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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-12-14

n distnet and impressive way. The
board Of trade committee mas hls upon
tins proper Plaza. A room IN the
Michigan Building furnished With due
regard 70 Light effect. symmetry and
completeness viii be . moro interesting
aud memorable exhibits thaa acres of
furniture nuddlsd together IN one OF
the Buildings sueh an exhibit will
impress by lts character. The thou
sands that Will pass in and out OF the
state buildings will ind in none . room
IMPLYING tns principal industry of any
states mostinterprising city without Of
fensiye prominence and obtruslveness.
Our room will 10 3 natural exhibit.
There viii be no sacrifice OF harmony to
exaggsrats detail. nor exaggeration OF
color TO brighten the effect 1t Will be
= parlor. furnished with Grand Rapids
furniture. the beat IN the world, and
everybody that enters IL will remem-
Der Grand Rapids and its furniture
when other snowy and exaggerated
exhibits will bs forgotten. The work
of the soliciting coInmittee appointed
to secure the ne cessary money to carry
out thIs recommendation ought TO be
limited to answering the telephone in
receiving voluntary subscriptions.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-12-14
POINTS ABOUT MEN.

London Truth says that some one
once said to Depew: I'VE are getting
tired of your speeches. A man has
only to put put . coin in the slot when
he gets . dinner, and then up comes
the speech" THAT" replied Mr.. De-
pew, "is the difference between you
and me: with you the coin produces \
speech, and then up comes the dinner"
Eli Gray, an inmate of the family of
Jay Gould's grandfather, when the
father of Jay Gould was born, died
only . month before the great imam
cier. Gray's age Was l07. 0ray's
mother reached the age Of 100.
Adlai Stevenson is said to be never
90 happy as when chatting with an ap-
preclative kentuckian of old times,
and great men in the blue grass com.
monweaith.
The Rev. Leighton Coleman of Will
mington, Protestant Episcopal bishop
eyesight, the result Of neuralgia infiam-
nation.
DR.. Pentecost, who goes over from
this country to take charge of . Pres
byterisn church in London, il TO have
house rent free and . salary Of 8, 500 a
year.
Mayor Sargent, just reelected at New
Haven. Conn, by 200 plurality, en-
ploys about 1900 people IN bis fac
tories and IL pronounced free-uader.
The French government has pur.
chssed q portrait of Mr.. Gladstone,
which was huns IN this years saion for
the national collection.
Tom Bean and Deaf Smith Of Terss
we're solid for Cleveland this vesr. One
- the name OF en- election precinct the
other OF county.
Baron Hirsch Is supposed 10 be not
only the richest man Of our time, bui
Of all time, his estimated capital being
$500. 0o0, 900.
Gen. K 4. Lees Signature 10 worth
3 n The Autograph market, General
McClelIsn's SEQ and Generas sner.
mans $500.
John Cuitice. the postmaster OF Red.
key. Ind, who has kept the place FOL
ten years. II totally blind.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-12-14

tits claimed that the Rock Island
company has had no difficulty IN all
ing the places vacated by the striking
tslegrapbers. Every strike demon
ssrates the utter futility of organized
abort 10 coercs employers. The un-
wisdom of strikes will be understood
when the workingmen appreciate that
they are not only trying to reform hu-
man nature. but are opposing al army
Of unemployed more numerous than
themselves. BY unemployed is meant
men engaged ia other trades or occu-
ps,ions az lower wages than their skull
will command ia q congested Ia Dor
market. where competition practically
shussthem out. The tel yraphsrs were not
sitaout grievances. but they rcsorted to
ne surest road 10 defeat 10 have them
corrected and secured. Onerous ~ the
sondisious Of their employment were.
an army OF men stood ready TO move
into the vacant places go soon as they
we're hidden. II Is again case OF labor
defeated by labor. IL there we're no
others 10 take the places of the stris-
ing telegrsohsrs, they might win their
cause. There are others. unfortunately
ror the strikers. and it now appears
nat the msn Who we're idle are At vork
While ths strikers mus. look for EN-
,lovmsnt elsewhere. The strike IL q
weapon Of force. Without the certain
,ower to yield Il effectively il Is .
boomerang. inhetlBg more injurv 10
ne user than % tae object Of attack.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-12-14

II know . good story about Frank
Deap," said Gen. ID. b. Anger of Char
iotte, at the Morton yesterday. I'VE
take our meals at . rather thickly
populated boarding house there. There
Is y waiter girl In the house who never
fails 70 put her oar into any conversa-
ton that may happen to to gong on
within hailing distance OF her. No
matter whether the subject under dis
cussion pertains 70 transcendental phil
osophy or the process OF weaning
babies, shes always on hand with an
opinion. The other morning 1T break
fast . lady remarked: j saw by the
paper that Frank A. Dean wishes 70 be
minister To Chilli Dear me-. chimed
In the girl, Il didn't know Mr.. Dean
was religiously inclined. He doesn't
look it, General Anger and j. NJ.
&. Smith are In the city on . little mat
ter that is said 10 be IN reference TO the
appointment Of Judge Hooker's cue
ceesor on the circuit bench. They con-
suited with several local politicians,
but refused 70 talk about their mission.
George w. Mcbride and Thomas A..
Parish, OF Grand Haven, were guests
At tho Morton yesterday. "No politics
in this" said Mr.. Mcbride. "We're
up here in the interest of education
and right living. A meeting OF the
directors of tho Akeley institute WAS
held in the city today. Bishop Giles
pie, Judge Williams of Allegan, DIR.
RipIpy of Muskegon, Will Savidge and
Dwight Cutler of Spring Lake, Mr..
Parish and myself, we're present. The
principal OF the school reported its
has ever been. We're proud of the
whole institution, and-say, we've got
moro pretty girls down there in one
building than you ever saw before In
your life. That's right; isn't it, Tomr'
X. Geddes of Plttsburg was . guest
at the Morton yesterday. He was In
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-12-14

the form. The plat in the back can
be sewed on separately. 90 IS not to be
noticeable. 1t IL finished off with .
ribbon bow. 1t has . high bishop
sleeve, the lining being cut to fit, and
gether.
Style in blouse waists 10 largely .
mere question of sleeves. Thus, by re-
newing the sleeves OF . last years
dress, you may be in the fashion ut
very little expense. Leg-of-muttou
sleeves are too wide. Do not set the
sleeves, therefore, too high on the
shoulders; but let the shoulder seam
to be dropping over the shoulder, and
gather your balloons all round the arm
hole. as used to be done At the begin
ming of this century, ~ you may see If
you have q portrait to look at and
take for . model. FLoRETTE.
SERVANT GIRLS OWN THE COUNTRY.
The question is burning one in Min
neapOlis, as In oil other cities. 1t has
recently been brought wildly to the
mind of the writer of this by the ad-
vent into q certain neighborhood Of our
city OF remarkably verdant girl from
one OF the back settlements, who came
to the metropolis of the northwest
wanting the earth. and got it. No
sooner had she set feet on our soil than
half . dozen families were on their
knees to her. humbly begging her to
condescend to take up her abode in
their homes. All these overtures she
rejected with scorn. In some instances
the homesswere not stylish enough; in
others, although they were almost pal
at,al, some little thing failed to suit
her, and she left them with q sniff of
contempt. At last she found . place
that pleased her--and elegant home
where for IS per week, she does few
things, but leaves undone the many
other things which she ought to do.
Her perquisites are Sunday and Tnes.
day afternoons. company twice q week
the use of the carriage when she
chooses to visit friend who lives away
from the lines of street-car travel, and
other privileges too numerous to men
ton. She now threatens to leave, be-
cause denied permission to practice one
hour day on the piano.-Mlnneapolii
Tribnpe
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-12-14
Deputy Register Dibbls.

Register Of deeds-elect John F. Gould ,
informed . reporter for THE HERALD
yesterday that he had decided to APP
point Frank Dibble ss deputy register.
Mr.. Dibbls 10 employed IN the tax de-
partment OF the city tressurer's Office
and WAS formerly with the gas COM
pany. Mr.. Gould Gays he will retain A.
w. Hine ~ abstract clerk and about
half Of the young women copyists.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-12-14
ABOUT NERVOUS WOMEN.

Says . physician who is . specialist
in nervous diseases: 1.-THE vagaries OF
nervous women would fill . volume.
l have, however, profound respect for
their sincerity and q deep sympathy
with their victims. One of my patients,
= fine-looking woman. with Q splendid
physique, is reduced to condition
bordering on insanity by . high wind.
If she is out in it her misery is
heightened. She says she has dazed,
confused feeling that amounts to be-
wilderment and she feels - II any
moment she would lose her hold on
reason and sense. Another Of my
patients cannot endure to hear toast
crunched beneath the teeth Of another
person. She can eat it herself, but has
to leave the table il another does, 90
great is her distress. In other respects
she 10 q woman of strong character.
II would be interesting to trace the
origin of such apparently causeless
c0ndrtiOusp
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-12-14

GRcvER has demanded that the Re
form club shall Apologies to Speaker
Crisp for The Insult gwen him At the
saturday dinner Such an apology
would practically be . confession that
the insult was prenaed ststsd.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-12-14

YouE Uncle Cyrus WAS in the city
last evening. He told . reporter for
The HERALD that his senatorial cam
paign "is IN the hands of my friends"
Inssmuch As the campaign is directed
by four of Michigan's most distin.
guished m:llionaires, it is safe to say
that he feels entirely satisfied with the
world.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-12-14

SIR JoHS BuRKE, editor of "Burke's
Peersge.' the famous record OF Eng
lish nobility, is dead. As Sir Johns
writings were devoted entirely to the
English sristocrscy, and we're remark
able chiefly for their fiunkeyism, the
world of literature will manage to
struggle along without him.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-12-14

CHrcAso has just recovered from an
epidemic of burglary to wrestls with
the contagiou of smallpox. Next in
order will be cyclone and after that
sns worlds fair. After the worlds
fair. heaven only knows what the city
will do to sustain its reputation.