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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-01-04

in something of the sort is, in
some circles, more or less of a
fad. There are certain elect teachers
OF the culinary art in the larger cities
whose business is to instruct the
daughters of the wealthy in cooking.
Every girl should be thorough
housewife, no matter whether she
means to marry or not. Her mother
will be her best teacher, if that lady
herself understands housekeeping.
The daughter should be taught in adj
vance how to manage her servants.
and then she will never need to COM
plain that they manage her.
Should girl who has been thor
oughly trained in household economy
marry a man in moderate circum-
stances or one who happens to lose
his fortune, she will be able to help
him to save his money instead of
squandering it.
1t is important that parents should
bring their daughters up with modest
tastes, no matter what their station
may be. The daughters of the Prin-
cess of Wales, as indeed are almost
all royal children. were brought up
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native OF matrimony. There were no oc-
equations open for women, and If she
happened to be a single woman her
support was supposed to devolve upon
her nearest married male relative. In his
house she was mere unpaid drudge
for his wife, often i'll treated and al
ways despised.
In the United States alone the census
Of 1900 is expected to show 100000 wo-
men engaged in various occupations.
In 1910 81 week and boarding round
was considered good pay for the school,
teacher. Now women teachers are paid
from $3.50 to IS. 900 year.
Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman
who studied medicine, had to bear the
brunt Of numerous insults. While she
was attending college at Geneva, N.
Y, the inmates of the boarding house
where she staid declined to have any
thing at all to do with her.
At the beginning of 1900 women ply
sicians are not only numerous, but pros
porous. Their position in the COM
munity is an enviable one, in proportion
| to ability and personal qualities, for
many of them nave large practices.
which bring them fine incomes.
The ministry is a field into which
comparatively few women have enter
ed, women of the religious type usually
deyoting themselves to the advance
ment of some great reform. as in the
cases of Mrs. Mary Livermore and
Frances Willard.
| In journalism. the most exacting of all
professions, women have signally
proved their success. Mary C!emmer
Ames, Jane Grey Swisshelm. Margaret
Fuller, Fanny Fern (the gifted sister
of N. P. Willis), and more recently
Kate Field, Mrs. Jennie June Croly.
Mrs. Booth, Mrs. Margaret Sangster,
Eliza Archard Conner, Mary Krout,
Isabel Mallon tBab) and Mrs. Frank
Leslie are women whose success
has been equal to anything men
have done in the same linss. Mrs.
Croly was the inventor OF the process
of ;nanifolding, which made possible
the syndicate system, Mrs. Booth and
Mrs. Sangster We're successful editors,
and Mrs. Conner is an editorial writer
lwhose literary style Mr. Charles A.
| Dana himself master of editorial
writing, repeatedly complimented by
| quoting in the editorial columns of the
< New York Sun.
4 Miss Mary Krout is traveller and
/ correspondent OF QlSClncllOn, ana MIS-.
1 Frank Leslie has twice built flourish
il ing property out of seemingly wreck
ed magazine.
4 Women lawyers are many. In the
west they are more tiourishing than in
the east, because, it is said. of the
greater liberality of thought in the
west.
| In political liberty advancement also
has been great In two states women
have the constitutional right to vote on
all questions; in some others they vote
\ only on certain subjects. 5 There are
I only two states in which married wo-
men have not control of their wages
and property. They have now an equal
legal interest in their children, instead
of, as formerly, the husband having sole
Ownership and control of the offspring
/ and being able to will them away from
his wife if he wished. In almost every
way, in fact women are accorded
I equal privileges before the law, and it
/ is only in the cases of bigoted and ig-
lnorant men that any effort is made to
! deprive them of these rights.
MADGE PORTER.
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or theater has been adopted in Amer
lea. Sometimes these overshoes are of
quilted satin, lined with fur. They
reach far above the ankle, oftentimes
to the knee. Chills ought to be inn
possible when feet and legs are thus
protected.
Fancy waists for evening wear have
not lost prestige. The 1900 advance
models are strikingly chic and attract
i've. Those Of panne velvet are in the
lead, though in making a selection one
is sorely perplexed by beauteous ar
ray of silk embroidered in tiny gold,
steel and jet beads. Two new features
Of the separate waist are the square
tab collars and mitt cuffs which fall
to the finger tips. AS much attention
is given these days to the sleeve of a
bodice as was formerly bestowed upon
the fit Of the sheath skirt. The cor
rect sleeve fits perfectly, without a
wrinkle or particle of fullness, and is
fastened by hooks and loops or small
crocheted buttons for a depth of six
inches at the wrist, in order to obtain
the glovelike effect. Even the cuff is
made to hug the hand and flares not
at all. Many of the new waists are
made to wear outside the skirt, in
which case a very narrow belt, scarce
ly an inch and half in width and like
the blouse, is provided
All over tucks are still in favor and
are now cut on the bias. A very pretty
example is in polka dot surah silk,
which displays novel crescent shap-
ed collar, opening in front, with the
widest part ending just under mod
erately high couture.
No recognized rival has usurped the
lace bodice's special distinction as a
theater waist. Chiffon scarfs, choux and
paste buckles, with an occasional intro
duction of colored and black velvet
tabs, are used to vary the style and
keep it in line.
A corn colored silk, with an insert Of
white satin embroidered in fine let
beads, displays prettily this newest
blouse feature. On stock and cuffs are
also seen the beads set at regular inter-
walls, which at a distance look as if
they were woven into the fabric.
Rose panne velvet, cut in points and
Joined by herringbone stitching of
coarse silk, is a pleasing model Illus
| trated. 1t has a box plat in front to
give the slight pouch which has been
revived according to some of the latest
importations in the barracks of blouses.
On it, too, will be noted the knotted
scarf which English grandes DANES ara
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ART IN WEARING JEwELRY.

This is very little studied. Long,
slender fingers can wear many rings,
and a we'll formed white throat is inns
proved by almost any of the beautiful
necklaces now in vogue. The wearing
of jewels was originally intended to call
attention to certain personal beauties
not to hide defects. A sallow face is
not improved by diamond earrings.
Nothing makes the skin look whittier
than pale pink coral, and there are
many novelties in this. Some of the
necklaces are made of squares of corals
separated by diamonds, and some OBJ
long pieces are Joined together to form
a sort of flat, wide ribbon, crossing in
front and ending in gold fringe,
Corals set with diamonds are strung te.
a fine gold chain. Some wonderful INF.
tations of pearls in single rows are
worn in the daytime, and collar Of
pearls at night. ST.
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Mrs. Row1ands Advice on Training Young Girl

OFTEN note with regret that the
home educational methods of the
present day are less satisfactory
in their results than those Of so years
] ago. In those days a girl was brought
up with view to filling that sphere
to which nature called her. While
there are some women who are so
deyotedly welded to their careers
that they never have thought Of
matrimony, most women do marry.
AS 1T is the destiny of most to become
wives 1T seems to me to be folly to
cram a girls head with accomplish
ments that will never be of any prac-
tical use and leave her absolutely ig-
norant of the first principles of
housekeeping. The domestic sciences
are just as important as any other
branch of learning. Yet they have
few feminine students of their va
rious branches.
In some schools branches of do
mestic science are taught, and all
over theta great organization for
women, the Household Economic as
ISOLATION, is endeavoring to awaken
interest in the subject. Interest
u j.
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FASHIONS FOR
THE NEW YEAR

IN THE world of dress for 1900 the
outlook is most gratifying from the
= fact that we are to continue the
wearing of picture clothes and aesthetic
colors. Delicate shades increase in
numbers with each months fashion re-
views. We owe this to doctors who
say that light colors are more beneficial
to the health and spirits than dark
ones. Thus we are to have cream coll
ored cloth spotted with black velvet
and pale blue, pastel, pearl gray and
wine and slwater' colors instead Of
is the exact shade Of the vehicle which
gives it's name to us-that is, a kind Of
reddish ruby-and is supposed to bring
good cheer with it's wearing.
We are told, however that green in
multitudinous variety is booked as a
favorite. Almond green, over which
women are raving, is curiously elu-
.siye shade, suggesting blue and gray
and resembling much what we used to
call Willow Combined with white pah-
me- it is particularly effective. Next In
order might be mentioned the various
shades of red, from deep scarlet to null
berry.
classes. The kind which perpetuates
the habit back will come to us in fitted
cores, sometimes as many as nine
forming the skirt. The other is plait-
ed or may be gathered like the house,
maids skirt. A disposition to intro
duce panniers in connection with the
plated skirt will scarcely find much ia
vor. Still, Worth is making de-
termined effort to foist them upon the
public. Madame predicts that, emanat-
ing from such source, the pannier.
and not the tunic, will be the success
Of the spring. One of Worth's latest
models has down the back three broad
plaits which depend from a yoke mold
ed closely to the figure, and across the
front, draped from the right to the left
side, is Topped up tunic which is prac-
tically the initiatory pannier. The bod
ice also exhibits new feature-that of
the handkerchief corner effect, which
Is draped low, producing a sort of slop-
ing shoulder outline. Handkerchief
drapery in some form is to be the
vogue.
Sleeves will fit closely. Those Of vel
vet and satin are unlined, and, if in
tended for evening wear, are of the ad-
Unstable kind-that is, they are not
sewed into the bodice armholes at the
top, but there is a space left through
which the arms show Those for din
ner occasions are sewed in, and for
evening wear left off, and oftentimes
are used in two or three different bod
ices. OF course this is not possible unless
the sleeves are of lace, as they har-
monte with either dark or light colors
Velvet long coats trimmed in satin
Tibbon are heralded as the modish spring
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AND HE COMPLIED.

and you say you would die for me.
George?''
Die for you? Yes. thousand
deaths!''
You are noble man. George"
MY darling, you do not know me
yet"
We'll, dear, do not wish you to die
for me. but L will tell you what you
can o,for me to- show your affection"
What is it? Shall ] pluck the stars
from the ,cerulean dome? Shall say
to the sea-, Tia, ha! Cease to flow, for
my love Wills it9 Shall tell yon
bright and inconstant moon that is
glinting the hilltops with her light that
she must not shine on thy face too
roughly? Ha!'
mo, George, no." she srnilingly said,
II do not wish YOU to attempt such
impossibilities. All ask Of you is
this
Yes
An | ask Of you is this don't call
AGAIN" s.
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Ycently created quite sensation by
dressing large Diapers window in
solid masses of black and white silk,
in imitation Of certain school Of il
Illustrators so popular just now.
1.-THE common mistake in dressing
a window is to put too many different
articles in it and to try to show them
all to the same advantage. The best
way, perhaps, is to fill the whole win
dow with one kind of goods only in a
| special line; then it will attract at
| tention. To show what mean, may
mention that one large London firm
which sells nearly everything makes a
point of dressing its windows in this
way. Each window contains one kind
of goods only. The first will be full Of
a cheap jam, the second nothing but
| a special line of soap, and so on.
"The fees charged by professionals
/ are very high, so that it would pay only
4 a firm doing a very, large amount of
| business to employ Them
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-01-04

| nammas are. They will be seen in
close fitting, clinging materials, crepe
de chine, nuns yelling and barege be-
ing favored in the order given. AS to
color, no particular one is in the lead.
as all light shades are worn, and their
becomingness is the only point to be
considered.
The small girl will fall sole heir to
the box coat, as women no longer take
to it kindly for anything but coaching
or automobile wear.
The German fashion of wearing soft.
wooden overshoes when going to ball
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wraps. The three-quarter cut, howev-
err. obtains, and on this will be OBJ
served the three revers idea which gain
ed some Roadway during the winter
months. One rever will be of cloth
like the garment, one of white satin
and one OF stitched cloth in color. Vel
vet is also regarded as the smartest
dress fabric of the coming months.
Cloth lace is the novelty which will
appear on cloth costumes. 1T is really
sopenwork cloth wrought into a lacy
pattern by threads of heavy silk and
forms either the pannier drapery or the
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affecting to an alarming extent. Lace
scarfs are seen in London on hats.
They are duplicated on bodices and
adorn the skirts of the up to date.
An odd waist of black and white tat
feta, with bowknots of white satin rib
bon, is a very dressy affair and is des-
tined to become popular. The bow
knots run around the neck and down
the front in graceful border and ex-
tend over the sleeves as well. The
waist fastens little to one side with
tabs and rhinestone buckles.
Big lace collars are feature of the
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-01-04
BELGIAN QUEENS HOME,

The queen of the gelgians waa
brought up in her fathers castle at
Pest amid surroundings and customs
which remind one of the feudal ages
AT night her father himself descended
the great staircase to lock the outer
gate and the door OF the principal hall
This hall was divided into two parts.
one end being raised a little above the
other. AT the elevated end the daugh-
tiers OF the house sat at their needle
work on painting or music, while Their
attendants sat at the lower end OF the
hall.
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while below, on
the heightened
ends Of the
straps are the
usual silver tri-
files. Now that
dress skirts are
SO determinedly
tight, there is
no possibility of
a pocket, and
some place to
stow the useful
handkerchief Is
absolutely nee
essary. Since
sleeves, too, are
worn tight, that
refuge for the
bit of cambria
no longer ex-
lists Therefore,
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Another mistake that many moth
ers make is in overdressing their
daughters. The overdressed young
girl generally grows into an extrav-
agant woman whose soul is captive to
the milliner and the mantua maker.
Too much attention called to what
they wear makes children vain and
egotistical.
Whether young girl should be
sent to a boarding school or not is
question by itself. l have no preju-
dice against sensible boarding
schools, but i do object to those ele-
giant institutions of learning which
are more noted for fashionable dress
than for the excellence of their cur
riculum A well bred, we'll brought
up young girl should be dressed sem
sibly and neatly, but never extrav-
agantly
45;;tA,@1G:<-
New York.
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.
palmer silk blouses and are an addi-
ton the home dressmaker can make to
a passe blouse with most satisfying re-
suits.
Banting is the fad of the new year.
The real secret Of banting lies in sys-
tematic living and lack Of self indul-
gence. Exercise and moderation will
reduce weight only if religiously adj
hered to. Lillian Russell has always
had to battle with decided tendency
to stoutness, and the victory which she
has won and maintained against her
enemy is one of the best proofs on rec
ord that it is unnecessary for any one
to put on superfluous pounds If oAe
is willing to apply oneself seriously to
a cure. To the Prince Of Wales
belongs the honor of the bulldog
miniature" fad. Mrs. Massey paint
ed Peter, his famous bull terrier, for a
birthday present for one of the princes
friends. When the miniature was fin
ished, SO great was the princes de-
light that he sent for the artist and
expressed his pleasure with her work
telling her she might make what use
she pleased of his opinion. He added
that he thought the princess might
have her dogs portraits done too
Needless to say, since this time dog
miniatures arestte rage
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THr LEArHER CHArELAINn.

This is the latest development OF the
leather chatelaine. Fastened to four
leather straps is large sized purse
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the pocket chatelaine bag comes as =
boon to harassed womankind and in
this novel design deserves to be pope.
ular.
The daily news., 1900-02-13
GOLF DIALECT.
How an Amatuer Reporter Get lt
Badly Mixed.

A good friend Of THE News, who
is an admirer-we will not say
player-of golf, has complained be-
cause this paper did not give more
attention to that absOrbingiy in
teresting game. AS our golf editor
was out of town last week, we en-
gagged the services of certain gilded
youth who thought he could report
a prospective practice game between
two couples of Pensacola's best play
ers. Trembling for the result, yet
unwilling TO miss so notable an
event, We told him to go ahead.
This is how he did it. The real
names of the players are suppressed
for obvious reasons:
Tie day was fine, barring Occa-
siOnal showers of very wet ram
which somewhat marred the hllar-
ity of the occasion. The cOntestlng
couples were Miss A. o., assisted by
Mr.. w. Y, and Miss F. y, ably sec
onded by Mr.. l.. p. The greens
were damp, and SO were the players,
but they waded through the game
with an enthusiasm worthy of better
weather.
The first 10 holes wore made in
first-class style but the caddies
failed to count more than half o.
them which was quite confusing
when the record was made up.
Team No. | went out on the frs
round, and No. came To the bat
with a whOOp. The ninth inning
was reached without either player
scoring a hole. Then the fun COM
menced. No. pulled down lead on
the others, and halved three holes in
as many minutes. No. ,. with only
three up, made drive with the long
cue that woke up the cows in the
next field and gave their side a
chance To tee the green in fine shape
Then No. | took a hand and divided
the hOnOrS, with a left upper cut
that sent the ball home in rOmp.
Nothing could have been pTettier
than the way they haudled their
StimieS on the last ten holes. No.
put, and the others called, and the
game was called off, with No. about
four miles ahead, and the victory.
Now what can we do? We don't
like to disappoint our golf readers,
and unless some of them try to give
Us an intelligent account of the
games played on the Pensacola
Links, We shall have to give i; up.
The daily news., 1900-02-13

Nasal Catarrh quickly yields t.
Treatment 10y Ely's Cream Balm.
which l. agreeaDly aromatic. 1t j.
received through the no>trilS.
cleans and heals the whole surface
over which it dItfuSes itself. \ rrla-
edy for Nasal CataTrh which l. dry
ing or exciting To the diseased menu
hTane should not be used. Cream
Balm l. recognized as a specific.
Price % cents at druggists or by mail.
4 cold ln the head immediately dis
appears when Cream Balm j. used
Ely Brothers, 16 Warren Street. New
York.
The daily news., 1900-02-13
Coffee, Coffee.

u e cUH the afleRtiOn II
tte @cHerui Dub}ic t0 me
fret TINT lce hare Onp Of
the best eqHiDped R0usfers
in the .SOJttH. Gnd Hnt lCe
cGn furnish this de2ici0Us
berer09e 1T prizes That
dety competition. We also
l05sh to remind yOu tint our
CoHeeS are 0lJO0ys fresh
from the ROGSte.r While
others are OLdOnd hare lost
their aroma, ours is fresh
and delicious.
Net0 Orleans Grocery Co.,
J.AS. M'HTGH
Phone IO5. Pr0DrJetOr.
The daily news., 1900-02-13
\ Monster Devil Fish.

Destroying its victim, Is type of
Constipation. The power of this
murderous malady j. felt on organs
and nerves and muscles aud brain.
There's no health till its overcome.
But DR.. Kings New Life Pills are a
safe and certain cure. Best in the
world for Stomach, Liver, Kidneys
and Bowels. Only % cents at w. y
d 'AlembeTte'o drug store.
The daily news., 1900-02-13
A New Constitution.

The Jacksonville Times-U Mon and
Citizen, referring to the latest phase
of the Porto Rico customs dutie-
question, appositely says:
CsOaded by protests and petitions from the
berehciaries OF protection. leading repubii-
cans have set themselves IN opposition e.
the president demand that the products
Of the islands be admitted free of duty. and
ihere Is a strong probability that a COM
promise viii give a lower rate hut deny
The principle involved. when this D. don,
7Ef shAli know that the constitution Is IN
deed an instrument out-worn and the con-
s-ress IL supreme As the English parliament,
while the law OF eXprdtency is the only
arbiter TO which all must bow. l. Porto
Rico n part Of our territory: II not. W.
have no rights there. IfIJ L.. the constitu-
tion expressly forbids th. levy of ~p-cial
6utles on her products. and We may eNprC-
80 hear next that New England is "quaran-
inning" against PennsylvAn coal OF Ala
bams's iron or FIorida's fruits.
The questions of slavery and tho
right Of secession were settled by th,.
civil war; numerous minor uatIona,
issues have been settled by accepted
legislation or the decisions Of tn.
courts, aud the construction of an.
Isthmian ship canal is rapidly near
ing its final consummation. The
people Of the nation are still con
fyOnted by the questions of "A stable
and unchanging currency, the super
nF .
crOachments Of trusts upon the right
and interests of the masses, the i'm
position Of protective customs du-
ties, extra territorial expansion, the
government of newly-acquired in
sulaT territory and many others. The
federal constitution, which has
served the vital purposes Of the peo-
pies Interests fer more Inan a cen
tury. has been att r.ler. condemned.
derided and d5sre garJ,d uy "a section
Of the population when IA pow,l
under thr leadership of ~elfi~,
men. aeruard solely by Oh.
greed of power for purposes 90
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