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Show .fp -J iff- Kate Masterson. p ling happened thr mher day CMfcrninMi t s -u I r . f - r- l,nd a dozen lilharmlng nw angel? turner! i JlS hands by the cccl'-slat-tiivl I JjfWlpn the ground that mi n. m t I JWels wrre desired for thr va-kJF va-kJF of a new cathedia! and T should bin c know jjPUios he did to Iptor claimoi that the orders fjn (.been for a dozen nngeis anil jtSax had rrnt been designated, fiSJjUlorttlos rann- back h lilm at tm Xhe asserti. n th:it then an no fcs of thorn crushing statements Yt Impossible to disprove and . combat Thr- .n iilptur took ii jigc-ls and prepared to make iLkplanltig down the mrvos and one indignant d mitilii" o,-e j. B no insh for Hi.- JJjgpers resenting this i m i 1 1 n tion Lmpn't lack of n-pn t.' t '.on in Khv scheme Sin- w-h m i-i -ctiy seemed, to In- r -1 1 1 - I a ilar. 'vSrow with a harp, a halo that on straight without hatpins. KTSk wtnllflt ( in' nlt -o hoik IH,Ij1s, woman Just now is tr Ing Jw-jA from her iiiig'-lliood rather Fid0 ay white marble post if lng any partlctilnr type mon and a too keen analysis of B ways might seem in bad ngjot the angel typo that she Is J It wan h r ! laitv i- sit Home darning tin- --..: nnd TAA the irtui- that was H- ,,wi, There iv.-h- a few ruouidx jOit clergymen n-r-d to n I'.-i to Old RJiyliigs ' a boot t be bn ml M the eradir- nnd s-. forth and L Intake ihern i ! The re- Wt the Old 3 ao- ii-. -, i.iut; of HtNIOld Man a I v. a. ys went spree- m .nd brought her home his n the shape of ;i r,-. ., ;, i,x aP bouquet in a hideous lace SSirl and sin- was n lovely Old gntiltt admit i.ion- Uiistful and jollied than the N.-w On.- -IVJjOrt of thing for vr-.n? nn.-r JUty special luMirv or dlstlno-.-S acquired a place in a .- tin "ood box with a stuffed dove lTW7t. SlIf went o'er In r and dlsv-nv-, iSJOod she was but during hor M Bho w.f e-en kinds of Christmas time she would ae- ully n- i Kilt a -f-wliig ran- ghlch slv proceeded t r, niaki for the family And -!.. took farfi 1 smile as th.mgh n were W stone tlarn Be her angei days, but vpn j t this In time, and she never ..that hcavenbnrn c .-rn.-'I she In credited better than JtUSt go of tin- irap. ze and landed rD8S by side with man and at gillnuch astonish. d and shocked ' by degreec i-, b. ginning to father like It. She used to sit up watting and weeping weep-ing for him until 3 o'clock in the morning, morn-ing, while she remained in her niche, but now that she has dismounted she gui s nut with him. or else he Is apt to find I i I a trifle later than himself in getting home. If In- makes any remark about it she tells him that she prefers a se ond supper to any meal of ihe ,- In the old days, you see It was- unite the thing to regard man as a devil' Even the beat of them gloried in the. notion and all women could ever look forward to. I., sld. .h ill,, final place In the centei of the parlor, with the dove u.us the beautiful influence she could exert during her lifetime in reclaiming the wild wayward way-ward being she married. These were the days when men wore tlnlr hats tilted a bit to one side, the symbol of the rake the devil of a ti I low. Now the devil has a wife o:i the oth-r side of the table and they diecURB thiough their mingled smoke wreaths the superiority of certain brands of cigarettes For, just as the silk hat on the side of the head was a harmless sign of masculine mascu-line devilehip, so the feminine cigarette is no more than a symbol of woman b abdlea ti d ngo---.hip In these days a woman without a little vice of some kind 1 so hopelessly out of it that she win. I .,,, in t. in maintain popularity strives to assume .som" naught'- fad If hn due- , . , it by right She desires, rather, to have It known that she plays bridge recklesslv. ftlris desperately with every man she meets and nev.-r lets one get away. Inclines to cocktail nibbling at tea time or champagne cham-pagne for breakfast and in her little gold case ehe carries her own special cigarette. cigar-ette. The cigarette. In fact. Is not onl svm-bollc svm-bollc It Is fashionable standing, as it does lor the new order pf things, and it is extremely Brooklyneae to exhibit any surprise when they are passed after dinner. One sees Madonna-browed girls taking them right under the nose of their chaperons chap-erons The feminine smoke Is approved DJ the smart ones and Is no longer BOH lined to boudoirs, even in America Of course we get It from London where the women smoke- In earnest not as a fad. but a habit and at their clubs there are rooms called ' lounges," where an American woman is rather startled at the atmosphere, until she learnc that at all the great hotels also she will see titled women and ihc.se of the most exclusive ex-clusive set calmly smoking with their COftee and calling out no attention whatever what-ever troin those al other tables who are probably doing the same thing The matter is not noted, and It there-be there-be tee less significant as a vice " vl"' " 'r'- and Impossible as it sounds to an American, an English tody lose.. 5 ' " her distln, tion or daintiness of manner by the action which in any one forT iZrs WOU,d not b" a? We have not reached the point of coun-tenAncing coun-tenAncing the notion ot smoking In , u. t at our Utile dinner. this we must H?J V-"""'V lws moral than "v I ' 11 ly guBtorn rath. .- than innate 1 MM X W m w i I i I delicacv tnit rules ue in this as In more Important things Aft'-r all It is the degree of crime that always counts. Isn t it? There Is everything every-thing In the way a thing Is done. Jones, who nev. r takes his dinner without a ' drink or two beforehand, looks on Brown as quite dissipated be iusi he takes his before breakmet Mrs Brown atibunn her hair shockingly, saying that It Is every woman s dul to be beautiful, but he Is stricken with horror when she Speaks Of Mrs Jones i cigarette So In regard to the lady and the smoke ! there arc some who profess nothing but disgust at tfTe idea when In reality they ; are ' themseU es guilty of worse sins, ex- ! cept that custom has rendered some breaches of behavior mon- usual than others. TIih lady who made up her face was twenty or thirty years ago relegated to the ranks of the Impossible, but th. r. are few women who do not powder their noses today, onl they do it In a way and It has ceared to be an unforglveable ciime. The cigaretle represents to some the acme of immorality In this era and carries car-ries such an exaggerated atmosphere of sinfulness ebout It that It has become quit a vogue, when if It had been Ignored Ig-nored In the beginning. It would never have gotten any further than the board lng-sch"ol spread, where It Is always the piece de resistance. Once we begin to understand the fm-tnine fm-tnine cigarette as a symbol rather than a i lOke all Will be well with the a la ri 1 1 Is tS and Col. Watterson wljl rest easy; The cigarette mcreli represents what women wish to .suggest the opposite of the old fashion of angelhood, the deadly dull and the out of date, hut above all the angel! There will always be people who see ruin and depravity In Things. The waltz at one time was deemed to be a most pernicious dance Clergymen mounted their pulpits with nothing more Important Import-ant to do than nnd. mn waltzing But hOW the wickedness of the waltz has been condoned, Just as dancing generally is now recognised as a pleasant, healthful 1 amusement ! A ballet dancer once stood for the very extreme of awjfulness Stage productions 1 In which girls wore tights were spoken of In whispers. And about the same tlnu-those tlnu-those brave and undaunted women who set out to tight for female suffrage were looked upon as unsexed and unseemly creatures seeking for notoriety at the cost of modesty and womanliness. How time has made heroines of them. Just as it has robbed the waltz of its de- ' pravlty And tights have grown so lame that all the sextets are wearing skirts. While the awfulnesfl of the ballet dancer 1 has become one of the Jokes of the ages. How hideously commonplace all this -ranting is at tilings and custouirt and sins In their newness without waiting for the . frlendl mists of time to enwrap them I or to blot them out as thsj deserve! If the lady must have her smoke she probably will have it. Just us In the past l she has had many silly, harmful things 1 that she 1ms made the fashion Yet sh has cast away her Old errors especially the error of angelhood So we need not fear. If the question of the smoke came to a vote and we bad to choose In Us place, one of the vulgar old vices, the tilted heels the tight corset, the pndded hlp. the chignon of dead hair. 6urely the cigarette would remain! woman ja as the artist drew her, the eternal question. She Is BO Interesting she will always furnish a text, for as far bai b as tne days of the Puritan Priscil-las Priscil-las she was being rated as a witch If she had red hair or a fair fai S NOW she rides astride and plays a fair gam,- f r"1" and the ph sloans howl iiieir duapprovaJ until when they have ceased their din. the truth comes out that the old aide saddle was a mistake from a physiological point of view. She Is criticised for drinking ln public I. tauranb a practice that she would be ostracised for twenty-five year ago, but in 1 1 iiti.s forget that she also exercises several hours of each day In the open air when In the foolish angel days women lolled amid cushions rending three volume vol-ume novel? most of their time and at bummer places never got further than the piazza under a parasol. At the slightest provocation they turned up their toes, beat the carpet with their heels nnd had hysterica. Whatever latter-day sins woman has i' 1 innulatedi it must he admitted they are gnntlemanlj ones, clubby vires that do not interfere wllh the main Issues of life She may drive a four-ln-hand over old conventions but she does it well, with a firm hand on the reins ond no thought of a possible freckle on the now She wants to accsnt the new stle of things and so she overdoes everything a little bit, right now but she Is keeping up with things at all events and avoiding avoid-ing the fuddy-duddy Glance through one of the fashionable restaurants on Sunday r.lght. the one evening of the week once relegated to the quiet life at home, when ih cook had her afternoon off and the family made martyrs of themselves by having a large and gloomy dinner at the unearthly hour of two When evening arrived the women of the family donned kitchen aprons, cooked and Rerved tho eenlng meal and washed the illsheN up, not daring to leave one soiled r plute or pan to confront the goddess of the gas range In the morning How changed the plctun today' Cook gees out as Of yore, with her hat far down oer the tip of her a-splring nose, but the midday dinner has given place to j a normal luncheon In the progressive . home. When 6 o'clock conies Madame is getting get-ting into lie;- Btunnlngest frock, Hubby In j his Tirxedo, and away they go to a reserved re-served table and a dinner de luxe under Sparkling lights, with an admirably bad ; orchestra playing, and other women equally emancipated and glorified Indulging Indulg-ing their right to happiness. Notice th.- tendencj In gowns' Toward the most accent'-d elegance and luxury to the point of extravagance, with alluring transparencies over the neck and arms These lace and chiffon robes cannot be wc i n more than four of Ave times at most without a lslt to the cleaners, after which they have added to their cost and are. nevertheless, relegated to the back hooks of the wn rdr-i .1 'I-.-. Remember how some vears ago the I average womin's best black silk waa her chiefest toilet, with a bit of lace at the ne-k and sleeves bare that makes up the entire costumes of these spl ndld living women of today ? Oh, these poor dead argel6, how sorry wo aro for them in their best black silks' How few women, then, except brldi t and unmarrt d girls, required the regalia of ef?nlng dress In all its entirety and detail, Hs satin slippers and silken hose, shoulder gloves and jewels, crowned by the outer cloak, tho last garment epitomizing epitom-izing the extreme of costly beauty ermine lined, and with apparent miles of billowy lace and rhlfTon, pleated and repleated from neck to heHs! Now oven the moderately circumstanced Woman w ho wishes to accept the ordinary I Invitations that come to her In a winter must have party clothes You go to a j rtndm lereptlon, given bv Daubem, tho artist, far LS yet, ffom fame or fortune, but vou will tlnd the women there all rustling, glittering and distributing sachet odors and spangles over the hardwood floors. Notice above- a!) the wonderful groom- Ing of th modern woman N ikopt angel feathers here1 ohsi rve the sleek, smoo'h skin, thr snlnlng hair deftly waved, the dainty hands, the hint of I Scarlet on thr- lips, the rubbed In blue shadows of the eyes, and realize that I every woman nowadays seeks the prize of this beauty, which Is not a matter "t feature alone. Think of the lines that woman's form I - 1 today Is moulded on In comparison with j the horroiH of the crinoline or the nightmare night-mare of thu Grecian bend. Those were. I the angel flays! Now everything tends from the old sit bv the fire and spin pose tl of the Old Girl. It is as though the wo- i men of today had peered behind a curtain cur-tain and learned a lessor. that the fur- i ther they- could gracefully get from angel- hood tho healthier and the happier thev would be Oh, how beautifully bad we are In this twentieth century! There Is that little habit of swearing I j really a revival, for Cleopatra had her if " en ti e oaths as well as 8hakespeare's Katherlne, who routed her lovers with f qeiilnt temnests of words there are two I or three women ln society today who ac- f I cent their speech so cleverly they have 1 1 made It the fashion, and so itmg as thev I keep It an exclusive fad It will lend them I dii tint tion, r A woman who swears well today gets K the reputation of a wit. At a Washington rc ptlon a girl standing In line approach- 1 ing an old and unpopular but important I hostess voiced h.-r Interest In this wise; "My dear Mrs So-and-So. how Charming Charm-ing you ,ro looking' Have vou been quite I well'" and then, look over her shoulder I at the man behind her. who afterward re- I peati 1 the remark as a bon mot. "Not f that I .are a damn, but one must say something!" Woman swears, then, much as she smoki-s as a matter of emphasis She j di es 11 for the air of deviltry it Imparts. u and gives il an amateur dash that is quite if fascinating It Is BO unlike the real thing For v.i ;n ii 1 1 Is sketchy In her vices, sincere "nl in bridge ;uid then it Is merely card l fever not .'no gambling Instinct She 1 never loses gracefully, nor stays by her. f luck. Truth to tell, though angel good has declined, de-clined, really wicked women are rare. 1 There are no Borglas. no Mother Kro-Cl Kro-Cl irds In this century We are good L-liars, L-liars, perhaps, but not so good as men Jf even at this. When it comes to the dls- simulation bv which man must be en- J I slaved It Is the man who deceives himself nine times out of the ten. Women foozle at the finish Wc are never sincere villains vil-lains Even that fascinating creature 1 Becky Sharp failed ln the end and re- I i psed Into suburban respectability. j The cigarette is the torch by which wo- 1 man lighted her way from the angel I heights to the plains below where the men preferred to play. More than that It will I never be. The husband may choose to flaunt his ! ! Indifference, but the wife can go at him 1 I with her Cigarette and so they meet fair- 1 Iv man tO man ' j hen Amerli SJIS begin to Ignore this j little fad of the lady for the smoke it will I I..?.. Its terrors. In the meanwhile there .! Is no danger that the Sunday-school classes will take to smoking, although the do say that In Russia the girls take cigarettes to church with their prayer books. I it is all part of the great tendency that the girl always displays to approach the tiger man on on even basis-, to reach his 1 level grorefully, without scaring the beast back to the Jungle (,n a run. So she oomes with no flaming sword nor oven a sheaf of lilies over her arm; but 1 rather as the panther might seek to make friends Sht- doestl t wish to surprise him but rather to make him aware that she has left her haio on the shelf, and there ' j Is a hint of a lilt In her step as though ahe walked to Invisible dame music. And wreathed above her are the daintiest dainti-est smoke rings, rising one over tl othi Interlacing. vo'.vlng. tl.- one from thiol thi-ol her. until they form a chain, the Ban old chain as that the old girls used to make on May Day. hoping that youths Would blunder Into the ring j |