The evening world., 1911-12-30

age are the paramount characteristics
ana qualities tina, have cnnobled wom-
an throughout the arrs.
0ARB DOESN'T COUNT - IT'S
ONLY SOUL.
Whether she has worn tight hitting
skirts or the looso-ftting garb Of ciasslI
Greece has mattcred iIttle-provided
only she hs not stuntcd her soul as a
true woman.
ut pains me 70 think Of the e.
tent 10 which mere dress plays .
pert In h world to-day. Z am
sorry. stiN I have 10 desire 70
ortticiss. ! have sees n my time
styiss. fashions. foiblss-ths hoop.
the orinoiins. n the other mo.
msntary fanoiss come and 70. Z
have seen shirts % tight In recent
years that the wsarers we're
hobblsd In walking and almost un-
able TO board the strsst cars.
hope and trust there will come .
change. I bsllsvs there will come
change. Woman's sphere 10 high
o. than mere dress.
But woman In not wholly to blame:
nor n she most to blame. II II mer-
camille pressure. the temptations set
by the merchant desirous OF selling his
fashions. that In more responsible than
the feminine sex for many Of these
foib!es % dress.
THAT grand and good woman. the
late Queen Victoria Of Great Britain and
Ireland. learned early IN her life TO
know some OF the bitterness that
out OF this mercantile pressure upon tho
fashions. ] was In London o o after
she had lost by death her husband and
consort. Albert. Victoria dearly loved
Albert. II was n marriage Of purest
love, She worshipped him After his
death she went into deep mourning. u
e mercantile loss.
she remained In deep mourning sew
cral years, During that period she ex-
pcricnccd many hours Of bitterness over
some of the things that were said. tho
ridiculc that was subtiy heaped upon
her for remaining In mourning-ridicuis
from mercantile sources. But she was
courageous ana withstood II braveiy.
when she finally went u OF mourning
many Of those who had criticised wers
loud Ia their praise Of her action.
MAKERS or FASHION ARE TO
BLAME.
mo, Il n not always the woman who
Is responsible for the fashions. but the
makers Of fashions. those who profit by
the vogue OF foibles. and mercantile
pressure"
DR.. Arnold asked Miss Barton: "Hsvs
you not spoken enough?"
MY physic1an thinks ! have said
enough for to-day" said Miss Barton
with a gracious smile. do not FORGET
10 deliver my message TO the Now York
Evening World. and through II extend
my greeting for many happy returns OF
the New Year to Its readers n my
friends wherever they may he found"
Miss Barton's condition has been seri-
ous. but In not ~ regarded now This
10 an authoritative statement OF her IL
ness. More than two y ars ago. In i"S.
she stepped too close to the end or q
loose board on the walk leading to he
Chevy Chase bungalow. rh~ other end
Of the plank ficw ~ striking her In the
back. dislocat'ng ONT vert~brHe. A ply
stefan told Miss Barton she could not be-
cured. She changed physicians. engaging
pr. Alma G. Arnold, n within three
months she was well again,
Last January she contracted = cold
that developed into pneumonia. Since
then I, has been impossible for her IA
he outdoors. DR.. Arnold. who had
moved To New York. was summoned
again and under her care Mhs Barton
10 considered on the road TO recovery,
During the sumner the famous founder
OF the American Red Cross rested q,
her summer home at Oxford, Mass Shs
was brought back to Washington In
September.
Miss Barton has been Eatherins
strength all the time" said Or. Arnold
to-day. There II no reason why she
should not i've to too one hundred year,
old found her organ In AS good
shane "A. thake az ANY OF my patients