Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-22
Club News

~ since humanity QOSS llol SIT III
~ it's bones that is of no conse-
quence," quoted Mrs. May W. Goodman
Yesterday morning in her address on
"CIothes" before the Friday morning
club. and the sentiment was a little
later reiterated by Miss Laura Grover
smith. who shared the program, read
ing a paper on the subject of Hats.
Mrs. Goldman's paper was breezy and
convincing, the speaker proving thaS
the feminine world may De classliled
according to its clothes.
Come with me to any fashlonaplc
downtown hotel or cafe she invited
and her listeners were forthwith
whisked in Imagination to conVca-
iently waiting table where. at her bid
ding they watched the daily prone
made.
The speaker graphically introduced as
the first passerby a large beet-a-la-
mode person whose exaggerated waist
line encountered her shoulder places
and on whose hat fiourished a cholce
assortment of garden fruits.
.'NVhen this good American propn-
esied Mrs Goldman, sets SAL 1or
the eternal shores she will anchor'
not under the walls of paradise, but-ln
Paris. ,
"A
Fluffy Rufnes, known to all clllnes
and to all conditions of men, always
a daintily appareed as a butterfly
and as frankly claiming no more serl-
Gus purpose in life.
The third sketch revealed three
women gathered at nelghborlhg
table. One supple, erect, and attireu
in tailored waist and skirt OF severe
cl1t. wearing hat of last years mouel'
but with an individuality which dom
mated the clothes, instead OF bellg
dominated by them. lit
BY the side of this woman of strlk-
inc personality was one with the
marked characteristics of the gypsy
race. Her expensive, lace-trimmed gar
ments were soiled, the hooks supposed
to fasten her gown played catch-aS-
co+ch-can with their respective eyes,
and the law of her existence was aVoW-
edly liberty" thus proving that no
MAIDS are not all outcasts; their INK
is TO be seen sauntering down Broau-
way any pleasant day, and they sport
the latest Paris creations.
The last member of this trio proven
TO he a rmepresentative of the Friday
Morning club. quiet, reposeful, white
earbed, black hatted-typical OF cult
ture and of grace.
Mrs Goldman advocated that law of
feminine nature which is as liked as
the course of the planets, namely /;
when depressed in body, mind ana
spirit, adorn thyself in thy costl1est ana
most becoming apparel" what woman
has not made the experiment 10 heI
supreme satisfaction?
The speaker asserted that fitting raj
ment imparts a certain moral courage
and oftentimes gives an Impulse 10
nhvsicaI bravery as well, as 'Rosallnd,
that most exquisite of coquettes," when
attired in doublet and hose, WaXed
sufficiently bold to conduct her own
wooing, and Babbie, forsaklng the lons
silken skirts of a titled lady for gyp-
sv's ragged dress, threw regiment OF
Scottish soldiers into CONSERVATION.
Brilliant and epigrammatic, MRS;
Goldman in closing repeated pallau
whose refrain sang of the passing OF
last years sleeves.
Miss Smith is an essayist and maya
zine writer who the Friday Morning
club is proud to include in It's ranks,
and her pleasantly written paper Sc
cured immediate attention. After
delving into the historical past for FACTS
concerning the headgear of the oppo-
site sex, the speaker touched upon the
millinery of the modern woman, ana
her audience rustled in Immediate re-
Spouse.
as modern woman a slave or ty-
rant TO her milliner?" was a leading
question asked by the speaker, as she
quoted a we'll known purveyor as say
ing that the constant change in style Is
dine to the restless spirit of the age,
and then told of a woman who recently
paid $500 for an extravagant "crea-
tion" adorned with bird OF paradise;
hut the shopwoman who sold it in
formed Miss Smith that hats might
he obtained for less and still have
"very choice pieces of paradise
The Importance attached to the
crowning item of wOmans toilet
changes the slang expression, talking
through her hat" into bit of phlloso-
phy, and alas for the wearer VINO dutl-
fully follows the fashion, she smotners
and presents faithful duplicate OIL III
Vulnerable sisters.
Armed with the all-important ques-
ton, "When is a hat old?' MISS Smllh
made the rounds of the city's repre-
sentative shops and her eager inquiries
brought forth varied and interesting
answers. ,..
One naughty saleswoman repllec,
ctr Won are writing for the papers, L
haven't time to talk to you; but II you
wish to buy a hat Miss Smith did
not ~
A clever woman explained that she
buvs her hats with a view of wearing
one through all four seasons, ana Wleii
tie spring sun shines again upon its
foliage or feathers she knows that her
hat is "old."
That the problem of millinery con-
Germs NOT only woman but man, is at
tested by the fact that thousands OF
fine latter sex earn their livelihood by
catering to femiine caprice, and at
least one state legislature in our grea
and glorious Union has spent valua pic
hours in bordering over the proper di-
mansions of miladys bonnet.