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Hessig-EUis Drug Company, Memphis, Tenn.
Information having been received by us to the effect that certain persons arid firms some of them we believe acting in the interest of one
or two corporations of National reputation, who having evidently become alarmed at the tremendous growth of the Dr. Nott Remedies,
Q-Ban Hair Restorer, Nott's Hair Tonic, Nott's Melon Seed Compound Kidney and Bladder Remedy and last, but not least, the won
derful product, Muco-Solvent (this latter product being distributed through us in the Southern states) have attempted inciting attacks
against our business, and we understand are conspiring with others in a dastardly attempt to interfere with the sale of these products,
knowing that it was practically useless to attack the merits of the prescriptions, so efficacious have they been shown to be.
We have been informed also of certain false representations that have been made to friendly and loyal dealers, who have bought largely of our products to persuade these dealers
to default in their agreements with us. Such actions are so palpably dishonest that all honest men should stand ashamed that any living thing in human guise would be guilty of
such condemnable, malicious conspiracy, and at the same time places this scarlet letter upon their own weakness. To give an understandable illustration of the petty-hypocritical
and malicious character of these attacks in order that the general public may understand some explanation is needed. t ' -
i It la well known that manufacturers of Kidney prepara
tions try to use as small a quantity of alcohol In the manu
facture of their products as Is possible, the alcohol adding; no
medicinal virtues In this case, being used simply as a preserv
ative of the Ingredients making up the compound. Every
proprietary manufacturer knows that the public questions the
.Virtues of drugs containing TOO MUCH percentage of alcohol,
suspecting that the Intention of the maker is to create, because
f the alcohol In the drug, a craving for it
In Dr. Nott's Melon Seed C6mpound Kidney and Bladder
Remedy for Instance, the label on the package states that
seven (7) per cent of alcohol is' used In the preparation of
the remedy, this percentage being considered the MAXIMUM
Quantity necessary to preserve the Ingredients. BUT, IF WE
COULD USE ONLY ONE PER CENT, OR STILL BETTER. NO
ALCOHOL AT ALL, WE WOULD BE PLEASINO OUR
SELVES, AND WE BELIEVE THE PUBLIC MORE, AND
YET, DESPITE THIS FACT, A FACT WELL KNOWN TO
EVERY MANUFACTURER, DRUGGIST AND TO THE INTEL
LIGENT PUBLIC AS WELL, THESE FIRMS WHO ARE AT
TEMPTING TO INTERFERE WITH THE WONDERFUL
SALE OF NOTT S MELON SEED COMPOUND AND HAIR
PREPARATIONS, ARE ADVISING THE PUBLIC NOT TO
BUY AND ARE INCITING DEALERS TO REFUSE PAYMENT
TO US OF THEIR BILLS, GIVING AS THEIR PRINCIPAL
REASON, THAT THE REMEDIES CARRY MUCH LESS Air
Kidney Cure Offer
The first hundred sufferers who will apply at Merchant's
Pharmacy the day after the appearance of this advertisement,
will receive the 50-cent package of Dr. Nott's Kidney Com
pound. If, after having used the free package and you desire
to continue the use of it, you can buy three large dollar bottles
one at a time, and if you are not thoroughly benefitted, J. H.
Merchant will return you the purchase price.
COHOL THAN THE LABELS STATE. AND THEREFORE,
DO NOT CONFORM WITH THE PURE FOOD AND DRUG
LAWS. '
It Is the general Impression far and wide that while there
Is less information to be had on the subject of the Pure Food
and Drug laws than about any other legal subject, that never
theless the laws relating to the quantity of alcohol that may
be used In a product were constructed by the government
MORE TO PREVENT THE INTRODUCTION OF TOO MUCH
ALCOHOL INTO A PRODUCT RATHER THAN TOO LITTLE,
AND THE LESS ALCOHOL THAT YOU CAN USE IN A PRO
DUCT TO BE TAKEN INTERNALLY, WE UNHESITATINGLY
ASSERT, THE BETTER, although by all of the calculations
that the finite human can make, we are ready to assert that
In the process of manufacture of Nott's Melon Seed Com
pound that, seven (7) per cent of alcohol is UBed. If there
has been any change due to oxidation or evaporation, there
by creating a deficit In the quantity of alcohol, we unhesitat
ingly express our profoundest pleasure, believing that the
Department at Washington will treat the subject In a very
much different way than If for Instance our compound showed
UPON ANALYSIS VERY MUCH MORE ALCOHOL THAN THE
PACKAGE CONTAINED.
We want to say to our honest, upright and intelligent
druggists, who would scorn the Idea of putrlfylng their own
signatures by refusing to honor them, or joining In the ma
licious attacks upon us, that the firm of Hesslg-Ellls, whoso
moral and financial integrity Is unquestioned, Btand at your
back to protect YOU fully from attacks of these conspirators,
assuming all responsibility In the matter, and that we will
fight to the last ditch, and then -some, to protect OURSELVES
from any injustice at the hands of the dealers or firms that
they represent or from the weak-kneed dealers who have been
so unduly influenced as to attempt to repudiate their debts.
Among the dealers who represent us and who will refund
to you your money, If the results of CBan Hair Restorer, Dr.
Nott's Melon Seed Kidney and Bladder Compound and Nott's
Hair Tonic, are not as claimed are to be found men like Myers
Dillon Drug Company, Omaha; 'J. H. Merchant, Omaha; Otto
Pohl, Fremont, Neb.; Buchnell Drug Company, Grand Island,
Neb.; H. S. Small, Kearney, Neb.; H. H. Brook, Hastings,
Neb.; Farrens & Nelmeyer, Hastings, Neb., and hundreds of
other staunch, upright and honest druggists who stand In their
communities for all that is clean-cut and upright, and we be
lieve in living according to the Golden Rule, and we want to
tender our sincerest gratitude to those loyal dealers who have
warned us of the attempts of these conspirators, who are afraid
to fight In the open.
We hereby give notice of our Intention to prosecute to the
extreme limit that the law allows, the guilty parties who have
aided and abetted the hypocritical and malicious attacks against
us. We know, can put our finger on one, possibly two dealers,
RED CROSS DRUG STORE.
Red Oak, la., Jan. 14, 10O9. For the past three years I have been troubled with bladder and
kidney disease. Had severe pains in the back aU the time, together with severe headaches and I
could not sleep nights, having to get up several times during the night to urinate.
I was to see several doctors and all said they could do me no good Finally, seeing your adver
tisement in the Express, I decided to try some of the Melon Seed Kidney and Bladder Cure, and I
am more than pleased to state that after using three bottles of M"Irm Seed Kidney and Bladder Cure,
I have been relieved of all above symptoms and can sleep like a log, not having to get up at all at
nights as I used to have to.' I am today a healthy man and feel better than I have for the past ten
years, and am glad to be able to give you this testimonial so as to be able to have others benefitted
the same as I was. Yours very truly FRANK JOHNSON, R, No. 8, Box 9, Red Oak, la.
who, working under the shadow of a powerful but unscrupu
lous company, have incited and inspired others by maklrig false
and calumnious statements, to default in their agreements
with us. And, in justification to ourselves, we propose to give
the legal proceedings that we take against the guilty parties,
all the publicity that a nice observance of the ethics and strict
conformance with the law allows.
Our product needs no defense; Its success Is too well
established, but we publish elsewhere on this page a letter
from A. H. Johnson, of Red Oak, Iowa, the letter coming en
tirely unsolicited and being a sample of the general character
of letters on this subject that come to us. We have decided to
give the public a free test of the product. Our offer to do
so will also be found on this page.
THE HESSIG-ELLIS DRUG COMPANY.
The name of the writer of this letter will be furnished
upon application to Myers-Dillon Drug Company, Omaha, Neb.
We do not publish the names of UBers of Hair Restorer or
Tonic, except by special permission. We quote you a part of
the letter:
IIESSlG-KLIilS DRUG COMPANY.
"Gentlemen: I am using Hair Restorer and also the
Tonic, having procured them from Myers-Dillon Drug Com
pany. I have used the Hair Restorer for TWO WEEKS and
have restored the few gray hairs that 1 had to their natural
color, and am also free from dandruff. Will you kindly for.
ward me more explicit directions for continued use, and great,
ly oblige, yours very truly, "
Our Free Offer
The day after this advertisement appears, the first hun
dred people who call at Myers-Dillon's Drug Store, will re
ceive upon application; either a 50-cent bottle of Q-Ban Hair
Restorer or a $1.00 bottle of Q-Ban Hair Tonic. If, after using
the bottle you care fo buy in all told, six bottles, if it does not
accomplish the results claimed for it, Myers-Dillon will refund
to you the money you paid.
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Activities and Views of Progressive Women in Various Walks of Life
Retiring; Mlstross of White Ifoase.
petent to Judge that Mrs. Theo
dora Roosevelt has made a rec
ord in the domestlo and social
side ot the White House hardly
loss impressive than the admin-
letrailve policies of her distinguished hus
band. The notable features ot Mrs. Roose
velt's career, as the first lady of the land
la traced In detail by Margaret B. Down
ing In the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. She
has presided over the hlstotio mansion for
a longer period than any since Mrs. Grant,
exceeding Mrs. Cleveland's seven years by
six months. The writer says. In part:
Official society in Washington has lost Its
last touch ot provincialism since Mrs.
Roosevelt assumed the leadership. The
levees at the White House remain simple
and unpretentious from the old world
standard, but they have acquired a dignity
and elegance not at all Incompatible with
democratic principles. That the mansion
where the president resides stands apart
from the presidential office aaa has ac
quired the stately residential aSrwWch be
comes the home of the chief executive la
entirely due to Mrs. Roosevelt's initiative.
Ten years ago White House amenities '
were the most dreaded features of the
Washington season, mainly because the
mansion was so poorly arranged that
neither dinner nor reception was possible
under pleasant conditions. Now the com
monplace la entirely eliminated and invi
tations are eagerly sought rather than
avoided. Mrs. Roosevelt is first of all the
home-loving women and all her exertions
In the White House have been aimed at
evolving a boms out of the meager material
presented. Now the drawing rooms, state
dining room and guests' chambers are all
that could be desired, but the meat at
tractive) portion of the mansion Is the do
mestlo ' atmosphere which pervades. The
kitchens are planned after the most ad
vanced sanitary methods and with the
latest Improvements, and for the first time
tn half a century all the presidential ban
quets are prepared by the presidential chef
and served piping hot. Under the old dis
pensation 'the food for banquets was
brought to the White House by caterers
and warmed over for the guests. It was
Mrs, Bryce, wife of the British ambassa
dor, who said that the White House was
the most spotless home which she had en
tared In Washington, and she expressed
wonder that a mansion where hundreds of
visitors entered dally was as dean and or
derly as the show room of .a palace. Mrs.
Rooeevelt makes a dally Inspection of the
mansion and her keen eye notes the small
eat Infraction of her rules.
When It comes to a social record, the
successors of the Roosevelts will find that
lively pace has been set. Mrs. Roosevelt
In seven years has entertained more ex
tensively than all the mistresses of the
White House in the past twenty-five
years combined. Mrs. Cleveland adhered
to the old rule and gave some public re
ceptions on Saturday afternoons, and she
had he? small companies through the
week and a tew 'dinner partlea But all
tier amentles la seven years would not
equal wht Mrs. Roosevelt has accom
plished in one season. She has set prece
dents which Mxs. Taft will find difficult
to depart from for Instance, that pleas
ant function given the first week after
the convening of congress to the dlplo
SnaUo corps. Mrs. Roosevelt, recognising
the impossibility of getting on friendly
terms with the wives of the foreign en
voys, conceived the Idea of giving them
aa entire afternoon when the season was
young. Newcomers are noted every su
suranJ,TKls)orpst and. taax vera taua aa
abled to become acquainted wlLh the first
lady of the land before the rush of the
season proper,. It was a pleasing courtesy,
which has made life run smoothly for the
stranger within the gates.
A muslo-loving woman, Mrs. Roosevelt
has given In Impetus to high class muslo
by her constant presence at the sym
phony concerts, the best operas and
orchestral events and by her generous en
tertainments of artists and musicians In
the White House. For seven years her
lyuslcales have set the fashion for such
entertainments in Washington, 'and she
lias given pleasure to hundreds of guests.
This winter she has dispensed with the
muslcalea for dancing parties in compli
ment to her young daughter, Miss Ethel
Roosevelt, who has just made her debut.
Five of these cotillons will be given be-'
Five of these cotillions will be given be
record in White House dancing parties
which other hostesses will find difficult
to surpass.
Mrs. Roosevelt Is an exquisite needle
woman. She, has tiie old-fashioned English
Ideas, that (art of, 'every gentle woman's
education should Include flue needlework
and the Intricacies of lace work. When
aha meets the woman ' ot the . cabinet
coterie on Tuesday morning and discusses
the program tor the week or the problems
which these ladles must face occasionally,
her fingers are always busy . with some
lace or fancy work. Three winters agi
she knit sweaters . for each of her four
soas, and this year she Is making panels
for a renaissance lace coat for Miss Ethel.
Sha embroiders dollies, centerpieces and
scarfs without end, and few of the close
friends of the first lady are without some
little personal gift made by her own fing
ers. "I was taught by my mother," said
Mrs. Roosevelt one day in explaining how
she could get so much work done when her
time seemed so completely filled, "never
to sit down with Idle hands. I can talk
just as well when I am crocheting or sew
ing aa when I am doing nothing but I have
become so accustomed to using my needle
that It requires scarcely any mental at
tention. Miss Ethel is her mother's rival In sewing-.
During the summer she hemstitched
a dosea fine linen handkerchiefs each for
her father and two elder brothers, and
embroidered their Initials In exquisite let
tering In the corner. This was her Christ
mas gift, and It must be admitted that few
young girls who are in high official so
ciety could show such an admirable use of
stray momenta
No mistress of the White House goea
from Washington more thoroughly re
apectedl From the first moment of her
lelgn she has maintained a calm, dignified
aspect before the people. Not an obliga
tion pertaining to her high station has not
been faithfully fulfil ed. She Is not a ro
bust woman, yet In all these seven years
she hss never been absent from her post
at the president's right to give a smiling
welcome to the thousands who crowd the
official levees. She has nor. Invited an
undue familiarity from the public, nor has
she shrouded White House affairs behlnl
s curtain of mystery. When the history
of the White House under Theodore Roose
velt Is written, bis amiable wife will stand
forth luminously as one of the best poised
woman ever called to fill the exalted sta
tlon of first lady of the land.
peace in the United States. She says
Adam was a loafer , and put all the re
sponsibility of the Garden of Eden on Eve.
WMle man with his ponderous stone club
was clambering over the Jurassic moun
tains looking for nine-foot lizards his wife
was at home tending her garden. He
brought horns the meat and she smoked
snd salted it. She discovered the value of
pelts and the cave woman was the first
teacher. She taught her daughters to sew
and spin and her - sons to make stone
headed spears. Bo knowledge kept growing
all the time, and that was how history was
started.
New Use forCollege Girl.
A new use for a college education has
been advanced by the head of an eastern
department store, who advised the girl
graduate to seek employment In a depart
ment store. Though the salary and the
position may not at first tempt, he said, yet
there is such an unusual opportunity for
advancement for a girl with an education
that progress to. a higher position is swift
He said:
"The demand in all of the stores Is for
well-educated salesladies. This does not
mean to Infer that the salesgirls at present
employed are . uneducated, but It doee
mean that there Is a place, and a good
place, for the girl with a trained brain. It
in six years an enploye with little school;
lng can advance from a cash girl to a
head, of a department, then surely a girl
who has had the advantages of college
training can. accomplish the advancement
In much less time.
"Although the advancement seems slow.
It does come, and when it arrives It is
worth while. From a salary of S3 to ITS or
$100 a week Is surely a progress deserving
of some effort. From cash girl and sub
stitute salesgirl to buyer is an achievement
that deserves the price of a courteous man
ner and cleverness. The entire manage
ment of the department belongs to the head.
Bhe buys In New York, In Europe, maybe,
and soon her travel and her meeting
with many people give her a personality
and charm of manner that perhaps she
would never achieve In any other work.
Many of the heads of the departments are
fascinating women, and many of them could
teach their customers much In politeness
and charm."
he Didn't Know.
He was an unruly youngster. Before he
Tucked and Decorated Long Sleeves.
ZjEBVES for the new tub frocks
SI already displayed are in almost
I every Instance long.
numon come xrom i'aris 10
the effect that there Is rebel
lion against the Idea of line nm.
fortuble long sleeves for hot weather and
that certain great dressmakers have vowed
they will Insist upon short sleeves; but
In the meantime designers, afraid to trust
these rumors, are making long sleeves for
their first experimental models. In many
w-ee in wnicn the material is heavy,
wiui me tinens. an oversleeve only la
made of the material and a transparent
undersleeve of net or lace Is used, as a
concession to comfort; but the sheer mates
lals are usually made
with long sleeves of
the material Inset
with lace or em
broidery or merely
relieved by tucking.
The plainly tucked
sleeve so ubiquitous
, Wetsaaa aa s tUatary stt
Mra Catherine W. MoCullough of Evans,
tan rH U the aiujr, woman Justice tha
SLEEVE DESIGNS
FOR LINGERIE
FROCKS AND
SLiOUSES.
among the winter gulmpes has given plaoe
to more original tucked effects. Often the
groups of tucks do not run all around the
sleeve, but are set along the Inner seam,
while a line of trimming runs from shoulder
to wrist down the untucked outer side
of the sleeve. -
This long 11ns of trimming down ths out
side is much used even when all the rest of
tbs sleeve Is tucked; but sometimes the
trimming extends only from wrist to elbow
snd the tucking runs all around the arm
between elbow and shoulder. Groups of
tucks with lines of Valenciennes insertion
beta eon, or groups of tucks running all
around ths srm, with spaces between. In
which the tucking Is only along the Inside
arm seam, are popular," and diagonal lines
of inset Insertion forming points along the
outer arm arn also to be seen, groups of
' tucks being run diagonally between the
lacs bands.
A deep cuff effect ot Inset lace alter
cating with tucks may reach to the elbow,
above which only tho tucking or the plain
material appears.
A plain sleeve with embroidered scallops
down the outer arm and a button and
buttonhole in each scallop Is admirable in
linen, and military effects in tiny crochet
buttons and fine soutache art Introduced
along the full length of the outer arm,
the same trimming reappearing on the'
blouse front.
A very wide band of fine batiste or
Swiss embroidered occupied almost the en
tire space between elbow and shoulder In
Sfms tub frock sleeves, while below the
sleeve Is finely tucked snd msy or may
not have inset bands of lace.
Epaulette shoulder arrangements and
shoulder yokes have returned, and this
sbculder 11ns trimming frequently extends
down Into the sleeve or runs the full length
of the sleeve.
leaves from Faahloat'a Notebook.
The chiffon cloths and silks are strong
favorites for afternoon wear, and the for
wrapePrUCUlr'y r tunnln wlt "r
The toque of fur Is very much In evidence
in skunk and in fox, and altogether with
fur toques ard fur borders to skirts, tha
saatlrg costume this season Is becoming
quite picturesque.
Whatever may be said of the present
styles, they have at least one characteristic
that is undeniably In thicr favor; a tendency
to take otf years from a woman's appearance.
Colors moat frequently seen are blues In
all shades from navy to palest silver, and
then the softer prune tints and the new
browns, which are as much red or yellow
as brown, but always subdued.
A charming gawn design for both after
noon and evening wear is In sarcelle blue
chiffon cloth made with a princess tunlo
hand embroidered In harmonising shades.
The neck Is cut square with round corners,
and shoulder sleeve and are cut In one
with the prlnceaa It la perfectly smooth
fitting, save for a scarcely nottcable ful
ness over the bust, and Is cut In two pieces,
back and front, which are held together at
the sides with colled ribbon tan had at
the ends with made tassels. A removable
yoke and sleeve of an Oriental figured
net complete tha ofXectlva costume.
had been In the car five minutes all the
women present and most of the men were
explaining to anybody who would listen
what-they would do with the boy If he
belonged to them. Spanking waa the popu
lar remedy, and If that lad had received
all that his critics were selling to admin
ister he would have been well blistered.
To ths general babel of advice and fault
finding there waa one woman who contri
buted nothing. Bhe waa a gentle gray
haired, body who remained unruffled by
the small tempest raffing.
"If that child belonged to me," said the
woman beside her, "I'd make him mind If
I had to half kill him, wouldn't you?"
"I don't know," said the quiet woman.
"I don't know what I'd do."
"You don't!" exclaimed the positive" wo
man. "Well, I know. But maybe you ars
not used to children? Maybe you never
had any of your own?"
"Oh, yes, I had," said the little woman.
"I brought up thirteen. That's . why I
don't know what I'd do." .
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Rights of sv Mother,
. In order that the existing "monopoly" In
law which the California father baa over
the mother to a proprietary Interest In the
child may be dissolved, the clvlo section
ot the California Woman'a club Is about
to submit to . the state legislature an
amendment to the existing statutes. Mrs.
tiouls Herts, chairman of the clvlo section,
Is ths most active worker for the new leg- .
islation. Thirteen states of ths union have
enacted laws under which the mother
shares with the father control over the
child. But In California the father la, dur
ing his life, sole guardian of the child, ac
cording to the women of the California
club.
This state of affairs the women oonslder
a serious Injustice. They would have It
rectified. Senator Black of Palo Alto Is
to submit the bill for the proposed lsw to
the legislature. The bill, which Is Iden
tical with the Colorado act, adopted In
1H0U reads as follows:
"Every married woman Is hereby consti
tuted and declared to be the Joint guard
Ian of her children with her husband, with
equal powers, rights and duties in regard
to them with the husband.
"Upon the death of either father or
mother the surviving parent, whether of
full age or a minor, of a child likely to be
born or of a child under the age of ZL
years and unmarried, may be deed or last
wtIL duly executed, dispose of the custody
and tuition of such . child during its min
ority, or for any less Urns, to any proper
person."
In the following states the law makes ths
mother Joint guardian with ths father;
Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Oregon, Washing
ton, New York, Maine, Pennsylvania, Colo
lado, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachu
setts and Minnesota.
"Under the law as it stands now," said
Mrs. Herts, a father can dispose of hla
child, by will or deed and la ths sole guard
Ian. We would have this changed into a
humane enactment under which the mother
will have equal power of control. We are
certain that the measure will pass."
piaygronad fas' Girls.
One of the most Important phases of
ths playground movement la Boston la the
part which girls ars to have in it.. IT at
ths girls should bs amused and kept off
ths streets and out of mischief Is import
ant, but for some reason thsy have never
been so much la evldenoa In tha "street
children" division of population as tha
boys. Therefore, In rractloally nil In-,
stances, both In Boston and in oilier largo
cities, first provision has beon made for
the boys. That the airls could teeler,
swing and climb was quickly demon
strated, however, the movement they wore
admitted to playground privilege. The
strong, ablo bndled girls now una prac
tically the same gymnastic apparatus as
the boys. With the introduction of sew
ing, sloyd work and the like, Into the
schools, these have also become features
of vacation schools and playgrounds Tor
girls, but they will always be' mere side
issues for the more active ones. The de
velopment of dancing, especially the folk
dances. Is expected to add the feature
which will make the city playgrounds as
attractive and beneficial to girls as to
boys. Last spring at the time of the
Playground association congress In New
York City, the school children gave a
wonderful exhibition of this folk dancing
of the different countries.
Boston has taken a step In this direc
tion by providing for the playground teach
ers suggestions for fancy step exercises,
comprising polka, schottlachn snd dainty
step dances. These have -already been '
used with good effect.
What Women Are Doing.
Mrs. Margaret Van Dwyer of Menlo, la,
with a claim to an unbroken residence In
Iowa for seventy-one years, is, up to daJe,
entitled to, rank as the oldest Iowa resi-
dent. 4
Ths government Is appropriating large
sums for the testing of structural ma
terial for the benefit of builders and con
tractors. When will It make endurance
testa of textile fabrics for the enlighten
ment of weary mothers?
Mabel E. Btunevant. a Missouri girl, has
been awarded the Hraun prlsu as the best
student of the universities of Europe and
America and will start the coming summer
on a tour of the world with the money her
scholarship won.
At last the destitute spinsters have found
the right sort of friend. Over In Kngland
a Miss Easton has founded a trust fund of
flOO.OoO to provide annuities for twenty such,
women In the counties ot Northumberland
and Durham.
Queen Alexandra Is said to have very
much admired a blue topas that was
brought from Queensland and la a rarity,
the majority of the stones being of ths
yellow type. A geologist picked It up In a
camp where It was used as a missile to
hurl at Intruding dogs. It Is described as
looking like a limpid drop of sea water.
Mrs. Caroline P. Wallace and Miss Carrie
A. Ten nan t of California, members of tha
Women's Restoration league who have con
ducted meetings In- Geneva, iAiisanne and
Parts In the Interests of the child wives of
India, have jrone to that country to worls
In behalf of a law raising the age ot mar
riage In India from 12 to 6 years.
It Is said that Rev. Anna Shaw Intends
presenting a monster petition for women's
right to vote to Mr. Taft as soon as ha
enters office aa president. Colorado women
have been asked to add their signatures to
this petition. Mr. Taft has declared him
self in favor of woman suffrage and will
now be given an opportunity to prove that
he la so.
Mme. Dleulafoy, wife of the archaeologist,
accompenles her hushand nn his travels
and dresses In accordance with what hs
has found to be the rules of expediency
and comfort that Is. In masculine attire.
Mme. Montlfaut Is the woman who wears
men's clothes in the atreets of Paris, even
to the bowler hat Mme. Rdmond Rostrandl
dresses In Greek fashion, her velvet gowns
being straight from ths neck to tha hem.
Mora than 11000 women In Maaaaohusetta
have Joined the anti-suffrage party, and
Alloe Btono Blackwell, Julia Ward now
and others are beginning to find that It
rs not the men whom they must flg-ht. but
their own mi, and no doubt they thins: -that
a much more serious condition. Miss
Irwin, dean of Radecliffe college, says
that as ionr as women cannot be polio,
men or snldlers they ought not tn vo4,
Bhe says It will take woman eometldng ilka
tJQ years to be ready for suffrage.