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Show FOR FEMININE READERS. Five University of Chicago young women captured the coveted Phi Beta Kappa key aB the result of the quarterly quarter-ly election of the Beta of Illinois Chapter Chap-ter of the fraternity. Only two men succeeded in reaching the required standard of excellence in their studies during the four years of the university course, an unusual occurrence at the university, where it has been considered consid-ered next to impossible for the women to win the prize. The successful young "women are Anna P. Youngman. Agnes B. McNcIsh, Edna Dunlap. Hattle Palmer Pal-mer and Laura Ward. The Chicago Legal News makes the following comment: com-ment: i Women have come to the front In lit-l lit-l erary contests in many of the leading i universities of the United States, and the women of the University of Chicago Chica-go are new added to the number. t f v a "Paris has come out emphatically for white," says tho Brooklyn Eagle, "and never since the days when the white flag waved above the Tuilerles has so much white been seen. In 1S15 fashionable fashion-able women woro gowns of white and carried white fans. Their heads were dressed with white feathers raised to an enormous height, and their underwear, under-wear, trimmings, hosiery, shoes and all were In white. "Again white will be quite us much worn as In the 1315 days and there Is really no limit to the number of materials ma-terials that can be obtained In white. White chiffon velvet makes a gorgeous evening gown and, trimmed with white taffeta and white lace, it becomes altogether al-together charming. It Is so soft that it adapts Itself readily to drapery, and It is so fine in Its texture and so delicately delicate-ly becoming that nil can wear it," i w Hull House Woman's club, through a gift of 520.000 just received from Mrs. Joseph Tllton Bowen, will be the first Roman's organization In Chicago to have a clubhouse of its own. Miss Jane Addams says the building will be erected erect-ed on land adjoining the Hull House structures now standing. It has amused many people to read that certain fashionable women In England Eng-land were bragging that they had bought some of the Jewels worn by Queen Alexandra on her coronation day. The fact Is true, but not that they were the Queen's own jewels, nor that, as has been rumored, the Queen was glad to dispose of them. The real facts aro quite simple, and are these: The fine crow n which the archbishop If York placed on her head at the coronation coro-nation waa designed and made for the occasion by the crown Jeweler, who used a few of the Queen's stones, but supplied all the rest from his stock. After the great day was passed, these stones which hod figured In the ceremony cere-mony were eagerly sought by many, hence the embroidered tale. 1 O j Mrs. W. L. Rhodes of Manchester, N. H.. la a member of the i first uniformed uni-formed body of rural free delivery mall-carrlcrs mall-carrlcrs in the country. Her dress is of cadet gray, with black trimmings. As this Is a season of ornaments, one must not forget tho little rosettes of lawn und linen which are so plentifully-used plentifully-used to trim the summer dresses. These are made of ling strips of linen, doubled and shirred. The string Is pulled up until a rosette Is formed. Every woman wom-an knows how to make these rosettes. They are used in place of ribbon choux for trimming wash dresses. They arc placed upon the cuffs, upon the belt, the stock and upon the joke. The size varies from the button rosette ro-sette for the stock to the rosette as big as a saucer, which Is placed upon the side breadth of tho skirt. This is vastly cheaper and much moro durable than ribbon. |
