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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-22
GRACE WITHOUT CoRsErs.
Actresses Whose Beauty Requires
No Aid From Whalebone.


new York Evening World.
"CorsetS upon the stage!" exclaimed
Nine. Modieska. the other day. "Why,
no woman can be graceful in corset.
1 never wear one in part. Let me
show you what do wear. 1t is an in
vention of my own"
Carelessly throwing aside her loose
morning wrapper, an exceedingly pretty
Russian robe of white cashmere. with
trim ming of black fur, she showed a
tightly-fitting bodice of buckskin that
came up to the armpits and well down
over the hips.
You see," said the actress, as she
swayed her body to and fro. THAT what
ever pose assume the contour of the
body is preserved. | am supported
without being restricted, as every one
is in corset"
The buckskin garment was laced on
either side and fitted the figure per-
fectly, yet there was no suggestion of
stiffness"
Il wear this in all my parts" con-
tinued Modjeska. 1.-The idea was sug-
gested to me by wearing an outer gar
ment of buckskin in my. role of Rosa
lind. | discovered | could move with
gieater ease, and also that made a bet
ter appearance than in any garment
had ever worn."
The preservation of what is known as
''tne line of beauty" is great fad with
some of the leading stars. Mary Ander-
son, in her statuesque roles, makes a
great point of this particular.
IL think corset is an instrument OF
torture" Miss Anderson once said,
when asked to give an opinion. Il am
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-22

perfectly miserable II put one on for
half an hour. ALI my dinner dresses
are made to be worn without corsets,
and they are considered by good judges
to be very artistic"
"What do you wear instead Of cor
set?"
"Nothlng when off the stage, but In
my parts wear this" And she held
up roll of stout linen cut In strip
about four inches wide. 1t looked ex-
actly like surgeons bandage, and she
puts 1t on exactly as bandage Is put
on, rolling it round and round her body,
high enough to support the breast and
low enough to cover the torso.
Mrs. Potter wears neither corset nor
substitute for one. Miss Jessie Mill
ward, the English actress. does not
wear corset on the stage, and Substi-
tutes only tight bandage worn below
the waist. Sarah Bernhardt wears O
tightly-fitted waist of flannel.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-22
TRUE TO HER PROMISE.
A Dying Woman Recovers just to
Spite II err Husband.

spite Her Husband.
The chuckling and other symptoms OF
satisfacti on led the Oxford county man
to tell another story, says the l. ewistOr
(Me.) Journal.
"a woman up our way was very
Sick" said he. ''She grew worse and
worse, aud the doctor finally gave her
up. She had fought a good ii ght for
life, but at last made up her mind that
she was going to die, and said her part
ing words to her friends. Last uf all
she had talk with her husband.
"'John,' said she, Pm going to leave
you forever
"Yes. Mirandy,' said he, dropping g
tear.
81 amt like some women, John.
want you to be happy and have a COM
panion through life
"'Yes, Mirandy.'
"'Yes, | want you to marry again.
and I've been thinking that one of Mr..
Smiths girls would make you an excel
lent wife,
"sYes, Mirandy. I've been thinking
of that same thing myself
"'You have, ELI? you brutei You bet.
ter wait till Pm gone before you pick
out another wife! Oh, you wretch! fix
ing your heart on another woman Qe-
fore your first wife's under ground! But
you snan't have herl Pm going to get
we'll just to spite you and Ann Smith
1.-The woman was true to her promise.
To everybOdy'S establishment she recov-
cred and lived 10 attend her husbands
funeral"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-22
THE CARE OF A PIANO.
1t Is Weilto Keep a Growing Plant
in the Room.


in the Room.
New York Mail and Express.
1T is popular notion that pianos
ought to be kept very dry. Nothing
could he more fallaciOus. Pianos are
not nearly so much affected by heat or
by cold as they are by dryness, and re-
versely by dampness. 1t is not gener-
ally known that the sounding-board, the
life of piano, is forced into the case
Whenit is made. so tightly that it buiges
up in the center, on the same princiL lie
as violin. The wood is supposed to
be as dry as possible, but, of course, it
contains Some moisture. and gathers
more on damp days and in handling.
Now. when piano is put in an over
heated, dry ro0Li all this moisture is
dried out, and the board loses its shape
and gets tabby and cracks. Even if
it doesn't crack the tone loses its res
Onance and grows thin and tinny, the
felt cloth and leather used in she action
dry up and the whole machine rattleS.
GLOW will you prevent this?"
keep a growing plant in your room,
and so long as your plant thrives your
piano ought to, or else there is some
thing wrong with it. 1t should be
noted how much more water will have
to be poured into the flower-pot in the
room where the piano is than in any
other ROOM"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-22

| hear that considerable trouble exists
in Japan in regard to the revision of the
treaties, and that guards have been
stationed about our legation there. The
emlire of Japan has been run entirely
by the advanced thinkers of the cOun-
try. These have been in favor of for
eign innovation, and from them it has
been supposed that the whole Japan
csc people are in favor of foreigners.
1t seems, however, that new move
ment has sprung up, and that an anti
foreign feeling has developed, which
was expressed in some degree in the
troubles with Count Okuma. 1t is by
no means certain that the Japanese peo-
pie wish foreigners to reside and do
business in the interior of their country,
and though the fact has never gotten
into the newspapers, it is an open secret
in Toxic, that our minister, Mr.. Bing-
ham, who was a great friend of the
Japanese, had negotiated a treaty by
which the Japanese were given every
thing that they asked for in this re-
gard, and the treaty was ready to be
sent out from the state department at
Washington when the japanese min
lister here requested that it be held back
Minister Hubbard was ready to do the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-22
ODDITIES OF ETIQUETTE.
How One Must Act at Certain
Times In Other Nations.

How One Must Act at Certain
Times In Other Nations.
London Wit and Wisdom.
In Sweden, If you address the poorest
person on the street you must lift your
hat. The same courtesy is insisted
upon If you pass a lady on the stairway.
TO enter reading room or bank with
ones hat on is regarded as a bad breach
of manners. To place your hand on the
arm of lady is grave and objection
able familiarity. Never touch the per-
son; it is sacred, is one Of their proverbs.
In Holland. lady is expected to retire
precipitately If she should enter store
or restaurant where men are cOngre-
gated. She waits until they have tran
sacted their business and departed.
Ladies seldom rise in Spain to receive a
male visitor, and they rarely accompany
him to the door. For Spaniard To give
lady (even his wife, his arm when out
walking, is looked upon as decided
violation OF prOpriety.
In Persia, among the aristocracy, a.
visitor sends notice an hour or TWO be-
fore calling, and gives days notice if
the visit is one of great Importance. He
is met by servants before he reaches the
house, and other considerations are
shown him according to relative rank.
The left, and not the right, is considered
the position of honor. No Turk will
enter a sitting room with dirty shoes.
The upper classes wear tight-ftting
shoes. with goloshes over them. The
latter, which receive all the dirt and
dust. are left outside the door. The
Turk never washes in dirty water.
Water is poured over his hands, so that
when polluted it runs away.
In Syria the people never take off
their caps or turbans when entering the
house or visiting friend, but they al
ways leave their shoes at the door.
Thera are no mats or ScraperS outside.
and the floors inside are covered with
expensive rugs, kept very clean in
MosIem h ouses and used to kneel upon
whine saying prayers.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-22
ST. PATIENCE'S DAY.

Merrily bounded the usher's heart
Yestere'en as he bore his part
Merrily beamed the ushers smile,
Greeting fair faces in the aisle.
Rosily one sweet bridesmaid blushed
AS that vast throng i'll the church was
hushed.
And the man of God, by the altar side,
Called benisons down on the groom and
bride.
For the usher had caught the bridesmaids
And he gave little impatient sigh.
She whispered no word, and she made no
sign,
But her message came back from the sacred
shrine:
BE patient, patient. my love. tonight:
Tomorrow is coming on wings of light"
Love makes the world go round they say,
But it couldn't go fast enough to-day;
For the bells are ringing at eventide,
And usher and bridesmaid are groom and
bride.
-Kempcr Bocock In the Century.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-22

which occurred yesterday in one of the
red hcrdics going out to the capitol.
Senator Cockrell, of Missouri, In an old
SLOUGH hat and an Oyercoat considerably
worse for the wear, came in ana
pumped himself down on a seat near
the door, white he handed three and
Seventh-tenths cent ticket to his post
man, who sat next him. to put in the box.
He then began to talk to the postman,
and said:
''Ain't this awful weather? ] never
saw such warm days during December
in my lite. There are half dozen
people sick in my block. and We'll all
be sick ii it don't get colder. It's just
awful"
The herdic went on half block and
Gen. Palmer entered the herdic. be
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-22

AT this time Senator Reagen was
more faISighted than any other man in
the South, and had his advice been
taken universal suffrage for tho negro
would have been postponed for num-
Der of years. At this time Mr.. Reagan
wrote letter to the governor OF his
state urging that the people accept the
results of the war, protect the negro
AMI pass such laws as would fit them
for citizenship. He was willing that
the negro be enfranchised whenever he
could read the constitution and had be-
come taxpayer, and he wrote that IN
less the South adopted such measures
the states would be put under military
rule and every negro would have the
right to vote. Such advice was mighty
unpopular in the South at the close of
the war. But Reagan found Secretary
Seward and others of JohnsOn's cabinet
in favor of his scheme, and he was as
sured that if Texas would lead in the
movement and the other states would
follow, that the government would help
it on. He started South intending to
stump Texas in favor of his theories.
He found his popularity growing cooler
as he went on. His friends at Rich
mond avoided the discussion of the
project. He stayed two days at New
Orleans. but no one mentioned it to
him. The silence became more oppres-
siye when he reached Texas, and the
leading Texan politician told him that
the people were down on him, and that
every one vino had Office or wanted
Office in Texas was making it his espe-
cial duty to curse the eX-postmaster
general of the Confederacy ana his let
ter. Mr.. Reagan saw there was no use
in pushing the matter, and he retired to
his farm and went to blowing. 1t was
ten years after the war when his proph-
ecies had all been fulfilled that he was
urged by his friends to again enter poll
tics. He did so, and he has been one of
the leading men of Texas from that day
to this. He served in the house of rep
resentatiyes until his election to the
senate about three years ago, and now,
at the age of seventy-one, he is as ener-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-22

or overeating, or the partaking of too rich
and indigestible food, is q common cause
of discomfort and suffering. To immedi-
atty relieve the stomach and bowels from
such overlooking, a full dose of DR.. Pierce's
Purgative Pellets is the best remedy. They
operate gently, yet thoroughly and with
out gripping, nausea, or other unpleasant
effects.
If the too free indulgence in such intem-
perete eating has deranged digestion, caus-
ing dyspepsia and biliousness, attended
with sense Of fullness or bloating after
eating, coated tongue, bitter or bad taste
in mouth in the morning, on arising,
drowsiness after meals, indescribable feel
ing of dread, or of impending calamity
and hypochondria-theny you need to fol-
low up the use of the pellets" with DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, to
tone up the stomach, invigorate the liver,
and set all the processes of digestion at
work. While curing Indigestion, it puri-
fies the blood, cleansing the system from
all humors and blood-poisons- matter
Of what name or nature, Or from what
cause arising There is nothing similar
to it in composition or approaching it in
results. Therefore, don't be duped and
induced to take some substitute said to
be "just as good,' that the dealer may
make larger profit.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-22

said, ''How do you do, senator, and
shook hands with Mr.. COckrell as he sat
down. Said Senator Cockreil:
'Oh. Pm pretty well. but don't know
whether I'll stay well long. Amt this
awful weather. | never saw such
weather in December before. People
are sick all around me. Well all be
sick if it don't get colder"
At the next corner another passenger
got in. He was a rOtund Straw-whiSk-
cred man, with long hair and big
round head, pasted down TO pair of
broad shoulders. lie wore an OVercoat
that showed the same marks of age as
that of Senator Cockrells, and he had
on his head drab sOmhrerO with a rim
a yard wide. Outside of his wristbands
he evidently had a red flannel dicky
across his breast under the coat. ''How
are you. COckrell," said he. "HOw are
YOU, George" said COckrell.
''0h," said Senator George with a
gasp. 'I'm jest sweatin'l Ive walked a
mile, and the waters runnin' down me IN
streams. | wonder if it would be wrong
for a fellow to take off. his coat" and
with that he pulled off his Overcuat and
laid it across his lap, as he sat down Op-
posite Senator Cockrell. The two states
men looked at each other, and Senator
Cockrell said:
George, do you know 1 think this
weather is just awful. The people are
sick all over tOWn''-and here he leaned
nearer to the senator, and, with sug-
gestiOn of fear in his tone. continued,
land George, we'll all be sick if it don't
get colder. Why. got up this morning
and put on heavy coat and an OvercOat,
then l tried a light coat and a heavy
overcoat, and | finally put on medium
coat, and that's the coat I've got on now.
Amt it awful?"
Senator George said it was, and the
conversation drifted from the weather 10
the discussion of Chief Justice Fuller's
Grafton on Washington, and from that as
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-22

Ben Butler has not yet sold his big
house opposite the capitol to the govern
ment, but he gets nice rent out OF
Uncle Sam all the same, and his man
sion contains some of the most comfort
able committee rooms Of the lower
house. The building is assessed at
Sl2l, 900. and it must cost him somewhere
in the neighborhood of $1,000 year in
taxes. 1t had for long time mort
gage of 500, 200 on it, and this was given
by Butler to raise money for his last
presidential campaign, and it was said
that his gubernatOrial campaigns cost
him $l0U,0O0 apiece. He can afford,
however, to spend money in politics.
for he makes, it is said, 100000 year
at the law, and takes away hatful
every time he comes here to practice be-
fore the supreme court. saw him In
one of the departments the other day.
He is looking fat and healthy, and he
had bouquet in his button hole as
usual. He wore q big sOmbrero hat on
his bald head, and the rim of this al
most hid his cooked eye as he passed
me. Ben Butler is very eccentric as to
his clothes. He comes out in an en-
tirely new style of costume every time
he comes to Washington, and q
winter OF two ago he appeared
here clad entirely in furs. A fur
Overcoat with the hair on the outside
covered his fat frame from neck TO feet,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-22

and he had q great fur cap on his head.
He looked more like an EsQuimaux
grandmother than great constitutional
lawyer, and he was for day the Curl
osity of the capital. Benjamin Butler
is good dresser. His clothes fit him,
and Notwithstanding the peculiarities
of his frame. they are built in the best
of snape. He is now seventy-one years
old. but he looks as though he might
last for twenty years, and he is as
strong physically and mentally as he
was during the war. He works be-
cause he likes it, and he will probably
keep up his practice until he dies.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-22
A Substitute Bill.
Puck.

Mrs. Kidby Nupop Ito her unmarried
brother-in-law)-Batchley, would you
very much mind taking the baby out in
his carriage while the Nurse goes for
walk?
Batchley = W-w-wouldn't it d-d-dO
just as we'll if l t-t-took the n-n-nurse
out in m-m-m-my carriage while the b.
b-baby went for a W-w-Walk2
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-22
6oncroHN 2his NoNeA

He walks with firm tread, and though
las valet, handsome. brown-Whiskered
blonde German always goes with him,
lie does not support him, Bancroft
was a great friend of Emperor William
OF Germany, and it may be that he
adopted the cap of the German army
PIT OF Difference to him. He wears, at
any rate. one of these caps with the
visor well pulled down over his eyes,
hnd lac goes about Washington as chip
per as boy. lie has practically given
Gp, however, his literary work, and
though he plays at writing and pre-
tends to labor, he is really doing very
little.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-22

same thing, and he had treaty ready
for acceptance. Now Russia and some
of the other European powers are will
ing to do the same. and Japan herself
objects. The Japanese are very exclta-
BILE people. They issue something like
sixty million copies OF newspapers
every year, and in case this antl-for-
eign feeling should develop. 1t might
become decidedly dangerous for Ameri-
cans in Japan.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-22

to whether it was better for bishop to
be an eloquent speaker and polished
man in society, or to be less eloquent
and less polished, and to be very good
man. This subject was under discussion
when my friend left the herdic.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-22

Speaking of the weather reminds me
of a remark Senator EdmundS made in
regard to the weather bureau. He said:
II understand how TO read Gen. Gree
ly'S signs. When his flags say fair
weather l always carry my umbrella"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-22

1 sat to-day in the press gallery of the
United States senate and watched a
big-headed, dark-faced, brown-haired
man who sat in the middle of the Dem
cratic side of the chamber, and pulled
a string to and fro between his fingers.
while series of expressions passed
over his face. A number of newspaper
clippings lay before him on the desk. He
had been reading them, and rs he laid
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-22

Speaking of pedestrians, Mr.. Ban
croft, the historian, has stopped riding
and taken to walking. He told me
about year ago that he could ride
thirty miles without firing, and his tall,
him frame seems to De made of iron.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-22

Senator Henry B. Payne is another
great walker. He walks from his house
30 the capitol and back every day. Tom
Reed usually walks out TO congress, and
Mckinley and Tom BayHe do likewise.
! often see Justice Harlan on the ave-
nue., and have seen half a dozen jus
fices OF the supreme court at one time
In the same street car. Ex-Speaker
Carlisle not infrequently holds onto the
strap of the herdics. ana i once saw him
rise and give his seat 10 cOlored girl.
Zen, Joe Johnson patrOnizes the street
rar, and Joe Cannon rides thus to the
tapitOl every morning. l saw senator
Edmunds in herdic yesterday, and the
president, while he was in the senate,
used to patronize the street car.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-22

Some funny conversations are heard
in these Washington herdics. A lady
friend of mine describes an incident
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-22
getic and bright as any man in the SEN

Senator Reagan shows no traces OF
his Illness Of 1--WE years ago. and his
Western trip which he took during the
past summer seems to have put new life
into him. His complexion Is clear, his
eyes are full of life, and the thin hair
ON his big round cannon-ball head has
the same brown hue as when he was in
congress before the war. He Is a hard
worker. fair speaker. and q man of
more than ordinary common sense and
ability. lie never flies off OH tangent,
and now that the war is over. he be-
lieyes that its discussion should be
dropped in congress. He can talk very
entertalningly about his career In the
stormy DAYS from 81 to '65, but he
seldom does so. When he does he never
lacks listeners. for he is full Of good
stories, and he tells them well. He has
q great admiration for jefferson Davis.
and speaks of him in high terms.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-22

One of the trophies Of Senator Rea-
gan's trip through the territories is an
immense pair of antlers which hang in
his library OH the wall to the right of his
desk. These antlers will measure, L
judge. fully five feet from the root of
the horns to the tip ends of them. and
the horns with their branches are so
spread out that their tips must be fully
Reagan is keeping house this winter in
Washington. His home is on the corner
of Twelfth and p streets, just off Iowa
Circle. and facing very pretty green
reservation. This place is about two
miles from the capitol, and the senator
rides back and forth in the street cars.
FRANK q. CARPENTER.
Copyright, 1889.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-22

AS to the lynching, we suggested it
because Tim O'Niel, the victim, had
fallen into the habit of killing man
about seven times a week, and there
was every reason to believe that the
coroner was standing in with him on the
fees. We should have suggested
stretching the coroner's neck little at
the same time, but as he brought us in
a club of thirteen subscribers we didn't
think 1t would look exactly right.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-22
USTRIA'S DAoHING EMPRESS

Copyright, 1889.
Evening journal., 1889-04-19
Call for stoeckIe's Book.
MARINE MATTERS.

The steamer Earnmoor has been taken
from the dry dock at the Harlan & Hol-
lingsworth Company's yard.
The schooner L. B. Chandler is loading
near Third street bridge, with -four from
the William Lea and Sons Company's s
mills for Lewes, Del.
The schooner Jenney Wiley anchored
back of the ice breaker at the Delaware
Breakwater yesterday, and afterwards
broke adrift She collided with the
schooner Calvin p. Harris, knocking a
hole through her decks and sustaining
other damage.
A sunhen vessel has been discovered
off Cape Charles, with portion of her
mast sticking out of water. The spars
resemble those Of the lost boat Enoch
Turley. In all probability the wreck was
that Of the Turley, as she was steering
in that direction when she was last seen.
The storms Of the winter have been
disastrous to Frederick sailors and ship
owners. Three of the former have been
lost; Captain James Lollis, who was
killed off Hatteras on April 6, and Cap
tain Patrick Queen and mate, Albert
Tomlinson, whose vessel sailed in the
early winter and has never been heard
from. Two vessels belonging to ex
Governor John W. Hall have been totally
lost.