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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-26
Cured His Wife of Gadding.

Husbands In New Haven have n very
effective method of curing wives of
the habit of "gadding around" One
man named Bates. who was afflicted
with gadding wife. essayed to cure
her by locking her up in a room. He
was driven to this act because his help
meet was rarely home when she was
wanted. and in consequence he seldom
had a well cooked meal or tidy house
to come home to. Instead of having
n family row. he thought he would lock
her up so that he would know where
to find her when wanted. He fitted an
iron barred and padlocked door, and
every day before leaving the house he
locked his wife in. This was done day
after day.
Soon the neighbors began to miss Mrs.
Bates, and there was much speculation
as to the cause. When the neighbors
went to the door to call. there was no
response to their raps. and the house
seemed deserted. This seemed remark
able, for there was a time when Mrs.
Bates was seen abroad every day. FL
nally the mystery was explained. The
neighborhood was startled one day at
the sight of Mrs. Bates leaning out OF
a third story window of her house
shouting for help. Soon a group of
neighbors gathered. and to them the
woman related startling story. She
claimed that for six weeks her husband
had kept her locked up in her house
and under no circumstances would so
much as give her the liberty of step
ping outside the door in his absence
She had stood the treatment as long az
she could and had decided to rebel.
The excited neighbors told the police
the story. and in a few minutes an OIL
Ger was sent to investigate. He found
the woman's story true. The door of
her room was fastened with huge iron
bar padlocked to the door casing. The
police sent at once for the woman's
husband and made him unlock the door
and remove the bar and paddock.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-26
A Silk Season

Some of the new spring goods are SIM
ply charming, and, judging from the
lavish display OF silks. the summer OF
'9S will be par excellence a silk sea-
son. Organizes, mulls. swisses and dim
tiles come In the most delicate tones
and shades, while piques are seen in
all the delicious colorings of Scotch
plaids, and are therefore the most pro-
nounced novelty of the season.
The newest shirt waists for summer
wear are made severely plain all the
fullness centering In pouf in the front,
the sides being drawn down to fit the
figure closely, while the sleeves are de-
cidedly small and are gathered into the
armholes. with but scnnt fullness on
the shoulders. Plaids. piques or striped
cheviots are the top notch OF style in
these useful garments. ana when such
patterns are used are invariably cut on
the bias.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-26
How to Keep Young.

The ever youthful appearance vl W ~
members of the dramatic profession
a constant source of surprise 10 tne
public at large. The reason for TINS 10
not so much in the material necessary
used in making up. which obliterates "
a certain extent the natural wrinkles
of the skin. while It lubricates anu
nourlshes II. but 1t is due to the chahs'
In the expression of the various
tons which every part OF inHp.o, IA
ton demands. This causes the -, tbe
bring into play all the muscles MI
face. BY using them equaly nv and
maintain their firm consistehus som
strength, and none wastes AVA ,,ir ia
disuse. The result is that the 70 "a
kept stretched and tense over '"s
and does not fall into hollows'
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-26
Sadie Webb, Mail Carrier.

Talk about feminine independence
Where will you find more convincing
illustration than in Miss Sadie Webb OF
Porter township. o.? Sadie is the pride
OF the county and she comes honestly
by her reputation. Barely out of her
teens for two years. she has personally
discharged her duties as contractor on
Uncle Sans mail route No. Sl.2T7. which
takes in five thriving towns. Every day
she drives 80 miles, making 1872 miles
per week, and before her four year term
has expired she will have completed
36, SG4 miles.
1t isn't many young girls who would
shoulder such contract and assume
such daily responsibilities for such n
period Of their lives, but Miss Webb
heartily enjoys her work and has man
aged TO make good living out of IL.
Besides carrying the mails for four post
offices, she buys all OF the goods for
four general stores located in the viii
lagos along the route that she has to
travel. She also carries passengers and
is typical hustler in every way.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-26

ly, too, let's her heroines rest among
piles of cushions. while the heroes bring
to them good things to eat and drink
In reality they are thoroughly at their
ease. Miss Braddon had rather an in
clination that way, too. though. her ma
jestlc young women occasionally got UP
and walked across the room and serv-
ed somebody with tea and so display
ed their well shaped hands and flash
ing rings" The Duchess invariably
made all her young women wave large
feather fans. which calls for certain
amount OF muscular strength. and then
she used to let them SWAY" wherever
they might be going.
This reads delightfully."-. but when you
bring 1t down to absolute truth don't
you think that n swaying young woman
would look a little bit like one who was
too full of-enthusiasm? The Mandy
PANTY young woman who nestles on
somebody's shoulder and takes the stiff
ening out of his collar went out of
vogue with Thackeray's Amelia, while
| as for the heroines of the various so
called religious novels they simply
walk into n room and sit down on the
settee. / have often wondered what u
settee was. Probably 1t will be like Il
comfortable sleeper in parlor car. I'll
discover 1t some day.
have never been able to get over
the concelt OF the man who wrote Ben
| Hur." Vie said that Dickens would be
| forgotten because his people are COM
mon! Why. when 'Ben-Hur" is being
used to wrap up slate pencils people
will he loving Little Nell. admiring pa
vid Copperlleld, applauding the heroism
! Hf Gt'Hnap "a mr. nn 4 l..t -
womanlineys OF Bella wilfer / don't
believe Charles Dickens and Thackeray
talked that way about people who wrote
! books when they lived yet here's man
who happened TO make hit with a
book that had history as its foundation,
and he throws mud at men who pos
sessed the great gift of touching the
heart and Of drawing the pictures of
, living, breathing souls Botherl Con-
| ccit may push a book, but II won't
make IL live forever. 1t may advertise
| It, but II can't make us love It. Each
one of us may read 1t once. but when
the heart Is sad we don't go to IL to be
cheerod up as we do so to those living.
breathing people created by the two
masters of novel writing In English. /
! never did see the use OF writing novels
to improve people. a novel, good one,
is like n beautiful piece Of sunshine
it's going to bring JOY to you, II you
are well in mind and body. you appre-
ciate IT keeny; II you are III. It comes to
you just like the golden ray that peeps
through your shutters and. Frightening
your abiding place, makes everything
around you gladder. He who can write
II good novel has done more than any
other man TO bring happiness to men
and women. And good novel isn't one
that has 300 pages devoted TO what the
writer thinks about some much vexed
question and 100 TO the story. but 1t is
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-26

one that tells its story easily, carefully
and in such way that II Is like series
of pictures. 1t must be the panorama
of life. and for the time you are the
locker on.
The immoral novel IL one OF the unde-
sirabe products of today-the novels
that analyze faith into nothing that
condemn man until one wonders how II
was possible that God made him after
his own image and exploit and make
of worth n fool OF woman who com
sldcrs 1t her business to remodel the
world. I'm tired OF 1t. This is a very
good world II one will only take the
trouble to look for the good things In
1t. l don't blame anybody for refusing
to honor and respect such women as
are pictured in the analytical novel OF
today. They talk talk talk. until you
think that Is the only mission they have.
They regard motherhood as a burden,
faith as n folly humanity as fraud.
They complain of unfathful husbands.
of wicked children, OF unsympathetic
friends. But what have they done to
deserve anything better? Thank good
ness, most OF these women are in books!
Only few of them are In the everyday
world and those few are not popular.
Women can write advocating n newkind
Of woman, but it's the old kind. the
loving. sympathetic, gentle woman. who
Is popular. Men are wiser than they
look, and they realize that II the heroine
OF the analytical novel were desirable as
companion she would have been dis
covered in Solomon's time. Instead, as
the centuries have rolled by. men have
gone on loving and choosing the gem
tie, womanly woman. and she's the wo-
man he'll continue to select I'm sure
of this. Generalizing, he's honest and
brave and kind and he looks for a wo-
man who will be congenlal and who will
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-26

! her tears as she gives an affirmative
answer, and another tragedy is averted.
OF course the telephone in social ar
fairs mas its drawbacks. However close
ly Jack and Edith may be closeted with
their own particular telephones, they
can never be sure that crossed wire
will not give an unfeeling stranger the
benefit of their condolences. and 1t is
not encouraging to sentiment to have
an alien voice cry in your ear: Get or
the wire with that dadblamed talk!
Here. central give me the Hygeia Ice
company quicltl" And there is always
central who may be relied upon to take
n lively interest in her clients affairs
whenever calls are few and she has n
moment to give to them. And there
too, is the uncertainty in the recognl-
tion of voices which may lead to awk-
ward complications. How is one to
know when a joyous voice floats over
the wire with Are you going to be at
home this evening, Miss Becky" that
| 1t Isn't that tiresome Beaker man, to
whom Sarah has orders to give the
stereotyped mot at home" reply.
| 1t is odd that the telephone compa-
MES did not see long ago the advan-
| tage OF working up the social feature
of the telephone. 1t is a business that
builds itself. If one family has tele-
phone, every other family in that "set''
is going to demand one. Every young
| girl in every family Is going to find that
| the girl who has telephone at her ell
bow fares better in social matters than
, the one who has to depend on the old
forms of communication for making So
| cial engagements. So in cities where
the telephone has become n factor in
social life every father of every young
girl finds his life made burden until
his house is supplied with the desirable
adjunct.
AT the old rate of telephone service II
was not practicable for u great many
men to have telephones in their houses
In New York city, for instance 1t 1,
all the average man can do to support
a telephone service in his office at 500
| a year. But where service is down Il
$24 year. as 1t is now in some cities
the problem is simpllfed. Two tele.
| phones at s24 each are much less ex.
pensive than one telephone at the ole
rate OF 500 or more. This fact will Civ,
Miss Bud an unanswerable argument In
favor of q home telephone-an answer
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-26
TIE TELEPHONE
IN SOCIAL LIFE.
"A NEW SPHERE OF USEFULNESS FOR THE
PHONE-TANNG THE PLACE OF THE
MESSENGER AND TELEGRAM

The telephone has become n feature
OF social life, finding new sphere OF
usefulness, This is due in part to the
reduction in the rental rate in certain
cities. In Detroit and other places
where there is competition with the
Bell Telephone company. and where
rental rates have been cut in half,
large clientage has been found in do
nestle circles. In st. Louis, where an
opposition company is now laying wires
and planning to give service at less
than one-half current rates, household
ers are among the chief subscribers.
Telephones are being rented for
houses not for convenience in calling
up the butcher and baker. but for social
purposes. An investigation by railroad
men showed that the decrease In rail-
road travel In recent years was caused
by the long distance telephone. Society,
too, is beginning to live at telephone
speed. Engagements which were made
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-26

once by personal calls or formal notes
of invitation are now proposed and
closed over the telephone wire. The
young man who wrote a note of invita-
ton and paid a messenger 80 cents for
delivering 1t and bringing an answer
now calls up No. 5I7 and says: Hello.
Is this Mr.. Wallacefield's Is
Miss Della at home? Oh, yes! Is
that you. Miss Della? How are you?
This is Andrews Allen.
VIII you go to the Century theater
with me Wednesday night? Yes,
it's Sothern. Yes. his new play,
Lady Ursula Thank you. III
call at quarter before s. Goodby."
The transaction is closed in two min
utes. MIR. Allen telephones the theater
TO reserve two seats for Wednesday
night, and on his way home he stops
at the box office and gets the tickets.
Or II 1t is question of bunny"
as Welsh rabbit is known in some
cities of the middle west. there Is no
need of sending formal Invitations or
setting the function for future day.
There Is series of "hellos," answered
by busy young men In banks and in
surance Offices. followed by series of
similar conferences with young women
at their homes. Behold at o'clock of
the evening Of that day a select dozen
gathered around the silver chatting dish
dIsputing the amount of worcestershire
sauce and mustard which shall go with
stated quantity OF cheese and ale.
or suppose an entertainment In pros
peet for a certain night and Miss Wall
flower suffering for an escort or a chap
eron. Some good friend hearing of her
predIcament, rings up No. 1926. VIII
Miss Wallhower accept a seat in the
carriage of Mrs. Goodheart and go with
her to the ball? Miss Wallnower dries
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-26

which her father will find II difficult to
evade, for it is fact that some busi-
ness men prefer for personal reasons
not to have telephones in their homes
and their offices as we'll. Possibly 1t
keeps their wives too closely in touch
with their movements.
There are now about $4,000 Bell tele-
phones in use in the United States. The
number OF opposition instruments In op-
GRAFTON Is comparatively small, though
In many towns of Michigan, beginning
with Detroit. the opposition. with its
low rates. has driven the Bell COM
pany partly or wholly out OF business.
II the use Of telephones In homes be-
comes general, as it is certain to do
with the reduction of rates to 81 a
month. the number of telephones in
use five years hence Will be not less
than 1900, 000-probably many more. The
! greengrocer and the butcher win find
| them necessity since their customers
will all have them.
Marketing will be done by telephone.
| Engagementsw will be made by telephone.
The domestic economy will be revolu-
tionized. In time the use OF telephones
will become so common that a woman
about TO give an entertainment will not
| think OF having invitations mailed to
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-26
BREEZY BITS OF
GOSSIP BY BIB.
PRETTY FRENCH ACTRESSES AND HOW THEY
LOOK IN SWELL GOWNS-A WORD
ABOUT THE MODERN NOVEL.

time that Mr.. Henry James novels were
believed by some people to have GER
tain amount of interest all the women
in them were standing round" He
made them stand and stand. with oc-
casionally the privilege OF leaning on a
mantleshelf. until they fell Into mntrl-
mony because they were so tired. Now.
ouida very complacently and very kind
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-26

err women. has been travelling for sew
eral weeks toward the Kloadike. intends
building a hospital and mission house
at Dawson City. Many of tAese women
are trained hospital nurses.
Mrs. Bradley Martins fondness for
titles is amusing the English people.
She has been entertaining large house
party. and. following the custom, had c
label on each bedroom door showing
the name Of the occupant. But abe
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-26

bring into his life all the pleasant little
womanly ways that he would miss II II
were not for her. oh, yes. I've SO much
belief in man that know he will choose
the right kind OF woman
Parenthetically, though, must beg
of him not to disappoint me and SO go
back on the good character vouched for
him by
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-26

fact that as soon as she arrives in any
continental city she always receives the
lace dealers. from whose stores her
great wealth naturally enables her to
make considerable purchases.
The Duchess OF Marlborough has been
achieving great success in private
theatricals. The success OF the duchess
In Il pretty love song was greater than
that OF any OF the others. She was COM
PEELED to sing 1t six times. The aygu.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-26

who pass the winter in old st. Angus
tine
Miss Alice de Rothschid, who is n
member of the celebrated family OF
hnanciers, has the reputation of pos
sessins the finest collection of old lace
OF any private individual. 1t will bear
comparison with the possessions OF roy
atty, for II is certainly one OF the most
perfect existing at present. Her fond
ness for the lace ia exemplified by the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-26

'ment of the play was written by the
Duchess OF Marlborough herself and
was pronounced very clever. In the
comedy she appeared as the Countess of
Klondike and outshone every one else.
Miss Emma Brooke. the English wo-
man who the author OF "a SuperfuouS
Woman" has written new novel,
which will be called 'The Confession Of
Stephen Whapshare."
Mrs. Hannah Gould, who. with ca 9TH
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-26

carried the matter to extremes by i ma" /.
ing on the door OF her little - ,ho nigh
nursery the usual card. beaflns ,n
sounding title "viscount ui,lns, soderacy
The Daughters of the nTa,v or
have presented to the city o Oh d
leans large, full length po auai sec
stephen r. Mallory, who was . The
rotary of the Confederate s'A Memorial
painting has been hung In -A
hall, New Orleans.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-07

democrat, of West Virginia; Gray, democrat of Delaware; Hawley, repub- lican, of Connecticut; Lodge, republi- can, of Massachusetts; Mantle, silver republican, of Montana; Mills, demo- crat, of Texas; Mitchell, democrat, of Wisconsin; Murphy, democrat, of New York; Pasco, democrat, of Florida; Quay, republican, of Pennsylvania; Roche, republican, of North Dakota; Smith, republican,, of New Jersey; Stewart, silver republican, of Nevada; Turpie democrat, of Indiana; White, democrat, of California, and Wilson, re- publican, of Washington.
 In several of these cases the election of the present incumbents is expected, but in quite a large number of them much doubt exists The republican managers are placing reliance on the fact that they need only few votes to assure them a clear majority, while the democrats, populists and silver re- publicans would have to carry most of the doubtful legislatures to represent a democratic majority. The states con- sidered most in doubt are West Virgil mia, New York, Pennsylvania, North Dakota, New Jersey, Indiana, Califor- mia, Washington and Nebraska, con- flicting claims being made in each state. Among senate officials the opinion pre- vails that the anamalous conditions now prevailing of a senate without a majority will end with the election and that the legislatures then chosen will give assurance of majority rule in the upper branch of congress after March next.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-07
VOTE THE STRAIGHT REPUBLI- CAN TICKET TOMORROW.
GEORGE M.iTTHEWS0N MAY DIE
His Statement Taken Last Night by
 Coroner Mix.

His Statement Taken Last Night by
 Coroner Mix.
 George Matthewson, who is alleged to have been assaulted by John Sinister at the store of the latter at the corner of East and State streets, Saturday night. was reported to be in most critical condition at the New Haven hospital last night. Serious doubts of his recovery were entertained and he was visited about o'clock by Coroner Mix, who took a statement from him as to the circumstances under which he was injured. John Sinister was at one time town clerk and now keeps dry goods store at the corner of East and State streets. It seems that Saturday evening Matthewson entered the store and being intoxicated rendered himself obnoxious by abusive language and otherwise. He had some difficulty with MT. Shuster and the latter put him out of the store. On the sidewalk in front of the store a scuffle ensued and during it. it is alleged that Mir. Shuster kicked Matthewson in the abdomen. Dr. MuuIe, d pOllCe SUI BeUil, WdS tdlleu and after examining Matthewson's in- juries ordered him removed to the hos pital. Saturday night it was not thought that he was seriously injured, but about 10 o'clock last night Dr. Moore informed the police that he was in critical condition. At 2 o'clock this morning the hospital authorities refused to say whether or not he had been injured internally. They did say however that he was still alive at that hour. Matthewson is about seventy years of age and is a native of Edin- burgh, Scotland. He came to New Ha- ven from Bridgeport only few days ago. MT. Shuster was arrested Satur- day night by Patrolmen Cooper and McAllin of the Grand avenue police station and was released under bonds of s10O furnished by Franklin B. Shus- ter. to appear in city court this morn- int
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-07
THE HARRINGTON PUBLISHING GO.
THREE DARING ROBBERS.
Blow Open Vault of Rtchford, Vt, Saw
 ings Bank-Capture Passers-by.

Richford, Vt, Nov. 6.-Three daring men blew open the vault of the Rich ford Savings bank and Trust company early this morning and while they only succeeded in securing $500 in stamps they escaped detection by capturing two passers-by and holding them pris- oners until they had made five unsuc- cessful attempts to open the safe which contained large amount of money. The thieves were discovered by w. P. Greene, who was passing the bank building at the time and heard sus picious noise. He went up to the win dow and peered into the banking rooms, but before he realized what was going on he was seized by two of the men and dragged into the building. A gag was quickly placed in his mouth and then he was bound hand and foot to a chair while one of the thieves stood Scarcely had the work of securing Greene been completed when the thieves discovered another citizen gazing in through the window. The second man proved to be James Taylor, and he was also bound and gagged.
 The work at the inner safe, which had been interrupted by Greene, was resumed and five charges of fine gum powder was blown into the cracks of the safe and ignited, but still tho steel withstood the repeated explosions. The helpless men in the chairs saw every part of the proceedings, although they were powerless. It was an hour or more before the thieves gave up their attempt on the stout little inner safe and were obliged to be satisfied with the contents of the weaker boxes which contained only postage stamps and revenue stamps All day the surround ing country has been searched for the thieves, but without the slightest trace of the men. It may be possible that they succeeded in boarding the Cana dian Pacific train for Montreal The inside of the vault was badly wrecked by the explosion, and it is estimated that the damage will amount to $3,000, which is fully covered by insurance.