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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-10
STORY OF THE DAY.
Her Shattered Idol.

whereupon she had engraved the name
Of Rex" There was nothing else in all
| the world.
| At last, out Of the great voiceless
| silence, there came a message 1t was
copy of his new book, and on one
pencil-marked page she found herself
| portrayed. 1t read, sang, laughed Of
Ellie! Ellie Elhe!'' and she lived again
| for many long, long week, buoyed by
that cruel phantom hope.
| But nothing came.
When her heart and brain could bear
| no more, she went one day to Grandma
Ventnor and Grandma Thornton, and
laid her heart before them.
Now you know ALI" she added, land
| If you love me you will take me to Lon
| don. will soon be ready to come home,
| dear grandma; so take me- please.
Just now my heart is breaking, and
| only London can heal it,"
In all their lives they had refused her
| nothing, and now, when she looked at
| them with those strange eyes, they did
| not dare. So to the great metropolis
they went, these three women as guile
| less of heart and simple of mind as little
| children.
| Then in that great wilderness they
| wandered-here, there. everywhere, up,
| down, in, out, to find that one man, that
| the sad brown eyes might look at him
| just once again.
And one day, when they were we'll
nigh heartsick and discouraged, they
| found him. They had found their way
| into a picture gallery, one gala day, and
| there they suddenly came upon him.
| In all his grace and elegance, he stood
| the center of gay party. A woman
| stood beside hin-a woman even more
| beautiful than the pictured faces upon
| the walls. She had white skin and big
| lustrous eyes, shining hair and gleam-
ing teeth. Her silken dress lay in heavy
folds along the carpet; there were long,
| rich feathers in her hat, diamonds gilt
tering In her ears, and the hand that
| rested on his shoulder was sparkling
| with gems
One of the attendants came near Just
then and Ellie whispered:
J 'Who is she?"
Pauline Delafrere.'
Not his wife. then?'
The man laughed.
NO"
But will she be?''
mot in this world" laughed he, Men
do not marry Paulines!"
She saw him then as he was, her
broken, shattered idol, with all the
stain of worldliness, making black and
terrible the life she had deif1ed in her
heart, and she put her hands blindly
out.
Home! Take me home, grandma"
And then the white lips quivered, the
slender limbs gave way, and the tender,
loving heart gave up its struggling, its
WEAKNESS and pain. Rex Meredith, with
Pauline Delafrere, hurrying with the
crowd to the poor old women who were
filing the gallery with their lamenta-
| tons, saw little Ellie lying dead, like
some white lily torn from it's stalk in
its first opening-dead. broken-hearted,
but pure as the angels in heaven
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-10
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN.

Miss Florence Florman found her
fortune herself. She is a native Of
Dakota. and has lived with her family
in the Black Hills all her life She
is therefore thoroughly posted upon all
mining and prospecting subjects, and
has been from a child. When she
moved to the Klondike with the rest
of her family. and located at Rapid
City, it was perfectly natural for her
to start out prospecting. She soon dis
covered rich quartz vein Of ore in
the Alien mining district An expert
examined the quartz brought in by Miss
Florman. and Immediately pronounced
it rich vein. and bonded it for $780,
900. Miss Florman has since met her
fate however. in Frank Baker, a rich
mine owner in the Klondike, who APP
peared on the scene soon after the find.
They were married and now make their
home in Dawson City.
One of the pleasing traits of Queen
Victoria is that she never forgets old
servants and employees. A short time
since, she gave a silver loving cup to
James Shaw, the retiring superintend-
ent of the London and Northwestern
Railway Company. This presentation
recalled the fact that she used to have
a strong antipathy to travelling by rail.
When the prince consort was alive, she
could not be induced to use the trains.
The royal couple used to separate reg
ularly when it came to a trip from town
to town. She used the carriage and he
went by rail. The line between Wind
sor and Paddington was in existence
for more than 20 years before Queen
Victoria took her first trip over it.
A clever American woman artist, Miss
Hutchinson. is said to be the only wo-
man in the country able to do the dec
Grating enameled on fine pieces of jew
elry. workshop with the mercury
in summer at 100 and 10 degrees is the
price one has to pay for the ability to
do this delicate work. Miss Hutchin-
son is an indefatigable worker. The
greater part of her educationawas re-
ceived in this country, and later she
studied a few months in the Julian
studio. Paris. She was also admitted
for a time to the Sevres factory. Her
work there was so satisfactory that
she was given special pieces of the
Sevres porcelain to decorate
The increase in the number of medi-
cal women in Great Britain Is held by
medical men to be astonishing. In
London alone there are now So regis
tered and qualified medical women, al
most all of whom are in practice.
Gen. Jouberts wife has gone with
him in all his campaigns, and Is said
to have aided with her counsel the de-
velopments Of his strategic plans.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-10
ORIGIN OF THE WEDDING
RING.

According to legend, Jupiter sent to
Frometheus in honor of his deliverance
by Hercules a ring in which was set a
piece of the stone to which Prometheus
had formerly been bound in chains.
IN northern mythology the ring SYM
poIlzes the bridge from this world to the
next, OF, according to another idea, the
RAINBOW symbol Of eternity. Hence 1t is
pam that from most ancient times the
ring was a symbol of remembrance and
eternal recollection. Since the earliest
Gays OF Christianity the ring has been
precious pledge of faithfulness. the
tallsman of two souls forming a sacred
life unicn.
The custom of wearing the wedding
ring on the fourth finger of the left
hand goes back for it's origin to the
Egyptians, from whom the Greeks bor-
roWed the custom and handed it on to
the Romans. The fourth finger was
dedicated to Apollo, the sun god, and
gold was an additional symbol of the
sun. Besides, it was believed that
Apollo's finger was connected by a
nerve directly with the heart, and it
was most appropriate that the sign of
the loving union should rest on this
finger
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-10

is not so much what money gives a
person as what it saves him from. -
And in like manner, though the work
of the century has given women much.
it has saved her from many indig-
mites and much injustice as well.
In 1900 no married woman in any
country was permitted to control her
property, nor could she will it away
at death. THE common law in oper-
alton III England and the United
States held husband and wife to be
one, and that one the husband" And
the wife was considered to be dead in
law" In fact, she had absolutely no
freedom of thought, speech or ac-
ton" This, as Abigail Adams so
pointedly showed her own able hus-
country was formed, was ali right in
most cases, as humane and affection
ate men made no such use of such
laws. but 1t would have been better
to have put 1t out of the legal power
of any one to inf1ict such Injustice.
1t was impossible for a married
woman to make a legal will at this
time, and if she worked anywhere for
wages, her husband could collect and
spend them and even widows and UNI
married women who possessed some
money were not allowed to go to a
bank to deposit or draw it, this hav-
ing all to be done through the agency
of some man friend or relative.
At this time no college in the world
admitted women, and it was univer-
sally believed that they We're incap-
able of higher education. In the few
boarding schools where the daughters
Of the richer people were sent, the
most rudimentary branches were
taught and girls in the poor families
had no teaching at all, 1t being not at
all uncommon for daughters Of we'll
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-10

,,,o,,,on mot long ago three club
,,,o,,en were invited to speak at very
hic and important meeting-it was an
International affair, in fact-and as
thew considered it great honor to ad-
drass such an assemblage, each was
orxious TO make an impression. Two
If the women were tall and command
ing in appearance. The third was de-
n,ure diminutive and as much admired
fo,. her modesty as for her brightness.
When the program appeared the little
woman found TO her dismay that she
was to speak Immediately after her two
tall confreres. But how in the world
am TO do it? she walled. I will look
like a talking doll Never mind said
fine taller of the two friends, when you
get through we shall feel small
enough
One of the most successful clubs IN
this country is unlike other CLUBS IN
several respects. Its members 90 not
read papers drink much tea or eat
fancy lunches in gas-lighted rooms at
l o'clock in the day. 1t mas no cues,
the amount necessary for incidental
expenses being decided upon by vote
of the club. The president is Mrs.
Foster of Minneapolis, who believes
that physical culture comes before men
tai gymnastics, and practices what she
breaches. The constitution PROVIDES
that no woman can occupy the presl-
dents chair who is not competent to
lead her sisters in the paths that Lead
to health and happiness via physlcal
culture. The president must be
similarly trained in order to be able
10 take the presidents place. The
members meet fortnightly for the sys-
tematic course of exercises and pledge
themselves to practice for three min
utes each night and morning In their
homes.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-10
NEW YORK HOTEL FOR WOMEN

1t is thought that the construction of
the proposed hotel for women in New
York will be begun next month. The
amount of the capital stock is to be
$500, 900, and it will be necessary to have
three fourths Of it subscribed before
the company may be Incorporated. The
total subscription is now more than
$150.000. The enterprise involves the
construction of a story building,
with all modern Improvements, capable
of accommodating about 500 women.
Patronage will be sought among profess
sional women, such as artists, teach
ers, physicians, Journalists, stenograph-
ers, trained nurses and others, and the
hotel will be run strictly on business
principles. The present plan proposes
for the rent of 1854 single rooms at SO to
Sc a week and II rooms with two al
coves at SO each. The restaurant will
also be run at low rates The exact To-
cation of the new hotel has not yet been
determined upon, but it will be built at
some point between Union square and
Bath street, and not far from Broadway.
The total cost, including the land, will
be $500 900, half of which will be cover
ed by $780, 900 mortgage. Some of the
prominent persons who have taken
stock in the company are John D.
Rockefeller. William C. Schermerhorn,
Mrs. Elliott F. Shepard, Mrs. John Olaf
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-10

Frederick William, the crown prince
of Germany, who lie said to be be-
trothed by his father to Queen Will
helmna of Holland, is the eldest son of
Kaiser Wilhelm and heir apparent to
the imperial throne of Germany and
to the royal throne of Prussia. He
was born on May 6, 1882, and is there
FORE more than year younger than
Wilhelmina, who was born Aug. 81, 1880.
Prince Frederick is a manly youth,
With brusque, soldierly ways
and sturdy frame. He is
airaadv taller than his father,
and fine idol of the regiment in which
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-10

he is an officer Military honors of
various kinds have been showered on
this young man, but he bears himself
with much modesty for one of such
vast expectations. When he was only
IA, the Austrian emperor appointed him
lieutenant in the Seventh Austrian
Hussars. and he has received dignities
from other foreign sovereigns. The
prince has fine education. He is well
tutored in history, geography, politi-
cal and economic science, in the classics,
in the physical sciences and in the po-
litical history of his own country. His
marriage with Wilhelmina would prob
ably unite the Netherlands with the
German empire.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-10
THE WOMAN IN POLITICS.

(From the Denver Evening Post)
She walks the streets with snappy air and
Independent tread;
Her natty suit is tailor-made, derby
crowns her head
The look of bold. self-conscious pride that
Eliminates her eyes
Would make you think she really was a
man in skirt disguise.
She bows to this one, smiles at that, and
winks the other eye
At other mannish ladies when they proud
ly pass her by!
She is nervy product that the west alone
can raise,
The female politician in the stirring cam
paign days.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-10
WOMEN TO BE CENSUS TAKERS.

Lille Devereux Blake calls atten-
ton to the probable employment of
men only in the census taking for
1900 This she deplores and reminds
us that women did excellent work
both as clerks and enumerators
when the late General Walker was
head of the department in 1880, and
again in 1890.
Mrs. Blake says:
There are many reasons why
this employment for women is most
suitable. In the first place, as the
work only lasts for a few weeks or
months and then ceases absolutely,
it has always been found difficult
to find the best men for a labor
which offers no permanency of
support, while there are many
women so situated that they are
glad to have the opportunity to
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-10
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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-10

And from this time on the growth of
such advantages to women has steadily
increased, nearly every step of the way
hard-fought, and many of them over
what now seem to be mere trifles, but
none the less earnestly and often sue
cessfully.
Some Of these things seem hardly
possible; it is hard for the readers of
this time to realize that no longer ago
than the time Of Margaret Fuller
young women shocked public taste in
Boston by sitting in the public library
to read book, while today some of the
best kept libraries in the world are in
charge of women.
This report of the progress of a cen
fury closes by saying: This personal
liberty to do, to say, to go and to be
what one pleases, which has come to
women is unquestionably the sum total
of the numerous concessions which So
ciety has made to the womans rights
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-10
CURING A COLD.

Mr.. Blifkins had a cold
1t settled in his head;
always hits the weakest spot"
Funny friends all said.
Mr. Blifkins coughed and wheezed,
Sbivered, sneeZed and shook,
Listened to his friends advice
This is what he took;
Box of anti-kamnia,
Douched his nose with brine,
Mustard plaster on his chest,
Camphor balls,
Quinine,
Bottls DR.. Killem's Cure,
Onion stew,
Some squills,
Hoarhound tablets,
a1s-.-.=--
Anti-febrine pills,
Porous plaster on his back,
Spirits frumenti,
Menthol inhalation tube,
Ginger,
Rock and rye,
Bottle of cough syrup,
Whiskey7-just a sip,
Mutton tallow on his neck,
Box of anti-grip,
Vapor bath,
Electric shocks,
Brandy,
Cure for Group,
Emulsion of cod liver oil,
Ugh!
Some strong beef soup.
Every remedy they urged
Mr. Blifkins tried:
Now they say they cured the cold,
But Mr. Blifkins died.
Josh Wink in Baltimore American
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-10

agitation The advocates of the move
ment in vigorous fashion have plead for
full equality, and in response society
has replied: I'VE will not grant all you
ask but we will concede this and this
and this" until the status of the pres
ent day American woman bears little
resemblance to that of her great grand
mother one hundred years ago.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-10

earn a good sum of money in some
occupation which will not take the
whole of their time. The service is
not severe, especially in the large
cities, where the dwellings are
crowded together and a person can
work all day in collecting the
names of the inhabitants of a few
blocks. Another point which de-
serves consideration is that the
census enumerator as a rule sees
only women in the homes which
must be visited, as the calls are
made during the hours when men
are away on business. The number
of persons who will be employed in
securing the facts for the census of
1890 reaches up into the tens OF
thousands. 1t is to be hoped that
many women will find remuneration
for their labor in this most suitable
occupation"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-10

their attitude on the question. They
are dumb on the subject Of respective
merits. 1t may have been significant
That all the employers 1 have spoken to
nave fought shy Of the wage question.
MOI must stick to my general i'm
Presslon-George is elected because
fanny is cheaper.-London Telegraph.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-10

TODD fathers not to be able to write
their own names, and everything was
done TO discourage women becoming
at all prominent in outside life.
In 1901, one Of the books used in
all schools was DIR. Gregory's Legacy
to My Daughters" in which he advised
them: IF you happen to have any
learning, keep it a profound secret,
especially from men, who look with
jealous. malignant eye on a woman
of great parts and a cultivated
understanding" This sentence gives
fair idea of the conditions under
which what Victor Hugo has called
THE century of woman" opened.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-10

The beautiful Marie Antoinette
hoods for evening wear are coming
in again. There was an attempt to
reintroduce them several years ago
when Mrs. Potter impersonated
that lovely queen in lie Collier de
la Refine" but it takes very pref
ty woman to wear the Marie An
toinette hood, and it is only within
the last few weeks that New York
milliners have displayed them. 1t
is apparent now that when the
opera season begins we shall see
many of the new hoods, which are
picturesque in design and suscept-
ible of beautiful combinations in
fabric and color.
One of these new hoods is made
of lavender satin lined with white
and ornamented with white lace
appliqued on the lavender. At the
top of the hood is large lavender
rosette with frills of white chiffon
and long ends of the same.
Another combination is pink
panne velvet with lining of palest
yellow and yellow lace jabot. A
third is of black velvet, lined with
white satin and faced with ermine.
Still another is of yellow satin with
black lace applique design, lining of
white satin and long ends of yellow
and white chiffon.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-10
MooDYs ADVICE TO A GAY GIRL

One day when Mr. Moody was giving
a talk to the Mortified seminary girls
on card playing, theatregoing and dan
cling, one young lady made bold to ask
him If he could not moderate his state
ments and admit that dancing among
family friends was not only harmless,
but somewhat desirable, inasmuch as 1t
tended to add grace to ones figure
Mr. Moody heard the young woman
through patiently, and then replied:
MY dear girl / would thousand times
rather have you get more grace in your
heart and less in your heels Christian
Union.
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A Century'S Developments

The Status of Woman in 1900 and
the Gradual Increase of Aivan-
tageS Accorded to Her-.What a
Few Earnest Pioneers Have Ac-
c0mpliShed.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-10
QUICk-WITTED WOMEN.

Club women are not spiteful even
when they happen to be quickly itted, 4"
say well-known and popular club
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-10
LATEST STYLES IN WOMEN'S HEADGEAR,

A dainty toque for afternoon
functions has a crown of white
silk, entirely covered with tiny
curing tips of ostrich feathers. Di-
rectly in front is a wide standing
bow of pale blue velvet, caught
with cut steel buckle, while at the
side, resting on the soft, blond hair
of the wearer, are two large roses
one cream, the other pink
For those who like the soft white
grebe's breast there are many
pretty combinations One is in
toque shape, with a large bunch of
violets scattering over the crown
and standing in front.
Mink remains favorite among
the fur hats. A new Spanish
turban has brim of mink, with
loose crown of pink panne velvet.
Two large roses of dull blue and
red tints give the finishing touch.
A Charlotte Corday hat is made
of black velvet in folds, with a fac
ing of shrimp pink shirred chiffon.
Three black ostrich tips are placed
at the left side of the brim, with
high black aigrette, and there
are long strings of black tulle.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-10

Harriet Martineau in 1910 visited
America and found seven occupations
open to women-teaching needlework
keeping boarders, working in cotton
factories, typesetting, bookbinding and
household service. Matters were, how
ever, changing, and in 1871 Oberlin Col
lege gave three young women degrees;
they were the first women in the world
to have this honor They were: Mary
Hosford, Elizabeth S. Pratt and Caro-
line Rudd.
And in 1S48 DIR. Elizabeth Blackwell
graduated in medicine at Geneva and
was the first woman physician in the
world. The account of all this young
woman endured to get her education
and degree is well calculated to show
the girl of the present time what such
pioneers have made possible for her.
The pulpit was but a short time be-
hind medicine in granting privileges to
women, and in 1850 Antoinette Brown
(now the Rev. Antoinette Brown Black
welD graduated in theology from Ober-
lin.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-10

fin, Mrs. Levi P Morton and Mrs. JAS
Speyer.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-10

"You are not yourself at all, Ellie,
said Grandma Ventnor, day after day
as the light faded from the brown eyes
and the color from her cheek.
II am always your own little girl, =
was the reply, but never a smile from
the sad. sad lips; and her life was a
desolation, blank but for one time,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-10

There had, however, arisen a few
dissenters to all this sort of thing,
and the little seed planted by Mary
Wcolstonecraft in England; Condor
Get, in France, at the close of the
revolution, and Margaret Breick and
Abigail Adams, in our own land. be-
gan to bring forth good fruit, and al
though the development was slow and
tedious, still each year has seen
new ways open to women, with, how
ever, an occasional setback as in 1907
when women property holders of
New Jersey were DISTINGUISHED. hav-
ing been permitted to vote until this
time"
In 1909 there were thirty-five
women and children found employed
in factories of the United States In
1880. out of 9SS occupations women We're
employed in 81.
While in 1914 women were teaching
in the country schools, in the summer
when attendance was light, and
were paid about third as much as
men teachers. In 1890 there were 1885,
912 women teachers In this country;
still, however, in many cases paid "one-
third as much as men teachers"