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Evening star., 1898-11-12
A ThOrghtful Man.
Fro m Life.

From Life.
Dudley Ito physician)-"Both women ate
fruit for supper, and 1 suppose it wasn't
quite ripe. Ny mother-in-law was taken
sick first: but, believing that my wife
would be soon seized with a similar attack
l deferred sending for you until You would
be able to kill two birds with one stone"
Evening star., 1898-11-12
Frozen Over at Inst!

From the Chicago Times Herald
The young man who has come back from
the far north and describes the Klondke
as "one vast. measureless hell of frost
ice and snow evidently has an fmagina.
ton which would make him a most suc.
cessful advertising agent for a circus
Evening star., 1898-11-12

Thousands of situations have been OH
tained through the want columns of The
Star.
Evening star., 1898-11-12
y 4
Running No Risks.

mo. sir" said the elderly man who was
sitting on . truck at q small railway sta
Evening star., 1898-11-12

Thousands of situations have been nh.
tanned through the want columns of The
Star.
Evening star., 1898-11-12

1t pays to read the want columns of The
Star. Hundreds of situations are Allied
through them.
The herald., 1898-02-13
A Veteran Worker.

One of the most devoted workers in
the cause of women is Mrs. Margaret
w. Campbell of Des Moines. Ia. who
is now 70 years old, but still very ac-
tive. She was born in Maine, and came
to Iowa great many years ago. Her
husband was an artist. and was also
an ardent suffragist. When Colorado
was about to be organized as state
Mr.. and Mrs. Campbell dropped all
other business and went to the terri
tory to work for woman suffrage. hop
ing to get it into the new state consti-
tuition. They travelled all over the
state. undergoing all manner of hard
ships and privations. climbing over
mountains on burros. riding In rough
wagons, visiting pioneers in their
homes in all parts of the new and wild
country. They did not succeed then,
but they planted the seed which after
ward ripened into the full right of suf-
frage now enjoyed by Colorado women
The constitution was so framed that
the question might be submitted to the
popular vote, and when it was submit
ted it was carried.
Mrs. Campbell for years travelled
from Maine to California, putting IN
most of her time for the equal suffrage
cause. For many years she was Lucy
Stones "right-hand man."
The herald., 1898-02-13
Far>Seeine Young Women.

Two young women named Kenway
WHO live in Klickital county, Washing
ton, have turned neat bit of money
as the reward of possessing business
sense and being stanch republicans.
The New York Sun says that when Nc
Knley was elected they rejoiced great
ly. and. being sure that few months
more would see a protective tariff in
operation, and wool bringing high
prices, they got together $1,S40, and last
spring bought a flock of sheep. Then
they hired a sheep-herder. and sent
their flock off to the hills to Craze on
free grass during the summer. Planning
to sell their newly acquired live stock
before the winter should make neces-
sary expensive care and feeding. AS the
summer waned they began to look
about for purchasers. They made three
separate sales. receiving for the sheep
a total of 81 ,4S0. They disposed Of the
last sheep before the cold and wet Will
ter weather began, and netted on the
The herald., 1898-02-13

there is nothing like 1T for strengthen
ing the muscles of the neck, shoulders
and arms. This is the way the baths
are taken: Suppose a girl wishes TO
take a rose bath. She puts quantity
of rose petals into bag and pours
quantity of boiling water sufficient TO
cover the bag over it. The water is al
lowed to boil hard for ten minutes 1t
is then allowed to COOL and is poured
into the bathtub, which must be halt
full of blood-warm water The bather
lies quietly in this for fifteen or twenty
minutes and suspends the thinking pro-
cess as well as she possibly can. 1t is
alleged that the treatment, if persisted
in two or three times a week. will put
the body in healthy condition and
give a glow and softnesS to the skin.
It's fragrance makes it delightful.
Crushed violets, oat straw and pine
needles can be substituted for rose
leaves, and all are prepared in the same
WaV
The herald., 1898-02-13
MILITARY GIRDLE
Made of Buttons From Sol
dierS' UnifOrms-==PeaCOCk
and Cameo Belts.

If you want TO proclaim yourself as
belonging to the army and navy set, p"
and therefore in very gay social
swim, you must wear a military belt,
which is not, as it's name might indi-
cate, a ponderous leather and gold af-
fair patterned after the kind belonging
to soldiers uniforms. 1t is indeed. the
product of much devastation of those
uniforms, but the articles plundered
| are not the belts, but the buttons.
Every fair damsel who has military
| friends smiles upon one after another
until she has persuaded each to mutt
late his regimentals in order to bestoW
upon her the one favor which she asks
above all others, a pretty brass button
from the front of his coat. In vain he
offers to bring her one the next time
he sees her; she will have none of his
promises, but will snip the button off
herself before he escapes her. In rare
cases. an officer gets off by promising
to bring her a half dozen or so, for of
course that would lessen her labor and
shorten the time before the necessary
materials for the belt We're collected.
Having obtained a couple of dozen of
these buttons, she hies her to a jeweler
who fastens tiny links to the edges Of
the buttons and connects them with
chains until sufficient girth is reached
to encircle her presumably slender
waist. A diamond shaped buckle is
then formed of the rest of the but
tons, and the belt is cOmplete-unless
thera should happen to be few of the
military souvenirs left in which case
they may be used for a chatelaine
The belt next in favor is designed to
represent circlet of peacock feathers
The feather part is dark. oxydized sill
yer. and the eyes" are made OF a pur-
pie enamel that glitters like amethyst.
Such d girdle costs twenty-five dollars
but it is a great favorite with the
swaggar New Yorker, twthstanding
the superstition that peacock feathers
are the pumage OF i'll omen.
In general. belts average about two
inches wide. and the newest ones are
made of a succession of round or
square pieces linked together over an
inner belt of silk-usually grey. to
match the silver. This Introduction Of
silk lining into the composition of a
metal belt is a new idea designed to
protect the dress from the constant
friction of sharp. or, at least, hard
points with delicate material.
Another innovation has the same
merits to recommend it as a certain
well-known health corset which has
been on the market for many years. 1t
is the belt with a spiral wire arrange
ment that stretches in accordance with
the movements of the body, allowing
free breathing and reasonable exercise
Young women who contemplate a
The herald., 1898-02-13
comfortable, tight sleeve of seven years

comfortable, tight sleeve of seven years
ago.
One young girl in rose pink had a
tiny sleeve cap of mousseline gathered
around the top of her arm.
The smallest bit of trimming at the
top of the arm Is sufficient sleeve. un-
less one wants to wear long one
reaching to the wrist. This sleeve is
being introduced into the new summer
evening dresses which are already on
sale in the large shops. The style will
be found extremely convenient for sum-
mer hops which are usually more or
less informal, and a dress so made can
easily be converted into an afternoon
gown after its first freshness has worn
off.
The evening gowns on exhibition are
characterized by the yards upon yards
of satin ribbon that are sewed in rows
around gauZe flounces and above them
on the body of the skirt, and then
above that, on the bodice itself. The
sleeves also have the same trimming
The ribbon Is not the baby" variety
but is about quarter of an inch wide
Pink mousseine or organdy trimmed
in this manner makes a beautiful dress
and. the principal elements in its COM
position being time and. patience, the
average girl can easily make it her
self.
Finally, no evening costume, however
| beautiful, is complete without a flow
er. feather, ribbon. or aigrette in the
hair. Young girls wear ribbon OF
flower set low on the hair. Matrons
prefer a high aigrette or feather.
ANNIE LAURIE WOODS.
Copyright, 1898, by Bacheller Syndicate
The herald., 1898-02-13
A WOMAN ASP|RES
TO A CONSULATE.
|Diplomatic Qualities Not
Necessarily Masculine,
Says Cora c. Weed.
SWITZERLAND HER CHOICE.
Has a Large Endorsement
Among Iowa Politicians
of Influence.
SWITZERLAND HER CHOICE.

We cannot all be teachers ana
stenograph nor even lady newspa-
per men," Some can be doctors, some
nurses. and others can enter matrimo-
NAL bonds.
For my part. propose to be CONSUL
if can get appointed" says the voice
of the advanced woman from the West.
And she is saying it pretty loud. too.
if the experience of Mrs. Cora c. Weed
Of Muscatine, Iowa. can be taken as an
indication of the trend of public sem
timent.
"There is nothing" says Mrs. Weed,
"in the requirements for consulate
which prevent a woman from filling the
position as we'll as a man. In fact, the
average man who Is appointed consul
has no special qualifications for the Of
fee. He does not even bother himself
to learn the language of the country to
which he aspires to be consul until af-
ter he is appointed. And as for train
ing to diplomatic service that is out of
the question until one is sure Of the
office
"rhe qualifications which should be
required are thorough acquaintance
with different languages, more especial
ly the one spoken in the country 10
which one aspires to be consul, as well
as some knowledge Of the customs OF
various countries acquired by GER
tain amount of travel"
Mrs Weed lives in a house beautiful
" situated at the top of blun over
looking the Mississippi river. 1t Is well
named "Eyrle," suggesting the eagles
nest from it's lofty height.
This brilliant woman who aspires to
fill a position never yet bestowed upon
any of her sex, is one of the most ~
fuential politicians in Iowa. The wo-
men of Iowa are not yet allowed to
vote, but they are said to WELD more
political power than the women OF any
other state in the country, perhaps ex-
cepting Kansas. Mrs. Weed Is an ac-
complished linguist. Thoroughly edu-
Gated and broadened by travel, and "as
to the grounds upon which l hope to
succeed" says this feminine aspirant
to a consulate, II refer, with pleasure,
to my extensive endorsement among
men of influence and political power"
Mrs. Weeds preferences as to locality
lie between Germany and Switzerland.
''These two countries" says She, ARE
attractive for many reasons to the con-
sulate seeker. Their people are more
congenial to Americans than those Of
other European nationalities, and life
there would be more nearly like that
to which they are accustomed at home.
ut is my belief that the time is ripe
for the recognition of woman in the
field of representative public service,
and upon this belief, as well as upon
the hearty support of political fr1ends,
The herald., 1898-02-13

$4,000 for the young Woman's cotillion
favors alone. 1t will be long time be-
fore the guests of that cotillion will for
get this fact.
And at the same time that all this is
going on in the exclusive circles of the
wealthy, the plain, ordinary daughter
of the middle classes, who doesn't both
er herself about coming out balls be-
cause like Topsy she has Gus crowd
up" in her own particular set. and
doesn't need introductions, is having as
good a time in her own way as any of
the girls in higher social strata.
Among them all, however, there is
none who so thoroughly enjoys herself,
and who so materially contributes to
the enjoyment of her associates, as
does the college girl, which term may
be broadened to include the girl who
comes under the influence of the college
environment-in short, the college
mans girl, who comes in for all the
fun attendant upon college life. That
this girl is the most interesting of all
the various types of the season may be
assumed from the fact that she finds
favor in the eyes of the college man,
for this youthful embodiment of inde-
pendence is bound by no considerations
of wealth or birth in the choice of her
whom he is pleased to regard as his
| best girl"
This is the damsel who will grace the
various Junior Proms." which take
place at different times from now until
June.
Princeton will follow Yale's brilliant
! lead this week with it's Junior ball,
to be given at the Casino next Friday,
February IL. Mrs. Grover Cleveland is
among the patronesses, distinction
which "old Nassau" enjoys over other
colleges as a result of proximity to the
home of the ex-president's family as
we'll as to the interest which the lat
ter have always shown in the welfare
of the institution. Naturally, every
young woman who expects to go is in
a futter of excitement over the affair
and the thoroughfares leading to the
principal New York shops have been
profitably traversed by such of the
pretty Jersey girls who are so fortu-
nate as to have admirers among the
Princeton men. There are plenty of New
York and Philadelphia girls who Eek
pect to visit relatives or friends at that
very time" within driving distance OF
the Casino, which is the scene Of the
The herald., 1898-02-13

From a social point of view, the
months of January and February are
to Winter what July and August are
to Summer, the chief differences be-
tween the two pairs of gala months be-
ing in the motive for each. The winter
pair is almost wholly devoted by the
society mother to the social interests
of her Notwithstanding TO her in
PRODUCTION into swelldom, her lunch
cons, calls, and above all, to her gowns.
In summer, however, she goes away to
rest from winter obligations well full
filled, and sets about to enjoy herself,
leaving the younger members of her
household to take care of themselves.
Just now is the most critical moment
in many an anxious mammals whole
year. Most of the debutantes of the
season have been brought out, but the
problem of keeping up social interest
in those same buds is as difficult to
solve as that of any advance agent for
a coming soubrette, or a promoter OF
interest in some new kind of soap. The
fact is, the debutante requires adver-
tising quite as much as any CONNER
cial commodity. and though it must all
be done in a delicate sort of way, it is
none the less a piece of high-art ad-
vertisement through the columns of
some society leaders mansion where
the young lady in question is to be the
guest of honor at a luncheon or din
| ner. This requires the enlistment of
ones friends interests instead of the
newspaper paragraphs at so much a
! line, which are the usual thing in less
delicate matters; yet the favor is one
which can be, and usually is, returned
in kind, SO that after all it is only a
| species of barter in which no money
passes from hand to hand. In many
cases, ones relatives do this sort of So
cial boosting. Very often, also, as in
| the case of Miss Josephine DreXel OF
New York, there is no need of any out
side assistance to the top of the ladder
and it is only gone through with as a
matter of form, as we'll as to give the
debutante a good time and chance to
display her natural powers of fascina-
ton. Miss DreXel has had the good for
tune of an opportunity to make an i'm
preston in two cities in the first year
of her coming out through the gener-
osity of her Philadelphia aunt, Mrs
Anthony DreXel, who has attained So
cial celebrity for both herself and her
| captivating niece, by spending nearly
The herald., 1898-02-13

ball, and many a new gown will re-
ceive its first airing there.
| One exquisite little dress which is
especially designed for the occasion is
, done in the Princeton colors, at the
| same time carrying out one of the lat
est fancies in evening costumery. The
| new fancy is to drape a thin white
gauZe over moderately dark shade Of
| taffeta. The taffeta in this case is, of
| course, orange, and the gauZe over
dress is white with edges of narrow,
| black velvet ribbon. The foundation
| skirt has a pleated founce around the
bottom about fourteen inches wide.
The overdress is cut up in long scallops
at the bottom which reach to the top
of the taffeta flounce, and are them
selves edged with a five inch pleating
of the white gauze finished with black
velvet ribbon, as above mentioned. The
waist has more pleatings of black
edged gauze over the shoulders, and the
/ inevitable sash with its long ends is a
perfect billow of pleated fiounces run
ming up the edges and across in zig-zag
fashion. The slippers to go with this
gown are orange satin, with black
headings, and the gloves are black
Black gloves for evening have most
unaccountable popularity, as is evinced
/ by the quantities of them which are
seen at the opera. The date of the
Princeton Prom" is so near to 81.
Valentines day that it may easily be
regarded as a Valentine dance, and
| probably will be, so far as the college
men and their sweethearts are con-
cerned.
Black enters into the composition of
a great many of the evening gowns one
sees at the opera. The fearless woman
with confidence in her figure appears
in black velvet cut very decollete, and
un-relieved, except for the cleaning
string of diamonds at the top of the
corsage. She also wears black gloves
which stop at the elbow, if her arm Is
pretty, or reach several inches above
in other cases. The glove that covers
all but the upper four inches OF the arm
is again in favor, and there is only the
tiniest bit of a puff for dress sleeve
at the shoulder. One of the box favor
ties who wore black velvet, the other
night at the performance of the Meis-
tersinger, had the beginnings of tight
sleeves at the shoulder in place Of
puffs. The effect was startling as
evincing a return to the positively un-
The herald., 1898-02-13
FIRST FEMININE
STATION MASTER.
Kentucky Girl Has Proved
Woman's Fitness for
Railroad Work.
WAS APPOINTED AT TWENTY.
Though a College Graduate,
She Preferred Business
to Teaching.

The Southern woman is rapidly be-
coming as new" as her Northern sis
ter. In some respects, she is more orig
inal in her choice of occupations thar
the woman of the North. who is grad
ually growing into conventional modes
of livelihood just as she formerly took
it for granted that her only aims in
life were marriage and housekeeping
In the South, however, where there are
not so many positions" open to wo-
men, those who are reduced in circum-
stances take the first opportunity which
offers itself, and pretty generally make
q success of it.
Miss Susie NJ Lasley of Rowland,
KY. is one of this type. She belongs
to a proud Southern family which is
one of the traditional IF. F. V's'-her
mother having come from Virginia. Her
occupation is unique, so far as members
of the feminine persuasion are con-
cerned She is the first fully equipped,
officially authorized, and legally bond
ed station agent among women. and
she is only twenty-five. What is more.
she has held the position for two years
having been. at the age of twenty. ap-
pointed to the Office which she had
Gus to that time.
At eighteen. she graduated with the
degree of A. 3. from South Kentucky
College at Hopkinsville. and soon Sc
cured a position as assistant to her
brother, who held the agency which the
young women herself now fills Then.
when the brother went off travelling in
Central America and his successor sud
j T 1.
time been keeping her eyes open and
learning all that was to be known
about a railroad station, was called to
fill the position.
LAS to the ability of a woman to fill
such a position" says Miss Lasley. II
quote the comment of the officials who
said at the close of the year. Your SER
vice has been altogether satisfactory
The requirements" she goes on to
say. "are a good general education.
with quickness and accuracy in mathe-
matics. One must be able. instantly
to tell the per cent accruing to the
particular railroad company to which
one belongs from a shipment of live
stock to Liverpool England, and at the
same time be able to compute and fur
nish ten cents worth of riding ma
terial' to the backwoodsman al the
ticket window.
"The characteristics demanded are a
good memory, quick judgment, and
self-reliance, combined with that rare
but saving grace, good temper
MY experience has proven that the
place can be successfully filled by
woman, demanding no more of those
small courtesies from the opposite sex
than any other position. I find the
work pleasant and interesting. and de-
void of the monotonous routine that
The herald., 1898-02-13

summer by the sea should either avoid
the cut steel belt or else ask for the
kind that is warranted not to tarnish
at the seashore, as there is a new va
riety now on the market which has this
guaranty.
Ingenuity in the arrangement of imi-
tation jewels has been taxed to the ut
termost in the making of belts, and the
desparing designer has turned his at
tention to imitation canoes. Mercury,
Phyche, Venus, Juno. and all sorts of
mythological characters are linked to-
gether in unclassical disregard of rcla-
tions or affinities, but they make a
beautiful belt and are affected by the
damsel whose pose is Grecian wherever
possible.
Copyright, 1898, by Bachelor Syndicate.
The herald., 1898-02-13

characterizes so much of the allotted
womans work. My home is one mile
distant, and whenever the weather
does not positively prevent it, I ride a
wheel to and from the station. | be-
lieve that clerical railroad work,
though as yet an untried field for Wo-
men, is a most interesting and con-
genial occupation, and girls who are
looking about for a means of livelihood
would do we'll to take it into consid-
eration.'
Copyright, 1898, by Bachelor Syndicate.
The herald., 1898-02-13
Photographs BY An Empress

The Empress of Austria possesses a
collection of photographs taken by her.
self during her travels of the last mine
wears. They consist of portraits of al
the beautiful women and girls whom
her majesty has seen. great number
of them being Italians and French. At
tached to each photograph is a paper
on which is written the name, age and
description of the lady depicted, to
getIher with the date on which the por
trait was taken and the place.
The herald., 1898-02-13

whole enterprise $1,000. That is, they
trebled their money in little more
than six months. Which proves that
the modern Bo-Peep is a much wiser
person than she was In Mother Goose's
time.
The herald., 1898-02-13
Where Women Suffrage Prevails,

In South Australia all adults enjoy
the rights Of franchise, and Mr.. King
ston, the prime minister, says that the
women appreciate the power and all
ways use Ut intelMgently.
The herald., 1898-02-13
Persian MourneSr.

The mourners at Persian funerVx
wipe away their tears with wads on
cotton wool or little sponges, which are
afterward squeezed into bottles. The
tears are preserved as a powerful and
efficacious restorative for those whom
every other medicine has failed to re-
vive. This constitutes most impor-
tant part of the obsequies Of the dead.
The herald., 1898-02-13
Cora C. Weed Of Muscane a Seeks Appointment Consul

| base my hopes of success in obtain
ing the appointment"
Copyright, 1898, by Bacheller Syndicate
The herald., 1898-02-13
Flower Bath for Women.

One of the latest whims of women
who can afford to indulge their whims
is the flower bath. 1t is claimed that
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-01

Scalchi and Patti use the Kimball in
public and private,