Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-01
In Woman's World.

In Woman's World.
Europe represents 10 tho American
woman 4 great shopping counter Il d.
partinent store, ut which it is always
bargain day, says Virginia Frame in
the Delincatct for May, Armed win
the necessary funds. however much sh.
may have stcaled herself against yisid-
ing to temptation, she is soon iadulS-
ing in a perfect orgy Of deli shtful snop-
ping. For things We're SO cheap, my
dear" she confesses to ~ friend aftor
returning home. 1T would have bec.i
u sin to leave theni.."
If the traveller sails on n Mediterran-
can steamer, a route proving popular
for spring traffic, ner shopping begins
before she Is even landed at Naplos:
for most of the large liners touch ut
Gibraltar, which picturesque little sea
Port, as every one knows. is Il cosynu-
rolitan town where ono can pick up"
all sorts of fascinating souvenirs in the
by-ways that re semble the streets OF
Cairo at our Fairs.
Ffen comes Naples-Naples Of flowers
and song, Naples Of the blue waters
and the pink coral. Every little window
is filled with coral. from the cold white
beads or the palest blush tints to the
rose II deep reds OF pendants and
chains. V~cil-pins, hatpins and brooches
are offered at every street corner and
every church door. Tho shopper he
gins her first bargaining when sne finds
that the longer she hesitates the lower
Will be the price.
Rome is the magazine of antiquities
antiquities ancient and modern, In
tiquitles dug up from among the old
ruins. E@ or nDtiDIliYiaS = manufactures
around the corner. And what e ii
matter so long as our purchase is
beautiful. and the caressing Voice of
the shopkeeper assures madame that
she Is getting n of the few real old
treasures and for a p~rice-holy Madon-
ma! he could never part with it were it
not for the little ones at home.
The Roman canoes are Very lovely,
and no n leaves Rome without q
string of Roman pearls. lure and
creamy in color and defying the un-
skilled eye to tell them from the real
pearls. The Roman scarves and silks
reflect the Italian skies ana flowers in
their hues and will brighten the white
lawn next Summer and let people
know we've been to Italy
The shopper sails from Liverpool on
a steamer that touches at Queenstown.
Perhaps she has saved $50 to see her
- ~ u - ~ !
home. But she had not reckoncd on
Queenstown, for, though the steamers
do not go up to the wharfs, hordes of
lace vendors come out to the liners in
small boats with Irish lace and irish
blarney, a combination that is ha@d to
resist. job will meet me at the
landing, anyway" the shopper reflects,
land hell not expect me to have a
cent And, 50 as not to disaproint
che hpIrsl inStIo - 1itt la o,.onha{ .,
set of baby Irish, Il little Carricllnla,
cross-and the steamers off. There is II
panic at the thought of the custom
house officials, but John is there to help
her through and her best friend is al
the dock.
Didn't YOU love Paris?H asks the
friend enviouslS.
"Adored it." replies the shopper.
And the Louvre-didn't you love the
Mona Lisa'?"
II don't remember the Mona Lisa
but enthusiastically, the feather boas
We're beautiful"
For never in my experience in the
~dressmaking world has there been such
a remarkable latitude in the choice of
fashions opened out to ONE The
medieval and Renaissance STYLES meet
the follies and foibles of the Dircctoire
ulu LoulS -ANlIl leflouS III IeIlsGt
amity over the teacups. A glimpse
into q smart restaurant leaves n with
the confused impression that some am
bilious artist has tried to present the
history of dress of the last twelve CEN
turtles on u single canvas.
Varied as the faehions are, all of them
are conventionaliznd more or less. so
that those OF bygono days blend with
the present STYLES into a. curious COM
posite type that is Very interesting.
They have all the puszling harm of q
ilalf-remembered face that leases YOU
with it's familiarity and yet exasperates
you with its strangeness.
1t is the women today who make tho
success of the individual theater and
tho individual play. If my doubt as
to that exists in any ones mind, wit
ness the attendance OF these very thea
tiers when immoral plays are running.
Out of six such in New York. inspected
by the Delineator. not one but showed
an attendance Of from one-third to
one-half of women And as these wo-
men in the great majority We're es-
corted there as the guests Of the men,
either their wives. sweethearts or
friends. it stands to- reason tina the
men would accept the dictate of the
woman as to what play she would wish
to SEQ.
We repeat what Mr.. Charles Burn
ham, president of the Association of
Theater Managers, says, mo play can
exist that is not ~patroniZed by wo-
men, and we add to it: No play can
exist that is not p~atronized by good
women. There are not enough of the
other kind to Keep any show running.
Ii, therefore. the good women of this
great country Will awake to their re-
sponsibilities in this one thing: If they
will themselves refuse to attend: if they
will use their unlimited influence to
persuade their women and men friends
not to attend any show of the kind.
| they will drive from the stage every in
| delicate. indecent. immorai or impure
play. In that act they will be casting
votes effectively for a great moral end.
| and will build a platform on which they
can well stand and claim n right to
cast the ballot on every other thing.
One line of work which women have
recently taken IN is ac"a,Ht'"~ r"-c-,
arc said to be about twenty-five women
engaged in this work in the uni,4u
| States. They have come into this field
within the last two o. three years ana
have met with unexpected success.
1t is hard work. but tits far more
remunerative, according to a writer in