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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-10-27

the greatest vogue of its career. / think I
shall decide in favor of a satin face. and
with It shall have a smart taffeta waist to
wear under my bodice. which will be fast
ened with open front and fiaring lapels like
q coat.
THE KING EDWARD COAT.
The King Edward coats are the neatest
things / have yet seen. Cousin Dollie has
one in black satin. as plain as the plainest
thing you ever saw. There Is positively not
an inch OF trimming upon it. The back is
perfectly smooth and the front is kew
plain. 1t Is cut off at the waist line and
the back looks like an Elton.
The pretty feature of the coat Is per-
ceived from the front. where the coat
comes down in a point below the belt line.
1t is open. and the fronts are brought to-
Gether just above the belt by two links
that look like cuff links. Instead of tapping,
they stand out like the sides of a cuff to
catch the links. OF course. the lining shows
plainly. 1t Is snow-white Ottoman silk.
with a narrow rolling lapel of the same.
The sleeves OF the King Edward are cut
off just below the elbow. ard wide white
satin cuffs turn smartly back.
You can imagine that shirt waists will be
popular this winter, when coats are TO fare
and be cut eff and turn back and expose
flashy little Natalie a.. of whom I have
written you before. has a King Edward
coat. lined with green. with green lapels
and green cuffs.
The shade u . shamrock color, soft and
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The Detail Of a Full Sleeve for a House Gown.
Blue.

charlottesville kind that affect the whole
body like a collapse-and has been COM
PEELED to TAX the water cure over night
only to start out next day with as much
energy as ever.
She has selected a suit at last, one for
herself and one for ME. Both are rough.
with a long. hairy surface and such a
fascinating set Of lines showing through.
Mine is in blue with tiny white lines
running over It. while mamma's is In g.
very sedate brown. Brown Is seldom be-
coming TO elderly persons. but mammals
style is so fresh and almost ruddy that
she can wear 1t. She will have it made in
a short jacket with a postillion back. The
front will open to the belt and roll back
in double revers from a vest of tan. The
Jacket will be tight around the waist. being
brought in at the belt like a Russian blouse.
and the sleeves will be coat sleeves.
The skirt will fit mammals rather full
hips very closely and will show the Gus
tomary flare around the foot. where it will
be trimmed with short pieces of black braid
stitched on in groups of five. one above the
other to make half a dozen little panels
around the skirt.
MY NEW GOWN.
My own gown. as I am Simmer. will be
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Continued From Page Four.
date methods in this line OF work. While
the Charleston department is small in COM
parison with that of New York. it has be-
come so well trained that insofar as eff
ficient service is concerned there is no con-
trast between them.
HOW TRAINING is DONE.
When this life-saving training school
was fnaugurated in Syracuse three years
ago through the efforts of Chief John P.
Quigley, ex-pres!dent Of the Interna.
Association Of Fire Engineers. one of the
captains was detailed to go to New York.
where he took the course of training in
three months. graduating with honors. Ow-
| ing TO the bad location OF the Syracuse
headquarters. 1t was impossible to construct
| a model building for the use of this train
ing school. but. nevertheless. it is as eff
fective in its work as any other in ex-
istence.
There Is an excellent opportunity for st.
Louis to construct a ife-saving school
which will serve as a model for American
cities. At Syracuse a five-story frame build
ing was erected in the rear of enc of the
ongine-houses. but not at headquarters. The
iIst two stories are devoted to the horse
hospital and the other three exclusively TO
the training school, although the windows
in the lower stories play an important part
In the operation of the general scheme. Inc
accompanying Illustrations will tell the
story much better than words. A large net
is stretched out in front of the building
used for practice. as accidents sometimes
occur In the training Of raw recruits lnese
are not frequent. however. for Captain NC
Adams. who has been in charge Of the New
York school for twenty years and mas
trained thousands of men, has had only Two
accidents within that time.
The apparatus used by the school is also
shown. What Is known as a ''pompier' or
scaling ladder is seen in the foreground ar
RAGGED in the form of a triangle. rms lao-
der consists of q ffteen-foot length Oh mar
row and very tough hickory with a Two
foot steel hook on one end and stout h1cko.y
cross bars every foot Of the length. lhe
inside OF the steel hook Is armed with sharp
teeth SO that when it is thrust through a
window It will not slip over the sill. Upon
the expert use Of this very frail-iooking
ladder often depend human lives.
A three weeks training in this schooi its
a man to climb up or across tho taiies.
building in an Incredibly short space o.,
time. Two men will start from the ground
Of a ffve-story building in less than three
minutes.
THE SAVING OF LIVES.
II a 6remsn who has been WORKING on a
roof Of a blazing building has been smut
Off by the burning Of his ladders. and II II
is impossible to use the scaling LADDER, the
captain Of the life-saving crew then gets
his gun This gun is shaped like an otdi-
yary cavalry carbine, but Is much heavier.
the stock being of solid steel. Over the
muzzle 10 fixed a steel cep. to one eno OK
which q very strong and light line -
fastened. The line lies coiled in a TN oish
with a core in the center like n caKe TN.
When the gun is discharged the cap nies
over the burning building. carrying me
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LIFE SAVING CORPS SUGGESTED FOR THE W0RLDSF FAIR,

twenty-three people jumped. one after an.
other. part Of them from the fifth story. into
the net. all being saved without the slight.
est injury.
The use Of this net forms a part in the
daily drill at the New York Headquarters,
where every member Of the Life Saving
Corps takes his turn in jumping from a
fourth-story window into the net. BY this
method the members of the corps are kept
In constant practice and ready for any
emergency.
AN EXPOSITION FEATURE.
1t Is TO exaggeration to say that the fire.
men of 81. Louis, as well as of some other
American cities. are the best traine fire
fighters in the world. The city Of London
has an excellent department. but 1t Is in
man" particulars far from being modern.
The Hfe-saving school. as established In
this country. is unknown in English cities.
a clumsy extension ladder forms the only
means employed in the London department
fer saving life. This extension ladder IS
made In various sizes. some being mounted
on small wagons that are run by hand, and
others on larger wagons drawn by horses.
lnasmuch as the buildings in London are
not SO high as in American cities, this
service may answer the purpose for that
city. but it would be entirely inadequate to
the need on this side of the Atlantic.
One great purpose of establishing this
model fire department in connection with
the St. Louis Exposition Is to present an
object lesson in the construction. equip
ment and administration OF a model fire.
department by which not only AmericaE
but foreign cities could be made to profit.
That portion of the force located at the
headquarters could be made to contribute
largely to the attractions of the Exposition
as a whole by giving daily drills in the use
Of the scaling ladder, life line and life net.
1t is safe to predict that there would be no
more popular attraction in connection with
the Exposition proper than the working OF
this department. which would In Itself be
an absolute necessity for the Exposition.
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In most lines Of endeavor. Domestic duties.
II Is said. have come to be regarded as
mental employment. The housewife has
ahlfted the burden of household affairs to
the shoulders of her servants, and they,
with the examples of success earned by
women in other vocations. now seek to es-
cape the load imposed on them.
II ambition urge them to something
higher. they hardly need any defense: no
woman should be content to assume and
continue tho management of another wom-
ans home: every woman Is entitled to erect
her own home, to provide for her own hap
piness. If the abandonment of mental and
poorly paid service for what IL more dig
nified and more profitable employment be
a means OF securing her welfare. 1t Is not
only her right, but her duty to better her
condition.
The American young woman Is now too
well informed to be content with duties
which those in her own social class. as well
as these more fortunately situated regard
as mental, II not actually degrading. Her
education-and in this generation of books
and newspapers most women nave some
education-makes her dissatisfied with her
lot, and her dissatisfaction spurs her on to
improve her condition. That is natural and
laudable. It would be little to her credit
If she was willing to remain at a lower
level when the opportunity Of reaching q
higher plane came to her.
There is a vast difference between tho
performance Of domestic duties in ones
own home and the service done for poor q
in the household Of q stranger. In the first
instance, one is cheered by the knowledge
that it is ones own home. and this knowl-
edge. while 1t nay not tighten hi labor,
will at least dignity It. In the second case
the duties done for others-and for pay-be-
come burdens whose weight is increased by
the reflection that It Is the untoward ac-
cident of ones position that makes their
| performance necessary.
The first condition required for the better
ment OF q young woman's lot Is education.
Not necessarily education that implies the
possession of accomplishments, but at least
the ability to use with correctness the
English language, a fair acquaintance with
past and current events and the cultivation
Of pleasant manners. Next in Importance
are cleanliness and neatness Of dress. BY
dint of perseverance a young woman may
in q matter Of a year or two. acquire knowl.
| edge sufficient to At her for some clerical
or other position which will place her In
better surroundings and yield larger Pc
cuniary returns than she could hope tc
have as a servant.
The hue and cry raised against women
taking the place OF men IL without much
Justice. Woman may enter the Office OF
shop without sacrificing any of her OWE
dignity or encroaching on the rights OF
man. There are departments in which
women give better service than men and
this. and not sentiment. Is the reason fol
their being preferred In most oaseA But
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Back View of White Felt Hat, Trimmed With Bows
in Two Shades of Yellow Combined With Roman
Blue.

7 mace up into one or those three-quarter
coats that are SO very smart upon a slender
figure. but SO absolutely destructive to a
| plump one. The skirt will be perfectly
plain. except for an elaborate tareta strap
ping running up and down the seams. while
the coat Will be in the three-quarters
length. with the smartest, neatest lapels
opening over a white vest. With this Eng
fish coat I shall wear 4 satin four-in-hano
and q white linen collar. My sleeves will be
very mannish coat sleeves.
As to mammals hat. it will be a brown
velvet toqie, all velvet and made into a
mass OF folds. to be worn just upon her
ponnpadour. The underside will be faced
with lace. in rather heavy pattern, with
roses in the pattern, the lace laid upon
the velvet so that the roses stand out
well.
We are soon to shop for our matinee
waists. for this Is to be a winter of matt
nee affairs. I hope that you viii visit me
for my out-of-town house and theater
party, when I shall have one girl from STU.
Louis, one from Boston. one from Minne-y
sofa and one from Philadelphia, Pit, ,urg,
San Francisco, New Orleans and other nice
pieces. respectively. all to stay one whole
NEW York COUSIN.
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the "trumps'' Of dress. and when in
doubt wear yours.
Don't mourn, Gracia dear. II you cannot
supply your purse with enough money for
all the clever little things in the shop
windows. Get out your needle and thread
and make them for yourself.
THAT MISS MADISON.
That Miss Madison. the Western heir
ess who was SO suddenly launched upon
the society world OF Gotham for a few
days. and who was then bundled off to
do London. but who will lie back again.
carried on her arm. the day she sailed. a
little bag-purse which was the envy of
everybody. 1t was in turquoise blue satin.
with a gold clasp.
The bag was only 5 inches wide. but at
least 10 inches long. Its corners were
perfectly square and. lying In her lap. 1t
looked like an exquisitely embroidered
panel of blue silk. The embroidery was
in gold. with lovely little designs in gold
braid appliqued on such a love of q bag.
lined with white satin. 1 believe 1t cost
$50. but I think l could duplicate it for s..
and / shall try.
Such a time buying a winter suit!
Mamma has come home three days in
succession with one of those new nervous
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-10-27
A PRAYER.

Dear God, there is a single praye
That 1 would pray OF thee;
1t is not that I may not care
Where he may go from me-
My heart would seek n know him there
Were he on land or sea-
It is not that I may forget
The tears mine eyes have shed;
I seek no surcease Of regret
Till I at last, am dead.
I crave not peace of thee. nor yet
That I be comforted.
This is my prayer, that giving SO
The gift imperative.
Bearing the bruises of the blow
He struck while I shall live
Spare me. oh God! that he should know
That I can still forgive!
Ethel M. Kelley In Smart Set.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-10-27
WOMEN AND THEIR CHOICE OF WORK
"A bnght st. Louis Working Girl Tells Why Her Sisters Prefer En-
ployment in Shops, Offices and Factories to Domestic Service
Y FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC

WRITTEN o THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC
The ever-recurring discussion Of woman.s
sphere and the evils that follow her depar-
lure from 1t IL renewed in st. Louis in the
form OF the servant girl problem" The
hundreds Of explanations given as to tho
cause OF the present scarcity Of domestic
servants have each in turn been discarded
Tor a new theory that seemed likely to rob
the question Of Its perplexity. Mistresses of
households in which four or five young
women are usually employed have been nut
70 the unpleasant task OF engaging almost
tnat number each week. while loudly pro-
testing hat they are without blame for the
departure OF their servants.
MISS Lydia De Moulin OF No. oeH Locust
etieet-a young woman OF exceptional in
teiigence. and from choice a student of So
ciai conditions-has some original ideas on
the subject. Though working daily in q
local manufacturing establishment. Miss n.
Moulin has found time to enlighten herself
on the matter. She has been a member Of
the Self-Culture Club and similar orranIza-
tons Tor several years. She speaks English
ana French fuently and has a fair knowl-
eoee OF German. This is her version of the
causes which lead young women to leave
domestic occupations for other employment.
bf MISS LYDIA DE
Womans part in modern Industrial life
has been for a generation the subject Of n
vast amount of discussion, not only by So
cial students but by political economists as
well.
A great many evils, real and imaginary.
rave been charged to woman's invasion OF
those walks Of life from which the cps-
toms and prejudiccs Of our f~orefathers de-
carred her: while the present generation.
with equal insistence. but with no more
reason or Justice. has decried the admit
lance OF women to fields OF activity once
held to be the peculiar sphere OF her
brother.
Her entrance Into commercial and indus
trial affairs has beer cited as the cause of
lowering wages: her abandonment of do.
nestle vacations for others more agreea-
BILE and profitable. Is said to mean death
to and destruction to the home, and evensu-
ally to the State itself.
But in the face CT all these adverse con-
ditions. woman has proved herself equal
to the demands Of her new position. She
has achieved success in business and in the
higher c~allings. As lawyer. as teacher and
as physician, she has been no less capa-
BILE than man. Even In the pulpit their in
fuence and power have found recognition.
despite the frequent quotation of St Pauls
injunction.
W,man's sphere has widened. but in do
ing SO It has put her on the defensive. She
must be ready to debate with man he'
right to leave the home without her infu.
ence and management. h must. too. meet
the charge hat her close 3uxtaposition to
man in the Office. the factory and at the bal
has robbed her OF her ~womanliness
The servant girl problem is q phase OF the
ouextion Of woman's competition with man
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THE SIGH AND THE song.

Life is a sigh, dear. and life is a song.
But were going the bright way and dark
way along,
In wales where tho red thorns with white
roses throng
Forever and eve. and ever!
u.
What Of its sorrows and what Of its sighsI
When one bright sun sets another will rise;
The lights in Loves eyes. dear. the lights
In Loves eyes
Forever and ever and everi
III.
The bloom comes in beauty-a dream from
the blight:
Out OF the shadows the beautiful light:
To the cross and the care. then. forsv0
goodnight
Forever and ever and ever!
Frank L StaatQ
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-10-27
LONG SKIRTS WILL PREVAIL
SAYS THE NEW YORK COUSIN.

She Tells How the Rainy Daisies Have Gone Into the Camp of the
Enemy-Iadv CurZon's Babies Willie Il. Vanderbilt's +" After.
noon at Home Wherein He Entertained His Wifes Friends to
the Joy of Al-The King Edward Coat and How 1t Is NADIA
Season When Black Silks Are to Be Worn-How to Make Up
the Newest Tailored Gowns.
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other evidence of the worlds advancement
to a higher civilization. ana neither the
women nor the world will suffer as a con-
sequence Of demonstrating that truth.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-28

OF gravftation, Is a scene never to be for
gotten. But mind is always mightier
than matter, and the inventions Of hum
an genius, as shown in the Harvesting
of corelative nature, is mightier than
unassisted nature. So the old engine, the
grandest Of all living expressions Of pow
eF, moved upward to the heights carry
ing it's burden of care after it. 1t TSs a
wonderful study. The moment we struck
the grade she seemed instinctively to
understand her mission. The master
stood In position, both hands on the
throttle, the fireman at the mouth of the
coal pit, one hand ON the shovel and the
ether holding the flrebox door chain. He
had two motions only; shoveling and
shutting. Constantly he was employed
filling the fire pit with coal. occasionally
running to the side of the cab and cast
ing his eyes along the track on the side
Of the curve which, because of it's abrupt
Eess was hidden from the engineers
view. The reader can form some idea
of the work Of the second man on the
engine when he is told that during the
mountain grade climbing he shovels in
coal at the rate of three tons an hour.
How charming, and yet how thrilling,
70 see that massive machine struggle
under it's utmost tension. Every breath
OF it's nostrils sounded like the blast Of
10000 cymbals struck in the most per-
feet unison The fire flew from stack
and box door, and sounded like the cry
of starving beasts for food. She tren-
bled and shook under the awful pres
sure The coal used was not the best,
and to keep the steam gauge at $50
pounds was the study of the fireman,
while the engineer kept her movements
steady, that in the crisis no skip Of any
kind could be made. 1t was a great mo-
ment. The heights were reached. Then
r. l.
shouted, Now, down the mountain 14i
feet to the mile" We were at that min
ute $500 feet above sea level.
The engineer, who seemed not to have
changed his position once in the climb.
turned with a glance at the air-bFake,
another at the valves then at the water
gauge. After giving his favorite steed
a breath which she thoroughly appre-
ciated, without a pant she started down
the line. Soon we came to a beautiful
piece Of track, straight as an arrow. A
whisper in the drivers ear, Cant you
let her out a little" and in half min
ute we were cutting the air at ffty-five
miles an hour. 1t was pretty run and
we were all enjoying it, when suddenly
a wild Arizona horse appeared on the
track The whistle screeched to drive it
Off The horse increased his speed and
remained in front of the locomotive.
Immediately the hand was on the air.
brake, one of the greatest inventions of
modern times, and our speed reduced to
a ten-nlile- an-hour register. all to save
that mountain horse. Charlie could have
thrown it dead from the tract, but the
dindl1er instincts of the engineer as
serted themselves to the salvation of the
animal.
Two things I am convinced of. First,
that mountain ride on locomotive is
one of the most thrilling experiences on
earth. and, second, that an engineer is
one of the bravest men to be found.
&C. H. H.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-28
UNFORTUNATE SAMPSON.

Admiral Sampson IS a most unfortu-
nate gentleman. His latest appearance as
the reputed author of an official indorse-
ment will find as little of liberation
among the mass of the American people
as was bestowed on it by Senator Allen
during the debate in the senate on Tues
day. 1t reveals him as hopeless snob:
and speaking as the ranking active Of
ticer in the American navy, his words
must be taken as in some measure an
arralgnment of the present system per-
taining to the appointment, education
and promotion of naval officers
The most unfortunate circumstance re-
garded from the purely public point of
view in connection with Admiral Samp-
sons foolish Endorsement is that it fore
tells the continued failure on the part
of congress to adjust the rewards which
should be distributed among the men
who did so much of honor to their coun-
try before Santiago. It will help to keep
alive the animosities growing out of the
contentious of the friends of Sampson
and Schley, and will indirectly infiict the
greatest injustice on number Of heroic
men.
Admiral Sampson IS entitled to his
opinions on every conceivable subject. 1t
does not matter that those opinions place
him out of touch with those around him.
or that they are deeply Objectionable to
nine men out of ten. They are his opin-
IONS and he is entitled to entertain them,
and, within bounds, to express them.
Iiut when the chief officer of the Amerf-
can navy commits himself officially to
such doctrine, 1t is but natural that those
in whose service he is should be dis
posed to inquire whether his opinions SO
foolishly and extensively expressed, are
not of a character to disqualify him
from representing this people in any posi-
ton OF dignity OF honor.
Senator Allen does not make Sampson's
offending any more grievous by his
brusque and in-natured comment on it.
If Sampson did convey such social and
professional doctrines to his superior Of
ffcers concerning the qualifications of
commissioned officers in the navy. Allen
is unquestionably right in designating
him an ass; and either he or the sys-
tenn which he represents, or both, should
be speedily superseded.