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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-07-25
Miss Anthony's Monument.

Al the birthday party of Miss Susan
B. Anthony last February, when books,
kisses and gifts in blocks of seventy
were proffered, Miss Willard, the apostle
of white ribbon and cold water, assured
the pioneer suffragist hat some day she
would have a statue in the Capitol at
Washington, adding, Your best monu-
ment is already built in the hearts Of
your grateful countrywomen." There is
reason for believing that Miss Anthony
will see the monument in Washington,
if not in the Capitol, for measures are N
foot to raise a fund for that tribute.
The money will be collected by women
from women, the plans will be made by
women, a committee of women will
superintend the erection of the monu-
ment, and at the dedication only women
will be permitted to participate in the
programme Of exercises. 1t has not been
decided whether the memorial will take
the place Of a monument, statue or
building. Although in excellent health
Miss Anthony is not leading a very
active life.
Her time is largely taken up writing
letters to distant friends, making ac-
acknowledgements of greetings from wo-
mems clubs of America and Europe, and
furnishing data relative to her life work.
An ardent reader, she is debarred to an
extent by failing sight from gratifying
that taste, but takes great delight in
making new acquaintance, especially
among specialists of any subject. from
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Faithful Lady burton.

y few days ago a London CORE
spondent' announced that Sir Richard
Burton was lying very dangerously i'll,
neglected and alone in a London lodg-
ing, while Stanley was being feted."
The statement was absolutely untrue,
but it has had the effect of drawing the
following interesting letter from Lady
Burton, who is with Sir Richard at
Trieste:
''Sir Richard will never be neglected
nor alone while l am alive. / have been
married to him for nearly thirty years,
besides a five years engagement, and
during all those thirty-five years / have
never been absent from him one day that
I was allowed to be with HMM other
words, l have never been absent except
10 execute his orders. For the last sever
years we have hardly been a day apart,
and for the last three and Il half years
that he has been ailing never one hour
away out of the t~wenty-four. During
these three years and a half we have, in
consequence of the weakness of his
health, sacrificed everything to have n
resident English doctor (who was look
ing for such n BERTH living and travelling
with us. And instead Of d London lodg-
ing we have u beautiful and romantic
home with .yery comfort for him that
aur MANS allow at the very head of the
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-07-25
Mrs. Blaine's Health.

Mrs. James G. Blaine, Jr., has gone to
Saratoga, and will spend the remainder
of the season there. She has recovered
from the operation to which she sub
mitted two weeks ago, and her leg has
been taken out of the splints that were
used at the time. The operation was
undertaken with the idea of bringing the
leg which was so affected with rheu-
matism down into place. 1t was some
two inches shorter than it should be.
The operation was practically success
full, and Mrs. Blaine's physicians hope in
time that she will be able to walk as
well as ever. She goes to Saratoga under
the advice of her physicians. She will
be at the United States hotel and will
have her child with her.
Mrs. Blaine's rheumatic trouble was
contracted at Long Branch last summer,
and this year the idea is of course to
keep her as far away from the salt water
as possible. Saratoga air is very dry
and very bracing, and Mrs. Blaine's
friends hope it will have the effect of
restoring her to her wonted health and
vigor. She looks exceedingly well and
is in excellent spirits, which in view of
her marvellous recovery from a serious
illness is scarcely to be wondered at
Exchange.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-07-25
brakeman Wilson strangely Hurt.

Charles Wilson, a brakeman on the
Louisville and Nashville road, was
brought to the city suffering from Sc,
we're injuries to the chin and right hand
Wilson left here about 12 o'clock on the
southbound freight train, which met the
northbound mail and passenger train at
Venetia, about nine miles below the city.
The mail train does not stop, but instead
the apparatus attached to the side of the
Car is swung out and clutches the mail
bag. Wilson was in the act Of climbing
the ladder on the real end of the freight
caboose when the mail train came by
and the mail catcher caught him and
pulled him off the ladder. His chin was
badly cut by the fall, and in trying to
hold IN to the ladder his right thumb
was severely crushed, almost severing an
Mobile Register.
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Mrs. Mobiles Rare Table.

Mrs. Noble, wife of the secretary OF
the interior, has among other veritables
of French art a miniature table cabinet
of mahogany, which she uses for her
spoon collection. The table is a low
stand delicately constructed, with slen-
der legs, Mosaic finish, ormolu trim
mings and Il polish like a mirror. Be
meath the glass top is a velvet bed con-
tanning shallow depressions or compart-
ments, in which, like jewels, repose the
wonderful spoons so highly priced and
greatly admired. One of the famous
spoons was brought from Moscow and
represents the Russian ehalice spoon used
in the Greek church by the nobility at
the communion Observation-Disclosures
Letter.
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To Clean and Polish Russell shoes.

There Is a preparation in the market
for redressing tan or russell shoes, but it
does not clean them; it simply puts on
the polish which has been worn off.
Shoe dealers assert that these shoes,
light as they are, do not become soiled
until this polish has been worn off. The
shoes could probably be cleaned with
benzine or gasoline. An old fashioned
method of cleaning gloves is with a crust
of stale though not dry bread. Possibly
spots on the tan or russell shoes could be
rubbed off by this means. The dressing
should always be applied after the clean
ing, as in the nature Of it any process of
cleaning tends to remove the dressing
New York Tribune.
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1t is learned that S. Quale, who died
at Eau Claire a few weeks ago and left a
wish, but no will, that when his estate
reached the value of 81, 000, 900 it should
be used in erecting and maintaining in
Madison a hospital for cripples, said a
short time before his death that he then
owned property which, if he could only
live to dispose of it, would net him
81, 100, 600, but that if sold by others
would probably not bring more than
$500, 900. Thus it seems that some years
are likely to elapse before the cherished
hope of the dead humanitarian will be
realized. Mr.. Quale's wife voluntarily
and with a perfect understanding signed
the deed before the death of her hus-
band, by which he conveyed all his
property to three trustees for manage
ment in accordance with his known
wishes, and it is given out that not only
she but the other relatives are earnest
in their intention to see that the desires
of Quale are carried out.-Milwaukee
Wisconsin.
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Severely Made Night Robes.

Another levy on the masculine ward
robei This time it is the night robe
which has been used as a model for a Sc
we're style of night wear that has met
with immense success. While there is
no prettier garment in her trousseau
than a feminine robe de mutt. there are
many women, especially of limited
means, who will rejoice in the replica.
1t means small laundry bills, better serv-
ice, fewer holes to mend and greater
comfort. The lace embellished, ribbon
run and yoke wasted robe, while a
pretty thing to look at, is far from the
ideal garment.
In the first place it is always ready for
repair after the initial wash, and it is
not every woman who can mend lace,
even when she has the time. Embroid-
cries wear little better, and it only takes
a couple Of washes of this delicate but
holey finery to give a woman the reputa-
ton of being a slattern. And then the
yoke. 1t rarely fits, and if too tight it
binds the shoulders and keeps the occu-
pant in a night struggle to free herself.
Now ome the masculine model, with
its deep collar and cuffs, its roomy
pocket, its box plated back, the stout
button piece, and, best of all, the simple
trimming of needle stitched braid. Made
of the very best cambria these flat
robes" as they are called, are only So
each, and one will outlast three fancy
gowns befrilled and inserted with Val
enciennes lace or Hamburg embroidery.
Only a fine quality of material is used,
and only half as much will it cost to
laundry them.-New York Letter.
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Founder of the Kings Daughters-Ladies'
.Anthony-Don't Like the Divided Skirt.
Author of Boobies Baby"
Although the subject of tight lacingis
worn threadbare the evil has not been
overcome. The sudden death of n of
the actresses in a Berlin theatre was at
tributed to extreme and habitual tight
lacing. AT the beginning of the evening
performance the lady seemed perfectly
well and made her appearance on the
stage with her usual vivacity. Before
the third act was finished she was obliged
to retire to her dressing room and died
before morning of systole, a contraction
of the arteries Of the heart, caused by
the intense pressure of w~halebone.
Just why women Of this age will en-
danger life and ruin health by tight
clothes is a mystery. Previously fashion
justified in IL measure this foolish habit,
but now that it is no longer the style to
be wasp wasted it is impossible to find
an excuse. Every ~15-year-old girl learns
at school that the laboring capacity of
the heart is reduced and the circulation
of the blood impeded by tight bandage,
whether in the form of a corset, bodice
or waist. And still the laeing goes on;
comfort is ruined and health injured, not
only by the corset, but the dressmaker
as well, who to fit a basque will make a
vice of it.
We have reached a point in the history
of fashion where it is not possible to
have a nice fit without suffering for it.
At the Savarin cafe in this city there are
from ten to fifty ladies who go into the
retiring room after lunch ostensibly to
powder, but in reality to open their
dress waists to assist digestion and re-
lieve the strain of the system. These are
all women of wealth, taste, culture and
superior education. demonstrate with
any of them and she will dismiss the
subject with some such remark as, Have
to stand it or wear a mistit, and so they
stand it as long as they are on parade.
The stout woman who tightens her
corset or wears a tight dress makes a
fatal mistake, for aside from giving her
the appearance of an apple dumping
she is rendered not only awkward, but
helpless. She could not jump two feet
to save her life, and in a moving car or
a jolting stage she has TO depend on the
conductor or the kindness of a male
traveller for her equilibrium. Another
result of this tight dressing is the intense
redness of the most and hands, the i'm
prisonment of the vital organs forcing
the blood to the extremities.-New York
World
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Founder Of the Kings Daughters.

It is announced that st. Johns school,
which was founded a good many years
ago by DR.. Theodore Irving, anephew of
Washington Irving, is to be removed to
1.-THE Castle" at Tarrytown, in sight of
Sunnyside and the Sleepy Hollow GEM
etery, and very near to the old church
where Washington Irving used to wor-
ship and where he is buried.
THE Castle" is q lovely place, and
Mrs. Theodore Irving, who has con-
Quoted the school since her husbands
death, will be a charming chatelaine.
Mrs. Irving, by the way, was the founder
of the original orderof Kings Daughters,
that great Christian organization which
has literally spread over all the earth.
1t began as a little society among the
girls in DR.. Irving's school in Canada
seventeen years ago, and membership in
it was a strong tie, binding them to old
associations in after years when they left
their alma mater and went their several
ways in the world. They adopted the
little silver cross for their badge, and
their motto was, "In His Name"
The name, symbol and watchword
were not copyrighted any more than the
good works which these first Kings
Daughters were pledged to, and so when
the larger organization was projected, a
few years ago. and they were casting
about for asuitable designation, emblem
and phrase to express their spirit, some
body at the first meeting held to deter
mine upon these points suggested Mrs.
Irving's Girls society as a model. 1t had
then a membership of about 500.
Mrs. irving has been one of the cen
trail council of the Kings Daughters,
but when a controversy arose touching
the expediency Of calling it a Christian
order-which it was believed would give
offense to the Unitarian contingent
three of the council, one of whom was
Mrs. Irving, resigned for conscience
sake. Mrs. Irving is also the president
of the New York branch of the United
States Indian association.-Exchange.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-07-25

Mrs. Arthur ~Stannard, the English
novelist and the author of "Bootles'
Baby" writes for three hours a day in a
little room which, with a bookcase, a
table and three or four chairs, leaves lit
tie space for intruders upon the sanctity
of an author S den. AT one time she had
a passion for china, and by the bookcase
there is some valuable crown Derby and
blue white. With the fotsam and jet
sam of friendship and acquaintance
photos and autographs, drawings and
cards-the mantelpiece is crowded, while
on the walls are some clever sketches
of soldiers in the various uniforms of
British regiments. In small cardboard
box is placed the manuscript of the novel
Mrs. Stannard is now writing, some of
the thick foolscap sheets having just
been filled up by her neat flowing ealig-
raphy.
On the average Mrs. Stannard writes
about three pages a day, and several odd
sheets of paper lying on the table give
indications of her method of work. She
never corrects a faulty sheet, but always
rewrites it. Before beginning a story
the plot is briefly written out, while on
another sheet Mrs. Stannard makes ex-
periments with the names of characters,
those names being finally chosen which
are most expressive and euphonious. At
Mrs. STANDARDS elbow as she writes are
placed two well used volumes of Tenny-
son and Longfellow, her favorite poets.
With almost every line of the bard of
"Hiawatha" she is familiar, and for
every feeling of depression she always
finds the antidote in his pages.-Ex-
chanpp.
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"Oh, that it might be given me to tell
the exact truth about the divided skirt
walled q charming woman the other
day.
when | bought one, certainly the
fool and her money parted-like the BIZ
furcated garment I acquired by the pur-
chase. Polite language fails to do JUS
tice to what I have endured since l
donned it. Talk about u divided skirt
being easy to walk in and not impeding
one 5 movements! Why, its the clumsi-
est, foppiest, most draggley article that
a woman can put on. Each section gets
wrapped round and round like a loose
sail winding about a boats mast. When
you go up and down stairs it says down
until o tread on the hem and trip up
if you're not careful.
The f~ullness is set on to a circular yoke,
which is forever launching upabout your
waist. And then the ugliness of the gar
ment. Venus herself would scare crows
clad in its ungainly volume of silk o
cotton that hangs without form, and
might as well be void, since it obliter-
ates all distinction of beauty, a woman
with the most exquisitely nodded limbs
and an old girl with props like kite sticks
being alike hideous when enveloped in it.
s'Since the first time | caught sight of
myself in the horrid thing | have always
sent my maid out of the room when |
put it on or off, and I've never had the
courage to take a second look at it i'll the
glass. Why do I continue to wear it:
Because | am resolved to get my 81
worth out of that bad bargain, and at
the same time teach myself not to run
after strange gods in the matter of so
called dress reform. New York World,
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whom she gets in a condensed form the
''pith of the subject" thus keeping pace,
as she says, without the labor OF much
travel. She rarely ever looks at a news
paper. Her friends are legion, and know
ing her tastes inclose in their letters
clippings from local and foreign papers.
These in turn she posts to other friends,
and in that way keeps up the mental
circulation. Miss Anthony was wise
enough to lay aside a sufficiency for her
old age, and now that the resting days
are upon her she has enough to live COM
fortably and pay for a few delicate laces
and black silks, and provide the sweet
flowers and simple favors she has always
delighted to bestow on friends.-Wash-
ington Letter.
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FAIR DRINKERS OF GOTHAM.
Vanilla soda, Pop, vichy and Lime Juice
HIVE Their Votarics.

Have Their Votarics.
The New York girl is hard but harm
less drinker. For some unknown reason
she is always thirsty, and the character
Of her beverage depends on the locality
in which she happens to be. Take the
Bowery belle, for instance, and nothing
suits her better than a bumper of ginger
pop. She drinks it whenever she can get
it, regardless of the weather, a longing
for more heightening her enjoyment.
Ask the druggists in Center street and
Park row what the favorite drink is with
the blithesome young women who come
from the mercantile offices in Nassau,
Wall and Fulton streets at noon and
night, and they will tell you root beer.
About the Battery the fair tippler's first
choice is sarsaparilla popand lemon soda
second.
A druggist in lower Broadway, not far
from st. Paul's, who Stacks the thirst of
the cosmopolitan girl, says that her pref
erence is divided among three distinct
drinks, viz, vanilla soda, lime juice and
cocoa malt. OF the trio vanilla is most
popular, but it is a remarkable fact
that the lover of lime juice dis
tinguishes the brainy young women,
and tho malt the women who are
in training. The lime drinkers wear
glasses as u rule and silver watches;
they are quiet, quick, preoccupied and
self assertiye, without being audacious.
The girls who call for malt are square
s%houldered, bright eyed, nimb.e footed
and alert young women, who breathe
away down in the belt region and swing
their arms when they walk; while the
vanilla girl is a jockey sort of a creature,
partial to the shirt and blazer, who
wears a four-in-hand, carries her gloves
in her left hand and elbows her way up
to the fountain no matter how many
men encircle it. She is CHEEKY and chic,
has a spare smile for the soda clerk and
a jaunty way of Tipping the check on
the glass plate of the cashiers desk.
In West Fourteenth street the femin-
inc drink is chocolate soda, with plenty
of ice cream, while the damsel who sips
at the fountains about Union square
bravely calls for milk punch land plenty
of nutmeg" with the accent on the
s'plenty." The Sixth avenue angels run
to ice cream soda, favored with vanilla,
pineapple or chocolate, while the Mad
ison square girls will be satisfied with
nothing than an ice cup. This
ambrosial is ordered in the Brunswick
or Delmonico restaurant.
The advanced drinkers of Central Park
and Madison avenu call for mineral
water-the former vichy and the venue
maiden settler. Clubwomen drink a
great deal of apollinaris, and the Sorosis
set take half claret with the water.
Parenthetically, the Sorosis girls are not
as fond Of icewater az they pretend to
be, and, if an old member can be credited,
every annual dinner is followed by an
epidemic of collie, the result of drinking
cold croton to the toasts.-New York
World.
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ASK YOur Friends About 1t.

Your distressing cough can be cured.
We know it because Kemp's Balsam with
in the past few years has cured so many
coughs and colds in this community. It's
remarkable sale has been won entirely by
its genuine merit. Ask some friend who
las used it what he thinks of Kemp's Bal
sam. There is no medicine so pure, none
Sc effective. Large bottles soc and 81 at
a I druggis,
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garffornia Potatoes,

The press has commented upon the
shipment to California Of eastern pota-
toes. These vegetables are very inferior
to those grown here, for among u other
excellent productions the California po-
tato is peculiarly fine. 1t is mealy, and
when grown to q large size is not cavern
JUS in the middle, as is the case with
nearly all large Eastern specimens. When
baked it does not "fall' at once and get
sad, but stands up as light as a cream
puff for a long time. The reason for the
present importation of inferior potatoes
is that the rains last fall prevented the
digging of the home crop in sufficient
quantities to supply the market, and the
same reason prevented the planting,
which usually gives us new potatoes in
abundance in February. Latest advices
from the undug potato fields of 1889 are
that the potatoes left in the ground are
sprouting and springing up, and the
farmers are busy %cultivating this self
planted crop. California will, before
many years, be a large exporter Of pota-
toes, in competition with the Bermudas,
to supply the east In the spring, when
the supply grown in that section is wilt
ed, sprouted and about as appetizing as
old bootheels. San Francisco Alta.
Anna Katharine Green Mrs. RoaI1sl
is now in Europe. She received $1,000
for her last novel, "The Forsaken Inn,"
from Robert Bonner's Sons, and 10000
for another story which they hold in re-
serve. The stories were written within
six months time.
Prior to marriage Sir Walter SCOTS
wife was a wild, gay girl, fond of
show but when her husbands circum-
stances were narrow she conformed to
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Adriatic. Next year his term of service
expires forty-nine years actual s~ervice),
and then we shall both be, if alive, in a
London lodging neglected and alone
But to state that now is what the Amer
leans would call "a little previous. -
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-07-25

Miss Neale, a young decorative artist
from Chicago, is travelling abroad with
friends, and at the same time picking up
odd things for special interiors. While
in London she visited the silk manufac-
turers for original designs, and failing
to get what she wanted exhibited a
magnolia blossom for reproduction
which is said to have surprised the home
artists
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-07-25

Olive Logan, the pioneer of newspaper
women, has the honor of being elected a
member of the Incorporated Society of
Authors, of which Lord Tennyson is
president and Walter Besant the secre-
tary.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-07-25

Mrs. Page, of Ingersoll, Tex, gave
birth to four children the other day that
weighed respectively six, five, four and
four and one-half pounds. Mrs. Page
had previously presented her husband
with three pair of twins. She is a pat
an saint of the census takers.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-07-25

Homework is healthy, and many ply
sicians recommend it to women who
need exercise. Walking is not enough;
it exercises only the legs, while busting
and sweeping bring an entirely different
set of muscles into play. Many girls take
more interest in their homes if encour-
aged to assist in the care of them. House
hold duties, if properly planned, need
take but little time out of a long day.
To be systematic in the discharge of such
duties is the only way to properly accom-
plish the right amount of work.-New
York Journal.