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The Dickinson press., 1889-03-23
Girls Who Carry Lunches.

Don't you carry your lunchs" asked
pretty shop girl Of my acquaintance, on the
street car one morning "Oh, yes" she re-
Piled, here it is in my hand bag" holding
out n dainty affair that was scarcely large
enough to conceal sandwich why don't
you carry lunch basketf | asked "Oh,
don't know, mono of the girls do, and one
doesn't want to be odd, you know" ~ will
tell you why" remarked an acquaintance as
the girl left tho car at the store where she
works "a foolish notion prevails among
shop girls, office girls and working girls in
general that it is not genteel They don't
want to DO known as working girls hcnce
their aversion to tho lunch basket, which
they feel to be an infallible sign OF the toier.
They prefer to lunch Off an apple and few
crackers, which can bo carried in fashion
ablo shopping bag" but do sometimes
SEQ ladies carrying lunch baskets" | re-
marked. "Oh, yes, the school teachers carry
them us independently as a lady carries tho
latest style pocket book. They arc perfectly
oblivious to what anybody thinks OH tho
subject, and they're right, too."-Chicago
IDurpol
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women's Disadvantages.

Living in college town and having op-
portunity t. observe both young man and
young women, can honestly say that the
sacrifices here made by young women for the
sake of knowledge are greater, their oppor-
tunities of aid far less than those of young
men 1t has been repeatedly said by the very
able head of the university that the only way
to keep down the rent of rooms is to have
college dormitories, since the open competi-
tion i'll the community would not reduce them
sufficiently For this purpose new dormj-
tory. larger than any now existing, is soon
to be erected
All this for the thousand young men, but
for the hundred young women no such pro-
vision is made, and they must sill obtain
their rooms hy that open competition which
Is found insufficient for economy in case Of
their brothers Again, there is for young
men public or common table, where tho
expense is not expected to exceed $3.50 per
week, whereas there is for women nothing Of
the kind In both these respects therefore,
III expenses of young gTl studying at
Cambridge arc almost inevitably greater than
those Of q young man, and it can hardly be
claimed that her other personal expenses are
less than his In point of dress her outlay
must inevitably be greater.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Dickinson press., 1889-03-23
Tho Slipper They Mear.

The girl who dances for dancing's sake
wears pair of thin, elegantly finished, pat
ent leather low shoes, with decently low heels
and lacing up the instep with ribbons. The
beauty who loves the dance we'll, but her
own charms more, wears bronze silk stock.
mgs embroidered with gold beads and low
ooze calf slippers with embroidered toes and
high, killngly high, gided heels. The pom
padour damscl wears Louis Quinze low
shoes with immense silver or paste buckles.
An Anglomaniac wears tiny pumps with
monogram and crest OH her black silk stock
ings The country cousin wears white satin
slippers, which make her feet appear of Chi.
caso size girl in a pale yellow silk EN-.
pire gown wears blue silk stockings and black
high heelcd slippers. with rows of narrow
gilt braid or tinsel marshaling themselves
across tue toe girl in black lace, relieved
by scarlctribbons, wears scarlet silk stockings
and scarlet high hccled shoes with toes
braided i'll black She wears coral beads,
black gloves and carries fan of scarlet
coques' plumcs. 4 dcbutante in whito tullc
wears tan leather slippers fastening ON the
instep with small silver buckles A dame in
gorgeous white satin brocade wears satin
slippers embroidered in the colors of the
gown Many women many feet nowadays
New York Mail and Express
The Dickinson press., 1889-03-23
Ono I'm "A Hundred.

1t was not because he was handsome that ]
fell in love with him-for tho little fellow
was not handsome, as the phrase goes-but lie
had clear honest eyes that looked friendly
into yours. and mouth that smiled cordially
if shyly. as my friend touched his plump little
hand which rested on tho back of the car
seat. He was with his mother She was
plainly clad, as was hc She had thought,
full face, perhaps little sad fancied she
was alone in the world. that her husband
might be dead and this little boy her sole
treasure He had protecting air, as if he
were her only champion and defender But
ho could not have been more than years
old.
We arrived at our station and left the car
We waited for tho long train to pass. AS the
car in which our littlo friend was seated came
up he was at the window He caught sight
of us and with the instinct of established
courteous habit his hand went up to his cap
and the cap was lifted. A bright smile on
tho bonny face and he was gone.
IL is not a comment OH the manners of
ninety-nino boys that this little 5-year-old
fellow is the lone in q hundred" that we re-
member. Awake.
The Dickinson press., 1889-03-23
Women Writers.

Tho success of women as authors is too well
known to need detailed comment. Just
now they are receiving considerably more
money from publishers than men 1t is said
they produce more than one-half of all tho
books written. And their work is not con
fined to fiction and poetry Mrs Martha j
Lamb is the author OF history of New York
which is q standard book of reference, and
other women have produced scientific and
philosophical works. Perhaps the single book
Which has brought woman the most money
III tho shortest time is Miss Leslies cookery
book, which netted $1,000 for its author
Ihe lncursons made by women into the
editorial field have not been many, but they
have attracted great deal Of attention Two
OF New York city's eminent editors are Mrs.
Martha j. Lamb and Miss Jeanette Glider
"A dozen more women editors could Le easily
counted up In New Orleans one of the lead-
ing editors is Mrs Nicholson, editor chief
OF Tho Picayune, of which she is also busi.
ness manager. She is not q fancy journal
lst" She has worked in all the departments
OF newspaper. from the composing room,
and knows the ropes" as thoroughly is her
masculine contemporaries There are said to
be 2OO women editors in the United States.
This does not include the number of editors
wives, who edit both their husbands and
their husbands papers. Women reporters,
correspondents, etc., are coming to rival
the men in number. No well regulated
newspaper nowadays is without women Oh
its staff. Time was when men wrote the
fashion and household articles, men espe-
cially selected for their blank ignorance on
those subjects, but those fellows have long
ago fallen beneath the iron foot of advancing
woman. Every newspaper reader can recall
the names of dozens Of women whose names
appear at the end of light articles on fashion
and other subjects. And woman. not salts
fed with what would appear to be her natu-
raj place in journalism, has been branching
Off into the very strongholds of man. She
has been writing political matter, financial
articles, and even news concerning live stock
The cattle reporter of one Of New York's lead
ing morning papers isa woman whose mind is
very much larger than her hustle. In fact,
some assert that she wears no hustle at all.
There is not person in New York who knows
more about horses and cattle than she does.
Women earn more money in journalism than
ID any other occupation they have invaded
The biggest pay yet given to any woman was
received by Fanny Fern, who got s!tO col
umn for her work. Two-thrds of tho maya.
zine articles are said to be written by women
New York Commercial Advertiser
The Dickinson press., 1889-03-23
How n Bride, House Wa, no,.,,,

About twenty years ago tho life and slim
shine of the homo of young physician and
his wfo i'll u small settlement on the banks of
the upper Mississippi was +-ycar-old ilaxen
haired daughter AT that time there boarded
With tho family a young man who on the
anniversary of tho birthday of the fascinat-
ing little miss, presented her with a pair OF
lambs, with tho understanding that they
should DO wholly hers, and tho littlo maiden
was greatly pleased with the pretty Great
urcs The givcr of tho lambs, after wander
ing about the world for several years. finally
settled in Saratoga Meantime tho child of
five summers had developed into womanhood,
and what lends special interest to tho story is
tho fact that the Saratoga gentleman re-
fcrrcd to has just received n letter from her,
in which she says:
81 was married on Thanksgiving day, and
on our return from our wedding trip We
moved into new houSc-my own-built
with tho money derived from the increase of
those beautiful little lambs you generously
presented mo with When Il child. New York
SIM
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COSTLY JEWELRY FOR DOGS.

Silver. Gold and Precious Stones None Too
Good for the Ladies' Pets.
A fashonably dressed lady with dog
whip clasrcd i'll her bejcwelcd right hand and
llack French poodle following langully in
her wake can often 10 seen on Brooklyn thor
oughfares when til eday is bright Tho dog
has been clipped in the most approved style,
the hair being removed from his body until
there remains but few tufts to show that
nature intended him to be a canino JoJo
Just above the circles of wool still clingng
to the pootlle's legs there are little silver
bangles and around his neck broad hand
of silver glistens. AN Eagle reporters curl
osity WIS excited by this canine phenomo-
mons appearance, and he was thus led to ask
fashionable jcwcler about costly ornaments
for dogs.
ut costs n lot of money to keeps fashion
ahc dog nowadays" said tho jewcler, "ror
society ladies are following very closely tho
elaboratcncss of their wardrobcs in tho outfits
of their pets. Up to comparatively recent
period women were satisfied with utlorning
their canine friends with more or less costly
collars All kinds were used, from plain
leather studded with nails to moro or less cx-
pcnsivcly worked metal bands of brass or
German silver Then tho fad of using solid
silver and even gold collars began to gain
popularity. and often family creSts or mono
grams wcro thereon engraved About tho
time that bangles were i'll tho height of their
popularity, few dog collars wcro made of
silver or gold pieces joined together Russia
leather and alligator skin hound with gold
were also used for canine neck encircers
Tho dog shows of late years, however, fully
started the craze among women for all sorts
of ornaments for dogs. You see, ono woman
would have sore eyed poodle or
| u cocker spaniel on exhibition in
| n velvet dog house draped with silk,
| and every other woman who saw it wanted
the snne thing for her darling pet Some
ono elso would liuvea jcwelcd collar on her
pet, and all women wanted jcweed collars
right away Tho fashion of dressing dogs
in claborately embroidered blankets spread
like Il prliric fire, and you Gun remember tho
time, not long since, when ncuryievery dog
on tho streets had coverings of this sort Tho
dog bracelet was the latest fad and those are
what you saw encircling the legs of that
French poodle These bracelets are made of
gold and silver, and urc often set with pre-
cous stones. have sold some set with quito
valuable diamonds. They ure fastened with
little padlocks and arc usually about tho size
of finger rings, as tho larger dog scorrl srch
frivolitics. What the dear creatures will take
up next in tho way Of dog ornancntation
cannot tell. This is dog age, you know,
and children arc nowhere" and the iewelcr
sighed rs ho picked small hair from tho
works of a watch left for repairs, rubbed tho
case n moment with bit of chamois skin.
and hung it up as done, with ticket which
read: "For repairs, ,Sl.50."-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Dickinson press., 1889-03-23
Tho uome,essne.. of the American Girl.

Tho HomeIessness of the American Girl.
a great want, says Charlotte Stewart, is
the want of an ideal of home life in the
American girls existence. If there is home
life in America-and of course there is, and
must be-we hear very little about it in
American novels; and the American girl, as
she is depicted, is as little under its influence
and control as any one could possibly be.
Her lifeis without the solid foundation of
homo pursuits and home cares She never
falls back upon homo life, as the girl of Euro
pean training can do, and does, when social
enjoyment fails her. Our average English
girl. once she tears herself away from Lon
don. falls back into the routine of home life
with perfect ease. and often with real pleas
urc. She has innumerable occupations and
resources, apart from social life They may
be trivial, but at least they occupy her mind
and make her contented and happy This,
apparently, the American lacks, duties and
responsibilities form no part Of her youth
full education. English Paper
The Dickinson press., 1889-03-23
Turbans and Hoods.

Ladies' turbans of seal skin, says IIarper's
Bazar, have round soft crowns that arc higher
than those Of last year, and are sometimes
caught over to one side or are folded and
wrinklcd just rs cloth or velvet crowns are;
they arc then finished with border of beaver,
otter or Persian lamb skin Plain seal tur-
bans arc more round in shape than the long
toques, and havo u band that can bo lowered
about tho ears. There are also lrimmer and
Persian turbans with high soft crowns. both
i'll tho round French shapes and in the mar
rover long toqucs. Ducks and other birds
madc up of seal skin trim seal hats Slcighng
hoods of seal or Of Persian fit close about the
head and face, and arc heightened to form a
acape on the neck, then bordcred with chin
chilla or other becoming fur, and tied under
tho chin with ribbon strings.
The Dickinson press., 1889-03-23
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The I'CA Habit.

Two servants icing hauled up recently be-
fore Boston police justice, charged with
creating disturbance. declared that they
were not drunk, but under the influence Of
tea. which alone was responsible for their
eccentric behavior In answer to the judge
who questioned the possibility of any one be
coming intoxicated by drinking tea, the reply
was: NO more they can, yer honor: we
ate it."
This tea eating is said to be becoming quite
a apopular vice, and curously enough its vic
tins are mostly among the help, who, having
the household tea caddy always accessible,
get accustomed to helping themselves from it
to the dry leaves-a pinch at u time Tho
leaves they chew. thus extracting the aka
loid, which il n toxic agent of a most power
full description Its first effect is an agreear
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lis wife, and ali the women and men in til

his wife, and all the women and men in the
department are talking about it, Every
morning, except when the weather is very
bad, she walks down to the department with
him, and they part at the door like young
lovers, although they have been married ten
years Then, at 1890, as regularly as tho
clock, she makes her appearance with little
lunch basket in her hand, and sits beside
him while he eats couple of sandwiches and
piece of pie, both made by her own hands.
If be has any time left after eating his
luncheon they take short walk through tho
White House grounds, or down Fifteenth
street south Of the treasury. Then, at 4
O'Clock in the afternoon, when business hours
are over, she is always at the door to meet
him, and they take a walk together, arm in
arm, before they go home. This couple are
childless, and the women Of the department
say the reason of their devotion is that they
have no one else to lavish their affections on.
Chicago Herald.
The Dickinson press., 1889-03-23
Sinoulur Entry.

a little man who runs prosperous drug
storo on Cottage Grove avenue has for dis
tinsuishins trait an inability to remember
names. lle has a score of customers whom
hc knows well by sight, but whose names lie
could not call Off to save himself from hang
ing Tho consequence is that when three or
four of these customers have called in one
evening and have made small purchases
which they wished cLalkcd up, his little book
contains entries something like this: Man
with the Black Whiskcrs, cigars 25 cents,
Tho Short Ncckcd Man, parcgorc, 10
cents" "The Handsome Man with the Gray
Dilldalls, ~ cents worth OF Jamaica ginger
and SO on. This is the only set of bookkeep
ing that the little drug store man indulges in,
and he says bis creditors are all good and
never let him loso money by it.-Chicago
journal
The Dickinson press., 1889-03-23
Ball Room Etiquctte.

"Delmonica" writes: This is my first
season out, and see that many Of my part
ners wish to get rid of me after dancing, and
yet they feel afraid to leave me alone | fear
spoil their evenings Nothing is 50 uncom-
Portable to girl as to see that man is talk
ing to her and secretly hoping that some one
will come along and relieve him. Sometimes.
too, desire the society of somebody else as
much as he does"
We should not have supposed the pretty
debutante of this season had any such trial
as this Could she not say: "Do not stand
talking to me, beg of you | do not mind
being alone. assure you," or there is the
universal remedy of the seat and the chaperon
This lady ought to help Delmonica out of her
difficulty.
If men could get over their fear of being
''cornered" at ball they would be more
agreeable. Still less should young man be
too officious at ball, or annoy lady by
sticking too closely to her If he does, she
has right to facilitate his departure by look
ing little distrait and allowing him to see
by her manner that he is taking up too much
of her time But this is one of those delicate
shades which must be!eft to an artist like
Delmonica to put in for himself-M E. W
Sherwood in St Louis Republic.
The Dickinson press., 1889-03-23
"DYiur (iarnc.n

Nine-tcnths of tho statements mado as to
murdcrers dying game" are so much urraut
nonsense In almost every case where q
criminal is led to execution whether it be by
The guillotine or by the gallows, it is found
absolutely necessary to administer some kind
Of alcoh:lic stimulant to tho trembling
wretch, and, in oldcn times. when the con.
demned prisoner was allowed to drink as
much as ever he liked on the morning of
execution, it was probably the man who was
most drunk who died exceptionally game
San Francisco Argonaut.
The Dickinson press., 1889-03-23
THE OLD ROCKING CHAIR.

My grandmother sat in the old rocking chair
Gut she was not my grandmother then),
And her pert little face was bewitchingly fair
As she laughed n defiance TO meni
Her sunhonnet tluttered like bird on its string,
Her hair wandered fire. on the breeze;
And gayly ween did my grandmother sing
Underneath those old gnard apple trees
My grandfather rode through tho white orchard
gate,
And tethered his roam to n tree;
He'd well powdered " ig on his silly young pate
And high taSsrl'd boots to his knee!
From tho pink apple blossoms that over him
hung
He brlish'd off tho dew with his hat;
Till ho came to the place whcre tho rocking chair
swung,
And my merry young grandmother sat,
The kingcup and dairy bloomed round in their
pride,
And bees Of their sweetness did sip;
But my grandfather blush'd and my grandfather
siSh'd,
AS he ilick'd off their heads with his whip;
My granny she h',mn,nd her cunning old song
Faint heart never won ladye fair"
So he woca and lie prayed and before very long
There sat two in that old rocking chair!
y U Brennan In Temple Bar
The Dickinson press., 1889-03-23
EOrgCtfllncSS.

A lady in Detroit, says Tho FREQ Press, was
recently presented with ono of tho popular
shopping bags, with this injunction: ~ want
you to carry it every time you 60 out shop
ping. have seen you several times carrying
lot of small parcels i'll your arms"
The lady thanked her friend, and tho first
time she went out on n shopping tour she
hung tho black bag on her arm to drop par
GELS in. She shopped all the morning, and at
noon, as sho was toiling wearly home she
met her friend
"Where is your basa' inquired tho friend
81 gavo it to you to shop with, and here you
arc with your arms full of parcels again!'
why" gasped the astonished shopper,
why here it is on my arml | never once
thought of it."
Sure enough, it hung limp and empty on
her arm, she having entirely forgotten its
purpose.
The Dickinson press., 1889-03-23

"Lct him sink he IL only jew" was the
exclamation of n crowd Of people in Russian
town recently, as they beheld the struggles Of
u poor wretch in tho river Just thcn n
young man broke through the crowd which
tried to hold him back, and plungins into the
river, brought the drowning man to tho
shore. AS the crowd began to jeer ut him
for saving the life of mere Jew. it was dis
covered that the man whose life was saved
was n Geutile and that his brave rescuer was
II Jew The Jccring at once ceased. and the
crowd SUNK away New York Tribune
The Dickinson press., 1889-03-23
A Ceramic Kiln.

Ladies who arc interested in tho art of
china decoration will be glad to hear that
Miss L r. Hall, of Buffalo, has invented Il
ceramic kiln, which can be heated by either
gas or charcoal, and which can bo made at Il
small cost. 1t is portable and novel in con
struction, with three pots instead Of one as
in ordinary kilns Miss Hall has also i'll
vented testing tube to determine tho prccis,
moment when the firing is perfect, 70 that
there need be no more work ruined by i'm
proper firing. g.-Chicago News.
The Dickinson press., 1889-03-23
Opium in China.

A Yellow book, recently published by Or
der of the inspector general of customs il
China, discloses an enormous development il
the native production Of opium There arc
ten districts in which tho native article is
largely i'll Use. In some cases it has driven
the foreign opium out of the market. and III
many the two arc blended In ono district
the annual production is estimated at EG,Uu1,-
Coz i'll value, and the funny thing about it is
that this all goes on in spite of government
prohibition AT this rate, the opium trade
difficulty in India is in n fair way to settle
itself London Truth.
The Dickinson press., 1889-03-23
A Shark Story.

An English cruiser had once seized what
they believed to be q SLAYER but we're Obliged
reluctantly to let her 60 for want of papers
to prove the fact A fortnight later Il shark
was caught, and in its body was found roll
of papers which condemned the SLAYER they
had been thrown overheard The cruiser
FASTENED in pursuit of the SLAYER and seized
it just three weeks after the papers hai beer,
thrown into the sea. -Stories of the Deep.
The Dickinson press., 1889-03-23
Tho Rag Mat.

a crocheted rag mat is made by making n
chain long enough for ono side of square
mat, then turn and missing tho first stitch
work to end Of chain in double crochet, turn
and work the same as previous row, and so
continue until only one stitch is on the needle,
which bind off. Make four of these triangu.
lar pieces and Join in n square,
Tho rag mats arc nice and comfortable for
u kitchen, and though many do not like them,
claiming they retain tho smell of tho cooking,
yet, when it comes to bare floor or oil cloth
versus mats, place us on tho side of mat,
every time.-Boston Budget
The Dickinson press., 1889-03-23
He Could Stand II.

"You would be sorry to lose your sister,
wouldn't you. Johnnyr asked the visitor
suggestively to the little boy who was enter.
taining bin in the drawing room.
"Nopo," replied Johnny "a guess could
stand it, Mr. Hankinson. Nav says I've got
to wear short pants till after Irene's mar
riage."' Undertook Rough Notes
The Dickinson press., 1889-03-23
Good Nature.

There is no conquering the good nature of
some men a certain country gentleman,
for instance. who was very fond Of shooting,
but "h" vas very poor niarksnan, came
honie after day in the woods with smiling
and contented face, tut with nothing in his
bag
Did you have good days sporti' he was
uskcd
Splendid splendid" exclaimed the hum
ter Never missed SO many rabbits and
squirrels III one day before in my ife!'-
Youths CuIIluanIOn
The Dickinson press., 1889-03-23

BILE exhilaration. Ultimately it induces sleep
lcssness and an abnormal condition of mind,
with strange wishes and delirium 1t is an
amusing fact, by the way, that when tea was
first brought to England, about the year 1868,
1T was served experimentally for eating in
bowl, like spinach. For long time after
that it was regarded as deadly drug, and
people who sold it were considered disrep-
utnhln