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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-15

other; they carried off the bonbons and
decorations in their retifules. They
even 1uarreled over the table and said
bitter things about each other and
they gave away each others secrets.
''Then it occurred to some sagacious
duenna that they needed the restrain
ing influence of a mans presence, and
the experiment was made of hiring a
particularly harmless young man to
come in and stand round and not do
anything. The effect was so marked
that the practice grew into custom,
and the young ladies themselves gave
men the name Of Lay Duffs.
cit was about the year 1873 that the
device was adopted by the Philhar-
monte society. You see, for about two
years the Philharmonic public rehears-
ais, which were matinees, were a young
lady's fad.
''They came from all quarters with
their music rolls and scores under their
arms long before the doors were open
and assembled in delicious mob in
front of the old academy. There were
no reserve seats at these matinees and
the first that got in when the doors
were opened were apt to get the best
places. So they all crowded up against
the closed entrance and pounded on
the barricade with their music rolls
and said bitter things about each
other and declared it was perfectly dis
graceful, and showed and pushed and
even scratched and stuck pins in each
other until the doors were flung wide
and then they exploded into the house
like lot of precious Comanches and
ran wild and slammed seats and
changed places and laughed and gig
gled and used their scores for cushions
SO they could look over each others
hats.
This got to be so pronounced that
the management. ct the suggestion,
think. of George Bristow, tried the ex-
pertinent OF engaging brace of Lay
Duffs.
There was a magnificent young
clerk over at Mitchell, Vance & Co.'S,
a six-foot-two salesman, who might
have been in the queens body guard.
ii " 4btt .iilsA
another young man to get themselves
up and stand in the crowd. with solemn
and pathetic wonder. and TO sit In
box afterward with field glasses and
watch the women.
1T operated like a charm It was
really like oil on the troubled waters
Most of the madcaps remembered their
occurrences and began to look halp-
less. And if they wanted 70 disturb
the music they gave an inrolun tary
look upat the box as If to say: May !"
The next appearance of the Lay
Duff was at the Patti ratinees at the
Metropolitan. I suppose You know
that the women at those matinees
were absolutely outrageous They
came to hear Patti or die. and as they
came without any reference TO the scat
ing capacity OF the house they convert
cd the vestibule into an elevated rail-
way platform at six O'Clock. As usual
they all cried out against the disgrace
of it while they were pushing and
showing. The foyer on Saturday after
moons was like cauldron and the de-
bris OF belts. hairp;ns. carriers, button
hooks, sInelling-bottles. founces and
flowers looked like battlefield. =
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-15

Some extraordinary experiments are
reported from Berlin of the explosive
which is to replace the powder at pres
ent in use in the German army. The
new explosive is a greasy substance Of
brown color, of the consistency Of
frozen olive oil. It does not explode
by blows or shocks, and if thrown on
the fire bnrns slowly W tn blush
flame. 1t only explodes by the intro
duction of certain substance, which
is the secret of the inventor. The re-
port is not very loud, bat the ballistic
effect is said TO be nine times that of
powder. a quantity not larger than d
poppy3eed of the substance whi.h
causes this explosion is sufficient, and
it is inserted into the cartridge by
means of a needle.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-15

are not interested in the proceedings
particularly, but they sit them ont pa
tiently. They are amateur Lay Duffs-
They are like the bass note in music.
You don't particularly care for it in a
choir, but it is good thing to have it
there. 1t is like the foundation that is
out of sight under the mansard roof.
You might think these men were
passive husbands, who take the women
home when all is over, who carry their
goloshes and powder puffs in their coat
pockets. Well, some of them are, but
they are Lay Duffs all the same, only
they are not hired. They prefer it.
But even they exert benign influence.
Whenever the women on the platform
exceed the limitations of sex and deny
the distinctivcly womanlv functions
there are these fellows in the back
seats. with silent protest. who know
better. NYM CRISKLE.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-15
Na|Il g. l:;sl1]le
What Ais The Babies?
Heat Only One Cause OF the
Great Mortality.
Use a I.ife.Saving Food for In
fants During Summer Days.
Keep Them Healthy by Giving the
Purest and Simplest Diet.

Summer lessons baby's appetite,
binders digestion. and exhausts nervous
strength.
Under these facilitating conditions
the child's life depends upon securing
the purest, most sustaining, and most
readily digested food.
Lactated food, which has undoubtedly
saved the lives of thousands Of babies
and kept them well during the hot days
of summer is the the best possible diet
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-15
The Evolu,.on OF a Sentiment.

Maxim generally adopted BIZ elders
regarding young ones one or two gen.
erations ago: Children should be seen
and not heard
Maxim generally adopted by Eerrg
ones regarding elders AZ the p-eselt
time: ..old people should be neither
seen nor heard "-Jndge-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-15
No. the Way Tie Meant

Romeo-Alas! Thou art changed
from the tender girl used to know,
Thourt quite another person
Juliet-You're mistaken It IS only
three years since I saw YOU last. and
tire best physiological authorities agree
that it takes II least seven years TO
effect a complete renewal of all tbs
tissues OF the human boiy.-Town
Topics
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-15

house furnishes contingent Of Lay
Duffs.
lone of the funniest features of the
business was furnished by the Sorosis
club. They used to meet in the large
dance room at Delmonico's, and there
is little iron balcony up on the wall
where the musicians sit when there is
dance. Well, sir, am told that the
Sorosis hired Lay Duff to lie there
out of sight and exert an unseen inHu-
ence on some of the younger members
of the club, who were apt to slop over,
as we say, when they were seized by
the conviction that no men were about.
''Then the large bazars took the Gus
tom. 1t was found some time ago at
Macy's that some of their best Gus
toners were disabled by the heavy
swinging doors in front. The women
gave these doors shove, strobe
through and let them swing to and
hit the next woman square in the fore
head. The funny part of it was that
the woman who was hit gave it a
vicious shove with both her hands,
strobe in herself and let it whack the
next woman full in the nose, and so on,
ad infinitum.
''It had singular effect on the bust
ness. There were long rows of women
at the counters with their handker-
chiefs at their eyes, getting square
with the clerks; they made them do
double work and then stalked out
without purchasing.
''As soon as the management of the
establishment became aware of the
trouble it stationed two good-looking
men at the doors to act as buffers, and
it worked SO well that the system was
extended into whole corps of Lay
Duffs, who walk up and down and
look at the women through gold eye
glasses"
''What women like in bazar," said
a prosperous drug clerk to me, sis chiv-
airy, and you can't have it without
pantaloons."
l thought that this was philosophy,
but he said it was business
In all the meetings of the advanced
women you will find a number of able
bodied men in the back seats. They
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-15
CANDY Hungry.

Wee Son-When Johnny Jumpupp's
papa died his mamma gave him whole
lot of candy.
Mamma-What of il?
Wee son-Nothing, only was won
Herring if it wouldn't be all right if
you'd Just pretend my papa was dead
instead OF waitin' for truly funeral
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-15

-Tagleigh-"Dr. Druggem i. quite
q linguist He tells me he has learned
all his languages from his patients. -
Wagleigh-''Is that so? Then they
must be dead languages. MY. Herald.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-15
The Way Open.

Fred-The very first thing she said
10 me when called Oh her last night
gave NE hope.
Arthur-What was it?
she said her little brother was
asleep. Truth.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-15
A CYCLONES WORK.

Board Driven Through a Maple EieveD
Inches in Diameter.
Below is rough pencil drawing OF
a part of two trees FROM Mrs. Slater
farm, south of Aurelia, Ia. and in the
path of the cyclone of the 9Th of July:
The larger represents maple eleven
inches in diameter, through which was
driven a board one inch thick and
twelve inches wide. The smaller is q
maple also about eight inches diane
ter, into which is driven an ordinary
stove shovel of sheet iron. This is
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-15
A Good Definition.

Fanny learning her lesson)-Ma,
what is an unknown quantity?
Ma-What you get N a berry box
TovaS Sifs:nc
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-15
The Oldest Vessel.

The oldest merchant vessel in active
service in the United States is the
schooner Good Intent, of Rockland,
Me. The Good Intent is twenty-three
tons register and was launched at
Braintree, Mass, in 1918, making her
eighty years old. She has been re-
paired and rebuilt, with hundreds of
sparr and acres of canvd till. like the
Irishman's penknife, she is the same
old original, and her skipper claims
that there are still in the hull two or
three white oak planlSs that were in
her when she was launched.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-15

"A proposition to hold Worlds fair
in London in 1895 or 1896 was discussed
at public meeting to promote the OBJ
ject recently, at which Mr.. Cony beare,
NJ. p, and other prominent men sup
ported the proposition. A universal
exhibition has not been held in London
in thirty-one years. while in that period
four successful exhibitions have been
held in France. The lord mayor and
the chairman of the chamber of COM
merce will shortly receive deputation
on the subject and consider it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-15
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-15
Monograph.

800 copies from one original.
Music, Etc. Of typewriter lett
be taken from one original. r
10000 users, The EAGLE Is az,
machine, extra supplies, etc.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-01
WEST WINDHAM.

Miss Della M. Dutton is staying at
her uncle's, l.. l.. Towards, at the
north part of town while her aunt is at
the Mary Fletcher Hospital.
Deferred from last week.
Mrs. Howe from Westminster,
Mass, is visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Earl Howe. Master Frank Howe is
also hare.
Geo. A. Cleveland and wife start
ed for their home in Massachusetts
Saturday.
Master Philip Whitney of Spring
field is visiting at his uncle's, Asahel
Upham's.
Miss Marion j. Taylor who has
been in town since last November re-
Gently made short visit at A. f.
buttons before returning to her home
in East Alstead, N. III.
Smith, at So. Londonderry has two OF
three new lines in Shoes this week. a
Ladies' Dongola with Patent Tip and
Philadelphia Toe, quite stylish you know,
only $500,
N%Please pay your Indebtedness to
the SITTER.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-01
WESTON.

Mrs. J. @. A. Cragin returned
Sunday from Mt. Holly where she
has been visiting the past two weeks.
Among the late arrivals in town
are G. d. Drury and Miss Leona
Drury from Boston at Mrs. Minerva
Drury's; Charles Kimball and Hen
ry Manning from New York city at
W. w. Manning's; Fred Ball from
Boston at L. H. Pease's Elmer Pease
from New Jersey at Mrs. Polly
Pease's; Mrs. Ada Howe and family
from Hyde Park, Mass, at I. H.
Richardson's and Mrs. Trask from
Jefferson, Maine, at Rev. Mr.. Boyn-
tons.
Mrs. Winnie Williams and husband
from Gardner, Mass, visited recent
ly at Jay Wilkinson's.
The game of ball at Chester Fri
day, Aug. %, between Chester and
Weston resulted in score of Is to
10 in favor of Weston but eight inn
ings being played. The game at
Bondville Saturday, Aug. 26, between
Weston and Bondville resulted in a
score of 9 to 6 in favor of Weston.
The work on the Bennett school
house is nearly completed. Nearly all
the schools in town will begin Mon
day, Sept. 4.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-01
CHESTER a. CHESTER DEPOT.

The High School begins Monday,
Sept. 4, with Miss Hill, principal.
Base ball still continues to be the
rage, the game this week being with a
nine from Bellows Falls.
0. G. Kendall and wife passed Sun
day at Lake Pleasant, Mass,
L. p. Culver, our former jeweler,
has returned from the West.
Parties are erecting a building al
the depot for the. manufacture of evap-
Grated apple, it is understood they will
employ about 40 hands 3 months in
the year,
The teachers have returned from
Windsor and report the teachers school
great success.
The residence of Mrs. A. A. Steverf
was completely destroyed by fire las,
Thursday night. Both fire companies
responded to the alarm and rendered
excellent service. This was one of the
finest residences in town and probably
will be rebuilt. Insurance $1,000 but
this comes far from covering the loss.
d. A. Emery and wife Of Bondville
visited with their son, I. A. Emery,
last week.
M~Please pay your Indebtedness tc
the SITTER
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-01
WARDsBoRo.
Arrivals at Underwood House:

Arrivals at Underwood House:
E. w. Blodgett, c. D. Noyes, W.
B. Eddy, John Howe, wife and daugh-
ter, Brattleboro; S. Fisher, r. A. De-
Freest, Albany, N. Y; w. B. Sheldon
and wife,, Bennington; Mr.. and Mrs.
G. G. Taft and daughter, Chas. Will
ard, Townshend; Mr.. and Mrs. A. E.
Torrey, Hinsdale, N. H.; DR.. Brigham,
Jamaica; Robert Charlton, Orwell;
Chas. Champlin, Middlebury; Geo.
Herrick, Dover.
Minnie Stockwell from Brattleboro
is visiting Nettie Bishop; Miss Alice
from Townshend is visiting her brother,
Ernest Franklin; Will Kidder from
Brightwood, Mass, and Alva Kidder
from Worcester, Mass, are visiting at
Henry Kidler's; Mrs. Jas. johnson
and son, from Worcester, Mass, and
Rev. E. S. Morse and wife are at L.
+. Johnson's; Flossie Fits from Brat
tleboro is visiting friends in town; Myra
Ware has returned to her work in
New Haven, Conn; Mrs. VIM. Beers
is visiting relatives in Peru; james
White aud grandson have returned to
Worcester, Mass; Mrs. Parsons and two
daughters have gone to their home in
Yonkers, N. Y; Wright Plimpton from
Boston, Mass, is spending week in
town.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Bruce and two
sons from Charlestown, Mass, also Mr.
and Mrs. Bert Prouty and daughter
from Bondville visited at A. M. Far.
NUNS last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Farnum visit
ed with relatives in Marlboro last week
Olive E. Flanery is at home from
Chester.
Chas. Rice is sick. Z. D. Barber re-
mains about the same.
Rev. Geo. Rogers returned from the
Claremont camp meeting last Monday
night.
At last our village has sidewalks tc
be pleased with. Through the generosi
ty and energy of the people, many
stumbling stones have been removed
and we walk sure footing. Many
thanks are due all those who. kindly
gave of money and muscle to defray
the expense.
&g-Please pay your Indebtedness tc
the SITTER.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-01
PERU.
Plenty of moist weather,

IicHty VI uOist Wtubutr.
Mrs. Dudley of Windsor is at AL
bert Simonds' once more to escape
the hay fever.
Mrs. Simpson of Hoosick, N. Y,
and Willard Simonds of Herndon,
Va, left Peru Monday morning en-
route for their respective homes.
Rev, Mr.. Dugan returned to Peru
the oath slightly improved in health.
Communion services at the Congre-
gational church the coming Sabbath.
/. Saturday, the 26th, there was a
very pleasant gathering at Albert
Simonds' of relatives of the family to
the number of 81. Dea. O. p.
Simonds being the oldest.
ID. X. Simonds of Manchester,
County Examiner of Teachers, spent
Friday and Saturday of last week
here.
Miss Wavey Stiles who has been
visiting in Bernardston, Mass, re-
turned home last Monday.
Owing to failure to fill engagement
on the part of one of our teachers,
another is wanted. Apply immedi-
ately to M. j. Hapgood.
Only four Gall from our town. at
tended the examination Saturday.
They all passed.
Miss G. FL. Hapgood returned to
Boston Thursday greatly improved
in health.
Mrs. Jonas Bennett and her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Ellis, are at the hotel re-
cruiting. Mr. Ellis is handling a
large part of the cheese made at our
factory. 1t is giving splendid salts
faction and in these dull times is a
great encouragement to the farmers.
Cheese seems to be the only article
unaffected by the change Of admins
tration.
Never before was known such a
time for woodchucks. Our mowings
are riddled with their holes.
Please remember that all of the
schools begin Monday. 1t is hoped
that parents will take great deal of
pains to have their children present
the first day.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-01
LOWELL LAKE,

The hop last Saturday eve was
success in every way. AS couples, a
beautiful evening and good music,
Quartermaster Parker was IN COM
mand with full supplies, to know that
is sufficient guarantee for good
time; "Gib" knows how, The two
hot air balloons, "Tom Collins" and
Nancy Hanks" together with the
other fireworks, made a beautiful
show, lasting half hour.
The Lake House has been full for
the past three weeks and more to
come as soon as there is room.
Fishing never was better, bass are
caught nearly every day and some
quite large ones, beside pouts, pick
erel and perch in unusual large. guam
titles.
The arrival of Capt. Benson, pay
master, is now looked for with great
anxiety by both the crews and ma
rines, who expect pay so long over
due. They have full assurance from
the old Komodore that he will bring
the money. He is coming with two
yoke of oxen.
There has been considerable fault
found with contractor Hadley lately.
Complaint made that he furnished
mouldy ice which made some of the
officers sick, especially those that used
julips. (Not sick of julips bnt sick
of Hadley.)
Religious services were held in the
hall on Sunday, Aug. %, a. M, con-
Quoted by Rev. A. J. Cardall, who
gave very interesting sermon which
was highly appreciated by the board
ers and those stopping over Sunday.
Mr.. Cardall is very earnest worker
of keen perception and pleasing adj
dress and is sure to do much good
wherever he goes. All extend sin
cere desire to have him come again.
Its saving money while you are spend
ing it to buy Shoes of Smith, So, London
derry
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-01
JAMAICA.

Mr.. Salter and family have moved
into r. Towards house near the ho-
tel. Mr.. Salter works in the tannery.
Mrs. Harvey Sanders of Brattle-
boro is visiting friends here.
Mason Howard and wife returned
from their visit in Illinois and the
Worlds Fair Saturday.
Mrs. Clarence Reed and two chill
dren of Holyo1e, Mass, are at Mrs.
Stella Reads.
Ralph Spencer and wife who have
passed the last week with relatives at
Winchester, N. H., have returned
home.
Seymour Spring of Bellows Falls
is passing few days here at j. P.
Robinson's.
Charles Read who has been passing
few days at Mrs. Stella Reads,
has returned to his home at Holyoke !,
Mass.
Mr.. Washburn and wife who have
been visiting friends in town have re-
turned to their home in New York
city.
Madison Bradley and wife of
Gardner, Mass, arrived here Mon
day at his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Bradley's.
j. c. Daggett, Dana Howard, Mrs.
Fanny Howard and Harry Amsden
attended the Bap fist association at
West Brattleboro this week.
Mrs. j. G. Daggett and Ralph
Daggett are passing the week with
relatives at Plymouth.
Mrs. A. L. Howard is visiting her
sister and daughter at Windsor.
Mrs. Harry Sherwin who has been
passing number of weeks at Cole
raine, Mass, has returned home.
The storm last week Thursday was
very severe but the damage was con-
fined mostly to the fruit and corn.
Our village school commences next
Monday. The teachers are the same
as in the spring term, A. P. Carpen-
ter of Nottingham in the higher and
Miss lone Burbank of Bondville in
the lower department.
Miss Ella Willis teaches in STRAIT
ton this fall.
Geo. Wyman goes to his school al
Maynard Hollow Monday.
Mrs. Alphonso Howard moves
from Mrs. Reeds tenement on Main
street in with Mrs. Chandler Water
man in the near future.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-01
BONNEVILLE.

The Selectmen put the safe in c..
b. Williams store last week. 1t is
now ready to receive the towns money
and records when the door can be
opened, for some reason they have
not been able to look inside yet.
Porpoise, Elkskin and Oil Grain Shoes
for Mems wear this wet weather at
Smiths, So. Londonderry.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-01
South Londonderry
High School.

The School Directors have the pleasure
to announce that they have secured the
services of b. b. Brown, as principal, a
graduate of the State Normal School at
Castleton, and who has also finished a
three years course in the Latin and Scien-
tifc Department at the Troy Conference
Academy, Poultney, VT.
The term will commence Sept. 4, and
continue 10 weeks.
This school will be open to all scholars
in town who desire to take Higher Eng
fish Branches and Languages. Pupils
out of town viii be admitted on very rea-
sonable terms.
W. L. GIBSON, scuoor
{ GEO. G. SMITH, = D,nrcTops
FRED VALE, "AN V''''
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-01

Ayers Sarsaparilla is one of the few
remedies which are recommended by
every school of medicine. Its strength.
purity, and efficacy are too well establish
ed to admit of doubt as to its superiority
over all other blood-purifiers whateyera
Ayers sarsaparilla leads all.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-01

Many people, not aware of the dangers
of constipation. neglect the proper rene
dy till the habit becomes chronic, or in
t1ammation or stoppage results. A dose
or two of Ayers Pills in the beginning
would have prevented all this.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-01

II. A. Hayward of Londonderry
started this morning for the Worlds
fair.
Elmer Lampson has the frame up
for his new house and nearly board
ed. 1t occupies commanding view
and will be quite an addition to the
place.
Conductor Severance and Engi-
neer Baldwin attended an Odd
Fellows picnic, yesterday, at Laurel
Park, near Northampton, Mass.
f. NJ. Perry of the Montague Paper
company came in on last nights train.
Fred Dompier of Brattleboro is visiting
with his old school mates in this place,
his former home.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-01

You want to save your money nova
days? How? Get the best for the least
outlay. Buy your shoes at Smiths, So.
Londonderry