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employed in the kitchen or in the fe-
male officers mess their cooking is of
the rudest and plaineSt description.
Pretty patchwork quilts are sometimes
made, and a good deal of neat work.
pads and bags for the post Office, but
little beyond this. A woman. will how
ever show considerable taste and in
genuity in the decoration Il her cell;
as it is strictly against orders she is
perhaps the more eager to try her high
est efforts. When this is limited to an
exquisite Dutch-like cleanliness, when
you might eat off the floor, when the
bed is folded with the utmost preci-
sion and the cell utensils shine like
FURNISHED silver, there is nothing but
approval to be accorded. But the
laundering for possessions, the most
trumpery articles picked up or manu-
featured out of the most unpromising
materials, is often strongly displayed
by old hands. l have seen a cell orna'
mented with paper crosses, white, with
red edges cleverly added from the knit
ting wool, dolls dressed in bright color
ed rags, covers for tin mugs, shelves,
library books. ingeniously made out
of the same. like doylies or mats, and
all set out with loving care. This, the
pardonable desire to make the unlove-
ly cell a little more homelike, might be
respected more often perhaps, but
rules are rules.
This craving is shown in other ways.
Female prisoners are famous for their
fondness for pets. Cats are generally
plentiful in u prison, and are often the
cause of no little competition and
heart burning. When one woman's
favorite makes mouthful of another's
favorite mouse there are wigs on the
green and it becomes the beginning of
n quarrel that may have most serious
consequences. Birds are encouraged
to come outside cell windows by all
sorts of tricks and devices; food is
thrown out to them, they are whistled
for and made much of. One of the
happiest Of prisoners was the cleaner
or assistant nurse in the female hos
pital, who was allowed to look after
the hospital matron's parrot
ARTHUR GRIFFITHS.
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The mystic relation beTv2en men $
wear and women's has often been. OBJ
served. In tints and colors the sterner
sex are shameless imitatorS, as who
would not be who had seen the pretty
street dress. which may have cost but Il
trife. so simple was it, that saw yes
terday. The skirt material was Il mix
ture of Crayish green or greenish gray,
cut perfectly plain. n zouave of the
same cloth was edged with gray en-
broidery with a dash of red. There
was a gathered stole collar and pleat-
ed vest front in pale green silk with
white dropped through it here and
there like a plummet of light in sun
ny sea. With such gown hat main
ly of quite dark green velvet can be
worn, with huge curling black ostrich
feathers, if one wishes; or the lighter
greens and grays can be very sparingly
used in combination with the darker
and better shades.
one is reminded Of Watteau shep-
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ELLEN OSBORN'S LETTER.
The Season Begins With the Marlborough
Wedding Festivities.
M1LLIoNAIREs MENTOR DEsCANTs.
How Mems Costume Is Affected by
Women's Example - Green in
Gowns and Neckties-Tca
Gown Varieties.


Copyright, 1895, by Bachelor Johnson Bachelor
New York, November 2.-The season
begins!
Not so many years ago the middle of
September marked, in New York, the
opening of the town gayeties. What
difference in 1885, 1t is now Novem-
Der. Cornelius Vanderbilt and his
family have but just returned from
their colossal new castle in Newport,
''The Breakers" to their Brobdignag-
ian new castle in New York. The Van
derbilt-M Marlborough wedding next
"Wednesday is the great social event of
the month, and may really be said to
open the season, in the strictest sense.
A dozen weddings are to follow it in
quick succession. in st. Thomas
church. The pressure of real Dukes
knee at the altar rail is hint to fash
ionable bridegroOms eXpectant to kneel
there also, and the clergy, sections and
other appendages of the church are
counting their chickens before hatch
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showing their hideous marks and
scars. the black eyes and cruel bruises
inflicted by the cowardly brutcs who
tyrannize over them. This loyalty is
sometomes almost beautiful. remem-
Der one case where woman sentenced
was clearly the lesser offender. Great
interest was made by philanthropic
persons to persuade her to state her
case fully by petition to the secretary
of state, but she obstinately refused
although it was likely to secure her
release. 1t was first believed that she
was too stupid to understand the boon
held out to her, and / was at some
pains to explain the facts most fully.
She needed no such counsel or advice,
and still refused: her plea was that
she would only incriminate others
one man in particular-to whom she
was devoted. Her statement might
get her out, but it would certainly get
him in prison. She preferred to bear
the whole brunt of the penalty alone.
As a general rule no doubt the wo-
man is the tool and catspaw, although
in certain heinouS offences, Osuch as
murder or poison, infanticide, forgery
following peculiar opportunity, or
great frauds, she takes the lead. or
works alone. No doubt too her inflll-
ence in melting to crime is potent at
times, and it has been we'll said that
many crimes are committed for them.
if not by them; yet she is
most often the weaker vessel. deluded
or dragged into wrong-doing. Many,
however, fall into crime readily
enough. and without strong protest or
repugnance. l know of one womanl
who in all innocence married q man
engaged in long firm frauds, and who
discovered his malpractices quite by
accident afterwards. Instead of up
braiding him she joined at once and
willingly in his business, and became
his best ally and assistant. 1t was the
same in notorious case of a series of
bank fOrgeries. where the wife came
into the fraud late but afterwards was
Il prime mover.
While fierce feuds are not unknown,
strong and enduring friendships are
made in prison. \ woman has been
known to break out badly, to destroy
every atom of furniture bedding and
clothing because she had been separat-
ed from n friend and set to work at
another table in the needle-room. This
sort of romantic attachment has been
made the excuse for still worse. Not
long ago prisoner Just received i'm
mediately assaulted one of her officers
because she had heard outside that
his warder had been down on a pal'
of hers; had ''cased' her, got up case
against her, unfairly it was declared,
for some breach of prison discipline.
The ''par' on release had taken coun-
sci with her friend, and the latter, who
was continually in and out of gaol,
promised to avenge her on the first op.
portunity. The assault was made with |
a canful of cruel. and in addition to |
the personal injury inflicted the ward |
er's dress was spoiled. Any weapon
serves a woman in her fury-a pail of |
water. medicine bottle full or empty, |
the cell stool, or any weapon that re-
mains after general smash up. Scis- |
SorS would be oftener used. but as they
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"He" sent day before yesterday. they
are just beginning to shrivel, but who
could bear to throw them away? Not
any really affectionate girl. Then
there Is Il fresher, brighter bunch.
Those came yesterday, and the bunch
that has just arrived from him to-day
lies there not yet in water. That Is
true violet story.
No one to look at Miss Hart would
ever expect her to put such tendresSe
or pretty sentiment into her pictures.
Those who PRIDE themseN on tnelr
ability TO translate character would To-
caLe ner in some quiet village cottage,
presiding over an old-fashioned tea Ia
bic loaded with steaming biscuits, yel-
low cream, and homemade preserves.
She is tall, with a quaint slowness of
manner that is very restful. No one
would ever think of applying such
terms as New Woman or "Bachelor
Maid to her. She is a very steady
worker and when the mood is not right
for larger work there is always some
dainty trife at hand. Miss Harris vio-
let's are found all over the country, and
dealers consider no violet work quite
so successful as that which has an. II.
H., or Mary Il. Hart, signed to il.
The yard of violets that was distrib-
uted lately with one of the art journals
was designed by her. and several SINH
lar designs of violets, of different
shape, however, are to be issued this
winter. Miss Hart prefers to use wa
ter colors, but does some oil work at re-
quest.
PERSONALLY" she says, 81 like the
violet colors They always appealed
to me. and 1 enjoy working in Them
Miss Hart has no especial favorte
among violets, and strange to say, has
never seen violet farm. The double
white violet rather attracts her. and
she uses it continually, rarely alone,
oftcnest introducing it in combination
with it's mate. the double English vio-
let, to which society women are 80 de-
voted.
Tho "Violet Woman" belongs to
,r.aS2port. Conn; she studied at tho
YHle Art School and later with Sar.
tam. ----i & --., .-Aa fs.s.a,.
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us illustrate this first by some of the
cases that show them in the better
light.
1t is one of the fallacies of Lombroso
and the criminal anthropologists that
the female criminal is bad mother
\ visit to the baby's ward of any large
prison will soon dispel this idea. Here
are often to be found twenty or thirty
infants all unweaned, or less than
twelve months of age, and in that
earliest stage when Il mothers care
is most needed. That they get this is
proved by the undoubted fact that the
poor mites, marked thus premature
ly by the prison brand, invariably do
Well,and improve manifestily in weight
and aspect. OF course they are well
looked after; the mothers get extra
diet, milk, jellies, beef-tea the babies
also. if they require feeding, and the
doctors order it. Stigma apart, chill
dren do better in gaol than when their
their parents are at large. One has
only to contrast the snug well-warmed
cell. with its bed and baby's cot: to re-
member the regular diet, the care and
constant attention, with what these
poor women must endure outside, TO
realize where they are best off.
Again. the baby is humanizing in
fluence in gaol; it is the supreme touch
of nature that proves human kinship.
and. were it not for the horribly evil
effects on the children from senti-
mental point of view it would be wiser
perhaps to leave them longer with their
mothers, where women are sentenced
to lengthy impriSonments. / know no
more painful experience than to be i'm
plored by q mother not to separate her
from her child when the strict letter
of the rule requires it: but there is no
prison rule, / am glad 10 think, more
literally Interpreted
The birth OF baby is always
great event in prison. ] know of one
northern pr where the governors
Wife invariably attended the cOniine-
mcnt. The mother is carefully and
devotedly nursed by two Of her fellow
prisoners, and the lying-in ward of a
prison is as good as in any free hos
pital. The child is chrstened by the
nearest neighboring clergyman, and
not by the prison chaplain; it is OK
hibited with immense satisfaction 10
all visitors, and our baby" is spoken
of with pride by the female officials.
| remember Il curious case of Il woman,
not the mother, making a strong claim
to see Il neWly-born infant. She was
nearly related TO it, but in q way TO
which we are unaccustomed-becau
it was her husbands child by another
wife. This husband was a dark skin
ned oriental gentleman, a polygamist,
who had got into trouble and was sent
to prison with his two wives. The Ia
dies did not see much of each other in
gaol, as they each occupied separate
cells, but they appeared to be very
good friends as the application just
mentioned shows. The rules were so
far relaxed as to allow the second
mother to see the brown baby. The
husband was also clamorous to see
his offspring, but this was quite I'M
possible.
Second only to her maternal instinct
is woman'S strength of attachment to
her lord and master. 1t will survive
and rise superior to the worst illus
age. One of the most painful of prison
sights is the reception ward on the
female side with its newest arrivals,
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are such dangerous implements they
are closely watched and carefully
counted after the prisoners have used
them: but the woman resolved upon
outrage will pick up stone or Il scrap
of iron in the exercising yard secrete
it, sharpen it with devlish ingenuity
for use when opportunity offers. The
thin end of u wooden SPOON. the only
table utensil permlLCed in prison, has
been sometimes brought TO Il point to
serve as Il lethal weapon.
Female prisoners do not, however,
invariably regard their warders with
maleyolencc. On the contrary they
will at times exhibit really good feel
ing towards them-gratitude, consider
ateness, even affection. There was
Il matron once at Milbank, stricken
with malignant disease, who fingered
on many months, and during the
whole of this last fatal illness her
charges evinced SO much sympathy
that the word went round there must
be no misconduct Never were pris-
oners so uniformly well-behaved on
the female side, although ut that par
ticular moment some very hard cases
were in custody. Female prisoners
are, as a rule best managed by u quiet,
firm hand, they are more amenable
to kindness than severity, can be better
led than driven. A soft word, gen
tie reminder, persuasion, entreaty,
kindly advice will often cure ill-tem-
per (and this is often the base and ORR
gin of feminine misconducD when
sharp measures-reproof followed by
punishment-leads only to defiance of
all authority. Much tact must of
course be shown in thus exercising for
bearance. If there is any suspicion of
weakness in the executive, discipline
will at once deteriorate. Women may
be held by silken thread, but they
must not be allowed to have quite their
own way or they will get altogether
out of hand. Once at Durham the
whole female prison was in uproar
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hcrdeSScS and Grcuze mllklnaluS ms
season by a number of things: by the
sweet little iackcts and by the demure
fichus and kerchiefs of spotless lace,
and most of all. perhaps, by the very
latest Paris fad. n demure little apron,
so puffed and furbeloWed and disguiS
ed as scarcely to be recognizable, APP
pended to gowns of the most delicate
and costly material. Such an orna-
ment is seen TO advantage on Louis
Seize gown in Pompadour brocade,
with blue and pink flowers on Il white
ground The skirt of the gown is per-
fectly plain at the bottom, tightly gath
cred over the hips. The bodice is low
with lapels Of pink satin, half hidden
by fine lace. The bodice opens over
white satin waistcoat All this sounds
fussy. The effect is wonderfully deli
cate and airy.
one can have n pocket in her skirt
this season, by boldly brazening out
the opening with n wide pocket flap,
stiff with embroidery.
One can have dresses in stone gray,
lined and lapeled with rose pink; cedar
colored velvet with white or cream
lace and satin; gold galoon and silver
braid, in the ratio of one to sixteen or
any other.
There is. in fur. nothing so fashiona-
bic as clear white and dead black
say ermine and black fox. And there
is in feathers nothing so modish as
big and little ostrich plumes, black OF
white. ......-,
~-.z-,EE.5 ~ ELLEN OSBORN.
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ing. with more certainty than usually
attends that delightful operation.
A fashionable woman is nowadays
so overwhelmed with invitations, re-
sponses, begging letters. and other cler
ical business that she is quite satisfied
not to get into harness much before
snow flies. Society observances
amount to a profession. Have we not
all heard of late that daughter of
Julia Ward Howe is to train the daugh-
ter of a Western millionaire in these
observances. and that three years are
reckoned none too long for the tuition?
'One first principle of society, my
dear young lady,"-so we may imagine
the first lesson of this Mentor to be-
gin-''is the principle of extremes. In
high society we breakfast like pigs and
dine like Lucullus. Even this state
ment which l have just made is ex-
IRENE, hence modiSh.
THUS in fashions, again, we have the
plainest of gowns for outdoor use and,
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81 don't lay much Of the demand to
that. Everybody loves violets. That
Is the whole of it. What flower is there
so thoroughly liked by both men and
women as the violet? Every year you
hear that some other flower is going to
take its place in fashion, but the violet
still reigns as sure as the season comes
around. Women especially love its
perfume, and it has deep hold on their
directions. l began to paint violets be-
fore the NapOleonic revival, and I ex-
pect to paint them after it is over.
'Monotonous? No, indeed. Think how
many different kinds Of violets there
are"
A lot Of sentiment clings around vio-
let's, as every woman and pair of Sweet
hearts know. All the poets, great and
small, have racked their brains for
original vaporings on the lovers flower.
Miss Hart has gathered several hun.
dred of them In book, which she has
illustrated with appropriate arrange
ments of violets in colors until the lit
tie flowers seem almost human, and
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even one type-as Brown, who captures
the newsboys and street arabs, or the
artist who makes cats his forte, or the
Boston woman who has done so well
with roses; but no other has taken
such a shy, small, unassuming article
as the "modest violet" and chung to it
as successfully as Miss Hart has done.
Individuals who delight in preaching
of great successes and fortunes won
from very small objects will find a
fresh text in her story.
Miss Hart has an unpretentiOus
studio on Fifth avenue. and like many
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another. It's well up toward the roof of
the building. The gaudy trappings
and draperies of ordinary studios are
not visible. but on the walls are many
studies and completed violet pictures
IN water colors. The artist herself may
be seen working at a table covered
with many picture frames, sachets,
and favors painted with yiolets in
white and blue.
When asked how s!lN came to adopt
the violet and become l.g champion eX-
ponent. Miss Hart rose from the table,
and as she, turned to bring ont soc CT
her more pretentious work. said:
Because found people wanted W
let's"
"The Napoleonic craze made call
for yiolets, also, didn't it:' A.---A--..
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ABOUT THE VIOLET WOMAN.
An Accomplished Artist Who Paints That
Flower Exclusively.
PICTURES THAT TELL ROMANCEs.
The Modest Little Blossom Every
body Lovcs-It Never Goes Ont
of Fashion - Faces in
Flowers.

Among the studios she is called the
"Violet Woman" 1t is not because
she effects gowns Of violet hues, nor be-
cause the odor Of violets haunts all her
belongings. nor yet because of any
fondness for wearing huge punches of
violets after the manner of fashionable
admirers of the flower.
Her name is Mary E. Hart. She her.
self is an artist. and it is because she
paints practically nothing but violets
that she has come to be known as the
"Violet Woman"
Many artists have made a name by
sttic..ing to one special line of work, or
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SHE WOULD DE-
CORATE IIEE

OELlI. lcSleCt IL III Il
the temptations to which the unfortu-
nate have succumbed. Women in
prison display most feminine fol-
bles. some no doubt exaggerated and
developed into positive wickedness.
They are full of vanity-often Il proXi-
mate cause of their present trouble
they are. at times. childishly, foolishly
obstinate, to the extent of appearing
perfectly mulish and intractable; they
are wrong-headed. fanciful. of fitful
temper. quick to take offence and see
it where it is not intended, when
reused they are almost untameable.
and their passion degenerates speedily
into storms of hysterical and maniacal
fury. Yet they have also their good
points. and will exhibit many estima-
bic traits-gratitude, affection, con-
siderateness. consistency, answering
loyalty to their comrades of both sexes.
AS it is pleasanter to look on the
bright rasH-' than the dark side, let
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~ O. %
RS "N/sfN
ABOUT WOMEN IN PRISON.
Major Arthur Griffiths Tells of Incidents
in English Prisons.
A BABYs INFLUENCE IN PRISON.
He Says That y Woman's Love Sur
wives Long Years OF Sternest
Disciplino-Menag of
Obstinate Prisoners.
London, Oct. "a.


mate acQuaint-
ance with fe-
males in dur
ance has con-
WINGED me that
they do not
greatly differ
+ 70 III their
more happily
situated Sis
ters-those who
have been more
delicately nur-
tured and shell
tered from tri-
ais. who have
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-01
SOMEWHAT ABATED.
THE TAILOR'S STRIKE, HOWEVER,
IN NEW YORK, STILL ON.
strikers Declare They VIII Fight
Until the Contractors Have All
Fallen in Line and Signed New
Agreements.

NEW YORK, July S1.-The principal
feature today in the tailors' strike sit
uation was the issuing of bonded
agreement to contractors. OF these
10 representing over eighty shops fur
nished the required security and it is
expected that 1000 coat makers viii re-
sumo work tomorrow.
The strike, though somewhat abated,
is Still on, and the strikers declare
they will fight until the contractors
have all fallen in line and acknowl-
edged their defeat by signing new
agreements.
About 100 cloak makers from the fac
tory of H. Gerschel & Son today quit
work because the proprietors charged
the workers with using cotton instead
of silk thread in making garments.
This the cloak makers denied and
made a demand for an increase of %
cents a day il the scale of wages,
which was refused and a strike I'M
mediately followed.
The strikers were received with
shouts of applause when they present
ed themselves at the general headquar-
ters at Walhalla hall. The quarters
OF the arbitrators were thronged in the
afternoon with contractors and their
bondsmen. anxious to file papers of
agreement, and set the machinery in
their shops humming again.
The contractors were in executive
session all afternoon. They try to dis
credit the statements of the contractors
who are yielding to the demands CT
the strikers and threaten to boycott
all those who may yield, so that it
would seem from the attitude of the
contractors that they propose prolong-
! ing the existence of the strike.
Meyer sSchoenfelt, however, said the
tangle would not be Strengthened out
for at least ten days more, as some of
the belligerent contractors would have
to be brought TO their knees and forced
| to recognize the power of the brother
hood of tailors-
1t is said the major portion of the
of the week.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-01
TERRIFIC RAINS.
GREAT DAMAGE NEAR ADELAIDE
STATION.
Three Hundred Feet OF Railway
Track Hangs Suspended Over Il
Raging Torrent-HOuses Destroy
ed and People Drowned.

DENVER, July N.-A special to the Re
publican from Florence. Colo. saws: Ter
rife rains have been visiting this locality
the past few days but no particular dam
age was reported to property until last
night, when d cioudDurst occurred at the
head of eight mile canyon, about twenty
miles from this city near Adelaide Sta
ton, on the Florence K Cripple Creek
road. At Russell about $40 feet of track
hangs suspended o .er raging torrent
pletely gone and the creeks channel is
occupying the roadbed, ties and track.
Everything is gone out clean; the rails
twisted in all sorts of shapes. either sunk
in the bed of the stream. ty, lined around
trees or curled up with immense piles Of
d distance of six miles. the road is very
much torn up aud Il number of bridges
are zone.
At Adelaide the flood did its worst
work, destroying the hotel and drown
ing three persons, Mrs Carr, Lee Tracy
bodies have not ceen recovered
1t will take ten days TO repair the rail-
road. The food or Eight Mile creek
caused a rise in the Arkansas river and
$50 feet of the south approach TO d cOun-
try bridge two miles from the city was
Gardens and ranches were also flooded
TO some extent. The damage to railroad
and other property Will approximate
SIS, 900.
IL was at first believed that the bodies
of three members of the train crew
at point near Adelaide were
that they are safe a supposed death
list of eight is now reduced to three.