New-York tribune., 1909-04-01
GLE1NINGS.

'T wsh." remarked the 1rrepressible Young Per-
son. that I a dog. cat. Then I could
yawn whenever I wanted to take a good
stretch without being considered impolite- Look
at my Frou-Frou over there, opening her little
red laws in our faces Why can't be natural
like her and relax facial muscles with good
yawn when we're bored?'
Young people ought never TO be bored or feel
! like yavnlng,' said the Young Persons Mother,
who making tea
How they help it when their mothers take
them lectures they don't want to hear? said the
Young Persons Aunt. who always stood up for her.
81 know just how Molly felt this afternoon.
think that at every public occasion there ought to
be intermssions for yawning and ST etching. since
Fl not allowable while things are going on
There would he a good scientific basis for such
an Innovation said the old doctor. who had
dropped In for cup of tea. Nothing is so bene
fetal the muscles good. honest stretch.
Yawning, too, benefits the throat and ear.-not the
little nipped- bud yawns that give in So
cety. trying to pretend it's smile if we catch
any ones eye Good form demands that We
restful. quiet composed We mustn't hdget
in public. and on account must We betray signs
of weariness matter what bore is talking to us
But often it's a great strain on the muscles. The
sense of relief You get from good stretch shows
YOU that"
Il see" remarked the Young Persons Aunt. that
a Swiss thrra- I'D ear specialist undertakes to
give lessons Ia he of unobtrusive yawninG- He.
like you. doctor. tninks yawnins good for the
organs with which he deals. Why don't you take
some pupils in the same art"
The art Of unobtrusive yawning? don't be
ueve il exists said the old doctor
The Bishop of London. addressing some high
school girls warned them not to get infected with
the "catty spirit" which. he said, prevalent
in a certain stratum of society. OF course there
hoe been a great deal OF discussion and some in
dienant refutation Of the charge implied in his re-
marks London women have been arising TO re-
mark that they not cats. and Lady Dofothy
civ In 10 NnT
Of her long Hfe asserts that just as life has grown
broader in its outlook IN the last sixty years so
girls have been growing better and larger mentally
spiritually and physically, and that the girls or To-
day are naturally not nearly so catty" as the girls
of two generations ago
SIN another EngIshwoma5 points out that the
novels of Fanny Burney and Jane Austen and the
plavs of Sheridan are enough TO prove 10 anybody
that there plenty Of cats In petticoats IN
former times
Another Ensshwoman wants TO know why II
bsinr ..catty-' mems making unkind remarks
about people-whch OF the word she deems
oIite unjust TO poor Puss. who. Whatever she may
think never says anything horrid-hut II that IS
what "catty" means. why IS II applied TO women
solelvg Men say quite many unkhd things
abo1t women" she insists The superstition
about women being the gossippers and backbiters
of the earth is as unfou1ded as the other one
about every woman stopping before every glass
she sees TO straighten her hat
There never was, 1t would seem, such melee
OF STYLES as at the present time. One Paris dress
maker acknowledges that ne is making both full
skirts and tight skirts high waists and long, triliy
effects and severely plain ones, long sleeves ana
short ones But his personal leaning is toward the
long pointed waist and everywhere there is feei-
ing that there is going TO be complete revolution
in the styles
The Chinese encase the eggs that they want TO
keep in mud pies. which are then allowed to dry
out The resul. Is said TO be more satisfactory
than that Of cold storage.
Childhood must have been a dreary time when
Lady Burton little girl. "The only times
we were allowed downstairs" she in her
"reminiscences were at o'clock luncheon (our
dinner) and to dessert for about quarter of an
hour II our parents dining alone or had very
intimate friends. on these occasions was dressed
in white muslin and blue ribbons. and Theodore. my
stepbrother in green velvet with turnover lace
collar after the fashion Of that time. We were not
allowed TO speak unless spoken TO; We were not
allowed 10 ask for anything unless II was given TO
rs We kissed oui fathers and mothers hands
and asked their blessing before going upstairs and
we stood upright by the side of them all the time
we we're in the room. In those DAYS there was
Ioling about no Tommy keep your fingers out of
the lam no Dick-cravng under the table -pinching
peope's s-egs as nowadays. We children were little