The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-21
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The Bicycle as a Practical Dress Re.
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The Bicycle as q Practical Dress Re.
former-suffnse Agitation
The bicycle Is factor Iniptescnt day
lIieithat has broad ened both the nastti-
line and the feminine View OF many.
things In san Francisco. during the
campaign for equal suffrage. the wheel
mems leagues supported the amend
ment. The /. A. W. Bulletin recently
published the following editorial: The
bicycles the most ferceful and prncti-
cal dress retormer that the world has
ever known. a great many ladies who,
during the bicycle riding season. have
learned 10 appreciate the worth and APP
proprinteness Of the bicycle skirt, are
now, strongly opposed 10 putting It aside
during the snowy and sloppy seasons OF
winter. To wear u burden OF long skirts
bedraggled with snow and mud 10 not
only to forego the pleasure of an outing
but 1t 10 TO invite sickness and even
death Itself. Isthere q man who would
suffer such an abomlnatloni to be fas-
tened upon him simply because pre-
cedlng generations did not possess the
independence TO correct the evil? The
number OF persons who, to-day, think
neat. clean skirts, coming just TO the
shoe tops, nre less lady-llke than q
trailing condemnation OF mud or dust
or snow and q half.n-hundred weight
or garments, Is not large. Short skirts
are lady-llke; -bedraggled skirts
are slovenly. We certainly do not think
man Is more OF gentleman because
he Will not roll up hls trousers In
muddy street. preferring to slop along.
regardless OF conditions or conBe-
quences. Since when was dirt made SO
respectable! The street-sweeping, dust
gathering skirts are being more COM
plained against than they ever were
before. The bicycle sklr. promises TO
become the popular thing In all seasons
when there Is dust or mud or snow to be
avoided. h h
la Fronde"ds the title OF n new daily
paper published in Paris which is ed
tied, printed and managed entirely by
women. 1t Is published In n handsome
building of Its own. and treats OF all
matters OF interest 10 women, from
gowns 10 political equality. One Of It's
objects is 10 secure TO French women
the same amount of respect In France
that American women already enjoy In
America. "
State Senator Munroe has introduced
in the ulonois Legislature bill reieas-
Ing the property Of women from taxes
SO long as the right OF suffrage Is de-
MED to women. ~
In his article on the Causes of Pow
erty." the late Francis A. Walker rec
ogntZed the value OF agitation for wo-
man suffrage. He said: I'm some de-
gree the working classes have them
selves to blanc that their. condition Is
not more tolerable. In former times,
before social and political agitation
had wrought its great work. the state
OF things In this respect was much
worse. We have to thank .women's
rights chartism, the extension OF the
suffrage, public discussion. arc even
district soclallstic agitation, for no
small part Of the Improvement in these
respects which has taken. place"
GEN. wAsHINGroN,s COURTESY.
In the January Century" there is an
article by Martha Litueheid Phillips,
giving "Reoollections OF Washington
and His Friends" The author Is a
granddaughter OF the youngest daugh-
ter OF General Nathaniel Greene. and
she tells the following story In the
words OF her grandmother, concerning
a visit of the latter TO Washington at
Philadelphia:
Zone incident, which occurred during
that visit was so comical IN itself, and
SO characteristic. OF Washington, that I
recall It for your entertainment. Early
in bright December morning, droll-
looking old count:vman called to see
the President. In the midst OF their
Interview breakfast was announced;
and the President invited the visitor, as
was his hospitable wont on such occa-
s!ons, to seat beside him at the table.
The visitor drank his coffee from his
saucer; but lest any grief should come
TO the snowy damask, he laboriouslv
scraped the bottom OF his cup on the
saucer's edge before setting it down on
the table cloth. He did 1t with such au-
d!ble vigor that Il attracted my atten-
ton, and that OF several young people
present, always or the alert for occa-
sions OF laughter. We were SO lndis-
Greet as to allow our amusement TO be-
come obvious. General Washington took
in the situation, and Immediately
adopted his visitors method OF drink
Ing his coffee, making the scrape even
more pronounced than the one he re-
produced. Our disposition to laugh was
quenched at once"
HOW STANTON DEFIED LINCOLN.