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Show Woman's World. ZZZ Specially Prepared tor Our Feminine Readers. HEW EVE 10 OLD ADAM. I charge thee, Love, set not my aim too low; If thro' the cycling ages I have been -i. Partner in thy Ipnorance and t-in, Po thro" the centuries that ebb and flow 1 must, with thee, God's secrets seek to know, ' Whate'er the conflict 1 will help to win Our conquest over foes without with-in- And where thou Roust, beloved, I will go. Set no dividing line between the twain Whose aim and end are manifestly one; Whate'er my loss it cannot be thy gain Wedded the light and heat that make Lite's nun; Not thine the glory and not mine the shame. We build the world together in one Name. Annie L. Muzzey in Harper's Magazine. ! FASHION" HINTS. , Attractive Dresses For Young Brides Stocks in Department Stores. Rich "white satin, trimmed with rare ) lace, continues the leading: material ' for wedding- gowns, but is closely ri- I valed by satin finished crepe de chine, which, in best quality, is quite as ex- J P rsive as the first-named fabric. Some v ry attractive dresses ordered by ! . young brides aVe of chiffon over silk or satin, and a few bridal dresses. arc j entirely in chiffon. In making, there of course, much attention given to ; Individual peculiarities, and in view i t of the present fancy for close-fitting S outlines, princess styles are in con- i !cerable vogue. Not unfrequently there is a lace yoke in front and keves, though oftenest long, are af-5 af-5 fi-fted by the present partiality for un- drsleeves and may reach only to the flhows. with undersleeves that may be rcmovabe at pleasure. Trains are quite long or medium and either round or square. Flowers most used are orange buds o- blossoms, but for variety's sake, jasmine jas-mine is sometimes chosen. For bridesmaids, brides-maids, orchids, hawthorn, violets, roses j or jasemine are in favor, and in the ' way of material for gowns, monsseline e poie. chiffon., net or crepe de chine are popular, and maids' outfits in gen- ora' are very fanciful, yet In view of presumed youth, both material and . ; trimming, aJthough fine In quality, are free from the richness that is unsuit- ! able to the springtime of life, j Furs are of great importance this ; sr-nson, because, of course, not only the handsomest possible for outdoor ; , coverings, but from the fact that they . come first in garniture and combina tions. One of Salt Lake's lead-; lead-; ' . 3n and representative displays as sures such fact, and among its choicest offerings are shown de-; de-; lightful Etons, tight fitting, with I Juno front, a high collar, rounded ! at the corners, and revers of contrast- ! in? fur. Another tyle is longer, with a j point at the back and likewise with . j Juno front. In Persian lamb, seal, ot- 1 ; ter .or broad tail, these stylish gar- . t mcnts are being rapidly purchased by ity belles. Change is given by three- quarter or very long coats in seal, otter : r Persian Iamb, but with larger de- ; mand for three-quarter than the last s mentioned garments, because less ex- pensive. ; Long boas in fluffy furs are still very fashionable, and the favorite furs for these accessories are black or brown J bear, Alaska sable, stone marten or black or colored lynx. Small furs, how-I how-I ever, are preferred by some wearers to fluffy boas, because more easily managed, man-aged, and here is found variety as to , price and style that can suit everyone, since they begin at $10 and go up ac- cording to the kind of fur, size and finish. Chiefly in collarette shape, they ! are made in mink, Hudson Bay or ' Alaska sable, Persian lamb, seal, baby lamb, chinchilla or ermine for evening. I Capes have not passed away and are : seen in mink. Hudson Bay or Alaska sable, the most elegant being in Hud- "S f son Bay sable, with tails. Evening j ' ' ' capes for the opera are in ermine, and I ' young girls wear for the opera capes I ' of Thibet fur in pretty grayish shades, t Cloth capes lined with sauirrel fur are i t") be worn by conservative buyers and f are both genteel and comfortable. ; s Muffs are large and in box shape. ; Independent skirts for all occasions ' are now an important part in the ' stocks of all department stores. Dressy examples are in taffeta silk, chiefly black, because showing off to most advantage ad-vantage the light or gay colored waists j worn with them, and while these and ' all other dressy skirts are made long and with sweeping effect, the regular walking skirt in wool and well clear-; clear-; ing the ground is in a continually in- ' reasing demand. In skirt bindings, I the S. H. & M. corduroy or velveteen i bindings continue to lead, and is especially es-pecially valuable because protecting the material that is otherwise apt to wear objectionably, and experience also proves that its smooth surface is a grtat protection to the shoes as well. A pretty evening dress for. dances can be made in fancy vhiffon or broche mouRseline. P.oth show figures in love- ; ly allover patterns and every variety of color. Black net in fancy patterns over colored taffeta silk is pretty, and 1here are chenille dotted moussselines and spangled nets. HANDY WOMEN. Those "With Facility to Make Most of . , Their Opportunities. "Providence ought to have so ar-' ar-' ; ranged that every woman should be born with a silver spoon in her mouth," ! remarked a male acquaintance of mine, j Many a woman suddenly thrown on her ' resources, unequipped with profession i or trade to do battle with the world, f nd groping her way with uncertain, v timid feet, has probably vaguely felt that such a provision would have been only justice on the part of Providence which manufactured woman on too frail a plan to endure hard knocks and rebuffs. -t Women have, however, a certain fa- I - cilily for making the most of their op portunities which carries them over many rough places. They take up new occupations and new modes of life with greater ease than do men. Their imaginations im-aginations are most active, and they have ingenuity which prompts them to enter upon occupations at which the average man would scoff as absurd and 'f ' doomed to fai!u?e. I have in mind several women with bright minds who have succeeded along odd lines of work. ; One young woman with no practical ; business education fell into the work of writing advertisements. She had a ; way of saying bright, pithy things, and was famous among her acquaintances i for the interesting letters she wrote, i "You ought to be employed as a com poser of advertisements," said a man to her half in fun.. This put an idea ; into her fertile brain which she devel- . ' open and carried out, till at the pres ent time she is employed at a salarv to i e write the advertisements for a firm who are noted for their "catchv" ad ' . S- So many people living in the city are dependent for their fare upon restaurants restau-rants and boarding houses, of which . i thev Set deadly sick and complain bit- i terly. that a young widow with a knack for good, plain cooking hit upon ! P'an for turning this to account and increasing her very slender income Tn district all about the apartment I ; house where she lived was largely made f - f "P of non-housekeeping suites and i 1 furnished-room houses, tenanted fe- . ' " ' ' -v ' V students and business peole. In a few places she had acquaintances who eagerly grasped the chance to get up "spreads" of home cooking. These- told of their good fortune to others, and so famous became her ability to turn out delicious roast chickens, which she had delivered hot at any hour ordered, that It was not long before that one line of cooking paid her exceedingly well. Baked beans and brown bread, mince and squash pies were also staple articles arti-cles which she sold in considerable quantities, as well as many other dishes which she made to order. Of course the secret of her success lay in the fact that her cooking was always exactly right, and possessed that delicious de-licious flavor which makes one feel that cooks are born and not made. Marie PJdeau in Boston Republic. SCHOOL FOR HUSBANDS. Dorothy Dix Talks About One Alonff With School For Wives. (Copyright. 1901. by W. R. Hearst.) A school for wives has been started in England, in which it is proposed to not only teach the pupils all the arts of housewifery, but the secret of retaining re-taining a husband's" love. Only gilt-edged articles will be turned out, and a blue-ribboned diploma from this noble Institution will be a guarantee guaran-tee that the holder thereof is a household house-hold angel, destined to bless any man lucky enough to get her. This is a move in the right direction. Ignorance is the bane of matrimony. It is sadly true that domestic experience comes at the wrong end of life, and by the time we acquire a working capital cap-ital of it, it is too late to use it. Before a girl has learned to keep house or manage a husband she has generally killed him with dyspepsia, or lost his affection, and has no use for her hardly acquired knowledge. So the advantage of marrying a woman who knows her business and is a trained professional, so to speak, instead of a half-baked amateur, is too obvious to need insisting upon. But why should such a good thing as I a school for matrimony be a feminine monopoly? Just as many men marry as women, and there is just as wide a field for missionary effort among prospective pros-pective benedicts as there is among prospective brides. As it is, a man's sole idea of fitting himself to be a good husband is to make enough money to pay his wife's bills.' We all know that the American man is so much the best thing going in the husband line that to mention his faults is almost like looking a gift horse in the mouth, but even he is better for a little training and teaching. It is this that makes men who have been married preferred risks in matrimony. matri-mony. They have been through the school of experience and the woman who marries an American widower may rest assured that she is getting ; the nearest earthly approach to unparalleled unparal-leled perfection In a husband. Unfortunately, the number of widowers widow-ers is not enough to go around, and it is in supplying a satisfactory substitute that the school for husbands will get in its philanthropic and beneficent work, for the average husband's faults are the result of ignorance and not of intention. in-tention. The Lady Who Jilted Lord Xitchener. A London correspondent of an American Amer-ican paper has a strange story to tell of Lord Kitchener and of Lady Helen Stewart, whom, rumor says, he hoped to make his wife on his return from South Africa. The lady in question is now engaged to Lord Ilchester. The most astonishing thing about this affair, af-fair, says the correspondent, is the way in which it was brought about. It was the result of a visit made by Lady Helen Stewart to Paris, where a" copy of that remarkable publication, "Le Rire," accidentally came under her notice. no-tice. It was the special edition devoted to alleged atrocities of the British army ar-my under Lord Kitchener in Africa that she saw. It had been suppressed by the FrencTi police, but copies are easily obtainable, and many have even been sent to England and other countries. coun-tries. The cartoons are by the celebrated cele-brated Jean Veber, who has made himself him-self famous by dreadfully gruesome pictures. One cartoon shows General Kitchener as a vast and hideous toad gorged with blood and seated on a pile of corpses. Most of the pictures deal with the ill-treatment ill-treatment and starvation of the Boer women and children in the concentration concentra-tion camps maintained in South Africa, Afri-ca, and these things, if the correspondent corre-spondent is to be believed, caused the young lady to exercise a woman's privilege priv-ilege and change her mind. |
