Evening star., 1945-06-17

half century back, but commentators
on "the styles" of those
Seoshore days appear to have had
Fashions little difficulty in con-
veying to the public
what they meant when they wrote about
the patterns which fashion dictated
"for those who go into the water" or
merely approach near to it, For in
stance, The Star for June 8, 1895, GER
tainly was concerned with that variety
of garment now known as Stacks"
when it said: Everything runs to
trousers. Hunting, climbing, hiking,
bathing or horseback riding, the trous-
er or divided skirt is quite the thing
and oh how funny some women do
look In the bifurcates! A stylish
woman with a form, who would en-
bellish anything she put on, looks well
in any cut of trouser, but the woman
with amplitude of torso and preponder-
ance Of calf and leg, looks like a sack
OF meal with string tied in the middle
when she dons the jaunty Turkish
trousers, and the thin woman makes
what the boys term a holy show of
herself All the same, the popular
bathing rig this season will be short
pants and belted waist. Near.
ly all women bathers wear corsets. They
are made on the equestrienne style and
do not impede good action of the waist
muscles"
An editorial in The Star of June 10.
1895, set forth the American concep-
ton Of the liberty of as
Trouble in semblage and petition with
Vienna particular relation to dif-
f1culties in the capital of
Austria where, it declared, the govern
ment "blundered when it and
the Viennese police interfered with and
prevented the holding of public meet
ing at which 10000 workmen were to
listen to speeches condemnatory of the
franchise scheme insisted upon by the
ministry. In the press dispatches from
Vienna it is not even intimated that the
program which was smashed could be
regarded by reasonable beings as ir-
a dangerous thing for even a strong
government to oppose the right of
public assembly and free speech. There
are times when the right of free speech
Is abused, but, looking at the occur
ences OF yesterday from the American
point of view, there was no necessity
for the official violence which seems to
have been so conspicuously displayed.
1t is entirely proper for Austrian work.
lngmen to want the ballot. and they
should be permitted to make known
their desires as to representation in the
forces of government"
Fifty years ago a somewhat different
conception about what to do with labor
leaders prevailed. Only rare
Debs to ly nowadays are strikers
Prison sent to jail But The Star
for June II, 1895, chroni-
cled the Incarceration of a beloved
"agitator" in these words: Eugene
V. Debs reported to the United States
marshal at noon today and signif1ed
his readiness to begin his term of i'm
prisonment with the other officials OF
the American Railway Union" The
place of confinement indicated was the
McHenry County lookup at Woodstock,
ILL.,. and Mr.. Debs' companions in duress
were: Sylvester Keliher, L. w. Rogers,
James Hogan, William E. Burns, Roy M.
Goodwin, Martin j. Elliott and Cat
Joliet George w. Howard. His punish
ment made Mr.. Debs famous. When he
was released on November %, says the
Dictionary of American Biography. 'he
returned to Chicago. where he was ac-
corded one of the most remarkable
demonstrations in the history of the
city, Subsequently, he was the Social
ist Party's regular" candidate for the
presidency. Long before his death in
1925, it had ceased to be common for
the Federal Government to put in the
jug for contempt Of court" those per-
sons who, like Mr.. Debs, dared to at
tempt to organize the workers of the
Nation without strict regard for the
sensitivity Of the judiciary.
An edHor1al paragraph IN The Star OF
June IL, 1895, threw certain light upon
a report that Presi-
President Gojno dent Cleveland "soon
Abroad? after the expiration
of his present term
of service will visit Europe" That
his contemplated tour will duplicate
the famous experiences of Gen. Grant
Whereabouts" it was suggested, "is not
to be expected, for Grant had mill
tary reputation such as was not pos
sessed by any other man of his time"
Mr.. Cleveland's reception perhaps would
not be "cool or commonplace, because
"few indeed are there among Europe's
large assortment Of monarchs and presi-
dents who have not directly or indi-
rectly had occasion to be grateful to
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