davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-22
rhe pcst i'm GroesbeecE'

Groesheeck, Texas. May ls--' y ~ 4
fully decided that there are wv
cases of smallpox in town and W,
likely to be many others as Ds's rss Z
yeloped many were exposed. .,er,u,i
council has ordered everybody 'A'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-22

ting ting p pof sn breaking ,ass up Of nouo,..
'ne ..d patent laws are disrs.sssp
a, our conclusion Isl 4.
that u the existing law - MN
m tr',ss N would be done toward ~ ~
trust evils; but those whos : -
duty" "ni n@ psr:an
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-22
WEATHER IvroR-....

Washington, May sl.--Fo,.s,,,.
Eastern Texas--Ge Generally 49,
Wednesday, warmer ru. s ~ Is~'g
portion; fresh easterly winds : '''
Oklahoma and Indian Terms.
warmer Tuesday; "Wednesday 4, ~, ',-ssF
winds. 's''' ~
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-22
TitANSvAAL.

Kruger has not made any overtures
looking toward peace.
British horsemon are within forty miles
OF Johannesburg.
People are leaving Pretoria for Lyden-
burg and other places.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-22
RAILROADS.

Interest centers in the meeting TO be
held tomorrow in Chicago to adjust Texas
rates.
Railroad commission authorizes l. and
G. n. to put in special rates to protect
Houston
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-22

ion that the first ballot tomorrow morning
would concentrate the votes OF the confer
elre on Doctors Moore and Hamilton and
effect the election OF both, thus ooviating
The execution OF the suggestion that the
conference postpone the election.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-22
Former proppea peaa.

Denton Texas. May 2i.-A D, Hughes,
well known farmer living south of ihis
city. fell dead at mis- home saturday night
iron apoplexy. aged so years. lie was
apparently In the best of health.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-22
Cotton Region Bulletin,
For the twenty-four hours eDdinf 4

Showers have occurred In all dlsii,M
oept Charleston, Little Rock and MoDls
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-22
General ah.....

Observations taken a, ali s,sSs.. .
United States weather bureau Il ! Y
meridian time. 4'sh1
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-22

,yLa>
{
.odV !
wv
IiS;,.tl
oou XIII
Wy.,
(kit the
r. :
!
n
n -.
uuIs' Ms
'n.,e men
'~'.r esu
g'''a,
asao' 49,,
als1IN IN
a sreast b
\ .5..- y,
F@a'u,V'.
IL place'u
n, wounded
|r',.nce E.
III ..,tion
f.~Issuet
Fspss slHan
". gy,onters,
|ir,r,meenth
\ nuob
l,srried
F'ss uo lea
IN vas F,
Ia stsndin
f,y0 teyel
k'.i,sdlsan
In Groys
|. Soadnelo
"a had b
|.irom tn
n n the b
ysutes. Co.
HE we're {
4 irrestiga'
Lxilpg
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-10
E@S. GgQTaGG @AGGGg0G2
l not degenerate into 2

merely superior sort of maid of all work, but at the same time she should not despise the social, moral and spir- itual influence that she may exercise by ruling her household wisely.
 No ma tier what a girls scholastic at tainmsnts may be, her education is in complete if she has not a practical knowledge of every branch of house. hold work; but equipped with this, and adding to it a large amount of tact and sympathy, she may possibly become such an ideal mistress that she may es- cape the servant worries that are the trials of so many of her friends. Even # the mistress of 8 house be never re- 4ufred to dust cook or mend, she ought to know how everything should be done, that she may be able to direct her servants, for she will never com mand their respect as an employer if they think that she does not know good work from bad.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-10
RA1MENT OF VENETIAN GIRLS.

One of the greatest surprises that greet q tourist in Venice is the sonbc1 raiment of the Venetian girl. Most people are so accustomed to see her ca vorting on the stage Of light opera. in 1 gaUdy hues and depicted by the artist in colors rivaling the rainbow that when she is seen in real life the revela- tion of our long delusion comes wirh something approaching q shock. Beau 1 tiful in many cases we find her; so far ! the artists have presented her faith
 fully. But in the matter of attire, how ! far short they have fallen Of the realis-
 tic ideal!
 1 In her portrait she has been present ] cd in light frock and yellow handlzer- chief, unlacel and untidy, fringcd, strung with beads, set off with a flower, 1 having her hair done in the open air and indulging in the favorito pastiTne l of gossiQtnG With gesture of hands and play of expression.
 Meanwhile the Venetian girls of to- day unfeelingly ignore the ideas held of them in rival studies and traverse the city gowned according to their own notions.
 Their dress, while not always black, is generally of a dark hue, close fit ting and neither short nor long. The universal open air garment of the toWnswomen of all ages is the black shawl, with a deep fringe of silk, fold ed, with short point above and long point below, wrapping about the figure
 from neck, and sometimes from head,
 to foot.
 Every woman in Venice follows the latest mode of dressing the hair, which IS another radical departure from the artists idea. In general, the women of
 Venice impress the visitor as demure and trim and far less fond of color than their sisters in London, Paris or New York.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-10

few strokes Of tne zen many of these same women, looking about for ways
 of building up or audinS to their in
 comes. took to the pen for assistance
 Others, drifting to the north, found the
 energy and enthusiasm of their north
 ern sisters contsg gious and were filled
 with ambition to accomplish some in-
 tellectual triumph.
 The first, or almost the first, of the great women writers of the new south
 was Charles Esbert Craddock (Miss Murfree), whose stories of the Tennes- see mountains were so striking and so powerful that critics fancied they had discovered in her another George Eliot. Then came that strange child of genius, Amelie Rives, whose analysis of tie emotions inauGurated the era of so caiI- ed erOtic fiction.
 Ruth McEncry Stuart, with her hu- moroUs knowledge of the plantation darky, climbed to fame with her splen- did dialect stories. Mrs. Stuart, al- though now a resident of New York, is q Louisiana woman. Frances Hodgson Burnett, though English by birth, was so early brought to America by her parents that she can be classed as TGnnesseean. She Is another woman who has added distinguished luster to the literary history of the south.
 I whose novel, The Anglomaniacs." was the talk of two continents a few years ago, is a native of Virginia and Q rela tive of the secretary of Jefferson Davis, presid ent of the Southern Con- fcderacy. Mrs. Mary Virginia Ter hume (Marion HarlanD, whose stories have made thousands of young girls happy, was born in Virginia. Kate Up son Clark is a native of Camden, Ala. l. T oc1i b0,. i,,N nr- leans.
 Miss Grace King, novelist and short story writer, is another Louisiana Wo- man who has succeeded in literature Miss Kings stories of creole life are regarded as among the most faithful pictures of that phase of southern life.
 Mrs. Eva Wilder McGlasson, a young Kentucky woman, has brought out sev- eral notable novels and written many short stories. She began to white about ten years ago. An Earthly Paragon" and "Diana's Livery are two of her best known novels. Mrs. Sarah Morgan Piatt, born at LeXin s.ton, Ky, is one of the poets of the south. She has pub lished a number of volumes, An En- chanted Castle" being one of her latest.
 Mrs. Nellie Nicholl McAfee, daughter of General Humphrey Marshall of the Confederate army, is numbered among the best novelists of Kentucky. "So- dom Apples," Wearing the Cross'' and "A Criminal Through Love" have been well received. . .s H{ L D Mrs. Mary Bayard Clark, one of the older writers. was in her day a poetess of renown. She was born at Raleigh. N. c. Among the old school of writers it must not be forgotten that one of the most famous was Augusta, Evans, author of "St. Elmo' and "Beulah." ,hn of J,,,e, Mrs. Fanny Barrow of Charleston, s. C., was the famous Aunt Fanny, whose books for children made her dear to the boys and girls of half a century ago.
 Almost marvellous was the rapidity with which Miss Mary Johnston, au- thor of '"To Have and to Hold" leaped
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-10

into fame. She is Q Virginian. although she now resides in Birmingham, Ala, Hallie Erminie Rives, cousin of Amelie Rlves, now the Princess Troubetskoi and author of Smoking Flax and "A Furnace of Earth.' is a native of Ken lucky.
 Elizabeth Bis1and, now Mrs Wet more, who made the flying trip around the world in competition with Nellie By, has written some clever fiction Miss Bisland is q native of Nississipt. 1 and was brought up on a plantation near Natchez. Miss Ellen Glasgow of Richmond, whose novel, "The Voice ot the People, was one of the notable suc- cesses of past season, is another of the great army of Virginia writers, for in truth their name seems legion.
 Miss Molly Elliott SeawelI of Washing ton, whose new story, The House of EGremont,' is among the fall publi- cations, has had the honor of having her story, The Sprishtly Romance of Marsac," dramatized. It's first presenta- tion at the National theater, Washing ton, on Nov. 5 was a notable affair." So far this season it is one of three plays
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-10

to have first presentation at the Ma tIonal theater The others were Viola Allen's adaptation of Tn the Palace of 1 the King" and a Frohman production.
 Miss SeaWeu was born and spent her early life in Gloucester county, Va. On the death of her father she removed to 1 Washington with her mother and sister and has lived there ever since. Her "a =
 ther, MT. John Tyler Seawell, was a
 nephew and nanesake of President Ty-
 Ter. Since removin. to Washington
 Miss SeaWell has lost her mother, and
 now she and her sister live together in
 one of the pleasant houses near Dupont
 circle, which overlook the gardens of
 the Spanish legation. Miss Seawell
 ranks as one of the finest of American
 literary artists. Her Story of Lady
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-10
Gold or Silver Rivalry In Dress Decorations.

original. The frock is various1y trim
 med in strapPings of the gold done in a 1 procession of tiny gold dollars linked to
 silver ones. The gold coin is represent
 ed by the satin stitch of kensingt gtOn | embroidery, which produces a big yell | low dot, and silver bullion serves to mark the comparative dollar. A sheer, sort white muslin shirt waist is quite as conspicuousIy treated, and I hear that the young lady is thing of beauty in her clever homemade finery.
 Speaking of this, am reminded that the popular idol of the moment is a
 something for the neck. These eXtrav- aGances in the shops cost more than d
 box al the theater. but very little in deed if home manufactured. The recipe for their making is simplicity itself Three-fourths of a yard of plaited chif-
 ion or mousseline or liberty silk, with
 two yards of plain material to corre-
 sPond, and you've the principal ingredi
 entS. Attach to either end Of the ruche
 a length of goods which you have pre-
 Vieusly divided into two parts, hem
 med and tucked. The whole may be
 enlbelIished by a sprinkling of tiny
 gold beads sewed on at random, or the
 edges may be overcast in white che
 nille, with strands of the same falling
 in with the long ties provided. Roses
 or poppies from discarded chapeauE may be utilized by separating the pet alE and tacking them into the plaits of
 the neck ruff. These trines are ex- csedingly becoming, and a dozen differ ent ways for making them will sug- gest themselves to the women who read these hints. Boas of chantilly lace are the most desired, as we'll as the most eEtravagant.
 A dcmiseason fad quite as managea- ble as the boa is the bag or chatelaine. Two years ago Paris raved over these pretty toilet adiuncts. Six months later few exclusives exploited them IS beauties, and today they are in use as universal cOnyenienceS. Were they not catch all for odds and ends they would be famed for filling another 1nission-that of giving the hands something to do before the huff is brought on. Figured silk, suede or gal loon makes handsome recaptacles of this sort. The material, in fact, is {, mere matter of fancy. A visit to the attic often results most satisfactorily, and enc may unGarth the frame of an old bead affair, along with an old fancy WaiStCOat Of antebelIum days. Presto and you have 9 novelty antique, most precious Of all beIoa Ejn-s.
 Superstition in this age of advance ment Gourishes as vigorously as dec ades ago, if we are to believe half We hear. Anent this. was told a rice sto- ry concerning the marriage of bank CTS da auEhtar and . young politician which occurred q few weeks ago. The young woman $ of the highly intellec- tuaI order and not one of us uspccted her of great sentimentality, and surely
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-10

daughter of Stephen Elliott of South Carolina, daughter of Bishop Stephen Elliott, sister of Bishop Robert Elliott Of Texas and a niece of the Right Rev. William Boone. the first missionary bishop to China, is another of the de- l1neators of the Tennessee mountaineer- Her best novels are Jerry The Fel- meres' and John Paget," the last a story of New York and Newport.
 Mrs. Martha McCulloch Williams, Tennessee woman, has also written some fine studies Of southern life
 The success of southern women in fic- tfon is what might have been expected from their temperament, training and ancestry. They are of the old cavalier stock. tdealiStic, romantic, ina gina tive and intense in feeling. As a result their xtsries are remarkable for vividness, wit, warmth of coloring, fluency of de- scristion and delicacy of literary touch. With their keen imagina tions they liva the story az they write it, and hencs the tale stands out for the reader as a real happening. The tendency of the woman of the north is to analyze where the southern woman feels, hence the formers stories are character studies rather than narratives. There is no question but that the southern woman's literary triumphs are just beginning. for two-thirds of the winters new books by women announced by the pub- fishers come from the pens of daughters of Dixie. MADGE PORTER.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-10
 GOWN oF LACE AND SILK EMBROIDERED WITH GOLD.

Tour deep wherever the broadcloth meets the other trimmings. This par ticular mode of using either gold or silver thread so charminsly is very simple of execution. A needle is thread Cd with the tinsel, and 8 seam is run. es 1t were, though the cloth is single. In other words. use the filling in'' stitch as in darning, under and over the material, Of course, forming the foundation.
 About this season of the year the i'm pccunious schoolgirl friend is on tlie taE7is, and our fine folks homes afford feftfe to many of this class. I've in !57ino particularly attractive girl of this sort .S1lo enjoyed great prestige a 1uXetio some weeks ago and is now dil- igeDtlY preparing for an onslaught dur l-lg 1orse show week. Though money less. she has ninable fingers and an eye for beauty. With the aid of visiting dressInaizer, I'm told, she has nodded B spssfectly stunning gown of blue broadcioth a-siitter with metal bullion. Her decorative scheme, too. is quite
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-10
THE NURSE.

The care of the sick can scarcely reach it's highest ideal save where per- sonal attachment supplements knowl- edge and skill Therefore, it belongs to the life Of every woman. There are few households indeed where any girl can grow up without some. opportuni- ties for this experience. Such opportu- mites may well be supplemented by lectures, courses of reading and we'll planned demonstrations. If every wo- man could Gas she should) under ordi- nary circumstances undertake the care of the sick in her own home, this would but accentuate the value and raise the status of the born nurses," who, ney-. CT happy save in the special exercise of their gift, would then quite suffice for hospital cases and the grand occasions of major operations. The sight of the cap and veil of the hired trained nurse when imported into a household with women members scarcely raises ones idea of the family morale.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-10

not of superstition, but we erred. She
 had frequently heard of rice being thrown at departing couples, but never quite understood either it's origin or meaning. Shesnlade it her business to
 ind out. After careful research she . learned that the custom was founded
 by the Parsees. No one dreamed she had exacted silence on the subject and promise from her maid to fling q handful of the cereal after her as she left her fathers mansion. The maid confessed when the mother discovered a penciled extract reading thuswise:
 At Parsee wedding bride and groom are each furnished with a handful of rice, which they are to throw at one another when they are brought face to face. It is matter of great excitement to see which first throws the rice, as the victor is supposed to possess the warm CT affection for the other. During the marriage ceremony the priests hold rice in their hands and enforce each com Inand with a shower of it, so that by the time the happy pair are made ona
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-10
-G OLD" versus "siIver" is az


 ' the momentous question. Thj
 &-sp time it concerns womanEint only and dossnt mean Q prolonged dis cuszion cf the relative value of tht two precious metals. It is, however, : TaraTcouut issue in the world of dress One must either be resplendent in golt s-eyvzssyy-s CT Ea!eidoscopic in intricate silver eInLr1ill-ics. Women are at va 1iauca ill regard to the beauty of the two. Thoy are worshiping in about equal nuI1lEers ct the shrine of Gilt ter'' and ''AEoOn5Can1s," says madame ho is q silver suspect that daren't de cIale her preference. Being g diplomat she. takes her cue from milady's suS- ecst:c-s and advocates the subtle beat ty e silver traceries as fervidIy as she ( aecanLs upon the destinations of gold cloth.
 I've been trying to determine which cf tne ty.o, tils gold craze' or "silver fad" is mere popular by catechisins 2it1h avenue Ehopkeepers and obse1v- .4. the tG1olg on the principal prom &G&Ges. It has been impossible to de oiGe, for both opinions and people rs- blinGsG ne of the story of the good old English sewerage '2lf and 'alf. l cana to tIls coEc.lziop, however, that gold is ast a2i-.& ts JSUtA, while silver pos fes. gs r<GrIa- influence when worn ty tls pass. ~sE2Rz. It is astenish- ing what 4 traEs[ Srrnation the intro suction O. . bit of gold or silver works iG the c0-atTlIcLiQn of a commonplace gown. i belt or strap of either inlule Ciately Hfts it beyond the pale of 'frcck c. <s1. ..sll,e" ass brands it "supe risr."
 One Of the newest ways of applying ioojiGh trimmings is on the back of skirts. This is quite a departure, and is an additional word in favor of per Tenaicular applications that in Paris lave outIivaled the circular vogue so is rStu sza1ks1 to t..is manner of eIn tGiIi=Zl;lles-
 Bi2el1, k.sclz. black. is the Watchwo7d Is not black UnTelteved. It is simply the ha24. rsclpd for ye gold, silver and tapestry patterned bands which over I'hcIla ki~c .-nGss in nyriads of decora- tive scheA-sa For example, a black IroaGo.o-h fashioned for bride who goes straight to the Riviera is a medley cf Eusa-Gn embroidery, Fanne velvet and cream cltlIon. A deep band of Hack panne cUt out in points borders the sii!rt. Between the points are in serted sections ef the colored embroil- cry. 4 broad Girdis of the latter, built UDCn CIiHoIiHa fcunda ton, has two Ions eu2., with gold balls, falling sash wise at the side. Finely tucked white chiffon is used Tor g. yoke and under sleeves, over which is worn a snug fit- ting bOIeTo e5--d with Q band of enl- broidGTy. The whole effect is hciEhteL1- Cd by thTeadiEgs Of gold run three or
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-10

consumed and the tracks endangered. The woman watches by day and her husband by night.
 The Counters Tolstoi is a woman of remarkable tact and wisdom. Besides the management of the Tolstoi estate and the care of her 13 children. she makes it possible to give much assist ancc to her husbands literary work. His penmanship is so execrable that the countess shows her infinite patience in copying all his works for the pub fishers. As Q housewife the countess has successfully met the digestive va- Gartes of herihusband, and it h said she
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-10

can give dinners of fruit, grains and vegetables 365 days in the year and never duplicate one''
 Mime. Sarah Rernhardt's bed in her Paris home cost her before it was fiu- ished the sum of $2, GOO.
 The Hawaiian Woman's club, suc- cessfully launched in Honolulu five years ago, was started by an American schoolteacher who was wont to invite young girls to her home once a week for informal conversation on some top ic. The outgrowth was full f1edged club of 34 members, most of them being Hawaiians, with a mixture, however, Of Chinese and Portuguese. The president this year is . Chinese girl, who wears
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-10
o-o-o-0 -o-o-o-o-0 @ 
 THEIR WONDERFUL SUCCESSES.
Southern Literary Women.
Short Account of the Most Notable ? and What They Have Done.


THE southern woman seems to have
 formed new school in literature,
 A and 1f one may judge by the pub- ushers announcements she has pretty fairly monopolized it.
 Within the last ten years it is notable that the majority of the great literary successes achieved by American women have been accredited to southerne1s. Before that 1t was the New England woman, who furnished Dresden china. didactic literature after the kind of Sara Orne Jewett, Mary E. Wilkins, Rose Terry Cooke and Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. what might have been expected from the descendants of the Puritans
 The women of the south before the war "toiled not, neither did they spin, |" but since the emancipation proclama- ton swept away vast fortunes with a
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-10
v New York City. 7
SECRET OF DOMESTIC BLISS.

Good Housekeeping has far more to do with domestic happiness than most young people dream of, and it is a mel ancholy fact that love is often killed by bad cooking. Without good housekeep- ing even the most romantic devotion will often dwindle and die, and there fore it behooves all maidens to make Q study of housewifery before they take upon themselves the duties pertaining to the mistress of a household.
 Nowadays, more than ever, perhaps, women need to remember that their best and most beautiful work is to be done in their own homes. or course the man who marfies a woman merely because he wants a lady to sit al the head of his table and to look after his house does not deserve to be happy.
 But it Is not of such case as his that I am thinking. I contemplate rather the case of the married lovers who, perhapS-by slow degrees, maybe, but none the less surely-become alien ated by the irritation and friction caus- ed by the wifes failure to govern her household rightly.
 A wife should not degenerate into 2