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St. Paul daily globe., 1893-02-26

ing what it will buy. When the young
shopper comes home the goods are dis
played, and that is pleasure again, for
mamma approveS-if she does not she
keeps the matter to herself until the
pleasure is wore off bit, or. perhaps,
forever, because if the dress is a poor
bargain. it is bought, and the penalty
will have to be paid, and that
she thinks is enough without disagree
able words from her besides-then the
making is entered into with spirit, the
patterns are discussed and the daugh-
ter is seldom aware how often she Is
ruled by her mothers choice, though
unspoken. Then when the dress is done.
there are no disagreeab!e things to be
remembered to spoil the pleasure of its
possession; and if the mother gets a
new dress the girls are as much Inter
ested in the whole transaction as II they
were individually to wear it, and they
''pretty' her up in it and think she IS
the sweetest n ther on earth. Let the
girls have their rights. my dear sisters.
These budding women from ten to
twenty have very tender senslbiIitles i'll
The Waiter OF Dress.
Why, don't you remember how it used
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to be in the old days when other people
though that they knew what was best
for your clothes? l do. l am sure.
Never shall | forget certain style in
which my dear auntie thought best to
dress my hair. 1t was faXen, to call it
the klndest name you can, and curled
in the most untidy way-in a way, in
fact, that melted the son of my fathers
enemy IAN enemy made by the perpet-
ual discussion of the all-absorbng
question of those days, slavery to call
me, in tiehdish delight, Curly Headed
| Sambo." My dear auntie was an adj
mirer Of the Swedish Nightingale" in
the days when "eyerything was called
for Jenny Lind" Jenny, as the old
| folks will tell you, wore her hair in two
pigtails. long and glossy and smooth,
Pll allow, hanging down her back. The
braid was divided along the top i'll two
parallel lines. and the hair between was
combed back and caught in the long
braids. That did well enough for Jenny,
but it did not suit my ideas OF what was
becoming for my particular style of
beauty. [ did not look the least bit like
Jenny Lind, and l did not want to.
| Rebellion was useless. The curlS were
| combed out, and behold the hair was too
short to braid into two braIdS success
fully, so it was done IN three, the top
hair combed smoothly back and caught
in the middle braid; the pigtails were
tied with ribbon, and worse, the RIBBON
was not all the same shade of blue.
Shall | ever forget the first morning L
appeared in the guiSe at school. My
enemy held up his hands and whis-
pered, ''Bet you can't get yonr eyes and
mouth both Shut at once, Polly" ION,
Jenny Lind Draids are all the CO." he
quoted, and if | have long black mark
to answer for III the recording
angels book that boy was the
cause OF it. My dear auntle
could not understand why it was that.
no matter how long piece OF twine she
braided into my three pigtails. she had
the testimony OF the other children that
the braids were all undone by the time
got to school. Girls wore long TAILS 10
their sunbonnets in those days.
Mothers. abjure you by the memory
OF those unhappy day5-you can recall
the like. know-to let these dear girls,
who will be young and intense such a
little while, have their own way in
these small, unimportant matters, 50
that by and by, when real serious queS-
tions are to be decided, they will feel
that you would not oppose tnem If you
did not love them so, and did not know,
by sad experience, perhaps, what was
the best for them now. AUNT POLLY.
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some genius invent set of chairs and
desks which could be fitted to the pupil
at the beginning of the term and altered
as the child grows?
More frequent recesses in the open
air and the brain will quickly respond
as the stimulus of the oxygen asserts
itself. making up,in quality and endur-
ance what it might lack in quantity.
To very thin people, whose sighs are
for more flesh, would say unless they
are ilD: There is no tonic like fresh
air and plenty of it. This is your birth
right, and to rob youself of it by keep
ing housed in most of the time is fool
ish, if not worse. Every one can train
himself to sleep with windows open
Expand your lungs and drink in great,
deep draughts of air. Enlarge your
chest by exercise. so as to accommodate
and strengthen the lungs. Let lots OF
Sunshine into your homes, plenty of pure
oxygen into your LUNGS with which 10
! purify the blood, and drink freely guam
titles of pure, fresh water.
A little judicious training, and the
happy medium may be attained. No
more need the excessively thin person
| wear "that lean and hungry locz," nor
the one weighted with surplus avoir-
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HER SOLDIER BOYS PICTURE.
A Widowed Mother Receives 1t
After Twenty-Five Long Years.

Away back in '62 when the blue and
the gray were fighting bloody battles in
the Southern states and President Lin
coin sent out strong call for troops,
Mrs q. LathrOp, of Huntsville, gave
her only son, then a mere boy. a
mothers blessing and sent him forth to
fight in the defense of his country.
The boy was true and brave, says the
Wiikesbarre Pa.) Record, and was soon
promoted from the rankS. In the last
letter his mother ever received he told
her that he had been made sergeant.
The next news she got was that he was
dead-killed in the battle while fight
ing furiously, but he died lieutenant,
having been raised to that rank only
day or two before for conspicuous
bravery.
A few days before his death he had
photograph of himself taken by a travel
ing artist. Thinking first of his mother,
and knowing that she would be proud
to see him in his officers clothes, he
sent her one of the pictures by mail,
inclosed in loving letter. The miSSive
and its inclosure never reached its deS-
tinatiOn. but in course of time found its
way to the dead-letter office. where it lay
with thousands of other soldiers letters
until last year, when all such tributes
sent home by soldiers and which had
miscarried were turned over by order of
the postmaster general to the several
state headquarters of the Grand Army of
the Republic in the hope that owners
might be found for some of them.
A short time ago w. H. Shaver, now
of Kingston, was in Philadelphia and
strolled into the department headquar
ters. In looking over the old war relics
he came across this photograph OF young
Lalhrop, and instantly recognized in 1t
the face Of comrade. He and the
young lieutenant were neighD0rS i'll the
vicinity of Huntsville, and had gone to
the war at about the same time. Mr..
Shaver explained the case to the Gus
todian of the relies, and the picture
was given him IN the hope thath he might
hnd the old mother still living, and he
last week succeeded. She resides in
jackson township, and now has the
picture OF her dead boy, mailed to her
| by his own hands twenty-five years 20.
| She is in quite feeble health, but wrote
Mr.. Shaver letter thanking him for
his kindness. Mr.. Shaver has forwarded
| the communication to state headquarters
| in Philadelphia.
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and subsequent punishment and dis
grace. Seldom, indeed, has woman
warrior been gratefully recognized by
the government of her country. Within
the memory of our grandparents there
lived in England a woman named
Hannah Smell, who, when but a girl.
took the strange resolution of
emlisting as soldier. She served as
marine on one of the yes
selS of a fleet bound for the West
indies, and showed so much cour; E
lhat she was repeatedly promoted. her
sex was unknown. and therefore it could
never be claimed that Hannah Snell's
success was due to partiality or favorit-
ism. Once, when dangerously wounded.
she extracted the ball herself, fearing
that she might be discovered and dis
charged. After long service she re
turned to her native home at Worcester,
England, where her adventures soon
became spread abroad. The government
on investigation of her really great
career granted her pension of g2O.
She died full OF years and laden with
honOrS in an III nnear Mapping.
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What an eptome of the world the
street car is, and are you often aston
i,hed at the unconscious revelations its
narrow compass affords? | often won-
der what life looks like from the point
of view of the conductor. He must
have queer ideas of his brother men,
and especially Of his sister women,
from the revelations of themselves they
make while riding under his eye. Going
over the river the other day TWO per
sons entered, mother and daugh-
ter evidently, and were scarcely
seated before they resumed what
had certainly been very warm discus
sion. Their arms were full of bundles;
they had been shopping, and that may
have been the reason why the mother
was SO cross, for cross she undeniably
was, as she seated herself with empha-
sis, and settled the bundles i'll her lap.
'Well. ma" the daughter began, II
wish | could have it that way" "Well,
you'll not, so that settles it. think
am old enough and smart enough to
have your clothes made without any
outside aid. miss, and mean to do so for
some time to come" Everybody in the
car looked at the woman, who was
anything but beautiful, as she pro-
nounced her decision. The girl would
have been pretty. but for look of sui
len discomfort that hardened her brown
eyes, and settled her soft red lips into a
nj nH of raI,nllinnc tinIH IN
such tyrannical treatment. My heat
ached as | looked at the par. Where
was the tender feeling that we like TO
associate with the name OF mother,
tenderness that sanctifieS and redeems
much that is lacking in Woman'S
nature? Was the matter under discus
sion the making of the new dress they
had just been buying? Ii SO, l am sure
the pleasure in it was
Gone Already From the Girl's
and why should she not
have a voice In the way her dress was
and taste given her for, |
pray you tell, ii not to be used and cul-
tivated. under a mothers judiciouS
guidance, for the future using when she
should be at the head of a family her
self. These girls were not given to US
to be made into echoes OF their mothers.
Alas! Mothers. even the best, are
faulty patterns. and what right have
they to try to be will and conscience
and taste to their daughters? thought
of family [ knew, where the girls
are taught to think for themselves in
all things. They decide not only what
the color of their dresses shall be. but
how they snail be made. The new
dress, that is always pleasure to girl,
is talked over, the price Is settled, and
the girls go to buy for themselves, be
cause this wise woman thinks that they
should learn the value of money by see
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.vERYPERPLExING FAMILY
Some Remarkable Complications
THAT Have Resulted From Three

The strangest combinations resulting
from the marriage Of relatives that we
have ever heard of, says the Pomona
(Cal1 Progress, is that in the family OF
Lewis Osborne, who has recently re-
moved to Pomona from Selma, Fresno
county. Mir. Osborne tells us that he
has been ten years trying to unravel the
nerpiexities of relationship that his sec
ond marriage has caused. In 1888 he
married young widow, who was his
own grandfather's third wife. The
couple have little son.
Given this simple statement and a
number of peculiar family relationships
NAV be deduced. For example, Mi. Os-
borne is a grandchild OF his wife. HIS
son, being also a son OF his (OSborne's
grandmother, is uncle to his own
father. Osborne becomes brother TO
his uncles and aunts, and also
stepfather to them. The boy, being
the child of Osborne as a
Grandson of his own mother. while his
father NAV rejoice IN the title of great
grandfather to his own child. Thus the
bov becomes granduncle to himself
and his parents greatgrandchlid. U.s.
borne is the boys father and great
grandfather at the same time. and.
being the husband of his own grand
mother, enjoys the distinction OF being
his own grandfather as well.
Osborne's mother married a man
named Blake, and his sister married a
brother-ln-law of her mother, Henry
Blake. Osborne's sister becomes sis
ter to her own mother. Mrs. Blake,
being Osborne's mother, is grand
mother to OsDorne's son. The latter,
however, being son of the wife OF
Mrs. Blake's father-in-law, is there
fore brother to his grand
mo her and granduncle to his grand
mo hers sister. the daughter who mar
red Mrs. Blake's brother-in-law. He
also is her nephew, as the son of heI
brother. Osborne is the younger Mrs.
Blake's grandfather as well as hel
brother. Thus her nephew, Osborne
sou. becomes uncle to his aunt, being q
sou OF her grandmother. The series OF
relationships may be likewise traced
almost indefinitely. The family are
happy and contented. and live as pleas
anty as though the peculiar family ties
were not present.
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Pouring the Tea.

We may expect that soon the art OF
tea-pourng will be included among tne
accomplishments taught at fashionable
schools, and that no girl with a thought
of social success will dream of making
the branch elective. The young women
who deftly turn into your tiny CUP. a
few drops of tea or coffee or cocoa ought
to be the prettiest girls of your ac-
ouaintance, or at least they should pos
sess that power of looking picturesque
and wearing dainty gowns gracefully
that comes so near TO beauty. Ihe tea
tables or affairs where these prlestesses
pour their libatons are so placed as 10
prove most effective as one enters the
room, and set as becomes an altar, Win
flowers and candles, gold and silver and
costliest porcelain.
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GO. WiNTER!

Go, Winter Go thy ways! We want again
The twitter of the bluebird aud the wren.
Leaves ever greener growing, and the shine
OF summer S sun-noJ thine
The sun which mocks our need of warmth
and love,
And tn. II .artening fervencies thereof.
1t scarce hath heatenough to warm our thin,
Pathetic yearnings in.
So. get thee from usl We are cold, God wot
Even MS thou art remember not
How blithe we hailed thy coming. That
was. oh,
Too long-too long ago.
Get from rs utterly Ho Summer then
Shall spread her grasses where thy SHOWS
have been
And thy last lev footprint melt and mold
In her first marigold.
james Whitcomb Riley.
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gone by. Among the revlvals is some
of the beautiful old thread lace. This is
generally arranged to fall deep in the
front and back of the bodice. and mar
row on the shoulders.
A gown recently worn by the Baronne
GlIstave de Rothschild at a smart Paris
function was of green velvet, trimmed
with Venetian point around the neck OF
the low bodice. The half sleeves of
rreen velvet were enormous and were
sashed with a paler shade of satin.
Emeralds and diamonds were worn in
the hair and the folds of the bodice.
Not unlike an old picture was the
baroness in her finery.
A pretty ball dress which embodleS
all that is best in the Victorian fashions
is of white tulle over white satin. The
short skirt is trimmed with two rows OF
a fringe of daisies over a tiounce Of
tulle run with baby ribbons. The daisy
fringe Is carried down each seam. and u
berthe of daisies ornaments the bodice.
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A Word to Parents-M More Physical
&ohnC1C

A Word to Parents-M More Physical
Exercises in Schools.
The earnest observer cannot fail 10
notice the existing necessity of a thor
ough and systematic course Of exercise
for the public schools. Parents should
insist that it become part of the regular
routine duty of school work in all the
schools. look about and see how many
of the school children betray lack OF
fresh air. and healthy, firm muscles.
Notice it in the STOPPING shoulders, con-
trscted chests and curved spine. In my
experience of teaching the movements,
| find that most Of these defornities are
caused by the unfitness of the school
furniture, often forcing the occupant
into either strained OF cramped posi-
ton. causing stoop here or bend
there entirely foreign TO natures intent,
fostered by years of these habits, until,
to overcome the defects, extraordinary
methods must beresorted to. Cannoc
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WOMEN AND THE FAIR.
Examina alton in Music-Iime On
Exhibits.

EXAMINATION III NuSiS AAO oA
Exhibits.
The examination of candidates for the
woman's concerts at the worlds far
will take place at the residence OF Mrs.
F. B. Clarke, 296 Summit avenue,
Wednesdays, March aud 20, and April
12, from 10 a. IN. to 5 p m. of each day.
All women desiring to take these eX-
aminations will please state on which
day and at what hour they Will be pres es :
ent. Address Mrs. G. E. FurnesS, 200
South Exchange street, st. Paul.
The president of the woman's auXll-
larry board of Minnesota announces Gh;tlGad that
all exhibits intended for the Chlcago
worlds fair, offered by the women OF
Minnesota. must be sent to room sos,
New York Life building, on or before
March 6. Juries meet March g. and
advices from Chicago no exhibits will
he received there after March Is. All
local papers please copy.
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dupois groan. "Oh, that this too solid
nesD might melt
The, one who ever seeks fresh emo
tons from each passing fad or fancy Oh
its shOrt-lved trip to the realms of for
getfulness, who does nothing Systemat-
ically, will never experieKee much ben
eft from her endeavOrs, unless prac-
ticed in most methodical manner usu-
ally foreign to such natures.
BESSIE MYERS,
Teacher of Physical Culture, st. Paul.
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WAS a WOMAN WARRIOR.

Hannah Smell, Who Fought in
Mems Clothes and Was Pro-
NOTED.
There have been many women war;
riors in the world, but the Philadelphia
Inquirer thinks it must be admitted
that there have been very few whose
deeds were such as to claim the admra
tion Of the country for any great length
of time. In the aumais of woman's
warfare there are - c:IlIy stories of
leaGii.- to aAat1ciSm
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GROWTH OF FASHION.

Skirts Are Cut to Give Fullness
at the Base.
Watching the development of the Vic
torian idea-that is the occupation of
most women just now. Since Lent
came in they haven't much else to do,
and in view of the extraordinary activ-
ity of the dressmakerS, that is enough
to keep them out of mischief. If the
feminine world were able to throw off
the gloom that the prospect of crinoline
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casts over it. it would rejoice openly in
the dress that prevails at the moment.
To sum up in general, the skirts are
much gored to give width at the base.
and to be close-titting on the hips. They
are short for, walking and day wear,
long for the house, and trained for even
lug toilet. The bodices are much
trimmed, and tend to show to advantage
small waists and slight figures. for, as
the upper part is puffed and fril!ed, in
addition to the wide sleeves, naturally
the waist appears small III the pretty
round centuries or pointed corselets.
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The next sketch shows a braided
spring gown of more than usual audacity.
In fact. it is very near reproduction of
the gowns our grandmothers wore, OILY
theirs lacked style which this has got.
The material is lemon-col0red vicuna,
with yoke and sleeves of nut brown
velvet. lie BARON DE FREMONT.
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The sleeves are simply bugle puffs of
satin. A folded satin waistband fin

SATIN A folded Satln WaIstUaIIu HH
ishes the bodice.
Another pretty frock to dance in is
made with a low bodice and round
skirt in pale pink bengaline silk, en-
hanced with cross bands in moss-green
velvet. The frilled berthe is OF velvet,
as is the large bow which secures the
ends of the soft silk sash that is wound
three times round the waist and carried
ND to the berthe to simulate short vest
70 women who are engaged in doing
Lenten penances for their SINS ball
gowns and the making of them Will not
be a matter of keen interest. But even
they will not scorn the hints which they
offer in regard to the style of the frocks
which will be worn when the gayetles
are renewed after Easter.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-20
All n Mistake.

Last week three preachers mingled in
the crowd of people looking at the show
window of large clothing store. While
they were earnestly observing the dis
play vigilant detective came to them
and laying his hand on the shoulder Of
one of TIE ministers said:
"You must go with me-"
"Where?" asked the clergyman.
ITO the city hail." replied the detect
i've as he displayed his badge. The
preacher declined to so, but after think
ing over the mater remarked: "All
right, will go. i suppose will look as
well in the city hal as you will" They
had not proceeded far before the detect
i've felt that he had made mistake. He
excused himself, and the minister walked
away, accompanied by his brother min
listers, who had come to his rescue. This
incident recalls the arrest as suspected
felon of well known newspaper man a
few years ago by prominent detective,
who found the newspaper man sending
off long telegram Courier
Journal
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-20
Hunting For an Old Man.

In Che biography of DR.. Norman Mac
Leod there is an amusing account given
of a visit he paid to one of the Western
islands to see a man who was celebrated
In the district for his great age. The
doctor found an old man 1--WE can only
quote from memory sitting on bench
outside the house and gave him the usual
greeting, Il heard that you were very
wonderful old man, and I've come to see
you" ''It'l be my father you want to
see,' said the old man of the bench. So
the visitor went inside, and there, sit
ting over the peats, was very old man
indeed, bent and doubled up, but still,
for all that, with all his wits about him.
Good day to you," said the good doc
tor. Il have heard about you, a very
wonderful old man, and I've come to see
you" Then he, too, declined the impu-
tation and pointed with his stick to the
'ben" of the house. It'll be my father
you want to see," said this old man of
the fireside. So there in the ben" the
original Simon Pure was discovered at
last, very, very ancient old man in
deed, as may well be imagined.-Mac-
millan's Magazine.