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New-York tribune., 1900-01-18
IoNpoN WOOL MARKEr.

London. Jan. 1.-THE offerings at the wool auction
sales to-day numbered 14S16 bales consisting
good greasy There was better demand. but many
Withdrawals noted operators showing hesta-
ton and holders asking firm rates Yesterdays with
dawals totaued 1000 bales and to-day's
much. ScOureds in fair demand at ~ per cent
below the December rates American representatives.
breds at yesterdays prices Cape OF Good Hope and
Natal stock in good supply but great quantity
sold, decline IA per
Following the sales: New South Wales. LOO bales
secured Is l42dlI2s 4l21 greasy. S2d61s
land 400 bales; greasy. 11lsda1s Sd Victoria 5000
bales secured. 2sl2s I'D TStd61s south
Australia 400 bales greasy 7dals Sd West Australia
secured 7i2dQ2s; greasy, 64Grd. Cape Of Good Hope
Natal 22OO bales; secured. Is 12dg2s 2std greasy
Sih61llad.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-18
pENNSYLVANTA

brosses and Cortandt Streets " ana Des-
SSThe leaving time from Desbros~e. -,
Cortlandt Streets II Eve minutes later -
that given below for Twenty-tkird strea.
stations, except where otherwise noted
"a tSrs a; N ~. EAsI AI-Innite1 % two Buffer Par
n % CaieSso. 70 eo1cne5 70 P.ttsburs- ~s
O.55 A. VI. PENNsYLvANIX f.iMFrfeD .saH7; and;
lion cars For cSosso a csFahd o5s Tasas ana osss
1.55 p. VI. CHICAGO AND sTs LOUIS ExPprss
& ao5 Sashyis tya Cincinnati and LousviHsJ Iaala
5-5.' p, VI WESTERN ExPREss-For Chlcazo. -.
7.55 p. VI. soT-TfWEsTERx EXPRESS For v,..-
burg Akron Cleveland Cincinnati Louisville I1diss
7.55 p. NJ. Pacific ExPREss-For Pi,,ssarr A..
Route Connects or ceeisd esep5 wa Sssaaas ,- vasT
$50 Sse5I5g " "a NAIl. Nj AID EXPRESS Pullman surs.
burg and points West. daily except sunday. ss
WASHINGTON AND THE SOUTH
80 So. $50. 10. 10 tDeebrosses and Cortan4t s-.
tDes6rosses sno Cortsndt stree,s 3, g M a Z 80 20
gronaI sbs1i A Ira an Parlor snd Dining Cars 25 as
SUNDAY $ % So: 1913 dining carr n u IS ~
s25: l25 Dining Carr $50 DINING Car t'325 cass'
s6TTHERN Florida Limited. 12.o,-
GDesbrosses and Cortiaadt streets 80 D. n s.T- 2
NORFOLK 4S6 WEsfF1& F41Iw44 "a qsaS eaT I.,
ATI.aSTic S1sa COAST Lis m F5lsia sli sB.r,.
cEEsAPE1kE oal6 'a RaiLWaYI73s Il N eY1 z p n a7.y
FOR Old aT' PofSP ti z coMFokr 5 fox and voRpo7
.T1, EesA-a7ys S-r,y ,s4Tv and s.55 P m daily n
and CoItlandt Streets 80 D. Vess-iavs -SS ssss
Coaches 9-t--i-4E4
CAPE MAY.-1255 p m. weekdays
o Nv points on New YORK and Long Branch Railroad c
West Iwenty-tnrd street s;ta+ionJ. - = n - ~
SZ1. and 415 p Sundays a. m a.
ltron Iesbrosses and Cortlandt Str-erzt q = -
l2-Je. $40. and 5-l0 p m sundays . a :.
p. ---' ID
FOR PHMADELPHIA
6.iO (Desbrosses and Cortandt Streets G2O T25 ~
cd e,1, S25 fS55 Penna. IImitadl.
and Cortlardt Streets I02ol Dining Carr 1055 iT-s
Sar), 155 II -. 21O (Desbrosses ana C,-+isIs
Streets 220). 2J5. y. ass. 25 q frIrf-g cs
400 dining Carr. j-55 Dining Carr 755 n 80
p: m. l2lO night Sundays. $40 D s55 a95 a.
Limited. 955. 1885 Dining carr a. m - g x
tDnlng Carr so, $50. 42j Dining or, =
Dining Can. 555 Dining CaO. T55 s.5j. o . o NJ
Ticket Offices Nos 4s1. ga. 1885, 1a54 III and PSI R
way; Ast9r House West Tventy-third S-rar 81
and stations foot OF Desb-osses and Cortandr S-,.
Court Street $50 Fulton Street H-7sIvsv -
Pennsylvana Annex Station. Brooklyn Stari07 rs-..
City. The New York Transfer COMPANY vrir -slr -
and check baggage from hotels residences f-7Ss
10 destination. '---o1sn
Telephone ''9i4 Eighteenth Street,
Railroad Cab Service. =
J. b HI TCHINSON. J.. P. WOOD
c'eneIal manager General Pass'r Agent
New-York tribune., 1900-01-18

Cotton Exchange special Liverpool cables: Spot cotton
tat business doing; sales 10000 bales speculation and
export, JD0 American 1900: receipts, 1900:
1000: niadling upland. 41td Futures opened barely
% p2i5t higher February, 4isAs February
@arch LIB; MarcA-Apr 12s; April-May 4.O9s; MAJ
June 8OSb: JunsJuy. 404b JulyAugust 4O2b; August
eeTtener Se0*b; September October, 3524s October
FLOUR AND MEAL-Buyers and sellers
apart. the market -four little feature Of
interest with n9nlinally
. sell Spring patents 50 15aS3 80; straights.
- 3O4s3 30; winter patents s. GDS3 10 spring
81 1898 extra No winter. 81 7O6S2 SIS: extra No
winter 81 55ds2 e5: grade sl7 1888 10 arrive per
HSn .--- -BUCKWHEAT FLOUR-Duli: quoted. s29$2 is.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-18
Railroads.
NEW YORK CENTRAL,
HARLEM niVIsI6N

ol2 A NJ and $50 P. NJ Lar, exceut sundav 70
Pittsheld sundays only al .. 20 A. NJ
wagner Palace Cars all through tralns
Trains illuminated with Pintsch Iaht
r,, onGSs az 'lS 26 41S and 1915 broadway -
SSonai1n Sd, $50 Columbus Ave. 81 l25th
1S3.h St and lSSth St Stations York Sss and 7Ss
FuIton ST and lO4 Broadway p. D BROOKLYN "
telephone 1850 Cortlandt' for New-Ycrk Central Cab
service Baggage checked hotel or residence hS
Westcott Express " - ''~~A'N' "
GEORGE II. DANIELS General Pa.se,.sr 49,.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-18

spring ing Wheat 6oseSisc; No red assc; sqrn
No white, 25% Qa6c; No white, 25i4 Q2tc; No z Tye
52G54c: No barey, 3SQiic; No ! haxseed ana NO
w 81 so prime timothy seed 81 CO. clover eontIaet
fard per 100 r b. s. sSaES co. short rio Goo
IS 55d$5 50; dry salted shoulders tooxed - 2E 90
short clear sides Cboxe 50 95gS6 Whiskey dlstIeIs
aOc: granuIated the Produce Exchange to-day
the butter weak creameries lVQ2452c' oaI
les, lSQ22c. Cheese firm at i2ql2%c- Eggs steauS'
Cincinnati Jan 17.-F:our quiet Wheat hrm; No red
7Od7O34c. Corn dull No mixed, 32Ac Oats dull' 10
red mixed 25s4c Rye dull; No 6Oc Lard quiet 50 To-
bulk meats Arm So 10 Bacon firm So 50. Whiskey ac-
tive strong. 81 231s Butter dull Sugar quiet Eggs
steady, I5c. Cheese quiet. :. q,
Duluth, Jan. 17.-Wheat-No hard cash. % SC 40
Northern cash 627sc; May 65ssc; July. 66lsc; No
Northern, 6O%sc; No spring. $3.50 90
Milwaukee Jan. 1IWheaJ steady No NorthsrH. ~
Barley steady; 30 2. 45G46c; sample 35942Isc
Minneapolis Jan. 1T.-Wheat-In store No Northern,
January G2c May. 6sG63c July, 64!@qe44sc: on track
Philadelphia Jan. 1T.-wheat steady but quiet; con
grade January 6S1 hd69lsc. Corn firm and 1tc
higher No mixed January 3Sa3s%c Oats quiet . 5It
steady; No ? white clipped. 81 11e43l% No do, 5Oe
3OIac; do. 2S12G3Oc Potatoes steady; Penn
syIvana, choice per bush. 6Od63c New-York and West
do. 5SQGOc; do fair TO good. S3qo5c Butter duH
Eggs firm; fresh nearby, 9c do western lvc
Southwestern 1sc; do southern Sc Cheese quiet out
firm. Refined sugars dull and unchanged aeSeipts p,
Flour, bbls 5000 sacks; wheat. 1000 6usn'
corn $1,000 bush; 10000 bush Shipmens-Wheat
LOO bush; corn, 1900 bush; oats. 5000 bush o-
st. Louis Jan. IT.-C1Ose-Wheat-No red cash 66sc'
January G67sc; May 6sIsa6sl4c July 6J4c No hard.
t4a6jc. Corn-No 2 cash, 31=c January, 313ac; MAY.
92ssc Oats-No cash. 24c; January, 24c; May. 24Aa
Toledo Jan i7-wheat higher firm; 2. cash. 67asc;
May, T0&lc. active steady; No mixed sc oats
dull No 2 mixed, 24c. Clover seed dull higher; prime
cash. old 81 9O January new So T5 March, % SO bid
New-York tribune., 1900-01-18

COTTON-The volume business we'll price
Though traders entertained less de
cded ideas TO the prices should take. few
operators showed the least disposition back their
convictions a substantial The outside public
practically effort increase It's
teres while the South and Europe content trade
a Istless fashion both sides of the The
early cables from Liverpool quite satisfactory, and
conjunction with light foreign buying orders
prices 20 6 points the call. The market
barely steady at the advance however and after
opening premiDares had been dispensed with prices
slowly settled back about nights figures
gained circulation midday that Neill, of
NeW-Orleals about crop estimate.
this information prices up peg so, only
his Intentions. Every Indication pointed
very small receipts the ports for the day. but
mid afternoon Sabine Pacs of 16
2o9 bales, this making total all ports for the day
Al 224 bales double the amount anticipated
knowledge hat the South African trouble had reached
crisis added the reluctance of investors well
professional operators obligations Near
the c;ose the market ruled active and finally
Fss9sg Dr at t saataD n9 san ;S P0g SsbsT In
Bros Co., stated apparently che speculative temper
other which prevents earlier
In the would have brought advance in values
condition of the speculative mind cotton
alone for notice that the large earnings Of railroads
revive the hopeful frame winch has been so
marked feature Of the last two years. Whether the
pause the forerunner of recession in values Of all
commodities is the question which undoubtedly appeals
10 the average mind and that aid advancing
markets which confidence IN the contributes.
that the developments season strictly in the
factors appertaning to cotton have
the views expressed the beginning of season.
They exist to-day force has maintained the
market for the last three months outside of the
trade conditions have arisen visible ALL events which
have dulled the enthusiasm Of
buyers OF Gotten this When the weight these
events IS disspated then that
then existing. viii plain their existence
10 tie trade that IL will anticipate decline not
wsandng that offerings OF contracts against
sales and advances the impression that
FOR the next crop have commenced
follows:
New-York tribune., 1900-01-18

choice i.5sg s. ssS e to sR2s & Sg
MEAdpSll quoted Fine white and yeliew srns G9oS
SPOT sl5: arrive 200 I5 5Og$l7 5S
SIS So city feed $i76sI7 co. hominy chop si6 75Ssl6
GRAiN-wHEAT-s SURPRISED at the nrInness Of early
cable news Yesterday the bear element 1t wheat started
andertone. which continued pretty much all day with
aPaI prices Aasse net higher. starting at 72Me he
N MAY e sSa broke to f ts 2 TRe
market was fairly active al DAY with tIShsassonS messy osy
bought to extent The undertone seemed to
@ S s Of short fSG
IN to the % Strength abroad
nonts net higher AZ the same tine Liverpool showed
substantial tone closing only I'd net lower & against Inst
operators tested the market by pounding little
Sso S@ found hEo showad IN
o. b Ias % he ana es M wer near bottom for the time
bene abs local conndence could hardly be said to
interest wholesome export demand however would
IN @6e 81 poso3 oT ba oron
e I ws e46p By % an a un sT0
3 62 900 sS buyS ysa m h again
5 an but 4 3 e bs agn9g bus sSo
ago no Of of cash wheat a0at oss N SsTs
RgG'h s PROMPT Sse H hard 7Mc prompt No
Norhsrn Duluth 7e5sc prompt nominal: No Northern
7eS POmPt ,I No NGrthgTn T6G Chicago % 5S
The decided strength observed in at the opening
cables weather West A reaction occurred dur
hour but II quickly recovered. and the
hc advance. Operations here were
small, but Chicago heavy business was done
advance prominent acting the bull side
and shorts buying freely Receipts, while
little larger than the estimates, were considerably
smaller than Of late, and II is expected that the wet and
mild weather prevailing over the belts Will still
reduce the movement Liverpool closed A1 I'D
only 80 loads, all ports
corn closed and delivered and
o .OATS-Trade in
light all session and prices ruled about steady. with
much change No 2oats closed 2eec No oats 29e
No white 32c; No white. 81 &c; track mixed 29lsQ
31c white. 81 d35c: No white clips, 32 2l2c....
Market easy; No Western, 6ic b afcat; No 2
Western. 60fc afoat; state rye 55956c c New
York carlots. BARLEY-Market easy. Feeding 43t+
@47kc c i New-Yorlx; mailing. 5O953c ( New-York
-. .BUCKWHEAT-M Market dull.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-18
THE STATE OF TRADE.

Buffalo jan 17-spring wheat unsettled 10 get aaLc'
T2Ec; No northern 71x671sc; No Northern s s33se
Winter wheat dull red zoe bid; 30 whise xsIog g1S
s7tc; No yellow. Se9c no corn SIs' hS,a S1 2es.a
3Oc No white 20c: No white. 2Skc: No mixed Zc'
mixed 2asc Rye-saies Of No in store at os1sc.
Flour steady better inquiry.
Chicago. Jan. 1.-THE leading futures ranged as fol
New-York tribune., 1900-01-18
COUNTRY PRODUCE MARKETS

.,, .,,,> 49,, New-York January II, 1900.
BEANS AND PEAsLrhe market holds quite hrm for
small white beans and there very fair trading Marrow
quiet and must be choice 10 command our outside
New-York tribune., 1900-01-18
NAVAL STORES.

Resins rule firm. with some pale grades up little in
price Spirits turpentine steady at former prices
Quotations follow Tar regulars 81 So do oil bbls SO 90
spirits turpentine, 53653 &C. rostn, good
strained 81 62I56s1 65 E 81 10; F. 81 75: G. 81 So H.
81 95; 81 O5; K, 50 20; NJ 81 50 N So; w G. So 80;
New-York tribune., 1900-01-18
n the local market to-day

Spot cotton closed quiet steady with quotations
l-bc higher the basis Of 1-6c middling upland
and l3-l3e for middiing Gulf Total sales 100
were for delivery
Were ofhc;ay reported By wire follows New-0rleans
quet and steady. Isc; Mobile quiet. 516c; Savannah
qge, 3-l6e Charleston firm, 5-16c; Wilmington
1ci Norfolk firm. 71sc Baltimore nominal
STEADY, 7-lGQ7izc: Memphis steady, I-IGc higher al
l%c; St Louis quiet. 7l6c The export movement
follows:
New-York tribune., 1900-01-18
WEST SHORE RI,

Trains leave Franklin Station. y. y. toEoEA
and rs m. later from % ". +2d St.
p. NJ
Chicago and 81. Louis piring Car.
'Ot15 4. IL. Caicago and ~. Louis Limited.
tS;OO p. NJ Buffalo and Niagara Falls Express
'OtIS P. NJ. Detroit and Chicago Express
DAILY, tExcspt sunday.
Timetables principal hotels OHaces. BasEags
checked hotel residence BY Wescott's
c. Z. LAMBERT. General Passenger Agent N Z.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-18

sanos-Coffee market firm good average Santos $4,000
receipts 1900 bags: stock, bags. Hamburg
Coffee market opened unchanged; 2:8O D y pfg
higher: sales 900 bags. HavreCoffee
opened quiet and unchanged: IL m. Il franc
lower: at barely steady 4 franc higher $50
n m unchanged. %
New-York tribune., 1900-01-18
STOCK Oh HAND.

fosln Dds z9S99
Spirits turpentne, bbls. 25Is
Tar bbls lies
Charleston. Jan. 17.-Turpentne frm SOC Rosn
firm. unchanged
Wilmington y. C., Jan. 1T-spirts turpsntineea
ing doing receipts, "a bbs Rosin firm, 81 2OGS1 25
ceipts 3i1 bbs Crude turpentne steady 81 60qS2 go;
Savannah. Jan. 17.-Sprs turpentine firm soc;
ceips 397 bbls sales $50; exports. .153. hTm
receipts. 2S40 bbs: sales 2ST1 exports 3451 Quoted
A, b. c, D, 81 20; e 81 25 F. 81 30 G. 81 40; H 81 7O
So 65
London. Jan. - .-Turpentine-spirits. sss Cd
New-York tribune., 1900-01-18

Rio-Cofee market quiet: Rio IOS425: exchange
1I-i6d: receipts 5000 bags: cleared for United
States. 5000 bags: stock, 1ss, 900 bags.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-18

Estimated receipts for tomorrow Orleans were
Op 70 o1 bales against 34l last week and 943 last
year rstiinated receipts 600 TO 500
bales against 3.Js9 last 3 8O3 last wear
Receipts at the ports points today COM
pa.ec Win the same day week and last year:
New-York tribune., 1900-01-18
CENTRAL R. R. or NEW JERSEY

-Four SFe's sraeks Feetr sest USED sTelqsysy ~
Stations in New York f5ot of Ijbef,S Ds~ s.
Leaving time from South Ferry is ,hs sanas a, t,,
Liberty ST.. except when noted. '
Trains 9h and 7ssSs after s5o; jan an IS; s 1900
..o 9r East9n Bethehen Allentown Mauch Chunk a..
$40: Ct5:45 81 80 to EastonJ P NJ sundavs ts6
For WEesba1rs PittsoG and o seTa9oP 9SS MOO an
ror or Res9bc ts9 p and fg39is sg29sys 40 = 10. a ~
5000 1130 to Reading, A. n I:3O. $3.50 s4-4O. 500.
III so to Reading a M zoo so .5:sS 500 $50 80
to Re 5eadiIgO st,t ,t;0-P P n NJ as s12il2 & night
r. R, '4;SO $3.50 Red Bank only) IS 80 Cas So %
oh 91a. 6nB BS M suGa4 AVS asa 300 i9 Ss 81 y R9s 3
FOR LAKEWOOD and Lakehurst '4:so aa.aO A N.
Sis. 50 30 t41O s5 100 P. NJ Sundays. '1O15 A
j4:10 P NJ SUNDAYS. s10.is 4 O a''0 4 n Si'4''
FOR ATLA1TfC CITY, '4:5o a. NJ. s1;45 Css.8O.
p N. Atlantic City special with vestbued Coaches and
- For stations no 6stwssn Atlantic Highlands a.
Iantio Hishiands only P N Sundays. 800 a H. $40
1 fs'ssa Fps; L % ssss @ 'f 5 z T.
ROYAL BLUE LINE.
WASHINGTON.
From foot OF Liberty St
QOO Dining Car) 1:SO 600 Royal Blue Linited) 90
900 GI:so Dai2g carr A 40 s Is 69 sSHqSy RSS, e &
LLimited0 500 $500 Dining Car P n. s12:15 mdt
a !Soa $3.50 $500 $50 $50. '9:45 P. NJ Sundays.
soT6 fs F 9nd m gaF25 m s seats 8 ST. s. fqos 2 Of & IsF & ST.
ST. 27s West i25h ST. 245 C6um6us AT. NsT Y52 Fsa
Williamsburg. The New York Transfer Go. viii csT f5f
and check baggage from hotels residences to dss5n
'From Liberty St. only
From sth s0uth Ferry Ferry a ay? 5a5 95ns's earlier
SFT0% SrTom sSath south FTTy Ferry al at 923 $40
tFrom South Ferry ST 1855 P. NJ.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-18

Highest. Lowest. Closing.
62& 62es 6215 Go2 =
66dG8h 60 %16J % =
66% G6h h9e6h So lsgB6fs
The Afro-American advance., 1900-06-30

her handiwork should be considered in
the same class as that of men, and that
a blue ribbon so won is far preferable
10 one won in competition between
women only. These may be right. but
at the same time the progressive Amer
lean woman has found in the Woman's
building at the Paris exposition--a dis
appointment,
The exposition authorities call the
building constructed for the use OF
women palace. After one has looked
at the building the word seems n mis-
nomer. The "Woman's palace" would
be better suited, perhaps for use as a
| well-appointed country house than for
anything else one can imagine. Had
| the authorities called il mansion no
one would have disputed the appropri-
ateness of the name.
1t is situated on the Champ de Mars,
| between the Eitfel tower and the lena
bridge across the River Seine. and is in
an ideal location. The style of archi-
lecture is modern French, the whole
consisting of a main building and two
attached pavilions which are used as
restaurants. tearooms. layatories.
Eloakrooms aud hairdressing saloons.
On the ground floor OF the palace
proper there is the display of embroid-
4 cries. etc, referred to above. while in
/ the basement is a display Of all that
/ relates to fygiene. toilette and fem
| inine elegance. and this Is what our
| American women are obiecting to,
| while 10 the French women 1t is one
of the attractive features of the place.
| Such is the diffcrcuce in the women of
the two republics.
| On the second floor of the main build
| ing there is a theater, a concert hall,
/ lecture room, a reading-room, n IL
brary and a drawing room, all Of which
are reached by electric elevators. The
| theater on this floor offers to the pro-
| gressive woman a grain Of solace, for in
it are presented plays written by wom-
en-. but then. again, they are for wom-
en-. The lecture hall she patronizes but
little. for the lectures are upon sub
| jeets relating TO the toilette, to home
| duties, TO social etiquette, etc. There
Is practically nothing on higher edu-
cation and kindred topics. In the read
ing room Que finds fashion and society
| journals. to the exclusion OF all of the
advanced reading.
There Is one feature. however. which
is attracting all classes CT women from
abroad. whether of advanced IDEAS or
| just society butterflies" That Is the
course of lectures on the French Ian
guage, Women of other nations who
have found their supply OF French de-
ficient have taken TO visiting these lee
lures during the moments when they
are too tired for sightseeing. and so i'm
| proving their French.
But above all else the building is a
beautiful retreat for tired women. It's
vins-eovered walls are inviting. and IN
side everyone finds a welcome. no mat.
ser What her station or nationality nav
BE-. Unlike the different national pa
vlll0ns, il is home for every weman
wAere she may rest froa the fatigue OF
sightseeing. and gossip in whatever
tongue she speaSs with tke assurance
that there viii be souse one 70 under
stand The authorities who designed
tAe baiiding and designated its uses
The Afro-American advance., 1900-06-30
DIVORCE SIMPLE IN JAPAN.
ConiuRaI Partners May lie ~
changed with n Mere SHOW
of Formally.

The following are the texts Of wo7-
drous letters says the Japan Times
bearing recent date. exchanged be-
tween an aggrieved husband and hi
delighted successor. both Of Auma'
mura. Ashikaga district, Tocaigj pre-
lecture:
Mr.. Sokichi Yamamoto-Sir: Noa
have been guilty Of improper H'r'r
tion with my wife. Tsune, and the af-
fair has greatly grieved me. For 'h''
reason | have made various com
plants against you for your offensive
conduct. through the members OF our
communal bodies, and YOU have ~'a'
me endless apologies. but a. J 'r4
them unsatisfactory | have, Ike d
man, decided Ia get rid al my wife
and do herewith give and transfer hH
TO you. Henceforth | wiz not enter
tain any lingering affection for 't
woman, aud in proof thereof wi'u',
my signature. Kamekichi Fujika"a
Mr.. kamekichi Fujikawa-Sir u ia
indisputably true that ! have bert
guilty of intimacy with your be.o'''
wife. and on that account | have >f..
you apologies through the membsr-
our communal body. You have h7''
ever, steadfastly refused to forg @
and instead forwarded Your wife +
me. As it is your will. beg herspli7
TO acknowledge receipt and transit
enee of said wife. etc.
The Afro-American advance., 1900-06-30
An

DR0GREsSIVE American women
who have visited Paris fair
have looked first for the Woman 5
building. and have found in it-a disap-
pointment.
After all the controversy about the
place women were 10 occupy at the
Paris exposition il is hard to say just
what our American women expected 20
find in the Woman's building, but from
their comments il is implied that they
did not expect to find it devoted almost
exclusively to that side of the fair sex
which revels in toilet preparations.
hair dyes and the latest novelties in
Parislaa gowns.
True, on the main floor of the build
ing there is display of woman's work
along the artistic and useful lines, such
as embroderies, etc. But at no place
in the building is there anything that
would illustrate the new and advanced
place women have taken in the world s
affairs. The exposition authorities have
preferred to consider the sex as simply
the "adored charmer," the social but
terfly or the thrifty housewife.
OF course. woman's work along the
advanced lines Is to be found in all de
partments of the exposition. The art
buildings contain many paintings and
bits OF sculpture by women artists;
throughout all the departments of lib
eral arts women have exhibits, and also
in the agricultural departments, but
they are not given an undue prominence
because of the sex of the exhibitor, but
must compete for prizes with tine ex-
hibits made by men in the various de-
partments.
There are many who say this is as ii
should be; that the day is far past
when women need any SPECIAL consid-
GRAFTON because of their sex along com
mercial and scientific lines; that it is
fairer to the women themselves that
The Afro-American advance., 1900-06-30
Of Interest to Women at
the PARIS Exp0utlon
The Woman of Advanced Ideas Is Not Altogether
Satisfied with the Big Fair

may not have been so far wrong after
all.
There is building among the side
show features which has many charms
for the woman of fashion. 1t is the
Costume palace. In il the finest cos
tuners of Paris have We'd with each
other in producing effects that are
startling in their richness of cut and
material 1t contains. besides. full
display of the fashions of the time,
exact reproductions of all ages. and
here the ladies may study the gowns
their ancestors wore thousands of years
ago.
All of these are displayed in his
toric panorama that never fails to in
terest. One scene illustrates an incl
dent in ancient Byzanee. From an ele-
waited platform a resplendent goddess
slowly ascends a sacred staircase while
priests and other orientals worship her.
II is a scene taken from the history OF
Byzance two centuries before its cap
ture by the Turks.
Many such scenes illustrative of the
costumes of the time are taken from
ancient history, but what is probably
more interesting are the scenes from
French history. One of these is re-
production of the Roman baths in
Paris, in which a Roman matron is
teachng young Gaul woman TO enter
the baths.
Another one shows the wicked Mar
ouerite de Rourpoonp with her buf-
foon. standing near the fatal Tour de
Nesle.
The days of the tournaments of old
Paris are illustrated by a procession OF
the cavaliers entering, while in an in
closure near by stands an assembly of
DANES watching the fetes.
The famous meeting of the cloth Of
gold is illustrated gorgeously. French
women of the court, all in gala attire,