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The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-13
WOMEN GIVE MILLIONS.
Gifts and Requests of Rich Members 81
the Fair Sex.

the Fair Sex.
Women were, as usual, conspicu-
ously generous with gifts and requests
during 1s01-the first year of the new
century. The record for charitable.
educational and like purposes reaches
approximately the sum of $1s,00O.000
or about s1,50O,0oo every month. OF
the SIS 100000 given to colleges alone
during the first six months of the
year women contributed $6,O000O0. 1t
has been noted that, while men give
more literally to education, women
contributed chiefly to charity and re-
1igion. Her beautiful home in Virginia,
$500 acres of land and an endowment
of 100000 is a recent gift, by will,
of Mrs. Indiana Williams for girls
school. Mrs. Mccormick, of Chicago,
continues her liberal gifts to educa-
ton, and Miss Helen Gould contrib
uted to the same cause most gener-
ously. Vassar College has been pre-
sented with scholarships as well as
the New York University, the latter
receiving a fund for perpetual endow-
ments. Miss Gould is also interested
in Young Mems Christian Associa-
lions, having erected buildings for
several Yale College has prof1ted by
the generosity of several women. A
valuable library, 100000 to esta blfsh
Y. NJ. c. A. for the scientific school,
and money to found a memorial fell
lowship being among the important
gifts. Libraries have profited to the
extent of $1,O0O,000 by women's gifts.
In the realm of charity, gifts and be-
quests are recorded aggregattng the
splendid sum of S10,000,000. Rarely,
il ever, has so much money been con-
trfbuted for charitable purposes as
this year. Upon Easter day alone in
New York churches, nearly half a mil
lion was placed on the aims basins at
the different services, Grace church
giving $167 500 of this amount. 1t Is
safe to say that women gave over half
of this near half million dollars. At
copal church, held at San Francisco,
in October, women gave 100000 for
missions, and pledged the further sum
Of SIS, 900 for a girls school in China.
One Of the most notable gifts for hos
pitfalls is that of Mrs. Coils P. Hunt
tngton, who has presented her beauti-
full home in San Francisco to the city,
to be converted into a hospital for
women. The house cost a quarter of a
million dollars and was used only
about two months in the year by the
Huntinstons.-Indian News.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-13
MAGIC SNOW CRYSTALS

These crystals as they fall from one
cloud stratum to another change in
character-although this is not always
the case, especially in great storm
or where the lower clouds are Of a low
temperature-but it is usually possible
to deduce their starting point from an
examination of their internal structure.
The nucleus of the crystal remains;
that is, in it's original form, in spite
of the various additions which are
made to it during it's passage down
ward. The crystal may pass through
cloud layers very similar to that from
which it came or it may experience
various vicissitudes of temperature
density and other conditions, but all
the phenomena appear clearly in a
comparison of the Harvard photo
graphs.
Occasionally a crystal is formed that
is an accidental compound Of two 9TH
ers, but as a general thing a careful
study Of a single crystal tells a per-
fectly coherent story, and this study
Is the more fascinating In that the
manner of telling is so infinitely varied
that the observer may always expect to
find some new point of aesthetic as
well as scientific Interestingly York
Press.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-13
Latest Fashion Notes.

Jewels are more popular than ever,
especially with evening dress.
White evening gloves fasten with
small turquoises surrounded by white
enamel. Pearls are also used to fasteD
these gloves.
Automobile red and black will be
worn so much together that one is safe
in buying and in making up a spring
gown in these shades.
Loose, short sacks of black velvet
are chic" made a little longer in the
back than in front, in a manner to
show the colored lining.
Brown tulle, with chenille dots to
match, are worn with toques trimmed
with mink or sable fur. and also when
wraps or sets of the same fur are
worn.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-13

Some 100 photographs. taken last
winter and the winter before, have
been added to the collection of .'micro-
Photographic" reproductions of snow
crystals in the Harvard Neurological
Museum. The collection has been made
by W. A. Bentley of Nashville, little
town In snowbound Vermont, and is
practically a scientific record of the
New England snowstorms of the last
quarter of century. Altogether it in
cludes about 900 specimens, and, with
MI. Bentley's somewhat larger private
CORRECTION, 1t may be described as
unique in character and extent, and,
as Professor Wolff. the curator of the
Neurological Museum has called it, a
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-13
when Tobacco Was Tabooed.

The magistrates in the early days Of
New England regarded the use Of to-
bacco as more sinful and degrading
than drinking liquor to excess. 1t was
only permitted to be planted in small
quantities for mere necessity as a
medicine, and to be taken privately
by old men. The Yankees New Eng
land ancestors We're not permitted to
use it, or buy it in a tavern. No man
was allowed to take tobacco publicly,
not even in his own house before
strangers. Two men might not smoke
together On Sabbath day it was for
hidden to smoke within two miles Of
a meeting house. In some townships a
medical certificate had to be procured
before a man might smoke at all
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-13
LATEST FASHION f1IlN7S

This is undoubtedly a winter for
furs. A neckpiece of sable costs twice
as much now as it did earlier in the
season. Fur jackets of all kinds are
the mode, sable, broadtai1 and chin
chilla carrying off the palm. Chic boz
leros of fur are much in favor. FIRE.
quently two furs are combined; for ex-
ample, sable and white broadtail. Fur
is also much used for trimmings, es-
pecially narrow bands on lace, and the
fur itself cut into bows is introduced
on the fronts of jackets. Fur is
trimmed with lace. which in turn, has
fur applique upon it. Evening gowns
of white satin are embellished with
Arabesque patterns worked in fur
mingled with suipure, the flowers be-
ing padded and thrown up in relief,
fur being used as the heart of the how-
ers.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-13
monument to the patience, skill and
enthusiasm OF its maker

monument to the patience skill and
enthusiasm OF its maker.
The crystals, magnified from 81 to SO
diameters. are literally infinite in va
riety, for no two are precisely alike.
Certain types recur frequently, such as
the star-shaped crystal, the star form
with solid nucleus, the tabular form,
and numerous variations of skeleton
growths with the hexagon as a base,
but the inclusion of air while the
crystal is in process of formation gives
to each specimen some unique distinc-
ton, taking the form, in many cases,
OF beautiful lace-like design that
nothing less quick and accurate than
the camera possibly could perpetuate.
The frost on the window pane or the
effect of snow in a forest Of evergreens
Is a familiar example of a kind of
beauty which an examination Of al
most any one of these hundreds of
specimens reveals equally well in what
Is only fraction Of an individual
snowflake.
1t Is interesting to know that the
method OF photographing these minute
crystals is SO simple that. as the pho
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-13
Foreigners in Boston.

Boston was at one time considered
the most distinctively American of the
cities Of the United States, but that
distinction exists no longer. The last
published report of the Boston Board
of Health, a good guide to the division
Of population, shows that the number
of deaths for the week was 237, as
against 202 for the corresponding week
last year. OF the number 233 were
white and four colored; 146 were born
in the United States, eighty-five in for
eign countries and six Of unknown ma
tionality; forty-seven were of Ameri-
can parentage. The increase in the
foreign-born population Of Boston is
mostly from Ireland, Canada and Rus
STA. The German population of Bos-
ton continues small.--New York Sun.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-13
WHERE THE HEN NESTED.

Her Efforts to Furnish Good Break.
fast Not Appreciated.
We put up at night at the little
-thatched resthouses reserved for the
occasional traveller, but the permanent
abode of rats At the village Of Kyat-
pyin (Burmah) l had as many as six
rats on my bed, all struggling to reach
my boots, which l had taken the pre-
caution to hang from a peg on the
wall, knowing how much Russian
leather is appreciated by the rodent
tribe.
Sleep was impossible with the enemy
on all sides, for the rats not bent on
supping off my boots were hunting I'M
der my pillow for a fragment of can
die and a box of matches which I
thought might be safe from their
clutches.
But rat is not easily daunted, and
with a shove they shot pillow, match
es and candle on the floor. Then my
blood was up, and l rose in a fury, and
hurled boottrees and everything I
could lay hands on at the retreating
foe
Peace reigned for a short time; then
they returned to the attack with re-
newed vigor.
l have had many funny experiences
in out-of-the-way rest houses in the
East, but the strangest was once on
| the Thibetan frontier, where one night
| I was awakened by a snorting sound
close to my ear, and to my horror
| found that my head was held down by
something heavy resting on it.
The heavy object edged off on my
trying to move, and by the light of
| spluttering match | discovered an ell
| derby hen seated on my pillow and the
| egg she had laid there.
For three months we had been trav-
cling at an altitude too great for poul-
try to exist, and l had longed for eggs
to vary our limited fare of timed
meats.
But-such is the perversity of human
nature was exceedingly annoyed
with the layer of that egg, and hurled
her cackling forth into the darkness,
though l kept the egg for my break
fast.-Cornhill.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-13
Pretty Sofa Pillow.

For the woman whose pennies are
few there is a novel sofa pillow. 1t is
made of common blue and white tick
ing, the narrower the stripe the better.
On the stripe sew that bright tinse1
cord which sells for two or three cents.
This comes in silver, gilt and copper.
and all three colors may be used. Be-
tween the stripes make a catchstitch
Of some gayly colored silk floss. Any
number of colors may be used and the
ruff1e may be made OF sateen to match
the blue in the ticking.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-13
silver Wedding Gifts.

The jewelry stores are showing many
novelties in the way of wedding gifts,
and by far the most fashionable are
those of silver. The most unique are
of antique silver with partly gilt
finish in old Dutch designs. A very
beautiful service was among the gifts
at a recent fashionable wedding at
Philadelphia. The extreme oddness in
shape of the sugar bowl with this
service was much commented on. It
was perfect reproduction of the pine.
annie
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-13


chiffons and tissues are fashionable
for evening gowns. Irish crochet lace
is liked extremely for dinner or recep
ton costumes. A beautiful dinner
gown is of black net over white tai.
feta. The skirt is laid in tucks and
bordered by an accordion-pleated
flounce of the net, finished with three
rows of quilting. At the head of the
flounce Is an applique of white
lace. The low-cut bodice has ell
bow sleeves of the tucked net, sIashed
open on the outside of the arm and
fastened across with strips OF velves
ribbon and tiny rhinestone buckles. A
little of the white lace mingles With
choux of the net and rafHes OF velvet
bordered chiffon on the corsage. Cor
ticelli silk was used throughout IN
making this costume
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-13

which to catch the flakes. A black
card serves to collect the crystals as
they fall, bit of broom splint to
place them on the glass slide of the
microscope. where they are pressed fiat
with a bit of feather; and the photog-
rapher must take especial care not to
warm the slide by breathing upon 1T or
by handling it with ungloved hands
The operation, in short, requires care
hicety and patience as well as appar-
atus.
Crystals obtained during the great
March blizzard of 1883 were repeated
with the minor differences that make
every crystal unique and different from
any other-in the storms of February
16, 1892, and March 8, 1896; and I'M
usual types found in the storm of Feb
ruary "a, 1898, were again discovered in
February 10 of the following year. Diff
ferent parts of the same largely extend
ed storm produce also different types.
In the New England region the north
ern and western portions of the storm
produce more perfect crystals than the
southern and eastern.
The internal structure of the snow
crystal, a delicate tracery that some
times suggests Gothic ornaEentation
on an infinitely minute scale of draw
ing and at others a miniature repro
duction of the snow-laden frs of pine
forest, Is practically a life history of
the snow crystal itself. AS the higher
cloud strata are colder than those near
er the earth the crystals formed there
are smaller, more compact. and less
branched than those of the warmer
clouds below them.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-13
GLOVES of Spider Silk.

The latest fad of the very fashion
able woman is to possess a pair of
gloves woven from spider silk. A pop
ular French hosier states that as much
as 200 francs is constantly being paid
by leaders of fashion for pair Of
gloves made from cocoon silk. 1t is
interesting to observe that one firm
circulates that 1t requires 1,350,000
yards of single spider thread to make
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-13
Women Lose Faith In Each other.

There are two Portland women who
have recently lost faith in each other.
They were attending the meetings of
the Literary Union the other day, and
on emerging from the hall found a
sharp shower in progress. Each an
nounced to the other that she must
telephone for a carriage, and they de-
parted into different stores, ostensibly
for that purpose. When, ten minutes
later, the women met in Spring
street trolley car no allusion was made
to the arriage.-Kennebec (Me)
Journal.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-13
Old Adaee Proved True.

II got my start in life by picking up
pin. l had been refused employ
ment by a merchant, and on my way
out 1 saw a pin and
IT know; I've heard of that boy so
often! The merchant was impressed
with your carefulness and called you
back and made you head of the firm!"
mo. 1 saw the pin and picked 1t
up, and sold it for $500. 1t was a
diamond pin
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-13

tographer himself says, the field can
be entered by anybody who possesses
the necessary combination of camera
and microscope. The photograph.
especially when mounted as a stereo-
scopic view, is practically the crystal
itself, not only preserved in its general
outline, but with all the interior detail
arrangements of loops, lines and dots
in patterns of endless charm and vari-
ety--that the most skilfull drawing
mate completeness.
1t has been found that any photo
photographic device-such as will read
lily occur to anyone familiar with mi
photograph snow crystals, but Mr..
Bentley recommends that the micro
scope should be fitted with a half-inc h
or two-thirds-inch objective, of wide
aperture and short axis; that the
focusing apparatus be exceptionally
quick and accurate; the diaphragm
aperture not more than one-sixteenth
of an inch the illumination, ordinary,
uncondensed daylight; and the ex-
posture, rapid plates being used, from
forty seconds to five minutes. The
chief difficulty to be overcome is to
prevent the crystals from melting, and
the whole work must be done in cold
room, with but one open window in
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-13

Women compete with men in many
trades. professions and other means of
obtaining a livelihood, but the very
last in which one would expect to find
the gentle sex is that which was so re-
Gently followed by Mr.. Ellington.
"Hangwoman' is an Objectionable
term, but it is duly entered in the
New English Dictionary The wom-
an and the word are both nineteenth
century productions. Lady Betty" as
she was called. was not i'll favored.
either, and is described in The Dub
lin University Magazine" for January,
1850, las a middle aged, stout made,
dark eyed, swarthy complexioned. but
by no means forbidding woman" Ire
land was the scene of her labors. and
she officiated unmasked and undis-
guised as a hangwoman for great
number of years, and often logged in
and through the streets, being ex-
tremely severe, particularly on those
OF her own sex-London Chronicle.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-13
Curious Result OF n Translation,

In the preface to a new translation
in English of Tolstoi's "Sevastopol" an
amusing story is told of the way in
which a German translator handled
the inscription to Anna Karenina,"
vengeance is mine; 1 will repay"
That transcription was written by Toll
stoi in the ecclesiastical Slavonic used
by the Russian church, and the trans
lator produced this rendering: RE-
venge Is sweet; l will play the ace"
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-13
Worlds Religious Population.

At the present day, on the best au-
thorities there are $50 900 900 Mussul-
mans in the world. The Christian pop
ulation is put at 447OO0,OO but the in
crease of Islam is more rapid than that
of it's sister religion. Never before has
there been such devotion to Mohamme-
danism as in India at this time under
British rule.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-13
Collection for Princeton.

Princeton University is soon to re-
ceive from Professor d. Wilson, col
lection of Syriac manuscripts said to be
the largest and most Valuable ever
made by a private individual. Many
of the documents date from the reign
of the Emperor Constantine.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-13
white the Color for spring.

White will be the color of spring
Banished will the other colors be for
a day, while the scene will be brilliant
with its gowns of white and its gowns
of all black. White cloth is always
charming, and those who will invest In
tie luxury of a white cloth gown Will
scarcely regret it, for SO many are II
uses.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-13
Not as He Knew Life.

'I say, is this here the novel you
advised me to read?" said the cabman
to the librarian.
YES" replied the librarian. That's
the one"
WELL said the cabman, you can
just take it back. There's nine people
in the first four chapters who hired
cabs, and each of 'em when he got out
flung his purse to the driver Now,
when / want that sort of literature III
60 to Jules Verne and get it pure"
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-13
Kntherine's Query.

Little Katherine, a Columbus tot,
was presented with very cunning
pair of white wool mittens not long
ago. which she delights to wear when
ever she goes out in the cold. Recent
" her father entertained a gentleman
who had a very bald head. The guest
made much over katherine, and before
he departed into the chilly night
begged kiss. AS he lifted her up, she
saw for the first time his expanse of
bald head and asked, archly:
why don't 90 wear mittens on DOR
head?"
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-13
HE JOkEQS

"And. o, the gorge at Andsrmett!s
she exclaimed. you haven't foTgds
that lovely gorge, have you. Harry
"The gorge at the Grand hotel?r
drawled Henry, YEARLY. by nd
means. I'll 4emember that gorge to
my dying day. Why, bless me, 1t was
the only square meal I had in Swift.
zer1and."
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-13
Slightly Personal

Slender Individual-Did understand
you to say, sir, that you get out at the
next station?
Stout Party-Yes, I did. strand
what OF it?
Slender Individual with great re-
lief)-Ah-h-h! the train'l be getting
on faster after that
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-13
Cause and Eject.

Maude-1 met young Borem this
morning and he informed me that he
nad called on you few evenings ago.
Clara-Yes. What did he say about
me?
Maude-Oh, nothing in particular.
He said you were nice girl, but lacked
cepose.
Clara-Well, that isn't my fault. II
he'd go home earlier when he calls I'd
get more repose.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-13
An Unklnd Remark.

Lady lecturer on women's rights
(waxing warm) -"Where would man
be if it had not been for woman" After
pause, and looking round the hall:
II repeat. Where would man be if ii
had not been for woman?"
Voice from the gallery-"1n para
disc, ma'am."
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-13
Her Mind Made up

Salesman: So fortunate. lady!
There have been no less than twenty
ladies in to-day asking for this hat.
They saw it yesterday before you
bought it. you know. and they are all
of them just wild to get it.
Lucky Customer: Come to think Of
it, I'll take that hat home. I don't
know whether to keep it or not. III
think 1t over.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-13

ChAfley asAayen't sen you
"a was 1nax4ai'' said q newly
trisd man to q fs1snd he CHANGED to
meet down on Main street
No" replied the friend. "you have
been so devoted to home of late that
no one has seen you."
Yes; don't hang around like I
used to-"
You are Just like was" said the
other. Who had been married for some
years, just found the society Of the
wife enough, eh?''
Yes; we do not tire OF each other. "
Just like l was. suppose you
think it will never change. Ell? Just
always will be the same, l suppose?"
I don't think will change"
Just like was. suppose she has
not asked you for $50 suit when you
only had $25 the day before pay day?"
No, Of course not"
"You just wait!" and he turned on
his heel and walked off down the
street.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-13
Danger of Modern Education.

Fond Mother-Oh, l am so glad you
came in! l don't know what on earth
ails the baby.
Caller-Shall 1 run for the doctor?
Fond Mother-No, for an interpreter.
His French nurse left suddenly to-day,
and nobody can understand what he
says.
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Patience-Then you say they are not
engaged after all?
Patrice-No. it was all a mistake
You see. he proposed while they were
out horseback riding.
Eyes, heard that"
"Well, he thought she was jumping
at his proposal. but she never can help
jumping when she's on q horse"
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-13
Bringing Her Down.


The Prospective Cook-What time do
yez how breakfast?
Mistress-We have it at seven.
No response.
Mistress-Or half-past seven, or
eight, or half-past eight.
The Prospective Cook-Thot's better.
OIL give yez a wakes thrial.-Judge.