Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 27, Number 29, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 16 January 1897 — Page 6

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WOMAN'S WORLD.

CHARACTERISTICS OF ONE POPULAR LITERARY WOMAN.

Pretty Visiting: Costumes The BnfiUo Scribblers Woman's Emancipation. Trimming Mother's Hat—They Mean

Business—A Debutante's Reception.

Lack of nationality in her work and in her personal characteristics inclines us to place Joanna E. Wood among the coemopolites. Of Scottish birth, Canadian education and American literary training, she is a person of snch wide sympathies that no other olassifioation would readily suggest itself.

While she was yet an infant ber parents came to this country and chose for

JOANNA E. WOOD.

their home a picturesque spot on the heights at Qneenston overlooking the Niagara river. Here Miss Wood's childhood was spent, and no doubt the splendid natural environment among which she was reared played no small part in forming the future writer. Her education WUH received at the St. Catharines Collegiate institute, a school which in its 09 years of exietCBoe has trained scores of those who are now Cauada's "best known mon ppd women. I tfo write was Miss Wood*fe ambition from her earliest years, and very thorough has been her preparation for her choson work—so thorough that it was •£nly after much study and hard reading that she thought of giving her writing to the publie, F?r lo»*g Hme they were fll)Ywn only to her elder brother, "who had been her constant critic. In Jact, it is to him that Miss Wood ascribes

subsequent success, for in spite of his severity with her literary faults it is to him that she owes all her stimulus and inspiration. But life, even mor^ than books, sho has studied in a most systematic way.

Frequent trips to Europe have formed part of her training, while each winter sho taken up her residence in some center of social or literary life. Sometimes she has chosen New York, oftener Boston, and this winter Philadelphia is her temporary home. Her literary work and study are varied by numbers of socinl duties, for Miss Wood has hosts of friends. Last winter sho did no writing, but threw herself heartily into the social life ti that gayest of cities, Paris, chiefly for the purpoRe of bringing herself more in touch with French litera ture through a hotter knowledge of the people. In London, too, she had every opportunity of seeing the best of English lifo, while the purpose of her last visit to Scotland was to collect material for a story of the mining district.

Miss Wood has always been a strong opponent of the tradition that writing women must bo dowdy and severe looking. Sho frankly confesses a fondness for smart gowns, dainty surroundings and all feminine frivolities. Though she has advanced most unconventional theories in her writings, yet she is by no means r. new woman in any of the popular acet stations of the term. She has 110 desire to voto, is not an upholder of theratii-.nl dress movement and has even dee lured that sho will never ride

bicycle. As a tliseiplo of tho realistic school Miss Wood has no sympathy with the righteousness that condemns the erring while putting forth no hand to help Writer. above nil others, she holds, must be tolerant and charitable. Illiberal eei: oriousness should bo no part of those who must live near to humanity before they can interpret it aright.— Honora S. Howard in Buffalo Express.

Two Pretty Visiting Costumes.

"A hunuKomo costume I saw recently, worn by a visitor who was calling at

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home of a friend, was of mixed brown and white cheviot. Tho skirt was quite plain. The bodice showed a short Eton jacket of the cheviot, square and fitted in the back as well as in the front," writes Isabel A. Mallon in The Ladies' Home Jotrnnl. "The vest had full front of white chiffon and about the wai6t was a broad, iit!«d belt of green velvet, the belt fastened in front under large cut steel buttons. The sleeves were fitted ones of the cheviot, with two flaring caps of green velvet, above each at the shoulder. A white satin stock was the neck finish. The hat had a brim of pliable brown felt, a puffed crown of green velvet, and a cluster of brown feathers was caught at one side under a steel ornament. The gloves were light tan dressed kid, and tho muff was of mink lined with dark green satin. The cape was of mink. It had a square back, a high medici collar and long, square ends. "Another handsome visiting costume showed a flaring skirt of black moire, with brocaded globes upon it of the same hue. The bodice was really a marquise coat of blaok velvet, with a waistcoat of striped black and white silk, •oft and full, showing between the flaring fronts. The sleeves of the velvet were somewhat full at the top then they drooped and shaped iuto the arm, fitting closely at tho wrists. Oaring over the hands sufficiently to permit the aleeve to be turned back, and faced in ooff fashion with the black and whit^ striped silk. The collar was a folded one Of white chiffon with three overlapping points of black velvet, each caught wit! tiny jet ornament. To wear with it

there was a short ripple cape of blaok astrakhan and a muff to match, while the close fitting bonnet was of black velvet, with a bunch of white tips on one side and two or three astrakhan heads and an elaborate jet ornament on the other. Heavy white gloves, closing with two buttons, were worn."

The Buffalo Scribblers.

The Scribblers' club of Buffalo isao organization of professional and amateur writers, probably the best known of the latter being Anna Katharine •Green, formerly of Brooklyn. Many of the professionals represent Buffalo dailies, while die amateurs are women of social rank and connected with varions philanthropic, eduoational and charitable organizations. This fraternizing of talent is productive of much good, the amateurs being just the kind of friends required by young women employed in newspaper work, for, while many of the latter have never lowered their standard of refined expression, others cannot resist the temptation to write smart things at any oost.

Such a club as the Scribblers' gives an opportunity for the women of leisure and wealth and the women who have taken high rank in authorship to combine their influence and provide a safeguard, by their friendship, for those who may need it. A noteworthy fapt of this fellowship is the grateful affection shown by the younger members toward those whose influence has been helpful to them, some of the most successful referring their achievements rather to the guidance of some friendly and eminent literary woman than to the possession of native talent.

The Scribblers are not without aims other than that of mutual advancement. They have founded an art scholarship, providing funds to educate young girl for this profession, and as their membership increases they expect to find a larger field for work, They have no permanent quarters, and need none, for they have a standing invitation to use a private parlor in anv of the leading city Hotels. Theft meetings are held fortnightly, and their programmes oover a most interesting variety of subjects, amusing as well as instructive.

Woman's Emancipation.

Woman's emancipation was for many years a sentimental vagary. Now it is an accomplished fact, This is not so pauch clue to advanced ideas as to the labor saving inventions of the age, most of which have emanated from tho creative braifi of men.

Our grandmothers planted their own flax, spun their own thread) wove their own cloth and shaped their own garments. Before the days of sewing machines they stitohed unceasingly, and to know how to sew was a necessity rather than an accomplishment. Now tho whiz of the treadle is heard in every home, and the busy seamstress accomplishes in a day what she could not have done in a montl^

Wringers, patent soaps and stationary tubs have released the aching arms of the laundress from the drudgery of washing. The housemaid lightly runs her sweeper over the carpet and disdains to handle the honest broom. The cook turns up her nose at the homely kitchen range and boils and bakes by gas or elec tricity. The dairymaid's occupation is gone, as tho cream is separated and the butter churned by machinery. The busy housekeeper need no longer put up her fruit aud pickles, as that is done at the factory.

In fact, in this mechanical ago human hands seem almost superfluous and the labor saving devices so numerous that women are no longer bound, like Ixion, to the wheel of household drudgery.

Tho once busy hour ekeeper, released from tho thraldom of baking, sweeping and washing, has leisure to keep herself posted about current events, tho newest book aud the latest fad in art, music or fashion. The old regime has passed away, and women, no longer hampered by household cares, stand forth the peers of their husbands and brothers in education and enlightenment.—Godey's Magazine.

Trimming Mother's Hat.

Trimming a bonnet for an elderly lady is perhaps the most difficult task encountered by the home milliner. It isn't like a hat for a young person, which may often be trimmed to look pretty without regard for Dame Fashion's edicts. It must be trimmed exactly in accordance with the laws laid down for tho season.

At present bonnets for elderly ladies are rather large and cover almost the entire top of the head. Considerable leniency is allowed regarding colors, and women with gray hair may now wear purple, green and even red.

The bonnet may have a crown of silk and felt braided or one of embroidered velvet. Jet crowns also appear on some, but that material is not particularly fashionable this year.

The-crowns are plaited in softly, giving a very foil effect. The brims also are very full, of velvet usually. They extend down behind the ears and are finished with achouxof velvet or ribbon at each end. From beneath them fall narrow velvet strings, which tie in a bow under the chin.

The bonnet is now ready for the trimming, whifh should consist of ribbon, velvet, velvet blossoms or ostrich feathers. All the trimming on a bonnet is flat, with the exception of one feature, which may be a bunch of Prince of Wales plumes, upstanding rabbits' ears of velvet or ribbon, aud is placed on one side of the fiout or directly in the center of the crown. Velvet flowers may form the entire hiitn, or a tin all cluster may be crushed close to the bonnet on one side.

When a jet crown is used, the bonnet may be further enhanced by the addition of a jet buckle.—New York Adver tieer.

Reading Women Mean BosineM. The Reading (Mass.) Chronicle does justice to the earnest work of the women of that town. It says:

The ladies of Beading will never rest

contented until their sex is represented on the municipal boards of the town. They will keep everlastingly at it until their aim is accomplished.

Last year they put forward Mrs. Ellen M. Bancroft as a candidate for a position on the school board and Mrs. Gertrude K. Hnssey as a trustee of the public library. They failed of election by a small margin of votes. These ladies were again indorsed at a meeting at Mrs. William Carter's Thursday afterboon.

The ladies are even more aggressive this year than last and will probably suggest a candidate from among their number for the overseers of the poor.

This departure is probably due to the agitation that was occasioned by the disonssion in The Chronicle regarding the conduct of affairs at the town farm. For some time past, if not always, the •eleotmen have been also elected to serve as a board of health. There are many reasons why this should oontinue to be BO. The two boards have very muoh in SOmmon in a financial and exeoutive way, and it might be nnwise to divoroe them.

The Chroniole concludes with a suggestion for the election or appointment of an advisory board of women whose duty it would be "to advise with the overseers, keep an eye on the town farm, report on the outside poor and in a general way to interest themselves in the department." But we hope the women will decline a position of responsibility without power. Women are eligible as overseers of the poor and should be shosen as such.

A Debutante's Reception.

As in the gay winter months before Lent there *~*ill be many dances and dinners and an opera season, besides all the other social doings in which our debutante is to take her part, her introduction must not be delayed too long after things are fairly started. Saturday is now the day invariably chosen. Then men, who are of course always a desirable adjqnot t9 fisy occasion, have leisure find ill for this particular event perhaps waive their prejudioe to afternoon affairs in general. So about two weeks before the day all the friends and acquaintances on the visiting list of the debutante's mother who live in the same place, and also those who live in the suburbs rr near enough to be able tc exchange calls with her, receive cards of invitation. These cards are a little larger than an ordinary visiting card, and, engraved in fine running script, read as follows:

Mrs. Charles Moult on Johnson, Miss Johnson,

At homo

Saturday, December the Beventh, From four until seven.

Fridays. 884 St. Nicholas avenue. Friday being the hostess' customary receiving day, her daughter will henceforth be at home then also, and it is at that time that guests invited to the reception are expected to make their afte* call. These cards are inclosed in envelopes which fit them exactly, and are addreseed and sent by mail. Two or more cards sent to the same family may be inclosed in one outside envelope, the names only being written on the inside envelopes aud the address with th names of the heads of the household on the outside one. Or the oards may bn sent separately, as preferred.—Harper's Bazar.

The Bights of Widows.

Mrs. Rudolph Blankenburg of Philadelphia has been recently olected president of the Pennsylvania Woman Suffragist association. She has drawn up a bili which will be presented to the legislature in favor of the rights of widows. As the law is now, the widow may receive only one-third of the joint property of her usband and herself and th income of only one-third of the real estate for life—that is, provided the husband has made no will. If the wife owns propertv and fails to make a will, the husband is entitled to all the personal property and the use of all th real estate during his life. Mrs. Blankenburg wants a great change made.

]La Grande Francaise.

Of Mine. Furtado Heine, known as La Grande Francaise, who died recently, the London Globe says: "She was the widow of M. Charles Heine, the millionaire and cousin of the famous German poet. During the empire Mme. Heine was a leading figure in Parisian society, but in latter years she seems to have derived more pleasure in utilizing her wealth in alleviating the sufferings of the afflicted rather than in attending the gatherings of fashionable Paris. her belongs the credit of having established several blind asylums and orphanages. When a disaster occurred and funds were needed, she was always to the fore with a large subscription.

Cora Stuart Wheeler says, in The Ladies' Home Companion, that nothing has been more largely instrumental in smoothing away the irritation left by the civil war than the mingling of northern and southern women in the conventions of olub federations.

Paris has a woman's club where homeless women can spend their evenings and get their meals. There is a good library, and for 60 francs a year a woman may become a member. All the employees about the place are women.

An excellent holder for a handkerchief is now formed as a clasp, with a safety pin attachment which is fastened to the belt or waistband. It is made of gold or silver, enameled or otherwise ornamented.

During the last year 190 patents have been granted to women. Among these area scrubbing machine, a baby jump-! er, a bed for invalids, an improved hook

and eye and an adjustable bracket for a curtain.

TEBRE HATT7E SATURDAY EVENING- MAIL, JANUARY 16, 18971

The London Lady says that the fashion of wearing red gowns has led to an alarming revival of ffyed hair and painted faces, for red necessities dark locks and a high color.

Solidified Petroleum.

The claim some time ago set forth by Paul d'Huiny,.a French naval officer, of having originated a process for the successful solidification of petroleum for commercial and industrial purposes has been further explained by him. From this account, summarized in The Progressive Age, it appears that heavy common oil has been converted by this inventor into a solid block, as hard as the hardest coal, burning slowly, giving off an intense heat and showing not the slightest sign of melting, a ton of such fuel representing as many as 80 tons of coal, and the space occupied by one ton of it being about three cubic feet, as against the large space required for the coal. At a recent gathering of experts, M. d'Humy exhibited samples of the article and experimented with them. On the table were several cakes of the solidified petroleum and of low grade oils of various sizes and shapes, and in addition to the cakes there were samples of the same fuel in dry powder and paste, the petroleum powder and paste mixed together and pressed forming a homogeneous mass, with jx great specific gravity, hard almost as stone, and, when burning, giving off aflame 800 times its own volume and a heat well nigh as great as oxygen. Tests to determine the production of smoke oi smell failed to indicate the emanation of either of these.

The testimonials which the mail brings in every day run thus: "Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup cured the baby of croup," "It cured me of a most distressing cough or "it cured my little boy of sore throat." "We could not do without it."

Block Island.

Tho hum of the spinning wheel is still a familiar sound on Block island, a quaint and interesting resort in summer and a miniature world in winter, in which the habits and customs aro those of 150 years ago. The island is 15 miles off the Rhode Island shore and almost directly south of stormy Point Judith.

There are times during the winter when the wind sweeps across) tho treeless land at a velocity of 84 miles an hour, and women take their lives in their hands when they venture out of doors. Tho isolation of tho island is almost complete.

John Sehoiield established the first woolen mill in Connecticut neaf Oakdale, wliero the carding was dono by power cf.rds. In 1798 the Block islanders began to send wool to the mill to bn carded into rolls, :ind generation after generation have kept up the practice. Formerly many bays of grain accompanied the wool, and grist and woolen mills were kept running day and night, while the fishermen and farmers enjoyed themselves in the quiet Connecticut village until the work was done.—Now York Herald.

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Clieerfnl People.

One is always refreshed by the presence of cheerful people. Tho thought ought to teach us a salutary lesson to je always cheerful' ourselves. The cheery person, who has a pleasant smile for all, a genial word for every acquaintance, a happy expression for the world, is the person whoso companionship is sought, whose presence is indispensable at a party or dinner aud whose absence is always noted —Exchange.

One Letter Missing.

In an advertisement of a railway company requesting the owners of unclaimed goods to remove their merchandise the letter "1" was dropped from the word "lawful" in the notice, which ended thus: "Come forward and pay the awful charges on the same. "—Pittsburg Chronicle.

The name Agag, mentioned in Jewish history as that of an Amalekite king, was used in common by all sovereigns of that country.

From New York to Alexandria, via London, requires 16 days' travel.

Choosing a Husband.

George Eliot says in one of her novels, that almost any woman can marry any man she makes up her mind to. Whether this is truth or fiction, certainly a woman chooses her husband oftener than he knows it. But she must play the negative part She can only make herself as attrac

tive as possible in a modest, womanly way and rely upon human nature and manly instinct.

A sensible man naturally seeks a whole some-looking, healthy, capable companion. Men are not unselfish enough to willingly assume the care of a weak, nervous, debilitated wife.

Men are not attracted.by a sallow, pimply complexion, foul breath, or thin, emaciated form, because these symptoms are the sure index of poor digestion and impoverished blood.

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