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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-17

The climax OF threatened dangers seems
to nave been reached in these latest as
s~srtions.
1t Is Doctor Sang!ovanni who declares that
tuberculosis and anaem!a are due to the
wearing Of corsets. "
Doctor Sangiovanni is said to have been
Garibaldis physician. and was decorated
for his services during the cholera morbus
epidemic in Naples In the latter part OF
the seventies-
The doctor now lectures at the public
schools, and lately he has succeeded in in
terestins the NV York Board of Educa-
ton in the Subject Of corset-wearing and
his proposed methoGs OF reform.
THE .HORRIBLE PRACTICE"
In explaining the pi. astrological reasons for
lbs remarks. Doctor Sangiovanni dweils up
on the horrible practice. as he calls 1t. fol-
lowed by women in cOmpressing their waists
to such O degree hat they are unable to
inhule and exhale the requisite amount Of
oxygen.
Besides destroying the natural lines Of the
figure. the fashionable pressure at the waist
and abdomen. according to Doctor Sangio-
vanni, plays havoc with tho digestive or
gans. and the result Is the incipiency OF
nearly all the Ills that flesh Is heir to.
Sc strongly does the doctor feel upon this
well-worn subject that he declares he would
like to see q bill introduced in the Legis'a-
ture forbidding school teachers. superintend-
ents Of factories and stores to receive any
girl wearing corsets.
III corsets must be worn" Doctor sangi-
ovann is quoted as saying. they should not
be assumed until after the age Of Is. when
the feminine figure has reached til highest
point Of development"
As IL consumption and anaemia were not
enough Of a busaboo to femininity incased
in stays. the even moro startling news
comes from across the water that a Paris
physician proclaims corscts responsible for
the innumerabls cases of appendicitis which
have occurred recently among women Of
fashion.
This gives a decidedly new aspect to the
matter. and makes II worth while to go
over the subject again, especially in the
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-17

| light OF the marked improvements. so con-
sidered, In the cut. shape and style of the
corsets designed for the Century
| woman.
Tho fact Is. women are rather proud OF
played in dress during the last few months
and. instead Of being censured for their re-
form. they hoped to find encouragement on
every side.
The women of to-day do not aspire to the
proportions of Roman mstrcns or strong,
limbed amaZons.
What they want is freedom Of movement,
health, grace and beauty Of line, and If the
modern corset gives them all these. with an
additional two or three inches in waist cir
conference. this state Of things ought to be
commented on with the utmost approval.
The increase in waist is well end good.
but the retort comes What about the
pulled UP abdomen? and there you are.
Praise is not unmixed with blame.
Yet with the exception Of the few some
what sensational reforms advocated, doc
tors agree. not to disagree. but to tolerate.
at least. the modern corset. while in many
cases this whalebone Of contention Is ac-
tually recommended.
Doctor Grace Peckham Murray Of the
Langham, who Is especially interested in
practical reform movements in dress. and
who has had the advantage Of observing
closely the style and adjustment of the
fashionable stays, 10 delightfully."- inspiring
to the feminine world. and this. too. with
the entire sanction Of her professional
knowledge.
NOT TOO TIGHT. AS A RULE.
ut can be said. and said emphaticaIly.
too" remarked Doctor Murray. when ques-
toned as to the foundation Of these alarm
ing accusations against corsets. that wom-
en- as a rule to DO not wear their corsets
too tight.
There II really little fault to be found
with the way women dress nowadays, and
the now straight front corset. which has.
OF course. been thoroughly discussed from
time to time. has hhany excellent qualities.
and even in Its most exaggerated form. or I
might say on the most exaggerated form.
the corset serves an admirable purpose.
I'm many cases We recommend the wear
ing Of q new style corset. and for women of
mature age the long hip and abdominal
support keep the wearer from serious suf-
feriug sometimes.
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Trailing skirta are worse than all tbs
tight corsets that may be worn. Look st
that for an example," and Doctor Murray
pointed to a woman trudg1ng along the ave-
nue. with . perambuiator and dragging =
length Of skirt over the dirty pavement.
There In nothing in dress more unhys
gienic and at the same time more unneces-
say ard disgusting than this feminine FASH
Ion. Fancy the germs and microbes thas
woman Is gathering up as she goes along;
10 spread later through her home. What's
the good of her having a fine pair OF lungs
and plenty OF space for them to do their
work properly with an unconfned waist II
she feopardizes her life and those of her IN
FAINT and family by carrying about q QUAR-
tty Of disease germs! Let them wear the
corsets recently adopted: there IL no fauies
TO be found with them II properly put on.,
and they are a thousand times better than
thoae puiled-in affairs OF a few years ago."
OF exactly the came opinion as Doctor
Murray - 10 q feminine coworker, Doctor GerI
trude B. Kelly. 4,
The new corset Is not harmful" SAID
Doctor Kelly in reply to the question con-,
cefnins the diseases ascribed 10 1t. 'Ini
fact, no corset II. except when worn too,
tight 1t 10 a curious thing. however, that
before straight-fron corsets were the fash.t
Ion. women insisted that they did not COM,
press their waists. and yet now. with tho.
new stays. almost every feminine figure has
increased from 10 TO three inches around
the waist.
Stout women do something with the abb
doInen to get rid Of that unbeccming full,
ness, but even this method Of pressing tha
abdomen back. and supporting 1t with the.
corset Ii not health destroying. 1t IL only;
when this part of the anatomy Is squeezed
down that suffering results.
1t IL all nonsense about consumption be-
Ing the result Of corset wearing. In the
nrst place. the torso OF the fashionable
woman fs SO entirely free from the waist
up that her lungs are given every oppor-
tunity for expansion. l have found It the
case very often that the lungs Of patients
can be examined without having the corr
sets removed.
The American girl Of the better class IS
q truly splendid creature. She walks with
admirable freedom and grace. and even the
most casual observer in able 10 tel. by her
movements that her figure Is not pulled in
at the waist"
AS TO the theory advanced in Paris that
appendicitis Is due to the fashionable cor-i
set, which displaces the abdomen. New
York physicians are more than doubtful; in,
fact. they refuse 10 accept 1t at al. When
such men as Doctor Z. Weir Mitchell, Doc~
tor George F.. Shrady. Doctor Robert AbbA
and others who have had mitch experienced
pretty conclusively and quite satisfactorf.y ~
that the American women need have no
fear OF appendicitis resulting. from their
stays. For one thing" one doctor IL quot
ed as saying. the malady IL more frequeua
among men than women"
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CHAPTER xxu-contin.ea.

IT give you Joy Of your escape. Mistress
NarEefy," said the Baronet, mounting his
words like . player who had long since
conned his lines and got them well by heart
and letter-perfect These slippery savages
have given U q pretty chase. I do assure
you. But you are trembling yet, calm you
self, dear lady; your are quite safe now"
was watching her intently as he spoke.
Twas now hard upon two months since I
had seen her last in that fateful upper room
at Appleby Hundred, and the interval-or
nayhap it was only the hardships and DIS,
tressss Of the captive fight-had
had changed her woefully. Yet now. as
when we had stood together at the bar OF
Colonel Tarleton's court, I saw her pass
from mood to mood in the turning of a
leaf, her natural terror slipping from her
like a cast-of garment, and a sweet dig
nifty coming to clothe her In a queenlier
robe, making her, as I would think. more
beautiful than ever.
II thank you. Sir Francis-for myself and
for poor Jeanne" she said You have
come to take us back to m fatherT'
He bowed again and spread his hands a.
Q friend willing but helpless.
Upon my honor, my dear lady, nothing
would give me greater pleasure. But what
can I say? We are upon the Kings bust
ness, - you well know. and our mis-
indeed. We are here only by the good chanc
which led your csptors to choose our route
FOR theirs. I have no alternative but to
take you and your woman with VI to the
west: but I do assure you
She stopped him with an impassioned ges-
ture Of dissent, and darting a ~despairang
glance around that minded me of some
hunted hin hopelessly enmeshed in the
net Of the fowler, she clasped her hands
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the enects of tight lacing that most women
long ago ceased to take any stock In the
farming predictions concerning the infu-
ence CT the corset on future generations.
Stays. In one form or another, continue to
hold their own.
| occasionally. however, a new evil Is
pointed out as the result of corset wearing.
and thus 1t happens that the cid subject
of dress reform is brought arain TO the
attention Of the feminine members OF So
ciety.
The latest lis to be ascribed to the wear
Ing OF corscts are consumption. anaemia
and appendicitis. and as these diseases are
both serious and comparatively common
women are beginning to investigate the gy-
gienic properties Of the modern corset
models.
Preaching dress reform. which really
means the abandonment Of corsets, is a
waste OF time and words. SO declare many
fashionable physicians.
Il never saw a woman yet" said one we'll
known man whose patients include the sor
ciety set. who didn't insist that her stays
were perfectly loose and comfortable, and 10
prove her potnt abe would show how easily
she could put her hand under the front
steels.
MY reply to this little bit OF feminine de-
ception is invariably the same. Why, of
course. you wouldn't wear yours too tight
which assurance is always satisfactory.
Il find it's the only way to get On with
women. and experience has taught most
physicians that they might talk till dooms-
day on the harmful results from wearing
corsets and that's all the good their lee
lures would accomplish.
"Women are peculiarly stubborn when 1t
comes to a question Of clothes and their
personal appearance; and besides. dress re-
form has become a hackneycd and alto
gether dead subject"
Every one must admit. however. that the
pliable batiste and whalebone articles Of
dress have assumed a new Importance since.
according to some physicians. women are
stared in the face by such frightful alterra-
tives ~ tuberculosis and appendicitis or re-
nouncing their dearly beloved physical sup
pnrf
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To Be Continued.
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= OF CHAPTERS.
Roger Ireton was executed in 17H By Governor
Tyron for his participation In the Regulators IN
surreetion. and his Carolina estate. Appleby Hun
dred. bestowed upon one Gilbert Stair. His son.
John Ireton. having till then served the KIM In
Q regiment in England. threw up his commission
and took service with the Austrians. In IT'D he
returned to the New World to see II. In the
troubious days Of revolution. he could not regain
his ancestral estate.
Almost the first man he meets IN Sir Francis
Fa1connet, an old enemy OF his English Army
days. now n Captain of Hessians. The two fight
Q duel. in which Sir Francis wounds Ireton. TAX
1ng an unfair advantage Of the Intervention OF
2argery Stair. the daughter OF the usurper OF
Appleby. whittier Ireton Is taken by her orders.
She nurses him. and he falls in love with her.
honor bidding him to respect what he believes
90 be the prior claim of a young American. Dick
Jennifer. She also tells him that Sir Francis
Falconnet has asked her to marry him. q mar
fiage that he purposes to prevent.
Ere long he discovers that he 10 in reality tho
Dr1sonsr Of the Barouet. who intends to denouDcs
him to Tarleton as q Continental SPY. He also
lsarns that a powder CONVOY Ii to be ssnt out to
arm the Indians for raids upon the patriots.
While trying to escape with the map Of the route
OF this convoy. he Ii captured Tarleton con-
dennis him to death. and during the night before
- carry the map to JGnifer. but II taken. Tarie-
A0a taunts hsr with being the mistress OF Ireton.
oh boldly declares that she 10 his wife. Gilbert
STAIR. knowing that he is about to die. demands
= eocrst marriage, as this will secure Appieby for
his daughtsr independent Of his coonscators
slain.
Irston = led out to s1ecution, but aved 1t the
last moment by q baAd Of patriotA UnoAnoola,
bis Indian playmate Of boyhood days. informs
-Aim that Jennifar. too. has escaped lreton
chances to IND Jennifer surrounded by enemies.
He reacues Jennifer and the two engage In .
series Of adventures.
Margery Stair 70 taken prisoner by the Indians
and John Trenton sets out to nnd her.
AarEery Stair 10 kidnapped by Indians. John
wston, accompanied by Dick Jenndfer and Ephr-
rain Yeatea. an old hunter. st out to rescue
her. After many Adventures thsy locate Mar
gesy and approach her.
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and frequently abused bit of feminine ap-
parel. the corset.
So many Ills nave been attributed 70
whalebone vises. a. they are styled, and to
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CHAPTER XIII.

How We Kept the Feast Of Bitter
Herbs.
You may be sure that Richard Jennifers
bitter reproachings came home to me in
hharpest fashion, the more since now I
raw how We had lost our chance BY neg
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espyrlsAss .ses. ey .asge..a-xszm ceaqsaA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-25
ROASTING roo SOON.

''The sAvlng Uf the negro assailant Of a young woman at Watson from the hands of a moo shows how much better we d. these things in Minnesota somewhat ex- u.tantly rellarlSs fhe St, Paul Globe. The Giooe win pardon us if We quote a little app. .p.iate Scripture to it, being the %o.d. of AAab King of Israel. to Ben LAdad. King of Syria.l.a said: Let no. hin that girdeth on his' harness boast l.li --f 45 ne Jha. putteth it off.
 ..e scLG people CI Minnesota have i!.-..-l no negroes as yet. partly becauss tAey nave not teA the incentive that o.hers have. and partly because they l.-l.ssi tae tpport unity. In the case to Na.ch The G!ooe alludes above, it tells Is in another editorial that the negro was cn.y saved by the Sheriff being mo- ti:.ed that a mo5 was waiting fer him and that gave him the opportunity tJ save the .apIst by taking another route and thus avoiding the citizens who had assembled to execute summary judgment cn a brute. IL was not the bravery of tAe Sheriff nor the virtue of the citizens tat prevented q lynching. The mob was reaoy for business, but the officers dodged them and that is the only ground The Globe has for its felcitations.
 But the fact should also be borne in mind that the people of Minnesota have had no cause to apprehend or dread the c.ass of outrages which occur in other States. The total negro population of that S,ate in 1900 was about 5,O00, and We suppose that there are exceedingly few of those who are of the class to be dread ed as they are dreaded in many sections of the South. Let a few such outrages as that at Wilmington. for example. oc- cur in Minnesota. and we may safely predict that The Globe will no longer be able to boast about how much better they do things there. We sincerely hope that there will never arise occasion tc prove that the people of that State are like white people elsewhere, but if the oc- casion arises, the proof will be promptly forthcoming. in our judgment. The blood of white men doesn't differ very mate rially in color or temperature, and We suspect that people up there would act as they do elsewhere. under the same provocation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-25
Use of Liquor in the Army.

Chicag go Record Herald.
 An interesting contribution to the dis cussion growing out of the custom of giving liquor to soldiers is made by Count von Haeseler. until lately commander of the Sixteenth Army Corps in Germany. and one of Emperor Williams military favorites.
 The Count Is not one of those who be- llevcs that strong drink is necessary to make good soldier, nor does he believe that alcoholic stimulation increases the powers of endurance or the fighting quail ty in soldiers. On the contrary, Count von Haeseler. after twenty-five years of total abstinence in the army, protests strongly against the use of liquor by sol diers. He says:
 The soldier who abstains altogether is the best man. He can accomplish more, can march better. and is a better soldier than the man wh drinks even moderate ly. Mentally and phys cally he Is better, Strong drink tires and only in creases thirst: For soldiers water, coffee and above all tea"
 The testimony of this officer who has behind him the record of long and active service in the Germany army should be worth something in the discussion of a question of this kind There is little doubt sAhat the consensus of expert mili- tary opinion in Europe and America will affirm the correctness of his judgment. To say that a sense of weariness and thirst follows indulgence in alcoholic stimulants is merely stating a physiolog- ical fact. Excessive stimulation means a physical and mental reaction, in which the powers are at low ebb.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-25
A Grand Stand Play.
Montevallo Sentinel.

MOnteVallo Sentinel
 The action of Secretary of State J. Tom Heflin in making an uncalled for and un- just attack upon Judge Jones in 1 speech at Luverne last week because the latter did what he considered his duty in the late peonage cases, was unbecoming to say the least, When men holding high State office hold up to ridicule those who believe in upholding law, and the peace and dignity of the State, as did Mir lief lin with reference to Judge, Jones, Is it any wonder that jurles and officers. in many instances are lax in the discharge of duty? And MT. Hcf1in lowered the dig nity of the high office he holds in his ef- fort to make a grand stand play by cail- ing into questio m the honor and integrity of one of Aiabama's best men. We ven ture the assertion that MT. Hefiins words relative to Judge Jones will come up tC bother him at some future time. as they should.
 Mir Heflin must feel if1fnitesimally small since Turner, whose mistrial called forth Judge Joness remarks to the jury has plead guilty and thrown himself or the mercy of the court. However we arc of the opinion that in the future MT Heflin will not he so eager to come 1T again. His speech was the more repre- hensihle because the man whom he at tackled, because of the position he holds is unable to defend himself and MT. Hei lin knew it. Shame!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-25

surd. He was never an exponent of De- mocracy. for that matter. While he was the candidate of the Party, we may ad- init that he was it's leader. but there has been no time. certainly during recent years, when he either taught or advanced genuine Democracy. This may not be pleasant or acceptable to some who still profess to look on him as the embodiment of Democratic principles. but 1t Is true. just the same.
 Those who censure us for criticising MT. Bryan tell us that neither he nor MT. Cleveland Is now an issue, and that they have the same right to condemn the lat- ter that we have to condemn the former, but that Is not a correct statement. MT. Cleveland is not putting himself forward in any respect. He rarely has anything to say on public or political affairs when he can avoid it. When he is virtually ] compelled to speak, he does so in plain | terms, and without censure or abuse of others.
 Mir. Bryan has descended to the level of common scold. In his paper. in his speeches, and in his interviews, he per- | sists in keeping himself before the public and in assuming to himself the office of | dictator to the Democrats. His abuse of Mir. Cleveland has become so shameless and continuous that he has disgusted many of his former strong friends. Some of his charges against the ex-President are wholly without foundation. He makes statements which cannot be sustained, and of which he ought to be ashamed He would be, If he were not eaten up by ambition and saturated by conceit of nis own importance. When he says that Cleveland was the cause of his two de- feats. he speaks without evidence to sus- | tain him. When he makes the direct charge that Cleveland was bribed by the | money power, he discredits his own ln- telligence and puts himself in the position of slanderer.
 It Is no pleasure to speak harshly of
 man who has twice been the nominee of
 the Democratic Party. but he is respon-
 sible for 1t. For very shame he should
 cease his continued abuse of Democrats.
 He is making himself an enemy to har-
 mony, a stumbling block in the way of
 the Party and an injury to Democracy.
 He cannot reinstate himself by his pres-
 ent course: he cannot prevent the nomi-
 nation of Mir. Cleveland. if the Democrats
 resolve to nominate him. He may be able
 to defeat the Party next year. and that
 is all he can hope to accomplish The l country has had a surfeit of Mir. Bryan.
 He is a back number. closed incident
 and a discredited leader. Let him sub- side
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-25
LET HIM SuRSInE

Some days ago The Advertiser received a letter from a subscriber in which the writer took this paper very severely to of MT. Bryan. He apparently held. as some other misguided Democrats hold, that fighting Bryan is fighting the Dem ocratic Party" and indulged in some severe strictures on The Advertiser for commenting Cleveland and denouncing Bryan. The style and language of the communication were not such as to en- title it to place in our columns.
 In a recent issue of The Mobile Item We find this paragraph:
 The attacks of MT. Bryan upon MT. Cleveland have ceased to be of interest, even to the friends of MT. Bryan and the enemies of MT. Cleveland. because they have no effect upon MT. Cleveland who sits and fishes complacentiy while the Nebraskan froths. The public is not clam bring for MT. Cleveland as a candidate Tor third term, and, if noses were have a majority among the masses, but his continual vaporings are doing him nor his cause no especial good. It savers too much or the disposition to guide the ship or sink 1t.
 The Item was one of the most loyal, insistent and persistent supporters that MT. Bryan had in Alabama. It stiu has an undue opinion of his importance, as evidenced by its claim that he has more supporters among the masses than Cleve- land has, which. we think, is not fact but that is not matter of practical i'm. portance. It is not so much wrapped up In Bryan that 1t cannot see what spec tacle he is making of himself, or that it cannot speak out in condemnation oi his present course.
 To speak of Mir. Bryan as the head or representative of the Democratic Party or as the exponent of Democracy, is ab
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-25
Those alittering Rrigadiers.

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 There are thirty-three new brigadter generals.
 Think of 1t,
 Thirty-three flashing and flashing war riors in gold lace galore and with but tons that corruscate like the stars on the robe of night
 Thlrty-three doughty leaders of men whose spines are stiffened with dignity, and whose legs are curved with horse manship and whose chests are conveyed on the public by merely existing
 Happy uniforms, happy gold lace. hap py buttons happy horses that bear these knightly brigadiers-and long may the goddess of peace keep them unspoiled and intact.
 Glorious thirty-three, We salute thee!