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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30

Fresh pears sliced and sprinkled lightly
with powdered sugar are delicious break
fast dish, served with whipped cream
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30

Thisshould be answered-at once, and the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30

In search for novelty, some entertain
ments have been given recently in Paris
called ''balls for young mothers" The in
vitations include only such as have right
to this title, with, of course, attendant
cavaliers, and the cotillon favors are chill
dren's toys The next day the young
matron pays her visit of reconnaissance, 40
companied by her child.
MARGARET h WMCH
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30

A reaction has set in in tvor.of short
Jackets, and the days of the 'Touis" coat
are already numbered. The coming autumn
coat will be two inches below the hips, &C.
cording to the best authorities announce
ment that most women will regret The
long "Louis" coats are handsome garments,
becoming to nearly everyone, while these
very abbreviated jackets need trim and
natty figure to wear them with good effect
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-07-05

young men. The fact is. they are not
considered at vassar. They are not
there and they are not greatly missed
/ have friend who attended two CO.
educational colleges and she says that
1T first the boys fiirted SO with those Of
the young women who would permit it
that much study was out of the ques-
ton and that at the second the young
women. q melancholy minority. were
LEFT entirely to their own devices. be-
lieve il is better not 20 have any young
men about. il those are to be the
alternatives in co-education. OF
course. some of tho girls come to
Poughkcepsic already engaged and
write very faithfully TO some one for
awhile. sometimes. in fact throughout
the course. And under proper restric-
tons we were permitted 10 see callers
OF either sex And. as Wcst Point
wasn't so very far away and the young
soldiers are such q manly and pic
turesque lot of fellows. we did see a
little of them. especially at commence
ment time.
Blu. the SCALED typical vassar girl
of the stage and the novel simply
doesn't exist Probably a majority Of
the students are mature young women
qualifying themselves for life work
as teachers and endeavoring to get the
most and the best out Of the school.
These give the tone to the place. Its
aspect for the most part is studious. al
most severe. The Eighty and frivolous
ones are in minority and they often
reform Such associations as the Col
legiate Alurnns, which Join women coli
lege graduates Of the entire country. do
n great deal TO keep the current Of life
healthy, and the example Of the ener-
getic and tactful women professors does
a great deal more. II we who have
left the old home remember best the
frolic scenes Il wasn't because there
were so many Of them rs TO displaee
sober work IN our attention
MARY d. x
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-07-05

Every one who are IN the least a q
gree subject 60 nervousness. rieeplt -
ness. prostration, mental fatigue. or
nervous debility in any form. find the
hot weather Of June, July and August
very hard To s,esr, II not dangerous.
Nervous prostrailon ~ becoming more
and more colnnon every year, the
symptoms Of which are Brown specks
before the eyes, Slight dizziness, roaring
IN the ears. attacks 81 nersons head
ache, pslpitstion of the heart, flashes
of beat, followed by siight chilly sensa-
irons, faintness. Oppression, despond-
ency. forebodings. foolish fears. and
many other similar once. Any one sub
Jet 10 shy or all 81 these symptoms
should take warning as once, as they
indicate The approach OF d ises.s very
deraBging 10 the ssstem and hard 70
cure.
Pe-ru-ns quickly cures nervous pros
tration- IN all fofms The first dose
gives prompt relief ~ the most distress
iDe symptoms. and = persistent use Of 4
FOR a reasonable length Of time viii
permanently cure eases of long stand
ing A dose If Pe-rn.ns before each
meal durine the hot ssnson - . safe
guard of priceBrss value, especially W
those who are IA the lesss sutgJeet 70
nervous pfostrstfon.
Cempl~te directions for zee on each
botsle. For trs.atlse on nervous prnsfra-
ton and Diseases 81 The nervous system
send for copy OF The Family Pfyscian
No. ]. Senf free iIr The Peru na Heds-
enc Company. Columbus, OHIO
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-07-05

Tris tenerssi-s Der more csroeEaspestlyp-is
shst . prlcttcal Application psEs tsi3k I
n2e pracsieai spphc.sioas.
At other times there IS a wild and
hilarious revei Of mirth when the
whangdoodlers or some other reioubt-
able band Of colored musicians make
bad jokes and worse music In one Of
the parlOrs. The end women in a min
strel show have q remarkably good
chance for hitting OF the pet weak
nesses Of the other students; but their
Jokes wouldn't carry half mile from
the big building on the hill and won't
bear repetition.
There Is more snow In the Pough-
keepsie neighborhood than in the lati-
tude OF New York. and the girls man.
age 10 get some fun out OF il after i, has
spoiled the skating on the little lake by
covering the ice . foot thick. Sleigh
ing excursions arc very popular-tc
Hyde park In the north. or due east
into the lonely country back from the
river or south toward Fishkill landing
A big sleighload Of girls with nice
sedate old man as driver and one of the
faculty along as chaperon can make
about as much noise with their college
songs as the surrounding atmosphere
can well hold Besides, snow is good
enough 10 make snow balls from, and |
can personally testify. having been
singled out more than once by the aim
of mighty narlSswoman. that the old
superstition that woman cannot throw
straight is baseless canard OF course
she can't if she has never learned how,
but good many of our girls had
learned.
But the winter doesn't last always.
In The spring there are botanizing par
ties and boating on the lake and the
senior auctions, q custom possibly Pc
culiar to Vassar. Before the seniors
leave. quite as much for the fun Of the
thing as for any money involved. some
of them usually combine to sell at pub
lie veudue some Of the superfuous be-
longings of Their rooms, bootjacbs, ii
they are so fortunate as to possess any
of those venerable relics of Matthew
Vassar. plaques, bottles of pickles,
books, pictures and the like. With a
chair as the auctioneer's box and a
good audience. a quick-witted girl can
have no end Of fun with these trophies
Here is a portion Of a sample auction
poster:
READ THISi
II u true that Xantippe did annoy the learned
Socrates, but she would have been Q sweet
tempered woman had he allowed her to bid at
the
SENIOR AUCTION
ON
SATURDAY. JUNE -
Beginning al A NJ Take the pleasure DO
MED that poor woman and select while you can
from our stock OF
UNABRIDGED DICTIONARIES. CHINA PUPS
LFNoS SQUEEZERS ROSEWOOD WRITING
DESKS, AFTER DINNER COFFEE SETS
OLD PHOTOGRAPHS. PERENNIAL
GAS STOVES, FoRIITER SHOE
BUrroNERS FIDELrER
LATIN PONIES FEILCI-
TER STEW PANS
DO NOT FOE EFT THE TIME
p. S.-The proceeds from the lemonade and
other extraneous commerce to be devoted tc
the higher interests OF our Alma Mater
Bear witness, please, that up to date
/ have not said one word about boys or
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-07-05

1t has been matter OF curiosity for
some time why Nicolay and Hays Life
of Lincoln" with all its Invaluable
worthless a. literary work The most
cynical theory Of it 10 one advanced by
pretty well-known writer who has him
self done something In history. The
writers Of the Life said he, "went
about their task like a newspaper re-
porter on fat assignment. They were
practically unlimited as to space, aud the
made, both on the magazine articles and
on the book reprint Accordingly, in-
stead OF writing q great book as con-
ciseiy a. their material would let them,
for the instruction Of = busy age, they
padded IL at every point and filed IL with
offensive sduIstion Of their subject, who
doesn't need st. The result is huge
multiplication Of words which no one
will read
The Century has been rather unfor-
tunate in its special features The Lam
coin biography was = disappointment.
the genuineness OF the Tslleyrand me-
m oirs has been doubted, the best article
ever published In ne war series WA
sfterward acknowledged to be . pure
finished because Mr. George Kennsn. vbo
owes his reputation 20 the Century,
now holds his obligations 10 IL second 20
his more rsmnnerative lecture engage
ments
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-07-05

Some years ago went one day n look
M a man whom | only knew ss petit.
Jogging lawyer In a Brooklyn police
court and small poliiieisn. After ons
or two false starts trsced him 10 q car
penter's loft where. with his coat Of and
shirt sleeves rolled M. he ~as WORKING
sway at the clean. fresa reed. very much
better employed. I remember thinking.
than in helpiag rognes to escape the cos
sequences ~ their uni~saeesas Bsssness ~
= legal nstar- wssn't very brisk with
hsaa, he espiasnsl
The nsst ! heard ~ the psfsifosrrs
~ss That he bad turned bail,ier IN earn.
est. ssd b. ~s@ pastsss ap Sreesiys
haiidless ~ tie hlees wher~ he ever
Sc she e.eissl asa's tss~; preAshly
sssss~a IN sssy susali ~sy and work -
AZ II degree e he gaes~.ssea - msax
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-07-05
GOOD TINES At VASSAR
How the Girl Students Drive Dull
Care away.
GOOD EUS AT The ENTERTAINMENTS
1hs Resources OF ctviilzStton-siei hing
Go Hyde Paxk-Aastsar fhs2tsissls-
The Aaetioa stooas-H azfag W stak
Ing the Eleetisa Kstarax-

declare IL does seem 70 me-prob-
-<bly because | ana not used 10 nesyspa-
Per works. II | were doing something
really mean IN sitting down to write
about Good Times at vassar;" as if
wereplayingth spy upon my old friends
and classmates And yet there Is moth
ing 10 tell which would disgrace them
or me in the telling. FOR merry lot Of
girls can have great deal Of fun in
harmless ways without sacrificing their
mutual respect; which is why there is
great advantage in being girl
The freshman enters vassar In great
fear and trembling. for she knows she
is certain 10 be 'hazed." yet the hazing
Is of very gentle and ladylil<e sort,
and usually winds up with an invita-
ltion TO the hazed u eat something
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-07-05

good and indigestible in a sophomore
parlor as the hazers' guest. So long as
the frcsh;cs .know their place." as
they usually do. the sophs are very well
satisfied
Almost as soon as the green girl has
learned the corridors and class-rooms,
and there are many, many Of both, she
Is classified according to her political
complexion as republican, democrat
or mugwump. and begins to hold heated
arguments on politics with those of
other beliefs Many Of the girls have
no opinions of their own at first, but it
doesn't take long to develop them or
absorb them from others As election
approaches, the excitement rises to
fever heat On the evening Of election
day regular tclegraphic bulletins are
received. and lettered in big plain
script on sheets of brown paper which
are tackled up In some conspicuous
place. It IA quite customary for the
girls of the beaten party TO give din
.ner To the other side after election.
Great caution has been used in deter
mining the result, though, ever since
1854, for in that year the democrats
gave the republicans dinner on the
strength of the Tribune's stout assever-
alton that Mr.. Blaine was elected, and
great was their lamentation at the
mistake afterward.
The real fun begins after election.
BY that time the new girls have got ac-
,climatcd and have either got over their
Inconsistencies or given way to it entire
IL and gone away. Cold weather keeps
the students more indoors and the fun
lovers begin To assert themselves.
OF course amateur theatricals then
come TO the front.
How did we manage to represent the
male parts. when we played Money"
.'She Stoops to Conquer" AS You Like
IT, and all the rest? Why. very SIM
ply. In writing or printing the play
bill. the girls taking male parts had
their names put down without prefix
and with initials only. Those playing
the female roles kept the Miss Thus,
il girl played Orlane or Diggory she
would be billed as "E. A. Jones'" or
whatever her name might be. II she
was cast rs Rcsali1d. her name was
given as Miss Ellen Jones' And to fore
stall possible inquiries upon delicate
point-the costume didn't differ much
In either case. There were more high
jinks than high art ut these plays as
rule. though some Of the girls developed
a very pretty clOcu.ionary talent.
To cast play aud furnish an audi.
ence takes. Of course. good many girls.
There were smaller chques and sub
divisions which had readings and candy
pulls aud little dances. of very i'm
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-07-05
rhc aw e., p.in7s al s1nse

The Ohio Military Academy, of Ports
mouth. under the management OF Col.
A. J.. Bresler. IL certain Ia occupy one
Of the highest positions "a an Edu.
cstional Institution. Col A. l.. Bres-
Ter, the superintendent. was IN Ger
many on the staff # the Crown Prince
for four Years. sad "a q disclplsnarian
and educator he "a Without peer in
the United states. PUPILS ssnt 20 him
viii receive not only . thorough mile
tsry education. bnt also a thorough
edueetion N arr ~ the Literary and
Scientific courses. The grounds and
elegant buildings Are well adapted 30
tae purpose for which they are IN.
tended Parents de.fing a hfst.cisss
sehoos Tor their Toys can nps 80 better
thaa - pat them nrtlef ths care ~ cot.
A l.. frssier
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-07-05

The Brooklyn Bridge has . strange fss
ciuation for cranks. You meet them
there At eli hours. men who claim an In
innate Relationship ~ifh the planess
men who want to jufnp OF and don't dc
IL, men with theories about electricity
and music and other things. TheT
gather about and stare. and the policemen
prod them with their eiubs.
overheard such = man, old. stopped.
long bearded, the very image - = ersok-
brain. nsutterfne 10 himself sc he CARED
np 81 the mighty towers. Yes. its big
bridge. . grand one, but there's crs
thing fhsf's wrons about a. You cant
r-sse strs~b>rrS.s % n. They cseh 20
have huiit Z; - that req eoois rss~
strs . berries On a. - Owns LkreDos-
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-07-05
And This 10 Consy Island.

Ten years ago, having made 4 number
of trips thither, / thought knew all
about Coney Island.
One day John Y. McKane, the king Of
the island, sought to test my knowledge
by asking me rather abruptly: How
many hotels do you think there are on
this strip of sand, little and bigs"
ooh, perhaps thirty"
That's not a bad guess There are
only 30O," said the king with benevo-
lent smile.
Last Sunday was down at the island
again. The island is at its best on Sun
lays. The 800 hotels must have grown
10 500 by this time, from the palattal
Oriental to the little huts in the "gut"
where every negro patron has a razor
FOR emergencies. Probably there Is no
ather summer city in the world. Brighton
and Trouville and Ostend are per lament
towns where people live winter as well as
summer Concy Island differs all the
way from $4,000 or 10000 people on a
pleasant summer Sunday to scant hun
ired watchmcn an1 employees in winter.
Yet the city is very we'll behaved, much
better than il used to be in the old days,
as well as any city OF so many people.
One reason saw on Sunday when big
platoon Of fine looking policemen marched
out from the station house to change
patrols with another fiue looking platoon
just going in Mr. McKane Is Superin-
tendent OF Police besides being Supervisor
of the town. and the builder Of most of
the big hotels. The town OF Gravesepd,
which owns the beach, pays for the
police force aud the roads aud water
works, and has money left to pay for its
schools, out of the rentals received for
what was not so very long ago . worth
less strip of sand.
A bewildering and delightful maze OF
men, women, children. photographers,
Frankfu-ter sausages. wooden cows
which give real milk. a wooden elephant,
iron piers which are splendid for babies
10 sit under and burrow in the sand, ped
alers. hockey pokey men, restaurants, side
shows. railroad stations. bsrrooms, to-
boggsn slides, clam chowders add the
slorious sea near at hand-tbet Is Coney
Island in this year Of our Lord 1891.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-07-05

Produced from the laxative and Dusri-
tous juice of California figs. combined
with the medicinal virtues of plants
known to be the most beneficial 10 the
human system, aeis gently, on the kid
news, liver aud bowels, eiiectnaily
cleansing the systeTn, dispelling cOids
and headaches, and cuisng habitnal
conts.psilon.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-07-05

It's getting to be quite the thing now
to look for thieves at fires in New York.
Often the thieves set fires to get oppor-
tunities for plumber. And still they are
not hung.
know an Office boy who distinguished
himself not many days ago when q fire
broke out near the rooms where he sat,
at an hour when all the members of the
firm were out. 1t was law Office filled
with valuable papers, not to speak Of
money and securities Directly came
running up the stairs lot Of men whom
the boy had never seen before, all willing
to help carry things out.
"But don't want any help" the boy
rejoined, and to the more persistent he
repeated: You must get right out now.
II you have any business here come again
when Mr.. or Mr. is in" In the In
tervals of repelling boarders. the young
custodian hustled the more important
books and papers into one OF the safes.
By and by the lawyers came In, but the
fire didn't. And then the boy was highly
complimented on his conduct by his en-
ployers, who had fully expected to lose u
good many of their valuables when they
saw the flames so close.
Under the stress of business necessity
youngsters develop pretty goodLjudgmeut
sometimes; and sometimes they don't
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-07-05

thousands snd better clothes than used
60 cover his tAis nsars. lsw thin se
longer
/ know another lawyer Of . more pros
psrsas kind, 80 Tar - the Law Is cea-
oerned, who invests his spare capital Ia
lands and buildings He told me the
other dxy Of selling q couple Of very
modest frame tenements az . net profit
Of &. 90. gained Ia about three montha
In fact. the city Of churches has bsen for
some years an II Dorado 70 the builders
and real estate men, who are making
fortunes out Of the old farms and cab
bage gardens All the weadsrs Of rapid
growth that are told Of Minneapolis, ST
Paul, Kansas City and Chicago have been
repeated In Brookiyn within the last fivs
years, or since the completion of the
elevated railroads. The certainty of
annexation with New and the rapid
growth Of both cities promises here city
larger than London before many years.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-07-05

r-orotu character. with banjo and
piano music. some Of these groups
performed little original plays IN which
Ferdinand. the college skeleton. and
Trirnonetrv. the students bee noire,
and others were the characters Much
ecicnsifc information IL impaired in
she.se "slavs~ "a when. IN an old IA
~orits.. this touching pasaaxe occurs BE-
tween Triguncnaetry and sophie More
tSophornorei;
Trfx- serbia sesrs-s sesrest. ere go.
sspnie-No~ rga hsv~ stated fo-sr pesvnst
t.ea. srpvs e.
Trsx~ft = 81 axisssn. s-if ~vts~nt
enohf~--Ch vr>s stasts rsaaf mean rruvs
y ~ susIt~ prsctics srrttestins.
Trta-f-ticH t--esias ssi~rsssfsf- @ 10 70
ur~aa tAfps- ftrsss - -ranr2~~ s~Fk
sssnls fsssrslsss osrsl -vseaf
Trx-whsf . ~ fsriinz'
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-07-05
GOIHAN'S MIDSUMMER
lis Advantages as a Summer Re-
sort" Not Obvious.
AWFUL HEAT AND DEADLY HUMIDITY
The story Of Two New Orleans Giris-Ane
This 10 Coasy Isisnd - Coed snd
Had hnmiss nts-CasAbtsaea
sn . Law Once.
toopYRIoAr. issiJ

Opposite June 20-5a the average New
York correspondent notes in his almanac !:
"About-this time - write up New
-fork-as-a-sum
would not willingly violate any ira
dition Of my craft. New York Is a sum
mer resort. a big one; the biggest of all
While 200. 900 New Workers TO the city
born and bred fee from the city 10 pass
the summer elsewhere, their places are
taken on the streets by nearly as many
strangers from other parts Of the country.
Saratoga, Long Branch and Newport to-
gether haven't so many visitors, and for
much OF the summer the city is cool and
delightful. Our nearness to the ocean
gives us weeks of days as cool as are
necessary for comfort, and August sell
dom passes without q decided cold spell.
Besides, il it gets very hot there are
Coney Island and Rockaway and
But, ah, humidity! Thy name is death.
There are other weeks OF o different
character, when for days at time the
pitiless sun blazss down, scorching with
ering torturing. killing those who can.
not get away. Haggard mothers swarm
In the streets after nightfall gasping for
breath, their little ones in their arms
peeyish and restless. The roofs Of the
tall tenements are throngsd all night by
those who cannot endure tho stiffiing air
of their rooms. They curse, they pray
for rain, they babbls and go mad. Sui
cides multiply, and up goes the death
rate with leap as il the grip were come
again. The bridge is thronged till late at
night. Each hot spell hundreds are sac
rificed in tho most crowded city in the
world, and those who survive the hor-
rible ordeal emerge wan and hollow-eyed
from days of suffering. Hundreds Of
heat prostrations occur every day. The
prosperous man who has not quite dol
lars enough, and is staying to earn more,
drops by the side Of the poor Que who
has not dollars enough to take him away.
And yet the Thermometer does not run
above "a or 0J Its the humidity, the
dampness In the air that tortures all and
kills many.
Two young ladies from New Orleans,
accustomed, one would suppose, to heat,
came North to take passage for Europe,
arriving some time in advance of steamer
day to see the city. Oae day in town
between the baking hot brick walls cooled
their ardor, or rather over heated it.
They could not be induced to repeat the
experiment, but waited the rest of the
time at friends country home. They
had reached the city at bad time
Yes, New York is q pleasant summer
resort to those who can take it at its best
or who are free to fee it at its worst.
Nothing could be more agreeable than a
summer visit here sight seeing
on cool days aud frequenting the
beaches on hot ones. But to live and
work in the city throughout the summer
Is quite another matter.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-07-05
IA, white

The yslievCft3 Milling Company mas
no peer IN TIE rnsnufaeture OF flour.
Try he LILY WHITE.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-07-05

Makes finest pastry, bread or biscuit.
The best u most Satisfactory
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-07-05

You can ssve one quarter on al pur-
c'sssss ~ bay ne nov 81 Kidder's.