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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-11-11

WyNCLE EZEKIEL OBEAR. assessor and
tax collector, Beverly, Mass, who has
49, passed the s0th life mile stone, says;
"Dr. Miles Restorative Nervine has done
great deal of good. IsuiIerea foryears from
sleeplessness and nervous heart trouble.
Would feel weary and used ND in the morn
ing, had no ambition and my work seemed
burden. A friend recommended DR.. Miles
Nervine, and l purchased a bottle under
protest as had tried so many remedies I'M
successfully. / thought it no use But it
ravem restful sleep, a good appetite and
restored me 10 energetic health. 1t is a
grand good medicine and Twill gladly write
anVnne innniring. mn nnrficnlars OF my sat
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-11-11

isfactory experience"
DR.. Miles Remedies
are sold by all drug
rlsts under q positive
guarantee, first bottle
benefits or money re-
funded, Book on dis
eases OF the heart and
nerves free. Address,
ND Ell n AIEnIC,A
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-28

German organization, the American
Revolution, the war of 1912, early New
England, the Confederacy, health pro-
lection, the civil war, mutual insur-
ance, sick benefit funds accident funds.
students aid college societies. univer-
sity settlements, social settlements, hos
pital auxilaries, children's aid, chill
dren i fresh air societies, woman's ref
uges, social purity, temperance, the
Sabbath 5 observance, physical culture,
art, education, music, ceramics, miner
al, painting, trained nurses, deaconess-
es, cooperation, the Bible in schools,
literary improvement young woman 3
improvement, scientific study, chess,
whist, lawn tennis, boating, cycling,
driving, riding, archery, croquet, golf,
gymnastics, skating and pedestrianism.
This seems to be large number, but
even this roll call underestimates, rather
than overestimates, the fact-as, for
example, the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance union has a national organiza-
ton, 45 state and q territorial unions
and separate union III nearly every
county in every state and from to 90
unions in every city of every county.
making the total of clubs and unions
federated for one purpose far up in the
thousands, the active, paying member
ship of which is said to be nearly $780,
900.
II is to be hoped that the clubs and
organizations of the country will per-
ceive the Importance of Commissioner
Wright's enterprise, the vastness of the
effort contemplated and the necessity Of
co cooperating with him in order to make
his work thorough uccess.-New
York Mail and Express.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-28
Agile Women In Sweden.

An American who has just returned
from trip to Sweden says that the
custom in the cool north country that
impressed him most was the manner in
which every one, young and old, leaps
off of the street cars. There seems to be
general understanding that passengers
will get on or off the car while it is in
motion, and fall or an accident Of any
kind seldom, if ever, follows this origi-
nal way of boarding or leaving a vehi-
Gle. 1.-THE manner in which the women
jump aboard, swinging on with all the
agility of an American conductor, is
quite astonishing, says this observing
tourist. "They do it as a matter of
course, and do not appear to be at all
proud Of their accomplishment. A car
is rushing along at good speed, and
just ahead a pretty young Swedish wo-
man is seen standing at the curb She
makes no signals for stop. AS he
comes opposite her the driver pulls up
bit and she slides on as gracefully as if
she were freight brakeman OH west
ern railway
1.-THE most astonishing thing about it
is the artistic manner in which the
women alight at full speed. In doing
so they face ahead, holding on by the
hand nearest the horses throw the body
backward when they jump, land lightly
on their feet, take hop, skip or two,
and there they are, safe and sound
Really, they overturn one of the laws
of nature in performance of this feat
woman's nature at least My rather ex-
tensive observations in America have
led me to the conclusion that woman is
SO constituted it is impossible for her TO
alight from a moving street car any
other way than the wrong way-that is
to say, by holding on with the hand
which turns her face To the car and
jumping or rather falling off backward
Ninety nine women out Of 100 in Amer
lea alight from a street car in such
manner that if the vehicle were to start
while they were i'm the act they would
be thrown to the ground. American
women excel the women of all other
countries in beauty, grace, refinement
and lots of other things, but they could
learn valuable lessons in getting ON and
of street cars by going to Sweden. /"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-28

that the percentage Of those Of her sex
who start and turn back will not be as
great as among the men. In appearance
Miss Hasche is small. She dresses mod
estly and is an incessant talker
Miss King says the women of her
club who go to the goldfields will en-
gage in active mining. She proposes to
do so herself, and with that object in
view and being of an inventive turn of
mind she is just completing a machine
which she predicts will revolutionize
placer mining in the frozen north Miss
King says of her invention:
women have heretofore shrunk from
the idea of mining in Alaska on account
of the severe cold and the seeming i'm
possibility of digging the gold from the
frozen earth. | believe that have now
be carried on in Alaska by women and
that gold can be washed out of the earth
as easy as washing dishes Experiments
have been made with this device on
substances which have been subjected
TO the severest degree of cold which an
ice machine can attain, and the sub
stances melt as rapidly as ice in hot wa
ter. The process is simple in operation
and can be worked by any one. The
heat applied can be confined to any de-
sired area, so that the side walls of the
shaft are i'll no danger of caving, and
timber will not be necessary. The ma
chine can be easily moved from one
place to another, so that the miner may
operate wherever it is desired "
The machine is to become a part Of
the property Of the Woman's Alaska
Gold club, and it will be at liberty to
do whatever it pleases with it, Miss
King favors leasing it to other COM
panies and using the proceeds in devel-
oping mining property for the woman s
club. Record.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-28
A Cynic's Suggestion.

Here is an ingenious plan of French
writer on hygiene to persuade women
to adopt loose fitting and therefore
healthier garments: "As long as a small
waist is considered elegant and modish
women will lace, says this old cynic.
Every young girls especially are al
most impossible to control in this re-
spect. l see only one way to effect a
remedy Let it be decreed that between
the ages of 10 and 20 a floating but be-
coming garment shall be worn that will
be like the Greek dress, beautiful, but
so adapted as TO allow the growing body
to develop without restraint in the
healthful way nature intended The
very young girls will hasten to adopt
this costume, because they always wish
to attain the dignity of womanhood.
They will hesitate to quit it, because it
will be an avowal of their age, and un-
til they are 30, ut least, they will not
be ready to confess to 20, by which
time they will have found the untram-
meled garment SO comfortable that they
could not be persuaded to relinquish
IL ~
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-28
Women Who Dress In Pairs.

The latest fad among women III Lon
don and Paris is dressing in pairs-that
is, two wcmen when going out together
dress alike i'll every particular. An
American who has just returned from
trip abroad said in speaking of the
craze:
81 was much astonished on my first
drive in the park to notice so many
women gowned exactly alike. l had
never heard of the fad, SO of course
quite naturally supposed the first pair
to be sisters, possibly twins. Then, see
ing the same sight so often, i began TO
notice that the women often appeared
to be widely separated in point of age. l
was puzzled and finally astonished when
an acquaintance of former years drove
by with her double in point of dress.
She was q woman who had never had a
sister, yet there she sat with woman,
apparently about the same age and al
most the same coloring, dressed exactly
like her
"You may be sure that before L slept
that night | learned the reason for the
apparent frequency of twins in London.
But when / learned it was fad my
surprise was not at all diminished. 1t
seemed so contrary to the nature Of
woman to want another woman, IL pos
sible rival, to have identically the same
things know that the women of my
acquaintance always make an effort TO
have things quite different and never
forgive modiste when she makes the
mistake of turning out other gowns
even resembling their own.
"On my next drive in the park !
made it my business TO keep a count,
and noticed no fewer than 36 of these
pairs That evening, when talking with
an old friend who has been abroad for
quite awhile, | asked for an explana-
ton of the fad.
1.-THE only way | can account for it,
said she, "is that it takes two English
women TO have an idea and then they
both have TO dress on it.
"In Paris noticed the same thing,
though not nearly so frequently. | saw,
| presume, about 10 or 20 such couples
during two months stay. But, as
they were Erenchwomen l suppose the
fad has been taken up over there, and
perhaps later in the season New York
will feel the effects and on our own
streets women will make themselves
conspicuous by dressing as twins. -
New York Sun.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-28
MISS MARY M'LEAN.

shows in this youngest scion. The
young lady is % years of age, an only
child, and has been carefully reared.
Her father is the Rev. j. X. Mclean,
ID. D., who has been in California for
90 years and is known all over the west
He is the leading Congregationalist in
California For 20 years he was pastor
of the most powerful church of that de-
nomination on the coast and is now
president of the Pacific Theological
seminary.
From her father Miss Mclean in
herited a penchant for book learning
and the study of science and the Ian
guages She attended the public schools,
the Oakland High school and later the
State University of California, at Berke-
ley At Stanford's rival Miss Mclean
took full classical course and gradual
ed with good record
Three years ago she was graduated
She went next TO Cambridge, where she
took postgraduate work at the Harvard
annex, and year ago went to Europe,
partly for her health and partly to
study. Mrs Mclean went from Califor-
MIA and chaperoned her daughter. 1t
was while in New York, just before
sailing for Europe, that the offer of an
instructorship i'll English at Stanford
came to Miss Mclean. 1t was secured
for her by certain powerful friends who
arranged to have it held open for her
until her return from Europe. Up to
that time Miss McLean's tastes had led
her in literary and classic paths but
she had had no deAite aim in her
preparation. She expected, vaguely, to
teach, but just what or where had not
entered into her calculations.
Miss Mclean went first to England,
where she entered the Oxford college
annex. Later she studied in Berlin and
travelled extensively. Her health i'm
proved rapidly, and she paid close at
tention to the methods i'll the various
foreign institutions where she was a
special student At Stanford Miss Nc
Lean is to be an adjunct to the chair of
English literature. For the present her
work will be confined to freshmen and
sophomores, and she will do nothing
but correct and comment upon themes
Gradually she will have instructing to
do and so become full hedged assist
ant professor Miss Mclean is good
Latin and Greek scholar and proficient
in modern languages, She will intro
duce number of European methods,
culled from the great colleges, all Of
which she has visited, into her new de-
partment. New York Herald.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-28
Table Linen.

Although fine, double damask, with
serviettes to match, is never old fash
toned, great many housewives who
are replenishing their linen closets this
fall are selecting Scotch and Irish lin
Ell made just little larger than the
table and hanging down an equal dis
lance all around
The cloth is hemstitched, the hem be-
ing an inch and half deep and some
times it is edged with torchon lace in
fax thread. Where the plaits are placed
are two wide bands of drawn thread
work, one near the edge and the other
about a quarter of yard farther in.
With these cloths no table center is
used, but trails of flowers are laid on
the white surface. The spaces left by
the drawn work are sometimes lined
with tinted silk, but if ones table is of
polished wood it is far prettier to leave
them uniined. New York Commercial
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-28
women.s Clubs and Societies.

A work of great interest and value
has been undertaken by United States
Labor Commissioner Carroll ID. Wright
and consists in the compilation of a
thorough report upon the subject of
women's clubs and societies in the Unit
ed States. He has made "A public appeal
to the presidents of every organization
to forward him full statement as to
the purpose, programme and record of
each body, with full statement as to
the division and distribution of duties,
the classifcations and the functions and
all other details that may be of value
in the matter.
This is bold venture, as it involves
an,enormous amount Of original work.
Since the compilation of the last census
at least 10, 900 women's clubs and So
cieties have sprung into being in the
United States No one knows the exact
number of their organization, but in
complete lists kept by those interested
in the movement show that more than
100 clubs each have been formed upon
the following bases: Church work,
church extension. home mission work,
foreign mission work, the national
council, woman suffrage. motherhood,
domestic economy, public schools, rag
ged schools, technical schools, kin
dergartens. fruit and flower missions.
wUthing girls working women's relief,
secret societies, Freemasonry, Jewish
organization, Swedish organization,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-28
.sThe Decline of Woman,

In view of the recent notable gifts to
charity by women on both sides of the
sea the title of Frederick Boyle's article
in The New Review has a somewhat
startling sound He discourses ON the
decline of Woman " However, it is
gratifying to learn that it is decline
in standing rather than in character
that Mr.. Boyle has discovered He says
that women enjoyed a position in Egypt
that was incredible even to the Romans
Diodorous says that the supremacy of
the wife was acknowledged in marriage
contracts, the husband agreeing to obey
her in all things. In those times wom-
an made contracts and sold property
without any reference whatsoever to
her husband 1t may turn out that the
new woman is in fact the very oldest
ON record
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-28
WOMAN'S WORLD.
A YOUNG WOMAN IN THE FACULTY
OF STANFORD UNIVERSITY.

women's Clubs and Societies Women
Who Dress In Pairs Agile Women In
sweden-Naw Details In Gowns-Busi-
ness Women Cooperate.
Miss Mary Mclean of Oakland, Cal. ,
who is one of the new assistant instruct
ors in English literature mt Stanford
university, is not the only woman in
the faculty Of that institution. Mrs
Mary Weldon Barnes, the historian,
and Mrs. Mary Williams have preceded
her, but Miss Mclean has the distinc-
ton of being the youngest woman i'll
the faculty of any western college. Her
own alma mater, the University of
California, has not yet seen fit to open
its faculty door to women, but Stan
ford, being younger, is less conservative
Miss Mary Matilda Mclean is a
young lady of interesting personality.
She is of Scotch stock and has always
been noted for her serious temperament.
She is well endowed mentally, though
not remarkable for robust physique
She is quite ambitious and decidedly
earnest and thorough.
Miss McLeans family were New
Englanders when they ceased TO be
Scotch, and the sturdiness OF the race
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-28
Business Women Cooperate.

Last winter a business woman's ex-
change was started in Chicago under
the management of Miss Virginia Dix
on 1t is simply cooperation among
business and working women to build
up fraternity for mutual aid in secur-
ing work and increasing ability Of
workers as well as opportunity. The
business woman's exchange also real
ICES the necessity Of finding other lines
of work for many now struggling in the
business world who are not fitted for
it. Many avenues for employment, as
seamstresses, visiting milliners, visiting
governesses, care of bric-a- brac, ETC.,
can be opened up where many now
struggling in the ordinary trades could
make better livelihood All applicants
at the exchange are tested before being
sent out, and if not competent urged to
take up something else.
The clubs backing this Office are the
Ogontz, the Wildwood, the Ursula, the
National Association of Women Stenog-
raphers, the Vassar Alumni association,
the Progressive, the Mutual Benefit, the
Fellowship, the Jane, the Occident, the
Mazzini and the Altura. When all the
social clubs of the city open for winter.
they will send III much work, and mean
while the vacation work of supplying
substitutes is expected to support the
exchange. When one department is well
established. another will be opened, un-
til as many fields of work have been
covered as possible The capital to start
the enterprise was raised among the
clubs.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-28
New Details In Gowns.

There are some points Of difference In
the making o. the skirts this season.
To begin with, they are narrower. Very
rarely is an exag9eratedly wide skirt
seen, and then il is one that is cut in
one piece, circular-a style only to be
attempted by some genius in skirt
hanging, fewer gores-never more than
fve-the front and side breadths much
straighter, still tight fitting over the
hips and all fullness well to the back,
where it is laid in small box plaits.
There is still used narrow facing OF
haircloth, and a stiff ruffied petticoat is
necessary as ever to keep the dress skirt
from falling in around the feet Sleeves
are small to the shoulder. In tailor
gowns they are very pretty-a much
modified coat sleeve, with just little
fullness at the top. Almost all skirts
are trimmed or made of some figured
material that gives the effect of trim
ming. Braid is now sewed on at both
sides, instead of only one, like last win
ter, and the narrow is preferred to the
wide unless when the wide braids and
very narrow soutache are combined.
Street gowns are short, to clear the
ground; house gowns are all long, while
dinner gowns, ETC., are made with
trains. For street wear dark colors will
be the most fashionable, but for recep-
lions and the house all the light colors
are in style, both for old and young.
Buttons, buckles and brilliant trim
mings will be greatly used, while lace,
both black and white, will continue to
be worn with every possible style Of
gown. -Harper's Bazaar.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-28
She Helped Herself.

When the well known Stock Exchange
broker Henry Knickerbocker died in
New York few weeks ago, his widow,
instead of giving all her time and at
tention to new styles of mourning and
demonstrating with Providence, prompt
ly set to work to establish herself at
the head of her husbands business. In
less than weeks time she had formed
new company, II. Knickerbocker &
Co., the "Co. " representing a confiden.
tial clerk of the former office and mem
Der Of the New York Stock Exchange.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-28
WOMEN GOLD SEEKERS.
4 Yoang Japanese One of Them-Miss
Kings Placer Mining Machine.

A young japanese woman aspires to
the honor of being the first of her coun-
try people to brave the terrors of win
ter in Alaska in search of gold. The
young woman is Kitishina Taxa Hasche,
known to magazine readers by the
nom de plume of Onoto Watanna. Like
the rest of the people of her country,
she is energetic and takes an interest in
all new things, especially in the ad-
yancement of her Sex. She has identi-
fled herself with the Woman's Alaska
Gold club, the officers of which are in
the Monadnock building, and she pro-
poses to be one of those who svill leave
in the spring for the goldSelds with
Miss Florence King, the head of the or
ganization
Miss Hasche is enthusiastic ON the
subject of woman s opportunities in the
frozen north and gives it as her opinion
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-28
New york.s First Woman Juror.

Miss Rosalie Loew, who served ON a
jury in Judge Goldfogle' scourt in Clin-
ton street, New York city, is the first
woman to do jury work in New York
state Miss Leow is bright young law.
yer She was admitted to the bar about
a year ago and is associated in the prac-
tice of law with Joseph Geller She
was one of the six jurymen impaneled
TO try the case of Duane versus Good
man for possession of some property in
Division street
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-28
GUARDIAN SALE.

STATE OF MICHIGAN, County OF Ionia So.
- In the matter of the estate OF Carlton
Luther White a minor
Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance OF
an order granted 30 the undersigned, guardian
Of the estate OF said minor. by the Honorable
Judge Of Probate for the county OF Ionia, on the
4th day of September, A. ID. 1897. there will be
sold at public vendue TO the highest bidder at
the Office of Wilson, Dimmick & Sinclair city
OF Belding in the county OF Ionia. in said state
on the 18th day of October. "A. ID. 1897 at 10
o'clock in the forenoon of that day the follow
ing described property, TO wit:
Lots No. one hundred and thirty (l30), one
hundred and thirty one U3ll, one hundred and
thirty.two 032), one hundred and thirty three
(l33) of Supervisor Moons plat of the village
now city, of Bedding, IoDia county, Michigan,
according TO the recorded plat thereof together
with the buildings and improvements thereon.
16t7 CARLETON WHITE Guardian
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-28

The woman suffragists are holding
conventions in Iowa. and will continue
to hold them until Oct 10, when the
workers will go to South Dakota There
are 90 counties in Iowa, and suffrage
conventions, lasting two days, will be
held in every county.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-28
NOTICE.

We, the undersigned, do hereby
agree to refund the money on two 25-
cent bottles of Bakers Mandrake Bit
tiers, if it fails to cure constipation, bill
iousness, sick headache, or any of the
diseases for which it is recommended.
We also guarantee one bottle to prove
or money refunded.
w. L. BENEDICT,
w. A. BUTT,
FISK BANGS,
HOLMES * CONNELL.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-28

A Wellington tAustralia) firm was
fined $32 for failing to provide a dining
room for its women employees At
Dunedin merchant who employed a
woman on Saturday afternoon was fined
SO
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-28

The motto Of the Michigan Woman s
Press association is, Let us as women
learn to put down self and work for a
cause" Its flower is the field daisy,
mathematical of many rays or individu-
alities converging to one center
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-28

An east end London clergyman who
sent out invitations to a jubilee ban.
quet among the poor of his parish
and received 20 acceptances ON an
nouncing that he would have no beer
lost 90 of his guests and was besides
guyed by the newspapers
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-28

The Philadelphia Woman's Health
Protective association has adopted a
badge composed of tiny silver broom
pinned on two ends of scarlet and gray
ribbon, the colors Of the club.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-28

]. NJ. Thirswend, OF Grosbeck, Tex,
says that when he has a spell of indi-
gestion, and feels bad and sluggish, he
takes two Of DeWitt's Little Early
Rsers mt night, and he is all right the
next morning. Many thousands OF
others do the same thing. Do you?
w. |. Benedict, Druggist.