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Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-16
Is MUNICIPAL HoUsEKEEPERs.
improvements wrought by Women in
Several Cities.


severa Cities.
The first annual convention OF the Ameri-
can League for Civic Improvement held at
Buffalo recently revealed the large amount
Of useful work being done by women all
over the country along lines OF city and
village Improvement.
The experience of the st. Paul women Is
perhaps the most notable. Under the lead
ership of Mrs. Condo Hamilton, a woman
Of wealth and high social position, they
have accomplished marked results. Their
first work was to secure the passage. by the
legislature Of two bills providing for the
planting of trees in cities and the cutting Of
grass on vacant lots, the cost to be as
sessed against the property owners. They
made a complete canvass Of the city with
regard to its sanitary connections. fling
written reports with the health department.
II was a hard and monOtOnous task, but as
a result. after a long fight, the contract
system Of removing garbage. in which poll
tics figured rather than cleanliness, was
done away with and the matter was given
over to the health department, insuring ef-
hcient service.
The women secured, after a good deal Of
trouble. a city ordinance requiring the In
spection Of dairies, which created dissatis-
faction among some of the dairymen, be-
cause they could no longer feed their COWS
on mash" from the breweries. They failed
in abolishing the bette noir of all city i'm
provers, the billboard, but secured ordi-
nanees modifying the nuisance. But the
chief work Of the ST. Paul women was on
the city charter. II was a new charter, in
cooperating many improvements in the city
government, but antagonIEing certain great
corporations. like the street railway, gas
and electric light companies. Everyone said
that It would never be adopted by the peo-
pie. But the women threw themselves
heart and soul into the work and carried
a campaign Of education into every home In
the city. The best judges. lawyers and
other leading men Of the city placed their
services at the disposal Of the committee
and the women arranged meetings at every
school house. They printed the charter in
brief, with explanatory literature, In
Swedish, German and English and saw that
II was placed in every house. On election
day they had high school boys at the
polling place In each Of the ia predicts OF
the city to remind the voters to vote on the
charter and show them how to do Il. That
night the first election news announced
upon the transpareneies was. THE charter
is adopted" .A
Tit work of the St. Paul women is typI-
cal OF that of women all over the country.
In Carlisle, Pa, the women have recently
bought an old fair ground and turned it
Into a park. In Keokuk, Ia, the m
erected a fountain. planted 900 trees along
a new boulevard and reclaimed a park
which had been allowed by the city to lie
In waste. In Spokane. Wash, they have
distributed great quantities OF shrubs, small
fruits and flower seeds among the children
OF the poor. In Harrisburg. Pa, the
women have interested themselves In i'm
proved ordinances AaVe maintained sum
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and needle work hounces have been pro-
dueed for their especial and harmonious
decoration. For example It is possible to
buy white wire net valenciennes figured in
black and white lawn bands and edgings
upon which runs white embroidered vines
that bear delicate black leaves and fruit.
just how this approved combination can
be most effectively made is shown in the
groups OF two deliciously pretty dimity
gowns. The one for a matron is white
figured In a black globule pattern and re-
lleved by a yoke and sleeves Of white lawn
embroidered in little black fern fronds-
Bands of white lawn worked in black out
line the base Of the yoke and garnish the
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wardrobe is a brown grass linen. A good
grass linen can rush In where silks and
satins dare not tread; that Is to say in
trains, on yacht decks and under burning
suns, and yet an all around properly de-
veloped grass linen can excite admiration
at a garden party and appears to the great
est advantage at a summer luncheon. A
really smart linen is this season trans
parent, but tough as mosquito netting and
It Is usually striped or figured. The sand
brown and golden tans lean to association
with green, and the few hat are not
figured are made up over green founda-
tion skirts. Let the seeker after truth, as
revealed by the grass linen, look on the
pretty picture Of the gown that is always
welcome and servieeable. This is a brown
transparent linen, striped In a goodly tint
Of green, and Il IL made up with a heavier
linen embroidered IN dots Of green and with
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-16

ing on horseback, straight away from rail-
roads n civilization, into a country in
habited only by peasants. They had a
pack train, but they did not transport many
supplies, preferring to trust to those fur
nished by the peasants. They could buy
chickens and rice, mutton and wild rab-
bits. They hired the peasants as work.
men, and Miss Boyd had under her a force
varying from 80 to 100 in number. She
kept the books, called the payroll and paid
the men herself. The majority Of them
received Is cents a day, but those trusted
with the more delicate operations com"
mauded 40 cents.
Riding over the country In her search
for clues word was brought Miss Boyd
from q peasant that he could guide her to
a place where there we're old walls and
pottery fragments. They followed the
peasant to a spot where the stones looked
as If they had been placed in line for a
wall. Three days later they had opened
houses, laid bare roads, and had discovered
enough vases, bronzes and implements to
make it certain that they had found the
site Of q Mycenaean city. 1t was ar ex-
citing moment when they caught the first
glimpse Of these walls, buried from human
sight hundreds of years before the Christian
era. Within half a yard OF the surface
they discovered a plentiful supply Of
bronzes. They uncovered in all an aero
polls and fourteen houses, laying bare n
section OF this old Mycenaean town. Their
finds are now in the museum in Gambia,
the Greek government not allowing the re-
moval Of any such objects from the coun-
try. The discoveries are valuable as
throwing light upon the life of the Ny
cenaeans. They found a great abundance
Of household implements, showing the do
nestle life, and indicating that they were
an eminently peaceful people.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-16
A O ARCHEOLOGIsT.
Miss BOyd's Researches in Ancient
Greece.

Miss Harriet o. Boyd, professor Of
archaeology In Smith college, is the only
woman swho ever received a permit from
the Greek government to eKeavate the
antiquities Of the country. II is not always
an easy permit 10 secure. and It was I'M
heard OF to grant Il to a woman. But
Greece could not refuse Miss Boyd. She
was the only American woman h went
to the front to nurse the Greek soldiers
during the Greco-Turkish war in 1897. A
student in thu American Schoo OF Archaeo-
logy az the time. she abandoned her studies
when the war broke out and offered her
services to the government. There was a
furore OF admiration over the patriotism OF
the bright, young student. Queen Olga
gave Miss Boyd special permission TO go as
nurse. and, upon her return. after ave
months at the front, personally decorated
the American girl in recognition OF her
services. Afterward. when she modestly
asked the Greek government II she might
not go over to the island OF Crete and dig a
little. Il was impossible to refuse her. Her
hrst eXcayatng was done in the spring Of
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built and furnished a much needed public
s~choolhouse, which 1t then turned over to
the city, and reclaimed and beautihed the
uncared flor cemetery. In Rochester the
women have transformed the schoolyards
into bowers. OF beauty. In Denver the
women secured the placing of seats at
waiting points on the street car lines and
OF rubbish cans at corners. They secured
an mt -expectoration ordinance and the
establishment Of district libraries in the
suburbs. They have conducted a sum-
mer playground and kindergarten and have
raised and expended many thousands of
dollars In the art decoration Of the school
houses interiors.
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for her country by building schools,
churches, asylums. hospitals and dwellings
for the poor. Her grandfather and her
husbands We're Americans, who helped the
Chileans to win their Independence.
The two successful bidders for the fur
niehing OF the romans hotel TO be erected
In New York are both women-one, Mrs.
Mason p. Davidge, a daughter of Bishop
Potter, and the other. Nine. Molka Kellogg,
an opera singer. Both fitted up model
rooms as a sample of how beauty and
comfort could be combined and both were
50 much liked that the contract was
divided.
IL Is expected that the most respondent
diamonds al the coming coronation will be
worn by Lady Londonderry. For several
generations the Londonderry diamonds
have been In fup blaze. As far back as
1885 Il was recorder by a fashionable diarist
that Lady Londonderry as Cleopatra was
IN a dress literally embroidered with
emeralds and diamonds from ton TO toa"
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1900, when she discovered houses and tombs
Of 900 B. c. Al the next meeting Of the
American Archaeological institute Miss
Boyd read a paper on her work OF the
previous summer.
II was heard by Mrs. Cornelius Steven
son Of Philadelphia, for many years secre-
tary Of the American Exploration society.
She interested other members Of the So
eiety and funds we're raised to send Miss
Boyd back to continue her work last spring.
Miss Blanche Wheeler Of Providence, who
had studied at the American school at
Rome, accompanied her. Their landing
place was Gambia, and thence they pushed
back for sixty miles into the interior, rid
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-16

mer Fairgrounds and ~kindergartens, have
collected a nature library which is loaned
to rural schools, and have been so effective
in rousing public sentiment on the sub
ject Of the identifying Of Harrisburg. that
a commission is now working to induce the
city to vote a loan for municipal improve
ments. The plan for the latter includes
the identifying Of the river front Of the
susquehanna, by the construction OF a
splendid boulevard and other means. Miss
Mira Dock. the moving spirit Of the work
at Harrisburg, has recently been appointed
a member OF the Pennsylvania State Board
Of Forestry.
The women OF Tarpon Springs, Fla,
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foot Of the skirt. A toque Of white hair
cloth striped with bands Of black baby
velvet ribbon is the fitting crown for this
crisp and springlike gown.
The companion frook is a white grass
lawn set of with tucks, IN the yoke and at
the knees of the skirt. and with applica-
tions of black and white are net valen-
ciennes. A big bow of soft green peau de
sole ribbon garnishes the left shoulder and
gives just the single note of color that all
these contrast gowns for young girls should
display.
A Good Grass Linen.
Women who have an instinct for dress
know that the cornerstone Of every spring
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-16
IRRITABLE WOMEN
Should be Pitied = Not Blamed -
Men Don't Understand How They
Suffer When They Cry,"Oh, Don't
Speak to Me-"

All manner of extravagant expressions are possible when q womans
nerves are oveTwTought
The spasm at the top of the wind pipe or bronchial tubes, "ban
rising in the throat" violent beating of the heart laughing and crying
by turns, muscular spasms Throwing the arms aboutl frightened by the
most insignificant occurrenceS-aTe all symptoms OF q hystercal condr
ton and serious arrangement of the female organs.
Any female complaint may produce Mysteries, which must be re-
garded as a symptom only. The cause, however, yields quickly to
Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, which acts at once upon
the organ afflicted and the nerve centres, dispelng efectuaDy all those
distressing SYMPTOMS.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-16
For and About women.

General Zachary Taylor, n years old, lives
In winchester, Va. She was educated in
Philadelphia.
Mrs. Mckinley will shortly receive a
copy, sumptuously engrossed and bound,
OF the resolutions of congress on the death
OF her late husband.
Mrs. Oliver Ames supports. at her own
expense, a full brass band at the oliver
Ames High chool of North Easton, Mass.
an institution of her own planning and
provision.
Mrs. M. A. Crosley of Indianapolis has
just started on her t~wenty-irst tour of the
world. She made her first in 1883. She has
crossed the Atlantic ocean seventy times,
assembled the Pyramids a dozen times and
has explored nearly every interesting nook
of the old world.
Senora Juana Ross de Edwards is the
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-16
Mrs. Lewis Says: "I Feel Like a New Person,
Physically and Mentally"

"DEAR MRS. PNKHAM:-I wish to speak a good word for Lydia Il.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. For years had ovarian trouble and
suffered everything from nervousness, severe headache and pain lin back and
abdomen. Ihad consulted different physicians, but decided TO try yorr medt-
cine, and I soon found it ws giving me much relief. Icontnued Its use and
now am feeling like a new person, p ysicany and mentally, and an glad to
add one moret testimonial to the value of your remedy."-MRs. N. d. LEWIS,
21s Valentine Ave-, fremont, New York, NY.
Writing to Mrs. Pinkham is the quickest and surest way to
Lynn, Mass. She advises women free. Following is an instance:
Mrs. Haven's First Letter to Mrs. Pinkham.
"DEAR MRS. PMKHAM: - would like your advice in regard TO my
troubles. 1 suffer every month at time of mensruation, now so much,
and for so long that l become very weak, also get very dizzy. L am troubled
with a discharge before and after menses, have pains sin ovares 70 bad some
times that l ean hardly get around, have sore feeling in lower part o bowels,
pain in back, bearingdown feeling, a desire to pass urine frequently with
pains in passing ii; have leucorrhHa, headache, fainting spells, some
times have hysteria- Ny blood is not in good condition. Hoping 70 hear
from you, L IN, Mrs. EMMA HAVEN. 2os South Ave, Council Bluffs, Iowa"
(une I, 1s99)
Mrs. Haven's Second Letter.
DEAR MRS. PnSKHAM:- Il wish to express my gratitude for what you
have done for ne. 1 suffered for four years with womb troubles. Every
month L flowed very badly. 1 got SO bad that l could hardly do my work.
Was obliged to sit or lie down most OF the time. ! doctored for a long
time, but obtained no relief I began using your remedies-LydtaE T..
Pinkham'S Vegetable Compound, Blood Purifier, Sanatve Wash and
Liver Pills and low feel like a new woman."-MRS EAA HAVEN, SO5
South Ave, Council Bluffs Iowa. (Feb l. 1907
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Fabrics for Garden Parties, for
Luncheon and for Full Dress.
NEW YORK, Feb. 14.-It would require
q feminine stole who united the principles
Of a dress reformer with the environment
Of a savage TO live oblivious Just now to the
enticing charms Of the muslins, dimities,
mercerized lawns and various weights and
widths OF grass linens. madras and batistes
that have come to town. That there are
few or none such abnormal women is proved
by the excited, pleased and enthusiastic
crowds Of the sex that barricade the muslin
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Mrs. Ravens Second Letter.

/ MR n n a REWARD We shave deposnedw with eN National City Bank of Lynn,s $4,000, 4
l VhVHHAH whehW gill ephdt to any pGSonw ho canh md thatth aboyet testimonial letter. /
l Hh.E1Ah1HI are mott genuine or zero published before obtaining the writer's special per |
i WOVVV mission. Lydia e. Ptnkham Medicine o Lynn, Mass L
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Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1902-06-10
INCREASED INDEMNITY.
p. o. Department Issues New Or
der Regarding Registered Mail.

The Postofflce Department has
raised the limit of indemnity the
Government assumes in cases of
registered mail matter that has
gone astray from $40 to SIS. Up to
about three years ago the depart
ment refused to indemnify persons
who sent money by registered let
ter, the intention being to help the
money order department. How.
ever, the department has come to
the conclusion that since people
persist in sending money by regis
tered letter it would be a good
scheme to boom that department,
also, as it will help increase the
general receipts and also to pre-
vent the express companies from
making inroads into the business.
1t was therefore decided to place
the limit of indemnity at S25.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1902-06-10
CARBOLIC ACID.
Horrible Suicide of Miss
Maude Handy.
Last Moments Spent in writing a
Letter to Her Lover.

Miss Maude Handy, daughter Of
the late Sllas Handy, destroyed her
life Sunday near Era, by taking
carbolic acid.
Miss Helen Wortham testified be-
fore the coroner's jury that she left
Miss Handy at l O'Clock and went
to neIghbor's. When she returned
about o'clock she found her dead
on the floor, with an empty vial of
carbolic acid in an adjoining room,
Also a letter addressed to Oscar
Hammonds, which was as follows:
Dear Oscar:-As this my last day
on earth 1 will write few words to
you before l am gone. l would like
10 see you once more, but know |
never will and / will write and tell
you goodbye for the last time, and
hope to meet you in heaven, where
all our joys will be complete. Well,
Oscar, want you to have my ring
and my album, too. OF course this
one l have on belongs to you.
Please don't let any other girl wear
them, because l thought more OF
this one than l did myself. would
like to have another talk with you
but as there is no chance l will
close. So goodbye this time and
forever. MAUD HANDY.
The coroner's jury returned q
verdict of suicide. The jury was
composed of w. S. Henderson, T. o
Marques, ]. F. Pyle, Oscar Smiley
r, F. Hammond and ] B Moseley
Miss Handy was about II year
of age.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1902-06-10
THREE PAPERS
Read at the June Meeting of the
Atheneum.

The Atheneum held its regular
monthly meeting at Hotel Latham
Saturday night.
DR.. F. M. Sites read a paper on
mental Recreation and Develop.
ment in the Study of Nature"
Mr.. Ira L. Smith read a review Of
Kate Bennett, by Stockton.
Mr., Chas. M. Meacham read a
paper on "The Antiquity of Hu-
NOR"
After a five.minute discussion of
the papers read, the members par
took of light refreshments in the or
binary and closed with business
session.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1902-06-10
PUBLIC BUILDING.
HOpkinsville Promised One By
Mr.. Brssher.
Will Take Up the Old Bill of DR.,
Clardy and Push 1t
Again.

HoPknsville is determined to
have public building along with
other Improvements, if hard work
will secure it.
1t will be remembered that DR..
Clardy, when in Congress, passed
a bill through the House to erect a
$50, 900 public building in Hopkins
vile. The bill failed to get
through the Senate, and when Mr..
Allen succeeded DIR. Clardy he was
beset by the Henderson people to
get them public building and in
his efforts to do so, the Hopkinsvilfe
building has for four years been
lost sight of entirely.
The growth of the public busi-
ness here makes the need of a suit
bic building a crying necessity.
Six rural delivery routes will
soon be in operation and they all
must transact their preparatory
business in one small back room OF
the postofice. The U. S. Commits
sioner must have his office in a
private law Office. There is a lack
OF room everywhere and a city of
5000 people is left to worry along
without a government building,
while many cities of 5000 are bet
ter provided.
Desiring to know how the candi.
date for Congress from our neigh
boring county stood on the matter
a hENTUCEIAN representative inter
; viewed him on the subject:
MIR. BRASHER DO YOL
FAVOR A PUBLIC BUILDING
FOR HOPKINSVILLE?
Yes, you may say that will dc
all in my power for che Hopkinsvlle
building, first and foremost. I will
not destroy the chance of success
by asking for more than one build
ing at a time and Hopkinsville shall
be first on the list. Henderson is
clamoriug for building and
Owensboro is demanding a larger
one and unless Mr.. Allen gets what
they want for them their local can
didates will of course not be in a
position to help Hopklnsville. My
town can afford to wait and all my
energies will be devoted to pushing
the bill for Hopkinsville, the city o
my native county"
This definite promise leaves no
doubt how Mr.. Brasher stands on
this question of paramount impor.
tance to Hopkinsville.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1902-06-10
CIRCUIT COURT.
First Batch of Indictments Re.
turned.
The Miller Brothers For Counter
letting Among the Number

Judge Cook returned yesterday
and is again on the bench.
The grand jury returned its first
batch OF indictments yesterday,
about 80 in number, as follows:
c, J. and j. p. Miller, counterfeit
ing.
VIM. Pulley, murder.
Chas. Powers, grand larceny.
Joe Hopson, petit larceny.
VIII Gracey, manslaughter.
Dynamiting streams, two cases.
Mrs. Mary Wells, keeping bawdy
house.
Selling liquor to inebriate, two
cases.
Selling liquor on Sunday, two
cases.
Selling liquor without license,
seven cases.
Gaming, two cases.
The grand jury has not yet made
a report in the John Reynolds case.
Reynolds is still in Jail.
1.-THE Coffee murder cases were all
last week and will not be
-ried at this term of court.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1902-06-10
WELL AT BEDTIME
But rlan Was Corpse In Four
Hours.

Calvin Slaughter COL, aged "a
years, died suddenly last Thursday
night at his home on E. 9th St.
He retired at 9 o'clock seemingly
in perfect health. At l o'clock his
wife was awakened by his loud
breathing and in few minutes he
was dead. Coroner Allensworth
held an inquest and the verdict was
death from heart failure.
Slaughter moved here some time
ago from Kennedy, this county.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1902-06-10
ILL HEALTH
Affected Mind of Mrs. Davis Here
for Treatment,

Mrs. Mamie Cole Davis, of Elk
ton, was adjudged of unsound mind
last Friday and brought to the
asylum here for treatment.
She has been in very bad health
for several months and her mental
condition is due to a general break
ing down of the nervous system.
Mrs. Davis is the youngest dahgh-
ter of the late Samuel Cole, who
lived in Elkton many years.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1902-06-10
THROUGH THE HEAD.
Negro Boys Uranium Stops a
Bullet at Lafayette.
Two Youngsters Were FoOIing
With a Loaded
Pistol.

While two negro boys were scuf
fling over a small pistol at LaFay
cite Sunday, the weapon went of
while in the hands of a boy named
Broaddie and shot John Brewer, a
son of Jim Brewer. The bullet
entered Brewers head and inflicted
what is almost sure to be a mortal
wound He was alive but uncons-
cious yesterday. The boys were
both about 13 years of age, The
Broaddie boy is son of VIM. Broad
die. The shooting was not inten-
tional.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1902-06-10
Split at BardweIl.

That branch Of the Bardwell
Christian congregation which op-
poses the use of an organ in the
church has seeded from the main
body of the church and will build
an Independent house of worship.
The new church will be called the
Church of the New Testament. -
Princeton Leader.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1902-06-10
WATSON SIZEMORE.
Groom From Kansas and Bride
From North Christian.

Mr. E. r. Watson. Of Kingman,
Kansas, and Miss Emlue Sizemore,
daughter of Mr.. J. ], Sizemore, OF
North Christian, were married at
the brides home last Thursday
night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Watson lett the
next day for their future home in
the west.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1902-06-10
ELOPED TO EVANSVILLE.
Former Christian COuntian Weds
Darlington Woman.

Mr.. r. H. Harrison, a prominent
young business man of Madison
vile, and Miss Margaret Long, Of
Darlington, were married IN Evans
vile Friday morning.
The groom was reared in this
city, but has been living in Madi-
sonville for several years.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1902-06-10
CARVOSSO CAMP MEETING
To be Held at Herman, COmmenc-
ing July 10.

The annual Holiness campmeet.
ing will be held at Carvosso camp
ground, near Herman, Todd coun-
ty, commencing July 10, and con-
tinuing about two weeks.
Evangelist H. c. Morrison will
conduct the meeting, assisted by
other ministers.