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Wins by Pen; Voice Loses; Refused a License

writ of mandanus directing the OK;
amining board of plumbers to retu.ai
the certificate to him. Justice Hen,
drick denied the application.
Segal was called on when the board
first became suspicious to repeat oral.
ly some of the things he wrote in his
first examination. First he was asked,
about certain words that appeared on:
his examination paper. Diameter <ap-,
peared as "diametar" in the original
examination, and on the oral try Sc,
gal spelled it "deamete" Friction,
which he got right the first time, ap-'
peared the second time as '*fricksen."
Segal explained that his answers,
to questions we're based on his read
ing books on the subject. An exam
iner of the examining board Of plumb
ers looked over the books, but could
find nothing that related to the sub
ject on which Segal was examined.
Here are some of the questions put
to Segal by the commissioners Of &C,
counts and his answers.
What is the action Of suction
pump?"
1T is known as a pump that takes
water from the cellar to the top
floor"
What is a receptacle?"
1T is like a receptic."
What does impede mean"
''1mpedes is a thing like-I cant re.
member
What is a pump?"
Il don't remember"
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Brokers Do Big Business in Stolen Stamps

I INSPECTORS have learned that
i stamps of all classes and denomi-
nations stolen by burglars from post
Offices and embezZled by employees
from great business houses and manu-
featuring establishments were pur-
chased and resold by the brokers at
prices far below their face value.
The postal laws make it crime
punishable by Imprisonment to sell
any stamp issued by the government
for less than it's face value. Investi-
cations disclosed the fact that, in ad-
dition to selling the stamps for less
than a price they could have been
purchased for from the government,
the brokers in many cases knew that
the stamps were stolen when they
purchased them.
Stamp frauds against the govern
ment and various business concerns
aggregating hundreds of thousands OF
dollars annually have been unearthed
In New York City alone. while illegal
traf1cking in stamps in many other
cities has reached large proportions.
One stamp broker in New York
City who sells from $500 to $1,000
worth Of stamps a day to merchants
1t IN alleged. has been purchasing
some of his supply from an employe
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Beautiful Bronze SundiaI Serves as a Landmark

NEARLY all strangers who travel to
~ the beautiful close of the Cathedral
of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, on
Mount Saint Alban, gather around the
sun0ial. Most of them mount the
three granite steps to stand on the
narrow granite platform about the
sundial and its rectangular pedestal
the better to read the inscription and
to study the devices engraved on
stone and bronze. The structure is
called "the cathedral landmark and
sundiai." According to the handbook
of the Washington Cathedral, "Cn
Ascension Day, A. D. 1906, the land
mark given by Mrs. Julian James to
commemorate the freedom of the
cathedral land from debt and the con-
sequent hallowing of the cathedral
close was presented and consecrated.
This landmark is beautiful bronze
sundial, surmounting an open air al
tar, on which are inscribed the names
of those it commentaries. The sun
dial marks not only the hours of the
day, but the different seasons of the
Christian year by means of a device
designed by the bishop and worked
out by Rev. Prof. Bigelow."
Beginning at the northwest edge of
the altar is this inscription:
Transit umbra lax premonet. From
the rising of the sun even to the go.
ing down of the same, my name shall
be great among the nations, and in
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One Bachelor in President Wilson's Cabinet

lin. Jr.. and a daughter, Nancy, sew
eral years younger: Mrs. Lane is a
college woman, but thoroughly domes-
tic.
If ever an actual anti-race suicide
organization is established among the
families of the cabinet officers. Mrs.
William B. Wilson. wife of the new
secretary of labor, will be at its head
by right of achievement She has
nine children. The eldest Miss Agnes
Hart Wilson, is now clerk Of the COM
nittee CT labor in the house of repre-
sentatives
Mrs Josephus Daniels. wife of the
secretary OF the navy. also has sew
eral children. She is as much inter"
ested in the games of her boys as in
the conduct of her hospitable house
hold.
There are three children in the fam
lily of David Houston. secretary Of ag.
riculture. The youngest is only two
months old. He was left behind in St.
Louis, because it was thought he was
too young to appreciate the signih-
canoe of the inaugural ceremonies.
Miss Mona McAdoo will preside
over the Washington home Of her
father, William G. McAdoo, the new
secretary OF the treasury. She made
her debut short time ago. There are
two other daughters. one married and
three sons
The only bachelor in the cabinet,
which is why he is mentioned last. is
Attorney General McReynolds.
Just how many children Mrs. Dun.
iels has the statisticians and cabinet
census takers have been unable to as.
certain definitely. But in addition to
her several" there are 27 children
whose fathers will sit in the council
of the United States new president.
The total number is at least thirty.
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every place incense shall be offered
unto my name"
On the eastern face of the altar is
this inscriptions:
This landmark is set up in the
cathedral close in memory of Ascen-
sion day, A. D. 1906, in the eleventh
year of the episcopate of the first
Bishop of Washington"
Some of the names carved on the
altar sides are Theodoras Bailey
Myers, 1821-18S8; Catalina Juliana
Mason, 1826-1905, and Cassie Mason
Myers, Julia James, Frederick James,
Edmonia Phelps, Sidney Mason, Al
phonso Sidney Mason and Catherine
Kobb. In one Of the stone panels is
Major Myers, Thirteenth Regiment,
U. S. Infantry, married
Charlotte Bailey" with some dates
that in the Rambler's notes were so
blurred by rain that they could not be
read
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firetug, which steamed down the river
and broke channel through the ice,
from the horse to a concrete runway
leading up to the life saving station.
For an hour and fifteen minutes
she swan about in the cold water,
resting her nose on cakes of ice when
tired. Considering that it was prob
ably her first swimming lesson, and
that under untoward conditions, she
proved herself an Annette kellerman
among horses.
She displayed an unreasonable de-
sire to swim in the general direc-
ton Of Canada. Having opened up q
channel the crew of the tug lassoed
her and towed her across. She walk
ed up the runway and shook herself,
seemingly grateful for being saved
The tug was compelled to head for
the slip as water was pouring in at an
alarming rate. There a patch was
placed over the hole.
Several hundred dollars damage
was done. The value of the black
mare is about $50.
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Bees Brimming With Energy Give Grocer Worry

ID ITTSBURG, Pa There is grocer
] in the East nd who knows the
answer to the qles lion. How doth
the little busy bee?"
What he doesn't know is just what
to do when the bees get busy.
The Industrious little critters own
one complete window section of his
store. They are feeding on his sugar,
sampling his candy, profiting by his
figs and mixing up his dates: and now
they are about ready to start hive.
It all began when an eastern firm
made arrangements with the grocer to
give demonstrate o.. the making of
honey. With a prettj GIRL and bunch
of industrious bees the demonstration
was bound to be success.
The girl arrived, and she was ac-
cording to specifications. The bees ar
rived, by parcel post, and everything
was ready for the Dig advertising
stunt. Then Fate butted in and broke
the cute little glass house the bees in
habited.
Instantly the honeymakers started
out on a foraging expedition. There
was nothing in the store they didn't
sample.
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of the New York state government
at Albany. The employe confessed
to post office inspectors that he re.
mitted to the stamp broker from $25
to $50 week in stamps stolen from
the state.
The department redeems postal
cards from original purchasers at Is
per cent. of their face value. A few
weeks ago a member of congress and
a former deputy commissioner of po-
lice Of New York City requested the
third assistant postmaster-general to
redeem more than a million cards for
constituent of the representative.
Inquiry by inspectors developed tho
fact that the cards were the property
of a stamp broker. whose business 10
declared by the department officials
to be clearly illeEitimate. -
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N EW YORK.-Harry Segal of 107
~ East 115th street is living proof
OF the accepted theory that most men
who WELD a facile pen do not express
their views so we'll orally and that
the extemporaneous speaker is not
always a literary success.
Segal is plumber, and he did we'll
IN the written examination before the
examining board of plumbers for his
certificate of competency. But there
were seven other candidates who did
exactly as we'll as Segal; in fact, in
the same language, which caused the
board to investigate. The result was
That they and the commissioners of
accounts, who took part in the inves-
tgation, believed fraud had been per-
petrated by the eight whose answers
to the questions were the same.
1t was decided that either some one
had 1mpersonated Segal or else he
had a list of the questions asked him
before the examination. The certifl-
cate granted to Segal was revoked.
He applied to the supreme court for
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Mare Tries Suicide; Fire Tug Has Narrow Escape

r LEVELAND, GA small, black,
~ untamed mare, fresh from the
wllds OF Arkansas, jumped in the river
across from the life-saving station aft
er being unloaded from a box car at
the foot of w. 9th street early the
other morning.
In effecting the horses rescue the
firetug Clevelander struck log which
stove In hole about foot square
on the starboard stde below the wa
ter line, and the boat nearly sank
before it could be tied up in a shall
low spot in the Sycamore slip.
Hugh O'Neil, to whom the consign-
ment of wild horses was made, receiv-
ed kick in the stomach when he, to-
gether with Captain James Nimmo. of
the Clevelander, three of his crew and
Captain Hansen Of the life-saving
crew, attempted to lead the animal
over the concrete pierre to shore.
When released from the car the ami
NAL broke away from the others and
ran through the railroad yards. out
past the freight houses on the river
front to point near the customs
Office and opposite TIE life saving sta
ton.
Hesitating only moment. she
jumped to the ice and skated about
ten or fifteen minutes, apparently en-
joying the experience. The mares
unfamiliarity with so large an ex-
panse of ice proved her undoing. She
got near the edge and it broke,
throwing her into the water.
The men on shore called for the
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One

III ASHINGTON.-Gat of sta
W tistits who have been compiling
facts about the new Wilson cabinet
announced with satisfaction the other
day tLat its members are simple,
home-loving and by example, active
antl-race suicide propagandists.
OF all the cabinet families, only that
of Secretary of War Garrison is with
out children and even this is discount
ed by the fact that Mrs. Garrison, far
from being a child hater, has always
taken a deep and sympathetic interest
In small boys and girls
Mrs. William Jennings Bryan is a
lawyer, like her husband, but she has
found time amid her professional du-
ties to rear two children, Mrs. Richard
Hargreaves, Jr., and William J. Bryan,
Jr., whose wife will, make her home
in Washington with the family.
Three daughters call Mrs. Albert
Sidney Burleson, wife of the postmas-
ter general ''mother.' One -of the
daughters, Mrs. Richard VanWick
Negley. has a son about six weeks
old.
William c. Redfield, secretary of
commerce, and Mrs. Redtield have a
married daughter and a son, Hum
phrey Fuller Redfield, who is a stu
dent at Amherst college.
Franklin K. Lane, secretary Of the
interior, has 16-year-old son, Frank
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H1CAGO.-A dog the other night
~ captured youth supposed to be a
member of a band of safeblowers and
held him until the police arrived to
take him into custody.
While only volunteer aid to the
overworked police department, the
bulldog took hold of things when
they got beyond the grasp of Detec-
tive Sergeants Mullin and Burns.
So careful was he that his prisoner
SHOULD not escape that it required all
the persuasive power of the two po-
licemen, two other members of the
band to which the youth is supposed
to belong and the prisoner himself to
effect his transfer to the arms of the
law. Then a weak spot in the things
the dog took hold Of when they got
beyond the grasp Of the detectives
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4 BBOTT H. THAYER, an artist
"A who has given much study to the
question, discusses the invisibility Of
icebergs at night in the last issue of
the bulletin of the photographic Of
fee. He writes, in part:
The Titanic and the Arizona ran
into icebergs because of the universal
notion that white shows at night even
against a clear sky. Until this i'm
preston can be corrected the world
will continue at the mercy of the
chance of more ice accidents.
"A steamer may be close to an ice
berg on a clear, moonless night, and.
as stated above, often on a moonlit
night, without the slightest sight of it..
Any observing person who has lived
in the country knows perfectly well
that snowy roofs on such night are
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shut the door! Shut the door,
cried the demonstrator. "or they'll get
out"
"All right, honey" replied a grocery
clerk, forgetting himself il big ex-
element
But the stout woman customer
waxed hot when she was urged to
"shoo" them. I'D rather slipper EN-"
she declared.
But everybody else "shooed," and
by and by the bees were corralled in
the window section and the section
door shut.
The perplexed demonstrator wired
east for instructions. In the mean.
time the bees held the fort.
"Stung!'" says the grocer.
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AVIATOR BEACHEY WILL FLY NO MORE

Lincoln Beachey, the aviator
whose recklessness has been the SEN
sation of the country for two years.
says he will never fly again profess
sionally. He believes that he has
been responsible for the death of a
number of aviators. This is the
cause of his abandonment OF a game
which has made him a rich man.
II have quit for good" he said the
other day.
Il have made fortune in a little
more than two year,. I have defied
death at every opportunity in that
time. have been a bad influence,
and the death of a number Of youth
full aviators in this country can be
traced, I believe, to their desire to
emulate me in my foolishly daring
exploits in the air.
Il won the American altitude rec.
ord at Chicago. This was the flight
that earned for me a reputation for
recklessness. l scared into the sky
vov f,,ol vo,,1l m rrx, MN
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MRS. wilson, who spghly in
peekng into pantres
commentator and
wilson, whose artistic
great deal of time
House ladies' ~ ~
the
studio
breadth
tlnel since the White House built
White House ladies
up pcures and the girls
time ' ~e -
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new HEAD HAS Excellent RECORD

Col. George P. Scriven, who has
succeeded Brig. Gen. James Allen as
chief signal officer Of the army has
had a career of remarkable activity.
He has been attached at different
times to three branches Of the mill.
tary service, and has seen service In
all parts of the world and participat-
ed in the front Of every campaign
which has been waged since his
graduation from the military academy
in 1878.
He was. born in Pennsylvania and
appointed to the military academy
from the state of Illinois,, following
several years preliminary study in
the University of Chicago, and in the
Rensselaer, Polytechnic Institute at
Troy, N. Y.
He began his military career In
the artillery, but was soon on de-
tached service abroad, carrying him
through Europe and Iceland.
He made one of the most note
worthy military horseback rides on
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PROFESSOR BERGSON ON IMMORTALITY

You can not prove Immortality
says Professor Bergson, "but you do
not have to in order to be justified in
believing it. Indeed, the burden OF
proof is on the doUbter. Nobody can
prove that something will never come
to an end; such an attempt would be
absurd" is another part of his asser-
ton. But if we can prove that the
role of the brain is to fix the atten-
ton of the mind on matter and that
by far the create; part of mental life
is independent of the brain, then we
have proved the likelihood of sur
vival; and it is for those who do not
believe it to prove they are right,
not for US to prove they are wrong"
As reported, these sentences form
part of the lectures given by the
popular French philosopher at Colum~
bia university, on Spirituality and
Liberty" Many regard him as the
most vital force In European phi1os'
ophy today. The lecturer, whose
method 0f thought is intuitiOnal rath-
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Mexico
he tookan
in Of
Major
General Chanee n Peking
Many
1u the field
he has been
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Now word comes from the Univer-
sity Of Chicago that in the future the
race will be without hair, teeth or lit.
tie toes 1t might be suspected that
the elimination of hair and teeth have
been inspired by potential trusts In
those essentials. but what prejudice
exists against such innocuous things
OF non.moneymakers az little toes 10
hard to conceive
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find The White HOUSE "H0MEY"

Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, the new
first lady of the land, and her daugh-
ters are as happy as children over
the housekeeping arrangements in
the White House. They find it a
honey" place, despite its vastness.
This was Mrs. Taft's legacy.
A well-equipped conservatory par
t1cularly delights Mrs. Wilson, with
its multitude of fairy blossoms and
plants, which daily supplies cut fow-
ers for the presidential family and
decorations for the rooms and enter
tainments that keep the White House
a bower Of blossoms.
Uncle Sam furnishes besides to
the new White House lady a complete
outfit OF silver, glass, cutlery and lin
ems that would make any bride sick
with envy. All spoons, forks, knives
and metal dishes are of solid silver,
of exquisite design, each piece work
ed with an American eagle and bear
ing the inscription, "The Presidents
The Virginia enterprise., 1913-04-18

A man in Pennsylvania who volun.
teered for service in the Civil war and
was rejected because he was too old
has just died. But he established his
point, though it took him a long time
to do it.
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One concern In Atlanta burned s30,.
900 worth of one time fashionable car.
riages to make room for the modern
auto. And yet the horse is holding
his own in price and style excellently
we'll.
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It is a mistake to assume that cour
tesy costs nothing. A St. Louis man,
while in the act Of bowling to lady:
on the street, was struck by an auto
mobile.
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madef a States
Failure
A iofd this
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A little piece Of twine. which
dropped into the steering gear of the
liner Lusitania, caused $1.00O,O00 DAM
age. It sounds "fshy," but the Cunard
company says 1t is fact.
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What Was Worryfno Him.

What Was Worrying Him.
A taxicab caught fire in New York.
The flames reached the gasoline tank.
The two passengers, who had come =
long way, tumbled out. The fire de-
partment was summoned. play on
the meter!" shrieked the distracted
driver to the hremen. Never mind
t1o cab-play on tho metogl"
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Stockings are not to be worn on the
Cleveland bathing beaches next sum-
mer, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A barefooted bathing beach ought to
be worth seeing.
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Selling old letters for $4,000 and
$4,000 convinces us that the goose
quill and the sand, used by our fore
fathers, beats up to date writing meth
DDS, financially speaking.
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Lono French FISHING Grounds.

Long Frehch F1shIn0 SaTounus.
It is an established historical fact
that for more than 400 years French
fishermen have come each season to
the shores Of Newfoundland and the
neighboring banks, except during the
wars with England, when French
ships were temporarily driven from
thAee seas. 49, - Il, y = )
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reasoning added this
believe Immortality
IF the mind had its the brain the survival
would be highly improbable the
10 least
probable; susceptible
vh;cr have no counterpart Ht' u "4 si@
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Chicago, according to the latest esti.
mate, has a population of 2,307 ,62S,
but the next wave of crime may re-
duce that considerably.
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The Iowa man who missed train
connections and was one hour too late
for his marriage ceremony should ap-
preciate just how kind fate was to
him.
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Just to show that he is a Jolly
good fellow still, Sir Thomas Upton
will come over next year and lose an.
other race fer the Americas cup.
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Now is the time for energetic in
ventors and vendors Of bulletproof
cloth to be interesting high Mexican
officials in their material for new
spring styles.
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The New York baseball club has in.
sured Manager McGraw's life for
100000. Might not humanity pre-.
scribe similar provision for the
league umpires?
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Cleveland officials, who declare that
the fly has been exterminated there.
evidently plan to spend their summer
vacations in some other state,
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Sometimes we refer flippantly to
the antiseptic life. but there is no
doubt about 1.-THE free lunch fork
ought to co.
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A Chicago professor says that the
female of the species is brainier than
the male. At least. he is doing all he
can to prove the statement.
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In tracing the typewriter back to
1714, we fail to find any record show
ing when the stenograpbar took hold
of the situation.
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Aerial headlines are to be establish
ed. That leaves the cyclone cellar as
the only place left for the poor in
habitants Of earth.
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An experienced English aviator
thinks bomb dropping at best game
of chance, but it will nevor be taken
up like poker.
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Taking into consideration the adj"
verse talk against the tipping habit,
we are forced to concede that after all
tips are grudgingly given.
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1t is fervently hoped that walking
does not become fad. Cold suppers
are not the most enjoyable things in
the world.
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Five million muskrat skins are mar
keted each year, but when the con-
sumers get them they are variously
named
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Strange as 1t may seem, while beef
and lamb and butter awaited, the price
of chile con carne remained station
ary.
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make respectable family phonograph
blush.

Pythons have gone up. They now
cost $5 a foot. Isn't that awful,
Mabel?
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Noah was more fortunate than
present day circus men. He had no
press agents on his salary list.
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The French aviator, who flew 287
miles In 1856 minutes, had little time to
view the scenery.
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The San Francisco dog, with gold
hinge on his back leg, wouldn't be safe
a minute in Chicago.
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Fashion may decree mannish skirts
for women, but why masculine when
they talk of embroidery effect?
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Paris may have seen the last of the
hobble skirt. but they are still popular
in America.