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The evening world., 1888-12-26
INCREASED DEMAND FOR BUSTLES.
Mrs. Cleveland Gave Them n set-Back, but
Mrs. Harrison Revives the Fashion.
~LspEoIAL TO THE EvENINa WORLD

Mrs. Cleveland Gave Them n Setback, but
Mrs. Harrison Revives the Fashion.
ESPECIAL TO THE EVENING WORLD
BRIDGEPoRT, Conn, Dec. 26.-The an
nouncement made in The EVENING WORLD
that Taylor's hustle factory had closed for
three weeks, and that Miss Searles and Miss
Mullen, forewoman, had been presented with
diamond rings. has caused a great commotion
all over the country.
Various newspapers followed the an
nouncement by stating that the factory had
shut down for good. Fashion was touched
in q tender spot and owners of bustles that
were beginning to v ear out were frightened.
They knew not which way to turn should the
manufacture of bustles cease. Letters and
kilograms have come from everywhere ask
ing for more bustles.
The result of all this has embarrassed Mr..
Taylor. He said this morning " It is
always our custom to shut down at this time
of year for inventory, but we will have to
start up again to keep up with the orders
which have swept down on us like q cyclone"
He then added with a smile: The hustle
business did receive a setback about six
months ago by Mrs. Cleveland's action
against the hustle. but that has all been done
away with. Mrs. Harrison is said to be very
much in favor of the fashion. The hustle is
not outgoing, but incoming, and will be
larger than ever. The fashion plates of Eng
land and Paris show that.
The evening world., 1888-12-26
GOSSIP OF THE EXCHANGES.

Sir George II. Pullman spends much time in
this city. He is q fne-looking man, tall and
very erect, with chin whiskers streaked with
gray. For several years he was accustomed to
live when here at one Of the swell hotels. He
always, on these occasions, engaged the finest
suit Of rooms ct the Windsor, the Victoria or some
other house. At the former hosiery his weekly
bill amounted to $500. Nowadays during his
metropolitan visits he is the guest of his mother,
who has q superb apartment in the Belgravia.
Sir George Is o charitable man without bluster.
His fortune and income are immense, and there
are few millionaires who car. command q large
turn their fortunes into money as quickly. He
Is said to have conceived q big charitable project
Viii whliiG abs be Si ! s Sss1y Il Hr ad II &c need sr si = 1 pSlt EaiS q
Chicago is that q Sir George Pullman: He took
a Ia expiration Of four years his home was an
The sporting and brokerage acquaintance Of
Howell Osborn continue to discuss the depar-
ture Of Fay Templeton, whose trip abroad set
the tongues Of the gossip-mongers wagging.
There are stories and stories, and the idea that
Fay has gone TO Paris to marry Howell has been
abandoned for the newer and more sensational
theory hat she is already married to him.
The rumor is revived that Mr.. James R.
Keene is again active in stock speculation. The
report represents him as the leading bull opcr-
ator in LackawannA, which has advanced ma
terially in price. 1t is not true that Mr.. Keene
has made . strike" II IL were, everybody
would rejoice. especially the commission brok-
ers, for he is the kind Of operator who, when
successful, pays ont hundreds Of Thousands OF
dollars every year in commissions. When Mr..
Keene made his Wall-street debut Messrs. d
Wormser were his brokers. Their fortunes are
vast and way down in the lAtteI's foundations
are the Keene commissions. Other brokers,
whose good luck IL was to win the C~alifornian's
favor, got rich in short order. As his broker.
said that at the height of his success. he gave his
wife and his son Foxhall $3.50. 900 IN giltredge
securities, and that OCCASIONALLY when the in
come from the latter exceeded living expenses
the surplus was placed at his disposal and
enabled him TO make speculative ventures on 2
small scale, Mr.. Keene has, Il. is understood,
bought up very, many Of his old notes for is
cents on the dollar.
Quite o lively speculation Is going on In
manila hemp, which has advanced four cents o
pound within q fortnight. This article Is scarce
with whom business Is hourishinR.
The evening world., 1888-12-26
A Reformed Bummer's Temperance Work.
ESPECIAL TO THE woRLD.1

CANAJoHAR1E, N. Y, Dec. GA lively tenn
perance revival is in progress in this village,
brought about by Alfred G. Mabee of Lansing,
Mich, a former resident Of Fort Plain. Mr..
Mabee was once one of the lowest bummers in
this section of the State. His father died leaving
him a fortune of about sixty, thousand dollars.
He had a lovely wife and children and o happy
home. DISSIPATION was KEEP, up until his sixty
divorce and he was an ~outcast in the streets Of
Lansing, Mich. A friend VIII had known
his father in the Mohawk Valley went to him
and by kindly ministrations, touched his better
nature. After a week Of delerium tremens he
signed the pledge, twelve years ago in January.
Since that time he has devoted his life work to the
temperance cause. He is a polished speaker,
possessing great magnetic attraction, of pleas
ant appearance and his are. so con-
vincing that success attends his evangelical work
almost in proportion to that accomplished by
the late John B. Cough. Hundreds of people in
Canajoharie who knew Mr.. Mabee when he was
a total wreck, who saw him drive his fast horses,
are now focking in large numbers, to the Wag-
ner Opera Hall, where he holds his meetings.
At Fultonville, where he labored only a. few
evenings, over four hundred signed the pledge.
The evening world., 1888-12-26

u n"sties'''''''.'..' ."...".......... 81
''....,,.. .........,."....... D
There was q host of Upper-tendom out for
air and exercise, and The EVENING WORLD in.
spector, walking between Thirty-fourth and
Forty-second streets.
He carefully noted in his reportorial note
book the tendency of the first hundred ladies
whom he met, discovering that eighty-one of
them still clung TO the hustle, while fourteen
had as decidedly turned from the frame of
wire and springs, and five were indefinitely
somewhere between the hustle and no hustle.
He noted, too, that full figured, rosy
checked women on the CHEEKY side of forty
were the most fortunate in following the new
style, the removal of the protuberance permit
ting the skirts to fall gracefully over the
beauteous curves Of their forms, whileIpetite
and slender women, without the aid OF that
hindrance to gracefulness in sitting, pre-
sented the appearance of lankiness and
looked as thin as laths.
Ladies' whose sealskin cloaks or imported
newmarkets were last years were not to be
deprived Of the enjoyment of those garments
by the alleged decree Of fashion, and the
ample folds were still buoyed ont In their
natural grace by the old device. while many
ladiea, not yet quite ready to forsake Q habit
OF 30 long standing, compromised by drop.
ping the waist. string, and hus II comes Il
pass that the ladies' seem TO have suddenly
The evening world., 1888-12-26


The EVENING WORLD inspector stood beside
the door of q well-known Fourteenth street
store to see how popular the hustle was
with shoppers. He took stock" of 100
ladies' who surged in and out. Sixty-two
wore bustles of q pronounced degree OF
fulness. The dresses of thirty-fve did not
bulge out so much. Three wore no bustles.
They were of the :" fair, fat and forty type.
Their figures had a natural fulness that
needed no ~artifce.
The sixty-two who wore the most con-
spicuous dress improvers represented all
classes-the well-to-do, the comfortably off
and the social strugglers that is, judged by
the cut, material and stage of newness, OF
their gowns. Their natural shape seemed to
have nothing to do with the question.
Fat or lean. long or short, broad or mar
row-Rll alike, evidently, thought their ap-
pearance improved by the hustle.
Just now, when stores are so crowded. the
hustle is an enemy of the shopkeeper. Why
Because they fill up space to such an extent.
Were it not for the hustle, twice as many
ladies could squeeze up to the counters.
Young girls and those who were ~masquerad-
ing as young girls wore the largest bustles.
As the age increased the size OF the bustles
dacreaaed
The evening world., 1888-12-26

NunhuC VI " nv Seh INV
with BustIes IZ
without Bustles TX
UNCERTAIN 10
The Elevated Railroad station ut Twenty
third street, Sixth g line, was visited
during the busy hours of the day. There the
inspector had an opportunity of making OBJ
servations at his leisure. He found that
many of the stout women were without bus
ties and that every woman whose avoirdupois
weight was not up to the standard wore q
hustle, and that the simmer the woman the
larger the hustle.
He also learned that ladies who wore no
hustle, but were content with having q reed
sewed to their dresses, had no hesitation in
~plunging into the thickest of the crowd in
order to purchase a ticket, while those af-
ficted with the appendage always had to shake
and fix themselves before and after going in
to the swim.
1t was also noticed that women with bus
ties very rarely occupy the benches on the
platform, and II they do they sit down wi h a
peculiar. sidelong motion that betrays them
Immediately. A woman not wearing o hustle
will invariably plump right square down in
the seat. The scribe surveyed about one
hundred women who came on the station, of
whom seventy-two wore bustles. twelve were
without bustles and sixteen were uncertain.
The evening world., 1888-12-26
Tho Usual New Years Resolutions.

tn Usual New Years RESOLUTION.
tFfon The Yankee Blade.
l hereby resolve to be good
Through all Of the glad New Year, .
Be q ~tireless searcher for allkinds OF - vircher,"
And do nothing my conscience To. sere;
I'll grow better at once and seraphicer,
And l wish that my language was graphicer
To tell without base diminution,
The strength Of my great resolution.
Yes, l hereby resolve to be good,
l have made up my mind to do night;
You may bet your last copper I'm going to act
And shine like a star in the night.
Purge all diabolical animus,
Grow honest, and good and magnanimous,
This resolve no power can shake it
Until l get ready to break it.
The evening world., 1888-12-26
The Eu~terprisinE Once n week.n

Mr.. Mayo W. Hazeltine, the well-known book
reviewer, and NJ. Dlakely Hall have been added
to the staff Of contributors to Golfers Once a
Week. That journal also announces the reports
of q series Of lectures delivered before the
Thompson Street Poker. Club, of immortal
Henry Guy Carleton. These latter will include
disconrses on, The Banker, " by, the Rev. MI.
Williams; on ANTE. Bin an, Straddle, by
s;ss Anqebb y Gas o Johnson SSn'" ESQ., th sRdi sS'bESsfKiif KITTY N
n Jackers. by the volatile Cyanide Whifies."
The evening world., 1888-12-26

uncertain. .....,.....
The vicinity of q school for girls was
where The EVENING WORLD inspector posted
himself to observe what kind of bustles were
worn by the scholars. He had not long to
wait. for promptly IN time the girls came
swarming out like bees from q hive, and soon
he was in q highly b%ewildering maze of
b%ustles, reeds and q host Of other contriv-
ances for identifying the feminine figures.
He had abundant Opportunity for observa-
ton, and one thing in particular struck him
forcibly. The large girls invariably wore
bustles; not the regulation mass of wire and
concealed springs, but q little bunch of some
thing which left nc doubt but that there was
an addition to their figures.
The bustles decreased in size proportion
ately to the age of the girl, but very few
wore no bustles at ali. Most Of them seemed
to have n reed or wire fastened to the dress,
which. being curved outward, gave ali the
appearance Of O hustle. The reporter sur
veyed them from all quarters and out of 100
girls surveyed 80 wore bustles. three were
without bustles and there wero seven un-
certain.
The evening world., 1888-12-26

Uninterruptedly, the count of those with
bustles on reached the number of elghty-six.
when an elderly lady appeared. accompanied
by q younge one, evidently her daughter,
both of whom we're of the same mind as Mrs.
Cleveland, that the " hustle must
go"
dies were all supplied with extenders, but
having completed his allotted hundred, the
reporter stopped counting, leaving the total
score of SO with" without" and 8
doubtful.
The evening world., 1888-12-26

without Bushes. ............ a
uncertain ................. u
Among theatre goers there is no doubt but
that the hustle is worn very extensively. It
is certainly less conspicuous than it used to
be. but it is there. Ont of 100 women at the
Academy of Music the other night only
four were noticed without bustles. At Daly's
Theatre a few nights ago. only three hustle
less ladies were counted. But they were
authorities. and they are to be considered.
In fact these three bustleless ladies were
Mrs. Edith Kingdom Gould. Mrs. Paran
Stevens and Mrs. Vanderbilt.
The probable reason why the hustle con-
tinues to be popular among theatre-goers is
that there is no room for it in the play house.
The seats Were made without consideration
of the hustle. and a lady who is largely adj
dicted to that article finds it difficult to SIT
down and equally laborious to rise. But it
gives her an opportunity to make complaints,
and everybody knows that complaints are
dear to feminine theatre-goers.
The evening world., 1888-12-26
Wearing Busters In Minnesota.

WINoNA, Mimi, Dec. 26.-Up to date this
Winter no snow has fallen here. The mercury
has not gone below 40 above, and out of door
work by masons, carpenters and farmers has
proceeded without interruption. Yesterday an
excursion party of at least two hundred, uni
enjoyed. an excursion. on the river to Fountain
City,. nine miles above, here. The party
bushel of fun, seeing no ice. How is this for the
banana belt?
The evening world., 1888-12-26
Her fluctuations.

fter meuttutiOnss
tFron the Chicago Mail
The n has a divine mustache,
The other m~oney-bags;
! hesitate 'twixt love and cash,
His giblets or his jays.
Shall ! appear in gowns Of state,
Or shall l dress in rags2
Which shall l chooseH What is my fate
His giblets or his jagsH
Betwixt the two-alssi poor mel
My hayward fancy lags;
Which shall l take 2. Which shall II be-
His giblets or his jagsH
Regarding my delay the tongue
or Mrs. Grundy ways
OF each / hear the praises sung,
His giblets and his jags.
The problem bears upon me still,
My resolution Tags;
Which shall l take FOR good or i'll,
His jiblets or his jags2
The evening world., 1888-12-26
BUsTLEs ON THE BOwERY.
H LADIES Il

Uhcerthin u
The hustle inspector Of TIL EVENING
WORLD then started forth on another tour Of
investigation. He invaded the sacred pre-
cincts of the Bowery and Grand street.
There he found everything in q hustle.
Every one was q busting hustler. and after
taking a calm, cool survey Of east-side femi-
ninity, the reporter decided that the fair sex
on the Bowery and Grand street we're still
sticking to the teachings of their ancestors
and aunt's sisters.
He sadly came to the conclusion that the
etiquette of Grand street and the Bowery de-
handed the wearing of the mysterious APP
pendage, and wandered away. He could not
find o woman without a hustle.
The evening world., 1888-12-26
Robbery on che Central Paeinc Express.

SACRAMENTO, Dec. 30. - The agent here Of
Wells, Fargo & Co. q express, says it is probable
that the amount secured by the men who robbed
the express car on the east = bound Central
Pacific train the other night near Clipper Gap
will not exceed $500. The robbers boarded the
train while ii was running slowly through the
snow-shed. package containing $40, 900, in
the express car, was overlooked by the robbers.
The evening world., 1888-12-26
D,dn,. Stay Away Lone Enough.

After eighteen months separation Adolph
Rubb called on his wife opheliA, at 100 Allen
street. last night.
Merry Christmas. opheliA, +" he said 70 her,
and he endoaYored 70 embrace her. she wouidnf
allow him and he struck her.
Al the Essex Market Court this morning
he WAs sent 10 the workhouSe for one month.
The evening world., 1888-12-26

Iron he burlington Free Prs"
Mrs. Blackson ION Sunday mo~rning)-John,
shall you attend meeting this morning
Mr.. Blackson-No; I've got to attend q meet
ing OF my. creditors tomorrow morning, and
once q week 10 enough for that sort of thing.
The evening world., 1888-12-26
Blessing tho Bell.

A bell weighing 8, 100 pounds has Just been
placed on q Winona Minn.) church. TIL cere-
be conducted by all the men in that Immediate
vicinity whose Sunday morning nap has been
spoiled.
The evening world., 1888-12-26

Iron ne Terre Hauts Erprsas.)
First Stage Robber-What did you GIT yester-
day. Jerry7
Second Robber-Nothin'. There wasn't no
body in the stage 'ceptin' q lawyer. two plumbers
and Q prima donna, an professional courtesy
wouldn't allow me to touch 'em, OF course.
The evening world., 1888-12-26
An Advertisina Scheme.

IFFom he 81. Paul FToneer PTess1
The report comes from . Florida village that
thirty-three pounds Of beans we're gathered from
one Japan bean vine. the product Of one bean,
1t Ia probably only an advertising scheme OF
some hotel man To- catch Boston tourists who
winterip the South.
The evening world., 1888-12-26

Little Bobby-Don't you want to take me up TO
the toboggan slide with You some day, Mr..
Jinks7
Mr.. Jinks-I never 20 to any toboggan slide,
Bobby; never even saw q toboggan.
Bobby n trifie nonplussed)-That's funny; I
heard pa, say something about your going down
hill at O furious rate.
The evening world., 1888-12-26
ZoIa,s Substitute mt Work.

tFtom TIE chicago Tribuns.l
Zola's last book is pronounced by the critics
TO be q marvel Of beauty and purity. Who is
doing his literary work for him now7
The evening world., 1888-12-26
Try RiLsrsa Rrpss,srnu,

Ess sssr soesh; = y aess sos cur 20 4 ssSi' 20
nothing; A. yeSr an ,Po1 e y ~ EstSr1s6; ~ sossiI Dr. ses
Ei.ts and tlanuf.StnIipe ohsmists. 3R3 9t5 ssA sssr
years. Per bottle (half pintsh 90 cents. All thslf pre-
raraliona sold on same conditions. Insist on having
kl1ction. Sold almost eEeFyahsTa
The evening world., 1888-12-26
A HiRh Opinion.

Iron he Yonksrs Statssman.l
Lawyer-I have my opinion Of you.
Citizen-Well, you can kesp IL. The last
opinion / got from You cost me $3.50.
The evening world., 1888-12-26

Iron the BiHghamton Republican,
There are few things more painful than the
effort Of q man using n word Of whose pronun-
citation he 10 doubtful to appear nonchalant.
The evening world., 1888-12-26
A Transparent Combinnuon.

YSom he N~orristovn Herald
The manufacturers Of perforated chair seats
have combined. Their object can be seen
through.
The evening world., 1888-12-26
Do You Suffer

From rheumAtismi II so, read the following "volun-
tary tribute" from a reliable, conscientious man. which
appeared in the Geneva IN. W GaEstte. entirely
unknown to us till after it's publication:
without doubt . large proportion Of those who have
passed the meridian of life suffer more or less from rheu-
mAtism. Up 70 three winters ago I had never known
what sickness or pain was; but during thief fall and winter
Of 1884 I had . slight attack Of rheumatism, which.
however. passed on towards spring. but the following
winter II reappeared with greater severity. Thought l
would try Hoods SArsapGrillA. Itook three bottles in
all. and ! an pleased 10 say the rheumatic pains ceased.
my apostle and digestion became better. and my
general health greatly improved. am firmly convinced
that Hoods BarsApAhllA effected . cure In my case"
wA. scooN, Geneva N. Y.
Hoods. ~SaESapaFHIa
Sold By all druGsistA 81 siI for oH. Prepared only by
Q. l. HOOD 4 CO.. ApothsoArsA. Lowell. Mas.
100 DOSES N DOLLAR
The evening world., 1888-12-26
An Exception 20 the Rule.

TFFom he Bofton COurfeT.1
II Is quite right for q lecturer to be full Of his
subject, but not when he lectures on whiskey.
The evening world., 1888-12-26

tsstSias. Piiss2 Is ssntS sod sSsrSwhssS
The evening world., 1888-12-26
Cause for Sorro

Cause for Sorrow.
tFrom tie Rochester Post-Ezpres.J
Forty-four baby boys have already been
named after Gen. Harrison. We feel sorry for
every Harrison Of them.
The evening world., 1888-12-26
TO ONE !"
Tho SUNDAY WORLDS Record for the Last
Thirteen Sundays.

THE SUNDAY WORLD Has 2sgsss !, a." ;. o'''
sfhw Sunday Newspaper in ESuopo or America,
And tho Circulation Books and Newsdealers'
Orders are Open 70 ALL"
The evening world., 1888-12-26
IDivination.

Tom-Can you-
Dick-No. 1 can't, Tom; I'm dead broke my
The evening world., 1888-12-26
L%AHdrRY's OWN.
BUSTIEs IN POLICE COURTS.

Number OF Women Surveyed. ......... 100
With Bustles. $3.50. 10
without Bustles "a
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BUsTLEs ON THE "L."

Number Of Women Surveyed. ............ 100
with Bustles. 72
without Bustles 12
un.ert,iu ia
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EMPRESS
FIFTH Z BUSTLEs.

Number Of Women Surveyed. ........... IOO
With Bustles. ........... .................. 81
Without Bustles. ........... ............ II
Uncertain x
The evening world., 1888-12-26
BUsTLEs OF THE SHOPPERS.
THE DUCHESS.

Number Of Women Surveyed.............. 1Ot
with Bustles o.
without Bustles I
UJncarfaiu Z
The evening world., 1888-12-26

Quite . lively speculation is going on In
manila hemp. which has advanced four cents o
pound within q fortnight This article Is scarce
and has been boughte eagerly by the ropemakers.
with whom business Is hourishinR.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-06-30

for any convention where there are
many favorite sons seeking a nomina-
ton, to satisfy every faction. The
Chicago convention could be no ex-
ception to the rule, The nomination
of Harrison and Morton was perhaps
best that could be made, but the nom,
ination gives a disappointment from
which it will be hard for the disap-
pointed to recover. That the eonven-
ton was instructed & constructed for
Blaine there can be no denial and
that Blaine fell short of the nomina-
ton thereby bringing disappointment
there can be no doubt. Whether all
the disappointments and the defeats
of favorites can be blended in har-
mony for good remains to be seen,
but it will require political skill and
ingenuity to produce the harmony, Ii
the Republicans are satisfied with the
ticket rs the best that could be NAM
ed the Democrats can certainly con-
graduate them on their selection. If
Mr.. Cleveland and Mr.. Thurman can
not win against Harrison and Morton
they can not win against any ticket
and the Democracy therefore has no
grounds of complaint against the
nominees nor the expansive platform
upon which they are the stand
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-06-30
The Republican Platform.

The Republican platform is very,
very long and its merits is in inverse
proportion to its length. It's distinct
~ and defiantly reactionary on every
important point involved in the pres
ent canvass. - As to the ques-
ton of taxation, the party clings to
every thing that Is bad in its previous
policy, and avows its obstinate deter
mination to aggravate and extend the
evil features of that policy.
Nor does the party stop at this point.
Having declared that it will not touch
the protective and monopoly breeding
features of the tariff, except to make
them worse. it proceeds to demand
that the revenue be expended instead
of being RENTED to the people to
whom it belongs Rather than reduce
taxation the party demands ~ the
early rebuilding of our navy, ~ for
titications and modern ordinance on
our coasts, (3) increased pensions, az
river and harbor appropriations, %
subsidies for the shipping interests,
(6) national appropriations for COM
mon schools. All these demands are
vague, and purposely so, but any one
of them could easily absorb the entire
surplus. There is, of course, a variety
of arrangements of the Democratic
party. We fought that party for many
years, but we never found it, except
in 1864 and 1868, SO hopelessly and
stupidity blind to the issues of the
time as the Republican party now is,
and never so completely under the
domination of avowedly selfish and
demoralizing interests.-N. Y. Times.