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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-02-08
FOR LITTLE FOLKS.
The Ant Eater.

A strange looking creature is the ant
eater. His name describes his habits,
and nature seems to have designed him
for exactly the work which he performs
He opens ant hills and kills, by making
his dinner of them, all of their inhabit-
ants He is certainly usefnl animal,
although most unpleasant and peculiar
looking one.
He resides in Brazil Perhaps he lives
there because ants and ant hills are
there in plenty. or perhaps the ants and
ant hills are put there because he lives
there to exterminate them, for ants are
terrible pests in that hot country. They
swarm through the houses and eat every
thing which comes i'll their way Clothes,
books and furniture, wool, paper or
wood, even to the beams of the houses,
are not safe from destruction by these
terrors. And so, of course, the animal
who lives but by destroying them is con-
sidered most necessary friend.
He has curious long, sharp claws,
with which he tears open the ants
homes. He has very long nose, half as
long as his body, and he can poke it far
into the anthouses in his search for food.
And he has very long, slender and
sticky tongue, which he darts in and out
very rapidly, catching up with it dozens,
perhaps hundreds, of ants at every mo-
tion
Another odd thing about him is his
tail. 1t is bushy one, covered with
long gray hair. 1t looks like monstrous
gray mat, and when he lies down it COW
ers him up completely, serving the ex-
cellent purpose of keeping him warm
and helping to conceal him. He makes
his home in the woods, and it is usually
at night that he prowls about, devour
ing few million ants in the course of
his search for enough dinner. New
York World
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-02-08
Civilization Indicted.

Miss O'Connor Eccles at the Pioneer
club recently brought various indict
ments against civilization, which she
commended had as many disadvantages
as advantages, or possibly more. Snob-
bishness was one Of these disadvantages,
the pursuit Of the wealthy another.
"There were some people," said Miss
O'Connor Eccles humorously, "that one
would not know under a million of
money, while others required even two
to become desirable acquaintance. :"
The vulgarity of the superior person"
also came in for some scathing but
amusing criticism, and the literary in
dividual who traffics with his emo
tions, the speaker believed, was indigo
nous to a highly cultivated social soil.
The Pioneers, however, would have
none of this adverse criticism, and taking
Miss O'Connor Eccles' persifage au
grand serioux proceeded to explain at
some length that the only fault with US
at present was that we were not yet
civilized enough The notion of pioneer
ing backward did not commend itself to
the company at Burton street.-Londop
Queen
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-02-08
Two Absurd English Fads.

There are two fashions very largely,
almost universally, affected by English
women just now that I don't think will
be copied over here even by the most
pronounced faddist, remarked WON
an just back from long stay in Eng
land. '"They are the chignon and the
walking cane
''The fashionable couture is hideous-
nay, revolting-and I'm sorry to say it
is affected by about eight in ten Eng
ish women. 1t is simply a 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 SEQ
woman who aims to be ultra fashion
able wearing two of these monstrosi.
ties, one atop of the othsT. and maybe a
little sailor hat perched atop of the
wad, but not covering her head at ALL
The only Improvement over the old
chignon is that the present one is hair
covered wire frame instead of swab
Of hair. The vulgar people call it a
bun In trip around the continent |
didn't see single bun except Oh trav-
cling English women. 1t is purely Eng
ish and likely to remain so.
'The inevitable accompaniment of
the chignon is the walking cane, and it
was to me the oldest thing in the world
when Iarrived 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
'Cbollies' 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 reason for the cane
and, absusd as 1t la it is point for the
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-02-08
Miss Toulmin Smith.


Miss Toulmin Smith is the first wom-
an to receive the appointment of libra
rian of Manchester college, Oxford.
Miss Smith has won the much coveted
post by sheer force of merit and over
the heads of nearly 100 competitors,
chiefly of the sterner sex. Manchester
college, the fine Gothic building which
was opened two years ago by the Uni
tarians, has proved itself fully abreast Of
the spirit of the times, which takes per-
sonality rather than social position, ca
pacity rather than sex, as the true basis
of selection for office. DR.. Murray, the
editor of the great dictionary now being
issued by the Oxford Press, has intrust
ed much OF his most difficult research
work to Miss Toulmin Smith, who has
proved herself an invaluable colleague.
She is great granddaughter of Mr..
Toulmin, the we'll known Presbyterian
divine. Her father hailed from War
wickshire, her mother from Yorkshire,
but she happened to be born at Roxbury,
Mass, during her parents short sojourn
in the States She has lived in High
gate nearly all her life, for many years
aiding her father in his writings on con-
stitutional history. With DR.. Elizabeth
Blackwell and few others she founded
the National Health society and acted
as secretary for some time. She has for
many years been school manager I'M
der the Hornsey school board, and she
watches with intense interest the prog
ress of the present struggle. Her SYM
pathies are all on the side of freedom OF
conscience. London Correspondent
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-02-08
Last Seasons Gown.

An acceptable way to modernize and
freshen last seasons cloth gown is tG
strip off it's fur, velvet or MORE, and
substitute satin. The soft finish satin
rhadame is the best, and new sleeves of
this material go long way in the reno.
waiting process. Put in full front of
the satin and cut off last years pointed
bodice to the waist line. This is one of
the small points that betray the old or
new fashion Finish the bodice with a
soft twisted fold of the satin, which fold
tailors take care shall fit smooth and
snug, with no bullying. If there has
been a foot trimming whose stitches
show after careful pressing, bias hem
of cloth, headed by a narrow (when fin
ished) fold of satin is permissible COW
ering. 1t is hint for the home dress
maker to make this fold Of double satin.
In this way better effect is insured.
Of course the skirt of last season must
be widened. In some cases this is diff
cult, but if no more cloth is at hand to
make the two additional cores knee
deep fans of satin at each gore-with one
to the waist if necessary-at the back
may be a suggestion of value. If the
fans are used, it is better, if possible,
to leave the foot without the hem and
fold. Trimming between the fans de-
tracts from their good effect.
For the neck of the bodice there should
be satin czarina, with Gears at the
sides or bunch of flowers, and the
wrists may be finished plain or bias
twist of the satin drawn about each,
ending in smart perky little bow and
ends on the top of the arm-New York
Times.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-02-08
MRS. LILY A. THOMPSON.

an on tlNc police force, as was decided
at the recent convention of that organi.
zation, I desire to have my name enter
ed upon your record as the first appli-
cant for appointment as female police
officer. l believe with the leaders Of
the w. @. T. u. that more can be ac-
complished while making arrests by thu
use of moral suasion than by the use Of
clubs, pistols and brute force. The ex.
pertinent of female police officers is
worth trying.
1t is unnecessary to state that the
commissioners We're somewhat startled
by this application. 1t is true there ara
several women connected with the pc
lice department as matrons at the va"
rious stations, but the idea of a female
policeman patrolling beat and swing
ing chilly" was entirely new. How
ever, the matter was referred to Com.
missioner Truesdell, and he is calmly
thinking it over. In the meantime Mrs.
Belva A. Lockwood and other promi-
nent woman suffragists in the District
have interested themselves in the case
of Mrs. Thompson and declare they pro-
pose to push her application to an APP
pointment.
Mrs. Thompson, who is % years old,
is native of Charleston. There are
not many woman suffragists in that
section of the country, and Mrs. Thomp-
son has acquired her ideas ON this sub
ject since she came to Washington about
four years ago. When she was years
old, her parents moved to eastern Ten
nessee, and in that mountain region she
grew to womanhood. 1t was there that
she developed fondness for outdoor
exercise and became an accomplished
horsewoman, and, according to her
friends, a splendid rifle shot She han
dies pistol quite as expertly as any
man, and in this respect she would
probably excel the average member of
the police force. Mrs. Thompson early
acquired a taste for athletics of all sorts,
and few years ago she became inter-
ested in the Delsartean theory of physic-
al development. She is an expert with
Indian clubs and dumbbeIls, and no
doubt she could give some of the "dan-
dy coppers" points on the twirling of a
baton in the most artistic manner
From her home in Knoxville Mrs.
Thompson came to this city, and since
the death of her husband short time
ago she has supported herself by sewing
and by occasional work at copying
Washington Cor. Chicago Herald.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-02-08
Women as Imitators.

With the tailor made girl an easy
walk came ina walk that did not have
a suggestion of stride, but still, as it
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, well, 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 SEQ them
make fools of themselves. Editor Wo-
mans Page, Boston Globe.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-02-08
Women Hairdressers.

Some one told the writer the other
day that any number of clever well bred
women were earning very respectable
incomes by following the profession of
dressing hair.
At first blush he could not believe it
to be either lucrative or enduring as
permanent employment, but investiga-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-02-08
WOMAN'S WORLD.
A WASHINGTON WIDOW WHO WANTS
TO GET ON THE FORCE.

Two Absurd English Fads-WOmen as Imi-
notwithstanding Insults-Shoulder to
Shoulder With Men Russia's Royal
Widow-WOman In Bondage.
Mrs. Lily A. Thompson is pretty
young widow who wants 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 Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-02-08
Women Architects.

Mary N. Cannon and Alice J. Hands,
who are seniors of the New York School
of Applied Design For Women, have de-
signed theWomen' S building for the Cot
ton States and International exhibition
at Atlanta in 1895. The work took them
three weeks and is figured out to the
smallest detail, while their estimates
are $4,000 below the $40. 900 limit.
These young women won last summer
five out Of seven competitions with other
New York architects
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-02-08
TELEGRAPHlC BREVITIeS.
Matters of Minor Importance in Co
denSed Form.

Matters of Minor Importance in Con-
densed Form.
The annual meeting of the national
assembly of the L. A. W. will be held
In New York Feb. IA
Jay Gould's estate has been ap.
praised at $50, 084, $50 49,, for purposes
of taxation by the surrogate court of
New York
The second annual convention Of the
Association of Tent Showmen is in
session at Cincinnati with over 80 del
egates present.
Advices from Madagascar under date
of Dec. "A, say that the Hovas have
sacked the Amber mountain sanitarium
near Diego SuareZ.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-02-08

ter of Viscount Maiden and granddaugh-
ter of the late Earl of Essex. She has a
great taste for reading, and, like most
young English women of title, is an ac-
complished horsewoman and persistent
pedestrian. She, like the first owner of
the Sunbeam, is very fond of the yacht,
which was reftted for her at the time
of her marriage. The deckhouse, used
as drawing room, is charmingly ar
ranged and full of plants and flowers.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-02-08
WOMAN'S WORLD.
LADY BRASSEY, OWNER OF THE FA-
NOUS YACHT SUNBEAM.

WOmanhood and Opportunity-Miss Toul-
min Smiths Observation-Disclosures Hair.
Buying Furs-Jam Spoon Holder.
The second Lady Brassey is young
woman and rather a pretty one, very
unlike in that particular her predeces.
sor, who sailed in and wrote about the
famous Sunbeam. She is tall and
stately in presence and was in reality
De Vere-Lady Sybil de We're, daugh.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-02-08

lnoothly and still gives room for toes
AID instep is a very necessary thing.
Ths stocking should be long, coming
above the knee and being confined by
carriers, elastic which comes from the
side and not bands which go around the
leg, impeding the circulation and caus
ing all sorts Of evils.-New York Ad-
Vertiser.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-02-08

from the preserve and so do away with
the troublesome condition known as
"sticky fingers" which result from al
lowing the handle of the spoon to rest
against the side of the pot or DISH
Hardware Trade Journal.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-02-08
The Pussy Cats A b C.

Pussy cats upon a bench,
Studying from a book.
Calls the teacher: "a B @.
Pussy cats, now looki"
A B G upon the board.
In the book as well.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-02-08
lam Snonn Holder.

The spoonholder shown herewith con-
sists of clip handsomely nickel plat
ed, which can be attached to the side of
a jam pot or dish, it's purpose being to
hold the necessary spoon well away
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-02-08
Full of Glory.

"Oh, mamma, " cried 5-year-old Doro-
thy. '|I'm just as full of glory as 1 can
bel''
"What do you mean?" inquired her
mother, with natural surprise.
''Why-ee, said Dorothy, there was
a sunbeam right on my spoon, and I
swallowed it with my oatmeal, man,
maw-Youth's Companion.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-02-08
Resenting Insults.

How can refined woman best pro-
tect herself from insult? This is 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 81
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 rate. If the affront
is an indictable offense, there is the
court, but how few women would avail
themselves of the publicity of this
mode! 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 wom-
an. Then the male relative does not
avail. There should be some code Of
honor that would place gentlewoman
in such an attitude that, fearing some
retribution, a man or woman of the
affrOntinp kind would be required to
adhere to at least courteous way IF
being rude New Orleans Times-Den
ocrat
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-02-08
Shoulder to Shoulder With Men.


A well known minister of Somervills
recently said that he could not under
stand why women did not take up the
study of architecture. GA female archi-
tect, said he, would be sure to put a
closet somewhere near the kitchen sink,
day." He might have added that she
would have put closets in every room
in the house and every one in conven-
lent place. Here is a line of work
which is specially adapted to women,
for they are naturally careful in de-
tails, are generally artistic and could
''learn the business as well as man.
Why not become architects? Surely the
Woman's building at the Worlds fair
did not suffer by comparison in an ar
chitectural sense with it's neighbors.
One of the most successful women in
Boston is dentist. A few years ago
she graduated at the head of her class,
and the only woman in it, and now she
has practice which gives her an in
come up in the thousands
Druggists who will say anything on
the subject are obliged to admit that
women are admirably fitted to that
work, and already there are about 800
successful female druggists in the Unit
ed States. Of course there are many
kinds of work for which woman is to-
tally untitled. Her physical strength is
not so great, but where brain power,
endurance and patience count in the
fight for success she stands shoulder tc
shoulder with man. -Somerville Jour
nal
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-02-08

Oh, how hard these pussy cats
Are learning how to SPELL
Teachers very firm and strict
Pussy cats are bright.
Every one knows A B G
Ere he leaves tonight
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1895-12-24
a Question of Time.

\ Milo farmer prides himself on
regularity in feeding his livestock.
especially his pig. The other dav be
found he would be biigcd to be away
at the uaual hour, 50 he told his wife
10 carefully feed the pig at tie stroke
OF II This advice WAS repcat4d sew
eral times before he star d. and as be
row off his pairing admonition was
"Remember the pig His business
TOOK hin to a neishborins town. and
ne had heen there but a short time
when a telegram was handed him
rearing the worst, he opened if and
read: shall I feed the pig on lo..l
or standard time?' and the message
was ~"cOllect."
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1895-12-24
u. S. COURT.
"nes Case Set For The First
moraav in March.

'"hn L. Jone case was called in tn.
u. > Court yesterday and the Judge
SUI, that he had important
business in San Francisco and conld
not try the case this term. It wo,Id
have to go ver until the first fonda
10 March. Both sides assen ID.
The case Of jennings, the counter
letter. was called and dismissed. The
Court said that a stipulation had
been made with defendant that if he
impaired certain information to he
Government he would go free. aud
the Information having been impaired
the Government was duty bound 10
Keep faith. The Court read q severe
lecture to Jennings and advised him
% take a different road if he expected
70 keep cut of the penitontiarv.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1895-12-24
The Christmas War Crv.

The captain of the Reno corps Of he
o~alvatlo Army is in this city selling
n CHRISTMAS War Cry, IT is a heau-
TRULY illustl ated number with a cover
printed IN 'olors and replete with de-
l1ghtful Christmas stories, poems and
pictures. The supplement is a LARGE
ph"Iogravure picture from a famous
painting and the whole only cosss 10
cents. The lady was selling the Chris;-
mas edition of the War Gig yes.erday
In large numbers and there was hard
~ a place in the city where she called
that a copy, or several were not aiken
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1895-12-24


Louis James. who viii be seen bare
shortly represents the school of Kem-
oie' McCuilough and the elder Booth
on the American stage today. He ia
the ideal Of the heroic tragedian with
us massive yet era. eful frame. his
superb voice the eloquen>e of his
sweeping gestures and the robust vi
rlIlty OF his impersonations Of Otbello
Nlrgln1us and Macbeth. T ear he ron,
resents as no other actor before the
American public. To say in which Of
these roles would be merely an express
sion OF a personal preference, as in
each n be shows such particular
aptitude % $ requirements, such a
Keen insight into its possibilities. srch
sympathy with its characteristics hat
ne seems moulded to the role.
On Christmas morning Mass will ho
generated in the Catholic Church at
80, s and 10 so a. ~. At 10 80 a ~
mere will be a High Mass. after which
benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
Will be given. The music on the orce.
sion will be Of a high order, as choir
OF Ten voices, under the leadership Of
MISS Florence Pohl, will render for
lhe hrst time in this church, Feshes
ceieora' mass in E fiat. They have
I2en prac,icing this mass for three
months.
?. J. CLvNE, Rector.
Young sucking pigs for Christmas
consumption are in great demand. It
thought that the sucking pig will
III Time surplant the turkey as meat
LOT christmas. 1t just melts in The
mouth and is only half the price.
For Over Fifty Years.
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup. has
been used for children teethtng. IT
'ooths the child. softens the gums
'lays all pain, cures wind collie. and
best remedy COR Diarrhoea