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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-16

"A T OF long ago a gentleman of
N sedentary habits boosted that
he could beat any man in his
neighborhood swinging
VI hammer and pounding log
of wood with it. His wife
heard him and said, L will
bet you SIS that I 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 in an office. The woman was OF
strong build and took on muscle by DO
ing her OWN homework. 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 if she wanted TO-
then ceased, not at all exhausted. The
husband handed over the So, acknOWl-
edsing it had been fairly 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 300 young women applicants for
teachers places were subjected to phys
ical examination by medical experts to
determine their fitness for appointment.
The 800 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
in the matter of affections of the eyes
The young women were graduates of
the Chicago Normal college, which
makes athletic training d requirement
of its course.
So much attention is paid everywhere
to physical culture for women in col
leges that one reads in the news jour
nails more of the achievements of the
girl rowing crews, the golf, hockey and
basket bail champions than of the
Greek and Latin honor pupils. For ten
years. perhaps. there has been something
like systematic bodily training in girls
schools and colleges and among women
in private homes. The results show
plainly in 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 it did a generation ago. Oddly
enough, too. these fine young women
often look taller 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 of this
country? 1 do not give its name for
the sake of sparing the young mems
feelings. This director makes a phys
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-16
WHAT WOMEN ARE DOING.

ern Reserve university was dedicated
Thanksgiving day 1t is named after
one of the benefactresses of the college
and the university. The chapel cost
more than $4,000
President Roosevelt seems TO have
more definitely committed himself to
woman suffrage than any other chief
magistrate since Lincoln.
Mrs. Lena Behrens of Ohio is a whole
sale saddlery dealer. She is a graduate
Of a school of pharmacy. and her knowl-
edge OF chemistry was so valuable to
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-16

of the season. 4 prominent maIlnee ldoI.
1t has yoke of tucks around the
hips; then a little above the knees
comes a line of insertion heading a
founce laid in fine tucks, then another
line Of insertion, and another tucked
dOunce starting from this first fiOunce
a bout half way between he knee and
the foot. There is a tremendously long
train, and the bottom is edged by a line
OF the insertion.
If YOU are having a new afternoon
gown made. it should have a good long
train. Don't mind what any one says.
Trains are longer than ever. You
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-16

built in Berlin, the cornerstone of
which was laid on Thanksgiving day
with elaborate ceremonies. Miss Will
larG has lived in Berlin for fifteen
years with her mother, Mrs. Mary 3.
Willard. who conducts an American
home school for girls in that city.
Buffalo is we'll to the front in the
matter of women's clubhouses, having
three of them. The Century club has a
house that is considered one OF the
show places of the city. A ballroom,
where large entertainments may be
held, is a feature of the house. and 9TH
er women's organizations are allowed
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-16

NH fast friends, as the aver
age womans friendships
" go. In the seven years of
4 l. their acquaintance no rude
outer vibration had Jared
their mutual admiration Miss Lanky-
hare was a poet of pretension, and Miss
Torbins loyalty to her was so firm that
when rank outsider criticised in pres
ence of Miss Torbin the other ladys 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
shriveled the outsider.
1t is-alas. it 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 it all their lives.
They sometimes wondered who would
be the first to bid the world good night
and break the charmed three link chain.
Some years ago at Christmas Mrs.
Golding sent to Miss Lankyhare a sill
yer plated pin tray as a token of af
lection. 1t had an almost infinitesimal
dent in the side, and for that reason
Mrs. Golding got it at half price. The
next year at Christmas Miss Lankyhare
sent to Mrs. Golding her book of poems,
The Tadpole and the Moon" The most
moving passages were marked in violet
ink by the fair donor, 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 to Miss Lankyhare a hand
some Christmas card that could not
have cost less than a dime. Miss
Lankyhare treasured it, as we shall
see.
The year after that came a cataclysm
that rent in three the time hallowed
feminine friendship. Christmas after
noon Miss Lankyhare dropped in on Ter
two friends for a chat, first on Miss Tor
bin, then on Mrs. Golding. Miss Torbin,
to show Miss Lankyhare how well Mrs.
Golding appreciated her literary genius,
showed her a volume of her poems,
THE Tadpole and the Moon that Mrs.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-16
Persian Panne AnpIicattons.

Speaking of Persian panne applica-
tons 1 saw stunning French waist
in a shop window the other day. 1t
was made of white peau de sole with a
wide lace collar apphqued over the
shoulders and in V shaped point
down the front. In this lace collar
there were worked three irregular
shaped medallions of Persian panne in
different shades of pinkish red. That
would be a rather smart way of fresh
ening up an old white waist. Don't you
think so?
Have you noticed how much more
elaborate skirts are becoming? They
are all laid in tucks and small box
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-16

her husband in testing metals that she
gradually worked into the business. She
is now a widow and is sole manager of
the large factory
In OHIO nabIuai drunkenness is a le-
gal cause for divorce. In the nine years
from 1880 to 1888 there were 2.32S di-
vorces granted i'm Ohio for this cause
alone OF these 2.1Sl were granted for
drunkenness on the part of the hus-
band and only 197 for drunkenness on
the part of the wife.
Miss Mary Willard. a niece of Fran
ces +. Willard, lifted the first spadeful
of earth for the new American church
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-16
CHINESE TELEPHONE GIRLS.

Chinese girls are to be employed as
telephone operators in San Francisco
The large number of Chinese wishing to
use the telephone in that city long ago
made it necessary TO have a central sta
ton where the operators speak Chinese
These positions have heretofore been
held by men. but the company finds
that girls answer the purpose better
Intelligent girls Will be procured from
the missions, and a matrOn will be en-
gagged to see that they are properly pro-
tected.
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pathways of which are planted with ev-
cry old fashioned flower that blows and
bordered with a long line OF ''redhot
poker" Not long ago an officer out in
South Africa forwarded to the queen a
large packet of camp lilies, and these
her majesty has had planted in clumps,
and well they thrive in their new soil
and are exceedingly beautiful to look
upon.
Miss Lillian Norton of Texas was ap-
pointed by Third Assistant Postmaster
General Madden as superintendent of
the postal finance system of the United
States postottice department. The APP
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-16

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, rheumatics, those subject to
melancholia and those whose mouths
turn down at the corners Turn them
up. These folk will be happiest married
to mates born under an earth sign
their own or Taurus or Virgo. Libra
people also are always fascinating to
them. CLARA BRANSCOMBE.
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pointment is only temporary. The place
is one of considerable responsibility, re-
quirins large bond as security, and
the salary is S2,250 a year The posi-
ton is the highest ever occupied by a
woman in the department and is made
in recognition of Miss Norton's great
executive ability
An association called Frenchwomen's
Colonial Work has been started in
Paris. Its object is to furnish moral
and material help to Frenchwomen go
ing to or returning from the colonies or
residing there who find themselves in
need or in distress of any kind.
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According TO recent statistics, be-
tween 10000 and $4,000 women pass an
nually through The prisons of England
and Wales. OF this number it is said
that y per cent have been previously
convicted.
Mrs. T. ~ Sinclair Of Cedar Rapids,
Ia. gives $4,000 to the Third Presbyte-
rian church of that city for new
church building in memory Of her hus-
band.
The new Florence Hardness memorial
chapel for the Women's college Of West
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-16

to hire it. All the appointments of the
building are handsome and up to date.
Princess Victoria of Wales, who suf-
fers a good deal from migraine-a par
ticularly painful form of sick headache
and who finds the winter at Sandring
ham and in London trying to her
health, passes January and February at
San Reno.
There is nothing the guests enjoy
more at Sandringham. the country
home of Engiand's royal family, than
being conducted by the queen over her
gardens. The Ioveliest vista of all is
obtained in the kitchen garden, the
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-16
OLD FASHIONS REVIVED.

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 the time to use those beaded
purses and chatelaine bags that our
grandmothers used to 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 mass
of opalescent ones. 1t looked a very at
tractiVe bait for the snatch thief
Miss Hayes has been appointed sub
sanitary inspector of Rathmines, Dub
lin. Ireland.
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The girls, silly
little things, in
stead of trying
to raise the
tone of the con-
versation go the
men one better
at their own
game. Even if
they don't like
it, they read up
on dogs and
h 0 r S e S and
laugh at jokes
they don't half
understand and
which, if they
had any sense,
they would say
they didn't I'M
derstand. So in
$3.50 e A. 40
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ca y
.-Mhat ." l queried.

a III
and smartes st
suits have the
Jackets m a d e
with upstand-
ngcOllars-Stiff
military affairs
which make you
carry your chin
at an acute an
gle quite as if
you were wear
ing a check
rein. My new
suit has one.
oh, 1 forget 1
haven't told you
about it.
You see, for
the hundredth
time | had eX-
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-16

plaits, and some
of them, in ad-
dition, have as
many as six
small rumes.
These ruffle s
are, of course,
gored but, all
the same, they
give the skirt "a
very heavy ap-
pearance and
one which 1
don't quite like.
] have a very
tall, thin friend,
quite a giraffe,
and she reVels
in one of the
Slnartest skirts
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-16

l4le ldCL LIldl Saturn Is lllC1i
ruling planet-Saturn, in his malefic as
pect, the bringer of melancholy and bad
luck. Those born from Dec. q to Jan.
20 are subject to Capricorn, of which
Eleanor Kirk says in her Influence of
the Zodiac Upon Human Life: This is
the most brilliant and the most depress-
ed sign of the zodiac. When jolly, these
Capricorners are very jolly; when mis-
cradle, they are more miserable than all
the others put together and can usually
give no adequate reason for their
wretchedness."
Capricorn people are born when the
sun is sunk deepest beneath the earth,
when the days are the darkest, gloom
lest and shortest of all the year. 1t
seems as though they are born more or
less into the sadness of nature at this
time of year Babes who are welcome
Christmas presents to their parents
sometimes bring an Inheritance of pes
simism for 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 it may be said
that a Capricorn person is never fool
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-16

should see the smart imported gowns.
The trains almost equal the length of
the skirts.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-16
ANTE-(HR|6TNAS
OBSERVATIONS
KATE
CLYDFS

kr@ HERE'S going TO be a new
!. q. j. I'll: e: !: Fl: G: {. !:
branch to the beauty doc
tors business before
Christmas" remarked
Maisie Bender the other
L day.
"What?" 1 queried.
@Suetching peoples necks to fit the
new collars" Maisie returned dryly as
she looked at me over the edge of hers
l don't know about that, but l strong
" suspect there'u be a new walk IN
vented before the winter is over, thanks
to these new collars. OF course m
not speaking Of dress collars; they re
more comfortable than ever; it's the
coat collars. Have you noticed them
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-16

Z SHAT kind of a fate persons
n fall heir to who are born UNI
IN der the constellation of Cap
" v ricOrn may be guessed from
the fact that Saf1lrn is their
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-16

RS. GOLDING, Miss Lanky-
hare and Miss Torbin were
fast friends, as the aver
age woman's friendships
go. In the seven years of
their q nnl1aintance no rude
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-16

7 OF long ago a gentleman of
sedentary habits boosted that
he could beat any man in his
l neighborhood swinging
I hammer and pounding a log
n of wood with it. His wife
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the hundTedth
time l had eX-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-03
TRIBUTE TO MR.
MCKINLEY'S MEMORY
BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS- ADJOURN
Joint Committee Named TO Prepare
RESOLUTIONS Expressing the Grief
the Nation Hns Sustained in
Els Death.

When the reading Of the Presidents
message was concluded IN the House and
Senate, at 2:35 o'clock, both houses we're
officially notified OF the death Of President
Mckinley. Senator Foraker made the an
nouncement in the Senate and Represen-
tative Grosveuor in the House Of Repre-
seutaUyes.
Both offered motions tEat a Joint com
mfttee be named to prepare and present TO
Congress resolutions expressing the grief
sustained by the nation in the assassina-
tion Of President Mckinley, and both
made touching remarks upon the life and
character Of the martyred executive.
The motions were unanimously agreed
to and the two bodies adjourned as a
mark Of respect to the late President,
The House viii not reassembIe until noon
| Friday.
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ham, had reported that the committee
appointed for that purpose had waited
upon the President and been informed
that President Roosevelt would eommuni-
cate with the House in writing
At 12:Iy o'clock the familiar figure of
Major Pruden appeared upon the floor Of
the House and announced that he bore
a message from the President. The docu-
ment was carried to the Speakers desk
and handed to the clerk, who began to
read it.
Silence Throughout the HALL
A hush fell over the House. Members
accustomed to peruse newspapers and
other private documents at such times
leaned back in their seats and listened
attentively. Democrats and Republicans
alike gave strict heed. Almost every
member was IN his seat, and there was
remarkably little moving about on the
floor.
The clerk read clearly and distinctly,
not in the ordinary sing-song monotone,
but with emphasis. slowly punetuating
and rounding out each pointed and cpl
S9As14ii+Eieit-C StuttuCS- ne DGSan
The Congress assembled this year un-
der the shadow OF a great calamity
Fell Upon House Like n PaEl
The sentence fell upon the House like
a pail, and the clerk continued TO read
the story of the assassination Of Presf-
dent Mckinley, the writer paying a most
eloquent and touching tribute to the late
Presidents personal character and public
works
There was no baser deed in all the
annals Of crime, the message read, and
as the clerk paused momentariIy after
this sentence there was silent endorse
ment of this sentiment.
Furnished with Printed Copies.
The clerk had not proceeded far be-
fore pages had supplied each member
with q printed copy Of the message,
and the Representatives followed the
reading closely. Soon the first clerk be
came weary and a recond reader took his
place. Finally. as the reading progressed
and the routine affairs of Government
we're being touched upon some OF the
members retired to the cIoakrooms. but
a majority remained in the hall during
the reading Of the major portion Of the
message, which occupied several hours.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-03
THE PRESIDENT NOTIFIED.
Informed by Joint Committee That
Congress Is In Session.

Congress Is In Session
The joint committee from the Senate
and House appointed to wait upon the
President to inform him of the conven-
ing Of the Fifty-seyenth Congress called
at the White House at 1880 o'clock this
morning.
It consisted Of Senators Hale and Nor
gan and Representatives Bingham, Payne,
and Richardson
In an official sense the President was
supposed to be ignorant of the fact that
Congress was il session until formally
notified by the committee.
Representative Richardson was the first
member OF the joint committee to arrive.
little later the veteran members of the
upper house joined him in the Cabinet
Room. and just before Il O'Clock Repre-
sentative Bingham of Pennsylvania. the
father Of the House, and Representative
Payne arrived
A little after u O'Clock Major Pruden.
who has for years borne the Presidents
messages from the White House to the
Capitol, received two copies Of the mes
sage.
The message was printed on the finest
bond paper and bound in brown morocco
leather lined with white silk.
The pages were secured to the covers
with red. white and blue ribbon. The
last page OF each copy OF the message
bore the bold signature in black ink. The
odore Roosevelt
Major Pruden. with the precious docu-
ments under his arm. entered a carriage
at the door Of the White House and was
driven at once to the Capitol, where the
messages were delivered t. the two
| houses with the customary forcaiities.
Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Co
| Delightful trips daily at csc p. m, from feSt
7th St to Old Point Comfort Norfolk Virginia
Beach. and Newport News See ad. page 8.
Weather Strips, IL TT, II cts each,
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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-03
ROUSI RUL S COMMITTEE.
Members Announced This Morning
by Speaker Henderson.

After prayer by the chaplain and the
reading Of the journal in the House this
morning, Mr.. Payne Of New York moved
that when the House adjourned today it
adjourn until Friday. The motion vas
carried
Speaker Henderson announced the Com
mittee on Rules as follows: Messrs. Hen
derson Of Iowa, DalzeIl Of Pennsylvania,
Grosvenor Of Ohio. Richardson Of Tennes-
see, and Underwood Of Alabama
Representative Underwood is the new
member taking the place Of Mr.. Bailey
Of Texas, who IS now IN the Senate.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-03
ALL ATTENTIVE
TO THE MESSAGE
Marked Interest Shown in
House and Senate.
MEMBERS RBMAIE IN THEIR SEATS
Listen Closely to the PRESIDENT s
Recommendations Upon Public
Questions - Routine Pro-
ceeding5 Of the Day.

The first message OF President Theodore
Roosevelt was presented to and read in
both houses of Congress today It was
carried from the White House TO the Cap
itoI by Major Pruden, Assistant Secretary
to the President. and by him was sub
mitted to the Senate and House shortly
after noon.
The reading Of the message consumed
seYeraI hours. and marked attention was
paid to the suggestions and recommends
tions contained therein. Nearly all Of
the Senator's and Representatives re-
NAMED in their seats and closely followed
the readers by perusing printed copies
of the document.
Not in the history OF the American
Congress has a message from the White
House been treated with more considera-
ton and respect The passages referring
to the assassination Ct the late President
Mckinley fell upon auditors whose hearts
gave response to the tender sympathy ex-
pressed to the bereaved people and the
words Of condemnation for the spirit of
anarchy which led to the atrocity at But
faIo.
Stirring references to economic reforms
were listened to with interest not usual
at such times and mods Of approval were
numerous as the members heard read the
Presidents recommendations in behalf OF
the public veal.
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RECEIVED By THE HOUSE.

Members Profoundly Impressed by
the Presidents Words.
It was with far more profound interest
and attention than usual that the mem
bers of the House listened to the read
ing of the message. This was especially
true in regard to that eloquent portion
in which the circumstances. Of the death
OF the late Executive were narrated
"The Father Of the House" Mr.. Bing-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-03

Flooring, Sis per 100 squire feet,
tongued and srcovcd, At Prank Libbey & Co.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-03
ONE CENT.
Received and Read in Both Houses Of the Nationa
This Afternoon
ne National Legislature

State Which Remarkable Simplicity uag0pmS With Reference the Death
Mckinley Anarchy the Whole Evils
Should Be-
INDUCED Bnan Canal Should Constructed and
Safguaed United Alone
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-03

FIynn,s BuxIntkn College. sfh and Is.
Business Shorthand. TypewTiting- SIS year.
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5xo0 shingles, md plenty OF them,
at 9th and Negs York ave.