Show Frenchman’s Idea of the Lives Led by Women of America ' i(iiArij'iArLi'riJVjxjrLrijxiijxrLriri P HILADELPHIA — The Ledger of this city publishes the conclusions of Marc Debrol’B study of the rich young woman of America recently appearing in the 'Nouvelle Revue of Paris Mr Debrol traveled much in this country studying his subject at close range and even the women themselves will find the young expressions of his convictions interesting to say the least AMERICAN GIRLS THEIR MISSION By Marc Debrol There seems to be no visible difference between the young girl and the young married woman they wear very much the same gowns the same Jewels and behave in about the same Way There is no such thing 'as an ingenue any more The American woman feels no obligation to watch over her home her enormous fortune makes it unnecessary from her point of view She is not a natural housekeeper and has no love for pursuits that oblige her to keep still like delicate needlework and fine embroideries She prefers sports and active amusements that take her out of doors She may sing about her "Home Sweet Home” but she is quite willing to get away from it A great many prefer £o live in hotels rather than to be bothered with the care of a house responsibility seems to frighten them They watch over their children’s education after a certain fashion but they dread the coming of a child and look upon it as an impediment They have no vocation for maternity in fact they fear its sufferings its pains and its duties A convincing proof of this was published recently in one of the American newspapers In one of the large apartment houses in New York arranged to accommodate a number tenants of 175 families were installed and these 175 families had 20 children all told figures that are more than words! These rich eloquent borhood her cottage at Newport her $400 gowns her jewels of the best and her trips to Europe in short to surround her with the luxury that she requires And what does she give in exchange? Her beauty and what is of even greater importance her reputation as a woman of the world Conjugal life becomes in this way a separate existence in which each one goes his own way the wife to her social obligations and the husband to his business affairs He lives in one part of town and transacts his busl neBS in' another and it sometimes takes an hour to go from his house to his office He leaves home in the returns morning and only at night having lunched at his club or in some restaurant downtown Young women seldom venture very into this part of "downtown” and many wives have never been in their husbands’ offices indeed they know but little about their affairs The things that absorb the man’s life are of no Interest to the woman she asks no questions as to where the money comes from that is given to her provided only that she gets enough of it Her Life a Busy One woman’i existence or to bind her to a hearthstone that is very often only "The facility of divorce is temporary a menace to our country" said Mrs Taft the wife of the president of the Unlte'd States recently “It is an evil that is increasing Insteading of growing less When a nation is suffering from a laxity of morals and family bonds can be broken for a hasty a greater danger threatword ens such a nation than can arise from any war with the outside world” In truth the wife cannot attach herself solely and absolutely to a hearth that Bhe may turn her back on if such be her good pleasure Social questions fail to arouse her enthusiasm or at least they only interest her as an amateur since she has no need to struggle on her own account Woman in the United StateB occupies a more privileged position in the eyes of the law than anywhere else In the world Schools universities women’s work clubs associations for relief and charity all are classified and organized officially It is useless to be made a “lady patroness” and go about visiting the poor who can be much more directly and effectively relieved through special bureaus One field alone is left open for the rich woman as an outlet for her mental and moral energy and that is society She brings to it all her ardor her ambition and her active and undivided individuality Search for Happiness A spoiled child of destiny she cries for more and is ready to admit mira-- does it money that clothes and adorns Yes and magnifies everything” money does it but it is not money alone it has to be coined into training into education and intelligence and it is the young American women who have accomplished this miracle who by the side of the man who is the and nothing else have acquired grace elegance and the manners of polite society and who with the dollars put into their hands have assisted at the birth of arts and letters and the establishment of social life And that was certainly an admirable and noble task 8ees Much Promise In Future American women may lack the delicacy of touch that comes only from experience they may still have somewhere about them a little of the roughness of a new race they may be more sensual than sensitive more passionate than tendqr more selfish than devoted more superficial than profound but— they are also stronger more vigorous younger in the true meaning of the word They must have time to learn to control their instincts to bow before eonventlohs and yield to compromise they must have time to "abdicate” themselves into unison with the old ways that are indulgent just because they have lasted so long But it is easy to foresee their rapid evolution women these have nerves they will have ' learned to weep they “adapt” themselves but very soon they will begin to originate at present they are brilliant but in the time During this daily absence of her husband the wife entertains her intimate friends at luncheon in some restaurant or takes them with her to teas and matinees She leads a busy life as a member of society Descended from Immigrant ancestors she is tremendously attached to the country her forefathers have built up but she is conscious at the same time of her affiliations with the nations of Europe She is a most patriotic Yankee but is also a cosmopolitan Her very independence makes her unstable and very changeable As she has not been educated in any traditions and is not held to any inherited line of conduct by acquired habit or prejudice she is what she makes herself She develops freely like a young tree that has never been The daughter of a vigorous pruned race she has an astonishing vitality HOW TO IRON SEAMS IN SILK Hints for Home Dressmaker Who Engaged In Pressing New Blouses li The making of a silk blouse is rendered all the more difficult where the Lome dressmaker Is concerned by the fact that the seam to lie flat must be Ironed while a hot iron is only too apt to mark the silk Indelibly By far the best course to pursue is that of passing the same in turn oven the upturned edge of a warm iron the latter being wedged firmly by the simple method of catching It sedrawer or becurely in a tween a chair back and the table unless some one is at hand to hold it in the reverse position With both hands the seam should be pulled taut and slowly passed over the iron care being taken to avoid touching more than the seam with the point or the side and thereby marking the material underneath PREPARING THE GLACE NUTS Explicit Directions That Will Result In Perfection of This Delicate Confection Glace nuts require two cupfuls of sugar one cupful of boiling water and of a teaspoonful of cream of tartar Put the ingred tents in a smooth saucepan stir place on a range and heat to' boiling point Boil without stirring until the 6yr1ip begins to discolor which is 310 degrees Fahrenheit Wash off the sugar which adheres to the sides of the saucepan as in making fondant Remove the saucepan from the fire and place in a large pan of cold water to instantly Remove from the cold stop boiling water and place in a saucepan of hot water during dripping Take the nuts separately on a long pin dip in syrup to cover remove from syrup and place on oiled paper — Woman’s Home Com panion Tomato Kromeskies Beat lightly the yelk of one egg add three tablespoonfuls of cold water a cup of sifted flour and Stir in teaspoonful of salt one teaspoonful of melted butter then beat until the batter is smooth and bubbly Stir in lightly the stiffly beaten white of the egg then set away in a cool place for several hours Choose ten tomatoes which are firm and as small as possible Scald and peel them Have ready some grated cheese seasoned using for each cupful of the cheese a quarter of a teaspoonful of salt onethird of a teaof a spoonful of paprika a teaspoonful of ground mustard small pinch each of thyme and ground cloves Roll each tomato In the prepared cheese until thickly coated let stand for about 15 minutes then dip carefully In the batter already prepared and plunge into smoking hot fat Fry a golden brown drain and serve garnished with parsley Cream Scones Take two cupfuls of flour four teaspoonfuls of baking powder two of sugar four tablespoonfuls ‘Df butter cupful of milk or Mix and sift dry cream materials and (flour baking powder sugar salt) Cut in the butter with a knife add the eggs well beaten and milk Put on a floured board and roll to ' of an inch in thickness Cut in squares Brush whites of egg an them and then sprinkle with sugar Bake in a hot oven over 15 minutes You wiil find that these aro quite dainty and delicious THE THE young women have taken vows quite different from those of “guardians of the hearthstone” They have married men who are prominent in the world of affairs and their business is to the fortunes that their husspend bands are piling up day by day with s much eclat as possible This in a way their mission in' society Adepts In Spending Money "She would make an admirable wife for a millionaire” has been said of many a charming and beautiful In this case out poor young girl The women are ’ichesse oblige partners who bring their brilliance their elegance and their social relations into an association in which the other partner supplies the money In such a union each one has a certain part to play the one must know how to make money but the other must have the art of spending it and the American woman is past mistress in this art The husband works to give th wife her house in a good neigh- - IDEAL an excess of energy and will power as it were but fortune and the conditions of actual existence free her from all necessity of employing her resources to any good purpose She does not have to earn her daily bread nor struggle to take care of herself The law protects her But in addition to its physical vigor the American race possesses an astonishing intellectual energy The men expend this force in the intense effort that directs all their labor in one channel to one end— mogey making The rich American woman has not this resource she has no occupation and there is consequently a great disparity between her natural abilities and the use she makes of them The Evil of Divorce As we have said she has little by little discarded the normal and traditional duties of her sex commencing with the idea of duty to the family In pomt of fact the family in this country has not sufficient prestige or unity to become the main object of a cles If only Chance will work some in her favor It is “to feel herself alive” that she marries on a moment’s impulse elopes flirts divorces her husband and takes up with the weirdest religions She wants to be happy and not knowing how to create happiness from her duties and through her affections she seeks it in the outer world The American woman is complete in herself her will is absolute and inflexible her personality unchangeable and necessarily selfish Extremely feminine in her movement and charm civilized externally to the utmost of refinement in all that conpoint cerns physical well being luxury and pleasure tne same delicacy of feelto her ing has not yet penetrated soul Her skin has become sensitized before her heart Just as the rain wets the surface but takes a long time to soak into the hidden springs The daughters of social "newcomers” perhaps the children of working people they have had to pass alone through the stage that 'separates the lower from the upper classes “In the second generation with us the type is modified” said a New York woman “the hands are less coarse the manners have changed and the grandchildren of a workman are already gentleman It is the money that Chili Sauce One peck ripe tomatoes one quarter peck of onions four rtd peppers one stalk of celery chop all these One quart of vinegar one cupful of cupful of salt one sugar REAL teaspoonful of celery seed cue teaspoonful of red pepper whole cloves tied in a rag to come they will appeal more to cinnamon and Boil slowly two the feelings To this brilliance which and boil In vinegar f hours and is universally acknowledged they will add the warmth of sensibilities Breakfast Hash patiently acquired and ripened by adChop well but not fine as for sausage versity cold beef either roast Is such an evolution to be desired? any boiled or steak and twice the quan-- f However that may be their role is Add a tity of cold boiled potatoes an enviable one and their mission a whole or part of an onion according Mix all well high one They have brought a love to t3ste chopped fine of beauty into this eminently prac- In Ihe chopping bowl Put in skillet tical 'etuntry and against the back- with tablespoonful of beef drippings ground of their unlovely towns they add water enough to nearly cover season well with salt and pepper project their picturesque turnouts their alluring silhouettes the rustling cover and cook half an hour stirring to of their skirts and the ringing chimes occasionally to prevent sticking A of their laughter They make a bottom of skillet or burning Yankee dish “show” while the men get the mney Like skillful envoys they go over to Baked Cabbage ' Europe and bind yet closer the ties To bake cabbage so that even its between the two continents creating a Constant interchange between them' enemies will tolerate it first cook it through their desire to learn and to tender in salted water changing the fill their minds with impressions of water three times Then chop It put beauty that can be transplanted to it into a buttered baking dish turn their "beloved America” to embroider a cupful of white sauce mixed with new stars on her flag to plant flow- grated cheese over It cover the top with buttered bread crumbs and bake ers on the terraces of ’their buildings in short to carry back to until the top is brown their own country that of which it Potato Help stands most in need of— a little beauAfter preparing potatoes for baking ty a little flexibility and a little ideality And for this they deserve welj rub them with bacon fat and they will bake in half the time of their country ' |