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thousand. You see, young women
are great risks. Their health IL not
reliable. They are apt to marry
"Or smoke cigarettes or break
their heads playing baseball or die
of dissipation" interrupted an IN
dignant young lady In the vicinity
"Weli, the rate Is less for moth
ers with children" said the repre-
sentative soothingly. "We charge
such only So extra a thousand, that
Is, II they are women of nifty OF
thereabouts. Over that age we
grant them the same privilege, as
men. Statistics show us that
women who live over fifty years OF
age are even better risks than men.
We have special insurance blanks
for women and we deal with them
harder than we do with men. Her
morals must be eminently satisfnc'
tory, and her family history Is
closely inquired into. Many an eX'
cellent woman, morally and phys
ically, has been rejected by our com
pany on account of the deflcien cles
| of her family. We make no effort
TO secure women, but those who
apply are courteously treated, and
II they are willing to take the extra
tax we willingly examine and en-
| roll them.n
, 1890-09-18
SOME FASHION FANCIEs.

Cashmere gowns will be very much
worn during the early tall.
There Is a rage for the golden unts,
both in evening dress aud millinery.
Cavalry yellow is n new color that has
Just been introduced in dress goods.
Small, white lace parasols, of the kind
of twenty years ago, are again In vogue.
News from Paris is that the putled
sleeves are to bo superseded by another
kind.
Mahogany -oolored hair is tho nane Of
the shade now most fas shionable In Paris.
Dove-gray silk underwear Is moro
fashionable even than silk suits in black.
Collars and scaris are coming out in
new shapes and styles at great rate for
autumn.
From London comes tho information
that the skirts OF the frock coat are 10
still longer
People who carefully fold up their
napkin after dining table d hote are usu-
ally "waybackers."
Many OF the imported house toilets
for autumn are ribbon trimmed, and
none OF the ribbons are wide.
Black silk null gowns will be much
used for ball gowns, and in iact have
baen most popular all season.
Furs will be more used this season
than ever, entire garments being elaD-
orately trimmed in this wise.
In the new hand-shake the hands are
held on a level with the cravat or so.--
Philadelphia Record.
In London the ladies of the nobility
are wearing necklaces and bracelets
made of all the American gold coins.
The gloomy announcement Is made
that ostrich feathers will be used as
trimming on the winter dresses. Poor
Flora
1t is becoming the fashion for men to
wear wedding rings, aud 1t Is said that
the fashion is increasing in favor rap
idly.
The hustle has almost entirely disap-
peared. In place of IL is the "modistcs
pad, which appears to answer oil pur-
poses.
With the temperance of oysters come
new styles and patterns In oyster plates,
but like all new things they are ex-
pensiyc.
| combination this fall. Thus blue gown
| trimmed in brown sable will indeed be
lovely.
Navy blue is n very fashionable color
and IL Will appear among many OF the
| stylish street and carriage dresses during
the present season.
In old times, when they were Of cot.
! ton, We called them nightgownsi but
now, when they are made OF costly silk,
1 they are "slumber robes"
Skirts of walking dresses are slightly
shorter than they were, sleeves less
high and boufiant, bonnets trihe
larger, and shoes less pointed.
Ladies' with stout and robust figures
should avoid certain types of fashion,
| and above all the tight skirt worn over
equally tight and scanty petticoats.
Nuw French redingotes appear, do
signed for autumn teas" and dinners,
which have slightly open throated cor
sages, lace fraises and slight drapcries on
the hips.
Ornaments for the hair consist chiefly
of iewcled hairpins or aigrettes These
are, of course, for evening wear, ana w
the cases of ladies of wealth are extended
even TO diadems and magnificent taras.
You can pay s25 Tor yard Of black
armure silk II you don't know what else
to do with your money. This magnih-,
cent fabric Is lowered with branches OF
La France roses as artistically wrought as
those OF flower painting.
, 1890-09-18
Emma Abbott's Husband.


The late Eugene Irving Wethereli,
the husband of Emma Abbott, first
saw the singer when, as the travelling
salesman of drug firm, he was
forced to spend night In q country
town, and went to the school house
to hear n musical entertainment.
The principal performer was Miss
Abbott, who was working her way
to New York to obtain musical
education. She sold her magniflcent
head Of hair to meet first expenses,
aud then with her father, the keeper
of small music store at Peoria,
ILL.,, started for the metropolis, Civ
ing concerts on the way, wherever
opportunity offered. Mr.. Wetherell
afterward met Miss Abbott when
she was singing in Rev. DIR. Cha
pins church in New York, and So
interested some rich men In her
that they sent her to Europe, where
she afterward became the protege OF
the Baroness Rothschild. The
couple were married In London flf-
teen years ago, and when Miss Alb
bott returned to this country Weth-
erell became her business manager.
He was most honorable in all his
transactions, and met with great
financial success. He left "A fortune
estimated at over 81 600, 900.
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an important train. Promptness Ia
80 large an essential In business cir.
Giles and few wasted moments may
mean 30 much of gain or loss or
wasted opportunity, that men are
forced to learn the value of time and
less frequently than women under
estimate Its uses.
The woman who, in feminine par-
lance, "accomplishes" much is the
woman who has learned to use and
save her minutes. Many women
who are equally industrious think
nothing of sqandering ten or fifteen
minutes In an unmeaning, unsatis-
factory chat with an acquaintance.
and then wonder at the close of the
day what has become of the hours.
A very few misspcnt half hours de-
stroy the days usefulness. Almost
as deplorable as the waster of time
in gossip Ia the woman who never
has time for n pleasant chat with
her friend, and whose mind is so
crowded with social or household
cares that she inwardly grudges the
time given to u caller.
There is a happy medium between
these extremes, which 1t Is well
worth every woman's while to strive
for. Time means golden opportuni-
ties for 80 many helpful interesting
occupations. Balzac says that in
Paris everybody wants to find a
twenty-hfth hour among the twen-
ty-four. In our blessed America we
are looking away beyond that, and
would welcome the addition of u
round dozen hours to the calendar
Iav
, 1890-09-18

New Orleans Times. Democrat.
o, her lips are like a bow,
Don't you know5
And she's swinging to and fro;
While below,
Half concealed beneath the trees,
can watch her at my ease,
Envying the careless breeze
Gently blow.
Touch her like soft caress,
She's so fairl
With her shimmering golden dress
and her hair
Curlcd in tiny rinRlets tender
All my fealty lend her,
Not by word or thought offend her
Debonair.
With her childliko, question ming eyes,
True and deep,
Opening in their sweet surprise,
As from sleep.
Flow'rets lift q chalice cleaning,
Angels come to childhood's dreaming;
30, DER her sweet visions teeming
Softly creep
Hushl she's humming soft and low
Chansonette--
How l wonder does she know
/ forget
I'm incognito-her humming
Set my very heart-strings thumming-
Oi say! Her mothers coniingl
Now get
, 1890-09-18
An Esthetic Gown.
Nav York World

Mrs. Oscar Wilde has tho reputa-
ton of being the most picturesque
woman In London. A couple Of
years ago she adopted tho Liberty
silk gown, and fashion went mad
and miles to see her. Now she
wears black aud white, black and
gold, and black and cress-green, aud
the cut of her gown Is quite as re-
markable as the seamless, cliuging
robe designed 10y Burne Jones ten
years ago. The gold or yellow
frocks, toned down witd black feath-
ers, gauze or lace, are reserved for
landscape effects, the black and
green for daylight interiors, and the
white and black for gaslight. This
evening dress is all of black benga-
line, made Greek fashion, with
Grecian embroidery of gold, and
worn with white shoes and white
boa. Her bouquet is always the
same--stephanotis smothered in
fern leaves.
, 1890-09-18
Medicinal Vegetables.
New York Herald.

new fOrk tcruiu.
Spinach has direct effect upon the
kidneys.
Beets and turnips arc excellent nppe-
Tiers.
Tomatoes act upon the liver, and as
paragus purges the blood.
Common dnndel:on used as greens IL
excellent for kidney troubles.
Lettuce and cucumbers are cooling In
their effects upon the system.
Celery acts admirably upon the nerv-
GUS system and is a cure for rheumatism
and neuralgia.
4 soup made from onions Is regarded
by the French as an excellent restorative
IN deDiiiiy OF the digestive organs
Red onions nro an excellent diurctic,
and the white ones are recommended 70
be caten raw as remedy for insoninla'
Onions, garlic. locks. olives and shni-
lots possess medicinal virtue OF very
marked character, stimulating the mus.
culatory. system, and the consequ.ns
incrense In the saliva and the gastric
juice promoting digestion.
, 1890-09-18
Anger of a Queen.

Considerable speculation still pre-
walls as to the true motives which
induced the regent of Spain TO dis
pense with the services of Senior
Sagasta at a moment when his
parliamentary majority was larger
than at any time during his five
years tenure OF the premiership.
He had only just succeeded in rec
onciling his differences with General
Lopez Doninguez and with other
dissident members of the liberal
party; his popularity among the
masses had reached it's zenith in
consequence of his restoration of the
universal suffrage that existed
twenty years ago; and CASTELAR,, the
leader of the powerful republican
element in the peninsula, had pub
licly .announced the intention of
his followers to continue to main
tain their attitude of friendly
neutrality toward the monarchy
so long as Sagasta pursued the ac-
complishmcnt of his extensive pro-
VI itlOItliS- t)o ihi On Nhii
be ascertained, the great liberal
minister, to whose sagacity and
staieslnanship alone the regency is
indebted for its survival of the crit
ical times which followed the death
of the late king owes his downfall,
not to any adverse vote, nor to any
question, great or small, of policy,
but to mere freak Of feminine
pique, from which 1t would appear
that not even queens are exempt.
Like Isabella III. and old Queen
Christina before her, the widow OF
Alfonso XII. has surrounded her
self with clique of generals who
have earned most of their grades,
not on the field OF battle, but In
pronunciameutos,a and who resented
the presence at the head of af-
fairs of n mere civilian admins
traitor who declined To submit to
their influence. Moreover, Sagasta
had on several occasions displayed
wholesome severity toward certain
Of their comrades who had been
guilty of utilizing their official rank
and prestige to assail publicly the
policy of the government TO which
they owed obedience. He was,
therefore, an object of their particu-
lar hatred, and for some time past
all their efforts have been directed
toward securing his downfall. 1t
was only few weeks ago that
Sagasta was forced to protest against
the pardon which the queen had
been induced by her military ad-
visers to grant to a general who had
been sentenced to arrest for grave
breaches of discipline, and on the
day when he left office he is known
to have incurred tho openly ex-
pressed resentment of Dana Christina
by complaining that some OF the
bitterest attacks to which his au-
minlstratlon was subjected had
originated In court circles.
Immediately on receiving Sagas-
tas resignation the queen, without
realizing the danger Of the step, In
, 1890-09-18


On the other side of the Atlantic
1t is no new thing for young
woman to come before the world to
cut oat for herself successful and
honorable career, and to sacrifice all
other considerations to the develop
ment of her individuality. In Amer
lea there Is no aristocracy but that
of wealth; no one inherits distinc-
ton; 1t must be won; and a passion
ate wish naturally arises to make
ones mark in ones own day and
generation. As n rule, the tendency
Is toward an artistic or professional
cateer, but of late years 1t has set
toward fashion.
So If the French soldiers KNAPP
sack carries the legendary baton,
the trunk of the American girl con-
tains the possible blue ribbon of the
turf, to he won by her in the race
for fashionable distinction. And
her ambition meets with sympathy.
For when tho professional beauty,
after due study of the "Alnanach
de Gotha" and of the "British Peer
age" leaves her home, her con-
quests are applauded not only by
her family. but by whole cities,
townships and states, who have
watched her preliminary canters,
and who invest not n little of their
vanity In her triumphs. The more
sober and valuable achievements OF
American women as sculptors, sing
ers, artists, actresses, lecturers and
doctors are of worldwide renown;
for If America has produced Char
lotte Cushman, Harriet Hosincr,
Mary Anderson and Marie Van
Zandt, society in both hemispheres
has fallen down and worshlped
, 1890-09-18
Well Paid Literary Women.
IEDoch,


Somebody said the other day, "It
would be interesting to call n con.
vention of the best paid literary
women of New York." A good
sized hall would he required to hold
them. Within q month 1 have
been told that Mrs. Mary Mapes
Dodge, of st. Nicholas, was the best
paid literary woman In this city,
and quite as positively was / assured
that Mrs. Margaret Il. Sangster, OF
Harper's Bazaar, was that lucky per.
son. Again she is said to be Mrs.
Mary Kyle Dallas, and in another
paragraph Mrs. Amelia T.. Barr Is
announced os the one. Out-of-town
letter-writters swear she is Mrs,
Mary II. Bryan, OF whom her native
South Is so justly proud. One or
two syndicate men declare that she
Is Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox, and
several persons VINO ought to know
aver that she IL Mrs. Frank Leslie.
About the latest claimant Is ''Bab, "
of babble fame, who has probably
the widest circle of admiring readers
in these United States. In private
life Bah Is Mrs. Mallon, the widow
ofa British officer, but born and
bred down South.
, 1890-09-18
Cookery of the Poor.

New York Commercial Advertiserl
The question Of the improvement
of cookery among the poor classes is
attracting great attention In Europe,
where Its immense hygienic i'm
portance is recognized. The subject
Is one which medical mon in this
country also, skilled as they are in
the physiology of food and accus-
toned to deal with the poor, both in
family life and in public constitutions.
might give great aid. That which
the working classes greatly need Is
instruction In the art of braising, or
slowly stewing at low heat, com
binations of meat scraps and of veg
tubles.
, 1890-09-18
George Sands MS.
[Current L Literature. |

A curious MS. of George Sand has
been presented to M. Edouard Phil
ippe by NJ. and Nine. Maurice Sand.
1t is the Ms. of "Mlle. de la Quin-
tinie." of which the original title,
as declared on the first page, was
"The Romance of Priest" The
pages are very small, carefully
ruled, and covered with strong,
regular, conspicuously neat and
legible characters written in blue
ink. SO frequently has the author
corrected the copy, that out of one
page, Of seventeen lines, she has
spared only one word; but even
these frequent erasures do not mar
the exquisite neatness of the page.
One delicate line, so fine that IL
might have been traced by n needle,
Is passed through the Objectionable
passage--and the MS, which COM
prises six volumes, is thus interest
Ing as an indication of the meth DDS
Of the great authoress ut her desk.
, 1890-09-18
Vices OF Dress.
New York Times.l


Mrs. Jenness.Mlller, of dress.re.
form fame, has begun her career, II
indeed, u reformerso so we'll established
may still be regarded as begin ner,
In most Sensible fashion. Realizing
the power which the world OF
fashion yields far outside of It's
actual limit, she has interested fash.
ionable women in her ideas and has
designed her beautiful and artistic
gowns upon models which the most
punctilious Of fashions votaries can
adopt without offense to her priest
ess. 1t Is not, however, the fash. A..
ionable woman who most needs the
divided sklpt" and the gown
form;" and Mrs. Miller's suggestions
about bathing exercise and physical
culture are not the blessings TO
the so-called society woman
that they will be to some of her less
favorably circumstanced sisters. So
far as II influences her appearance,
the care Of her figure and her
health is nowadays very lnl-
portant study I'm the curriculum OF
the developing belle. She, and her
elders for her, abhon STOPPING
, 1890-09-18
Insurance for Womoa.

The question of insuring the lives
of women Is exciting great deal of
interest just now, says the Philadel-
phia Leader. The women claim
that every privilege and advantage
granted to men in the present
progressive age should likewise be
granted to women.
A we'll known insurance agent
said the other day:
1--WE insure women, but we have
not made 1t the feature that 1t could
be made. We have not sought for
women as we have the men, and on
account of the physical risks which
beset woman we tax her SIS addi-
tlonal for each 1000 of insurance.
There Is prospectively large busl-
ness ahead for this line of insurance,
and If women agents would work IL
up il would not be long until women
would meet on an equality with
men in insurance business. We do
not limit our women who insure to
the bread-winners, but we can show
by our books many women OF
wealth. Neither do we limit age.
We have girls Of Is and we have
elderly ladies. We have three
young Vassar students who
are insured for $50. 900 each, and two
married women 1 can recall insured
for 500, 900 each. The additional
tax on women's insurance Is re-
tained In some cases, because II Is
not generally accepted yet that n
woman's life has q monetary value.
And yet no woman who is partner
In her husbands business, the
widow who supports her family,
the daughter who keeps the wolf
from the door, certainly has a none
tary value and 1t ought to be rec
ognized. To remedy the evil /
would recommend good trained
women agents to handle this de-
partment. 1t Ii n Held of work not
yet improved by women toilers Of
the city and ought to pay well.
"Single women 80 extra on every
, 1890-09-18
Actresses Fond OF Betting.

"There is a growing tendency
among n certain class of actresses"
said New York theatrical man,
ito frequent the race tracks. In
the summer, they are, rs a rule, not
playing, and they have the time to
devote to horse-racing. notice that
many actresses crave excitement
when they are idle. They miss
the life and spirit of their
working season. A good many of
them fall into the habit of betting,
and lose and for that matter the men
who come out ahead arc easy to
count. The losing hurts actresses
In their own business. When they
find that they have squandered all
their earnings, or have done even
worse--run in debt-,hey are eager
to clear themselves, and will accept
engagements which, under ordinary
circumstances,t they would not deign
to consider. They play parts which
they deem inferior and accept salar-
les at which, at any other time,
they would undoubtedly sneer.
Racing, for actresses just ms for other
people Is expensive when flick le fort
une Is nirted with.n
, 1890-09-18
How to Lace Comfortably.
lew York Letter TO Cincinnati En-

New York Letter TO Cincinnati En-.
quirer.
"If lace you must" said u hand
some and smart actress to me, "use
three sets of laces in your corscts.
One starting ut the top and ending
two or three holes above the waist
line Of the corsets, to tie there; tho
second starting at the lower edge Of
the corsets, extending up to two or
three holes below the waist line of
the corsets, to tie there, the third
lacing the space between them, and
tying just at the waist line. Then,
reducing the size ofyour waist--that
Is, pulling the middle cord--isn't {
going to drag you into straight
line above and below the waist.
"Also, you will wear your corsets,
even though tight, with more com.
fort and less injury, too. There is "a
place-isn't there, dear doctors?-
just about the waist line, that
think God must have left, knowing
that we would lace, kill or no kill,
where pressure can come without
tying our necessary and indispensa-
BILE viscera into hard knots. BY
the suggested arrangement of cords
we can reduce the size of the waist
with less violent ofIense 10 heart
and lungs, and also without sacri-
ficing entirely harmony Of outline" "
, 1890-09-18
A woman's Tribute.
Youths Companion.

A woman has more excellent way
Of bestowing favor than u man.
One day In 1865 Rosa Bonheur was
surprised while working In her
studio to receive n visit from the
Empress Eugene, who entered un-
announced.
The empress kissed the artist Us
, 1890-09-18

trusted the formation of now ad-
ministration to the conservative
leader, Senor Canovas. The latter
speedily realized that 1t was hope
less to attempt to administer the
government with parliament In
which his followers held only sew
enty-three out Of 450 seats. He ac-
oordingly dissolved the cortes, and
Is now In the act of demonstrating
how independent the Spanish ex-
ecutive can be of the Spanish legis-
lature. 1t Is n perilous task, and
any efforts on his part to fulfill the
dream Of his ndhercnts In bringing
back the days Of aristocratic .privi-
lege aud clerical power will be
fraught with danger to tho throne.
The critical nature of the sit uation
may be estimated blythe fact that
CASTELAR, has left Madrid, and has
Issued u manifesto, In which he de-
plores having counseled his republic
can friends TO adopt u passive and
even friendly attitude toward the
mOuurChy
, 1890-09-18
woman's Estimate Of rimc.

Perhaps 1t ia not too much to as
sert that the majority Of women
have very Inadequate conceptions Of
the value and extent Of time, saws n
writer In Harpers Bazaar. The man
of business learns to understand lust
what five minutes will do, and what
1t means. IL may mark the limit of
banking hours, or the departure of