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Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-29
THE PARADES OF MANY YEARS AGO.

act impose upon, seduce or betray into
matrimony any of his majestys subjects
by virtue of ornaments cosmetics, wash
es, paints artificial teeth, false hair or
high heeled shoes shall incur the penalty
of the law now in force against witch
craft and like misdemeanors
This law was passed when New Jer-
sey was still British possession. as VIII
be noticed by the reference to his mai
esty and for that reason is not consider
ed to have enough strength to be worth
while wiping out. But if every lady in
the land who used cologne. cosmetics,
washes false teeth, other peoples hair
and high-heeled shoes were declared by
law to be witches the nation would have
time to do nothing but build jails to ac-
commodate the throng. Truly, the bellies
of New Jersey four generations ago must
have had a very dreary time.
Peter Stuyvesant's Modesty.
Even that great and good man, Peter
Stuyvesant in the days when the knck-
| erboeker regime was at it's height in New
York, had mething to say on the dress
| question. 1t seems that very handsome
| young girl arrived in New York from
| Holland with the latest fashions of Am
| sterdam. These would not be considered
very attractive today, for they consisted
| in the main of a dozen or so of bright
| hued petticoats cut rather short.
The beautiful young Dutch girl with
her numerous pettlcoats could dance very
well, and one day she consented to dance
| for Governor Stuyvesant on the Battery
| Green. She wanted to please such a
| great and influential man as the governor
| and she danced with all the fervor of her
| soul. Her short petticoats were consid-
| erably shorter during the height OF lii,
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-29

ceeding, and when it is accelerated by
the speed of q rapidly moving bike the
results are sometimes amazing.
The bicycle dance is the creation of the
men and women who make up the fash
ionable Michaux club in New York. 1t is
here that all the women of the swagger
set have learned how to ride, and now
that they have mastered the ordinary
intricacies of the wheel they are looking
for new fields to conquer.
so far the dancing is confined to the
evolutlons of the rollicking Virginia reel
and eight men and eight women are
sufficiently expert to go through it with
out anything approaching a mshap oc-
curing. They have already given an ex-
hibition of the dance to their friends,
and now they are arranging for figures
of more intricate character.
Danced to Fast Music.
The bicycle reel is very pretty, and
when the music is played in fast meas
ures 1t is much more exciting than the
ordinary reel. The dancing cyclers range
themselves in two lines along the hall.
The two end couples ride toward each
ether and in the center make q sharp
turn to the left and with their wheels at
hair-raising angle circle around ore
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-29

figures. but they find it slow work. as
few men or women can change suddenly
from forward riding to backward riding
The Bike Quadrille.
One man has evolved a dance in which
the principal figure is that of a hands
all-around.' Four couples take part in
this, the same as in the ordinary quad
rifle, and about six times as much floor
space is required as when the dance is
performed in the ordinary way.
This figure requires the exercise of con-
siderable SKILL as the hands cannot rest
on the handle bars for more than a sec
ond or two, and all the guiding of the
machine must be done by the swaying
of the body and the deft use of one hand
for an instant on the handle. This fig
ure is now being practiced, and If a sue
cess is made of 1t several of the most
simple figures of the quadrille and Ian
GERS will be added to it.
In this way the enthusiasts hope to
create a. regular series of figures, which
will go down to posterity as the official
bicycle dance. Some of the men thought
1t would be possible to have a bicycle
waltz, but they relinquished the idea af-
ter several bad falls and when three or
four machines had been smashed.
Will Wear Queer Costumes.
The managers of the coming dance
have arranged to make it a fancy dress
affair and some of the most extraordipa-
ny costumes that have ever been seen
on or off of bicycle will be the result.
Masks will not be worn. as they are not
considered to be good form or disnified
by the gilded set, and 1t is doubtful IL
there will be any startling display of
knickerbockers or boomers.
The costumes will tend more In the line
of the grotesque, with Mary Queen OF
Scots, Joan Of Arc, Queen Isabella. Chris
topher Columbus, Julius Caesar, George
Washing ton. Napoleon. Josephine. Char
lotte Corday, Shakespeare. Portia, Shy
lock. Hamlet and other persons of note.
all represented on the wheels
Certainly a broad vista of novelty is
opened by the bicycle dance, and If it
passes off smoothly no one can say to
what extent it will be elaborated in the
near future.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-29
For instance, the good Poop

chusetts found it necessary to pass this
law in 1884:
1.-THE court, taking into consideration the
great, superfiuous and unnecessary eX-
penses occasioned by some new and i'm
modest fashion, as also the ordinary
wearing of silver, gold and silk laces,
girdles, hat bands, etc, hath therefore
ordered that no person, either man or
woman shall hereafter make or buy any
apparel, either wooden, silk or linen, with
any lace on it, silver, gold, silk or thread,
under the penalty of forfeiture of such
cloth.
mo man or woman shall make or buy
any sashed clothes other than one slash
in each sleeve or another in the back,
also all cut work, embroidered or needle
work caps, hands now worn under the
aforesaid penalty; also all gold or silver
girdles, hat bands, belts, rufus, beaver
hats are prohibited to be worn. Men
and women shall have liberty to wear
ont such apparel as they are now provid-
ed of Except the immoderate great
sleeves slashed apparel, immoderate
great rayles, long wings, etc. This or
der to take place fortnight after publish
ing thereof"
If some of these laws existed on Easter
Sunday next, how many millions of the
fair ladies of this land would find them
selves in the lookup, or forced to pay a
fine before the day was over? Let the
sweet maid and the blooming matron of
today take a look at some of these laws,
and then wonder how it was possible for
their great-great-grea t-grandmothers to
indulge in anything like an Easter pa
rade.
Many Transgressors.
1t was considered wicked to indulge
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-29
EASTER IN ALL AGES
Odd Costumes Worn in the Pa
rades of the Century,
FEMININE FINERY AND LAW
The Old PuritanS Were Particularly Severe in
Their War Against wicked Apparel
Peter StuWesant'S Shock

New York, March 27.-"Clothe yourself
with the silk of piety, the satin of sancti-
ty, the purple of modesty, so the Al
mighty God will be lover of you"
1t was with these ringing words that
an old Puritan preacher, in the early
days of New England, exhorted his con-
gregation to avoid the evil of fine dress,
the vanities of rare apparel and the eX-
travagant rivalries Of gorgeous attire.
1t may have been at Easter time that
the earnest old preacher was stirred up
by the presence Of too much finery and
forced into his eloquent TRADE against
the evil of feminine extravaganza. Ger
tain it is that even in those days of hard
ships the buXom Puritan lassies had
healthy love of dainty clothes. So strong
was the desire for gorgeous raiment and
SO deeply did it permeate the feminine
portion of the colony that numerous laws
were for the purpose of regulating what
was deemed a great and awful evil
An Ironclad Law.
Tor instance the good people of MaSSa-
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-29
A NOVEL CUSHION
Of@Ivory White Satin, Covered With Gold
Needle Point Lace.

An exquisite cushion decoration recent
ly exhibited was made in English needle
point lace, substituting gold braids and
gold threads for linen braids and threads.
Such a decoration used as a panel over
ivory white satin or velvet enriches 1t
wonderfully, and produces an effect that
would require ten times as much labor
and time in ordinary embroidery in gold
thread. Such a decoration is removable
for cleansing, and will serve to decorate
from time to time other cushions or OBJ
jects; and even when the gold work is
furnished it will prove attractive when
laid over satin or velvet in color.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-29
THOSE TROUBLESOME TREssEs.
When They Commence to Fall Learn to
Massage the Scalp.

Very often the hair fails and tonics
prove of little avail. In this case it is
we'll to massage the scalp. Not infre-
quently the scalp becomes tight on the
head. This prevents circulation, the fol-
lces of the hair become anaemic and as
a result the hair falls The only remedy
is to give the head course of massage.
which is easily and simply done Place
a hand on each side of the upper part
of the face, with the thumbs pressed on
the head behind the ears and the little
finger just above where the eyebrows be-
gin; then spread out the other fingers
over the head, and for ten minutes gent
ly work the scalp backwards and for
wards. Finally, with the thumb and fore
finger pinch the scalp all over, continuing
until the head begins to Jingle; this loos-
ems the scalp from the bone and starts
the circulation. Keep up this treatment
night and morning until the hair ceases
to fall
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-29
SOME CURIOUS casters
How All the Nations Celebrate
the Great Day.
PIETY OF THE LATIN RACES
The Russians Make Carnival of the Season,
Go Calling and Exchange Eggs-The
Sober-Mnded Italians.
PIETY OF THE LATIN RACES

New York, March 27.-If one had the
power to be in several spots of this big
city at the same time some curious sights
could be seen on Easter Sunday. Nearly
all the nations of the world are collected
in sufficient numbers under the great
cosmopolitan roof of Gotham to have q
place of worship of their own, and there
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-29
For That Bad Cold.

As an inhalation turpentine has proved
of great service in bronchitis, pneumo-
MIA, pleurisy and other throat and lung
affections. If you have cough sprinkle
a little on a handkerchief and hold it to
your mouth and nose for few minutes
breathing the vapor, and note the relief.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-29
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Shoulder Fringes of Jet,

On black gowns the epaulets are of jet,
with fringe falling over the arm. The
style Is much liked because of the broad
ening effect 1t gives to the shoulders, an
effect which, 1t is needless to say, Is
much sought after at present.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-09
JUDGES NOMINATED
By the Democrats Of the First Judicial
District, Yesterday.
The Selections Were Judge Lewis
S. Jordan, Of Ohio County, and
Hon. j. B. Mcclure, Of Marsh all
Col. w. w. Arnett at Fulton. Last
Evening Other Political News
and Comment.

The Democratic Judicial Conferees
FIR the First Judicial District, composed
of the counties of Hancock, Brooke,
Ohio and Marshall, assembled at the
Democratic headquarters at the Peabody
building. in this city, yesterday after
mon al Two o'clock. All the counties
in the district were well represented.
John ]. Jacob, of Ohio county, was
elected chairman, and j. D. Crawford
secretary.
The object of the meeting having been
stated by the Chair, Judge Lewis >.
Jordan, of Ohio county, was named by
Brooke county, as one OF the candidates,
and having no opposition, Judge Jordan
was declared the nominee by acclama-
ton.
For the other Judgeship, the Marshall
county, delegation pres nted two candi-
dates, Hon. j. B. Mcclure, of Mounds
Vile, and c. R. Oldham, OF Marshall.
A ballot was taken, and Mr.. Mcclure
was chosen 10y vote OF "a 2-5 TO % 80.
The nomination of Mr. Mcclure was
then made unanimous.
The following Judicial Executive
Committee was chosen; Hon. J. B.
Sommervile, of Ohio; j. 6. Barrett, Of
Marshall; ]. c. Palmer, of Brooke, and
+. w. Stewart, of Hancock.
The selections are very strong. and
there was much popular commentator
of the work of the conferees yesterday
and last evening, particularly in legal
circles.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-09
THE HOMEWARD TOUR.
Candidate Bryan on the Way TO BE Motif
fled of His Silver Nomination.

fed of His Silver Nomination.
Omaha, Neb., September 8.-Willia.n
J. Bryan, while on his way to Lincoln
to receive notification of his NOMINATION.
by the Silver party, began his speech
making to-day at 6:45 at Pacific June
tion, Iowa. He had retired late, but at
nearly every station through when the
train passed crowds had gathered and
the nominee was routed from his bed
many times to speak and shake hands.
At Pacific Junction 200 Of the residents
had gone to the depot before breakfast
ing to see and hear the Democratic nom
inee. A baggage truck was placed be-
side the car, and Mr.. Bryan mounted it
and said:
Ladies and Gentlemen:-When [
started East | knew our people out here
were all right, but did not know how
they might be down there. | found,
however, they were about as much STIR
red up down there as you are out here.
All over this country those who toll and
ARE engaged in the productive indus
tries are interested in having enough
money to do business with, and hose
who have money instead OF property
and want to make dollars rise N value,
are opposed to it. | believe We nave
more people on our side than We d2Ve
against us. | have the greatest respect
for financiers, but | believe the best fin
ancier is the man who attends TO his
own business and let's the people nave
something 10 say in the running Of the
government. II the finalcier has the
eyes 10 see how the question concerns
him, he has the right 10 use his voice
as ne sees fit, and you have just as much
right to see how it affects you.
The gold standard means that the
god dollar will buy more and more all
the time, and the prices will fall, and
falling prices mean hard times Debts
DO not fall, however, and consequently
the living expenses must be decreased,
and as the living expenses decrease, so
is the prosperity OF the merchant de-
creased, and know of no way to restore
prosperity except by increasing the
power of the people to consume, and the
olly way to do that is to enable them TO
get more for what they produce than
what they have been getting. As long
as we get 16 silver votes 20 every l de-
serter, we cannot complain"
The first crowd to greet the nominee
in his own State was at PlattsmOuth,
where 500 Nebraskans welcomed him
with very hearty cheers and footing of
horns. A ga.ly decorated platform had
been erected south Of the depot, and the
country band added its noise to the din.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-09
POLITICAL NOTES.

Messrs Thomas Allen and William
Jefferson, of Upper Bsnwood, have
erected a speakers stand on the vacant
piece of ground directly north of the
street car barn at Forty-eighth street,
for the use of any party desiring it. The
idea is said to be capital"
This evening the East Wheeling Re
publicans will hold meeting at Bish-
ops hall, which will be addressed by
Hon. Sam C. Burde,te, of Charleston.
This evening the Eighth ward Repub-
licans will be addressed by Mr.. w. c.
Meyer, the Republican candidate for
Prosecuting Attorney.
The Eighth ward Bryan and Sewall
club met last evening and completed its
organization. The club will be one of
the strongest in the city.
Tomorrow the Belmont county Dem
ocrats will meet in Convention at Bell
aire and nominate a county ticket.
Strong ground will be taken in the plat
form in favor of the National ticket and
platform.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-09
WESTERN LEAGUE

MINIATURES. Wis. September s.
Score.
Milwaukee e.. .......o 1OO11OOS-6 Il 6
Detroit e. ..........3 o. O02 IS 10 2
Barnes and Spear; Eean and FishtA
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, September s.
Score
Minneapolis g.. ....9eSOI2OOl-1S l6 8
Columbus .. .......o0O102OOO-S Z .
Schriver ana Figsemeirer; Kehoe. Nc
Greeyy and Jones.
Tomorrow the teams play a postponed
-amo from columbus. which Is transferred
10 Minneapolis and that ends the season
here.
ST. PAUL Mpinn., September S.-Score.
FIRST same.
ST. Paul .............O o 01OoO5 10 s
Indianapolis g.. ....o01oo02O0- 8
Tricken and Spies; Fisher and Wood.
Second game.
ST. Paul ..............3 O1 OOOOOO-i s g
indianapolis .. ......0O110130s- s 8
Thyle. Deuzer and Spies; Cross and
Wood.
KANSAS CITY. No. September S.-The
Blues took two games from Grand Rapids
to-day. Score. first game.
Kansas city ......O 8 O4O001-l2 Is !
Grand Rapids ,....1 o. $20o-9 Is &
Barnett and Blandtord, Mcfarland and
HodGe.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-09
FULTON MEETING.

Col. w. w. Arnett addressed an en-
thusiastic public melting at Fulton last
night. 1t was held in the open air in
the street in the center of town, and the
entire population turned out TO hear the
issues Of the campaign discussed. The
Fulton drum corps was out during the
evening also. The meeting was called
to order about eight o'clock, and Col.
Arnett spoke for nearly two hours, dur
ing which time he held the undivided
attention of his audience, which was
frequently moved to long continued ap-
plause as he scored the Republican par
ty. defended the free silver plank in the
Chicago platform, and eulOgized the can
didates Of the Chicago convention. It
was an excellent speech, and made votes
for the free silver ticket.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-09
OIL NEWS.

Special to the Register. - -.
Slstersville, w. Va, Seo,em,..
The Carter OIL Company drilled ~ .
e. C. Freeland we'll No. 8. our o ,- .--'
cho, This evening, and have a go C- 81
ducer. Il put a foot of oil in 351 Pc
tank at every flow, and is -fa ,'''i5I
well recently brought in In 1a. , y. s..
The Fisher Oil Company have L-,.'..-
in a 24G-barrel producer on The p--s-.
farm, near the Plessalts-Tyler "a, Ia - s.
the nelghborhood OF the Cau.- olc. Z
pany's we'll on The Livingston fs-.. u {.
was found in the Big Injun and r '1 VI.
crease the development now q,.- ... L
in that territory. -s g;
Special to the Register.
Ashland, KY, September g.
is promise Of livelier work IN ., '-'i
Sandy Valley OF! fields this FAR -' i. I.
ever before in the history o., r.,.'---
yelopment. Five car loads ofl-in.-., =
chinery have gone up the Ohr.-57-- 49,
Sandy railroad the pas two vel. D.;
three left Sunday over the N-.,r ID.
Western for Martin county. 10
is in the hands OF Ohio and PEN
MIA parties.
Oil City, Pa, Septembtr S-r....
balances S110; certificates o7.re5 t,..'
est, lowest and closed a. SLIP So
1000 barrels; no clearance .'rs..,,
1S2,S56 barrels; runs, 240.2SS hTa..
New York, September S.-psr-.-,
yania crude, steady; October Slip. IN
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-09
THE TRADES CONGRESS.
Only Real Labor Organizations to Ee
Represented Hereafter.

Only Real Labor Organizations to Bo
Represented Hereafter.
Edinburgh, September S.-phe con-
gress OF the British Trades Unions to-
day discussed the report CT the parlia-
mentary committee which opposes fur
Their participation in international con-
crosses. Finally, the delegates adopted
Ben Tillets motion to the effect ihac all
future international congresses should
be constituted OF representatives a. bona
fide labor organizations and tha, the del
egates should be determined on the lines
OF those attending the British Trades
Unions congress.
After discussing the motion OF the pa
per mill workers, that no representative
of the press be allowed to report the
proceedings of the congress unless he
can prove that the newspaper he repre-
sents is printed by trade ulicA labor
and on paper manufactured in the Uni
ted Kingdom" The delegates voted to
exclude the reporters of all non-union
papers. The latter include all the news
papers of Edinburgh
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-09
REPUBLICAN EDITORS

Call on Mctlinicy--An Addrc,. gy Clar,e,
Emory smith.of the "hiadcpn rr...
Canton, Ohio, Sep,amba> ~. 05
Republican Editorial Association ibis
afternoon listened to the a.-.
dress CT Hon. Charles Emory Su
she Philadelphia Pres. and .ea4.
cd in a body to The Mc-e
Tae editors were joined ay q rau
CanlOnians and the party which ca
j ajor Mckinley wher b. ap %
The porch numbered svera. au.
The venerable John Hop..-. o.. ta
Bucyrus Journal was spokesman .'
the editors.
Mr.. Mckinley delivered a b-... ,.-
dress ccmplimen,iEg the r,2..-...
men and laudilg their professor.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-09

Totals ....... 90. IS s 4 - Is ,
Joyce out for interfering.
Innings
P.t,sburg. .O112OO2O O.
New York. % 1 -
Earned runs. Pittsburg 4. New York
6: first by errors, Pittsburg l. New York
]. eft on bases. Pittsburg s, New FCik
s. first base on balls. off Hastings 1, of
Sullivan 3: struck out, by Hastings ?,
bv. Sullivan 8: ,wO-base hits, Donovan,
smith. LYONS. Paddel. Van Haltr5n,
Gleason. Joyce. Stafford; sacrifice his,
Ely; stolen bases. Stencil >. G. Davis,
Wilson: double plays. H.Davis, Hastings
and Lyons: wild pitches, Hastings ?,
Sullivan l. hit by pitcher, by sullivan
Lyons: umpire. Emslie; time, 2:O5; al
tendance, &1OO.
washington. September S.-A triple
nl9v was The distinguishing feature OF
Inc TWO games between St. Louis and
Washington to-day Attendance loo.
Score. frs. game;
Washington % o > 0 o 1 IS II ?
s.. Louis % O o o 0 , % 3 3
Earned runs. Washington ?, st Louis
2:pi-chers. King ana kissingeri umpire
Lynch; time 1:40.
Second game:
Washington. OOOO1 IS 9 1
s.. Louis 20 o D o 1 o 0 o 0-1 4
Earned runs. Washington 3; pitchers,
Norton ana Hart; umpire, Lynch; time.
40.
Baltimore. Nd. September S.-The
Champions to-day won two games from
Che Colonies. making a record of five
winnings I'm TWO days. Attendance A.
271. Score, first game:
Baltimore 1908 90 40 u Z
Louisville % 100 0 0 / Il
Earned runs. Baltimore Z. Louisville
4: pitchers. Mcmahon and Frazer; UNI
pires. Miller and Donnelly; time. 2I5.
Second game;
Baltimore III OOOO1 l IS Z
Louisville 30 0 0 0 l 0 0 0-1 6
Pitchers. Corbett and Hill; umpires,
Dexter and DOun5ly; time, 200.
At Auburn. y. Cincinnati 10, Au-
burn s.
A, Buffalo-Buffalo l. Cleveland 8.
PHILADELPHIA. September S.-Poor
hcIIinc at critical moments cost the Phil
lies to-day's same with Chicago. Attend
ancc. 4ll0. Score
Philadelphia o.. .....1 o % 0 o 0 o-3 .
Chicago e.. ...........3 . . o o 600 e.
Earned runs. Philadelphia l. Chicago 1;
pitchers Carsey and Griffith; umpires
Campbell and Henderson; time, las.