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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-20
TConvright. 1891


As Lent is essentially an improving
time. the average woman joins a GER
tain number of classes and is asked to
drop in as a visitor a a number more.
Being that very common thing, busy
woman, / 90 not regularly belong to
any classes, although / go to several
carrying a bunch of Violets to give the
president as a sort Of ticket of admis-
sion.
In this way one learns an immense
amount One learns how to listen with
ones eyes shut when the Psychologist
talks about the meaning Of the queer
hieroglyphics and iHpresses upon your
mind that Cleopatra was a very or
binary looking little woman, with fair
hair and snub nose, whose chief
charm 10 the Egyptians was her good
complexion. That lecturer wonders why
his class is so small the next week and
does not realize until afterward that
because Of this reference to the skin Of
Cleopatra woman. tickle woman, love-
" woman, has gone in a body Of 10 or
90 to hear a beauty teacher talk about
'How to Manage the Skin"
Then l have learned to stare straight
into vacancy while the woman of the
present bangs a gavel and talks about
1.-The woman Of the future" and I can
be quietly enthusiastic on the subject
OF dress reform. I was not always so.
There was a time when to listen to the
dress reforners made my angry pas
siOns rise and ] wanted to go up and
tell them what / thought. But now,
when some woman who has been living
on OverdOne beef, on too much pastry,
on oatmeal eaten in Jumps or too many
preserves gets up and tells about a
we'll fitting corset being an invention of
the devil and pretty gown an impos-
Sibility as connected with brains l SIM
ply smile and give myself a satisfied
Wriggle, which means that there is
comfort in properly made corsets.
a speaker of this kind invariably
neanders off and asks with much ex-
element What will the coming gen.
GRAFTON be when the woman of today
SIS satisfied to be merely beautiful" and
I sit there and think of DR.. Schenck
and of the fact that beauty is hered-
5tary. and l remember handsome fami-
lies like the Mays and the Cuttings and
the Works and the Carys, and there
come to me visions of the loveliest,
healthiest babies I have ever seen-ba-
bies who inherited their beauty from
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-20
copyright, 1881

| New York. March 10. - When a big
| steamship from some foreign port an
chors at quarantine for the health off,
| GERS visit, the would be smUggler, man
or woman, must certainly experience a
thrill of nervousness at the idea that
the crisis Of the voyage is at hand.
If it be the amateur, with some small
article slowed away in his trunk or Sc
creted on his person. he probably will
feel more fearsome qualms than the ex-
perienced smuggler, the lining of whose
garments may be padded with fine lace
or unset gems or who perhaps has dis
tributed his goods among the baggage
of immigrants in the steerage hired for
the purpose of bringing over contraband
goods.
Many people have claimed that there
is a certain unique pleasure in amateur
smuggling; that the idea of eluding the
laws vigilance imparts an extra flavor
to cigars and liquors, and that satins
and laces on which no duty has been
paid take on an added luster in the
wearers eyes. Women have always
been fond of smuggling but it is only
within comparatively recent years that
they have made it a profession, acting
in collision with men who get thou
sands of dollars worth of goods into
the country each year free of the Gus
tom house charge.
Uncle Sam keeps a watchful eye on
this department, however, and it was
not until women began to smuggle as a
trade that he found his duties more ex-
acting than ever before The style of
the dress of women allowed fuller scope
for the secretion of goods, and the OBJ
stacles in the way of accusing and
searching women passengers were
many.
1t was then that Uncle Sam engaged
the services of women detectives or
inspectresses, for the purpose of OBJ
serving women passengers as they left
the steamers and examining those who
might be suspected of smuggling.
Twenty years ago women were not
feared as smugglers as they are today.
While there were precautions taken and
examinations made when suspicion JUS
titled it the profession of women inspect
ors was as yet in its infancy. Within
the last Is years there have been so
many attempts on the part Of women
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-20
A NEW DINNER DRESS.

proper pride in her dinner table, would
get to know the delights of hospitality
and would make her home the greatest
enemy to the barrooms and all the I'M
desirable and wicked hauntS that at
tract men.
By the bye, IL you are feminine, and
the chances are ten to one that you
are, you will be interested in three
dresses that are absolutely new. Of
which I inclose you the pictures. The
girl in the walking dress has on a
satin cloth of the new shade of gray
trimmed with black braid and black
silk. Her parasol is gray chiffon and
her hat gray straw, trimmed with white
gauze and black wings. Isn't that white
dress q darling? I mean the one that is
made entirely Of lace insertion and dot
ted muslin. The other gown is a dinner
dress of chiffon. embroidered with white
pearl beads. with accordion plated
chiffon on the shoulders. The hat. which
makes it certain that the dinner is at
some fashionable restaurant. is Of cerise
velvet, embroidered in pearls, with a
bunch of cerise chiffon on one side and
q white ostrich tip just behind il. How
well those Frenchwomen pose! How
careful they are to get the right sort Of
background, They know how TO have
the harmonies in life. But there is
nothing after all like being in harmony
with your background. with yourself
and with your fellow man. There are
some things We are all in harmony
about.
We are all in harmony about the
beauty Of the close fitting cloth suit il
worn by the right woman, whose curves
are caught on TO even by the irreverent
messenger boy.
We are all in harmony about the
value Of the telegraph. though we fail
TO see why the ordinary operator can
not spell correctly. and If our name is
Katherine with a K insists on spelling
IL with g c.
We are all IN harmony as to the
beauty OF a new bonnet, even IL its
value as rated by you and me be diff
feTent from that as rated by the MIL
liner.
We are a pretty harmonious lot, take
US all in all. for nobody is anxious TO
go 70 war. but II war does come we
viii meet the people who want 10 fight
and show them just how valuable We
are in a fight won't we Of course We
viii Your neighbor thinks so. and so
does her neighbor, who is next door
neighbor 70
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WOMEN DETECTIVES
Nine Bright Women did UncA Sam In
Gnarang Ne7O York against
Female Smuggls1s.

over % years Of age, although there is
no restriction against younger women.
They must pass the civil service exami-
nation with success TO be eligible for
the post of woman inspector and are
paid at the rate Of So a day, working
seven days every week. The work,
while requiring keenness Of perception
and intelligence, is comparatively light.
/ the days duties being completed. ex-
cept in rare instances, before the after
noon of each day.
Through the courtesy OF Surveyor
Croft OF the custom house l was ena-
bled to learn the names of the women
at present acting as customs inspectors.
They are Eliza Ellis. Mary MCQueeny.
Marie L. Stuart, Annie A. Walsh. Mary
w. Clark, Ella NJ. Cleary Christine X.
Allen, Gennie Ferris and Mary Oar
ragh
All Of these women, with a few excep-
tons, have held their positions for sew
eral years. Marie Stuart. one OF the
most recently appointed, going on the
list in September 1895. Eliza Ellis has
been inspectress since June, 1887; Chris
tine Allen, since August, 1887: Gennie
Ferris August. 1887. and Mrs. Mary
Clark, July, 1887. Mary McQueeny has
been in the employ of the government
since December. 1856. and Annie
Walsh's and Mary Darragh's appoint
ments are dated respectively June, 1856,
and June, 1887.
1t is not every day. Of course, that
women suspected of smuggling arrive
on the ships from abroad. In fact. il is
the exception when such cases occur.
In other instances two women are de-
tailed TO watch the immigrants who are
brought in q tug to the custom house
dock. AS they pass down the gang
plank their bearing and appearance are
noted, and any suspicious rotundity of
person results in an examination.
As rule, he immigrant woman Is
-.ghtly clad, and an examination is cas-
lily and quickly concluded. In cases
where the evidence justifies a case OF
smuggling the woman suspected is
obliged to disrobe. There is no dis
courtesy Of treatment. and this last
emergency is only resorted to in cases
where there is actual evidence of at
tempted smuggling.
i woman inspectress also observes
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is good all the year round, and we have
not the sense to appreciate it.
In England, where they go to an i'm
mense deal of trouble about good serv-
ice and proper food, there is a time,
about nine months of the year. that you
have to pay a guinea for a pineapple.
when oranges bring outrageous prices
and are sour. and even when fruit is to
the fore it costs an awful lot and you
get gooseberry tart. stewed gooseber-
res and fresh gooSeberrieS.
You smile in your sleeve at the wife
of a clerk on $1,000 a year in America
offering a visitor such fruit, which is
the best the woman with a great deal
of money can get in the land governed
by the queen. In both France and Eng
land the oysters are a greenish yellow
in color. smell rather like ammonia and
taste. oh. We gods! The taste must be
cultivated. and during the cultivation
the agonies of Dantes fifth hell would
be endured.
Last week an Englishman who knows
how 1 appreciate good things to eat
sent me a delightful pair of pheasants,
some wonderfully good fish and three
dozen oysters from the river Mersey.
Those oysters were put in wash boiler
and kept alive for four days on a diet
of cornmeal and water. The fifth day
they were to make their appearance at
a dinner party. On the morning Of the
fifth day it was noticed that they ate
no breakfast. Later they went 10 the
fishmonger to be opened. and in less
time than it takes to tell IL the fish
monger's assistant appeared on the
scene with sorrow on his face and no
coat on. He said he thought I would
scarcely like to have the oysters on
the table. as they were not quite nice.
He is q modest young man, and that
was the way he put il. I said to him:
Perhaps you never met an English
oyster before. and its natural appear
anCe and odor. being strange TO you.
seem unnice. Bring them 10 me and
let me be the judge of their condition"
In 4 little while he appeared with a
scarf tied around his face and a tray
in his hands. He got just as far as the
kitchen door. when the united voice Of
the family begged him to depart and
take the oysters with him. He went
with rapidity and presumably pleasure.
and 1 gave my guests good American
oysters, for which I always give thanks
We used TO talk about Scotch mutton
Nowadays there is mutton browsing
on the Virginia hills that goes across
from the Scotch moors. and we. de-
luded souls. pay a higher price for II
than II il were stamped American.
which it is
In London the best and most expen-
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sive beef is that labeled From Amer
ica,' and English housekeepers, when
they see the amount of fruit and the
variety of vegetables and the good
things that are so plentiful and so
cheap in this land of freedom, clasp
their hands and say, What an easy
time the American housekeeper must
have" And yet the American woman
does not appreciate the condition of af-
fairs. Bad food has made more trouble
than anything else in this world. 1t has
driven men to drink and, worse than
that, to dyspepsia, while it has ruined
the looks of many pretty woman
Overdone meat, expressive butter,
weighty bread and badly set tables
have made men murderers mentally if
not in actuality.
It does not cost a cent more to have
a decent dinner than TO have a bad one.
1t is true it may take a little more
time and thought but that time and
that thought are well expended. The
average woman belonging to the proper
sort Of society, which is the one 1 sug-
gest should be started. would take
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-20
LENTEN FR/VOL/TIES.
Bal Chats an Seas0uabh Z9blcs and Incl:
devtaAy Writes Of CAsQbatru and
Her .Snub Nose.

siders as a, special work Of the devil a
well fitting bodice. She is down on
wCman's hips, those curves which are
so essentially feminine and which were
made so broad and strong for the pur-
pose of carrying burdens.
The dress reformer does not believe
this. She thinks that everything ought
to be strung from the shoulders. You
are to endure nasty. narrow tapes cut
ting your shoulders and making the
wearing of a low bodice an impossible
ity so that you can string petticoats
and everything else that you wear from
them. Ugh. It's awful. I never made
a speech in my life, but every time /
hear the dress reformer speak I want
somebody to get up and say what I
think-that is, that nature (the dress
reformer prefers to say nature, as she
counts God old fashioned) would have
made women with narrow hips and
broad shoulders if it had been intended
that her burdens be carried from them
but it was not. Consequently her
shoulders are medium and her hips
are big. while man has no hips at all
that is, to speak of-and his shoulders
are supposed to be broad enough to
bear the burden of feminine heads when
feminine hearts are in trouble.
At a hotel where there was an alarm
OF fire, when we all ran just as we were
without the slightest plea, L saw
dress reformer in her nlghtgown. Oh.
but she was sight! She certainly did
live up to her theories. There was no
pretty nainsook, no frilIs, no bits of
lace and bows of ribbon. Oh, MOI That
nightgown was made out of some med
icated material the odor of which is
best likened to sewer gas, and it was
cut as John Gilpin's buttons went
straight up and down. with every
suggestion of utility, but not a hint of
beauty.
If the dress reformers would drop
dress reforming altogether and take I'D
eating, which is my special fad, there
would be a great deal more good done,
as far as the coming generation is con-
cerned. If somebody would have the
courage of her convictions and say that
women need less pastry and more NUT
ton, fewer fried and more roasted
things, less cake and more good bread,
and nothing fried, there would be
good outlook for the people of the fu-
ture.
The average woman needs better
bread and butter, especially butter, and
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-20

TIE new movement. A school for Chi
nese girls has been cp@ned IN Shanghai
where II girls with bound fee; wiz -
admitted. and only daughters = uppe.
class families may entsr-
The friends q Mrs Theodore Thomas
consider that they have achieved a vic
tory IN The election q Mr. TIL as pres
i3srt q TIE Federation = Amateur
Musical Clubs
Mss 6. L. BurcEs az3 ALB .-E1le
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3 Jeffers during the two years that she
has held the position OF state librarian.
The governor states that this vas the
brst important state appointment % BE-
held By e woman and declares that the
results have fully justified This depaT-
ture from established precedeuts-
The Natural Foot society is gaining
ground in China Chinese ladies who
have associated themselves with mod
era notions are among tAe leaders Il
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-20

neighborhood OF sI.o00. The young wo-
men who planned these popular shows
call themselves the Butterfly Bench
Snow Association OF Grand Rapids. and
they apply their profits To the main
tanning Of a free bed in q hospital and
city.
called the legislatures special attention
TO the excellent work done BY Nrs. Anne
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-20

Eh3eh IL the FrIFifszJ T~rrne~atbsa Of
Hla1.e-asn 9Alra - as present sr. =
ac-rs.whAt i8N state
Tas rcrhaEaa ahira is % contain
the BODY - Mr. Gsant has a~ea slar-s
sssize thr rersfts~le ss4af hsfsa tha re-
zIzaisE - General Gran; la the faus Il
I-iEers1e PARK &~H York city
Ias Ie@a women ar orEa-lriax q.
ssTs TIE wsra male zgF8ck from tAs
cznzg4tatlgn % ths state.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-20

F'ossstt- steuoEraah pliers ard dspa,seE IN
me aelcs q q. Il Tborufs PAN. United
states u1zTEhsi. are fh% first noDea
deputy ugarshals = CO active Es4a sosk
n Oklahoma
A young Ergilsa lady who has not
iFng been iu EsnEzi kas decided on s-r-
coming q ypEi. o. E.n2es uGn she
has already EUt CT the o1h~- r.@ and
has El1laed cut q course - serx O. 5e
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-20

Her royal highness has been known TO
wear a gown three successive seasons
when il suited her and remained fresh
and handsome.
The society young women 81 Grand
Rapids. Mich. have for three years
given successful bench shows. and their
third annual exhibition cleared in the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-20

Miss Margaret Long. second daughter
. Secretary Long. has passed bril-
Liant examination and matriculated III
The medical department OF Johns Hop
&ins university.
Though always elegant and perfectly
dressed. the Princess OF Wales by no
means erEs on the side Of extravaganza.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-20

TO smuggle goods into the country that
the number of women inspectors has
been increased 10 nine. who are a.
present employed b. the New YORK
custom house
These women have nearly al occu-
pied their positions for 70 and IN some
cases for u years They are al women
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-20

less tea-however. I mean less had tea,
Tor good tea properly made. hurts no.
body. Then, too. the average woman
wants Il devote a longer time TO din
Ing and less to reforming the world.
Her complexion viii be better. her eyes
clearer. her hair healthier. and her
teeth viii remain in her mouth longer
Il she eats good food. properly cooked,
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their mothers. their bravery from their
fathers, while father and mother had
Sach contributed toward the intellect
Inere Is untold JOY in my heart when
the dress retormer talks. She is very
emphatic She is usually the shape Of
= shinsie. and she Ganns with a .
mat IS intense all corsets. while she
o'-eects to pretty underwear and con-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-20

the cabin passengers ss they land n
the dock Where there s. suspicion IN
formation Is privately conveyed g ths
iuspectreEs before tbe TasssnEern en-
bark ard she requests the aus-
psectsd woman as politely a. posalble -
step into The cabin f9r TIE p1rpose q
icing searched. In justice - TIE IL
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-08-30
LETTER FROM FAIRFAX.

Correspondence Alexandria Gazette
LINCoLNIA, Aug. 29.-Rev. A. R
Snedegar, pastor OF Lncolnia circuit,
has gone to Loudoun county to attend
the district conference of his church at
Mount Olivet, near Lovettsville.
Mrs. Lottie Burton, who lives near
Charlottesville, has been on visit for
several weeks to her relatives in Lou
doun and Fairf4x counties, among
them Mrs. A. V. Ferguson and daugh.
ter, near here.
Mrs. Leila Jameson, of La Crosse,
Wis, who has been on an extended
visit of month to her mother, Mrs.
Virginia Gardner, left for her western
home to-day.
Rev. Frank H. Reynolds, with his
wife and two daughters, Misses Leila
and Grace, (4lso related to Mrs. Gard
ner) will 90 to their home in Philadel.
phia this week.
Mrs. Francis A. Armstrong, Of
Washington, spent yesterday with Mrs.
A. V. Ferguson and daughter, return
ing to her home the same day, accom-
panied by her son, Willie, who was
here the past week at Mrs. Ferguson's
home.
Mrs. Anna Ball, who hos had a most
pleasant outing in this county for the
past few months, with her sister and
the latter's husband, Mr.. Willie SUIT
ton, near here, left yesterday to make
her home in Washington.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-08-30
CZAR'S PLAN OF PEACE.

Officials in Washington regard the
disarmament proposed by the Car as
utopian.
The Pope yesterday wired TO the En-
peror Of Russia a Message expressing
his qualification at the action OF the
Car in formulating and issuing his pro-
posal for universal peace.
DR.. Emil Reich, the eminent Hun
garian historian, in an interview on the
subject of the Cars peace note, ex
presses the belief that his majesty is
visionary. He says the Car is a
dreamer.
St. Pc ersburg newspapers declare
that the Cars manifesto will probably
constitute turning point in history.
The French newspapers generally
distrust the practicability of the Cars
peace scheme and indicate that France
would make the restoration of Alsace'
Lorraine prerequisite to her participa
ton in the conference.
The North German Gazette, referring
to the Cars peace conference proposal,
remarks: sour ornaments were never
intended for selfish ends, but only for
our own protection and for the mainte-
nance OF peace. We are willing to give
Il fair triel to another method of attain
ing the object at smaller cost"
The Zionist convention at Basic,
Switzerland, has passed resolution
expressing its profound thanks to the
Car for issuing his peace note.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-08-30
THE INSTRUCTIONS.

The instructions to the Cuban and Porto
Rican military commissions were drawn up
and approved by the President before he left
Washington, and are now ready to bs deliv.
cred to the president of each before he leaves.
The instructions will not be made public, but
their general terms are known to be the came
as the instructions sent to General Shafter re-
earding the government of Santiago and to
General Merritt regarding the Philippines
This will mean that the military commission
will take control Of Cuba and Porto Rico, the
same as the military governor now controls
that portion of Cuba surrendered to the
United States after the Santiago campaign
The many minor details relative to the evac.
uation of the islands are left to the commits.
sioners who will report any difficult or dis.
puted points to Washington. There never
has been doubt that the United States would
take full control of Porto Rco, but TIE in
structions to the Cuban military commission
settles any question regarding that island,
and means that for the present at least the
United States will assume the government
and control of the remaindcr of the island, as
has been the case in Santiago.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-08-30
T0-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
The Universal Peace Movement.

The Universal Peace Movement.
LONDON. Aug. 30.-Queen Victoria's
IL fiuence is really at the bottom OF the
extraordinary movement for universal
peace begun by the Car of Russia.
The Queen has insisted that there must
be no war in Europe during her lifetime.
Queen Victoria is Emperor Williams
grandmother, and she is connected
with the Gar through the marriage Of
the Duke of Edinburgh to the Grand
Duchess Marie of Russia, sister of
Alexander III. The Car and Empe-
ror having secured all they wanted BY
aggression and finding vast military
establishment burden, were willing to
heed the desire for peace OF their royal
relative. Emperor William considered
The idea of proclaiming peace when he
visited Jerusalem, but it was Nicholas
who first gave form to the idea. 1t is
believed influence of ErgIand's queen,
as it were, in the family circle OF Euro
pean royalty, was the moving force
With both.
A dispatch from Vienna says that no
doubt exits there that the Car himself
conceived the plan he proposed of uni
versal disarmament and he was guided
in doing so by purely humanitarian
and pacific settlements.
Dispatches from Paris say that the
newspapers of that city are generally
less enthusiastic over the proposal
than the rest OF the continental press.