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FonI the 81. Louis Republic.
A week ago two finances. with several hum
bred other young women from the country.
reached st. Louis to make their fall purchases
from the wholesale houses. Finance No. =
went TO one large millinery house TO buy goods,
and the other young lady to another large estab-
lishment. II they had been men 1t would never
have happened. but. being women, each young
lady wished to see Just as much without paying
for It as she possibly could. So finance No. >
set out on a tour Of tho other trimming rooms,
ana with poetic justice AT her elbow she stepped
unconsciously into the trimming room of the
establishment where finance No. ! was doing
In just ahead OF the other. and in carclesSly
opening her reticulc had dropped u let
ter. Fiancee No. . picked up the letter.
She knew that handwriting among n thou
sand, and Just from force OF habit she retired 10
to a corner and read 1t through. II told tho
story plainly enough. Now, every milliner
knows that it is impossible for two women to
wishes to own n bonnet after il has been worn
by another woman. Consequently II was Il very
easy matter for the two tiancCcs TO agree, when
they formed each others acquaintance that
evening In the hotel, that they were both done
with the young man. lc WAS expected 10 call
that evening early upon tanceo No. .
and later upon innc6e No. l.. But they both
met him in fiancee No. 2s drawing room, whore
thoy said, I'VE thought we'd save you trouble,
and give you only one pang instead OF two, for
we've both decided To break our engagements. -
And now the young man has added q now word
TO Sam Wellcr's warning, md he says, Beware
of vidders, and also Of mllliners.'
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her name was Hannah Weber. and that she
shipped as a cattleman In order to reach some
relatives living in Sheffield. She said she had
been performing in variety theatres in tho
United States for four years as a character vo-
calist and male impersonator. that she became
III. was sent to a hospital. and when she was
discharged, penniless, took the only way DOS
sible to reach her friends.
She said she came t. America eleven years
ago with her father and mother. Her father
and mother were both physicia's, Both died,
said she took an engagement in a San Francisco
music hall and travelled all over the United
States. Her career came to an end when singing
not long ago at one OF the New York halls. She
had done her first turn, In spite OF feeling very
IL, but was unable to take up the second. 1t
was then discovered that she had fever. and she
was taken unconscious TO n metropolitan hospi.
tai. wearing the mans clothes in which she had
been performing. Shs was discharged. accord.
ing to her story, in the same attire in which she
made her way to Baltimore and shipped on the
SedRemore.
At the office OF Mr.. John J. Gilman yesterday
It was said that five days before the Scdgemore
sailed for Liverpool Harry" Weber applied
at the Office to be shipped as cattleman on the
first steamer to leave for England. For five
days " he" laid about the Office, smoking cigar
cites and chewing tobacco, appearing TO enjoy
them thoroughly.
Weber had arrived in Baltimore. It was said,
rs a cattle tender on a cattle train which had
come from Chicago. and was placed on board
the Sedgemoro with the other cattlcmcn with
out suspicion that "he" was n woman. Will
liam johnson & Co.. owners OF the Scdgemore.
are said to have furnished transportation for
Miss Weber to Sheffield, where, according to
her statement, she has relatives.
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tempting the provident housewife to prepare
just a few more Jars for the coming winter.
There is a mode OF preserving peaches with
out cooking which is said to give an excellent
flavor and taste to the fruit. 1t involves SO little
labor that 1t Is worthy OF a trial. Select large,
perfect peaches. wipe them to remove the down
and put them into n crock or deep carthen bowl.
Pour enough boiling water over them to cover
the fruit well. Cover the vessel with thick
folds of cloth. and let it stand until the water 10
almost cold. TAX out the fruit and rub of the
skin. Put n layer of peaches in a jar and cover
them thickly with the best refined sugar,
pounded and sifted, Their add another layer Of
peaches. alternating them with sugar until tho
Jar Is filled, having the sugar for the last layer.
Close and seal the jar Immediately and keep
in a cool and dry. but dark place.
Another manner Of preserving peaches, which
has been tested successfully. is thus: Peel ripe,
perfect peaches and pack them closely in jars.
Prepare a rich syrup. in the proportions Of
about three pounds OF sugar TO one pint Of water,
and pour II, when boiling hot. over the peaches
in the jars, letting it run down among them
the brim. Screw the covers tightly on the Jars
and stand them in q boiler. tub, or some other
large vessel full Of boiling hot water. Cover
the whole with a blanket or thick cloth Of some
kind, to allow the water to retain the heat as
long as possible. When the water becomes
perfectly cold remove the jars. See that the Gov.
es are as tight AS possible. for the heat will fire.
quently loosen them a little. Keep the peaches
In a cool, dark closet.
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guipure applique and Jet. to match the bolero
fronts and plastron with epaulets and high
collar, which are edged around with narrow
plaitings of Liberty satin.
Fashion in general promises a very liberal va.
riety In modes and materials, for there is al
ready a greater diversity displayed than we
had last season. The new wool fabrics are al
most as glossy as silk. and many OF them are
mixed with silk in stripes and checks, which
makes them very rich in effect. Conspicuous
features of the new dress materials are the
peculiar mixture OF colors, the interviewer bor-
ders OF stripes and checks in the plain goods,
and the pretty effects made with colors pat.
termed over a plain background. Soft plain
materials, with both smooth and hairy sur
faces, will be much worn. and there are all sorts of
boucle cloths with shot and plain grounds COW
cred with tiny curled rings Of some contrasting
color. Corduroy stripes. and every sort Of rep
material are evidently the specially favored ma
terials this season, with poplins in wool and silk
or all wool, and various combinations of color
well in the foreground. There are poplins plain
and shot, poplins A cked with tiny pin points
OF white or color on a plain ground, and poplins
with tape borders. Speckled effects are also
brought out in the tweeds and wool bengalines,
and some new cheviots have striped borders.
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Standing Up TOR Q Principle.

Fr ON the Chica0o Daily Tribune.
How much does it cost to send q letter from
here IN San Francisco T. asked Q tall. angular
woman with a masculine voice and a somewha:
hairy chin as she stepped up to o ne Of the stamp
windows at the Post Office.
"Twoc cents, ma'am.'
And how much to send a letter 10 Bethany.
Nor
Two cents"
81 won't pay It."
"VG:y we'll. ma'am."
81 didn't suppose you'd throw of anything on
account of the shorter distance. but / thought
Id ask you, anyhow. When you carry a letter
to San Francisco for two cents you ought TO
carry four 10 bethany for one cent. Itsa sh me.
! don't have TO send my letter through this Post
going to Bethany next week, and she'll take il for
me and be glad 10 do it. Idon't care for the two
cents, mind you. but I'm not going 10 be swim.
died. I've been reading up on these things. and
lin
That's all, right. ma'am. but I'm very much
occupied. and"
lyon amt occupied any harder than I am.
young man, but I've got time to tell You that
this Governments Il cheat and a swindlc. and
it's founded on wrong principles, and I'm aEin
IL from the word go. and it's never going 10 get
any money out of me when / can help il. and |
generally can. I'm a Socialist. and I'm getting
10 be mighty near an Anarchist. and you can
tell the Cover ment so. young man. You don't
get any . cents out of me for taking q letter 10
Mizzoury. Understand 7"
With a look of lofty scorn she turned away
from the stamp window and went out OF tho
office,
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FINLAND,S LUCKY WOMEN.
There They Have n Chance to Get On tho
same Plane with Men n They Want To.

There They Have . Chance to Get On tho
same Plane with Men ir They Want To.
1T amuses mo immensely to hear and read
oil this stuff about the Republican women in
the municipal canvass" remarked a stout wo-
man with a strong-minded voice. What good
can they dol Votes are the things that tell and
they can't cast any ballots. Talk about the lib
erty that we American women enjoy all you
please. but I say bosh! This land is a paradise
for women. indeod!'
You are quite right, dear lady" interrupted
the mild.mannered returned traveller. "Ameri-
ca Is no place for women. You all ought to
move to Finland. Finland Is the only paradise
for women that I've ever come across In my
wandcrings on the face OF this earth. for there
your poor downtrodden sex has its rights"
do tell!' exclaimed the thin. bespcctaclcd
New England suffragist, who was also Of the
party.
YES. I'm just going to tell" continued the
returned traveller. Now in Finland any
woman who wishes to place herself upon the
same plane az man socially. industrialIy, polit-
ically. professionally. or just any old way, as
the American youngster puts II, does SO. In no
country OF the civilized world are the sexes SO
nearly upon an equal footing as there
How has the experiment worked I" eagerly
asked the stout woman.
~ has been proved an unqualified success"
the traveller answered Il, for one, do not agree
with the man who said there were three kinds
OF lies in this world-just plain lies. blankety-
blnnk-blank lies. and statistics. I've found sta
t~istics pretty good things to rely on. and AT any
rate those regarding woman's status in Finland
are interesting. For over n quarter ola century
the gymnasiums have admitted both sexes to all
departments. and that has given the women a
good chance to get even with the men physi.
cally. In the University of Helsingfors there
are over 200 women students. and there are two
fourishing cfubs OF women. About 1000
women are employed as teachers In schools of
various grades. and 1t Is no Uncommon sight to
see young women teaching young men OF ls or
20 years who are preparing for an academic or
commercial course: Another thousand are en-
ployed in Post Offices, railroad and telegraph
bureaus. and other departments OF public ser.
vice. Fully 5000 arc in business. and of tho
eighty pOorhouses in that country hfty.two have
women superintendcnts. As for tho diaries in
Finland. not one of them IL run by n man. All
are managed by women. l tell you. you women
who arc so downtroddcn here ought to go to
Fin"
There now" broke IN the woman with tho
strOng.mindCd voice. I'm glad women some,
where have their just dues. Now. here
But before she could 20 on the mild .mannered
returned traveller had checked n smile that
fingered about the corners OF his mouth and
was talking about the downtrodden women OF
China and Turkey.
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illustration. has rows OF braid crossing the full
bodice in groups, n round velvet collar turning
down from a gu'mpo neck Of lace over white
satin, and n yoke skirt trimmed around with the
braid. Gray blue rep, trimmed with bands of
passcmenterie over yellow silk. is the next gown.
and It is made very attractive by a chcmiscttc
vest OF tucked white Liberty satin and an cdg-
ing OF fur around the revers. A pretty blouse
for figured wool shows the square.tabbed
basque and collar trimmed around with narrow
black velvet ribbon and a white chiffon vest
with neCktie bow. Another blouse OF green
velvet is embroidered with jet and has a jet belt,
and the revers are trimmed with frills Of cream
lace opening over a vest OF rutiies Of the same
lace. The skirt Of green cloth is embroidered
with jet in a conventional design on either side
OF the front breadth.
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COLORED TRAINING SCHOOL.
To He Opened For student Nurses Early Ncrt
Month.

CHARLESTON. 8. c.. Sept. 24.-The negroes
in South Carolina have established a training
school for colored nurses. A charter was OBJ
tanned from the State. and the institution will
be opened on Oct. 1. 1t Is the only school Of
the kind in this part Of the country and is in tho
nature OF an experiment. The money to build
and equip a hospital was raised easily. Edu-
Gated colored men and women are TO be the in
structors, and already a large number of pros
pectiv students nave been enrolled.
\ preliminary training school has been rim
ming for a few months. but only on u small scale.
as there was no place where the students could
get the advantage OF practical knowledge. Thcy
simply studied the theoretical part OF the duties
of the nurse.
The applicants for admission TO the new
school win be required TO be In good health and
they must present certificates of good moral
standing. They must also have certificates from
some college or high school. or second grade
teachers certificates, or else pass an examine
ton to show that they have q fair education.
The course of study is to be confined % lee.
lures. students will be required TO reCite. and
rigid examinations will be held.
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ned with trains, and all the house gowns have
rather long skirts. A most effective skirt trim
ming ia made with limos Of braid or bands OF
jettod embroidery put on high at the back
and brought down in front In vandyko
points, after tho manner shown In ono OF
tho illustrations. Tho gown is OF corded
silk, the bands Of black not, jettcd and
embroidered in pretty, lowered designs.
and the same trimming covers tho square
rovers which turn back from a white chiffon
vest. Narrow frills OF tho sewage edge OF the
cloth trim the next skirt and finish the revers
on the blouse bodice of cut.out embroidered
cloth, which is corn flower blue. and the vest is
of white satin, well pouched at tho belt. Corn
flower blue velvet forms the cravat, Another
model shows the yoke skirt. and in this instance
the yoke is made of black velvet. overlaid with
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rs G4LI4NrRr LANGUIsHING9
Observations on the Decline OF street.Car
Manners In the south.
From the !Nrr Orleans Hcavun.


From the Ner orleans Pcdvune.
1t cannot DO concealed that there is a growing
tendency. even in the South. where masculine
gallantry has held out longest. on the part OF
themselves. 1t has not come to that point yet,
but the movement is growing in that direction.
: 1t is a fact that men are rapidly failing in the
courtesy which was once uniformly shown to
men are meeting women as competitors in all
fields OF labor. ANA this fact vastly changes tho
social relations bet wcCn the sexes. Women arc
claiming all sorts OF equality with men, moral,
political and physical, and are declaring more
next generation will he very marked and pecu-
liar. Tho men and women of the present are
affected to an oycrpowcring extent by the infiu-
encc of old ideas and training. and that Is the
reason they talk about street-car manners and
social ethics in their relations TO the sexes; but
In the year 1890. Just thirty-three years. or the
period OF one generation from the present time,
people will no longer concern themselves about
such matters.
The greater tho number OF women at work
In proportion to the men the more stringent
the competition. and 1t can easily be seen
that, according to the figures shown. the day
might come when there would be no street-car
manners, but every individual would look out
for himself o herself, as the case NAV be. But
even should chivalry be. cxtinguished from
human manners. there will always remain the
Christian grace of charity: so. in the time to
come, able-bodicd young men and women who
have seats in the ears will rise to give their
places to old men and women, and to others who
may be sick or disabled.
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all across the shoulders, pouches over the belt,
backand front, and is turned back At the neck.
in front, in small rcvers edged with q frill OF
plated white chiffon. A necktie OF chiffon with
tucked and frilled ends fills in the space.
Bows are worn mostly in front rathor than at
the back of our collars. with all sorts OF necktio
ends. Tucks. in all sorts OF materials. are quito
as popular for q trimming as they were In the
early summer. and many of the new dress models
show a clever use of this simple decoration.
Braiding, however, is the most conspicuous
mode of trimming in sight just at present, and
narrow braid sewn on both edges is put on in
every conceivable form. Narrow black velvet
ribbon will be much used for trimming rutilos,
and all the laces of heavy design will be en-
ployed on the cloth gowns.
Ono of the new models in cloth, shown In the
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SHE SHIPPED As CArT1E MAx.
How . Woman from New York Secured Pas
snEe TO England.
From the baltimore Sun.

FT0m Tic BuTFImOTe sun,
Officers Of the steamer lkbal. which arrived
Saturday from Liverpool, report that one OF tho
bull pushers " taken out on the steamer Sedge-
more on her last trip was n woman disguised as
q man. The Sedgcmorc sailed on Aug. %. and
arrived at Liverpool Sept. :. The woman was
shipped as Harry Webbcr by John J. Gilman
426 South Charles street, who ships cattlemen.
The fact that she WAS n woman was unsus.
pectod. it is said, until the Scdgcmore was al.
most entering the Mcrsey, she having worked
as well as the best OF the cattlcmen. according
to the story of the second mate OF the ship. In
attempting TO lift a compound bale OF hay enc
injured herself internally and began TO spit
blood. She was taken before Capt. Bartlett, to
whom she confessed that she was a woman, that
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From the Pocatelo tribune.

From the FocdfeHo tribune.
News from Ross Fork says that there came
near being II pitched battle there between Tho
Indians Saturday afternoon. During the day
the Indian police had been out rounding up The
children on the reservation preparatory 20
starting them into school. This is the usual
proceeding. As soon as the youngsters get olt
of school they drift back To tepee life. and by
fall become as wild as young partridgcs. AMI
have to, be run down and carried hnrS
to school. In their catch Saturday. how.
ever, the Indian police had gathered N
q .l4.yearold girl who had been mar
naturally objected to being torn from the arms
of her husband. and the husband objected Just
as strongly To losing his young wife. The polts
refused to give her up, but the husbands frir =
rallied to his support, and they took the yonn:
womaN from the hands OF her captors by force.
Knives and guns were freely tiourished. an 'n'
a little while It. looked as II there would h" :
general light. hnt the timely arrival 81 l,s
go To school this year.
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The Entertainment Devised by n Woman who
Belongs to n HEY clio Club.

A clever woman who is p member of a bicycle
club recently devised n novel manner of enter
tanning the club, namely. with n progressive
wheel dinner. Two other MEMBERS were taken
into the secret by the hostess to assist In the
work.
The clubs thirty members wore invited to
meet at the home OF ono of tho assistants for
dinner and to come upon their wheels. Tho
guests wcro ushcrci into tho dining room and
seated at five circular tables beautifully dec
grated with Jack roses. Two courses. oysters
and soup, with appropriate wines, were served
when tho hostess got up, presented n rose 10
each lady, assigned the men to their partners.
and invited tho guests to mount their wheels
brought the party to the house OF the member
who suggested the entertainment. where the
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Cooking thermo meters are rather expensive
those of American manufacture cost $3.50. and
imported thermometers S5-but the sale OF them
is increasing. They are made Of porcelain and
of iron. the standard supporting the tube con-
tanning the mercury inclining backward at an
angle from the base. SO that the marking can be
easily read. The scale is marked up to 400 and
over. and the several proper cooking tempera.
lures are set forth on the thermometer AS
follows: Correct heat for roasts in ovens:
Pork. 800: veal. 500; beef. $40; mutton. 500.
Correct heat for baking: Puff pastry, $40;
bread. $40: pastry, $50; meat pies, 300. Cook
ing thermometers are sold for household use
and for hotels and restaurants.
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From the San Francisco Chronicle.

Y FVt ''FN TTN' " IHTVVEVTt
Four young women clad in bloomers walked
into the fields of Lasscn county last week and
asked permission TO work the harvester. They
were Ora Dowell. Gertie Sawyer, Lille Dowell,
and Nellie Packwood, 1t was granted them and
they proceeded to action. One OF them climbed
to the drivers seat and began to guide tho
twenty-six horses around the field, another at
tended the binder, a third took charge Of tho
sack sewing. and the fourth ran the separator.
A whole morning was spent in this Interesting
occupation. and then. without mishaps or al.
ventures, they retired. lcav ng the astonished
men in possession. A harvest field is the pref
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WHAT SHALL SHE WEAR
Problems Of Winter Styles
Now Before Women.
THE BLOUSE IN HIGH FAVOR.
A Fashionable Necessity for All
Women Slender Enough
to Wear 1t.

me Real Russian blouse, Is Many Variations.
and Its Elaborate Decorntions-Pretty Enccts
for House Dresses with House Haiats-
Novelties In Opcn-work Devices - skirts
Pruned Down Again, and Most or Them
TVimmed-A Liberal variety In Modes nnd
Materials Promised by Fnshion-New and
Attractive Fabrics OF Wool and siiL-Hiuts
About Evening Gowns-The Fall millinery.
The first revolution in the seasons wheel OF
fashion has come like a thief in the night to dis.
turb the pence OF the last days Of q restful sum
mer, which brought no thought Of how to fash
ion our garments. no tiresome visits to the
dressmaker's. Now tho dainty summer dress
must be cast aside for tho moro substantial
materials and elegance Of n winter outfit.
"What shall l wear - Is the question that
confronts every woman the moment she arrives
in town, and the summer vacation rapidly be-
comes an indistinct memory OF relief. COM
fort, and unappreciatcd joy as the trying
problem asserts itself and tho work OF
refurnishing her entire wardrobe goes on.
Tho most definite mode which meets her
eye just at the moment is the blouse in every
possible variation OF fulness and decoration
which fashion can devise. To be sure, 1t ia not
altogether new. for II wns tentatively intro
duced in the spring, when IL was well received;
but 1t Is here now with emphatic declaration.
and a blouse OF some sort seems to be n fashion.
able necessity for all the women who are slender
enough to wear it with grace. Stout women are
advised by one authority on fashion ito avoid
It as they would the plague but a slight
pouched effect in the front OF a bodice Is often
becoming to generously proportioned figures.
The latest winter blouse has a basque formed
of either square tabs or a scant frill, the former
being the favorite model. as it adds less to the
size Of the hips. The effect OF a long waist IL
essential to the good style of a blouse, and the
narrow jcwc!lcd belt is another important fea,
ture. But this is rather expensive. and a very
satisfactory belt can be made of black satin rib