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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-13
An Episode Of
Presidents Day.

On presidents day at the exposition
an Omaha girl and 5000 other people
started TO the exposition 10 see the chief
executive. She was very early. but
when she reached the plaza in front OF
the band stand. where the president was
10 speak. streams OF people were COM
ing from all directions. and she could
not get within a hundred yards OF the
platform. Boxes. benches. tables and
chairs were being utilized TO gain a bet
ter view. Men rented table for =
cents and sold standing room thereon
AZ so cents per two feet
This Omaha girl spled small boy
with a chair. She gave him 20 cents
and mounted il IN triumph. But people
OF exalted station are ever prey to the
envious. Men. women and children who
had been trying 10 climb up each 9TH
er's backs rushed for her chair. IL dane
ed wildly on three less. then whirisd
around oa two and she clutched mstiy
at a passerby 10 save herself from an
Inhalation. BY a lucky chance. 10 was
a man she knew. and she implored him
10 stay and protect her. IL is no great
affection 10 take care OF pretty girl.
and the young man mounted the chair
with alacrity just as the president APP
reared on the platform and 81. 900 people
sent up a cheer and a shout OF snthu-
siasm.
How they did split their throatsi
And the Omaha girl cheered and yelled
with them until her eyes filled with
tears and her voice cracked. In front
OF her were tired looking Women with
heavy babies: gray haired OLD farmers.
who had slept IN their wagons all night
TO be able 10 catch one glimpse OF the
president. and sorry. disappointed
souls. who had looked forward 10 this
day for months. But how could they
see in that struggling mass of hui
mainly,
Tire Omaha girl had an inspiration
Let's give some OF these people .
chance 10 see the president" she said
TO her knight on the chair.
An right he answered In good
American.
do you want 20 see the PRESIDENT
the Omaha girl asked a weary woman
trying 10 pscify a crying child. The
wonan's face frightened. She was lift
ed TO a third of the chair. and she and
the baby saw a sight they viii boast
Of to their dying days. An Old farmer
was next hoisted 10 this impromptu
platform He viii never see another
president. and the Omaha girl IL glad
he saw this one. \ corpulent young wo-
man was the next visitor. and she took
up so much room and staid so long
that she was finally urged 20 leave.
And so the good work went on TIL Mr..
NicKiniey's speech was over. AZ least
- people and a small pickaninny were
lifted 10 that common kitchen chair
and seventh heaven ~ delight Neri-
w. II IL a great thing 20 be a president
and a lovely thing 20 be sweet. I'M
selfish womani
Ida PATRICK WILSON.
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work than men?" To the ordinary mind
/ the sex Of the worker would not appear
! to be of so much consequence as the
manner in which the work was done.
and, of course, if women cannot do the
work as we'll or as quickly as their
brothers, they neither could nor should
expect to be paid as much; but when
they can and do do it as well, ii seems
somewhat of a hardship, not to say an
! injustice. that they are given and ex-
pected to be satisfied with a lower rate
OF remuneration. And then, as if to add
insult TO injury, the better paid half Of
the community. instead of trying TO
help their sisters to remedy this injUs
tice, take part against them-that is,
the majority of them do-and actually
accuse women of willfully and deliber-
ately taking smaller pay-cutting down
prices, the men call it-with the express
object of getting rid of them and TAX
ing their places, as if, forsooth, any wo-
man under the sun would take small
er payment than she is obliged TO. The
absurdity of the idea speaks for itself.
The truth is that a woman takes
poorer pay on the principle that half
loaf is better than no bread at ali. She
would take more If she could get il,
willingly and gladly. IT is a mistake
TO think that women are so enamored
OF work that they want TO take il all
out Of their brothers hands into their
own on the contrary. women. as a
rule-indeed 10 might be said all wo-
men. with n few exceptiOns-disl
regular steady work. They DO il from
necessity. not from choice. Ia her
heart Of hearts each woman. although
1nl- r1ft -fetfr
even 10 herself. would far rather have
her own house. rule her own house
hold and govern her own kingdom OF
love and home than 90 any outside
work. but even in these days OF prog
ress and emancipation woman Is not
always mistress of her own fate II
she were. there would not be 81 many
poor. weary. ID paid women workers
as there are
Young girls may think Il fine and in
dependent 70 take up work and vie with
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copyright, 1898, b.

copyright, 1898, by I. A Mallon.I
Whoever comes to New York, If she
Is a woman, finds her greatest pleasure
in the shop windows. She sees the
quaint and the beautiful OF all lands,
and it goes without saying that she
wants everything she sees. However,
we are growing little older now and
are beginning to appreciate the reality
and to scorn the imitation. What
treat now is a shop window filled with
bits Of bric-a-brac, odd table covers
that came from Japan or Persia, odd
candelabra picked up in some hamlet
in England, and all those pretty bits.
queer, it is true, but which, placed here
and there, make one feel a certain rich
ness Of possession that never comes with
imitation joys. The pretty girl who has
saved her money to come to the city to
get her winter hat goes from milliner
10 milliner and wonders what she shall
get. Each chapeau is so much more
delightful than the other one that she
stands wondering. hoping and wishing
hat she could decide. One Of the pref
test hats seems nothing but a twist Of
velvet. It might have been worn by
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wh-r. bachelor. Were FINED.

Ancient Rome was severe with its
bachelors. who were made 20 pay heavy
fines. and were subjected Ia even worse
treatment. for 10 IS on record that Ca
rnillus. after the siege 81 Veil. compel
led them % marry the widows Of thoss
soldiers who had fallen in battle. In
the time of Augustus married men wers
nraferref Tor filling public Offices. Ro-
mans who had as many ~ three chill
dren were exempt from the payment
~ personal taxes. and they were paid
instead by the bachelors. Plato con
dcrnned unmarried men % be fined, and
Al sparta they were driven at certain
times % the temple Of Hercules BY the
women. who chastised them Ia true
military style.
IN modern times women were sent
over 20 the French settlement OF Cana
da after the men. and IN order % com
rel unwilling bachelors 70 marry they
we're heavily taxed.
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FLOWERED TEA GOWN.

tives and friends, for the bread OF de-
pendence tastes as bitter 10 the mouth
OF a woman as it does 10 a man. IL
must be borne ia mind. when consider
ing the question OF wOmen's payment.
that her employers are not always those
of her own sex. but more often those Of
the opposite. and it is they, therefore.
who have decided that neither a wO-
mans time nor her labor is OF so much
value as the time and labor OF memo,
not even if she works for ever SO long
and performs her duties as well.
How or why they have come TO this
decision il would be difficult 10 say, but
that they have done so is surely not
the fault OF woman. but her misfortune,
for which she should be rather pitied
and helped than condemned. Not so
very long ago there was an appoint
ment vacant. and among the many APP
plicants for the post was a woman, or
women. To one Of them the appoint
ment was given. but with a reduced
salary, and the reason for this reduc-
ton was not because she was less fitted
for the post No that would have been
a reflection upon those who appointed
her. II was because. being woman.
il was supposed she would not require
TO spend as much on her food and Hv-
ing as man would.
II this is the principle on which The
payment Of women Dr. regulated. there
cannot be much said FOR ifH justice
Women do not expect or ask 20 be D. 8
more than their brothers but they DO
consider it unfair 20 De paid Jess if Their
work is as good and as quickly done
The question Of the uavr1enf % women
is not one of sentiment. but one -
simple Justice and equity question %
merely whether good and honest work
is not of as much value when done b.
a woman as il is when done by man.
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not mentionable, and he IL delighted
that he can sweat himself down 10 80.
once knew Jockey who was so-I
mean he weighed e0-and in poeticai
way he told me-for he grew to be con-
fidentlal one day-that they were a
family OF Jockeys. and he said with
the utmost contempt: What, 90 much
Why. father he got down TO rs and was
going TO ride winner. and just then
he went off and croaked. and mother,
being woman, like fool cried and
cried, and I thought 81 was because he
didn't wait 20 croak till the race was
over. but she said she had always loved
John and that that was what she was
crying about. Women are poor crit
ters. anyhow. They're kind of lucky
on the turf. and they make the race
course look pretty. but they haven't
any use in this world since they took
20 cigarette smoking. When I've earn
ed enough on the turf. am going 10
get a clean hearted. clean minded girl.
and your gay young ladies what pats
you at the race track and praises you
and says you are "a perfect CARING
well, l VIII drop 'em. 7 will drop EN-
for my own Susan, my own.
'Oh, yes, I've got sum in the bank
a pretty good onel You see, 1 was
raised around among the horses and
got acquainted with them. and when
you get acquainted with a horse then
you know something. Monkeys, dogs.
marmOsets and parrots and such things
as ladies like to have around the room
where they wear their best clothes,
they amt nothing and know nothing
but a horse-a horse is a whole solid
education. who teaches you-well, I'd
like to say "a ID sight more than you
can teach him." l enjoyed the ac-
quaintance of this gentleman and gain
ed from him most of the knowledge
that he had gained from the horses and
which Travelled over the seas to
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one-of fine chinchilla. The fluffy collar
comes far up about the throat. giving a
soft look TO the skin. Another wrap.
which only a FrenchWoman could wear.
and which has the look of the cape
worn 10y some coquette who is posing as
a gentle Puritan. is of q dark fur with
a cape coming To the shoulders. the long
ENDS crossing IN front and hanging at
the back. The high collar is open in
front. and a long lace jabot hangs far
down and contrasts well with the fur.
while the turned over collar shows its
lining of eTmine.
Mademoiselle. who stops at the tea
room on the boulevard at o'clock to
get n cup of chocolate and some Of
those dainty little cakes, wears a short
close fitting sealskin jacket. double
breasted and closed with tortoise shell
buttons. The big revers are of white silk
overlaid with green and outlined IN a
fine pattern with black soutache braid
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lady Of Venice. It is a gorgeous purple,
set back so that it seems to frame the
mouse colored hair, while the trimming
Is nothing but a high quill spangled
with steel This seems the most at
tractive; then there is another. There
always is another-another woman an
other bonnet or another frock. and
when you have got one you always
want the other. That is life.
There was bonnet made OF white
kid, shaped like a square Dutch bon
net, with Ii friI of the kid spaneled
with gold all around il and gold
Rigret at one side. The woman who
wore it was fitted TO IL. or ii TO her.
That is the aim nowadays.
Every girl wishes it to be known that
she studies out types and that no
dressmaker ever designs her frocks or
any Of her belongings. She is particu-
lar 10 get her hat so that il is abso-
lutely suited TO her face as well as TO
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-13
Easy Divorce In Burma.

When a Burmese husband and wife
decide to separate, the woman goes out
and buys two little candles of equal
length, which are made especially for
this use. She brings them home. She
and her husband sit down on the floor
placing the candles between them. and
light them simultaneously. One candle
stands for ner, the other for him. The
one whose candle goes out first rises
and goes out Of the house forever, with
nothing but what he or she may have
on. The one whose candle has survived
the longer time. even by a second. takes
everything. So the divorce and division
of the property, if one can call that a
division. are settled.
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4 very deep feeling - Affection eH-
lee. between the Primes % wales and
Afa only unmarried daughter. Princess
Victoria she has always been a great
r,et az her father who used AFFECT ton -
afeIy % GAIA her "Tarfe" partly. no
doubt 80 au ebbreviatlon % brr name
bat partly also IN reference % her
1tafu+lv r0nearvaflve opinions ard
frien8shirs During the fiue fnat ths
prince was laid un after rs accident
Prinresr victoria dcvotsd herself Eps-
r.siiv o. bin. and did much - her cars
auI attention fe make a time q en-
forced inactivity Pass - pissfarfiy as
pqrrinie % her naturally snsFzstie "a.
ther
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the young men OF their acquaintance.
oCt women who work do SO from a
higher motive-they either feel that
;hey have a mission 10 fulfill talent 10
employ FOR this good OF others. or a
mandate 10 obey that says in plain.
stern tones. Work or starve." ana il is
10 their credit that they 90 their work
SO brightly and Willingly that they
make those around them think that
they labor for love and not for lucre.
And the brightness and willingness are
no; all p-etense. for il Is natures law
that we learn 20 like that in which we
succeed. ana - Is only natural. thsre-
fore. that women like the success that
attends their efforts. and are glad to
live without being burdens upon Teis-
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is great honor 70 b. reckoued among
them. II IS one which IS not confined TO
The children 81 the aristocrscy. for
many children of very humble to.k AZ
Ba-uorai and AZ Osborne have their
severe su fc- a sponsor The queen s
marvellous memory for faces Is vel
known bar her memory FOR TIE ages
and uar1es 81 her many rot niflrer
though less frequently remarked on Is
far more wonderful
Mrs Anna Burnley. wife OF a Metno-
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Santiago and = zelrg 20 pay visit 20
him az Christmas tlule- taxing Hlih her
a number of southern be-ies Hn7 haFe
- s-thearss la General WOOD canl-
nsl3
sarah p Emory - f~vinEtou- = =
sas oEered a prszs - Eiea far tne heF;
=trry faaf $50 show fhr 1 8 i1e1rfes -
* ne ARD eating olr animals
Nrs crafz~ elEsri af 81
writing = sequei 81 Tar 81 hrol isr
Saints. Which sAs sxseels 81 tAke her
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dist preacher at Hain@syille. y = dlsd
the pulpit recently during her nus
bauds absence f- Was ssiheTlrS
Craubarries ~ . large marsh which BE
owns. and Mrs Eurly preachei aorn-
ms and evening 70 large congregation
bo-h ~ which we're hlEaiy pleased "ilh
her eTor5s
Mrs BAnshead- wlfe % CouErsssrTls =
Beakhesd ~ Alsasgssa ere ~ ne ieac-
ers 81 The southern colony in WssfiEE-
goa. has = sca u regiment EoE y
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WOMEN WHO WORK.

A reporter has been arrested for Of
'ering his arm to queen Wnhelmina OF
Holland. What would have happened
10 him had he offered her MS hande
EX-Queen Liliuokaiani Is making ef-
forts 10 have returned 20 her the Ha-
waiian royal ensign that last foateG
over her palace IN Honolulu II was Sc
cured by President Dole and presented
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For Example.

Women are now admitted to lectures
at Edinburgh university, where they
sit in the front seats. Recently eight
women were attending Professor Tait's
lecture on the geOmetric forms Of crys-
tails. An octahedron. gentlemen" said
the professor. is a body with eight
plane faces. For example Look a.
the front bench brbke in man from
the safe ground OF the back seats.
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by him 10 a daughter OF Congressman
Berry Of KentGcs1y
Probably no living person has more
goGehi.dren Tran Queen Victoria. but
nevertheless each may believe that his
or her welfare Is matter az interest
and importance 10 her majesty. Every
year The number Of The queens god
children has increased. and. though il
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The Injustice
In Payment
Of Women.

Among The many questions concern
ing women and their work. there Is one
much attention as IL ought when its
I'm portance 20 women is taken into con-
siderstion. and that question IS. Why
should women be paid less for their
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Persia Is the cats paradise. The shah
possesses 20 of them. which are IN
der the supervision 90 = special over
seer. with assistants ~ hs Command
They are housed n batter quarters
than those OF wen 20 do PersisHs.
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speak to her. His mistress slapped him

speak TO her. His mistress slapped him.
The guests pleaded for him, but he sud
denly disappeared. Alas for Tou Tout
Alas for the aunt, She gave one yell
and jumped from her chair while Tou
Tou yelled. "Ain't her legs thin That
night the aunt told the niece that either
she or Tou Tou would leave the house
at once. The niece said it would not be
Tuu Tou. As they had a first class chez.
and the wines We're good and she WASH [
asked TO get up early. both Tou Tou
and the aunt staid. Both were wise in
their own generation, and on the tomb
stone OF little Tou TOu, who died Of the
eout, is engraved:
In Bon Viyant
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Tn Bon vivant
Tn EniErammatiste.

II has always been mystery 70 the
average woman as TO the snallness OF
the average jockey. In England he is
buried up 10 his neck IN q pile that is
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in expecting to have an exclusive control
OF the Held. If there were no other COM
pi sat mere, already established, with a large
ilst OF subscribers, and the company MAX
ing the best bid might expect to have prac-
tlcaily the exclusive telephone rights, it
would be another question While the
courts presume against exclusive and per-
petual franchises, as a matter of fact when
franchises are sold it is generally with the
understanding that there is to be but one
company, as, for instance, was the case
Mhen the street-car franchise was granted
Il Is about as impracticable for two tele-
phone companies to operate as it would be
Tor two street-car companies to use the
same streets, it is claimed.
Other telephone meE are asking why the
ADMINISTRATION did not ask for telephone
pas when the franchise was granted the
central Union Company. The contention
OF the administration is that no franchise
was given the Central Union; that it was
simply permitted to place its wires under
ground, as previous ordinance required.
At that time, it is now asserted the Off
Gals had the telephone company under its
tnumb. There was a police regulation re-
curing Its wires to come down. The COM
pany mad to comply or quit business, and
could have been compelled TO make terms
with the city in the matter of lower rates,
as well as with regard to paying $4,000
year into the treasury. One man predicted
that If the boards announced purpose of
advertising for bids We're followed out it
simply meant that there would be no tele-
phone competition in indianapolis for years
to come, as the Central Union Company
WouIu take advantage of the situation. float
straw company, forfeit a bond and then
go or its way unmolested
s; p sheerin, vice president of the New
Ielephone Company, said that he did not
care to discuss the situation developed by
the action of the Board of Works, as he
had had no time TO confer with others in
,terested in the company There was a meet
ing Of the directors of the New Company in
the Stevenson building last night but it
was said there was nothing of public inter-
est IN the meeting. 1t can be stated, how
ever, that everybody concerned was sur
prlsed, as the board had agreed to confer
with the company over its proposed fran
chise yesterday.
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state Board of Commerce Growth.

Since the organization OF the State
Board of Commerce it's growth and devel-
opment has never been so rapid as since
the last annual meeting held in this city in
January. At that time SO much of impor-
lance to the State at large was done that
other commercial bodies of Indiana have
concluded to become associated with the
central organization. In the two months
that have interviewed commercial organiZa-
tons of six of the best cities of Indiana
not already associated with the state or
ganiZat1on, the Vincennes Board of Trade
Terre Haute Business Mems Association
Manufacturers and Merchants Associa-
ton, Anderson Commercial Club and Rush
vile Commercial Club have become asso-
ciated with the state association. This in
creases the number of affiliating bodies
from fourteen to twenty. Many others are
negotiating for representation in the state
organization. The work has not been con-
fined to interesting commercial organiza-
tons already formed in the State Board of
Commerce, but William Fortune of this
rotary Murphy, of Evansville, have taken
steps to develop local associations and
boards where none are now in existence,
with sufficient success to encourage them
in this effort
Especial interest in the work of the state
board was aroused by the Importance of
the topics it expects to present to the
public as disclosed at the annual meeting
most important of which is reform in
township government There is demand
for abstracts of the papers that were read
here. They are being discussed on special
nights by the various commercial organi-
zations Lafayette recently discussed
better city charter Secretary Murphy at
tended for the purpose of giving the re-
suits of his experience in securing a better
charter for his own city.
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Personal, Local aud General Notes.

Daniel Donough, general ticket agent at
the Union Station, is so i'll as to confine
him at home.
The gross earnings of the Vandalia for
February were $27, 700 in excess of those of
February, 1897.
George C. Chambers, general agent of the
passenger department Of the Santa Fe is in
the city on official business.
A meeting of the passenger committee of
the Joint Traffic Association has been called
for March IL. in New York city.
M. w Mansfield, superintendent of the
indianapolis q Vincennes went to Pitts
burg last night to be absent three or four
days.
George Cheney has been appointed road
master of the Indiana, Decatur & Western.
He comes from the Cincinnati, Hamilton
a. Dayton.
Harry Miller superintendent of the Van
dalia main line, was in the city yesterday
He states that every engine and car fit for
service is in use.
The health of w. p. Walker traffic man
ager of the Chesapeake q Ohio has so inn
proved that he expects tomorrow TO leave
for some health resort.
]. @. Van Wrinkle. general superintendent
OF the Big Four lines, was in Columbus,
o., yesterday attending a meeting of the
Columbus Union Railway Company.
Capt. W. w. Peabody, vice president of
the Baltimore g. Ohio Southwestern, and
o. p. McCarty. general passenger agent,
have gone to New York for stay of ten
days.
The Big Four lines (proper) earned In the
fourth week Of February S25S, 27062. an I'm
crease over the corresponding week of 1897