Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 1, 1894, Page 10

-7 NEGRO LYNCHING MUST 1da B. Wells Agitating in England to Ac- ocomplish This Purpose. STOP PROMINENT AMERICAN WOMEN CRITICISED The Dark-Skinned Orator Finds Willing Ears Among Projudiced Hritons—Should Mave Appealed in Her ] Own Country. [ LONDON, June 15,—(Special Correspond- ence of The Bee)—It may be right in th \ eyes of an Englishman for a minister of the gospel to compare Fra B. Willard, Ada Rehan and Ida B, Wells in the columns of a London daily, but how does it look? One has prayed and worked for the suffer- ing of all races for twenty years and made a name excelled by none, by performing her woman's work in a loyal, womanly way, the effects of which are found in every civilized land, no matter how she is received by Eng- Jand into English homes, or whether she is recolvad at all by England. The other, a beautiful, talented, successful woman of wirm, loyal heart for her fellows, a heart trie and womanly that prompts many Kind acts to the unfortunate and weary, yet whose examplo to the world Is no more than thousands, that of indefatigable toll and fndustry to achieve her ambition. The other, oo young to fully appreciate the honors of our late civil war, belng too young, perhaps, to have lived during the period that so tried the souls of our northern men and women when they were straining every point, every resource to care for the new-made free men, but not too young to carefully read w history will tell every one, and not too youns to be loyal, to be fair, to do as she would be done by. 1t does not seem English and the English press side only of a question 5o grave, so terrible as lynching. There must be right for the to discuss one a better way than to laud, to praise Ida B. Weds only by detracting from Krances E. Willard and Lady Henry Somerset, two brave, noble women who would be the last on earth to attack a sister in the newspaper press or anywhere, or to retort to her in public, especially a weaker sister. It does not seem right to say all these hard things and bitter against the United States simply because of your race hatred being aroused by this comely black woman. Is it right to forget the fact that when the United States were in the throes of civil war to liberate the blacks, when England i was appealed to for sympathy for the cause of freedom, that her answer was in guns and ammunition for the rebels, thus forever fortelting her rights to advise In American matters? Is it right to forget that while the terri- tory of the United States is larger than all Burope, yet under one government, one flag, and that she has received many of the scum and toughs of Europe? Notwithstanding this her 65,000,000 people are today better governed and better contented than any country in Burope. She does not spend mil- lions in armaments for war, but allows every man a chance to do for himself. Yet every tornado, every labor strike, every crime, every little local calamity happening there i8 cabled over here as so much against the United States and her people, all seeming to forget that as much and worse is daily happening in Europe, though credited to some little state or principality which the United States could easily pigeon-hole in me ore of her counties. These things should not be forgotten. Eyen Goneral Booth slurs the Americans, while his Darkest England scheme is needing his attention, Permit us to say, certainly the Americans need no advice from the British. _That they have not taken this adyice and been moulded and'kneaddd by Britain as she liked, but have insisted on becoming an in- dependent American government without British advice, is why today the country is looked upon in the light of a despisable thing, why her people are so hated by :o0 many top-lofty English. With all regard for fairness, and I believs that is every Englishman’s cry, it would be better to look a little farther, to at least sean both sides of the matter. It is like Frederick Douglass to send a woman to you, because he knows your fall- ings, but it is not like Frederick Dougla o send a woman to you who would attack tho best known workers for women and for humanity, the organized work of which woman has and will do more for his cause, that of downtrodden 'humanity, than all the men living today. Would it not be better for the press to ask Ida B. Wells why she came to England for moral sympathy when ghe knew her speechies could only arouse race hatred against her country? Would it not be better to ask her if she had tried every means in the United States and failed? Better ask her why Frederick Douglass has not been speaking and writing on the subject of negro lynching during these several years since his return from Hayti? Ask her if people anywhere have refused to give au- dience to her, to Frederick Douglass, to Blanch K. Bruce, to the negro orator, John €. Fremont, to Jobn R. Lynch, Amanda B. Smith, anyone of whom could draw an audi- ence in the north? Finally, why, among the thonsands of negroes in Boston, New York, St. Louis, Chicago, Denver, as well as in the far south, who are educated, who are rich, are there none who will speak for of work in the ranks, none to whom she could appeal to help their poor suffering people? ‘Ah! for one who will look on both sides of the matter it is easy to see the cunning of the Indian in this little woman will lead you all on the wrong trail. Tar be it from me to detract from M Wells. I am glad it is a woman who make herself so heard In a cause for the ‘betterment of The suffering; a woman who can gain the world's sympathy for any good cause. But more could be. achieved and lasting honor could be cbtained for her ef- fort did she uttor the purest truth, and had she not commenced by personal attacks. . Where there is so much ability on one line there must be some in another direction. 1da B. Wells shollld not detract from Abra- ham Lincoln, the one Incorruptable man of brain.and Neart whose steadfastness saved to the. world a mation and made it possible for Ida B. Wells to speak today as a ‘woman, . She should not assall Frances E. Willard, becanse she is the ono woman, " white-handed and loviog, who, with untold = courage, went to the south to try to make & tho women and men on either side of " Mason and Dixon's line friends and fellow conntrymen, — She should not call the north- ~ ern men cowards when she knows it was * porthern men who faced shot and shell and suffered in prison hells and every evil f one of the fiercest wars ever waged, for r long years, to set free a race whose very fifn.m on* American soil she owes to t Englind to which moral sympathy. If the same power and effort that Ida B. Wells has ured in Engluud to gain moral _ sympathy were used among the negroes in the south, - teaching them how to be men, how to bo strong and brave citizens, how to vote and how to be loyal, or to prevent the numbers of ldlers cf her race from drifting to the great cities, where so many thousands of them live idle, disolute lives, * her_ énds would ho attalned. gverywhers " she would have moral sympathy. The | negroos, poor fellows, nead a few m'ssion- aries, and & few friends of their own blood friends who know them and understand them, who will teach them how to become loyal and useful cltizens. The negroos need not come to Ilngland for a chance to make them men. Bvery man has a chanes P i (he Uaited States. Individual effort " Muuts, and unitod effort also. Yet It would be a blessing If evory oue of then, _gero men and women, could go. and would, 0 she now appeals f conutry by themselves. They have £l t the United States very much in blood . and sorrow. B Gty platforim adopted by the republican ‘\E\y in naticnal convention the e past many rs has had a plank pledging to a free " Ballot and falr count in the south or else- ere, But the negroes of the south vote " Sith (he democrats and are counted. What "8 there to bo dene? If they would vote they sfiol there Is not a man in the north y{'nl who would fight for their rights §s following of their old masters is what s tled the hands of the northern men. ~"In 1892 the national republican couven on was held in Minneapolis, Governor i i McKinley ot Ohio in wero several, perhaps seventeen, colored delegates in that convention. Four of them seconded nominations. -Two from Texas seconded the nomination of James G Blaine. All of them, whether two or sev- enteen of them, were olected by the people, and they were respectfully listoned to and vociferously cheered There, too, “red- erick Douglas, who naver misse a national convention was called upon for aspeech He was warmly received by the 12,000 audi- tors. He spoke with all his old-time vigor and fire, but no words were sald about negro Iynching nor plea for moral sympathy made. Nor was there by the black dele- gates, who shared every courtesy shown to their white brothers. In that north coun- try neither race nor.color make men un- kind, unbrotherly. That was a time and place for respectable negroes to ecry out agafhst wrongs to their people, because with Governor McKinley in the chair all would have boen heard, in proof of which let it be stated that Mrs. J. Ellen Foster of Towa was given the floor a few moments to speak on the subject of women and the ballot and thelr work for party organization, the first time such a thing has ever been done. It may be that owing to the fact of thelr being In the convention two women delegates from the state of Wyoming, that state which was the first by constitutional act to enfranchise women, thus becoming the first republic after 6,000 years. It was truly a representative convention, and any appeal made there would have been heard and given moral force. ) one denies the Ilynchings, but the United States will surely be able to stop them. She has once conquered the south; he has liberated 4,000,000 slaves; she has sucessfully contended with all kinds of for- cigners, and many of them the most un- desirable on earth; she has had to hang a half dozen anarchists, shot eight or nine Mafia, set 17,000 undesirable Chinamen right about face, sh has fed hund s of thousands of Indians, and protected at the same time her white sons and daughters from their deadly treschery; she has paid her war debt, developed her country from gato to gate by building railways and tele- graphs across several thousand miles of territory; has had to scttle labor difficulties, many aggravated by uropean elements of the worst order, and yet has not lost her head nor her credit. If not interfered with there is no doubt that she will yet satls- factorily adjust the lynching question as becomes a humane nation, and that without outside interest or assistance. The United States has justice and does not need to be taught how to administer it by other pow- ers—not one of whom is without some in- Justice in its elements. She will be strong she is brave and just as she s great. ALLIE C. WILLARD. peis R et CONNUBIALITIES. “Er great big weddin’,” said Uncle Eben, “am er mighty fine t'ing. But 'tain’ n'cces- sarily gwineter mek home happy.” Ethel—Then you think he wants to marry me for my money? Clarissa—What else would he want to marry you for? “I'm married, but I think marriage s a failure.” “I'm married, but I don’t.”” *DIf- ference of opinion, eh?” “No; difference of wives, I fancy. the chalr. There Prof. Charles Orchardson, the Chlcago spiritualist, did well, financially speaking, when he married his Si-year-old wife at Quincy. The venerable lady died last week leaving him a fortune estimated at over $500,000. Mrs. Madeline Tasker Polk, who, it is an- nounced in W Is to marry C. H. Cramp of the great shipbullding company, is described as a charming woman of about 30, member of one of the oldest colonial families, and descended directly from a line of Scot- tish kings of the family name of Stewart. “I think you have such a pretty name, Miss Leroy,” said the cheerful idiot. Do you? Thank you.” “I do, indeed. Edith Lorena Leroy! Why, it is absolutely musical! I don’t wonder that you haye not changed it in all these years." A Michigan girl had the day set for her wedding. She told the Menominee fellow who was to marry her that he must deed farm to her first. He respectfully de- ined. The marriage feast was ready, and 80 was the groom. The bride did not ap- pear. Next day it was discovered that she had begun an action for breach of promise. The young woman and her lawyer will come in_for simultaneous treatment. Sheridan K. Stout of Cinecinnati, a brother of C. K. Stout of the United States sub- treasury in that city, told an extraordinary story to Judge Kumler last week in support of his application for divorce. Stout is 30 years old. Last December he went to Sa- vannah, Ga., to establish a grain business, in which he and his brother were partners. He had a friend in Savannah named Raw- son, a dentist. While in Dr. Rawson's office he ‘was introduced to Dr. Kate Carridis, about 50 years old. The second time Mr. Stout met ‘her, he says, she induced him to drink some brandy. That evening he ac- companied her to a suburb known as Thun- derbolt, and he says that when he recovered consciousness he was in the woman's room at the Harnett house and was told by her that they had been married by Rev. Dr. Blink. He remembers nothing of the cere- mony, and did not believe it until he called on Dr. Blink, who assured him that it was true. On Stout’s left arm was found twenty- one punctures made by a hypodermic sy- rings. The syringe, needles and a vial of morphine were found In the room. The woman supposed that Stout's family was wealthy. Judge Kumler granted the di- vorce, e IMPIETIES. “Many men have been taken for some- body else of prominence, but I doubt If any one but myself can boast of having been mistaken for the Angel Gabriel,” said Sena- tor Palmer to a reporter. “It was this way: While I was military governor of Kentucky a disturbance occurred in some town in the interior. I was in another. There was no train, no saddle horse, no buggy or car- riage. The only sort of vehicle available was a big gilded circus chariot left by some stranded show company. I didn't like it, but there was nothing else, and in I got. I cut a great dash as I drove through the small town, People turned out in droves to see me pass. When I left the town be- hind and reached the plantations the negroes saw me and stared with open mouths. They followed me, keeping at some distance, for they bad never seen such a splendid vehicle. They kept on till after a while they were joined by an old white haired preacher, who, on seeing me and my gilded chariot, raised his arms on high and his eyes, too, and with a voice that stirred all within hearing cried: + ‘Bresa de Lord, de day ob judgment am cum, an’ dis gen'l'inan am de Angel Gabriel hissclf, Brefren, down on yo' knees an' pray, fo' yo' hour am hyar.' " Many people living in the uptown districts, says the New York Sun, have been ap- proached lately by suave ‘and well spoken colored men, usually of middle age. wearlng gold eyeglasses, and exhibiting the dignified demeanor which goes maturally with persons who are dencons of a church. The deacons are soliciting contributions to important charity works, underiaken by the colored churches in this city, and they are provided with little bocks filled with checks, made by a prominent bank note company, and al- lege to be as difficult to counterfeit as a dullar greenback. o clecks are marked 25 conts, 50 cents and §1, and for a con- tribution’ for any of these amounts which a citizen gives the collector hands him a check by way of receipt. The contributor may send the check to the pastor, or put it away in his pocket, as a reminder of the ! good Lie may have don 1t is not unlike the bell punch idoa very Saturday night the deacons are rounded up by the pastor, the books are examined and they pass in the mount of money called for by the checke torn from the books. The idea appeals to the business men, and tfe collections have beea unusually large since the new scheme was put into cperation. Concerning the ficaks of the late Custer county tornado, the Calloway Courler says: “After the blow was over a rooster belong- ing to John Bonham was missing. The lost bird was found later contentedly roosting on the pulpit of the Methodist church, very reditably Mlling the position lately vacated by Rev. (?) Luce.” perial. World's Falr “highest champagne; ool efferves award, exc: cence, agreeable boquet, dellcivus flaver.” Mrs. Chatters-—Dear me, the young curate Is such an Interesting young man. Mrs. Nextdoor—What did he talk about when he alled? Mrs. Chatters—He listened pa- lently while I told him all about baby's uew tooth, Cook's I WON THE WOODEORD PRIZE Achievement of a Brilliant Woman at the Last Cornell Commenoement, SHE IS A GIRL FROM THE HAWKEYE STATE Medieal Authorities Declare Against Dano- Ing In Close ana Crowded Ball Rooms— Kentueky's New Law Regarding Property Rights of Women. A woman for the first time won the gold medal in the Woolford prize oratorical con- test at Cornell at the recent commencement. The medal fs worth $100 and was estab- lished in 1870, two years after the founding of Cornell, by General Stewart L. Woodford, then lieutenant governor of the state of New the York. The prize contest has given to the country some of its finest orators. Miss Harrlet Chedle Connor, the 1894 winner, lives in Burlington, Ia. Her college record has been of the most brilllant character. She was the first woman ever elected to the editorial board of the Kra, the college weekly. She won the first prize two years in succession for the best literary work in the Cornellian, the college annual, and she has contributed frequently to the programs of inter-collegiate press oclations, ete. She won election to the Phi Beta Kappa soclety by her brilliant scholarship. —In college and class politics she always took an active part and her influence was always for the best. She was class essayist of '04 and was otherwise honored by her classmates. Miss Connor is very attractive in person and {s one of the most charming conversation- ists in college. Her warm sympathy with every good cause, no less than her excep- tional talents, has won for her the admira- tion and estéem of college men in an ex- traordinary degree. He had nursed the hope tenderly that some day he might win her, says the De- troit Free Press, but in these later days hope had almost retired from active life. True, she still permitted his attentions, but thero was that in her manner which told him far more plainly than words that he was losing his grip at the rate of thirty- seven miles a minute. If, irdeed, he ever had a grip. On this point even he had doubts at times. Yet, In it all there were often gleams of sunshine through the rifts in the clouds, and he depended on them to revivify the fading buds of his hope. Ho knew that nobody knows what a woman will do when nobody is expecting it. She doesn’t even know herself. So it was that one day his utter devotion to her asserted itself and he asked her to be his_wife. “Henry,” she answered in a calm, sisterly manner, “I had scarcely expected this at this time. I had thought you would under- stand without my speaking. Now I see I must be very plain—" “Don’t say that,” he interrupted carnestly and lovingly; “don’t say that, dearest. You carnot be very plain—you are too beautiful. Say it some other way, dearest.” Her face filled with astonishment, which faded away as a dissolving view, and in its stead came that look which makes a lover swear he's looking in an angel's faca come down from heaven to greet him with a smile, The absurd practice of tossing, shaking and tickling bables In order to make them laugh is not only silly, but often daugerous. Who of us adults would not rebel if every time a friend meets us we were poked in our ribs or tickled in our stomachs until we laughed? And it we were so frail and tender as a young infant how much more difficult it would be to bear it? People do not seem to realize that they are thus lowering the tone of the neryous system and ultimately bringing about sometling which may end in an incurable dise Aperican _ infants, says the Philadelphia Times, owing largely to our rushing ways of living, are nervous enough without having their needed rest invaded by tickling. “I have never forgotten how I once re- ceived a sharp lesson,” said a young mother recently, “by having my infant son bandicd about by several enthusiastic friends as igrorant on the subject as myself, each one in turn trying to see who.could make him lavgh the most. Later, when left alone, I was surprised to find the baby lying limp and with wide open eyes, and covered with a cold sweat. Hours passed and he would not nurse or mova., Becoming alarmed medical advice was sought, and the verdict, very plainly glven, was ‘utter nervous exhaus- tion.' It was a long time before my baby fully recovered from that shock, and I have learned a lesson that I have never for- gotten.” Mothers cannot be too careful’ about_this matter. Any excitement, of whatever kind, is bad for infants, not excepting that of ‘showing them oft” to admiring friends. Watch the growth of the children. See that they are not forming bad habits in position. 1If they have defects, do not speak lightly about them. They are not responsi- ble for a large nose or mouth, but you can make them understand that they are respon- sible if they are stooped or round-shouldered, if they do not walk nicely, if they do not sit straight, or it they form any of the bad habits which are noticed so ‘constantly in children. Bad habits are acquired early, and it is important to teach children right meth- ods from the first. Said a young mother the other day: “My baby went on tiptoe when first learn- ing to walk, but soon learned what I meant by: ‘Put heels down, baby dear! and now, though only two and a half years old, she is particular about turning out her toes and walking quietly.” Callforma will soon have another boom, a discovery just revealed being bound ere long to make this state the Mecca of bald-headed headed men, whose number is legion. The supposition that the climate of California is conducive to the growth of hair becomes a selfevident truth in the hands of an en- thuslastic writer for a San Francisco paper, who declares that 10 per cent of the San- Francisco women are blessed with a tre- mendous abundance of hair, resembling that of the seven Sutherland sisters in quantity. There I8 nothing that bountiful nature can bestow on a woman which can give her more complete satisfaction than a beautiful head of hair, and_California women seem to be highly favored in this direction, The old saylng that where flowers grow In abund- ance and perfection the women have beauti- ful hair seems to apply to Californfa. Yet it Is trankly stated that it Is the younger gen- eration which has the most abundant supply. So, with all the virtues of the wonderful climate of our Pacific coast, it does not give eternal youth to Its women or preserve their beauty beyond the allotted time. The finest head of hair in San Francisco is said to be In the possession of Mrs. Switzer. It Is dark, glossy, and fine, and reaches al- most to the bottom of her dress, while a few years ago It trailed a yard on the floor. She wears it high on her head, and no one sus- pects her of such an overabundance until she lets it fall around her. She Is obliged to have It thinned very often, and there is enough cut away to make a plentiful amount for another woman, but she never misses it. A young lady student at Paio Alto most “remarkable hair. Light in color, fine in texture, and naturaliy curly, like the hair of poetical fancy, it falls in great undulating waves below the walst like a veritable man- tle of golden silk. One woman of German extraction has quantities of yellow-brown hair which reaches below her knees, and yet she can coil it high on her head and fasten it with one pin, Three other women are on record as hav- ing long, dark bair, which is a marvel of beauty and length, and they attribute its growth to elimatle’ effects rather than any speclal care, as soap and water are the only tonies they use. The color of the halr seems to make no difference In the quantity, the dark hair being quite as abundant as the fluffy blond locks. Like all other women who have plenty of bair they do not value it very highly, and the one great problem y unsolved is how to dispose of It in accord- ance with the rules of fashionable and ar- tistic hairdressing. San Fianclsco boasts of seven malden: called the “Beritoni sisters,” whose hair s the envy of all the ladies on the block. A bright woman of this city has just made a discovery, says the Washington Star. For some seasons xhe has been in the habit in supuner of carrylng a parasol to keep the sunbeams from head, and she has been why it was that she wondering of seemed to be ju warm when she raised her shade as wh‘\ he forgot it and allowed it to remain unopened. The other day she was walking along Pennsylvania ayenue, and, acting upon the impulse of her habit, she raised her parasol as soon as she emerged from a store. Then she noticed that her breathing was difficult and that her face was burning. Suddenly it dawned upon her that she had noticed this bofore, and set to work to reason out the cause. For a tyueyshe pondered, warmer with eachl sfep, until she mo the shade of a & d snapped het parasol into its folded stitel’ In a moment her face was bathed with fresh, cool air, and she was {mmensely relieved. Tt then flashed across hor that she had.been unconsclously impris- oning all the hot air rising from the side- walks and asphalt pavements beneath the dome-like top of her shade, which, Instead of acting as a protector, as intended, was really serving as a hood to surround her face with the hottest atmosphere of the street. A8 long as she held her parasol up the air bad no chance to circulate, and this was the more unendurable because she persisted in holding it quite low. So she experimented, and as a result found that she was really more comfortable when she walked with her parasol folded than when she opened it, and now she has quite tabooed that dainty ar- ticle except as a means of defense against dogs and cows and other wild beasts. An English woman who is visiting in this country writes home to a newspaper friend, who promptly puts it into print, that what surprises her most is that many American women wear a ball attire while recelving their guests in the afternoon. She de- scribes the effect as most incongruous, and pictures a mother and four daughters wear- ing decollete white satin gowns, loaded with flowers and jewels, standing at the head of a staircase, shaking hands with a large con- tingent of friends hats and coats. It does’ seem odd when you think of it but, after all, it is merely a matter of cus- tom. A low corsage and no sleeves to speak of {s the corrcct dinner dress, from the English fashionable standpoint, but there are many critics who hold that the dinner board is mot at all the place where such a generous display of fleshy attractions should be tolerated. Mrs. Peary did not admire the Esquimau women, and they, in turn, didn’t admire her. They found her too tall and too lazy because she didn’t chew the bird skins for her dress. And so it goes, A medical authority says that modern dancing in close and crowded parlors and ball rooms is very undesirable from a hy- glenic point of view. Physicians are unan- imous in condemning dancing as it is un- derstood at present, but it might be made a hygienic_exercise if it were executed in the open air and in the daytime, and if the amount of the exercise was in proportion to the strength of the. dancers. After a ball it Is quite common to find that many delicate young women show signs of disturbed heart action, of laryn- gitis, colds, bronchitis and somefimes preu- monia_and’ pleurisy. In all cases of con- sumption dancing should be rigidly forbid- den, as it may cause the disease to resuma a rapid form of fatal development. In cardiac_troubles also Indulgence in dancing is likely to prove very dangerous. The medical correspondence says: ; “It is scarcely necessary to refer to the dust of all kinds; to_the innumerable mi- crobes that the sdanéers send flying into the air, nor need_we speak of the untimely strain impoed ofi the organization, which, at a time when it ought to be at rest, is, on the contrary, overexerted. What greater mistake than the midaight supper, at which the most unwholesome things are eaten and drunk? The guests bolt In a very short timo food that is |generally heavy, and washed down with strong wine, and this is scarcely over o) the dancing is re- sumed " against the most elementary rules of common sense and hygiene. Nor is this all; it is ngt the body alone that Is concerned, as the mind has its share in the fatigue by the vivid! emotions produced by the conversation, -mysic and flowers. A new law that ‘hds just gone into ef- fect in Kentucky kes an advancement in the property —J'lg'%! of women in that state. Under its ration a woman can sue and be sued;”make contracts and wills and accept gifts of property without her husband’s acquiescence. A husband mar- ries neither her property nor her debts, ex- cept insofar as he is liable for her pur- chases of what is necessary for herself. Sl}e can dispose of her personal property without considering him at all, and the hus- band can neither rent out any of her es- tate nor collect the rents. Instead of hav- ing a life estate in all his wife's lands the husband will have only a dower right. She takes a half interest in her personality regardless of will or children. At her death the husband gets only half of her personality after the payment of her debts. The wife does not forfeit her dower unless she abandons her husband and lives in adul. tery. One hold, however, has been left the husband. The wife cannot deed away her real estate without his signature. All r_enl estate deeds must be signed by both. Kentucky women can now do eversthing but vote, which being a right that carries with it the duty to bear arms, they do not ask for nor want. In the matter of property she stands on absolute equality with the husband. What a comfort it is nowadays that one need not be afraid to own one's big feet,” remarked Mrs. M., as the shopwoman fitted on a shapely pair of No. 7s. “I remember twenty years ago, when I was a girl, I used to wear my shoes #o tight that life was a burden and I suffered actual misery because I would insist upon wearing a size smaller than I really required. No one does that now. If a woman has a big foot she dresses it well and thinks no more about it,” “‘Law, ma'am, I don't call your feet big!" interpolated the saleswoman. = “Some of our ladies wear nines." “What would you call a really foot?" inquired Mrs. M.'s companion, “Three and a half or fours are smaller than most,” answered the employe, ‘*and three Is about the smallest. You see, it isn't the fashion to wear shoes tight and they must be long. So that makes the sizes larger."” ““Yes, it women would only be as sensible about their walists as they are about their feet in these latter days,” concluded Mrs, M., “they would be truly emancipated.” small In buying shoes, by the way, it is well to remember that the feet are one-third of an inch longer when the body Is standing than when seated, and the elongation is further increased when walking, for the weight is then thrown entirely on one foot at each al- ternate step; so that in choosing one's boots it is absolutely necessary that an allowance should be made for this.” The shortness may not be felt at once, but after a few weeks it becomes very manifest; and moreover, by forcing the great toe back it is apt to pro- duce a bunion on the joint, A woman's periodical has been having a prize competition in dow'ts in dress. One of the “honorable mentiony” {s rather clever: Don’t adopt the latest mode, Don’t trail ?'uu dress upon the road, Don't ever face your walst too tightly, Don't wear a boot or glove unsightly, Don't wear a thing that nee. repair, Don't, please, forget to brush your hair, Don't’ ever wear too jarge a check, Don't show too mucly of snowy neck. A story is belng told on a well known Louisville couple who went to Washington on their bridal tour a few days ago, which s causing no end of laughter. The groom reg- istered at a swell Washington hotel like this “John Smith and -wife.” He remained one day, and when he stepped up and asked the Junt of his bill, the clerk said §8. Zight dollar: Mr. Smith exclaimed, “why your rates ,ave rather high, aren't 1 guess not; that's §4 a day.” But I have been here only one day.” “I know it, but it Is $8," the elerk replied. “How do you figure that?’ the newly wedded man asked, as he leaned over the counter with a frown of perplexity on his otherwise blissful features. “Well, there's yourself, one day, $4, and there's your wlife, one day, $4; four and four make elght.” Then the fellow slammed his flst down on the reglster, while a crimson flush of blood suffused his cheeks. “Well, I'll swear,” he cried, i I didn’t forget all about her I'll eat my hat, Here, take this $10, keep the change and say nothing about it, please.’ But the clerk didn’t keep the change, so Qidn't think there was any reason why he shouldp’t tell the story, which he did,” and thus it's told by a Louisville man, who re turned recently from Washiugton, A sensational marriage that Is causing THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY,, JULY 1, 18)% considerable talk in_ Pittsburg Is that of Henry Docker de l1a Meillale, a French pro- fessor of languages, and Miss Blanche Au- gusta House, an heiress. The ceremony was performed in the rectory of Calvary Episco- pal church. The bride’s family refused to attand or to have anything to do with it The bride was the daughter of the late Ed- ward House, who died a few months ago and left his daughter $200,000. She had been a student at the Frenchman's school and fell In love with her teacher. Around the latter clung the flavor of royalty. Thinking he was a bogus nobleman, the bride's parents rofused to have anything to do with him, and trled to make her give him up. She rofused, after he had assured her he was of royal birth. He claims to have been a leutenant In th army, and was compelled to leav to avold disgrace over his failure to pay 6,000 francs lost at the gambling tables. The bride is a niece of United States Senator J. Donald Cameron Fashion Plque, In blue, pink, green and yellow, is to be had for ladies’ vests. Dust cloaks are made of glace red, brown or violet shades Alsatian bows of wide satin ribbon knots of velvet in the center For morning and general wear bayadere striped silk is considered chic. Midsummer gowns are made with accessorfes of w'ite moire, The newest linen iirts are embroldered all over in sprays o' white or color. Tiny bolero jackots of cream embroidered mull are worn over delicate silk blouses. Black luce insertion, In crosswise strips, makes an effective trimming on pink or blue lawn waists. Four and five shades are noted In single patterns of checked silks, designed for fancy blouse waists Butterflies in Russian enamel are popular ornaments for holding fluffy laces and gauzes in position Skirts of summer silks are trimmed with pavels of heavy lace or with vines and fes- toons of lighter lace: It is sald that jetted black wings and tips will be important features in millinery garni- ture during next fall. Among the numerous ac are the “Fallstafi” and of point de Venise lace, A pretty gown of white and yellow figured mull is made over yellow taffeta and trimmed with point de Paris lace. Sashes of varying widths of ribbon and those of soft silk and chiffon are an especial feature of summer gowns. An accordion-plaited blouse of cherry- colored chiffon has deep cuffs and wide collar of yellow guipure lace. Shaded wallflowers are now seen in milli- nery departments. White and the forget- me-nots are lovely on black hats. Lovely little collets to be worn on cool evenings are made of ribhon and lace in- sertion, with a narrow yoke of piece moire. Very little jewelry is worn with outdoor dress, but the shirt waists and neckties afford an excuse for pretty scarfpins and sleeve buttons. There are many beautiful new importa- tlons of Vandyke laces, which are becoming very popular for corsage, sieeve and skirt decoration. White silk lace, pale blue satin ribbon loops and sprays of pink and yellow honey- suckle constitute the trimming on a lovely new Leghorn. Large meshed net, called Greek net, is much in vogue as a garniture for hats and surah in have handsome sories of dress ‘Cromwell” collars frocks. Vests of this fabric wear well and prove becomin, The lighter weights of summer fabrics, such as organdies, dimities, lawns, etc., are being trimmed with Oriental and other kinds of net top laces. When duck gowns are made by the dress- maker and trimmed with embroidered mull they assume an air of elegance quite foreign to the tailor made coat and skirt. Faminine Notes. Girton college girls have a bicycle club. Women in New Jersey now vote on school matters. The number of women teachers In New York schools is estimated at 20,869. Out of the 1,887 artists represented at the Paris Salon this year 286 are women. There are more than 2,000 girl students in the London Guildhall School of Music; of this number 300 are studying the violin. The countess of Aberdeen made about $100,000 from the Irish village at the World's fair. It will be used to promote domestic industry among Irish peasants. Women have flacked in such numbers to hear Prof. Froude's lectures on ‘“Erasmus at Oxford” that the men graduates and undergraduates were fairly crowded out. In New York there are now twenty or more “trained janitresses,” who earn $i00 a year and upward. The first woman janitor began her work about two years ago. She took care of an apartment house. The first woman to be admitted to the New York bar is Miss Melles Titus. An- nouncement in court that she with other applicants had successfully passed the ex- amination was received with cheers. Mrs. Henry Irving is an Irish woman, whose malden name, O'Callahan, effectually proves it. She lives very quletly in London with her two sons on the $5,000 a year which her dis- tinguished actor-husband ‘allows her. Miss Emily James Smith, who has won a fellowship in Greek at the University of Chicago, at which institution she wili re- celve the degree of Ph. D. in July, will enter upon her duties as dean of Barnard collego in October. A marble portrait bust of Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe from the hand of Miss Annie Whitney of Boston has been purchased by subscription by Connecticut women, and placed in Wadsworth Athenaeum at Hart- ford, Conn. What would that doughty old monarch, Henry VIIL, say to this era of women's clubs? In 1547 he issued an edict commanding that “women should not meet together to babble and talk, and that all men should keep their wives in’ their houses.” The Stuttgart “Neue Musik Zeitung” takes a’ discouraging view of musical culture in England. It says that the professors' role in high schools consists simply in teaching the girls to play two or three showy pleces as fast as possible to please their parents. Mrs. Willlam Waldorf Astor wore at the recent drawing room the historic diamond coronet comb, of which she has lately be- tome possessed, It is the one that Louls XIV. gave to Mme. de Montespan, and our Wealthy countrywoman, it is said, paid $100,- 000 for it. Twenty-five Italian deputies have presented a proposal to the Chamber fn Rome for the enfranchisement of women over 25 years old, Who own industrial or commercial establish- ments and can read and write. It s said the government will not oppose the proposition. Mrs, Charles Henrotin of Chicago has re- ed from the sultan of Turkey the decora- ause of her cely tion of the Order of Chefakat, be services to Turkey as vice president of the Woman's Branch of the World's Congress Auxiliary. This is Mrs. Henrotin's second recognition by a foreign sovereign. e SHE DID D SHE DIDN'T. Here is a clipping from an old new rrere it rhelr Difterent Ways, there is wisdom in i She sought he ights,” " Robbed by Some cruel chance of life's de- lights, with . dis 1 and restless soul, With a half which she counted whole Harnest, ho doubt, and honest, not unsexed, Hut hungering and querul With starving instincts in a fruitiess And Itching for the sort of fa Which comes from the mere printing of a name, She clamored for solemn craft, And Tirute men They only laughed. 11 her ‘“rights,” showed She Aid not seek her “rights," She dreamed not of some path to mannish helghts, y But followed nature's way, and deemed it good, And Ihrmu- She loved the “tyrant;” bore her noble part In life with hi und thought with all her heart She h r rights. She held that something men mennt To be unlike, but each a suppl Unto the other; 'twas her gent whim He was not more to her than she to him And little children gathered at her kne And men, Hrute men, Would die for such' as she. from flower to frult of woman- and women ement A Woman Destined to Lead. Deauty is a Tribvte to S Discoverie THE EXCELSIOR COMPLEXION REMEDI '3 HONORED wWITH World’s Fair Medal and Diploma. INDORSED BY CONGRESS, ley Liv'ng Her Cwn PUBLIC NOTICE. Mme. Yale horeby gives notice that her genuine Comploxion Remodies can be had only of Druggists. Sho has no agents in this city at the present t ma and will not have in the future. Any one reprosenting themalves as such mslke false statements and should be reported to Mmo. Yale. All first-class drugg ste sell and endorse Mme, Yale's remedies. All mail orders should be sent diroo. to MME. YALE'S TEMPLE OF BEAUTY, 146 Stato St., Chicago. MME. M. YALE..-the Pioncer of BEAUTY CULTUR The whole world bows down to her marvelous beauty and supertor fntotloo Took myore than 18, & wwoet ehiTdiah face of rmarkabie beithtness Al Tl iing eyes of & fatliomldss depth fston herr ize o one s memory bo forgotten. Ttwonld bie {mpossible for the ereatost AFNE that « exquisite complexion and the glorlous sheen of her golden hair. cannot be tmm (tated, Mnie. M. Yale's Bxcelsior ¢ ot AL 41 aho doo os 11 thine. for onee s i - or Tivad 16 40 Junt Siien' tina ex1ut i acur only an mplexion Remedios a w the only means by which i beauty ca be cultivated. Ladies are ¢ i e hich naturl’ beaty okh pued meninst imiEions. Trade SKIN FOOD--Mark GUARANTEED TO REMOVE WRINKLES, 1 foeds the dry and impoverishied kin and nourishes flabby 3 Youthful. TLWITL Femove any case of wrinkios, it mattors not 1o standiug the wrinkIes, 1teomes i wo sizen; price $1.60 and LA FRECKLA s of Freekies in existence. flosh until (s bas )W Ol the fore 1.00. - I\kvvlzlnly.lu»dx o fa ny ¢ y8 louves the skin elear, brilliant and beautitul, Prico $1.00; . MME. YALE'S EXCELSIOR COMPLEXION BLEACH aranteed to cure moth patehes, sallowness, and make any complexion naturally beau 1 Aranteed to cu ¥ complexion naturally beautiful. Price MME. YALE'S SPECIAL LOTION. SPECIAL OINTMENT, YALE'S EXCELSIOR BLOOD TONIC et 8 o bost blood purifier. 1t acts on tho liver, clears the complexion and Urlghtons th o o8 YALE'S FERTILIZER cures Constipation. Price §1.50, Trad<—YALE'S BUST FOOD Develops a beautiful bust, ipakes the arms and nock plunp, € 3,00, erybody haw b i of the wondertul 1.4 $2 b —~Mark mos i two atzos. YALE'S EYELASH AND EYEBRI W CROWER 8 a luxuriant thick growth of evebrows and lashes; strengthens a o1 » lashes grow long and eurling. 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For the first time in the history of the world ( IT IS ABSOLUTELY PURE, and can b gray hair is turned back to its original e A o (Hh e RO TR L E O P LT s & ally without injury. It contains nothin ¢ Tonic has_ the jus power of giving the | TSy of sticky, has a delightful delicate odo S rucalr oot clrculation, consequently | and makes tho most perfect halr dressing know y restoring th liaiagte 13:4;;"".»lf.-:"il.lnr':;'\r& for general use. It will keep the hair In curl fi s LA an hale hae | 4\ s and creates a luxuriant, glossy growth an en, as it y has been | preserves Its natural color until the end of you less Joy— hair (0 | days, Aftor the halr has been restored to if no_more sing in- natural color it Is not necessary to continue it t for general use, as the hair grows ou Mme. Yal jurious hair dy 5 5 2 equaled by man or wor ist has nev use exce one a_queen and a conquerer. its natural color from the roots the same & 1 bows down to her as a plone: when a_child, Every bottle is g 8¢ Excelsior Halr Tonic will stop any case | {ne. BEWARE OF IMI of fal ir in from tweny-four hours to one | that every bottle is labeled N week. It Is a guaranteed cure for any ailment | celsor Halr Tomic. Price, $1.00 per bottle of the hair or disease of the scalp. $5.00. MNE. M. YALE BEAUTY AAD ONPLENION- SPECIALIST, 146 State Street, Chicago, 111 SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS, FULL LINE CARRIED BY KUHN & CO., 15th and Do its,, MERCHANT & VICKERS, 16th ang Howard; IKINSL 16th and Farnam; W. J. HUGHES, 23tb and Farnam; GEO. S, DAV ounoil Blutfs, and by all Druggists. By wholesale by E. . BRUCE 1nd RICHARDSON DRUG OO.,Omaha A FULL AND COMPLETE LINE OF Madame Yale's Goods ALWAYS TO BE HAD AT KUHN’S DRUG STORE: 156th and Douglas Strc_aets. WSSO TICRETS TR PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME FOR MONDAY AT THE WESTERN GLOTHING C0.'S 1317-1319 Douglas Street. Nothin can come The clowns are very funny, and please the masses. pare with them except Our $15 men’s suits which go on sale at $7.50. They will make your hearts glad. The fastest trotting on record A mile in 4 Is only equalled by the rapid sale of our three-pi ages up to 18 years, at $1.75 and $2.75. Wild and ferocious animals may be scen in iron cages, but they become tame and obedient by proper treatment. Witness our UNUSUAL ATTRACTIONS and get prices of All the latest styles in Fedo stiff or soft, from 75¢ up. Men's summer underwear at 25¢, 35¢ and 50¢. Men's negligee shirts at 35¢, 50¢ and 75¢. An entire line of furnishing goods at cor prices. You can save at least the price of a clrcus ticket on every dole s worth you purchase of THE WESTERN CLOTHING COMPANY, Three Doors East of 14th and Douglas. e boys' suits, in spondingly low home with a load of flowers, considerably Ntatues on a Spree. | the worse for wear The new Greoley statue, at Thirty-third s 4 street and Broadway, and the Farragut Mr. Grecloy's statue was also decorated statue, opposite Delmonico's on Fifth with a wreath, but its mal miscalou 21 a rather Aisrepatable ap- | lated the size of the head to such an extent avenue, p pearan ay morning, says the York un. Somebody had placed wroath upon Farragut's head which large that it fell completely wer WA eyes and rested on the Up of his nose. Cne side of the wreath had beon tled with rib- Yons, which fell over the Dack of the statue in dreary fashion after tne rain which fell New | that it made the figure appear like a carls W | cature. It was about as big around as & ocoanut and it hung suspended halt way over the eyes, while the rain dripped trom tho withered ‘leaves over the face of the great journalist. An acsthetic policeman sue- ceeded In dislodging the wreath after he hat boen impressed by the grins of the men wh were hurrying to the elevatod station near L the night A houguet, which seme :::ll‘r-m:fml‘ ph;l‘:d over the admiral's fleld | by, but it was not put in shipshape until lasses, had been buffeted by the storm, | Well along In the attsrnoon. e ey and a front view of the great hero during the early hours of yesterday morning was | We could not improve the quality i wy decldedly ludicrous. He looked as though | paid double the prl DeWitt's Witeh he bad been out ull night—which, perhaps, | Hazel Salve s the best salve that experience was natural enough—and was struggling | ean produce, or money can buy. j