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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-04-03
NOBODY .HEEOS THEM.
Public Indifferent to Signs Put Up For Its
Convenience.

An cn:crprisinG advertiser once head
ed long printed description OF his
wares with the line "Donot rcnd this. y
and tho avidity with which every line
was read stimulated other advertisers
to resort to the same trick, until 1t be-
came old and worthless. Signs public
places are treated by the majority OF
people Just the same us the catch line OF
years ago Every horse car and every
car OH the elevated system carries II sign
warning passengers that they must not
stand on the platforms, but in the busy
hours one rarely sees n car which does
not carry all the people it can hold on
the platform, and no conductor has ever
made any effort to enforce tho rule. Ey-
cry car on the Madison avenue limo has
signs painted on the doors which give
orders to keep tic front door closed, but
nobody thinks OF paying any attention
to the sign. and it seems to those peo-
pie who travel on that line that the
front door is used more on the Madison
avenue line than on any other.
In the waiting rooms OF the various
railway stations the signs by which 1T is
made known which parts of the place
arc for women might as well be removed
because no one seems to take tho least
notice of them, and the benches i'll the
waiting shed of the Grand Central sta
ton, over which sign is posted, Re
served For Women, would be occupied
by men continually if the employees
did not call attention to the sign.
At most places where people buy
tickets, i'll banks where there are crowds
of depositors or people who wish to
draw funds from the institution, there
are signs showing on which side the line
forms and still there is never Il day in
any of the larger of these places when
some people do not make desperate eff
forts to form Il line all by themselves
and work against the one which had
been formed before they came. They are
Of the same class who refuse TO keep 10
the right, and when they como through
Il swing door on the left side and re-
ccivc Il bump hardly appreciate the ser
mon contained i'll the few words Which
the other man utters: Serves you right!
Keep TO the right
But there is one sign i'll public places
the disregard for which has aroused
much comment. 1t is i'll regard to spit
ting, and the evil that has been wrought
by the practice has been so thoroughly
discussed by scientific men that hundreds
of people have determined that they
would help to enforce the rules Of the
health department and make at least
one sign more than dead letter.-Ncw
York Tribune.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-04-03
Wanted Damages.

Of these would he litigaIts who, like
Hotspur, "in the way Of bargain, " will
"cairl ON the ninth part of IL hair, :" Il
Kentucky lawyer tells i'll the Louisville
Courier journal this good story;
was ill my partners office at Brown
vile one day, when tall, lanll native,
about 90 years CT age, came i'll. After
he had warmed himself we inquired of
him his business To the inquiry he re-
Piled
.'I want ter bring suit ag'in old man
H. S estate During the Wal he drafted
me for service, and when l showed up
he said he didn't iced me. Eff had "a
went in, l would have been a-drawin Il
pension NOW, aud | want ter sue him
fer damages fer keepin me from DRAWN
pension.
When we told him that his cause fer
action was 10 good, lie shambled out Of
the office and remarked that there was
no jcstice ii law noEow. y
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-04-03
AIorton's Memory.

An Englishman named Morton could
repeat from memory any discourse he
had once listened TO, while Schcnkel,
the inventor Of one of the ARTS Of
Memory, " could repeat 300 arbitrarily
connected words and over 200 sen-
fences, all in the exact order i'll which
he had heard them. a Sussex man
named William Wolton had Il marvel
Gus memory. When Il child, he could
remember almost any sermon he heard
and once repeated to the bishop his ser
mon word for word. He took his B. y.
at Cambridge when only IL years and .
months Household Words.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-04-03
OUR NATIONAL LEGISLATORS
Who appeal In Certain Way to Certain
People.


To him who in the love of the capt.
tol holds communion with its daily Wis
itors they speak various language.
Which, being interpreted, means that
if one frequent the capitol and listen to
what one may hear there he will hear
some right funny things.
Not great while ago there was
small party Of persons from some one OF
the outlying Maryland or Virginia dis
tricts, presumably the latter, as the mud
on their shoes was redder than Mary
land mud, who were seeing the sights
of the magnificent building under the
direction of one of those useful adjuncts
to the cause of education, a capitol
guide.
The party had got as far as the ro-
tunda and were gazing on the paintings,
works of art, and so forth, in that cir
cular collection of movable and immov-
able creations, when a handsome man
came out of the entrance leading from
the house and passed in review.
"That, said the guide, designating
the gentleman passing, is the hand
soonest member of congress. /"
lis that so?'' responded the oldest
woman in the party, one of that sharp
faced, sharp tongued kind OF elderly
women one always wants to hear talk
and still is always in fear lest he hear
something that would cut hole in him.
Then, without waiting to hear what
further the guide might have to say on
the subject, she moved around where
she could get a view of the beautiful
legislator as long as he was in sight,
and fairly toasted her eyes on him in
fascinated silence.
Some minutes later another object
of interest passed the party.
"There goes the smartest man i'll con-
gress, " said the guide
'Is that so:" responded the elderly
woman III exactly the same tone as be-
fore, and she at once manifested an cx-
actly similar interest i'll this one and
watched him until he had passed out of
sight.
For as long as five minutes thereaft-
CT SDc WIS SllSlG anu N'uhVu ''4Ai4iS77iJ
behind the others, locking at those Won
derful pictures on the walls, but rot
seeing them.
"What's the matter with mother"
exclaimed tail, gangling girl, turning
to see what had become Of the good
lady.
9TH amt nothin the matter with
me-" she answered as spry as anything.
81 was jest a-thinlin I'd like to be
purity, and I'd like to be smart, but I'd
ruther be like what I am than be u con-
gresham, deed I would, and I don't
keer who knows it3'
And she evidently didn't, for every
body within so feet of her could hear
what she said.-Washington Star.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-04-03
Tho DiNarencc.

Writing in The Pail Mall Magazine
concerning tie year 1897 and touching
upon The use Of the word Jubilee in
connection with il, 3Ir. a. Quiller-Couch
tells AL anecGoie which one suspects Is
more amusing than truthful.
All old lady dwelling on the skirts
of Dartnoor was asked. "What is tie
meanin of this yer jewbilce:
''Well, my DEAR" she answered,
It's this way: If you've been married
n q man 90 year and the mans alive,
tits goulden weddin; if as dead, it's
q jeYbilee.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-04-03
THE NATIONS FLOWER.

o columbinc, o columbine,
Columbia S flower of fair design,
Thy trumpet tongues, red, white and blue,
Sing freedoms song each year anew,
And, ranged about the central shaft.
Forever on the hrcozcs watt.
"E plurihus unum. for each state.
Thus conferred. makes the nation great.
o eagle flower forth from tho rock
Thou springcst after winter shock
And with thy talons flying clear
In strength and beauty lends the year,
Americas broad land thy home,
From mountain peak to ocean S foam,
Eagle and dove in ono. tho sign
OF our fair country. columbiro!
M. S. NIetcalf in New York Sun.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-04-03
;l,c law to Meet 1t.

Gazzam-I' III acil.s to have my neigh
bor's chickens arrested. TIE ROSTERS
walicn nc every Ecllirs at 3 CT 4
o'clock AID spoil rIy rest.
M;;ddox-IneIe is 10 law which au-
thorizes the arrest CT chickens.
Gazzam-Well, there's a law which
forbids the use of fowl language.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-04-03

Mrs Prosy-Rcading is quite pas
hon with my husband.
Mrs. Dlesser-So it is with mine
when he reads my millincr's bills!-
London Fun
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-04-03

a;;g,4 Un TIE shTN.
ii. intense l. ing ana smar;ing Incl.
den. - ecaeul., lei er: sait-iiieam, and othe;
diseases Of the skin is instantly allayed by
applying Chambe-Iains Eye and Skin
Ointment. Many very bad cases have been
permanently cured by it. 1t Is equally
etffici Mt for itching piles and favollte rem
edv :or sore nippis.; chapied hands, chill
slams, frost bites, and chronic sore eyes
Fer s:le ;, druggists at 70 cents per box.
IT., DR.. CaGy's Condition ?owaers, they
are j..5t whata Eorse needs when IN pad conc
ton. Tonic, blood purifier and vermifage.
For sale by Blackstone & Bell, Acco-
mac G. H., and WIN. H. Parker,
Onancock, Va.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-04-03
Too iiucIl Sllyness.

Cumso-Why don't Mr.. Gilgal and
Miss Perkasie get married?
Cawker-Shyncss OF both sides
GLOW do you make that QUIZ
''She is a shy little thing by nature,
aud he is shy of cash. "-Detroit Free
Press
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The sutual Benefit Fire Association, Of chmond Va

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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-04-03

f"stops for passengers on signal tcconduct
*"daiIy, except Sunday.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-04-04

Some one who has made careful study
Of the matter has decided that women
are much less inclined % commit theft
than arc men.
ln Europe especially IS this made evil
dent for women are there given posi-
tons a= cashiers and custodians OF wealth
more than they are here. The situation.
however. n which women honesty s.
gut 20 the greatest test is as domesrics
The careiessncss with which choice brio
a-hrac IS intrusted 10 their Gale IS cy-
erywnere apparent and The universal babe
80 of uistresscs leaving their jcwciry aud
dainty articles OF personal addrnmeut
scattered over the whole house lu o.,
most careless manner IS Offering a terri
BILE temptation 10 the maids.
Dainty laces and bits OF gold and Jew
els appeal 90 the feminine heart as much
as anything else 10 the world. and II ls
a fine proof OF a woman's sense Of honor
that she SO rarely succumbs 20 the temp
tation. In fact, in those Instances where
maids have been known % appropriate
their misresses' possessions 81 has gem
orally been found that some man outside
the house has urged her 90 make the des-
perate attempt.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-04-04
UNIQUE EASTER WEDDING.
A Brooklyn Girl Has Turned Fire Es-
cape Into an AlCOYe With
STEPS AND EASTER BELLS OVERHEAD.
some of the Odd Wedding Ceremonies
Which VIII Take Place Daring
Easter Week - Churchyard
and Monument.
Copyright. 1897. for The Times)


/ Miss Daisy Marguerite Post. OF Brook
! lyn. y. y, is 10 be married upon the
| nre-escape of her mothers lat the Tues
/ day following Easter. weather permitting
and nothing happening 20 spoil the plans.
f. The apartment in which Miss Post
J lives is like all fats-a string OF rooms
ike ~bowling alley; or, as W. u. How
D ellis dNcribes it, "a series Of closets call
, cd fiat"
That hre-escape had been in her eye
an winter when planning the nuptials
but il was only recently that she thought
how very useful it would Doe II made into
an alcove room-so very Ike the cham
eel OF a church,
on Easter Monday tho carpenters viii
enter the room IN the fiat and run a lat
tice or iron work and Stats around The
lre-cscapo Later the decorators will
come and hang tapestries. and then will
come the florists with their pottcd plants
and vines. When completed the fire.
escape will be a brilliant and beautiful
bower, over which the wedding bell Will
swing.
The bride ard bridegroom will enter
the room from the further corner 20 the
strains OF "LOhcngri'n." cross the room
and mount a small flight Of steps TO the
nrc-oscape. Tho steps ,re temporary
affairs leading from the room to the win
dow-sill. The glass will Doe taken out
OF the window so that IL will be like
walking up the steps through broad
doorway.
Out upon the fre-cscape the clergy
man will stand i'm his vcstments. lie has
preceded the bride and bridegroom by
"a minute. Then the closest relatives Of
both parties viii walk up the steps and
out upon the escape, and the others viii
stand down in the room below looking
up into the little lowered room.
The idea is not entirely new that of
being married upon ddis Mrs Cleve.
land wanted 20 be married IN that way
upon the stairs OF the White House
where the company I'm the rooms
could see her plainly. But she descend
ed 20 the Blue Room
Amele Rivcs had her first marriage
ceremony performed upon o dais under
a wedding bell, and the Countess castel-
lane stood upon q raised platform haif q
step higher than the room. And OF
course IN every church wedding there is
the pulpit or altar for the nigh contract
Ing parties.
But this is the first time whore tho
thing has been conducted upon am orisi-
nal plan.
After the ceremony tho couple will
stand upon their lofty platform long
enough 20 receive the congratulations Of /
their friends and then come down into /
the diuing-room for the wedding supper. /.
The wedding Will take place at night /
and the only thing visible from the out .
side Of the house Will bee am lnclosed I
nrc-cscape.
After the ceremony is over and tho /
couple have come down from their perch 4
upon the hre-cscape portierre will bc 4
drawn at the window and carpenter !
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-04-04

they had begged him In tears to 40 there
to perform.
in 4 well-peopled city IL IL not easy
to select odd marrying spots. But a
Brooklyn girl, no relation to the fire.
escape maiden, insists upon being welded
in Greenwood Cemetery at midnight.
while near by rabbit will DO liberated
and "shOed' across her path between
herself and the clergyman. This IS to
counterfeit the unlucSy day Of her birth.
the 18th OF October. Another girl IL
going down 70 BedloCs Island In a small
boat 10 be married under the torch OF
Liberty, and on Easter Sunday a GER
tain Miss Anna Leach will ride out TO
Grants tomb on the Boulevard and be
married q cew feet from the spot where
Ii Hung Chang stood. returning on
quadruple wheel with tho clergyman, her
father and the bridegroom.
The hrc-escape young woman belongs
to family OF considerable means. and
she Is going 10 do the Easter wedding
feat In magnificent way. In order 20
have something novel az her wedding,
and because she thinks Il IS a very good
scheme 20 show a handsome white satin
wedding dress 10 an audience.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-04-04
Styles That WiIl Rule n Paris, Where 1t Is the Duty Of
Every Woman 10 Be Young. =
X-RAY GOODS BY FAR THE MOST POPULAR.
Easter Dresses That VII Be Worn by the Countess Of Essex and
Lady BlHkWOOd.

copyright isg7, for The Timcs)

Cd canvas goods was made up over "hi'c
six The material was not really ailN' DuI
that heavy imitation OF SILK whlch wears
so we'll and is called by 80 many names.
THESE materials are patented, many or
them and very useful. being cheap ana
The tinicst bolcro Of dahlla SILK zen over
the shoulders. and there was a Deit ana
collar OF dahlia.
Another gown was Of full primrose Ia
dies cloth, with a. satin face. AZ the
side there was panel or white cloth,
with gold embroidery. and the yoke was
Of the same material
Another dress was OF The new royal pur-
pie. lined freely with Chansclblc talteta.
These gowns were none OF them mar
vcI0usly elegant. but they gave nice
hint of the coming fashions in materials
and cOlOrs. From them 10 might be learn
ed that navy blue and seal brown have
gone out. and their places been taken
by puppies, greens. and reds.
An ECONOMICAL DRESS.
a very pretty gown, also Of tho N-ray
variety. was of O. nVas plaid. This IS six
strilcs pldided in a field % open-work
material The squares are OPcnwOrk. the
stripes are silk. This IS 90 be worn on all
street Occi siuns or brown taiic.a. iu
the house or for calling or dress Occa-
slons. 10 VIII Doe slipped over tan silk.
This wearing Of one N-ray over several
slips is "a trick much resorted Go by eco
noniic matt ems. The under slip is cut IN
Princess shape. without belt The skirt
has AN Ingenious arrangement Of g0det
piaits in the back that makes % set out
well underneath the canvas outside Tie
waist Is puned in front for the same
reason but otherwise. In plalnuess or
back and sides. tie under slip is Prin-
cess.
All OF the gowns shown mo had some
pretty soft finish OF lace OF chiffon al the
neck and wrists. For French women in
sist on fluffy materials coming next 90
their faces and hands, especially II they
arc 10 longer young.
FOR CARD PARTIES.
I'm the American colony an unpreten-
tlous little afternoon whist party brings
gathering OF matrOns together espe-
Gally I'm the Amer cO-Parisian pensions
ana hotels. There is a hoIrishing. eu-
thusiastic class that gathers no the Hotel
Lafond every week 90 take lessons from
enc Of Americas hrag whist-players. ard
there is a little current of whist talk rum
ming In an the conversations one over
hears al the social functions now
The exquisite toilette that Mrs Aver
Wore no one of these afternoon whist par
ties was OF black satin. The skirt was "A |
e0det OF the black satin close fitting at |
the hips. with the fulness an gathered at |
The back. The bodice was Of white satin /
covered rum with white mousseline dc sole. |
a high cOrslct of white satin reached 20 I
the bust line. IL was entirely covered |
with arphques OF cat black velvet Outin- .
ci with tiny silver thread. At the 'front.' Z
Of the bodice the corslet was slashed % /
now Jabot effect Of the white mousse .
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-04-04

viii go outside and remove the decora-
tons. 30 as not 90 interfere with iAe
Building laws concerning the obstruction
of % nre-oscapc.
II was intended 90 serve Tho supper f0r
the bridal table out there bgt DO i5 not
allowable 20 otstruct lrc-escape Tor
more than few minutes. ag fires are 30
respecters Of Weddings or occasions.
Queer marriages are always occurring
nj different places. A certain German
town clergyman of wealth was married
uron Mount Ararat his bride and he
going na'i way around tho world 90 be-
married on the Mount And few years
ago a couple climbed 10 tho top of Wash
ington Monument with a licensed cler-
gynan and We're married there.
\ young woman who was very fond o.
the theatre was married IN a certain cell
ebrated museum in New York a few
weeks ago; and DR.. Dewitt Taimaee
tells many a good story about strange
times and places selected by prospective
brides Tor the wedding ceremony. which
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-04-04

limo dc sole that extended from the coll
lar TO the waist band. The sleeves OF
black satin were tight httlng, WIN very
little fullncss at the top. Inc collar vas
ed by a frll OF white mousseline DE scie.
An exceedingly chic gown suitable Tor
a Young uatron's "at home tchette u
built OF hellotrope bengaline IN rather -
light shade OF heliOtrope. Inc sht1 Wa
a full godet, fitting close az tne nlp9,
the fulnsss gathered IN two rows at ~,
back over the two seams OF the IRON
gore there was a trimming or Jet that ca
tended six inches below the waist pand'
BOLERO EFFECTS.
The bodice fastened al The SIDE. IL W..
made ~ the beugal.ne ana Was sIdSN'.
on each side OF the front ana the flu,.
were cut 20 give the erect OF SUI
boitro over blouse or black mouss'lil''
de sole. There was sort OF oI.- .
bertha OF black mOusseline de Sole tnat
commenced az each shoulder seam Win
butterfly bow and extended across III.
hont OF the bodice.
The back Of the bodice was fashionet
10 give the effect OF a short sfallhl
bolerO over n black mousseline de sole
blouse. Ldging the Jacket and the point
ed front there was narrow Jet rasr.-
mentcrie. The gircle was also cf lei'
The sleeves Of The heliOtr0ue beuraIne
were ticht-httnF WITH The funess al me
top dfaped high. Following the out
side seam Of tho sleeves were two narrow
strips o. the Jet passemcnterie. The coll
lar was high draped collar OF ceep he
liOtrOpe velvet.
LACE WAISTS
TWO or three of the latest evening
dresses ] saw. fashioned expressly for
elderly matr0ns were made o. hlaek lace
oyer satin. am told that lace gowns Tor
evening are becoming cutie the RAGE.
And some Of the beautiful now oaU
gOwus shown me. made ~ point d'csprt
over transparcnclcs ~ satin. were lovely
enough 10 convince one az their coming
popularity.
such pretty chiffon waists IN euhduod
shades or hesiotroDe or light Frlvs. urht-
od bv touches ~ pale rose. are On hand
at an of the shops They are fashioned
expressly for NATIONS and they look 500
wonderfully drcssy with "a skirt OF black
sa Tin MORE
Judging from Tie demand for Gowns
for matrons. tho young girls are all going
cycling Easter Day leaving The gowns
Tor The married women
NINA GOODWIN.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-04-04
Spare the Birds.


Editor OF The Times:
Sill have often wished II were posi-
bio TO persuade our country women to
abandon the practice OF wearing birds
ana feathers Ia their hats, but felt power
Tess 10 10 anythlng in that direction.
Now, however, the Rev. o. l.. clifford has
come TO the rescue. and has said all one
coui4 desire on that subject. II. after
reading his appeal. women continue the
iasniOn, the responsibility rests with them
OF enc0uraslng d cruel and wicked traffic
'dn 10 be pleasing TO a mcrcifgl God TO
see the little creatures he has made TO
bcauuiy and cnllyon our weary earth.
slaughtered by thousands. I may say mill
lions, that the daughters OF Eve ma,
auorn themselves with tho plumage?
sometimes wonder III when our grand
mothers ana grcdt-grandm0thcrs were
young with their rosy checks and simple
attire, they did not look as prottlly as
modern bellies with dead birds and deta
birds feathers perchcd on top OF the
head IL Is a pity our Kings Daughters''
and Christian Endeayorcrs' do not draw
q line as 10 birds.
LOUISA JAY BENEN
Washington, ID. c.. March SD. 1897.
Extract from a sermon delivered I'm Bu,-
rio before the Society for Prevention OF
Moses. The friend OF God. recognizes
the rishts OF birds and beasts in his laws.
III birds nest chance 10 be before
thee in the way IN any tree. or on The
ground. whether they be young ones or
eggs. and The mother sitting upon them.
thon shalt not take the mother with the
young or with the eggs" Let us turn
tIis law Ike hlshiight on modern mill
inefy. londer, on that "l0ye OF a hat"
l7 an 'aigretie.' a plume of white. as
uencate as the autograph OF the Frost
hln6 when he registers his coming on the
WindoW-pane. This white plume was torn
from the back OF the "white heron" IL
was natural once, Il is artificial now. h
was nature hint OF a new home and
multiplied lives. it Is now fashions brand
OF shame on thoughtiess women. The
supply is gathered. when the breeding sea.
son IS well advanced. the Young are
iuiy hedsed, but not able 10 fy. the
mother seeks food for her Young. and
returning is shot by the waiting hunter
The turf torn from its place. the bosg
eft 10 rot and the m0fheriees vourg =,
'tarFe. one hunter Kills an hundred ina
q day. forty 20 sixty hunters are out in
mo season; the air ls tremulous with
ih'leks OF suffering. heavy with me odor
Do decayins flesh. ana ail that vanity may
De- Ted AMI pride nlrtured.
Tho white heron ls almost cvformfn,fai
% south Florida Miiiners' agents sook
lew fields.
fonaer .s q stuffed body that came
rom Italy. y bird was caught, blinded