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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-21
THE ICE WOMAN.
A Distinctly New Field Invaded by
Feminine Euterprise.

FEMININE enterprise
The latest field Of industry, heretofore
supposed to belong exclusively to the
male sex, to be invaded by women is that
Of the iceman. At kens;ngton, one CT
Philadelphia's pleasant suburbs, Miss
Mary Morris is engaged in supplying the
people with cooling cubes for their re-
| frigerators and is one CT the most popular
and prosperous of her guild. So accrs-
| toned have the people cf Kensinston be-
come to Miss Morris and her fine large
team that the matter has ceased to be
wonder, and rain or shine the house wives
lock forward to her daily trips. This was
not the case however, when the inno,a-
ticn was begun. Often cold looks met the
courageous young woman. Some even
| went SO far as to say. The audacity of
tia woman peddling ice" In two or
three little communities the matter was
even adjudged by the term 'scandslous,'
but all these comments have ceased long
ago. All of the old customers CT Miss
Morris aged father remained loyal, and
new ones have been almost daily ac-
quired.
Mary Morris is nineteen years Of age.
She is well known in the vicinity of her
home, where she was born and where he.
father John Norris, and her mother
passed their lives. Her education Is
above the average. Always bright in
school, her natural quickness stood in
coed stead and her pleasant smile aided
in making many customers during the
first season.
After her fathers illness, which has con-
fined him to his home for some two years,
Miss Morris found that his business was
fast dwindling away, owing to the neglect
of employees. So she resolved to attend to
isc Safa oil n n
her thirteen-year-old brother she under
took TO supply patrons. At the close Of
this season she finds, instead of the deficit
that stared her in the face last year. a
handsome profit to her credit. LAS a rule
she said the other day when speaking Of
her work. everybody has given me the
kindest treatment. Only two customers
were angry because ] took the route, and,
after expressing their views about wo-
man who would do such thing, quit 1t
is but fair to say that. neither of these
two was among the frst-class customers,
persons buying large bills. Once my feel
ings were somewhat hurt at the theatre
in Kensington, when two young men cried
out. How would you like to be the ice
girl?' but after thinking over the matter
/ decided they were only 2-cent theatre
door dudes, and 1t didn't make any differ
ence.
les. AN happs-nappy pecduse uiun
fail and helped my father and the rest of
the family. Papa has been bedridden for
six months, and my older brother is also
an invalid. My younger sister does the
housework, and Willie goes with me on
the trips. A stable boy takes care Of the
horses. We all work. Father also carries
on a coal business. but the men drive the
two wagons, and / merely look after the
accounts, and see that the customers are
properly treated, and this end of the bust
ness has also kept up"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-21
THE ELDEST GIRL.
Ha. Her Mother a Right to Her Ser
yiceAf

viceaf
Has woman any right to ask her child
to assist in the bringing up Of her babies? !
This is a question which is agitating
club composed of Western women The
point involved is this: A woman has a
family Of three children, ole nine. the
others five and two, respectively. Now.
has she, by any moral argument. the
right to ask the child Of nine to assist
in the rearing of the children who are
younger? case was cited where there
were four children instead Of three, and
where the eldest, girl Of ten, was COM
PEELED to spend all ner afternoons. and
part of her evenings and early mornings,
in the care Of the others.
She was even Obliged to push the baby
carriage and to warm foods, besides doing
an odd job Of sewing. At the table she
could not take mouthful until she had
buttered the bread and prepared the plates
Of those at each side Of her. Now, says
Fashions" these club women ask, is this
right morally? Ought the mother to ask
her child to do this work? Must the
child bring up her mothers family? Is 1t
proper to ask her to do SO? AS child Of
ten, If she takes care of herself. is not
that enough? Why should she be bur-
dened with the baby, for whose being she
is not responsible. and why on earth
should she assist with all the others?
The women Of this club are unquestion-
ably Of the ''strong-minded" variety, but
is there not something in this to make the
mother of family think? Why not get
the baby out Of the habit Of being wheeled;
it can exercise as well, seated in the air,
as when 1t is pushed about. Why not serve
a food that can be eaten at once, like the
porridges and the stewed vegetables and
meats? Why not let the other children
play by themselves--just SO as to relieve
the ten-year-old of the burden of respon-
sibility that too often rests upon her?
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-21

or silk rests on balayeuse, or sweeper,
of frilled silk or muslin. Her hat or
toque, if she be grande elegante. is posed
by Lentheric (who is both milliner and
coiffeur) on her elaborate coiffure, and
the silhouette is perfect. She invariably
wears dark frock for walking; black for
church going; displays her arms and shoul-
ders at the opera, at balls, and dinner
parties, and wells them discreetly at res
taurant dinners in hotels casinos, and at
the theatre.
Her gait is that Of somewhat self
conscious princess. The keynote of her
existence is success. and to attain that end
she polishes and sharpens her feminine
weapons-the culture and adornment Of
her person. From the Anglo-Saxon she
borrows physical culture and excessive
cleanliness; from the odalisque. artificial
coloring and subtle perfumes; the art Of
dress was born with her, and her chic
stands in lieu OF genuine red and white, OF
the golden hair and tlower-like faces of
the chilly north.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-21
oLDFNGL1sH TYPE.
This is the New Fashion for Visit
ing Cards.


ing Cards.
Visiting cards this fall will have a dis
tinctly new appearance and card plates
will cost. more. The style Of type selected
by the leading stationers for their pa
irons this season is shaded old English.
While not so ornate as German text, this
type Is much less austere and business
like than the Roman or plain block let
ters which have obtained generally dur
ing the last two years.
While the solid block Roman letters had
the great merit Of legibility, many women
regarded them as too closely resembling
the cards used by drummers and business
men generally. Consequently tn enew style
is concession to feminine preference
for dainty lettering. Those who never
liked the Roman type adhered to the ever
popular script during the recent innova-
ticn. Today many Of the largest sta
TONERS are filling orders for new plates
or printing from their patrons old script
plates, Just as in years gone by.
Among very large class. the staid,
settled men and women of AFFAIRS says
the New York Herald" script cards will
always be preferred. The fashionable
world and it's severe imitators who are
slavishfy DESTROYS of following in Nine.
Croesus' footsteps seized upon the block
letter Roman type after differentiating the
old-time script by shading variously and
adopting paper of tissue consistency.
when nearly the whole world and his
wife adopted the Roman. the ultra set
demanded something new, and the shaded
old English Just being put on the market
is the result. Few engravers can do this
work satisfactorily. while they may be
experts on script or Roman. In conse-
quence, the cost to consumers will be
much greater than heretofore For in
stance, card plate not exceeding fifteen
letters in script costs only half as much
as in the new, shaded old English let
tering.
1.-The cardboard is trifle heavier than
the flimsy paper of two years ago. but
not as stiff as the old standard. Both
white and light grey cardboard will be
used this winter. The latter is the newer.
Many men who prefer the plain block
lettering are ordering their fall supply of
visiting cards in Roman, with the address
or club in Gothic letters as formerly. and
women who still like that style are hav-
ing their day at home added in Gothic,
the same as last season. But shaded old
English Is to be correct for 1900-1901."
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-21
OUR FRENCH SISTER.
The Whole World Admircs Her
Taste in Dress.


Here is one difference between French
women and our own. They dress from
the feet up; we from the head down.
They spend the greater part OF their
clothing money on fine shoes and no; e,
dainty petticoats. and silk that gives a
frou-frou rustic to their plainest skirts
We make our show with fine hats ana
neck fxings, and II any skimping s
necessary VIC do it where it wont show.
Nothing less than debating society
could decide which Is the better method,
but the fact stands unchallenged that the
Parisienne is noted, Christendom over
for her subtle charm. The American
critic must acknowledge that the average
French woman is not extravagant. She
does not vecr round with every wind Of
fashion and discard all her frocks at the
first caprice of a new leader Of styles.
She contends that Parisians are not as
good looking as American women. and
that they are often DER plump and fire.
quently mustached. Yet she cannot con-
vince anyone who has seen the smart
French woman of fashion that that dark
and sometimes very demurely dressed
person is not more piguant and smart and
bien mise than her handsomer and
Weather Anglo Saxon rival.
The French woman's triumph is owing
partly to inherent charm of person
which has little to do with fine feathers
or coloring, but is very potent just the
same-and partly to a religious attention
to details The fair skinned Anglo Saxon
may spend more money on her clothes
than does the Parisienne, says writer
comparing them In the Commercial Ad-
yertiser," but the latter can contrive to
make her small person veritable tenn
pie of luxury. Her gowns are perfumed.
but not with heavy vulgar doors. Amber,
orchid, cyclamen give delicate fragrance
to her garments.
Her petticoat on nine occasions out of
ten is more elaborate than her gown; her
cheapest corset-and she will possess at
least half a dozen-costs so francs; every
stitch of her lingerie is done by hand,
The liliputian handkerchief which lies In
her lap is lifted by the host languid
zephyr, so gossamer is its texture, and its
tiny tucks and embroidery represent a
weeks skilled labor. Her vest is unique
a mystery-and her insignificant cambria
collar and cuffs cost 90 francs In the Rue
de la Paix. II is this perfection of detail
which stamps the higher class of Paris
ienne as the veriest high priestess Of
fashion. Very few Frenchwomen wear
machine made lingerie. The poorer classes
make their garments at home, and the
riched employ skilled lingeries.
The Frenchwoman studies the effect OF
her clothes, and values them. Her loose
vest hangs faultlessly over IN under bodice
Of white silk, exquisitely fitting; her silk
petticoat clings round her hips without a
crease; her dress skirt fits her waist
snugly, It sweeps the ground. but the cloth
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-21
WOMEN MAY woo.
At Least, That Is What One Writer
Thinks.


OF course women have to dispose Of
themselves in marriage, but should they
ever propose? asks a masculine writer.
Sometimes. even when it is not Leap Year
they should. There is first of all the case
of Queens; they must do SO, and very
prettily did Queen Victoria fulfill the
task.
But the sex is so good-natured in help
ing lame dogs over stile! An Irish girl
did 1t in this way. She thought that her
boy was slow in coming to the point, so
she said, "If / were you, Jack, and you
were me, we'd be married long ago." An
other shy man said to the lady of his
choice, Il wish We were on such terms of
intimacy that you wouldn't mind calling
me by my first name" oh" she an
swered, your second Is good enough for
me-" Shakespeare's heroines are re-
markably ready to take the initiative in
this most serious business. Helena de-
mands the hand of Bertram as the price
Of her woodworking prescription. Des-
demona hints broadly that she is to be had
for the asking. Miranda tells her patient
logman that she is his wife If he will
querading messenger:
Would you undertake another suit
] had rather hear you to solicit
Than music from the spheres!
Then, finding Sebastian himself more
pliable than his fair double, she fetches a
priest to make sure of him while he Is in
the humor. Juliet. caught thinking aloud,
declares her willingness to lay her for
tunes at Rnmco's feet IL he will but say
when and where the holy man shall make
them one
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-21
In Same strnit. a. the millionaire.

Ethel-O. Tom, what a pity it is you
are not rich! They say that some of these
millionaires don't dare to leave the house
for days at time because they receive
threatening letters saying that something
dreadful will happen to them II they
don't pay the writer sums of money.
Tom Hardup-Pooh! Why, l get plenty
OF such letters.-Stray Stories.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-17
BRYAN THE CANDIDATE.

1t is difficult to believe that the Bryan
managers ave called upon Chairman Mar
tin. of the Democratic state committee, to
go to Chicago and explain the alleged anti
Bryan movement which a sensational re-
porter succeeded in placing before the pub
lie a few days ago. 1t is probable that the
story of Chairman Martins mission is a
supplement TO the gossip regarding the
Olney movement sent from here not long
since. If 1t was a practical joke it may be
In accordance with that modern conception
of the idea of news which is the publication
of any sort of gossip which will attract at
t~ention. even IL II has no basis in fact.
There was no basis in fact for a story TO
the effect that an Olney movement had an
organization in this city. There is a con-
siderable number of Democrats who would
be delighted to unload Mr.. Bryan and his
Is to ]. but they see no way TO
1t. Perhaps one of the chief reasons why
the anti-Bryan men here and elsewhere
annot make a successful movement
against Mr.. Bryan is that they lave no
man to offer as an opponent who can draw
to his support the elements in different
States hostile to Mr.. Bryan. AS for Mr..
Olney. he is not the exponent of the views
of Mr.. Bryan. He does not stand on the
Chicago platform. Ex-senator German is
the ablest Democrat of national reputation,
but he is not a believer in the Chicago
platform. Other Democrats OF ability in
the East who might be named are not in
touch with the Bryan Democracy. Mr.. Nc
Lean Is one of the most conspicuous Demo-
Gratis west of the Alleghenies. but he is not
the man upon whom the Democrats of the
country opposed TO Mr. Bryan and his
heresies can unite. Mayor Harrison Is an
other, but with him the ultra-Populistic
element OF the party Will not agree. There
being no man upon whom those opposed to
Mr.. Bryan's candidacy can unite, ex-Sena-
tor German recently admitted that the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-17

worn-out shoes and clothing and as liberal
an allowance of rice as they could spare.
warning them not TO take up arms again.
but TO go back to their homes and settle
TO useful labor.
Some time after one Of the Filipino body
guard came into a tow where there was
en- American garrison and confessed that
Aguinaldo was among the burdcn-bearers
disguised as 4 Chinaman and almost
frightened TO death for fear he should be
and discovered. The informant
explained that the party captured by Gen.
eral Young was not made up of ~straggiers.
but was the remnant OF Aguinaldo's escort.
and that every one OF them expected to be
shot or hanged as soon as they fell into the
hands OF the American soldiers In order
to save themselves they agreed TO make
the explanations narrated with the hope OF
securing their own release and sending
their captors on a wild-goose chase.
After this incident A~guinaldo. accom-
panied by two companions disguised as
Cinnamon, entered the mountains and con-
tinued his fight 10 some seaport where he
hoped TO secure means for leaving the
island.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-17
R PRAISES CUBA.
Sir William, However, Says the Mort
gage Laws Need Reformation.

HAVANA, Feb. 16.-Mrs. Horatio Rubens
gave a dinner to-day in honor of Sir w.
Van Horne, president of the Canadian Pa
cifc. Railroad, at which all the members
of Governor General Woods Cabinet, ac-
companied by their wives. were present,
together with a number of prominent
bankers. In responding to the toast to his
health Sir William said he was particularly
pleased to have an opportunity of express
ing the high expectations he had regard
ing Cuba's future. You have a country"
he said. 'lavishly endowed by nature, and
1 have been greatly surprised at what L
have seen during my tour-a tour in repre-
sentation of large interests that are will
ing to invest under certain guarantees. /
would partly urge upon those having the
matter in charge the Importance of looking
into the mortgage laws. because at present
most of the owners of land in Cuba de-
sire to borrow on the security of their
property, but the condition of the law is
such as to make this impracticable."
All the members of the Cabinet spoke,
assuring Sir William Van Horne that there
would be no breach of the peace in Cuba
and that all property interests would be
absolutely protected. Assurances were also
given him that a speedy and economic
procedure would be established with re-
spect TO foreclosures.
In the course of the day Sir William
Van Horne had an interview with General
Wood. whom he Informed that he had in
vested in property near Manzanillo, where
he would erect large
Governor General Wood has granted per-
mission 10 the Spanish War Museum Com
pany 10 examine the wreck of the Alfonso
XII in the harbor of Mariel to determine
the practicability of raising her with the
object of utilizing her steel hull as a mer-
chant vessel.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-17

A circular has been sent out by parties
in this city, signed COMMITTEE" which is
at once a petition and the dollar-a-day PEN
sion bill. One has come back from Wash
ington to a Grand Army official asking If
some of the statements the curious cir
cular contains are true. The Journal has
already shown the impossibility of passing
such a measure because or it's cost. The
Pension Bureau has made some estimates
showing the cost of that portion of the
bill allowing a pension Of a dollar a day.
The statistics of the Pension Bureau war
survivors of the civil war exclusive of de-
~serters. To pension them at the rate OF a
dollar a day would cost the government
1870, T95, 40 a year-a sum greater than the
ment for several years before the Spanish
war. When the increased pensions for
widows and the liberal pensions provided
by the bill for the disabled in the Spanish
war are added the annual expenditure for
pensions under the committee bill of In
~dianapolis would exceed $500. 100000. The
person who believes that the government
can pay s4OO, 600, 900 lacks either intelligence
or candor. To say that such a bill as the
circular declares meets the approval of
is a libel upon their intelligence, because
they know that Congress cannot nearly
double the evenues TO pay pensions.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-17
E N FREELY.
THURMAN w. III. Clark I'm Poor Health
and Said tn Lack Cash.

NEW YORK. Feb. 16.-According TO the
Herald. William II. Clark. the turfman
and Tammany leader. Is broken down in
health and his financial affairs are in bad
condition. Mr.. Clark was formerly corpora
tion counsel. He made fortunate invest
ments in real estate and in Wall street
and was accounted a millionaire. After his
retirement from Office he bought a racing
stable and became well known on the
tracks, his lavish expenditure Of money
giving him celebrity. A notable incident OF
Mr.. Clark's turf career was when he won
a bet of 5000 from Col. William l.. Brown
and celebrated the occasion by giving a
supper in his stable, when TO the horses
was given as much champagne as they
could drink. On another occasion he was
reputed TO have lost S40.0 900 as roulette In a
single night at Saratoga. Last year he
built the Empire City trotting track, said
to be the finest I'm the world. ~expending
5000 of his own money and much more
of others. This course will probably be
turned into a running track, for the Morris
Park ground is soon to be cut up into
building lots. Last year Mr.. Clark's Ban
aster won the Brooklyn handicap and was
a not favorite for the Suburban. but
Clark's $4,000 jockey, Maher. was left at
the post, to the wrath OF Clark, who
charged him with fraud.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-17

Regarding the statement of ex-Consul
Macrum, Mr.. w. f. Curtis, the Washing
ton correspondent of the Chicago Record,
says:
Mr.. Macrum, in his statement that was
published this morning, declares that his
lone object fin coming to Washington was
to lay before the department Information
as to the true state of affairs In South At
RIGA" but he has been mere for three weeks
without even calling upon Secretary Hay
or saying a word on the subject to anybody
in authority. When Assistant Secretary
several times requested a report from Mr..
Macrum he has asked for time, but he has
never found an opportunity TO make one,
although he was able to write a statement
filling a colmun and a half for the news
papers.
None of the officials of the Department of
State ever heard that Mr.. Macrum's mail
had been tempered with until they read it
in the papers. He once complained that his
mail did not reach him punctually, but
never reported anything more serious, nor
ence, official or otherwise. was ever opened.
examined or Intentionally delayed. This is
a very serious matter, and ii is remarkable
that Mr.. Macrum should have kept silent
on the subject for so many months and
then given the first information to a news
paper instead of TO the government. That
the correspondence of an official of a for
eign power shall be held inviolate is one of
the most sacred points of international
law, and If Mr.. Macrum had reported to
the State Department that his mail was
being tempered with an emphatic demon
stration would have been made on the sub
iacf
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-17
The New York Sun. opposing the Hay

The New York Sun, opposing the Hay
Pauncefote treaty, says:
1t has been the view of American states
men of the highest eminence and RESPONSE
bility. notably the Hon. James G. Blaine
and the Hon. Frederick T.. Frelinghuysen,
that the Clayton-Bulwer treaty was long
ago deprived of its original validity
through England's own acts of violation.
1t Is certainly true that If the Clayton
Bulwer treaty is obsolete and dead there is
no occasion for a new treaty a~brogating it,
but the statement of the Sun is not accu-
rate and does not cover the whole case.
Some American statesmen of equal ability
with those named have held that the Clay
treaty is still in force. and of
the two named Mr.. F~relinghuysen alone at
tackled it on the ground hat it had been
rendered invalid by the acts of Great Brit
ain. In the correspondence that followed
his contention was not established. Mr..
Blaine attacked the treaty on the ground
that it was made under exceptional and
extraordinary conditions which lave long
since ceased to exist-conditions which, at
best, were temporary in their nature and
which can never be reproduced 1t is
hardly necessary to say that this very
vague and rhetorical ground for abrogating
a treaty was not established.