cut by the General Federation pf
the form Of open letters on requesD viii have a
distinct value
IN any neighborhood where there is one woman
who desires TO form a club and she has friend
or rNo in sympathy with her let her issue invita-
tians TO such women she desires 10 meet at
her o7gn o. any other house for preliminary meet
ing II is not even necessary 70 state In me invita-
tion for what purpose Il is sent out IT Is pest
10 begin an organization simply. and for that
reason TIE constitution should be as short as pos
tIble. leaving changes ana additions to be put IN
the bylaws occasion seems TO demand
The constitution should include: J. Tie name OF
the uroposed club. =. The object for which II IS
formed 8 The number and duty Of its oftlceTs-
d. The time for holding the annual meeting D.
How many shall constitute quorum B. HOW lhe
constitution shall be amended
Bylaws vary with the size and needs Of the
club and the rules for amending them should
make II easier than to amend the constitution It
self The most. essential points to be covered by
the bylaws are; The time and place Of regular
meeting; how the work Of the club shall be pre-
scented: The manner of electing officers; the order
and business Of annual meetings. the authority on
parliamentary usage: how the bylaws may be
amended
L IS q good plan for the proposer of the club 10
end beforehand for the constitution Of other
clubs 81 order have pattern TO go by. II mex
peTfenced in such work
II there Is a limited membership. il is necessary
sc have membership committee. and sometimes
with an unlimited one such committee is advis-
able Following are good rules for taking in new
members.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27
PED HOTEL HELD UP.

The City Federation Hotel. Tor small salaried
working girls. is beginning 10 resume the position
once occupied by the trades school In feminine
politics In fact. the different parties are playing
battledore and shuttlecock with IL, Last Saturday
IT supposed the lease of two houses in Wash
ington Place for this purpose was practically set
tied but the formal assent OF the board of di-
Tectors, which met on Monday. still required.
and this the board refused 10 give. Whether o.
not the effort to get the hotel under way at thE
time had anything to do with the election OF the
City Federation in February. its utility for cam
pagn purposes was too evident TO escape the at
tention of the enemy and so 1t has been held up.
Negotiations are now under way for another house
In West l0tb street. Whether these viii be al
lowed to so through before February is a question
In which the fair politicians of tho Federation are
taking deep and lively interest.
Mrs. Belle de Rivera. president of tho hotel com
pany. and Mrs. William Grant Brown ara the
candidates for the presidency of the city Fedora
tion.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27
MODE OF LIFE, AT
GIRT0N COLLEGE
DESCRIPTIONS OF AMER
TCAN STUDENT THERE.
Some Points Of Contrast 7clth
Institutions of the Same Kind
in This Country.

Cambridge England. Dec 1.-THE recent no.
tice given in England or the candidacy OF miss
Jane Frances Dove for Mayor of High wy
combe has brought again to public attentioh
what was once considered a most eXtraorolnarE
instit,ltion-nameiy. Gfrton College. Ihe state
IL and intrepid Miss Dove, who bore all tiie
rigors Of election time with such adrn}raoi7
philosophy and said of her defeat thae INC
whole campaign was worth While since II
showed England that the only thing her enc
mics could find 10 say about her unftress for
the Mayoralty was that she was woman, was
one Of the very first women who more than
thirty years ago astonished the world by IN
sisting on attending examinations at Cambridge
University She and two or three others had
been preparing and studying at a little hired
house at Hitchn, a place between Cambridge
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27

will not confer degrees upon women) are 700
proud to ever wear their academic caps ana
gowns except when visiting another college. An
extraordinary feeling of loyalty and proud uu
rnIlity makes them prefer not to assume wha'
their own university does not choose TO give
them -
These lecturers 'Dons'-to use the sun
surviving classic slang OF Pendennis anu I'm
Rrown-are stern coaservators Of the traoltloh
of scornfr' dignity that seems to bTeathe rom
this high thinking and plain lIFing community
of women They hand down the ideals OF sim
work for honors-good tennis. good coHee ana
no nonsense. They have a great horror OF SEN
timenta.ity or effusiveness. in exactly the same
degree as has a well bred Englishman. Inc
Gfrton Dons have outgrown womanish mean
ness and -nreasona bleness. and they nave also
cutgrown wornanish chatter II you go into the
clubroom. where they assemble for tea. you VIII
find a dozen female editions of Cato the Censor
sftting/fn big willow chairs. each with cup OF
tea in r lap, each reading a newspaper. There
is not a sound in the room except the singing OF
the kettle on the hob. and when even veteran
lecturer ONES in, gets her tea and takes the
last chair, one looks up or pays the least at
tention to her. The principle is that If you have
nothing in particular to say you had better be
reading the reports of Parliament.
And yet in spite of all this apparent indif-
spirit" at Girton as there is in any Of America's
more vcciferous institutions. Old students come
back every year after a plunge into the real
world and reaiIze how much they love the big
red tower through which drives in at the
front gate, the green "quads' over which the
dear old decayed cab horse, who VIII dig his toes
into the sacred snoothness OF the turf. is al
ways pulling the lawn mower. and the wood
lands at the back with the surprising little lake
therein, where two white swans, named John
and Emma, sail forever stately. John and
Emma, named after their donors St. Johns
College and Emmanuel CollegeD The "oid stu
dent even visits the college vegetable garden.
prolific and unfailing in its supplies that
there is Girton proverb running, There is as
much salad in the garden ever came out of
it." and she rejoices to dine lin hall and eat
the ubiquitous lettuce and contemplate the Dons
sitting grandly and coldIy at the high table"
on their platform at the end OF the dining
room II she does not regard the Dons with
the same feeling OF tremendous that she
had for them as young 'fresher," she loves
them and understands them better now There
is something touching in the dryly affectionate
smile they cast down at the new. young crop Of
martyrs dining below them
Alas, unconscious OF their fate.
The little victims play.
The fees Of the Dons are scared with marks
of battle--of struggle with their relatives, the
world. even with themselves-to get this edu-
cation Of theirs And now, as they sit rather
weary and laconic under their hard earned and
scanty Iaurels, they look down at the hearty, red
checked generation beneath them. and rejoice
that their old standard viii still be carried-by
even stouter arms than theirs c. NJ H
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27

onIv two hundred or so-but a picked lot OF
,oinds No SNAP courses there! Each student
hes,ins to specialize at once in mathematics
economies philosophy or whatever her choice
NAV be. and keeps It up for three years. till her
trfnos examination There is, therefore more
continual lighting of lamps and girding OF IONS
than at most of the American colleges for women
American colleges give all sorts of girls an idea
NJ what an educated person ought to know-as
vel as a social stimulus. "good time ANU
there Is a hiiarty and richness OF color pleas
ine. infusion of gayly clad idlers who come tor
the life" which does not disturb the real stu
dents but makes glad their sterner lives Inc
urofessors daughter from poor New Englahu
village may room next door to a belle OF Plus
hurg and while she explains the Vita NhoVa
Of Dante to her affuent neighbor and perhaps
onens Pfttsburg's ears to the choir Invisible
she Is learning how to fix her own neSiecteu
hair IN the splendid halo fashion of the bele .
But there is a sterner consistency OF atiilos-
phere at Girton. Dancing occurs only once d
week After dinner you ought TO be not danc-
ing but working up material for the debating
club Dramatics make a senseless waste or
time supper parties are not childish orgies of
fudge" but the adult and civilized enjoyment
of coffee-made with great care-and biscuits.
Girtonians rather pride themselves on Spar
tan indifference to luxury and consider that II
they come TO college for mental training that Is
all they need live for at the time. Round hats
with one bow of ribbon on them, thick boots, an
ulster no umbrella, is the costume of the day;
and at night, though they dress for dinner in the
low necled dress Of "the world the gown is of
some modest black material There is nothing
TO distinguish the costume of struggling
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27

The name of candidate must be presented to the
committee in writing by the member proposing her.
together with a statement OF the qualifications that
make her a desirable member
The proceedings of this committee shall be strict
Iy confidential
The name OF a candidate accepted by this COM
nittee must be presented at q regular meeting, 10
be .DaIloted upon at the next regular meeting.
This is the method in use by exclusive societies
like the Colonial Danes. etc. But the club
movement grows, the lines little less rigdly
drawn for the club movement aims to be demo
cratic and to take IN ell classes of women, pro-
vided they Of good moral character and not too
quarrelsome in disposition
1t is always advisable, whenever possible, to have
present the first meeting some woman who is
versed in club proceedings as she knows how to
others feeling of confidence and selfcontrol that
IS often lacking in the formation OF a club.
Here are some good resolves for clubwomen at
the beginning OF another year: Let resolve
never ourselves unless our home duties
require st.
That If We have write paper. will not go
TO the encyclopedia for *.
That when we rise tc speak we will make our
selves heard. even II have to practise at home
first.
That when the woman who TO speak fails
US at the last moment will not say she never
intended to do It anyway.
That we will make the club place where help
fulness and kindness go hand in hand with in
spiration.
That the Golden Rule is just good guide to
club life to home life.
And that we will adopt and practise # every
where.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27
|on7e Ways Of the World

daughters. fully grown watch their mothers reck-
less dealings with bated breath.
Does the woman with the Unlined skirt realize
how immaculate must be her hosiery and the
build Of her boots? 4 wel-braced ankle e. trim
shoe and straight heel important as the
gown itself. for these things are quite as much
displayed IL the skirts reached but half way
below the knee. IN have the neither limbs
been more freely shown than at the present time
and nnisshapen ankles be noted in almost
every other fair pedestrian.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27

The solitary woman Of wealth. be she spinster
O. widow. has either 10 devote her attention TO
the management OF her affairs. part OF her
dsiIy life. or else leave them entirely TO some
tayvyer. whom she not only Implicitly, but
whom she pays good percentage. It must be
one thing or the other. dabbling doing by
halves else she courts disaster. It is surprising
500. how many Nornen delicateIy reared. viii de-
TeIoD keen business intellect when left TO manage
their own interests. The instinct for money
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27

Down on Long Island" up the river in ''Jer-
seys hills and. in fact in all country places the
houses are open for the Christmas holidays Re-
turning prosperity has given unprecedented
boom 10 Santa Claus this year The youngsters
Will have every wish gratIfed. and by the same
token their elders will have merry house parties
and the country club hunt. balls and other New
Year jollifcations viii be animal ted By spirit that
Las been mourned lacking for several seasons
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27

and London and In 1870 applied to the council
Of the senate of the University OF Cambridge 10
be examined by the university examiners In
that examina ton four first classes and one sec
ond class were obtained The world was almost
stunned at such ability on the part Of mere
women. and the following year enough funds
were raised to begin the present buildings OF
Girton When in 1873 Grton College was es-
tablished outside Cambridge and the number OF
students rapidly increased, the words "Girton
girl" were as familiar in all comic songs. popu-
lar jokes and newspaper illusions as the mirth
provoking ''suffragette" is But it was no
Joke to the Girton girls themselves, and that
they were never daunted by criticism is shown
by the way in which Miss Dove has steadily
gone on increasing in power, and only failed of
being elected Mayor because. probably, the
little borough Of High Wycombe, seeing itself
praised in many Of the newspapers as the ex-
treuest forerunner OF radicalism and feminin-
ism. suddenly took alarm.
Miss Dove is not the only Girtonlan engaged
in making history. Lady Dorothy Howard.
notable among the recent graduates of the col
lege IS active woman sufragist, and can
take the stump well any boy fedgling of
the universities who is intent on political am
bitions; Miss Frances Hardcastle, who was
brilliant mathematical light at Girton, is now
honorary secretary Of the National Union of
Women's Suffrage Societies Miss Ellen NC
Arthur Historical tripOs, 1850, whose class In
economic history is attended in Cambridge by
the male undergraduates OF the university, who
cannot find any duplicate for It in their own
colleges is we'll known in all sorts of English
societies to promote the interests Of women in
public life. AS for what Mrs. Humphry Ward
calls indirect influence" in public life. Grton
has that through Mrs. Walter Runciman. who
was Miss Hilda Stevenson before she was mar
ried to the Minister of Education. And there
are many other instances.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27

So all Girton girls must work harder than the
average Cambridge man. II is the only wom-
ans college in England where such an extrsor-
dinarily high standard is a necessity. for even
Newman, the other famous woman's institu-
ton at Cambridge, does not always insist that
a student shall receive certificate from the
university as well from her college. and the
result at Girton is i small number OF students
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27
BLUE-BLOoDED CAT.

E-1ssfng often develops. also, that nsny Of the
richest hetTesses on the market not
matrimonial catches. but investors and manipu-
lstors Of stocks This passion il grows becomes
appalling Tor occasional stroke Of luck with
the feminine stock fiend. wipes seemingly
remembrance Of any losses and she viii plunge
keavIy as the i.oldesi GI.ancier. once taste for
apecUstinE is developed II never bc checked
o. many instances are there where and
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27
THOROUGH WORK AT GIRToN.

It is not that Girton sends out such a large
number of women with bent toward civic al
fairs which is worthy Of remark, but the fact
that when the Girtonian does tend that way she
makes a success of it. Naturally, for there is
nothing feminine superficial about a Girton
education The college was founded the un-
derstanding that only women studying for hon
ors and not, as most of the men do. for the
binary examination, should be enrolled there.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27
ATTITUDE TOWARD MEN STUDENTS

Girton prides itself on a spirit OF irreproach-
able dignity and good form" especially in re-
spect TO its relations with the university In
order to keep out the sort of girl who thinks
her living at college may be the means of carry
inC on flirtatiOns with the Cambridge male I'M
dergraduates, the womans college was built at
a good distance out of town on a particularly
dreary road, and the girls drive in To lectures in
respectable and aged four wheelers very slow
In pace renowned throughout Cambridge. To
see all Girton come into Cambridge i'm Coxs
cabs is one of the most humorous things in the
world TO the average Cantabrgian. VINO wonders
why in the world girls will put UP with so many
absurd iHSonvenences in order to get an educa-
tion that in his opinion nobody cares about
In a sort Of morbid dread Of having their
motives for being al Cambridge mistaken. Cir
ton students never walk with male undergrad
yates, and never go to Matthews's teashop or
to the Bull Hotel, to any of the really cheery
places for tea. because they are frequented by
the The girls betake themselves to duh
and dim bakeshops. In the less fashionabl
streets. There Is n rule that the same male
caller is not allowed to come more than once
a term 10 Girton, and In every other way the
idea of social intercourse with the university
Is discouraged.
The women lecturers at Girton. all OF whom
have degrees given by some other university
more generous than Cambridge Uor Cambridge
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27

wears daughter from that Of Lord So-and-So's s
niece, who may sit next to her.
LIFE IS STERN AT GIRTON.
The buildings of the college. long, low struct-
ures. all connected and standing at right angles
to one another, like pocket ruler unfolded. are
also part OF the stern ascetic plan OF life. The
endless corridors partly heated. it is true,
but at every yard stands opened window, so
that the fog and east winds Of old England
chase constantly up and down the stone floors.
In the rooms little CRATE fire supplies the only
spot Of warmth At night it is a useful spot for
giving out light, too, for the single lamp hardly
throws much glow over your sitting room, and
your bedroom candle must not be burned reck-
lessy a with wanton waste. You will need it
when you go calling in some remote part OF the
building for the gas Is put out at 10 O'clock and
if you happen to overstay that hour you will be
roaming down the chilling caverns of hallway in
pitchy 'arkness. unless you fall in with some
wise and provident student who has brought
her tin ecndlestick along with her.
It is droll sight at an evening party in this
twentieth century TO the guests stacking
outside the door their candlesticks for the home
ward journey. I not quite sure. but think
1t must be at least miles walk from end
OF the Girton edifice to the other. Each joint
OF II is only room thick, so that there will
be plenty of air. and each student has two
good sized rooms the lizardlke structure crawIs
along for a seemingly tnterminable length be-
tween point of interest, like the front door,
to another vital spot. like the dining room.
The two rooms make for a greater dignity of
Ife though, than may be found In most Of the
American colleges for women The maid tiptoes
in every morning before you are up softly shuts
your bedroom door and tides up the sitting
room, removing the coffee cups Of last nights
entertainment, sweeping the floor laying YOUR
fire. And then, after breakfast. when you are
working in your sitting room, she does the bed
room.
The decoration of college rooms, too is moro
elegant anG really comfortable than the bizarre
trappings of most American Minervas No
Princeton banners ramp above plaster bulldogs
or Teddy bears; formless hill Of pillows with
excruciating female heads machine embroidered
on them takes up ell the room left over from the
tabourette laden with toy elephants Instead. a
pot Of Michaelmas daisies copy of Gainsbor-
ough, open fire a coffee set much used. and
many deep old willow chairs. comprise the
soothing and quiet furniture OF Grton
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27

Alas, unconscious Of their fate.
The little victims play.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-09-01
War OF Insects.

Massachusetts, scientists have evolv
ed a pan for the destruction OF the
gypsy and brown-tailed moths. They
have looked with dismay on the raw
ages OF these moths in the foliage
and have planned what in military
science would be a fine bit of strate-
gy Unable by any direct assault
TO destroy the moths, the scientists
have enlisted the aid of an army OF
moth parasites. little insects that fas-
ten themselves on the moths, feed
upon and finally destroy them Eight
hundred thousand of these parasites
have been secured and at the right
moment viii be set upon the enemy
singular fact is that the moths dc
not recognize the parasites as ene-
mics. They give of their life 20 sup
port the parasites and ultimately
fall a victim to their own generosity.
How similar this relationship 20 that
which 200 often obtains among bul
man 'beingsl So strikingly is that
similarity and so many unpleasant