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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-08

the eye on every side; but life became
little boresome to the mistress when she
had no longer five children TO keep in
the way they should go. The children
became grownups and left the maternal
care. What should the mother do
feast and grow fat and take sleepy
drive every day after the manner of the
average dowager?
This did not suit active, strong souled
Lucia Blount. Her interest in the prog
ress of her own sex had been keen, TO
begin with, and it had never been
dulIed. Since she needed not to labor
for herself she decided that she would
work for women in real philanthropic
fashion by showing them how to work
for themselves. At the same time she
would get and keep a place in the liv-
ing swim of things Her forte was
along the line of business. and she
knew it. She resolved to engage &C
lively in commercial enterprises and
prove true by example her fixed belief
that women are really most capable
economists and financiers, needing only
that their native talent be developed
by practice.
To tell the whole story reference must
be made to Colonel Henry Blount the
uncommonly wise husband fate had
given the lady. Early in their married
life he had insisted that she should
open a bank account of her own and
look after it herself. So soon, too. as
their eldest daughter was Of suitable
age he had given her a piece of proper
ty whereof she was to attend to the
renting and repairs entirely herself.
He determined she should have some
nd
Mrs. Blount's story of her own initia-
ing, likewise amusing. She tells me:
81 inherited a head for business from
my father. but in my youth girls were
| not expected to know anything more
about business principles than could be
gained from the limited vocations open
| to women-teaching. sewing ard house
work. / was a successful teacher and
earned enough TO clothe myself COM
fortably. but never had a bank account
till after l was married. My husband,
who is today miles ahead of most men
in his ideas of what women ought to
know. told me / ought TO have a bank
account and learn all about the modern
operations of drawing checks, making
out deposit tickets, etc. Little as one
would believe il to see me now. / was
exceedingly timid and tried TO beg off.
i didn't want to go down among those
men felt I didn't belong there. But
Mr.. Blount was inexorable. He said
You can't learn younger. and the SOON
er you know these things the better
$50, with my heart in my mouth.
ventured down 10 the bank among
those men with my first deposit. It is
the first step that costs. and / found
everything easier than had supposed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-08

She wants them 10 become presidents
and directors of corporations. She
says:
There is no Joy equal TO using 10 the
full every talent the Master has given.
/ was both surprised and amused 10
see how easy most business transact
tons are when once you know how. In
Arizona women are managing mines OF
their own which they have discovered
and exploited. In the western states
the prejudice against women as di-
rectors and officers In companies II very
slight. IL IL exists at all. Money talks.
Every woman who earns and saves her
first $1,000 and invests IL Judiciously.
not timidly. and relies on her own judg-
ment not whining when she loses or
blaming some man for her unfortunate
ventures. will by just so much advance
the cause OF her sex. My personal eS-
perience Is that men are the finest kind
OF comrades and friends"
ELIZABETH LEE
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-08
OSPREY PlUMEs.

seasons headgear. IL is the osprey
plume. Combined with fur this IL the
essence OF fashionable millinery. \ sa-
bic and white osprey hat may be seen
on a leading society woman when she
drives and most Of her friends have az
least one example OF osprey feathers
The vogue OF this plume was not start
ed until late In the season. when Lonx
don aristocratic women announces
themselves in is favor Osprey plurnss
derived immense impetus from the Har-
topp divorce case. Every time Lady
Hartopp. the defendant. appeared IN
the courtroom her golden brown hair
was surmounted by one az the delicate
piunes. Osprey thereupon came into
high favor.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-08
Food FadS and
The Fasting Cure

IN one way quite too much inpor-
lance is attached TO the matter OF
4 dieting, in another way not enough.
Once for all, there is no system OF diet
that will make and keep you well. You
may set that down absolutely. A per-
son who has found that one meal day
agrees with him blows his horn loud
and long and quite profitably for him
self to show that human ailments can
be kept at bay by eating only once a
day, especially if you eat no meat.
Well, I myself tried the one meal a
day diet for two years, taking at that
meal fruits and nuts, with the OCCASION
al addition of milk, eggs or select
vegetable or two. / followed the diet
strictly for the time mentioned, and at
the end of it was worse off than be-
fore. What did the attempt prove?
Merely that for one individual the fruit
and nut diet and one meal day pre-
scription were no good.
Then there was the meat and hot
water diet, warranted to cure all dis
eases of the digestive organs. 1 never
tried that, but a dear friend did try il
faithfully and in whole souled man
ner. She, rest her SOUL passed from
earth a few years ago from incurable
dyspepsia. What again, does this
prove? That meat and hot water living
did this lady no good l never tried the
uncooked food diet which some persons
assert in an angelic manner is the nat
ural food of the human race because of
the divine, undestroyed essences, etc.
but one of my friends tried it faith
fully and in a months time became the
victim of dyspepsia in its worst hor-
rors.
The last dieting fad here to be named
Is the starvation cure. That is chiefly
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-08
HERE AND THERE IN WoMAN's WORLD.

All should bear in mind that 1t is no.
ole 10 help than 20 be helped
With the disappearance OF the cut
tins. saving. high stin collar necAs viii
have chance to Dee natural and round
ed and beautiful again.
II Is saia that whole cloves are more
eftectual rs destroying arent Tor
moths than camphor. tobacco or peprer
Miss n L. MCGEE. who was appoints
ed some time ago from Park City.
Usah. 10 the census bureau at Wash
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fighting his way in the world gets care
less in his behavior to other people, and
though he honestly loves a girl he is
apt 10 think that she must willingly
take back seat when his business in
terests clash with her little pleasures.
He forgets that the queen Of his heart
ought 10 be treated as a queen. and he
should make il quite clear that the duty
which takes him from her is duty and is
done as such. Then the man with Sis
taTS is satisfactory as lover because
he understands something of what girls
have TO do. He does not expect his
fiancee to spend the whole OF her time
at his beck and call. for ne knows that
the flowers have to be arranged. visits
have TO be paid with the mother. etc
This knowledge prevents his being ut
terly selfish in his demands upon her"
Has he any other virtue?" laughing
" asked sweet seventeen.
Just a few" replied the experienced
woman. but I viii only speak Of one.
He knows that woman is very superior
70 man and that she is perfectly aware
OF IT, Accordingly ne thanks her heart
ily for promising to be his and tells her
he will try TO deserve the trust she re-
poses in him"
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doing without any food one day in
seven and now and then interfering
whole weeks fast or thereabout. You
may find at any time persons who sing
the praises of this no-food-at-all liv-
ing, saying the divine essences are IN
the air and they Will nourish US II we
only breathe enough of them in. No
doubt
Now. the truth is that in nearly all
these crank food systems there is a
grain OF good Nearly all people eat
twice as much as they ought to; half
the inhabitants of the earth eat too Of
ten: nearly everybody eats four times
as much meat as he ought TO eat. and
We all. without exception. take into cur
stomachs villainous. mixed up. con-
gIomerate connections that an OK would
sniff at and turn away from.
In general. on the food question unit
ed experience shows that the race in its
upward evolution has come TO the stage
where il is growing lighter. finer. more
ethereal. even stronger than II was
perhaps. but strong by sustained mind
and nerve force no longer merely by
that of the brute. Civilized man needs
less food than his ancestors did and
needs that il be OF finer. lighter, simpler
quality. Fruits. milk and eggs should
enter largely into human diet 50 Tar as
they agree with the Individual: meat
and whisky may be eft OUT 20 the Ike
degree. For the average person not
engaged in hard physical labor two
meas a day are enough. or these two
the first and the main one OF the Gay Is
perhaps best psrtaken q between II
clock and / Hundreds 81 thousands
of Americans now eat only twice day
and ind 1t agrees with them admira by.
On the other hand. those wiki small
sTomachs and feeble digestion want
food oftsner. IN that. as IN everything
else. the individual must decide for
himself
Fastins win eertalnIy relieve much OF
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-08
The HALF Season Hat.

Another thing l want TO talk about is
the demiseason hat. or. to be English.
the half season hat In England it is an
institution. Here we are just adopting
il. / mean the hat that is neither win
ter nor summer. II is made OF silk, rib
bon or malines and trimmed with light
feathers or flowers. Such a hat light
ems considerably a winter costume
without suggesting too early a spring.
and such hats viii be in order very
soon now. In fact. if you are contem-
plating the purchase Of new headgear
set il on this order.
\ smart hat which / saw recently
was made Of red satin ribbon shirred
on in little rows. The under brim was
faced with pufiinss OF satin and the
whole trimmed very simply with pop
pies and their leaves. In Z red hat II is
a good thing 10 combine two or more
shades OF red darker than the hat in
order to soften il down.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-08
NEW HAMPSHIRE SUFFRAGE
AMENDM ENT

No. 7.-Do you approve Of striking
out the word male before the word
"inhabitant' In the clause which pro-
vides that very male inhabitant fwsn-
ty-one years Of age with certain En-
ceptions) shall have a right 20 vote.
which clause r. supplemented by the
provision that every such DcrHon shall
be considered an iuhsbltant for tbs
purpose Of electinE and being elected to
offics. as proposed in the arnsndmsnt 20
the constitution
This VIII be Eubmitfed 20 the vessrs
a. the town rDsstinzz on the second
Tuesday IN March. 1879. II must xst a
two-thirSs vote IN order 20 carry.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-08

new spring importauons show great
variety Of designs.
An orange eaten before breakfast
VIII il as said. cure dyspepsia sooner
than anything else
The most stylish trimmings are a.
rauSed so as 10 add nothing 20 The
height OF the has. and drooDiug trim
rIlings are greatly favored vita pendent
clusters Of flowers and berries. lace and
feathers
Branching deer horns with brass tips
hold q large red glass ink well This
has a cover OF antique brass zSA :.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-08

the prevalent indigestion and clogged
up condition of the human body. If you
are "off your feed and nothing tastes
good, do not try to coax your appetite
Just stop eating, and go on with your
work. as usual. and don't tell anybody
about it Fast, say, twenty-four hours
You will not starve, and it will do you
good. Fasting twenty-four hours or
even skipping one meal will give your
stomach time TO find itself again under
the load of rubbish you have piled into
it.
Finally find out what you like and
what agrees with you yourself-don't
take another's word for it-and stick to
that. Eat as little even of that as will
satisfy your hunger. breathe habitually
all the air you can hold, keep your soul
and body clean and be happy
MARY GOULD LYLE.
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and threats IN cold water. and that IN
winter as Wen a. summer. II The
Szfss gentleman could return 20 earth
today ard zee how bodily CLEANLINESS
has increased since his Car. he would
- a-rsze1
Peaches arc also rscs; hyxfensc 20 TIRE
human system IS WEB "a being che %
The rnoss exquisite fruits tn nature
Deaf stand DTcoHIE n fas corner
resting or gkslT ends Hang them -
b. the handles OF TIM them us8l1s
stozr1
A brezt tray Of silver "a rather % .
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-08
Men Hate Hard Luck stories.

Do YOU know. after all the type OF
Sirl men admire most The cheerful
girl. Men are not patient when it
comes To tears. probably because they
know. most or them. what real worry
and care mean but they are quick 10
appreciate trials brave,y borne.
Il never call around the second time
when a girl begins To tell me her trou-
hes" said one OF Jnem 10 ne And. al
though II sounds selfish. l really don {
blame him What we need in this
world is more sunshine and less whine.
KATE CLYDE
New York
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-08

izrgsfT composed q fresh Ee~yt r~vs.
Ia Ssfsteetfss1sy tsneaesaG
eliS H'orsralxs IN @hife 20 a-a ess~v
tpnsz az srcorsfss ~lss 04ai ias~ss -
Shi.e net- on ~hseh Ars sssass -
rzgflfs
f@S'~ 40 hare % ssart al las snf
Nnos- ss~f hsee-se tfr~a srss -. -
nrS fats > ss.4ess,fif rsrss~.sr Esss4. -.
frsf - fssTtssFs - osts pirs - $40
sra~ svfses - 1ie4rtnarnse - "a. -
60 Ssi.as 81 Aos ~Assr.
- S-Ts~Srsez ssft 1no quartz A.
sss-l u f3its ss.e vzls-nee.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-08
IlcE OE a SKIN BRUSH.

Have two brushes. moderately soft
one for the face and threat. sitter
one for the body Use the face brush
as follows.
Have a basin with moderately hot
water and a good soap Rub plenty OF
soap or the brush and apply 10 the
complexion in brisk manner Do not
b. afraid II will not rub the skin OF
and no doubt will put little color on
pale cheeks
Then rinse Of in cold water Your
face viii now feel 50 refreshed that you
vii fan 70 wondering how you ever ex-
listed without this way Of cleaning your
skin
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ington, has been chosen TO collect sta
tisues on wealth. debt and taxation in
Utah. Shs IS the first woman employee
10 b detailed for work OF this charae-
ter
Many Of the new shirt waists are cot
iariess fitting around The neck natural
~ II the pretty. healthful fashion that
prevailed before she advent Of the stock
and collar that reach up TO the ears
A wool costume Is the most desira Die
Of all the Serviceabie fabrics. and the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-08
AMERICAN WOMAN IN GERMANY.

Analse Six has rsfsrned frora Ger.
many. who're she Was last sunasne. eafle5
~ Professor Rein ~ jena "a lecture 10
German On The EdBcatlon ~ werasr
In the United States al the Triver.ftx
school ~ Jena ard ia other German iii.
les which have university ssrarne,
schools. Soc - TIE first American 80.
man ~so has been Invited % 70 abroad
in order - lecture a. a German n-lysr.
siir. Her AUDIENCES acre a highly Ia
tsfi@cttissi S=aoSie. and h~r textures s,srs
wei received and well spoksr of IL n.
yre~R
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Soon I began 10 wish TO make invest
ments and took some OF my own earn
ings and put them into real estate"
Mrs. Biount found her real estate in
vestment was solid" Oh, yes: so solid
that il took her fourteen years TO get
rid OF il. and then she could only do so
by trading the land for gas and electric
stock
Il find that real estate is the easiest
thing TO buy and the hardest TO sell OF
anything in the market" she says.
"One must always be able TO hold ones
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-08

deep. beat shape. with tbs Sides orns-
rpent~5 By two peculiar. long ossilxs
handtes.
TIE change In hats all aS~rt 20.
co.durs. ard TIE hAlr all have 70 ~
ere<~e1 fuller IN front
Tornstn@s are sEreIie-; rernszsi-s ~
sor5e i5Tsr and gastric cosylFlxlnfs aas
arr oertz4aly more pleasant thsc x-sss-
ctr~
Fixs. rek5o<TTi~s. strawberries sur-
r1nts al Cherries az al oaosiox and
purifying % fhe syst<rr. sasi@ srtfsx
rufrffiozs az ts~ sane s1zse. AID a Ssss
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-08

shoulders you
make it smaller
a ii throu g h.
This is a fact
practically ig-
nored by filters.
After you have
taken up your
shoulder seam,
then if there is
any fullness left
ii comes off the
underarm seam,
but only then.
The waist of
the French fit
ter is always so
loose in front
that it can be
pulled out a
couple of inches
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-08

front OF the ink well there Is narrow.
long brass tray for pens
The social Economics club. worn-
ans organization 81 Chicago. has de-
ciGed after ample discussion that Amer
scan men make the bsst husbands II
any TIE Social Econofnic ladies might
have known that without any discus
sion a. all
4 SeBss author who wrote % the Eng
fish people ir the time OF George ! re-
marked Of them with apparent sur-
Prise, Not a day passes without shst-
washing their hands. ArTns. faces. DECKS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-08
gLIzssErH souRsg IN eas,s

Elizabeth seDrse "a IN. nrs, AM "A
far the osly American woman "a .s.<,rs
TIE honor has ben bes.0~~8 - hrsnx
made q Ho<S~fsfre q the soelss@ A..
E@asx Arts To fh~ Frtnch artist.
Ni&s Sourss - "a enigma -xh~ ssases.
Ike man SIX f. tar y~s So I.
fran. aeiicais. child 10 spp~ar.re.
an3 actin They ezrBcf rseo-est.
viriii'y. strength N salas1ns sss,a
sTesf, Eszfis aesnsniinsss. ah<ss~ an
Intellectual sfrsaxfa.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-08

N I""A0S I0M tleaTer OuirkI
passes over YOU. ,ica ,i.,5., -
sphone message 10 them both. And
this is what comes Of rushinc Jimmy
You never would have realized that YOU
were making such q mistake if it had
Tot been Tor the record OF your folly in
black and white
\ weekly diary IS another good thing.
IN This You record not only experiences.
but new emotions or truths which vou
think you have discovered during the
week II is perfectly wonderful how,
you can look hack through one Of these
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-08

d ay wit h GU [
any record of it
all. you are apt
TO think you are
doing about as
well as could
be expected, but
you can't get
away from your
Wn ction s
when they are
written down in
black and white.
/ know a girl
who keeps what
! call a practi-
cal diary. a pa ge
for each day
and each day
diVid ed III to
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-08
HER DOUBLE
ENTRY DIARY
KATE CLYDE'S
Story of a
Clever Girls
Ingenious Scheme

books and see the growth of your char
acter, and it gives you some very bitter
and helpful knowledge sometimes, par
ticuIarly if you grow to lose your ideals
and then look bach. to see them staring
at you in black and white.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-08

II BELIEVE in engagement books, not
so much in order TO remind us of
the engagements we have TO keep
II though that's a good idea. tOo-but
to show US what engagements we
have kept, foolish. wise or otherwise.
On the same principle l approve Of
diaries. When you drift from day to
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-08

that you had
Jimmy Brown
up to see YOU
four times last
week to the neg
lect OF Frank
NJ orris an d
Charlie Cha Sc
both good fell
lows. whom 49,
grac iouS mel
Can II be posi-
BILE? yes: the
book tells YOU
So-yOu haven't
seen for q fort
night And rl,-r-
are both the
SORT Of men who
take one TO the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-08

VIII De known
what manner of
W an Mrs.
Blount. one OF
Pro Re Nata's
founders. is
The social life
at the national
capital is de-
lightful. but il
could not sat
1 fy S u C h a
woman. Mrs.
Blount's home,
T h g o a k S.
Georgetown. d.
C. is beautiful
and stately. II
is equipped with
all modern lux
ury. and art OBJ
jects rare and
lnvelv aftrdQr
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nie entry olafy. forenoon. after
noon ana evening. Great scheme. that
She has also an engagement book
which is subdivided in the same way,
and every Sunday evening she writes in
the bool, what she ought to do and
what she intends to do in each section
of the following six days. You I'M
derstand, in one book she writes what
she ought to do. in the other what she
did. Alas, it makes strange reading at
times,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-08

from the body. The tightness is up
and down. never across. That is the
difference between a French and an
American fit
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Business Ability Is Not *
!: I; :;=:: Question of Sex
I So Says
LUCIA E. RlOUNT,
Business Woman

- ONE years ago one Of the leading
society and club women Of
Washington decided to achieve
. a career of useful activity in
the business world. She was
Mrs Lucia E. Blount, president of the
Pro Re Nata, the club composed of
women who Incorporated into their
charter a provision that so long as the
organization should stand no subject
of interest and importance 10 the hui
man race should be tabooed for discus
sion at club meetings From this il
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The Jimmy nrn,rn pro,,,...,

The engagement book is also good
thing II shows you the fatal truth
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-03-24
TUG sunk IN The FOG
Five Men of the Pilot Drowned
by Collision With a
Steamship.
0By the Associated Press J

Philadelphia, Pa. March 21.-Five IGen
Of the tug Pilot of this city, were drown
ed in collision between the tug and
the steamship Winifred D., in the Della
ware River. off Marcuss Hook, Pa, last
night The remaining three members of
were drowned:
ALONZO HAZARD, engineer.
JOHN BENNETT, mate.
FRANK ATKINSON, steward
ALBERT PAINTER, deck hand.
PORTUGUESE FIREMAN, name an
known.
The Winifrcd was towing the barge
Conemaugh from Port Arthur, Texas, to
this city. and became fogbound in tbs
Delaware Bay on Thursday. The tug
Pilot had towed the Conemaugh and
guided the Winifred from the anchorage,
and was pulling in hawser when the
steamer crashed into her amidshin with
terrible force. The tug soon sank. The
Winifred was uninjured.
CAPTAIN William B. Frutcher. Frank
Matthews. saved themselves by climbing
to the masthead of the sunken tug.
found clinging to the anchor chains oI
the Winifred The tugboat Reynolds
picked up the rescued men and brought
them to this city.
The sunken tug lies in an upright po-
sition in mid channel with about tve
feet of her topmasts showing above
water In her present position she is d
dangerous obstruction to navigation.