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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-02-28

Man reioiceS IN doing good, but the
thrill of exultat'on rarely strikes the
fellow who, in an cXubcrant moment,
gives his last nickel to the church.
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-02-28

STUMP
Ana speak and speak and speak,
$50 YOU are going to marry bicycle
ridcrw
YES; told her would take her
for wheel or whoa"
1t isn't always the man who prays
the loudeSt At prayer mectiug that
people believe IN most Rams Horn
Barnes former. "Evcn 50. We
played in rlunkvllc to no one but
deadhcads, aud two OF them brought
suit against us for loss nt their time
In witnessing the play" indianapolis
Journal
Mr., AlSernoH Snulgglns strollod into
the ladies' dining room Of swell
down town hotel last week, lie walked
to the farther end Of the room, drop
ped laugutdly Into n scat, scanned
carrlcSSly the hin of fare, and ordered
hmilcd mackerel,
ENrolirc Captain nohcrty, OF the
Now York police force, who Is on trial
FOR bribery, is fortunate IN having
benjamin +, Tracy as his chief coun-
sci
Conrad erode, one OF tho pioneer
residents OF Mtlwankce. died
Tho policeman had arrested very
lI,Vnln,,l ..ftN ~ FAp hnl,,v ,nn1.l.N
to walk steadily along the street where
there were no earthquakes disturbing
the carthS surface. Like some men
in that condition. he retained the
faculty OF speech.
sir" he said pompously, lis there
auNthlug IN my language to warrant
You IN arresttug me2"
NO" said the policeman. briefly,
"Nur in my general appearance"
NO"
"Wrll, sir, Is there anything In me
rs gentleman TO warrant this ar
rest !"
"rhcw u.s."
"llc kind enough to statc It., please"
and the gentleman braccd against the
wall and stuck his chest out like a
turkey gohhler
81 should say" replied the officer,
carefully, that Il was about six or
eight large drinks Detroit Free
Press
well, Dick he's a.doctouu'."
What's Dick doing noww,
sand lohnw
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-02-28

Interested Foreigner 40 YOU make
any provision for You Senators after
they have retired to private lIfcf'
Washington Man. NO. They've
generally accumulated all the provi.
sIons they need" Chicago .bunc.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-02-28

Brlggs-Why how fat you are look
Ing, old man.
Grlggs-Yes. I've been camping out
for the last three weeks.
Briggs-So | heard. But I've seen
the other members of your party and
they are all as thin as rails.
Griggs-I did the cooking. New York
Herald.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-02-28

Barnes Tnrmer "Even 50. We
played in rlunkylllc to no one but
deadheads, aud two Of them brought
suit against us for loss ot their time
In witnessing the play indianapolis
Journal.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-02-28

Aud iimcN,w statesmen mount the
stump
Ana speak and speak and speak.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-02-28

Mr., AlSernoH Sn,ugghlS strnllod into
the ladies' dining room Of u swell
downtown hotel last week lie walked
to the farther end Of the room, drop
ped laugutdly Into a scat, scanned
carrlcSSly the hill of fare, and ordered
hlNilCd mackerel
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-02-28

so YOU are going to marry 4 bicycle
ridcrw
YES; | told her l would take her
Tor wheel or whoa"
1t Isn't always the man who prays
the loudeSt at prayer meeting that
people believe IN most Rams Horn.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-02-28

Friend mceting Mr.. Youughusbanh
tlundlng the pcrambulator containing
the twlnEl "Ilcllo, Bob! Who In thun-
der are thoSct"
Mr. lounghusband Ccn.bnrrassedl.
ron or all some young acqnnln,.
anccS Of mine" Chicago Record
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-02-28

The melancholy days have come,
When men for office seek,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-02-28

EN.rolice Captain nohcrty, OF the
Now York police force, who Is on trial
FOR bribery, is fortunate IN having
Rrnjamin +, Tracy as his chief coun-
Sri
The herald., 1895-06-09
WHAT A WOMAN
THINKS OF OTHER WOMEN'S IDEAS
OF BICYCLE SUITS

The designs in the accom- panyine cuts
are some OF a number that have ap-
peared in the Chicago Tribune during q
contest for prizes. In case there should
be misunderstanding as to the raison
d'etre OF these somewhat rem arkable
works of art. perhaps it would be well to
state that they were designed for bicycle
costumes. Some of these bear an aston
ishing resem blance to many of the exhib-
it's in the Women S building at the Column
bian exposition; not at all in the de-
sign, but by way OF illustrating what
some women can perpetrate in the matter
OF inventions when their gray matter
erupts in that direction. For general
uselessness. impracticability and mlsdi-
rected and m isapplied energy, the inven-
ton department in that same Women's
building probably exceeded anything
known TO history; and the most fleet;ng
glance at some OF these latest inventions
in the department. in which she certainly
should, by education and experience, be
most likely to shine. only goes to prove
thai there is still most lamentable i'm
potency and inesSsciency on the part of
the women here represented at all events.
Woman has been making clothes and
planning costumes since the historical
fig leaf was discovered. at least she is
supposed to have been doing it. conse-
quently if she has Invented capacity at
all it should be along those lines. To be
sure it has~been' hir ted that such men as
Worth have really been the arbiters for
long time past in the matter of woman's
dress. and it looks if these designs are
any sign, as If some other man OF men
would have to come to the rescue in this
latest agonizing question, and promul-
gate some general style that self-respect-
ing woman can and may adopt
Certainly neither the question that is
at present agitating the minds of women
whether it were better TO bloom or not
to bloom-has been solved by anything
presented in this series of cuts, nor could
any of the designs be generally adopted
without developing Il genus of women
The herald., 1895-06-09

first went into the business. Then it was
q risky thing for woman to come oun
in long skirts and show her legs. even
up to her knees; but now. well, if you
don't fling your clothes around and KICK
and sing suggestive songs your act don
co. Now, in the turn | have been doing
this winter l wear n red dress, with at
least half dozen skirts, ranging in color
from the deep red Of the inside ones to
very faint pink outside. | have red silk
knickerbockers to match. and they are
made so full and have so many rutties
that they are almost like divided skirts:
Well, YOU d think it would be enough Of
] lifted my skirts up to show all that
when | dance. out really my friends tell
rue that We got TO make 1t more spicy II
l don't want to be looked upon as a back
number
AN this sort of thing has come up
lately, and each year ii gets harder and
harder to get up something that VIII ex-
cite the public. The people have had so
much shown them that they don't pay
anv more attention to what used to be
considered very risque and naughty
dozen wears ago; and. do you know,
think the bicycling women are RESPONSE
BILE for a good deal of this jaded popular
taste. When man can so out in Cen
tral park and see a dozen pairs OF we'll
shaped legs in tight-titting knickerbock-
ers ion nothing, he won t pay to go to the
theater unless he can sec great deal
more.
las for this talk about such displays
being immodest. tAat is merelya matter
of current public opinion, and public
opinion regarding matters OF this sort
has changed a great many times since
Adam ami Eve discovered that they had
no clothes on. They made great howl
about the living pictures, just such
howl as used to De made auout ballet
dancing in short skirts, and about the
women in pink tights and tarlatan skirts
who ride standing up on those broad
backed horses AT the circus, and although
we have only had these living pictures
about year. people are so accustomed
to them that they don't think anything
of them at all. and you can see some OF
the finest women III New York at the
theaJers in which they are given. And
yet can tell you that if a manager had
attempted six years ago to show women
in tights and without a particle OF drap-
cry or with their naked skin covered
with coating Of bronze, he would have
found himself in very serious trouble
The herald., 1895-06-09

that could only be designated by that ex-
pressive term. Jay" For instance. in
number 7-perpetrated by one Miss l. Nc
Kay, note, please, the subtlety in
thought. the economy in purpose. the
versatility in execution. that the simple
costume portrays 1t may be used for
walking, as well as riding; when in the
former discharge of duty, it has prin-
cess effect nearly to the knee; and from
tnat down a scant ruffle makes the full
walking length. A bias band. says the
description, sowed on at the head of the
rut1le, and into this band a ribbon is
run, the ends being tied into as coquettish
and irresistible a bow as the woman who
would wear such thing would probably
be able to make. This for walking but
suppose the happy owner desires to ride,
presto-she deity unties the little bow.
give yank to the ribbon, pulls the whole
thing up around the waist and ties the
ribbon again and there sne is. ready
at seconds notice to mount her wheel
and be Off. But picture the effect, look at
the general air of smartness and chic,
when IN repose and imagine the dellci-
Gus jayness of it when rigged for ridln
and in full sail down the stree. of any
city-it is I'll chef d beuvre OF an inven-
ton whether it got one of the prizes or
not.
Next In point of ingeniousness is No.
b, signed Bessie Hensly. This costume
comb bines skirt and bloomers, and the low
er ruffle is not solid, but is sewn at the
upper edge around each leg of the
ploomels and can be worn not only on a
The herald., 1895-06-09
THE BICYCLE STABLE

st. Louis Republic: The advent OF the BIZ
cycle has opened up one or two avenues Of
business that before the coming of the ST.
lent steed were unthought of. because
there was no necessity for such things.
The making of bicycle suits, caps and
leggings has become neat little indus
try by itself, and now several enter pris-
ing gentlemen are successfully running
bicycle stable.
The bicycle may not be as fractious as
the horse nor as expensive to stable, bat
it needs a certain amount of groom ing to
keep nickel plate, rubber tires and chains
il. good smooth running order, and this
the bicycle staole proprietors agree to do
for the modest sum of 81 month, be-
sides giving stable room to the bicycle
every day or as many days as the owner
may see fit.
The man who comes down town on his
bicycle in the morning and has no place
to keep it until he wants it again after
business hours is fair illustration of the
man with an elephant on his hands"
He has something the possession of
which he was surclwas most desirable,
but the care of which outweighed his
pleasure. Now that the bicycle has be-
come the most popular means of locomo-
tion for both men and women, those who
ride to and from business each day are not
by any means few in number. Hence the
necessity for the bicycle stable.
Said the proprietor of one of these very
modern institutions: I'VE stable no less
than from thirty to forty wheels day.
A number of business men ride from
home in the morning and leave their
wheels here until the afternoon, when
they call for them and find them cleaned
and in thorough ORDER
A the bicycle stable wheels can usu
ally be rented by the day, though accord
ing to the statement of one of the bicy-
Gle stable managers the demand for
wheels for a days use is much greater
than the supply. at is astonishing"
| he said. "to see the number of people
who want to rent bicycles. Last Satur-
day afternoon we had calls for thirty
more wheels THAI we could supply by
people who wanted them simply for the
afternODn.'
The herald., 1895-06-09

Just now there are in New York a
nun Der OF theaters in which the princi-
pal attraction is the display of the un-
dIaped female form. Little Christie
phel" at Palmer's theater is an es-
tablished success, and has a large
number of very fine legs to stand
on, notably TIE pair in blue silk tights
belonging to a tall and exauisiteiy
formed young woman who is said to have
been an artists model. 1t was the
"Gaiety Girl which first revealed to the
New York public the shapely eXtremities
OF Miss Cissy Fitzgerald, whose dance is
now the chief feature OF the performance
OF The Founding ut the Madison
Square theater. At the Broadway theater
Aladdin, Junior, is notable chiefly on ac-
count of its exquisite ballet in the second
act. and OF the legs belonging TO the two
principal women in the cast. Those of
Miss Anna Boyd are shapely and of rea-
sonable dimensions but the pair which
support Miss Irene Verona are OF colossal
SIZE, and are said TO be the thickest ever
shown here by any actress, abelle Urqu-
hart alone excepted. The Bijou opera
interruptedly to leg shows for the
last dozen years, and Just now
it has very little else to offer in
the way OF entertainment. There are
even legs TO be seen in Trilby, for there
is cancan in the studio scene, in which
dulge in high kicking OF a kind that
wcrld not have been permitted in a first
class tbeater five years ago. The name
of Roster ,E Bal is. of course, synony-
nous with legs and living pic ures. and
although 1t enjoys a very high rank for a
place of its kind there are always legs to
be seen upon the stage that goes with the
naNe. Just how far this end of the-cen-
tury fashion will be carried it is difficult to
tell, but there are some who aft irm that
and bicycling through the open sire cts.
The herald., 1895-06-09
SKIRTLESS
WOMEN NOW
An Emancipation of
Her Legs in Thea
ter and Street
HELPS THE BICYCLE TRADE
The March of the Amazons Prepared
the Public for Living Pictures and
Many Innovations
HELPS THE BICYCLE TRADE

About thirty years ago. says the New
York Sun, Messvs. Jarrett & Palmer
brought to this country at large expense
corps of French and Italian ballet girls
and some gorgeous costumes, with the
intention OF furnishing the ballet tor the
Italian opera season. But before they
could exhibit their importauons to the.
New YORK public the Academy OF Music
was burned to the goInd, and the theat-
rical spectators found themselves with
their ballet girls and gorgeous costumes
on their hands. and no prospect CT doing
anything with them that winter except
pay salaries. Now it happened that there
was in New York ut that moment an actor
named Charles Barras, who had ueen
haunting stage doors and managerial
offices for some time with a manuscript
OF melodrama called The Black Crook
and some one suggested TO Jarrett &
I Palmer the advisa bility of securing this
play and converting 1t into gorgeous
spectacle with the aid of their costumes
and ballet girls. The author of the met
odrama had so little faith in the ultimate
success of the enterprise that he clamored
for a lump sum down instead of the roy
atty arrangement customary between dra-
matists and managers, while Messrs. Jar
rett & Palmer were so dubious of profits
that they refused TO do anything better
than the usual nightly royalty.
1t was under these conditions that The
Black Crook was produced at Niblo's
Garden. and the occasion was 4 notable
one for then. for the first time on the
American stage. women appeared in pub
lie in silk tights and without skirts. The
sensation produced by this entirely un-
precedented display of the feminine form
seems strange TO us OF a later generation,
who have been accustomed to Amazonian
marches. skirt cancers. living pictures
and all the other devices for the exhibit
tion of legs Clergymen denounced the
play from the pulpit and respectable
newspapers in more than one instance
preached against it editorially and re-
fused Its advertisements. For months
the great playhouse in Broadway was
packed night after night with audiences
The herald., 1895-06-09

diamond frame wheel. but for sliding
down bannisters and other healthful ex-
ercises that require the adverb astrlde to
qualify the verb. Can anything be con-
iured more deiectable than a woman in
costume No. 8, the ruti1es OF each leg bel
lying in the breezes as she rides, and the
upper Iuffie waiting up and down in
what is known to childhood as ''cheeses"
the while. Again. how about No. 3?
Isn't that pathetic? 1t is signed ''Un-
known" and shows unsatisfi ed longings
in the way OF pockets which are now
about to be realized. 1t also shows crav-
inss for pants" that refuse longer to be
kept under control, bnt she has mitigated
the offense this fair unknown, by killing
them, which OF course would MAKE the de-
sign especially becoming to any woman
who has preponderance OF hip.
Mrs. Kent, in No. |. explains that the
tabs depending from the waist front and
back in manner conceal the bloom
ers. II that is the case the cut is very
bad illustration of the design, but sup
nose the tabs did conceal the boomers.
fancy the nattiness of the general effect,
and il there are to be boomers why must
they be concealed? Either they are per-
missible or they are not permissible. II
they are not. why wear them at all? If
they are. why try to conceal them? The
rest OF the cuts are simply slouchy,
frumpy, and generally unattractive. as
may be seen by glance. No. 8 comes
as near to being trig and natty and plac-
ticable as any in the lot if a skirt is TO
be worn and if bloom ers No. l is well
enough barring the tabs, which are appar-
emily useless either for use or ornament.
But why the exaggerated sleeves, why
the housemaid's busting caps as in No.
8. why if women want to ride wheel
can't somebody, either man or woman.
suggest costume. which, from head to
heel may be practica BILE. stylish yet not
extreme in any degree. without revers or
fas, or fol-de-rols, but simple, plain,
and to the purpose, as the riding habit
is and has been?
MARIAN DE CREQUY..
The herald., 1895-06-09
KNOWLEDGE

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1t has given satisfaction to millions and
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Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug.
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Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package. also the name, Syrup of Figs,
md being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute If offered.
The herald., 1895-06-09
Those Bloomers

There were disagreeable rumors
That my Mary Jane wore boomers
And hinted something to her that I'd heard
Then she blushcd and hesitated
AT the statement had stated,
And insisted that the story was absurd.
BY this time was doubling
And my Mary Jane was pouting,
And l wondered how such modesty could err,
When noticed at her collar
Some roses at a dol
And half apiece that had sent to her.
No longer doubted;
"Oh, Mary Janel" shouted,
"The stories that heard | know are true;
Those roses are the bloomers
Which have come to me in rumors
And, Mary Jane sent them, dear, to you"
Detroit Free Press
The herald., 1895-06-09
Nat Goodwin's Bicycle Bloomers

In wide flowing boomers. such as m any
and nobby cap Nat c. Goodwin sa lied
down Michigan avenue on wheel, says
the Chicago Tribune. as if in training
for the coming road race. By reason of
his peculiar "get up he attracted more
attention than any OF the scores of riders
who went flying along the broad. smooth
boulevard. before. behind. and all around
him. At first glance spectators generally
exclaimed:
The herald., 1895-06-09
Look at that funny woman!'

Then, as they caught sight at closer
range of the comedians face and Iecog-
nized him. they were both surprised
and amused. Goodwin on q wheel and
in bloomers ought to be fairly familiar to
the people of Chicago by this time. Dur
ing his recent engagement: at Hooley's
afternoon. There is not q more enthusl-
astic bicyclist in the country. 1t has be-
come his sole hobby. Whether in the
lobby. cafe, parlor, barroom, bedroom, or
dining room, his friends say, hu talks of
nothing else. He owns bicycle and car
ries it around the country with him.
The herald., 1895-06-09
JOY COMETH IN THE MORNING

A driving rain on the window pane,
pail of night on the leas,
The winds wild cry as it hurried by
And the sigh OF the bare tossed trees.
A cold hearth's gloom in n lonely room,
And life that is shrunk and gray;
A heart that must ache for true loves sake,
And a true love far away.
Night wind and rain and longing and pain,
This hour is your own to hold;
Tomorrow the sky will be blue on high,
And the sun in the sky be gold.
Tomorrow the lark in the gray-paled park,
Shall sing to the browsing deer;
Tomorrow my heart and pain shall part,
And my true love be here.
Pail Mall Budget.
The herald., 1895-06-09
Girls and Their Wheels

1t is amusing to see the care and con-
sideration some young women are giving
to their wheels. One devotee of the BIZ
cycle said: why. l just love my wheel
and l take just as good care of it as
though it were baby
Another said: "I'll give my diamond
rings away any time. but | cannot even
loan my wheel without touch of sci fish
feeling going with it. and | really wish
my friends would not borrow it.,
The herald., 1895-06-09
LUCY GRAY up TO DATE

with apologies to Wordsworth.l
OFT had heard of Lucy Gray;
And when ! crossed the wild
] CHANGED to meet at break OF day
Tha tsolitary child,
She had latchkey in her hand,
She smoked large cigar:
She was not, as you must understand,
AS other women are.
The moral is Il must allow,
What anyone can see,
That girls are not constructed now
The way they used to be.
The herald., 1895-06-09
Praising the Barse Prize Winner

Godey's Magazine: "Tribute TO Satyr."
by G. r. Barse, jr., winner OF the first
Halgartin prize for the best picture in oil
colors painted in the United States by an
American citizen under 80 years of age,
Is painted in a very light key. graceful
in pose and very pleasing in expression.
The herald., 1895-06-09
UNFORTUNATE MAN

His morals. perhaps, may have been very good
He'd likely not murder or seal
But
lie wore silk hat and a Robert-tailed coat,
And he rode on a b cycle Wheel
Detroit Free Press
The herald., 1895-06-09
She Wasn't There Then

new ork EecOruer.
al dreamed was in heaven" Mary said,
"a strange fair place upon a shining shore
And now-aud now-oh, such silly head
can't remember what the angels wore"
The herald., 1895-06-09

Lord Dunraven is row no longer mere
lord. lie amounts to SO" ething in the
worii. Scw furh t-siiDTs aTe naming
trousers after him.
The herald., 1895-06-09
A Result

IHC SIHIItT.
She is such q modest maid.
Fen the flannel suit she wears,
Shrinks so much from public gaze,
That. ashamed, il bursts in tears.
The herald., 1895-06-09

NEEy EEGEc ALL ABOUT CHANGING -
NGss HSES the Features and Rcmov. EA
ing Blemishcs. in $50 y. book for n stamp, AOy
j ohm II. Woodbury., 127 w. 42d ST., N. Y, ~ -
Inventor Of Woodbury's Facial Soap. ~
The herald., 1895-06-09
TO THE RJRLIC:

Los ANGELES Cal, July Il, 1914
DIR. WONG HIM. 639 Upper Main ST.
DEAR SIR: take pleasure in adding my tee
! will say thai nfter taking your treatment foI
catarrh OF the head and throat that am now
well, and ask you to refer to me any person
truly T. KING,
Attorney ana Notary Public.
Garvanza. Cal