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The evening times., 1899-06-24
The Fnfth Cure.
lErom the Ringhamton Leader.

Christian Science appears TO be on the defen.
sive, and to have a very bad at that. As
a religion, Us agency for the spiritual upbuild
ing Of those who seek its communion, it has
right to expect the consideration that is given
to all forms of belief, and to be protected in
the exercise of its functions teacher of faith
and morals but when it assumes to minister to
diseased bodies; to attempt to cure the ills that
flesh is heir to, it must expect TO subject itself
to the same treatment that is accorded to all heal
ers-it must be licensed after it has given satis-
factory proof of its skill.
The theory that by faith alone can disease
properly be prevented and cured is harmless as
a theory, but it is infinitely dangerous in prac-
tice Not only can the law not permit this theory
to be put in practice; it must be at extraordin-
ary pains to prevent it, in the interest Of the
public safety
The evening times., 1899-06-24
JolIying the Elks.

From the st. Louis Globe Dcmocrat.)
II cannot be said that the Elks arc among
those who take their pleasure sadly. On the
contrary. geniaiity is Of their cardinal ideas
and settled methods. With unfailing good fell
lowshp and good humor they illustrate the
pleasant side of life. and this is only form Of
the practical benevolence with which they are
to be credited. They have warm hearted ways
and everybody in whom the milk of human kind.
ness has not pershed is their friend. Their visit
to St. Lours has conferred an unusual pleasure
Their welcome at the end OF the week will
be as cordial at the beginning. The duties
and serious purposes Of life not forgotten by
the order, but cheerfulness, as we'll charity.
is ore Of their tenets. it is not part OF
their creed then they must have been bonn cheer.
full, and it is said that star dances at the birth
Of one endowed with happy disposition and
light heart.
The evening times., 1899-06-24
The Girl Behind the Man Behind tn,

=
F Gun.
('The great force in our battles is the girl
behind the man behind the gun.'-Admiral
Schley.) ec,
The world today Is ringing with our fame.
Old Glory floats supreme DER land and sea-
Our chiefs receive great honor and acclaim,
And everything is right as right be.
But let us not forget the stanch ally
Who helped US in the fight nobiy won,
A sweet and modest actor, but a most important
facter.
The girl behind the man behind the gun.
God bless her blooming image. its our star and
guiding light.
In the rush and rear OF battle and the bivouac
at night
She's a voice to help and cheer Us like stir
ring bugle call,
Sure, WEI never won q battIe-it was she who
won them all.
The hand that rocks the cradle rocks the world.
All. what is it that little hand can't do?
On bloody fields when shot and shell hurled
1t bears the fag and pulls the lanyard. too.
IT'S pointed forward in the press of war,
'Tis clasped in mercy when the fight is done;
And by her truth and beauty she incites US to
our duty
The girl behind the man behind the gun.
And whether we are camped on Cuba's shore,
Or in King Philips Islands far away,
In steadfat splendor DER the clouds of war
Inc love wonhu slIneS upon our way
With every crowded trooper sent abroad
A thousand loving hearts are sailing on,
So stands around the world, where our banner
is unfuried,
The girl behind the man behind the gun.
God bleS hes blooming image! tits our star and
guiding light,
In the rush and roar Of battle and the bivousc
at night,
She's 4 voice to help and cheer us like a stir
ring buese call,
Sure, We never won . battle-it was she who
won them all
VIII stokes U. s. Marine Corps, in Army and
Navy Journal
The evening times., 1899-06-24
Martyr or Victim.

Never since the landing Of Napoleon from
Elba has so much excitement, open and sup
pressed, been in France just now on the
eve Of the arrival Of Dreyfus at Rennes.
In this connection, just word regarding the
right use of terms may not be inopportune. We
frequently hear Dreyfus spoken Of as martyr"
Dreyfus is not really martyr. To be a martyr
one must make voluntary sacrifices in behalf Of
a principle, q cause, or a purpose.
Men like Zola and Pcquart are more properly
martyrs Dreyfus is victim rather than
q martyr Those who suffered exile, haxarded
their regulations, and sacrificed health and
worldly goods in his behalf were the martyrs.
Words have a certain right to be understood
and It is just as easy to use them where they
belong As otherwise. There will be small
deluge Of epithets, expletives, and ckarseterisa-
tions n the new trial Of the victim ol Eon-
strous plot psocsedk
The evening times., 1899-06-24
TWENTY DIE OF THIRST.
Fate of Mexican Party In n Sonora
Desert.

San Diego. Cal, June IA letter Just
received here from l. j. Allen. purser of
the schooner. Albina- says that a party of
twenty Mexicans. who left San Ignacio. On
the Gulf side OF Sonora, for the new mines.
lost their way and died of thirst. The
corpses were discovered by another party.
The country over which the Mexicans at
tempted to pass is absolutely without wat
er and parties making the trip are obliged
to take large supply with them or run the
risk Of death from thirst. as on the Colo
raio desert In fact this country is a
practical continuation of the Colorado
desert.
The evening times., 1899-06-24
THE OLDEST NEW YORKER.
Mrs. Hart. Aged Niuety-eiSht. Raj
lies From Sudden Illness.

New York. June 2i.-Mrs. Fanny Buck
land Hart. said to he the oldest native born
New Yorker is rallyins from stroke OF
apoplexy. notwithstanding that she is near
" a century old. Mrs. Hart was born
in 1902 in a house near Vandam Street,
was christened in st. Paul's, and as little
girl played on the lawn Of Aaron Burr's
home. and distinctly remembers watching
the wonderful steamboat of Robert Fulton.
1t is one of Mrs. Hart's proudest men,
cries that she has never paid anyone rent.
but has all her life lived in her own home.
She has lived for twenty years in her pres
ent residence. No. 204 East Eighty-second
Street For seventy-seven years she kept
house. Although she was the mother of
ten children, seven of whom are living still,
Mrs Hart managed to keep up with the
times, and made American history her
special interest. One of her sons is Harry
c.. Hart. Tammany district leader and
member of the municipal council.
The evening times., 1899-06-24
Hallway Seats,

The latest small reform advocated in the
newspapers is the abolition of plush cush-
ions on the seats in railway trains. 1t is
argued that these cushions, being made Of
a material whic,. cannot be easily cleaned,
are beautiful storehouses for germs Of
every description, as well as dust, and that
they are extremely Objectionable in sum-
mer on account OF their warmth and dust
collecting qualities. Anyone who has ever
happened to hit a cushion Of one OF these
seats knows that dense cloud Of sooty
grey particles rose from the point of con-
tact. and it is not exactly agreeable to re-
fleet on their probable origin.
The plan suggested by the reforners Is
that the plush cushions be replaced with
leather ones, which can be washed and
kept clean and are much cooler In summer
than the present arrangement; and that
wherever possible cane seats shall replace
the more cumbersome arrangement during
the summer. A railway car is probably the
hottest place which can be found outside OF
a city during the months Of July and Au-
gust, owing to the heat of the sun upon
the roofs and sides of the car. and, In the
evening, the additional heat OF lighted
lamps. Undoubtedly the thick cushions
Of the seats add much to the discomfort of
the traveller on a warm day. and railway
journey is an aIl-around uncomfortable
thing which does not need any unneces-
sary torture to make 1t serious trial to
the average being with nerves.
Whether il would be practicable to re-
place the present seats with open-work OF
cane is rather doubtful. For one thing, the
same car is likely to travel through places
ranging in temperature from the neighbor-
hood OF 100 TO some 40 degrees below that
point. and all within twenty-four hours.
One may. in the spring. start from a valley
in which the grass is green and the snow
has disappeared, and moving almost due
west, come in three or four hours to re-
gion where the snow is a foot or two deep,
because snow always lies in the mountains
for weeks after is has disappeared from
more level tracts. Thus there is really a
considerable area, except in the very hot
test weather, in which the plush seats are
not uncomfortable, and custom has steeled
the nerves of the average traveller to dis
comfort on a journey. But the suggestion
Of leather-covered seats is worth atten
ton. These would be as durable. as hand
some and considerably more hygienic than
the plush-covered ones, and there seems
no reason except that Of increased cost
why they should not be put in. But the
matter of cost is rather large one, and
the railway companies would object. On
the whole. it is probable that things will
continue as they are until some well-to-do
corporation sets the new fashion.
The evening times., 1899-06-24

The Orange Free State has thrown of
any appearance Of neutrality in the South
troubles. by adopting the Mauser
rife-the standard arm of the Boers-as
the national weapon, and by voting money
to procure artillery. 1t is regarded as set
tied that the two Dutch Republics will
make common cause. in which case the
British campaign will have Bloemfontein
as its first objective point. instead of Pre-
The evening times., 1899-06-24

II the Waldeck- Rousseau ministry can
hold together long enough to get the Drey-
fus affair out of the way. it will live in
history as a company of brave and hon
orable men. of various political beliefs. all
willing TO sink passion and prejudice and
AXE extreme mutual concessions and
sacrifices for the one object of saving tie
honor of France by undoing one OF the
most monstrous public crimes in the an
mails of mankind.
The evening times., 1899-06-24
ShOrt-Lived.

From the Boston Transcript.)
Johnny-Pa, why is it they call them the dead
languages?
Pa-Because. my son. they live for short a
time in the memory Of those who study them.
The evening times., 1899-06-24
A Had Subject.
From the Detroit Journal. J

(From the Detroit JournaL)
Finally, the patience Of Christendom being
haustcd. a feet Of the Allied Powers forced the
DardaneIIcs. and cast anchor under the battle
mems Of Constantinople. Now. will you be
xoodr'' signaled the admiral in command
'-Oh. I'm drcadfnlly out OF practice. don't you
LnowY' protested the Sultan. However, it was
likely excuses would be accepted.
The evening times., 1899-06-24

The Democratic convention in Louisville
has not yet simmered down to the condi-
tions of love feast. When it becomes nee
essary for the chief Of police to open the
proceedings of the day by a declaration
that he will arrest the first delegate who
does not obey the chair, it is evident that
the situation is not yet one Of complete
harmony
The evening times., 1899-06-24
Straight Reasoning.
(Fmm the Iudi.napolis JourraI.l !

From the indianapolis JournaL)
One volunteer-H you really believe you won't
die until your time comes. what makes you
dodge 4 bullet every time it comes along?
Second yolunteer-There is . time to die and
also time to dodge.
The evening times., 1899-06-24
Not InfEllib1e.
(Fron the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribunc.)
Professors Son-Papa, when IS the next big
meteor going to fall?
Papa-I don't know, child.
Son-what good does it DO to be q college
professor, I'd like TO know?
The evening times., 1899-06-24
Determined Pe,,im,,w

(rrom the Chicago Timcs-Herald.)
"But," said the philosopher, "still water N.
deep. you know" ~.
''WeiI, what Of itr' replied the p-zimi-.;
I've seen rusty nails that did the same thing"
The evening times., 1899-06-24
CURRENT HUMOR.
All the Time He Had.

"Henry. why do You smoke continually, from
morning until night?'
..It's the only time 1 get. I sleep from night
till morning.
The evening times., 1899-06-24
MOUNT TO EscHEw POLITICS.
Retires to Private Life When His
Present ORce Ends.

Laporte, Ind, June 24.-GoVernor James
A. Mount for whom Western politicians
have developed Vice Presidential boom.
has written to a personal friend that he
will retire from politics at the close of
his term Of office.
The governor Is also credited with being
a candidate for the United States Senate.
but his letter disavows any future politi-
cal aspirations.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-05
HE WASN'T DISTURBED.

1t is generally supposed that prima
donnas are impressed with their own inn
p%Ortance. If that be true, there was one
who was an exception to the rule, to
judge by an incident related in Short
Stories. The English singer, Parepa Rosa,
came to America to sing, and among her
audience on one occasion was President
Grant. With his daughter Nellie he had
come to hear the renowned singer, or at
any rate, Nellie had come for hat pur-
pose. She sat erect and sedate, but her
father lounged comfortably in the back
ground and talked to a friend.
Soon the prima dOnna's portly figure
appeared upon the stage. All eyes were
turned upon her, but she saw only one
man, the warrior whose deeds had stirred
the world. His attitude was not fatter-
ing. He was still lounging in the back
ground and talking to his companion.
Then the rich, deep voice of the singer
rang out, but the president talked on.
Papa, Parepa is singing" whispered
his daughter.
"All right, Nellie, she is not disturbing
us. Let her sing" replied the president,
indulgently.
And she did sing; but the best part OF
the story was that the prima donna heard
of that answer, II being as jolly as she
was portly, thoroughly appreciated 1T.
She had a good laugh at her own expense,
and admired Grant more than ever.
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lar higher and more starchy, her natty
tie natter and her uncompromising sailor
hat more uncompromising thar ever, in
the face of the girly girl, who is all frou-
frou and fussy, whimsical contritances
Of lace and ribbon; fluttering jabots of
soft silk muslin encircling her throat n
%cascading down to her waist. her clinging,
floating gown demanding to be upheld at
every step, her languishing LeghOrn
heaped with flowers. Certain rakish.
quill-adorned hats sometimes tend to
confuse the differing personalities, but
when this variant is admitted by the
manly girl a crown band is the only other
decoration, while the girly girl softens
their too assertive picturesqueness by
flowers or swathings of tulle.
On the question Of parasols the two
sorts of girls are as far asunder as the
poles. Over her leaf-green linen skirt n
her waist striped in poppy red n leaf
green the one hoists a plain, poppy-red
cotton sunshade, bare Of adornment, but
a splendid blotch of color; while the other,
in white cambria printed with roses, de-
votes herself to the management Of many
tlounces edged with pink baby ribbon,
and to the control of a long, straying
pink sash and a mite of a bolerO, cut in
scallops and p~ink-bound. Yet she has in
tellect to a for the hosting of a star
shaped, white lace canopy, large and
dropping in flounces about her face, and
brought into harmony with the sash and
the baby ribbons by pink applique knots
worked out upon it in velvet ind ribbon.
There have been no sensations in bath
ing dresses. A summer of clinging. will
loWy maidens at least preserves us from
the outre.
Visitors to the bathing beach of New
ports ~fashionables. whether they perch
themselves upon the Jagged rocks kind
~ streWn along the top of the excluding
wall by the courtesy of the Spouting
Beach association, or commit their names
and addresses to the care of the wooden
faced gateman who, not too cordially,
permits their entrance, behold the most
conventional of costumes. Bathing skirts
are longer than last year, bodices are
higher in the neck and sleeves are short:
that is about all there is to be said of
them.
Red, green and navy blue are favorite
colors for bathing suits, but corn-flower
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blue surpasses them all. A chic suit of
cornflower blue silk, worn by a dark, pi-
quaint girl not yet out in society, Is deco
rated with waving scrolls of wide white
braid upon both skirt and bodice; the
bodice decoration being contrived to re-
semble a minute bolero. The broad sailor
collar in white silk is braided with blue,
opens upon a white vest, half-low.
across which floa the streamers of a
deep blue tie. The sleeves barely cover
the tops of the shoulders; cornflower blu
stockings are worn, n strings of the
same hue tie the large white stray hat
with washable blue trimmings.
Of course gossip is rife over the trous-
seau of Julia Dent Grant. who in the au-
tumn will become the Princess Cantacu-
Zene. Even to her most intimate friends
Miss Grant has said little on this inter-
esting subject, though it is known that
Mrs. Potter Palmer, who is taking the
matter vigorously in hand, has followed
the examples set by Miss Fair. now Mrs.
w. X. Vanderbilt, Jr.. and Miss Sloane,
now Mrs. John Hammond, in ordering
sheer men and batiSte specially woven
abroad for all the undergarments. En-
broidery, lace and stitchery fine enough
almost to bring the price of a kings ram
som are spoken of as the adornments of
these fairy-like articles.
Miss Grant is simply but most taste
fully dressed wherever she appears.
White cloth is a material much liked by
her, and at an elaborate luncheon lately
given in her honor she was CARRIED most
artistically in a princess costume of white
painted with mauv hydrangeas shading
delicately to pink, and trimmed with chif-
fon in the same tones. Her hat with a
touch of black was garnitured with the
same flowers.
Another dress in which Miss Grant has
appeared is a softly draping grayish blu
wool. cut as a princess tunic over ar I'M
derskirt of plated black silk, the tunic
being slashed in scallops bound with
black silk braid and decorated with far
ing knots in the same material. The
bodice similarly garnitured with black is
cut with a yoke of white satin covered
with Renaissance lace applique. Long
and sweeping in effect. the toilette is Pc
culiarly becoming to Miss Grants lark
beauty. ELLEN OSBORNE.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-05
THE SUMMER GIRLS ENGAGE
MENT RING.

The diamond solitaire is no longer the
most correct engagement ring to give the
dearest girl in the world, but a ruby.
This will be unwelcome news for impe-
cunious bridegrooms. but the fashionable
jewelers. declare it to be a fact. The ruby
is supposed to be of all stones the most
lucky-a pretty legend connected with
the gem is that Noah was supposed to
have had a ruby Of marvellous brilliancy
in the ark, and that the roseate light
which it emitted was sufficient to illum-
mate the wonderful boat until all danger
was past. Many Of the oldest betrothal
rings were set with rubies, these stones
being the acknowledged love token of
long ago. 1t is also quite the rage to nave
the ring set with the young woman's
birth stone. The jacinth is for January,
amethyst for February, Jasper for March.
While for those born in April there is the
sapphire. Emeralds are for June, onyx
for July, carnelian for August. and chrys-
olite for September, with beryl, topaz and
rubies for the remaining months.
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black tulle strings. A long black ulle
scarf was wound about the arms of the
wearer, its ends, as she left her carriage
descending almost to the ground.
Probably Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney
is as graceful a driver of the automobile.
and Mrs. o. H. Belmont as nervous as
any woman in Newport. AS Mrs. Bel
mont's bicycle instructor once put the
case, more ruthfully than tactfully.
Mrs. Belmont really is good-natured, but
she always looks as if she We're aying
why OF earth don all of you people get
out of my way?'" But if Mrs.
wears on occasion an face.
she appears in a truly Partisan gown of
sheer white linen, dotted with ecru spots
and cut as an eel-like princess dress over
a lace underskirt. Broad. mauve satin
ribbon, shading to pink. is drawn through
button hole openings up and down each
side of the bodice and down the left side
of the skirt, ending near the foot in a
huge windmill bow Over this toilet is
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-05

che beauties of the coming seasons
gowns will be their silk foundation.
French challie trimmed with very mar
row bands Of silk braid are combined in
making the skirt here illustrated. Fou1
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-05

thrown a white taffeta lust cloak, mi
nutely tucked until the silk looks as if it
We're corded, and there is Worn also a big
hat in ecru straw bedecked with black
and white feathers.
Another dress prominent in the days
automobile parade was a princess Co.'S
tune of delicate gray transparent veil
ing, shaped to the figure by fine perpen-
dicular tucks. and finished at the top of
the low bodice with cream-colored gui-
pure laced about the shoulders and over
the yoke of white mousseline by narrow
black velvet ribbon. The underskirt Of
green silk was stitched with green in fine
embroidery patterns n a quaint poke
hat was worm, covered on the outside
with feathers, having large pink roses
next the face, and tied down with green
tulle strings.
The two types of girl evolved this sum-
mer appear nowhere more conspicuously
distinct than at a Newport picnic, where
the manly maid presents herself, stiff
shirt front SITTER. her high, starched col
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-05
READY FOR THE HOMEWARI
MARCH.
A Hint For the Girl Who Is Anxious to
Know What Advance Modes
Will Show.

A few more weeks and the summer girl
will take up her homeward march; and
fashion DEGREES that her travelling toilette
shall be an extremely neat affair depend
ing upon the quality Of its material for
it's beauty.
Advance styles for early fall point
strongly toward the shirt waist and
sheath skirt. Both are developed in fab
RIGS suited to the season and lined with
silk, or the finest limitations available.
The effort to do away with the silk lining
has been a complete failure, and one of
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-05

ruffle of maize mousseline de sole which
u m almost ~diagonally across the front
terminating at the left side in overskirt
effect.
The bodice is cut in a deep v and has
short sleeves. A frill Of mousseline de
sole finishes the neck and a bouqet of yell
low roses is fastened upon the corsage at
the waist line. A collarette Of topazes
and diamonds encircles the throat.
HELEN GREY-PAGE.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-05
AN INCIDENTAL.

See that striking-looking girl there?
She married Millions"
Hobbs-"Who's the insigniicant-look-
ing fellow with her?"
Hibbs-'Oh, he's the man she married"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-05
FOR THE LAST N
A Design Worthy the Splendid Elegance
Which Marks a Closing Reception
of the Summer Gown.

Maize satin brocade is the elegant ma
terial used in this toilette which is wor-
thy the most magnificent closing recep-
ton of n fashionable resort. The skirt
is srug fitting over the hips with the full
ness underfolded at the back in double
box olaits. 1t is trimmed with a deep
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-05
THE NEATLY GROOMED TRAVt1L-
ING GIRL.

rows of the braid are set around the foot
of the skirt and bands of the same trim.
extend down the front.
The waist is Of a light weight French
flannel, pale cream in color, squared with
stripes of madden silk. The cuffs are Of
the same flannel. A stock of striped silk
finished with a small bow completes the
neck and makes a very neat trimming.