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AUCTION sALEs-Future Day.

by n. w. Bowe,
Real Estate Auctioneer.
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TRUSTEES AUCTION SALE OF
/ VALUABLE IMPROVED PROP
ERTY IN THE TOWN OF LEXING-
Ton. VA. ON WASHINGTON STREET
ADJOINING THE LOTS OF IL Me
DAVIDSON'S ESTATE.
BY virtue OF two certain deeds Of trust
one 10 T. X Sands. trustee. dated Oc-
tober 81, 1853 and one TO w. I. CHM,
trustee, dated January ~, 1891. and both
recorded in the clerks Office OF Rock
bridge County Court. in Deed Book .6,
page SOB ard Deed Book 20, page S24.
respectively, default having been made
In the payment OF the debt thereby Sc
cured. and being required so 10 DO by
the beneficiary, we will proceed TO sell
by public auction. on the premises on
THURSDAY, JUNE %. 1885,
at II o'clock NJ. the above property.
The improvements consist of a large
brick dwelling Of or . rooms detached
kitchen, &c. and should certainly suit
any one desiring a home or a safe IN
VesAncnt
TERMS: Cash for expenses and cost
of sale. taxes due. and note for -, 100,
with interest from January 10 1895. TO
day of sale; balance upon terms as may
be announced at sale.
T. X. SANDS
W. +. GLINN,
je22-5t Trustees.
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BY II. A. McCurdy.
Real Estate Broker.

Public Auction sale Of One OF the
Choicest Pieces Of Broad Street
Property In the City, situated
between fOushee and Adams,
south Side, Immediately
fronting the site OF the
Stuart Monument
No. 20.
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In execution of decree Of the Circuit
Court of Henrico. entered April q. ls9o'
in the suit of Rennie, etc, against Motifs
and ais. we will sell by auction, on the
t.rar,fceq on
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James H. Tyler and John Pickrell. trus-
To- ................ Defendants.
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NOT BLOOMERS
JUST "SMITKS"
If We Are to Be Guided
by the Name of the
Inventor
DO YOU LIKE MY "SMITHS ?"
Is What the BIoomerite May Ask With
Propriety, for 1t Was Q
Miss Smith Who First
Wore Them
Do YOU wear "Smiths ?"

!
If you are a woman and ride a wheel,
the chances are you do, but don't know
it. and call your Smiths by the popula
name of booners.
| The trousered costume which bears the
name OF the late Mrs. Amelia Bloomel
was not invented or evoluted by Mrs
Bloomer, and she herself has said so in a
number OF instances and has placed al
the credit where she believed it to be due,
with her friend, Mrs. Elizabeth Smith
Miller, who, when she was plain Hiss
| Smith, first brought out and wore in pub
lie the strange garments. which was the
| first attempt in America to make the
| trouser and short skirt popular.
| 1t may be too late now to change the
name, but it will always be a matter Of
regret to the great and strong tribe OF
Smiths that the family name was not
perpetuated in the costume that now
runs riot over the country.
Mrs. Bloomer. however. had a very
good idea of why the costume was called
after her, and Mrs. Elizabeth Smith Mil
Ter was very willing that the credit
should go to her. Mrs. Miller is still alive
and lives with her daughter and family
at Lochland. Geneva. N. Y, within
stones throw almost of the spot where so
much OF the bloomer history was fash
ioned.
Mrs. Bloomer lived at Seneca Falls
many years ago, and was a woman who
was regarded as a rabid progressionist.
She had also for friend Mrs. Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, the earnest aggressive
agitator for what was then called VIC
mans rights, but which now bears the
less offending title OF equal suffrage. This
trio of women were all good friends: they
were in thorough sympathy on all ques-
tions that affected womankind, and being
possessed Of health, position and enthu
siasm, they carried the old-fashioned in
habitants of the small town along the
lines of woman's advancement at a rate
shat made them catch their breath.
This was away back in the early fftles.
when communication between towns was
necessarily slow. But the fear OF shock
ing friends and neighbors did not deter
them from putting on the queer-lookng
dress and wearing 1t on all occasions,
both at home and abroad.
The origin of the "Smiths. as told by
the three women most interested, is
worthy of note. Mrs. Smith Miller Is the
daughter of the late Hon. Gerrit Smith OF
Petersboro. N. Y, at one time a judge of
the supreme court. PettIcoats and trail
ing skirts were distasteful to Miss Smith,
and by ana with her fathers consent she
planned out a costume that would give
her freedom of motion. that would be
modest, but that would not be IN the
way.
4 The Smith was the result and the
Village tailor vas given a commission
to build a suit cut of warm gray tweed.
The finished garments were Il success
and Miss Smith wore them constantly.
She soon became familiar figure in
Peterbobo and could be seen daily at
the postoffice calling for her fathers
mail clad in the picturesque costume.
When Mr.. Miller came into her life he
The herald., 1895-09-01

toI the trim appearance of the cyclist.
Some of the knitted wastcoats are very
bright in color and the most popular
kind being of Pyrenean wool and knitted
by Pyrenean women who have happy
faculty of putting in attractive touches OF
color. Yellow and black. deep red, pale
blue, yellow and purple are some of the
best combinations.
The boomers of the Partisan lady are
verv full, giving no indication of what is
enclosed. They fasten at the knee with
straps but from the knee down to the in
step the leg is exposed bodily. Some few
wear silk stockings, but the majority. par
ticuarly those OF slender physique. wear
heavy wooden affairs. IL of the Jacket
are made with very large sleeves but
these will disappear shortly as the best
riders find that anything which catches
the wind is q material hindrance. For
the same reason it is claimed that the Cir
cumference OF the bloomer will rapidly
decrease until it fits the leg snugly. Cold
matter. Of fact common sense is the rule
governing the cyclists costume these
days. no attention whatever being paid
to precedent or conventionality. This
will make the life of the full bloomer of
short duration. A costume which finds
some favor is the one fashioned somewhat
like that worn by the swell girl at the sea-
shore. 1t consists of bloomers which lit
the leg quite closely. Over these Is worn
Il skirt which does not come within four
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New York. Perhaps it is because there
are more women cyclists in the former
city than in the latter.
But coming pack to the original ques-
ton, it can Partially be answered by ex-
amining the dress of the Partisan women
cyclists. The women wheelers here, in
the matter of costume, are just about
where the Partisan women were a year
ago. So it is fair to presume that our
women year hence will have reached
the present stage OF the farlsian cycle
costume.
A recent note in q French society paper
stated that newly made widows have ap-
peared on their wheels clad in attractive
costumes of crepe. This will be OF deep
interest 10 the wheeling widow of 90
Black silk stockings. black sandals fas-
tened with black silk ribbons were worn
with this costume. The blouse jacket and
bloomers were all of black and the small
hat had just Il dash of white in it. A
veil, trifie heavier than the ordinary
affair. was also worn.
In judging the French costumes of to.
day. only those worn by the society wo-
men OF Prais will be described. They are
more adapted for use by American wo-
men than the exceedingly advanced
affairs of the French theatrical folk and
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ed to take the mile open, the ost i'm
portant race, as this was his home.
Murphy. however, so Cabanne and Titus
assert, broke faith and carried off two of
the races. while Terrll of California
honestly landed the third, thereby shut
ting out the two named. Alex Laing,
local amateur, who heard three class
men discussing the races afier wards,
SAID Murphy gave as reason for his con-
ductthat his firm ordered him to ride out
the races having heard of the agreement.
The matter has been called to the atten-
tion of the local me bers of the national
racing board OF the league, who will sift
the charges thoroughly. He says if he
finds the charges are true it will go hard
with the offenders, for the avowed policy
of the racing board is to prevent fraud of
any kind in cycling racing. The offenders
may be ruled off for life, or for period
proportionate with the offense. He says
the punishment is left by the racing rules
10 the discretion OF the board.
The following telegram was sent today
to George d. Gideon, chairman of the
national racing board, League of Ameri-
can Wheelmen, Philade phia. by Douglas
Roberts, local membe of the board:
Suspend Cabanle, Titus and Murphy,
pending investigation. There is evidence
that they fixed the race here on August
oath. The papers are full of it. The men
are in Kansas City. Answer Immediately
as they leave for the east tonight
The following answer came IN response:
Suspend all three and send synopsis
of evidence to me-"
The suspension of two more class b
riders will be asked for.
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well the wearer's iron gray hair and
ucto ba


Yes" said Mr.. Yerkes, ~ am great
baliever in the bicycle. l am. 1 suppose,
what you would call a bicycle crank
and | do not feel otherwise than pleased
at being so designated. have two wheels
for my own use, one here and one down
east. The ones | have are twenty two
and wneels for my family to ride.
II began riding four months ago and
quickly became impressed with the vir-
tues of wheel. J. formerly spent hours
daily in such exercises as are found in
the gymnasium, but | have given that
all up. The wheel is the thing and | am
positive of If.
~ rise ats clock in the morning.
Half an hour later finds me on my wheel.
and | ride usually II, 13 or IA miles be-
fore | return nome, ordinarily using an
hour in the sport. | take warm water
bath on returning, and at Z o'clock am
ready for breakfast.
Mr.. Yerkes related an incident which
serves to show the railroad magnate in q
light different from that ordinarily ac-
credited to him of being an austere man.
Early one morning he was spinning along
Grand boulevard at pretty good clip
when he came to u dismounted whcelwG
man. A broken chain was the trouble
and the young woman did not know how
to repair it. Mr.. Yerkes stopped, got
out his tool bag and after ten minutes
work had the chain as sJrong as ever.
Then he mounted and hurried home for
his bath and breakfast, carrying with
him the gratitude of the forlorn dam sci.
This publication will probably tell her for
the first time who her b-nefactor was.
The herald., 1895-09-01
A New Woman, but the Same Old Man

The old man has turned on the new
woman. He has shown that he is the
same old Adam if Eve has changed her
fig leaf for bloomers. John Bredin knows
whole lot about the price of spaferibs
and corner lots but he has 10 pretensions
as a Browning critic and believes that
the Heavenly Twins were fathered by
that old serpent, the devil. His wife is
q new woman. with literary and social
pretensious and a yearning for the inf
mite. Monday night John Bredin $
patience changed color. lie opened the
door and hustled his wife out into the
cold. SEE went TO Justice RhoaGes and
told him her troubles. a warrant was
made out and an officer, on going to the
house, found it barricaded. Bredin was
finally taken to the station and yesterday
was arraigned befLIe u justice and con-
tinuance was given to August 26. BTedin
has lost none of his prerogatlves as a son
of Old Adam. He says it is all the fault
of Mrs. Bredin. and that he would be an
easy man TO get along with if she would
give up writing novels and hankering
after the un-hankerabl hicago Inter
Ocean.
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ducd hue are worn. Sandals instead of
high shoes are also the proper thing, as
they give the foot free movement. Bloom
critics who wear leggings and high sh es
here will discard both before long if they
are at all subservient to the mandates OF
fashion. This is an innovation which
will be sure to provoke long and contin-
ued bowl from the men and women who
are winning notoriety by shouting about
the lndellcacy OF the bloomer.
Another article OF dress which the Par
lslan cyclists have discarded and which
the American wheelwomen are already
dong away with is the corset. Physi-
clans and scientists have made steady
war against the corset for many centur-
les without gaining an atom of success.
Yet the bicycle has accomplished in a
minute almost wnat they failed to do in
years.
Mono of the French riders wear corsets.
Even the retail shops have on their coun-
rers the substitute which is now generally
used. The rider Nho knows how to dress
skillfully, for the cycle, first dons a com
dominal band for warmth ana support; a
leather cincture in place OF the corset,
ana then come the external garments.
French women have recognized that it
does not do on the wheel to push the
bust up in an unnatural position and lace
III the waist TO IOrSe tHe nlpS ana CneSt
into the curves of the figure s. When
French women make such sacrifice IN
the matter of vanity it will be compare
lively easy for English and American
women to do the same.
1t is easy to see that the general down
fall of the corset is near at hand. Bicyc-
lers will not only discard it when wheel
ing, but also in ordinary street wear.
Women who are not wheelers will also
eventually come to the know ledge that
they can get along without il, just as
surely as shorter skirts and plcomers will
be universally worn few years hence.
There is an exaggerated idea that all
the French bicycle costumes are dreadful
ly indeicate. From the accom- panying
illustrations it can be seen that they are
not 50 terrible after all Many of the
Parisiennes are wearing knitted goods
extensively. Instead of a blouse a knitted
waistcoat is worn. This fits the figure
more snugly than the blouse and adds
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all manner of criticism, while poor L
in my quiet home sat amazed at the
furore l had unwittingly created.
81 do not know VINO really invented the
dress. but Mrs. Miller was the first to
wear il and | the first to call public atten-
tion to it. A somewhat similar dress
was In vogue at the various water cures
and was used for gymnastic and calls
thenic exercises for long time. While 1
must always say good words for this COM
Portable, convenient and tidy dress, L was
never ambitious to be known as the in
ventor OF any fashions or have my name
descend to posterlty as the originator Of
a peculiar style.
Mrs. Bloomer wore the costume for q
number of years. until business affairs
obliged her to move to Council Bluffs,
Ia. and then she discarded the costume
lest her advent in new country IN so
peculiar garb would initiate against
her nus bands success. For few yea rs
before her death Mrs. Bloomer was sens-
tive on the subject of her early efforts in
behalf of dress reform, and disliked hear
ing any mention of bloomers.
Mrs. Miller, too, has discarded the
trousers. as we'll as Mrs. Stanton, and
themselves much in the same manner as
other women of their aga, with pretty
laces. soft ruffies and silks. In writing
now from her hume in Geneva Mrs. Miller
states:
II do not consider the dress as shown
by the old picture to be the perfect dress
for women, but it is of interest as show
ing one OF the earlier efforts in behalf OF
healthful costume
The costume was the result of much
study on Miss Smith 'sspart. She had OBJ
served how convenient the water cure
dress was, and she had seen the women
CT Champery working in the fields clad in
trousersljust AS the men before the wave
# prudish civilization had mac them
think their costume indelicate. turkish
costumes were also studied. and finally
the Smith" or "Bloomer" was pro-
Iuood
The herald., 1895-09-01
The Profession Disgraced

KANSAS CITY, Aug. 3O.-Cabanne
and Titus, two st. Louis cyclists attend
ing the Farmount park races, were seen
by a Republic respondent and asked
about the charges made. They not only
admitted that this race had been fixed,
hut that the three important races in
Glass had been arranged between them
and Murphy. Their only feeling seemed
to be one of indignation against Murphy
for not carrying out his part of the agree
ment. They called him Judas, sneak
and renegade" and said he was dis
grace to the profession.
Here is Titus statement:
THAT Murphy is the most underhanded
racing man on the circuit, said Titus
boldly. 1--WE should have known better
than to have trusted him. Y on see, there
we're Just three Important Class b events
ON the caro- ut St. Louis Saturday. Muir
ply came to us of his own accord before
the races and proposed that we fix the
three races so that each could take one.
We agreed, and it was settled that Muir
ply was to have the mile handicap, my
self the two-mile handicap. and Dute the
mile open, as st. Louis was his home,
and this was the most important event
on the programme.
"Dute and / both stayed ont of the
mile handicap. urging that we would not
ride because Murphy was given thirty
five yards. while we were scratch. Muir
ply won with ease. In the two-mile
handicap did not win, being beaten by
TerIlll. who had too large handicap,
Then came the mile open event,
which had to be ridden under 2:20 or no
race. | set the pace as agreed, Dute fol-
lowing closely after with Murphy back
in the bunch. Within u short distance
of the tape | pulled out 10 let Dute have
the pole, which he was unable to take
however, because his wheel was tapping
mine on the outside. That is why h 9
also turned out. What does that sneak
Murphy then do but jump to the place
left open by me. OF course it was too
late for Duts to do anything then. and
Murphy won the race with ease. Had it
been run on is merits, or il Dute had
had the least intlmation of Murphys in
tentIon he could have won in walk. 1t
was one of tho most ooItemptible and
sneaking steals ever made on race
track, but only what might have been
expected of man ike Murphy.'
The herald., 1895-09-01
STREET RAILWAY
MAGNET YERKES OF CHICAGO A
BICYCLE CRANK

| Charles T. Ycrkes has developed into a
bicycle crank. He admits 1t. He has be-
come such an admirer of the wheel as a
means of locomotion and physical exer-
else that he says he rather likes to be
called bicycle crank. Mr.. Yerkes has
Just returned from the east, where he has
been putting the finishing touches on
his riding. He took his first lesson here,
but he went away to acquire the conf
dence that leads him to abjure other
means of transit, including the cable car.
While his thousands of street cars carry
nearly hundreds of thousands of persons
about town daily the controlling spirit OF
the north and west side surface lines, the
Lake street elevated and the projected
Northwestern elevated road. clad in sweat.
er and knicke, bockers, whirls through
the parks and bouIevards on twenty
two pound wheel. The residents of the
neigh borhood surrounding Jackson Park
have become we'll acquainted with the
figure of one rider. who is daily seen
whirlng along the drives and boulevards
of that pride of the south town. but prob
ably few know that he is the street rail
road maguate. He scorns to wheel in
citizens clothes. "The garments male
for riding purposes are SO much more
comfortable" he said yesterday. neat
figure he presented as he sat astride his
wheel yesterday. his suit Of gray fitting
tightly to his person. Always noted for
his athletic build and muscular contour
of form his figure shows off to particular
advantage in bicycle suit.
AS is to be expected in the case of a
wealthy bicycle crank, Mr.. Yerke's ward
robe has number Of bicycle suits. All
are made after the same pattern and each
consists of sweater. knickeroockers,
coat, cap and stockings. OF one the
prevailing color is gray, but Mr.. Yerke 8
taste for the beautiful is apparent in the
make of his suit, for beginning with a
white sweater. the other garments are or
several shades of gray. The coat is of
light gray, the knickerbockers two
shades darker and the stockings and
shoes of still darker shade, willis the
cap is of the same shade as the coat. An
other suit is black, except the sweater.
which is of dark maroon color. A third
suit is dark blue. The gray suit is prob
ably the most becoming, as it matches
The herald., 1895-09-01
NEXT SEASONS
BLOOMERETES
Will, It Is Thought, Dress
as the PariSienneS are
Doing Today
WILL SHED USELESS DUDS
Corsets and Leggings Have Been Dis
carded as Useless, and Boomers
are Shrinking Into Closes
Fitting Knickers

What will be the external status of the
bloomerite year from now?
It's hard question to answer. A year
ago women who blushed at the mere men,
tion of boomers now wear them gladly,
deiantly and gracefully. True. the
bloomers are almost as voluminuus as
skirts, but at any place frequented by
women cyclists about the metropolitan
district it is quite apparent that the
boomers are shrinking slowly but surely.
Women talk now of the full bloomer. the
three-quarter bloomer and the half
bloomer. When the fractions get trihe
smaller the blooner will have shrunk into
tight-ritting knickerbockers.
Black satin bloomers are common
sight on the great Brooklyn bicycle road
running to Coney Island. As u matter
of fact, the bloomer habit is much strong G.
er. in quiet Brooklyn than in dashing
The herald., 1895-09-01

offered no obi ecJion to the costume. and
with the approval of father and husband
Mrs. Miller continued to be, as she put
it, Comfortably clad" 1t was during o
visit that Mrs. Miller paid to friends in
the adjoining town of Seneca Falls that
she was joined in her crusade against
petticoats by Mrs. Bloomer and Mrs.
Stanton.
There was in the town a club of young
women who met almost every day in y
room of the postoffce building to read
their mail write letters and chat Here.
then, came Mrs Miller and her trousers.
Mrs. Bloomer took great fancy to the
costume, and soon the tailor had orders
for similar suits for herself and Mrs.
Stanton, and the quiet of the village
folks was disturbed by the shouts of the
bows calling out, on sight OF the strangely
gsrbed women, all sorts of epithets and
slang phrases. which finally crystallized
into this verse:
"Heigh-ho carrion crow,
Mrs. Bloomers all the go;
Twenty tailors take the stitches
Mrs. Bloomer wears the breeches."
This jingle probably had much to do
with diverting attention to Mrs. Bloom: er
as the poneer in the iashioning of the
new dress, and away from Mrs. Miller.
There were other reasons, also. Mrs.
Bloomer was the assistant to her hus-
band, the then postmaster of Seneca
Falls she edited and published paper
and was much on the lecture platform,
while Mrs. Smitn-Miller was so situated
that her life could be spant more in the
domestic circle.
1t was her paper that Mrs. Bloomer
blamed for Fastening the name TO the
costume. Through its columns II soon
became known that she was wearing
trousers and short skirt and the press
took up the story, and soon afterward the
dictionaries described the dress under
the name of bloomers, and lost to the
world the real name.
In speaking of the subject Mrs. Bloom
er once said: 'In vain | tried to stem
the tide and give credit where credit
was due, but the matter lad gone forth
on tho wings os the Wind. oaIlin~ forth
The herald., 1895-09-01

inches of the knee. The general effect Is
more startling than costume OF knicker-
bockers and for this reason Is only worn
by the women who like to create a sensa-
tion.
Cycling costumes are cheap in Paris.
Good ones can be bought for IS and the
moro expensive styles run as high as $40.
These prices of course are the ones
charged in the large shops. Costumes
made by fashinoable nodiste are as ex-
psnslve as fine street gown.
lt Is quite apparent that year from
now the cycling ~o",a, -;i' --~~~-- =
nazzling pictur.