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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-03

II is very pretty, and the miniature can be
ineXpeusively worked in silk
II one were to pick out the absolute es-
sential Of a toilet a IA mode one would say
the very tan collar, not the crush. or the
run, but the Me3icis. or some variation o.
o.. The round high Medlcis is sometimes
slashed. Again it is split in the middle Of
the back; again it IS high, round, edged
with fur, and brilliantly lined.
Another essential of a shopping gown is
the small jacket. No woman likes TO shop
iu a fur coat. and, therefore, the short.
handy little bolero, the lined wrap. the
small broadcloth getaway, are favorities.
They are, Of course, deliberately trimmed
until they become the beautiful little gar
ments Of the season. Almost fussy you
would say, hearing about them. but so
delightfully."- is the braiding mingled with
the fur. so skilfuliy the velvet and beaded
applQues introduced. that the whole is a
delightful bit of mosaic which you cannot
see without aGmring.
So few gowns are made plain now and
so few all of one color that the shops are
assisting in the combination of tones.
You do not see goods offered plain and
untrimmed. Cloth is draped with velvet
ana upon the cloth and velvet is laid
braiding, and there is a little beading
upon one breath of the goods. The de-
signing woman is expected to look upon
the combination and pick out a style that
viii combine all these She can be sure
they are tastefully selected, because a
professional colorist did the combining.
The American colony whispers many in
teresting rumors about the Miss Collins,
of New York, VINO is soon to wed a Turk
ish diplomat. Her gowns, all being made
here, are the wonder of even the coutu-
rieres Rumor says she really was en-
gagged to DR.. Depew, but Tilted him for the
Turk
He by the way, is one of the most ele-
giant men in Europe and the gowns Sc
lected by his bride to be are exactly suited
to their future statiCl. He is a Pole ex-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-03

doubt about this point. especially as the
ball gets little winded by being batter
ed by so many athletic hands in the
course of the journey up the room.
But this is arranged by scientific pro-
cess. Inside the goal circle there is a
small black dot. This leads to an cleo
trio bell placed in the ceiling. Upon be-
ing touched this button rings the bell
overhead in a musical tinkle and the game
is over.
Both sides know this and there is a des-
perate struggle between the reds and
blues to get the ball upon the button. 1t
need not remain there, but it must hit
it squarely to ring. Often a game is play
ed nearly out and cannot be finished. The
nearly victorious reds have the ball in
their end of the room and have got it in
the circle. but they can't get it over the
button, the blues are lighting them so
hereby. One little blue girl, with her
blouse ripped from her throat, stands
straddle of the button and you can't push
her off it. Her team are supporting her
and keeping the other side from pushing
the ball against her. 1t is against the
rule TO tackle a player All must be done
through the ball. The little girl in blue
must be pushed off her perch over the
button by a blow of the ball. That
makes it harder, but a thousand times
more interesting for the reds.
Now, the uninitiated might ask why in
the world one of the little girls in red who
is trying so hard to get the ball upon
the button does not cheat a little. Why
does she not put her small, slippered foot
forward and press the button until it
rings She might and would doubtless
like to do il, but she cannot. At this
point in the game the umpire steps in
Crouching down to the floor on the side
away from the goal, she watches the bell
carefully. She decides when it rings the
bell The bell will ting aling-a-ling
twenty times before the BAH has touched
It, because in the scramble there will be
flying feet placed upon It. But it does not
count a goal.
And here is another fine point in Tesla f.:
For every time the button is stepped on II
counts foul. The girl whose team steps
on it loses so many points. These are
counted in the final reckoning. And that
is why in an exciting game between skill
ed players there will be a dead silence
when it comes to the goaling point
Neither side wants to lose by stepping
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-03
TESLA IN THE GYMNASIUM.
a NEW GAME OF PUSH BALL FOR
FEMININE ATHLETES.

A Rubber Bali as Tall as n Girls
neutrality-suspicious. Teams, in Gay
Uniform. Push 1t Down the Room
From One Section to AnOther-At
the Goal the Ball Touches "A sharp
Electric BeII.
New York. Jan. There is a new
game in gynasiums. 1t is a game OF
push ball. called the Tesla" and
by its aid the young woman who can
wheel century. and never feel it, will
keep her muscles firm all winter and her
nerves in excellent condition.
Tesla" comes from Vermont and be-
gan with the ST. Johnsbury girls, who
are startling all New England with their
foot bail. Their Yankee genius is as clever
as their nimble feet.
Tesla push ball is like foot ball only a
thousand times more genteei 1t does not
need to have the foot elevated further
than a good jumping hight and there is
no danger of getting the awful thrusts
that can come from the toe of a shoe
misdirected. There may be bruises, but
for these the girl athlete has her rene
ieds.
Tesla is played with ball as tell as
your shoulder. It is of the material Of
a foot ball but little harder II can be
blown up until quite firm. in which state
it is IDEAL
The game Of Tesla begins with teams"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-03

upon the button and ringing the electric
bell overhead
There are all kinds of girls;
There is every kind of girl"
So runs the popular song. And so in
athletics there are boomer girls and skirt
ed girls. The bloomer girls say they can
play better than the others with their
divided skirts and sweaters.
The skirted girls wear very short skirts
that hinder the legs no more than bloom
ers The waist is a blouse with the tint
est leather belt, which is said to support
the painting frame in a desperate hand
to-hand struggle. Underneath, the skirt
ed girl wears a silk and wool something.
The bloomer girl wears what she pleases:
no man knows what
The first games of Tesla were plaved
with ball as tall as the waist But this
was awkward. The girls had to stoop to
push it, and they looked singularly like
truckmen moving dry-goods boxes. More
over, the slightest quick move of the han
sent them flying over the top of it, an I'M
graceful motion for an athlete
Inc new push balls are shoulder high
and either white or black. White is liked
because it is easier to see. Bad eyesight
you say, not to see a ball five feet tell
But that is all right. You join a team of
-FOUR athletic maidens and go into the GYM
nasium to match skill with four other fair
athletes and in five minutes if you are
not blinded by the struggle that follows
you are born push-baller and should be
debarred from the game as possessing pre-
ternatural talent.
The victorious team has the right of
choice next time about starting the ball
And If the captain is shrewd she will not
tell her opponents until the minute for
commencing the game whether she will
start the bali or not. And like as not the
other captain has instructed all her team
now to stop the bail, when, after ALL she
will have to start 1t herself, il the victo-
rious red captain says so.
Harry Germaine.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-03
The Curse
Of Mankind!

The most horrible disease to which
the human family is subject is conta-
gious blood poison. 1t has always
baf1ed the doctors, for notwithstanding
the progress made in some branches Of
medicine, they have failed absolutely to
discover a cure for it. Whether in the
form of powder, pill or liquid, the doc
tors prescription is always the same
potash or mercury.
Mr.. Otto H. Ebert, who resides at the
corner of 22d Street, and Avenue n.
Galveston, Texas, had severe expert.
ence with this dreadful disease, and
under date of April 5th, 1896, writes
Several years ago was so unfortu-
nate as to contract contagious blood
poison, and was under treatment of the
best physicians continuously for four
years. AS soon as 1 discovered that had
the disease, 1 fastened to place myself
under the care of one of the foremost
doctors in my State, and took his
treatment faithfully for several mon his,
It was a very short time after he pro-
nounced me we'll, that the disease broke
out afresh, and was in far worse con-
dition that at first, Large Jumps formed
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-03

one of these tea rooms that is Irresistible.
Attached to all of them are cosy little
reading rooms, where the latest papers
and magazines are to be had, and the ser
vice is all that can be wished For a
frane-fifty one gets the most appeuzing
slice of thin buttered toast and a pot of
delicious, savory English tea It's a rare
treat too, to sit there and watch the fash
ionabie world surge in and out.
One sees no end of rich driving and re-
ception toilets, for the tea rooms are
dotted along the boulevards in the most
central situations. where carriages must
pass en- route 10 the principal drives and
resident streets
On matinee days, after the theaters are
out, the tea rooms are at their best They
are thronged then with the smart set in
Paris. Mrs. Drake. one Of the prominent
American women here, was pointed out to
me. She was beautifully gowned in a soft
cashmere gown that was embroidered
with bluetteS on a mOuse-gray back
ground. The skirt was an ordinary width
godet, scalloped in square scallops around
the bottom, that flared 10 show a rufTie Of
bluette velvet There was a narrow
piping of soft green velvet, the color Of
the bluette stems that outlined the edges
of the scallops.
The bodice was Of the embroidered cash
mere blouse in effect fastening over at the
left side. Broad revers of a soft shade of
green silk started from the shoulder seams
and reached to the belt, where they ended
In points Following the edges of the re-
vers were narrow bands of blue and green
velvet. The high stock collar and belt
were Of bluette velvet, and at the left side
of the belt there was long, narrow bow
of the velvet with doubled loops Com
ing from under the belt were short, fun
basques lined with the dull green silk
The sleeves were drapcd nearly to the
arm-hole and were mounted by high stiff
ened puffs. \ little hat worn with this
gown was exceedingly chic. 1t was a
small round hat, made of biuette chenille
Draped around the crown was a band Of
soft green velvet, and at the left side Of
the band there were choux of bluette and
green tulle mounted by three green Prince
of Wales feathers.
Another strikingly pretty toilette that
attracted me was a visiting gown of citron
green silk poplin. The skirt was a bell
skirt, lined with taffeta of the same
shade. The corsage was OF the poplin 1T
was tight-fitting and seamless at the
back, and the front of the bodice was COW
cred with accordion-piated pale yellow
moussehne de soir Extending from the
shoulder seams to the belt at each side of
the bodice were pieces of heavily spangled
black net, divided TO show the vest Of vel
low moussehne de soir.
-. The sleeves were Of the poplin. They
>N1Ifre tght-htting for quite a distance
love the elbow and were draped slightly
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-03

lied to Turkey From Turkey he was sent
as secretary of state to Rome, and while
stationed in Rome he often goes up to
visit the car, whose intimate friend he is
and frequently comes to Paris. where Miss
Collins is spending the winter.
Realizing that she must accompany him
in future upon these trips, she has ordered
trousseau gowns of Russian furs. soft
silks Of oriental make and gaudy gowns
for the mission in Rome. Her taste is as
lovely as her face. If space allowed you
should know the details of each of these
lovely trousseau dresses, for they are
marvels of American taste
Nina Goodwin
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-03
The DeViI'S SIr1o1U-o

From the London Public Opinion.
Between the Cologne Volkszeitunr next
to the Germania, of Berlin, the leading Roe
man Catholic paper of Germany, and the
Catholic Director Kunzle of Feidberg in
the Tyroi, violent controversy is being
carried on as to whether a signature claim.
ed to have been made by the devil can
ever be accepted as genuine. Kunzle is the
Eternal Alteration, and is the editor of a
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-03

a the top. A narrow, pointed cum Of
black velvet and a friI OF cream lace gave
the finish to the bottom Of the sleeve.
The collar, high and straight, was Of
black velvet that merged into a fiaring
Medicis. And tine crush girdle was also Of
the black velvet
The hat that this pretty blonde girl wore
was a Mary Antoinette. fashioned Of
black velvet Two bands OF stars encir-
cled the high crown, and black feathers
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-03

Paris, Dec. 2A-Paris boasts some beau
tifully appointed tea rooms that are the
most popular places one can imagine be-
tween the hours Of and 6. They are all
of them thoroughly English In their APP
Dointments. and they are patronized ex-
clusively by the English and American
people over there.
There is a do-drop-in-air about every
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-03
Purely Vegetable

and never fails to cure contagious blood
poison, scrofula, eczema, rheumatism,
cancer, catarrh, or any other disease Of
the blood. If you have blood disease,
take a remedy which will not injurs
you. Beware OF mercury; don't do VIC
lence to your system.
Our books on blood and skin diseases
will be mailed free to any address. Swift
Specific Co., Atlanta, Ca.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-03
new COLLARS FOR STREET GOWNS.
AS Sleeves GROW Smaller Collars Become
Sitter and Much Higher.

Big
Long ali n-Be a
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-03


"A correspondent of the Examiner re-
lates this incident of a recent dinner %
Philadelphia, at which Archbishop Ryan
(Roman Catholic) and DR.. Watson were
present: 1T would be a great mistab
to suppose that the archbishop dwells y
an atmosphere of ghosts or Is saturatel
with gloom. 1t was quite delightful "
see him and DR.. Watson fraternize anS9
exchange feliciues. The archbishop saa
the injury had been made why all ln'
nine Muses. are represented as unmarrlea
1t was suggested in reply sthat 1t wa
thought more in accordance with delicac!
and sentiment that they should be pure
unmarried virgins. But the archbishop
response was. No, that is not the reason,
1t is because all those who WOO the Muse
are so poor that they are never able y
propose marriage TO them"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-03

theological journal, called Pelikan, devot-
ed TO the cultuS of the Eucharist He now
claims that the popular Cologne journal is
untrue to Catholic teachings and tradi-
tons for denying that it is possible to Sc
cure genuine signature of his Satanic
majesty
The controversy was occasioned by
small publication issued from the office Of
Pellkan anonymously, but Violently with
the approval of Kunzle 1t is entitled Die
Gehelmnisse de Hole mach Miss Vaughan,
Won Dr. Michael GermanuS' CThe secrets
or hell according to Miss Vaughan. Ac-
cordtng to this brochure the devil Vitru
appeared on Oct. IS. 1888, in Fre6na sons
lodge-rOom in Rome and accompanied by
prominent members of the lodge. such as
CrlSpl, Iemmi, and others, he made public
declaration that Sophie Sapho, who was
tnen present, would, on Sept. %, following
give birth to the grandmother of the An
tichrist.
In testimony of these facts a document
was then and there drawn up
Which s dooume R these t6s 6eS them en-
and there present signed himself
as 'Sanctus Daemon Primarius Praeses'
ulrst presiding holy demon). The sigma
ture OF the devil Vitru consists of a num-
Der OF symbolical signs, indicative of his
various attributes and works, such as
cock, fire fork, and the like. 1t is Kun
zle'S conviction that it is his duty to de-
fend the genuineness of this devils sigma.
lure, because the teachings of the Roman
catholic casuists on the subject of morals
admit the possibility of an alliance with
Satan and maintain that such a covenant
can be made in writing.
The Cologne Volkszeitung declares 81
superstition to believe in the genuine
ness of such a signature, although ac,
knowledging that it is possible for wicked
men TO form compact with Satan Kun
zle, however. has been able to appeal 10 |
testimony Of his orthodoxy to a decision
of the Cardinal Congregation of the Pen.
itents 90 in Rome, which gives inc
priests the right in hearing confession 70 /
absolve those guilty of the sin of woI'
Shipping the devil or of having formed az
alliance with him, but in the latter IN,
stance only the written documents
to the church authorities to be burned
The controversy is spreading in Roman
Catholic circles, and Prince zu Lower.
stein, the stated president of the Cathop
congress of Germany, has given his deer
sion in favor of Kunzle.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-03

Motor omnibuses for the streets
Paris will be built to accommodate thir'
persons.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-03

doubt about this point. especially as the
ball gets little winded by being batter
ed by so many athletic hands in the
course of the journey up the room.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-10-19
WOMAN AND HOME.
HEALTH-GiVING BATHS.
Dips in Water Made Fragrant by
Flowers and Herbs.

Dips in Water Made Fragrant by
Flowers and Herbs.
For hardening and strengthening the
muscles of neck, shoulders, arms and
limbs nothing is more efficacious than
bath OF flowers or herbs. Any woman
aspiring to resemble the heroine in
daniel Deronda," who always emerged
from her bath looking 'ike a freshly
dipped swan,'' is becoming initiated in
the mysteries of these refreshing and
fragrant dips.
Rose leaves, crushed violets, hay flow
ers, oat straw, shave grass and pine
sprig-these form the foundation of
the flower or herb bath, and conse-
quently excursions to the garden, the
Held or the hay rack will be in order
in summer. The flower bath is taken
warm, followed by cold shower and
a vigorous rubbing until arms and
neck shine like glistening marble, are
firm of texture and smooth as satin.
All these baths are prepared in the
same manner. Boiling water should
be poured upon bags of the different
blossoms or herbs, each bag contain
ing from one-half to one pound of mate
rial and the whole allowed to boil for
ten minutes; the vessel is then taken
from the fire and allowed to partly
cool, when it is added to the prepared
bath.
Hay flowers consist of the remains of
stalks. leaves, blossoms and seeds. even
the hay itself. An oat-straw bath is
made by boiling the stalks and heads
! of oats for one-half hour in kettle and
then pouring the decoction into the
tub. Shave grass is prepared in the
same manner by boiling the stem, cone
and spore. Equisetum arvesne is the
botanical name of shave grass, which
is medicinal herb of great value.
Taken internally in form of tea it
purities the stomach; externally in the
bath it washes away and dissolvcs all
that is injurious. The uses of the herb
are manifold; for instance, in cases of
violent bleeding at the nose decoc-
ton of shave grass drawn up into the
nostrils gives immediate relief. A sup
ply of shave grass should be kept in
every home dispensary, that in time of
need it may be quickly at hand.
For the pine-sprig bath gather the
sprigs, the fresher the better, small
branches, even resinous pine cones, cut
them in bits, put into bag and boil for
one-half hour. The chief effect of q
pine-sprig bath is on the skin, which is
brought into activity by it, and on the
blood vessels, which it siren CITIZENS
Moreover, it is fragrant and delightful
For the mixed bath herbs and flowers
of various kinds are used; this is il
case the due quantity of any one can
not be procured.
A word apropos of the duration O.
such tubbings. A warm flower bath
may last one-quarter hour, followed by
a cold shower lasting possibly one
minute, no longer. Flower and herl
baths may be taken two or three time!
a week. Eleanor Lexington, in Amer
lean Queen.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-10-19
OUR FINANCES.
Synopsis of Annual Report of the
United States Treasurer.

United States Treasurer.
Washington, Oct. 12.-The annual re-
port of the treasurer of the United
States will show that on June 80, 1896,
the total available assets of the treas
ury were 1856, 6s5,321 and on June 80,
1897, they had increased to 1914, 764, 377.
OF these sums $3Os, 1854, 44S was available
on June 30, 1896 and $2s3,295,424 on
June 80, 1897, for the strictly fiscal oper.
atoms OF the government. On June 80,
1896, $547 ,330,973 and on June 80, 1907,
1851, 46S,953 was held on deposit against
outstanding certificates and treasury
notes. In addition to the net ordinary
revenues, the treasury received SIS ,44s,.
$40 in deposits for the retirement of
national bank notes and $3,25O in re.
funding certificates for conversion into
bonds, SO that the total income avail.
able for the fiscal operations of the year
was 1868, 173,925. AS against this there
was disbursed besides the ordinary ex.
pcnditures the sum OF $1l 1878, 500 on &C.
count of bonds and fractional currency,
and the further sum Of $ll .002, 1855 in the
retirement of national bank notes. MAX
ing a total of $3ss,245,o17. The net loss
of available cash arising from these
operations, therefore, was $25,O71, 0o1.
In the issue of paper currency, the oper.
atoms of the year, which amounted to
1914, 84S, 900 was exceeded in only one
year-1So2-and then by only a narrow
margin. The redemptions, amounting
to $330,710,o20, were also relatively
higher.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-10-19
Mrs. ROrer's POp.Oyers.

Beat two eggs, without separating, up
til thoroughly mixed. Add one cup Of
milk. Put one cup of flour into another
bowl; add to it gradually the eggs and
milk; beat until smooth. Strain
through an ordinary gravel strainer.
Put at once into CREASED hot gem-pans,
and bake in moderately quick oven
fer As minutes. If these are properly
made and properly baked they should
swell six times their original bulk, and
may be used for breakfast or luncheon.
81 served with a liquid pudding sauce
rs dessert. Whole wheat flour, if sift-
ed three times, may be substituted for
white flour. Iron gem-pans insure bet
ter results than those made of lighter
metals.-Mrs. S. T. Rorer, in Ladies'
Home Journal.