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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, II 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 l 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 n darling? l mean the one that is
made entirely of lace insertion and dot
ted muslin. The other gown is dinner
dress of chiffon. embroidered with white
pearl beads. with accordion plated
chiffon on the shoulders. The hat, which
| makes 1t 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
a white ostrich tip Just behind IL. How
well those Frenchwomen pose How
careful they are to get the right sort of
buNhEiouilui iHty KNOW now 10 nave
the harmonies in life. But there lis
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 X insists on spelling
1t with a c.
We are all in harmony as to the
beauty of new bonnet. even II its
value as rated by you and me be diff
ferent from that as rated by the mill
liner.
We are pretty harmonious lot take
us all in all. for nobody is anxious to
so to war, but IL war does come we
will meet the people who want to fight
and show them lust how valuable we
are in Il fight. won't we? OF course we
Will. Your neighbor thinks SO, and SO
does her neIghbor. who is next door
neighbor TO
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rather slowly and chats merrily in be-
tween. l myself believe In reformation,
but every proper thinking person be-
lieves that reforms. like charity, ought
TO begin Mt home. The woman who
wants to keep a man out of tempta-
tion in the evening is much apter to
succeed by having a good dinner, be-
ginning at O'Clock and lasting until 0,
than by all the preaching Ia the world.
After Q o'clock the average man who
has consumed good dinner and is en-
joying his smoke and q glass Of cordial
feels so comfortable that he doesn't
want to go out, and a woman must he
a fool who can't entertain man who
has had good dinner. Why doesn't
somebody start society for the
propagation OF good foodP I would
be willing to join and to work to make
It a success, and ] possess a rabbits
foot and hare's ears and am said to
bring good luck.
never grow patriotic except when !
am talking about the blessings. as far
as food is concerned, of the people of
this country. We have everything that
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Jected to this search. Indisnuteb,o -,
denee is generally secured before ~,
is resorted to. MS
One of the women, who bas H.
many years in the employ of tho o, ,or
tom house in New York. told mo ,, US
the means resorted to by women so', ma'
glers in their efforts to get good i ,Ns
the country free of duty We're 60 ''''
genious that they compelled ad,a,.-
ton. "N''''ra'
The woman smuggler" sho s,,s IA
tho nerviest type of criminal
rule, she is working in colh,st,. es
some man. although there have t 'n
Instances where eressmakers have AZ
tempted to smuggle in laces and -, At
OF THIS sort entirely for their own az
me oustie was one of the most fayorl,.
modes of conveying smuggled goos.
ashore and when the very large brs.is
was used season or two ago if w.
possible FOR woman TO get in ,vbo,o
pieces OF SILK and rolls of lace In M
way. "a 'hls
Then Innings were utilized n
lace and other fancy articles in. ana V ~
some cases so secure did the worii ~
smuggler feel of herself that she bara,'
made any effort to conceal the d.
ton; at least 1t would Seem ga 10 ~
trained eye of the inspectress , .ue
could at once detect sometime ,,r '1
| in the hang of skirt or the %, ~
jacket. VI
| when detected, the woman snr,,,,.
as a rule resorts to tears and AZ
gives away her male accomplica ha,
If she be an old offender her mann, :.
that of all criminals. cool and dadar,
These women are invariably rlcbir
dressed and have plenty of money ani
| Jewels so 1t would seem that thev mai.
1t pay in spite of the precautions ,b,,
are taken.
| 'One or the strangest cases we b,r,
mad was that of a German immlsr,,
! woman whose baby's body was vor,i
around with more than so yards Of La,
She had been employed by a woman
smuggler in the cabin and hardly nm.
derstood what her offense WINS whsn
she was confronted with the evdenrs
of it. This baby. by the way. was tbe
youngest smuggler on the records be.
ing only 10 months old 1t was allowed
to go with a reprimand.
"The restrictions that are emnlovaa
at present by the customs officers maks
| smuggling more difficult task than
ever before. The examinations are no
longer superficial. and there is special
watch kept on board ship during voy-
age. No doubt women of respectable
appearance who are clever enough to
avoid suspicion will always be able to
get In small articles such as lace. fans,
jewels. etc. for 1t would not do to ac-
cuse people wrongfully. But since the
employment of women as inspectresses
the woman smuggler has ceased to be
as daring as of old.
There are some important cases OF
attempted smuggling on the part Of
women who are about to start from the
other side with goods which are to be
struggled into this country II possible
and In some of these cases cable will
call an inspectress to the port from
which the suspected woman is to sail.
She is observed closely during the voy-
age and her acquaintance sought for
by the inspectress, masquerading in
some other role for the time, In this
way many smugglers have been de-
tected." KATE MASTERSON.
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sive beef is that labeled FROM Amer
ica." and English housckeepers. 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 1t 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 actually.
1t docs not cost cent more to have
a decent dinner than to have bad one.
1t is true 1t 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 l sug-
gest should be started. would take
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New York, March 10. - When big
steamship from Some foreign port an
ohors at quarantine for the health Off
GERS visit, the would be smuggler, man
or woman, must certainly experience
thrill of nervousness at the idea that
the crisis of the voyage is at hand.
If 1t be the amateur. with some small
article slowed away In his trunk or Sc
cretai on his person, he probably will
feel more fearsome qualms than the ex-
perlenced 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 n 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
wearer's eyes. Women have always
been fond of smuggling, but it Is only
within comparatively recent years that
they have made 1t 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 Sc
many attempts on the part of women
to smuggle goods into the country that
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-19

is good all the year round. and we have
not the sense to appreciate 1t.
In England, where they go to an i'm
mense deal of trouble about good serv-
Ice and proper food, there is c. time,
about nine months OF the year. that you
nave to pay guinea for a pineapple.
when oranges bring outrageous prices
and are sour, and even when fruit is to
the fore 1t costs an awful lot, and you
get gooseberry tart, stewed gooseber-
ries and fresh gooseberries.
You smile in your sleeve at the wife
of clerk on 1000 year in America
offering visitor such fruit. which is
the best the woman with 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, ye godsl The taste must be
cultivated, and during the cultivation
the agonies of Dante's fifth hell would
be endured.
Last week an Engllshman who knows
how / appreciate good things to eat
sent me delightful pair of pheasants,
some wonderfully good fish and three
dozen oysters from the river Mersey
Those oysters were put in a 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
n dinner party. On the morning of the
NTH day 1t was noticed that they ate
no breakfast Later they went to the
ishmonger to he opened. and in less
time than 1t takes to tell II the fish
monger's assistant appeared on the
scene with sorrow on his face ana no
coat on. He said he thought l would
scarcely like to have the oysters on
the table, MS they were not quite nice.
He is modest young man. and that
was the way he put 1t. 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 to me and
let me be the judge of their condition"
In 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 | gave my guests good American
oysters, FOR which always give thanks.
We used to talk about Scotch mutton
Nowadays there is mutton browsing
on the Virginia hills that goes across
the water and comes back marked as
from the Scotch moors. and we. de-
luded souls, pay higher price for It
than If it were stamped American,
which 1t is.
In London the best and most expen-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-19
WOMEN DEZECZ IVE.S.
Nine Bright Wmeu did Uncle Sam In
Guaramg Nes0 York against
Female ,SmMeg1ers

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 day, working
seven days every week. Tho 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 / 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, 1886, and Annie
Walsh's and Mary Darragh's appoint
ments are dated respectively June, 1886,
and June, 1887.
1t is not every day, of course. that
women suspected of smuggling arrive
on the ships from abroad. In fact, 1t is
the exception when such cases occur.
In other instances two women are de-
tailed to watch the immigrants who are
| brought in a 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, the immigrant woman Is
| lightly 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.
\ woman inspectress also observes
the cabin passengers as they land on
the dock. Where there is suspicion in
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As Lent is essentially an improving
time. the average woman Joins a GER.
tain number OF classes and is asked to
drop In as visitor at Il number more.
Being that very common thing, busy
woman, / do not regularly belong to
any classes, although | go to several
carrying n bunch OF vloets to give the
president as q sort of ticket of admls-
sion.
In this way one learns un immense
amount. One learns how to listen with
ones eyes shut when the Psychologist
talks about the meaning of the queer
hieroglyphics and impresses upon your
mind that Cleopatra was n very or
binary looking little woman, with fair
hair and n snub nose. whose chief
charm to 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-
ly woman. has gone in a body of 10 or
20 to hear beauty teacher talk about
How to Manage the Skin"
Then have learned to stare straight
into vacancy while the woman of the
present bangs u gavel and talks about
be quietly enthusiastic on the subject
of dress reform. was not always so.
There was time when to listen to the
dress reformers made my angry pas
slons 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 n
well fitting corset being an invention OF
the devil and a pretty gown an impos-
sibility as connected with brains, sim
ply smile and give myself u satisfied
wriggle. which means that there IL
comfort In properly made corsets.
A speaker of this kind invariably
meanders off and asks with much ex-
element, What will the coming gem
GRAFTON be when the woman of today
Is satisfied to be merely beautiful" ant
sit there and think of DIR. schenct
and Of the fact that beauty is hered
itary, and / remember handsome fami
lies like the Mays and the Cuttings ant
the Works and the Carys. and Their,
come to me visions of the Ioveliest
healthiest babies ! have ever seen-ba
bies who inherited their beauty from
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States marshal. are the first women
deputy marshals to do active field work
in Oklahoma
The Natural Foot society is gaining
ground in China. Chinese ladies' who
have associated themselves with mod
ern notions are among the leaders in
the new movement. A school for Chi
nese girls has been opened in Shanghai
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dressed, the Princess of Wales by no
means errs on the side of extravaganza.
Her royal highness has been known to
wear gown three successive seasons
when 1t suited her and remained fresh
and handsome.
The sarcophagus which is to contain
the body of Mrs. Grant has been placed
beside the receptacle that holds the re-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-19

called the legislatures special attention
to the excellent work done by Mrs. Anne
u LETTERS during the two years that she
has held the position OF state librarian.
The governor states that this was the
hrst important state appointment to be
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held by woman and declares that the
results have fully justified this depar-
ture from established presidents.
The Iowa women are organizing to
have the word male struck from the
constitution Of the state.
Miss S, NJ. Burche and Miss Mamie
Fossett. stenographers and deputies in
the office Of c. II. Thompson. Linked
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where no girls with bound feet will be
admitted, and only daughters of upper
class families may enter.
The frields of Mrs Theodore Thomas
consider that they have achieved a vic
tory In the election OF Mrs. uhl as pres
ident of the Federation of Amateur
Musical Clubs
Though always elegant and perfectly
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their mothers. their bravery from their
fathers. while father and mother had
each contributed toward the intellect.
There is untold JOY In my heart when
the dress reformer talks. She is very
emphatic, She is usually the shape of
shingle. and she damns with a d
that is intense all corsets. while she
objects to pretty underwear and con-
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the number of women inspectors has
been increased to nine, who are at
present employed by the New York
custom house.
These women have nearly all occu-
pied their positions for 10 and in some
cases for IL years. They are all women
over 20 years of age. although there is
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-08
VILLAGE FEUD MAY CAUSE 4 DEATH
Manhattan Optical Company workmen At
tack the Cresskill, N. j., Young Men.

Manhattan Optical Company workmen At
tack the Cresskill, N. j., Young Men.
E~NeLEwooD. n. j.. Aug. 1.-THE village OF
Cresskill. a few miles from here. is excited over
a row that occurred there last night. For ZONE
time past the employees of the Manhattan
Optical Company's works have been terror.z-
ing the town. Last night a number Of them
entered the Cresskill Hotel and began to play
pool. One Of them wrote on a slate: Young
men Of Cresskill. look Quill We are going to
do you up tonight" The slate was then
placed on the bar. but no attention was paid to
the warning.
About midnight n row was started. Chairs,
bottles. glasses, billiard balls and billiard cues
were thrown and the billiard room of the hotel
was, wrecked. Proprietor Won Stein. his bar
tender. Michael Culhane. and his .s%tableman.
Fritz HeinInucller. tried to Quell the disturb-
ance. A number Of the combatants were cut
by glass. but Heinmueller was the only one Sc
riously injured. He had been struck on the
head five times with billiard cues and q bottle.
and his head was cut in five places. He was
taken TO Englewood Hospital. where 1t is said
he may die
Marshal Rhuel arrested Joseph Blackwell,
Josenh. Flotart. Walter Terriss and Louis Hos
sick. all employees of the Manhattan Optical
Company. He found Blackwell several miles
away from Cresskill. There nre said to be
many witnesses who will testify against them.
At a preliminary hearing tonight the four
prisoners were held TO await the result Of Helm
mueller's injuries.
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hut 1t Was n Day Before Her Denth, for
Causing which Lnwlor Is Arrested,

Chublnk winch LnWior IL Arrested,
Mrs. Mary Lawlor. also known as Mrs. Mary
Ryan. As years Old. died suddenly yesterday
afternoon ut her ZONE in tho basement OF II
Hamilton street under what a police report
from the Madison street station received In the
Coroners' oflce describes as suspicious cir
cumstances." In a previous report was this
statement: Said to have been stabbed in the
heart with a needle by her husband. James
Lawlor."
The husband wos arrested and was locked up
in the Madison street station. He denied that
he had killed his wife. Although his real name
is. Lawlor. he said, he had taken his wife's name
wf PoIia he s @SFciS% G RicR SSSqf + toS Mp ys%rs . SEp' tnot
in by the nGighbors of the deal woman, re-
Mr., and Mrs, Ryan. as they are. known In the
tenement. had auarrelled over the sewing Of, a
hqd stabbed her in the heart With needle.
s, T ! entry reS5 On the hotter 5S Of d tSe Madison bo9 street
JJS john J, f BaHer arrested re- ej'J James Sleo k%aw wG5roI nIIas
ton street, on ss,%Sseiieion tRat Se bag caased The
needle s fsa through inT NH her breast. She lay back on
Ryan said last night that the police had mis-
We're drunk on Saturday, and that they had a
said Ryan, and l sat down on the bed and
began 70 sew on the button; She got to jawing
me and ! stuck the needle into her. II didn't
20 in half an inch. Bur that was on Saturday,
not to-day. think she died from Knockout
drops she got in a saloon in the nciGhborhood,
It's a tough Joint, and I've licked her several
times for going there. This morning she went
there and got 10 cents worth of rum in a
bottle. She drank It and then went TO sleep.
dead
DR.. wightman, who came with the ambu-
lance summoned from, Gouverneur Hospital by
the police, says that when he reached the house
the woman had been dead some time. He saw
a small pool OF blood on the bed at her side. but
as he saw that it was a Coroner's case he made
no further investigation.