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FRIVOLOUS SUMMER GIRLS.
MY HER BOA SHALL YOU KNOW
HER.
It la u Ninny FfH Long ns the Wo
man Who W>an It and Heaehes
the Top of Her Head—Soft Scarfs
Hall Conceal the Barr—-Neclt*
Which Now Prevail—Blaclt and
White Hole the Honr'a Fancies.
Corely Chenille Coming Back Into
Favor.
New York, June 28.—1n these days ol
fluffy neck fixings, sashes and ecarf
ends, no woman need be at a loss tor a
srrart toilette. For If she has only one
gown, and that a Simplish pompadour
silk, a black canvas or a tobacco brown
lain©—ali popular materials of the hour—
a bunchy, gauzy collet of tulle Intermin
gled with artificial flowers, poppies, noses
or violets, will make the plain frock out
shine Solomon and ills glory.
On the other hand. If the one costume
is too fine for the occasion, or in a color
too startling for the wide eye of day, a
collet of black net and velvet ribbon will
add Just the touch of sobriety needed.
The ultmiate result all depends on the
choice of the neck ruche. It must fit the
ease, as it were, be sharply contrasting
A FEW OF THE OMNIPRESENT BOA9L
or else blend graciously in color with
the rest of the toilette, end it were better
yoiu had never known such things existed
than to wear some pitiful piece of this
finery after *ts pristine freshness has de
parted. To fulfill Its mission, which Is
that of glorification, a collet should pre
sent always the appearance of immaculate
freshness. Otherwise it seems bitterly
ageing, as If the wearer as well as her
boa had too long breasted the storms of
llfeo.
Womra May Make Their Own Boas,
A hatch of summer collets here pictured
will provide excellent hints for the wo
man who cannot afford the expensve shop
novelties—for these neck ruffles are
frightfully dear In the shops—and since
their mechanism 1s of the simplest, a fair
knowledge of how to baste and box or
triple plea is all the handicraft necessary
for their construction. Black and white
chiffon, French lace, tulle with raw
edges, silk muslin and point d'esprit are
the chief materials employed in this di
rection.
Edges are outlined with narrow velvet
or satin ribbon, or if lace ts used here
the long scarf ends to the throat ruffle
will sometimes be striped or barred with
tiny ruches of It. producing an effect of
richness that would glorify any frock.
However, the most delightful of these
collets, are daintily simple.
One of white brussels net with tucked
scarf ends flouncing out some five Inches
at the bottom—where the tucking stops,
you know—depends entirely on black
stitching for ornament. This outlines In
nine rows the inch-wide hem of the ruffle
and that of the ends, which In the ap
proved fashion fall below the knees. An
other very smart collet seen in a Fifth
avenue shop was of scarlet tulle, with
edges of ruffle and ends left raw, the
Utter folded In long, loose pleats, and
oomftig almost to the feet. The ruche
part otf this was In Itself a creation. It
wee much wider at the back than front
and. doubled to stand out like some im
mense. strange caterpillar. Only a lit
tle more than the crown of the head
could be seen over It from the rear.
"Ob. yes." said the dazzling creature
Who seas showing off this bewildering,
but simple confection, "it Is from Paris,
of course. But only Frenchwomen know
the value of chic simplicity, so American
ladles think my beautiful boa expensive
because it has no trimming. See how
he crossed the waier!" And she showed
“a proper boa box." a pasteboard coffln
of almost human length, with tissue pa
per Inner walls and a curve at one end to
accommodate the caterpillar, and certain
ly ISS did not appear dear after this, for
It was a mansion spacious enough for
the very queen of collets. It seemed a
potent reminder of how carefully the
fragile treasure needs to be kept, for
exposure on one damp day would mean
its finish.
Pretty Shoulder Cape* and Scurfs.
For young matron* the fashion mon
gers are displaying Jut now some short
•boulder capes with the same ends and
throat ruffle as ihe boes. and which, when
made of black French lace or taffeta with
not frill*, seem delightful additions to a
light toilette.
Many sorts of scarf* are seen, those of
painted Liberty silk being much used out
of town <i eventng mufflers, and some,
times with a garden party or summer
hotel evening frock there will be a long
affair of soft mull, made to tit about tha
ahouldera with a graceful quaiirttne** A
dainty anarf of this aort Is mad* to wear
with a garden party frock of tuckid whit*
taffeta and black dotted Swiss The #erf
trooper la of the plain galas with dottel
ruffles, and the note of black Is furthar
repeat ad In a heading to the skirt flounce,
• girdle and tie k band of late In clover
**f applique*
"" hacked Stresses Very Popular.
HP‘ 4 ,vv *• aef i/yV,k*. tl>* *4. .
i* a feature of many of the French
frocks in airy midsummer textiles, and
for a round, young throat, nothing could
be prettier, but alas, for those Which are
long and thin! Parlsiennes even wear the
stockless bodice shopping, it seems, but
here the few seen about hotel corridors,
en voiture, and on summer-garden roofs,
are generally accompanied by the partial
ly shrouding boa or scarf, which only
slips away long enough to tantalize mas
culine eyes. We must be modest In town,
but for country use, where gloves arc
not thought of and hare heads go every
where, the low throated bodice is perfect
ly admissible.
Chenille a Desirable Garniture.
A gown of dead white wool canvas over
taffeta, shown elsewhere, demonstrates
another of the black and white combina
tions now so popular. Here the old time
chenille cord Is used for the sombre notes
in a rich floral passementerie and shoul
der knot, and a black taffeta dust ruffle,
sewed at the Inside of the outer skirt
hem, not only protects its perishable
whiteness at this point, but gives a styl-j
ish under shadowing in movement. The
shaping of the neck of the bodice per
mits this costume being turned at a mo
ment's notice into quite a splendid even
ing affair. The guimpe of white tulle with
circular puffings, held down by smaller
chenille than Is used elsewhere, is fast
ened to an under bodice. So by simply
leaving this off and removing the long,
silk gloves—silk gloves are a deal more
chic than suede this season—a low waist
and elbow sleeves are revealed
Some thirty years ago chenille was the
delight If the fashion fairies and of our
mothers and grandmothers, and It is cer
tainly a garniture too becoming to be left
any longer on the shelf of departed modes.
But as yet It Is only seen on lmuorted
gowns of the haute non scan to families,
and even then 1t is generally moet sparse
ly employed and always In black.
Mary I>ean.
Bonks Brought to the Poor.
From Municipal Journal and Engineer.
Home delivery of library books, as an
experiment, is now being tried in Spring
field, Mass. It is said to be the first time
such a scheme has been attempted In
this country, although it is employed in
many English cities. One hundred per
sons have agreed to pay five cents o week
for ten weeks for the delivery and collec
tion of their books from the public libra
ry. The plan is for each of the 100 pa
trons to have a list of ten books at the
start, and each is expected to have an
other list ready for the. messenger on his
weekly visit. All books oan be kept two
weeks, and. except some recent fleition,
can be reserved for two weeks more. Tho
messenger can renew all renewable books
at the door. Suppelmentary lists can be
serft In on postals.
DREfISr TOILETTE OF WHITE TAFFETA, BLACK DOTTED BWIBS, AND
t S LACK LACE.
THE MOBNING NEWS: SUNDAY. JUNE 30. 1901.
“WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE
WITH A BAD HUSBAND.”
By Susan B. Anthony.
Copyright, 1901, by S. S. McClure Cos.
At first thought it seems a waste of
time to devote an entire article to a
question which easily might be an
swered in a sentence that It will not
be difficult for the reader to supply. But
on second thought I remember that the
tense of the verb puts the matter far
hack into the pest, refers It to the last
century, in fact—" What I would have
done,”
If I had married In the early 40s, along
about the time when I was getting my
first proposals, and had drawn a bad
husband in the lottery, doubtless I
would have done as other women did in
those days—accepted my cruel fate as
a means of grace to fit me for a better
life hereafter. At that time there were
no such means of escape from an un
fortunate marriage as are so freely of
fered In this more humane and enlight
ened age. In my own state of New York,
as in most others, the low recognized but
one cause for divorce—lnfidelity, but the
innocent wife who obtained a separa
tion, even for this cause, forfeited all
right of the property the two had ac
quired together, while the husband, who
hod sinned, remained in sole possession.
But this Injustice sank into insignificance
compared with that which allowed him
also to retain the entire custody of their
children. Many women would willingly
have gone forth portionless, but there was
scarcely one who would not have borne
every Indignity which could be heaped
upon her rather than give up her chil
dren. In even the few cases where there
were to ties of motherhood, women hard
ly dared take the risk of separation, be
cause there was almost no way open to
them In which they could earn a living.
But a still greater deterrent was the fact
that a divorced woman, no matter how
guiltless of wrong-doing, was a social
pariah not far removed from that one
who bore the Sarlet Letter on her breast.
There was no place In the world for her.
So, possibly, if I had had a bad husband
In those days—those “good old days" that
we hear so much about—l might have en
dured him, as other women did theirs;
hut it seems to me that I would have
gathered my children In my arms, like
Eliza In “Uncle Tom's Cabin," and
braved the icy waters in my dash for
freedom.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was almost the
first woman to demand that habitual
drunkenness or brutal treatment should
be made a cause for divorce, and that
women should be encouraged to seek re
lief from such a wrong. After myself
Y
do you keep on suffering and going about
with that annoying and ever present fe
ver and still hesitate about getting rid of
It, when you can be cured at a trifling
expense-
Read what one of the many who have
have sought relief and has never been
troubled since has to say:
The Dr. W. N. Van Brederode Cos., Pat
erson, N. J-:
To Whom It May Concern—l have used
pr. W. N. Van Brederode's fever ague
medicine for three months, and found it
(after taking several worthless patent
drugß and doctors' prescriptions) to be
the best preparation for fever, also a
most effective formula as an appetizer.
J. H. STEELE.
Contractor and Builder,
675 East 23d street. Paterson. N. J.
Ask your druggist for it. Price 10c per
bottle. Made only in the laboratories of
THE DR. w. N. VAN BREDERODE CO.
Paterson, N. J.
LIPPMA.V IIHOS., Agents, Savan
nah, Ga.
and several other women delegates had
been denied the right to speak at a mass
meeting of the Sons of Temperance in Al
bany, N. Y., I arranged for the first state
temperance convention of women ever
called, and It was held in Rochester, in
April, 1852, with delegates present from
a number of women’s societies, which
were then beginning to be formed. I was
encouraged In this movement by Horace
Greeley, Rev. William Henry Charming
and others of influence, and Mrs. Stan
ton, who was Just coming into notice for
her eloquence and ability, agreed to pre
side. I had put In weeks of hard work
getting up this meeting, a large crowd
was in attendance and everything looked
favorable, but Mrs. Stanton's president’s
address proved to be a veritable bombshell
and almost broke up the convention. The
incendiary paragraph was as follows
■'Let no woman remain In the relation
of wife with a confirmed drunkard. Let
no drunkard be the father of her children.
• * * Let us petition our state govern*-
ment so to modify the laws affecting mar
riage and the custody of children that the
drunkard shall have no claims on wife
or child."
I was almost the only woman present
who sustained Mr*. Stanton in this dec
laration; she declined to retract, and
eventually both of us felt compelled to
withdraw from the temperance associa
tion.
In September of that year I attended
STRIKING COSTUME OF w'hITE WOOL AND BLACK CHENILLE.
my first suffrage convention, In Syracuse,
N, Y.. which was, Indeed, among the first
ever held. Lucretia Mott presided and
among the speakers were Hon. Gerrlt
Smith. Lucy Stone, Rev. Antoinette
Brown (Blackwell), Matilda Joslyn Gage.
Paulina Wright Davis, Clarina Howard
Nichols and the eloquent Polish exile,
Ernestine L. Rose. Mrs. Stanton could
not be present, but she sent a letter,
which I read, and which, among other
radic'al utterances, repeated the demands
that habitunl drunkenness and cruel treat,
ment should be recognized as couses for
divorce. The press heralded these state
mets abroad with the most scathing crit
icism, while pulpit, platform and the pub
lic in general Joined in a chorus of de
nunciation of this most pernicious doc
trine. Women themselves were loudest
and longest in their condemnation of a
law whkih would enable them to divorce
a drunken or brutal husband and retain
their children and a part of the prop
erty.
This discussion was renewed at ell our
annual meetings, and found its culmina
tion in the last suffrage convention be
fore the breaking out of the Civil War
put all other questions in the background.
It was held at Cooper Institute, New
York city, in May, I860; and. as usual,
the firebrand wos applied by Mrs. Stan
ton, who not only had the courage of her
convictions, but recognized no such word
as expediency. She presented a set of
resolutions declaring that, under certain
conditions, divorce was Justifiable, and
supported them by a speech which was a
masterpiece of logic, beauty and pathos.
Th!s convention, although composed of the
m< .-i liberal and advanced thinkers in the
country, had not y*t reached Mrs. Stan
ton's position on this point. Even the
broad-minded Wendell Phillips moved
to lay the resolutions on the table and
expunge them from the minutes, declar
ing that this body had nothing to do
with any laws except those which rest
ed unequally upon women, and those of
divorce did not! I spoke in reply and
showed how marriage always had been
a one-eided contract, resting most un
eoually upon the sexes; how tn nearly all
of the states a woman could not even
sue for divorce in her own name, or
claim enough of the community property
•to pay the costs; and how her success In
such a ca.se was purchased at the price
of reputation, home and children.
William I.loyd Garrison sustained this
position with all his eloquence. The dis
cussion spreod far and wide, and produc
ed the first shism In the ranks of the lit
tle band of suffragists who had stood
shoulder to (shoulder In so many battles
Horace Greely used the tremendous
weight of the Tribune's editorial columns
against divorce under any circumstances.
Thus wns the contest waged for several
decades against s slowly yielding public
sentiment, and the closing years of the
century have witnessed no greater social
revolution than upon this very question.
Almost every state nos- grants divorce
for habitual drunkenness and cruel treat
ment, and these are recognised ss Just
causes by sll the churches except the
Catholic, although fifty year* ago this
demand was far more bitterly condemned
than that for woman suffrage But the
changed attitude of church and state Is
by no means so lesnsikable as that which
has taken piacs in public opinion. Th
divorced woman, who is herself (nnoornt.
la no longer put under ■ ban. but may
,vtin bar usual portuon in society, and
may go and come and be and do as she
chooses, -with even greater freedom than
the married woman. The court provides
that she shall not be penniless if her hue
bend be possessed of means, and above
all she is allowed, if innocent, to retain
. her children.
What I would have done with a bad
husband, and what I would do if I be
longed to the present generation and had
made an unfortunate marriage, cannot
be answered with the same statemet. In
this dWwn of a blessed century for women
I most assuredly would have recourse to
the law to rectify my mistake, and would
sever the bond which held me captive.
The term ‘'bad husband” is, however,
subject to many constructions. I have
seen women apparently well satisfied with
men whom I should unhesitatingly class
under this head, and others greatly dis
contented with those who, making due
allowance, averaged very fairly in the
scale of matrimony. But there are cer
tain sins in marriage which are unpar
donable, and chief among these is Infi
delity. The man who has transgressed In
this regard can never again be fully trust
ed. He -may repent and endeavor to atone
for his sin, but confidence has been de
stroyed, the saeredness of the mutual
vow has been violated, and the thor
ough respect, which is absolutely essen
tial to the highest form of married life,
never con be entirely restored. The hus
band may regret, the wife may condone,
but the solid foundation of marriage has
been irrevocably undermined.
How far a wife should go, how many
years she should spend, how great an
effort she should make to "reform" a
habitual drunkard, possibly each woman
must determine for herself. The general
statement rqfy be made that In the vast
majority of cases It will be a useless
sacrifice of time and vitality. One never
can feel sure of a reformed inebriate un
til the daisies are growing above his
head. Even when a woman’s love, or
sense of duty, is so strong that she is
willing to devote her life to this “reform
ing” process, she should settle with her
conscience whether she has a right to
bring children into the world under these
unfavorable conditions, endowed with an
Inheritance which may prove a curse for
many generations.
And then again the wife must decide
for herself how much is gained by sub
mitting to continuous ill treatment. If
there are no children and yet she patient
ly endures, many will consider that she
passes beyond the pale of sympathy. If
they are young there is the question of
bringing them up. of educating them, of
keeping them together, of maintaining
the home, of giving them the personal at
tention which is wholly Impossible if the
mother must be the breadwinner and as
sume the duties which by proper ar
rangement devolve upon the father. Most
women will suffer long and deeply before
they will deprive their children of these
valuable rights. When the children are
grown, then the mother qiust face other
vital questions as she contemplates sever
ing the ties which she has found so gall
ing. She has passed the age for earn
ing money; she Is tired with long years
of labor and needs the shelter and se
curity of the home; her children have
made their place In the world, and she
hesitates to cast even the shadow of re
proach upon It; sons and daugthers-ln
law have come Into the family, still fur
ther to complicate matters; and thus even
then the woman hardly dares consider
herself a free agent. But In all such
cases. If she decide that a legal separa
tion is not advisable, she owes It to her
own dignity and self respect to live her
individual life entirely apart from that of
the unfaithful, dissolute or abusive hus
band, even though maintaining to the
world the appearance of marriage.
While greater freedom of divorce has
come as an inestimable prilvlege to wives,
it by no means lessens their obligations
to endeavor by every method consistent
with safety, honor and duty to adjust
themselves to the relations of marriage
which they have assumed. An abuse of
the opportunity to sever these relations
Is demoralizing to society and detracts
from the sacredness of the contract. Pov
erty, Illness, Infirmities of temper, uneon
gcniallty are a part of the grevlous trials
which manlfesi themselves In many mar
riages. They must be met bravely and
philosophically and every effort made to
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from them. The antenuptial dream of
paradise often has a rude awakening, but
It must he remembered that even when
Adam and Eve were driven from the gar
den of Eden they found a very good world
on the outside. An Imperfect husband,
who falls short of the wife’s ideal is not
necessarily a bad one, and by pattmt,
tactful and sympathetic management
sometimes may be transformed into a rea
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HOISEKEEFEKS WAIT TO KNOW.
How to Keep the Comfortable Wick
er Furniture Clean.
Wash willow and wicker, in the natural
finish, with scrubbing brush, and plenty
of warm borax soap suds, and dry quick
ly—ln the sun if possible. But first dust
thoroughly and look after stains and
splotches. Dry-clean varnish or enam
eled wicker, by rubbing it hard with a
swab of prepared chalk, and very fine
hardwood sawdust, tied tight In a square
of cheese cloth. When the cloth gets
dirty put Its contents Into a fresh piece.
After the rubbing, brush hard with a
sou bristle brush. Rub very dirty places
with a swab of trlpoli as big as the end
of the thumb, dipped as lightly as pos
sible in boiled linseed oil.
To cl-qn upholstered furniture, cover
the materials with a towel and whip with
a rattan, shaking the towel whenever It
grows ousiy. Wash all visible wood in
tepid soapsuds, dry It very quickly, then
rub hard with a flannel and a few drops
of kerosene. This for walnut, cherry and
oak In any finish. Mahogany needs to be
merely wiped with a damp cloth, then
rubbed for half an hour with a clean
flannel. Brush the upholstered parts very
hard, then wipe them quickly with a cloth
wrung very dry out of clear, hot water.
Follow this with a clean, white flannel
dipped ir alcohol. As soon as the flannel
shows dirt, wash It clean In tepid water.
Otherwise the alcohol will dissolve the
dirt, and d< posit It In streaks upon the
surface of the fabric.
Clean out tuftlngs with a little swab of
cotton-wool tied on the end of a stout
skewer and wet in alcohol. Throw away
the cotton as soon as It gets dirty. Clear
alcohol lightly used will not mark the
most delicate prooade*. The swat) must
not be wet enough to trickle under pres
sure. Clear the Intricacies of carved
work with Ihe same sort of swabs, but
take es|>eelal pains not to have them 100
wet. l\ iih very delicate carving one
munt aomiMlm*** h.iv* of <t sninl
blast, using very fine trlpoli and small
hand bU.ows, direct a qutek stream of
sand against the carving. In flying back
for It, the sand brings away the duet
Clean gilt furniture with a sifted whit
ing made Into a cream with alcohol. Cov
er a small space at a time and rub off
before It hardens. If a spot sticks, touch
It very lightly wtlh clear alcohol. If
there Is much dirt or deep tarnish, wash
quickly With borax soapsuds, wipe dry
then cover with the wet whiting, ami let
It dry. Brush It off with a stiff brush
and polish afterwards with a soft leather
This Is the best Way of cpanlng all
manner of gilt frames. With very Mg
one* cover with a sheet, then lay the
frame flat, and leave it thus until alter
th* brushing A gilt frame specked but
|H(iWIUIU4 kill* U xul/ktd huh u
flannel wet In alcohol and polished after
ward with a soft leather, stretched
smooth over the palm.
Brasses as knobs, handles and such as
is used upon modern furniture, are com
monly lacquered, so can be cleaned with
alcohol and a soft cloth. Damp tha
cloth in place of wetting It and rub quick
ly. Unlacquered brass oan be cleaned In
various ways. One of the best is to wash
It well In warm soapsuds, then rub with
salt and vinegar, using a flannel swab,
and polish afterward with dry whiting
and a clean cloth. Take care not to let
the acid salt touch the wood. If the
braES Is either open or Intricate it Is bet
ter cleaned with trlpoli mixed to a sofs
paste with sweet oil. Rub hard and
quickly and polish afterward with tripoll
In powder.
To clean matting, sweep It twice—flrst
with a stiff broom, working along the
grain of the straw, then crosswise with
a soft broom dipped in worm water, rins
ing with clean water, This brightens all
sorts of colored matting, and also saves
It, In a measure, from fading.
Very light matting is best washed, af
ter sweeping, with weak borax water or
rather wiping with cloths wrung out of
It. Anything whatever slopped’ upon a
matted floor makes the last estate of It
much worse than the first. Dust Inva
riably collects underneath and, once wet,
shows through In ugly, dark splotches.
For grease spats a grain of prevention
beats a ton of cure, but if they exist,
cover them quickly with prepared chalk
wet with turpentine, let the mixture re
main for two days, then brush off with a
stiff brush. If the spots are very big and
very greassy, put one-eighth as much
washing soda as chalk and mix with wa
ter to Ihe thickness of putty.
Little used matting, as in spare cham
bers or upper summer rooms, should be
swept very clean, then wiped with a
cloth wrung out of sweet milk. Do this
once a year—lt keeps the straw live and
to a degree pliant. If the milk-wash Is
used In a living room or on a piazza fol
low It by a wiping with a very hot clear
water to keep the floor from drawing
flies. Emily Holt.
"THE COLLAR OF HONOR.”
How the Brave Canines of France
Are Hew-nrdetl for Life Saving.
A "collar of honor" Is awarded In
France to dogs that have distinguished
themselves by deeds of bravery- The col
lar Is a work of art, find among the dogs
already decorated In this way Is Bacchus,
a large bulldog, which ha* saved the lives
of many people by stopping runaway
horses. Th* dog jumps up and seizes tho
bridle of the fleeing animal. Another In
telligent and heroic beast la Pantlsnd,
also a bulldog. He aoved his mist l "'"'
from the attack of a footpad and ha*
received a collar Irom the Order
Merit, which, by tho way, was founded
by the 8c- lety for the Prevention of Oftl
elty to A illina I*. Turk, a splendid N' w '
found.and, has also been decorated or
saving three young children from drown
ing on different occasions.
Huitan, also a Newfoundland, wore th"
collar of honor, In recognition of several
acts of bravery. He rescued a child from
drowning, saved a man who •itemi'i'" 1
suicide, arrested a thief and capture* an
assassin. His last Iterate deed we* p
venting a r*stl4>eing robbed, but he e* 4
pot toned, ll Is supposed, by tbo * ,l<>
gucioptoi u* roj^uy.