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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-27
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MEMS GARB FOR WOMEN.
DR.. Mary Walker Insists That Pres
ent Feminine Styles Are I'm
heaIthfuI and immoral.

DR.. Mary Walker for well-nigh As
years has preached dress reform for
women. Her ideas, as much as her pc
culiar adoption of male attire, have
made of her national character. She
is now past 60 years of age, but is
more than ever committed to her
ideas.
In recent article published by the
Chicago American she advocates the
adoption by women of male attire for
the following reasons:
Did you ever watch Flora MacFlim-
sy stepping on or off car? Could
there be anything more grotesque?
As the car approaches she grabs fran
tically bunch of dry goods which has
trailed for blocks behind her in the
mud. Swishing them about her until
she has bound up her knees as if in a
wise, she essays to step into the car.
But the yards of lingerie and dress
effort to mount the step. 1t is often
times accompanied with the sacrifice
of her expensive costume.
The other day as l left a Broadway
car behind a Flora, / inadvertently
stepped upon her ladyship's train. The
rip of the sheeny silk brought terror
even to me. She glared at me fero-
ciously.
81 will pardon YOU" said, "for TAX
ing up so much room; it seems hardly
necessary that you should have a dry
goods roll trailing behind you"
Bind your waists in steel splints and
what happens? Congestion of the
stomach and intestines. Congestion
begets Inflammation and the latter ex-
citement of the part infiamed.
In my common sense attire I can
travel faster than any other woman.
My form of dress has to overcome a
lighter atmospheric pressure, less spe-
cific gravity.
l can swing in and out of a car in
less time than it takes Flora MacFlim-
sy to gather her skirts daintily.
There should be no sex in dress. A
woman should not be forever pro-
claiming as from a sign board: 81 am
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-27
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

"The Plaques of Agriculture" is the
title of work of which 100000 copies
are to be distributed free among
Mexican farmers.
The secretary bird at the London
zoo has been cinematographed while
in the act of Selling, killing and car
rying off a rat.
The street GER system in Manila is
inadequate, and it is the practice to
hire cabs whenever one desires to go
any distance in the city.
London, to all appearances, was
never more prosperous than now.
The theaters, music halls and con-
cert rooms are crowded. Every ho-
tel is full of visitors.
Municipal music has become such
an important matter with the Lon
don county council that musical di-
rector has been appointed at a good
salary to take charge of the depart
ment.
The present population of Athens,
IN Greece, is only $4,000. There is
no accurate census of the city when
in its ancient glory, but it is supposed
at one time to have contained $780,
600 inhabitants.
DR.. A. p. Grinnell, of Burlington,
has been astonished by his investiga-
tions as to the use of narcotics in
Vermont. He says that in the regu-
lar drug stores and in 100 of the 172
general stores in the state of YER
mont there is sold every month
100000 doses of opium, besides what
is dispensed in patent medicines, and
besides what the doctors dispense,
which gives one and one-half doses of
opium to every man and woman in
the state above the age of 81 years
every day of the year.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-27
of Curtains.

The tendency noticed through the
present season to arrange sash cur
taips fiat across the window instead
of looping them back will be still
more pronounced this spring. A
deep, scant, faring rufie, too, is among
the novelties in these curtains,
though they will not he much in evil
dence before autumn, as town houses
shed, rather than take on, sash cur
tains in the spring. The flare in the
ruffie referred to is produced by cut
ting the curtain in slightly upward
curve at the center before the ruffle
is put on. White shades continue to
be fashionably used. They should be
of holland, as the cambria shades in
white grow yellow quickly, particu-
larly in windows of southern ex-
posture. A few silk shades are seen,
some of them with lace insertions
and edgings, but they fade quickly,
and their first cost puts them out of
reach of most buyers.-N. Y. Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-27

a woman!" Why is it necessary for
her constantly to conjure up thoughts
of sex difference? 1 think it i'm
moral.
To-day we call love passion. True
love is quality of the mind, not of
the body. Until men love with the
mind woman will not have her right
place in the world. Passion is brutal;
love is divine!
Does the modern form of evening
dress-undress 1 call it-appeal to the
passions or the souls of men? Do the
yards of dainty laces, the variegated
hosiery, the thousand and one what
nots of the modern maiden's gown ap-
peal to the purer or baser idea?
There would be fewer crimes
against women if the suggestive in
woman's wardrobe were eliminated.
Modern forms ot dress accentuate
rather than subdue these evil sug-
gestions. What is most daring?" is
the question with the modiste, not
''What is purest?"
~ WOlHdn > CIldTIlS ol person anu
mind should be her store of wealth.
At present her physical charms are
paraded before the world that all may
see. She does not so parade her beau
ties of mind.
Sometimes her physical charms are
counterfeit; they are used as snare
She cannot counterfeit her mental
qualities.
In trousers, waistcoat and frock coat
woman would find protection that she
much needs. She would be freer of
motion and limb, would have better
health, cleaner mental condition and
be mans superior in the things she
should have most cf--of purity of body
and mind.
Soner or later my ideas will bear
full fruit. The wheels of progress
and intellectually move slowly. l do
not expect to live long enough to see
my IDEAS of dress the vogue. shall
have TO die; then the seed that I have
sown will ripen and grow and bud and
bloorl-and I? Well, perchance l may
De forgotten. 1t matters not so long
as have bean even a means to good
and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-27

of the leading artists and sculptors,
Already her face has been put on
canvas by such painters as Carl Blen-
ner, Carroll Becllwith, Levy and lrv-
ing Wiles Church.
1t is Ryland w. Phillips, the artist
photographer, who claims the honor
of having first discovered this new
beauty. Last October he arranged
to have her come to his studio and
pose for several pictures, which were
later placed on exhibition at the
Photographed society and created
wide discussion. In speaking of Miss
Mes bit, Mr.. Phillips said:
Miss Nesbit has mobile face, yet
she can change her personality ia
looks, gesture and effect quicker than
anyone else l have ever seen. She
can change her whole expression in
stantly from sorrow to gladness,
every feature adding to the total
great beauty. She has a splendidly
developed head and a face showing
unusual character. About her fore
head there are lines of exceptional
beauty denoting great intellectual
power"
Besides her beauty, Miss Nesbit is
endowed with q gift of dramatic tai
ent and emotional capacity sufficient
to warrant her in hoping to attain
success on the stage, for which she,
is now preparing herself.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-27
THE GREAT AFTERWHILE.

All me- the things that we mean to do.
Ia the great. great afterwhile;
When our ship comes in,
Were sure to begin,
And We'll keep right at 1t, too.
Yes. yes. my boys, know It is true
That we mean just what we say,
But afterwhile is mythical place
In the realms of a u unborn day.
The railway of life is supposed to run
Through the land of this unborn day,
And the great afterwhile is a station there,
Where people do fine things, they say.
But thousands, my boys, are travelling this
road,
Whose hands are as white as the snow.
Who meant to stop off at the great after
while
In the years of the long ago.
But somehow or other they never quite
reached
The place with the high-sounding name,
So they Travelled along with the rest of the
crowd
Who hunted for fortune and fame.
Yet fortune or fame neer came to them,
bows,
And, neither. will they come to you,
If you wait TO begin, in the great after
while,
All the grand things you mean to do.
'Tis best, then. to begin right here,
In the land of the greater to-day,
And work while you wait,
For your ship might be late
Then you'd miss half of life, fear.
C. w. Hendricks, in Success"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-27

There has been an enlargement be-
tween the governments of Austria and
Mexico, dating back to the time when
the Austrian Archducke Macmillan
was executed in 1867 by the republican
government, after the failure of the
attempt to make him emperor of Mex
leo. During this long periodt there has
been a complete suspension of inter
course between the two governments,
but recent overtures to end the es-
arrangement have succeeded. The Mex
lean congress has passed bill reciting
the fact of reconciliation, and provid-
ing for minister to Austria; and Aus
Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-27
NEW TYPE OF BEAUTY.
Miss Nesbft Is Pronounced
Rara Avis by Artists.

Philadelphians are raving over
new type of American beauty exem,
plified in the person of Miss Evelyn
Florence Nesbit, of that city. She is
but Is years old and two years ago
went to Philadelphia from Pittsburgh
with her widowed mother. Her fa-
Their was the late Winfield Scott Mes
bit, one of the foremost lawyers OF
Pittsburgh. Her mother, Evelyn
Florence Mckenzie, comes of dis
tinguished southern family, and she
was a celebrated belle in her youth.
1t was not long after her appearance
in Philadelphia that the beauty Of
Miss Nebit was remarked by many
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-27
Ironing Made Easy,

Dry the starched articles perfectly,
then dip them in pail of boiling wa
ter and pass them through the wiring
er twice. They flay then be ironed
at once, or they may DE rolled up in
dry cloth. The fabric may be ironed
with greater ease after being damp
ened in this way than when sprinkled
in the usual manner. Turpentine in
starch gives an added whiteness and
luster to the ironcd article. Use one
tablespoonful to a quart of starch
Ladies' Home journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-27
HOW TO BE HEALTHY.
Take an Air Bath Every Morning and
Every Night for the Benefit of
Muscles and Lungs.

Two baths, say the newest health
authorities, should be taken every
morning.
For no less important than the tub
bath for the body is the air bath for
the lungs.
Perhaps you have never taken an
air bath and mistakenly fancy that
it may be necessary to turn yourself
inside out to accomplish it.
On the contrary, the directions are
extremely simple.
You need no apparatus and it takes
but a moments time and very little
effort.
Every night the lungs become filed
up with impure air and more or less
poisonous gases. A person may go
all day without Kidding his lungs of
these impurities. Therefore it is as
important to battle the lungs every
day as the body.
Few people know how to breathe
correctly. The lungs are not filled by
merely expanding the upper portions
of the chest and raising the Shout
ders. The entire front of the chest
should be forced out as one inhales.
There are a number of exercises for
expanding the chest which you can
practice in your room as well as in a
gymnasium. A doorway will serve
as well as the most complicated gym
nasium apparatus. A narrow door
way is preferred. Stand directly I'M
der the frame and place the hands
fat on the decreasing, the tips of
the fingers coming at the height of
the shoulders. Walk through the
door without removing the hands I'M
til you are arms length away. This
draws back the shoulders and brings
the important chest muscles into
play. Try this for Is minutes every
night and morning. 1t will help to
wake you up when you rise and help
you to get to sleep quickly when you
go to bed.
Another plan is to expand the chest
the same way before an open win
dow. Stand about a foot back from
the window, placing the hands on the
window frame on either side at the
height of the shoulders. Without
moving the feet, let the body swing
forward as far as possible and return
to perpendicular position. Prac-
tice this about 20 times night ard
morning at intervals of ten seconds.
Another exercise bath for the arms
and lungs is to stand with the heels
together and take a deep breath.
Then stretch one arm backward and
upward, then. the other, meanwhile
moving the body backward. forward
and to the sides while expelling the
breath slowly.-N. Y. World.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-27

have time to develop into ful,-fiedgef
idea. Grace had learned to be cautious
about revealing her thoughts. and her
mother, being occupied with the prob
lem of feeding the lion, failed 10 notice
the preliminary signs.
The distinguished guest arrived on
Wednesday. At recess time on Friday
afternoon Grace unfolded her plan to
a group of excited girls, while Tom, on
the other side of the school building,
was the center of larger and still
more excited group of boys.
It's the chance of lifetime" said
Grace. You can't afford TO miss it.
Remember the time. Admittance to
all parts of the grounds, two cents"
Three o'clock sharp Tom was say
ing. "Oh, yes, he'll be there, sure. The
minister's coming to play chess with
him at half-past three. He'd rather
play chess than eat. Oh, hey be there
all right"
At quarter to three the following
day a quiet, middle-aged man in
glasses seated himself beside little
table upon the pleasant, vine-shade6
veranda of the Barker house, quite OBJ
livious to the fact that Grace, fiat on
her stomach in the grass, was printing
along the veranda rail, in large letters
with white chalk, the words: The
greatest show on earth. Only two
cents"
A few moments later the patrons of
the show began to arrive in little
groups of two or three. Each child,
after paying two cents to Tom, whose
box office was discreetly screened from
his mothers view by the large white
rose bush near the gate, paused on the
lawn to gaze fer awhile at the uncon-
scious celebrity, who was intent upon
a chess problem.
After a prolonged stare, with min
gled feelings of awe, respect and Gu
riosity, and, above all, desire to get
the full worth of his or her money,
each child withdrew reluctantly to-
ward the back yard. Here they were
received by Grace, who formed them
by twos, regardless of size, into long
line.
Now wait here until / come back"
said she, when apparently the last
child had arrived, and mind you don't
make sound. If you do continued
Grace, who was born to command, 1.-The
game is all up, and you lose your
money. a little noise would spoil it all.
| won't be long"
"A few of my little friends" said
willy Grace, appearing upon the veran-
da moment later, would be so glad
if you would shake hands with them.
They've heard such a lot about you"
This. thanks to Grace, was strictly
true, for she had talked of nothing but
the novelist for three whole days.
What? What's that? Oh, shake
hands with your little friends? Yes,
of course said the novelist. reluctant
ly putting printed chess problem into
his pocket, and bringing himself back
with an effort to an everyday world.
''Why, really, my dear, | am very much
touched. This is the prettiest, and
probably the sincerest, compliment l
have ever received"
The young conspirator had the grace
to blush at this, but she did not allow
herself to waver. She realized that it
was too late for qualms of conscience.
please stand right here, where they
can reach you easily" said Grace,
adroitly placing the gratified author
just behind the glaring inscription on
the veranda rail, and standing back
herself for a momentary but critical
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-27
Gift from Heaven.

"a wife, said the young man, ''is
a gift from Heaven"
The old gentleman sighed and then
nodded.
But what kind of a gift2" he
asked.
eve get the sunlight and the gem
tie rain from Heaven suggested the
young man.
"And also the thunderstorm" add
ed the old gentleman.-Chicago Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-27
Matrimonial Shrinkare-

It was Ernest McGaffey, the writer
of verse, to whom lady said:
80 Mr.. McGaffey, | have just seen
your wife for the first time since Your
marriage; but had supposed she was
taller woman. She seems shorter
than when | saw her last
Certainly" said the poet. solemnIy.
"She has married ana settled down."
Youths Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-27

BucI<wheat AbsOrbs Kerosene.
Kerosene stains in carpets may be
eradicated by spreading buckwheat
-four over the spots.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-06-27
THE PRICE OF THE =.
-. BARKER'S RABBITS
BY Carroll W. Rankic.
THE Bankers lived in little Eouse

zS N n rs ~ ~ ~ n rs Iy rs rs z7z rs
The Delawarean., 1901-02-13

If, however, the Democrats should
aus some insist-attempt to carry their
strength TO Ewo Regular nominees,
some of them might not consider them
selves bound to vote for any Republi-
can the Regulars should nominate, and
some of the latter, in ,he general
breakup would feel free to vote for
another than their candidate, and Ad-
dicks would be the gainer Thereby ~
Delaware Democrat.
The Delawarean., 1901-02-13
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED

BY local applications as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deaf
ness, and that is by constitutional
remedies. Deafness is caused by an
inflamed condition of the mucous lin
ing of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube is infiamed you have rumb-
ling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed, Deafness is
the result, and unles the Inflammation
can be taken orr s''s.- the tube restored
to its @nrziaI condition, hearing will
be destroyed forever; nine cases out of
ten are caused by Catarrh, which is
nothing but an infiamed condition of
the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness (caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars; free.
r. J. CHENEY G CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The Delawarean., 1901-02-13

The bill providing that Kent and
Sussex counties shall enjoy the privi-
leges offered by the Ferris Industrial
school for boys, is IA good one. NO be
compelled to place waywardboys in the
common jails is equivalent to placing
them in schools of vice The training
and discipline of the Ferris school have
beneficial effect, as the police records
of New Castle county prove
The Delawarean., 1901-02-13
For Over Fifty Years.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used by millions of mothers for
their children while teething. If dis
tllrbed at might and broken of your
rest by sick child suffering and cry
ing with pain of Cutting Teeth, send
at once and get a bottle of Mrs. Win
slows Soothing Syrup" for Children
Teething. 1t will relieve the poor lit
tie sufferer Immediately. Depend upon
it, mothers, there is no mistake about
it. 1t cures Diarrhoea, regulates the
Stomach and Bowels, cures Wind
Collie, softens the Gums, reduces In
flamation, and gives tone and energy
to the whole system. Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup" for children teethlng
is pleasant to the taste and is the
prescription of one of the oldest and
best female physicians and nurses in
the United States. Price twenty-five
cents bottle. Sold by all druggists
throughout the world. BE sure and
ask for "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
Syrup"
The Delawarean., 1901-02-13
ABOUT THE sENAToRsHIPs.

The Democrats ait Dover are still
votng every day for two Democrats
which is right. The Regulars are still
voting the way they commenced. II
they are sincere and want to elect two
Senators they will vote with the Dem
ocrats and each take Senator End
the balloting by electing one Regular
Republican and ONE Democrat. 1t is
the only way, as tIhe Democrats will
never vote for two Republicans Sea
ford News.
The Delawarean., 1901-02-13
MID-WEEK ISSUE TO BE DIS.
CONTINUED.

After Nhle present week the Wadnes
day issue of The Delawarean will, for
a time at least be discontinued.
When we started the mid week issue
in january, 1898, we announced it
would be continued for YEAR. 1t has
been continued for more than three
years. For some reasons we regret its
discontinuance ait the present time
and we may start it again in the not
distan. fuaure. But we believe that
we can get out ONE paper a week which
will be more satisfactory 10 our
patrons than the two they are now
receiving, and at more profit and less
trouble to ourselves. AT most seasons
few of our advertisers care 10 use more
than one issue per week; the result
is after using part of the advertising
dn our Wednesday issue there is not
enough left for Saturday to justify us
IN getting out a paper of the size and
character we desire to publish ON that
day
We believe that advertisers will be
pleased at the change we are about
TO make, and we trust tha, it will not
be unsatisfactory to subscribers. We
are confident that the one paper per
week they will receive will be much
better .Ihan either of The two papers
they have been receiving. We snail
certainly try to get out a good paper.
If. however, any subscriber lis not con-
tent at ihe change, he is ait liberty to
discontinue the paper, and we will
cheerfully return any payment he may
have made beyond the time of such
discontinuance If amy advertiser
not satisfied at The change, upon his
request, his CONTRACT will he cancelled
end his advertisement discontinued,
IN the absence Of instructions to the
contrary, advertisement which were
to appear in the Wednesday issue will
be published in the Saturday issue at
the same rate, and advertisements
(which were to appear twice a week
will be published in the one issue at
our weekly rates.
The Delawarean., 1901-02-13
FRANCHISE SAFEGUARDS.

The Marylander and Herald of Prin-
cess Anne, Md, speaking of the con-
templated extra session of the Legis-
lature of uhat State to which allusion
was made in the Delawarean two
weeks since, says in part:
A The nus and cry indulged in by the
Republican press of Maryland over the
possNstllsiss of an extra session of the
LegisYatuts, is as palpable as it is
amusing The vigorous protests
against a Legislative call by Governor
Smith, is a pointed admission of Re
publican .illideracy and a suggestive
exhibit of weakness as we'll as incon-
slstency.
'.One would imagine that the whole
State were about to be consigned to
eternal ruin because there lis talk of
voters being sufficiently educated to
know how ito vote There might be
some ground for such apprehension ON
the part of theRepublicans if she negro
wera the only illiterate; and even then
apprehension could have but little as
surance in, face of the thirty years of
educational opportunity afforded the
coIUlsa. 1lapnle of the State
1T will be high time to talk of dis
franchisement if such shall occur; but
Ito raise such fiutter in adgance of
even tentative mogement in the in
terest of intelligence calls for more
ridicule than sympathy. IF THE time
lis ripe for legislative action upon our
ballot system and necessity demands
it, Governor Smith will hardly be di-
verted from the even tenor of his way
by Republican scarecrows."
The Marylander and Herald is right.
In these days of universal educational
advantages no party can consistently
object to any steps taken that aim to
secure am intelligent exercise of the
franchise privilege Amy attempt to
do so is a confession of weakness in