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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-11-29
Women Who PLAY Billiards.

Having fenced, swan, played golf
and ridden bicycles, fashionable woman
is now seeking for new fads to conquer,
and most prominent among them is to
be playing billiards, an English style
now obtaining in this country to some
extent Billiards for women is by no
means a new idea, even Shakespeare
making us believe that Cleopatra was
fond Of playing, while Mary, queen of
Scots, was an admirer of it, and on the
eve of her execution wrote complain
ing that her table had been taken from
her. Empress Josephine used to chal-
lenge Napoleon to game during his
moody times, and nowadays many we'll
known ladies play really good game
This is particularly true of Mrs. Jack
Astor and Miss Helen Gould, both of
whom learned by playing with their
brothers when children. Miss Agnes de
Forrest is one of the most prominent
pupils of a fashionable billiard pro-
fessor," and last summer at Newport
she practiced a great deal.
Mrs. John Jacob Astor is another
good player, she first taking up the fad
in order to play with her husband, who
was fond Of all sports. Mrs. Astor's cue
she prizes highly, the handle being of
tiny bits Of fancy woods, inlaid with
mother of pearl. Last winter Mrs.
Paran Stevens had a magnificent new
billiard table placed in the elegant and
newly fitted up billiard room at the top
Of her Fifty seventh street mansion, and
during Lent she gave several billiard
parties, at which good scores were m ade
by ladies. Nine. Patti is famous bill
lizard enthusiast, it being said of her,
"Of all billiard fiends, Patti is the
'oooky.'"
Another talented person who likes to
play is Mrs. Elizabeth Custer, the
reader. She first learned to play when
living with General Custer ON the from
tier, where a dilapidated billiard table
was the only means of amusement. Mrs.
Howard Barnes divides her affection be-
tween the piano, which she plays so
finely, and billiards, and she has been
heard to say that if she must give up
either the piano or the billiard table she
would choose the former Other well
known women who play are Mrs. Pierre
Lorillard, Mrs. August Belmont, Jr.,
Mrs. Burke Roche, Mrs. Horace Stokes,
Mrs. Bradley Martin, Miss Anita de
Garmendia. Miss Helen Douglas, Miss
Louise Pomeroy, Miss Edith Valentine
and Miss Josephine Sherman. New
York Advertiser.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-11-29
Wanting and Getting.
From the Detroit Free Press.

From the Detroit Free Press
The kitchen door stood open and
there was no one about to receive
the Ishmael of the road when he
came in. He ratified on the door a
while. and as it brought no results
he sat down on the steps to wait.
Pretty soon the cook came into the
kitchen from the dining room, and
as she saw him she gave a little ner-
vous squeak.
"Excuse me-" he said rising; |
didn't mean to scare you"
"But you did, just the same" she
retorted.
eyes, and l apologizad like gen
tleman."
That's all right; what do you
want?"
"Ahem" be coughed; 81 want
broiled lobster aud champagne, but
1 won't get it, l suppose
Not in the slightest"
"Well, to come from the sublime
to the ridiculous, what's the chance
for me to get a soup bone and "a slug
Of bakers bread ?"
tie got it.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-11-29
Constan,snpp,c the Beautiful.

The recent earthquake at Con
stantinnpIe, in ti:h more than one
hundred persons were. killed, has re-
vived public itittrt st in that ancient
city. COnSta nope is one o. the
most interest ing places in the world,
as well us a natural s at of empire.
Napoleon Bonaparte is said to have
declared that the power which p rs
sesseS CoUs t.ntinople must be mis-
tress of the world" At any rate, in
the twenty centuries and more since
it was founded, it has stood more
seiges than any Other city, yet has
been taken only tWice-once 1904,
by the crusaders; once 10 1853, by
Mahomet II. Studded with numer-
Gus gardens, mosques, minarets,
palaces and towers, it is most pie
turesque when viewed from without,
and the scenery along the banks OF
the Bosphorus makes d magnificent
setting for the central gem. But
though it ia cleaner than most
Oriental to wGe, its streets, or crot
cd lanes rather, are dirty, it's dwell
ings are small and ill-buiit, whils-
myriads of dogs offend the strangers
vision by day and distract him by
their incessaut barking at night
Most of the streets are deserted dur
ing the day-the population il nearl,
1,00O,OO0-except in the n-ia hoor
hood of the bazaars, which ar
streets rooted over, having at inter
walls openings, domes, or glass GOV
erings admitting dim light-too
much for the seller, not enough for
the buyer. The Grand Bazaar, with
its numerous streets, passages and
fountains, seems ii city within city.
One long alley glitters with yellow
morocco, another is brilliant with
India shawls. this one with meer-
schaums, that with amber mouth
pieces, others in succession with
muslin dresses, slippers, Damascus
blades, fur robes and elittering gems.
The seraglio, formerly the palace of
the SuItans, with its gardens and
groves, covers an area about three
miles in circumference. just outside
of st. Sophia, the principal mosque
of the Mohammedan world and the
finest example of the Byzantine style
of architecture, Constantinople has
twenty-tour mosques of the first
class. Most of them have colleges,
and almost all have charitable insti-
tutiohs and hospitals.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-11-29
Pearls In Fashion.

The leaders of fashion in Paris have
declared that pearls shall be the most
fashionable of all ornaments this winter
Strings of fine pearls will be twisted in
and out among the coils Of the hair. a
happy revival of the styles in vogue in
the days of Louis Quinze, when the Ia
dies Of France wore their hair powdered
and declSed with pearls. The use of
pearls will not be confined to the hair,
however, for they will be worn in ev-
cry kind of a necklace, from a single
row to wide collar made of rows of
pearls caught together with a diamond
clasp at intervals around the neck. A
long, slender chain Of pearls is another
fancy, and this is worn twice around
the throat, forming kind of necklace.
1t falls in graceful loops to the waist
and is caught at one side of the corsage
by a jeweled pin.
For those who cannot afford the gen.
uine article there are surprisingly good
reproductions of the most costly pearls
Art has improved on tho old fashioned
imitation, which never varied i'll color
from the waxy whiteness, and now the
changing tints are brought out i'll all
the exquisite ,colorings of the real gem.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-11-29
Business women In Chicago.

1t is said that Chicago takes the lead
of all other cities i'll the employment OF
women in business, and that there is
scarcely All office or store in which they
are not at work as secretaries, account
ants, cashiers, typewriters aud clerks.
The reason given for this is that the dew
astating fire of 20 years ago ruined SO
many families and cast SO many WON
en- hitherto sheltered and cared for upon
the business world to earn their own
livelihood that universal impulse OF
pity and kindness Influenced business
men to employ them whenever possible,
and that they came through faithfulness
and integrity to be desired on their OWL
account -Philadelphia Press.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-11-29
A Boon to Women.

There s a new thing in the shoe bust
ness. A man who has been at it in this
city for number of years and knows
all about the whims of customers and
the ms and outs of the trade has hit
upon the novel scheme. His plan is
simple, but most practical. It is no
more than to measure, fit and complete
the sale at the customer s residence. An
order is received. an idea given of the
goods desired, and wagon carrying a
miniature shoe stock is dispatched to
the home. accompanied by an expert
enced salesman. All the details are at
tended to in the privacy of the boudoir
or the reception room. And thus the
feet are shod without trouble, annoy
ance or embarrassment
Embarrassment? Yes, there is much
of it that is connected with the purchase
Of q pair of shoes, slippers or boots in a
public store. With many fashionable
and other young women it is an hour to
be dreaded when the shoe store must be
visited. And visited it must be, as no
directions can be given by which hus-
band, father or brother can bring home
satisfactory shoe. The styles are con-
stantly changing. and carefully as the
standard sizes may be observed by the
manufacturer either the foot or the size
of the shoe seems to change at each new
purchase.
The new scheme will also be approved
by many others How many portly ma;
irons will hail with delight the oppor-
tunity of selecting their shoes at homei
Then there are housewives, young
mothers, semi-inyalids, equity old men,
timid young women, who will appreci-
ate the new idea, and the mother OF
ha.f dozen youngsters, each of whom
has kicked through all the stout shoe
leather of q few weeks before, can al.
ready feel relief The husband on his
way to the office simply leaves direc-
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-11-29
BISHOP HAxGooos HARD SENSE.
Plain Words Designed to Help Young
Preachers to Evade Pitfalls.

The following extracts are from
Bishop Iavso,d'4 address to the
young men received into full coiI'tse-
ton with fna Virginia Conference:
The fist thing wish To warn You
against il sensisireuesS. L: that
spirit fnds place in any of you.
exercise it at once. l do not mean
that yon are TO have rhinocrros'
hides; hut to warp you against sensi-
tivents- o'rpirit Do not lesensitive
as TO What o ople may think OF your
PREACHING L. will make you uD-
happe. an.i your wives-ifa woman
is indiscr. ct ennugh To marry you
and your presiding elders and Your
bishops II, after preaching, you hear
some one say, THAT was a poor
Sermon" don't mind it. May be
they don't know what good ser
mon ia it may be they are right.
If you have done your best, thank
God and-go to sleep. Ifyou worry
about it, it will spoil your rest and
destroy your development.
How can "A man do this work who
does not keep in close communion
with God? | nave some pluck but
not enough to go into the pulpit
without pleading the promises. A
man may make an address without
prayer, he may make stump speech,
he may deliver a sermonette, but he
cannot preach. Preahing il not like
other sorts OF speech. A man who
does it has got to come in commun-
ion with the most high God. 1t is
true tbat men who do this, though
they are liliterate, with no rhetoric
or philosophy or logic, seem to do
more good than those who have
these opportunities. 1 give you an
illustration: There was in Georgia
an old man who couldn't get in here.
He was learned only in the Bible and
Methodism. He knew Wesley and
the fathers, but was no theologian,
ard couldn't preach what you'd call
a sermon. But for forty years he
went from the top Of the Blue Ridge
to the Everglades, and by his devo-
ton, his prayers, his heroism, and
his conservation, people were brought
in and there were thousands that
claimed him as their spiritual father
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-11-29
The japanese.
Admiral Belknap.I

hunlrdl belkIdp.
L have seen in recent years the
officers and crews of English and
Japanese ships of war under various
circumstances. / have seen an Eng
lish admiral handle force of ten
ships in Japanese waters and Jap.
anese admiral maneuver feet oil
twenty-five ships, and | do not
hesitate to express the opinion that
were English and Japanese fleets u.
about equal strength to meet III
battle the chances would beas favor
able to the japanese as to the Eng
lish. The Japanese will fight; lei
there be no mistake about that The
sun does not shine on more d. ter
mined or more intrepid race than
that of Japan. The martial spirit q
Japan antedates that of Britain:
and hereafter, whether on laad o:
sea, the arch robber of the univers"
will find all she cares to meet if she
comes into hostile contact with tn"
forces of Dai Nippon.
The growing strength OF the
British navy is a menance to the rest
of the world; it is Intended to b., and
as such it ought to be crushed. TIE
sun flag of Japan may yet hum b!.
the proud flag of Britain. Such may
be the distinction reserved to thai
newcomer among the nations.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-11-29
A Contrast.

On the morning of the day Of the re-
cent great military review in Boston
that genial observer, Listener" Of
The Daily Transcript. paused a moment
at one of the armories to see the young
militiamen i'll their everyday clothes,
serenely arriving to prepare for the
days pageant, and this is what he saw:
There came up two pale and pimply
youths, somewhat understood, with sol
diers' trousers on, but otherwise in cit
liens dress. They had parcels under
their arms and went into the armory,
throwing away half burned cigarettes
as they entered. They were not impos-
ing in appearance. They had the aspect
of half suffocated dry goods clerks.
Their chests were narrow and their legs
spindling. But they could be soldiers.
Then there passed in the opposite direc-
ton two girls, who We're almost feet
high, perfect Dianas in their proper
tions. They walked springily and firm
ly and held their rosy faces sufficiently
high. They had never smoked any ciga-
rettes-that was clear-and they were
altogether splendid specimens of hui
mainly Were they on their way to
gymnasium not far off? The. Listener
does not~know. At any rate, they look
ed as if they had lived naturally and
wholesomely and as if they had strong
and supple limbs and resolute spirits.
In short, they looked about 90 per cent
filter to be soldiers than the youths
who had just gone into the armory.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-11-29
THE APPLE AS A MEDICINE.
1t Ranks Next to the Lemon and the
Orange.

1t Ranks Next to the Lemon and the
Orange.
The apple, as medicine, has on
various occasions attracted consid-
cradle attention from men who have
Brooklyn, n. Y, thus uiscourses
common fruit that very few persons
are familiar with its remarkably
efficacious medicinal properties.
Everybody ought to know that the
very best thing they can do is to eat
apples just before retiring for the
night. Persons uninitiaIed in the
mysteries of the fruit are liza hie to
throw up their hands ia horror at
the visions of dyspepsia which such
suggestion may summon up, but
no harm can come to even a delicate
system by the eating of ripe and
juicy apples just before going to bed
The apple is an excellent brain food,
because it has more phosphoric acid
in easily digestible shape than any
other vegetahi,- known. 1t excites
the action of tie liver, promotes
sound and healthy sleep. and thor
oughly disinfects the ia..;.r;, LIS
is not all. The apple sig.i.itiuates
the surplus acids of the stomach,
helps the kidneys secretions and pre-
vents calculus gfowths, while it
obsiates Indigestion and is one of the
best preventives known of disease of
the throat. Everybody should be
faniiiar with such knowledge, and /
hope you "iii help disseminate it.
In addition, next to the orange and
the lfmcn, it is the best antidote for
the hirst and craving of the person
addicted To the alcohol Or tie opium
habit
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-11-29
Not a Trouble Breeder.

Not home in Kansas has been bro
ken up and probably not an iota of do
nestle discord has ever resulted from
municipal suffrage for women during
the past seven years. If the women in
the towns are capable of exercising judg-
ment and voting their conclusions as to
matters of city government (street i'm
provements, police regulations, gas, wa
terworks, etc., are the women in the
county any less capable of exercising
Judgment and voting their convictions
as to bridges, courthouse bonds, sala-
ries of county officers. etc. ?-Lincoln
(Kan. Beacon.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-11-29
A Fraternal Renegade.

FrOln Judge.
Homeless Harry (feelingly)-
you has fed an clothed me this
mornin' willingly. I derefore leeves
q little shorthand on yer fence dat is
de greatest return in me power fer
yer kindness.
Mrs. Goodsoul-What do the
marks signify?
Homeless Harry-It signifies dat
dere is two men in de house, tree
savidge dorgs in de yard. an dat
you won't be troubled by any hungry
gents as long as dem hyerlogifics is
readable. Mornin' lady.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-11-29
Harriet Maxwell Converse.

An accomplished woman who has
been adopted by the Seneca tribe of In
dians, and who takes deep interest in
their welfare ard advancement, is Mrs.
Harriet Maxwell Converse, who resides
i'll New York city. In 1892 the Senecas
adopted Ecr grandfather, giving him
the name of Ty-ya-h y-ez, which means
honest trader. In 1904 her father was
adopted by them, and it was but nat
ural that she should have great influence
with them. Some four years ago they
made Mrs. Converse chief, she being
the first woman to receive such an
honor. They call her Ya-ie-wah- noh,
which interpreted is to the effect that
she has watched like an eagle over their
interests. Mrs. Converse has many mag
nificent wampum belts of great value.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-11-29
An Inning For Velvet.

Velvet has been out of the running,
rather-as regards evening dresses-for
the last three or four years, but this
winter it is to have an inning and is
already supplanting MORE antique for
dinner and tea gowns. have just seen
magnificent ball gown of this material
for the wife Of one Of our merchant
princes 1t is in soft rose pink. with
pearl stars of varying size embroidered
on the front and the most fascinating Of
sleeves mad of white chiffon, open
down the center to show the arm, and
bordered each side with a narrow band
of sable This sounds like an incongru-
Gus mixture, but it is successful in the
hands of an artist Westminster Bud
get
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-11-29
Less Immodest 70 Vote Than to Walt,

In a lecture ON 1.-The Model Wom-
an" in the Church of Disciples, New
York, the Rev. f. d. Power of Wash
ington said he did not think, with some
men, that it was immodest for women
to vote. He regretted that they all had
not votes. 1t was not one-half so i'm
modest to go to the polls as it was to go
into a crowded ballroom with bare
arms, bare neck and bare back and be
Rugged in the waltz.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-11-29

The Sydney Bulletin supports woman
suffrage because it is based on abstract
justice and says it acquiesces in it be-
cause it is inevitable, and the person
who refuses to acquiesce in the inevita
bic is merely shaking an impotent talon
at the universe
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-11-29
The Cape Gait.

Have you caught the cape gait yet?
If you haven't, don't. Once there was
time when every woman switched her
dress along the street from side to side
of the walk. The cape wearer has adopt
ed the same fad and goes along the
street swinging the hem of her cape as
if it were a skirt dancers founces
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-11-29

The chapter of the Daughters of the
American Revolution recently organ
lied at Los Angeles with Mrs. Fremont
as regent has been named the Esch-
scholtzia chapter, from the beautiful
golden poppy flower of California
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-11-29

Queen Victoria is described by re-
cent writer as a rather comfortable,
motherly looking old woman in plain
black dress, from beneath which is Wis
ible the toe of broad, easy fitting shoe
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-11-29
Friend to Defeated Candida.e,

Friend-"Say, John, how do you
feel since the election?"
Defeated Candidate-"Oh. l feel all
right. was nominated by accla-
nation and defeated unanimously"
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-11-29
The Thorn and the Rose.
From the Augusta Herald.
No matter how this old world goes,
It's mighty hard to beat;
| You get a thorn with every rose

No matter how this Old world goes,
It's mighty hard to beat;
You get thorn with every rose,
But amt the roses sweet ~
What a treasury of beautiful
thought is there in this little couplet
from Stanton! How naively put,
but how true! "You GIT thorn
with every rose, but amt the roses
sweet!' There is no perfection in
this life. There is no achievement of
ambition without labor aud sore
trial. There is no domestic bliss
without burnings and pangs that
bleed the heart There is no voca-
ton devoid OF trouble. There is no
bliss that ia not attended daily by
danger of grief. Be true to your
God. Permit not fear of human
estimate to divert you from the
guidings of your heart. Be true to
your loves. Satisfy as we'll as purity
your conscience Do not scout. at
the world, but demand justice and
assert Independence Of it, and do as
your better self and inner self counsel.
Then you will be happy. The thorns
. will be there, tbs true, but the roses
will be sweet.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-11-29

Out of 500 young ladies employed in
the savings bank department of the Lon
don postoffice only about a dozen, 1 u
per cent, leave during the year to get
married
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-11-29

The lowest order Of animal life is
found i'm the microscopic je1lyfish. 1t
is simply minute drop of gelatinous
matter.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-11-29

A locomotive engineer of the Cairo
Short Line is woman.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-11-29

There are about ITO, 900 women in
Connecticut.
, 1894-01-10

fell seven pounds. and during the sitting of
the House Of Commons. later, NJ. Hunter,
Mp for North Aberdeen, notified his inten-
ton to ask a question on the subject, but he
was rulel out OF order. TIE Chancellor of the
Exchequer, however, privately stated that
there was not the slightest cause for anxiety.
Advices from Capetown stare thas at a
recent banquet, Mr.. Cecil Rhodes, ia a speech,
said chat the African Colonies may deal
elsewhere if the British Government nngletts
its duties to her Colonies.
Paris kilograms, referring to the French
trienni8l elections, report that one third of the
Senators elected are Republicans. NJ. Wad.
dington has been defeated. NJ. NJ. Floquet,
Spuller and Locour have been elected.
Advices from st. Petersburg state that
the recent census in Russia shows a popula-
ton Of VA million souls.
New York Jan. 9th-Londof news an
noances the death ofthe Revd Joseph Hi, the
well known African Missionary Bishop of
tile Niger region.
Naless than on6 hundred deaths are re-
ported as being due to the excessively cold
weather now oein5 experienced throughout
England
Tuy Times reports that Visoolnt Deerhurst.
the son of the Earl of Coventry, is shortly to
be married to MISS Virginia Bonynge, an
American lady.
TIE lies, in an editorial on the affeirs
Of the Bank Of England, advocates that the
Governor Of that institution should be per-
manently appointed, and not changed every
two years as al present, 1t also, considers
that the management should increase their
discount business; but comments On the sub
iect from outside banking sou ces are adverse
to the LITTER proposal.
Advioes from Msnqhesteg report that lhe
first weeks business through he ship canal
shows an.a2gregate of 1900 tens.
a despatch from Washington states that
Congress has ordered he vote on the tariff
question to be taken on or about the 29th
instant.
A most destructive FIRE has taken place. at
the Worlds Fair. Chicago, destroying the
casino, the mapufactutes hall, the lsrg-
est structure in sthe exhibition also the
peristyle, which cost billions of dollars to.
build. A vast quantity Of foreign exhibits
have ais been destyoyed the principal losers
being spain, estimated at 5000 0, France
S. O,OO0 and Germany $50, 800. The cause
Of tie fire is said to be the act of in cendia-
rjSm.