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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-04-03
DRESSING m 4 colo ROOM.

| Some Suggestions About GeeEing Up for
Those Who sleep in Gold Isoozas.
| If there's anything wretched it's tuIn-
bling ont of bed on a freezing winters
morning, with the windows adorned
with frost pictures and your flesh adorned
with goose pinples all the time you are
dressing. It's unhealthy, too. believe
that if properly collected the statistics of
those who have received lasting injury
| from dressing in cold rooms would show
them to outnumber the grip sufferers
two to one. If possible, one should have
a warm room in which to dress. Sleep
ing In cold room no one minds, unless
| it is very little children. When one lives
at home it is often possible for several
members of the family to dress in the
family sitting room by relays. Without
any extra expense everybody is made
comfortable.
You can put on dressing gown and
slippers, throw your clothes over your
| arm and run down to the warm room
lock the doors and dress. By pinning a
towel over your shoulders 30 protect
your dress, you can comb your hair
afterward in your own room, where,
fully dressed, you won't mind the cold.
1 know a family of ten members who
used this plan of making the family sit
ting room the dressing room for several
years Each member of the family had
his or her own particular ten minutes to
use the room, everybody was comfort
| able, and there was considerable money
saving, for before adoption of this plan
good deal of wood was used up in
making fires in the chambers on yerv
cold mornings.
If you are boarding, however, and can
not afford or do not wish to waste time
making fire just codd1e yourself on
cold mornings and keep out of the cold
as much as you can. Take your stock
ings into bed with you, and when they
are warm put them on. Dress yourself
as quickly as possible, moving rapidly
to make the blood circulate. Always
put on shoes and stockings before step
ping on the floor. Your shoes may be
cold, but they won't give you such a
sudden chill as contact with the floor.
Besides, you have got to get into them
some time, and you are not obliged to
wear the floor.
Get some warm water to wash in if
possible. l know there is great deal
said against washing in warm water,
but it is better evil than making your
hands numb and your nose red m water
over which an ice film has formed. You
have no idea, either, unless you've tried
it, how nicely warm water Will make
you feel ON a cold morning.-Home-
maker.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-04-03
a Ma.den woman.s Re<re..

"I would never have been an old
maid," said lady of 40, ''if I had
known as much twenty years ago as
know now. When 1 was at a marriage
able time of life heard SO much about
unhappy couples that was afraid to be-
come a wife. But have looked around
IN later times and have changed my
mind on the subject. Last year I took
mp a list of twenty wives of my acquaint-
ance whom l had known before their
wedlock, and to whom l spoke about
their experiences in life. 1 found that
fifteen of the twenty were happily mar
ried, that four of them got along toler-
ably well with their husbands, and that
only one of them bewailed her matrimo-
NAL lot The fifteen happy wives are
xmiable women. fond of their children
and helpful to their husbands. About
the unhappy one of them can only say
that she is grumbler married to a
growler, and would be unhappy anyhow,
and as to the other four the fault is not
all on one side. 1 suspect that the
twenty married women have spoken of
Rre fair specimens of wives in general,
most of whom find by experience that it
ls marriage that makes life worth living
As myself am the soul of amiabihty, l
believe that would have made happy
marriage if had not been frightened by
the stories that l heard twenty years
ago."-New York Sun.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-04-03
Miss Frye's Discovery.

One Of the most valuable discoveries
ever patented for making patent tiles is
the property of a bright young woman,
Miss Frye, school teacher, who will
soon be able to desert the school room
and live ON the royalty of her patent
Just what this patent is the writer is not
at liberty to tell, but like everything
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-04-03

Mrs. Elizabeth Akers Allen Q9orence
Percy is sweet faced, gentle voiced
little lady, whose quiet demeanor gives
slight promise of the sparkling wit and
hunor she displays in conversation or
address. Mrs Allen has recently moved
to New York from Ridgewood, N J.,
and Is actively engaged IN literary work.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-04-03
Late wrinkle i'm Dresses.

A couple of elderly men were engaged
in conversation in front of leading
hotel the other day when fashionably
dressed woman, who, from the several
small articles in her hands, evidently had
been shopping, approached. Suddenly
stopping in the midst of his talk, the
taller of the two men bent his head
down as if to catch some sound. "What's
the natter" quickly inquired his com
panion. ssAre you sickT' mo. Sh!
listen"
AS the lady swept past soft. low,
rustling sound was heard, like the crush
ing of soft silk in ones hand. It was a
pleasing sound.
Wonder where that noise comes
from:" curiously inquired the short man,
hardly before the fair shopper had passed
out of earshot.
"Why." explained his friend, cit came
from that lady's skirt. 1t is woman's
latest fad-a rustfng skirt. This sound
is produced by strip of some sort of
silk importation, and is put on the lower
edge of the underskirt. When the feet
touch it the noise is produced. 1t is a
European wrinkle. was across the
water with my wife last summer, and
that's how got to know about it. In
Paris and London it's all the craze.
Why, often over there would watch
women walk ON quiet spots by the hour
to hear that soft, low, silken sound
Philadelphia Press.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-04-03

A Woman School Superintendent.
The Waco (Tex. school board is com
posed of progressive men. They be
Iieve in women as educators. This is
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-04-03
One Woman Paid as Much as Mon.


In appointing Miss Ryckman, the tai
ented daughter of the Rev. DR.. Ryck-
man, to the position of English master
of the London Collegiate institute the
trustees have taken noteworthy depart
ure. Miss Ryckman has the indorsa-
ton of Principal Merchant, who assured
the board that she was the best availa-
BILE teacher. She receives the same COM
pensation as man would have obtained
for performing the same task, and there
was no suggestion that because she was
woman she should be Disseminated
against. It will be well if the precedent
now established is not departed from.
By no construction of Justice that we
know of can it be affirmed that woman
doing as good work as man should not
be awarded equal remuneration. The
day has surely gone by when sex should
be barrier to preferment, all things be-
ing equal. London (Ont.) Advertiser.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-04-03
A Woman Theatrical Director.


Miss Elizabeth Marbury is the first
woman to engage in business as a the
atrical director, and she has met with
very marked success. She is descended
from a long line of lawyers on both
sides and highly accomplished. She
first came before the public as dra-
matte critic and writer for the maga-
zines. Two years ago Mrs. Frances
Hodgson Burnett appointed her business
manager, and gave her the direction of
the play, Little Lord FauntlerOy." She
has also charge Of all Mrs. Burnett's lit
erary contracts. Not long ago she went
abroad, and was appointed by Sardou,
Bisson and other foreign dramatists to
look after their interests in America.
Miss Marbury's talents are varied. She
says of herself: 81 think l have fare
for judging of the merits or defects of a
play, viewed from either the box office
or artistic standpoint, can rehearse com
panies, and have helped to physic plays
after first nights performance, when
victory hung in the balance. While in
Europe studied every mechanical, dra-
matte and literary detail bearing upon
stage craft. 1 work because love it,
and because would rather live than
rust. ."-Philadelphia Press.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-04-03
WOMAN'S WORLD.
u GREAT MANS DlCTUM WHICH
DOESN'T SUIT THESE TIMES.

n Maiden woman's Regret-A Craze for
Pink and Yellow-hIiss Frey's Diseov-
s<y-Late Wrinkle In Dres.es-A wos,aan
Theatrical Director.
Forty years ago the first national
wpman's rights convention was held IN
TINS country, and recently two days
cuuvention in Boston commenorated its
anniversary. 1t was a notable and well
improved occasion for reviewing the
work that has been accomplished within
lees than half a century in uprooting the
Fejudices of ages.
IF the great man who uttered the
dictum (reiterated for years by innumer-
able little men) that all the literature a
woman needed was Bible and an al
mnxnac-if he were alive now he would
probably modify his opinion, or else
would have the grace to hold his tongue.
Even in those old times, with all the
odds against them, women sometimes
turned things topsy turvy, and the brains
Of family occasionally refused to run
in the proper masculine channel
Many a good man, welded to a meek
woman and holding all the orthodox be-
lief in feminine inferiority, discovered to
his dismay, as the elder Thomas Tulhver
did, that his daughters had appropriated
. the lions share of the parental intellect,
and that he had family of stupid boys
and bright girls to account for. So
much the worse for the girls, when the
height of knowledge and achievement
fpr them was limited to the range of the
almanac and cook book.
Middle aged people can well remember
when the name of the first and pluckiest
Of the women's rights championships
sonally pure and upright woman-was
seldom heard except as coupled with
coarse jests and ribald rhymes. All that
il vastly different now. Woman suf-
frage has not yet won the whole battle,
hut its leaders have gained a good many
rights and vast amount Of respect
More than 300 honorable and lucrative
occupations are open to woman now
which forty years ago were to her closed
and doubly barred doors. Few are the
positions except political ones-which
. woman is not allowed to fill, if she has
ability and courage and strength enough.
ft Is almost foregone conclusion that
the girls of a family shall have as gener-
4sus an opportunity for education as the
boys; IN many families their educational
chances are longer and better.
The woman's rights agitation may not
have been the sole agent in bringing
about the great change in the condition
sf women in this country; but it would
be idle 10 claim that this once con-
temned movement has not battered
down a host of ancient wrongs and hur-
xied up the brighter times There are
some battles yet to be won, for legal
rights and political rights, but no one
can look backward over the past forty
years and see the change in the condi-
ton and privileges and opportunities of
women without acknowledging the vast
ness o: this peaceful and bloodless revo-
1zxfinza -Snrin nzfield Hnrnastead
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-04-03
The Dai1V

four pages Of six columns each, will be
issued every evening, except Sunday,
and will be delivered in the city, or sent
by mail for the moderate sum Of fifty
cents month
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-02-06

There is a possibility after all that
the Bay District Call track may be
opened for another season. IL is quite
certain that the spring meeting OF tie
Blood-IIOrse Association will be held
there in April. The track at present is
totally unfit for use, and the trainers
quaitered there are jogging In the park.
The Latonia, Louisvilleand Licking
ton Racing Clubs have arranged thsii
fall dates, so that there will be no con-
IIct,
The Philadelphia Driving Park As.
ISOLATION VIII give four stake races at us
July trottting meeting. Two viii lie fol
colt trotters.
-Pittsburg's grand circuit trotting
meeting will begin on July 81.
France netted the neat little sum oil
SO, 1s4, 1902 during the year 1889, for
the expectation of horses, mules and
donkeys.
The trotting stallion Trouble, which
was to have stool in Germany this sea,
son, has lately been sold TO parties IN
England.
If Racine comes East this year he
will try to beat Salvator's mile in l,3os
at Monmouth Park with ITO pounds up.
Tile first foal of 1891 at Palo Alto
was a chestnut FLY by Flood, out of i'm
ported Amelia Dam of Rinfax). byLow-
lander.
"A mild form of epizootie has at
tackled the horses at San Jose, Cal.
-McDoel will be Budd Doble's free
for-all horse next season
George Hawkins will conducta race
meeting at Chicago this year in opposi-
tion to the n managed by Ed Corri-
gan.
The winter race meeting at Hot
Springs will commence next Tuesday.
There are enough horses alIeady on the
ground TO assure thesuccess of the meet
ing.
The American trotters, Colonel
Wood and Judge Davis, took part in a
Emile race in England recently. but
both were handicapped out Of all posi-
BILE chance to win.
"A number of mares on the breeding
farms around Lexington have slipped
their foals. This has become a sort Of
yearly visitation In the Blue Grass re-
gion.
Reports from Memphis state that
William Michigan will sell his horses
to his wife, and that the latter will en-
ploy a trainer TO handle the animals this
season.
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-02-06
August
Flower

The Hon. ]. w. Fennimore is the
Sheriff of Kent Co., Del, and lives
at Dover, the County Seat and Cap
ital of the State. The sheriff is a
gentleman ~ifty-nine years of age,
and this is what he says; II have
used your August Flower for sew
eral years in my family and for my
"own use, and found it does me
more good than any other remedy.
Il have been troubled with What /
"call Sick Headache. A pain comes
in the back part Of my head first,
and then soon a general headache
until / become sick and vomit.
At times, too, | have a fullness
g after eating a pressure after eating
at the pit of the stomach, and
sourness, when food seemed to rise
up in my throat and mouth. When
Il feel this coming on if l take a
little August Flower it relieves
" me, and is the best remedy | have
ever taken for it, For this reason
II take it and recommend it to
Others as a great remedy for Dys-
"pepsia &c" o
G. G. GREEN, Sole Manufacturer,
Woodbury., New Jersey, U. s. l.
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-02-06
THE HOUSEHOLD.

The care Of silver is an impcrtai,
dutv in every well ordered house
When / was a young housekeeper / wa,
,ne evening entertaining a company oil
friends at tea; at my right hand was
seated an elderly amt who was a model
b~ousekeeper. She turned TO me and
in an uudcrtone, unheard by the
other guests, said, "How beautiful
jv bright your silver is." OF course |
was pleased with her appreciation Of
IL. and l knew she would, il at my
table. find it Just as bright three times
every day in the week, for 1t was cared
for as regularly as my CLOCK was wound
-once a week, and oftener il neces-
sarv. which, however, was not neces-
sary in the case Of the clock, but some
times becomes needful with some por-
tion of ones silverware. Silver should
never be allowed to become duh, and
any furnished spots from egg or the
like should be at once removed, either
by the use of tripoli soap or some
| other good preparation for the pur-
nose. A little ammonia will sometimes
remove these stains. All silver in con-
slant use should be washed after each
meal in hot suds and wiped dry while
hot. Many people nse whiting for
lolnsing silver. / do not like Il for
ma " reasons, but chiefly because II ia
no difficult to remove it from the clias-
ing and embossed work on the silver.
Tire are many good preparations for
this purpose, and each housekeeper
has her preference. ] like the tripoll
soap, and occasionally ammonia; but It
is a rule unbroken in my house,-no
whiting on silver. In gathering up the
| dishes from the table after a meal,
place the silver carefully on q plate
by itself, and not. as / have sometimes
seen done, mix 1t with knives and iron
SPOONS. Silver carefully used is al
wavs covered with scratches and has an
untidy look.
With clean, bright silver, let every
thing else upon your table correspond
let every glass and dish be shining
clean, no streaks left by q wet or soiled
d~ish-towel. In placing the dishes
upon the table, let every one be true
and square in its place. Give to the
table a symmetrical look; not crowd
everything to one end or one side, and
with either flowers or ferns, when they
are at your command, always decorate
your table. One, two, or even more,
small vases of flowers upon the table,
or a larger, fat decoration in the cen
ter of the table-will always be in good
taste and will help wonderfully to make
those who sit around the table forget
what they are eating, if it happens to
be not quite as nice as usual, or to in
crease the dainty flavor, il the cook
has been happily successful in all her
efforts. There are many dishes which
one should '.garnish a little for looks"
Parsley is the good old standby for
garnishing: but all through the summer
and autumn there is nothing pret.ier
for this purpose than the nasturtium,
both flowers and leaves; try them on a
dish OF potato salad, or a dish OF devil
ed eggs, and see what a relish they
give and how they beautify your table.
A good maid who is faithful to her duty
in the dining room will never neglect
TO garnish the dishes and TO decorate
she table.
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-02-06
Stories from China.

The Chinese are queer people in
many ways. The North China News
avs that an English gentleman was
recently riding on horseback near
Pekin, when he saw an excited crowd.
Drawing near, he discovered a circle
ofpeople quietly watching a man des-
peratcly attempting to commit suicide
by dashing his head against a wall.
lie dismounted, restrained the man,
harrangued the bystanders, and learned
that this was a %coolie, who claimed that
his payment for q certain porter's job
was short by ten cash-less than a
penny-and, as the employer refused
to more, he was proceeding to take
revenge by killing himself on the spot,
knowing that by so doing he would
get the other into considerable trouble.
A Chinese newspaper is responsible
for this story, which, indeed, has moth
ing incredible about II. One day q
SOW belonging to Mrs. Feng happened
to knock down and slightly injure the
front door Of a Mrs. Wang. The latter
at once proceeded to claim damages,
which were refused, whereupona fierce
alteration ensued, which terminated in
Mrs. Wang's threatening to take her
own life. Mrs. Feng, upon hearing of
this dreadful threat, resolved at once
to take time by the forelock ana steal
a march upon her enemy by taking her
own life, and thus turn the tables
upon her. She accordingly threw her.
self in the canal.
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-02-06
SOME PERTINENT QUESTIONS.

oomr FEhIiSENT QUESTIONS.
l took my boy of for a sail on a Sound
steamer a short time ago. Here is
what be asked me in the course Of the
day:
"Do they call this a sound steamer
because 1t makes a noise2"
us that water down there any wet
ter than the water in the Atlantic
ocean,"
"'lYhat makes the water wet any
how2n
How many men could be drowned
IN water as deep as thatp"
III a mamma fish couldn't get any
worms In the water for the little fish
would she 20 ashore and dig for themp''
suppose a whale came along and sat
Tor three days on an oyster SO that he
couldn't open his shell would It suffo-
cate the oyster?"
"Does the dampness ever give clans
malariaY"
docs 1t hurt to get drownedp"
rs that big man with the gold but
tons on his coat the papa Of all those
men who do whatever ne tells them tor"
"Who are those men up there in the
little house on the roof playing with the
bicyclep"
Where do all those soap-suds behind
the boat come from?"
"Could a locomotive 90 as fast on the
water as this buati"
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-02-06

THE forty-third Annual Statement
Of the Penn Mutual Life ms. Co., Of
Philadelphia, appears in this issue OF
our paper. The exhibit shows that the
business Of 1890 was the best in the his.
tory Of this old, e~nterprlsing and solid
company. In these DAYS Of speculative
insurance 1t Is a real pleasure to see this
great Insurance Company increasing its
assets and the business year by year,
while steadily adheripg to the true prin
ciples of mutual insurance.
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-02-06
TRUST.


A picture memory bri Ags to me;
1 look across the years and see
Myself beside my mothers knee.
i feel her gentle hand restrain
My selfish moods, and know again
A child's blind sense OF wrong and pain.
But, wiser now, a man gray grown.
My cbildhood's needs are better known
My mothers Christening love l own
Gray grown. but In our Fathers sight
A child sttll cropping for the light
To read his works and ways Alright.
! bow myself beneath his hand;
The pain itself for good was planned;
| trust, but cannot understand.
] fondly dream II needs must be
That, as my mother dealt with me,
SO with his children dealeth he.
/ wait and trust the end will prove
I hat here and there, below, above,
The Christening heals. tie pain 10 love.
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-02-06
Einel W Breezes.

An interesting illustration Of the
perpetual freshness and strength of the
wind at the top of the Eiffel tower has
been presented during the last week by
the gradual destruction of the great
flag of the French republic, which has
been waving over the gay city during
the past six weeks. A few days ago
the red band disappeared altogether,
leaving the blue and white of anothe,
nationality to keep guard over the
tower, and this week another band has
disappeared, and the tower is now sur
mounted by a red flag, to which are
attached two steamers, the sole rem
nants of its former upper and lower
edges.
The Penn's Grove record., 1891-02-06
CONTENT.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.


Re not content. Contentment means inaction
The growing soul aches OF its upward quest
Safety is Twin TO satisfaction;
All great achievements spring from life's
unrest.
fhe tiny roots, deep In the dark mould hiding
Would never bless the earth with leaf and
flower,
In seed and germ, to stfr them With its
power.
We're man eonfented with his lot forever,
He had not sought strange seas with sails
uufurled;
And the vast wonder Of our shores had never
Damned on the gaze OF an admiring world.
Prize what Is yours but be not quite contented,
There is 4 healthfm restlessness of soul,
BY which a mighty purpose Is augmented,
In urging men TO reach a higher goal
80 when the restless impulse rises, driving
Your calm content before IL. DO not Qrieve;
1t is the upward reaching and the striving
OF the God in You. to achieve. achieved