WOMAN'S WOBLD.
HOW GIRLS MAY LEARN TO SKATE
- AND WHAT TO WEAR.
Mrla Demand Bio re Pay The Gain of
Year The Pinafore Gowns Game for
. Winter Evening A Town with city
Xothcn A "Louisiana Apron.
The modern girl skater better merits
"the description given her ancestress by
an old chronicler, who writes that she
went "as swiftly as a bird flyeth in the
air. or an arrow out of a crossbow.
The best skate is one that clamps firm
ly on the heel and fits the edges so tightly
it becomes a part of the foot itself. It
should be accurately and perfectly steady
if properly strapped to the foot. Laced
boots for skating are to be preferred to
buttoned, as they permit the freer circu
lation of the blood. The beginner might
advantageous y carry a stick or light pole
in the hand, bnt never is a friend so
much in need as when her trusty hand
forma the mainstay on the treacherous
and unknown slippery surface. .
Bnt make a trial, learn -to balance the
body properly, and with a little confi
dence success will come very soon. It is
wonderful how Boon children learn to
kate. Tiny little bodies, wee bits of
-womanly humanity dart by their elder
Bisters so cautiously feeling their way.
bright fishes of gold and silver as it were.
flitting by some unwieldy body of the
deep. ,
The girl skater in learning ought never
"to look at her feet, should keep the head
ap, advancing the body, her face in the
direction she is going, and the body
slightly inclined forward, according to
the first principle of gravitation, which
an scientific language says, keep the cen
ter of gravity over the base. In skating
all movements should be smooth and
graceful, and an effort made to keep
quite free from jerking and awkward
gestures.
The art of stopping is soon learned.
Slightly bend the knees, bring the heels
together and bear upon them. It may
also be accomplished by turning short to
the right or left, and as you and I know
too often happens to us by sudden con
tact with what acts in place of "terra
firm a" and from no desire on our part to
reach so decided a halt. The best
skaters avoid swinging the arms. They
are also careful to wear a close fitting
'dress, as full and loose clothes catch the
wind and retard progress. A sensible
skater never ventures on thin ice, and
unless perfectly sure that the glassy
rink will bear her weight does not
dream of putting on her skates.
First of all a skating costume needs to
be short, and next it should be simple.
These requirements reached it may be
as pretty as is desired. A very stylish
one is made of Scotch homespun in
warm browns, and is really what might
be called a polonaise costume, as it is all
in one piece. Wrinkled across the front
sufficiently to be graceful, it is yet quite
plain about the lower portion of the
skirt, and is arranged in box plaits in
the back, -so that sufficient fullness is
given to allow absolute freedom of the
body.
I It is double breasted and closed with
large brown buttons, while a high collar
and single revers that extends well
across one side of Alaska sable are its
' only trimming. The sleeves are moder
ately high and easy in their fit, and the
gloves worn are gauntlets of heavy kid
that button far up over the sleeve. The
bat is a Tarn of the same material as the
dress, with a tiny fluffy pompon, like a
Panjandrum's button, just on top of it.
-S7he muff is of Alaska sable to match
the collar. The whole effect is eo good
that one feels quite certain that the girl
who is going to skate herself into the
good graces of somebody will want one
just like it. Ellen Le Garde in Ladies'
.Home Journal.
I Girls Demand More Pay.
For the last five weeks ninety-nine
women have been without work in the
-East End in order to persuade their em
ployers to pay them 2d. an hour, or 9s. a
week. They have not been stirred up by
agitators, for their secretary, Mrs. Hicks,
has had her persuasive powers taxed con
stantly for the last twelve months to
keep them from coming out before their
union was thoroughly organized and a
balance of over 50 to their credit at the
bank. A year ago Miss Clementina
Black was beginning to form women's
unions in the East End, and the girls at
Frost's rope factory in the Commercial
road expressed a willingness to join.
So one night Miss Black and Mrs.
Hicks went to the gates as they opened
to let the girls out from their work, and
""the moment they were seen there was a
rush and a cheer, and that night 130
girls had given in their names, and they
have kept up their payments ever since.
Their wages varied from 7s. Cd. to 10s.
ior niiy-nours, wmcn. meant less than
lfd. for the lowest, and less than ajd. an
hour for the skilled hands, some of whom
had been fifteen years in the factory, and
they determined that no girl should work
among the machinery for less than 2d.
an hour, and that the rest should be
raised proportionately.
They have waited for a favorable op
portunity. Messrs. Frost have intro
duced some valuable new machinery,
meaning, it is declared, a considerable
enlargement to their business, and their
hands have asked for a rise in their
wages. This has been refused, so they
decline to work and appeal to the public
for support. This has been given in the
shape of a warm recommendation from
the London trades council, several hand
some donations from different trades
unions, and generous help from work
ing men through the collecting boxes.
Pall Mali Gazette.
The Gains of a Year.
As the old year goes out we reckon up
its gains. Foremost of all there is the
admission of Wyoming, the first woman
suffrage state; then the majority report
of the judiciary committee of the United
States house of representatives in favor
of a sixteenth amendment. Then there
is the brave canvass in South Dakota.
The battle was lost, as it was at Bunker
HUL but the same ultimate victory
awaits tnoae who fought that good fight.
The MississrnDi constitutional
tion, by its consideration of the suffrage
question, caused it to be discussed all
over cue sontn.
The acitation of thin mhwt fn . fh
Kentucky constitutional convention has
roused the whole state, and many of its
no Dies t women nave brought their best
service to help the state to be just to
women. The Methodist church has car
ried on a woman suffrage campaign for
several months, resulting in a majority
vote for the admission of women as lay
delegates to its hi chest church eonrnril.
Public sentiment in favor of equal rights
is growing steadily all along the line.
Let us thank God and take courage.
Boston Woman's Journal.
' The Pinafore Gown.
One of the latest notions in fashionable
dressmaking is the 'pinafore" gown, for
house or street wear, according to the
materials and trimmings. It is not an
expensive fancy, as only 5J yards of
cashmere are required and 2$ yards of
brocade or velvet, or 1J- yard of ladies'
cloth. Another beauty about the gown
is its air of charming simplicity combined
with style.
The smaller quantity of material forms
the collar, yoke, sleeves and belt, which
is pointed in front and shaped to the
figure to sat down below the waist line.
The sleeves are full over the shoulders,
and the yoke may be in the front only or
be of the same shape in the back. The
bodice opens invisibly down the left
shoulder and under arm seam.
The dress material is cut like a low,
round necked bodice, slightly pointed
on the lower edge, back and front, with
the usual dart fullness held in tiny over
lapping plaits that disappear under the
edge of the shaped belt The arm sizes
of this second j art of the bodice are cut
out sufficiently to show the contrasting
material beneath. An edging of jet,
tinsel, etc., may be used on the neck and
arm sizes if desired.
The skirt has a gathered back and al
most plain front, broken by a few folds
at the top. Street gowns of fine woolen
goods have the yoke and -sleeves of la
dies' cloth. One, of a purplish plum
cashmere, has the second fabric of tan
broadcloth and an edging of fine jet
only half an inch in width. A house
gown of gray Henrietta has the upper
part of pink and gray brocade and the
passementerie of silver. Dry Goods
Economist.
Games for Winter Evenings.
Like many another eood thins? the
prettiest of all the rjarlor snorts thin
son has been taken by the manufacturers
rrom the aays or our grandmothers. This
is "grace hoops, which "befo the wah"
was the great winter amusement. It is
calculated to bring out everything that
is most graceful in a pretty girl's form,
but of late the taste for the sram has
suffered sadly.
That other old time crame. "shuttle
cock and battledore." has also come in
for a yood share of renewed interest, and
a numDer or improvements and varia
tions are offered this year. One of the
best, reauiriner as it does . nnir-Tr u
and live action, and offering the most
delightful opportunities to a graceful
erirl. comes from Franc. Th T.nt-Ucwl
is shaped not unlike a blunderbus. The
Darrei is a Done twelve or fourteen inches
long, and shoots the shuttlecock into the
air by means of a Btroncr Rnrinrr T
catch it properly and gracefully in the
mouth of the battledore requires any
amount of the most invisrrtrntnno- rror.
cise. New York World.
A Town with City Mothers.
Some public spirited women in a win
ter resort in Florida have formed them
selves into a society which they call the
Village Improvement association, and
have assumed the duty of keeping the
streets clean. They employ a man to
pick up every scrap of refuse which lit
ters the pavement or gutter, and, as this
factotum is practically in the employ
and under the authority of every woman
in town, whose vigilance is unceasing,
his work is thoroughly and efficiently ac
complished. At intervals along the pave
ment they have caused to be placed
neatly painted barrels, with a bit of verse
begging the passerby to utilize them bv
tossing into them the bit of paper, cigar
Btump, or fruit skin which would other
wise be thrown down untidily. They
have also organized the rhildren into a
society pledged not to throw any kind of
litter into the public wavs. That town
is a model of Utopian cleanliness, and
suggests the idea that "city mothers" in
stead of fathers might be successful.
.exchange.
A Louisiana Apron.
An apron exhibited bv Mrs. Laura C.
Holmes, and designed and executed by
mrs. a lorence J. Thotnpkms and Miss
Mattie Cooney, took a prize in the Na
tional Apron bazar at Kansas Citv the
other day. The apron was made to rep
resent Louisiana, and very ingeniously
combined six products of the state. The
body of the apron was of raw cotton
batting, with a bunch of sugar cane
painted in the left corner, while in the
right corner rice, glued to the apron, ap
peared to De tumbling from a pocket
made of the red flowering leaf of the
banana tree. Moss outlined the left
edge, and orange peel, cut diamond
shape, was sewed about the bottom and
up the right side. A belt plaited of la
tanye completed this really artistic and
unique specimen of the handiwork of
two New Orleans ladies. New Orleans
ficayune.
Faded Roses for Perfumes.
A new and daintv device fills the tm
with the odor of June gardens at com
paratively small expense even in Janu
ary. It was in a dimly lighted parlor
that I felt stealing over my senses memo
ries of summer time, stray bits of the
flower lore Philip Mars ton reveled in,
all within sound of the roar and rattle of
stone paved, busy, bustling New York.
There were no flowers visible in the
room, but still the faint, delicate breath
of roses permeated the fli-m light and
puzzled as well as delighted me until a
servant came in and threw back the hang
ings, when I discovered close beside ma
an odd little crumpled basket of delicate
china filled to the edge with loose rose
leaves tossed lightly m one upon another.
A single fragrant rose, too' much faded
to be ornamental, will yield more ter
fume in this way than a fresh flower
standing upright in a glass, and all man
ner of little odd shaped dishes are util
ized as receptacles. A braided straw hat
of Dresden china tied up with blue china
ribbons and heaped with the petals of an
American beauty rose is a delight to
sight and smell as well. New York Let
ter.
Enterprise of a Basy Maine Teacher.
A Waldo county (Me.) teacher not yet
out of her teens, besides her school
duties, finds time for considerable out
side work, and it is claimed has distanced
all the farmers in the vicinity in making
money by raising sheep. Out of four
sheep last year she has made $50. Provi
dence favored her a little, for the four
sheep brought forth eight lambs, all of
which lived and were sold at a fair price.
Then she had the four sheep sheared,
carded and spun the wool, and after
school hours knit it all into men's heavy
mittens, for which she found a ready
market. Bangor News.
Oxford and Woman.
The statute providing for the admis
sion of women to medical examinations
at Oxford was rejected by only four
votes. This practically insures its suc
cess in the future, and the opposition will
not be long maintained. The number of
women students in the healing art in
creases almost daily, and their achieve
ments m the profession are constantly
gaining in dignity and importance. A
large hospital for women in Tndnn lata.
ly opened, which is ministered to by wo
men oniy, is crowded te its fullest capac
ity all the time. New York Sun.
A New Fad in. Dinners.
A quite new fad is the progressive din
ner partv. Instead of seatimr all tVio
guests at one table they are divided up
into parties and seated at small tables
around the large central table. Then
very much the same rules which are in
vogue for progressive card parties are
observed. You are rung up at a certain
course and move to another table. This
is all very nice when you are talking to
a stupid neighbor, but not so agreeable
when you are deep in a delightful flirta
tion which is abruptly terminated. New
York Cor. Chicago Herald.
Sorosis in Bombay.
The Bombay branch of the Sorosis
club has increased to 130 members, and
is about to apply for admission into the
federation of clubs. Its members con
gregate to discuss gravely parliamentary
questions, the lives of noted women,
technical training, and other equally se
rious and advanced subjects, in "saree"
of wonderful eastern stuffs, in the most
delicate shades, with borders and fringes
of gold. These Parsee ladies are justly
celebrated for their beautiful jewels and
rich robes. London Letter.
A Princess' Youth.
The Princess of Wales is said to be the
youngest looking woman of her age in
England, and to owe the wonderful pres
ervation of her youth and beauty to her
ability to take a little sleep at her will,
a power which she is able to call to her
assistance even for" a five or ten minute
interval in the rush of her many duties.
She seems like a sister to her three tall
daughters, and a sister but slightly in ad
vance of them in years. London Letter
The Countess Edia, whose beautiful
singing as a prima donna made her the
morganatic wife of the late Prince Fer
dinand of Portugal, was once a poor
and obscure Boston girl named Elise
Hensler. She has adopted Lisbon as her
home, and is adored by the Lisbonese,
among whom she spends in charities al
most the entire income of her fortune of
20,000,000 francs.
A woman's club is about to be opened
in Paris whose system might well be
copied. It is to be exclusively feminine.
Its chief feature is to be the library, in
which no book written by man is to have
a place, and there will be a picture gal
lery on the same lines. The queen of Ron
mania has consented to act as president.
Whatever may be said of Miss Susan B.
Anthony, she cannot at least be charged
with vanity. She is now sitting to a
Boston artist for her first portrait. There
are few women equally conspicuous who
have not sought to preserve their charms
for an admiring posterity by the help of
friendly art.
One immense rose is the fashion nowa
days, and it must be carried like an al
penstock with a yard or two of stem
dangling, or it may be worn high in the
belt so that the rose comes just under the
chin. A bunch is not permissible. It
must be just one rose or none at all.
Mrs. Alice Shaw starts soon on her
whistling tour around the world. Miss
Mabel Stevenson, another well known
"siflleuse," as the whistling star is now
known, has been very ill since her return
from abroad, and has been obliged to
cancel all her engagements.
Mrs. Elizabeth E. Reed, whose new
work on Hindoo literature has attracted
attention, has been invited to give an ad
dress before the American Institute of
Philosophy. Mrs. Reed is a prominent
member of the Illinois Woman's Press
association.
Miles. Diane and Hera Coonians.daugh
ters of the great Josef Coomans who died
about a year ago, have inherited their
father's talent for painting, and have
opened a studio in New York, where they
do wonderful work on Md and gauze for
fans. '
The receipts during the past year of
the northwestern branch of the Woman's
Foreign Missionary society, including
the balance of the year before, were $53,
336; expenditures, $45,270.
Nine hundred and ninety two women
registered at Cheyenne, Wyo., for the
recent elections. Several women rode
twenty-six miles into Cheyenne to vote.
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