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The herald., 1894-07-15
Matter of Construction.

Two respectable looking men of mid
die age were talking quite earnestly and
quite audibly in Cold Spring Car the
other evening.
''Did you go to see herr" asked one.
"Oh, yes, certainlyP' replied the
other.
"How do you like her?'
IT think she is a perfect beauty, I"
was the rapturous reply, whereat all
the passengers looked that way, and a
young woman directly opposite the
speaker blushed and tried to pretend
she wasn't listening.
Eyes, admire her very much" add
ed the man. 81 like her style. y
Elegantly built and fitted out, isn't
she?'' ~
Eyes, and she's pretty fast too"
The young woman across the aisle
could stand it no longer. She nodded
confusedly to the conductor and got off
at the next crossing.
The respectable looking men didn t
notice anything and kept right on with
their gossip.
81 wouldn't mind owning herr
II wouldn't object myself. She'll be
paying investment-thati is, if she
sails as well as she did today Let see,
what's that her name is? I've forgot
ten.
''The Northwest.
And the other passengers smiled. -
Buffalo Express.
The herald., 1894-07-15
A Successful Business Woman.

Mrs. Zulme E. Hearsey of Baton
Rouge is one of the most successful
business women in her state. Belong
ing both by birth and marriage to dis
tinguished and wealthy families, she
enjoyed the numerous educational and
social advantages that were lavished 40
years ago upon southern young women
in her station. After the close of the
war, her husband being an invalid,
Mrs. Hearsey opened large bookstore,
which at once sprung into popular IA
vor and today is the recognized head
quarters for all standard publications
as we'll as the rendezvous Of all book
lovers and litterateurs. She possesses
the confidence of the entire community
and has controlled the sale Of the New
Orleans papers in Baton Rouge for
years. She employs force Of 80 news
boys, and her second son, CASTOR Hear
sey, has been her assistant for several
years. She also manages large fiori-
culture trade, and the roses and camel
las raised in her gardens are known all
over the south. Her florists business is
scarcely less profitable than her news
ond bookstore. Baton Rouge LA Let
str
The herald., 1894-07-15
Skiltully divised simplicity.

come. The model is of white straw,
trimmed with q peasant bow of cream
colored lace and several loops Of black
gros grain ribbon. A cluster Of long
stemmed roses ia placed near the
back, and punches of grasses are
put here and there. The corner
is encircled by lace, the two ends meet.
ing in back, where they are fastened
with q ribbon knot and hung over the
brim. The result is q handsome hat,
and one safely beyond criticism on the
score OF looks, but the sailor has 90 long
been associated with natty simplicity
that these models are sometimes start
ling. In general the sailors brim is
rather wider than last year, but not ex.
aggerated. and the crown ia a little
higher. 1t often appears with q
mercury wing on each side. a epread-
ing bow or some other friv-
olity in front, but ON the whole is more
popular with just ribbon band, or to
speak more correctly, with dozen in
terchangeable ones to each hat. These
bands are nearly SO wide as the crown
will allow, and are of all colors and COM
binations. One of the latest wrinkles is
q hat band of very heavy plaided rib.
bon, with the lining OF the light cape to
be worn at the same time OF silk to
match. There is no excuse for frettine
if the sailor has only plain white band.
1t will do, and if the wsarer is prettier
than the other girl. she shouldn't care
if she isn't. the plaid won't help much.
These bands may fasten each with its
own buckle, or they are cunningly ar
ranged to go on and show tie, just as
if the hat was made with that particu
lar band ON it.
An occasional dainty assumption oi
the modes of 80 years ago is met with,
and if skillfully done, the maid whose
attire suggests styles half century old
will be the foreground of the picture and
put in the background her up.to-dats
companions. A youthful face and figure
are requisite Of success, and the maid
en- of this second sketch has both.
The herald., 1894-07-15
Cigarettes In High Society.

At the woman writer's dinner in
London America was well represented.
Mrs. Poulteney Bigelow is described as
being magnificent in palest green, set
off by some emerald velvet arrangement
on her shoulders. Everybody who has
read "a Yellow Aster" will be inter-
ested to know that at this dinner the
author, who has been ohristened with
the title of her book as q nickname,
was quite beautifully dressed. ''You
only saw films of white lace as she sat
half hidden behind the flowers. 1t was
as when the autumn mists fall on tho
asters, and the oriental pearls round
her neck made one think Of the gossa-
mer with strings of dew pearls that
cling so often around the flower Of that
lady's choice. But when you saw the
Yellow Aster take the lead in lighting
cigarette then comparisons failed
you. London Correspondent.
The herald., 1894-07-15
DIR. Flora A. Brewster.

DR.. Flora A. Brewster Of Baltimore
has won an honorable and successful
place in the profession by persistent
hard work. For nearly 10 years she
taught school in Pennsylvania, contrib-
uting to the support Of near relatives
and pursuing studies which enabled her
to graduate from the state normal
school at Mansfield. In 1878 she went
to Chicago and took the editorial man
agenent of The Newsboys' Appeal, an
illustrated journal, published in the in
terests of the Newsboys' home. The next
year she began to study medicine with
DR.. Julia Holmes Smith of Chicago, at
the same time conducting q night school
in the Newsboys' home. In 1882 she
completed the course in tho Chicago
Homeopathic Medical college, went to
Baltimore and opened an Office. She ac-
quired large practice during the next
four years and then entered into part.
nership with her sister, Dr.. Cora Bells
Brewster. In 1889 they began the pub
The herald., 1894-07-15
Tho Queen at Manchester.

Imagine short, only little over s
while not possessing the least sign Of
what we should call beauty, but still
showing a degree of determination and
will power apparent to all, her body in
cased in plain dress of black silk and
her head surmounted with a bonnet,
very plain in appearance, and you have
as correct description as it lies in my
power to give of the lady whose power
stretches over thousands of miles and
whose word is law to millions.
The first appearance of the queen in
the open street was the signal for re-
marl1able demonstration Of affection and
enthusiasm on the part of the assembled
multitude. Loud cheers rent the air,
hats and handkerchiefs were waved, and
from everywhere came cries Of welcome.
iHer majesty appeared greatly touched
by the heartiness of the reception &C.
corded her, and which she acknowledged
by frequent bows to the right and left,
each one of these being the signal for
another outburst of cheering. At this
point could not fail to mark the
healthy appearance that her majesty
presented. She seemed entirely recover
cd from her long and dusty ride in the
close railway carriage, and her cheeks
showed color that many younger
woman would have envied. AS the car
riage ride increased in distance her af-
liability was more plainly shown by nu-
merous bows right and left. -Manches-
ter LETTER
The herald., 1894-07-15
Women's Affairs In England.

Although Miss johnson has beaten all
her male competitors in this years
mathematical tripos at Cambridge, the
general work of improving the higher
education Of women appears to be in a
bad way, owing mainly, it is stated, to
the indifference Of those directly con-
Cerned. The Association of Women Lee
turers particularly is on the verge of
bankruptcy and will cease to exist un-
less its patrons subscribe certain sum
of money. The association has been
patronized by aristocratic faddists to
any extent, but tho interest in its doings
rapidly vanishes when call for cash is
made. On the other hand, women poll
ticians have plenty of funds and were
never more active than now. Many big
meetings have been held in London and
the provinces, which must have cost
lot of money, the largest gathering Of
the series having taken place at St.
James hall under the presidency of the
Countess of Carlisle, who is probably
the ablest woman in public life in this
country. This activity is due to the be-
lief in an early general election, because
there is no immediate need to bring
pressure to bear on the house of COM
mons, the hope of introducing female
suffrage bill at this session having been
abandoned London Queen.
The herald., 1894-07-15
with two upright ostrich tips, a pleated
epangled black tulle and large spread

with two upright ostrich tips, pleated
spangled black tulle and large spread
ing black satin bow. A much liked ar
rangement OF flowers, feathers or bows
has them as close, email and narrow as
possible at the point of contact with
the hat, and separated as nearly
as possible in effect from the
lines OF the hat itself. Then the trim :
mings spread tremendously. This is
one of the secrets that oftentimes makes
the milliner's hat look 80 different from
the hat trimmed al home. To attain
this effect, bind the flowers firmly to-
gether before they are adjusted to ths
hat. Wrap the base of the ribbon loops
round and round, that its own individu-
ality may be assured before it is made q
part OF the hat.
It used to be the fashion to mass
trimming, now the tendency is to have
the different points Of hats ornamen-
tation seem to be as il not on speaking
terms with each other or with the hat
itself. The feather stands on tip.toe
and in proud isolation from the flower,
the flower proudly rears a stately head
in another part OF the hat, as far from
the hat as it can be, and as from the
bow, every seperate loop gets as far as
possible from every other one. and the
whole bow barely rests q single point on
TIE hat brim which supports it. This
is the essence of that style
which ''sticks out all over" many fash
ionable hats. The trimming on the hat
seen in tho last picture possesses, in q
mild degree, this quality of self asser-
ton. 1t 10 not as marked as in many
fashionable examples, and the notion
may be easily overdone. This hat is of
fancy rice straw with . pleated and
waved brim and low crown. Spreading
bunohes of wild roses with foliage and
big loops Of black velvet ribbon trim 1t,
ank its tie strings are of narrow black
velvet ribbon.
Quaint little eight-cornered scarlet
caps are picturesque. They are made
of cashmere. somewhat after the plan of
the discarded tam-o' -shanter, the band
The herald., 1894-07-15
Will Appoint Women.

Mayor Schieren announced the other
day that he would appoint several wo-
men as members Of tho Brooklyn board
Of education next year, but that he
could not make such appointments this
fill the vacancies which occurred on
July before he received the petition Of
the women to have their sex represent
ed. He said:
81 am sorry to say that am SO placed
now that cannot comply with the re-
quest of the ladies. would like to do
so, but the list Of 10 members of the
board is sseleoted. I think women should
be represented in the board Of education.
Questions arise there which woman
seems to have a natural intuition to
judge as to their practicability or i'm
praptioability. This is especially true
as TO the studies of children. I believe
that some Of these studies are entirely
oo(severe for the age of childhood. I
believe that women - mothers - are
more apt to judge the capacity Of chill
dren. Men are apt to overcrowd the
children. They expect too much from
them. 1 have conversed with several of
the women teachers, and they are heart
lily in favor of the change. ~
"The constitutional convention should
be petitioned by the women to pass a
resolution making it mandatory upon
mayors or commissioners, as the case
may be, to appoint at least one-third
women ON any board Of education. For
cOrna raacop which cannot UNDERSTAND
the impression has gone out that 1 have
been opposed to the appointment Of
women. Such all impression could not
have had its origin from anything have
said on the subject. have always held
the ideas I now proclaim. ."-Brooklyn
Times
The herald., 1894-07-15
The Lady of Governor. Island.

Mrs. Miles, wife of Major General
Nelson Miles, who will succeed General
o. o. Howard in command of the de-
partment of tho east, with headquarters
on Governor island, is handsome and
very charming woman, and as the lead
sr of army society in this vicinity she
will give life to it that it has not had
Tor some time. She is rotated to Mrs.
Cameron, wife Of the senator from
Pennsylvania. and has lovely daughter.
The two will no doubt make Governor s
island a rendezvous for many well
known society people. Mrs. Miles has
een life on the frontier, and some Of
he most interesting women are those
Tho have had such experiences. New
York Journal.
The herald., 1894-07-15
WOMAN'S WORLD.
A PROGRESSIVE AND AGGRESSIVE WO.
MANS CLUB OF CHICAGO.

VIII Appoint womcn-The Queen ut Man
chcster-Dr. flora A. Brewster-National
Council of women-women's AGairs In
England-A Successful Business Woman.
Tho most progressive and aggressive
body of women in the United States is
probably the Chicago Woman's club. 1t
would be no easy task to enumerate all
the worthy reforms which have origi-
mated in this club and have been success
fully carried out by committees of erer-
getic women. The Chicago university is
the only ono in the history of the world
that included in its very conception
the equal educational rights and privi-
leges of women. Two dormitory halls,
presided over by women, provide re-
spectively home for 200 girls. One of
these was erected by women for women
and is, as far as known, the only one of
the kind. It is the gift of the women of
Chicago at cost of $3.50. 900. The fund
was raised largely through the editorial
efforts of Mrs. Margaret f. Sullivan Of
the Chicago Herald. who showed, in
able articles. what large sums women
in all ages had given to help support
mems colleges, while women's colleges
were often badly crippled for need Of
money. The club was responsive to Mrs
Sullivan's appeals, the president head
ing the list with $1,000, and in less
than two weeks the funds were raised
for the erection and equipment Of the
splendid structure. One Of the most i'm
portant steps achieved by the Chicago
club is the appointment Of women on
the Chicago school board. Mrs. Lucy
L. Flowers term is not yet expired, but
she has done such satisfactory work that
another woman, Mrs. Caroline K. Sher-
man, has been appointed lately. Mrs.
Flower is considered the best represent
ative of ths working element for the
club, having been for many years at the
head of tho reform committee. Being a
teacher before she was married, and
coming from the east, where women on
the school boards are taken as matter
of fact, Mrs. Flower was we'll equipped
for her work in the public schools
Brooklyn Eagle.
The herald., 1894-07-15
National Council of Women.

The time is now fixed for the conven-
ton of the national council of women
of the United States. 1t is for February,
1895, and is to be held in Washington.
There are now II national associations
belonging to the council, which repre-
sents q constituency Of about 700, 900
women. The executive committee Of the
council has passed resolutions on the
subject of dress reform, fayoring patri-
otto instruction, divorce reform and an
equal standard of morality for men and
women. The resolution on divorce re-
form reads:
Resolved, That as divorce is a measure EQUAL
ly concerning both sexes, we hold it just that
all commissions crented to deal with divorce
should be representative of both. To this end
we, an organization of national organizations
comprising about 100000 representative wom-
en-, request Of the appointing power in each
state, whether gubernatorial or legislative,
that all such commissions hereafter to be ap-
pointed shall be composed of both men and
women in equal numbers.
That we ask the National Divorce Reform
league to take no steps toward altering exist
ing laws without comforting with the national
council Of women of the United States through
its standing committee on divorce reform.
That we instruct our committee on divorce
reform to ask for a hearing before the Divorce
Reform league at Its next meeting in order to
provide for cooperation between men and wo-
men In regard to this measure, which equally
affects both.
That the first step toward the elevation of
tho home is to put man and woman as home
makers in position Of legal equality.
That letter be sent to the governor of each
state and territory, asking him to call the at
tention Of the legislature to the situation con-
cerning divorce laws, requesting the appoint
ment Of a commission to consider tho matter,
to consist equally of mon and women.
The herald., 1894-07-15
whole forms an exquisite finish for plain

bodices or blouteH.
Bows are ever an important feature of
hat trimming. and there are current
several new devices of this sort. OF
course. the steady Sunday beau keeps
in fashion all the time. With that joke
cleared away. the field is left
clear for attending to the i'm
portant hat bows. The east and
west bow still prevails. Sometimes
it is merely pair of accordion pleated
wide ends held down tight in the mid.
die and spread to its full width at the
edges. This is really the favorite shape
just now. It is carried out in lace and
frequently adjusted by being passed
through couple Of Sits in
the hat, the middle part OF the
bow being thus on the under eide.
Often that portion of the bow which ia
on the under side of the brim is elab-
Grated to show against the hair. Some
times the plan Is reversed and the elab-
alton appears ss pompon on the top Of
the hat, while the ends spread on the
under side OF the hair beneath the brim.
This is q newer idea than ths other.
Another kind OF bow is made by bind
ing together as many as five loops Of
ribbon. These loops are all of length
and are made into q sort of sheaf, the
binding being done by ribbon to match.
Below the binding the loops lie loose
for an inch or so; above it each loop is
spread wide and all are bent apart from
each other. the effect being something
like very gorgeous flower in full bloom.
Such bow is set upright on the close
end, and whatever other trimming is
added is not allowed to interfere with
the individuality of the loops and their
arrangement.
A tasteful style OF trimming is en-
ployed on the fourth pictured hat,
which is round, OF black straw and
faced with old red silk. 1t ia trimmed
The herald., 1894-07-15
PHG6E.- :

When skies are blue
And Threaded through
With skeips Of sunlight spangles,
And breezes blow
Quite soft and low
Amid the tree top tangles;
When summer has the world In thrall
And Joy Is sovereign over all,
'Tis curious that little bird
Should utter such wistful word
AS Poor mel Poor me.s
When days are long
And limbs are strong,
And blithe with youth the season.
When everything
Is tuned to spring
And rhyme and not to reason;
When lifo is all q holiday
With naught of care and much Of play,
'Tis sinful that a little maid
Should such complaining words have said
AS Poor me! Poor me.'
Julie ID. Lippmann in St. Nicholas.
The herald., 1894-07-15
Settled His Score.

He was smooth tongued fellow, and
the barkeeper looked at him with cold
and suspicious eye. The latter official
attempted several times between the
drinks and stories to have private word
with the smooth tongued chap, but his
designs were apparently un derstood and
therefore frustrated. Finally, as the
evening waned the barlreeper brought
out scrap of paper on which was in
scribed some meaning language. The
young man took it, read it carefully and
put it in his pocket, with the casual re-
mark that "that was all right"
"Now, look here" said the barkeeper
little later, "about that bill of yours.
Can't you let me have something on that
now?'
The young mans friends were rather
abashed at this, but the young man
wasn't phased. Really" he said. ''if l
could / would, but you see I haven't
got it,"
"How much have you gotT'
"Tll give you all I've got, of course, if
you'll wipe out the score. Is it go?"
"All right, I'll do it," promptly re-
Piled the barkeeper, thinking this was a
grand bluff.
The young man turned his pockets
wrong side out, the financial result be-
ing $1.s6. The barkeeper produced the
account, which was $3.50. The young man
smiled.
Now" said he. "I believe it is Gus
tomary when a man settles his account
at this bar for the house to treat. Boys,
what'll you haveT'
But the barkeeper was looking for the
bungstarter, and they didn't wait to see
whether he found it.-New York Herald.
The herald., 1894-07-15
Dressing the Neck.

The stock collar and the stiff linen
collar which SO many women affect, al
though quite unbecoming in some cases,
yet are ruinous to the beauty of the
neck. Low collars Of soft frills and
stand up rufiles or plaits, which stand
off as we'll as up, instead of hugging the
neck so closely as to exclude all air
and interfere with the free circulation,
are greatly to be preferred if a woman
wishes to preserve her neck fair, smooth
and shapely. A neck trimming can be
worn high without being made close
fitting. Chicago Tribune.
The herald., 1894-07-15
ON TOP OF MOUNT ARAFAT.
Nothing bu. Snow Covers the PcalE Whers
The Ark Was Nxoorcd.

Nothing bu. Snow Covers the Peak Where
The Ark Was Dyoorcd.
"Mount Arerat has two tops, few
hundred yards apart, sloping on the
eastern and western extremities into
rather prominent abutments, and sepa-
rated by snow valley OF depression from
so to 100 feet in depth" Thus, IN the
Century, write Messrs. Allen and Sach-
tleben, the two young Americans who
made bicycle tour round the world.
"The eastern top, on which we were
standing, was quite extensive, and 30 to
40 feet lower than its western neighbor.
Both tops are hummocks on the huge
dome Of Ararat, like the humps on the
back of camel, on neither one of which
is there vestige of anything but snow.
"There remained just as little trace OF
the crosses left by Parrot and Ohodzko
as Of the ark itself. We remembered the
pictures we had seen in our nursery
books, which represented this mountain
top covered with green grass, and Noah
stepping out of the ark in the bright,
warm sunshine, before the receding
waves, and now we looked around and
saw this very spot covered with perpet-l
ual snow. Nor did we see any evidence
whatever Of former existing crater, ex-
cept perhaps the snow filed depression
we have just mentioned. There was
nothing about this perpetual snowfield,
and the freezing atmosphere that was
chilling us to the bone to remind us
that we were on the top of an extinct
volcano that once trembled with the con-
vulsions of subterranean heat.
1.-THE view from this towering height
was immeasurably extensive and almost
too grand. All detail was lost-all color,
all outline. Even the surrounding noun
tains seemed to be but the ezcrescent
ridges of the plain. Then, too, we could
catch only occasional glimpses, as the
clouds shifted to and fro. At one time
they opened up beneath us and revealed
the Aras valley, with its glittering rib
bon of silver at an abysmal depth below.
Now and then we could descry the black
volcanic peaks of Ali Chez 20 miles
away to the northwest, and on the south.
west the low mountains that obscured
the town of BayaEid. Of the Caucasus.
the mountains about Erzerum on the
west and Lake Van on the south and
even of the Caspian sea, all of which are
said to be in Ararat's horizon, we could
see absolutely nothing"
The herald., 1894-07-15
Silence as the Alabama Went Down.

When the Alabama went down there
was never shout from the Kearsarge
"Silence, boysl silencev' was the stern
command, and in dead, awful silence
the buccaneer sank to the bottom of the
sea. There was chivalry for you-one of
the grand silences of history-a silence
thrilling with brotherhood, prophetic of
brotherhood restored. How naturally,
unless we know the facts, we assume
that there was fine hurrah of rejoicing
on the Kearsarge when the Alabama
went DOWN. Could outburst of victory
have surpassed that silence?-Atlantic
Monthly.