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Middletown transcript., 1897-07-03
Spring and
Sunn1erC Clothing

Is the largest in the city and is comprised
OF the products of the best mills in the
United States and abroad and in order to
move things lively we have put the knife
into our goods and have made deep cut.
As our special offering for the next 80
days we propose to furnish you with better
clothing than ever, and this, too, in the
face of very decided advances in the cost
Of material and labor. Just look at our
prices:
500 Mems Suits, at $500, sold elsewhere
at $1,000.
500 Mems Suits at $1,000, sold elsewhere
at $1,000.
500 Mems Suits at $1,000, sold elsewhere
at $1,000
500 Mems Suits at $500, sold elsewhere
at $4,000.
SOOBoys Suits at $3.50, sold elsewhere
at $500.
300 Boys Suits at $500, sold elsewhere
at $1,000.
$50 Children's Suits at $1.50 to $500, sold
elsewhere at double prices.
1000 Pair of Pants at $1.00 to $500.
Samples sent on application and esti-
mates cheerfully given.
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(QiddlaONl Hardware House!
r~~~~e~~~~vv~~~~~~>SN~NNe~ ~NNe~N~v~~~~ev>rer~r~v>
5 <LARGEST STOCK !! LOWEST PRICES IS


HARVESTING GOODS.-Hay Forks Lubricatng Oils
Rope for Hay Forks Moving Scythes and Swath Field Cans
&C., &c.
HOUSEHOLD GOODS.-Tubs Buckets, Clothes Bas-
kes Ironing Boards Sad Irons MRS Potts and the odstye
Brooms, Brushes Mops, &c.
EA GABLE GOODS-Lawn Mowers, Hedge Knives
Ice Cream Freezers Hammock Croquet Sets Rubber Hose
and Reels Milk Pans Cream KettlesThe best and loaOet
price and gallon MIX Cans and Styainer Pals
here Preserving Kettles, Masons Fruit Jars Fruit
Cans Wire Cloth Window Screens and Screen Doors OIL and
Gasoline Stoves in great variety from so to $6 So
The Famous Missouri Steam Washer recommended by
best housekeepers and washerwoman afford be
without it. Gasoline and Coal OIL Agate Ware and Tin Ware
in large assorments
Ranges and Cook Stoves, for coal Wood, large
variety and Lowest prices known here Ready
Paints of the best manufactures White Lead Lnseed Oil
Varnishes and Coors.
See No. 7, fve-hole Range at $500
And our New Flag Range No. s, at $40. 90
We have the stock and will exchange the Goods for Dollars
at prices that will surprise you.
SPOT CASH on all our RANGES and COOK STOVES
Middletown transcript., 1897-07-03

When cured enough on a bright
morning, after dew is of, the cocks
should be deftly opened into just good
sized foikfuls, and in an hour and a
half or two hours it is ready to draw
and put into barns. OF course where
one has not storage under cover he will
be compelled to stack the hay, but /
believe this is wasteful practice and
that even with the best system of
stacking, enough will be wasted in a
few days to pay for building in which
to store it. The old notion was, that
the barn for storing hay should be
open and that the doors should all be
left open to air the hay, but now peo-
pie have learned that the tighter the
barn and the closer it is kept shut, the
greener the hay can be stored with
safety and the better it will keep. In
buying lot of clover hay in England
to feed flock Of sheep which was to
bring over, while on ship 1 was struck
BY its dark color but delicious fra
GRANGE and the fact that the sheep ate
every portion, even to the coarse stalk,
and from then till now / have
been trying to cure clover like it, and
have succeeded pretty well by curing it
in large cocks and putting Into mows
quite damp.-American Agriculturist.
Middletown transcript., 1897-07-03
silverites should Drop Jerrerso

1t is In vain to invoke the authority
Of jefferson for the coinage of 30 cent
dollars or any other debasement of the
currency. Our ''neo Democratic''
friends, if they wish to vindieate their
claim to the title of f'oId line Dem
ocrats, y who have Jefferson for their
father, will have to abandon their idea
of free coinage at the ratio Of l6 to /
or any other arbitrary rate, but if they
will have double standard make it 80
to l, in order to be honest in the pay
ment of debts and to conform to the ao-
tual ratio in the value of hetwo met
ais in the markets Of the world, it be-
ing, as Jefferson says, "a mercantile
problem altogether F" Baitimhre Sun.
Middletown transcript., 1897-07-03
The prift Toward Gold.

While Mr. Bryan and his associates,
refusing 10 accept the verdict Of last
November, are looking forward hope
fully to renewing what they call the
"battle for silver" at the next congress
sional elections; while a bimetallic
commission has just been appointed to
visit the European governments in the
interest of international bimetallism,
there may be perceived all over the
world an unmistakable drift toward the
single standard Of gold. Since the ap-
pointment of the, United States com
missioners the dispatches from Europe
indicate that their mission will be fruit
less, and that there is no more probabil
ity of those governments returning to
bimetallism than there is of their re-
turning to flintlock muskets for their
armies. The latest announcement is
from Russia, which is to the effect that
she is irrevocably committed to the gold
standard.
But it is not in Europe alone that
this tendency is observable. The wis
dom and apparent ease with which the
japanese government has planned the
adoption Of the gold standard is one of
the marvels of modern craftsmanship
and marks that people as among the
most sagacious nations of the earth.
Laggard China also seems to be awak-
ing from her silver dream Of isolation
and is anxious to have the customs du-
ties at the treaty ports placed on the
,I,oko, kfoI1
when the treaties were mader The de-
probation Of silver has greatly crippled
her revenues, and now that she is COM
ing into closer financial connection with
Russia it may be assumed that her
finances will be conformed to the gold
standard.
If we turn from the far orient to our
own hemisphere, we will perceive
stirring in the Central and South Amer
ican states to reform their monetary sys
tenn and escape the losses entailed by
an inferior and deprecated currency. A
dispatch a few days since from Lima
informed us that Peru had not only sus
pended silver coinage but had passed
law against the importation of silver.
OOIumDld HAS duOpISu Lu0 SU1u 56dAu-
ard, while Chill, Uruguay and Brazil
make gold unlimited legal tender and
silver in but limited sums. In Hondu
ras, San Salvador, Costa Rioa and Santo
Domingo the gold standard has been es-
tablished by law, though deprecated
paper currency prevents the circulation
. Of gold at present. These movements go
to show that those nations who are in
touch with European trade and COM
merce feel the necessity of having the
same monetary system and that their
people are at disadvantage because Of
their Guctuating and deprecated home
currencies.
And yet while these nations, admit
tedly our interiors in wealth and in
physical and intellectual progress, are
struggling out Of the bonds that hold
them back there are those among us
who would imperil our vast wealth and
commerce by plunging US down to the
silver standard. What must the nations
of the world think of such leadership
and craftsmanship Chicago Times
Herald.
Middletown transcript., 1897-07-03
SECRET sncIErIRs

Middletown Council, No. 2, Jr. o. U. A. M.
Meets every, Monday night in McWhorter's
Hall at O'Clock.
Union Lodge, No. 5, A. F. d A. NJ. Meets
first Tuesday of each month in Town Hall.
Good Samaritan Lodge, No. 9, /. U. o. #.
Meets every Thursday night i'll McWhorter's
Hall at O'Clock.
Damon Lodge, No. Il, X. of T. Meets every
Wednesday night in McWhor1er's Hall at
So'clock.
Major John Jones Post, No. %, g. A. r.
Meets every Friday night in Reynolds Build
ing at o'clock
Welcome Conclave Heptasophs. Meets
every second and fourth Friday night in x.
of p, Hall.
Union Lodge, No. 6, A. o. U. W., meets every
I'd and 4th Tuesday night in McWhorter's
Hall.
Lord Delaware Circle, re. 16, Brotherhood
of the Union. Meets lst and Sd Friday, Nc
Whorter's Hall at s y. m.
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kDaily. Daily except Sunday.
"a stops to leave passengers from Whining
ton and points north, or take passengers for
points south of Delmar.
''f' Stops only on notice to conductor or agent
or on signal.
''p'' Stops to leave passengers from points
south OF Delmar, or take passengers for VIII
ming and points north.
.f' Stops to leave passengers from Middle
''t' Stops to let off passengers from points
south.
NEW CASTLE ACCOMMODATIONS TRATNs-Ieave
Wilmington l21O a m. and 95I M, daily,
S,l3, n.l5. a. m, 2 5l 4S06l5, $50, p. M, week.
m, daily, S.3l, 9.4s, lIO2 a. m i, lG, So, 7.22
p. m, weekdays.
Express trains leaving Harrington sos .. M.
through solid to and from Baltimore via rtey
and Newark.
BRANCH ROADS.
DELAWARE, MARYLAND & VIRGINIA r. r.
Leave Harrington for Franklin City and wav
stations lO.S9a m. week days, 8 81 pm RetSping
train leaves Franklin City $40 a. NJ. LAP %les-
days, Thursda and Saturdays onl
Leave Franklin City for Chincoteague (via
steamer) l.30 D. m, week days ReturninR.
leave Chincoteague Az a. M. weekdays.
Leave Harrington for Georgetown and Lewes
Returning, leave Lewes 6-45 a. m..3 IL p. M.
weekdays and Rehoboth 6.2S am. and 2.54
M weekdays.
Leave Harrington for Berlin, 1880 a. m week
a m week days.
QUEEN ANNE & KENT R. R-Leave Townsend
for Centreville and way stations 9 q a. m and
$50 p. M. week days Returning, leave Centre
vile Z 30 a. M. and n p. m, week days.
DELAWARE Il CHESAPEAKE r. X Leave Clay
ton for Oxford and way stations D. 80 g. m. and
5.47 p. m, week days. Returning, leave Oxford
6.45 a. M, and 40 p. M, weekdays
CAMBRIDGE & SEAFoRD r. K.-Leave Seaford
for Cambridge and intermediate stations Ii Ia a.
weekdays, and on Tuesdays. Thursdays and
aturdays !. 10 p m. Returning, leave Cambridge
6;2Ga. M Weekdays and 2S7 p. m. Tuesdays.
Thursdays and Saturdays
CoENECTIoN.-At Porter, with Newark and
Delaware City Railroad. At Townsend, with
Queen Annes & Kent railroad At Clayton
with Delaware & Chesapeake Railroad and
Baltimore g. Delaware Bay railroad At Har-
rington, with Delaware Maryland Il Virginia
Railroad. At Seaford, with Cambridge & Seaford
Railroad At Delmar, with New York ,Phila
dephia & Norfolk -Wicomico s. Pocomcke and
Peninsula Railroads.
j. B. HUTCHIsON, General Manager.
]. r. WOOD, General Passenger Agent
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Our Wornan's
....CoIumn
GOOD nuMoR AT THE BREAKFAST

what is conducive TO it, and helps along
wonderfully, is good cup of coffee.
; Most of men drink it for breakfast. and
/ have often heard them say ''if only l
can get a good cup of coffee Pm all
right for my work, in fact all day, but
murky, weak, insipid cup of coffee
spoils the best of breakfasts. "
Having had coffee drinkers and good
judges of the beverage, and loving it
myself, have left nothing undone to
find out the trouble when it was indif-
ferent. Sometimes with the very same
coffee, and that OF Jhs best, it would
have very peculiar taste, unpalatable.
| would change coffee pots; this would
help for while. | summed and aired
them well, but still occasionally this
brackish taste; and l read about boil
ing borax water in my coffee pot twice
eek for fifteen minutes ,and tried it
faithfully, and have never had pal
ticle of trouble since.
I keep two coffee pots, and sun and
air one while using the other. The
borax boiling seems to sweeten and
purify the pot and hence no more bad
taste about the coffee. One must buy
the lest java and mocha, and mix it
half; then if you buy it parched, heat
it in a pan before grinding it every tine
and put dessert spoon full to every
cup, and cup of water to each person
with enc cup over for boiling. You
will have cup that will cheer and
send the pater familias away to make
money for you cheerf ully and gladly.
There are many reasons why we
should send our dear ones away in the
morning cheerful, and with a feeling.
of love and tenderness, for they may
never come back again. l have alway s
been unhappy when l let my husband
go off without good-by or a parting
look. We are often so busy, SO taken
up with our household cares and du-
ties, that we let them absorb US COM
pletely. It isn't right in either party.
The husband should come home to rest
and be agreeable, and the wife should
enjoy him. Life is so short.-"S. H.o
In Farm, Field and Fireside.
Middletown transcript., 1897-07-03

SIXTY YEARS A LETTER CARRIER.
Hannah Brewer, the old Bitton post
mistress, who has joined the ranks of
the superannuated, has recently told a
representative of "The London Daily
Mailn that she has been delivering let
tiers without inlermission during the
whole sixty years of the Qneen's reign.
She began when child of twelve, and
during her many years of service had
walked a quarter of million miles. Her
father was subpostmaster of the vii
lage, and the district she covered con-
sisted OF the scattered Ilamlets lying be-
tween Wick and Bitton, on the borders
of Gloucester. Her daily round trip
was eleven miles in all weathers. and
included many steep bills. Although
the district is sparsely populated, the
old lady said she had never been robbed,
stopped or molested in any way. Her
travels, apart from her daily Visitations
have never extended beyond Bath or
Bristol, and since 1892 she has lived
alone, those related to her being too poor
standing the hardships she has under
gone, old Hannah Brewer has enjoyed
good hsalth during her term Of Office.
Her absences from duly, she said, had
been very few Indeed; and aow, at lie
advanced age seveniy-lwo years, she
has retired from The service Of be Post
master-G General On small but well de-
served pensioB.
Middletown transcript., 1897-07-03

Schedule in effect Nj ay 10th, 1877
All trains illuminated with Pintsch Light.
| *ExpTess trains.
| TRAINS LEAVE WILMINGToN?. DEL
AWARE AVE STATION FOR
New York, weekdays, 1918, 1910, 10 2s a. M.
*I2.2I, 1923, 1873 1921, II 43, *lI D. IN sun
days, *S.lS, *9.4J *ll2', a. NJ. 1873, 1922 " IL,
tll.00. p. m.
7.l5, t785, f825, 800, te4O, HOS Ii 10 a. m. m.
tl22l 1.2, t229, 1923, $50, t522 $50, t743 9.l5
tll0o p. IN. sundays, 1913, 7.S5, $50, t9.4O
dl21 III a: m, 1873, 800. t5.2z, $50, F.4s,
q Chester, Weekdays, ts.ls, 5.55, so t1l5.
1sS tS2s 1929 ts4s 1922 III liz 10 AM 2O
days days t 49, o. IS tS4S I'll til8 Il T; 2, n a. M, nun
tS 9,3.5o, 53, s 80, 743 9.l5, tli.0O, p. m.
. Atlantic At q ii City, geek-days 1515, a. M IL a.
Cape May, weekdays, M, +7.l5 am, t2:2B,
m, Sundays, 7.S5 a. m.
Baltimore and Washington, weekdays, t4.13
1915 IS II 1888 p. M Sundays, t4.I3, 7.10, tS.49
a M. 1l2.56, 1907, ;,04, t4.57, Is IL 1883 D. m
Baltimore and way stations. daily. 7.lO. a. m
ii a. m iilaSd sol, 4 os, tG57, @ @fdiS rs, tsi
sundays, 1913. 40, 1919 a. m. 1886 s.Ol,
Pittsburg, weekdays, 1915, p. M, Sundays
Chicago, daily, *L57 p IN.
Chicago, via Cincinnati and indianapolis
t8.49 m daily.
Cincinnati and st. Louis, daily ti25d. and
tS.17, p. m.
Toledo and Detroit, 1917 p m daily to
Toledo and daley except Sunday 10 Detroit.
New Orleans and Memphis via Bristol and
Chattanooga, ,tS.l7 pm. daily Through sleep
ers to Memphis and New Orleans.
Singerly accommodation, daily 40. a. M,
3.04, 7.35s 1916 p. m: sundays, 10 q m 3.04,
Landenburg accommodating, weekdays,
Tl0 1000; a. M, S.04 4.57, p. nj. Sundays. TO-
a. M, 4.57, p. m.
Leave Market Street Station for
Philadelphia, weekdays, 3 so pm
Baltimore. weekdays, 4. IS a IN 2.55 p. N.
Landenburg and way stations, week day
6.45, 9.55, a. M, 2 S., 5.35, p. m. Sundays, St5
a. m, 5.3j p.m
Leave philadelphia, Chestnut str eet
Station for Wilmington, weekdays, 1850, $40
40. 1915. 90. ITO e6, llsO, a. M, iI2.2O,
1885, 200, $50, t4.2O 430, TO- Is, t5.4l, Soc $50,
II 40, 1919. 9.45 IL. IS, p m.
Sunday. $780, t8,l5, 800 1I.3e. an,
tl24o l.SG, 200, tI20, IS le, 63E tz'40
Telephone, l9S.
other line.
D. B. MARTIN. Manager of Passe niger 5raffic
w NJ. GRE ENE, General Manager
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VICTORIA AND THE JEWS.

In these days of the Victoria Jub:-
lee many stories are told about the
Queen-Empress, and all seem to in
terest the public.
The fact that the present Lord May
or of London is Jew reminded q
story.teller of the following incidents in
the history Of the Queen. Her father !,
the Duke of Kent, was a poor man and
the intimate friend of Moses Monte
fore, one of the leading men in the
London Jewish community. They had
tastes in common, and the Jew liked
the poor nobleman because he never
asked for money, while the nobleman
admired the Jew for his charity and
honesty. Their friendship was never
threatened by discussions on political
or religious topics.
At the time when an heir was expec-
ted in the famil, of the Duke of Kent,
Monsefore urged his friend to take his
wife TO England, so that there might
be no obstacle in the way of the child's
advancing to the throne, although there
were then three lives between it aud
the possible little Kent. The Duke
confessed that his means would not per-
nit him to do SO, and Montefiore urged
his friend to allow him to attend to the
transportation and housing of the in
valid Duchess. The trip was made,
and the Duchess of Kent WIS attended
by Motefore's family physician. His
kindness was never forgotten by the
Duke, and the prefefmens of the Jews
in England since then and the removal
Of obstacles which had hampered their
social comment i and political advance
ment have been attributed by many
to The kindness of Moses Montefiore,
who became Lord High Sheriff of Lon
don, and lived 10 see one Of his race
Premier. Jews were chosen TO the posi-
tion of Lord Mayor, one of the mum :
ber the father Of the present incum-
bent, and seventy.six years after the
little girl vas born, on the day when
the daughter of the poor Duke was the
central figure in The greatest demon-
ssIation in the annals of the world,
jewish Lold Mayor Welcomed ber at
the gate Of her royal capital.
Middletown transcript., 1897-07-03
RANKS

4 Peoples National Bank.-President, G. w,
Nv Naudain; Cashier, Geo. p, Kelley; Teller.
Main Street.
Citizens National Bank. President, joseph
Biggs; Cashier, John s. Crouch; Teller, -.
Darlington. Bank Building on South Broad
Street.
Middletown transcript., 1897-07-03
We Still Have Left
$25O,oOO Worth
CLOTHING!

Now is your opportunity-embrace it,.
Clothing WIN never be cheaper than at
present, and we are offering to-day greater
bargains than any other house in the city.
Call and be convinced
Our Stock of
Middletown transcript., 1897-07-03

The UN Publ ishes All the News All the
Tim e, but is docs not all ow is columns to be
degraded by unclean. immoral or purely
sensational matter.
Editorially, The SUN is the Consistent and
Unchanging Champion and Defender Of
Popular Rights and Interests against political
machines and monopolies of every character.
Independent in all things, extreme in nones
1t is for good laws, good government and
good order.
By mail Fifty Cents a month"; Six Dollars a
year.
Middletown transcript., 1897-07-03
rIiddIetown Directory.
MUNICIPAL oFEIcERs.

President-G. w. w. Naudain; Secretary,
w. s. Letherbury; Charles FL. Howell.
Middletown transcript., 1897-07-03
The Baltimorew weekly sum

The Weekly SUN Publishers all the News
of each week, giving complete accounts
all events Of interest throughout the world.
Asan Agricultural paper The Weekly SUN is
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tical experience, who knows what farming
means and what farmers want in an agricul-
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the work of the Agricultural experiment
stations throughout the country, of the pro
ceedIngs of farmers clubs and institutes, and
the discussion of new methods ard ideas in
agriculture. Its Markets Reports, Poulty
Department and Veterinary column are parti-
cularly valuable to country readers. Every
issue contains Stories, Poems, Household
and Puzzles Columns, variety ofinteresting
and instructive selected matter and others
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One dollar year. lnducementssto getters-
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Daily and Weekly Sun mailed free of post
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Payments invariably in advance Address
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Publishers and Proprietors,
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Middletown transcript., 1897-07-03

TT rs PREPARED 10 PAY HAND
sOMELY FOR ASSISTANCE REM
DERED. It wiHhes the services Of
one reliable man or woman In every
town, village, country district, or
manufacturing establishment In every
State. All that is required of any
one IL reliability, earnestness and
work. NO matter ON what other
work you are engaged. it win pay
you to examine into this offer.
Apply, stating position. cspability and refer.
encss, 70 THE COSMOPOLITAN MAGAZINE,
TrvinEtcn-on-the Hudson, New York
Middletown transcript., 1897-07-03

"Only nervous" is sure indication that
tfIe hf1T1I1i ~ Hnnd,s SarsanarilIa
purifes the blood and cures nervousness.
Middletown transcript., 1897-07-03

Schedule in effect Nj ay 10th, 1877
All trains illuminated with Pintsch Light,
*Express trains.
TRAINS LEAVE wILMINGToN?. DEL
AWARE AVE STATION FOR
Middletown transcript., 1897-07-03
B. & O. Railroad.

J. r. WOOD. General Passenger Agent.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-09
LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD

s.s2 A. NJ. daily Sunday 7.l2 A. M for
MAJCH CHUNK and intermediate stations.
s.ss A. M. daily for wILKEsBARRE.
VA, ROCHESTER,, BUFFALO, NIAGARA
FALLS and the West, and principal local
points. Dining Car and Chair Car to Buffalo.
HOB A. NJ. daily, except Sunday, for MAUCEt
CHUNK and intermediate points.
12A noon daily. except SUNDAY.
BLACK EXPRESS"
arrives Buffalo s.55 P. NJ. Pullman vestibule
Day Coaches and Parlor Cars. Dining Car.
Service. Meals a la carte. Connects at
Buffalo with through sleepers to Detroit and
1855 P. M. daily, except Sunday, for MAuCH
CHUNK and Intermediate points.
BARRE. -PITTSToN, SCRANTON and stop.
ping only at principal intermediate stations
Connects for all points in coal regions. Chair
Az p. NJ daily. except Sunday. for WILKES.
BARRE. PTTTsToN, SCRANTON and stop
Connects for all points in coal regions. Pull.
man Buffet Parlor Car to Mikesbarre;
ga p. M. daily. except Sunday. Express for
lions Connects for Reading and HarrisburT.
7.4s P. M. daily for BUFFALO. NIAGARA
yestibuled Train, New York to Chicago. Sleep.
ers to Buffalo and Toronto.
only a. SOUTH PLAINFIELD. AsTfSoN
BETHLEHEM. MAucH CHUNK. L. & 81
CHI dofA i NEb - EtoCfIIcS4
TER, BATAVIA, and BUFFALO. Pullman
Sleeper for Buffalo. 80
ls.i2 p. M. daily for ITHACA. GENEVA.
ROCHESTER,. BUFFALO, NIAGARA FALLS
and all points West. Pullman Sleepers to chi.
cage and Buffalo. Sleeper to Wfkesbarre.
Additional local trains daily, except sunday,
for BOUND BROOK and Intermediate points,
leave as follows: s.1s A. M. 2.44. 4s3 and Cd
r. M.
Tickets and Pullman accommodations Al
Pennsylvania Railroad Depot.
N. Y. Transfer On. will call for and CHECK
baggage. from hotel or residence through to
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-09
BEAUTY OF CREOLE WOMEN.
Fafrer Than the Lily, With the
Dignity and Hnuteur OF the Rose.

~
las. you see his face" writes Ruth
McEnery Stuart in an article on the
Creoles, "A People Who Live Amid Ro-
NANCE in the December Ladies' Home
Journal you will know that he {the
Creole husband or father) realizes that
no flower upon the UNCOVERED affairs
is half so fair or SO ft for the temples
perfect adjoining as his blooming wife
and budding daughters. who sit in line
beside him. If he does not hin these
things he is a dullard-or maybe, only
half Creole. Perhaps his mother was an
American or Scotch. And then? Per
haps he would not think them because
they might not be true. They would be
other things, other things just as fine
and good, no doubt-they might ever
have rare beauty of a different type-but
the Creole woman is a flower. She is
a magnolia or a jasmine-occasionally,
a good warm drop of Spanish blood / n
her veins, she is a red, red rose-a rose
too sweet to pass untouched but for her
perfect dignity and a piquant hauteur
that Is as protective as any thorn upon
B roses stem.
Properly speaking. or rather, narrow
Iy speaking, the Creole is an American,
born of French or Spanish parents, 81
both, and, strictly, both parents should
Creole is often only the great-great-
grandson of a Creole, and some of their
families Of purest blood could not reach
the mother country without going back
through three or four A-merican-born
generations"