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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-10

mist alive, and it Is certainly IN eTi-
dence that when the decree went forth
| that woman thould be clothed it did not
provide Tor the possibility Of her having
to go outdoors when there was q spell
of bad weather. However, skirts are go
ing to last through this generation, at
least, and ever rainy day dresses are yet
on trial, so that the man or woman who
makes an effort to ameliorate the condi-
ton of the female traveller under show
cry skies is still an angel in disguise.
w have no special panacea for Che
Ills of rainy days to offer, but there are
D few hints that may not come miss,
since winter has arrived and we may
look for sloppy weather for some months
20 come.
In the first place, then, the average
woman does not as yet seem to know
how to take care of her feet WHEEL abe
goes about on shining pavements and
lodges little pools and puddles.
Rubbers are a matter Of course to
most of them, but it is astonishing how
many women will leave them at home
when they should put them on. There
are excuses for not donning abbreviated
skirts, but neither rhyme nor reason can
defend the neglect of rubbers when it
rains. The next things not often thought
Of are leggings. Now, every woman
knows that when she braves a storm of
rain or snow she may be protected from
head to foot, but she will invariably
feel cold above her shoe tops and almost
to her knees. The shortest of rainy day
dresses will not do away with that
damp feeling about the calves of the
legs that lasts for an hour after women
get indoors.
Here, then, is the hint for rainy day
dresses or for long skirts: Put IN rub
bers first, then don stout leggings, and
the widest storm Of winter cannot dis
turb your comfort. Any coat will keep
your body warm, a cloth hat protects
the head perfectly, all skirts shelter the
limbs above the knees, but leggings
alone will keep the lower legs warm,
and it is not a wise woman who begins
d winter without them.-Pittsburg Dis
PATCH
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-10
How the cradle Was Rocked.

A traveller going through a sparsely
settled country, says the New York Obs
server, came to a lonely cabin, and,
finding the door open, went in. Nobody
was in sight, but in the center of the
room he saw a cradle, with a baby lying
in it fast asleep. The cradle was rocked
back and forth with great regularity,
and he was puzzled to know what kept
it in motion. On examination he found
a stout cord attached to a nail driven in
the side of the cradle and passed through
an anger hole in the side of the house.
He took up the trail, which soon led
him into a ravine, where a donkey was
standing and switching his tail. The
mystery was explained. The other end
of the cord was attached to the donkey's
tail, and the constant switching kept the
cradle in motion. 1t was an ingenious
device on the part of the mother to keep
her baby asleep while she went off for 3
time.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-10
The

The ~saut-de-lit, or jump out of bed,
is incest built of soft French flannel or
of double faced cashmere, and should
hang in a double box plait behind, with
straight seams under the arms and q
very ample front that will fold widely
about one with one gesture, the collar a
wide shawl affair that rolls back down
the whole front. For instance, in white
double faced cashmere a wrap is lined
with pink cashmere, which rolls over
to face the broad collar and shawl
fronts, the japanese sleeves being long
enough to urn widely up to show the
pink lining. The edges are all piped
with a cord of pink silk, and a thick,
pink silk rope may be knotted about the
waist, run through the little white rib
bon loops, either under or over the
plaits of the back. Philadelphia Times.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-10
Woman In Art.

The progress in art made by women
in America is certainly remarkable.
What a record indeed could be present.
ed to the reader did space permit of
those fair artists who honor our coun-
try Someo of them are portrait painters,
prominent among whom is Miss Mary
Flower, niece of the ex-governor Of
New York. while others make a speciality
of book illustrations, in which Miss
Mildred Howells excels. She is a daugh-
ter Of William d. Howells, whose poems
she has admirably illustrated, and she
also appears in magazine art. Miss Elsie
Clews, daughter of Henry Clews, the
banker, is a very clever painter, and
other names have recently attracted no.
tice. Here, too, is Miss Fagnani, who,
though not of American birth, seems
Americanized in sentiment, and who in-
herits taste and Skill from her father.
He painted the best portrait OF Byron,
and also a number of the crowned heads
of Europe, and his mime MUSES." has
been exhibited in this city. Miss Fa-
gnani makes a speciality Of miniatures on
ivory, and this style, which Malone
rendered SO popular in old times, is now
coming into favor among the richest
art patrons.-New York Cor. Troy
Times.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-10
They WIN Wear BIoomers.

Mrs. Hannah Gould and Ga other
women, including trained hospital
nurses and a dozen missionaries, sailed
from New York on Dec. Is on the
steamer City of Columbia, bound for
the Klondike. Mrs. Gould intends to
build a hospital and mission house at
Dawson City. The population of Daw-
son is said to be made up at present of
II women and 1000 men, which shows
that there is room there for good wonl-
ell. All but two of the women who
have just sailed possess independent
means. 1t is said that all will wear
bloomers.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-10
OLIVE Logan.

A stout woman, wearing black gar
ments and a poke bonnet, rather Eng
lish in appearance and dress, was look
ing on in the visitors gallery Of the
house at the opening of congress. It was
Olive Logan, the Washington corre-
spondent Of over 80 years ago, who
wrote of statesmen in the days when
women correspondents were few and far
between. Later she married an English
husband, Sykes by name, and has lived
in London many years. She is still we'll
preserved and fine looking. Il have come
back to Washington to live, she says.
after going all over the world I find
no place SO delightful as a residence as
our American capital. "-Chicago Trib-
une.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-10
Lord Cochrane,s Fighting Boy.

Lord Cechrane was one of the create
est naval commanders England even
had. While he was serving Chile in
1917 as the commander in chief of her
navy he fought an engagement with his
5-year-old son by his side. Lady Coch-
rane had to come from Santiago to VAL
paraiso to see her husband off to the
war. AS she was looking out of the
window of her house and listening to
the gun that was summoning all hands
on board for the last time she saw her
little son in the arms of the first lieuten-
ant, waving his cap and shouting, give
la Patrial p as he was carried to the
beach. E
The '.Sea Lion's'' cub had insisted on
going with his father, and before his
frantic mother could reach him he was
in the boat under way to the flagship.
Lord Cochrane could not delay the feet
to send him back. 1t seems probable he
was glad to get him, for if the first lieu
tenant had not had a pretty good notion
of his masters desires how would he
have dared bring the boy aboard? The
youngster was without other clothes
than those he had on, and he was rugged
out in suits made of canvas by the de-
lighted sailmaker.
Before the first engagement Lord
Cochrane locked his son in the after
cabin, but the youngster was not his
son for nothing. He wormed himself
through the quarter gallery window,
Joined his father on deck, and, strange
as it may seem, was allowed to stay
there. He stood there in his miniature
midshipman s uniform and handed pow
der tins up and down to the gunners.
Presently a shot killed the marine next
him, and he was covered with BLOOD
but he rushed instantly to his father,
crying:
81 am not hurt, papa. The shot did
not touch me. Jack says the ball is not
made that can kill mammals boy"
After that he was ordered below and
carried away screaming, but victory ran
in the family, SO to speak. and he got
on deck again and was at last allowed
to stay there till the last gun was fired
philadelphia Press.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-10

zest to the daintiness of a refined dim
ner. CARRIED in a studiously simple uni
form, moving silently and discreetly,
the maiden butler Isl charm to the eye.
Even women who are the most punotili-
GUS in matters of this sort have become
enthusiastic over the advantages of the
change, while the masters, no longer
irritated over the disappearance of their
expensive cigars, the evaporation, as it
were, Of their rare wines, wonder how
they ever tolerated the male butler.
The tardy discovery of the superior
charm and use of the we'll trained house
maid is the result of woman's Nj tact
and determination. 1t seems that for q
good while back young women have es-
tablished schools for the training Of
mattresses. Gradually their a~ptitudes
in conjunction with the lofty and most
unmanageable male domestic has been
forcing itself on households. Now, of
course, the pRans Of the chatelaine
would go to indicate that the finding Of
this household jewel is pure accident.
Those Of the homeless race, compelled
to eat in restaurants for many a day,
could have told the story. Are there not
innumerable tidy eating houses in Phil
adelphia where beauty aids appetite and
decorum presides over all, where the
slovenly man, swirling soup and what
not over the hasty diner or luncher is
no longer known, where the pest Of the
poor-the "tip''-has disappeared and
the modest client gets all he pays for?
1t will be found in the course of time
indeed if it be not already admitted
that there is no sphere that woman can-
not adorn, and adjoining recreate.-
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-10
Clever Child Acrobats.

Two little child acrobats of London
named Rafail and Rosario, perform the
most remarkable feats of balancing.
The boy, Rafail, is a young Hercules.
He supports Rosario by her neck in his
hand, and she keeps her balance for sew
eral minutes-a most difficult thing to
do. She must keep her body absolutely
rigid. and the boy has to combine
strength and skill in a wonderful de-
gree. Rafail sometimes uses Rosario as
human dumbbell and lifts her up from
16 to 90 times with seemingly ne effort
at all.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-10
Woman as a Humorist.

The question has often been pro-
pounded, elias woman as thorough a
sense of humor as man-does she enjoy
the ludicrous as fully?" This question
is never asked by a nan who has fallen
down on the ice in close proximity to a
party of ladies. 1t is more generally
asked by a crusty old bachelor or a per-
son who wants to fill up a page OF man
uscript, for as far as depth of enjoy
ment is concerned daily observation
must convince any impartial observer
that a woman does enjoy a fine point or
a whimsical image quite as much as a
man.
Laughter, except that growing out OF
exuberance of pure joy, is apt to be
iconoclastic in it's nature. 1t is often
prompted entirely by agents of destruc-
ton instead of the quieter forces of har-
mony. A great deal of the merriment Of
the world is produced by satire. Some
Of this, which is the most amusing, is
the most abusive and hardest to bear for
the individual or society at which it is
aimed. The clubbing of a man or a
number of individuals with a lame
which sadly detracts from their dignity
or credit may for the moment force a
laugh, but when we think of this name
sticking to it's recipient throughout life
it should certainly give us pain. With
the pleasurable emotions arising from
such methods of provoking laughter it
may be acknowledged woman is not as
highly affected as man. But this is not
because of her failure to see the ludi-
crous, but rather because Of the diff
Guilty che finds in taking pleasure in
what she knows gives pain to others.
Her disinclination to this species of hui
NOR is not accidental. 1t is not the char
acteristic Of any one oma 1t is par
taken of to a very great extent by the
whole sex. Her actions prove this. She
has shone in every other kind of writ
ing, but there never was a great woman
s~atirist. -Exchange.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-10
The London School Board.

1t is considered a marked honor to
hold a position upon the London school
board, and as a rule only men and
women of known ability and high posi-
ton are chosen. Women are greatly
in favor in this capacity, and in the
elections women householders are not
only qualified, but are urged to vote.
Out of a board of 55 recently elected Z
are women-a larger proportion Of
women probably than is represented
upon the school board of any American
city. Two are of especial ability and
thoroughly experienced in educational
matters. They are Miss M. A. Eve and
Miss Honnor Morten.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-10

A tall, herculean Gascon, astride upon
a wretched pony, encountered as he rode
over a bridge a richly dressed cavalier
mounted on u noble steed. Saluting the
horseman, the Gascon said to him:
81 will bet you ten golden pieces that |
can do with my horse what you can't
with yours"
.Done, : said the cavalier, w~hereupon
the Gascon d~ismounted from his miserable
hack, and, taxing it up in his arms, threw
it over the battlements into the river,
thus winning his wager, to the great dis
comfiture of the owner of the noble steed.
Nuggets.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-10
Probably They Did.

A smart little boy was told the other
day about a man who kept two little al
ligators.
sAnd, " said the teller, "what co you
think he called them?"
Couldn't say"
"He called them Right and Left-be-
cause they were a pair of gators"
"Humph!'f said the smart little boy.
ssThen they went on feet, of coursep'-
Harper's Young People.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-10
The Latest Kinks In Dress Garniture.

II L1 L
The very newest trimming, and the
one that will lead another season, is the
narrow fringe which carries u moth
ers back to the days when our grand
mothers best gown had rows of fringe
as the fashionable trimming. The truly
fashionable woman this season looks,
indeed, a veritable princess, decked out
in real and imitation jewels for which
fashion has found so many uses. They
sparkle at every movement, from the
crown Of her head to the toe Of her
pointed slipper, and appear at the most
unlocked for places in her garments. 1t
is indeed pre-eminently a season OF jew
eled effects in fashionable costumes.
Light colored velvet gowns are trimmed
with fine cut steel or silver passemen-
terie, ribbons, chiffon, gimps, jeweled
nets and laces, with the addition of
bright flowers on the low cut bodice.
Panels of lace and beaded effects are
also seen on the skirts of both black and
colored velvet gowns. -Woman's Home
Companion.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-10
women n aome Builders.

The San Francisco Chronicle. in an
editorial on women as architects
home builders, says:
The mistress Of the household is the
only person who can properly direct the
banging Of a door or the placing Of a
fireplace. She is the only person whose
anerring instinct tells where q window
must be placed in order to render its
light Of the greatest service. She alone
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-10

Nine. Marguerite Durand is to be the
editor of a new paper for women that
is to be started in Paris. Mile. jeanne
Chauvin, the would be barrister, takes
change of legal questions, and other de-
p~art1nents + conducted by women
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-10
Things of Beauty.

IL am told that you have many dainty
dishes at your boarding house, said Kill
duff to Goldsborough.
ssW We have, = replied Goldsborough. 1.-THE
landlady S daughter is a very skillful china
painter. Detroit Free Press
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-10

of interest is manifested among the
athletic and sporting element in favor
of individual sleighing, and the preva-
lent sleigh is very similar to the Swed-
ish running wolf" The cut shows the
way it is built and how it is put to-
gether.
AS it can be folded into a small space,
it is very convenient to carry, and its
weight is inconsiderable. 1t is steered
with either of the feet, and the handling
Of it is easily acquired.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-10
Advent Of the woman Butler.


Even fashion has succumbed to the
superior charm of women in an unex-
pected role. 1t is asserted on credible
authority that young women have begun
to displace men as "butlers'' and table
servers among the most distingue in
Washington. The extent of such a v
luton can only be measured by the &C.
cult meaning for ages attached to the
presence of men in the dining room and
pantry. It wasa at once a proof of wealth
and status to maintain a butler and
male aids in the dinner function. In
every truly afduent house the butler has
seemed indeed as Indispensable as the
chef or the host. In fact, the host might
be dispensed with, but the butler, never!
Countless causes have beer concurring
to make the butler a trial TO the chate-
laine. He is apt to be exacting, certain
to be arrogant, and it turns out inevi-
tably ~predaceous as to wines and costly
comestibles. In the regime Of the do
nestle, too, he has long been identified
with the brawls and melees that distract
af1uent repose. He not only helps him
self to his masters choicest vintage; he
is known to dispense it with profusion
among his fellows Of the stable, the
pantry and even the argui Of the side
walk. His downfall was not a matter
of concerted plotting on the part of re-
voting masters and mistresses. The
fact that the dining hall and kitchen
regimen could be carried on without
him was the result Of tentative expert
ment.
Several danes Of high standing, en-
inent for the distinction of their din
ners, made a trial of well drilled maids
On elaborate occasions. The result was
such a triumph that the experiment has
gone on and on, until now it is credibly
affirmed that scores of millionaire house
holds in the metropolis have banished
everything in the form of man from in
terror or domestic service. The butler
maid. as pictured. really adds q new
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-10

It is somewhat 1attering to Ameri-
cans that as a result Of Lady Aberdeen's
recent visit to the New York School OF
Applied Design For Women Lady Aber-
deem has sought cooperation in the for
nation of a similar school in Canada.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-10

There is in Chicago a woman who
calls herself a scientific packer, and
by means of this science she has in
six years supported and educated three
children and laid up a nice little sum
in the bank for the proverbial rainy
dav.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-10
srain Robbsns In siberia.

instead Of civilizing the regions through which
it passes. is teaching the natives the art Of
robbing trains, which is greatly in vogue.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-10

graduate of the Chicago Art institute.
Her ability as an instructor at Milford,
Ills, had met with general recognition
when she was called to the chair of fine
arts at the Valparaiso Art institute.
which is connected with the Northern
Indiana Normal college there.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-10

In the Cathedral at Cologne is a magnificent
chapel, in which are still kept three skulls
reprited to be those Of the three Magi.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-10
Peaconk.

Old Christmas fare did not include the mod
ern Christmas bird-the turkey-a roasted pea
cock taking its place on the festive board.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-10
Narrowest street IN the world.

Chinese streets are supposed to be the mar
rowest in the world. Some Of them are only
eight feet wide.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-10
MISS MAY BALL.
The Youngest and First Woman Director
of an Art Institute.

Miss May Ball of Valparaiso, Ind,
daughter of Cashier Erasmus Ball of
the First National bank at that place,
is the youngest and first woman director
of an institute Of fine arts. She is a
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-10
FOR LITTLE FOLKS.
A New Style Of Tobogganing
Sled Used for Tours Through
Norway and Sweden.

Tobogganing is an unknown sport in
central Europe, and it is only since the
popularity &C touring in Norway and
Sweden has brought the Germans into
closer contact with their northern neigh
bors that sleighing and coasting is prao-
ticed by adults, while formerly this
healthy amusement was left altogether
to the children. This season a great deal
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-09-29

All the evening the leaders have
been fighting hard and there il promise
Of heated session. tomorrow, unless
some understanding Is arrived ct. The
fight seems to be the delegates below
tho Bronx as against those above n
and SO far the latter arc In the ascend-
ency. The convention will assemble A.
II tomorrow, and Frank Schraub ~
Lewis. will be the permanent chair
man.
The committee will report and the
silver men In the convention win prob
ably try to have the platform amend
ed. 1t il probable that the convention
Will finish It's work by night.
To some newspaper men, tonight. Mr.
Croker said that Mayor Van Wyck was
not a candidate but there 10 a general
indication that he has been permanent.
iy Withdrawn.
The Chicago platform Democracy. at
a meeting held at 66e City hall. to-
night. to organize bolt Of the REGULAR
Democratic ticket. should tie platform
OF 1896 be ignored, was spit nearly
even by bolt among its own mem
bers. Dissatisfied by ruling or
Chairman Henry Mcdonald OF New
York, half or nearly half OF the dele
gates followed the lead Of Calvin y.
Reach Of Lansingburg, and quit the
hall, after meeting at which disorder
prevailed to an extent that the presid-
ing officer was powerless to control
There were 121delegates present.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-09-29
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