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Griggs courier., 1898-08-05
Chinamen,s Brafns Are He

Chinamen's Brains Are Heavy.
The average weight of the brain of
the Chinaman is greater than that of
any other race on the globe except the
Scotch.
Griggs courier., 1898-08-05
IRnorant SDanish.

1t is said that ,two-thirds of Spain's
population can neither read nor write.
Griggs courier., 1898-08-05

Where Does Papa Come Ins
The Leipsig Tageblatt devotes col.
urn to the marriage market. An ad-
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-04-21
Mrs. Jefferson Davis.

The selection of New York as place
of residence by Mrs. jefferson Davis is
thus explained by friend in the Ma
con Telegraph: MRS. Davis told me
that the plantation at Beauvoir did not
afford living for herself and daughter,
on account of freshets, floods, the low
price of cotton, etc., and that it was
necessary for her to work for living.
The best work suited to both of them is
of literary character, and when they
began to look for purchasers of their
productions they only found them in
the north. They have made repeated
efforts to dispose of their work to south
ern purchasers, but have found the de-
mand very small for it, there being
practically no market for high class lit
erary work in the south, all of the big
publishers and newspapers that are able
to pay for it being in the north. Conse-
quently it became necessary to move to
one of the large cities, and they selected
New York There they find ready
market for all their productions, and
the income thus derived, together with
the small income from the Beauvoir
plantation, affords them comfortable
living "
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-04-21

der the monarchial regime that lately
prevailed Princess kaiulani would have
succeeded to the throne of Queen Liliuo-
kalani
Prince David is the son of David
Kahalepouli. "a famous high chief Of
Hawaii, aud Kinoiki Kekaulike. the
younger sister of Queen Kapiolani. No
one in all Hawaii enjoys a greater
measure of popularity than he.
He is devoted to the interests of Ha-
waii Under the monarchy he was des-
tined for place i'll the department of
foreign affairs He served there in mi
nor capacities for some time and gained
A reputation for ability that would have
stood him in coed stead had Queen
Liliuokalani continued on the throne.
The young man wears the dress of the
everyday New Yorker, just as the bride
to be wears the latest fashions from
Paris He is 20 years old, about feet
10 inches m height and has swarthy
face Both have visited in this country
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-04-21
Picturesque Millinery.

The reappearanoe of large gainsbor-
ough hats in chip and delicate fancy
braids, freighted with soft, dropping
plumes in white, pale pink. mauve and
black, and the wonderful exhibit of airy
muslins and lace shoulder capes and
tichus of every conceivable style and
length, says New York fashion writ
er, bespeaks in advance summer Of ex-
ceedingly poetic and picturesque styles
The new large round hats have nothing
of the gaudy, overlooked appearance of
the hats of the past winter, as a few
loops of broad. lustrous satin ribbon
and glittering jeweled ornament of
some description are the only additional
garnitures used with the plumes thus
far. Later OH the milliners will all sue
cumb to the great temptation of the ele-
giant, natural looking French flowers
sent over.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-04-21

Wood carving is rapidly coming into
favor with Chicago society women.
Hull House is the rallying point for the
entire fraternity, as it is here that the
Chicago Arts and Crafts society was
organized and here its principal meet.
ings are held. One of the most widely
known women of the wood carving fra
ternity is Mrs. Anne Higginson Spicer.
Her workGhopi is in the cellar of what is
known to her Deighbors as "Ye Little
Gray House The coy space now &C.
cupied by benches and all the parapher-
MALTA of = complete end artistic wood
working establishment was once coal
bin The history of Mrs Spicer's enlist
ment in the ranks of this craft IL simple
but unique Being unable to find in the
open market the kind of furniture
which she desired, she courageously de-
termined to learn how to make IL. At
first her decorative attempts were of tie
simplest character, but as she gradually
acquired a better use of her tools she
broadened the scope of her work and
essayed more difficult tasks, until there
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-04-21

are now few women who would attempt
to excel her in either originality of de.
sign or skill OF execution.
Her latest and perhaps most notable
piece is wood box, the front of which
is covered by u design symbolic of the
fire god. Even the heavy metal hinges
of the box bear testimony to her fine
craftsmanship, for she works in metal
as well as in wood. While this piece il
deliberately carved. it is also enriched
by fire etching-a branch of the decora-
tive art to which Mrs. Spicer has devot-
ed much time in the last year She does
her own finishing and staining and is,
in fact, able to construct piece of art
furniture, beginning with the wood in
the rough and carrying il through all
the processes of development to the last
touch of color. A piano bench, settee,
library table and several chairs In this
home stand as convincing testimonial
TO the fact that at least one woman has
been able to make furniture Of an artistic
quality not obtainable in the ordinary
channels of trade Chicago Post
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-04-21
Colorado Governor For SURFACE.

Governor Adams of Colorado has re-
ceived SO many inquiries about equal
suffrage that he has prepared circular
letter in answer, AS follows:
When the question was submitted in
Colorado, supported and voted for the
proposition as question Of abstract
right, as every fair man must admit,
when the question comes to him, that a
woman has the same right of suffrage
as man. In advocating suffrage you
need no platform but right and justice.
Those who will not accept it upon that
ground will not be persuaded though
one rose from the dead
i will, however, add that not even
the most virulent enemy of woman suf-
frage can prove that any harm has come
from the experiment. The test in Colo
RADIO is still too Few TO expect unani-
nous verdict, yet all fair minded OBJ
servers are justified in predicting a
higher standard Of moral and Of polit-
ical life as result Of woman suffrage.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-04-21

tea gown, and where full Russian
front Is inserted of soft material it IL
usually bloused slightly, quite low at
the waist line in front, being held in
place with ribbon or belt Of jewels
running across the front only Many of
the tea gowns have long stole ends that
reach quite to the bottom of the skirt
and may be Of lace, chiffon, net or Of
the material employed in the gown,
trimmed with ruchings, insertion or
tiny silk ruffies running across the stole
and placed at intervals the entire length
of this telling feature Of the gown.
They may be held at the shoulders with
rosettes or bows of satin ribbon, or they
may be set in at the shoulder seam. In
some gowns where this is the principal
trimming they start from the back at
the bottom of the waist line, crossing
the shoulders, where they are held in
place with full bow. and from there
fall gracefully to the lower edge Of the
skirt. When used this way, they are
generally made of chiffon, wide ribbon
or the half width of some soft silk, and
are laid in soft, fat folds in the back
and tackled to the gown in the back,
then hung loose in the front from the
shoulder.
The latest tea gown has demitrain,
which adds much TO the grace and ele-
gance OF the garment, as we'll as keep
ing the pace of the fashionable dress
skirt. Woman's Home Companion.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-04-21
English and American Factory Girls.

when the wrongs and expressions
of which the members of my sex are
victims, said an ardent reformer the
other day. work me up into such a
state that | feel can stand 1T no longer,
read the English newspapers.
Heroic remedy, commented the
aippant woman who makes biting,
empty club speeches.
Its positive cure for the divine
discomfort that comes of knowing too
much about the working woman and
he working woman S neglected chill
drcn continued the reformer thought
fully And although l am dissolved in
tears usually. before | get through go
back to my work next day with inf
uitely more courage and enthusiasm.
Striving to obtain higher wages and
shorter hours and working to have I'M
Just and unsanitary regulations abolish
I'd seem trifling tasks compared to the
herculean labors which confront the
English reformers. This month num-
Der of The Womens Trade Union Re-
view, for instance, gives an account of
the fish curing industry in England.
Girls Of Ia have been found TO be work
ing through Saturday night and until
O'Clock on Sunday morning The work
is trying at the best of times, and the
girls are described as crawling home in
an exhausted condition. No wonder
The processes of cutting, sailing and
packing are exempted from the protec-
ton Of factory legislation on the score
that fish is perishable, and the employ
ers take advantage of this fact, even
when the work in hand is not of an
urgent character
Then SOME of the women who do
the exquisite Irish embroidery OH linen
are paid not with money, but in packets
of candles, tea or soap, AS The Review
says, Thrift is great virtue, and one
which is always being inculcated in our
industrial friends, but unless they were
they could hardly cultivate
thrift on such payments as these "
And you really think these instances
you mention are worse than our sweat.
shops and factories?'
Our sweatshops as they exist now
are as good as the workrooms of most of
the up town department stores, and the
of the English and the Amer.
lean factory girl are as different as is
night from day.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-04-21
Frances RoIph Hayward.

Mrs Frances Rolph Hayward of Chi.
cago has the honor of being the only
woman lecturer on the programme OF
the Catholic Winter school at New Or.
leans. She is well known student OF
Scandinavian and other northern folk.
lores, and her lecture will be on the
"Kalevala, the great Finnish epic, a
subject she recently presented to Chi.
cago audience. Mrs. Hayward is the
daughter of John Rolph, figure in the
annals of British North America His
arraignment of Sir Francis Bond Head
during the troubles of 1887 is cited of
ten as masterpiece of oratory. Mrs.
Hayward taught for many years in the
Cincinnati Law school
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-04-21
Velvet should BE Plain.

Velvet is now pulled, waved, box
plated and accordion plated by ma
chine processes, and the result is any
thing but elegant 1t is like painting
the rose or pertaining the violet to thus
maltreat so beautiful a material as vel
vet. The rich, lustrous surface of the
fabric is spoiled and its value bemean-
ed by such manipulation swell starch
point lace or cut up sable into minute
fancy bits to trim a gown. If ever beau
ty unadorned is adorned the most, it is
in sparing the scissors and withholding
every sort of decoration from either
silk, velvet or costly fur
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-04-21
Federation Vice Presidents.

A clever little trick to which the wo-
mems club conventions are just now
prone consists in announcing some
speaker upon their programme as Twice
president of the General Federation of
Women's Clubs. AS only those we'll
versed in the mysteries of the federation
see through the trick, it usually works
like charm and is another proof of
the love the clubwoman has for any
thing titular, no matter how much or
how little the title implies According
to the constitution of the federation,
every president of the many hundred
clubs within the fold is a vice president
of the amalgamated body.-New York
Sun.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-04-21
Fa.hionabIe Side Comn..

Despite the fact that side combs for
the hair come in such cheap limitations
at present and are SO universally worn
as to be positively common. they are an
absolute necessity for the prevailing
mode of Undressing, 1t is impossible
to maintain the broad effect at the side
which is de rigueur today without the
aid of these combs, and though the fash
ionable woman cries out against fash
ion which can be so easily copied by
her less favored sisters, from a money
point of view, she has no alternative
but to accept the side comb, though in
such a style and at such price as to
render it inaccessible to the woman
whose pocketbook is not we'll filled.
The latest and most fashionable combs
are small, of shell or amber, handsome
ly decorated with finely cut steel
Sometimes the steel is merely narrow
band of beads; again it is arabesque, or
painted, or rounded, or a series of flower
de-luce or clover leaves The variety is
limitless, and as they are expensive and
not very easily copied in cheaper comb
they are considered very chic.
The matron or maiden who possesses
stock Of unset gems has her combs of
gold or silver set with precious stones,
and mary women who are known to be
the owners of beautiful jewels and who
would never be suspected of wearing an
imitation gem buy the almost perfect
counterparts of their real gems which
are shown in the shops in order to pre-
serve their more expensive combs. They
urge in explanation that the combs are
so apt TO fall out of the soft, fluffy rolls
of hair
Amber combs just at present seem to
be more in favor than the darker she'll,
especially for woman with moderately
light or real blond hair. The most up
to date ones are studded with colored
stones for evening wear, and if careful
ly chosen to harmonic or contrast with
the color of the hair these brilliant or
nairents are very becoming. Louis
Republic
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-04-21
Demiseason Costumes.

1t has now become the fashion to
have what are called demiseason CO.'S
tunes, and not only gowns, but hats as
we'll. This is decided innovation, for
in olden times it was only considered
necessary TO provide oneself with thor
ough outfits for summer and winter,
but now spring and autumn require just
as careful looking after and apparently
just as many clothes. In the early
spring and early autumn people former
ly did not mind looking little shabby
Now it is expected that not only should
the gowns that have been worn for some
time be freshened up, brushed and re-
furnished but ii is required that abso-
lutely new gowns shall appear. Fortu-
nately, while such gowns must be smart
and new and give hint of what the
style of the coming season is to be, they
are not necessarily expensive.
Light wool goods are greatly in favor
for the spring demiseason. They are
little too light in color az we'll as in
texture to wear in the street until the
spring fairly sets in, but they are very
charming for house wear Those seen
now are mostly in the wood colors and
the gray The hats are all what might
be called decorative in effect, quite gaudy
and as a rule of light felt Besides these
light colored gowns and gaudily trimmed
hats there are also many very charming
wraps and few velvet gowns These
last are without exception imported
gowns and certainly advance couriers Of
what we are to expect next winter
Harper Bazaar
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-04-21

About 20 years ago "a young Philadel-
phia woman. the daughter Of a physi-
clan and favorite in exclusive society.
startled her friends by appe airing at one
Of the hunt club meets riding her horse
astride. She was skillful horsewoman,
and she defended her innovation by say
ing that she could get more speed out of
her mount with more safety for herself
at the jumps by riding man fashion
than was possible with the regulation
side saddle.
Nevertheless the other women looked
at her frowningly, and her father open
ly expressed his displeasure Even the
men did not regard her with favor, and
she felt and looked decidedly uncom-
Portable But after few minutes. dur
ing which she seemed about to cry, she
braced herself mp, her cheeks flushed
and her eyes sparkled. III show you, .
she exclaimed, that can lead you all
the way over the course when riding in
this fashion,
She was mounted on fine thorough
bred, and as her weight was not much
over 100 pounds she certainly had some
reason to feel confident. The run was
across country, and there were several
stiff jumps. She was i'm the lead over
every obstacle, and the others were
beaten hy over quarter of mile. She
had carried her point but in Difference
to her father S wishes resumed the fem.
inino manner Of riding afterward. Now
young woman has appeared riding
astride 10 Boston. and the whole town
is trying find out who she is.-Phil-
adelphia Inquirer.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-04-21
Mary Lyon.

One bright Holyoke woman, who is
among the oldest of the Mount Holyoke
graduates, is thoroughly in sympathy
with all the advancing steps made there.
She says that Mary Lyon was in her day
most progressive and in advance of the
times, and if she were living today she
would not be only in sympathy with all
the new work. but would be even more
advanced. She even has a private theory
of her own that Mary Lyon set the old
seminary building on fire to make way
for the new college requirements.
Holyoke Tran script
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-04-21
Women In Postal Positions.

The new woman is very much in evil
dence in Uncle Sans Offices for in the
postofIices she prevails to the extent Of
1870. and in the various departments
of the postal service at Washington and
throughout the country the oath of Office
has been administered to over so, 900
women to qualify them for service in
handling, distributing or otherwise
dealing with the mails. Christian Ad-
yocate
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-04-21

A great deal Of plated material IL
used In Paris now to face revers and
flaring collars. 1t hardly matters what
the material is, and cloth, satin. nous.
seline de sole and velvet are equally
liked. On gown Of gray panne satin
q qneaxly cut jacket bodice has shawl
collar and straight revers that fall in a
point below the waist, faced with plait-
ed violet cloth. This Is the only touch
Of violet ON the dress, the rest Of the
trimming consisting Of ruchings of gray
mousseiine dc sole with headings OF
steel embroidery. Plated velvet sounds
heavy, but it is possible, and some Of
the velvet used this year Is extremely
light in weight. One sees small Jokes
and chokers of one piece Of velvet. with
the plaits running up and down. The
usual finish is loops OF ribbon and
mousseline do sole in the back.
Is not this an odd gown, perhaps
more original than prettyf The skirt is
of gold colored MORE, cut with a short
train. Over this is sort of tunic of
ecru guipure, mounted over black satin
that slopes away, polonaise fashion, in
front and is about half as long as the
skirt behind. About the waist is broad
sash of black mousseline de sole, with
tiny ruchings trimming the square bow.
The sleeves and square yoke are Of
shirred and ruffied mousseline de sole.
Lace caps fall over the sleeves, and lace
RIFLES trim these at the wrists. There
is nothing to forbid the tunic being
worn with skirt of any color, but the
old gold MORE is most effective with
the black and ecru. Paris Correspond
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-04-21
A Woman Manager.

Why is it that woman in the Sher-
born Mass prison earns more than
three times as much as man in the
Concord reformatory, and more than
twice as much as man in the Charles
town prison? This question. asked by a
correspondent of the Dedham Tran
script, can have but one answer 1t is
in consequence of the superior admins
trative ability Of the woman at the
head of the Sherborn prison, Mrs. Ellen
Johnson. Woman s Journal.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-04-21
A Prize Winner.

Miss Belle Moshier of Matteawan, N
Y. recently appeared at the Dibble OPP
era House, in that town, and won a
large sum of money for charity's cause
by driving 20 tenpenny wire nails up to
their heads in heavy joist of wood in
four minutes. She was presented with
a valuable piece of silverware. A few
evenings previous she received watch
as prize winner in a wood saving con-
test
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-04-21

A woman's Office building is to be
erected in st. Louis. The offices will be
rented to business women or to people
having business with women. 1t will be
the aim to attract dressmakers, MILL
ners, hairdressers, women manicurers,
chiropodists, newspaper women and
typewriters as we'll as woman physi-
clans and lawyers.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-04-21

Too much washing is apt to make the
hair harsh and dry. At bedtime the hair
should be unfastened and thoroughly
brushed and then plated loosely Hair
that is regularly brushed night and
morning will keep clean and glossy and
require less frequent washing
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-04-21

Pet calves are the latest fad Fash
ionable women in London are follow ing
the leadership of Signora Crispi, the
wife of the Italian premier, who ap-
pears at outdoor festivities followed by
a tame calf attired in richly adorned
coat of vellum
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-04-21

Miss Martha Darlington enjoys the
distinction Of being the only woman
court clerk in New York. She has been
made assistant clerk of the court of spe.
cial sessions, second division, and her
oatn of Office was administered by May
or Van Wyck.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-04-21

The Women's Christian Temperance
union is sending literature of various
kinds to the lumber camps in Wiscon
SIM New Hampshire, Massachusetts,,
Michigan, New York, Minnesota and
other states
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-04-21
W0MAN'S WORLD.
PRINCESS kAIULANI, WHO WILL BE-
CONE THE WIFE OF PRINCE DAVID.

English and American Factory Girls-Chl-
cago's Fair Carvers ~ Fashionable Side
Combs Demiseason Costumes Horse
back Man Fashion.
News comes from Honolulu that a
royal marriage has been arranged be-
tween Prince David Kawananakoa and
Princess Victoria Kaiulani. niece of ex-
Queen Liliuokalani
All that is necessary to make the be-
trothal formal one as BELTS Hawaiian
royalty is the signature Of dowager
Queen Kapiolani to deeds of family set
clement.
The bride To be is the daughter Of ex-
Governor Archibald Scott Cleghorn and
the late Princess Miriam Likelike I'm
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-04-21

Cardinal Gibbons has written letter
of sympathy to the women of New Or
leans who are forming good govern
ment league.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-04-21
BLADDER TROUBLES.

The bladder was created for one pur-
pose, namely, receptacle for the urine,
and as such it is not liable to any form
OF disease except by one of two ways.
The first way is from imperfect action
of the kidneys The second way is
from careless local treatment of other
diseases
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-04-21

The average weight Of dozen eggs
is about 81 Il ounces. One-eighth Of this
entire weight may be regarded as nitrog-
enous and nutritious matter, a greater
proportion than that of meat or of the
oyster
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-04-21

Never make a mistake in your call
ing. II you have brains 90 into bus
mess; II you haven't, go into society.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-04-21

81 know one lady, the mother of tire
children, who suffered greatly in tn
birth of each, who obtained bottle
Mothers Friend of me before he
fourth confinement, and was relieve,
quickly and easily. All agree that thei
labor was shorter and less painful.
JOHN G.. PoLHILL, Macon, Ga.