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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-15
FOR FEMININE READERS
ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF YOUTHFUL
PARTICIPATION IN SOCIETY.
wisdom of Looking After Ones Scat
tered Pbotographs-The WOman's
Tea Room - Sundries.

Maid Marian-aged sixteen-is in her
glory. says a writer in the Chicago Post,
and the other girls have their holidays
crammed as full OF youthful dissipation as
they can hold. School dances. luncheaus
with theater parties to follow, college con-
certs, barn dances, skating parties, early
suppers!
Her head will be completely turned, ;"
says Aunt Severa. when school begins
again 1t will take at least a week for her to
settle down to work again"
II suppose it WILL" acquiesces Marians
mother, "but when school begins this gayety
will end. There will be few invitations then
and 1 shall rarely allow Marian to accept
any"
why allow so much now? 1t is sad in
terruption to her education
Il consider it an important part Of her
education. 1 want my little daughter to be
at ease in society, for her own pleasure
and that of others I want her to entertain
and be entertained gracefully 1 want to
save her from being bore or wet blanket
or wallfiower. Oh yes, have known girls
as pretty and sweet as my Marian to fall
into one of these sad categories. Besides, 1
dearly love to see her have a good time"
II suspect that is your real reason But
ton. If she were my daughter she should
not go to a thing until her school days were
over"
Exactly what my own mother used to
say. Consequently L had to see all my
schoolmates enjoying themselves and pity
ing me. My father died just as l left school,
and for many years our means were e2-
tremely limited. When 1 began to go out a
little was the most bashful, self-conscious
girl you can imagine. My timidity spoiled
the best years of my life 1 went through
agonies of youthful shame because made
on occasional faux pas. 1 did not know
enough to say good evening to my hostess
when l entered room or goodbye when
left. did not know when to keep my hat
on and when to take it off. l did not know
terror to me. Many q time has a conVersa-
ton died out because l could not keep up
my part of it. 1 would arrive at places be-
fore the hostess had her gown on in my
anxiety not to be late or | would keep d
dinner waiting half an hour. l never knew
whether the carriage should call to take me
nome at ~ p. m. or q. m, and l would
have died q thousand deaths before l would
have asked any one. The very maids in
the dressing room saw that l was out of
my element and deSpiSed me for it, after
the manner of their kind. None of them
ever helped me on with my wraps, and
used to lace my shoes with my own white
gloVed hands Now Marian is not going
through any such martyrdom. 1 want her
never to be at a loss for the right thing to
do or say l want her to observe all the
little rules of etiquette as unconsciously as
she observes the rules of grammar. And
she must learn them in the same way, by
intercourse with Well-bred people,
well, neVer! said Aunt Serena.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-15
Fashion Talk.

New I Ork POSt.
English walking coats as closely fitted in
the skirt as a riding habit, with rounded,
open or half open fronts arching back to-
wards the hips, represent the leading
features of spring shapes prepared for gen
eral wear. Lengths vary greatly among
these coats, the majority being of medium
length A very good instance of color COM
bination is given in a model recently ex-
hibited. The Louis coat with it's open,
rounded front, and a portion of the skirt
are of soft gray costume cloth, and what
represents an underdress that shows at one
side below the hem of the skirt proper and
between the slashed portion is of dark red
cloth crossed with lines of silk gimp of a
still deeper tone. The revers and high sloped
collar are of dark red velvet, silk dotted
with green, and the vest is of red cloth
trimmed with braid lacing cord and small
enamel buttons. The cloth sleeves are very
close lifting coat shapes, with not a VeStige
of cap, puff or frill at the top, but with
shaped cloth cuffs with not only deep de-
cided point reaching over the hand, but so
curved al the top that the upper archlng
point reaches within a few inches of the
elbow. 1t IS very evident that the sheath
skirt has come to stay with us during the
though having q. few rivals in somewhat
less severe skirt models for tall, slim figures.
be slightly draped or decorated without add
ing bulk, because the materials thus treated
are almost invariably soft and pliable. But
these effects are not for brocades, satin and
velvet stripes and similar tissues.
Sheer delicate woolens like drap d'Alma,
Henrietta cloth, Clairette, undressed silks,
and Liberty satins are just often made
up in simple, severe forreau style as not, and
among fresh samples of French art are
models for dances made with sheath-shaped
half-low princesse dresses of white silk with
creamy crepe de chine or crepe lisse draper
les arranged over the glove-fitting founda-
tons.
Sample cards of various dress fabrics to
be in fashionable use next season show
many handsome weaves designed for spring
tailor costumes, including numberless silk
and wool fancies in new color blendings and
patterns. Among them are oxford and mel
tonette suitngs, pretty silk-dotted or che
nille~wrought mohairs, old boucle effects in
French double-faced cashmere, silk-looped
drap .d'ete in finest weaves, lightweight
camel's hair in soft, exquisite monochromes
or mixed effects, indistinct checks in deli
cately woven Saxony wool, snowy Vienna
woven novelty goods, genuine Scotch chew
lots, English serges and diagonals, and fancy
creped cloth in light spring qualities which
are in no way to be COMPOUNDED with the
creponS of other days.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-15

New York Sun.
Women on the club stage should look we'll
to the hang of their skirts The average
club woman is very careless about this i'm
portant detail Out of every twenty-seven
club women seen on platforms of various
heights during the past week not one had on
a skirt which hung gracefully and evenly
around the bottom. Some skirts were lop-
Slded, some warped. others very frumpy
looking, and all, without one exception,
Kicked up in front, often displaying a pair
of very untidy boots. If the woman orator
only knew 1t, her success as a speaker may
be marred by an ill-hanging skirt 1t is
next to impossible for the feminine mind TO
fix itself on what speaker is saying where
every gesture calls for new gyration of the
s skirt. Ieachers Decomposition tell aspiring
young writer's that they must never use a
word unusual enough to take the readers
thoughts away from the thoughts expressed
IN the composition, that one must write so
the reader can understand with the least
possible mental effort. This applies to the
woman speaker and her clothes She should
not wear anything which diverts her listen
ers from the intellectual feast which she
has prepared for them
One of the most popular club women in
TINS city, asked to what she attributed her
success, answered.:
ITO always wearing skirt that hangs
decently when speak and also cookbook
ing SHOES: You see, if my costume is sim
pie and faultless my audience gives it no
further attention than to note this and they
listen to every word l say. Nine out of ten
women speakers think that if they have on
q IusSy, Fancy waist that any old skirt will
DO, and so attention is riveted on this old
skirt. AS a result, perhaps my speech will
pc the only one actually heard during an
AFTERNOON when dozen women have
spoken, and so all my sister club women go
away and pronounce it the best of all we
always like the things with which we are
FAMILIAR. Yes. / must say that a perfectly
adjusted skirt and TRIM neat boots have
largely made me what am"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-15
TwINs MURDEREp By LAW.
According to African Superstition
Their Birth proves Witchcraft.


Miss Scissor of the United Presbyterian
Mission at Old Calabar, was a passenger
on the Eide Dempster liner Oron, which left
Liverpool recently, and had with her four
black children whose cases reveal q pain
full part of West African history. Miss Sles-
sor has now worked for twenty-five years
in Old Calabar. The children are aged, re-
spectiVely, two, three, five and sixteen
years, and each IS one of twins appointed
at one time to die, in accordance with
supersutious custom prevailing in the Niger
coast protectorate.
In the course of an interview Miss Scissor
said that all twins born were, according
to the native laws, to be put Immediately
to death, and 1t is only those who have
been rescued by the missionaries and placed
beyond the reach of the native power who
have so far escaped. The children in the
Oron were four of these. Altogether, Miss
Scissor has herself saved the lives of fifty
one twins.
When the twins are born they are at
once taken from the mother. and, II no one
interferes, they are taken by the feet and
head and have their backs broken across
a native woman's knee, in the same way
as one would break a stick The bodies are
then placed in an earthenware receptacle
and taken to the bush. where they are de-
voured by the flies insects or animals
Sometimes the little victims are put in these
receptacles alive, and are then eaten alive
in the same way. The mother becomes an
outcast. If she does not at once take her
own life, she has to flee to the bush. If she
ventures near the town village she must
see that she does not remain in the path
when any other native Is coming. Her pres
ence, according to the superstition, would
defile the place for others. She must not
drink from the same spring, must not touch
anything even belonging to her own rela-
tives, and there is little cause for wonder
that she takes away her life, which has be-
come living death.
Miss SCISSOR Is accompanied on the oron
by Miss Mcintosh and together they are
going 10 establish home for these native
twins. The natives superstition Is that the
birth of twins is the result of witchcraft
and deviltry. Formerly the mother, as well
as the children, was put to death. The in
terventiOn of the White missionaries and
traders has saved her life Miss Scissor said:
1T is really impossible TO at once put
end to the horrible native customs. There
could be no better governors than we have
at present. Sir Ralph Moor and Sir Claude
Macdonald have helped US all they can. We
don't want them 10 kill the natives. to make
them abolish the shocking practice. We hope
by saving the children and bringing them
up like other children to show the natives
that they are wrong In their belief 1t is
their religious belief that makes them kill
their children"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-15
Odds md Ends.

Once again the dress reformers are having
something emphatic to say. the lamentable
fashion of trailing street gowns giving am
pie reason for disgust.
Jetted nets tulles, chiffons and gauzes,
forming entire draperies over silk or satin
or used for fancy waists, sleeves, tunics,
guimpes and slightly dropping vest fronts,
are as fashionable this winter as ever.
Cloths in pale tints are all the rage in
Paris for afternoon gowns, and their special
title to be considered chic lies in the sim
plicity of finish and outline, showing all the
grace OF inquire woman is fortunate enough
to possess.
Among the combinations of color which
nave become familiar this season are blue
mauve or violet and brown and turquoise;
but II you want the SWEETEST one of all
have brown gown trimmed with chin
chilla.
Tucked taffeta waists are quite as popu-
lar as ever, and anything which can give
them novelty is a welcome hint. One Of
these 6to IN pale gray has a lace yoke over
around the neck a clock, such as is seen on
hosiery, is embroidered in white silk.
.Muffs. like the gowns, are afflicted with
circular fr1lls out of all proportion to the
real muff, which is nothing more than d
strap CT fur or velvet, as the case may be-
hardly vide s enough TO- give room for the
muffs of sable fox and chinchilla are made
in the good, old round fashion, quite large
in size and very soft.
Some handsome opera bags have on their
sides admirable reproductions Of miniatures
in rocco medallions. These are produced
by a combination of needle and brush so
delcately blended that close observation IS
needed to discover where the stitch ends and
water colOrs begin. Very pretty specimens
of these bags are made Of delicarely tinted
silks-pale pinks. greens and biues-the low
er part of the bag made Of the silk laid on
in hemstitched tucks Cne-half inch wide and
The same distance apart, and finished with
cord and edged with lace.
Corduroy has entered into number of the
modish sofa cushions this winter. In plain
much lighter face, while in brighter colors
it is often the background upon which are
wrought elaborate designs. a beautiful hol-
iday cushion VAS Of cerise corduroy. one
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-15

Where is the battle ship Massachusetts at
preSent?-F. E. II.
In dry dock at the Brooklyn navy yard,
where are being repaired the damages she
received in a recent collision with the bot
te-u of New York harbor.
Please give a recipe for mixing flour of
emery with other ingredients to sharpen
razors by applying on common swing Strop?
IL. S. j.
Mix two parts of emery powder with one
part of spermaceu ointment. The emery
must be an impalpsble powder.
Please &dvise at what date the twentieth
century begins and why?-P B. and Bank
With Jan. /, 1901. The explanation is
easy. Go back to the first century; it did
not end until the last day of the year 100,
so the second century commenced with the
first day of 1O1. In like manner every
century begins.
Dec. 81, 1898, was the last day of the week
month and year? How often does that oc
cur2--A. ID. f.
On an average about once in seven years,
for strange as it may seem, Dec. 81 is year
ly the last day Of the month and year. Dec.
81 fell on Saturday in 1891, 1885, 1880 and 1874.
What has been the number of bales of
: cotton raised each year for the past ten
1889. 6,9S5,OS2 bales; 1890, 7,SlS,726; 1891, s.
55lS; 1892 9OSS 7O7 1898, 6.717 142; 1894. 1884,
Oil; 1885, 1892 1885, 1896, 7,162 47S; 1897 S714Ol1;
1898, 11,1S0960. These figures are computed
on an average net weight per bale of ASH
pounds
To whom would a person have to apply
for a position as bugler on an ocean steam
er plying between this country and Eng
land2 What are such a bugler's wages and
duties?-Reader.
You might try the captain of a boat.
or the agent of the line, but think
you've COMPOUNDED the naval bugler with the
passenger steamers musicians. Buglers in
the navy must enlist and get $50 month.
Is there a premium on the United States
nickel having Epluribus Unum under the V?
Where can such coin be disposed of to
Rdvantage?-H. +. ID.
No; professional dealers in rare coins in
olude these, with all Columbian half dol
lars. in the lists of coins they do not buy.
But answering your second query as though
an affirmative had been given to your first
the place 10 dispose of a rare coin is where
you can get the most for 1t. Values in such
things are not well settled. and most col
lectors and dealers in rare coins are them
selves rare hands at bargaining.
What would be the least a man would
have to pay for solid fourtecn-carat gold
ring set with a rubyf-Citizen.
For a light ring and tiny stone OF low
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-15

fruit acids were food substances and when
broken up in digestion served as a simple
and efficient fuel in the human circulation.
To DIR. Matthew Williams. The English
chemist, is due the present fad for Ill sorts
of malt preparations. Before his lectures
on culinary chemistry appeared there was no
demand for malt as a food and almost none
for it as a medicine. The high praise he
gave that product aroused attention and
created a demand which has grown like the
proverbial bay tree To the various malt
preparations there is row 10 limit several
hundred are quoted in the prices current,
and they are used as a medicine, "a tonic,
strengthened and u food.
The diet reforms or fads mentioned are
based, it will be noticed, upon physiologic
and culinary chemistry, and also Upon 20
ologic science In this they are altogether
different from former system, which were
founded upon sentimental, superstitious or
religious considerations.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-15

On the First Indication of n Cold
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They are found at all drug stores, mostly
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-15
The Amenities of Letter writing.

I1OIHe companion.
In our letter writing how often we fail to
consider as we should the rights and needs
of those at the other end of the line of cor
respondence. We dash off page in an hour
of restlessness or of disappointment that
speaks of our unhappy condition, and are
careless of the effect upon the one who re-
ceives it. ignoring the possibility of the
want of help at the other end of the line,
and go on our way satisfying ourselves with
the fact that we have given letter for letter
Some of the most promising friendships
have been killed through thoughtlessness
and seldshness in correspondence for the
written characters viii reveal the purpose
OF the one who penned them, and a sensi-
tive soul will receive a chill through the
page read by the heart as well as through
the eyes. We need to be very careful of
the form of our written messages for the
one to whom they are sent must interpret
them without the help or explanation of
personal expression. And then, If we would
save friendship through the years, let us
pc careful to keep up a reasonable regu-
larlty in our correspondence with the friend
whom we prize.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-15
In Modern Phrase.

New York Evening Sun.
When the new woman falls in love--as she
does now and then. however Intellectual it
may prove and however incredible H. may
seem-she doesn't call it being in love-"
nor ''smitten," nor "eprise," nor any of the
many other terms by which from time i'm
memorial both men and women have sought
to describe such a sentimental state. Oh.
dear, no! With her it's, HE interests me
psychologically."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-15

Persian design picked out with gold thread
worked in the plain cross stitch of our
grandmothers' samplers. The coarse canvas
was basted on the corduroy and afterwards
the threads pulled out, leaving the design
on the fabric
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-15

sooner than expose ourselves to publicity we
should feel compelled to buy them, and be-
fore long I'm afraid II would bankrupt us.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

Where is the battle ship Massachusetts at
present?-F. e. II.
In dry dock at the Brooklyn navy yard
where are being repaired the damages she
received in recent collision with the bot
te-u of New York harbor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-15

The fruit cure, which some claim started
In Germany, while it is held by others that
it originated in Dansville, N. Y, still holds
its sway, but not to so large an extent as
formerly. 1t has broken up at many points
into subschools, such as the grape cure. the
apple cure, the peach cure, the orange cure.
the banana cure, and, funniest of all, the
watermelon cure has its useful side. It cools
done the good claimed for il, it certainly has
done little or no harm. Even the strange
watermelon cure has its useful side 1t coos
washes out the tissues in manner that will
please the most rabid hydropath. 1t has
been or penent IN dispelling the ancient
prejudice against fruit in the sick room. and
the medical superstition that the vegetable
compounds such as citric acid and malic
acid were of the same nature as the fnor-
ganic acids, and therefore equally injurious
to health. Physiological chemistry demon
strated without trouble that most OF these
The St. Johns herald., 1899-09-23
The Clever Romans.

It seems quite surprising that the an cient Romans did not acquire the art of printing with movable types, inasmuch as they came so very near to it. They had wooden blocks carved with words in reverse, by means of which they stamped those words on pottery, while the latter was as yet unbaked and soft. Incidentally it may be mentioned that they knew the modern method of mending broken pots by means of riV- cts, and many pieces of pottery thus restored have been dug up.
 In ancient Rome there was one daily newspaper, which was written entirely by hand. Furthermore the Roman sen- ate had a publication which core spends to The Congressional Record, being a report of the daily proceedings of that important legislative body. It likewise was written by hand. Speak ing of baked clay, one might mention the fact that the little boys of Rome 2,OOO years and more ago were accus- toned to play knuckle down with mar. bles of that material just as children do now.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-09-23
She Let Him Wear a NIghtcap.

To the Earl of Essex was granted the privilege of wearing nightcap in the royal presence of Queen Mary, says the New York Telegram. The fact is mentioned in Miss Stricklands Lives of the Queens of England' as being one of the odd rewards bestowed by Mary upon her friends after her access sion.
 The Earl was a valetudinarian and had great fear of uncovering his head. Considering, therefore, that the colds he dreaded respected no person, he pc titioned Queen Mary for leave to wear his nightcap in her royal presence. The Queen not only gave him leave to wear one, but two nightcaps if he pleased. His patent for this privilege is unique in royal annals: "Know ye that we do grant to our well-beloved and trusty cousin and councillor, Henry, Earl of Sussex. license and pardon to wear his cap, coif or nightcap, or any two of them at his pleasure, as we'll in our presence as in the presence of any Oth- CT person within this realm, or in any other place in our dominiOns whatsO- ever during his life; and these our let- ters shall be sufficient warrant in his behalf"
 The Queens seal, with the garter above it, was affixed to this singular grant. Three persons in Great Britain alone enjoy the privilege of remaining covered in the royal presence, namely: Lord Forester, Lord KinSale, and the master of Trinity College, Cambridge.