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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-08
SUITS
AND 0VERCOAIS
For Men BOYS lDd Children

An elegant assortment at prices that
are very low considering the quality,
makeup. ETC., is being shown at our
store. lfyOu are thinking Of buying
a Spring Suit cal | in and look at our
stock-it will do you good, and Us,
too. Of course. We are almost sure
you will buy-canuOt resist
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-08
VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT.

win DC Launched at Meetings Held Here
on SUNDAY.
Colonel Pattic Watkins and Captain
Lindsay. of Ballington Booths staff,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-08
OUR HAT AND
GOODS DEPT

Is replete with everything that is new
and stylish; all the latest styles and
c0lOrS. Call in aud be convinced.
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Pilisbury's Flour mis- have q capac.
ity Of 1850 barrels q Cay. 20
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Miss Ellen Beach Yaw will give a
concert at the rockingham tonight for
the benefit of Company b. Thirteenth
regiment. The following programme
will be rendered.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-22
FLOOR EXERCISES.

ceived no training Cthis is also statisticaD
enter college without normal lung capacity
and actually lose an appreciable degree of
what they have in six months.
Happily. for a moderate sum- every city
now affords facilities for private lessons and
| class work in the most approved systems of
health-producing gymnsstics The course
everywhere begins without the use of ap-
paratus Breathing exercises are taught,
fieXing and stretching for the body and
limbs and all sorts OF limbering gymnastics
are used for a few weeks to get unused
muscles into pliable working order.
Figures ] and illustrate simple but scien-
tifc movements that develop muscles of
the limbs, hips and waists that are usually
so flexible from disuse that even these move
ments at first induce positive pain.
In figure the leg slowly rises in the
perpendicular plane of the body as far ae
possible where it is held for n few mo
ments, and then slowly falls back by weigh
OF the muscles Of the leg and hip only, to IT.
first position. Each action of this set OF
exercises may be repeated six or eight times
on each side. These two exercises induce
extreme strength and feXibility of the
waist and limbs, which means a rounding
out and compacter fibre of muscle; hence
there is no possibility OF increasing waist
and ankle measurements unduly.
In figure 3 the anterior portion of the
hands and arms, the chest, abdomen and
the legs are affected. The body takes the
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-22

but her singing lash falls most heavily
on the shoulders OF the woman.
Tho national costumes have faded out OF
the Engadine, II they ever existed there.
The people-at least thd Protestant por-
tlon (more than half the populace)-are
a plain, sturdy, sober folk, thrifty, too, in
their way. but joyless Qf aspect. In other
parts OF Switzerland where few years
ago the costumes OF theo Inherent cantons
were preserved by the women walters at
hotels, you see now only plain black gowns
and white aprons. There iAreipretty silver
ornaments In the shop windows, and occa-
sonally on a Sunday they appear in the
streets on the person Of some Swiss dame.
But they are fast fading out Of existence,
and more's the pity, as, they are very
pretty and becoming. W
Some of the village houses have quaint
sun dials upon the 'front.' and where they
are very fine, there Is not tnfrequently an
inscription telling when the house was built
and when restored, and, perhaps a pious
sentence in old German text. The roads
through this valley constantly excited our
admiration. They seem built for all time
and are as well kept as lady's parlor floor,
These beautiful highways over the widest
passes show how effectually a paternal power
watches over the safety and comfort Of
travellers. Some OF the prettiest villas upon
these hillsides are the summer houses of
confectioners and hotel proprietors to be
found in all the large towns of Europe, and
who return to their native valleys for rest
and recreation Though they may not be
socially distinguished In the places where
they have acquired their wealth, they have
as good position as need he desired in
their early homes The castle of the old
family has often crumbled on the hill; but
the new families in the valley survive and
flourish here as elsewhere.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-22

selves are of exquisite china, and fit firmly
into their silver holders. Sets of pattie
dishes are now frequently sent as wedding
gifts There are usually six in one case,
with forks matching in design the silver
standards. China and cut glass covered with
a tracery of silver are TO be among the most
popular of this seasons wares.
The new orange cup is bound to meet
with a welcome from those who have vainly
struggled with the problem of eating an
orange gracefully. This cup resembles in
shape a claret glass considerably enlarged,
and Is in silver. In the cup Itself are two
strong prongs that hold the orange firmly
in place while one takes out the juicy con-
tents with the long, trough-like orange
spoon quito at his ease.
Not quite so new, perhaps but equally
convenient and certainly quite as beauti-
full, are the solid silver muffoneers which
distribute so evenly the powdered sugar over
waffle and fapjack.
An exquisite little device to take the place
OF a tray in serving a glass OF water hs the
very latest thing from Dresden. This IS
beautifully decorated plate, in the center
OF which Is a depression perhaps an inch
and half deep, in which the glass exactly
FITS.
colored glass. and rest in half a silver bowl
standing on four legs. Even the plain glass
finger bowls stand on short legs.
A receptacle in Dresden specially designed
for growing ferns makes a most lONely
center-piece This is circular dish, nine
or ten inches in diameter, and two and
half or three inches high, provided with an
inside pan to hold the earth. / was assured
that the vessel was quite deep enough for
the proper growth CT the fern.
A most convenient spoon, also recently
from Dresden. ought to have its place in
every household. 1t Is solely for the purpose
OF giving medicines and other liquids TO
people too i'll to sit up. 1t holds perhaps
more than an ordinary table spoon, has
almost no handle, and is entirely rooted
over with china, except for the opening at
the handle end and the aperture at the tip
through which the liquid passes.
Punch cups in all sorts of odd shapes in
Venetian and Bohemian glass are decidedly
to the fore this fall Perhaps the mcst
popular designs are those resembling
luscious peaches, apples, pears, etc. Some of
the most delicate look as though they were
enveloped In a piece of lace. These are
naturally very expensive, as the lace-work
is handwrought.
Bohemian glass puff boxes and odd shape
cream boxes, pin trays, and hairpin cases are
really exquisite affairs, and among the latest
additions to the toilet table.
There is new article also 10 add to your
Dresden toilet set, viz. hair receiver
in this lovely ware This is an oval recep
tacle with little hole in the top, through
which you can put your cast-off tresses, and
which opens like a box in the center for
convenience OF emptying.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-22
BED CHAMBER GYMNASTICS.
A satisfactory Substitute for Outdoor
Excrciscs.

A Satisfactory Substitute for Outdoor
Exercises.
II is probable that in no year since the old
Greeks trained their daughters in the gym
nasium has there been such a universal
tendency on the part Of women during
the past year to avail themselves of every
opportunity for outdoor exercise. They have
played golf, cricket and lawn ennis as never
before and certainly such an army OF wheel
women as hgo secured the country highways
and byways this summer was never before
dreamed of. The result is that Hypatia.
fresh from her books, and the lady OF
fashion, from her golf links. has an expanded
chest girth, a normal breathing capacity
and evenly developed muscles.
To take the place of outdoor exercises dur
ing the winter months an admirable system
of athletics has been evolved for women
along the lines In general use in fashionable
city gymnasiums and women's colleges,
based for the most part on the Swedish
system of gymnastics and adapted in each
case by carefully prepared Instructors to in
dividual requirements.
In a recent presidents report at Wellesley,
where there is magnifcently equipped gym
nasium for the girls, and the course made
obligatory, 1t was shown by means of sta
tisticel diagrams and figures that in six
months the mean girth of chest OF members
OF the crews had increased one and one-half
inches, while the mean lung capacity had
increased twenty inches. Students who re-
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-22

form most beautiful effect.
Such Is the art employed in their weaving
that the graduations of tone merge them
selves about imperceptibly one in the other.
And this Is more remarkable from the
fact that the Shetlander is not fond of
dyes, and only uses them to render salable
a piece of hosiery that has, so to speak,
gene wrong. The colors are the natural
ones OF the sheep-the blacks, browns.
grays and all whites of their wool Only in
Fair Isle, midway between Shetland and
orkney, is this rule departed from There,
1t Is said, some vessels of the Spanish
Armada were stranded during the fleets un-
willing progress round the north of Scot
land, and nearly 200 men sought the hospi-
tality OF the islanders. A portion of these
the latter, surreptitiously or otherwise,
threw over the cliff The rest they kept,
and were taught by them to extract from
herbs certain dyes. such as color-loving
SoGthrons reveled in, and to apply them TO
their hosiery Tho result is that today the
Fair Isle shawls and stockings contain
checks and lines so gaudy as positively to
suily the general somberness of the great
island industry
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-22

they 90 to the curing house, where they are
kept six weeks.
In addition to the pampas grass, which Is
an excellent food for cattle, Mrs. Strong
raises walnuts. oranges, olives aud figs.
She Ia president OF the American Walnut
Growers association. She Is interested In
irrigation and mining schemes, and has re-
Gently patented reservoir system for inn
pounding tho debris OF hydraulic mining.
She thinks II will settle matters satisfac-
torly both 20 miners and farmers. She has
patented process for damming up and
storing water for irrigation by using the
reversed arch Furthermore, she has a
hobby. She dreams OF founding an institu-
ton where women may learn the principles
OF tho science OF business, She Is now the
president OF a business league, which she
hopes to see grow until It fulhlls her hopes.
Altogether, Mrs. Strong appears to be as
marvellous q product OF the Pacific slope as
Il has turned out for q long time.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-22
SHE BOSSES THE RANCH.
California Woman Who Raises WaI-
nuts and Fine Pampas Grnss

nuts and Fine Pampas Grass.
Mrs Harriet w. r. Strong is a ranch
woman of California, where the species
fiourishes She is not. however a horny
handed daughter of toll. On the contrary
she is described as dainty, fragile, shrewd
daring, cordial, gentle-faced Her step is
quick, her voice low and musical She Is
an accomplished linguist, a musician. a
painter, the president of fashionable club
and her pampas plumes are the finest in the
country.
Nobody would think of calling Mrs. Strong
a narrow or one-slded person. Versatility
and walnuts are her strongest points The
former has expanded without hindrance.
The walnuts haven't done quite so well as
they might IL Mrs. Strong hadn't set out
tho pampas grass among the trees but she
means to make that all right very soon.
The pampas plants will have to move, but
they Will be merely transplanted 1t Is a
fact, without any low attempt at punning,
that Mrs. Strong plumos herself on her sue
cess In this branch of her ranching.
Mrs. Strong's husband died In 1888, and
MS widow very quickly found that her agents
were improving their exceptional opportuni-
ties for running the business into the
ground This Is very easy thing to do
with ranch. She decided, therefore, to
run 1t herself. and, as is generally the case
when woman takes hold OF a business, she
got herself well laughed at for her notions.
When she spent 500 on pampas plants the
men OF the neighborhood were SO amused that
they set In the sun for hours together and
had beautiful time telling each other what
a fool woman was when 1t came to busl-
ness.
They don't do that now Mrs Strong har-
vests 900 plumes from her twenty-eight
acres and sells them for SIS to $40 a thou
sand. This is in addition to the walnuts.
which are in the same land, but have been
somewhat stunted by the pampas. The
plumes are gathered in September, and the
laborers harvest the twenty-eight acres
The plumes grows up In long sheath as
an ear OF corn does, and II must be cut be-
fore the sheath opens, lest the sun spolls
the fronds. The plumes are first stripped
and taken to the drying place. II they are
put out In the evening they are white and
ready to be taken up by morning. Then
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-22
WOMEN IN SWITZERLAND.
As They Are Seen i'm the Hay Fields
Supporters of Families.

As They Are Seen i'm the Hay Fields
Supporters of Families.
We saw women hay carriers in the Val de
Bregaglia, says writer in the Christian
Register The hay is carried in a huge
basket, adjusted to the back by a leather
strap over the shoulders AS they walk,
painfully stopped under these great bur-
dens, they look like moving stacks. Some
times the hay is carried in great squares OF
canvas tied at the four corners Young
children are bowed and prematurely aged
by the bearing of these weights on neck
and head when their strength Is so little
commensurate to the task.
Nest of the hay harvesting in the Enga-
dine is done by Italians, who swarm over
the Alps to obtain summer employment
But Swiss women, also are sadly aged and
stiffened and rendered prematurely ugly
by field labor. Go where you may in the
mountains, most of the hard work seems to
be performed by the weaker half of crea-
tlon. No animal In lovely Switzerland is
more hardly treated, with the exception of
the dog. To be sure, a woman is often har
messed with a dog to a heavy cart, while
another woman pushes from behind; but /
have never seen the woman lie down In the
dust and pant from exhaustion. with the
tongue hanging from the mouth as | have
often seen the dog do. Manifestly, the dog
Is still undermost in the competition OF
woman with the lower animals.
1t is pretty sight to see maidens tossing
hay in the bright green valleys, under snow
peaks, where waterfalls stream from the
rocks and glad torrents rush over their
pebbly beds; but the hldeous fact OF woman's
enslavement to labor too hard for her
strength is linden under the smiling tab
leau. Some who shudder at the thought OF
woman dropping ballot into voting
urn can look calmly on at her sad position
In the European labor market, can see
without trouble OF soul, as ! have, In pros
porous Canton Berne, a woman harnessed
with a COW, and dragging a load of ma
nure The Swiss women. judging from ap-
pearances, seem to be the supporters in
stead OF the supported. They are active
and ndefatigabe in labor They even carry
bricks and mortar for the builders up mar
row planks and steep ladders. The unfit
test doubtless die young, which Is happy
provision OF nature; while the fttest grow
rigid and stiff, toughened like seasoned
hickory, with bowed backs. muscles of
whipcord. and faces such as one sees GU
riously carved on walnuts The men are
laborious. but their labor seems
less In evidence than the labor OF the women,
Nature Is inexorable In these mountains,
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-22

NEW YORK Nov 20.--The first look at
some Of the splendid evening gowns New
York is just now showing for dinner. opera
and other smart use produces the de.
pressing feeling that only the rich and
mighty are to wear evening gowns this win
ter This, at least, is the way the unniu.
sted feel. But to the Initiated, that very
clever woman, who with a moderate income
yet knows how to follow all OF the fashions,
this splendor is only an incentive to fire her
TO great deeds and as elegant achievements.
Every woman who dresses TO any degree
must have at least one dinner frock, aud
since most OF the smartest dinner frocks
are decollete nowadays with judiclous
choice OF materials one such costume may
be made to serve many dressy occasions.
Where economy is a vital point, black
skirt and coored bodice Is always useful
and becoming combination.
Then instead OF the expensive velvets,
liberty velveteen which Is the most effective
to be had, will combine beautifully with
any OF the imitation yellow laces for the
bodice; for trimmings for other stuffs there
are many velvet-edged taffeta ribbons In
pale evening colors, tiny blackbirds and
ostrich feathers cheap as dirt, for the necks
OF gauzy waists, and black and brown
chenille bands to initiate the dearer furs.
THE QUESTION OF COST.
AS to the prices OF these. the velvet-edged
ribbons which In double ruches and frills
are used on skirts OF pale wool ma
terials, sell In 4-inch widths at 10 cents the
yard.
really beautiful quality OF this ribbon
is 40 cents yard; and where only small
quantity is to be used, and that on the
bodice, this is preferable to the cheaper
sort.
The blackbrds can be had low as Is
cents apiece and the chenille bands from II
cents a yard up.
Everything is trimmed with fur this sea-
SON. and however delicate the color or ma
terlals OF an evening gown 1t is frequently
emphasized by a note Of black The ways
and means OF employing this dashing note
= nre manifold. low bodice in pale pink,
blue green, or yellow mousselne may have
tiny jacket fronts OF black satin overlaid
with thick white lace.
Or the dash of black may appear only in
a flight of slender swallows across one
shoulder of another low frock; while an
other in white or some rich flower tint may
have the slender waist grdled up as high
as the law allows, with a crush belt OF
black satin or velvet
The furs are used In narrow edges on
both bodices and skirts and may even ap-
pear on tules and tinselled gauzes.
PRACTICAL YET CHARMING.
But to return to economies and the all
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-22

abdominal muscles, tends TO remove vlsceral
congestion and to restore the vital organs
to their natural situation In the abdominal
cavity; and there is scarcely one man or
woman in a hundred whose organs have a
normal position, thanks to the careless
habits OF sitting and standing, and a conse-
quent weakened vitality and protuberant
abdomen. Obesity and indigestion are
equally impossible after few months Of
this and similar exercises, properly taken.
The legs are slowly raised and lowered by
means of the muscles Of the limbs aud
abdomen, and without assistance from the
trunk or arms. Notifications are rotary
movements OF each leg separately. and rs-
ing to sitting posture, while yet the arms
remain folded above the head, or better
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-22
sHAwLs OF sHETLANDs.
A High Degree of Art Employed I'm
Weaving Them.

Putting aside other branches OF Shetland
hosiery, the Shetland shawl may be roughly
divided into two classes-"shawls'' and
Clouds" 1t is unnecessary to explain the
nature OF the shawl, says the Pail Mall
Gazette but there may be a few persons who
know not that a cloud in northern
language is but the small, elongated form
of shawl, and is wrap in great request for
evening wear by the women Of London. and
the world OF these shawls and clouds there
are, technically speaking, three distinct
kinds:
First. the most elaborate and expensive
is that which is known as Grape" work, in
which the knitting is so delicate as to re-
semble in appearance the most finely inter
woven gauze wire. Next in quality and value
to this is the lace work, the name of
which explains its nature. The third sort is
that of the far coarser shaws and clouds
known as hap" The last are much heavier
in weight and rougher in texture. Yet in
some Of them the different shades of color
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-22
HEATED SHOES FOR WINTER.
A Hot Water Furnace Concealed in
nrl

A Hot Water Furnace Concealed In
the Heel.
Paul Wonncberger. resident OF Dresden'
the capital OF Saxony, has devised hcatable
shoe. which will cause his name to be blessed
wherever mortals suffer from cold feet dur
ing the winter season. The apparatus con-
sists of a tiny boiler and furnace IN the heel
and sole of the shoe, which causes con-
tlnuous circulation Of warm waite. around
the eXtremities. Within the heel OF the
heatable shce, which is followed out for the
purpose. the inventor has placed glowing
substance similar in Its nature to that USED
in the familiar Japenese hand warmers. The
soles Of the shoes are followed out for the
reception of a rubber bag covered with
asbetos, and containing the water that
keeps the feet warm.
This water communicates with the recep-
tacle In the heel of the shoe, and derives
its heat from the heated substance located
there. When the owner of pair OF heatable
shoes wishes to go out into the cold ana
sloppy street he opens the receptacle In the
heel OF the shoe, lights the punk like sub
stance, closes the perforated band that holds
1t in place and then sallies forth to bid
defiance to his old enemy. the chills.
Walking keeps the water circulating, and
at every step the grateful warmth is felt, the
upper as well as the lower surface OF the feet
feeling its effects. There Is no danger OF the
feet being uncomfortably warmed for the
water cannot be heated by the tiny furnace
in the heel to heat more than 70 degrees
Fahrenheit The inventor has provided
against tho bursting of the little boiler by
the insertion in the soles Of small SAFETY
valve.
The shoes are triie heavier than the
ordinary ones. The sole is but very little
thicker than that of the wet weather shoe
sold by the Chicago dealers. The inventor
is at work on a new shoe that will be no
heavier than the ordinary one.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-22

still, over the chest. Nutrition to the sys-
TEN at large results as a matter of course
by the increased flow induced OF the general
circulation.
None of these exercises require gym
nasium apparatus and hundreds OF others
are provided admirable in design and effect.
KATHERINE STALEY.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-22
Feminine Notes.

Lady Colin Campbell is an enthusiast on
the subject of fencing, and is very skllful
In the science.
Mrs Beck Meyer. who represented Scan
dinavia during the international congress OF
women at the Worlds fair, Is now lecturing
at Stanford university, California.
Rev. Helen Van Anderson has become pas
tor OF the new Church OF Higher Life In
Boston. She was born In Iowa. is about
35 years old. and is fair and fashionable.
Miss Georgia Richards. who occupies the
position Of county clerk In Arapahoe county.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-22

set OF plates to match, is a desirable acquisi-
tion to ono's china closet.
Very pretty toast racks in Dresden are
also in great favor. These are much more
ornate than the plain old silver contrivances,
and the graceful scroll work, decorated with
bright little flowers, makes a charming
ornament out OF the useful article
Pattie dishes on silver standards are also
among the latest novelties. The cups them
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-22
HOLIDAY NOVELTIES.
Pretty and seryicenbIe Gifts to Ex-
change at Thanksgiving Time.

change at Thanksgiving Time.
There is never time when novelties for
the table are out of season, though during
the month preceding Christmas they seem
very particularly in demand. Among the
latest designs is unique dish for asparagus
II you can imagine a stripe of china eleven
or twelve inches long ard seven or eight
inches wide. doubled up In the shape OF the
letter u and fastened to platter OF this
same ware, you win have a very good idea
OF the new asparagus dish. In the bottom
OF this U-shaped device are numerous per-
foratlons through which the vegetable may
drain Its superdu0us water. This, with q