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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-16
Miss Smiths Peculiar Suit.

Miss Margaret Smiths lately deter
mined claim for $4,000 against the
estate of the deceased Mr. Park almost
rivaled the oaccarat case. Miss Smith
was described as IAN Irish lady of gentle
birth, good education and considerable
attaiDments. Mr.. Park died four years
ago, aged erghty-two, leaving 100000.
Tkereupon Miss Smith produced a con-
tract which bound Mr., Park to pay her
ESQ, 900 if she succeeded in marrying his
son John. Twenty thousand pounds
was guaranteed to her in case of failure.
The trial showed that Miss Smith was
possessed Of passion for litigations.
She had mad fifteen of them for all sorts
of purposes. In this case she swore that
young Park had asked her to marry him
and had given her ring, all of which
the young man denied, and at last Misc
Smith lost her case. -London Letter
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-16
ExDensiYe EOnfhafhs.

While looking over the latest arrivals
In rubies, sapphires and diamonds in an
up town jewelry store the other day, q
customer was somewhat startled to no
tice a stylish blond woman ask the
clerk at the counter for silver footbath.
The loiterer watched interestedly the
proceedings which followed, and saw the
clerk emerge from the farther end of the
store with a silver bowl, rather oblong
and perhaps ten inches in depth He
placed it on the counter, and proceeded
to explain the beauties and comfort of it.
"Of course" said he, "they are quite
new as yet, but all the ladies who have
purchased them speak highly of their
convenient uses. There, you see, the hot
water faucet is here on the right, and
the cold on the left, and this little para
sol arrangemeng is the shower bath,
which can be made as forcible as de-
sired"
"Did you say you had sold many?" in
quired the customer.
eve only received them a week OF
two ago, but we have sold a goodly mum
Der for that short space of time"
"Have you any other kind?"
Eyes; the golden baths"
"Well, don't like gold plate for bath
purposes. will take this one"
While her back was turned the OBJ
server took peep at the miniature tub
1t was d beauty, and no mistake; all
carved with lilies, ferns and leaves, and
frosted all over. The handles of the
faucets were of pearl, and it was not
surprising to hear the clerk name the
price of $10O.-New York Continent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-16
Miss johnson and Her Camera

At the convention of amateur photog-
raphers recently held in New York Miss
Frances Benjamin johnson was the dele
gate of the Washington Camera club.
She has developed the paying possibili-
ties Of the camera more, probably, than
any other woman. She keeps herself in
readiness to put all her traps into travel
ing trim and start where she is sent.
She fills large orders from the Associated
press and New York magazines This
summer she is going west on a photo
graphic business expedition. There is a
wide field for women photographers of
experience in their own neighborhoods.
if they would only have it understood
that they were willing to receive orders.
1t happens so often that one would
like an interior taken, a view of the
baby in some attitude his fond parents
think especially cunning, or the beauty
of the family when ready for the ball
A dressmaker, when asked the other
day why she gave her orders to a man,
said that it was only because she did not
know Of any woman who made bust
ness Of taking snap shots. There are
men though who earn quite little in
just this capacity. They are sent to ball
grounds, athletic matches, tennis and
polo games, wherever pictures can be
found suitable for the press.
Miss johnson is in circumstances of
afiuence, and though she is proud of her
earnings, it is her love Of the work
rather than necessity which sends her
off at a moments notice, according to
the orders Of those for whom she works
The family album of friend, full of
black and white sketches Of every mem
Der in his or her most natural and cbarac-
teristic position, has often been the envy
of those who do not know the use of the
camera, and if there were in the vicinity
a person known to do this sort of thing
as business, the trade Of the regular
Photographic studios would suffer con-
siderably Brooklyn Eagle
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-16
Women at "sneoiaI Sales. ;,

Now IS the day of special sales
occasions, y as the French call them-in
al the large dry goods shops. l smiled
to observe, in reading an advertisement
the other day, that one enterprising
Sixth avenue firm had borrowed the
term and announced an occasion" Of
''jupes" and ''jupons," which it oblig-
ingly translated in parentheses for the
benefit of possible purchasers unac-
Qualnted with ''la belle langue." A
surging, perspiring mass of eager femi-
ninity fills the shops, and bears triumph
sntly away bargains" on which posi-
bly, five cents each have been saved
The loneliness of woman's character does
not shine brightly at these crises.
| passed through the upper floor of a
shop yesterday, where a special sale Of
Bingham gowns was going on. The
women were ten deep around the counter
and as intent and excited as gamblers
| paused q moment to watch two well
dressed ladies exchanging feminine
amenities" about a gown. One had Sc
cured the body, the other the skirt, from
the pile on tde counter, and each claimed
that she was entitled to the whole gar
ment
AS it WAS the only obtainable one OF
the desired size, each held to her prize
with the tenacity of a drowning man to a
spar, and although they We're speaking
with much suave courtesy about the
matter there was fixed determination
on each charming face to carry the day
wanted to stop and give the judgment
of Solomon on the child, that each take
half. bat from all appearances | fancy
that they must have stood their ground
until the closing of the shop brought
matters to some kind of a conclusion
New York Cor. Detroit Free Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-16
AMERICAN GIRLS WAISTS.
Physician Says They Are Much Too
Small for Healthy Development

a Physician Says They Are Much Too
Small for Healthy Development
DR.. j. c. Kellogg, of Battle Creek,
Mich, spoke at the Washington High
school to tho girls Of the school during
his visit recently.
he opened his remarks by announcing
that he was going to say some very IN
pleasant things about young ladies.
Notwithstanding their good looking
faces, he said, most of them are crippled
and deformCd.
The doctor has devoted fifteen years
to the study of the human figure. He
has made measurements of the Mexi-
cans, the Italian, German and French
peasants, and compared the size of their
waists with those of American girls, and
has come to the conclusion that the
average American woman is defOrmed,
that her waist is too small for her body
He had compared the waist measure
ment with the height, and as a result of
1900 measurements found that the av-
erage waist measurement is only 80 per
cent. of the height. The average waist
OF the American woman is 24.6 inches
The waist Of the Venus de Milo is At per
cent. of the height. With such a waist
as that woman could draw good big
breath
The waist of a woman, he said, ought
to be larger than a mans, because her
liver Is larger. He said "a smaller heart
but larger liver" but not pleasing the
young ladies by this remark he added
''Only in quantity; in quality it is other
wise"
The doctor said that those organs
which should be above the waist line are
80 pressed down by tight clothing as to
make women deformed
He called particular attention to the
fact that although a woman doubled in
weight the measurement of her waist
didn't increase at all.
While in Washington the last few days
DR.. Kellogg has measured the waists of
twelve little girls in private school and
found the smallest waist twenty three
inches. The average was twenty-four
inches; one was twenty-five and one-half
inches and one twenty-six and one-half
inches, and those waists, he said will
become smaller as the girls grow older.
These restrictions of the waist cause
many other deformities, such as hollow
chests, dropping and round shoulders.
DR.. Kellogg did not see any reason
why women shouldn't be as strong as
men. The doctor spoke of the Swiss
women who carry heavy burdens on
their shoulders up and down hills, and
said that they are among the healthiest
women in the world.
He showed by diagrams that the same
evils occasioned in women by tight
clothes were to be found in men who
wore belts.-New York Commercial Ad-
vertiser
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-16
ROSES.

Red as the wine of forgotten ages,
Yellow as gold Of the sunbeams snun.
Pink as the gowns of Aurora's pages,
White as q robe of sinless one.
Sweeter than Arsby's winds that blow.
Roses, roses, love you srs
Drowning the altar where vows are spoken,
Grading the form that is still and cold.
Symbol of Joy, and loves last token,
Telling the story that never grows old
Spirits of beauty, whom none debar,
Know ye, wonder, how fair We are?
Glory OF monarch, in palace royal,
Queenliest charmers of all the place;
Blooming for yeoman, tender and loyal,
Bending to kiss his toll stained face.
Roses, roses, born but to bless,
Yield me your secret of lovelinessl
G. Dowd in Ladies' Home Journal
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-16
Lots of Free Things.

81 got lots of free things on Sunday, y
said the ragamufin. "In the morning
got a free swim in the free baths at the
Battery; then took an airing on the
free bridge to Brooklyn, and then stayed
awhile in free church, and if it did cost
me five cents to go up town on the ele-
waited, took in the free gardens of the
Central park and the free wild animals
up there and the free museum of curl
osities, and l might have gone to free
Sunday school where they give free a
lunch. believe in freedom; it's big
thing for New York. New York Sun.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-16
Extensive Coal.

twenty-five dollars per ton is what
Captain Schley. Of the United States
cruiser Baltimore, paid for coal at Val
paraiso short time ago, the total cost
for filling the ships bunkers aggregat-
$25, 900. With this vessel, the San Fran
cisco, Pensacola and the Charleston,
constantly on the move along the South
Pacific coast, the cost for this item will
amount to a considerable sum. -Metal
Worker.
Of the 365 colleges of the United
States 2O4 are co-educational. Women
at present constitute Sc per cent of the
undergraduates ip this country.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-16
a Eri~ht NInther,s Tact.

There was decoration on a luncheon
table one day last week that was not or
dered from florist or caterer An up
town woman, entertaining a half dozen
friends, had herself seen to the laying of
the table early in the forenoon and
closed and darkened the dining room till
luncheon should be served 4 few
minutes before that time she left the
parlor and ran down stairs for final
inspection. Bring the CLANS in" she
said to the maid. Il will open the room
and luncheon can be served at once"
and she hurried into the apartment,
raising the shades and opening the
blinds.
And then she stopped and said OH
for there at the daintily laid table, his
little high chair drawn up to its occa-
sional place 10y her cover, sat her three
year-old boy sound asleep, his brown
haired head almost touching the cloth,
and one moist pudgy hand resting fairly
On its immaculate whiteness, and clasp
ing between the limp fingers a red rose
which he had evidently admired and
pulled from the centerpiece, as its trail
ing way was clearly marked across the
table.
1t was 3 critical moment for the moth
er. If take him up" she thought
quickly, the traces of his presence will
be dishgulingiy there, and it is too late
to relay the table. I'll leave him just as
he is; they are all mothers up stairs, and
will sec the picture he makes before they
see the print of his fingers on my cloth"
And the CLAIMS were put on, and the
luncheon was announced, and Master
Arthur was very much surprised boy
when he was awakened a few minutes
Later by a rain of soft kisses from a bevy
of admiring women.-Her Point of View
in New York Times
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-16
insect PIarues.

Cold weather evidently fails to affect
the vitality of insect eggs. In spite of
the exceptional rigor of the last winter
all northern Prussia and Silesia is suffer
ing from the ravages of beetle known
as the Mai-kafer ('sMay bug'O, and the
south coasts of the Mediterranean have
been visited by portentous locustswarms.
In Sicily the public schools of several
villages have been closed to enlist the
Youngsters in the warfare against the
common enemy, and in Algiers a dis
trict of twenty square miles has been
covered with locust stratum of three
to five inches Philadelphia Times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-16
Wealthy Mrs. NTilbanks' Death.

1t will be a severe blow to the Madi-
son Avenue Baptist church that the
death of Mrs. jeremiah Milbanks will
cause, She died Saturday night at her
country place in Greenwich, Conn. She
had only recently erected one of the
most beautiful of American country
homes, and on part of the estate in
Greenwich which William NJ Tweed
bought in the days of his glory Many
architects regarded the house as the
finest specimen of American architecture
of that sort 1t is a genuine Queen Anne
building, an honest and beautiful struc-
ture, which has become famed among
architects.
Mrs. Milbanks was very faithful
friend OF the Madison Avenue Baptist
church, and at times when friends were
needed badly. That is the church from
which the Rev. DR.. Bridgman recently
resigned Mrs. Milbanis inherited her
enormous fortune from her husband,
who was one of the two or three fortu-
nate men who had faith in the discovery
of Gail Borden, by which milk was con-
densed, canned, and thus preserved until
ready for use. The fortunes which have
been reaped from that discovery have
been simply enormous York Cor
Philadelphia Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-16
Women at the Worlds Fair,

According to Mrs. Jonas French, our
Massachusetts representative on the
board of lady managers of the Worlds
fair, the fair promises to be of i'm
mense value to women" She says that
Mrs. Potter Palmer, of Chicago, 'smay
be credited very nearly with the entire
scheme of work as thus far laid out. -
One idea Of the lady managers is to Gre
ate funds that will enable worthy young
working girls to visit the fair.
Another idea is to form body OF
guides to do duty at the exposition
These guides will be educated young
women, and expert inguists will be
given the preference. Everything posi-
BILE will be done to represent American
womanhood, and especially industrial
womanhood. at the coming exposition;
and, fully awake to the opportunities Of
the situation, the lady managers are
throwing themselves heart and soul into
their good work.-Boston Traveller.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-16
Not Afraid of Snakes.

An Ohio woman picked up an armfu
Of sticks and carried them in to throw or
the fire. One of the sticks twined itseIt
around her waist. Did she shrek ana
alarm the neighbors? Not a bit of it.
She put the snake in a bottle, corked Il
up and when she went to town sold it tt
the local druggist for two dollars as
curiosity. A woman as enterprising as
that doesn't get scared easily.-Detroit
Free Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-16
YER SMILE

Her winsome smile, dotted so
The brief and happy while ago
When | believed forever mine
The radiance OF its tender shine;
But now another dOtes, I Jrow.
Well. LET him lavishly bestow
On her his dream wealth, well l know
The light that makes his dreams divine,
Her witchiDg smile.
But some day when its arrows go
All slant-wise, and its tender glow
Falls elsewhere, though he make no sign
know the unspoken countersign,
He won my joy, he shared my woe,
All through her smile.
-Rosaline E. Jones.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-16

Don't Let the Girls Grow Old Too Soon.
Every girl should be a schoolgirl
until she is as well educated as her
brothers ought to be. The higher edu-
cation of women has come to be aSleces-
sity among good people. We shall not
finish off our daughters and put them
on the matrimonial market at eighteen.
They are to be young women well
equipped for life. They are to have
their minds so stored with useful knowl-
edge. inspiring hopes and lofty pur.
poses, that they will have no time for
flirting with young men who make
lowering" profession. Let US try, in
the rearing of our daughters, to hasten
the time when young women shall be
kindly courteous to all men, but shall
trife with none, and marriage shall be
entered into from choice, and not as a
matter Of course; then when to each
there comes one whose heart speaks to
her heart, whose purposes are her pur.
poses, and whose habits in life are such
rs she would have her own sons pattern
after, she will enter into marriage
such as no divorce court will ever be
called upon TO aunul, for what God
hath joined together no man can put
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Weekly
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-16
Don't Forget This Picnic Dav,

Sandwiches made with grated ham
which may be potted and kept on hand,
are easier to digest than when made Of
the sliced meats The lean part of the
ham should be grated like cheese and
favored with mustard, pepper and lit.
tie vinegar A little olive oil or cream
mixed through at the last will be found
a great improvement.-New York Jour.
nal
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-16

Fifty-one students are now at Barnard
college, nineteen working for degrees.
This is the first and only one of the an
mex colleges to receive from it's parent
college equal recognition for equal work
Six of these students are working for
the doctors degree, two are graduate
specials, and others are specials in bot
any and chemistry.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-16

Mrs. Kate Smith, who has become
known to fame as the Queen of the
Census" is Philadelphia woman. She
is tall, dark haired, with round eyes, a
pure olive complexion, rosebud mouth
and an intelligent face. She has we'll
rounded and graceful figure, and in the
department has shown considerable ex-
ecutiye ability.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-16

The new four story brick building on
the corner of Broome and Essex streets,
New York, will hereafter be known as
the Good Samaritan dispensary The
building and its equipment cost $4,000,
and was built for the use of the old East
ern dispensary from a charitable bequest
made by the late Mrs Sarah Burr.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-16

At the last meeting of the Brooklyn
Woman's club the retiring president,
Mrs. Amelia Kempshall Wing, was pre-
sented with a solid silver flowing cup"
a souvenir of the esteem and affection of
her associates. During Mrs Wings
presidency of five years the club mem
bership has increased from 81 to $50.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-16

Miss Mary Grant, the English sculp-
tor, who executed an admirable portrait
bust of W. Z. Vanderbilt, has completed
q memorial tablet to be erected in the
old parish church of Wootten, England,
to the memory of the late Lady Anne
Haddoway
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-16
NV lady has on her writing desk no

Ny lady has on her writing desk now
funny little inkstands made of bright
copper ting either saucepans or
tea kettles. These are supposed to tell
the world at large that she has been
through a cooking class during the
winter and is, in reality, mistress of her
own kitchen
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-16

There are 10000 women studying in
the various colleges Of this country in
spite of the fact that a woman cannot
play halfback, stroke a crew, pitch a
curved ball or make a nuisance of her
self at a theater
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-16
In one of London's fashionable churches

In one of London's fashionable churches
the preacher made an appeal to the eff
feet that certain baronet was, through
no fault of his own, in debt to the
amount of sixty pounds, and had no
means of paying. Consequently the con
gregation were called upon to provide
the amount required.
Five trunks full of important papers
were left by the late Prince Napoleon,
and it will be the endeavor of Mr.. Fred
erick Mason so to edit them as to make
from them history rather than me
mOir.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-07-16

Novel Engagement Rings.
Diamond hoops and ruby and sapphire
Morris tribune., 1891-05-06
runs

Fast Trains with Pulp, an Vest;brie6
Drawing Room Sleepefs D;ninr 60
and Coaches of lateL,t desion be.Hoa.
cn1cago ana Milwaukee, and st. Paul.
and Minneapolis.
Fast Trans with Pullman Vestjbuled
Drawing Room, SIeepers, Dining Car.
and Coaches of latest design, between
Chlcago and Milwaukee and Ashland
and Duluth.
Through Pullman Vestibuled Draw.
ing Room and Colonist Sieepers. vi.
the Northern Pacific Railroad. he.
tween Chicago and Portland, Gre,
Convenient Trains to and from East
tern, Western, Northern, and Central
Wisconsin points affording uneousIla6
service to and from Waukesha, FoaS
du lac, Oshkosh, Neenah, Menssha-
Chippewa Falls, Eau Claire, Hurley,
Mich.
For tickets, sleeping car rcservations.
time tables and other information. an.
ply to Agents of the line or to Ticket
Agents anywhere in the United States
or Canada.
S. R. AlhSllE, General Manager,
Milwaukee, Wis.
}. M. HANNAF0RD, GENT Traffic Man'g'r,
st. Paul. MINI.
Il. G. BARLOW, Traffic Manager,
Chicago. III.
LOUIS ECKSTEIH, GenT Pass. & Tkt. Agt
Chicago. III.
Morris tribune., 1891-05-06
A Wonder Worker,

MIR. Frank Huffman, young man in
Burlington, Ohio, states that he had
been under the care of two prominent
physicians, and used their treatment
until he was not able to get around.
They pronounced his case to be con.
sumption and incurable. He was per,
suaded to try DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption, Coughs and Colds and
at that time was not able to walk across
the street without resting. He found.
before he had used half of dollar
bottle, that he was much better; he con-
tinued to use it and is to day ENJOYING
good health. If you have any Throat,
Lung or Chest trouble try it. Trial
bottle free at Fritz Buckentin's drug
store, Morris, and Thorpe & Tollifson' S
Hancock
Morris tribune., 1891-05-06
Electric Bitters,

This remedy is becoming so well
known and so popular as to need no
special mention. All who have used
Electric Bitters sing the same song of
praise-A purer medicine does not exist
and it is guaranteed to do all that is
claimed. Electric Bitters will cure all
diseases OF the Liver and Kidneys, will
remove Pimples, Boils, Salt Rheum and
other affections caused by impure blood.
Will drive Malaria from the system
and prevent as we'll as cure all Malarial
fevers.-For cure of Headache. Constr
patton and1ndigestion try Electric Bltters
Entire satisfaction guaranteed, or
money refunded.-Price 80 cts. and 81. 90
per bottle at Fritz Buckentin's S drugstore,
Morris, and Thorpe & Tollifson's Han,
cock.