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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-11-03
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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-11-03
REPUBLICAN FINANCIERING.

Republican papers are bestowing great
praise upon Mckinley for obtaining a
twenty million dollar raise from the
Morgan syndicate on the Union Pacific
railroad sale. 1t is probable that many
Republican editors are so blinded by
party prejudice that they see no scheme
behind the transaction and others who
do see, are purposely concealing the
facts.
To illustrate the propositions involved
In this transaction let us suppose capt.
talist holds a $4,000 mortgage against
a finely improved farm in all respects
complete and most desirable home He
also holds a $1,000 mortgage against a
small piece of unimproved pasture and
hay land adjacent. The improved farm
is worth double the amount of the $4,000
mortgage. The wild land is worth
something above the $1,000, while
owned and used in connection with the
improved farm, but if cut off from the
farm and used alone it would be al
most or quite valueless as a piece Of
wild land. How would the capitalist
look upon a proposition to redeem from
his $4,000 mortgage the improved farm
and let him foreclose and take the wild
land. This is the bunco game that Nc
Kinley has helped the Morgan syndicate
play upon the American people.
Uncle sam held two mortgages in the
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two railway properties. One was the
Union Pacific, transcontinental line,
commanding the railway traffic of a
great nation, finely improved and like
reliant, valuable property. The other
was Kansas Pacific spur track of lit
tie or no value except while owned ana
operated under the same management
as the main line, the Union Pacific
Uncle Sam held mortgage of nearly
sixty millions, lien on the main line
and another mortgage of about thirty
millions on the Kansas City spur track
BY this most wonderful piece of Bill
Mckinley financiering the Morgan syn
dictate bid in and redeemed the main line
and later will let Uncle Sam take the
worthless spur on his mortgage. A
slick, smooth little game of finance. the
principles of which will, be seen and we'll
understood by every lawyer and intelli-
gent business man and palmed off on
the general public by the Republican
press as transaction emitting McKin-
ley to great credit II praise Is due Nc
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-11-03
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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-11-03

With all the talk about 81 wheat
that cereal is-with the aid Of the great
est shortage of so years--but IL cents
higher than 1t was on this date year
ago-when there was an abundant crCp
and a big surplus. Comment is unnec-
essary-Great Falls News.
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those of an older generation 8 quarter of century since. In making such q re- view one fact becomes apparent before all others Beauty is q relative term, and, let one be as aesthetic as she may, her sense of fitness is largely governed by the fashion of the day.
 To be sure, we may boast with truth that the styles of the present are some- what better than many that are past be- cause of q certain improvement in dyes and certain artistic truths that have been poured into our cars by those who consider dress as an art. But it is doubt ful, nevertheless, if a future generation will not laugh at us even as we laugh at those who have gone before. Whatever is in style is pretty, said young wo- man with enthusiasm not long ago, and, while we may smile with indulgence over the remark, it really voices the opinion of most humankind, fer men as well as women have their foibles, and if they have evolved q more sensible style of dress it is duo rather to the cxigen- cies of business life, from which the feminine world is only now beginning ito suffer, rather than 10 any superiority on their part.
 But at Easter the Easter bonnet is, above all things, the orc that looms up
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EASTER LILIES.

How Woman Raised Flowers and Re-
 gained Her Health.
 We were about stranded, and there was no use in trying to blink tho fact. The doctor had sent us to Bermuda, and the last thing he had said to me was that if my mother couldn't get well there she could not anywhere This is what made it seem so hard, after stay of three months, when 1 found our mon- oy nearly gene ard mother yet weak, though convalesecnt. Another six months. we felt, would bring the ines timable blessing of renewed health. But how were we to stay when there seemed to be nothing to stay on?
 While cogitating this problem enc sunny day in January l strolled into q secluded vale lying between tho high read from St. Georges 10 Hamilton and the southern shore of Q little islet. Like so many of those charming dells in this cluster ef isles and islets, 1t was filled with a semitropical vegetation, with or ange and lemon trees, pomegrnates, bananas and figs. Tho hill erests around were covered with cdorous cedars, their skirts fringed with lantanas i'll showy bloom, and the pocket of earth between the ridges was as rich and fertile as the hill slopes were sterile.
 Vending my way through this bit of tropical paradise, came upon straw thatched shanty, or rather a group of primitive dwellings, of this character, at tho head of little slope running down to q cro,N ntic beach of snowy sand lying between outcropping coral lodges. An old man sat ill tho doorway of the principal shanty smoking q long stemmed pipe, such a pipe as Tennyson loved to sIacle, known in the old coun- try as a "churchwardcn. None but philosopher or a poet-at any rate, man of leisure and calm temperament-- smokes this sort of pipe, and I knew that he must consequently be one or the other, and hence safe to assume well worth the knowing.
 And my conjecture proved true, for on accepting his hospitablc invitation to enter his humble dwelling I found 1t filled with all sorts of natural history objects, such as shells, stuffed birds and dried plants. In short, my aged ac- quaintanco was naturalist, and, as aftcrward learned, skilled one, well known aH over the islands.
 He was nearly so years of age, his long, SHOW white hair fell to his shonl- flCpe .nl ir, a1,o,,y eo., +,5,.a x.-,s 5, os, ,e cheerful beneyolenee that won my heart and engaged my attention, so that in less than half an hour we were conyers-
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there rc Easter sports and games quite unknown to us
 The Easter festival of our forefathers covered period of 15 days. Tho week beginning with Easter Sunday was al- most entirely given over to sport and games and general merrymaking. An odd feature of the old time celebration was that of heaving or lifting, the "heaved" sitting ill chair decorated with white ribbons Easter Monday and Easter Thursday were known as heav- ing days, the women sitting in chair on Monday and the men on Tuesday. Those heaying or lifting the chair were expected to life it three times md then kiss the occupant, who ill turn, i.issed them. To the regret of the lads and las sies i'll the districts where the novel cere- mony was once performed tho custom has long since died out.
 Handball was formerly one of the most common of Easter games, and at one time ! sort of water tilting contest was much ill vogue, Young men would drift about in boats without cars and allow the craft to drift against shield suspended in midstream, strikiLs it as with lance. If the lance was broken against the shield. it was considered . good stroke and won applause, but if tho shield was missed or the spear remained intact the owner of the lance invariably lost his balance and tumblcl into the water.
 Ill Switzerland peculiar game is played at Easter. Large baskets filled with bran are placed ill q circle some where on free field or public place Then as many rows of 100 eggs as there are competitors are laid, each egg foot or so apart from tho next, the rows radiating from the baskets to all equal distance The task is to put the 100 eggs. ono by one, into the basket with out breaking any, and who does it i'll the shortest space of time is the winner
 In Moscow, St. Petersburg and other Russian cities swings and merry go rounds are erected fer the festival season on the boulevards, and all sorts of amusements prevail II the concert and dance halls
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AN EASTER SYMPHONY.
sho .Irummod on tlc niano.

Sha .irummod on the piano.
 With no thought of how she played, And the Easter bells chimcd sweetly While her fingers aiinless strayed. Now sounds minors deep and solemn, Then maiurs sharp and clear, From the bells a@a fiano
 Issued tonee or cheer. And aomc pcwCs tE.t within mo Tie various rete rontinel Into chords that swat the feelings, Raised to oos.is .f mind. Till my soul NE lr,l with music, And lived l.it ia $ cream Mid tho shiftiaa l..a and shadows Of a grand orchestral theme. And it's sway bpuame still stronger As ench inner ware of sound Trembled o'er inc chords of feeling. Stirred my iog to depths profound, But no earthly rassion swayed me, For I lived in higher sphere, And my world 'd sense had vanished. With 1t vanished Goubt and fear And thanked the risen Christ For that symphony divine, For such potency of music
 Of surety was not mine. Who composed it2 Who the player9 Ask the violin es it thrills At tho touch of master player Whence the soul of sound it fills.
 NEIL. MACDONALD.
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placed. Mayhap we shall yet return to the waterfall and the tilted trifie set at an angle with the head even as we arc now approaching tight sleeves and trim med skirts. But deeeneracy can surely never reach the depth Of forcing us to use crude color or rob us of the lessons we nave learned. Ribbons, silks, flow CTS straws themselves, arc beautiful simply because of their delightful s,s,e. Let shapes aud combinations change as they Will, the art of tho dyer must sure " renaln. CLARE BUNcE.
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Straw was given second place. Every one who could aimed to wear chip which was light in weight, varied in color, soft and pliable Evening bonnets were often all of flowers, q asingls wreath eneircling ,ho ilead and held in place by mass of tulle in tho form of ties being q fayoritc style. But throughout all the variations certain demurcness was ever apparent. There were no way ing plumes nor nodding flowers. Every thing was planned to set closely to the head, and the bonnet was so kept in harmony with the small, tight sleeves and the trim, plain bodices.
 By the time another five years had passed, Ill the spring of 1881. fashion was eager fer another change, and tho
 Bernhardt poke had appeared. Being named for the great actress, the style was necessarily chic, but, compared with the creations that arc now being made Ill her name, it is tame in the extreme
 Chip appears to have still held first place, aud flowers, combined with feath- CTS, to have been 8 combination much Ill vogue A typical hat of the period shown III the Illustration, is described as brown chip, trimmed with yellow ropp'es and ostrich tips shading from
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crown is well covered with flowers, and bows of striped ribbon, combined with plain, stand jaUntily up at tho center. Ties of ribbon form bow under tAe chin, but many were worn both fer evening and afternoon dress occasions that were mere bouquets fastened to the hair with pin. The plain sleeves still held and the sleeve bodice. With them only a bonnet or small hat was ill taste Hats had not yet come into style for matrons of mature years. Hats were worn only for tho promenade even Ly the young, and every woman demanded a bonnet for ccremonious occasions aft least. But emancipation from the bon net was not to be long delayed Light plain sleeves were already giving place to fuller ones, and a tendency to aug ment the trimmings for the head and shoulders and to simplify the skirts was apparent. Accordingly the next five years show ;t wide divergence i'll style, and we find both bodices and hats great ly changed.
 In 1891 hats had gained decided vogue, and women of all ages were to be seen, as they have been since. wear ing jaunty and elaborate hats that re tained not so much as the narrowest tie to hint of the bonnet. Strings had by that time come to be regarded both as uncomfortable and, far worse, as adding to the apparent age Hence strings were forsvorn and hats gay with flowers and feathers held first place. Bonnets, or hcaddresscs dignificd by tho name, were, to be sure, worn upon evening oc- casions by many who held them alone to be correct. But the hat had gained
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upon the wonl- an $ horizon and holds her spell bound, be she ever go advanced or eycr=s so ardent an advocate cf re form, and a study
 of .such.as have been presented fer the past quar- tarcf century
 becomes IS di- yeftinga 1t is instructive. Only as far back as
 1971 the mon str0us waterfall WAS held the
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height of elegance, and, perched upon tho huge monstrosity, was worn tiny hat that perforce vas tip tilted until it appeared to be in jeopardy, and certain ly threatened to slip down upon the nose. 'Tipsy" was the name given to the favorite shape, and fashion articles of the day speak of it as ''jaunty, while, small as it was, flowers, ribbon and tulle all went into its make up.
 Five years later demure bonnets that sat well back upon the head, showing the waved hair, and with strings that tied ill bowllnot under the chin, were correct even for young girls. The saucy air of the gypsy had given place to q quieter style, and no enc thought of be- ing so frivolous as to tilt hat or even to wear one for dress occasions if she had been graduated from tho school room. Bonnets were the style. Hats were relegatcd to children or to misses
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its place, and al- readythe shadow of that creation Whicliwas to call fer fer legislative re. fe,n was cast.
 As yet tEe hats were modest in size. A favorite shape rolled back off the face and turned up at the back, leaving the crown fiat. The general style was For 1.t tffr.e,,s ,,.9ylal-
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from Virot c, to
 exclainl ever the lovelincss of q dream in tints of rose executed by some other Pa
 1isian authority on bonnets, 1t be- comes peculiarly instructive to re- view the past and to ponder upon the conceits and fancies that ellie ited sim liar !" Ohsi'' and ;" Ahs!'' from our own lips . decade back and from
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Sports at Easter Time.

lNCE the begin ming of the c Il Il rc Il sports and games have characterized the E aster observ- ance. In this country we are familiar with the egg rollin 2 ganes on Easter Monday 'on the White H o SC grounds ill Wash ington, but ill
 CthGr countries
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under Is and were not seen again upon ma ture heads for | decade or more. l. ace, flowers, fea thers- all went into the make up of one good specimen, and blossoms of all sorts were made to cluster round the face. In fact, chip, the fayoritc nateri- al, and these s D m c flowers made the feature of the tim o.
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tlolls or tone shown in all the
 flowers are in themselves fea- lures of which so boast. A review of tho bonnets of the past might well teach us hu- mility, ifnothingl more. But, let the future devel-A op what it may, It seems difficult to imagine the tints of 1897 i'm proved or dis
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the ribbons and flowers had as- sumed q more pert and jaunty
 air. But flowers were the feature of both, and drc ss bonnets, m q q 0 entirely of vio-
 lets or other blos- .sons, were again
 in vogue. Tho che chosen for il- lustration is of straw. Chip had fallen into disusc and has not since taken any pronl-
 nent place. The
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ing like cid frieu6s. Ha had lived here 60 years, he told me-cver aince he had run away from an English ship-and had never loft his home fer q single night His little farm had cost him al- most nothing, his wants were few, and from the soll ke bad obtained an easy though frugal living.
 Ii did not take Ire long to detect be heath his rude oNtorior enc of nature s nohlemen. and. warmed by the kindly ssleass,i Of his eyes, sooa hs;ti tol,i him of my present trouble. He looked nlo
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jonquil yellow to pale lrovn.p It is. noticeable that face trimmings had cis- appeared. Bigger hats-hats that were head coyoIinss-isslti corne in, and tbe trimming was placed upon tho outside of the crown.
 h 1886 thero came revival of the flower hat True to the adage elaine that fashions run in cycles, the year saw a return to the styles of ten years ore. vious, with always such variations as modistes know how to incorporate. Be. ing shrewd folk, they never permit anI exact replica, but there is nevertheless . similarity between the bonnets of l87eI and those of 1886. Less of tho demure element is to be found, to be sure, andl
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[Conrrl. .ht. lsg7. hy the Author.l

LOOp1 s.I1' -1"F5 '7J e11e "1t.s11o1'J D
 It is doubtful if there be any one ex- perience better calculated to impress the feminine mind with it's own capacity for folly tls:.n arcview of past fashions. At this Geagois, when, ono and all, we are ready to admire the latest creation
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than those that had gone before. Shoul- ders had been broadened by full sleeves and bodices amplifed in many ways.
 With them came also the hat which gave an air of youthfulness to the wear CT and delied the observer to mark the passage of time. Few women, except those i'll mourning and the unquestion- ably elderly danes, wore bonnets for promenade. Chic little affairs, all lace and nonsense, with holding flowers and tantalizing aigrets, were indeed affected by many fer evening wear, but even these showed no strings and were mere fancy bits made as decorative as could be. The hat of Inc season was a hat-a hat of generous size, of unlimited pos abilities and one that asserted it's claim before all others, while it threw the bon net into deepest shade.
 For this present Easter NC have flow CTS such as never were seen before flowers true to nature and fascinating i'll the extreme. Roses en massc make the garniture of one importation, poppies erect and assertiye of another and such delicious chrysanthemum of q third as seem to have been plucked but an hour before. The feature cf the season is flowers. Whether they be roses or what not, they are punched together Ill profusien and seem to Ee almost crushed, so closely are they packed.
 In other matters we may not have i'm proved, but i'll colcr we arc assuredly as nearly perfect as can be. The lovely tints of the rose and the delicious grada-
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THE EASTER BONNET.
ITS MuTATloNG AND ITS MARVEL g
 FOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS PAST.

A Glance Backward to the Days of the "waterfalIo- The vagarles of style-How Shapes and Combinations Have Changed. The Present Easter nat.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-07
Three Day Tour TO " ashirgto

Washington at present is the cynosure
of all eyes; not only because it is the
Nations Capital and of the interest which
attaches to the deliberations of Congress,
but the brilliant Presidential reception
on New Years Day formally opened tho
season Of fashionable festivities. and it
has now become the great social centro
of the country. Brilliant minds, waiving
for the time the cares of government,
abandon themselves to the gay whirl of
the social world. Receptions, dinners,
balls follow each other with bewildering
rapidity.
The state OF the Cuban question and
the possibilities Of Congressional action is
also claiming attention, and the never
dying interest which attaches to the many
depart ments of the Government Is at
tracing its usual number of visitors
The three-d day personally conducted tour
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
which leaves New York January 81, affords
the best opportunity of visiting the
Notional Capital at this season. The
party will be under the care and guidance
of an experienced tourist agent, and the
programme in Washington has been pre-
pared with an accurate knowledge of the
location and best time to visit each Of the
principal points of interest.
Round trip tickots including railroad
transportation in each direction and ac.
commodatiOns at the best Washington
hotels. will be sold at the following rates {:
From New York, $780, Trenton, Si375;
Atlantic City, $l2,75; Pottsville, sl430;
Philadelphia, $l1.60, and at proportion
ate rates from other points.
Apply to ticket agents, Tourist Agent,
1886 Broadway, New York, or Geo. w.
Boyd, Assistant General Passenger Agent,
Broad Street Station, Philadelphia