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The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1899-11-30

Thanksgiving night came I left old Milly
with her an slipped over t tn social. !
must say it was q success; but, about ten,
somebody came Z say tn boys had got up
some kind of ghost in tn graveyard. just
for meanness."
''Them Peters boys, bet!"
$50 we thought. When it was all over I
came out behind Mary Hawkins n Roy
Greene an met Milly, saying she'd been
asleep an woke up t'fnd Betty gone. Then
we remembered that white figure. Mary
found her on one of tn graves. oh, here's
Miss Betty!' she called. But it was only
what had been Betty!"
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1899-11-30
A Shattered Hope.

It was the day before Thanksgiving.
"Alas!" moaned the gobbler, as he faced
the block, II thought the treatment of the
Armenians would have turned people
against Turkey, but it seems not."-N. Y.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1899-11-30

/ NlAAHA SAAN~
Lax HRAPPY that land at
IA a S-N whose Heaven
III blessed portals
MM y guard with the
UMHmJ flag Of the free
l SAAlYDt - Whose sons may be
IHA hEL ~ cl las 81 ed wit h
NhGN Fame's greatest
SGlGI, y Z immortals:
MA2tE> Renowned for their
III lNA deeds on the land
!" and the sea;
Our rivers flow down thro' a land loved in
And rich in the legends by tongue yet un-
told;
Our mountains rise skyward in garments
of glory,
Our harvests have yielded their treasures
of gold.
The bells of Thanksgiving are gratefully
ringing.
The Nation reJoices in outbursts Of song.
The praises of Plenty the millions are sing
ing
Wherever the grateful in thankfulness
throng;
No famine encroaches. no shadow Of sor-
Falls darkly and grimly our hearts to dis
may,
"A promise of plenty we have for to-mor-
As full as Columbia's gamers to-day.
A people united from ocean to ocean.
From Florida's lakes to the northernmost
line,
we bow to Our Father with hearts Of devo-
For His gifts to the land Of the cedar and
pine;
Jehovah hath kept US from National dan
We've grown with the years beneath Lib
erty's tree;
Our voice has been heard In the land OF the
stranger,
Our cannon have shaken the isles Of the
sea.
To-day we remember the good Thou hast
Nor 90 we vainsloriously boast Of our
might;
The humbIest who stands In the sunlight
of Heaven
Meath the banner we love is king in His
The woodman who dwells in his cot on the
mountain
To-day is the peer Of the nabob below;
We are free from the brink Of the lily
To the land Of the beautiful mountains of
snow.
Our Father, we thank Thee; the hearts OF
the people
With gratitude beat in the home. at the
shrine,
And silver-toned bells from the towering
steeple
Are chanting with fervor the anthem
divine:
we see when we look over hilltop and river
A banner that CLEANS In the light OF the
sun,
With stars in fits blue that will glitter for
ever,
And crowned with a love that its story
hath won.
May ever the Nation remember the story.
How It In the throes OF the battle was
born;
May every Thanksgiving but add to Its
glory.
Already as fair as the birth Of the Morn;
We come as a people to Gratitude's altar
Devoted and thankful. true. righteous
and free;
When our homes are imperiled not a hero
will .slter,
For God will be with US on land and or
TIC HARBAUGH.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1899-11-30

A Cynical Summary.
With hopes gone astray.
This existence IL vexed:
We're thankful one day
And dyspeptic the next.
Washington Star.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1899-11-30
A rha.k.xiving Epitaph.

Old Sambo meath this narrow DouaA
Il lying cold and dead.
He went to and bird. but f0vp4
A spring-gun there instead.
IN. =. World. IA.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1899-11-30
Everything Arranged.

Are you getting ready for Thanksgiv.
ingT
"Yes; I've found place where can get
trusted for turkey" Chicago Record.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-26
NOT WHAT SHE'S PICTURED.

This is what an American woman
abroad has TO say of Englishwomen:
The middle-class English dame is as
foreign in habits, manners, dress and
thought to the average American wom-
an as though she was a Hottentot. |
do not pretend to judge her. Her viz
tues-and they are many-her faults,
even leave her to me the most uninter-
esting of created beings; her daughters,
thin pale girls, with weak, bleating
Voices-are the only women in the
world VINO can attract attention to their
heels. Where is the Lily Langtry type?
There used to be many, judging from
the fine figures and good looks of the
middle-aged woman; but the young
girl is slender, fragile, wan, with mar
row shoulders and no hips-very beau
tiful, perhaps but not the ruddy beau
ty of health I expected the English
type to be a tall well-built, handsome
creature. with large but shapely hands
d high nose that shows pride of race,
and, above all, a good figure and fine
color | have looked in vain. Where
is the openair girl, who rides across
| country, plays golf, walks 20 miles
| should she not be the picture of health
and strength? Can these slender, droop-
| ing maidens one sees at garden parties
and dinners, at Henley, the Church
parade" and at the theatres-tall frag-
lie with narrow shoulders and wasr
waists-are these typical of John Bulls
daughters?
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-26
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
Rev. Scion lauer's Short Speech on Politi-
cal Rights.

AT late womans suffrage mass
meeting, Rev. Scion Lauer spoke in
substance as follows: Il did not come
here to make a speech, but 1 could not
lose this opportunity to express my
hearty sympathy with this movement
for the elevation of woman to her nat
ural plane of freedom. 1 have never
made more than a five minute speech
on this subject; because the PROPOSE
ton that woman should enjoy political
rights with man seems so self-evident
that have felt it to be absurd to spend
flme defending it. The arguments now
made against this proposition are le-
sion, and to reply to them takes much
time; but the arguments that are real
ly worth answering, to rational minds
can be answered in five minutes or less
From the standpoint of mere eXpedien-
cy' there are arguments that need some
consideration; but from the stand
point OF absolute justice, there is
not one rational argument against this
movement. We are told that woman
should not vote, because she cannot
fight and this argument has much
weight with some who do not enter
tain any other objection. But to my
MIND TINS Is an argument for, and not
against, the proposition to give her the
right of suffrage. l would give woman
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-26

to submit with the best grace that she
can summon to her AID. one husband
daily makes a round of refrigerator,
Ice chest, and pantry, and, as 1T We're,
takes account of the stock. He notes
Just how much of last nights roast has
been eaten since it left the dining
room table and went into the kitchen.
that the cold potatoes are sufficient for
another meal, and that half a pie has
been put away in the safe on one of
the handsome china plates instead of
having been transferred to an earthen-
ware receptacle Another head of the
household insists on doing the family
marketing, and, while not a parsim D
NOUS man, keeps strict tally of the
butter used daily, There is a theroy
that we all have our stilgy streaks, and
his is butter streak. He will an
nounce at table that "the last six
pounds of butter have lasted just three
days and adds, testify: Mary, my
dear, that is dreadful! What does be-
come of the butter?" And at every re-
currence of the disagreeab1e scene Mary
colors as painfully as if it were not
an old story. Still another masculine
Betty, with an abundance Of money
and no specific work in life himself
keeps the key of the provision pantry,
and each morning deals out to his long
suffering life partner the amount of
sugar, butter, eggs. etc. he thinks
should be used in one day.-Harpters
Bazaar.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-26
SHAKE HANDS .?

The question of when to shake hands
has perpleXed many a good man and
woman in this country of free and easy
manners and general go-as-you- please
There is nothing more awkward than
setting out to shake hands with a per-
son who has no thought of it, while
on the other hand, a heart of stone
would feel pity for the person who vain
ly gropes in the air for a hand which
he expected to grasp, but which some
how or other fails him.
The following seems to be a good rule
and one that is followed by people who
know how to behave:
Ordinarily, women are not supposed
to shake hands with men when they
are presented to them. But a hostess
shakes hands with every guest who
comes to her house. both on arrival OF
on departure whether he or she be
her own guest or the guest of a person
staying in the house.
Under other circumstances, a mar
presented to a woman must wait for hel
to make the movement toward shaking
hands. If he is very old or very dis.
tinguished, he may take the initiative
When a woman introduces her escort
TO another man. the two men general
~ shake hands. A young girl intro
duced to an elderly woman awaits hel
action. If there is not special reason
for not doing SO, the elder woman viii
shake hands.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-26

at one end of the room and at the other
was the machine, attended by the best
man the company could furnish.
All of the war scenes familiar to the
attendants at the continuous perform
ance houses were presented, but as
people in society do not attend contin-
uous performance houses, the pictures
were accepted as new and applauded
accordingly. Scenes from the late war
were shown exclusively and when the
guests of the bountiful hostess wear
led of pictures they were regaled with
music furnished by an exquisite orches-
ira cunningly hidden behind banks of
flowers.
While this social event was in prog
ress something of fully as startling a
nature was being done at the Waldorf
Astoria. For the first time in the his
tory Of New York society, a Sunday
concert to which admission was
charged was given under social aus
pieces, They have been given at pri-
Vate houses as private entertainments,
and this fact furnished the opening
wedge for the indefatigable Mrs. Os-
borns Sunday musical afternoon.
The concert was given in the small
hall room Of the hotel, and fully half
an hour before the advertised time Of
openings. 80 o'cloCk-eVery chair was
taken Late corners We're provided for
as best the attendants could devise but
many were compelled to stand through
out somewhat long program. The
Ladies Orchestra Society opened the
concert with three selections, and then
came Madame Saville, Of the Metropoli-
tan Opera Company, the star of the &C.
casion. She earned a recall, to which
she responded, and was followed by
Miss Maria Victoria Torrilhon in an in
strumental selection. Again Madame
Saville sang; once more the Ladies
Orchestral Society played, and the con-
cert closed with two selections rem
dered by the grand opera star.
After the concert the guests were
shown to the palm garden, which had
been reserved. Here tea and music
were served, this diversion being in
Guided in the price of the ticket to the
concert, The crowd served to comfort
ably fill the spacious palm garden, and
while more diversified than that which
enjoyed itself at Mrs. Belmont's, it was
distinctively society gathering.
The women in the audience outnum-
bered the men in the proportion of ten
to one Seats at this gathering cost
So each, and yet people still complain
of hard times.
Another of these musical teas is to
be given this afternoon, and others may
follow.
Then, to cap the climax to the days
designations, there was the Sunday
night dinner de luxe at Sherry's, where
the patronage was so heavy that the
street in the vicinity Of the restaurant
was blocked with carriages A mob of
fashionables crowded the place, over
flowing the restaurant and the palm
garden and overlooking into the hall,
where tables We're set and meals
served. Choice seats We're appropriated
early in the evening, and many ultra
fashionables We're forced into eating in
the hall If they would eat at all.
Thus passed the first Sunday of Lent
in this year Of grace 1899.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-26
How to Keep the Per-
ishable,
YET DAINTY THINGS
Sunshine Not a Tonic for
Them.

When roses are 81 d dozen and more,
and the most elementary kind of flower
costs so cents a dozen, the keeping of
flowers for the longest period and in
the most satisfactory state, becomes
problem. Where to put them and
what to do to them, that one may get
ones moneys worth out of them, is
surely not a thought below the dignity
of one who entertains much or is de-
sirous of making her home as beautiful
as possible
| Properly treated there are varieties
| of flowers that will look we'll after sew
eral weeks, but this is the reward of
those who remember to take them out
of their vases every night and, after
| thoroughly rinsing the stalks ana re-
moving any dead or dying matter, to
place them in a basin of strong soap
suds. The soapy water should not be
allowed to touch the blossoms, as il
| fades them. In the morning rinse the
stalks. and snip from the end Of each
tiny portion with the scissors. Fill
the vase in which you arrange them
with fresh cold water and add drop
or two of sulphate of ammonia,
At night keep all flowers in a dark
cool place.
Sunshine is one of the enemies of cut
| flowers, furnace heat is another, gas is
still another. But as We cannot live
without gas and furnace, if the land
lord has seen fit to light and heat the
house by these means, and as every
family should welcome the sunshine
even if it does fade the furniture and
carpets the only thing is to place the
vase or bouquet in the least unhealth.
full place for it, and to cherish it as
best one may between whites. Flow
ers that are beginning to droop from
heat or the suns rays. may sometimes
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-26
ABOUT RINGS.

The wedding ring continues TO be a
plain, beveled ring of % carat gold, al
though fad which some brides favor
is narrow carved band with small
stones imbedded in It. Hoop rings re-
main in favor, and rs each ring gener-
ally has from four to ten stones set in
its narrow band, two or three Of these
rings can be worn on the same finger
with good effect. Gold seal rings. with
the family crest engraved on the seal
are in favor. and are effected by women
of aristocratic and patriotic tastes.
The two newest styles OF setting at
the present moment are the princess
and the duchess. Each has the stones
set in row, but the princess ring has
five stones set in diamonds, while the
duchess contains but three The
stones in the latter are likely to be
considerably large' than in the first
instance. Many of the new rings show
diamonds set in the shank like reflec-
tors. The light from the brilliants
brings out the color Of the central stone
and adds beauty to the ring without
increasing greatly it's cost
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-26
THE SPOILFR.
latter the manner Of Rudyard Kipling I
(By M. A. Trash and j. Ii, Caverno5

latter the manner of Rudyard Kipling. I
(By M. A. Trash and j. H. Caverno.5
A woman there was and she wrote for
the press,
CAS- you or l might do.)
She told how 10 cut and fit a dress,
And how to stew many savory mess
But she never had done it herself. I
guess,
(Which none of her readers knew.
Q the hour we spent and the flour we
spent
And the sugar we wasted like sand
At the hest of a woman who never had
cooked,
(And now we know that she never
could cook
And did not understand.
A woman there was, and she wrote
right fair,
CAS- you or I might DOB.
How out of a barrel to make a chair
To be covered with chintz and stuffed
with hair,
Twould adorn any parlor and give if
an air!
(And we thought the tale was true).
o the days we worked and the ways
we worked
10 lldIlIllSF anu saw ana mack,
In making a chair in which no one
would sit
A chair in which no one could possibly
sit,
without : crick in his back.
A woman there was, and she had her
fun,
(Better than you and u.
She wrote out receipts, and she never
tried one,
She wrote about children-of course
she had none
She told us to do what she never had
had done,
(And never intended to try).
And it isn't to toll and ii isn't to spoil
That brims the cup of disgrace
It's TO follow woman who didn't
know beans,
GA woman who never had cooked any
beanS).
But wrote and was paid to ill space.
From the Boston Congregationalist.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-26

can as easily put out the, right NUM-
Der of spoons as of glasses or plates,
More spoons than will be used are a
superf1utty, but If you must have them.
put them on a little tray. -
company, If a woman, should be
seated at the right of the host; NJ a
man, at the right of the hostess.
After each course the waitress. pro-
Vlded you keep a servant. should re-
move the crumbs from the table by
means of a silver scraper or napkin.
But if you do not have a maid. it is a
great deal better to let the crumbs re-
main than to fuss with them SO with
Ilneer bowls The writer has been in
households where, no maid being kent
the daughter jumped up and set finger
bowls around when the first course
came on This is preposterous. Finger
bowls are a refinement, a convenience
but If you have not the means to live
up to them, leave them alone. Dignity
ana decorum at the table are Of more
significance than a small detail of this
sort.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-26
SOUND THE JUBILEE.
Five Hundred Years Ago the Muff Was
Developed.

Developed.
A highly-important jubilee is to be
celebrated this winter. The fact that
just 800 years ago this now popular ad-
junct to miladi's toilette made its an
pearance for the first time should not
be forgotten by furriers from all over
the civilized world. From its use in
only slight degree during that year
in Venice the muff has DEVELOPED
through centuries until it forms TODAY
one of the most important ARTICLES in
the wardrobe of the fashionable lady.
Originally made of brocades, silk and
velvets and lined with fur, fashion has
twisted and turned it in such a manner
that nowadays it is only as a lining
that the most costly fabrics which
formerly We're used as outward show,
form its inside finish. While in some
parts of Europe the muff remains a
necessary part Of the gentleman's
wardrobe, and even in other countries
its usefulness is appreciated by hunters
and devotees to out-of- door sports, the
muff does not generally form "a part of
mems wear.
During the 18th century, and well into
the 18th, the muff aud the materials
composing it, and even its prescribed
size and form, were made the subject
of legislation by many of the European
countries Whereas the size of the
muff in modern times depends on the
whim and fancy Of the person wearing
1t, all these things were regulated in
the good old times in a much more ex-
act manner.
Where legislative influence could not
be brought to bear, other means were
adopted to create demand for new fash
ions. In most of the states the fashions
in muffs for the fashionable world were
guided by the article worn by the hang
mana highly-important official in
the good old times Whenever that
functionary would promenade with the
tools of his profession wrapped up in a
large-sized muff, dandies Of both sexes
would Immediately adopt the small
muffs. The furriers of the period. who
according to historical records, seem
to have been without conscientious
scruples, in many cases bribed the pro-
lessor of high works" whenever their
stock of unfashionably large or small
muffs required livenng up. The same
shameful coercion was resorted TO in
the popularizing Of any old and forgot
ten fabric of fur. 1t is feared that the
introduction of the muff for the use OF
motormen of trolley cars might hurt
the popularity OF the modern muff.-
From FEBRUARY Cloaks and Furs.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-26
THE VEIL HABIT.
Its Bad Effect on the Eyes and Nerves.

Editor of Spy: l often wonder if the
ladies ever stop to think of the results
which must follow the continued wear
ing of a veil? An old saying implies
that I'VE may as well be out of the
world as out of style" To a certain
extent this may be true in regard to
the wearing of this gaudy decoration;
yet may we not as well be out of the
world as to have poor sight, accompa-
MED by the nervous disorders which
many times are sure to follow? Like
many of the so-called "faus," the veil
may be useful and ornamental, and
provided its use is not carried to an eH-
cess, no great harm may result The
plain veil is not so disastrous to sight
as those having large figures, dots and
spangles. In passing Judgment upon
such questions, we ought TO look at
them in a common sense light
AS ! have stated many times, vel
of the proper sort may be beneficial,
but it is exceedingly doubtful if any
praise can be given to many of the ar
ticles worn at the present time.
On windy and dusty day, they can
be worn with comfort as well as being
of much benefit in protecting the eyes
from particles of dust; on a cold, blus-
tering day in winter, especially when
one is out driving, heavy veil bound
across the forehead and about the ears,
with the ends tied about the neck and
chin, would be Of great protection. Yet
with all this in it's favor, there is no
excuse for any of us to run the risk
of an injury to the eyes by a continual
obscurity of the sight.
| 1t has been said: of the different
styles, the Watered designs are the
most harmful" although it is hard to
conceive how they can be the means of
greater harm than the heavy figured
designs sometimes in use.
| Many of us are aware of the extreme
senSitiveness of our nerves and the in
| innate relation between the eyes and
the nervous system. This question has
been a subject of much investigation,
and it has been proved without a doubt
that many ills of the human system are
due to the eyes, i'll the form of eye
strain.
If We are sight-tired, the whole body
| is tired. That this is true, may be
easily proven by sitting and watching
the throng of people as they pass to
and fro upon any of our busy streets
| We soon become nerve tired or bodily
tired, as we are pleased to term it.
Yet we have not exerted ourselves in
the least. as far as the body itself is
concerned.
| The feeling of being sight-tired very
nearly approaches at times a special
disease, and the wearing of wells, ]
may safely say, surely brings upon us
this same firing of the eyes Whether
we are informed upon such matters or
not, we should learn to appreciate good
sight, and do nothing to abuse this
priceless gift, which the all-wise Gre
Eator has given us, by q needless strain
| ing of the eyes One writer has wise