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The herald., 1895-02-02

"There are two fashions very largely,
almost universally, affected by English
women just now that don't think will
be copied over here even by the most
pronounced faddist," remarked a wom-
an just back from long stay i'll Eng
land. "They are the chignon and the
walking cane.
1.-THE fashionable couture is hideous-
nay, revolting-and I'm sorry to say it
is affected by about eight in ten Eng
lish women. 1t is simply return to the
most extreme style of the old chignon-
an immense wad of hair or imitation
of one, stuck straight out from the back
of the head. In it's extreme develop
ment it is often fully as large as the head
which it disfigures. Sometimes you see
a woman who aims to be ultra fashion
ties, one atop of the other, and maybe q
little sailor hat perched atop of the
wad, but not covering her head at all.
The only improvement over the old
nhignon is that the present one is hair
covered wire frame instead of o swab
Of hair. The vulgar people call it a
bun In a trip around the continent
didn't see single bun except ON trav-
cling English women. 1t is purely Eng
lish and likely to remain SO.
1.-THE inevitable accompaniment Of
the ohignon is the walking cane, and it
was to me the oldest thing in the world
when arrived in England in the spring
to see every woman walking with a
regular mans cane. The heavy fashion
ables carry heavy canes, just as our
'Chollies' do. l travelled all round Eng
land to all the big towns and the fash
ionable watering places, and everywhere
the cane was most conspicuous.
But there's u reason for the cane,
and, absurd rs it is, 1t is point for the
cane above the chignon, for the latter
is without any excuse whatever Queen
Victoria is compelled to use walking
cane Whenever she moves about, and it
is in compliment to her majesty-or
from silly aping of royalty, whichever
you like-that the English woman car
ries cane. You remember, of course
the Alexandra limp which nearly ev
cry English woman affected ST Years
The herald., 1895-02-02

With the tailor made girl an easy
walk came ina walk that did not have
q suggestion of a-s*rido,. but still, as Is
was swinging, was perfectly feminine
and easy. 1t was much prettier than
the mincing steps attained by walking
the ribbon. By the bye, it does seem that
while women are talking so much about
their rights they have left very few to
men.
They have taken his loose, heavy
stitched gloves with the big buttons.
They have taken his shirt front, his tie,
his scarfpin, his watch chain, his ciga-
rettes, his coat pockets, and if some of
the bicycle riders continue to divide
their skirts they will have taken his
trousers. / have tried my very best to
be convinced that a woman looks we'll
on bicycle. She does not. The attitude
is an ungraceful, strained one, and if
the rider happens to be fat woman her
face gets fiercely red, and she does look
an object. No matter how much care
may have been given to the get up, they
all look pretty much alike, and most of
the riders have an untidy look-tumbled
hair, negligee cap, and, we'll, the gen
eral loose get up being far from natty
looking. Riding the iron and steel horse
may be popular, but certainly it is not
pretty.
OF course some of the fashionable
women have learned to ride. They are
continually seeking for some new dis
traction. But you can be very certain
that they will ride in private schools
or ON their own private grounds and
not through the streets of New York or
in the public parks. They are too wise
to make guys of themselves for the ben
eft of the general public. Occasionally
they might do it among their own
crowd, but be very sure that they are
not going to let the hoi polloi sec them
make fools of themselves. Editor Wo-
mans Page, Boston Globe.
The herald., 1895-02-02
Lining Their Winter buds.

Two newsboys sat on the stairs, with
a pile of newspapers ON the steps above
them. One had his coat off, and both
were busy lining the inside of the tat
tered garment with folded papers. They
handled their large needles clumsily, but
after time succeeded i'll lining the
coat. The boy who owned the coat slip
ped it on and turning up the collar re-
marked, "That II keep the wind out. ,,
Then the other boy took off his coat,
and soon his summer jacket was made
over into a winter REFER by lining it
with newspapers.
A policeman watched the little tai
lors. 1.-THE kids caught the idea from
the gripmen and hack drivers, - he said.
"You see, q newspaper amt SO warm
itself, but it keeps the wind out, and
the newsboys suffer great deal from
the winds which come sliding down the
sides of the high Office buildings. They
have seen hack drivers double up paper
and slip it inside of their vests, and
they caught on. Chicago Record.
The herald., 1895-02-02

A branch of the L. L. A. not far from
Boston announced for their first public
debate the question of woman suffrage.
Three young men were assigned the
negative and three the affirmative The
three ON the affirmative side were op-
posed to women taking any part in prb-
lie affairs, but ON looking up their ar
guments in preparation for debate they
became converted and spoke with much
eloquence and feeling. Tho judges de-
cided in favor Of the affirmative side.
Three young men are now added to the
advocates of woman suffrage Boston
Letter.
The herald., 1895-02-02
VACCINATION MAD.
Washington's Recent Smallpox Scare q
Bonanza For the Apothecaries.

BonanZa For the ApothecarteS.
During the recent smallpox scare in
Washington one apothecary sold $4,000
vaccine points" within "a hours. On
a Friday, when the general fright was
greatest, the supply gave out. Physi
clans telegraphed in every direction for
points. In the drug store referred to
big crowd was waiting A small guam
tity arrived, and the people scrambled
for them. The scene was most extraor-
binary one. Holding their money in
their hands over their heads, men,
women and children struggled like anx-
ious bettors at race track. One would
have supposed that their lives depended
ON procuring the points, of which there
were not nearly enough to go round.
Here's my money!" yelled one man.
"You promised me four points yester-
aayP' cried woman.
"I'll pay you dollar apiece for six
points'' shouted another man, evident
ly the anxious faGher of family.
In one day of the scare the apothecary
said that he had made more money than
he had ever made in two days out of his
business. Somebody came to him and
offered to buy out his entire stock of
points at the figure he charged for them
retail. The druggist refused because
there was reason to believe that an at
tempt was being made to corner the
supply.
A we'll known physician in town as
certained that patient of his possessed
an extra vaccine point. He went and
begged it of him. One little colored
boy called at the Emergency hospital
and asked, with tears in his eyes, to be
yaccinated.
"You go and get one of those things"
said the surgeon in charge, "and I'll
vaocinate you
The boy went to the apotheoary and
begged a vaccine point. Then he re-
turned to tho hospital and was operated
upon. Washington Star.
The herald., 1895-02-02

No debutante now considers her tot
let table complete without the expensive
and fashionable addition of bonbon
basket or box for fancy candies. Tho
most elaborate ones are made of solid
silver and have a monogram handsome
ly engraved upon the lid. Very pretty
ones may DO made, however, of little
fancy shaped wicker baskets (those
shaped like hampers are the prettiesO.
Some have covers; others do not. They
should be gilded, or, better still, painted
with white enamel both inside and out.
When dry, trim them with loops of rib
bon. When filed with candies or nuts,
these make very acceptable little gifts.
New York Telegram.
The herald., 1895-02-02
fine address at Ashville, N. c., Nov.

fine address at Ashville, N. O., Nov.
10. She declared the serfs of Russia and
the negroes of the south were free, but
woman alone remained in bondage The
women do not aspire so much to sit in
legislative halls as they do to vote for
clean men to hold offices Under exist
ing circumstances, she thought, the
women who were most admired by men
were those who were most dependent,
and it is this class of women that is
opposed to woman's suffrage. She be.
sought the men Of North Carolina to
wake up and closed with recommen-
dation that North Carolina should
send delegate to the convention to be
held in Atlanta in February, 1895.
This closed the meeting, and those who
heard went home thinking more prob
ably on the question Of woman's suf-
frage than they had ever done before.
The herald., 1895-02-02

One interested in social customs and
who has watched New York women for
generation or moro must have been
struck by the fact that New Workers
have learned when and where and how
to wear jewels. One may occasionally
see diamonds worn during round Of
morning shopping, but such wearers are
conspicuous, and woman who would
fingers covered with expensive rings
would at once lose caste, no matter what
her personal recommendation might be.
New Y orl Press.
The herald., 1895-02-02

How can refined woman best pro-
tect herself from insult? This is a Sc
rious question in these days when wom-
en- are being forced to accept response
bilities and to stand oftentimes so COM
pletely alone. Insults are not always
merited, and suppose man or a wom-
an maliciously offers an affront to a
woman and the one affronted is innate
ly refined, what redress has she? None
whatever There is no code Of honor to
fit the occasion. Unfortunately there
are men and women who take advan-
tage of this lack of protection. Some
one will advise, "Treat them with ST.
lent contempt" Well, that is the only
way open, but it is not just way. The
contempt doesn't affect the offenders,
and silence renders their viciousness,
being unknown, dangerous to another
There is such thing as righteous in
dignation, and too frequently peace is
bought at too dear a rate. If the affront
is an indictable offense, there is the
court, but how few women would avail
themselves of the publicity of this
model There is the other alternative
of appealing to male relative, which
is very apt to cause trouble, and then
perhaps the insult is offered by a wom-
an Then the male relative does not
avail There should be some code of
honor that would place a gentlewoman
i'll such an attitude that, fearing some
retribution, a man or woman of the
affronting kind would be required to
adhere to at least q courteous way of
being rude. New Orleans TimesDem-
nc1at
The herald., 1895-02-02
NOMAN'S WORLD.
A WASHINGTON WIDOW WHO WANTS
70 GET ON THE FORCE.

Two Absurd English Fads-Women as Imi-
misunderstanding Insults-Shoulder to
Shoulder with Men Russias Royal
widow--woman In bondage.
Mrs Lily A. Thompson is pretty
young widow who wants a position on
the Washington police force She
doesn't weigh much more than 100
pounds, but she is rather athletic in
appearance and has a pleasant smile
and winning ways which might over
come violators of the law and disturbers
of the peace more effectively than mere
physical force. Mrs. Thompson sudden
ly made up her mind that the police de-
partment Of the city needed her serv-
ices, and she accordingly sent the fol-
lowing application to the commission
ers Of the District of Columbia:
GAS it is the purpose of the Woman's
Christian Temperance union to urge the
experiment in this city of placing wom-
The herald., 1895-02-02
Wanted a Swing With the Az.

A good story is told on one of the
newly elected Republican members from
Ohio who has never seen the great gov
ernmental machinery i'll active opera
tion at the national capital. Just as
soon as he made sure that he was elect
ed he sat down, took his pen i'll hand
and wrote the following incisive tele-
gram:
Maxwell Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral, Washington;
Stop all appointments in my district until
can sec you. I'm elected.
General Maxwell's policy since the
receipt of this ukase has not come with
in the ken of those who are circulating
the story at the capital. Washington
Post.
The herald., 1895-02-02
Tho Poor Giving to the Poor.

The assertion often made that the poor
help to keep the poor alive was corrobo
rated when an old man sat on a step in
Park row the other day. He held his hat
ont in pleading manner for aid. A neck
Tie peddler, looking poor enough himself,
came along, looked down upon the bent
and ragged form and could not resist the
impulse to help the old man. Thrusting
his hand in his pocket. he took out worn
pocketbook, from which he extracted a
small coin, and gave it to the man. The
beggar looked up at the generous giver in
surprise and thanked him many times,
while the nccktie man went on his way to
coll his tioc --Nc-r- Ne-''- Trihrno
The herald., 1895-02-02
They Al Voted.

The surprise came from Capitol hill.
The woman who wrote articles to prove
that wom,n should not appear in print
the woman who talked to prove that
woman should keep silence, the woman
who had Mysteries at the thought of the
polls, the woman who took no interest
i'll politics and the woman who vowed
she would never, never, never vote, all
turned out and worked aud electioneered
and gave time and money and votes tc
elect q ticket. Denver News.
The herald., 1895-02-02

My wants are few, | sit serene
Upon conte tment's highlands,
If can have ear his continents
1 care not for its islands.
/ would not climb upon throne
Through seas OF bloody slaughter,
Ii l can call all lands my own
Why, you can have the water.
Give me but these, they are enough
To suit my humble notion,
And you can have for ali your own
The land beneath the ocean.
And its generous slice OF earth,
And doubtless quite prolific,
If you can only drain it once;
The bed of the Pacific.
And all ask is just this earth.
To regulate and man it,
And surrender all my claims
To every other planet,
And Sc you see l cut my cloth
On a contracted pattern;
Give me the earth l drop all claim
TO Uranus and Saturn.
Little l need, my wants are few,
Nor wou have them greater;
only want the lands between
The poles and the equator
Give me the earth tits all ask,
For mo and my wife Sarah
Then Pll give all my fellow.men
a house lot in Sahara.
The earth is very, very small,
And, not in good repair;
Compared with Sirius It'll
very small affair.
And just want it while live,
And death. rll not resist him;
For after death l hope to get
The whole great solar system.
The herald., 1895-02-02

The draft of the bill giving married
women full control over the products of
their personal industry las been ap-
proved by the committee Of the French
chambers. M. Cortland, who introduced
the measure. was inspired by Nine.
Henri Schmahl, the most energetic ad-
vooate of women's rights iii France and
editress of L'Avant Courier, the organ
of the grOnpe feministe
The herald., 1895-02-02

LADIES AND GENTLEMHU. It
affords me great pleasure to
call the attention of the pub
lie to the Excelsior Hair
Tonic, which IS the FIRST and
only remedy known to chem
istry which positively turns
gray hair back to its original
color without dye. 1t has gone
on record that Nine. M. Yale
wonderful woman chem
ist-has made this most valu-
able of all chemical discover
les. Nine. Yale personally in
dorses its action and gives
the public her solemn guar
antee that it has been tested
in every conceivable way, and
has proved itself to be the
ONLY Hair Specific. 1t STOPS
HAIR FAILING Immediately
and creates a luxurious
growth. Contains no mi uri-
Gus ingredient. 1t is not
sticky or greasy; OH the con-
trary, it makes the hair soft,
youthful, fluffy. and keeps it
i'll curl. For gentlemen and
ladies with hair a little gray,
streaked gray, entirely gray,
and men with BALD HEADS
it is specially recommended.
All druggists sell it. Price
$I.oo.
There are no substitutes for Yales.
If anybody offers one shun them.
NINE. NJ. YALE, Health and Complexion
Specialist, Yale Temple of Beauty, No. LAG
State street, Chicago. Redingten & Co, whole
sale druggists, San Francisco, are supplying
the Pacific Coas-
The herald., 1895-02-02

1t is a fad to have muff and toque to
match. A chic example is carried out
in neapolitan violet velvet. The square
pointed sides of the toque are trimmed
with violets and sable tail The same
is on the muff, with the addition of a
pretty gathering of lace on one side
The herald., 1895-02-02

ago and which nad It's origin in lame
ness of the Princess of Wales. 1t is in
Just such ways that many of the fashion
able absurdities of Europe originate
But heaven forfend us from the chignon
and the cane"
The herald., 1895-02-02
A SENSIBLE ElR TREE


Said a saucy little Maple
To her cousin, Willow Tree:
"Miss Fir has no new mantle
This spring, like You and me.
"She wesrs the same old garment
That she's worn since was born.
/ should think she'd feel SO shabby
With no new bonnet on.
As she tossed her head and nodded
At the Fir Trees old style clothes
Willow laughed--she couldn't help it,
AT the turned up, pea green nose.
The Fir Tree, staid and modest,
Answered Maple not word,
Though I'm very sure-yes, certain
Everything was overheard.
She only softly murmured
As she rearranged her clothes,
"I'm glad my friends don't leave M
With every wind that blows" - =
The herald., 1895-02-02

Mrs. Maude M. Peaslee had to with
draw from her nomination as superin
tendent of public schools in Nevada
county, Cal, ON the ground that her
husband had not resided there long
enough.
The herald., 1895-02-02

A new departure i'll Russian journal
ism has been initiated at Helsingfors,
with the establishment i'll that city of
newspaper edited and conducted entire
ly by staff of ladies.
The herald., 1895-02-02

Woman suffrage is marching on slow
ly hut surely wherever it has been tried
in New Zealand as in Colorado. And
it is coming in Maine, coming 90,
strong. Bath Me Daily Times.
The herald., 1895-02-02

The women's clubs in and about
Washington have federated under the
title of 1.-The Federation of Women's
Clubs of the District of Columbia.
The herald., 1895-02-02

Tho newest lacepins have bullet
heads either iridescent, green, mauve
Or deep blue, sold in pairs, united by
chain-an old fashion which revisits us.
The herald., 1895-02-02
Women IN Bondage.

Miss Florido Cunningham, mem
Der of tho Worlds fair board Of lady
managers from South Carolina. made s
The herald., 1895-02-02
Close Resemblance.

Crimsonbeak-Do you know mar.
riage service always reminds me of
prize fight?
Yeast-How so?
"Why, the parties talk about it for
months, but it only requires couple
of seconds for the event. "-Yonkers
Statesman.
The herald., 1895-02-02

John Gary Evans governor of South
Carolina, recommends opening all four
classes of st~+~ ~~''o~oe to women.
The herald., 1895-02-02

When the hair begins to fall out or turn gray,
thu scalp reeis fo horing, and we know OF no
better specific than Halls vegetabl Siciian
Hair Remover.
The herald., 1895-02-02
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Gal
Milford chronicle., 1895-08-16
WASHINGTON LETTER.

The anti-Cleveland Democrats are
once more saying cuss words in con-
nection with what they call Sleeve
land luck" They say that the death
of Justice jackson has given Mr..
Cleveland another lever to pull in
his efforts to control the next Dem
ocratic National Convention, and
every man at all familiar with Ma
tional politics knows what a power
full lever vacancy upon the U. S.
Supreme Court can be made by an
ambitious President, and Napoleon
was never more ambitious of obtain
ing personal power for himself than
is Mr.. Cleveland. There is logic, too,
in the rawlings of these mad Demo-
Gratis. OF course it isn't either right
or decent to use the word "luck" in
with the death of an emf
nent iurist like Justice Jaoksoni but
there can be no denial that this va
cancy in the Supreme Court has
added to Mr.. Cleveland's power; nor
that he will make use of it,as he does
Of everything else, to help him con-
troll the Democratic convention.
Circumstances will favor him, too.
Nobody will expect the vacancy to
be filed until after Congress meets,
although the next term of the Sn-
creme Court begins in October, be- |
Milford chronicle., 1895-08-16
The Probability Of a Bond Issue.

In view of the continued export
from this country to Europe of gold
all or nearly all of which is drawn
from the stock in the United States
Treasury, prudent inanciers are be-
ginning to discuss the probability OF
a fresh issue of bonds by the Gov
eminent.
Notwithstanding the heroic efforts
of the Secretary of the Treasury to
protect his resources, leading him oc-
casionally, as in the case of the sup
pressed sugar bounties, to a fat re.
pudiation of the authority of Con
gress, and notwithstanding the re-
ceipt during the month OF July of
$50 900, 900 paid in for the remain
ing half of the bonds sold last Feb
ruary the cash balance in the Treas
ury on July 81 was SlS7 ,I49 $50,
against $l95,24O,l53 Cd June 30.
On Monday the balance was down
to SlS4 900 900, and it will continue
to decrease until the governments
revenues increase sufficiently to
equal its expenditures. This, ac-
cOrding to all presidents, is not
likely to take place until October.
If the question were one of money
merely, the Treasury has ample re-
sources for tiding over the deficiency
of the next two months. 1t can well
afford to let its available balance run
down by a far greater amount than
is needed to exc out its income. But
it has undertaken to maintain the
arbitrary $lOO,OOO,OOO gold reserve,
and therein lies the difficulty with
which it is confronted. Since Feb
rusry, 1894, it has received from the
sale of bonds over $lSO,0OO,000, of
which it still has on hand 500, 000,- |
900, all in gold coin and bullion.
Will the Secretary trench upon this
balance, or will he, to protect it, sell
more bonds
Everything depends upon the
pleasure of the Administration. 1t
can sell bonds OF it can refuse to
sell them, just as it chooses. If it
does not sell them its gold reserves
will decrease as it did in 1894 and if
it does the public debt will be in
creased by the amount of bonds sold.
If the gold reserve is allowed to de-
crease nervous people may take
fright, and if the bonded debt in
creases the Opposition to the Gov
eminent will exult. The case is like
that of the old-fashioned Calvinists,
who denied free will and stoutly
the doctrine Of predesti-
nation:
'You can and you can't,
You will and you won't,
You'll be damned if you do /;
You'll be damned if you don't"