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Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-03-18
NEW SPANISH MINISTER TALKS.
Tells OF SPANS Position and Says She
Does Not Want War.

Does Not Want War.
A Washington special says Senior
Bernabe, the new Spanish minister,
was seen Friday by an Associated
Press reporter, and for tho first time
since his arrival at the capital con-
sented to speak concerning Spanish
affairs, observing such reticence on
certain phases as diplomatic propriety
required.
Since the minister's arrival he has
received cablegram from Captain
General Blanco, stating that tho Cuban
cabinet had designated Seniors Seval-
lios, OF New York, and Barilla, socre-
tary Of the Havana chamber of COM
merce, to act with Senior Angulo in
negotiating complete treaty between
the United States and Cuba. The
minister referred incidentally to this
fact, as he regarded it as to the COM
plete autonomy which Spain had
granted to Cuba.
Although Senior Bernabe will be the
plenipotentiary in arranging Cuban
treaty, the Cuban delegates above
named by the Cuban cabinet will have
entire|control Of the terms Of such a
treaty.
Speaking Of the present policy of
Spain in giving autonomy to Cuba, the
minister said;
"The government has granted au-
tonomy on the broadcast aud most lib.
eral lines. II is designed to give to
the Cuban people the complete direc.
ton Of their internal affairs, thus graf
flying the honorable ambition Of the
Cubans, while at the same time main
tanning the historic allegiance of Cuba
as a colony Of Spain.
1.-THE government is not executing
this plan grudgingly, or with any tech
meal restrictions. On the contrary it
appreciates that the largest degree of
prosperity for the island may be ex-
pected from such a measure Of reform
as will meet the cherished expectations
Of Cubans loyal to Spain. Already
much has been accomplished and there
is the fullest confidence that the plan
will be carried into full execution,
NATURALLY WIFI ull ihSulItCliOH piUb-
cling toward it's close there are diff
culties in the way of complete reali-
cation of plans 80 comprehensive rs
TO embrace the entire internal ma
chinery of Cuba. The autonomist
cabinet is organized and in its hands
is tho direction of the domestic affairs
Of the island pending the meeting of
the Cuban parliament.
When his attention was drawn to re-
cent critical phases of the Spanish sit.
uation the Senior spoke with much re-
serve. The Lee incident happened
while he was on the ocean and ho
knew nothing, he said, of the circum-
stances, although he felt confident a
misunderstanding had grown out of
some casual illusions to General Lee,
not meant as any intimation that his
recall was desired.
The minister was then asked if he
viewed the present condition of affairs
between the United States and Spain
as indicating war; After a moments
hesitation he answered gravely:
II am sure that the United States
does not want war, just as / am sure
that the Spanish government does not
want war, and will do everything hon
orable in its power to avert such a ca
lamity."
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-03-18
HANNA ELECTION CONTEST.

Mayor McKisson. of Cleveland. VIII OPP
pose Seating For the Long Term.
A special from Cleveland, o., says:
Mayor Robt. L. McKisson has an
nounced that he would contest the
election of Senator Hanna when the
latter attempted to take his seat for
the long term.
It will be recalled that McKisson
was the candidate of the opposition
for senator at Columbus last January.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-03-18
WILL DONATE BUILDING.

Georgia Lumbermen VIII Furnish Mate
rial For State Exhibit Mt Omaha.
The lumbermen of Georgia will do
nate the material to be used in the con-
structon of the building for the state
exhibit at the Omaha exposition. Mr..
G. f. Hartman, one Of the most active
members Of the commission, will visit
Omaha within the next week or ten
DAYS, and while there will select the
site for the building.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-03-18

FACTORY OPERATIVES IDLE.
Mills In Woonsocket, X. l., VIII Remain
Closed Another Month.

Closed Another Month.
The 1900 employees of the Alice
mill of the United States Rubber Com
pany at Woonsocket, r. L., were noti'
fled Tuesday that the plant will not be
STATED until after the inventory is
taken on April 1st. The mill shut
down two weeks ago.
Needed repairs is the reason adj
vanced by the management for the
continued idleness.
The Candee factory at New Haven,
controlled by the United States Rub
Der Company, has shut down for a
month. 1t employed 1900 hands.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-03-18
NEBRASKA LAW INVALID.
Harlan Declares Maximum Freight Rate
Act Unconstitutional.

Justice Harlan, of the United States
supreme court, has rendered an opin-
ion in the Nebraska maximum freight
rate case, holding the Nebraska law to
be contrary to the fourteenth amend.
ment in that is used the taking of
property without due process of law.
This case was instituted to test the
validity of law passed by the Ne
braska Legislature in 1898, prescribing
the maximum rates for the transporta-
ton of freight by railroads within the
state.
The case has been twice argued in
the supreme court.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-03-18
Of Somali by tho German explorer,

tHltXneT.
The building, though lavishly decor
ated within, resembles the work OF
some industrious animal like tho
beaver in its outward appearance.
Without a particle Of design, thrown
together hodGe-podge, this strange
church seemed impossible to inspire
any kind OF thoughts but those OF
physical and mental discomfort.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-03-18
STEER WITH A WOODEN LEG.

He Manages 10 Get AROUND BrfskIy VIII
tho Artificial Member.
Contentedly chewing the cud on the
farm of Charles E. Wright, near Bowl
ing Green, Ky, Is wooden-legged
steer which manages to get arouLd
The evening times., 1898-06-02
When She Buy. Her shoes.

The young woman of the period does
not look at paper soles and pointed toes
any more when she goes to get shod. She
curls her lip at the feminine creature who
asks for lasts too narrow and heels too
high. and then. in stentorious tones, de-
mands samples of m ,rchandise for boys
stiff, stout. high-laced boots. and, in the
glove department, youths sizes, in their
regulation styles. As the set which DOM
mates the fashions in O America have
through choice. set the lead. it so hap
pens that every woman in and out of
society Is buying broad-toed footgear,
with projecting wooden soles-a cut that
would suggest the Holland sabot to our
foremothers. But our foremothers SIM
pered and minced and went In for swoons
and vinaigrettes and we of this genera
ton. at least, keep the men in sight with
our seven-league boots. sensible dress
and good-comradeship.
So the girls are buying the shoes Of
half-grown boys and saving money there
by, because womens toilet accessories
are always more expensive than those
Of boys. Fancy wearing pumps" of pat
ent leather to do the service OF slippers.
II you please; the difference is just about
S in price, and the vogue is on the side
Of the boys shoe. Thick gloves, which
conceal all digital taper; Alpine hats. for
walking and bicycling; stif shirt bos-
oms. umbrellas tight-rolled and mems
neckties dictate the mode of womans
dress for the present and coming sea-
sons-and feminine woman Is not the
less SO because of this sensible and most
fashion.
The evening times., 1898-06-02
Not the Social hut the Aqueous
Struggle In the Tide.

Just as soon as the warm weather sets
in many persons who. at the close Of last
Summer. were able to swim few strokes.
win again somewhat timorously enter the
water. The majority will find this self
imposed task far more difficult than is
anticipated. II is necessary to remind
those that indulge IN short. hurried
strokes that one of the golden ru,es of
swimming is move slowly and deliberate
ly. Those who wish to become good
swimmers must cultivate se,f-reliaIce.
and they should always bear in mind that
water itself has sustaining power far
greater than that of most other liquids.
The slow stroke is the very essence of
good swimming. 1t enables the bather to
initiate the lungs and thus unconsciously
turn them temporarily into life preserv-
ers. To move slowly Is to get plenty of
breathing time. and to get plenty of
breathing time is to get plenty of strength
to repeat the movements which propel
the body through the water. The second
golden rule which the beginner should
school herself to remember Is that the
living human body is specifically lighter
than water. and that, consequently, it
does not necessarily sink therein. Conf
dence in the sustaining power of water is
the only secret Of swimming. The best
way to convince the novice of the buoy
ancy of water is to let her wade out un-
til the water comes up to her breast; but
before doing this she should take care.
when in shallow water. to immerse her
whole body, so as to avoid the rush of
blood to the head. from which many bath
ers suffer through negiecting to do this.
With the water once on a level with the
breast the bather should lie on her back
and extend her arms beyond her he n,
but not raised out of the water. This po-
sition makes breathing easy and counter
balances the weight of the legs. The
bather should lie restfully and avoid stiff
fening the neither limbs. The hips should
be rigid. the feet close together, but not
out of the water for II they were thev
would overbalance the weight of the head
an'l carry 1t beneath the surface
The evening times., 1898-06-02
WHIMS DUE
TO CURIOSITY
Impulses to Investiga ate Hand
ed Down from Eden.
The Women Of Today Thoroughly
Equipped With Ewes Notions OF
Solving All Mysteries.

1t is odd that in the midst of our
present craze for character analysis no
one has thought of putting down GER
tain portion of the woman movement
of the day to woman's proverbial char
acteristic-curiosity. Since first our
Mother Eve, impelled by desire for
a knowledge of good and evil, bit into
the apple, woman has suffered from an
intense desire to know and understand
for herself This instinct is in itself
a praiseworthy cne. as it holds with
in it the very spirit of courage and
broad intelligence. But it has always
been considered a reprehensible trait in
woman's nature, and the punishment
for its indulgence is often excessive.
What more awful than the fate of
Bluebeard's wives?
At the same time there is great
deal-as there usually is-to be said
upon the other side. And modern GU
riosity really exceeds all limits and
disregards all consequences. So long
as it goes hand in hand with Keen
desire to be of use and to understand
life in order to help those who need it.
or is coupled with moral strength and
a sympathy which carries with it heal
ing. that is one thing. But the Curl
osity of today is quite another.
Perhaps it may not be generally
known, but all the same it is fact.
that six out of ten at least of the mar
riages among our poorer classes are
contracted, on the woman's side, out of
pure curiosity The man marries for
housekeeper-a home-or for one or
two other reason. The woman mar
ries because she is curious. She is in
terested in married life; she would Ike
to know more about it: she imagines
it will be rather pleasant. or at any
rate something novel. As for love-
such love, at least, as one may dignity
by that sacred name-it does not enter
at all into the contract OF some.
In the higher classes the same i'm
pulse takes rather different FORM
The woman who smokes does SO chief
Iy out of curiosity. touched by brava-
do. 1t is the same impulse as that
which impels a schoolboy to hide him
self behind a haystack and smoke a
nine which makes him feel exceeding
ly sick. But-the schoolboy is more he
roic than the woman. for he. at any
rate. has not the support Of publicity.
But there are other modern habits
far more important. the practice of
which also arises out of feminine Gu
rioeity. One of these is the very gen.
eral way in which women now fire.
auent certain places of amusement
where a former generation never PEN
etrated.
Here, 1t is true. the men who take
them are far more blameworthy.
They know well that while the per-
Torrance on the stage may be admis-
sible, the side play in the audience is
bad and wrong and unutterably sad.
They imagine that their wives and SIS
ters, sitting beside them. know MOTH
ing of all this. And sometimes this is
true enough. But what, then, induces
them to go? Is 1t interest In the per-
formance. which is often far below par
and deadly dull? Is 1t wish to un-
derstand life better, and SO to be Of
The evening times., 1898-06-02
Some Noted women.

The Princess of Wales has tea serv-
ice of sixty pieces. each one of which is
decorated with different photograph
which she herself took while in Scotland.
Queen wilhelmena of Holland will come
of age August 81, and then her betrotha,
with Prince Bernard Of saxe-weimar will
be published. The. young queen has not
been willing to entertain the notion of
marriage. and SOME think it may be be-
cause the Salic Law yet prevails in part
in The Netherlands and by the constitu-
ton Of the kingdom she must give up the
throne to her son. SHOULD she have one.
when he shall be eighteen years old.
The Duchess Dues has passed a sue
cessful examination In France as a driver
of automotors. She took her examiners.
who were a state engineer and two ex-.
perts appointed by the sprefect Of police.
on her car throughs the fBois de Boulogne
and around Paris al thetregulation maxi
mum OF speed. which II Is kilometers. or
about 10 miles an hour
Miss Brennan. NJ. A., Is the first woman
The evening times., 1898-06-02
Is SHE OR Is SHE NoTp
Age rs a Question of Feminine At
tractfveness.

Age MS a Question of Feminine At
tractfveness.
Is the woman of forty more attractive
than the woman Of twenty?
This is a pertinent query. which is be-
ing more discussed than any other in the
women's clubs nowadays. Its revival is
said to be due to little story about Bal
zac which is going the rounds nowadays.
Safe to say. the women folk would never
be able to crack this conundrum to the
satisfaction of all concerned, even in the
allotted three score and ten years of the
regulation lifetime. The moot point has
been turned over to their masculine ad-
mirers in Chicago therefore, and these
modern chevaliers have wisely praised the
charms of both the clever matron of for
ty and the pretty maiden of twenty with
considerable emphasis in favor of the
former.
The man of letters. who was likewise
a social lion, as this Balzac tale is told
was one day sitting in Paris salon talk
ing to a charming miss of seventeen Sum-
mers. Suddenly the young girl asked the
popular litterateur why he liked women
whom most people would consider passe
why. monsieur" she continued. laugh
ingly. ''even when they are as old as for
ty you seem to enjoy their society,"
Perhaps the secret lies In the simple
fact" seriously responded Balzac. after a
moments pause. that the woman Of
twenty must be pleased. while the woman
OF forty tries to please" +s'f7
The famous Frenchman further ex-
planned that the younger woman thus
made the most of her own charms, while
the older woman, with happy tact, sought
to call out the attractive qualities of her
masculine confrere.
However 1t be, this is distinctly the day
of the more mature woman This is a
fact reflected in art and literature as
well as evidenced everywhere in society.
Most women famous for power over the
hearts of men. from the queeniy Cleo
patra to the beautiful Helen of Troy, it is
commonly cited in this connection, were
nearer forty than twenty when at the
zenith of their glory
In other words. the woman displays her
own cleverness at twenty. and at forty
draws out the cleverness of the man.
Naturally, It is a matter of opinion as to
whether masculine vanity is more an
peased in the one instance or the other.
The evening times., 1898-06-02
HOSPITALITY AND PATRIOTISM
Red, White and Blue as Decorations
for Dining Tables.

Red, White and Blue as Decorations
for Dining Tables.
The hostess of an inventive turn re-
joices just now in her opportunity TO vary
her table decorations pleasantly. while at
the same time extending her hospitality
and showing her patriotism. dinner
given during the past week cleveriy ex-
emplified the possibilities of the tricolor
decorations and showed what ingenuity
and thought can devise in that line. First
OF all. the table was spread with snowy
damask and the china used was white
bordered with bands of deep azure. Ii
the center of the table was laid silk
flag, and on 1t was placed large blue
bowl of Bohemian glass filed with red
and white carnations. At the four cor
ners of the table were stacked bonbon-
nieres in the form of miniature projectiles
tied together with broad red. white and
blue ribbon. and at every cover was
name card embossed with the national
emblem. and long roll tied with the tri-
color.
The Roman punch was served in cups
Of ice-colored red. white or blue. and serv-
ed in regular rotation to the guests as the
colors came on the flag. The ices for the
ladies were in the form of soldier boys.
each one bearing a chocolate gun. while
for the men were provided very realistic
looking cannon. each supplied with a
goodly stack Of chocolate cannon balls.
A pound cake stuck full of tiny American
fags-one for each State in the Union.
was the piece de resistance of the dessert.
tied with broad tricolored ribbon.
A tricolored birthday supper party. Civ
en- by a popular young woman, may sug-
gest something for such patriotic enter
tainment on a less expensive scale. VIM
dows and mantelpiece were hung with
flags; flags were fastened at right angles
from the chandelier. and depending be-
meath that were ropes of smilax garland
ed with red. white and blue ribbon A
birthday cake in the center of the table
bore significant number of red, white
and blue candles. while stretched the full
length of the table was a scarf of crepe
paper in the tricolor. which made a pref
ty and inexpensive decoration. At the
women's places were punches of red and
white carnations tied with blue and at
the mems paper boutonnieres in the tricol-
or, which very celverly initiated the same
flowers. Under every cover also was a
Japanese paper napkin. stamped with the
American flag. The supper was what is
known as a Dutch supper" and as the
edibles could not. therefore. carry out the
color scheme. the trlcolored ribbon or pa
per was used to garnish the dishes wher-
ever possible.
The evening times., 1898-06-02
Certain View. OF the Methods of
the Mothers of Today,


the Mothers of Today.
Our ideas of pleasing children are ter
ribly overdrawn. The age In which we
live prohibits narrow-mtndedness. In our
efforts for thought expansion. however.
We encourage elastic consciences.
No mother living has any right to own
an elastic conscience. So surely as she
does her children must suffer. 1t Is the
elastic conscience that ieopardizes child
ish innocence by exposing it to the
smirching influence Of the modern play.
1 am simply astounded, says Dorothy
Maddox. at the idiotic attempts Of the
modern mother to please her little one
by giving 1t a peep AT mimic life. Chill
dren are taken to the theater to look upon
character sketches that are fantastically
horrible. utterly depraved.
At a recent matinee l was much i'm
pressed with the number of elastic con-
sciences present. The house was well
filled with children. Most of the juveniles
were girls.
Just back OF me sat a mother and
daughter. Daughter had seen at the
mos, but six summers. The child had
the face of a dream angel Such a dear
face, as yet unmarried by single pas
sion. seemed to me utterly out of place
in a playhouse, where one of the riskiest
dramas was about to be given.
1t had been dramatized from a book
which at one time stirred this country
to profoundest depths because of it's un-
wholesomeness-
In the second act mob of men and
women Wed with each other in coarse
gestures loud laughter and high kicking.
Partisan quarter noted for its lax
morals held the stage.
In the midst of the hubbub a thin lit
lie voice. as sharp as knife, rose above
the din.
MY. but that's tough gang.
Amt it?''
If somebody had hit me with a club
I could not have been more dumbfound-
ed. What criticism to come from the
lips of a mere baby! I could hardly be-
lieve my own ears.
1t was uttered in q reflective tone.
and with a worldly-wise intonation that
shocked me. Evidently this tot had been
to the theater before. Her mother made
no reply to the exclamation. played
the part of an eavesdropper from sheer
curiosity, to see how she would meet
such a remark.
Perhaps she was too full for utter
ance. 1 should have thought she would
have been. She is only one of many
mothers trying to give the small girl of
the family good time. The idea of
mind contamination is not considered. Or
if 1t is, there is some sort of an idea
that the innocence of extreme youth will
act as a protection.
False notion, IL ever there was one.
The smirch is made. and the whittier the
soul, the uglier the stain.
The evening times., 1898-06-02
THE FAMILY
SUMMER OUTING
Where Will Debutantes in
Flirtations Begin?
ScashOre, Mountain and Quiet Farm-
house GIories Now Open Up
for Consideration.

Just now the absorbing topic is the
momentous question. Where shall We
spend the Summer" and the rival at
fractions of different resorts are being
weighed in the balance before making
decision. So far as grown people are
concerned. 1t is only a matter of taste
and convenience. but when there are
children in the family the question be-
comes one of far greater Importance
than merely finding a place that is
moderately cool and free from malaria.
The idea of Summer outing enter
tanned by the average family consists
of spending a length of time at some
hotel in the mountain or at the s:a-
side. where the women sit about on the
galleries all day, doing fancy work and
talking gossip, and where the nights
are filled with hops and progressive eu-
chre. 1t is an experience for which few
are the better, but it is positively de-
moralizing for children. Everyone who
has ever gone through such a Summer
holiday must recall with a shudder the
fiirtatious little girls. horribly sophisti-
Gated in their very babyhood. who were
making eyes at the men, and the
equally unlovely little boys who had
already found out that the poolroom
was the chief center of interest in life.
and who hung like flies about the bar
room door. To even the most casual
observer 1t must seem that even one
such Summer is enough to scar child
hood with indelible scars.
To every city child the Summer ought
to mean nothing but one long holiday
in the country-away from nerve-rasp-
ing noises. away from the trammels of
conventions and dress, some place
where the most exciting event of the
day is finding blueoird's nest and the
coming home of the cows is an episode.
What rest and peace and quiet and
strength wise Mother Nature pours In
on the restless little souls, What les
sons Of wisdom she teachesi Not to
have been born in the country. and to
have passed ones childhood there, is
to be defrauded of half Of the poetry of
life. City children are worldly wise
from the cradle up. They are born ag-
nostics. The country child who has
seen the purple splendor of the dawn
on the upland fields and throbbed to
the glory of the lark's song in the first
still wonder Of the Spring. has walked
hand in hand with the fairies. and all
beautiful tales to him are true.
In the high-pressure education we are
bestOwing on the children of this day
it becomes more and more a necessity
that they should have this quiet coun-
try breathing space during every year,
and 1t is probable that many of the
physical and mental breakdowns could
be avoided If the children went back
to school fresh from the country hell
day, instead Of from the late hours,
the artificial life, the dressing and un-
wholesome food of the Summer hotel.
Every child who knows nothing Of the
country, who has never known the lux
ury OF simple living and primevaI dirt
his bfrthright.