WOMAN'S WORLD.
MRS. ' WHITNEY'S .VIEWS ON THE
' SOCIAL CAREER OF ACTRESSES.
Tlmint Chat with Bin. Llpplneott A
Wtmi n tjglmn School Wunn ShoaJd B
Jtaefelteeta Tho Only Womu Corw
aoadoat-Camilla ITrao Barrio.
Mrs. William C. Whitney, the wife of
the ex secretary of the navy, discussed
irody the question regarding the ' social
earner of an actress.
The question is not an easy one to my
tmind to answer, for it depends upon a
-great many conditions. I do not know
at the present time of a single instance
whtiie a fashionable woman has gone on
the stage and has retained her social po
sition. The fact 'is there' are very few
fashionable women who ha ire gone into
professional life, and those few can hard-
ly be cited as good examples. In- every
case these women have taken their choice
set ween their friends in society arid the
people they have met on the stage, and
ia. preferring the latter have lost all con
nection that they had with the friends of
their former life. If a woman who goes
a the stage surrounds herself by a first
class company, and leads a perfectly clean
JUm during her professional career, and
-watinues her friendship for her social
ft-fenda, it is quite likely that she would
retain whatever good position she had
oefore.
I think, however," continued Mrs.
'Whitney, "that pur society, being so
conservative and rather slow, would prob
ably hesitate a long while before opening
its arms to an actress. There is nothing
against the profession, and I know a
great many lovely women who earn their
living by it, but you know there is a gen
eral prejudice against it, and it would be
fcard to overcome it.
-In England the Prince of Wales is the
leader of the social world, and an invita
tion extended by him to any member of
the theatrical profession means, of ccrarae,
. social recognition all around. In this
eon try society is founded upon a differ
ent basia entirely. ; We have no Prince
-mt Wales and no leader to follow, and
therefore there would be no one to settle
nch a question. Of course Mrs. So-and-so
might invite a prominent member of
the profession to dine with her or to one
of her big entertainments, but it would
Ike a question as to whether others would
follow suit.
"No," continued Mrs. Whitney," Amer
ican society is not as lax in some respects
as Bnglish society, for English society
will tolerate a great deal that our society
will not. The sum and substance of the
whole matter is that it is hardly probable
tor many yean to come that the fashion
able world will accept a woman who has
society before entering on her profession
al career, and even then, as I said before,
-it all depends npon : the manner of her
stage life and her stage friends." Phila
delphia Times.
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teaaaat Chat with Hn. LIsoiMtt.
I was greatly interested in listening to
some of Mrs. Lippincotf reminiscences
the other afternoon." j We were talking
ia her pleasant apartment on West
Thirty-fourth street. Mew York. . r She
was showing me a scrap book which her
aaother made of newspaper clippings
about Grace Greenwood. The personali
ties of those days are very amusing to
read now. With their stately language,
their rhetoric, they are entirely different
from the flippant and familiar paragraphs
f today.
"In those days," said Mrs. Lippincott,
"it was an unusual "T'ff for a woman
to write. We were blue I'torkingw then,
flew often did people say to me, 'Well,
y dear, this writing may be amusing
to you; you may enjoy it, but you know
Is will injure your chances of getting a
aasband.' That was the main object of
woman's existence then. I was the first
-woman newspaper correspondent. No, I
not the first woman journalist
Margaret Fuller and Lydia Maria Child
war before me but my Washington
art uupondence inaugurated a new de
parture." Mrs. Ldppmcott intends to make Wash
faigton her home for the future, and
when once settled there to begin to make
soar recollections, which certainly will be
instructive and of great interest. ' The
lady's hair is quite gray. She is stout
and motherly looking. The quaint, old
fashioned portrait of herself ' when : a
young woman shows a lovely face lighted
by great hazel eyes, and many of 'the
carious personalities and poems written
to and about her speak of her. beautiful
bands and arms. Mrs. Lippincott' time
"is almost entirely given over to charitable
work, hunting out the poor and needy
and miniflteong to their wants. Her
daughter, who studied for the stage and
-who was forced to retire from it tempo
rarily on account of ill health, lives with
her. She is a fair girl with a serious and
delicate face. Edith Sessions Tupper in
Chicago Herald.
. Xorwaciaa 8ehol.
Norway boasts several .practical insti
tations in the way of schools, and a little
information about one of these may not
be without interest The schasl in ques
tion is situated at some miles distance
from Chrifltiania, and looks, as one ap-
. proaches it, like an ordinary farmstead,
with dairy, etc The interior is plainly
bat neatly and tastefully arranged. At
present there are six -pupils,: who are
divided into two sections, and every one
of them is occupied in accordance with
- fixed plan.
In the forenoon one section - has the
work in the house, and must do the work
-'both of the mistress and the servants.
They each have a number; number one.
3er two is making the rooms, tidy, and
number three attends to the dairy. The
other section is at the same time engaged
ia weaving, sewing, cutting out, etc
As sections and numbers change every
-week all the girls get the different work
in turn. - -
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then follows some hours' instruction in
TJorwf an. orfh rvrnrtb y. botauY na
ural science, etc. The garden, which ia
always in beautiful order, is also entirely
kept up by the pupils. "
The school is more particularly intend
ed for peasant girls, and each course
lasts a year; the pupils must have com
pleted their eighteenth year before en
tering the school. The pay, including
everything, ' is only fifteen kreutzers
(about $4) a month, and there are two
pupils free. fiimHai. schools will now be
erected in various parts of Norway, at
the instance of the Society for the Wel
fare of Norway. The number of appli
cants has been ten times greater than
the accommodation. New York Ledger.
Fuiif Comforts. 1
They're almost Esquimau "clad these
days, aren't they? these pretty fashion
able women that walk or drive in the
streets with fur ' at the hem of their
clinging gown and long coats or capes
of fur, and with their fair faces peeping
out from their high furry collars, for all
the' world like some wonderful sort of
Jack-in-the-pulpit. There never was
such a season for furs of all kinds, from
the long, silky, white fleece of the An
gora lamb that lines the snowy opera
cloak to the rich pelt of the Beal that
goes into the serviceable street coat.
One would think a very arctic season
were upon the city, women are so clad
about and wrapped to the curls of their
foreheads in the fleece of furs. And you
really think, do you, most short sighted
creatures, that . women are suddenly
finding themselves in danger of sudden
death from cold, and therefore they have
taken to super-wrapping themselves in
skins? Nay, not so.
Women have just discovered that
there is nothing in all the world that
make them look so well as that soft shag
of fur about their necks and framing in
their faces. It softens sharp outlines, it
brings out delicate colorings. ' It fills out
hollows, it subtracts whole geologic
periods from a woman's age. There's
the secret of it all. It isn't a fear of
pneumonia, it isn't a suddenly increased
susceptibility to cold it's because it
makes her look better. And surely that's
reason enough. It is to you, good sir, if
you are any philosopher "of affairs fem
inine." For anything ': that makes a
woman look better makes her feel bet
ter, and anything that makes her feel
better makes her behave better. And
so, you see, you're directly ... the gainer,
areat you? Philadelphia Times.
Womei Should Bo Architects.
There is a great field open to women
as draughtsmen. '. There is no more rea
son why they may not plan houses 'as
well as paint pictures, but as yet there
are few disposed to undertake the work.
Every woman -sees faults in a house she
rents ' or buys, and ' without . doubt if
women planned these abodes there would
be a disposition of space now unknown,
and there would be fewer lamentations
in regard to corner cupboards and bare
wall , space ' It is said that a woman is
tA plan the pavilion to be devoted to
women's work at the World's fair. Un
til this report was circulated nobody
thought there were any women archi
tects, but it turns out that there are
several.
There is a very successful woman ar
chitect in Boston, one' in Newport, and
one in one of the western cities. The
latter belongs to a firm, her husband
being the other partner. She works like
a man, and is the only woman, as yet,
who attends the convention of architects.
There ia an apartment house in Chicago
designed by a woman, and the rooms are
said to-be admirably arranged. - The
pantries are extra commodious, the bath
room contains a linen cupboard, and the
entrance hall a stationary hat rack, and
various other conveniences leave nothing
to be desired. New York Sun.
Tho Oafjr Woman ComtpwduL
Women visitors to the Capitol are al
ways much interested when they per
ceive one of their sex Bitting in the
press gallery, hard at work with pencil
and paper. - There" are many women in
Washington who write for the press, and
some of them earn large incomes too,
but only one has entree to the press gal
lery. This lady, Mrs. Burke, is the
regularly accredited and very industri
ous correspondent of a western paper,
and she take her place among the large
number of newspaper men and manages
to get all the news in which her employ
ers are interested, but the fact is she
meets with no very cordial welcome at
the hands of her fellow workers. The
newspaper correspondents here have al
ways been opposed to letting women into
the gallery, and while they couldn't keep
Mrs. Burke out under the rule, they
managed to exclude her name from the
list of correspondents printed in the con
gressional directory. Washington Cor.
Augusta Chronicle.
Camilla Crao Harris. .
.'Miss Camilla Urso Harris, oldest
daughter of 'Joel Chandler Harris,, the
Atlanta humorist, is about to go to Italy,
to pursue the study of art. She is now
20 years of age, and is a girl of remarka
ble beauty and talent. She paints with
wondrous skill, and her gift at sculpture
is equally amazing. One of the "figures
executed by her when only 15 years old.
has just been '- presented to tfcs Atlanta
Historical society; it represents Uncle
Remus, the character her father has so
delightfully delineated. Miss Harris
leaves unfinished a battle scene an epi
sode of the march to the sea which
Gen. Sherman pronounces a masterpiece
already; this work will not be completed
until the artist has finished her course of
study under Signor Marchesini at Flor
ence. Chicago News.
What to Do Before the Plumber Comes.
To find the water pipes leaking, frozen,
or perhaps burst, is no rare occurrence
during the winter in the modern much
plumbed houses. Nothing more thor
oughly demoralizes' the domes tie ma
chinery than such unlucky happenings.
Floors are wet, ceilings leak, the water
is shut off and the whole household is at a
standstill, waiting for that vexatious
wili-o'-the-wisp, the plumber. When
ever the leak is visible the housewife can
Sbat eff the water first, and then spread
some white lead on a cloth, like a plaster.
Tie this firmly over the leak, and the
plaster will soon harden, for the water
cannot work its way out or; prevent the
plaster adhering. . . :- ;
Unless the plumber will make thor
ough: repairs when he does come, the
lead plaster is more permanent than any
puttied joint ' or - weak solder. . Let. a
pound of white lead stand a day or two
until a skin has formed over it, and then
cover it with water. It will be soft and
ready for use at any time, and the house
wife can -'snap her fingers at the plumb
er's ways," to paraphrase Sir . Joseph
Porter, as beet suits a- .frosty morning.
Strips of rubber cut . front old rubber
shoes and bound tightly ."over the leaks
in hot water1 pipes' will -close the-holes:
and stop the dripping flood. , .. f 1.. .
. When the water freezes in the traps of
the bathroom or the kitchen sink, a quart
of common bait thrown into ' them . will,
thaw them 'out more rapidly than: hot
water! A lighted lamp placed under a
frozen-water pipe is more rapid and con
venient in its work than' pouring on hot
water. A lamp, the flame partly lower
ed, -placed under' an" exposed bend -or
length of pipe which is liable to freeze
is a simple preventive of trouble in bit
ter weather. Harper's Bazar.. -
afisa Otis' Dolls. . .
Miss Elita Proctor Otis, ' the youthful
proprietor of The Saturday Review, who
is now in Paris with her mother, has a
curious and novel fad for dolls. When
she lived at the Chelsea, New York city,
a whole room in her apartment was de
voted to them..- Little dolls and big dolls,
old dolls and young dolls, dolls of high
and of low degree, and dolls of color in
short, every variety, of dolls known to
the rising and the risen generation, could
be found there. For many months they
have been stored away in large trunks,
but will soon be resurrected and their
ranks re-enforced by dainty marvels of
Parisian manufacture, as Miss Otis in
tends to sail for New York this month.
Epoch. . . : .. ... . .
"' Nw Tork'l Latent Women's Clnfc. " '
" Some of the most aggressive members
of the Women's' University club are' a
bit troubled that it should have taken a
name apparently in imitation of a mas
culine organization long in existence.
The club has modest quarters in Barnard
college,' the Columbia- annex, ' and ' its
membership includes resident graduates
of Vassar. Smith, Wellesley, Ann Arbor,
Cornell and other colleges where women
are educated.' The club takes a deep in
terest in the college settlement of young
women down in . Bivington street. ' Of
course a club house is one of the proba
bilities of the early future. New York
stMi, i ' ,:; "' V";
;' i-; A- . Annt Hartley.- : Vi'Soi:
Living in Washington in the home
founded by W. W. Corcoran for elderly
women of couthera. birth is Miss Graham,
better known as "Aunt Hartley.'? She
has' the reputation of being ' one ' of the
late Georpe Bancroft's especial - friends,
and few pleasant days passed without
their meeting. Miss Graham L a charm
ing talker, and enjoys relating incidents
of her grand uncle, Mark Catesby; the
noted naturalist of the Eighteenth eent
nryj' She has the friendship -of many
Washington celebrities, and correspond
with Mrs. Jefferson Davis. Exchange.
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: " ' 'T0 Miss Captain Clajt'-'J '
' ' Miss Minnie T. Clay , a recent student
at Abbott academy,' Andoverj has 're
ceived an appointment as captain of a
fcteam vessel-on -Sebago lake, Maine. She
has studied navigation and passed a suc
cessful examination as pilot and naviga
tor; and, although she is the first lady to
receive such an appointment in Maine,
she is considered 'well qualified-for her
position. " The steamer of "which she is
captain is owned by her father. New
York Ledger. ;i -"''" ,t?--
s .The refreshments served at afternoon
teas, that popular mode of . entertaining,
are of thr most simple kind., Bread and
butter sandwiches of thinly sliced crust
less bread, brown and white, wafers or
tea biscuit; may any one of them be of
fered with a cup of tea, and for more
formal occasions, pound cake or any solid
cake, chocolate and coffee may be added.
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7. Krhroa . Abbott wears in her coffin a
part of the handsome veil she used to
wear in her performances of Juliet.
This veil she bought in Paris, ; and she
was wont to call it hermaecot, because
fortune favored her from the moment it
came into her possession. , At her death
half of it was cut up. into souvenirs for
the members of her troupe. ,. ; :i. .
r" : ' ; .,'' .'.',;
' The widow of the late Vice President
Hendricks will read a paper before the
National Council of Women, to meet in
Washington on the 22d of February. The
beautiful thought that a man and his
wife are one receives conclusive demon
stration through the public interest that
always follows the widow of a prominent
Mrs. Kichard A. Proctor, the astrono
mer's widow, proposes to perpetuate her
husband's name by building an observa
tory on Mission heights, at San Diego,
Cat It is estimated that the' building,
with the telescope, will cost about $25,
000, and the bulk of this sum Mrs. Proc
tor hopes to raise by lecturing. ;
.. The" university at Geneva has justmado
an M. of the young Polish Countess
Wanda von Szcawinska. Her graduation
thesis was a remarkably learned paper
concerning the eyes of crustaceous ani
mals and the effect of light and darkness
upon them. The Countess Wanda will
practice in Poland. . . .
. The famous Ida Lewis, the Grace Dar
ling of the United States, has received
an invitation to go upon the stage as the
heroine in a life saving scene, before
which her Puritanical soul recoiled. She
still lives at the Newport lighthouse.
As a rule women are better conversa
tionalists than men, being endowed witb
a readier talent for repartee, a quicker
wit and a keener intuition of the fitnest
of tMTq.
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