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CRIMES OF TIE CORSET.
Efforts in France to Prohibit the
Wear of the Article.

Paris iritor /" lhe A"w \ork ltilnH"
In The four hundred years that have
elapsed since tnthurinc de Mcdics in
uoduced corscts into France criticism
OF The article and oi the women Wear
ing ii has not been lacking. Indeed,
ii was not long after the death of
Catherine when II celebrated French
slyunt gave Il public lecture in his
dlssectlns room ut the Hotel Dieu 10
demonstrate the Grimes of which the
corset WAS guilty. These lectures
raised much discussion at the time and
they, perhaDs, and not Coquctry and
the feminine love of change, were re-
SponSible for the loose, floating lines
of the Vatican pleat or Il century af-
terWard, for the costumes OF The Direc-
toire. Now another celebrated French
doctor has returned to the charge, and.
not content with lectming and dem
ons,ratlng the evils of corsets, has gone
50 far as to form "A bill which ii Is his
intention 10 present 10 the chamber,
and which in the case Of its becoming
Il law, would most elfectualy put a
stop To what this doctor terms "the
crime of Womnnhood.
DR.. Marechal Is physician whose
reputation would not lead one to ar-
ousr him Of mere Sensalionalism, yet
the charges that he brings against cor
sets in his recent lecture nre perhaps
more stringent than those ever uttered
before by any member OF the anti-cor-
set brigade, DR. Marechal makes the
astonishing assertion. and pretends to
back ii mp by statistics, that out of II
hundred young women who wear cor
setsonly thirty retain perfect health
III" law that pr M1reChal Is endeay-
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commenced to beat as it should: he be-
came suddenly 1T his ease. With Il
magnificent air he answered
Miss cummings. the governor should
feel it cause tor great shame that he
has NOT Ions ago made me an ardent
Hdmircr OF you and your beauty
The younS lady blishcd. as il WAS
only proper that she should do and tho
next moment the boss and the bride
toihc Of the henchman of the boss
We're seated face To face tn" senator
charmed by the Young iudy's beauty
Miss Cummings deeply Interested in
the senator's easy lioW of speech In
the meanwhile. Governor coleritlge
pretending TO read II book, WAS con
rempating with great delight II sitra-
lion which. he thought. could not fail
to h" Of advantage to himself,
Nearly an hour passed before Hiss
Cummings was suddenly reminded of
an engagement. She arose and h"-
lighted the senator with another smile:
the senator's cOurtlN bow would h;tV.
done credit to amy southern gentleman
of fifty years ago. And with Il swish
Of skirts Miss Cummings had vanished.
The room was dark again,
The boss looked at the governor: tho
governor looked at the boss. The GOV
"rnor smiled Il knowing smile; The boss
smiled II sickly smile.
Hut Senator Lowry, as | said before,
WAS essentially a man of nerve. So he
braced himself, while his face took ON
the appearance of great determination.
Advancing to the governor ne took the
lattrr'S hunr in his own tight grasp.
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| other message. He thanked him very
! kindly for his courtesy. but said that
/ he would advise him to change his
| mind in regard to the Hampton appru-
! priation. Else, very likely. there would
be Il different candidate for governor
ut the next election. In less than ~,
| hour reply from the governor. quito
as positive as the first ANA sharper in
tone, reached the senator.
| The next day Senator Lowry, bag in
| hand. commanding and distinguished
| in his high hat and wcll-titting frock
coat, mounted the steps of the 94I
| westward-b hound express.
| The boss and the governor We're IN
! the executive chamber. The governor
sat at his desk, cool and collected. The
boss was before the governor in Il big,
comfortable rocking -chair, looking at
| him keenly from beneath his hall
T! closed eye-lids.
/ The senator was the first to speak.
Governor" he said abruptly, II
| want to know why you've taken this
fool notion into your head to veto the
Hampton Appropriation. No lodgins,
now; what's your rcason""
The governor laughed pleasantly.
oh, well, | suppose | might jus, as
| we'll tell you. It's because ! am going
to get married"
Married." exclaimed LoNcry.
Whats that got to do with the Lamp
ton appropriation. Are YOU Crazy,
man"'
''No," returned the governor. COM
placentiy. lat least, | dOn't think So"
And he laughed again.
The fact is, senator" he continued
my marrying has II great deal to do
with this bill, and If you'll be patient
ana slNo me IL little time, I will clear
it all up To You, But first of all.
want you 10 admit senator that while
the hampton bill is il very good thing
for the people of this state, still it is
by no means necessary for thcir well
fare, Isn't That SO, senator?"
The senator frowned and thought Il
minute,
Yes" he finally agreed. That's
So"
Now continued The governor
isn't il nearly essential to the average
mans happiness thar he marry tho
sirl the girl he loves"
Il suppose So" said L.owery. With
an air OF resignation. though not being
a married man he really knew nothing
about ii,
NOV senator, here's The case in
nutshell II The Hampton appropria-
tion goes through | lose The girl, DO
You blame me, SENATOR
do ! blame vou,' thundered back
the boss. do ! blame you for putting
your own selfish interests before The
welfare of This state, Certainly. gov
ernor, | do blame YOU. Certainly every
man ~ honor should blame YOU"
The he became suddenly calm.
"fou have not set told mo governor,
how the passage of the Hampton bin
can so affect your affairs of heart
The governor Was cool.
The young lady in the affair scn-
ator is the daughter of old Maurice
Cummings, one time of the fifth ward.
fou know Cummings. and you can
understand why he would be opposed
To this bill-interests in the Iukcns
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orin2 to have passed is divided into
| three articles. Article forbdS any
woman under thirty TO Wear Il corset
of any description. ANY woman con-
v!c,cd of doing SO shall be punished
! ny three months of implisonment II
ih" delinquent should be Il minor her
parents on guardians as We'll shall be
condemned to pay Il fine of from 100 iu
lo0O francs.
Article II permits amy woman over
thirty to Wear amy corset she wishes.
Article III provides for the most RIG
orous formnlities surrounding: the
! manufacturing and sale Of corsets
Every one licensed t. scil cDrsets shall
b" obl;-'HH In tuk" tl., name. address
and I%' "i every buNc.. and shall be
subject To fine and conliscd1ion of busI-
ness In case Of IN Illegal sale
Although Or. Mnrechal asks that leg
islation shall only take rOenizanca of
tn" evils of corsots III present. he is BY
no means to stop there in his desire lu,
dress reform. He has Il GOOD deal TO
say on the subject of high heels and
pointed Toes. of tiaL, cloves and Ion.
skirts In short, he claims that Wom-
en- dress has caused II frightful physi-
'''' ''l'iiol tllpl III llt Hulllttn species.
While the cranium of the Merovingiau
woman had II capacity of 1883 cubic
centineters, that OF the modern French
woman has II capacity OF only 1887
cubic "cnlimcters. ana this loss. the
doctor declares. is du" 10 the habit of
wearing heavy headdresses. AS TO
whether on no II modern French head
weighing only 33I cubic centmeters is
worth more than II Merovingian crlni-
uln Weighing somewhat more is Il sub
j"ct ON which the learned doctor do. =
not care to enter Tie is convinced that
corsels, hats wells and various other
Items of the feminine wardrobe are bad
ana has come to the conclusion thar If
women win not be persuaded to dis
card them they should be forced to ito
50.
Dr. Marerhnl is an arden, supporter
Of the Womans rights movement in
France, ana yet it II To men and the
law that he appeals to bring about the
reform which he has SO much AT heart
He tHCitly admits that the vanity OF
The average woman will not allow her
to give NJ these rOullclrieS, and that
she must br brought To do 50 through
th" intervention Of her uld-timc lord
ana Muster HE man and husband.
Eul il has been argued by people whose
perspiuuity has been brought To bear
ON the subject that the strongest oh
iections TO the uncorseted figure come
from man-the ordinary, average man.
When he shall become convinced that
Il lrig waist ana confined hips are not
necessary to "A Woman's good appear
ance there is II possibility thai the cor
set viii he done away with.
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WHEN THE BOSS GAVE I'M.

CENATuE LOWRY read the tele-
~ gram again. "Coleridge is !; fool 4"
he exclaimed. angrily, and tore the
3ittle piece Of yellow paper into bits
f"nd threw them into the waste -bu sket
4, Veto the hampton appropriation,
Why, ,Whlts the man thinking Of"
? senator Lowry was Il boss. He bosscd
n great western state, and bossed it
Eh"'"uehy from ward-heeler to gover-
S7lor. He differed from other bosses in
ShiS 1nethodS. He was honest Honesty
Sis a quality seldom found in political
bosses, SO that it is strange that Lowry
ts'hould have succeeded. 1t was only
through remarkable courage, both
Nnoral ana physical, and II singular
power of will that he had come to the
tIop. He WAS what people cnll Il strong
man You could see this strength in
Gthe large, muscular frame, and the
Nmnssivo, commanding features. And
Lowry had honest men under him. and
could depend ON them to obey orders
That is why Lowry's enemies STYLED
him the cor,uptest boss that ever en-
tered politics.
the senator was sitting In his COM
mitlec room ut the capitol, when he
gave utterancc to the forceful remarks
above quoted He had Just received a
telegram from toleridge, The machine
governor of his state, informing him
very Respectfully, Vet very firmly, that
If the Hampton. appropriation bill
passed the state legislature he would
veto it. The senator was II very angry
man, and Il very myStitied one. He
could not see what reason there could
be to move Colerlgc to oppose this bill.
Ia 1 Ia h,l "a,
iD that it was perfectly just measure
3 one that would so fan toward pro-
noting the welfare OF the people. He
aknew thai rolerdge was nothing if not
"Hn honest man; hence, he sought in
vain for an explanation of this, his first
Eattempt to oppose the will of the boss,
The more the senator thought about
tit, the more pcrplcNed and the more
angry he became. So at last he dashed
of the following telegram 10 the gov
ernor:
g. Come to Washington III once, Meet
me at So hotel at s p. m, ON the
25tli."
Well" he remarked grimly, his
anger, having cooled u little, that
ought 10 bring Mr.. coleridge around
He probably won't come, but IA tele-
gram of submission will do just as
Well And the boss chuckled content
sedly.
The next day he received II reply in
Which the governor regretted that the
press OF business would moi permit him
10 do aus the senator had requested"
"3ut' the governor had added. Il am
always at home to Senator Lowry"
When the senator had recovered from
the shock OF reading This Interesting
epistle, the humor of The situation
that Of Il politician declining to do as
his boss bade hin--began 10 dawn upon
him, and he was even heard 10 express
admiration for the governors sand
Nevertheless" he said The Lamp
ton bill must go through, ana | viii not
allow colerdge to thWart me in this
matter, not even if | have to so all the
way to 7 10 prevent II. But, first,
I'll see how threat viii work
Accordingly. he sent the governor am
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over tlcm, lho 'umbIr1' must mot be mu}eI
wIi the irmon, ue needed for IL" or tine air
getting 10 Them will nake lhem no.. AuuJ +
WY Is to hang tncm N net in ln ANY place,
It i, a good thing Tor the ferns 10 pat them IA
The window o''I "t ihr >un every morning, amt
once q week ii improves them / place in the
Kitchen sink or the bath tuh and ,pgl thsu
thoroughly with wIlo,, The Garth I'M 1he po'
,hould he kept damp, Tut Il IS not a good rhns
Ia let the water 'nl in the saucer
Many people orlcn nail IN cooking potitor, al.
though they cap ny .ihey thing, Hdl, Nhn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-11
ALARM IN BRAZIL.
Uncertainty Regarding the Existence
of q Revolutionary Plot.

New York, March IA dispatch to
the Herald from Rio de Janeiro says:
While it is officially denied that a.
monarchist plot has been discovered,
there are many circumstances which
show that the government is guarding
against any attempt to overthrow it.
A most significant action is the send
ing of the cruiser Aluirante Brosso to
Santos. The warship viii GO ostensiDly to
relieve the cruiser Tamayo. 1t is be-
1ieved, however, that the authorities are
not fully assured of the sympathy of
the crews, and have therefore sent them
away until all fear of an uprising is re-
moved.
Precautions have been taken by the
police and military also. Great precau-
tons are also being taken on the other
war vessels. A government decree just
published proclaims the extinction of
the plague, as twenty days have passed
without any new cases having been
found The quarantine therefore has
been raised.
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ROBSON In CHICAGO.
Distinguished Comedian Receives an
Ovation at His Opening.

Chicago. March 11.-Theatrical interest
in Chicago last night centered in the re-
vival of FsShe Stops to Conquer" at the
Grand Opera house by Stuart Robson.
The theater was crowded with one of
the largest audiences that has ever gath
cred within its walls and the general Opin-
lon at the conclusion of the performance
was that Mr.. Robson had scored the
greatest success of his long career
The distinguished comedian was tender
ed a. magnificent ovation when he stepped
on the stage and at the end of the third
act after numerous curtain calls, he was
compelled to express his thanks for the
enthusiastic manner in which he and his
play had been received. Mr.. Robson's
company had been specially selected for
the revival and is composed of some of
the leading favorites of the theatrical pro-
fession. On account of the hit scored by
Mr.. Robson and t'She Stops to Conquer,
efforts are being made to extend their
stay in Chicago, though it is feared that
previous bookings will prevent.
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TOWN SWEPT away.
Additional Reports From the
Storms Path in Texas.

St Louis, NO. March 11-Reports from
the storm ridden portions of Texas and
Arkansas continue to come in. Informa-
ton from Pine Prairie, Ark, rs miles
north of Texarkana, is to the effect that
the entire town has been swept away
and many persons injured, two being
killed. The place is off the telegraph line
and can not be reached. The news came
from Ashdown, Ark, the nearest point
to the stricken place. The damage done
by the tornado at New Boston, Tex, will
aggre gate $65 600 and in the surrounding
vicinity the loss is incalculable. Many
of the farm houses have been unroofed
and families left without home. In the
village of New Boston alone there were
36 store houses and residences dislodged
or demolished. Not life was lost
From Blossom, Tex, a station of 1000
souls, comes the report that the people
there suffered as much from the wind as
did New Boston, the entire town being
dismantled All along the lines of the
St. Louis Southwestern, the Iron Noun
tain, the Kansas City Southern railroads
and throughout their Texas connections
for radius of 200 miles in all directions
there are authentic reports If extensive
damage. done to the farming interests
and to the railways and wires.
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"Reminiscences of Max Muller.
rFrnrn the I.ondon Telegranh.l

From the London Ielegrapn.I
His conclusions were not always ac-
cepted, or, indeed, acceptable AS q
folk-lorist he had many a brush with
both Dr. E. 3. Taylor and Andrew
Lang; but the science Of primitive
civilization-or rather of that period an
terror to civilization, when the dim in
te1ligence of humanity was seeking for
some verbal expression Of its half IN
conscious lffe-WaS illustrated by Pro-
fessor Max Muller with a master hand.
He had the gift, too, of striking phrase;
his s.Bow-wow' and "Pooh-pooh" the
cries of the origin of speech served to
indicate views generally. recognized as
of the highest value in the interpreta-
ton of human language
We are not concerned, however, with
these lofty themes. but rather with the
man as he lived and moved in Oxford
society. There he will be remembered
as a very accomplished man. whose
house in Norman Gardens was always
open to foreign ceIebrities-for example,
to NJ Renan, when all Oxford tried to
speak fluent French in order to converse
with a scholar who oddly enough knew
no English. OF course, a man in Pro-
fessor Max MulIer's position had many
exalted relations with foreign potentates-
Every year, whenever Oxford was for
tunate enough to win the boat race. the
German Crown Prince son Of Wilhelm
I. afterWard the German emperor. sent
a telegram to congratulate Professor
Max Muller Each successive telegram
was duly enshrined in the annals of the
oxford University Boat club, and the
professor himself made the resultant
discovery that whatever else Oxford
stood for in the continental world il was
at least famous as the home or attn
letics-
torious a part of oxford as himself At
first he had two dachshunds one black
and tan called Waldmann, another red,
called Mannerl-. They were generally
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HAD FORGIVING NATURE.
Chicago Merchant Pays For Funeral
of Man Who Attempted His Life

Chicago March 11-Funeral services
under unusual circumstances were per-
formed when the remains Of aged John
Correa, the boolxkeeper who committed
suicide last Monday after having made
an unsuccessful attempt to murder
Charles A. Morrill,, his employer, were
laid in their last. resting place at Oak
woods cemetery.
The unusual feature of the obsequies
lay in the fact that the arrangements
were made by Mr. Morrill, who, though
he is still suffering from wound in the
back Of the head inflicted by one of the
bullets from a revolver fired by Correa,
insists on paying all the expenses of the
burial
Relatives of Correa, however, made
known their desire to bury the remains.
Mr. Morrill, was firm and insisted that
it was his desire to arrange the funeral
for the man who for more than 20 years
had been in his employ.
He refused to be turned from his origi-
nal Intention though informed of the ar
rival from California of a son Of the de-
ceased who had come here to attend the
funeral.
In answer TO a question as to why he
should wish to bury the man who so
desperately attempted to kill him he
said simply: Because am a Christ
ian" Further than this Mr.. Morrill, de-
clined to talk
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NINE WORKERS GATHER.
Workmen in the Anthracite Region
Of Wyoming Valley Grow Restless

"a 0LAAL5 NeAAOy (A0W -@C-~-C'-7-
Wilkesbarre. Pa. March 1.-THE dele
gates from this section tc the United Mine
Workers convention at Hazelton viii
leave for that city today The convention
will be much larger than the one held in
the same town last fall. Some of the To-
Gals send as high as ten delegates
Charles J. THAN, district organizer and
a delegate to the convention. said last
night he thought the action Of the coal
companies in posting notices signifying
their willingness to pay the present scale
Of wages for another year was only a.
-feeler." The operators. he said. knew
there were other pressing grievances, and
he believed they would adjust these griev
ances rather than precipstate another
strike.
Grievances which the delegates from
Wyoming valley viii insist on being
brought before the convention relate to
pay Tor dead work and a uniform price
for rock work Some of the companies
IN this section, it IS said. do not pay any
tnlng Tor dead work. and IL the Carbon
dale district of the Delaware & Hudson
company better wages are paid for Ger
tain kinds Of work than are paid at the
coIleries operated by the same company
hereab bouts.
The leaders Of the United Mine Workers
say until there is uniform system all
through the anthracite region there will
be constant friction between employers
and employees and the only hope of estab-
fishing such a system is corporation upon
says he does not think there will be a
strike but says if the operators would
meet the miners in Joint conference all
grievances could be settled in a few hours
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MITCHELL FOR PEACE.
President of United Mine Workers
Would Avoid a Strike

Scranton, Pa, March 11.-President
John Mitchell of the United Mine Work
ers of America is here. He said last
night that the coal operators offer TO
continue the 10 per cent advance in the
miners wages indicates a friendly feel
ing. He hoped that the operators would
show the same disposition regarding rhe
other question TO come before the Haz-
elton convention.
In my judgment" said Mr. Mitchell.
the proper way to adjust wages and
insure uninterrupted employment is to
have annual conferences between the op-
orators and the employees rs is dOre in
.he soft coal region. There Is no good
reason why the operators should not
confer with the organization. Last fell
-hey claimed the organization did not
represent the miners That excuse cannot
be put forward now. Practically speak
ing, every miner in the region is now
enrolled in the organization
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GOES WITH BALDWIN.
Athlete Lefangwell Will Accompany
the Polar Expedition

Chicago. March 1.-THE Tribune says:
Ernest De Koven Leffingwell, a Univer-
sity Of Chicago student and athlete. will
accompany the BaIdwin-zeigler expedi-
ton to the Arctic region. He win be
the geodist of the party. and is now in
Washington making final arrangements.
Mr.. Leffingwen has been a graduate
student in the department Of physics at
the university for the last two years,
and has been prominent in athletics as
a sprinter and discus thrOwer Last
spring he won the 100 yards dash in the
dual meet with Illinois. making the dis
lance in 10 seconds He also won the
discus throw. In 1897 he played on the
university football team. He is also a
member OF the Psi Epsilon fraternity
LefingNell is the son OF the rector Of
St Mary's academy. Knoxville, Ill He
graduated from Trinity college in 1895.
and then entered the graduate school at
the University Of Chicago. He is fond
OF outdoor life and has roughed it many
times on long hunting expeditions in
Canada. Arizona and California
At thefoutbreak Of the Spanish war he
Joined the Illinois naval reserve and was
assigned to duty on the OREGON. During
the battle of Santiago he was stationed
in the forward turret in charge Of one
of the guns.
The Baldwin -Zeig1er expedition will
leave Tromsoe. Norway, IN June.
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NEATLY DROWNED.
Ex-President Has a Narrow Escape
While Hunting.

Richmond, Va, March r11.-Former
President Cleveland came near to being
drowned Saturday night in Back Bay on
the Virginia coast
He was far out IN the bay with Presi-
dent Joseph Seelinger. of the Back Bay
club. The shooting was fine, and Mr..
Cleveland refused to leave the blinds I'M
til it became too dark to shoot. When
they started for the shore in a small
ducking boat a storm arose and nearly
swamped the boat
It was o'clock and pitch dark before
they reached shore. Club men say the
former president had a close call. He
sent so ducks by express through Nor
folk to Mrs. Cleveland at.Princeton.