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MISTAKES In DRESS.
A Village Turmoil Over Daughters
of the Rich and Poor.
HOW QUAKERS FOOL THEMSELVES
The Transition in the Church illustrated
by q Wicked Old Man.
GOOD STORY OF EDWIN N. STANTON
WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH


In a village neighboring Pittsburg dwelt
a man who spoke certain words that raised
little storm of indignation among some OF
his neiphbors. He said he "hoped the time
would come when it would be possible to
tell rich mans daughter from poor mans
daughter"
That was ali; but that was enough. Much
wrath resulted. Indignant criticism was
freely INDUCED in. All the more because
The man happened to be rich and to have a
daughter. Most indignant Of all was a
poor widow, who also had a daughter; and
who had a hard struggle to put fresh meat
on the family table once or twice week.
"Pretty talk that was for an Americana the
widow declared. "She'd let him know, for
one, that poor girls had just as many rights
as rich girls. She'd let him see that her
daughter had just as much self-respect as
his daughter dared to havel" So, in order
that there might be no possible doubt in
the matter of self-respect, she had gown
made for her daughter exactly like the new
est gown the rich mans daughter possessed.
The foolish mother had to 60 in debt for it;
and even then she had to content herself
with much cheaper material. But she did
what she could; and her girl looked as
much like the other as poverty can ever
look like riches.
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Meaning Beneath IL All.

Her girls right to dress extravagantly
was vindicated; it was made certain that
poor people are as respectable as rich peo-
pie; the self.respect of that family was en-
phaticalIy declared, and the woman's spir-
tied conduct was q good deal applauded.
And what did it all amount to? Simply an
open avowal that these particular poor peo-
pie did not respect themselves at all. They
respected the rich mans circumstances and
opportunities. These could not possibly be
theirs, and they had so little independence
of spirit that they must needs chesply imi-
tate what they could not have.
I happen to know that the rich man in
tended merely philosophical reflection
when he uttered his unfortunate words. It
is inevitable that rich girls shall dress rich
ly. That is human nature, and it rules not
only the girls but the men. For the rich to
dress richly involves no sacrifice of comic
health and means Of self-improvement.
They can afford it. Poor people cannot. It
would be delightful if they could, but they
simply cannot. And this rich man merely
expressed the hope that they would give up
sacrificing necessary com orts Tor the sake
of show. There are plenty OF poor people
who are not ready, like this foolish mother,
to declare that their poverty disgraces them.
They would like to have money and all the
good it brings; but they respect themselves
just as much, being poor, as they would re-
spect themselves being rich. They are not
ashamed to seem poor since they have to be
poor. They sturdily refuse to admit that
their respectability, or lack of it, depends in
any degree upon the coarse or fine clothes
they wear,
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Outfa shIoning Fashion.

The potent influence of clothes has been
recognizerd by 1the Quakers as fully,
perhaps, as by any other class of people.
They themselves might not readily acknowl-
edge that they are more subject to that In
fuence than most others, for such subjec-
tion is what they condemn and protest
against. But when you come to think of it
"gay man" goes to his tailor and orders
his suit without thinking very much about
how it shall be made. The sober man of
drab, on the other hand, takes much thought
about how he shall be clothed; and the
woman of his kind much more thought In
their protest against fashion they become
subject to fashion to q greater extent than
many of those whom they disapprove.
A consciousness of this inconsistency has
something to do, think, with the change
which leading Friends now openly deplore
in their order. In fact the change is so
radical and rapid that they have almost
ceased to strive against it, and some of them
now freely declare that in very few years
the Quakers, as a distinctive body, will
have wholly disappeared even in Phila.
delphia. At the yearly meeting recently
held in that city, many of the young men
and maidens who sat in the seats were clad
as gayly as if the meeting house had been a
theater and the meeting matinee. And
this departure from the old standard is be-
coming constantly more pronounced. Not
only that Quaker maidens are learning
music, and Quaker homes, many of them,
have pianos in them. In various ways they
are declaring their independence. They are
in the world and they have decided tn be no
longer apart from the world. They must be
fashionable in one way or another, and they
prefer to be fashionable in way that salts
fes themselves rather than in way that
satisfied their remote ancestors.
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looking individual, who rose from his seat
at one of the nearest tables and extended his
hand, It was one of our Englishmen. He
was very glad to see me-'the only familiar
face. he said. He begged me to sit down.
/ glanced at him. His diamonds were gone.
The lovely scarf pin that erstwhile cleaned
from his manly chest was no more. The
mated his face had vanished. In that one
glance read his story before he had opened
his mouth with THAT rascal Bisselp-but
he told me his story just the same.
HOW HE PLAYED THEM.
"They had been feeced Of all their money
on shipboard. When they arrived here the
Jolly Bissell had shown them the town and
the proceeds of certain drafts had gone the
same way. The others went West on what
little they had left to battle with the new
world as they might. BE was penniiess and
had to remain here and await q remittance.
They never suspected Bissell's real char
acter until he had one night borrowed all he
could OF each separately and disappeared.
And he had privately warned us to beware
of you,' the young fellow stammered, as q
as gambler and cheatP
"For scene third of this drama of every
day life several months are supposed to
have elapsed. 1t is in Central Park. Win
ter had come and gone and the rhododen-
drons bloomed. Everywhere white-capped
nurses and happy mothers pushed and
trundled the lovingly decked baby car
riages paused long and finally sat down
on vacant bench to enjoy the, to me, pref
tiest scene in the world. 1 had scarcely
done so when one OF these infantile vehicles
stopped before me. I mechanically looked
first at its occupant, then raised my eyes to
the manipulation. She was looking intently
at me. With an exclamation that was al
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But that was not the end of the matter.
The new clerk, smarting perhaps under the
sense of obligation and willing to protest
against being considered mere subordinate,
indulged in open criticism Of his chief;
and in such terms that, to permit
him to continue, would be to wreck
the discipline of the department.
The chief was not man of patient impulses,
and his too critical subordinate was prompt
ly dismissed. Still this was not the end Of
it. Rather than be too severe with the man
of fallen fortunes he would be too lenient;
and the indiscreet clerk was soon reinstated
at his desk. Again, and more than once,
ne repeated his indiscretion, was dismissed
and taken back.
At length dismissal did not follow the
offense at all. The offenses did not become
less; forbearance became greater, and finally
conquered resentment wholly. The final
outcome of it all was that the frequently
offending clerk held possession of his desk
still talking as he pleased-until the day of
his death. The Pittsburger who was chief
of the department was Edwin NJ. Stanton,
a man whom most people-in times past or
times present-have not been wont to regard
as an embodiment of generous forbearance.
Perhaps, after all, Secretary Stanton only
exhibited national trait instead of an in
dividual virtue, for if there is any one thing
in which the Americans excel all other
peoples, it is in putting up with things"
This peculiarity may be simply survival
of pioneer philosophy. OF course it is al
together admirable, in pioneer times or any
other times, to endure with cheeriu forti-
tude what cannot be bettered. But the
moment bad things can be improved the
cheerful endurance should come to an end.
JAMES G. PURDY.
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A CHINESE FUNERAL.
Death Of Yee Soon Wnh, u Christianized
Celestial.


Yee Soon Wah will be buried this after
noon in Uniondale/ Cemetery. The funeral
services will be conducted by Rev. DR..
Sutherland at the Second Presbyterian
Church. Yee died on Friday of consump-
-tion at the West Penn Hospital. He was
% years old and had been in this country
nine years, working in laundry in this
city nearly all the time. Five years ago
Yee's brother, Yee Sic Wah. was run over
and killed by a Pittsburg street car. This
brother had been converted to the Christian
religion, and his tragic death affected Yee
and turned his thoughts toward the
Christian faith. He Joined the Sabbath
school and became prominent worker, and
was elected a delegate to the coming Sunday
School Convention.
Three years ago consumption attacked
Yee and he finally became so weak that he
was removed to the West Penn Hospital,
where he died, protesting his firm belief in
Christianity and his assurance OF a future
existence. The services this afternoon will
be in English, and will be participated IN
BY the members OF the Chinese Sabbath
school class. The pail bearers are Yee ON,
Yee Kim Wah, Yee Que and Yee Yuen.
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Summer Trips to the ssashore, Via PennsyI-
vanin Railroad.


In accordance with the custom Of past
summers, the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany has arranged a series of pleasant sum-
mer trips for the people of Western Penn
sylvania to the most popular resorts of the
New jersey coast. The dates fixed for the
excursions are July 10 and "a and August
z and q. The resorts covered by the tickets
are Cape May, Atlantic City, Sea Isle City,
or Ocean City, every one OF which is de-
lightful place to pass few dayso of rest. The
excursion tickets will be valid for ten days,
and will be sold from Pittsburg at $40, and
at proportions ately low rates from other sta
tions.
A special train composed of day parlor
cars and day coaches, will leave Pittsburg
ON each OF the days mentioned, at $50 A. NJ,
and run through to Philadelphia, arriving
at 7:16 P. M. The night will be passed in
Philadelphia and the party will take regu-
lar trains to the seashore next morning.
Passengers from Pittsburg, East Liberty,
Irwin, Uniontown, Connellsville, Scottdale,
Stonerville. Greensburg or Johnstown may
take the evening trains leaving Pittsburg
for Philadelphia at 4:30 and $40 P. NJ. and
proceed to the shore the next morning.
The immense success of these excursions
in the past will undoubtedly serve to in
crease their popularity this season.
Any special information in regard to
these excursions may be obtained by
addressing Thomas E. Watt, Passenger
Agent, Western district, ITO Fifth avenue,
Pittsburg.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-22
DurinE the Summer,

Housekeepers will find great comfort dur
ing the heated term by using reliable gas
cooking stove. A perfect gas stove is easily
regulated, will do all the cooking for a fam
lily, is very economical in the use of gas and
makes life in the kitchen pleasant while the
weather is hot. A line of the best gas
stoves, ranging in price from IS cents to 500,
can be found at Demmler Bros, 526 and 52S
Smithfeld street, Pittsburg.
The celebrated Alaska, North Star and
fibre-lined refrigerators. The wonderful
Gem ice-cream freezers and Crown ice chip
pers, the best and most economical in the
United States. The Pasteur water filters,
the most perfect filters in the world.
Fly fans. water coolers, ice cream dishers,
lemon squeezers, lawn chairs. carpet sweep
ers, and an endless variety Of useful articles
and novelties for the kitchen, can be found
at Demmler Brothers.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-22
Cholera In Michigan.

DR.. F. D. Larke, of Rogers City, Mich,
says the epidemic of the summer of 1885, in
Presque Isle county, in which so many per-
sons lost their lives, was choleric dysentery
instead of cholera as first reported. He used
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhea
Remedy and says it succeeded where all
other remedies failed. Not single case
was lost in which it was used This remedy
IS the most reliable and most successful
medicine known for collie, cholera morbus.
dysentery. diarrhoa and bloody fux.
ThSu
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-22
ATLANTIC CITY.

The First Popular Excursion of the Season
10 Atlantic City.
Via the picturesque B. & o. B. 3. via
Washington, d. G., Baltimore and Phila-
delphis, on Thursday, July 8, 1890. Tickets
good for ten days, and good to stop off at
Washington, D. c., returning. Rate for
the round trip $40. Special trains, with
Pullman parlor and sleeping cars, will
leave B. & o. r. R. depot at 8 A. M. and
9:2O P. NJ. For detailed information address
or apply to E. d. Smith, Division Passen.
ger Agent, Pittsburg, Pa.
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was worse. but we became as we'll acquainted
as these circumstances permitted.
"Her sold companion on board was a
sleek looking, jolly gentleman Of middle
life. He was dressed in quiet but good
taste, made it q point to be polite to and
friendly with everybody, and was the lie OF
the party he happened to be in. He spoke
French flaently, though he claimed to be an
American and said his business was i'm
porting blooded horses. His name was Bis
sell. He called the French girl Airline.
He volunteered the information that he was
taking her to America as q governess for his
children. I sauntered into the smoking
room one night and the first man saw was
BisselI actively engaged in getting up pools
on the run of the steamer. He was sur
rounded all the evening by three or four
young Engiishmen, who were coming over
to make fortune on lew hundred pounds,
and they appeared to enjoy Bissells Ameri-
canisms immensely. They invited me to
join them and did so. This pool business
bores me, however, and, after a second
cigar, stepped out on deck.
PEEPING THROUGH THE KEYHoLE.
"There was f1utter of a dark dress, and
a female figure fed precipitately from me.
Whoever it was had been peeping through
the eyelets into the smoking room. When
1 sat down to breakfast Airline gave me a
shv, confused glance. Then 1 knew it was
she who had been on deck at midnight peep
ing into the smoking room. And Airline
thought had caught her at it. Mademoi-
selle Airline had a secret. The next day
Bissell asked me to join him and a couple
of his English friends in game of cards.
never take back seat for any man on q
game of poker when am well heeled, and,
of course, 1 accepted.
1t was jolly party, and we had couple
of bottles that made it jollier. 1t was 90
cent limit, and nobody quit very much be-
hind. Bissell made several bad breaks, and
told good many excellent stories of wild
Western life, whereat the Englishmen
laughed uproariously. During all this
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-22

By DR.. J.VAN DYcK. Electro Surgeon, 502 Penn
ave-, PittsDurg. This is a purely scientific
operation and indorsed by all physicians as
being positively the only method in the world
by which hair can be destroyed forever Dr.
Van Dyck has operated for IA years, has
treated hundreds of cases and will forfeit S. 900
in gold in any case in which he fails to destroy
every coarse hair forever. even if the patient
has a regularly developed beard. This is in
deed gOdsend TO every woman with hair on
her face. Every lady thus afflicted who has the
least regard for her personal appearance should
stop using the depilatories. tweezers, scissors
or razor. DR.. Van Dyck will make special
terms to all who consult him during this month
Office 502 Penn ave., Pittsburg. Hours to g.
Sundays 10 to g. Book free.
The doctor also successfully treats moles,
warts, wens, birthmarks, red nose, enlarged
veins of the nose and every blemish, disease or
discoloration of the skin, complexion. hair or
scalp. Office 502 Penn ave. my3lssu
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The O uakeress in Transition.

AS to the matter of dress, the change is
rather to be regretted by those who are not
Quakers. For the old-time Quakeress,
matron or maid, is figure altogether pic
turesque and charming. Her final disap-
pearance will be cause for lament. But
something to lament still more is the woman
Friend in a state of transition. She who has
emancipated herself just sufficiently to dis
card some of the old, but not enough to
adopt all of the new. has progressed just far
enough to make herself an undesirable ad-
dition to any scene she may choose to adorn.
Such queer bonnets as she devisesl such odd
draperies! such QUITO -the-way jacketsl She
wore her old garb with grace and ease. She
would wear the new garb of her worldly
sister with grace and ease. But in the at
tempt to make timid compromise she comes
perilously near to making herself q fright.
But the oldest and most emphatic protest
against the restraints of the peaceful. sect
which has come to my knowledge was made
by man long past middle age. All his
life he had been rigidly observant of all
Quaker forms and customs, and up to the
very last he continued to wear the prescribed
dress of the society, and to use the "plain
language" without break.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-22
Are You Suppiieds
Families not al

Families not already supplied should lose
no time in procuring bottle of Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy.
1t is the only remedy that can always be de-
pended upon for bowel complaint in all its
forms. 25 and 50-cent bottles for sale
by E. G., Stucky, 1701 and 2401
Penn ave; E. G. Stuckv & Co., cor.
Wylie ave. and Fulton ST.; Markell Bros,
cor. Penn and Frankstown aves.; Theo. E.
Ihrig, 3610 Fifth ave.; Carl Hartwig, 4016
Butler ST.. John c. Smith, cor. Penn ave.
and Main ST.; Jas. L. Mcconnell & Co., 455
Fifth ave-, Pittsburg; and in Allegheny by
E. E. Heck, ~ and 1874 Federal ST.; Thos. r.
Morris, cor. Hanover and Preble aves. f. 81.
Eggers, 172 Ohio ST., and F. 81. Eggers &
Son, 199 Ohio St and IL Smithfeld st. Thsu
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-22
New Patents.

o. D. Lewis, patent solicitor (established
over 20 years.. Office No. 131 Fifth avenue,
next door to Evening Leader, furnishes the
following new patents just issued:
j. s. Kinney, steam boiler; J. 81. Richey,
preparation of gas ior gas engines; w. h.
MaloneY, boot or shoe sole; Gustav Linden
chal, suspension bridge; c. A. Clockner,
meat. rack, John A. Adams, joint for sheet
metal, all OF Allegheny county, Pa; also j.
c. Brown, Dover, o., ironing support; C. E.
Peck, Kent, o., Formulation paddock; John
A. Williams. Moundsville, W. Va, vend-
ing apparatus. 8 patents. Office open every
evening until 9 o'clock.
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"'Ahl monsieurI pardong-you remember
HOW AIRLINE HAD FARED.

HOW AIRLINE HAD FARED.
"'Ahl monsieurl pardong-you remember
me?'
"I extended my hand. She clasped it
with both of her hands, quite overcome with
emotion for a moment. Then flashing her
dark hazel eyes on mine she whispered
fercely:
"tWhere ees monsieur'-with an effort
Monsieur Beesell? You knowl Pardong,
pardongl 1 mustl Where ees he now
this moment? You know-since that night
tell me, monsieur, pray your
''The wild. pitiful, distressing pathos Of
that lookl What wonder if answered, i'm
pulsively, Gone where all wicked men 20,
hopeP
"Ahl thanks, mousieurl Thank you! It
was ter-r-rible! He took me from my home
with his fine words, and abandoned me here
alonel Ny poor papal Mon Dieul he is
now deadi See me, nowl Look at me,
poor seryantl Oh, monsieurl I could have
died'
"Her hands were clenched and her voice
sank into lower whisper and a more dead
ly earnestness, as she hlssed in my ear at
parting: sEef he ees alive-eef he ees alive
and II will keel himp
LAST ACT OF THE DRAMA.
"And now for the last act" said my
friend. 'rLast week was in st. Paul look
ing alter date there the coming season.
It was very hot day, and stepped into
barroom. 1t was a common beer place. The
usual loungers to be seen about such places
were in the room, some standing at the bar
and others sitting at distant tables. One or
two seemed to be so overcome by heat or
liquor, or both, that they dozed where they
sat.
II paid no attention to anybody particu-
larly, until the waiter who had served NE
made an attempt to get the sleepy men out
The barkeeper REINFORCED this effort with
the emphatic declaration that this wasn't
no sleeping car He finally came from be-
hind the bar and grasped one OF the somno-
lent gentlemen by the collar and roughly
yanked him to the floor, where he fell and
lay like log. The barkeeper swore and
kicked him vigorously once, twice. Come.
Bissell, this won't dol It won't do, I tell
you'll say, BissellP
1.-THE sound of that mans name, gentle
men, sent a thrill through my veins.
Joined the loungers about the heavy figure
on the floor. Just then they had rolled him
over, jeeringly.
"Great God; Jimmy, he's deadl'
II stood speechless. For L gazed upon
all that remained of the horse dealer, ship
board shark and gambler-the whisky
sodden corpse of Bissellr'
CHARLES T. MURRAY.
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Miss Mary Crown, 227 Market St, Allie
gheny, held certificate No. 10 and is entitled
to the piano delivered this week on the 81
weekly payments. This list of $50 members
is about completed, and will be closed this
month. Owing to great demand for Everett
Pianos all over the crountry we are unable
to make another contract with the Everett
Company, at the price secured for this club,
but will be able to supply the demand on
and after July 1, at the retail prices ranging
from 1925 to $500, according to the style OF
cases. Those wanting Everett pianos at the
club price, $3.50. must apply for membership
before July 1, 1890.
ALEX Ross, Mgr,
Tusu 1877 Federal st., Allegheny, Pa.
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New Patents.

Higdon & Higdon, Patent Lawyers. 127
Fourth ave.. Pittsburg, and LeDroit build
ing, Washington, D. c., report these patents
just issued: j. W. Abfahams, joint for
metal tubing; G. A. G!oekler. meat-rack; g.
Ritchey, preparation Of gas for gas engines;
b. J. Heinz, bottle-all Of Pittsburg and
Allegheny.
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NEW HALL FOR THE EAST END.
American Mechn mics VIII Issue Stock 70,
Its Erection.

American Mechanics VIII Issue STOCK for
Its Erection.
The American Mechanics of the East
End have purchased a lot on Penn neal
Highland avenue, on which they intend tc
build large hall. The lot is S3x2OO feet in
dimension and cost $4,000. The building
will be three stories high, and will contain
store-rooms, large concert hall and lodge
rooms. The concert hall will have seating
capacity of 1000 people.
lin, W. L. Lytle, F. s. Bell, c. r. Jones
w. D. Cyphers, Robert Porter, A. g. Tim,
j. c. Thoms and "A. s. Jones, has been
appointed to take charge of the enterprise,
and issue stock for the erection of the build.
ing.