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Evening star., 1901-12-14
IN OLDEN Tim ES
What Being Minister'S Wife Meant
Fifty Years Ago.
CONTRAST BETWEEN THEN And NOW
Still the Honor Was Enviable,
With All Its Limitations.
A FREE WOMAN NOW, THOUGH

Copyright, 1901, by Mary A. Livermore)
Written for The Evening Star.
1t is not very long ago since the right of
women to ownership of themselves was a
debatable question. The small ambitions
of young women were brusquely squelched
with the authoritative statement that "a
girl was to live under her fathers roof and
be subject to him and serve him till her
marriage. Then she was to go to her hus-
bands house and obey and serve him"
This was a survival Of the contempt for
physical weakness and women of which
Walter Bagehot speaks in his Physics and
Politics as characteristics of primitive So
ciety." 1t led men then to supply them
selves with wives by capturing them, as if
they were wild animals, or by purchasing
them, if any one else had claims on them.
Since a woman could not own herself,
she could not own property, could not de-
mand wages for her work, and could not
dispose of her time as her case and capac-
ity dictated. These arrangements were in
the control of the person to whom she
owed service and obedience She only
needed to be trained to her duty. Where
the law was silent on this subject a public
sentiment existed stronger than law that
compelled unmarried women to observe
these unwritten commands. Concerning
married women the law was not Silent-and
is not today. There were homes where un-
married daughters lived through life, rem
derng unpaid service, from very love and
DEVOTION and there are such today. And
there were then, as now, marriages based
on mutual respect and affection, which
made the earthly heaven of both parties,
to whom the law was a dead letter. For
humanity is diViner than law, and men are
not infrequently nobler than the laws they
enact.
Somewhere in the fifties a Connecticut
clergyman wished to marry his sister-in-
law. She had worked for her widowed
father twenty-five years without wages,
although he was able to pay her, had car
ried on the multiform labors of large
farm with financial success, and had reared
younger brothers and sisters to useful and
respectable maturity. Meantime her father
had married again, and she could be spared
from her home But the father, a miserly
old curmudgeon, stoutly opposed the
daughters marriage, and not only refused
to give her a decent setting out" as the
country parlance phrased it, but locked up
same her clerical lover married her. And
being renowned for grit as for grace
he then commenced suit against the irate
father for the unpaid services of his daugh-
ter for twenty-five years.
He Lost the Case.
He lost his case through some infor-
mality. But it provoked great discussion
at the time, invading even the pulpit, which
blazed with condemnation of unfilal chill
drcn. who forgot to honor their father and
mother" Some of his ministerial brethren
handled the clergyman with great severity
and hurled at his devoted head an ava
Evening star., 1901-12-14
About Elbow Sleeves.
From Vogue.


A word here upon the effect of wearing
elbow sleeves, or pronounced undersleeves
with a fiaring sleeve model, in relation to
ones height. 1t is impossible to do so
without losing that precious height line. and
no matter how much a short woman NAV
admire the cutoff sleeve, or the very wide
faring one, she should not indulge herself
in wearing either, but cling to sleeves
which mark long line from shoulder to
wrist. If by any chance she insists unon
the newer sleeve, then she must have the
top fit rather closely and below the elbow
have glove-titting additional sleeve to
wrist. This will suggest the long arm line
In the matter of undersleeves, have them
as small as possible and not strikinelv in
contrast with the gown. By these little
managements should women study their
particular figures in their relation to the
modishness of the day. Dressmakers in
their rush of business cannot be expected
to do this, nor are they much inclined to If
as general thing, as their experience
proves that their clients pay no heed what
soever to their advice, always going their
sweet way in direct opposition.
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lanche of Scripture texts to prove that
children can never do too much for their
parents" This aphorism was in every
body's mouth in those days. as is its COM
plement, which today supplants it: par
ents can never do too much for their chill
dren." Both are true, within certain just
limitations.
Colonel Higginson tells US of a school
committee in Massachusetts, town who
said seriously in their report, speaking of
an appointment: "As this place offers
neither honor nor profit, we do not see why
it should not be filled by a woman" Work
of this description has been considered wo--
mans work ever since the world began.
And when her services have been so emil
nent as to compel reward of money, or so
illustrious as to win applause. both the
money and glory have usually been diverted
from their rightful owner to some man who
had "claim" upon her.
If a woman married minister in those
days she ran the risk Of adding to her dis
abilities and discomforts. For she was con-
sidered one Of the minister's belongings"
and when the parish committee made q con-
tract with him 1t went without saying that
her services were thrown into the bargain.
The female contingent Of the old-time par
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IMPERIAL TOILET SPECIALTIES

whose grievances could only be redressed
by giving them an amount of freedom ana
self-ownersEip hitherto denied them This
impression was deepened by an occurrence
IN central Illinois, during the civil war
The wife of a Presbyterian clergyman an
intellectual, studious woman the mother
OF his six children, who was exemplary as
wife, mother and houSekeeper came to dis
belleYe the creed of her husbands church,
in which she had been educated, and had
hitherto accepted. This gave great offenss
to her husband, his deacons and the lead
ing people of his parish. And carefully
complying with the regular forms of law
they pronounced her insane and placed her
IN the insane asylum at Jacksonville III.
Here she was incarcerated for three
years, all the while holding herself calmly
ana steadily to one purpose-to appeal to
tne courts OF the state for an investigation
OF her case, when she felt sure Of release.
AT last she succeeded. BY a writ of ha-
oeas corpus she was taken before the cir
cult court, when jury of twelve men pro-
nounced her sane, after an investigation of
week, and she was relieved from ali re-
straint Incompatible with her condition as
a sane woman.
All Changed Now.
The minister's wife today is a free woman.
and may become the leading lady" of the
parish. If she chooses. If she prefers to
confine her activities to her family and her
own pursuits the parish accepts the situa-
ton and contents itself with the exchange
of courtesies common to polite society If
she adds beauty and power to her hus-
bands work by her wise helpfulness she
may be sure of appreciation and love. She
VIII be criticised, of course-but who
escapes criticism? If there is a blemish in .
her personal appearance, an infelicity in
her style OF dress a taint of Bohemianism
In her housekeeping. a suspicion of crank
mess In her literary or religious views, or
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ish regarded the minister's wife as their
especial perquiSite. She was to be appro-
priated as their needs or whims might sug-
gest. and as her temper and will would
permit. 1t was not very bad for the
minister's wife that her husband was her
legal owner, since, If she only knew
enough-and what woman does not, when
she chooses?-she could transmute this doc
trine of legal ownership into a legal fiction
and bring him to be her most loving and
devoted subject forever. But subordination
to her husbands parish was a very differ
ent affair. For women are more conserva-
tive than men, less lenient to the shortcom-
ings of their sex, and the standard by
which they measured the minister's wife
was beyond attainment.
She must be a pattern of godliness in
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and every shopwoman was unhappy be-
cause she feared that she would be COM
PEELED to work overtime right up to Christ
mas evening.
The Henry " Sleeve.
Among the many new sleeves the Henry
" especially commanded my admiration
1t was just the thing for the woman with
Evening star., 1901-12-14

pirate gift for her daughter Another sends
to her most intimate friend a pair of black
silk hose inset with real lace.
bewitChing tea gown of crepe de chine
with full fronts of tucked chiffon and a
yoke of ecru lace is present to be made
by one telle to an intimate friend 1t
matches gown of her own which the
friend much admires. Stocks, collars, bo-
leros and automobile ties are among the
smaller tokens considered appropriate by
the ladies of Paris. They are useful and to
my mind better investments than some of
the useless trihes that American women
adopt as Christmas gifts.
CATHERINE TALBOT.
Evening star., 1901-12-14
Her Cruel Fate.

Both books were widely read, and much
discussed, publicly and privately. 1t be-
gan to dawn upon the community that min
isterS wives were an oppressed class,
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slender limbs. A stunning evening toilet of
mauve liberty satin and guipure was fin
ished on the shoulders and arms with puffed
cascades of chiffon. Below them fell three
smaller cascades of chiffon, covering the
arms to the elbow, where founces of the
chiffon lent it's softening effects.
In my shopping l had an opportunity to
make a pretty fair estimate of what
Frenchwomen buy for each other at holi-
day times. One dame ordered from a smart
shop a dozen embroidered silk stockings
arranged in a handsome box as an appro-
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a speciality Of the Rhine and MoSele vim
tages that are almost or quite natural. A
natural or ''brut' wine is as free as pos
sible from sugar and has never been forti-
fed with the addition Of horrible but
widely used supplementary spirit made in
the cellars Of Hamburg for rotten pota-
toes
Pure and sugarless wines taken in mod
Grafton do not retard but assist the effects
of flesh reducing regimen, and to ner-
vous obesity patients dry sherry treated
with pepsin beef extract and aromatics is
given as a TONIC.
Cases of drys wine, boxes of reduction
biscuit and jars of table water with other
examples of OBESITY foods are not only
packed and shipped to all parts of the
world, but follow the leading theatrical
women, the prima donnas and members of
smart society the world over. This diet
admits of a gradual return to the COM
mon routine of the table with special ex-
ceptions, against bread, sweet wines and
doubtful waters.
Some women, in fact, who, under the
English obesity specialist have dropped off
anywhere FROM twenty to a hundred
pounds, continue on the stationary regi-
men many months following their cure.
They learn to like the dietary foods and
wines and feel smore secure in their Slen-
derness so long as half way precautions are
taken, though as lone graduate from the
obesity hotel explained, the charm of the
method is that it absolutely corrects the
tendency of the system to turn food into
fat.
When the tendency is corrected the re-
suit is not wrinked pallor, nervous pros
tration and a permanently injured appe-
tite that were the almost invariable conse-
quences of the old methods pursued by
emi-starvation, abnormal restriction to but
one or two foods, or the heroic treatment
with baths mineral waters and exercise.
The up-to-date obesity specialist will un-
hesitatingly undertake to reduce a woman
on the shady side of fifty, and not only
guarantee to bring her weight into perfect
adjustment with her height, but will i'm
prove her health and appearance in the
process. Such a feat, however, he admits
himself. is only possible since the sub
stitutes for fattening foods have been
found.
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If she is not up to date in the changeable
etiquette of society. 1t will be detected and
commented upon. But no Procrustean tor
ture will be employed to bring her into con-
formity to an authorized model. For the
model disappeared some time ago, with the
beadle and the tithing-man.
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not just the thing for young girls ball
gown"
l was charmed with the frock, as Celes-
tine meant l should be. 1t was entirely of
spotted white mousseline over white SILK
and cut in the princess style, with plalt-
ed application of the mousseline falling,
unconfined, from the shoulders to the
train. The bodice was ornamented with
medallions of Valenciennes lace, a trim
ming of the same sort being applied to the
skirt, very little of it decorating the front,
but covering half the back of the skirt.
butterfly bow in lace fiuttered charmingly
over the corsage front and perched coquet-
tishly above the elbows, where the plain,
transparent muslin sleeves terminated.
A Visiting Costume.
$50 far good,'' assented, but in what
will mademoiselle pay visits to the august
friends of her aunt?' 1 quered.
I'm this" said Celestine, shaking out
rich gown of green cloth, the expanding
godet f1ounce of which was festooned with
tails depending from tiny ornamental heads.
A line of the fur connected each group OF
heads and tails. The same style of dec
oration appeared upon the bolero just above
scallOped, stitched band of silk Whlch
supplemented the coats rather brief length
The sleeves widened very much to the wrist
and were trimmed with a fur edged, turned
| back cuff and supplemented by puffed un-
dersleeve of white silk muslin. The skirt
a
above which the soft folds of a white silk
| blouse appeared. The bolero showed a high
turned over collar of the same material
as the rest of the coat. This more and
more comes to be the correct way of nm
ishing a short coat. Instead of being but
toned the boIero was tied a the neck with
q little knot of velvet ribbon. which Celes-
tine assured me was the latest wrinkle in
short coat fastenings.
For American Friends.
You would be surprised" Nine. Celestine
observed as she whisked out a bodice, Ito
know how many women order handsome
blouses as holiday gifts for their relatives
Some of them were for shipment to Amer
lea. Ladies who are visiting in France
think that the people at home will prize
some trife from one of the famous French
dressmakers, and they order from measure
| ments and send them home regardless of
the duty. which makes them rather eXpen-
sive before ali reckonngs are paid
| Cornftower blue taffeta trimmed with
broad bands of stitched white glace were
the chief materials in the specimen Christ
mas blouses. A circular yoke of the white
| glace was decorated with bands of jeweled
| braid. The braid which outlined the yoke
| was put on in concave lines, dividing the
| applications of white glace bands. The
| pointed ceinture of white silk was trimmed
with bands of the braid A drapery of
white lace was gathered in at intervals by
knots of dark blue velvet ribbon, which
mingled with the scarfiike ends of lace fall
ing below the waist. The sleeves had the
appearance of being slashed due to the
way in which the stitched white silk bands
were put
After inspecting a half dozen costumes
under the direction of Nine. CeleStine L
wandered in and out of a half dozen other
places and found that much the same state
of affairs prevailed. Every one was busy,
Evening star., 1901-12-14
The Birds Sentiments.
From Puck.


The Turkey-"Dear me! Although I've
been told that bean-shooter wounds are not
necessarily fatal, 1 can't help feelin' bit
neryousr'
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COUNTRY PEOPLE

you, no matter where you are Thousands of regular
customers live in small towns and villages throughout
the Northwest. Anybody shop by mail and get
what they send for. Orders filled same day received
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Southern Railway.
Schedule in effect April 80. l00l.

Trains leave rom Be1na. station
e:0l a. N Daily. Local fcT HaTrIS0ubu-g Snd
for Charlotte and way stations.
Ills a. m Daily. L. s Fast Mail Sleeping
cars to New Orleans Columbia, savannah sni
jacksonville. uniting at Salisbury with sleeper Tor
Asheville Chattanooga, AID Memphis. and az
DaHville with sleeper for Birmingham and az
Charlotte, with sleeper for Augusta Solid train
Washington to New Orleans Dining car service.
II 81 a. m Daily Local for Charlottesville
4:0i p. N. Week Days. Local for Front Royal,
Strasburg and Harrisonburg.
4:30 .. m Daily. Local for Charlottesville.
9.55 D. m Daily. y. Y. & Fla Express Sleep
ing cars to Augusta with connections for Aiken
and Charleston, and to savannah. jacksonville.
and Port Tampa Through coaches TO Jackson
vile and Atlanta. Uniting at Danville with Pull
man sleepers from Richmond and Norfolk for
Charlotte Tourist sleeper Washington to san
Francisco Mondays, Tuesdays. and Fridays. Din
ing car service
io.0I D. m Daily Washington and Chattanooga
Limited Via Lynchburg). Sleeping cars = Roam
oke Knoxville Chattanooga. Memphis. and New
Orleans. Through coach to Memphis Dining car
io:l5 p. m. Daily. Washington and Southwest.
err Limited. Sleeping cars to Asheville. Knox
vile. Chattanooga, and Nashville. and 70 Atlanta.
Macon. Birmingham. Memphis, Montgomery. No
bile, and New Orleans. Dining service.
TRAINS ON BLUEMoNT BRANCH.
Leave Washington 9.01 a m daily. 4:49 p. N.
week days and 6;25 p. m Sundays for Blue
mont 6:25 p. NJ Saturdays and 4:35 p m week
days and 20 p. m Wednesdays and Satur-
days only for Leesburg. 6-25 P. N. week days 10
HerndOn-
Through trains from the South arrive Washing
ton 6:l2 am. 6:52 an :35 I'm. daily. 2:I5 pm.
and $50 pm. daily. From Harrisonburg II 81
a. N. week days and $40 pm daily From Char
lottesville S:2S am. and 10 pm daily
Tickets, sleeping car reservations, and other in
formation furnished and baggage called for and
checked from hotels and residences by Union
Transfer Co. on orders left :. Ticket Office. 7o5
18th St NV; 5II Penna- Ave NV. and 1t
Penra. Station.
Phone l4u for P R. R. Cab Service
FRANK ; CANNON. Sd Y. P. and Gen. Mgr
; II. HARDWICE. General Pass'E Agent.
j. S. BROWN. General Agent.
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RAILROADS.
RAILROADS.
Washington. Alexandria
Mount Vernon Railway.

From Station. Pennsylvania Ave. and 1871 st..
In effect May /. 1901
For Alexandria-Week days $50, 7.04. T:s0.
SEQ s:29. s;5a, 0:25. 1000. u:Oo 1880 a. m. :
xl2:05. 1920. PAS. N o5 1:25 200 go. x3.02
80 500. Xi.lj, 4:S3. 4.54. SOS xS:Z3. $40
e:O3. $50. Sos 7sO 500. s45. $50. I0:15 II %
il;Js p m. sundays. 7:45, 300 GAS l0;S0 II 100
II 80 a. m; 1900 noon: 1890. 1:00. 80. 200
80 500. $3.50. 400. 1870 500 5 30 SEQ go
100 1880, 500 s:45, $3.50, 1915. 30. 1850
p. m.
FOR Mount Yernon-Week DAYS. $50. 500. 1000.
100 a. m; xl2:O5 II :05, 300. xs:O2 $50. $50
X4'I9, x5:Z3, 100. $50 p. sundays. 900 g. m.
I2:O noon. 200. 400, 100 0:30 D. m
For Arlington and Aqueduct Brdge-wecl days.
6;So. 4:Of 1870. 500 s:29 s:5e 9.25 1000 II 90
a. m; 1905. 1920 'f2:45. I:O5. lbs. 200.
$50 1902, $3.50, $3.50. .4:3S. Asa. s.9s COS.
ESQ, l:06. 500 p. m. Sunday, 7:45 900 9:f5.
1920, II: 90 '1I:30. 1900 noon. $3.50, 100.
y 80 200, = 80. 800. $50 400. $50 500.
Parcels carried. Baggage checked.
2Express- TO Arlington only.
C.. Z. ABBOT, President
j COTYIN Superintendent
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SeaboaId Air Line Railway,

..Florida and West India Short Line"
Leave Washington, Penna. r. R. Station.
1886 a. M. FLA AND ATLANTA FAST
DAILY. MAIL-Tmough Pullman Sleepers
20 jacksonville, connecting az
Hamlet with Pullman Sleeper to Atlanta.
6:55 p Nj FLA AND METROPOLITAN
DAILY. LIMITED Through Pullman sleep
ers to Jacksonville and Atlanta
These trains offer excellent schedules and service
to Petersburg, Raleigh, southern Pines (Plne-
hurst. Camden Columbia. Savannah Jackson
ville and all Florida points. Charlotte. Athens,
Atlanta. New Orleans, Chattanooga. Nashville,
points Vest and Southwest
4:3O A. m. LoCAL-To Petersburg. Raleigh.
DAILY. Southern Pines {Pinehurst). HAM
let, and intermediate points.
Office. 1884 \. Y ave- and Penna. r. r. Offices.
r. +. /. BU NCH W H. DOLL.
General Pass Agent General Agent.
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OCEAN STE AMsHIrs.
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAIL WAY.

intended Steamship SaiIings frocn Vancouver.
JAPAN. CHINA, AND PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
EMPRESS OF india ...--.Mly y. ,'uly -
EMPRESS OF JAPAN....June n. Aug -
EMPRESS or CHINA....--July ;. sept.
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS AND AUSTRALIA
MOANA........ MAY 81 MIOWERA...-...June s
For rates apply 1929 Penn. Avenue.
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FOR RENT-FLATs.
FOR RENT-FURNIsHED HOUSES.

FOR RENT-House; partly furnished; seven per-
mancnt boarders, possession Immediately. 1884
Mass. ave NV meg
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co e i a5i8 aa
the Grandest Scenery in
America. All Trains YestibuIed.
Electric Lighted, Steam Heated.
Dining Cars on Through Trains.
Station Sixth and ID Streets.
Schedule in effect April y, 1901.

500 P. 81. DAILY-Cincinnati and st. Lous
Special-SoIiG train for Cincinnati. Pullman
Seepers 20 Cincinnati, Lexington. Louisville, IN
dianapol:s and st. Louis without change. Oh
servatiOn PaTlor Car Washington 10 Virginia Hot
Springs daily except sunday Parlor Cars Gin
cinnaJi to Chicago.
lilo P. ~ DAILY-F. F. V Limited Solid
train for Cincinnati Pullman Sleepers TO CinCIn-
natl Lexington and Louisville. without change,
Connection for Virginia Hot Springs daily. Pull
man compartment car to Virginia Hot Springs.
without change. daily except sunday. Sleepers
Cincinnati 20 Chicago and st. Louis.
u:H A. ~ DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY-FOr
Newport News, Norfolk, and Old Point ColnforG
Cyia Penn r. r.. r. ?. & P. and Richmond).
SEQ p NJ DAILY-For Gord0nsyiue, Char
lottesyille, stanton. daily and for Richmond.
daily. except Sunday.
Reservation and tickets at Chesapeake and Ohio
offices. 5l3 Pennsylvania Avenue; COO 18th Street.
near F. and 1T the Station. Telephone call, 49,
fer Pennsylvania Railroad Cab Service
H. W FULLER,
Telephone 1865 General Passenger Agent
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FOR RENT-Two or three communicating second
floor rooms; light housekeeping: one square from
Lincoln Park and line; summer rates III
11tI, q no nS-3
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Upright Piano, So5.

Rosewood Case strings-nICc CONDITION.
Hardwood stool and scarf included. only Sg5.
terms 50 monthly. f. G.. SMITH, I225 Pa.
m3
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10:45 D. m Daily. Washington and Southwest
err Limited Sleeping cars to Asheville Knox
vile, Chattanooga, and Nashville. and 70 Atlanta.
Macon Birmingham. Memphis, Montgomery, No
bile. and New orleans. Dining car service.
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FOR RENT-SUBURBAN.

FOR RENT-About twenty-three acres OF pasture
at Brightwood. d. c. Enquire l.. p. SHOE
MAKER, go F st. e2-3
FOR RENT-Two houses: five Fooms each five
acres ground: at Giesboro; s. per month Apply
ROBT. OWENS, Giesboro, 1874 Madison St,
CITY. m2-S
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FOR EXCHANGE.

FOR EXCHANGE 80 egg capacity Won Cullen
incubator and two brooders for horse. Enquire
at 3J4 Pa ave. NV, city. e30-3
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WANTED-Fiye apprentices for dressmaking; must
know how 10 sew. 1925 18th st. mi
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WANTED-A German girl for cooking and gen
eral homework in a family Of three; no washing
1918 q 81. mss
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WANTED-A reliable woman for general house
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TRAINS ON BLUEMONT BRANCH

Through trains from the South arrive Washing
ton 6:42 am. 6:52 aI 35 AN. daily. 2:I5 pm.
and $50 pm. daily. From Harrisonburg 1887
a. m week days and 9:40 pm daily. From Char
lottesyille s:2s am. and $40 pm daily.
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Is PLACEs-Wages IS. $40. SD, and SIS; MIN
homes free Of charge % II st. NV. nj