Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 27, Number 36, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 6 March 1897 — Page 6

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WOMAN'S WOULD.

CHICAGO'S SUCCESSFUL GIRL AGER AND DIRECTOR.

Womnn of the Middle •wr Millinery—Hair Coloring—Girl* In the Coal Pits—A Ftunotu Womaa Sculptor—The Woman's Council.

Sincc the time of Mother Eve woman has been "managing things," though it is only in these end of the century days that she ha» ventured to extend her fpherc beyond the walla of her house. But this age is one of progression, and when woman once gained a footing in the bnsinwss world she decided to turn her talent for mauaging, inherited from generations of capable housekeepers, to aomo account in the new field

There are hot few to be found in the audiences at the Chicago orchestra concerts who do not know of Miss Anna Millar, the bright young woman who is the business manager of the orchestra. Until recently Miss Millar was the only one of her sex to hold such a position in Chicago, but now in Steinway hall is the office of another young woman whose card reads:

L. E. RANDALL, Business Manager.

Miss Lillian E. Randall—for that is her full name—doesn't look as if she could manage anything more earthly than a slice of angel food or a lemon ice, but she is known in musical circles as ft most successful manager of concerts

MISS LILLIAN EYRK RANDALL,

and lectures. She is tall and fair, with tho samo kind of blue eyes The Duchess used to give her heroines and hair that nut lire and not tho haiCfresser has made fair.

Sho doesn't wear queerly made frocks or mannish looking hats. She doesn't spell woman with a big W, nor does she talk aggressivoly about the "down trodden sex.'' Sho talks about interesting things v.-hen sho talks at all, and the rest of t.'io timo she works.

Oho year ago sho was known as a clever accompanist and a teacher of music in Hyde Park, where she lives. Ono day she undertook, to oblige a friend who wr.n ill, tho disposal of 50 tickets for a Sr. nday afternoon concert. She was so successful in this that the field into which ?ho hnd accidentally strayed opened v. irio before licr, and as it teemed with possibilities sho staid there.

This winter her work has been confined mainly to superintending parlor rocitals, ono of them being tho Chicago dobut Mrs. Swabacher, at tho resi denco of Mrs. P. D. Armour, Jr. She has also managed several dramatio readers, conn rt singers and lecturers, among tho laMxr being Mr. William Armstrong, tho mu iivil critic who has ploasedmany audiem i\a critical as himself with his lecture "Unpublished Interviews Witfr(/i tt Musicians."

Miss ,uudall, who, it is whispered, is an own ensin to a titlo across tho water, is ranch of a success in her home and the viu:ial world as she is in the one of busiin ss, Sho lives with her mother, whoso .ml.-i aro raised in indignation if any even jokingly, refers to her daughtt vus a "nowwomau."—Chicago Tribune

Tho Woman of the Middle Wont.

Tho v'oinun of tho west is the spirit of energy. It is an inheritance from her immediate ancestors, who worked unceasing..* as founders of states. Sho has not. yet von seized with the weary satiety of (i, reivilization and feels a joy in labor juiti its fruits. She prefers activity, and if life offers her leisure sho adopts a child or a career and works for her self sought object.

The doublo task of making a home and developing the country h::s been through her so thoroughly accomplished that, with all our vast territory, we have scarcely a district that might truly be spoken of as the frontier. This achievement liberates for other uses the energy of woman, and, true to the spirit of the times, she easts about hex for a career other than a domestic one.

Even in the small towns of newly settled districts tho daughters of the family do not pet tie down to an interminable round of spiritless housework, but instead start out with their brothers to their day's work as stenographer, typesetter, clerk or teacher. None is idle or fills the position of lady of leisure, far such would be com pan ion less.

The women with genuine business ability test it in a little boat near shore, and, meeting success, go farther to venture mom The woman with a talent or a voice migrates to a city favorable for its cultivation, and the old profession of teaching has its countless aspirants, all eager to learn new methods.

Besides all these are the young women who could lead a life of uneventful comfort at home in larger places, but who prefer the bastards of self support is tho world to monotony in a smaller sphere. So there comes a day when these, too. join the army thronging to the Large cities.

The t.'.uentum of books and colleger is of primary importance in their

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that the world bestows more of its wealth (and that means power) om those who possess knowledge of men and an ability to recognize opportunity when it is met and to seize it before it has fled.

Another lesson the girl of the plains must learn is that manner and address enhance what other claims to success she may possess and are not to be despised as evidence of decadence or effeteness. All honesty is not rude, and a polished manner enables one to meet any man on advantageous ground, while faulty manner is acceptable only to those whose ways are equally defective.

The effcot of refinement and civilization, by making all conform to given Standards, is tU reduce all to the same mold. The woman of the west need not fear that her rugged individuality will be thus obliterated, for she lives too near to.nature's heart The freedom of the plains, the large liberty of her native laud, have been infused into her mood, and she will remain as she is—a woman whose labor is tho result of thought, whose opinions are the result of honest conviction, and whose love of self is lost in love of mankind and of country.—Harper's Bazar.

Summer 2(111111617.

Straw hats are not exactly in demand as yet, but the first installment of summer millinery has blossomed out in the shops without any regard for weather, and rough, silky straws are more abundant than ever. Vegetable silk is anew fabric in millinery and is used for plaits of various widths and colors, which have a very glossy tfFect. Ribbon braids inches wide, edgrd with a braid of another color, are used in both hats and bonnets, and wide braids in the form of plaits are fashioned into hats over a wire frame. Vegetable silk plaits are rather expensive, so there is a mixture of hemp and silk, which is firm and wiry and so thin and light that it is ruched under the brim of some of the large hats. This new braid is said to be made of tho raw silk as it comes from the cocoon. Wood silk fiber is another material which appears in the new braids.

Lightness seems to have been the main effect of the designers in hats this season, and it can be a boon to all womankind if tho milliners do not offset this by loading the hats with trimming. Japanese rush and Japanese straw help out tho variety in lightweight effects, and panama hats will be much worn for cycling.

Largo hats are even larger than they wore in the fall, and tho crowns are medium broad and medium in height. The brim is usually narrower at the back than at the front, but some shapes widen at the sides whore the brim turns up, and others turn up at the back, with plumes underneath the brim. There are fluted brims in every shape imaginable, but the old sailor shape in the new light braids bids fair to head the list of popu lar hats.

The semiannual prediction that bon nets are to be worn more than hats has cropped up again but. as usual, it is a doubtful one, siJfce hats are sure to be more popular in summer. Among the novelties is a rather startling shape, with a bell crown and a brim much wider at the sides than either back or front. Anew idea advanced in bonnets is that we are to have cape effects, not exactly in the old stylo, however, as they stand up instead of falling over the neck, but there will bo bonnets and bonnets, and width is to be one conspicuous feature of them. One little shape is like a Flemish peasant woman's capote, with a square crown and a 4 inch brim.

Wide ribbons, plaited chiffon, lace and flowers in great profusion will constitute tiip main features of hat trimming, and black hats will be very popular, despite the fact that brilliant color characterizes the finish of straw hats.—New York Sun.

Hair Coloring.

A correspondent, who writes that she is still young, nsks if she can be told of anything "that will turn her hair white. It is said that white hair is now very fashionable.'' This may be true, as a lady recently returned from abroad reports the great prevalence at fashionable gatherings there of silver tresses arranged in pompadour style, glittering with any amount of real gems set in various uniquo forms, and that many of the ladies so coiffured possessed notably youthful forms and faces. Perhaps, after having destroyed the natural color of the hair by experimenting with advertised lotions, women now propose tc try tho effect of white locks. Ono would think that after seeing oneveiyside the effects of hair coloring, the seared and streaked locks, the black and tan heads, the lu .ids that look like a hurriedly prepared uis-h of scrambled eggs, and the dead looking Patti and Cleopatra crauiunis, women would learn the wisdom of letting nature alone in respect of their tresses. "Ye cannot change one hair black or white"—that is, successfully. No one ever did this yet, for, let the artificial color look ever so fine for the time being, the face of the wearer in her colored hair will never look right or natural beside this forced production, the environments being abnormal and false. The shade of the hair that nature bestows is the only one that goes well with the features, complexion and eyes. The face of a little child changes as it grows up, and from youth to womanhood and old age nature herself superintends tho necessary changes in the hair.

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thority on hair" is giving in one of our evening papers in all good faith advice to young ladies who "wish to lighteu their hair a trifle," recommending peroxide of hydrogen for this result it & a sinful pity that this suggestion should thu* bo given, for the natural the natural color and fiu&lly the hiur itself will m« *t assuredly disappear if this foolish advice is followed.—New York Post

la tike Coal Pits.

Miss Jhve Logan gives an interesting an omit of the agitation institutrd by v.. i.. Miss Waiter, opposing legislation against the interests

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of poor girls who work at the months of the coal pits, dome prudish people claimed that the oostume worn by these girls, which is actually necessary in their work, Was immoral. A measure prohibiting it had been introduced, had passed the commons and was about to the house of lords, when Miss Mulhaving acquainted herself with the facts in the case, determined to prevent it

She took a delegation of pit women from Northumberland to London at her own expense, hired a large hall in the Strand and called amass meeting. The girls, dressed in their working clothes, Sat beside the speakers, who in turn told the people what a cruel thing it would be to deprive these poor girls of their inherited occupation, as sometimes whole families were dependent upon their labors. The women were urged with loud cheers to go on with the Crusade. The girls were taken to the house of lords, and when the titled members saw the modest looking women dressed in a respectable oostume of serge trousers reaching to their feet and flannel blouses hanging below their knees and heard the hardships that would result from the suppression of their labor they threw out the bill.

Miss Logan says she never ascertained the names of those who so nearly succeeded in having the bill made a law, but was told they belonged to that class referred to by Mrs. Browning as "good Christians, who sit still in easy chairs and damn the general world for standing up."

A Famous Woman Sculptor.

Mr. Forrest Crissey, in his article on "Women Sculptors of Chicago, "in The Woman's Home Companion, says of Miss Julia M. Bracken:

With a jackknife she whittled from blocks of wood designs which brought her to the attention of several prominent citizens of Galena, and ultimately resulted in opening the way for her to attend the Chicago Art institute. At first she entered the drawing class, but very soon 'dropped into sculpture' before entering the regular modeling course. That the hand of fate and not fickleness of purpose wrought this change was soon evidenced by modeling sufficiently brilliant to not only startle her associates, but to bring her orders before she had taken a single regular lesson in the art of sculpture. "When Mr. Taft returned from a trip abroad and this shy, slender young stranger from the country was first peen by him at her work in the modeling room, he was surprised into the remark that 'she handles the clay as if it were her native element.' Miss Bracken was at once engaged as an assistant in his studio, where she remained for seven years. At the World's fair she. was his chief of staff and had charge of the troop of young women who worked under his direotion upon the decorations of the horticultural building.

The latest piece from Miss Bracken's studio is a fine bust of Sir Moses Monteflore, the celebrated Jewish philanthropist of London, who died at the age of more than 100 years. She is now engaged on a relief medallion for the Union soldiers' monument at Missionary Ridge, Tcnn. It represents a stirring s^ene, contains five portrait figures and is a Strong piece of work."

The Woman's Council.

Mrs. Mary Lowe Dickinson, in her admirable paper on "The National Council of Women of the United States," in The Arena, aptly says:

From their first efforts to help men in their beneficent projects, women were like those who, finding a slow old boat making its way through a canal, were ready to supply the means to push or pull it forward. When their eyes were opened, they began to see new needs and to make new projects of their own, and in their eagerness they not only built new boats, but here and there attempted to dig new canals rurmiug parallel with the old, passing through the same region, yet separate and distinct. Now, after more or less lonely years of pushing and pulling, both men and women have discovered that united crafts can bo propelled by united forces, and that one channel is better than two for boats that go one way freighted with the same supply for the selfsame hunger and need.

For a time we shall go on inducing women to help in the organized work of men and men to aid in the organized work of women, becauso each needs the other ior the completion of much that is begun. But they read not aright the sighs of the times, nor keep abreast of the age's progress, who sire not looking for a day when organizations of men and organizations of women will be working together, not for the benefit of one the other separately, but in full recognition that separation is impossible, and working in full accord in thought and hope and toil for the ultimate good of alL

Gloves are worn extravagantly long this winter, since no sleeve at all on an evening toilet is quite as common as a drapery of some kind. A monogram worked in silks or threads of gold oftcis decorates the tops.

Mexican women are never employed as bookkeepers, cashiers, stenographers, typewriters or saleswomen or in any branches of industry wherein woman can earn her own living.

The graduate nurses of the Womeu and Children's hospital of Syracuse have formed an alumnae association and will maintain a room in tho hospital for sick nurses.

Height ia female clerks is required for some rra*nj by the British post office, which proposes to discharge all girls who at 19 are not S feet incites tall.

There ere 54 "lady commercial traveler" in F: .ad, one of the most sue oessful of uiiMU takes orders for corrugated iron.

The Wcr-nVs Civic league erf Cincrr? nati bait uu...jcd men to honor.u membership.

A HORSELESS ENGINE. The Science

of Fire Fighting in Large Cities. [Special Correspondence.]

BOSTON, March 1.—Boston is to have a self propelling fire engine. The idea is not by any means new. There was a self propelling engine here 35 years ago. In those days there were no horseless carriages, and a steam engine running along the streets created the greatest terror among the horses. So the self propeller had to be abandoned. Today the street cars are drawn by electricity, and the few horses left on the business streets have grown so accustomed to motor cars and wagons that no danger is feared. Besides, the progress of the fire engine through the streets Will be slow. Nothing could be more deliberate than the Boston fire department going to a fire. The horses amble like rocking horses, and only the Clanging of the gongs gives an air of excitement to the event. Boston's business streets are so narrow and so choked with traffic that progress through them is necessarily very slow.

The especial advantage of the automobile engine will be its great power. It can throw a much higher stream than any horse fire engine. Boston has not so many skyscraping buildings as Chicago or New York, but the number is growing rapidly. The New York fire underwriters have been holding meetings recently to consider the dangers of fire in very tall buildings. Boston is meeting the difficulty practically by providing a new and stronger fire engine, to be stationed in the business part of the city.

New York is ahead in some other re cent experiments in fire fighting, though and Boston is watching with interest for the result of using aluminium hel mets, the portable electric light and the smoke mask, which the New York department is testing.

Fire fighting is almost a science now. In early Boston days, before fire departments were known, neighbors turned out at the ringing of an alarm bell and passed buckets from the pump to the house. Then a bucket brigade was organized which brought the needed buck ets to the burning building. Then came byg..ailual evolution the hose cart, the hand fire pump and finally the steam fire engine.

In the old days gentlemen belonged to fire companies. The organization of the old volunteer fire department is still maintained, in form at least, in New Orleans. It died out in Boston many years ago. GRANT HAMILTON.

American Brevity.

A rich American, according to the following uecdote, related in Good Words by the Rev. Donald MacLeod, D. D., presented himself one day at tho studio of Six John Millais, and,' without preamble, began at once to speak. "Sir," he said, "I wish to take present back to my wife. She says she would like to have my portrait painted by tbo very best artist in the country. I have been told that you are the mau. When can I "\ave a sitting?" "I am at present very busy," said Millais. "So am I," was the reply. 'But I am a very expensive artist." "How much do you charge?"

A largo pnee was named. "Shall I give you a check now?" Not at ail," said Millais. I merely mentioned it to prevent misunderstandings. "liovv many sittings do you require?" 'Five or six at the least." "If you c&a do it in fewer, so much the better, for I am a very busy man and my timo is valuable."

Millais enjoyed the manner in whir1Mis own plea of being busy had been met and agreed to paint him.

Onr Only Fortress.

The only fortress in the United States is Fortress Monroe, at Old Point Comfort, in Virginia. It was built for the purpose of defending the naval yard of Norfolk against any possible attack. Its area is about 80 acres, surrounded by a moat fillcnl -\rith water from 8 to 15 feet deep and from 75 to 100 feet wide.

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The balance wheel of a woman's life is menstruation. formance of this function depends her health. Irregularity lays the foundation of many diseases, and is in itself symptom of disease. It is of the greatest importance that regularity be accomplished as soon as possible after the flowis an established fact.

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