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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-04
Useless AdiectiyeS,

| was standing near a group of gay
girls-buds Of the season-when | heard
one of them exclaim rapturously, Isn't
he darling and the response of her
friend, TOO sweet for anything" and
wondered a little who the subject of
their conversation might be. They were
buying dress goods, which they sever
ally described as perfectly lovely:" and
at last | discovered that the darling"
was none other than man dressmaker,
a horrid thing who keeps you standing
an hour at a time while he measures and
pins in order to give you what he calls
fleets" And | wonder what these girl
gushers will do for adjectives when they
are engaged or married
| do know one young wife who calls
her husband ''Dari," an abbreviauion she
coi?ed harself, while he thinks her
c;-<>xzE enough to be dubbed phil"
becaus~ When he popped the question to
her she sneezed just as ''Phillis" did in
the book of that name Now, | would
advise the buds to keep their perfectly
lovely-too sweet for anything nomen-
clature for the rose colored atmosphere
of the honeymoon. | wouldn't use it all
up then, but save lot of it to sweeten
the years that are coming, and | would
speak crisp, clear, common sense English,
pure and undefiled by any admixture of
the slang of affection, which men very
properly designate as gush. - Detroit
Free Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-04
4 Woman Engineer.

City officials who examine applicants
for certificates rs stationary engineers
were s;,..'i ....'.-..s, Recently when young
woman walked into tie bare office up in
the garnet 1. 20 g..tJ- i.:,,-H I'D, produc-
ing signed application and the neces-
sarv two dollars. asked 10 be examined.
She had complied Wita all tnr require
ments, and was told to take her place in
the lines of applicants Finally her turn
came, ana she was questioned as to the
size of the blow off, required by seven
horse power engine, and what she would
do if the escape valve was stuck fast and
the steam gauge broken. She was not
let off easily because she was woman.
In fact her examination, if anything,
was little more severe than usual
Nevertheless, when she had finished
the examiners were forced to write sac
cepted" at the bottom of her paper. The
young woman was Miss Annie De Barr.
For six years she has been working
around stationary engines, and in that
time has acquired considerable expert
ence. For four years she ran the engine
at the Above laundry while for the last
two years she has been working for the
Bee Hive laundry.-Chicago Herald
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-04

One of the needs of the future may be
an association to ameliorate the condi-
ton of the little children of the rich
The way some fashionable mothers rear
their children is Il positive crime. Such
women have a system which begins and
ends with exclusiveness. The lives of
the little unfOrtunates committed to
their care are boxed with don'ts Don't
do this, that and the other thing because
the ordinary little Toms and Dicks do,
and these especial Harrys must be diff
ferent
Many New York mothers, for instance,
will not permit their children to play in
front of their city homes. They may
run in the tiny back yards, but to go in
the streets, even of the aristocratic quar-
ter where they live, entails the chance
of becoming acquainted with other chill
dren ''who may be undesirable
For the same reason schools are avoid
ed by these manifestations parents, and
goyernesses and tutors provided Under
the stern eye of nurse or governess
who understands that her situation de-
pends upon her vigilance they go to the
park for little decorous play, which no
InsJSe resembles a natural child romp
than horse chestnut does a chestnut
horse. When they go to their country
homes all their jailers 60 with them, and
the same watch is kept up.
A boy of thirteen in a FASH zA
household is not thought capable ut
spending Al afternoon in the woods il
sight of his home without gOverness OF
tutor What is there in a life of such
repression to develop character? 1t is &
wonder, not that so many of these chill
dren grow up with forced, unnatura
Jews of life but rather that anv broad
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-04
Mrs. Clusters European Trip.

Mrs. General Custer said farewell for
the summer to a limited number Of
her friends at charming tea given her
by Mrs. Candace Wheeler and Mrs
Boudinot Keith Dora Wheeler) at their
charming home on East Twenty seventh
street. Mrs. Custer sailed for Europe
on the Britannia May 10, and will proba-
bly, spend several months in travel
abroad Her last summers journeying
in the west verifying literary data proved
very fatiguing, and she feels complete
rest and change will be necessary before
she can finish her researches in early
pioneer history. Bazaar
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-04
Using the Paint Brush.

At this season, when every good house
keeper is cleansing her house from all
that bears title to the good old Johnso-
MAN definition of dirt, i. e., 'Fmatter out
of place" and summarily disposing of all
possible germs of bacteria and microbes,
she might as well at the same time try
her prentice hand at painting and var
nishing. These are wonderful freshen-
ers and beautifiers, Any woman may
apply the paint brush and varnish brush,
or teach her charwoman how to give the
last and finishing touch to the renova-
ton of the rooms. IF your woodwork is
white-which by the way is great con-
venience as there are no tints to match
first clean it thoroughly, then with can
of enamel white mixed with an equal
amount of turpentine, which will cause
it to dry Immediately, paint over all
places that are stained or discolOred
Next have half tumbler of equal por-
tons Of brown shellac and alcohol with
its own brush to be used in nothing else.
After the hardwood washstands and
dressing tables and the rest Of the furni-
ture are thoroughly washed, with the
diluted varnish brush over the surface
This will at once eliminate all scratches
and dry as soon as it is put on. Finally,
as each room with stained floor is fin
ished and ready to leave, give the floor a
coat of hard oil and turpentine; this
gives very good gloss, has a very clean
effect, and will take eight to ten hours
to dry. 1t is best to do it early in the
morning so that the room may be ready
for occupancy by night.-New York
I1ri nI1na
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-04

The sight of six horses vainly endeav-
oring to take street car up one of the
steep hills Of San Francisco inspired in
Inventor Halliday's mind the idea of the
cable car system. The hill was slippery
as well as steep. One horse fell and car
ried down his mate. The other horses
tumbled, until the six were in a strug-
CLING heap. The weight of the car
dragged them down to the foot of the
hill, bruising and manning them. Mr..
Halliday, looking on, was filled with
compassion for the poor brutes, and he
says he went to work at once on plans
for substitute for horse power. His
thinking brought him to the cable sys-
tem.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-04
A Plucky Girl That Swims.

The press takes off its hat to Miss
Mary Shelton, the West Virginia girl
who, when the boat in which she was
rowing with party of others capsized,
took one young man who did not know
how to swim by the collar, swan ashore
with him, and then swan back and per-
formed the same Office for another.
Young men have saved fair maidens
from watery graves times without num-
Der. The reciprocity which Miss Shell
ton has inaugurated is of the most CRATE
full kind. The young woman is evil
IDENTIFY damsel of pluck, muscle, fine
natatorial accomplishments, and alto
gether a credit to her state.-New York
Press
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-04
a rreer Provision ina VIII.

The following will, though not espe-
cially curious in itself, throws curious
light on the streets of London in the
Seventeenth century. John Cooke,
among other requests, left one pound
sterling ''for the maintenance of a Ian
tern and candle-to be eight in the
pound at the least-to be kept and
hanged out at the corner of st. Michaels
lane. next Thames street, from Michael
mas Day to Lady Day, between the hours
of 9 and 10 o'clock at night until the
hours of or in the morning, for af-
fording light to passengers going through
Thames street or st. Michael's lane
All the Year Round.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-04
THE BABY.

Boiling on the carpet, playing with her toes
Snatching at the sun beam as it comes and goes.
Witching little fingers, moving all the day,
White as water lilies, full of grace as they.
Sharing Royer's corner. Juggling at his paw,
Grasping pussy's soft fur, fearless of her claw.
Eyes, with beauty borrowed from the sky
above,
Lips OF dainty curving, like the bow of love.
Gurgles of low laughter, motions full of grace,
Dimples, where the angels kissed the baby face.
Splashings in the bathtub the mornings mer-
rieSL hour,
Happy is the household meath the spell of
baby's power.
Life is full of duty, each must bear part,
The baby only bringeth sunshine to the heart.
H. K. Potwin in Good Housekeeping.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-04
Cbeapness and Dissatisfaction.

Don't you feel sorry for the woman
who haunts the bargain room counters?
About her face is a weary, anxious look,
and her clothes have rather tawdry air.
1t is proper they should, for the very
word "tawdry" is derived from st.
Audrey, on whose day fairs were held,
when the bargain seeking danes were
induced to buy worthless things because
they were cheap. AS if anything you
didn't want was ever cheap! Although
the old ST. Audrey's fair is closed, prac-
tically it still exists, for the same result
follows all purchases such as were made
there, i. e., dissatisfaction York
Sun
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-04
Daughters of the Revolution.

The meeting of the Daughters of the
American Revolution at Morristown
April II was merely preliminary On
April 30 the officers of the society that
had been appointed at Morristown met
at the residence of Mrs. Alexander Nc
Gill, in Jersey City, to perfect its organ
ization The ladies present at that meet
ing were Mrs. W w Shipper, regent
for New Jersey; Mrs. McGill, honorary
regent; Miss Olmstead, one Of the board
of management; Mrs Fl. H. Richards,
state secretary; Mrs. Margaret Herbert
Mather, state registrar; Mrs Richard
Stevens, treasurer
Mrs. Darling was present, called the
meeting to order and assisted by advice
and direction in the final organization of
the New Jersey chapter Besides the
officers mentioned there is a vice regent
to be appointed for each county and nine
ladies on the state board of manage
ment. The vice regents were not all ap-
pointed. Mrs. Burnett, of Plainfield, was
made vice regent for Union county;
Miss Anna Dayton, of Trenton, one of
the board of management; Miss Lucy
Frelinghuysen, of Someryille, vice re-
gent for Somerset county; Mrs. Mather
was elected historian of the chapter
Eight hundred applications for member
ship have been made.
The object of the New Jersey chapter
was declared to be the founding Of a
memorial home for impoverished ladies
of Revolutionary descent This resolu-
ton was adopted in the belief that the
memory of the heroic dead is more truly
honored III the care of their suffering de-
scendants than by monuments of brass
or granite. New York Tribune
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-04
Benefit of a Club.

Mrs. Anna B. Scofeld said, in a paper
lately read before the Political Equality
club, of Jamestown, n. Y: Il would
have women grow more confident of
their own powers, more trustful of their
own intuitions, more equal to carrying
forward their own work in their own
way. To this end | know Of nothing
more educational than the experiences
afforded by well conducted club If
you stick to it long enough you are
bound to have your sympathies en-
laTged, and the nonsense well knocked
out Of you"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-04

the nuInuer OF girls In PROFESSIONAL and
learned courses of study is increasing
yearly. Daughters of rich tradespeople
devote themselves usually to the trades
of their fathers after having served their
apprenticeships in the concerns of stran-
gers, where only the value of their serv-
ices determines the rapidity of their ad-
vancement
The trade of the goldsmith has within
the last fifteen years gained popularity
steadily among daughters of the better
class of Danes, so that today all the gold
smiths of Copenhagen have young wom-
en- as apprentices as well as assistants
often enough in their most elaborate
styles of work. Young women Of lower
aspirations become bakers or confection-
ers, and are slowly but surely crowding
out from the trades the men to whom
such occupations never properly be-
longed.
Not few girls in Denmark study the
art of gardening. Scores annually be-
come professional dairymaids. Young
women Of the peasant class devote them
selves mostly to learning all about veget-
able gardening, and to encourage them
in learning to do their work thoroughly
numerous agricultural associations and
local authorities give prizes for the
greatest skill shown in transforming
ugly and unfruitful spots into model
beds of beets, peas and the like.
High and low, rich and poor" said a
German educator in recent article on
Danish women, teach their daughters
to support themselves in case of need
without being obliged to stife their lives
and workshops. "-Exchange.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-04
STURDY quaIIUles snouId survive Jnls cnoK-
ing process. Her Point Of View in New
York Times
Active for the Cause at seventy-two.

Active for the Cause at Seventy-two.
So rarely is a woman invited to speak
at dinner of political club that one
does not wonder at Mrs. Lucy Stone be-
ing puzzled what to say to the members
of the Chickatawbut at their banquet
the other day. But she quickly found
words to eulogize the one cause to which
her life is devoted-woman sufrage-and
spoke very ably. Though now seventy
two years of age, this noted leader of the
womans rights movement retains the
energy which characterized her quar-
ter of a century ago, and while some of
the asperity Of her early utterance has
worn away, nothing of its sharpness is
lost.
1t was not so very long ago, as she
herself tells, when the world Of man was
less willing to invite her into its great
kingdom of equality. ia Maiden, a
suburb of classic Bost6r, Q certain cler-
gyman from his pulpit advertised her
with this unique expression: "A hen will
attempt to crow like a cock this after
noon All who want to hear her can
come
She has had eggs thrown at her, and
has been soaked with water from an en-
CINE hose, but neither of these attacks
could stop her from continuing her re-
marks, and on one occasion when a
hoodlum carried her by main force from
the platform of Cape Cod hall to dry
goods box out of doors, and there threat
ened her life if she did not make speech
to his brother rufians, the intrepid
woman delivered most singing rebuke
on their unmanliness, and ended with
her never forgotten benediction-a plea
for downtrodden women. One can i'm
agine their Observation-Disclosures Cor
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-04
Quaker Civ Bellies at the Oar.

There was a novel scene on the Schuyl-
kill the other day which has been the
talk of oarsmen ever since. Six well
known society young women manned a
barge, and with two men in the stern,
one of them ex-Commodore Miles, of the
Schuylkill navy, rowed all the way up
to the falls and back. The stroke oar
was well known belle, who hitherto
has been more prominent as a very ex-
pert Walter than as a sculler, but she
pulled manful oar all the same. There
may have been a good many crabs
caught, but the two escorts at the tiller
of course won't give it away.-Philadel-
nhia Record
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-04
LOYALTY.

They live in the halls of the heroes
The worlds Valhalla gray
True knights, who in storm and battle
Flung the seabbard of life away.
Following single watchword,
Dying and undiSmayed,
For the red rose of the Lancaster
Or the StCart'S white cockade.
Oh, clear as the blast far ringing
From the tips of Roland's horn,
That word and its passionate meaning
On the breath of the past is bornel
What though the cause were worthless,
Though the faith rang false when tried!
With as godlike self surrender
They fought on the erring side.
Borne down in the tide of battle
They died, and are conQuerors still,
By Cull0den or Roncesvalles,
By Grassy or Malvern HILL
Where the forces of life are meeting,
Strong souls, like warriors, stand
On the side Of their Lords Amounted,
Still ready, sword in hand.
For the white ideal of honor,
The crown of their manhood's pride,
For the rose of love unsullied,
Into the fight they ride.
Strong in a faith mistaken,
Loyal as those of old,
They lift over storm and struggle
Their oriflamme's white fold.
They raise up hands of power,
They strike where wrong defles,
For dream, a trust, a symbol,
In a rapture of sacrifice.
Their shield still filings its shelter
The weary and weak above
For the loyal arm gives justice,
And the loyal heart gives lovei
C. 4. Davis in Frank Leslies
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-04
WHAT The DANISH WOMEN LEARN
They Learn Things That Are Worth
While and Learn Them Wen.

While and Learn Them Wen.
The Danish girl is little known and
less understood in foreign countries.
Even the commonplace German girl is
much more frequently described and
analysed than she in the modern liter
allure of foreign countries. She is, how
ever, worthy of all the observation
which has been so freely bestowed of
late years on her continental sisters. For
Americans especially her training and
ideas Of girls duties in life should be
subjects of keen interest as she grows to
wOmanhood with more American char
acteristics than almost any other girl be-
tween the Bay of Biscay and the Asiatic
border.
The Danish girl in her youth does not
learn so much soldierlike obedience and
reverence as the German girl, nor so
much imitation of knowledge as the
American and English girls. The OBJ
ject of the education Of young girls in
Denmark is to render them really indie
pendent for life. Every effort is made
to develop the reasoning powers, and to
arouse originality. Keys" and ''ponies"
are consequently almost unknown
among Danish schoolgirls. 4 term in
metaphysics, just because it smacks of
higher education, and gives a young wo-
man an opportunity of saying, ''Oh, how
| hated it, is an unknown institution.
Everything, on the contrary, is careful,
solid, thorough.
Among the very young object lessons
are more prevalent than in any other
country. Among the more mature the
same principle obtains, and all the nat
ural sciences, for instance, are taught
with the aid of sufficient apparatus,
specimens and charts. The Danish girl
! gets the same manual training as the
! boys, with whom she is allowed to asso-
ciate in school hours.
The consequence Of this early training
is that most Danish girls leave school
| with all sorts of un-European ideas of
their independence. Probably no cont
mental country has, in proportion to its
size, as many women graduates in medi-
! cine. philology and jurisprudence. and
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-04
Will He Go Next?

A certain young man in Astoria is
feeling decidedly shaky over the report
of homicide in the San Francisco pa
pers of ST,nday. 1t is not the report of a
single tragedy, however, that affects his
nerves, but the fact that he was once in
timately connected with the victims Of
four homicides. In 1883 five young men
college for dragging pompous and in
sulting drill master from his bed and
pelting him with frost bitten potatoes
and decayed apples.
In 1888 Dan Greenwell, one of the five,
was shot and instantly killed in row in
Bodie. In 1889 Marshal Nicholson, an
other of the insubordinate students, was
killed in northern California by an I'M
known assassin, and who lay in wait by
the roadside and shot him through the
head with charge of buckshot. In 1890
Percy Williams, the third student, a
brother Of Sherrod Williams, who was
formerly employed here by William T.
Coleman & Co., was shot in quarrel in
Tulare, Cal, the result of dispute over
a horse race.
Recently in San Francisco Russell L.
Thompson was shot through the head by
his insane father-in-law while asleep
Thus four of the five students have been
shot, one in each year since 1887, leaving
but one, who is meditating a dose of
morphine to battle the fate reserved for
him in 1992.-Astoria Bulletin.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-04
Buttons of Cats Ewes.

The Duchess of st. Adams new gown
is fastened with set Of family buttons
made Of wonderful cats eyes, surrounded
with diamonds and set in gold. Re-
membering that a single cats eye re-
Gently found at Ceylon is valued at
$4,000, something of the value of the set
of buttons may be estimated. japanese
cloisonne, repousse gold and silver,
carved tortoise shell, and painted porce-
lain set in jewels all do duty now as but
tons where buttons are used on the
gowns that have so long been fastened
visibly.-Exchange
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-04

She Chose a Short Life and Merry One.
An Atchison woman has been Informed
that she cannot live two years. She has
therefore resolved on making the most
of her time, and has entered upon a
career of merrymaking and gayety. An
other doctor informed her that if she
will saw off on high living and go slow
in her merrymaking she can recover her
former good health. The gay life strikes
her fancy and she accepts the death war
rant of doctor No. 1.-AtchisOn Globe.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-04
beautiful Miss Letter.

During the repairs of the Letter resi-
dence their pictures have been put in a
room at the Corcoran, and daily crowds
will be seen before a certain picture
three-quarters length-showing just how
lovely Washington's beautiful belle,
Miss Letter. is The face is purely oval:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-04
The Founder of the Kindergartens.

Frau Louise Frobel, widow of the
founder Of the kindergarten system of
education, recently celebrated her sew
enty-sixth sbirthday. 1t is a significant
fact that it is to Frobel's joyless child
hood that the world owes the kinder
garten method. A sensitive, lonely, IN
occupied boy, he spent hours looking for
something to do. Gradually, as he grew
older, the idea came to him and was
cherished that some day he would give
to other children, all of whom he ten
derby loved, the employment for. the
slow passing time for which he had so
vainly longed.-New York Times
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Mary Anderson's Two Passions.

Mary Anderson" as we all still love
to call her, but with entire respect, has
two great attractions in life: She is pas
sionately devoted to her husband and
she is full of religious fervor. Many
stories are told of MARY Anderson's"
Catholic zeal: how, for instance, she
would scrub out chapel by way of
penance. But sheis more religious than
ever, and when she was at Bournemouth
her house was pervaded by clergy
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