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The Penn's Grove record., 1901-03-29

Woman is a conumdrum that man never
seems to give up.
The Penn's Grove record., 1901-03-29

Who are injured by the use of coffee. Recently
there has been placed in all the grocery stores
q new preparation called GRAIE-0, made Of
pure grains, that takes the place of coffee.
The most delicate stomach receives it without
distress, and but few can tell it from coffee.
1t does not cost over 4 as much. Children
may drink it with great benefit. Is cts. and
25 cts. per package, Try it. Ask for GRAND.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-16
Is NAN BECOMING
THE WEAKER SEX?

ical examination Of freshmen when they
enter college. He has done so for ave
years. He reports that Sc per cent of
them are afflicted with curvature of tho
spine. In other lines of bodily un-
soundness the percentage is also large.
IL almost looks as If the masculine sex
were deteriorating physically. while wo-
men are certainly rising In the scale
In factories. stores and offices where
men and women are employed together
IL Is the men rather than the women
who break down and must be excused
for a vacation to recuperate. The wo-
men pluckily hang on and stand up to
their task, perhaps for the sake of the
good name OF womankind making il
point not 10 weaken.
Undoubtedly men are more unhy-
gienic in their habits than women are.
The constant smoking of cigarettes and
cigars, the late hours they keep-thc
wild lawlessness OF their eating and es-
pecially of their drinking, the foul. un-
ventilated rooms i'm which they sit and
soak i'm tobacco smoke, must sooner or
later tell on the strongest. Man is the
unventilated sex. With his present
physical habits. with his neglect OF bod
lily exercise, with women, on the other
hand, in colleges and out OF college GO
ing I'm with enthusiasm for hygiene.
athletic training and open air life, man
may seriously introspect himself and
consider whether there is not danger
that he may lose his crown of physical
supremacy. LILLIAN GRAY.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-16

some OF the most commanding intellects
earth has known were Capricorners.
The founder OF Christianity was under
this constellation. TO the good OF the
Capricorners II may be said that they
keep their promises more faithfully
than people OF any other sign and they
are loyal GO their friends. They are
brilliant takers aud speakers. partly
perhaps because OF the vein OF serious
carncsiness that runs through all their
thought and purpose. Mighty leaders
and organizers are born under this sign.
but their self distrust sometimes pre-
vents them from showing their true
ability. There never was cancelled
person among these subjects. and they
sometimes ruin their lives by theit diff
dencc and want of self confidence.
Molehills look like mouptains 10 them.
There is a certain chicken heartedness
in Capricorn people that they ought 20
work out Of themselves AT every cost
They make noble teachers and very
successful ones.
with an their ability their faults are
numerous, They are very set In their
ways. Religion appealsto them through
the observance of rules and outer Cere-
monal, so that though often deeply Or
thodoX theologically, they may be abso-
Lutte materialists SO far as true spiritual
experiences are concerned. When spir-
itually reused, however, they have more
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-16

While I am ON the subject ! might as
well speak my mind IL does seem tc
mo that the girls Of our set are simpl,
spelling the men. For one thing, thes
lattcr them and defer 20 them a great
deal too much. This spoilng process
begins AZ soon as \ man enters col
lcce and before he has finished his sen.
ior year dozen girls are quarreling
over who shall capture him. No won
der men are Conceited ! should be
~ were man. In the good old
times. our mothers tell Us, mon Used to
try TO bring their converse uon up to
the women's level. Now it'G just tho
opposite. The men talk about what
they please. generally horses. dogs
poker and such sporty subjects. Worse
still, they tell doubtful stories or retail
broad repartee from the music halls
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-16

G. had presented to Miss Torbin. Miss
Lankyhare eyed the book, turned over
the leaves. then REDEEMED and looked a.
If she would burst. There were the
very passages In violet ink that she had
marked. Il was the same volume. Mrs.
Golding had passed Il on
Miss Lankyhare determined 10 60 az
once to Mrs. Golding and tax her with
her perlidy, though she did not say This
TO Miss Torbin. who remarked that she
would go along too. and cali on Mrs.
Colding. Miss Lankyhare could not
shake her off Mrs Golding did not
make her appearance at once. and the
ladies' examined with interest the
Christmas gifts displayed upon the ia
bile One was a silver plated pin tray
with the faintest possible dent I'm the
side, another was a handsome Christ
mas card. Both looked strangely Ia
miliar 60 both. Miss Torb!n snatched
the Christmas card and saw upon tile
back a rough place whore the original
inscription had been erased and another
substituted The ladies looked al each
other with accusing eyes. Miss TOrbln
spoke first.
'Ligretta Lankyharc, I'll never speak
10 YOU again so long as ! i've This Is
son my presents TO you. is it. because
YOU are too stingy 90 buy thingsy'
Jane Torbin. ! don't care If you dnn't
speak 10 me again, YOU deceiiiui thing =
said Ligretta Here's this beautiful
tray gave you last Christmas aud
you've gone and passed il on go Mrs
Goldins"
Meantime Mrs. Golding appeaiod. ana
Miss Lankyhare, angry beyond bounds
of pride and prudence WAS about To
open on her but Mrs. GoldiHs 49, ttl-t
Miss Lankyhare,' said shr. two
years ago gave YOU FOR Christmas thij
silver pin tray. You passed i' on. 20.
| TO Miss Torbin and Miss To sin fotu M
/ IL AS a Christmas sitt fiola her~eit %
| me this year. II rs too mucl uu'
I friendship is broken
She disappeared without giving ei'hNY
of the others opportunity 20 CO ln a
word. Miss Torhin docs not Spas -
Miss Lankyhare. and neither spegks tu
Mrs. Golding.
JOSEPHINE HUNTER.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-16

stead OF ino 40.
men being deferred to & is the men VINO
receive an the adulauon, Result The
number of bachelors g. steadily incgcas-
ing Why. indeed. should man marry
when ne can have things SO much his
own way?
Before I close I want TO tell You some.
thing funny. There is an acquaintance
of mine who is in rather reduced cir
cumstanccs. Imagine then my SUR
prise when the other morning ! met
her spolling along Firth avenue trrSss-
cd in An ultra smart tailor made and
holding by silver leash a hishbred
dog. The next day again ! saw her.
this time with another dog even more
ris tocratic looking than-thc last. sun
a third timc ! came across her and his
time she led proudly along q bat cared
French bulldog which ] recognized as
Mrs Teddy Van Alstyne's champion
prize winner Monsieur Friquet / could
contain IN curiosity no longer. Guess
what she told me. She makes neat
income and Keeps herself iu tailor made
suits AMI Imported hats by taking out
arist0cratic CANNES for their daily con-
suuuopals. "lNs all very easy she
explained. You see their owners
would rather have them go out with
some one they know about and can
trust
what do YOU think OF that ms an ad-
dition 10 the already long list OF wom.
ems occupations?
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-16
Woes of the Matinee Idol.

yesterday, with nay morning mail
received an Invitation 10 meet at an
afternoon affair prominent matinee
ldoi This sort ~ hing Is getting 10
be quitt slnaf,. .tll iho dcbutantes
WINE 10 sec thcir Idols Of the stage as
well as on. Tacy wan; to ascertain "
hc is as fascinating in a frock coat as
when 10 doubloi and hosc and armed
Win Ions rapier h ClHughtcrs don
ns oi his enemies. ! am inclined 10
think ,he matinee actor has "a hard limc
81 10. Sometime too. he gets aNfuily
bored. Take Gillette, for example
English ayricty has gone fairly mad
over his quiet ways and his insctutahle
sherlock Holmes smile - appears that
at a recont affair the young women
present Made, 40 use "A very vulgar
piece OF slang q dead set az him One
titled Girl of great wealth IN particular
made no secret of her liking for him..
nut he sat IN looking unutterably
bored until the littie child ~ his host
css unexpectedly appeared on the scene.
From that moment he devoted himself
cntircly To ,hc small girls amusement,
and no one else could cot word out
Of him I don blame him either. I'd
FAR rather talk 20 a child than to half
The society girls of upper tendon. For
ono thins. thc child is honest and de.
void OF silly adectations
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-16
A GRACEFUL. WALK.

In walking one should endeavor to
take long, smooth. gliding step rather
than a short. choppy one. BY the latter
Is meant the hippety, hoppety. little
jerky walk which many small women
affect and which always suggests -
the onlooker tight shoes.
No woman who can put her foot
down comfortably and firmly will ever
walk In this manner, and the frm.
steady walk. with It's undulating glide.
that Is as different as possible from
masculine stride. improves the whole
appearance. To walk well and properly
one should transfer the weight of the
body from one leg TO the other as each
Is thrown forward In taking a step.
This throwing OF the weight is ac-
companied by graceful scarcely per-
ceptible swaying of the body The
weight of the body should coine more
on the ball OF the foot than on the heel.
but the latter should slightly touch the
ground at every step. Walking on the
toes alone gives a finlcky. dancing
school master look TO the figure. The
toes should be gracefully turned out at
each step. and the lex should swing
loose from the hip.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-16

"A II OF long ago a gentleman of
IN sedentary habits boasted that
mi he could beat any man iIs his
ncighborhood swinging a
NJ hammer and pounding a log
i OF wood with it. His wife
heard him and said, II will
bet you s. that / can pound log with
a hammer longer than you can"
The husband took the bet. and the
contest began. with two long handled
hammers of equal weight two logs of
wood. two or three spectators and an
umpire to see fair play. The man was
a clerk i'm an office. The woman was Of
strong build and took on muscle by do
Ing her own housework. In little
more than an hour the man threw up
the sponge, exhausted. The woman
made twenty strokes more to show that
she could still keep on II she wanted to,
then ceased. not at all exhausted. The
husband handed oyer the So. acknowl-
edging IT had been sairly won. Charles
Reade long ago declared that woman
was naturally stronger in the back and
loins than man
At the beginning OF the school year in
Chicago 200 young women applicants for
teachers places were subjected TO phys
ical examination by medical experts TO
determine their fitness for appointment.
The 300 passed the test triumphantly.
the physicians declaring they had never
seen an equal number of persons. taken
all together, who were so free from
physical defects, particularly, they said.
i'm the matter of affections OF the eyes
The young women were graduates OF
the Chicago Normal college, which
makes athletic training a requirement
OF it's course.
SO much attention is paid everywhere
20 physical culture for women I'm coll
leges that one reads i'm the news Jour
nails more of the achievements OF the
girl rowing crews. the golf. hockey and
basket ball champions than of the
Greek and Latin honor pupils. For ten
years. perhaps there has been something
like systematic bodily training I'm girls
schools and colleges and among women
i'm private homes. The results show
plainly i'm the tall, strong looking young
women with straight backs and glowing
skin that one meets In city or country.
Certainly the female sex averages taller
than 10 did a generation ago. Oddly
enough. too. these fine young women
often look taf1er and stronger than the
men they pass on the street. As TO men
college students. with all their vaunted
football and athletic exercise. what says
the director OF the gymnasium Of one OF
the leading male universities or this
country? I do not give its name for
the sake of sparing the young mems
feelings. This director makes phys
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-16
Pcrsian Panne Applications.

Speaking of Persian panne applica-
tons, ! saw stunning French waist
in a shop window the other day. II
was made of white poau dc sole With a
vide lace collar appliqued over tho
shoulders and ia a v shaped point
doWn the front. In this lace collar
there were worked three irregular
shaped mcdallions OF Persian panne in
different shades OF pinkish red That
would be rather smart way OF fresh
ching up an old white waist. Don't you
think so?
Havc YOU noticed how much more
elaborate skirts are becoming? They
are all laid IN tucks and small box
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-16

tefd"d my allowance and / simply
had 20 have a black broadcloth tailor
ma tc. so I went 10 al the SHOPS ana
looked at thc ready madcs. Why didnt
j 80 % tho ,ailors? Because he would
have charged nc slO0 for a plain suit
i'm which I would have looked like lit
tlc widow, one OF tho dcmurc. insisnir-
cant kind To tell you the honest truth.
j hadn't tie hundred rs spend ana I
wanted fancy suit too Therefore
loo6cd at the ready mades. They were
al! either horribly elaborate or else OF
detestaeio quality besides they didn't
secm 10 belong 10 me ny waist line
came where their waist line wasn't.
an,' OH, WELL to cut Ii snort, | have un.
fortunately a French figure and moth
inS bur nigh priced importation .Nill
r me. so / went from store 40 store
despairingly until just as 1 was leahIng
the last place the Saieswoman brought
ont French model ] didn't have 20
be told il Was french. Its chic lines
and elegant simplicity spoke~for them
selves. Marked down TO SJ5." The ,vo-
man commented. 1t was made under
the regulation thirty-siX size, and we
couldn't sell it, | slipped into H. or
rather, II slipped around me. Every
curve, every line fitted Talk about
bargains! That was one. Look at the
sketch and see of you don't agree with
me- want you TO notice particularly
the little standing collar. which leaves
an open space q couple OF inches under
The chin. DO YOU know what ! intend
10 do with that? Fasten an mncr strap
of Persian panne across It so that The
STRAP viii look like the COLLAR of my
waist. Thanks TO this arrangement. +
may have on a white linen collar and
n last years flannel waist underneath
my smart suit, and no one viii he Tho
wiser. The Jacket can be worn opcn.
Too. and ] am thinking OF having the
lapels also faced with the Persian
panne, IT is So fashionable Did ! men
ton that the trimming was composed
of stitched applications of velvet out
lined with narrow black silk braid?
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-16

OF the season. p'"h"o" m'uhce luoi'
II has yoke OF tucks around the
hips. then little above the knees
comes a line OF insertion heading "A
launce laid in fine tucks. then another
line of insertion. and another tucked
nouncc starting from this first nounce
about haIf way between tho knee and
the foot There is "A tremendously long
train. and the bottom n edged by line
uf the Insertion fa~
II vou are having n ncweoftcrnoon
gown made. 10 should have a gnod long
train Don't Ipiud what any one SAYS
Trains are longer than ever. You
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-16
AS | KULOG I Capricorn CAPRICE, ' Subjects tsss0

power than almost any other people
Capricorn is The last OF the earth signs
and governs the knees. and it has been
said that the knees are the feet Of
prayer.
Among Capricorners are found dys-
peptics, rhcumatics, those subject TO
melanchOlia and those whose mouths
turn down at the corners. Turn them
up. These folk VIII b. happiest married
20 mates born under an earth sign
their own OF Taurus or Virgo Libra
people also are always fascinating to
them. CLARA BRANSCOMBE.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-16
CHINESE TELEPHONE GIRLS.

CHINESE TELEPHONE GIRLS.
Chinese girls are to be employed as
telephone operators IN san Francisco.
Tho large numbered Chinese wishing TO
usg IN telephone in hat city long ago
made a necessary to have "A central sta-
tion Whore Tho operators speak Chinese.
Thrse positions have herctnfor" been
held 10y mon. but The company finds
that girls answer the puru1go bgtter
infcllisent girls viii De pfo2nrcd from
The nusslone and msiro6 VII be en-.
gagged ~ seo that they are preprSy pro.
tcctcd
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-16

Ia ~ mare and Miss Torbin were
NI fast friends, as the aver
Nh age womans friendships
W go. In the seven years of
Il their acquaintance no rude
outer vibration had Jared
their mutual admiration. Miss Lanky-
hare was poet OF pretension, and Miss
Torbln's loyalty TO her was so firm that
when rank outsider criticised i'm pres
ence Of Miss Torbin the other lady's lit
erary efforts Miss Torbin assumed a
naughty air and said TO the outsider:
Excuse me. Mrs. Tittlejohn, but Miss
Lankyhare is my friend" And that
shrivcled the outsider
It is-alas. IL was--the pleasing, touch
ing custom OF these ladies with each
return OF the holy Christmastide to
send gifts to one another They said
they would continue II all their lives.
They sometimes wondered who would
be The first 10 bid the world good night
and break the charmed three link chain.
Some years ago at Christmas Mrs
GOlding sent 20 Miss Lankyhare a sill
vcr plated pin tray as q token of af-
lection. IL had an almost infinitesimaJ
dent in the side and for that reason
Mrs. Goldng got Il AT half price. The
next year At Christmas Miss Lankyhare
sent 10 Mrs, Golding her book OF poems,
The Tadpole and the Moon" The most
moving passages We're marked i'm violet
INK by the fair donoT, and "A card in the
front SAID Merry Christmas TO Mrs.
Golding. with the love and best
wishes OF the author. Ligretta Lanky-
hare" The year Miss Lankyhare gave
the book to Mrs. Golding Miss Torbin
presented 10 Miss Lankyhare "a hand =
some Christmas card that could not
have cost less than dime Miss
Lankyhare treasured il. as we shall
see
The year after that came a cataclysm
that rent ia three the time hallowed
feminine friendship. Christmas after
| noon Miss Lankyhare dropped in on her
two friends for a chat, first on Miss Tor.
bin, then on Mrs. Golding Miss Torbin,
10 show Miss Lankyhare how well Mrs.
Golding appreciated her literary genius,
showed her volume of her poems.
The Tadpole and the Moon" that Mrs.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-16

1 IN falI heir to "a no are born un-
wv Ger thc conslcllat alton OF Cap
" " ricorn may be guessed from
the fact that saturn Is their
ruins pldnet-SatuTn IA his malefc as-
pctt ,h' bfingcr ~ melancholy and Lad
luch. Those bonn from Dec. q to Jan.
20 gpo sabvct to Capricorn, OF which
Eleanor Nirk says IN her "lnnueuc Of
th- Hodiac Upon Human Life. This is
the most biiiiont and the most dopGess-
cd sign ci che zodiac When jolly. these
Capricornefs arc very jolly, when mis-
cradle, they are more miserable than all
the others put together and can usually
give no adequate reason for their
Wrctcbedness.
Capricorn people arc born when The
sun is sunk deepest beneath the earth,
when the days arc tho darkest, gloom
lest and shortest Of an the year lt
seems as though they are born more or
less into the sadness Of nature az this
time Of year Babes who are wclcC ne
Christmas presents TO their parents
sometimes bring nm Inheritance OF pes
simism tor themselves. They need TO
guard themselves as from poison
against attacks OF melancholy or the
dumps"
on the other hand, however. for the
comfort OF these natives IL may be said
that a Capricorn person Is never a fool.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-16

no GlIis, SHY
little things. in
stead of trying
10 raise IN
tone of the con-
Versation go the
men ono better
&C their oNn
game Even 81
they don't like
il, they read up
on dogs and
n or $ O. 8 an q
laugh at jokes
they don half
understand and
which. IL they
had any sense,
they would say
tlley didn't un-
acrStand. 80 in-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-16

plaits. and some
of them. in ad-
0ition, have as
many as six
s m all runes.
These ruffle s
are, of course.
Eored but. all
tho same. they
give tho skirt "A
very heavy ap.
peara ce and
one which I
don't quite like.
I have q very
tall. thin friend,
quite a giraffe,
and she rcNcls
in one OF the
snartest skirts
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-16

MI Do ilrN cnt
and @marttst
uits nate The
Jackets mad e
With upG,snd-
ingCoilars stiff
military affairs
which make YOU
carry your chm
at an acute an
sle quito as IL
YOU were wear
ing a check
fCin My new
uit has ono.
oh. L forget /
haven't told you
about II.
You sec. fcr
the hundredth
time / had cX-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-16

rian church of that ,.ity FOR new
church building in memory OF her hus-
band
Tho New York Women's Health Pro-
tectiye association. will erect a memo.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-16

rial 90 Colonel Wariug \ life member
has given $500 10 tho fund
The new Florence darkness memorial
chapel for the Women's college OF West.
orn Reserve university was dedicated
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-16
WHAT WOMEN ARE DOING.

According 60 recent statistic. be-
tween 1000 and $1,000 women pass an
nuslly through The prisons 81 Englaud
snd Wales. OF this number II iS said
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-16

ticularly painful form Of sick headache
and who finds the winter at SandrIng-
ham and in London trying 10 her
health. passes January ana February at
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-16

more definitely committed himself 60
woman suffrage than any other chief
magistrate since Lincoln.
Princess Victoria Of Wales, who suf-
fera A rood deal FROM nlorafnc---a mar
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-16

should 500 he smart imported gowns
The trains almost equal the length o
The skirts.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-16

Thanksgiving day. 70 is named after
one Of the benefactresses OF the college
and the university. The chapel cost
more than $4,000.
President Roosevelt seems 90 have
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-16

that - pcr cont have boon previously
convicted
Mrs r. 50 Sinriair Of cedar Hapids
la, gives $4,000 10 the Third Prcsbyte.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-16
ANTE-(HR|0TNAS
0B0ERVAT T|0NS
| KATE
|CLYDFS

b(STNHLRE'S goinS 90 be now
branch TO inc beauty doc.
tor's business before
christmas.' remarked
Maisie Bender the other
Il day
What / queficd
stretching peoples nccks 80 III the
new collars, Maisio returned dtyiy AZ
she looked a nic,ovcr the edge of hers.
don't know about that. hiR Q strung-
~ SUSPECT therel be q new wal, n-
vented before tho winter is otc 81. thnnKs
10 these new collars. Df colpsc IN
not speaking of dress oolia@; ihcy re-.
more comfortable than ever its d"
coat collars Have YOU noticed Ga lu:
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-16

Miss Hayes has been appointed sub
sanitary inspector OF Rathmines, Dub
lin. Ireland.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-16

The green Egyptian beetle Is one OF
the hideous fancies noticed AT this mo-
ment The beetles are arranged in the
form of hatpins. waist buckles and col
lar studs.
Now IS tho time 10 use those beaded
purses and chatelaiue bags that our
grandmothers used 60 be so fond Of
one carried by fashionable woman at
a bazaar last week had the lower part
covered with the tiniest turquoise
beads. while the upper part was a mass
of opaiescent ones. It looked a very at
tractiye bait for the snatch thief.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-16

"A II OF long ago a gentleman of
IN sedentary habits boasted that
GA he could beat any man irs his
Nj rCighborhood swinging a
NJ hammer and pounding log
of wood with 1t. His wife