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The advocate., 1897-07-07

that price. Why not treat sll citizens
of Kansas alikeS Was not this "dia-
elimination against persons or plACess"
Why didn't they set this up In the bill
of particulars demanded, and then
have Bailey Waggener, the attorney of
this road, attempt to deny itP This
and hundreds of other instances might
have been set up in the bill Of particu-
lars. Why didn't the Commissioners
ask the shippers of the State for infor-
nation upon this question and prepare
themselves to meet the railroad mag
nstesp Aud did not all the Kansas
roads late last summer voluntarily cut
their rates on grain in two and keep
the rate at this low pOlrt for several
monthsP What they did then they can
do now. No one asked them to cut
tEeir rates In two, but the roads did 1t
without solicitation and publicly for
nearly three months, and during all
this time their stocks were steadily sd-
vancing on the New York Stock Ex-
change.
In place of setting up these very i'm
portsnt matters-mstters germsne to
the case, the Commissioners talked
about rates In Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska,
and through rates to Texss-matters
entirely foreign to the case at issue.
If our Railroad Commissioners have
any authority at all, it is such as the
laws of our State provide, and that au-
thOrity can only extend over Kansas
rates and no other.
The whole proceedings were ridlcu-
lOus, and the failure to fructify into
anything Of benefit to Kansas must be
charged up to the Kansas Railroad
Commissioners, who were not equal to
the emergency, What they will do to
square themselves with the people re-
mains to be seen. +. w. FRAsIUs.
Topeka, Kas., July 1, 1897.
The advocate., 1897-07-07
Open Letter to Hon. Eugene V. DobS.

Open Letter to Hon. Eugene v. Debs.
DEAR SIR:-BeCsuse of the earnest
solicitation of Peter Swenson Of CaddO,
Texas, essay to write and transmit to
you this communication, to the con-
tents Of which / hope you will give
your candid and serious consideration,
From the ''sunny land of Mexico" we
Il mean the people of TOpOlobsmpo)
watched with the deepest interest,
solicitude and anxiety your heroic
struggle In 1894 against the hostile
powers that be, and we all felt con-
vinced of the honesty, sincerity and
integrity of your heart
From the intense interest which the
Capitalistic press has recently taken in
you (their most implacable enemy and
your enterprise, l cannot avoid having
the deepest anxiety and apprehension
that the secret design and expectation
Of the capitalists from whom you are
expecting your support is to wreck
your co operative efforts and then
make your failure grand object lesson
of the entire inability Of organized
labor per Sc to do anything for itself
even under the most efficient leader
ship and with slI the assistance which
they Condescended to contribute In
order to insure the success of the
scheme. The capitalists are deeply
aware that they must do something not
only for their own protection, but also,
If it be possible, to strike death blow
to the hopes and snticipstiOns Of CO.
operative laboE's ever being able to
accomplish anything for its own bet
terment. Should they aid you In car
rying out your plans and failure ensue,
and am deeply impressed that 1t will
ensue, they then will have given q
Waterloo to labor from which It can
probably never rally.
Therefore, from my own experience
and intuition, I would deem myself
culpable in the extreme IL did not ex-
erciae 9 Wsrning voice and bid you
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to carry the water TO the various sub.
divisions Of the section, and then there
must be as perfect system Of drain
age to take off the excess Of water as
is required TO drain a swamp. Intact,
the reclamation of swamp land ls much
quicker, more certain and less expen-
sive than that Of arid lanl. The work
Of developing q section Of country only
begins when the main canals shall have
reached 1t,
Third-BefOre you can use irTigating
water without doing more damage
than good, the land must be leveled,
that is, given uniform slope in one
direction 80 that the water will spread
evenly over It and not collect In some
places and leave other places dry.
When / was In the famous irrigated
section of Riverside, Cal, 1t cost from
$40 to $500 per acre to level the land.
Right here is the greatest source Of loss
and encouragement In sll irrigated
sections.
If reservoirs have to be constructed
to catch and hold the "run.off," 1t IN
creases the difficulties and delays che
time Of the peoples becoming self
sustaining.
The time intervening between the
commencement Of work In an irrigated
section and the realization of any re.
turns at all Is m uch longer than 1t is In
a rain country. During oil this period
your people will have TO maintain
themselves out Of their own resources
previously laid up or be maintained by
the contributions of others. Right
here | will press with all the vehemenCe
possible the question upon you, Will
your capltaIistlc friends upon whom
you depend to aid you In this enter
prise furnish enough to carry your peo-
pie through this period without putting
them under any more tribute than the
return Of the aid lentP Or will they
simply aid 10 getting the people into
this arid region and then leave them TO
their own resources? If they will do
the former, 1t will be truly an anoma.
lous action on the part Of capitalism.
II the intent be q speculative one, your
people will have only jumped from the
fire into the frying-psn in their efforts
under your leadership to escape their
surroundings and avoid the payment
of tribute against which you have al.
ways contended.
If the latter be the intention of your
CapitalistIc friends, you might just aa
well take your people out and drop
them down in the middle of the Pacific
Ocean ss to lead them into any Of this
region that now Is unsppToprlated.
Without experience they will find
themselves in the midst of surround
ings Of which most OF them ere they
arrive can have but vague conceptions
disappointment will follow, suspicion
and dlstrust In proportion to enthusi-
ssm unrealized will spring up In the
minds Of your people, wrangling and
Qusrreling will begin, and disastrous
and irretrlevable failure and ruin will
be the end.
II l have mistaken the real intention
and spirit Of your capltalistic friends
. aDd az thav ara raaIIv dppipninV IN aid
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IL Is positive conviCtlonl that is
within me, now desire to present to
your candid and careful consideration
the following experiences and facts,
That portion Of the United States
acquired from Mexico, Mexico herself,
and nearly all of Central America, are
the hardest regions on the continent Of
North America In which anyone may
seek to accomplish anything, The DIFF
ficulties and obstacles which nature
has interposed in the way Of develop.
ment are the most insuperable and re.
Quire peculiar skill and ability to
remove and surmount. Time and
again has It been proven by actual
tests that experience and knowledge
gained In other sections of the United
States have entirely failed their pos.
SCISSORS in this region, and it is No un-
common thing for capitalists to have
to spend from six to ten times their
conservative estimates ere their expec-
tations were realized,
1t has been said of Spain that to live
there one must have "the heart Of q
lion and the stomach of mouse" My
own experience cOnvinCes me that this
remark is highly applicable to this
whole Spanish American section. And
while to me there is not a shadow Of
doubt that you have the "heart of a
lion, yet this cannot be safely affirmed
of the masses whom you propose to
colonize in this region and on whose
labors the success of your enterprise
mainly depends. But from my own
experiences In Spanish America, / Sin.
Cerely doubt your possession Of the
latter requisite, and / am certain that
the mass of your proposed colonists do
not possess 1t,
II would be supeThuOus to remind
you that the main reliance for the de-
velopment of most of this whole region
Is irrigation, and already the streams
and sources of water supply In this
whole section are monopolized. So
you would either have to pay tribute
to monopoly for the use Of what a.
ready exists or construct reservoirs to
catch and hold the "run off, from the
rains and SHOWS. No one who has had
no experience in bringing section of
country under complete system Of
irrigation has any real conception of
the difficulties attending 1t. In all the
propaganda circulated among the
masses, only the bright features Of the
system are set forth and the diverse
are left to be learned by bitter and
costly experience. 1t requires from
twenty to twenty five years to bring
any section of country under a high
and successful state of irrigation and
the universal experience and testimony
of all who have tried the matter is that
the irrigating sections have been the
scenes of more changes, disappOint-
ments, atarVings out, failures, losses
and discoursgements than have oc-
CURED In the sections which have de.
pended upon rain.
Twill here as briefly as possible emu
merste the steps necessary In con
structing a complete system Of irriga
ton:
First t-HsVing a river In which there
The advocate., 1897-07-07
Correspondence.
Why Did the Conference with the Railroad
Managers Fail


EDITOR ADvOCATE:-NOw that the
chairman of the Kansas Board of Rail
road Commissioners, In a twO-COlumn
communication to the Topeka Capital,
has attempted to defend the action Tor
lack of actiOn) of the board at the
meeting arranged with the railroad
managers, 1 may be pardoned as one of
the common herd to volunteer my
views or criticism.
In his letter to the Capital Mr.. Dill
lard says: "I had meant to say moth
ing, to write nothing-thst Is, at this
time-sbout the conference, named
farce by all reporters, lately attempted
to be held between the Railroad Com
missioners and the railroad companies
of Kansas" Notwithstanding his
two.column. letter, the public readily
agrees with Mr.. billiard that he "mesnt
to say nothing, to write nothing"
Anybody reading his letter will readily
concede that much without argument,
But this is not very consoling to the
Kansas farmer who pays the freight.
He is just now harvesting and trying
to take care of his wheat crop under
the burning rays Of July sun, and is
wondering if there will be anything
left out of it for him after the rail
roads are through with hauling the
crop to market. He would like to
know, too, what benefit the expendi-
ture of $4,000 to $4,000 per snnum
for pensions of the Board Of Railroad
Commissioners is to him. And II he
reads of their action, or non. action, Of
May 27, he will readily come to the
conclusion that the Board of Railroad
Commissioners had better be abolished.
And he is right, It must be admitted
that the part the Kansas Railroad
Commissioners took In the farce COM
edy with the railroad managers on
May q did not rebound to their glory.
The people claimed rates were dis
eliminating and too high; the railroads
denied the allegation. The conference
was brought about by mutual agree
ment; it was sort of friendly equity
suit. There was ample notice. What
was doneP Let me quote from Mr..
billiards. letter words he ascribes to
the leading spokesman of the railroad
managers assembled eff there are
any complaints of unjust discrimina-
tiOns against persons or places we will
rectify. Are there any such?" And
further on in his letter Mr.. billiard says
there were 4 x demands and
repeated demands for bills of psrticu-
lars; of indictments, or such law
words" Then why in the name of
common sense did they not prepare
bills of particulars setting forth "com
plants of unjust discrimination against
persons or plsces2" Why were the
Commissioners not prepared? What
do they draw their salary for, snyhOwI
Why did they not incorporate in their
bills of particulars the testimony elic-
tied at Kansas City several months age
when the Interstate Commerce Com
mission held It's Investigations at that
placer Two reliable gentlemen, resi-
dents of the State of Kansas, swore
that the Missouri Pacific Railroad dis
eliminated in their favor from 3 to :
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PEPTBLTCAN WOHEN RECEIVE.

Washington March 3-Mrs J. Ellen Foster presI-
dent OF the Woman's National Republican Assoca-
ton held large and brilliant reception this after
noon at the strathmore Arms. She assisted by
a bevy OF young women representing eight different
States They were all prcttily gowned in light
silks and presented line OF Youthful attraction to
the incoming guests The best-known OF these
Miss Helen Varck Boswell chairman Of the Wom-
ans Republican Association of NewYork. VINO
stood rext 10 Mrs Foster the representative OF
the Empire State The parlors decorated
artIstlcaly with the flags Of all nations. Mrs
Elizabeth Pierce OF Boston, added to the enjoyment
OF the sion by singing several exquisite solos.
Some vc-y handsome gowns worn. No
woman attracted more general attention than Mrs
Clarence Burns, Of Ncw-York. Her personal at
Effectiveness was enhanced by rich and becoming
costume. With n black satin skirt she wore
Louis XIV coat OF green mirror velvet. with white
satin front deliberately trimmed with duchess point
lace. An imported hat of green and black com
plced the costume
Mrs C. s Robinson were black and white. with
jet trimmings Miss Mildred Reid looked pctur-
esaue I'm a hunters green velvet bodice and pale
green ottoman silk skirt.
Miss Edith sickel. of Baltimore wore black and
heliotrope gown. and Ms. Jane Pierce was dressed
Mrs Mary s. Lockwood, Editor of The Ameri-
can Monthly'-the d. A. II. magazlne-charmed
her coteric OF hearers by her brilliant converse
national fame added to her list OF admirers by her
evcr-ready wit and vIvacity; The tea-table was
inviting with the usual dainties. and the hospital
,tics were grncousy dispensed by several women
. resident at the hotel Among the callers
many we'll known In official life. prominent among
them being Senator and Mrs Warren, Senator and
Mrs Pettigrew. Representative and Mrs Alden
Smith Representative and Mrs. Pickler. Represen-
tative and Mrs Andrews, Representative and Mrs
David b. Henderson. Representatives J. ID. Hicks
q w Prince and S. A. Cook; w j. Sutton, Major
RS gers Mrs. Blssell Mrs. Charles Kendall Mrs
q. p Thomas. MIS-. Clarence Burns, Mrs. J. Pierce
Emily 81 Patterson. Senator and On Mrs J. c. Bur
shat,uck Mrs Pierce. OF Boston: Mrs. Charles
Morrill,. OF NewYork, and Miss Hurley. OF the
BROOKLYN LeRGvA
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EXAMINATIONS FOR GIRLS COLLEGES

The recommendation Of a uniform standard for
entrance examinations 20 girl colleges and uniyer-
stiles the principal business transacted yester
day afternoon by the League OF Parents and
Teachers. which met at Barnard College The
Schoolmasters' Association OF New-YoIk about a
year ago induced President Low Of Columbia Uni
versity 10 take up the question Of uniform system
OF entrance examinations for all the Eastern col
leges for young men. Last week the faculty at
Columbia decided 10 adopt the uniform examina-
tons Ii IS expected that all the other principal
Eastern colleges and universities VIII adopt this
standard Blrnard College. for young women. is.
OF course, affected by this rule, because 1t is the
woman's department OF Columbia The League
OF Parents and Teachers decided that there ought
be d similar system OF uniform entrance ex-
aminations for all of the Eastern colleges for
young women especially Vassa. Smith. Wellesley
and Bryn Mawr Special committees for the ex-
ecution o. the leagues idea were appointed. and
they Will draft resolutions asking that all Eastern
girl colleges and universities adopt uniform sys-
tenn OF entrance examination which will simplify
the preparation OF young women for college.
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A MOTHERS MEETING.

One hundred and fifty or more women attended
tho mothers meeting yesterday in the Catharlne
Street Mission. Hymn-sinsing, tcxt-reciting and
prayer first in the exercises. then each mother
told OF the comfort and strength that she had re-
cevcd from religion.
Mrs Donald from the Life Limo Mission. Brook
lyn. SAID That she knew two thIngs-'that she was
lost and that now she is saved" The exercises
finished with singing the DoxoloGy Work was
given 10 the women 20 take home.
A motherS meeting Is held every week on
"Wednesday NJ O'Clock at this mission. The
women usually bring their children with them.
Yesterday afternoon forty nifty OF the little ones
who belong 20 kindsrSarte were given their sup
Pers One OF The hardest workers In this naighbor-
hood is DR.. Delany
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ment and from II many OF the most oeau'ilu' 'e
signs have been taken and can be for centuries 10
come. l.,
Two simple and graceful patterns are SHOWN N,
the illustrations of the dolly and cenrepieces' anu
~ embroidered as suggested they should prove very
satisfactory The centrepiece can measure from J..
70 q inches In diameter but for general use 10 OF 10
inches will be desirable size
Inside the circular design a buttonholeo rins Is
formed II need not be more than one-elRh'h Oh
on inch IN width. The width Of the band OF scroh'
and leaves can vary from ~ to inches according
~ the diameter Of the piece. but for centrepieoe
,s ar ~ inches in diameter width Of inches VIII
be quite enough - - q.
The edge can be carried out In two ways as
illustrated One is to buttonhole II. ana MAKE d
fringe an inch or more in width; the other rnoue
&c 70 form a line Of scallops around the eoge' anu
AZ the tont between each little point ~ lorieu'
THESE scallops can be from TO Inches IN iehs'n'
hut Il ia not we'll to have them too long, as 1t ieu
a coarseness TO the centrepece that shouid Do
avoided.
MATERIALS NEEDED.
of the many materials on which - emoro'oei
oarhons none are better than the various siaue'
~ round-thread hand-spun linen. ana cer'a'ii''
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[ fsE5E;;]1T 4LX5
PUDDINGs BAKED IN CUPS.


Little chocolate buildings baked in small china or
simplest and most delicious OF all puddngs These
cups with straight sides are easily found In tin,
but for this pudding stoneware cup Is to be pre-
fcrree. The puddi ,gs much lighter and sweeter
when cooked I'm them.
Straigh: shapes imported in Canton ware;
They very pretty, and answer well Tor custatd
cups They may sometimes be picked up at spe-
cial sales at 80 cents a dozen.
When these stoncware mouds cannot be had the
tin tmbale dariole of the largest size-hodlns
about one and half gllls each-can be used.
TO MAKE THE PUDDINGS
Mix five even tablespoonful OF butter with five
rather liberal tablcspoonfuls Of sugar. When the
mixture Is a cream, add five ounces OF chocolate
cut fine and melted the fire until soft Add 1t
to the creamed butter and sugat, and then add the
yolks of five eggs Beat all these Ingredients IN a
saucepan held slanting the fire. Stir the MKT
ure brisky In this position for five minutes tnen
add instantly after removing the mixture from
the fire the whites OF five eggs beaten to a very
other ingredients for three minutes Have ready
six cups. well buttered, and busted with sranu-
la;ed sugar. This is done by first buttering the
cups. and then tossing A tablespoonful OF sugar
first into cup and then into the other. 1t Will
Fill each cup three quarters full OF the chocolate
mixture Set them IN pan OF WITH wafer ,hem
bake in moderately hot oven for three-auarters
OF an hour They will rise like pop-over or
souffie and present tho appearance given IN the
Serve at once with hot custard sauce.
CUsTARD SAUCE.
ready paste made OF a teaspoonful OF cornstarch
and a teaspoonfu OF -four. three large teaspoonfus
OF SUGAR and two eggs. Add a little Of the boiled
milk 10 IT, and mix it carefully with the remainder
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aged women. but the majority OF the wearers we're
under thirty. Nearly every one had shorter APP
pearance. and the very plump girls looked a wee
bit dumpy but every soul seemed happy In the
emancipation from long bedraggled petticoats
The Executive Committee Of the club IL now IN
correspondence with women In other large cities,
both East and West with view to the adoption Of
the Baltimore rainy-day skirt
while the club IL about H." said a woman who
Is the Boa I'd Of most OF the practical city chart
ties, why don't all the members wear rainy-da
shoes such as | am now going out inr and she
displayed n neat pair OF boots, not TOO small and
lined comfortably with flannel
You sec. they have cork soles. are made high
about the ankles and where the sole and leather
join II Is filled In with wax, making them absolutely
waterproof and the use OF rubber oyershocs M.
necessary"
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BaLTIMORE'S RAINY DAY CLUB.

Baltimore March 3-Ths was the first rainy and
muddy day In March in this city. and some two
hundred OF the 2l5 members OF the Womens Rainy
Day Club kept the pledge they had signed and APP
neared ON the streets In skirts that swung three
inches from the ground 1t was a noticeable fact
however that nearly every one OF the women wore
dainty new boots with fancy kid tops. Not few.
through force OF habit. when crossing the muddy
streets involuntarly cutched at the back OF their
SKIRTS and thoughtlessly raised them higher than
they would have done had they been longer Some
wore rain boots with stout soles, but few. II any.
wore rubbers. Every member OF the club who
could get out did so. Just TO show her coiors' as
ono coQuettshiy said.
Some Of tho short skirts were worn by middle
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-04

Miss Mary Noughton. OF Osceola. Iowa. an In
valid sends to the T. S. s. the following instruc-
tons in Florentne needlework as easily followed
and most successful in results. They were origi-
nally furnished TO THE American Queen by Helen
Mar Adams but Mary Noughton thinks them
worth reproducing In the Sunshine column ana
begs that they be accepted as her initiation Zee:
FLORENTINE NEEDLEWORX.
The Florentine style of needlework is one or the
many styles that the outgrowth from the beau
tiful Italian Renaissance Of the pure and simple
order II originated in Florence. Italy. many
centuries ago. and has never lost Its beauty ana
chaTE.
For embroidery WORK this style is rich with orna-
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TRANSFER PAPERS.

BLACK or blue transfer paper can De pufchased
at anv art and some stationery stores at a fcw
cents per sheet This should he laid face down on
The linen ard over II the tracing Is TO be pinned In
position.
With a hard lead pencil having a rounded point
70 over each line. bearing down on the pencil 10
Impress the lines the linen. and by carefully fol-
lowing each the pattern may be transferred in
sign will be 10 buttonhole the edge and inner circle
with pale shade of pink, and employing Tor the
scrolls light olive green. with when they can be
worked I'm outline solid. matter OF choice
With two or three shades OF the green very good
effect be had by carefully shading the orna-
from each scroll may be worked in a delicate shade
OF brown carried out In the green tones.
Another pretty effect can be had by using cream
white for the circle and edge. two shades OF pink
FOR the scrolls and a pale green for the vine and
leaves.
The dolly to match the centerpiece In design can
be from TO u inches In diameter. according
finger bowls diameter OF six and half inches
Will be the right size. while for tea plates they
should measure twelve inches Either the scalloped
or irfnged border can be used.
The fringed one Ii more for fancy pieces. while
for serv!ce and wear the scaioped or plain button
holed edge Is recommended
COLOR SCHEMES.
The color schemes for the doi!e. are 10 correspond
10 the ccntrcpece. and II set OF them is mndc they
will be exceedingly attractive for n d!ning-tablc.
The design for a scarf end Is shown In the sketch
and II carried out In tho color schemes as
suggested for the other pocea n sntsiActory result
viii DO obtained. scarf measures about u IL