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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-18
True Mnmanlfness.

I was much struck by little incident that
occurred last year. l, among others, belong
ing to a large party who were waiting at a
railway station for the train that was to
carry US down to garden party at one of
the many lovely places on the Thames, saw
an old man, a decrepit creature, bowed and
palsied, making his way TO where the third
class compartment would be- His arms were
full Of bundles of various sizes. Coming near
a truck, the old man, who was half blind,
marched against the edge Of it, and all his lit
tie bundles fell helplessly to the ground.
Most of the young people belonging to our
party broke into an irresistible laugh.
They were not 50 much to be blamed
You will see amusement in even triles but
there was one among US who did not laugh.
The old mans chagrin seemed to touch her.
She went quickly forward, and as he CROPPED
neryously for his parcels she lifted them one
by one and laid them in his arms She was
not a strictly pretty girl, but there was dig
nifty and sweetness both in her face and in
her action. noticed that young man, one
of our party, watched her intentiy. He was
rich, titled, one of the matches of the Lon
don season. Supreme admiration showed it
self in his face. He demanded an inC-Oduc-
ton. gave it. In six months they were
man and wife. She made good match, and
so did helm every sense Of the word.-Duchess
in Ladies Home Journal.
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A Shopping Incident.

The Astors almost never shop, but Mrs.
Astor has made the reputation OF one inter-
esting little miNiner 4 we'll educated young
woman had fitted herself a55the cost of CON
siderable sacrifice on her own part and her
mothers for teaching. She obtained a posi-
ton, butproved too shy and sensitive to con-
troll the half GROVE boys. She was poor
"disciphnarian, nanG stuRg byTa,aense Of fail
ure wandered up and down the streets won
dering what she could do. Down hearted,
giddy and almost faintmg, she stumbled
against a nilliner's sidewalk show case and
stared blankly at the Paris bonllets inside.
Then she went TO the bank, drew cut her
small savings, anu induced a cousin who kept
a little stationer's shop in a.moderately good
location toallow her window room for half
dozen hats Of her own concoctioga. 1t sounds
like a fairy story, but in three years she had
sold barely enough to keep body and soul to-
gether, when a carriage drove UP one morn
ing and lady bought-a black bonnet that
was as chic as it was ,unassrnling. The lady
had business, it seemed, with decorator who
lived next door, and something about the
small stock Of headgear had caught her eye
in passing.
The lady was Mrs. Aston, ard the sale was
to the milliner the beginning Of better for
tunes. 1t was the one chance that comes to
some people, not to everybody, in a life time,
Mrs. Aston mentioned her discovery quietly
to a few people, ard the milIiner has a tiny
parlor now on the avenue, and is going to
Paris for the second time for her stock in
trade.-Cor. st. Louis PostDispatch.
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Why Do Girls Look So Old?

live in a city that IS comparatively small,
and my circle of acquaintance is quite ex-
tensive. Among them all I notice that with
few exceptions the mothers are better look
ing and in many cases but little older in ap-
pearance than the daughters. l know this is
true in my own case. I cannot fiatter myself
that l am near as good looking as my mother.
Nine persons out of ten who do not know US
take US for sisters, and the tenth usually takes
US for stepmother and stepdaughter. As
remarked before, a large number of my per-
sonal friends have the same experience.
Since have been in Washington I have
noticed that the same rule viii apply, and
with equal force, I often wonder whether it
is that the mother looks younger than her
age, or the daughter older, and l have come
to the conclusion that it is both. But why is
it! Is it because the girls keep later hours
and dissipate more than they did a few years
ago, or that the mothers take better care Of
themselves? 1t cannot be because the mothers
work less than they used TO, because many
work just as much, and l have a very good
example of the case in our colored washer
woman, who, attired in an old dress and hat,
as she always is, looks as young as her grown
up daughter, who, when she condescends to
bring the clothes home, wears a nice dress,
stylish hat and hid gloves, even if it is
o'clock in the morning-Cor. Washington
Post.
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KNIGHTS OF HONOR.
Growth of the Order in massachusetts
Various Interesting Items.

various interesting Items.
According to the reports received by the
grand reporter of Massachusetts,, 13I lodges
show gain during 1889 of 334 members and
loss of $40. The lodges showing the largest
gain have been as follows: Woilaston lodge,
Quincy, 81; CharlestOwn lodge, Charlestown,
50; Gardner lodge, Gardner. 50; Sachems
Rock, East Bridgewater, %; Norwood lodge,
Northampton, 10; Suffolk lodge, Boston, new
lodge, 15 Wollaston lodge initiated the
largest number, and Sachem's Rock lodge
shows the largest percentage Of gain by
initiation.
Indiana commandery, No. 20, located at
Evansville, Ind, has membership of 80 well
drilled and uniformed young men.
Thirty-four lodges in Ohio contributed
$1S2. TO to aid the family of Charles Smith,
deceased, at one time member Of Oak lodge,
now defunct. Lewis Mackey, dictator of
Lake lodge, 800, Port Clinton, issues a circu-
lar, thanking the contributing lodges.
The many friends of genial John H Han
cock, supreme representative from Kentucky,
will be gratifed to learn that he has been
elected city treasurer of Louisville, Ky.
Crystal lodge, 1866, of Brooklyn, n. Y,
has amended its bylaws, increasing the dues
to Sc year and paying a sick benefit of S.
per week for thirteen weeks. There is not a
more harmonious lodge in the order than
1866
Reports from Supreme Reporter B. F. Mel
son show the knights of Honor TO be in
fourishing condition, numerically and fnan-
cially. The order in the Missouri juriscic-
ton is in a healthy, prosperous condition, and
the activity inaugurated by the present ad-
ministration is being felt and appreciated.
The report Of Grand Reporter Curry, Of
California, shows net increase in member
ship and a decrease in the death rate for 1885,
Past Grand Dictator Hill has resigned his
seat in the Massachusetts legislature.
The Maryland papers speak highly Of Dep
uty Supreme Bakers work in that jurisdic-
ton.
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|. Q. o. E.
The Illinois Orphans Home-Other Items
OF Interest.

The Illinois Orphans Home-Other Items
OF Interest.
Mrs. Lizzie 1. Morrison, president of the
Illinois Orphans home, has issued an appeal
TO the subordinate and Rebekah degree lodges
of the state in behalf Of the proposed orphans
home, and the probabilities are that this long
delayed project will soon ulaterializs,
Eight new subordinate and ten Rebezah
degree lodges were instituted in Arkansas
the past year. Increase IN membership, 287
The mileage and per diem paid the repre-
senJatives and officers Attending the last ses-
sion of the grand lodge OF Illinois amounted
to upwards OF $1,000. TRis grand body has
$50 representatives
Twenty-four lodges have been instituted in
Pennsylvania since the lsst annual session.
D. H. Lsshley, the wei known pioneer,
who died 81 Beaver City recently, vas a
prominent Odd Fellow. Re was born IN
Maryland in 1881 He enaigraced TO Lincoln
in 1865, and went from there 20 Beaver City
IN 1875 4 large number OF Odd Fellows
from Arrapaloe attended the funeral
A copy Of the journal Of procee3 ings OF
the last session Of the sovereign grand lodge
has been received II Is a bulky pamphlet
OF over 500 pages, and Is ons that would vel
repay the perussl OF every Dad Fellow who
wishes 70 keep posted upon the decisions and
legislation Of TIE order.
1t IS e source Of pride 70 al Odd Fellows
who ksow the history Of tue order 20 lsA-n
thai tasTe are today IN Massachusetts, Rssrly
1910 GOA Fsiiovs
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Ancient Egyptian Stockings.

These curious stockings are knitted in q
very clever manner, and tho material, fine
wool of sheep, that might once have been
white, Is now brown with age. The needles
with which the work was done must have
been little thicker than we should choose
for the same purpose, and the knitting Is
loose aud elastic. The stocking Is begun Just
as we make the design, only in the simplest
manner, with single thread; but il the cor
tin3atlon Of the work il IS not simply plain,
but fanciful. The usual border Of the stock
ing, which prevents the rolling up Of tb.
work, is narrow. consisting of arrow Of turned
up loops; and the circle, The nicely shaped
heel, which is little difsvsuU from our
method, show q very Skillfal hand.
But in tine point OF the stocking Tiers is a
characteristic differences bszween 1he Egypt
ian stockings Sn6 yuodeTn seeks. While ours
end in a rounded paint, the Egyptian stock
ings run out in two large tubes OF equal
width, ike thefngers ofs glove. THIS strange
shape Is made % suit the sandals, which are
furnished with strap fastened about the
middle OF the sandal, and as the strap had to
be laid over the stocking the division Is
nssded-New York Ledger.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-18

We got there in good time to see the guests
arrive. The Duchess of Leinster, in brown
and gray, came with her sister, Lady Helen
Duncombe, in n dark blue handkerchief dress,
with dark jacket and furs. The Duchess of
Manchester, ia gray, wore q long velvet fur
trimmed coat which almost hid her dress
MTS. RonaldS' coat was almost exactly like
the duchess Lady Dorothy Neviu, all alone,
wore garments In which dark Indian reds
and a hint of orange were artistiCallv blended
the whole being surmounted by a small gold
bonnet. The dowager Countess of Airlie
msde n magnificent contrast TO these brilliant
RpparitlOns, IN her perfectly black gown and
mantle and close widows bonnet, with long
veil Hor stately figure is only less imposing
than the beauty of her tace.
the Prince Of Wales wore a most delicious
Dvercoat. never saw HIM look 50 nice. 1t
was cloth, either black or very dark blue,
lined and faced with the darkest sable. be-
Geye the prince must have known how be-
coming it was, for he never took II of. The
brides mother, whose youth and beauty have
quite oyershadoweG those of her daughters,
looked charming in a handsome gown Of
mi Snonette velvet and rich paSsementerie in
set and gold. The sleeves were very high and
much pulled upon the shoulders, the passe-
msnterie running up the back Of the arm
Her daughter, Lady William Nevill, whose
thoughts must have reverted to her own we'd
ding in the same edifce, locked even hand
soluer than she did as a BRIDE, in her very be-
coming poplar green dress with q small bon
net of the same tint, trimmed with pink
wings. All the relatives Of both bride and
bridegroom carried bouquets. The brides
wss beautiful "Goodyear7 arrangement in
the choicest white orchids. She looked taller
than ever in her bridal whiue.-Madge in
London Truth
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SO prevalent among women is the amieble
wish to please the lords of creation, that it
may reasonably be doubted whether they
ever do anything amiss the motive for which
cannot be traced 70 this desire Though Eve
ate the forbidden fruit, it is nowhere denied
that Adam had twitted her about the COM
parative Unimportance of her attachments,
and had bred in her u restless appetite for
miscellaneous learning which made her the
serpent's easy prey. Is it not 50 with our fa-
male educaCionl If there is anything wrong
with it are not the men 10 blame! If it Is
true, as Dir. Allen says, that the present sys-
tenn produces literary women, schoolmis-
tresses and lecturers on cookery, it viii prob
ably be found, on investigation, that it g
precisely those species Of educated female
that the unmarried male most affects. No
doubt female education is all wrong, if III.
Allen says It is, but il be is to set it right let
him consider whether the best way to SD
about it is not to Try ard teach a wiser dis
elimination to males.-Scribuer.
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What They Are Worth.

Nine. Modesto could raise $4,000 to-
MORROW If anything happened to her. Mrs.
Mary Livermore has S15000 Of the Slo0. 600
nlKd5fro hs- lectures, and haplsss Anna
Dickinson, who cleared So, 600 in one season
and S160, eco IN ten, hasn't n dollar Of II left.
But she Is wiser than SIZE was Ms Harriet
Prescott SPoFord published ten books III the
iass forty years, the proceeds Of which
a1roansed TO Rbous $500 each. Ouida has
earned more money than any woman of the
century vita tbs exception o. Nine, Patti
MIS- Scath North's novels brought Der for
Uuro Mrs Harriet Hubbard Aysr is coin
Ine money Hiva the exception Of Hrs
William Il Vanderbilt, Hrs. Nary Ann
Coaselly, wAOczHle TO this country forty odd
years ago Is sessrage Passenger a0d WHO
pulied hasting stitohcs for two years, has
InoTe money in Ter own righc than any Of tue
Vanderbilt women, every penny OF which
see made with hsE,nesdle. she owns about
ten cottages ct Long Branch, fsceNously
known as The party dresses, one q which IS
at for king and brings in q kinCly rent
every summer. The most successful money
maker among modern women is lydia Van
EsakelEaslI. ;. liza q. RglessLneA a-Yomaa
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Wifi sz.agle
WOMAN AND HOME.
a FASHIONABLE YOUNG WoakN'S
DEPEoRABLE LOT.

Ats English weddiag-A Rare Love Let
ter-Somo Rich TTomeR-Ten,aiS I5duca-
tIon-GirIs Who Look OId-LHTs. Astor's
Patronage Appreciated.
1t, isn't such an easy thing 10 be 4 bright
light in society after all There s an ever
lasting chasing after f@ds OF ali sSFbel-linguis-
tic, musical, dramatic, historic, etc
A fashionable young lady Vss dsploring
her lot the other day TO one Of her compan-
Ionain aswen Fifth avenue lyceun.
why" remarked this young woman, 1--WE
have to kno1Yeverything losly we don't have
TO know it "a at once nor for very dong at
time. If we did we could not stansd up under
the accumulation We take,our knowledge
In periods For instance, l have been out
four years, and during that tjpIe [ have
learned to play the banjo, r7ardolin and
either, as every one of these accomplish
ments had its brief run, all in addition to
what 1 knew OF harp, guitar and piano at
my debut.
ITO the French and italian with masters
before I finished, have acquired a snlstter-
Ing Of German, Volapuk and Russian sue
cessiveIy," she went on. Il bowl, ride and
fence equally poorly, but / do every. one a
little-L had to, You know. What l do well
Is to swim and play tennis. One seasen l be
lonEed TO a Shakespeare class, the next l had
mornings with Shelley, and for two Lents l
was a member Of a Browning club"
She added:
Zone has to know music, too, from Die
WGlkure' TO 'Pinafore and 10 discuss art
with the confidence Of the QUARTER Latin. I
have been through several art siegos, the Nor
gan and Stewart collections, the Ferestchagin
display and the Barye exhibit, and for every
one I have faithfully crammed Ceramics,
tapestries, heraldry-these are merely a hint
OF the subjects one may be called upon at any
moment to discuss intelige-Jiy, and | really
viii not go 20 q flower show now, for orchids
nre a sealed book TO me.
1.-THE different imported entertainments
are another tax upon ones knowledge" she
sighed YEARLY. Just VIXEN you know kir-
mess from a May dance you are asked TO par
ficipate in 4 Venetian flashing, and when you
have read up to 20 TO see 4 Greek play some
body lectures on Buddhist ceremonials for n
fashionable charity, and you have TO show
there Il is really very fatiguing sometimes
10 keep up with the procession. New York
Journal
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a Rare Love Letter.

II the Life of Harriet BecCher Stowe"
by her son, is given q love letter Of Professor
Calvin L. Stove to his wife, written before
'Uncle Toms Cabin" was given to the world
1t is interesting, therefore, as being prophetic
OF her power and iarlo; but stiIl more SO as q
picture of womanly character which should
be framed ana placed conspicuousiy in every
household, as the Vicar Of Wakefield kept his
epitaph OF his wife III her sight to remind her
Of what she ought to be.
This love letter would be valuable in teach
Ing the wife TO cultivate every noble, and to
repress every ignobe, trait; tine husband to
recognize and appreciate all her true excel
lence; and the young persons Of the family
to seek not only the unfolding of special gifts
and graccs, but that balance and harmony
which wins and preserves real affection.
MY dear, you must be a literary woman.
It is SO written in the bool, Of fate Make all
your calculations accordingly. Get good
stock of health and brush up your mind.
Drop the Z out of your name 1t only en-
cumbers it and interferes with the flow and
euphony.
write yourself fully and always Harriet
Beecher Stowe, which is a name euphonious,
flowing and full Of meaning. Then. nv word
for it, your husband Will lift up his head in
the gate, and your children viii rise up and
call you blessed
And now, nay dear wife, I want you to
come home as quick as you can. The fact is
l cannot live without you, and if We were not
% prOdiT ious poor l would come for you at
once. There is no woman like you in this
wide world. Who else has 50 much talent
with SO little self couceit; 50 much reputation
with so little afectGtion; 50 much literature
with 50 little nonsense; 50 much enterprise
with so little extravaganza; 50 much tongue
with so little scolj; go much sweetness With
30 little softness; 50 much Of 50 many things
and so little Of So many other thingsF-
Youths Communion
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couldn,t snoil the ouintet.

a little boy OF five went with MS mother
10 make a call. The lady Of the house, who
was very fond % children. told him she IN
tsnde1 70 ask Ris mother 70 let her have him.
Don't YOU think that your mother would
- me oay yoaf' she asked.
No" be said. 'y0u haven't got ulozev
enough
How much woald !, takef8 SIZE asked.
Three hundred dollars. lie answered
promptly, and yea haven't goc INA. much. So
i think could Dssnage 1t, she said Il
I can, viii you come u EeE'
No" tie sid. with decision: mamma
wouldn't sell NE anyhow There are i've q
Us, and MARINA wouldn't ike % break the
=%'-Harper's Young People
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Revenge Il Sweet

Dentist-Now, ST, Just a secend and that
aching tooth viii cease 70 trouble you.
Patient-Going to yank it right out, doctor
{ Yes"
( ''Well, don't hurry at al. Worry it around
q little while, jab it with your knife and
squeeze it tight once or twice before you yaak
it. The blamed things been keeping me IN
agony for six months, and want L 10 feel
how it IS to be tortured itseit"-Lawrence
American
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the United States board Of medical pension
examiners. lie has always been actively
identified with the fraternal and benevolent
societies of the city, being prominent Mason
and Odd Fellow, and is connected with nu-
merOus other bodies of like character His
connection with the knightsof Pythias dates
from March y, 1879, when he organized Al
pine lodge, No. 50, of Fitchburg. He was
elected its first past chancellor and grand
lodge representative. He has represented the
lodge continuously since its organization.
Under Grand Chancellor Horace w. VIII
son he served as deputy grand chancellor in
charge of Blake and Damascus lodges, Of
Worcester, and for Grand Chancellor R. B.
billiard he served in like capacity over MarI-
boro lodge, of Marlboro, and Oak lodge, Of
Hudson. AT the session Of the grand lodge
in February, 1856, he was elected grand vice
chancellor, and in February, 1887, grand
chancellor. Being a professional man, he
filed the Office at great personal sacrifice,
but with q fidelity to the interests of the
order worthy of highest praise. During his
official year two new lodges and over eight
hundred members were added to the roster
in this jurisdiction. He dedicated three halls
which are among the finest in the state, viz,
one for Pericles lodge, South birmingham,
one for Union lodge, New Bedford, and one
for Damocles lodge, at Brockton.
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or about twenty eight, and soanethfng'or a
linguistic wonder. She lectures, or talks,
rather, on the Holy Land, and knows the
whole geography Of Asia Minor. Ina little
less than six years this lezCe Slonae BIBLICAL
talker has cIe&red $lOey 500. She gets SIO0-a
lecture, with a percentage of the receipts,
and TALKS from October totAay, often giving
three lectures ina day.-CZhicago Herald
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Mss Primal fear there is nothing In Ms
Towels. Did you sea her yawn while yoC
were saying slch beautiful t1lngs T. Ger'
NJ. SscuG5us-Yes, and l kept right OF,
hoping scs would nod next.
Miss P-.na-W ~;
Mr.. SeeIndus-I thought il 5azt possible
she might talk some IN her sleep, you know.
Life
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The o-oer : fourlshlng Ia Missouri The
grand treasurer has $500 oa hand Is a re-
sefse fund for the prompt payment q GeacE
claims But two have been presented Since
January. lss9, and both wsTe promptly LAID
within ten DAYS
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Knight. OF The GoIden Eagle.

Net gain II membership n Massachusetts,
for pas year. -; receipts SL1lLol; *
pend-,u-ss, $sl54 b. Three rev cast4ss 2dis1
total Iaeuae-st!p, o.
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The Native sons OF the csldea west.

Grand Secretary Llusteli.. y. ). q. ". :
husl-y engaged n preparing his annual -
port Ter the next session q tie Grand Far}or
De figures JDaf TIE membership q the order
mas increased from q, 80 Il lSSs 20 ~ Fcr
last year, CT gan u % = twelve months
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Ms GcCrsck.-T'nat new clock is gain
ing half a. hour day.
McCrackie-Csoei enough L vii seo-
ulzEe enough -l-as % oav for isse3.-JrdEs-
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TIE oozn-,ls o. tzis o-dsr ere bsiaE organ
iEel J1rcGgac-t FeuasT vSnsz. 2zi appll-a-
tons have o=-l received from LAyylza4 AZ
New Je-seF.
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oraer Of ,zntual rra..etlsa.

Tee Ark lodge Ok tAs Order q M1ss.l Pro
tsctsoz ~ -ves71skz hAs 5zSz bssa e=s40laaa6
az Ccsaa
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LODGE ROOM GOSSIP.
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM THE
VARIOUS FRATERNAL SOCIETIES.

Dwight Sidney Woodwork, Grand Chan
cellor of Massachusetts knights of Pyth-
ias-He Belongs Also to Other Orders.
General News from Many Places.
Dwight Sidney Woodwork, sixteenth
grand chancellor of the grand jurisdiction,
Knights Of Pythias of Massachusetts, was
born in Greenfield, Mass, Sept 8, 1851
When he was years of age his parents
moved to Ohio, where he grew up, says The
Pythian Knight. He received his education
in the public schools of Fremont His father
dying, he left school and followed successive
ly the grocery, commission and dry goods
trades until 1870, when he came east and en-
tered the employ Of c. T. Hovey & Co.,
Summer street, Boston. In 1873 he moved 70
Fitchburg, where he now resides, and began
the study Of medicine, graduating from the
College of Physicians and Surgeons Of New
York, March l, 1875 He has been very sue
cessful in his profession, enjoying a large and
remunerative practice.
During his residence in Fitchburg he has
taken an active interest in city affairs, hav
ing been a member of the school committee
during the years 1S79-S2, inclusive, and city