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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-10-20
A Tarantula of Trousers.

It was a queer miX-up that met his
fond mothers gaze as she stepped into
the boudoir of her only hopeful to
tell him that it was time to tip his
hat to slumber and HE himself to
breakfast and to business. The room
looked like clothing counter during
a fire sale. The bed was tangled
mass Of trousers legs, and it was with
difficulty that the startled mother
found the peaceful, sleeping face of her
only son. Her expression hardened
into look of sternest disapproval, for
the accent of inebriety was only too
piain-so she thought. But she was
mistaken. 1t was only an accident.
The gas was burning low when he went
to his room that night, and in attempt
ing to turn it up he turned 1t out. For
lack of matches he had disrobed in the
dark. Consequently he did not see the
eight pairs of trousers that were ly-
ing in pile on his bed after return
from the presser's. Those eight pairs
of trousers ran up good-sized tailor's
bill during that one-night stand with
their restless owner. When he awoke
one pair was wound around his neck,
and the immediate surrounding coun-
try looked like a fricassee Of panta-
looms
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has gone forth into the land that nlps
are no longer "the thing" the corset
has been discarded, the principal COM
harrison remaining the same. For 1t IS
natural to believe that If the waist line
ia restored to it's normal condition, al
though women for the most part Will
be blessed with the same hips, they
will not. so to speak, be wearing them
The majority OF women who act on
Partisan edicts have worked this loea
out for themselves and have escheweo
the corset. Then, to their dlsmay'
they found that they were woe1ully
weak about the lumbar region, ana
they understood instinctively that they
were not out of the woods In their ell
fort to discard hips.
Now here is the point Of this story.
Get to work on physical exercise, wom-
en- fair, and get back the backbone
and the firm, rigid waist which gives
the athletic girl the proud carriage OF
a queen which draws all masculine
eyes upon her when she crosses the
room. The exercises illustrated here
are especially designed to give wom-
an q supple strength about the waist
line which will make her walk free
and strong and bring her the dlst1nc-
ton and notice which she deserves.
Above all things, if you are going to
do these motions, practice them pa
tiently and persistently for SIX or
eight months, each movement ten or
twenty times. Don't start IN Tor a
week systematically and then give II
up, for that will only be conducive OF
making you lame in the region of the
flabby and hitherto unused muscles.
Do it right or not at all, and the jelly
fish girl will be wonderfully trans
formed into a Goddess Diana. The ex-
ercises in the illustration, it will be
noticed, 20 in pairs. No. In each
case is the first position, and NO. 2
the second. In the first exercise
stand firmly on the feet. heels togeth-
er and arms outstretched. Bend over
slowly, using all the muscles OF the
waist to keep the motion from being
more Of a semi-involuntary fall than
quiet bend. Take the position as IN
dicated in No. and be sure to have
chair handy before starting. Ihen
come slowly back to the original posi-
ton. Do this one or two times. hrst
on one side and then on the other. AS
the days go by increase the number OF
times. You will find that once or twice
at first is about sufficient. Above ALL
do that motion without speed. In the
second series of movements stand with
the heels together. Take the second
position suddenly and be sure to get
the turn of the body at the waist. Inc
muscular work required to make that
swing OF the waist is what the exer-
else really aims at. 1t should be done
first to the right and then to the lett.
The third Of the series is somewhat
like its predecessor, but its object Is
general suppleness and Strengthening
Of not only the waist but the entire
body.
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For that space all was silent q the
grave, Widdrington made no sign.
Then two events Of almost equal I'M
portance to me broke up the n,onot-
ony Of legal work In which had
buried myself. A distant relative died
and left me q fortune, and Mr.. Heath.
cote telegraphed to Messrs. Rowton
and Fort: "Come as soon as possible.
c. B. taken possession"
Old Rowton was laid up again with
q return Of bronchitis, and for the
second time it fell to my lot to obey
the summons intended for him. What
wild hopes and daring aspirations
thrilled my heart and filled all my
thoughts during that journey over the
well-remembered road! My love and
I were standing on equal ground now.
As the owner of landed estate l
might without presumption ask even
the heiress of Forest Lea to be my
wife. And as events were tending, with
the secret knowledge possessed, / felt
sure that Mona would be no heiress.
Doubtless it was she who summoned
Charlie Branscombe, in pursuance OF
her scheme of restitution; and-how
joyfully my heart beat at the thought!
1T was in my power now to restore to
her all she had given up.
The Rector was waiting for me IN
his dog-cart, the smartest OF grooms
at the horses head, in place OF the
somewhat loutish fellow whom l re-
membered in the summer.
London Bred" I said to myself. as.
touching his hat to me, he sprang to
his place behind US.
"You have new groom" re-
marked to Mr., Heathcote. "A smart
fellow, he looks"
EYES," answered the Rector, absent
1y, then plunged at once into the sub
ject of my journey. Here's a pretty
mess! Mr.. Charlie Branscombe has
installed himself at Forest Lea, and
1 want your help to turn him out. No
news Of that unlucky will, suppose?"
1glanced around at the groom before
replying; the rector spoke In loud
tone-louder than was prudent,it seem.
ed to me, with a listener so near.
"Oh, it doesn't matter" he said;
you may speak out"
There was twinkle in the clergy.
mans eyes which made me turn once
more to the man. He was sitting with
folded arms, his immaculate top boots
stretched out in orthodox fashion, his
heels resting on the footboard, his fea-
lures composed into the respectful va
Guilty of expression peculiar to thor.
oughbred servant. Was the fellow
deaf? Was that the meaning Of the
rector's lack of caution? I decided
that it was, and hesitated no longer.
Ito be continued.)
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Series of CdlistheniCs that
Assist Development.

The order comes from Paris. the
dollhouse Of feminine fashion, that
Hips will not be worn this season."
AS a consequence. fair women are
seeking to hit upon some method by
which they can reduce them, says the
Philadelphia Times. OF course, some
found it an easy task. consisting
merely OF untying a few strings and
removing the hips bodily, woven wire,
horse hair and all. But" as the poet
says, there are Others" Others who
are not so fortunate and who are fret
ting and wondering what they will do
about 1t. To those this article Is at
fectionately dedicated. II you want to
know how to do it, read on. Women
Of today are beginning to pay for the
deeds Of those who have gone before.
They have descended from generations
Of women who have lived by means OF
an artificial waist, condensed and
drawn in within narrow confines, the
object being not the waist, but the
hips. On the principal of comparison,
you know. But since the new edict
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REMARKABLE SIGHT.
A Big Orange Grove Growing In -.
Francisco.

A Big Orange Grove Growing In ssn
Francisco. 5s
There is an orange grove srigh.. hera.
in the city limits Of San Francisco,
says the San Francisco Examiner, not
a stunted collection Of shrubs bearing
bitter seedlings with marble hearts and
leathery skins, but luxuriant trees ten
feet high, that yearly yield several
hundred fine large navel oranges. The
grove is not pretentious one as to
size. There are only twenty-five Of
the orange trees-a dozen plus a ba-
ker's dozen-but that does not alter the
significance of the fact that the San
Francisco citizen who wants an Or
chard in town can have it, providing
the area is his in which to grow it.
Mr.. R. H. Partridge, retired lumber
merchant, owns this small but pro-
ductive orchard, which makes him IN
dependent of the fruit market, so far
as yellow navels are concerned, He
can drive from the ferry to his proper
ty in forty minutes. His way lies
through South San Francisco, over the
Bay View road to the shore Of the hay.
From this point private road leads
to his gate. The air here is laden
with the perfume of fruit blossoms.
Two and half acres are under cult
walton, and they lie near the water.
with Shag rock in the distance to the
northeast and Hunters point to the
left. The land rises sufficiently to shut
OF the cold winds and most of the fog.
In this balmy, protected place it is
summer the greater part of the year.
Mr.. Partridge had experimental so sue
cessfully with apples and cherries on
his fruit farm that he thought It
practicable to plant lemons and
oranges. He has thus Transformed a,
barren stretch of clay ground into a
semi-tropical garden. 1t is an inter-
est1ng fact not generally known that
san Francisco is the only city occu.,
plying an entire county. The term getty
limits here includes all the peninsula
as far south as Ocean View, where
San Mateo and San Francisco are sen.
arated by a flagpole sign.
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Madame PATHS Substitute.

To some persons poor singer may
be better than no singer at all, but
the least musical person cannot fail
to perceive the irony of the situation
described below: Once. when travel
ing in the north of Ireland, an En-
glishman Of letters CHANGED upon a
small town which, to his surprise, he
found extensively filled with an
nouncements of a concert at which
Madame Patti was to appear. The
price of admission to the back Of the
hall being the extremely moderate one
of threepence, he fastened to secure a
seat. After long interval Of waiting,
the manager stepped forward. remark
ing: Ladies and gentlemen, regret
to say that Madame Patti is unable to
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-10-20
FOR GROWN up GIRLS.
appear tonight. In order, however, to
save you from disappointment, have
arranged that Miss Arabella Jones, OF
our, town of Ballyslackguthery, shall
favor you with song!"
Who Had the Button?

There is a good story told OF ma
gician who has passed the great divide:
He was a world-traveled player, ana
his wanderings set him upon occasion
in far away New Zealand. 1t was ar
ranged that he should give an exhibl-
ton of mind reading before the king
of Maoris. After some parleying IT
was decided that the king himself
should conceal the article which the
magician was to discover. The mlnd-
reader left the room and after time
was brought back blindfolded, as Is
the custom in such performances. A.
ter some time the magician declared
that the hidden article was IN the
kings mouth. His majesty shook ms
head savagely in the negative. inc
magician insisted upon his point anu
demanded that the kings mouth be op-
ened wide. The king refused. Inc ma
gician insisted, and the excitement De-
came very great, until at last the dus-
XIV king reluctantly opened his jaws.
The article was not there. The next
instant, however, the king was taken
with violent fit of coughing. He had
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States. More than 100000 cans OF
sweet corn have been packed this year
by two factories. More than 40,OOO,Ooo
tin cans have been manufactured and
sold by one company to packers IN
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri. Cali
fornia, Wisconsin and Mississippi.
More than 100000 worth of canning
factory machinery has been manufac-
tured and sold by another concern.
During the busy season more than
1900 people are employed here in these
canning industries, the pay-rolls
amounting to $500 per week. The
seasons product of the combined fac
tory interests here will be more than
100000. Hoopeston is known as the
"Parlor City" of Illinois, with popu-
lation of $500, five miles of paved
streets and no saloons.
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Who're tho Fun Came In.

The small boy who pins a paper to
the schoolmaster's coat tail imaeines
that he has achieved MASTERPIECES Of
humor. But he is not really in nos,-
ton to reap the fruits of his peril ,,us
adventure, says the Atlantic. It's i
fearful and precarious Joy which h J
feels. What il the schoolmaster shoul,|
turn around? That would be tragedJ
Now, neither. the small boy nor tn
schoolmaster gets the full flavor az 81
humor. But suppose at that momer|
an old friend Of the schoolmaster harI
pens to look in at the door. His al
light in the situation has mellownes
far removed from the anxious, ambig,
GUS glee of the urchin. He knows IL,
the small boy is not so wicked as hi
thinks he Is and the schoolmaster i!
not SO terrible as he seems; In fact
that only little while ago he was i
to the same pranks he now finds
reprehensible. So, from the ASSURE
position Of middle age, he looks upo|
the small boy that was and the small
boy that is and finds them both w
good much better, indeed, than ct |.
moment they find one another.
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descent, starting slowly, then increas-
ing his speed until he travels at al
most express train speed. The picture
shows him rapidly descending, after
several attempts, in the face Of q
strong breeze. Several serious acci-
dents have occurred to this intrepid
rider, after one Of which he remained
unconscious for five days. The exsr-
ton Of mounting is very severe, the
greatest difficulty being experienced
after rain, when the wet track does not
afford SUFFICIENT adhesion or grip d. :
single wheel on such . steep gradient.
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CHAPTER XII.
To1oral Dooto~

The old man was considerably
shaken by his illness and by the un-
fortunate loss of his old clients will,
and certain half-guilty consciousness
made me tender toward him as
looked at his bent figure and thin,
worn cheeks. In fact, we were mutual
ly desirous OF sparing each others
feelings, for Rowton was a good fel-
low, and he believed I was greatly cut
up by the unlucky failure Of my first
great commission for the firm.
"Never mind, man." he said, kindly.
"Widdrington is as sharp as a weasel;
he will unearth the mystery in no
time. I never knew that fellow to fail
in all my experience Of him. We shall
soon hear that he Is on the scent"
Heaven Forbid" I calculated, men
tally.
1T is to be hoped that rascal Of a
nephew won't turn up to complicate
matters. l wonder where the fellow
is? His last scrape was more serious
than all the rest, and his uncle sent
him abroad. But he would be likely
to hear of the Colonies illness,
should be afraid; and the death was
announced in the papers, unfortunate
ly. That was false step-1 thought
so at the time" g.
Miss Blmslie is responsible for that
mistake. sir" E.
Eyes? I thought as much. Trust a
woman for mischief" responded my
partner, irritably. well. we'll, there's
no use In thinking about 1t. Wen look
over those leases, Fort; and Spence
and Brown must be seen today"
So. to my great relief, the subject
OF Forest Lea was for the time dis
missed. {. ~ s
For the next fortnight I lived %
man might live over slumbsring vol !
cano, In hourly dread Of an e1plostcn.
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Nv.

Eyes: we have taken every step
possible to US, we think"
"Your departure for town, with the
will in your possession, was. l pre-
sumo, known to the household at For
est Lea? ;" .'
Undoubtedly"
"'You have no recollection Of hav-
ing met the lady who travelled with
you at Forest Lea or elsewhere?
II could not swear" I answered IN
flinchingly. II had no opportunity. as
1 said before, of Identifying her."
rs it your impression that she was
disguised?"
"'The idea never occurred to me.
She wore the kind of thick veil nave
often noticed on other ladies IN tra'-
cling. There was nothing uncommon
or remarkable about her."
did she converse either with you
or the other gentlemen?
mo"
"There are no marks or other means
of Identification on the articles Oh
clOtnlnS lett IN the DaS:
None whatever"
Il can see them, Of course?'
Yes; they are here"
Zone more question. Mr.. Fort: DID
you leave the carriage at any time dur
ing the Journey" .....
& Eyes, left it, for perhaps half
minute, at Motion. l crossed in the
direction of the book stall, hardly out
Of sight of the carriage. The guard
recalled me as my train was start
ing"
You did not take the bag with
your"
mo"
"Was this after tho lady left?"
Eyes,
Mr.. Widdrington read over his notes
carefully, and presently took his
leave, promising that We should hear
from him "as soon as he had anything
to communicate"
I breathed more freely when the Of
flee door closed after him. The or
dea! was over, and my darling was SC
far safe.
Its a most unfortunate thing
most unfortunate" grumbled Mr.. Row
ton when we were left alone together.
I'm not blaming you. Fort; It's rs
great a misfortune to you as to any
one concerned"
l bowed silently.
IF the will should not turn up, that
scamp, young Branscombe, will take
possession, and we cannot prevent
him. And these things are so uncer-
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pALAcE FOR JAPAN's primo
VIII, Cost ss.ooO.ooo aad He tallE
Years In Building.

VII, Cost sS,o0O,oOo sad ksqul4lU' ~
Years In Building. r.
From the New York Tribune: T1 y
architect to the imperial household e.
1anan has come to New York to Duf :
stee, to be used in the frame work
the new palace for the Crown rrlnc1
Yoshihito. His name is Tokuma Katat
wanna. 1.-THE new palace" he sara
will be one of the finest. It not tnt
finest structure in Japan. 1t will COSY
between 100000 and $S,Ooo,0oo, anv
will take six or seven years In build
ing. In no country are bullolns
thrown up with such astonishing raj
pidity as in America. In japan We 70
uuire more time, but the bulidlng ol'
the palace will be unusually slow pc
cause of the intricate work to be put
on It. It will be in the Italian rena's-
sance style, and in the decoration :
shall endeavor to combine what ID
best of Japanese art and Of European
and American art as well. It is lKeiy
that we shall import some carvers
from America, but 1t is too soon TO dls-
cuss that subject, for the building Will
not be ready for decoration TOR sew
eral years. do not know as yet the
amount of steel shall have to buy.
notice that the price Of steel is stead
lily rising, and I am afraid that my
purchases here may run up as high az
$500, 900. AS soon as the material for
The framework arrives work on the
palace will be begun. Architecture IN
Japan is in a transitionary stage. Inc
old wooden dwellings are unsatisfac-
tory for many reasons, chiefly because
they burn like finder boxes. The or
binary brick building is even more I'M
desirable, because the first hard earth
quake shock will send 1t tumbllns
down upon the heads Of its occupants.
When you consider that Japan has, on
the average, about 300 earthquakes OF
more or less violence in a year, this Is
not an unreasonable objection. The
steel frames, however, have solved the
problem. Japanese houses in the fu-
ture will nave steel frames, and the
walls may then be built Of brick or
stone with perfect safety. But the
height must be limited. I should say
that no building over four stories high.
even though it had steel framework,
would be safe in Japan. The palace OF
the crown prince will be only two sto-
ries. In the matter Of architecture,
Toxic and Yokohama can never be like
New York. The buildings may be as
wide and as long, but not as high.
There is tendency in Japan to adopt
the American architecture as far as
possible. 1t varies so widely that mo-
notony has no chance to creep In. I
think the next class Of buildings to un-
dergo a change will be the railroad
stations. At present they are almost
invariably of the old wooden shanty
style We have none Of the fine train
sheds with great steel arches that you
have in America, but think the time
is coming when we will. predict that
the next few years will witness a won
derful revolution in Japanese archi-
lecture" H.
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Daring feats of bicyclists have be-
come SO common nowadays that It
necessitates something extraordinary
to arouse the interest Of the public.
Minting. the English expert, however,
has introduced feat which for nov
city and reckless daring surpasses
anything heretofore attempted. Mount
ed on one wheel he ascends narrow
spiral track encircling . mast dfty
feet high. After reaching the top he
takes . short rest, when, to the amaze
ment Of the spectators he begins the
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CHAPTER x. Continued.
~ VIII II really lost. and there
\ \ copy. 4 am not ny uncle's heir
y " ~ ssaid. ~
EsSss aonsl Branscombe's wishes ? I
s1ts the law--I am asking you what
N 49," she interrupted, impatient
4 ~ sh1ll not be allowed to take
n thing II the will cannot be
IL 0nd IN < &
ss,s viii In that case be 4 deadlock"
II armed reluctantly.
/ n ~ the heir at-law will come Int"
!! 0neried. with, touch Of uncon-
st triumph in her tone.
~ trustee will oppose there will
K Dsobably ! long and tedious law
n the matter will not Be 80 easily
\ I'd And pardon me. Miss Brans-
be-that the wishes Of the tesla
- the known wishes in this case.
( Mould not be carried out must sure
~ : matter Of regret =
" dear uncle she said gently.
soid not, know, mean to be unjust,
1T he was mistaken. think II he
Eeo1ld ,know--dea uncle!-he would be
ND that an accident should prevent
- carrying out q great injus-
st)cs!..
She was absolutely infatuated, and
re unprincipled scoundrel, Charlie
sanscombe. was trading on the noble
1 generosity. the too trustful simplicity
* his lovely cousin. "a rush Of jeal-
Gus indignation choked my utterance.
How she must love this wretched
scapegrace to do 90 much for him!-
that was my predominant thought.
She stood still. struggling with the
tears which the mention OF her uncle's
nGme had brought: then she recov-
cred her composure and held out her
hand timidly to mo.
You have been very kind. Mr..
Fort, she began: then q faint pink
blush tinged her cheek. She hesitated,
and finally broke down in confusion;
whilst !. ! think. lost my head, and.
with her soft trembling hand in mine,
u cast duty. professional reputation, all
TO tho winds. and vowed In my in
most heart to guard her secret. even
q the cost q al had hitherto held
dear.
left Forest Lea the next morning.
~ i drove away, . slim, black-robed
1gure glided to the side Of Miss Elms-
~. who was standing at the hall door.
speeding the departing guest. and q
farewell smile, breaking like q ray Of
Hight through dark cloud, sent me
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What Her Reply Was.

From London Judy: He "a suitor)-
"Grammarians have never been quite
sure of the proper distinction between
81 shall' and II will" but to my mind
there is no difficulty" She-"I don't
quite know the distinction myself"
He thinking he sees his opportunity
well, take the question, will you
marry me?' Supposing ask you, your
reply would be not I WILL but --"
She (emphatically)-T won't"
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Why Musicians Tune in Public.

It has often puzzled the uninitiated
to give reason why musicians tune
their instruments in public and not be-
fore they enter the orchestra. II they
tuned their instruments before enter
ing the theater or concert room the
temperature is very apt to be different
in the place Of performance, and, there
fore, the instruments would not be in
tune. A piano which is In tune In q
cold room would get out Of tune II the
room were suddenly heated.