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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-01-31
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The wives of the nations rulers who
reside in Washington, Notwithstanding
their repUted sagacity in public affairs.
arc noted for those essentially feminine
attributes which are in nowise connected
with craftsmanship. and which are fire.
quently alluded to in celloquial parlance
as "fads"
Mrs Bland, for instance. the wife of
the famous free silver orator. has a fad
that cannot fail to command the respect
and admiration of the nation. Mr.
Bland, who j. known in private and do
mestic circles to have somewhat Of q
disregard for the conventional cuspidor.
is fond Of dilating upon his wifes vener-
alton for the scrubbrush. In outward
appearance there seems to he nothing
compatible between the pretty. dark
eyed senator's wife and a big tub full
Of soapsuds with a floating sponge and
a hard bristled scrubbrush, as Mr.. Bland
says there is.
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MRS. BLAND WITH sCRUBBRUsH.

on the same authority. which is Ger
tainlv a good one on silver coinage and
equally important matters, Il is said
that Mrs. Bland can retire gracefully
from the piano or from a profound dis
cussion on political economy participated
i'm by the distinguished statesmen of the
capitol and away to some obscure cor
ner of he garnet or paT0Aed upon some
lofty pantry shelf she may be traced,
indulgirg in that houSewifeiv virtue
which many people believe win take al
women t. heaven-it is so near eodll-
ness.
If there is one subject or which Mrs.
John DeWit Warner is more cuthuSi-
asfic than any other u is her solution of
the servant girl problem. Mrs. Wagner
ought certainly to be taken into the dip
lomatc service. for shc SAYS she has
never had any difficulty in managing
her servants. she doesn't know what il
is to be Informed that 't1l- is free
country. whore seTva1t girls IS just AS
good as ANYBODY else and won't stand
no imposition" IN other words hrs.
Warner is i'm thu habit Of bringing
whole colony of co!orcd help, male and
female with her To- Kew York from
Washington each year. She distributes
color7d help ana1g an her friends and
employs corps Cf maids, mattresses
and cooks for hCr own Use. us she IS
accustomed 60 entertain lay.-hlv during
the summer at hor country home in
Ithaca.
This is what she SAYS for the benefit
OF the wives, cooks ard mothers of the
M tioa: Il find that Coiorcd servants
hired at intelligence Offices in Washing
ton are much more comretout and ohig-
ing than thn run of imported white help.
If two girls or men arc hired together.
there viii never he any difficulty i'm re-
tanning them Most of the servants OBJ
tanned at the capital arc trained TO the
needs Of Washington society. and 1 find
that even a new cook win surprise NE
by her delicious cakes. fruit prepare
tions. ices. and SO forth. They seldom
need any teaching, which advantage is
seldom to be found in hiring servants
of the various nationalities i'm the north.
| do not think that the negro servant
could possibly be improved upon
Mrs. Senator Charles II. Gibson of
Maryland mas fad that is unquestion-
ably shared by thousands of her coun-
trywomen. 1t is almost too closely al
lied with nature and art to be VUigarly
termed a fad. II should be called the
farming instinct" Mrs. Gibson is hand
some. wears jaunty tailOr-made gowns
that bespeak a $50 At right on the sur
face Of them. and with four-in-hand ties.
jeweled studs and proud. faultless car
riage looks like the crack horsewonan
that she is. She likes horses, farming.
and cows and is very much averse TO
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Wroman's Work.

Don't talk to me about mems work. =
began the excited looking woman, drop
ping into the first convenient chair.
Look at me! | was up half the night
with the baby. ] appeared at the
breakfast table 10 send John and the
children off happy. I had a letter fr-oua
my mOther-in-law; she's coming to visi1
us. / went TO market. ] went TO the
dressmaker's. 7 rushed home In time
for the children's luncheon. went to
club and read a paper on woman's place
i'm the business world. visited nv poor
family. ] hurried home TO make the
dessert I dressed for dinner. John
brought home unexpected company.
put the children TO bed Went 70 the
theater with John. who thought I needed
recreation, and who would have been
grieved if I had declined it. Came home
and was mp three hours with the baby
st. Louis Dispatch
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Custom House InspectreSses.

The inspectress in the port of New
York holds an important office. Nine
women are employed i'm that capacity
at the custom house. They have an Of
fee IN the building and they are in con-
slant service. The inspectresses have
the responsibility imposed on them of
seeing that no woman enters the port
with struggled articles They search
through the mysterious recesses Of a
woman's wardrobe and the clothing she
wears as no man could or would be al
loved TO do and the finding Of loads of
snuggled goods on The persons az
women makes a large percentage in the
yearly records.
The women inspectors are paid at the
rate Of s. per day all the wear round
They are headed by a superintendent
who details the work. As each steamer
arrives from foreign ports two of the
Inspectors are detailed 10 duty on II.
They repair to the pier where the steam
CT lands and await developments II a
woman passenger creates a suspicion.
the inspectors take her and submit her
clothing To a minute search They find
silks, satins and valuable lace nicely in
laid in the WOmans skirt or diamonds
and jeweiry nestled away in the most
unapproachabl bic place Then the women
Inspectors search through the wearing
apparel stored away in women passen-
gers trunks and do work which the male
Inspectors could not do creditabIv-
Brooklyn Eagle
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Queen Bcss's SILK Stockings

An old tome credits Queen Elizabeth
with being the first woman TO wear silk
stockings. Here is the story:
In the second year of Queen Elizabeth
1850, her silk woman. Mistress Monta que
presented her majesty as a New Years
gift with a pair Of black silk stockings
the which, after a few days wearing
pleased her highness So we'll that she
sent for Mistress Montague and asked
her where she could help her TO any
more. Mistress Montague answered II
made them very carefully on purpose
only for your majesty, and seeing these
please YOU SO well I viii presently set
more in hand do So" quoth the
queen. for indeed ] like silk stockings
50 well, because they are pleasant, fine
and delicate, that henceforth / will wear
no more cloth stockings"
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For Nervous Women.

4 physician who is a specialist in
nervous diseases says that women should
sleep at least nine hours AT night and
one hour in the daytime. \ woman will
plead that she hasn't time To lie down
a few minutes in the daytime. and She
viii infringe upon the hours Of the
night which should he given 10 sound,
healthy. needed sleep in order to finish
some pieces Of work which could rs
we'll be completed on the morrow. She
will rush and hurry all day long. and
then. when the household is hushed in
slumher. she VIII sit UP to read the
daily paper. thinking she viii not have
TO pay for the time she is stealing from
the health-giving sleep that comes be-
fore midnight.
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KEEP UP WITH THE TIMES.
WORD To WIVES AND MOTHERS
THEY WILL DO WELL TO HEED.
Dancing school Training-Custom
House Inspectresses - \ Gracious
Princess-A Hatpin Inctdent-Visit-
ing the sick-Stitches Taken in
Time.

Keep in. advance of your boys and girls
BE prepared 70 lead them. and do not. as
YOU value your husbands love. allow
him TO develop and improve while you
lose your hold upon those things which
contribute so largely to woman's at
Effectiveness.
I see about me every day sisters who
when they married were. l haven't a
doubt. Intellectually equal, If not supe-
rior. to the men with whom they cast
their lot. In some occult fashion they
drift apart.
man in daily contact with bright
minds, in his travelling, thinking. plan
ming. reading. unconseiously grows away
from the woman of his choice, unless
she is in turn keen witted enough to
make up her mind that this shall not be
the case.
A man likes at night when he puts on
his slippers and settles down for a
smoke. to discuss the topics of the mo-
ment and not babies and the delinquen-
cies of the cook. Where one woman can
do this a dozen would be utterly at sea
if an attempt were made to lure them
away from the. e. them. always fasctn-
Be wary lest in your devotion 10 sew
ing machine, bread-board and broom you
allow blessed opportunities for self-Cul-
ture to slip by until You find yourself a
target for somebody's cOmmiseration.
A mistaken notion Of duty ties woman
down to petty details when many
precious moments might be given to
something that would elevate and refine.
To come right down 10 practical truths.
Too much time is given 20 ruffles and
puffs. to sCrubhing and sweeping, to toll
ing. and in fact. that the Young peo-
PIE Of the household may enjoy them
selves little by little the frail shoulders
Of the mother are oVerweighted. and
after a time you will hear her say:
'Oh. I sm getting too old 70 do this
or wear that I leave all the fol de rolls
to the young folks"
The soft pretty complexion grows hard
looking; veins stand OUT on the hands
that We're once SO fair and dainty. One
by one her charms of person disappear.
until from a sweet and lovely woman
with a mind capable of housing the
cleverest thoughts she degenerates into
a household drudge.
The boys and girls may love their
mother, but this love is tempered with a
critical consciousness Of lack Of refine
ment. Her girlish admirer may still be
true to her, but even his loyalty cannot
shirk the palpable fact that lines and
sallowness. ugly gowns and duh mind
have obliterated the many charms of
persons which but a few years ago were
SO captivating
It won't do. You owe a duty to hus-
hand and children To care for soul
body. manners and mind Accept this
truism before II is too late, and what
ever your duties make them subservient
to higher ideals. Do this. and old age
as it cTeeps on apace, bringing silver
threaded locks and softly etched lines
will but give an added graciousness 10
your individuality.-Gold Days.
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She Has voted early and often

Mrs s \ Williams of Colorado has
voted in Wyoming. Washington. Utah
and Colorado and has voted for candi-
dates for every elective Office in the state
and nation. Many years ago Mrs. Will
Jams with her husband. endured the
hardsaipS and discoura gements incident
to mining life. but finally. when they
had exhausted their food supply. their
last chance Of blasting powder brought
up good silver ore. and their fortunes
turned. Mrs. Williams is a widow and
attends personally To her many business
and MINING interests Denver Letter.
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borator with the wonderful Scotch ro-
mancer. II is that of his wife, the moth
er of Lloyd Osborne who has also Joined
his name with Mr. SteNenson's in some
OF his latest productions. The signature
Fanny de G.. Stevenson has been fire.
quently met under stories and sketches
in various American and English maya
zines, but only the initiated knew that
il belonged TO one of the great Stevenson
firm.
Mrs. Stevenson was Miss Van de
Crit California girl Of Dutch parent
age. who in youth was as brown and
wild as a gypsy. While very young she
married Samuel Osborne, a prOtege of
Leland Stamford. Two children We're
born to the OsbOrnes, and after they
grew up Mrs. Osborne went to Europe
TO place them at school She was a
woman of culture. an artist. and in
Paris met the budding Scotch novelist
then ia his tWenties. with fame to make
a divorce with many romantic episodes
followed, and Mrs. Osborne. SON and
daughter We're transferred to the
Stevenson household
When Mrs Osborne met the romancer
he was a confirmed Bohemian and, in
fact lived in community OF artists
and literateurs near Paris. Mrs. Steven
son has made a domestic man of him,
for she is d practical and sensible wife
as Well as literary genius. A writer i'm
about her personal appearance and Oc-
cupation as follows:
"Sne is the most charming OF women.
There are beauty and character in that
dark compleXioned face, with the big
soft eyes which can be so stern. With
fanciful imagination and mind rich
III observation. she Is a buestocldng
who disowns bluestockngdom. She pre-
fers her Samoan flower garden to the
paths of literature and processes to write
only when she wants money to spend
fo0lishly"
Stevenson's father and mother were
strict orthodox Scotch presbyterians and
naturally felt scandalized over Roberts
vaeabond tendencies and especially his
marriage with a Californian who had
divorced her husband on other than
scriptural grounds.
But the clever woman was able TO
disarm their prejudices, and at his death
rather Stevenson left the bulk of his
wealth to the novelist, and the elder
Mrs. Stevenson is happy and contented
member Of his home circle
THEO. HOLLAND.
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ChiIdren,s Erer.

A physician advises mothers to discard
bangs even for their smallest daughters.
these very little girls being the only ones
whom fashion. at the moment, permits
to wear them There are. il seems, SEN
sitive nerves about the eyebrows which
are weakened when the hair IS long
enough 10 rest upon them. These nerves
directly concern the sight and that i'm
portant function is more or less tam
pered with by this constant though
slight weight Of hair.
And another physician inveighs
against another practice. which has
never been regarded as having any spe-
cially serious effeets-that of having
night lights in chldren's bedrooms This
he pronounces very injurious Instead
Of allowing the optic nerves the perfect
rest afforded by darkness. The light
keeps them in perpetual stimulation
with the result of causing the brain and
the rest of the nervous system to suffer
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-01-31
Milking a Home.

II is foolish to talk about fashions in
house furnishing. The best bred people.
the most artistic and the most real are
those who never consent to adopt a
thing or its merit Of fashion They put
into their homes what they love and de-
sire They buy nothing because their
neighbors have done so and nothing for
its price or vogue. Those ladies who buy
white and gold chairs because they are
al the fashion. who are crazy this wear
for sixteenth century furniture and the
next year for Sheareton-why. such
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-01-31

Woman suffrage" is declared TO be
the &c Of Mrs Senator PETER. Accord
ing % Mrs Pcffcr, VINO is keen OBJ
server, Kansas is tho cleanest, best
governed state in The union. because il
has white rihhon legislation and women
municipal. authorities When asked
about her personal exercise OF the fran
chiSc she said: II never voted but once.
and then l voted for the wrong man
that is. the man who turned out 10 he
the poorest candidate. l did il because
ne was friend of my family
Mrs. Savers Of Texas. who is a beauty
and a favorite of Washington society, is
feverish on the subject OF the brush and
palette. OF course she has painted some
pretty pictures. When asked to discuss
painting as her well known fad. she said
she had done conSidera BILE scenery in oil
and had indefna bic aspirations in the
line OF portraits OF henderson, her fam
lily and is now engaged in doing one of 4
relative which she is going to keep
secret until it is finished. One of Mrs
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-01-31

Savers's strongest ambitions is TO retire
from the world and live in an obscure
and interesting fashion after the Gus
tom Of grand traditional artists who
used to starve for inspiration. Nobody
in Washington will let her have her
wish, so she just goes on making
pictllres of them all and forms a pretty
picture herself at all the notable society
events in Washington.
LILLIAN DE CROFT.
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ladies are hardly worth considering. and
their home rooms have no character at
all A woman also is in an unhappy fix
who is contantly comparing her posses
sions with those OF her neighbors to the
disparagement of her own belongings
and VINO desires to cast them aside for
new things. 4 real housewife grows to
love her chairs and sofas and her car
pets. They arc the dear, familiar face
of her home. and she should not any
more desire it's fiippant change than she
should desire to give up the tranquil
and constant change of Romany Rye
Boston Herald
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Her Inanirntinn.

Miss Mathilde Blind. daughter Of Karl
Blind. while in Scotland was prompted
10 write one of her most important
poems, The Heather on Fire" a dra-
matte story of the woes of the crofters
Miss Blind wrote il after stay in the
island of Arran. whore an old peasant
woman aroused her Indignation by her
account of an eviction there-Woman.
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Dancing school Training.

It is the exceptional boy who is fond
of dancing school; Vet it is the boy. not
the girl. who specially needs its teach
ings. Grace. seIf-possession and a
knowledge of what to do with ones
hands and fetal these come naturally
far oftener To the average girl than To-
the average boy. hut il is the boy who,
not having them. has 10 be prodded to
go where he may acquire them
OF several women discussing this trait
in their sons at luncheon, three of
them agreed that the battle was not
only getting the boy 70 the class. but as
well making him do the proper thing
after he gets there. Said one mother.
j have to bride my boy to dance with
the girls, and il at once came out that
the others did the same. and. moreover.
the practice was a common maternal
ruse.
And related a second mother. the
ordinary rate Of a penny a dance the
second cent to be forfeited if he danced
twice in succession with the same girl.
did not answer at all with my young
man. He demanded cents a partner,
and had TO comply. But il did not last
long. After one term I noticed that he
took his dose of girl with increasing en-
thusiasm, and / suspected that this was
not due alone to her market price
finally asked him If he did not find that
girls were rather less Objectionable than
he had fancied. and he thought perhaps
they were. And you really enjoy dane
ing with them now?' / persisted Well.
yes, he did. WhereupOn | promptly
pointed out that il was hardly honorable
to force me to pay him for what was
pleasure. He agreed with me. and
since then my pOcketbOok has not suf-
fered nor has his dancing zeal abated -
Tt may be A weapon in the hands Of
mothers with sons disinclined To take
dancing advantages offered them that
so stern a man and so fine a soldier as
the emperor Of Germany severely criti-
cises the dancing of his officers and in
sists that they shall be proficient in the
art.-Her Point of View i'm New York
Times.
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Thr RineNorn FunRu..

The fungus of ringworm is very similar
In character to the mold fungus that
forms on bread. The different families
Of vegetable fungi prefer different soils
upon which TO grow. and the fungus of
ringworm forms no exception. as II grows
only on so-called epiderrnal structures
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-01-31

that is, upon the scaly portion of the
skin and hair This fungus will not
grow on every person, but children are
peculiarly susceptible to it, and when it
attacks one child in a family or institu-
ton il is apt to spread widely and rap
idly The disease is therefore contagious.
Do -~I
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Az AUTHORS HELrMATE.
sketch OF the Life and Talent of Yrs.
Robert Louis stevenson.

Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson is a
writer and an occasional collaboration
with hor husband
ON the title page or one of Mr. Robert
Louis StevnSon's rovels. The Dynami-
ter woman's name appears as cola
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-01-31
lTASHIOH NOTES

Fancy wais IS are extremely popular
this season AID seem to have taken a
permanent and important place in every
wardrobe ANA ng French costumes very
many elegant sA irts Of richest silks are
completed by was SITS of entirely different
material. Chiffoni lace and silk are be-
ing extensively en- 0loyed for evening bod
ices. Our model is, fashioned Of crepe ir
rainbow effect. but it is equally hand.
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& Snrc Thinm.

Van Demmit-''I made couple of
cinches late Yesterday.
Fenilworth-''N hat about?'
Nan Demmit-"Im going on a railway
trip YOU know: so / bet one man the train
would lee wrecked, and another man bet
me il wouldn be robbed. L don't see how
! can lose. Puck.
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MRS. CARLISLE TALKING FINANCE.
protection, whether in political economy
or elsewhere. Mrs Gibson was asked
to discuss her hobbies About farming
she said: Il own a lovely farm or the
shores of Chesapeake bay. II is known
as Ratcliffe Manor and has been i'm my
family for many years. There is a
peach orchard Of several hundred trees
ON the estate and L send my peaches
to Baltimore to the canneries every
year"
About protection she said: 81 raise
wheat in large quantities and get only
81 cents a bushel for it. Scandalousl
1t has all been on account of that Nc
Kinley tariff. Protection makes us pay
all sorts of fabulous prices for imports
and lowers the prices of our own prod
ucts" About horses and cows she said:
Il have q large grazing area and own
several cows which are my especial de-
light. Horses? Well. I guess, I am
fonder of driving than Of any other pas
time and / remain out i'm the country
all the year round, with the exception
of the short season that I am compelled
to stay in Washington. i'm order to be
near my horses and cattle and farming
interests generally
Mrs. Secretary Carlsles fads are of a
highly intellectual character. IT is we'll
known in Washington that her favorite
intellectual diversion during the present
administration is discussing the finances
of the country. Mrs Carlisle is sur
rounded at all times by rare and glori-
Gus atmosphere Of craftsmanship. She
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THEY ALL HAVE FADS.
RULING PASSION or THE WIVES OF
SOME GREAT STATESMEN.

Mrs. bland often WieIds the scrub
Brush-hrs. Gibson Milks the Cow
Mrs. Carlisle l. Connoisseur in
Finsnce-Mrs. PETERS Hobby Is
Woman's Rights.