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 oept fn limited degyee and tn fayoged localities?
 'sThe effect is that the dominant sax is often unwittinglY unjust to Ahe suA, servient class and overlooks it's needs. not understanding them. The sex dom mated either submits hopelessly to in- justice, seeks to win it's way by finesse, eherishes bitter but repressed sort of in. suboTdination or openly seeks to change existing conditions. Any orc of the first three methods is degrading to the self respect and dignity of woman, while the last puts her in position of seeming antagonism to the sex with whom she should be in accord. As homo makers and keepers, as largely the trainers of the youth of the land in mental, moral and physical development, as wage earners, taxpayers, actors on nearly ep- cry stage occupied by men. have women DO responsibility in the upbailding and evolution of this republic9 Do they owe no duty to themselves and it2 Their present position Is most degrading. The mothers and daughters of the nation arc political nonentities, peers only of the mentally unsound. corrupt and aliens. Does sfis ennobIe the race2 No A race cannot rise to it's full stature until moth- erhood and fatherhood are equally hon. cred. and a republic of the people can never be so in fact until both sexes have fuli expression at it's ballot box. Woman needs to feel her share of the responsi- biiities of citizenship, and the republic needs her power '-New York Tribune.
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WOMAN'S WORLD.
4 YOUNG SOUTHERN GIRL wHo
 WRITES CLEVER VERSE.

Wo1nsn's Responsibilities = Don't MuEae
 the Throat = The Woman Drummer.
 Black Trimmed Lingerie = Miss Ellen
 Key-Hints In Season.
 It seems to me the most graceful sen- timent expressed in poetry for the past few years by an American girl has come from the charmed pen of Miss Jean Wright of Louisville. Her verse has been frequently set to music. and 1 have had several requests of late for knowl- edge as to her personality.
 She is a southern girl, born in Louis ville, where she still lives. She hne been writing sn verse since childhood, and hex talent has improved each year. Aside from tho original ideas which find ex- precision tn her poems she has an unusu- al faculty Of translation. and, while this part of her work Is not sufficiently nus merous to speak finally of her eventual success ia this ambition, several Of her translations arc considered exceedingly clever.
 All Of Miss Wright's work is notice- able for lack of tho amateurish and is surprisingly marked by certain moderation end finish one would only expect in an older writer. She combines all tue soatherner' love for the beau
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 Miss Ellen KeY.

Miss Ellen Key, a Swedish lady, has attracted much attention in her native 1and by her efforts to ameliorate the con dition of workingmen. Jointly with Dr. Anton Nystrom, she founded tho Work ingmen's institute of Sweden, which now owiss a handsome building in Stock holm and branch establishments in all the provincial towns. It has courses of lectures by the most distinguished liter ary and scientific authorities of the country. on historical. philosophical, scientific and literary subjects, adapted to the comprehension of faboring men, who attend in large numbers
 Swedish literature is the topic treated by Miss Key, who. in addition to her philanthropio labors has done literary work. publishing books, chiefly on soci- ological themes. One is biography of Anne Charlotte Lefler, duchess of Gaia hello, who is widely known through her sketch of tho life of Sophie Kovaleysky. Miss Key is a sort of lay eonfessor Of tic working classes, who come in crowds every Sunday to heR modest lodging to consult her on every possible question, fgom family ti1s to controversies about wages She is 0 believer ill socialism for Sweden. but only as transitional means to larger ends. She desires tho enfranchisement of women. - Woman's Journal.
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Rich Gowps.

The use of white satin, fur, gold braid and rich faces. says a New York fashion writer, is decided feature of rich cloth and velvet gowns for after noon calls aud receptions. the white satin accessories still consisting of full vest revers and collar. Many women prefer the pure snow white satins to any of the tints which have giint of cream OF yellow In tho hueless hue, but this dazzling pearl or lily tint is most trying to the complexion. but, equal to the sit uation. French tailors and modistes tone and soften the glaring white of the satin with rows Of narrow gold braid, which at once transforms it's effect. They like- wise use tiny edgings of dark mink, seal OF sable fur, rows, straps and bands of iustrons golden brown lyons velvet. cerise velvet, OF, richest and most com plementary of all. appliqnes aud veil ings of venetian rose point or vaudyko ace2
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Hvomnn,a Reanonstbllltiee.

Mrs. Jean Brooks Greenleaf of Rooh- ester was seen by a reporter recently, and, asked for her opinion on woman's responsibilities at the present time. she replied;
 That citizens of republic have de- volying upon them duties of greater mo- ment than those which deyolve upon people of different form of government none will deny. Under an absolute monarchy submission to law only Is re- quired and tho exercise of 0 restricted franchise, in addition to submission. if the monarchy be limited. In 0 true re- public. on tho other hand the governing force is in tue people themselves, who must choose for and from themselves tho rulers who they decide will best under stand and carry out their wishes. The people. therefore, arc responsible, indi- vidually and collectively, for good or bad governmental conditions. How i'm portant, then, that the franchise should be exercised in a thoughtful, intelligent manner; that the we'll being of all class es of citizens should be eonsidered{ that tho conditions most favorable for the formative period oP the rising genera tion should be closely studied; that the citizens of the future shonld Do fitted in their turn to assume the grand re- responsibilities of self government
 Under these circumstances can one portion of the people decide what is best for another portion of the people who have no yoice or participation in the se- lection of rulers OF the formation of the laws under which they live and yet hape the government express the will of tho people9 Is 1t not wrong to style such
 Q government republican or democratic in thls country, where. while both sexes are accounted citizens and are such in sense, to only ono sex, the male. has the right of franchise been accorded. ex-
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Black Trimmed Lingerie.

New underwear has decidedly fu- nereal tinge. Pure white linen gar ments, lace and ribbon trimmed, are no longer fashionable. To be quite up to date the dainty skirt or corset cover must have a wide edge of black embroid- cry. This is French idea. but 1t was quickly adopted by American women. many of whose wardrobes have now decidedly half mourning air.
 The embroidery used Is very wide and usually very fine. 4 tiny sample o2 Ia Is sufficiently dismal. but the new gar ments have rows upon vows o2 It. the craze for deep. overlapping founces be- Ina ct climax. At intervals the sober effect Is accentuated by broad black sibbon bow, and the scheme Is even cax- ried ont 30 fas es to have each garmens fastened by iny black buttons
 A very striking petticoat which was made recently for New York woman was finished by several deep fionnces of the black embroidery and adorned by mberless black bows The addition of the black Is supposed to give very chic effect. and in some of the datntiest un- derwear the gloomy effect is possibly not so manifest. Atall events 1t is char aoteristically Q French fancy. and hes
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Young, but Clever.

Miss Katherine L. Courtright, dean of women of Knox college, Is a very young woman tp hold the position she does, but, in addition to that, she is also young woman who received no ''higher education" as 1t is furnished in schools. A college dean with no degree, no alma mater even. is a rarity worth comment, and when that dean is teacher with an enviable record and director of flne methods there is something to be said to tho women who lament that so many doors are closed to chem because of their lack of college training.
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JEAN WRIGHT.

ty in nature with a girls natural touch of lightness and fancy. clearly suggested in ''June Song, part of which is: Oh, lovely June. thy ripening fields and woods.
 Thy birds and butterflies and bees
 Thy sunny mornings and thy starry nights.
 Tho secret south wind in thy trees.
 Bring to mo only vague regret.
 Oh, lovely June, could forget
 Last winter Miss Wright spent much time in tFanslating several selections from Hoine that were to be set to music by @ clever young composer of Louis. vile, John Ford Barbour He died be- fore the manuscript had been published but, fortunately, 1t was ip a finished state, and a Chicago publisher will bring out tho five songs.
 Miss Wright inherits much of her lit erary taste from General William But Ter, her great-uncle. who was one of Kentucky's early soldier poets Her ia. ther Is General J. M. Wright one of tho brilliant officers of the civil war and now marshal of the United States su- preme court. Hep mother is daughter of Dr. Ewing. She is surrounded by all the delights of happy home life, and so far none of tho cynical thoughts common to young poets has crept into her writing, which makes it singularly refreshing.
 As Q translator from the French Miss Wright shows facile pen, and as she speaks this as we'll as several other len- guages fuently she may be counted among the few feminine linguists Amer ica owna All comes naturally to her, for, while she works the usual number of hours, sha is devotee Of social life and ono of the favorites of the gay set of Louisville She knows something of music and loves it next to her own tai ent of writing. h fact, she Is just tho ordinary lovabie southern girl, with an unusual allowance of the intellectual. She is petite in figure, with brown eyes and short. curly hair, clear complexion and bright, happy disposition. She is pretty, according to the general verdict. but she is even moro interesting than that, Cor. Chicago Times-Herald-
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Cloehlees Dinners.

Several clothless dinners have been given lately. which is decided innova- tion. It has heretofore beep usual only at lunoheons and teas, If ab all, to strip the polished mahogany of its cloth. Now. in at least few cases, it has been done at dinner as we'll Nothing can make more effective setting for silver, glass and wax lights than tho dark, shining surface of this rioh wood It seems a pity, however. to take away the pretty distinction of the simpler meals by giving the privilege of an uncovered board also to the formal dinner
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Winter shtrt yWaiats.

We'll fitting. we'll made, pretty fam nel shirt waists are the thing just now for cyclers. golfers and other women who affect out of door sports, A cotton or linen waist is too cool, so the flannel and Iightweight cloth shirts take their place. The newest and prettiest flannel shirts are made without Innings so they can be easily washed Delaine. corduroy and veiveteen are all made up into reg ular shirt waists these days, and when they flo well they are pretty and appro- priate for the fresh air girl
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10 Elk UD Furs

Furs when taken out in tho fall, are often found to have marred and crush ed appearance. They can be made to look fresh and new with little trouble. Wet the fur with clean brush dipped in water and then shaken. brushing the hair up the wrong way. Let tho fur dry in the air for half an hour end then give it good beating with rattan. After beating it comb the fur in the right way with 0 coarse comb.
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been tAken up by New York women with all the enthusiasm which anything Parisian evokes. New York World.
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Women Coal Miners.

In England number of young wom- en are regularly employed in coal mines and are perfectly satisfactory in their work. They do not go down into tho deep shafts, but work at the mouths of the pits and shovel coal as easily as men. They receive 2S cents Q day. They wear heavy trousers made in knickerbooker style, blouses and short. heavy skirts turned up like tho washerwomRn over skirts of the past
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Tha eiegantes of Paris have taken to washing their hair with parafln. which is splendid cleanser and takes tho place of water, but precautions are neo- essary on account of its inflammabie na- ture.
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Mrs Charles Dalton is superintend- ing the stone carving for the internal decorations oS St. Cuthbert's church, Kensington. London The stone and wood carving is being done entirely by the ladies
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Tbe national farmers. congress, re- oently held at Indianapolis. adopted resolution recommending on amendment eo the United States constitution grant, tng suffrage to women
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sDon'e gas @ lace bolero" Q dress critic advises. "upless yoQ have 1t heay- fly jewelsd This gives isldtytanRl fty.n
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-08

or how to care for them. Mother in
stinct is a great power. but cramped
and downtrodden by ignorance and
poverty, as so many mothers ABOUT
here are. it seems almost to lie dor
mant. Could the little ones be carried
TO creche every day, they would De
cared for, properly washed, fed ana
put to sleep regularly. The mothers
could come and learn what to do Tor
them and could be shown the import
ance Of regularity in the habits of the
child.
Let us look into the future for a
moment. See that large, comfortable
looking building, open to let in the
sunshine and air, decorated with
palms and flowers, singing birds and
pictures. It is morning and the little
ones are coming to kindergarten.
There are mothers carrying tiny ba-
bies toward the creche, while the older
children go to the ante-rOom, where
they are washed and made ready for
their days work. Little japanese, Chi
nese and Hawaiians walk in together,
or skip and dance, as they more often
choose. Finally they all group about
the piano for their "Good-Morning"
songs. You can hear the sweet voices
of the native children. The little Chi
nese and Japanese, SO unmusical, seem
to catch the sweetness, and all the
voices blend in harmony. Over there is
a little, round, merry-faced native
child, always ready for frolic, but
never for work. Beside him sits lit
tie celestial, whose sober countenance
would alone betray his nationality.
But see how he laughs at the antics of
his little fun-loving neighbors! The
native child soon notices the nicely
finished work of the other, and hears
the word of commentator from the
teacher. Can he not do as we'll? And
fun for the moment laid aside, he fol-
lows the example set him. The one
nationality impulsive, generous to a
fault; the other stoical and grasping,
rather than generous. Can they come
in contact daily without reaction
taking place? Why may not the chief
characteristics of each nationality, as
has been so aptly said by one of your
leading citizens, be turned to account
for the good of the others? Surely
that is the ideal. Many obstacles stand
in our way at present, but time and
effort will tear away the walls of pref
ndice and, 10! the nations Of the earth
shall be as one people.
FRANCES LAWRENCE.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-08
| lat
| ak.

It's as hard to make
some folks change their
style as it is to convince
others that the exclusive halter
charges two dollars and fifty cents
for his name in a hat.
Our two-fifty kind,
and his at five,
are alike in
all but name.
Fact.
Evening star., 1897-02-27
THE STRUGGLING YOUNG AUTHOR.
By Means of Very Simple EJpedien
He Invests Samencss With Variety.

By Means of a Very Simple E5pedient
He Invests Samencss With Variety.
From the New York Sun
II send out with my manuscripts now,"
said the struggling young author. mot the
conventional note requesting the return of
the manuscript if not used, and stamp but
a stamped and addressed envelope. Para
doxfcal as 1t may seem, 1 find in the uni
formity of the addresses Of the envelopes
l now receive a variety that the previous
variety of Enclosures did not possess. had
come to know familiarly the envelopes of
the several publishers to whom I have the
honor to send; could tell them as far as
l could see them. I didn't need to open one
to know whence it came or what 1t brought
back; 1 just got the manuscript back and
that was the end of it.
But now there is some uncertainty about
1t. 1t Is not, in its impression upon me, just
simply a bald refusal of the manuscript. 1
don't know until 1 have opened the en-
velope just what it does contain; there is
still room for hope that it does not contain
some article that had really thought good
and worth printing And then, as a matter
OF fact, l don't open them, at all until l
get a whole batch back. Say 1 send out
five manuscripts. In the course of the next
three or four days get back four of them
but, as l don't open the envelopes, 1 don't
know which they are; and so l can't even
guess which one it is that still fingers, I
hope with some chance of acceptance. But
at last that one flies home, too. And then
l open them all together; but even then I
don't knew which one I get at first.
You see even this measure of uncer-
tafnty is a relief; it gives little variety
to the work: we all need more variety, and
1t is astonishing how much good one may
find In even the slightest diversion from his
daily routine.
1T is some weeks now since I began
sending out the self-addressed envelopes
but 1 still find variety in their sameness
l am still interested in the gentle, easily
solved problems which they present.
Evening star., 1897-02-27
The Polar snow Cap OF Mars.

FROM Nature.
We have received the following informa-
tion from America: "A teles ram received at
Harvard Observatory on January IL from
Lowell Observatory, now located near the
City of Mexico. says that rift has been
observed since January in the north polar
cap of Mars in longitude 40" This rift"
is probably similar to those observed at
the opposition of 1894. in the southern cap.
Prof. w. III. Pickering, with a six-inch tel
escope, found one in May %. crossing the
cap from longitude 800 TO l7o. This grew
considerable in size, measurements made on
June and 10 indicating width of loo and
$50 miles respectively. Mr.. Douglass also
during the same month, June To- detected
a second and third rift the latter running
from longitude 10 to 30 The sequence OF
phenomena observed seems to indicate that
they are due to the lower levels at the poles
being uncovered; in this way the snow
nlelts, the bare ground is exposed. appear
ing dark in contrast to the snow still lying
on the more elevated heights. Their broad
eEing is then a natural result of the de-
parting snow, and indicates that the polar
cap at that time in a far advanced state
of diSintegration.
Evening star., 1897-02-27
Imperial Hair Regeneration
ENORMOUS DEATH DUTIES.
Old English Families May he Ruined
by Them.

From the Chicago Record.
In order to realize the terrible strain i'm
posed by Sir William Harcourt's so-called
death duties" which excited so much re-
sentiment among the land-owing class of
Great Britain last year, il may he men,
toned that most of the territorial mag
mates who, through the death OF their
father. or other near relatives. recently
have come into possession of the family
property, have been compelled by the bur
den thus imposed upon them TO close up
| their country houses and to let their shoot
ing to the highest bidder.
Thus. when n few months ago. the Mar
quis of Bath succeeded to the entailed ,s-
tates Of his father, he was forced by the
death duties which he had to pay on his
fathers estate TO close up I.onglat, and TO
lease all the sporting privileges of the es-
tate to a city merchant. and now il is an
nounced that the new Lord Savile lhus-
band of that pretty Mrs. Horace Helyar
who, with her first husband.
nected with the English embassy at Wash
ington in the days of Lord Sackvillel Will
have to 1ose Rufford abbey. one OF the
most beautiful country seats in "the duk-
cries, the duties in this case amounting
to nearly $l,Na,0Oo.
The duties are exceptionally heavy in this
instance; in the first place. because the
new Lord Sayille is merely the nephew in
| stead of the son of the testator: and. sec
ondly, because of the immense and ex-
tremely valuable art collec ton gathered to-
gether by the late lord, who was a famous
connoisseur. Each of his pictures, each
of his pieces Of bric-a-brac. has been val
ued by experts, and on every separat piece
succession duty has to be paid.
1t will readily be seen what heavy
charge this is upon any Inheritance. and
one cannot help pitying. TO a certain
tent, the great landowners and county
families. They debarred by the laws
of entail from getting rid of any of their
treasures, in which they have only life
interest, and yet at their death their estate
is charged with succession duties thereon.
If the property happens to change hands
more than once in a year the estate is. OF
course, charged with just double the amount
of duty, and the Duke of Devonshire and
other opponents of the death duties can
not be accused of any eXlggeration in that
they declared in parliament and from the
platform that the duties i'm question, unless
altered, will ultimately result in the ruin
of every old family in England.
1t is understood that during the for. n
coming session the Salisbury government
will bring forward a measure modifying
the death duties now constituted, and
will restrict them merely to the so-called
personal estate. eXempting all entailed
property and such things as art treasures.
Evening star., 1897-02-27
HIS PHENOMENAL PULL.
Wonderful influence With Polio.
RNaHd EYRHlnd Ia (,

Wonderful InAuence With Police
hoard Exerted by c. NJ. Dechew.
From the New York Herald
Chauncey NJ. Dechew smiled affably as
the old sergeant with uncovered head ap-
preached him.
1T is all right. my good man." said the
eminent railroad magnate. although you
have reached the age when you should be
1etired. 1 have interceded for you. Your
services at this station entitle you to con-
sideration."
Thank you. kindly. sir" said the old po-
liceman. His face was radiant with hope
L am happy to say said the Human
Peach, that upon my recommendation the
police commissioners have concluded no; to
retire you as long as you are able to attend
to your duties. In short. you will not be
retired any sooner than any other police
man on the force"
AS he slowly turned away the venerable
sergeant lowered his head and great salt
tears welled up from his eyes
What a blessing" he said Ito know a
man with pull like that-'