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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-05

Mrs John Jacob Astor, or, as she is
most familiarly called, Mrs Jack Astor.
is the best all round sportswoman either
in or out of society's realm, says the
Philadelphia Inquirer She fences, rides
rows. shoots bowls, plays tennis, bill
lizards, swms, can manage Il bicycle
with the most sllillful as we'll as a
yacht, and her latest accomplishment is
golf. From child she has always been
particularly fond OF I'll outdoor sports.
Philadclphians remember we'll the pref
ty, rosy faced Ava Willing, who i'll Il
severe black habit, her satiny hair
caught up under her riding cap with
black ribbon, gallopcd through Fair
mount park every pleasant winter after
noon.
Last summer her feats in the water
excited the envy of many timid belle
at Newport. She is Il most accomplished
and fearless swimmer and when i'll the
water wears black silll tights under Der
skirt, because they give her unrestricted
liberty of limb.
Another accomplishment which few
women possess is her clcverness with the
cue. She learned as a child, being ia
miliar with billiards almost from her
infancy. Today Mrs. Astor plays as
we'll if not better than any woman in
this country
Perhaps there is nothing this clever
little lady does SO we'll us shoot A story
told of Mrs Astor in the Adirondacks
by Ross Hayes, one Of the guides, is in
teresting and shows that with all her
sporting zest she is still woman, and
a very womanly woman at that She
and her husband with Il party were
hunting several years ago below Sara
nae. They had followed the trail of
wounded deer, which had escaped FL
nally, after tracing it for an hour, it was
cornered. a shot in the throat ended the
stays misery As it fell its eyes seemed
to fall bcscechinSly on Mrs. Astor. As
the anxious dogs flew at its throat she
burst into tears and begged that the
dogs be called off. Up to that moment
She had been as much of a sportsman
as any of them, but the sight Of misery
aroused all of her womanly feeling.
III hunting costume of brown velvet,
with buckskin lcggings, alpine hat. game
bag and a gun over her shoulder, Mrs.
Aston could not look better in the most
exquisite importation from Paris.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-05
4 Summer Parlor.

Tho artistic mistress of an old fash
Toned house has recently arranged Il
summer parlor so prcttily that Il de-
scription may incitc others to 90 and do
likewise. The porch, which was Il very
broad one, ran under the drawing room
windows, one of which She had cut to
the floor, and by taking off the trim
made it wide enough for two glass doors
to open out on the veranda, the end of
which she inclosed with wire netting.
This made quite Il room, which She pro-
ceedcd TO furnish I'LL i'll blue and white.
The floor she covered with white mat
ting and blue and white jutc rugs. The
divan she upholstered III the way de-
scribcd, but as She could not find canvas
with the designs and coloring to suit
her She took unhlcachcd shcctins, and
with pot OF prussian blue painted II
conventional delft pattern, carrying ont
the idea in the cushions, which she
boldly decorated with prusSian blue
Dutch landscapes on the umblcachcd
Shooting, a quaint old set of plates Scrv-
ing rs models. Two wrought iron stand
ard LAMPS had blue and white shades
a white tahlc for periodicals. u couple
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-05
The American Girl

The day when it was fashionable for
woman to he Il weak dependent has
passed. Frivolous indoor occupations
and timid withdrawal from contact with
outside life and its interests have been
replaced by vigorous activity in all the
affairs of society and i'll the ambition
to become the comrades of men in their
broader occupations. The young women
are waiting, ready to share political re-
sponsibilities. They are Mortified no lon
ger by the suggestion that they should
be admitted TO the suffrage. The organ
iZation of women which struggled to OBJ
tain the suffrage from the constitutional
convention was largely composed Of rep
resentatives of the society especially ac-
cused of frivolity.
Generally the American girl has i'm
proved i'll strength and become less friv-
olous. The hardest and the cleverest
students in the public schools are girls
They are entering freely into every EN-
ployment that does not demand rude
muscular power and rugged endurance.
They are better able TO take care of
themselves than formerly. They are get
ting over nOnsensical notions that dwarf
ing restrictions are essential to feminine
attractions They are not afraid that
they can know too much or do too much
Meantime they are improving in their
looks and increasing in their charm and
their dcsirability rs companions and
comrades, and men are finding it out.
New York Sun.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-05
What She Will I:c.

There Is ono woman i'll New York
who looks fer the now woman to lie IL
person with both eyes wide open and her
cyetccth cut. figurativcly speaking, and
her mental and moral digestion as good
as her physical digestion needs to be in
order to live ut all. From her knowl-
edge of life look for her to evolve 4
philosophy, an optimism and sentiment
that can carry self reliance to others,
cve,, as she divincs it for herself 1t has
been comparatively simple matter for
women, shielded rs they have been in
the home, to PROFOUND theories and wor-
thip their ideals and have the worship
NIL by themselves without knowing it.
The new woman must learn conditions,
and then her theories Will be less
ethereal and therefore more practical
and sympathetic. A woman's theory
founded on an ideal is the most absurd
thing i'll the world. Tho feminine mind
is capable of great optimism and there
fore of the purest sentiment. When con-
dition finds it worth while to live up to
theory that is founded on truth and not
on the ideal, rs it certainly must in time
not far hence, we shall have u trucr,
better status Of society. 1t will be the
ERA of the new woman. -Haryot Holt
Cahoon in New York Recorder.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-05
PriDCeSS Helene.

Somebody, described as "One Who
Knows the Princess Well has been
telling Of the personal appearance of the
Princess Helene i'll Il current English
contemporary Tho forthcoming mar
riagc of the princess is Il subject at pres
ent so much i'll evidence that it may be
interesting to know what cone of the
loveliest women in Europe" looks like.
She is extremely tall, but her figure is
$50 perfectly proportioned, and her car
riage and gait are so graceful that at
first one hardly realizes her height. Her
face is oval with dark blue eyes, black
eyebrows and lashes, n straight delicate
ly cut nose and Il pretty red mouth,
whose frequent smile diScloscs two rows
Of white teeth such as only French
women possess.
''Thc princess complexion is the sort
Of pink and white one reads about but so
seldom sees, and it can stand the test Of
the brightest monday sun, for not Il
trace of poudre dc riX disfigures her
lovely face, but the browning attraction
is certainly her beautiful golden brown
hair. " She speaks English with just Il
suspicion of French accent, can CON
verse with sprightliness and humor with
out derogating from the dignity that be
comes princess i'll general society, is
an ardent sportswoman, Il keen lover of
dogs, and is an expert figure skatcr-al-
together Il very attractive young woman
indeed.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-05
The Pen Woman's Club.

Tho Pen Woman's club Of Chicago is
made up of women connected with the
press The Woman's Tribune of Wash
ington says of some of these ladies' Miss
Gordon came straight from POSTCARD
uatc course mt the Harvard annex to en-
ter into journalistic work, and was edi-
torially connected first with The Weekly
Magazine and later with Unity She is
now member of the publishing firm
OF Searlc q Gorton, established in 1890,
and tho editor and proprietor of The
New Order. She has recently been an
pointed by Mrs. Joseph Thompson, pres
ldent of tho board of lady managers for
the Atlanta Cotton States and Intcrna-
tlonal exposition, press representative
for Chicago and Illinois
Mrs Starrett began her editorial work
on daily paper published i'll Lawrence,
Kan, and since that time has been en-
gagged on several prominent wccklies,
the last The Interior, with which she is
now identified. Miss English is now
writing special articles for the Chicago
dallics and for periodicals published III
this city and elsewhere Mrs. Strong
has long been newspaper correspond
ent, for a number of years being Wash
ington correspondent for newspapers i'll
the northwest. She is an author and a
fluent French translator Miss Duscn-
berry is proprietor of the Purdy Publish
ing company and the editor Of the Chi
caSo Woman's News. She has recently
been chosen one of the vice presidents of
the Illinois Federation of Woman :
Clubs, representing the Seventh congress
siOnal district
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-05
Mrs. Cleveland nnd Ruth.

The fact that Mrs. Cleveland was nc
companicd to the Letter Curzon we'd
ding by her little daughter Ruth should
etfcctually set ut rest for all future time
the false and malicious stories that have
been so long current iii regard to the
child, who Is really an unusually bright
and sturdy little specimen of childhood
The effort OF the president and Mrs.
Cleveland to keep their children in the
background heretofore has been entirely
due to their desire to keep the public
from being satiatod with accounts of
the children, their daily doings sayings
and happenings generally. That their
motive has been entirely misunderstood
and grossly misrcprcScm.cd to the extent
of having accounts OF the childrcn's pur-
ported deformitics and dizziness of com
prehcnSion scattered broadcast over the
United States is ii condition Of affairs of
which the president and Mrs Cleveland
are perfectly aware
1t may on it may not have been duc tt
the knowledge of such reports THAT Mrs
Cleveland finally consented to crafty
the desire OF the bride in allowing Ruth
to be present at the ceremony, at which
the entire fashionable world was in at
tendance.
1t was certainly the knowledge OF
such malicious and ridiculous reports
that quite recently prompted Mrs. Clcvc-
land u make witty little speech i'll the
,1rasQppc 4 s,.,,,n ,,.h,, l..1
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-05

the London Florence mission, which
will be opened during the week of the
international ". G. L. L. convention.
Mother Prindle is far famed mis-
sionary worker. She has superintendent
rescue work for women in Buffalo, Chi
cago, Brooklyn, Columbus and New
York, and her name is rcvcred by thou
sands of outcast women.
The first notable instance of English
women calling on American women for
aid was when Princess Christian sought
the personal assistance of Mrs. Dunlap
Hopkins of New York i'll starting Il
school of design for English women
similar to the one which Mrs. Hopkins
had made successful here.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-05
New York's woman's building.

Work has begun on the Woman $ build
ing to be erected i'll New York The
house, which is to be for the exclusive
use of women, will be very handsome
and fitted up with every luxury. In the
basement, baths, hair dressing rooms,
manicure shops, etc, are to be located.
Club reading and assembly rooms, as
well us library, offices and restaurant,
will occupy the first floor. The upper
floors are to he divided into apartments,
single rooms and suits. The building
will cost 800, 600.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-05
An Able Woman,

Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer, is to
be Il member of the New York school
board, by appointment of the mayor.
Mrs. Van Rensselaer, has been Il conspic-
uous opponent of equal rights for wom-
en- +; but, like some of our most promi-
nent Massachusetts 'remonstrants, " she
has no objection to holding public Office
herself She is an able woman and will
he an acquisition to the school board.
Her experiences as member of it may
convert her to woman suffrage WON
an : Journal
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-05

| out to the country place at Woodley.
While Mrs. Cleveland was entertaining
her callers. the door of the room i'll
which they sat opened softly, and a
dainty little childish figure stood irrcso-
lutcly on the threshold. For moment
the child. seeing that her mother hid
callers, started 10 draw back and close
the door after her With little laugh
Mrs. Cleveland held out her hands to
the child, calling ont: Come in, Ruth,
dear. If You don't people may say that
you have no legs "
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-05
The Brice Girls to Go Cycling.

The daughters of Senator Brice have
mapped out Il delightful programme for
the summer that is more than likely to
be followed by numbers Of their friends
in Washington society. 1t is n bicycle
tour of rural districts of France. This
will be made i'll company with quite a
large party Of friends, whom they will
join immediately upon their arrival in
Paris, for which city they will sail July g.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-05
Michigan Women School on,c,als.

Among the women just elected rs
county school commissioners in Michi-
gan are Julia A. Inglis, Sterling Arcnac
county; Emma Sherman, Newbury,
Luce county; Flora Bcadley, Hastings,
Barry county; Mrs. D. E. W. Hall,
Manistee, Manistoe county; Mary Nc
kenzic, Ludington, Mason county; Me-
linda l.. Mills, Midland, Midland coun-
ty; Cora M. Goodenow, Berlin, Ottawa
county.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-05

Several of the departments of the
leading mercantile houses in New York
city employ woman buyers. Their dis
elimination i'll regard to style and effect
makes them invaluable employees. Mrs
Jeannot, the buyer of notions and novel
ties for Il large Broadway firm, is con
noisscur and expert i'll her chosen voca-
ton
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-05
Proved Her Worth.

The woman who was business mana
ger of the womcn's edition of the Cleve-
land Plain Dealer showed such remark
able business ability that she has been
offered and accepted the position of adj
vertising agent on big daily, with Il
splendid salary, and is doing work re-
quired in a satisfactory manner
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-05
WOMAN'S WORLD.
MOTHER PGlNDLE WILL HELP TIE
WOMEN OF LONDON.

Mrs. John Jacob hstor-NI-s. Cleveland
and Euth-Thr Pen Wnmun's Club-Thc
American Gir,-Vrinccss Hclcnc-A sum
iarr Pnrlor-W-hat She Will &c.,
Lady Henry Somerset has decided to
establish i'll London Il woman's rescue
home similar to the Florence Night
mission III Blocker street, and Mrs. a.
l.. Prindle, better known as Mother
Prindle, matron Of the Florence mis-
sion. will sail for England on June at
Lady Hcnry's special invitation
While Lady Henry Somerset was on u
visit here last year she visited tho Flor
enco mission and admired its methods.
She has asked Mother Prindle to start
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-05

OF white wicker easy chairs, with blue
and white cushions. and fcur big blue
and white flowerpots, with tall plants,
completed the furniture of one of Tie
prcttiost little outdoor rooms imagina-
BILE New York Trihnnc.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-05

III Utah the new constitution of the
state will be submitted to the voters at
the November election. Its distinctive
features are the provision inhibiting
polygamy and the clause granting the
right of suffrage to women
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-05

Miss Mimic Gertrude Kelly has been
appointed by Theodore Roosevelt as sec
rotary and stcnographer at the police
headquarters i'll New York. She fills
the places Of two men employed under
the old regime, receives 81, 700 year
and saves the city 81 200 annually
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-05

The Nonpartis;m Woman's Christian
Temperance union recently adopted n
resolution which pledges its members TO
remove their hats at church and ut all
indoor speaking.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-05

Linsecd oil is better than ANYTHING
else for removing rust from Il stovepipe.
Rub the pipe thoroughly with the oil
little goes Il great waysAand build n
slow fire until it is dry.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-05

Miss Nellie Temple, Vassar gradu-
ate of the class of 'S2, has recently been
engaged i'll assisting Professor Ratzcl of
the University of Leipsic in revision
of his treatise on the United States.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-05

Mrs Eliza IL. Church, who died re-
Gently at Frccport, Ills, was one of the
earliest and most sincere friends &c the
cause of woman suffrage
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-05

1t isn't called women S rights" or
"womens suffrage any more. 1t is
equal rights" III the new parlance.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-05

When putting away furs, fold them
with the fur side out,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-05
JOS. T: ENGLEBY, President.

JOS. T. ENGLEBY, President.
GEO W. RAMSEY, Vice-Presidcnt.
JAS. ii. CAMPBELL, Sec'y. aud Treas.
K. &. JOHNSTON, Insurance Department.
DIREoTons-Jos. r. Engleby, of Englcby q
Bro, Merch ants; Jos. IL. sands, Vice President
and General Manager N. ~ W: K. r.. JAS. S. Sim
mons, Real Estate Agent; q. W. Ramsey, Chief
Clerk N. & w. r. r. Co; g. W. Thomas, City
Treasurer; John Engleby, of Engleby " Bro,
Merchants; w. E. Winch, Secretary and Treas
urer Peoples Perpetual Loan ana Building Asso-
citation; John Sexton, Railroad Contractor and
B1ildcr; VIM. Booth, Coal Operator, Geo. p.
Tayioe, Capitalist; JAS. b. Stevenson, Goa
Operator.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-05
FIDELITY LOAN AND TRUST CO.,
ROANOKE. VA.
Capital, 100000; Surplus, S25,OOO.
Does General Banking,
Brokerage and
Insurance Business.

This bank is also authorized to Execute
Trusts, act as Agents for Corporations,
Associations and individuals. Acts as
Registrar OF Stocks, Bonds, etc OF Corpo-
rations. Receives Deposits and Allows
Interest Thereon. Loans Negotiated.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-17

An Irish SIugger in ArmOr-COn-
Guiding with a. BurIesGue of That
old Grafton Which Is the Delight
OF Every school Boy.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-17
THE GOSSIP OF GOTHAM.
WILL 1T BE AMBASSADOR CARNE-
GLE AFTER AMBASSADOR
BAYARDs

Mr.. Sage Is Writing BOOIS-Mr. As
tor Is FOrsaking society and Gro
Ier Is Entering 1.-THE DucaI Par
rot Turned Down.
Copyright
New York, Nov. 1.-THE social con-
quests of the Crokers are amazing the
metropolis. The family are being made
welcome by the Whitneys, the Belmonts,
and others in the swim. 1t must be re-
membered that in point of ancestry the
Crokers can rival the proudest families
in New York Sir Eyre Coote,
after whom Richards father was
named, was a famous general in India,
related to the house of Howard and a
cousin to the Sachems progenitor.
Crofton Croker, Richards great-great
uncle, compiled the famous Songs of
ireland" and was decorated in the time
of the Georges. on his mothers side.
Richard Croker belongs to the Weldons
of Ireland, the same family from which
the Aberdeen's spring. When in London,
the Tammany sachem received numer-
Gus calls from his aristocratic relatives,
and was indeed something of lion.
Now that the tiger is once more de-
scending upon the city, Mr.. Croker is a
bright luminary He seems, like 50
many other able men, to have the social
bee buzzing in his ear. and that he has
abundant facilities for advancing his
family socially is most apparent. The at
tentions they have already received in
this way are but Indications of a new
phase in the bewlldering career of New
York's great Richard. Perhaps he viii
feel in honor bound to convert Tamma-
ny into a vast moral organization, If only
to convince society that it may receive
him without contamination.
The feud among the Vanderbilts has
attained so bitter a stage that the Cor
nelius Vanderbilts will have their daugh-
ter's wedding strictly private. and unos-
tentatious, simply to be different from
the Willie K. Vanderbilt's. Therefore,
young Miss Gertrude will be married only
in the presence of her immediate family.
w. X. will be inVited-his Whenever.
aged the tremendous splurge over the
ducal nuptials was that she felt anxious
to show the rival NanderbiitS that her
family are the people Of the house. The
coming marriage bells viii not, there
fore, make any great noise. Cupid alone
will ring them, and very quietly at that.
II is understood that this Vanderbilt war
is continuing to have serious effect
upon the family railroads. There will be
a strict division of the family interest.
Heretofore the Vanderbilts have been sol
idly united, but now their differences will
enable certain stock operators to mani
pulate with more prospect Of profit. The
exchanges and the brokers follow the
progress of the Vanderbilt differences
with the keenest interest. They offer
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-17

so much of her time to. Sage stlll con-
tinues to have occasional differences with
George Gould. The former is really anX-
ious To improve the elevated railroad SER
vice, and has met the city authorities
half way in their efforts TO better things.
But George Gould is said to have taken
a violent aversion to the city of New
York. He thinks It has treated him very
shabbily, particularly in the matter OF tax
ing his fathers millions. he Is resolved
to do nothing in the way of rapid transit
for New York until he has to- He eyes
the shrnkage In IL" road traffic with in
difference. lie wants to be revenged upon
the metropolis, and Is succeeding.
The parrot owned by the Duchess or
Marlborough for several years Will not
be taken to England. The creature was
presented to the young lady by her nurse,
and has long been familiar to visitors at
the Newport palace. The duchess aban-
dons the bird because IL acquired a most
profane vocabulary in some mysterious
manner. The creature was left in
charge Of the servants at Newport ev-
cry winter and il is supposed they taught
il to swear. 1t exploited its naughty ell
oquence in a most unexpected manner
one day in select company Of ladies and
gentlemen, and was only sienced by
having a brick thrown at II by her
grace's brother; since which time II has
been relegated to ignominious obscurity
in the kitchen. The duke revived the pop
ularity Of the bird by taking some little
notice Of it, but here II will remain for
all that. 1t is an odd fact that all the
Vanderbilts are partial to parrots. They
have a great many in their Conservatives
They really introduced the bird fad into
society, and fashionable homes are now
not thought complete without a family
parrot. David Weschler.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-17
An Onering of spectacIes.

At certain English church a pair Of
spectacles was recently put on the Offer
tory plate says an exchange. The church
warden courteously handed them back,
supposing them to have been put there in
absence OF mind, but the donor again de-
posted them on the plate, and not wish
ing to make a scene. the official finished
his collection, and the spectacles were
duly presented with the other aims. How
ever, after the close of the services, he
took them down to the donor (who was a
stranger.tO the place. and said he feared
they We're given by mistake Judge OF his
surprise on being assured that il was in
territorial, and no mistake. that the read
er of the prayers had made so many
blunders in reading that the donor pre-
sumed he could not see, and so presented
him with a pair OF spectacles.