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The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-11-26
Paid For Her Seat.

A messenger boy was riding up town in
an elevated train the other day, and nc
cording to the usual custom all the seats
were occupied and nearly all the standing
room. The messenger boy was sitting
comfortably a couple of seats away from
the door, his brown face almost buried in
a dilapidated paper covered story book,
and his eyes, when he revealed them to
the public gaze as he lifted his head and
turned page, fairly bullying with excite
ment.
1t was when his interest was at its
height that "a portly, comfortable looking
old gentleman bent over and said in low
tones, which only those near by could catch
'See here, my boy, want you to dc
something for me. 1 want to buy that
neat"
Between the old gentleman's fingers O
dime glittered Tho messenger boy raised
his dazed eyes, stared stupidity moment
like one suddenly recalled to consciousness
and then sprang to his feet.
II don't want no nun for it, " he re-
marked, siding toward the door.
But the old gentleman pursued him.
Here, sonny, take your money! he
said ''that was tho bargain.
Nav" answered the messenger boy,
proudly waving the bearer of base coin
away. But Dle old gentleman dropped
the dime into the blue coat pocket and
turned back-to find that meek looking
woman was reposing happily in his dearly
bought place. New York World.
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A Queer Old Place,

One Of the oldest maybe of all the odd
places in lower New York, another OF
those old fireplace retreats, is situated in a
very secluded part Of very secluded street.
1t has feature, as all those old places
must have, and it has clientele--a ellen
tele so conservative that the place has never
become known. 1t consists almost entire
ly of sea captains-old fashioned sea cap.
tains who sailed the world over before
steam came to change the whole character
of scagoing life and consequently of sea-
going people. The feature of this place is
the barnaclc. That, too, is its name, and
all the decorations, nearly all the furnish
ings have the barnaclo in one form or an.
other There are vases, match boxes. Gus.
pidors, cups, all made Of barnacles. There
arc barnacles brought from every section
of the world. And the proprietor is an
expert on barnacles. He can tell, almost
in the dark, the Indian ocean barnacle
from the one that grows in the Pacific.
Every captain who frequcnts the place
makes it point to hunt up a new barnacle
or two on every voyage to enrich the equip.
ment of the place. Exchange
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woman's Share In war,

Senator Hoar, who takes tho side Of
the woman suffragists in controversy
with Rev. DR.. J. M. Buckley in Tho
Century, says:
l do not think that the capacity to
bear arms, which is sometimes suggest
ed as essential to the right to vote, has
anything to do with it. It is said that
it is not just that any class of persons
should have voice in deciding wheth-
er the nation shall go to war that is not
itself exposed to the perils Of war. But
we amply no such principle to the large
number Of persons who are above the
military age. the persons who are phys.
ically untitled to bear arms or the per-
.sons whom we exempt because Of their
profession, as clergymen, Or because Of
their being assigned to other public du.
tres, as Legislators. Certainly the worn-
an who cannot 60 to war does not SO
much deserve to be DISTINGUISHED as the
man who can 60 and won't CO. Besides
in modern times women have to bear q
large share both of the risk and of tho
burden Of carrying on war. That new
occupation-I am sometimes tempted to
say the most valuable and useful Of all
professions which In our time has been
added to the list of higher human en-
ployments--that Of the trained nurse.
belongs to women.
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Memphis Women Organize.

A most remarkable meeting was held
a few weeks ago in the parlors of fash.
ionable hotel in Memphis. 1t was q
gathering Of considerable body of the
city's leading women, socially and phil
anthropically regarded, who had come
in response to a call for the women in
terested in furthering the manufactur-
ing interests Of the city.
1t ended in the forming of a woman q
auxiliary to supplement the work Of
the Young Mems Business league.
Their motto is evidently to be loyal
to Memphis in every way and devoted
to her best interests. They undertake to
secure the Memphis trade for the Mem.
phis manufacturer. Other things being
equal, the Memphis buyer is to be urged
to become patron Of the Memphis
maker.
Schemes for town improvement have
already been undertaken, and the spirit
Of sincerity with which the matter has
been taken up is indicated in the pre-
siding officer 's-Mrs William Ran
dolph.-address, who cautioned her lis
teners against the first enthusiasm,
which sometimes dies out, and urged
them to serious, persistent effort.
It is significant that almost every
woman present was clubwoman and
that Memphis is one OF the most -four
ishing Of women's club centers in the
south. This is right in line with the
work of club women on every SIDE
They first organize, consolidate and try
their own abilities to acquire knowl-
edge and information. Then comes the
desire to apply their new found strength
in practical ways. Such is going to be
the constantly increasing character and
salue Of the work Of women's clubs.
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IhtmaR1 ON Wrm7n IA FOteEes
Rev. T. DO Witt Talmaga has visited
New Zealand, and in his usual breezy,
sensational style writes home, giving his
impressions of the country, which are
very favorable. In his letter he says:
Another surprise to me is that female
suffrage is in full blast. found elegant
ladies telling of their experience at the
ballot box, and l hereby report to the
American ladies now moving for tho
right Of female suffrage that New Zea-
land is clear ahead of them and that the
experiment has been made here SUCCESS
fully. Instead of tho ballot box degrad-
ing woman, woman is here elevating the
ballot box.
And why in New Zealand or America
or anywhere else should man be so
afraid to lot woman have vote? AS
though man himself had made such
grand use Of it'll Look at the illiterates
and the incompetents who have been
electod to Office and see how poorly the
masculines have exercised the right o.
suffrage. Look at the governments of
nine-tenths of the American cities and
see what work the ballot box has done
in the possession of man. Man at the
ballot box is failure. Give woman q
chance.
l am not clear that governmental
affairs will be made any better by the
change, but they cannot be any worse
New Zealand has tried it. Let England
and America try it. 1t is often said in
America that il women had the right
to vote they would not exercise it. For
the REPUTATION of that theory put the
fact that in the last election in New
Zealand, Of 100, 900 women who regis
tered 90, 900 have voted, while Of the
1913, 900 men who registered only 1885,
900 have voted. This ratio shows that
women are more anxious to vote than
men. Perhaps woman will yet save pol
itics.
know the charge that she is respor
sible for the ruin of her race since she
first ate the forbidden fruit in paradise,
but think there is chapter in that
matter Of Edenic fruit not written.
think that Adam, when he saw Eve eat
ing that apple, asked for bite, and get
ting it into his possession ate the most
of il. an! he immediately shook the tree
for more apples and has been eating
ever since.
If woman did first trangress, can.
not forget that she introduced into the
world the only being who has ever done
much toward saving it. Woman has
started for suffrage, and she is deter
mined and persevering creature, ard
she will keep on until she gets it. She
may yet decide the elections in England
and elect presidents of the United
States, az already she is busy in the po-
litical affairs of New Zealand.
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Women and Umbrellas.

If you will look at the umbrellas in q
crowded walk on n rainy day, you will sec
some constantly shifted hero and there, up
and down and to one side and the other.
These are carried by mon. Others, carried
by women, arc held steadily before the
face and pushed along stubbornly against
other umbrellas and hats The points are
thrust into peoples eyes and faces and
down their nccks. Nice shiny silk hats arc
sprinkled and knocked off, and the woman
goes on, humping and being bumped, alb
solutcly refusing to admit, in her way Of
managing her umbrella, that there is any
one on the sidewalk but herself. Philoso
piers have studied this phenomenon, but
no one can tell why man with an UNI
brella is polite and considerable, whilo !;
woman with ali umbrella raised at once
becomes cross, impolite and reckless as tt
any. harm she may do.-Sacrcd Heart Re
view
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Mrs. Emily r. Collins.

Tho Equal Rights club of Hartford
has just celebrated the eightieth' ami
versary of the birth Of Mrs. Emily p.
Collins, who sent the first petition to
the New York legislature lin ls40) ask
ing for the right of suffrage for women.
She was the organizer of the first fe-
malo suffrage society in Ontario coun-
ty, N. Y, in 1848, and from that time
she has devoted her life to the interest
of equal suffrage. Mrs. Collins was the
founder and one Of the first presidents
Of the Equal Rights club in this city
and is one of the foremost supporters Of
woman suffrage in Connecticut She
was born in Bristol, Ontario county,
N. y, Aug. II, 1914, being the daugh-
ter of James Parmelee, who served in
the Revolutionary army. He was a ma
tive of Killipgworth Conn. and served
in the Connecticut forces.
Mrs. Collins was educated at Lima
seminary and taught school in her early
days. Her first husband was Charles
Peltier Of the regular army DIR. P. D.
Peltier of Hartford, prominent home
opathic practitioner here, is son by
this first marriage. Her second husband
was Simri Collins of South Bristol, N.
Y, who was lawyer by profession.
During the civil war she had two SONS,
DR.. p. d. Peltier and E. Burke Collins,
in the Union army. In 1864, after the
battle of New Market, in Virginia, she
joined her son, DR.. Peltier, at Martins
burg, where he was post surgeon, and
served as nurse in the Union hos
pitfalls during the campaign in the Shen-
andoah.
Mrs. Collins has resided in Hartford
for number Of years since the war and
has been leading factor in suffrage
agitation and work. She is woman of
marked ability and one of the readiest
speakers among the Connecticut suf-
fragists. Hartford Letter.
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Let Women Be Women,

Here is food for thought. However
much we may desire to shirk the ques-
ton, there is no doubt that woman is
not SO adorable in tweeds as chiffons.
The more nearly she approaches man in
manners and dress the further is she re-
moved from an angel or the similitude
of one. The tempestuous petticoat, the
billowing frills and laces-or, in nut
shell, the gewgaws Of feminine attire
have as much to do with her tyranny
over the stronger races as her virtues
and loveliness, and she knows her pow
er. She enshrines herself in her dress,
which is to her what the setting is tc
the jewel. But attire the woman in
trousers, vest and coat, and what poor,
puny mortal she becomesl A thing you
despise, gentlemen, but arrayed in all
the monopoly of fashion and fnery she
appears as being most of you are ter
ribly afraid of. Well, we would rather
be afraid of her than despise her. Lot
her retain the similitude of an angel
raoher than ape man in dress. -Holyoke
Democrat.
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A State msut about Socialism,

EDITOR HERALD ALLOW me to occupy
little of your valuable space. l have
had the opportunity recently to glance
over the Republican city platform, freely
distributed on the streets OF Los Angeles.
While could say many q word against
several planks in this platform, l wonld
like to call the attention OF your readers
to the following:
Exclusion OF paupers and anarchists.
Resolved, that we favor rigid exclusion
laws go that foreign pauper labor may
not be brought into competition with
American labor, and that anarchists
and Socialists, and every other race
and nationality not loyal to the Ameri-
can flag may be excluded from our
Shores"
1t seems that the authors of the Re-
publican city platform know very little
about anarchists and Socialists and
every other race and nationality, even
il their patriotism and loyalty to the
flag cannot be questioned. II is indeed
strange that people who claim educa-
ton their own. and who believe them
selves capable Of adopting such far
reaching resolutions, should be in the
dark about subjscts tine whole civilized
word recognized ae q thing
we'll known and we'll defined.
The articles that have appeared
time and again In some OF our advanced
periodicals as The Arena and The
Forum, the fact OF the ever-growing
popularity of Socialism in the eastern
states as in New York, where the Social
istic Labor party polled over 10000
votes in this last cam paign, the exist.
ence Of a ticket under their very nose
in San Francisco, put up by the same
Socialistic Labor party. All this should
at least convince the gentlemen OF the
city central committee that the time
when the anarchsm and s Socialism, "a
dangerous doctrines, were classed as
one and persecu.ed and treated as one
and the came, is a thing Of the past.
Patriotism is undou btedly an honora>
BILE. sacred feeling, bnt combined with So
cialism, i. e., with the conviction that
every thing is not all right in this, our
land Of the free, would do good deal
toward changing the system, while hard
times are ascribed to many things, but
not the real cause, the general rotten-
ness OF this system. About anarchists
I will say very little. They are more
despised by the Socialists than by all
other parties combined.
MICHAEL RrEDER.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-11-26

That 10 regulated by the value OF SINH
lar adjacent land. What was the tax
on hobo's land opposite? Nothing; he
didn't work it. Then what would be
the tax on trillionaire's land? Next to
nothing!
But my dear misguided rainbow
chaser, you may double and redoubls
trillionaire's tax and he will be able to
pay il on account OF the superior ad.
vantages accruing BY his capital and still
be full. blooded monopolst.
w. @. B. RANDOLPH
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-11-26

-. & tine value OF bicycle riding unuei
suitable conditiors, it must be re1num-
bored that there are timos when all
forms of violent exercise arc injurious.
In inflammatory diseases the bicycle
should be used only under professional
advice. 1t stands to reason that women
who ride the bicycle should be properly
clothed. Corsets and all articles of dress
that construct the waist should be dis
oarded. The seat should be secure as in
riding a horse The ''leap frog" posi-
ton should be avoided, and due discre.
ton should be exercised as regards over.
doing.
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Then and Now,

1t is true that women demand moro OF
men at tho present time than our grand
mothers and even our mothers did. Once
1t was enough to be u man. Now he must
DO q deserving one and back it up with u
fair show of brains and enterprise, or else
tho modern girl can get along very well
without him. Women reason now where
once they blindly trusted. The modern
wife exacts less in trivial ways. She OK
poets to be granted in suitable ways the
same liberty her husband enjoys. She is
his oompanion-not his toy nor his slave
Men talk Of affairs to women now where
they used to speak only gallant Words
Exchange.
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A LESSON IN LOVE.

"Love is not WISE" they say
These sage advisers that have lived and died,
And in their sterner moments put aside
The arch intruder from their way.
Love is not WISE" they say.
They seek TO brighten thee
Thou who art far from their old, stupid world,
And on the airy wings of youth art whirled
Above all practicality,
They seek to frighten thee.
Decline their wisdom now
And SEEK that only that our hearts perceive,
Only that grand, great bliss which believe
Comes from our spirits, secret VOW
Decline their wisdom now.
Edmond Picton in Times-Democrat.
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Advises a wheel Instead of Drugs,

Bicycle riding, says DR.. Denslaw
Lewis of Chicago. as well as all other
forms of outdoor exercise is, in my opin-
ion, decidedly beneficial, especially for
our American girls and women Fortu
nately for them, that most autocratio of
all dictators, fashion, has Of late years
decreed greater indulgence in tennis.
golf, bicycle riding and Other outdoor
sports to the very great benefit of the
sex. Perhaps this is form OF Anglo
mania. If SO, it shows we have adopted
one OF the many common sense ideas
that prevail in England in regard to
matters of everyday life Whatever the
cause. it is certainly no longer fashiona-
bic for our young women to be deli
cate, nor is it today disgrace for them
TO compete with men in outdoor sports
nor to be the possessors Of good appe-
tite and perfect digestion. I have
known many cases Of anmmia, associat-
ed with amenorrh@a and otherwise
complicated, to recover sound health by
bicycle riding. In my private practice
! have several times prescribed a bicycle
In place of drugs in these cases and in
variably with satisfactory results. A
word Ct caution must be added Con.
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womnn,s Happiest moment.

Which is the happiest moment of a
womanG lifoP Is 1t when she is first en-
gagged? When she receives hor husband s
first kiss9 Wlcn she smoothcs her first
baby's tiny hand with her own, SO weak
and tremblingp Or is it when she sits, her
work finished, her hands folded, her pa
tient soul waiting and listening for the
good angel, death?
If we could only knowl If we could!
But the engaged girl thinks, How happy
I'll be when I'm his wife' Tho young
wife is looking forward to the happiness
that is just ahead, the young mother to
the time when baby can say, Mamma. y
And have heard grandma say, 1.-THE hap
piest time was when the children were all
tucked in bed. '-Womankind.
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Mr.. Fred Miller OF Irving, II writes that he
had severe kidney trouble for many years.
with severe pains In his back, and also that
b adder was affeg'e'. He tried many So
called kidney cures, but without any good
result. About . year ago he began the use of
Electric Bitters and found relie eff at once. Elec-
all kidney and liver tron b'es and often gives
almost instant reiief. One trial Will prove our
statement Price only SOC for lArRe bottle At
q r Heinseman's drug store. 222 N. Main ct
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WOMAN'S WORLD.
n LATE WRINKLE IS ThE SUMMEf,
= GIRLS DRESS SUIT CASE.

III, o1io Club Is Up 20 Date-Advises n
wheel Instead of Drugs--Nrrs. Emily p.
Coiiins-Mcinphis Women Organize-Let
Women BE vomcn-w Woman In War.
Bachelor girls continue to rob Door
man OF his scant possessions.
The last wrinkle wrenched from the
dude is tho dress suit case. Almost anv
hour in tho long summer day girls may
be seen running in and out of town with
sole leather or hogszin case in one hand
and a cane shaped umbrella in the 9TH
or. They are off to or back from a sail,
boat club concert, country dance, q
summer resort hop or olambake, and
the case contains the proper outfit
duck or sail cloth for the water, taft
feta for the musicale or something in
describable for the ballroom, with shoes
and gloves to match.
There is no telling who started the
dress suit case fashion. Credit is divid-
ed between coaching parties and coun-
try weddings. Even with special trains
and private cars IL is hard to wear a
drawing room toilet on tho journey and
escape annoyance. II accidents do not
happen, there is apt to DO prolonged
anxiety and that is cxhausting. Pro-
fessional entertainers, who fiddle, war
bic, read fortunes in cards, stars and
hands and charlatans who go to private
houses purporting 10 conduct CONVERSE
tions between the dead and the crcdu-
lous have long carried valises, but this
= is the first time in the history Of trunk.
making that girls have handled dress
suit cases.
Prices range from So to $40. according
to the leather used The design is uni
form, containing minimum space for o
shirt, waistcoat, dresscoat and trousers.
1t Is exceptional to find anything but
canvas lining or even a pocket big
enough for a comb A few have tele-
scoped covers, but they are too clumsy
to te popular. The trimmings are Of
the simplest design. A very good case
made of cowhide sells for $1S. The $12
article is not bad, but cheaper goods
are heavy to carry and ugly to look at.
Fabrics of this season lend themselves
to close packing. The crushable silks,
crepons and crinkled silk and null do
up and undo as nicely as linen.
Parallel to fashion runs the business
enterprise. Women who sell books,
jewelry, corsets, trimming and dress
makers supplies for living carry their
samples in dress suit case The butler
and hall men have good opinion of a
dress suit case and frequently grant
privileges that have to be speedily with
drawn.
Still another article has been plum
dered from his highness--tho key chain,
latch key, guarding ring ard all. In
stead Of fastening it to brass button
and wearing it in her pocket the guard
is put III button Of her waistcoat and
tho keys worn where the good shepherds
carried the stray lamb, or else button
hole is worked in the skirt band, and
tho chain bangles at the side after the
manner Of the time honored "huzzy. 4"
Only $40 or $50 gold chains are worn
this way. Silver chains hang inside the
ut, pendent from the belt New
i; World.
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The Olio Club.

Olio club is probably the only
r.an's club gifted with ''yell" 1t
namo which lends itself readily to
A. demonstration-"Oh oil o. Ii -o'' or
yething like that. Yes, depend upon
the Olio club is one which is bound
= 'nalso q noise and stir in the world.
I, Is progressive. energetic and full of
.Atcoas aims. The latest achievement
! tho Clio is summer clubhouse. The
| lea was projected at recent screen"
! meeting Of this go ahead club, and
, there and then the amount of money
necessary to rent clubhouse for ali
summer was unhesitatingly subscribed.
Z That was Clio club all OVERRIDING what
It had to do both we'll and quickly.
So the summer club station is now in
full blast. 1t has 20 rooms and is stu
eted at Lake Geneva, that idyllic sum-
mer place Of Wisconsin. And the club.
house is ideal to match. At first blush
of the project it was suggested that the
club members who tool turns in So
journing there should alsp take care of
The house. But sensible woman threw
her whole energy into upsetting this
idea. "Go there to rest" she said,
land cumber ourself with homework
and in week your temper will be
ruined, arr you will be ready to claw
and to s>fatctl"
So zfhen tile ladies Of first occupancy
undertook to furnish their rooms they
also furnished the place with cook and
second girl and janitor. Several of the
ladies took their own horses and car
riages thither, and there are three boats
belonging to the place, to say nothing
of piano, though that does seem lit
tie irrelevant.
The place is called "Sans Souci, " and
the title fits. Each lady furnishes her
own room, so it is deliciously like
camp out affair. Mrs. J. w. Thomas
and Mrs. Mitchell stand at the head of
the innovation, and members visit there
In turn, taking care to give notice sui.
fciently far ahead. Chicago Post.
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Mrs Daniel Mcdonald is first vice pres,.
ucnt Of the Northern Indiana Editorial as.
ISOLATION. She helps her husband edit the
plymouth (Ind.) Democrat.