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f'HK OMAHA DATLT BEE : SUNDAY NOVEMBER 27. 1887. SIXTEEN PAGES.
I JSOME WOMEN OF THE WORLD.
The Seven Agoa Womtin'a Plnco In
the World.
AN OLD-FASHIONED VIEW.
81 rn. Ijockwood'M First KeliuIT Women
at tlin Helm Nellie Grant and
Fanny Keinble Two West
ern DlainiH.
Tlie Seven ARCH of Women.
1 / llnftim Dittlti A < h'fitl rr.
( All the world's a wardrobe ,
J And nil thu girls mid women merely wearers ,
They have their fashions ami their fantasl"s ,
And one shu in her time wears many gar
ments
Throughout her Seven Stages. First , the
baby ,
Bpfrilled and broldered In her nurse's arms ,
And then the trim-hosed schoolgirl , with her
Flounces
And small-boy-scoriilng face , tripping skirt-
\vaggingly ,
Conucttlshly to school. And then the Illrt ,
Ogling like Circe , with a biislnesa-illade
Kent on her low-cut corset. Thee a bride ,
Full of stiangc llnoryvestured like an angel ,
Veiled vniwronsly , yet vigilant at glatiee ,
Seeking the Woman's heaven , Admiration.
Even at the altar steps. And then the
matron ,
In fair , rich velvet , with snavo satin lined ,
With * eyes severe and skirts of youthful cut ,
Full of dress-saws and modish Instances ,
To tcaeh her girls their part. The sixth ago
shift * !
Into the gray , yet gorgeous grandmamma ,
' With gold piiiue-nc/ nose and fan at side ,
Her yimthlul taste still strong , and worldly
wise
In sumptuary law , her quavering voice ,
Prosing of Fashion and Lo Follut , pipes
Of robes nml bargains rare. Last scene
of all ,
That ends the sex's mode-swayed history ,
In second childishness and sheer oblivion
Of youth , taste , passion , all , e'en love of
dress.
"Woman' * Place In tin- World Toliiy. .
Unltimoro American : One of tlio
most conspicuous tendencies of the limes
is thu increasing nclUityof woman n
tin independent fitctor in the world's
progress. Within tlio lust twenty yours
Hho has mndu u wonderful advancement
in the line of self-assertion. Tlioro is
to-day scarcely any avocation and no
profession in which she dtics not shine.
Hho is in tlio puljrit. Slio runs for olllce.
8ho feeds the sick on physic. She is
the ministering angel of hospitals. She
pleads hoforo the public tribunals. She
edits newspapers. She writes moro
books than man. She is n school-
toaoher. She is an inventor. She
draws big salaries on the stage. She
works in factories. She unmakes largo
stores. She is cashier , clerk , book
keeper , mid o\er.ythiiig else that man
makes u living by. The queer tilings
thnt who has accomplished are illus
tratcd in the curious fact that the best
live-stock reporter in this country is u
young lady.
There is no doubt thai her competi
tion IH giving man a close race. Thou
sands of young men loaf around the
street corners and complain of not being
< * " * i4o to got .situations ; but while they
> loaf the young women secure the places ,
do the work and draw the salaries.
And it is not only in subordinate posi
tions that women accomplish good re
sults. As n director of large enterprises
she lias shown her capacity and ability.
A dozen instances could bo cited of
where she has made fortunes' by judi
cious mniingemont mid foresight. The
complete list of women in this country
who have made themselves rich would
cause nine men out of ten to open their
wide in astonishment.
A "Woman's HciiHon.
Now York Commercial Advertiser :
Gradually wo learn the philosophy of
the female sulTragists. To the mind of
man it has seemed a strange thing that
lovely woman , with all her love of lux
ury and refinement , should yearn for the
jirivilogo of voting and holding ollico ,
with all the hardships and disagreeable
associations implied thereby. To the
masculine intellect it seems that there
is hardly adequate compensation , rating
woman's sentimentality at her own val
uation , in the more- privilege the fo-
tnalu sulTragists ask for what they arc
obliged to give in return.
< But Miss Nellie Luoretia Cooke , the
' .defeated candidate for school commis
sioner in Wayne county , has thrown
eomo light on this subject. In a burst
jbf frankness Miss Cooke opened her
jfnlnd to a reporter and confided to him
( the moral and sentimental , debit and
credit , of the canvass. Said she : "I
bud sot my heart on beating these old
republican politicians and being Now
York's lirst lady school commissioner ,
and now that 'it is all against me
Jl cannot help feeling about it. We
iris always take things to heart moro
un you men , I guess Hint's one rea-
. n women make such sorry work in
. " Thnt Miss Cooko's
polities. was sorrow
row , but there was a considerable
amount of glee to oll'sot it , for she said :
* 'I tuko heaps of satisfaction in the
thought that I gave the old mossbuek
republican politicians who laughed so
inueb over my nomination and thought
they had so much of a walk over in this
district , the worst scare they ever had. "
But nlas for the cause of the female
Suffragists , tints unwittingly betraying
Jn the house of their friends'ns !
Miss Cooke's purpose in thus entering
the canvas no higher than the mere
Ba.tisfnc.tion of beating those old repub
lican mosslmeks of Wayne county ? And
do women always make sorry work of
polities ? IH the novelty and vanity of
being the first woman to achieve a cer
tain position the paramount advantage
to bo gained by her election ? Alas that
Mrs. Ljllio Dovoreaux lilako did not
liavo this candidate in training to point
one of her only lofty morals with.
OUl Fashioned Vlow ofWoiiieii.
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps : Much i
us has boon said of the oqnulltv of the >
Boxes , mid great as is the indignation
ot some of us at being considered the
"weaker sex , " I am afraid that abso
lute equality between men and women
is impossible. Nature herself sets her
face against it by the inherent desire
planted in most wotnons' breast to look
up , physically and mentally , to some
One greater than themselves ; to whom
they can cling , on whom they can rely
without any sense of inferiority. Not
merely to love , but to worship , to make
herself a mat for the man's feet to walk
Over , to believe everything he does and
Baya is right , to be ready to live for him
or die for him , mid merge her own iden
tity completely in his. This , I think , is
the instinct of most women , or at least
the noblest half of them. It is nature ,
tuid nature , ivo may allow , is oc
casionally right. Nature , too , lays
down limits boyound which women , in
the aggregate , cannot pass. She means
them to be not men , or rather imitation
inon , but the mothers of men. I am old-
/j / c uionod enough to believe that every
iJTrl's education , mental , moral , physi
cal , ought to to bo primarily with a view
to wifehood and motherhood , the high
est and happiest destiny to which any
votnan can attain. Hut when fate de
nies them this ehiofoat ble-sing , as ,
considering the largo sin-pin * female
population in the world , must often be
the enso , she still leaves them the ) > os.si-
bllity of being the spiritual mothers
of a now generation.Vhllo sufficient
to themselves , able to do their 'own
Jtotin \ : the world , solitary but strong
unlnfirvled woman may still keep up , as
many an old maid does keep up , the
natural maternal instinct , by l > efriend-
ingor helping all helpless ereatures ,
and becoming an ennobling inlluonce to
mankind in tlio aggregate , if not to the
individual man.
Market lug Fashionable.
Washington correspondence ! It l.
quito the fashionable thing for the
Indies of Washington to do their own
marketing , and almost any day Mine.
I Comoro , Mrs. Sheridan and other soci
ety leaders may be met among the
numerous stalls of Centre Market. Miss
Nannie IJayard drives to the market
"
every day "and personally selects the
best of everything. Miss Vilus is also
a connoisseur in joints and their proper
accompaniments. Mrs. Nathaniel 'U il-
son. Miss Gussy Wilson , the Misses
Taylor , Miss Carter , the Misses Pulton
niil many others may bo seen on Sat
urday morning Milling among tlio stalls.
I have u suspicion , however , that the
( lower stands have the greatest utlruo-
lion for Iheso younger ladies. They
nro so numerous and the flowers so
cheap that they are simply irresistible ,
31 rs. Iioukwood's First ItebulV.
When Judge Urooinnll introduced
Mrs. Ilolvu Lock wood ut the teachers'
institute lecture course at Media , Pa. ,
Saturday evening ho said Mrs. Lock-
wood had been refused admission to the
Delaware county bar by Judge Clayton
shortly after his elevation to the bench ,
for no other reason than that she was a
woman.
" 1 made the application for her ad
mission myself , " said Mr. Broomnll.
"Slie came hero to represent a clionl in
the common pleus court , and before she
could do so it was necessary for her to
be admitted to Iho bar. I presented
the certificate of the president judge of
tlio district court nt Washington , saying
she was n member of the bar in good
standing. . Judge Clayton looked the
. paper over , and not noticing the name
particularly was about lo grant the ap
plication when I told him the applicant
was a woman. 'That makes some differ
' he Miid 'and I will have
ence. , to re
fuse the application. ' 'Do I understand
thai yon refuse to admit her because she
is a woman ? ' I asked. 'That is my rea
son. ' Judge Clayton replied , and this
decision is on our court records to-day.
Mrs. Kilgore also lirst applied for ad
mission to the Delaware county bar and
while Judge Clayton was holding the
matter under advisement she was ad
mitted to practice in Philadelphia. Her
application hero was not afterward
pressed and was finally withdrawn. "
Women al the Helm.
Springfield Republican : "Thlsisns it
will bo when all the men have died , "
said a well known educator this week in
comment upon u unique and.in some re
spects , extraordinary school report of
it the t town of Charlemont. Turning over
the few pages of the pamphlet , ono
would receive an impression that it had
been issued in an imaginary realm of
' The Princess , " in the country of the
Amazons , or in some community from
which all men had been exiled and
and charged never to return upon the
penalty of death. But a more careful
look shows that two men hud strayed
for | a time inlo Iho enchanted town of
Cliurlemont. ( All members of Iho school
committee are women , fourteen teach
ers are women , and even the printer
the report is of the same sex , although
she alllxes "book and job printer'1 to
her name. In the miiKl of this educa
tional garden of women and girls , there
appeared only two men , each of whom
taught through u winter termand then ,
probably overcome by Iho lonesomeness
of their position , departed to more
mixed conditions. It is satisfactory to
learn that the schools under the complete
plete- form of ' 'petticoat government"
have given good satisfaction to the
committee during the past year. The
report says : "The teachers have been
thorough and earnest in their work , as
tlio interest manifested by the pupils
and Iho progress made in their studies
plainly indicate. "
Tlio Churloniont report illustrates
that women in education are _ also con
servative , for the salaries paid lo the
two men who strayed into the school
for winter-term teaching are larger
than any wages given to the women
teachers , one receiving $114 , while the
highesl salary paid lo a woman foi
teaching during the same lorm is $71 ! .
Whether the man's services were in-
Irinsically more valuable than the
'
womm's'or : whether ho was moro suc
cessful in resisting the pressure of his
employers for low wages , or whether ho
prolitod by the smaller competitioi
among men than among women for r
school position at Charlemont , cunnol
be determined until the question o : f
women's wages in political econoim
shall have been satisfactorily answered
Nellie Grant and Fanny Kcmblc.
There is ono fact in connection will
Mrs. Kemble that 1 do not recall having
seen in print. That is her rehilionsbi |
to Iho Grunts. It is by mnrringo only ,
She was tlio daughter of Charles Kein-
blo. Her sister Adelaide , who died ii
lh" ! > , was an operatic singer of celebrity
in her day. She married in 18JIJ one o'
her admirers , nn Kalian gentleman o
wealth , and withdrew from the stage
The name of her husband was Sartoris ,
and her son. Algernon Charles Sar
toris , married Nellie Grant in 187-1
Thus the tie of wedlock mnkes litlli }
Nellie Grant of Iho while house a ser
of great grandniece of her greatest suc
cessor. It was a stalwart family oh
Roger Komblp founded , and its ramili
cations embrace pretty much all the
world , Nol Iho least curious episode o
il are those which involve Iho history
of his granddaughter with her unhnpp ;
American marriage , and which mingle
the blood of a race of tragedians with
that of one of the greatest soldiers the
western continent has produced.
Women and Corns.
St. Paul Globe : "Talk about men
enduring all sorts of agony without a
murmur , but I know from experience
thai they can't stand half so much pain
as u woman , " said a female chiropodist
recently.
"A everybody knows , a corn is ono
of tlio mosl painful things ono can have ,
and surprising as the statement may
bo , women are as much alllicted with
this germ of torluro as men. Every
nerve in Iho body is in sympathy with
a painful corn , and almost doubles one
up. So general is this nerve sympathy
thai ono often becomes sick. A man
never fails lo show il when ho is bolh-
ored with a corn , but goes limping
along the street very gingerly , but just >
show me the woman who will give such
!
an exhibition , oven when buffering a
hundred deaths , Of course you know I
a pretty foot is a weakness with most
women , and wear a nice tighl-lllting
shoo she will , oven though the
heavens fall. Though she may bo
sull'oring dreadfully she will ap- .
pear on the street , as she al-
ways does , erect and smiling. However -
over , ono in my business can toll
immediately by u certain strained ex
pression of the face , caused by a tension
of the muscles , that she has had corns.
They would ba ashamed to huvo It known
that they hnvo tlio faintest suspicion of
a corn , and that's what keeps many of
thorn on the rack , for fear if they goto
a com doctor tome ono will sou them.
Instead of the > hoemukor shaving the
bhoq to lit the feet , 1 am called upon to
sbavo the feet to lit tlio shoo. These
painful lil.lo } lumps uro morp prevalent
in society than clsowhore , for the HCU-
HOII that those who euro nothing for so
ciety enro little how they dro.w , and usu
ally get a comfortable , roomv shoe. In
every day ulTuirH Chopping women
ran wear nn ciicy shootind their friends
would think none thu los * ot them. In
stead of dre-sing their feet so warmly
and making them tender.they should
wear a stout stocking and thick-soled
she. Tht'MJ would prevent corns" . In
Now York it has become quite the style
to wear such shoos , and coiiK-qiiently
few woman are obliged to frequent a
corn doctor's room. Women often come
in here nlmo-it rendv to faint with tor1
turc , when a few minutes before on the
street they wei'e smiilingtmd apparently
free from care. No man can do that. A
woman will seldom confess , except to
her husband , that she has a corn , and a
man is always grumbling about It. Yoy ;
we have many men and women custom-
or.i. The relief wo give thorn makes up
for our fee. They are willing to pay
most anything. "
Two AVestcrn Dianas.
'It isn't always the plonsuntest thing
to take a hand in with n wolf. The
Ilrst timeI own up , I was a little scared.
It happened this way I was with a
Cleveland girl by the waytho nerviest
girl I ever saw. She hud been spend
ing Homo little time at the ranch and
hud learned to uo a revolver. "Wo wore
on the prairie when wo saw two big
grays standing in the trail. Quick as
chain lightning shu drew her revolver
from her belt and fired. The ball struck
Mr. Wolf in the head , killing him in
stantly. She was not the least bit
frightened , but looked ut it in the cool
est way and biiid in the most matter-of-
fact voice possible , 'Well , that was a
good shot , wasn't iti"
"Wo got off our horses , skinned the
animal and took the hide home fora
trophy. She has it now. I presume.
What became of the other ? Oh. I
killed him , but I emptied several bar
rels and riddled the slnn to it was good
for nothing.
" 1 biiw this lady in u round up. "
"What's that ? ' ' "Well , it's when all
the herders or cowboys get together and
work up 11 common centre , fencing in
nil the wild animals running loose
within n certain radius. After they
are all in perhaps thirty or forty
grajs , seventy-eight or 100 coyotes-
then the fun commences , riding to the
centre , firing and killing the animals.
The round-ups bring in all the boys
from all sections around , somewhere
from : ! ( ) ( ) to 400. and you may believe
there is some lively firing. '
"Well , as I said , this young lady and
a friend of hers joined in ono of these
round-ups. They were the only ladies
in the run and were in charge of the
boys of our ranch. No more respect
coiihl bo shown to thorn if they had been
queens. Every cowboy felt they were
especially in their care , and they were
watched and yet allowed to shoot to
their heart's content , and they did
shoot in great shape. Ono came out
with seven gray wolf sculps and six
coyotes and a polecat. There is a
bo'unty on wolf scalps twenty-live cents
for coyote and seventy-five cents or $1
for grays , so Iho girls did pretty well. "
Two Noted Ijltcrnry AVonu-n.
People who read every week articles
written by certain individuals like to
form some' sort of an idea regarding
their personality. Clara Lanxa , who
sometimes signs herself "Tho Marchion
ess Lair/.n , " is the only daughter of Dr.
William A. Hammond of New York
city. She is a tall , fine looking , bcnuti-
fuf blonde , the mother of two or three
beautiful boys , whom 1 have often mot
walking in Central Park with their
Italian father , the Marquis di Luir/u.
Ho is a small , natty , agreeable man , of
perhaps thirty odd "years , who came to
this country somp fifteen years ago and
found u position in a silk house in New
York. Ho is also a blonde and has none
of the appearance of the ordinary Ital
ian. I have known him for many yours
and have the highest regard for him.
It was my good fortune to bo present at
the wedding of Miss Hammond with
Marquis Lunxu. It took place in her
father's niagnilicent residence , the in
terior of which is u perfect museum of
art. The match was u "love match" and
I think the two have been perfectly
happy over since. The Lanzas now
have a beautiful home of their own , just
east of Fifth avenue and Central Park ,
in the most fashionable portion of the
city. Mine. Liin/.a , like her celebrated
father , is much given to writing , and is
fond of scientific subjects and transnc-
tions , as well as newspaper paragraph-
ing. Olive Logan I knew many years
ago , when she was an actress , and afterwards -
wards a lecturer , living on East Fourth
I street in New York , near Washington
square. Will Sykes lived in the same
house , wrote much for the press and
kept big scrap-books. Afterwards they
were married , and in duo time Sykes
was appointed consul ut CarditV , Wales ,
where ho remained until ho died. Olive
then became a widow and went up _ to
London , read much in the British
museum and wrote for tlio press. She
spent last winter in the city , but seldom
went out in society , living very quietly
on Capital Hill. She was once quito
handsome , but with years has grown
very stout , and her hair is now mixed
vellow and gray. She is much more al
home in London than in an American
city , and meets many line people on the
oilier side.
A F all-
New Orleans Times-Democrat : A
young lady , whoso homo is 01
Grand Isle , La. , has been making a col
lection of the bright-pUunaged birds
found on the island , whoso habitat , be
yond question , is somewhere in the
tropics. The theory is that these birds
have been blown into the gulf during
the proviiileneo of gales and wuftei
upon the Louisiana shore. It is doubt
ful if so bountiful u collection of birds
could bo made al any other point in Iho
country than thnt of which wo speak.
A box containing fourteen specimens
which wore trapped and prepared for
mounting by this young lady , revealed
when opened a most gorgeous spectacle ,
the colors ranging from the brightest
scarlet a scarlol beside which that of
the cardinal or red bird seems quito
dull down to the palest of pinks and
blues. Some of Iho specimens wore of
Iho lovliesl shade of yellow ono of
them plunujged in black and yellow
akin to the oriole. Grand Isle pre
sents u splendid Hold for amateur oni-
thollgibts and collectors.
IIONKV FOIl T1IK Ij.VDIES.
Uraldod cloth jackets are the caprice of Iho
season ,
Hroadcloth is a rival of cheviot and tweed
for tailor costumes.
The now long Russian polonaises lire cut
with Japanese sleeves.
The new rose for this season Is the whlto
and spotless "Puritan. "
All the new hats have the trimin ings heav
ily massed at the back.
The newest tnoiro ribbons are -wider und
have velvet and plush edges. ;
Furry felt hats and bonnets will bo worn
as the weather becomes colder.
Silver is this season preferred to gold a ? a
setting for handsome Jewels.
The variety and hats and bonnets this sea-
BOOH bus never been exceeded.
The most fashionable sealskin Jackets are
short and well lilted to the figure.
The bride iwor disposes of such duplicate
wedding presents us thousand dollar chocks.
Hands of golden-brown fur are used upon
Corner , ; '
FARNAM ' HELLMAN'S Tried and
and True.
13th .
Sts. Try Him
Again.
HOLIDAY SALE !
Commencing Monday , November 28th , 9 o.clock , sharp , at the corner of Farnain
and 13th streets.
MONEY REFUNDED FOR ALL UNSATISFACTORY PURCHASES.
Monday - Overcoat Day.
Extra Chinchilla Overcoats , $5 ; same coat sold by all first class houses at $8.50 as bargains.
Indigo Blue Chinchilla Over coats , $8 ; same sold with a flourish and an extra size bargain at
$12 by others ,
Our $10 Beaver Overcoats for middle aged men are equal to any $15 coat ever brought to town.
Kersey Overcoats , brown , grey or black , at $15 are simply mcomparibie to any garment for
the money.
Chinchilla Overcoats at $16 , in blue , black and brown , extra fine quality and every coat a pic
ture in itself.
You never saw the equal or like of our $38 Overcoat , We can't find words to tell its beauty.
ALL OUR GARMENTS ARE TAILOR MADE ! !
Boys' Overcoats , Children's Overcoats
At prices that will make parents glad and boys happy.
ilk toilets of cream , ecru , almond , and apri-
ot.
ot.A
A gold thimble with the owner's monogram
u diamonds is n fashionable birthday or wed-
' ing gift.
Soft crowned round hats , of cloth or velvet ,
nre in great favor with young ladies , and are
easily made at home.
Furs and imitation plush fnrs are coming
ire coming into use us trimming for midwiu-
cr suies and wraps.
Some of the handsomests SP ! "coats"
'overcoats ) reach to the ground and com-
ilctcly envelop the figure.
Although not admired by all , terra cotta
calla suits many women better than any of
the uuieter standard colors.
Statistics show that there 3,000,000 women
who work for a living in this country. All
the others gad about and chew gum.
O White light wool frocks , trimmed with
ribbons and laces , uro the first choice of lit
tle girls for Christmas parties.
The most becoming furs are these which
awe a tinge of yellow in their pile or on Iho
; ips of Iho long black gray or brown hairs.
A bluish gray long pile fur , something like
Dluo fox , but darker , is used for boas , with n
inutT to match. This fur takes the name of
Moulton.
"Heal" blonde is the present , fad in laees.
It is a very Spanish point , and most of-that
it present worn is a machine-made "color
able imitation. "
Mrs. Garllold receives a good deal of atten
tion in a quiet wiiy from the English upper
classes. She is living quietly at Bourne
mouth , and seeks no favors.
There is a popular impression to the effect
that u woman cannot keep a secret. Vet
whoever heard a woman say that her now
black silk was p.irty made up of the old one/ /
The newest sleuvo is made wide at the top ,
with small folds on the outer part down to
the elbow , from which point to the wrist it
gradimllv narrows and is finished oil by a
baud and bow of ribbon.
The ulster has a rival in the Conncmara
cloak , made of Irish frieze , cut like a largo
"circular , " shirred around the neck nml
across the back at the waist line , with a short
shirred all-round cape.
At Lexington , Miss. , the men have no
cliunco with the women. Miss Dixie Cole is
the express agent , Miss Emily Wright is the
postmistress , and Miss Mollic Hoskins has
charge of the telegraph oftlce.
The house of Peter Hlce , In the suburbs of
Augusta , Mo. , caught llro the other day , and
the ladies of the neighborhood , without
wasting time to give an alarm , set to work
with axes ami palls and put it out.
Miss Kmma Lewis , of Portland , Ore. , has
been named us the belle of the coming Wash
ington season. She owns u couploof counties
in her native sUiUj. and a few salmon-canning
factories , and , besides , is said to be a beauty.
Kxccllcnt qualities of Kuglish walking-
gloves of tine dogskin , to wear with street
dresses this winter , are fastened smoothly
over the wrists by four lurgo gilt buttons.
There are black kid bands nt the top of thu
glove.
Verv charming neglige garments for breakfast -
fast wear are of figured China silks , with col
ored silk lace as n pretty garniture down the
fronts. Hews of volvcl in different shades to
match the divers colors ni'O'put in the lace at
Intervals.
The Muscovite is the very suggestive name
of u graceful costume for street wear. The
waist is very long in the hips and a planted
skirt if attached. Thcro may bo us much
galoon as one desires to help take off the very
severe aspect of thu garment.
of the prettiest combinations In a
SOno
easy caboto bonnet is shot copper aim moss
green velvet , green ostrich feather fringes
around tlio brim , and copper-colored curled
cocks' plumes with loops of shot-copper ami
nioss-grecn ribbon for side trimmings.
Ho "Getting married seems to bo very
dangerous now. No fewer than seven brides
have been accidentally killed on their wedding -
ding day this year I" She ( ingenuously )
"Hut no true woman will shirk her duty ,
Tom , through a craven fear of death , "
Some very beautiful woollen wraps are im
ported , and each pattern of thcsu good is.
when of a solid rotor , generally accompanied
by u Itoinan plaidod or striped material for
the skirt iwrtlon. Softer fabric appear in ox-
oulsitoly nuo French cashmere with raise. }
figures ( n Soutache effects douoln a contrast
ing color.
Cliangcablc velvet U used for the short
wraps made for day receptions and for visits.
These most dressy little mantels change
from green to red , or from gold to bine , erred
red to gray , and are trimmed with a net
work of tinsel cords set on their sides from
Iho shoulder down , with pcsM'iuentcrio of
tlio same metal cords , and cheiiile fringe that
changes colors just as the fabric does.
Professor Kcdum , the eminent German
liygicuist , declared in u recent lecture that
the nervousness of women is generally owing
to two defects ana-mia , caused by the silly
notion that a hearty appetite is unfemiuine ,
and frosli air starvation , accompanied by n
lack of exercise. To their fondness for fresh
air , their open windows at night , and their
constant exorcise , ho attributes the greater
beauty of English women. .
Rough cloths of softest wool , woven in Hcr-
liu and figured with raised patterns that
closely resemble applique work , are very
handsome and desirable for winter long-
cloaks , uud mink , black fox , or golden-brown
beaver is used to trim. These cloths are an
excellent investment , us they are elegant in
effect. The goods have something the look
of dull brocade , and by thi'io appuaranro
would prove impervious to rain , or al least bo
unharmed by it.
Headed trimmings , magnifliceut in effect
and elaborate in many instances to excess ,
are still in the highest favor , and the newest
Parisian passementeries and nppliquo orna
ments show an artistic and wonderful inter
mingling of garnet , pearl , amber , opal , Jet ,
gold , and bronze beads , these very high-
priced adoruings being equally appropriate
for dross and millinery purposes. In less ex-
ixmsivo trimmings are open-work galleons
wrought with shotand rasliiuuivbead-which
are used as fancy insertions. Silver and cut-
steel passementerie adorned a wedding-gown
of dove-colored faille francuiso recently , ahd
tlio narrow baud to match that decorated the
brim of the tiny gray felt priucesso bonnet
cost $13.
IJIIUCATIONAft.
The second of three medals offered by the
London Pharniecputical society has been won
by a lady student in the school.
The Kov. Or. J. F. Cinuchcr has added
(0,000 ( to his family's previous gift of f'JJ.OUO '
to tlio Baltimore woman's college.
Manual training has boon introduced in the
High school at St. Paul , Minn. , and at a re
cent examination thirty-six of the pupils gave
an exhibition of sawing boards and driving
nails.
Miss Helen A Shafer , M.A. , professor of
mathematics ut U'ellosloy college , has boon
appointed acting president of that institution.
She will enter upon Jicr duties ii ] > oii the re
tirement of President Alice E. Freeman at
the end of the present term.
Harvard college observatory , having como
into the possession of the Hoyden fund for
the purpose of obtaining astronomical ob
servations at elevated stations , Prof. Picker
ing is prosecuting experimental researches
as to the best method of obtaining photo
graphs of celestial objects.
Marland Cogswell Hobba , A. IV , of the
Harvard law school , has been awarded the
summer prio of $100. This prize , which is
now given for the lirst time , is the gift of
the late Charles Sunnier , class of IbM. It is
open to any student in any department of
Harvard and calls for a dissertation on the
subject of universal peace. It will hereafter
bo awarded yearly.
Helen S. Abbott , of Philadelphia , has been
elected a member of tlio Philosophical so
ciety in that city , of which Benjamin Frank
lin was one of the founders. Only six
women have boon elected during the 1 0
years of the society's existence. The flr.it
lady was Fiankliu's friend , the Princess
Dashkoff. The others were Miss Mary
Somerville. Mary Mitchell , Mrs. Agassiz and
Mrs. Carl Sellur , of Philadelphiasuthor of
"Tim Voice and Singing. " Miss Abbott is
admitted for what shu has douo in analytical
chemistry.
The Paris Figaro gives some statistics on
schools in Europe. In Hussia them are : KXX ( )
suhools , having each an average of thirty-Mx
scholars. Thislsono school for cvory'J.WX )
inhabitants , ut n cost of less than half n
IH-nny n head of the imputation. In Austria ,
with 87,000,000 inhabitants ; the 29,000 hcliools
and l Ooo.OOO scholars , thu avurago number of
each school U KM , and the cost per Inhabit
ant t > Xd. In Italy , for JiS.OOii.UX ) inhabitants
there are -IT.OOO schools. 0110 school for every
tiOO people , ut a cost of hKd a head , The nv-
orago number of pupils at the school is forty.
In spaln there are 3,000,000 , scholars , iW.OOO
schools giving an average of fifty-six in each
school , and one school lor even ( MX ) inhabit
ants , as in Italy The school bill comes to Is
! M a head. The number of schools given for
England is , V > ,0X ! ) , which is one for every ( Ml
inhabitant ! * , with an average uttemtancu of
llfty-two per school , and a cost of Is ( id per
head. The Germans have n school for every
TOO , giving a total of 110,000 schools , with 100
pupils in each , and Is 7d per inhabitant.
Franco lias 71,000 SL'hools.being one for every
500 , with sixty-six in each school.
Now York pays $200,000 a year for church
music.
The first Mormon temple In Wisconsin was
dedicated at East Dclcvun last week. Tlio
building is small and unpretentious.
Mr. Haldeman , publisher of tlio Louisville
Courier-Journal lately directed his pastor , by
telegraph , to draw upon him for the full
amount of the church's indebtedness.
The largest Swedish Lutheran church in
America is the one just completed in Minne
apolis. It will accommodate 5,000 persons.
Evangelist Moody has been asked to preach
at Its opening.
Hev J. C. Kimball , pastor of the Unity
church , Hartford , Conn. , who has caused
such a storm by his recent sermons in de
fense of anarchy , is a warm advocate of tlio
Darwinian theory.
The students of Dartmouth college have
suddenly developed a religious /eal unnsiml
among college boys , and have asked to have
the old pastor of the Congregational church
removed to make room for a moro active
clergyman.
Archbishop Heissof Milwaukee , says that
of the s.ouo.ooo . Uoniun Catholics of the
United States : iMKiOiN , ( , ) are Cermaus. Of thu
eleven archbishops and sixty bishops only
ono archbishop , Dr. Heiss himself , uud the
cloven bishops are German.
Hov. Dr. Miilcolm Douglass , who was
buried at East Wareham. Mass. , recently
provided in his will that his body should go
to earth in a nine box , and that nobody should
runthoiisk of catching cold by standing
bareheaded at the grave. '
Gorman newspapers nnnounco the death of
.Tohann Hence , the priest who in l l ob
jected to tlio exhibition of the holy coot of
Trocves , nml who founded a Gorman Cath
olic church I > ei seeution drovu him to Eng
land , whcnco he went to America. Ho died
in a hospital at Vienna.
Mamma Edith , can you tell mo what faith
1st Edith fnged 0) ) Oh , yes ? it's believing
what you know isn't true.
Worthy clergyman ( to small boy with
a cigarin hismo-itli ) My son , I am afraid
you are inclined to deviate from the path of
rectitude. Wicked victim ( to his companions
on the corner ) Como here , fellers , quick !
Hero's a dictionary broke loose. "
"I have pitched many ball games , " re
marks Mr. Stagg , the tortuous twirlcr of
Yale , "but I novcr pitched 0110 that I did not
ilrst ask our Heavenly Father's assistance. "
Mr. Stagg may consider this fair , but these
who liuvu lost their money on the assumption
that they were witnessing sqnuro games will
bo likoH to hold a different opinion.
Whiloon his wav to the Episcopal mission
ary council m Philadelphia , Hishop Tultlo. of
Missouri , lost his satchel , which was Htoleu
at Kansas City. The thiuf got for his pains
a bishop's robes , a sermon or two and a
prayer book. The bishop was mourning over
his loss when ho reached St Louis , but was
somewhat reconciled when some ladles of
his dioc'csi ) presented him with a Lomloii-
mndo set of robes , very costly and the linest
"west of the Mississippi. "
There was a miraelo in a church in Naples
last Sunday. A marhlo statue representing
' Maria Adolorata" was seen to open Us
eves. Oh , well , inaybo it did may bo it
did. Hundreds of people say they saw it.
Wo have never seen u statue o'ii | Its oyoa ,
but wo have seen miracles equally great. Wo
have boon in churches where wo wondered
that the marble saints didn't order the wor-
hhlpiiers to hold up their hands. It was u
miraclu that they didn't.
"How old was Noah when ho dlod , " asked
a butcher of ono of the negro whltowashcrs
on the market. "Now , you stop right dart"
was the emphatic reply. "Why , Joslah ,
what's the matter with you 1" "Izo had 'sx | > -
riuncc , sah dut's what's do matter wid me. "
"How ! " " .list got fru servm a sentence of
lliirtj days in de woikhouse kuse I couldn't
agree wid de iilo woman whether King Solo
mon had red or black hair , noun' want no
mo' bible talk fur six months , sab not a
talk I"
Heading From lU hl to Tjel'l.
Ilobrow Journal : Tlioro was no doubt
a fjfood reason for the practice of the Hebrews -
brows to road and to write from ri bl tote
to left. Wo hnvo often .speculated and
inquired about itand nliilu wo could not
learn anything vor.\ \ tangible in regard
to it , wo aru quite convinced Unit tlio
ino-,1 pertinent reason lies in tlio fact
Unit our vision from right to loftm inueb
clearer and stronger than it is from left
to ritflit. Naturally , M ) we are informed ,
tboro in no dilTurcneo in nurvoHorin the
optic arraiifjeinont of tlio liuinnn oyw bo-
tweun the right or the left eye , yet our
own inquiries and observations show
clearly that wo are all , or nio.it all , dis
posed , when wo tuko an arliclo of iner-
cliandisc era pieturoornnytliinK'oKi'for
examination into our bunds' , to look at
it from right to left , and not from left
to right. Sincu we huvo ondcavored to
fathom this question , wo can see quito
nn niidnntngu to tin1 eye by reading
from right to left. Jf wo read
from loft to right the parts read are yet
continually before us ; while , if reading
from right to left , llio purls read nro
then beyond our sight , and the parts1 to
bo read'aro unobstructed jainw. . Now ,
when wo write fiom left to right this
line we are writing is rather of a delu
sion to the eye , while if wo writ" from
right to left nothing is immediately in
front of our vision hut u clear space.
Even the pen and its Mindow cease to
o.xerciso n lews disturbing effect from
right to left , while from right to loft
n.ucli iinnoyanco is experienced by men
who have liinch writing to do. Our ob
servation shows that , unaware , people
use their eyes f.ioni right to left wlien-
ovorand wherever tho.y go into close
examination of anything , whatsoever
that may bo ; lust as they would natur
ally raise Ihoir right hand in order to
got a clear sense of feeling by touch.
Stealing the Throne til' u Hindoo Ciod.
J'all Mall Gaxotte : A IJrahmin ,
named Gopnl ( 'bunder fiungoody , was
recently charged at the Calcutta police
court by Nnrain ( 'bunder Mookorjce ,
on behalf of Baboo Kanye Lull Dliur ,
with the theft of a gold throne of Hi"
Hindoo god Shulgram , valued at (10(1 ( (
rupees , n gold Hrahminical thread , and
a gold umbrella belonging to tlio god.
On the night of the li-itli of September
the accused wns arrested in tin- street
with the articles in his jiose sioii ex
cept the umbrella.
On September L'd Haboo Knnyo Lull
Dhur , who bud a pnojnh at his house ,
discovered that the throne of Slialgram
( which was placed in front of the god
dess Doorgah in tliodnlnnwus ! ) missing ,
and also tlio gold Hniliininicul badge
and umbrollii of tlio Slialgram. Information
mation was given at the local thnnnnh ,
and the accused was inentilied us having
been at thu Haboo's poojuh iiouso on the
night of the li-jth on two occasions , the
hist being tit about II p. in. , wb"ii ho
was asked how ho came to bo lliero
without an invitation , find replied that
he bad come to see. the poojab.
The throne found with the licensed
was identified by the complainant as hiH
property. Inspector Davis informed the
court that there hud been three other
similar eases on the three Hiicrobt-ivc
niglitw of the poojah's , which were htill
undiscovered , there being no trace of
the property btolen or thu thieves. Iho
accused pleaded not guilty , but was con
victed and henced to nlno months im-
pribonmunt.
Electricity has been found to travnl
288 , < XX ) miles per hocond under favoiablo
ciruumbtuncchi