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of gorgeous plaid hosiery, or else stripes that rival the rainbow. Such a thing as a pair of perfectly plain, patternless stockings will be unknown among the girls of this year.
 This costume will bring with it respon- abilities of novel sort. This loosely up, nothing to impede her progress, a girl who is sports from the word go even down to her glove tops, will need no Sir Walter Raleigh, anA she must not expect masculine courtesles and atten- tions in any great measure.
 To do the new summer girl justice, she is not looking for any of these things. These are perquisites, she knows, that she must be willing to give up with her permanent advent into short skirts, and she tells her friends that this going it alone without having to depend upon mankind, IS going to be the most pleas ing part of the new summer regime.
 That. at all events, is the chatter of the girls who are now getting ready for the waist makers are at work, and scores of the. girls of the sets have their summer
 things already well under way.
 The articles, down to the smallest de- tail, that this girl of the new time" will put into her trunk as she leaves town are now to be seen in the elaborate stocks of the SwelleSt shops.
 One interesting thing about the new sporting girl is that nearly everything she wears this summer will be bought d- rectly from men. The bonnet maker and the milliner are passed by for the swell halter. The modiste moans because "MeeS' deserts her for the tailor who will build two or three short sllirted tailor mades" and her travelling frock.
 The girl, in buying her bOOts marches into the boys department, instead of the womens side of the shop. and fashiona- ble haberdaSherS and outfftters are de- voting much mefe-of their window space and store counters and shelves to fem mine things than they are to masculine.
 Of course the swell girl, when she goes away Tor the summer will have a long skirt or two and few waists that are not to all intents and purposes men s shirts. That evening gowns in silk and mousseline. long petticoatS, picture hats, ribbons, faces, fluffy parasols and femi- nine belongings of that ilk will have a corner in one of the trunks of the fash iOnable girl is not to be doubted. but be- side the heaps of gay clothing this dis play will be very small
 To begin with the sporting girls hat she will wear an Alpine the most popular shade and color being dark green. These hats are almost precisely like mems AL pines, but the girls will wear them with a plaid or Roman band that has many folds, and is, in effect, a scarf.
 While AlpineS will take the lead in a girls wardrobe this year, much interest is being taken in the new soft hats of felt very broad brimmed and SD low crowned that they are almost fiat. These come in all varieties of colors, pale, deli cate tints being preferred. Pinks, blues yellow and light browns will be the fa- vorites. These are to be worn "sluashed down" on the head, and secured. with two long hat pins
 In shirt waists no fashionable gir. will leave New York without at least t dozen in her "boxes." The very swell shirt waists made by theleading haberdashers
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Lee Taller, freuerick Gebhard. R. T. Wilson Jr., V. G. Hall and Eugene oe Polo. .+or+1ine natterns and tints. That which fasnlon has set it's especial mark of approve, on on is pattern of thin bars or c9Ior, 'hare hare running up and down and six bands across. Thus a smrt front Of tnls soII shows eighteen small patches or cileGn ha ,s at right angles to them. The bars are so marrow that the checks are not large ana make possible goou-sized open spaces ;,.n ol white linen. This is a very @ e1tectlve ;tdvts shirt, neither exaggerated nor yet very snuiet. 1t is to be worn with a white collar, but with cuffs of its own. The tropes and blues, though the heliotrope is the shirt that seems to rule. The plnks here is very nearly red. and a green or a pale tone is also permissible.
 TWO other varieties of shirts that are novel are those that have their stripes across, one with rows of banSs. about other with cluster of three much mar rower bands, then space of white Of a width of an inch, another cluster of bands the same separation, and so on down. These patterns are yet 1n the same colors as those mentioned above. Yet another style indorsed by fashion has bosoms of combination colorings in very pale reds and yellows, a mild, faint, unobtrusive plaid, much like gingham patterns. Shirts of these types cost $4 50 apiece.
 It is not by any manner of means the fashion to match the colored shirt with the necktie that is worn. The neckgear in its general cqlors lr sh6qid ba simply be in necktie for afternoon is larger than ever before, fully a third as large again. It Is tied in much the. same Ascot or pun have it appear rounder and buffer than formerly.
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Special to The Call from New York.

G0P UNIQUE sort of young creature,
 H N with very little of the old fash H N toned feminine about her. a I"\ maid minus ruffies, minus U dainty, soft gowns and the frou
 frou and the swish of skirts, will be the fashionable summer girl of 1SgS
 Sports have won in the transformation of the American damsel. She is now lay ing in stock of summer 'iXings," such as the world has never yet seen. Save for the skirts these "fiXings" do not look as if they could be intended for girls. EX- plore any summer girls trunks any time after June l and you will think you have opened her brothers by mistake.
 Whether she is bound for the mountains or seashore. country house or hotel. that trunk will have none of the old time folds of pretty lingerie that make a mans pulses start when he sees their whiteness on a lawn, meath a slightly he'd up skirt; no array of delicatelv tinted summer frocks, filmy scarfs, tiny high heeled bOOtS
 Down to the very handkerchiefs with which she rubs her little nose the sum- mer girl will be mannish, being of plain shirt waists that are nothing else than mems shirts in reality-they are so se- vere-very short skirts. thick, heavy, big boots, and a stiff Alpine hat, or maScu- line wide brimmed one of soft felt
 Will there be any romance about this years summer girl at all? Fate will have a hard time answering this, for 1898 s summer maid has been so carried away by her enthusiasm for a sporting outfit, " as all the girls call them. that she has even very nearly decided to discard the petticoat of poetry and romance.
 few girls who would rather make haste slowly on new fashions will com promise and wear under the skirts that come only to their boot tops a lit tle. thin Detticoat, unruffed and of the splainest sort. But the vogue of the day is to array ones self in bloomers of white or black or brown and go forth in the fields, along the highways ana on hotel plazzaS sans underskirts of any kind.
 Of no sugar and spice will this very modern girl of this summer be made. Rubbers will be an almost unknown arti- cle of dress in this new and curious ward robe of hers, for her boots will be abso- lutelv waterproof and tremendously stout There will be no headgear that the rain can spoil, and in the folds of a golf cape over her shirt waist she can defy wind and weather.
 Romance and poetry aside. however, the picture of the sporting girl" the fashion plate of the summer. will be a pretty one. It will be a bunch, an array of the gayest colors, plaids of the bright est sort in the main, and so trig and trim will be the fit of everything that the contour of the feminine figure will really be seen at Its best.
 AS she leans over to make a golf stroke, quick drive in tennis, or scrambles aboard a yacht, there will be a glimpse
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THE BUSINESS WOMFN'S
 WHRDROBE

N LUZ serge has been so long a fa- Tx vorite for street wear that it might Il y seem to be out of date, but it is to
 be used quite as much this spring and summer. Made in tight-ftting short jacket. with plain gored skirt, it is too
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-24

SR RIGHT colors and plenty of them,
 Tx unique and original combinations Il Vof tints and designs, will char c--- ntc tla of we'll
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G0P UNIQUE sort of young creature,
 U N with very little of the old fash H N toned feminine about her, a IA maid minus ruffies, minus J lS dainty. soft gowns and the frou
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-14
Contemplate Separation the Selection Publ
the Body of the People,
the Charles Towne and Others Articles tha
the O. Conscientious Consideration.


odofuu that anosya and exciting
solution
le,nsn follow
until preceding battle of ballots they crowd
invariably turmoil of partisan politics.
of the people
when partisan prudce at its height
all affect their business political welfare
The should be left to take Of ITSELF
should undoubtedly
would b. nothing short of farce if The
consideration than of
political today
little prepared for the settlement OF matters
below
The
Widespread
them for the right Of
the . elucaton
election is that Of the
method Of ccting Judges
should be appointed the chief executive Others
agin,ugg election by the judges
thought
Their
lbeo ound in siss,ean vi
all
and
like the OBren San1on Nc
we'll, anaf political leader, Sidney NJ Owen
assured thai while
towards improvement of the judiciary
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-14

President Cyrus Northrop of the state
university writes the Review as follows
think that appointment by the chief
executive, as in the case of our federal
judges, would generally result in the Sc
lection of ADLER men than would be Sc
cured under any other plan. The rcspon-
sibility for wise selections rests in the
executive and no self-respecting execu-
tive would be willing knowingly to ap-
point weak or unworthy men.
But the tendency of the time is to ex-
tend the power of the people, and the
election of supreme court judges having
been given to the people, there is no
reason to suppose that 1t will ever be
taken from them. The people can al
ways be trusted to do what they think
is best, and the more responsibility they
have the more careful they are likely to
be.
! do not, therefore, regard as necessa-
ry any change in our present method of
electing judges. l wish it were possible
to keep the courts entirely free from
party politics; but it is not, and l do
not suppose they are much more free
from politics when judges are appointed
by the executive than when they are
nominated by a political convention and
elected at the polls. ~.~@s RI
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-14
THE OBRIENS.
c. D. and Thos. D. OBrien Hold that an In
dependent Judiciary Can Only be
Secured by Popular Election.

Thee are few abler lawyers in ST..
Paul than the O'Brien brothers, Chris. D.
and Thos. D. Both have furnished the
the Review with their views on the sub
ject and we give them in full:
Thos. D. O'Brien:- am unalterably
opposed TO any change in our present
method of selecting the judges of the
supreme court.
1t would require a great deal of space
to fully discuss this question, as we'll as
considerable thought, to place the mat
ter before your readers.
The whole matter, however, is summed
up by saying, that if we desire to live
under republican form of government,
if we are in favor of a democracy, we
must maintain that system in all its de-
tails. My understanding Of a democra-
cy or republican form OF government is
that the people have and exercise the
real power. If our people cannot be
trusted with the election of judges of
the supreme court,they cannot he trust
Ell with the election of district judges,
or with the election Of any other public
servant.
1t is to my mind matter of sincere
regret that our federal judges are not
elected 10y the people, and, instead Of
extending the system Of appointing
Judges, and particularly appointing
them for life, would favor the election
by popular vote of all judges, state and
federal.
feel so strongly upon this qestion at
the present time-when the attempt is
being made to fasten large standing
army upon this country, to acquire ter
territory against the wishes of the peo-
pie living upon it, to assume the respon.
sibilities as to distant people of entirely
dissimilar characteristics, to place our
selves in i position in which we may be-
come involved in any dispute between
European natjons-that the question you
ask almost shocks me. For my deliber-
ate conviction IS, that there never was a
time when the citizens Of the United
States should hold so fast to the princi-
pie, that the people can he trusted, that
government is intended for man and not
man for government, as now.
C. D. O'Brien: My experience and
observation has lead me to the sincere
and fixed conviction that all public Off
GERS, save executive departmental ap-
pointments, should he elected ny vote of
the people. 1t is fashionable to suggest
that an executive officer cali exercise
better Judgment in such selections aud in
making appointments, but I do not lie
lleve it. It is true that the people in
the aggregate, as we'll as individuals,
make mistakes, but pr fer the mistakes
of Il majority to those of an individual
or even of minority. am further OF
the opinion that an independent judic-
iary cannot he secured except by popu.
lar election.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-14
McCAFFERTY.
The ST. Paul Judge Is One of the Few
s. Who Favors appointment.

Judge James J. McCaGerty is we'll
known st. Paul lawyer, who entertains
determined views in favor of appoint
ment by the chief executive Here are
his reasons:
l certainly have very decided notions
in regard to the election by popular vote,
of our supreme court and other judges,
and this opinion has been with me for a
great many years. / do not know how
long an opinion you would want upon
this subject, butt am irmlJ impressed
vi;h the idea, and of the Interchangeable
opinion IN this matter, that both the
judges of the supreme court and the
judges Of tie district court should be
appointed by the chief executive. The
records Of the United States court, as
well as the high standing of the supreme
court of Massachusetts,, that folio MS the
same rule Of appointment that our gov
ernment does, show that no mistake has
ever been made and no harm has ever
come to the people by the appointment
Of the judiciary by the chief executive.
am not IN favor of the election of the sr-
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-14

places the judiciary above the legisla-
tive, the judiciary becomes the impor-
tant factor, not only in the development
of what is called court made Law, but
:.lso in the interpretioh and sanction of
legislative modification.
While the law should not be affected
by sudden and temporary changes Of
sentiment, it should, in measure, keep
pace with the gradual, general aud per.
manent growth of opinion. Between
the stimulus Of public seltiment, on the
-ne hand, and the natural conservatism
of the bar, from which the judiciary is
selected, on the other, ali elective ~sys-
tenn seems to produce the best results.
The evil of our present system is, not
in the election of judges, but IN their
nomination. Frequently, perhaps usu-
ally, the nominations for judicial office
are not the best that could he made;
they are not reached until conven-
tion is demoralized by the evulta-
ton of victory, On the part Of those
who have been successful,and the resent
ment OF defeat on the part of Others.
The consequence is, that the selection of
the most important nominees, instead of
being made out of considerations of pub
lie interest and personal merit, are left
to the haphazard Of political deals, some
kept and some ignored. and that at a
time when the sense of responsibility is
almost lost sight of in the closing mo
ments of Il political convention
This could be remedied. in measure,
by the political parties placing the ja-
dicial nominations first.
In Wisconsin and some other states,
all the judges, from county judge to
judge of the supreme court, are elected
at the spring elections. They are nomi-
mated either upon Call or at conven-
ton convened for no other purpose, and,
while frequently nominated by political
conventions, the nominations are. not
made dependent upon combinations in
volving nominations for other Offices.
The election occurs at time when par
,lsanship is least felt, and that
system the bar has a strong 1nfi ~rnce in
the selection of the no:linees.
realize that many ale opposed to the
bar making itself felt in the celection of
judges, but it is hard to understand why
society, which must depend in Its llt1ga-
Ion upon the bar, should I've so jealous
Of the influence of the bar in the sslec-
tinn of those who are to determine the
litigation.
The Wisconsin method has proved We
ry satisfactory to the people and pubic
generally. The system could bc easily
adopted in this state with little change.
All the country districts hold an cleo
tion in spring, and it would be an easy
matter to arrange to have the charter
elections held upon the same day.
believe this would prove plain,
simple, practical remedy, leaving the Sc
lections to the people, where it should
he, and at the same time getting rid of
the more serious evils that attend the
present method of election.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-14
GEN. CLAPP.
The Former Attorney General Contributes
an Able and Interesting Paper.

The opinion furnished the Review. by
Moses E. Clapp of st. Paul is somewhat
lengthy, but it is deserving Of all the
space it occupies. He says:
While, owing to the extent of terri
tory for which federal judges are elected,
the system of appointing them is prob
ably the only one practicable, | could
not yet endorse the idea of making our
state Judiciary appointive. In discuss
ing the subject, we must forget that we
are talking about judges, and remember
that we are considering the selection of
men charged with the performances of
certain duties, and incidentally clothed
with certain authority.
The appojntive system is urged upon
the ground that it renders the appoiatee
laore independent and fearless While
independence and fearles.ness are re-
qulred in the discharge Of public duty,
it must or.should be that independence
which is but the conscientious discharge
of duty. The line of demarkation be-
tween the fearless discharge Of duty on
the one hand, and the arbitrary exercise
of authority on the other, is sometimes
difficult to follow. The former, owing
to weakness of human nature TO which
we are all subject, is liable to drift into
the latter unless we are restrained by the
sense, not only OF duty, but also of ac-
.countability. The public reverence for
and confidence in the judiciary protect
II in the independent discharge Of duty,
while accountability to the voter guards
II against the too arbitrary exercise of
authority.
Again, the only test of right and
wrong, outside of a very few. plain de-
ScIarations, must Of necessity he the con-
sensus Of human sentiment, and espec-
tally is this true in regard topublic mat
ters. As man is a progressive being,
constantly developing in conditions,
thought and opinions, the law is, or
should be, progressive; and as conditions
change, under the stimulus Of our ever
expanding energies, the law rs applied
to public questions should keep pace.
This is effected largely by legislation,
but under our system, which virtually
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-14
OWEN.
The Well-known Political Leader Does
Not Approve or Limitations Upon
the Power of the People.

From Hon. S. NJ. Owen of Minneapo-
lis the Review has received the follow
ing strong plea for popular election:
will say cmphatically that 1 disap-
prove 0: all suggestions for putting linn
itations upon the power of the people
as expressed by the ballot As we en-
large the appointive power of the exec.
utive, or delegate the right to choose
public servants TO any class or classes Of
citizens, we approach nearer to the des-
potic form of government. The people
should not only refuse to surrender any
direct power they now possess, but
should seek to acquire more power; and
If our government is to retain the re-
publican form in fact as we'll as in the
DRY tho people must act IN harmony
with this sentiment. But IN this connec-
ton the people must be warned that the
preservation Of their present powers, or
even the enlarge lnent of them, will not
secure them the blessings of a real de-
mocracy unless they use the powers in
telligently, wisely and well. If they will
persist in making despots of caucuses,
conventions and political parties, and
making themselves blindly obedient to
all their DEGREES and commands, then a
shorter, cheaper ard possibly more sat
isfactory route to the despotic state
will be found in enlarging the powers of
executives or conrts. My firm convic-
ton is that every effort of intelligence
and patriotism should be directed to-
wards lifting the voter up to clear ap-
probation of his duties and responsible
tiles as the citizen OF a republic,and that
no thought should be given to the cur
tailment of the citizens powers Or rights
until a universal and patriotic attempt
to make him an intelligent, fearless and
independent voter has proven a flat and
dismal failure.
Continued on 4th page.)
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-14
TOWNE.
Strong Democratic Instincts Lead Him tt
Favor Election by Popular Vote.

Hon. Chas. A. Towne doesn't believe
IN change, except rs to the time of
holding the judicial elections. His CON-
munication is as follows:
My time will permit only brief ans
wer to your inquiry, requesting my opin-
ion on the manner of choosing the mem
bers of the supreme court. Being in
tenssly democratic in my Instincts and
disposition l always d;strust PROPOSE.
tions that contemplate q separation Of
the selection of public Off GERS from the
bsdy of the people, in whom resides all
political power under oar system. TO be
sure, Il chief executive of good discrs-
ton and sufficient judgment, actuated
solely by considerations Of public vel
fare, would usually appoint good and
competent men to the supreme bench.
On the other haud, lacking these quail
ties, he would be just as certain to ap-
point men not up to the standard. The
district judges themselves, Invested with
the power of selecting members ot the
supreme court, would be under the
temptation Of making the selection a
matter of barg aiming and intrigue among
themselves. To be sure, occasionally II
happens that the people seem to lose.
sight Of the real end in the selection of
supreme court judges; but such Il fail.
ure now and then is the penalty We pay
for the right of self government.
In the long run Think the people can
be trusted on this head, as on every 9TH
er connected with the selection Ola pol ].
icy of government or Of servants to Cur
ry it out. If any reform at all III this
direction is practicable, as / cOnccde It TO
be desirable. it seems to me to lie along
the line Of such . change IN the meth
DDS Of holding elections and presenting
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-14

the issue as to leave the people free to
pronounce on the subject of the supreme
court Judges without its being confused
with other matters. My Judgments that
the candidates for the supreme court
ought to be nominated at conventions
called solely for that purpose, and elect
ed at elections involving no other ques
ton and no other Office
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-14
0ttonleyer'S S

preme court judges b7 the district judg-
es, and certainly hope that some change
may be brought about in the constitu-
ton and laws whereby all judges of ev-
cry kind connected with our courts of
record in the state of Minnesota may be
appointed by the chief executive.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-14

FROM 12H CTS. to $3.50 per
yd. We have all the new shades and
novelties IN fall and winter >colored
Dress Goods.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-12-14
CHILDS.

The Attorney General Has Well Defined
Views on the Subject. ill., +