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WHO GOVERN STYLES. _
DR. MARY WALKER SAYS WOMEN
OF SMALL BRAINS.
This Apostle of Pants Declares that Skirts
are 3 Badge oi.‘ Slavery, and that All
Fashions are Taken from Lower Order
of Animals.
'Are women of small brain calibre.
whose normal characters no one cares
to discuss, to be allowed to govern the
conduct and designate the wearing'
apparel of women sensible enough to
ride a bicycle with the dignity of true
womanhood?
I have never ridden a wheel, and
never expect to, because of a weak-
ness in my right leg, due to an injury,
but I wish godspeed to all women who
do ride, and I wish all of them would
dress as well as some of them do.
No dress worn by a wheelwoman can
be perfectly safe unless trousers are
worn to the exclusion of skirts or pet-
ticoats. That such attire, whether
worn on a wheel or at other places, is
the “modest one for women” as well
as men it is too late to deny.
As women spend a great part of their
time considering dress, and as nothing
approximating their real needs and
comforts has ever been the fashion, it
is natural that all classes of women
should evince a feeling of unrest about
their apparel, and should be anxious
for a change. Most women rush af—
ter a new fashion with an undefined
cxpeciationthat what is essential to
‘the comfort of both soul and body has
at last been attained. A trial soon
demonstrates that the new fashion
means a disadvantage to some part of
the body that was unforeseen before
the new style was tested.
Women have been pack horses to the
extent of carrying wire enough to en-
circle the globe. They have worn
enough rings in their ears to nose-ring
every pig from ocean to ocean! Now
these absurdities are to be revived
again, and civilization to take a back
step, but the bicycle women are capa-
ble of better things, and since they
have tasted of liberty of feet it is to
be hoped that they will not heathen-
ize their ears when off their wheels.
It is a curious condition of dress af-
fairs that bodily ills caused by meth-
ods of dress call forth other absurd
methods to cover them up, and that
with all the boasted superiority of
the humans the animals must be imi-
tated. The great sleeves that make
the shoulders wider than the body is
long is the condition of the gorilla.
The bustle makes women resemble
camels. The bangs on the forehead
are like the horse; the pointed shoes
are like the end of the anaconda; the
hats are like the bird, and the waist
is like the wasp.
Women’s dress is a badge of slavery!
.Yes, and of inferiority as well. Even
young sons recognize the difierence in
~ the power of men and women, conse-
quent on dress, and respect the wearer
of trousers as they do not the wearer
of pettic‘oats. The boy with his first
pair of trousers feels belittled if re-
quired to put on petticoats for any
cause.
Women on the Wheel are helping-
others while they help themselves, and
I exhort every one to dress like a man
and have the full benefit of the wheel
and your own power. Wear trousers
of some sort or style as suits you best,
and do not be guilty of a back step.
Do not regard the faint opposition of
the few who oppose you, but show
your grandeur and nobleness as wo-
men who comprehend their rights and
duties as well. You are now an expo-
nent of principles that are to be your
own salvation in essential regards. I
Wish some women who wear the or-
dinary dresses would say publicly as
they have said privately: “Are we a
set of idiots to submit. to the chains of
dress?” Just so long as women cling
to follies, just so long will they be es-
timated below the par of men!
DR. MARY E. WALKER.
Saved from the “Track.
"‘I see your coachman has left you,
Jokely.”
“Yes. I was one of the few things
he couldn’t steal.”—Detroit Free Press-
an. Wu. N. SEARLES,
716 E. I7Sth Street, writes:
“TREMONT, N. Y. Crrv, i
May I3th, 1895.
“ I am glad to see you are pushing
SALVA-CEA. It is worthy of it.
After having given it a thorough
trial for over aayear, I am persuaded
that it comes nearest to being a
“ PANACEA," a delightful cure-all, of
anything of its kind that I have ever
known. I have come to believe that
you are sum modest in your claims of
its excellence. Verily, it is the oil
of gladncss. , .
WM. N. SEARLES."
SALVA-CEA is universally
praised—people are finding out
that it does its work promptly——
that it is perfectly safe and that
it does as it is advertised to do.
You may depend upon it to give
immediate relief in eveiy case of
piles, and a cure in ninety cases
out of every hundred. It is“ a
positive cure for all skin irrita-
tion and chafing—colds—and
nasal catarrh, especially the dry
catarrh so prevalent in this
Country.
Two sizes, 25 and so cents per box.
At druggists, or by mail.
For deep-seatedflaz'n amim/zeumatism of
Ikejoz'nt: 11:: Sana-tea, “ Extra Strong."
Sold in tin: at 7.9 cents each.
‘ Tim BRANDRETK Co., 274 Canal St., N. Y.
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{DEPEW OWNS . AN, OPERA HOUSE.
lIe Miay Now Add ‘Vriting Plays and Bill
Posting to His Accomplishments.
“Now that I have a theatre of my
own, I should like nothing better than
to be an active theatrical manager,”
said Chauncey Depew, with a twinkle
in his eye, when asked regarding his
acquisition of the Depew Theatre. The
theatre in question is the onera house
of Peekskill, and Dr. Depew bought it
under foreclosure proceedings.
“When I first put money into it I had
no idea of going in so deeply,” he said:
and then he added, “but if I hadn’t
gone in, I would never have owned a
theatre all by myself. Now I should
like to give up this desk and give my
entire attention to a theatrical com-
pany.” '
Pcekskill is Dr. Depew’s birthplace.
Two hundred and thirty years ago an
ancestor purchased a farm there, and
ever since it has been the home of the
Depews. And so when, ten years ago,
a committee of his native townsmen
waited on him and asked him to sub-
scribe toward the building of an opera
house that would be a credit to the
town, he put down his name for $1,-
500.
The building was planned to cost
$30,000, and $18,000 was raised by a
mortgage given to the Peekskill Sav-
ings Bank. It was found later that
$60,000 would be needed, and Dr. De-
pew was asked to come to the pro-
jectors’ assistance.
“If I hadn’t, I should certainly have
lost what I had already put in,” said
he, “and should have left a half-built
failure to face the streets of my native
town. And so I gave $20,000, and took
a second mortgage. That was five
years ago, and I have never received
a cent of interest, for the venture has
not paid financially. At first it was
called the Peekskill Opera House, but
after that second mortgage they called
it the Depew Opera House. Altogether,
I have put $45,000 into it.
“I think now I must turn my atten-
tion to writing a play. I have made ad-
dresses on every conceivable subject
of human interest; I have written es-
says, historical articles, novellettes and
short stories. But,”—and there was a
humorous wistfulness in his voice—
“I have never tried to write a play,
and I shall certainly never have a bet-
ter chance of staging it.”
The house was dedicated on Sep-
tember 15, 1892, and people stood in
line for an entire day waiting for a
chance to buy tickets. “Jim the Pen-
man,” was played. Dr. Depew deliv-
ered an oration. .
“I played to a full house that night,”
said he. “As a manager I have experi-
ence, too. On my" trip across the
ocean last summer the Daly Company
was on board, and we got up an en-
tertainment for the Fourth of July,
which was repeated for the second
cabin, and for the stecrage. I was
manager of the arrangements.”
Dr. Depew considers his new role a
great joke. But there is a business
side to it, also, for he says he has not
assumed it for fun.
YE OLDEN DAYS.
Trials and Tribulations of the Revolution-
ary Dames.
Mrs. Alice Morse Earle, in her “W0-
men of Colonial and Revolutionary
Times,” gives an account of the tribu-
lations of Puritan housewives at that
period. One extract expressed in the
quaint language of the period will
touch a sympathetic cord at the present
day. It relates to experience with a
domestic, told in the letter of a newly
married woman to her mother. The
writer acquaints her parent with the
great affliction that presses upon her
through the vicious conduct of a maid.
When the latter first came to service.
she, as is not unusual, aroused expect—
ations that a treasure had been discov-
ered. In a short time, however, she
was revealed in her true light, and,
according to the young bride, devel-
oped “such a head, and is growen so
insolent that her carriage toward us,
and especially myself, is insufferable.”
If she be ordered to do a certain thing,
she bids her mistress to do it herself;
she delights in telling how well she
can perform her duty if she is so
minded, but will not through perver-
sity. The .daughter recoils from re-
peating to her mother “all the reviling
speeches and filthy language she has
used toward me.” The lady’s hus-
band, who is apparently a man of deep
Christian convictions and bearing,
comes to the rescue and endeavors to
reason with the recalcitrant maid. He
is assailed with a vocabulary unfit
even for record in a private letter. He
retires discomfited, and seeks consola-
tion presumably in prayer. A corres-
pondent, who some four or five months
ago engaged a kitchen maid in an iso-
lated rural locality, encountered the
same experience as the Puritan house-
wife of a hundred and fifty years or
more ago, although in this case the
man of the house was not of a meek
and lowly temper, and brought the
lightning rod almost to the melting
point through the fervor of, his lan-
guage.
‘W’hy "e Objected.
“So, you do not think a minister
ought to ride a bicycle?”
“No; I didn’t say that at all. But I
do think he ought not to tackle it un-
less he is sure his religion can stand
the strain of learning.”——Boston Trans-
cript.
Which in Doubt, Play Trumps.
“I don’t know,” cried the Excited
Feminine Voice in the Darkness,
“whether you‘are my husband or a
burglar, but I’m going to be on the
safe side and shoot.”'-Detroit Tl‘lD-
une. .
No Ear for Music.
“Miss Yam isn’t at all musical.”
“How do you know?”
“I offered to sing ‘Oh, Promise Me,’
las: night, and she said she’d promise
anything if I wouldn’t=
This in Both Cases.
“There are many stars that are
never seen,” said the astronomer, re-
flectively. " ‘
“Yes; and there are a lot that never
ought to be seen, too,” returned the
theatrical mmager. ,with some em-
phasis.
It was two days later before the as-
tronomer finally got it through his
head that the theatrical manager was
not a plain, very-day idiot.
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J udge Wheeler has made the tem-
porary injunction rest-raining three
trolley companies from building a line
between New Britain and Hartford,
permanent. The cine has been in the
courts for over two years. The decision
is a victory for the New England rail-
road, which, had the decision been the
other way. would have been practically
paralelled. _____
Mother, Have You a Baby .9
It so, get from your druggist today for
25cabottle of Dr. Hand‘s Colic Cure.
Every‘babyoflen has distressing colic.
Dr. Hand‘s Colic Cure gives immediate
relief by removing wind from the
stomach and quietingr the nerves, giving
restful sleep. Mother, think of the
worry and anxiety this saves you. If
your baby is teething Dr. Hand’s Teeth-
ing Lotion for 25c soothes and relieves
all pain. Sold by all druggists.
their store with a stock of desks, secre-
taries, and a general line of furniture
that is suggestive of approaching holiij
days. Every piece is a gem in its line.
Mother’s Find Nothing Equal to Dr.Hantl's
Colic Cure; '
VVATERBURY Conn., 4-2-‘96—Hand
Medicine Coz—Dear Sirs:—-—“I am using
Dr. Hand‘s Cough and Croup Medicine
and Colic Cure for my children and find
nothing to equal them. They work
like magic. I would not be without
them in my house. The little ones love
Dr. Hand’s Colic Cure aud cry for it ; it
relieves them almost instantly. Mrs.
Frank Smith, 22 Wood St. At all drug-
gists, 25. _ .._-. __
Croker is coming back from Europe
to reorganize Tammany and Dr. Park-
hurst, has just. secured $200,000 with
which to fight crime. New York may
have some diversions this winter that
are not now on the listen—Herald.
Two Lives Saved,
’ Mrs. Phoebe Thomas. of Junction City,
111. was told by her doctors she had Con-
sumption, and that more was no hope
for her, but two bottles of Dr. King’s
New Discovery completelycured her and
she says it saved her life. Mr. Thomas
Eggers, 139 Florida St., San Franmsco,
suffered from a dreadful cold, approach-
ing Consumption; tried without result
everything else, then bought one _bottle
of Dr. King’s New Discovery and in two
weeks was cured. He is naturally thank-
ful. It is such results, of which these are
samples, tnat prove the wonderful eflicacy
of this medicine in coughs and colds.
Free trial bottles at E. P. Weed’s Drug
Store, Norwalk and Monroe’s New (‘a-
naan. Regular size 50c. and $1.00.
There lwere > only three real estate
sales in Norwalk last week. The mort-
gages amounted to $800. For the cor-
responding week last year there were
twelve sales and the mortgages aggro-
gated $15,365.
Old People,
01d people who require medicine to
regulate the bowels and kidneys Will
find the true remedy in Electric Bitters.
This medicine does not stimulate and
contains no whiskey nor other intoxi-
‘ cant, but acts as a tonic and alterative. It
acts mildly on the stomach and bowels,
adding strength and giving tone to the
organs, thereby aiding Nature in the
performance of the functions. Electric
Bitters is an excellent appetizer and aids
digestion. Old People find it just. exact-
ly what they need. Price fifty cents and
$1.00 per bottle at E. P. Weed’s Drug
Store Norwalk and Monroe‘s New Ga-
naan.
C. S. Andrews has secured Theodore
F. Harrison to superintend the grocery
divismn of the new department store.
Mr. Harrison is now in the grocery
business on upper Main street—Dan-
bury News.
Rehef in Sin: Hours.
Distressing Kidney and Bladder dis-
eases relieved in siz hours by the “New
GREAT SOUTH AMERICAN KIDNEY
CURE.” This new remedy is a great sur-
prise on account of its exceeding prompt,
ness in relieving pain in the bladder
kidneys, back and every part of the urin-
ary passages in male or female. It re-
lieves retention of water and pain in paSS-
ing it almost immediately. If you want
quick relief and cure this is your remedy.
Sold by E. P. Weed, Druggist. Norwalk,
Conn.
William Joyce was engaged yesterday
afternoon in picking raspberries at. his
West Norwalk farm.
Bdcklln’s Arnlca Salve.
The Best Salvein the world for Cute
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum
Fever Sores, ’I‘etter, Chopped Hands
Ohilblains, (‘prns and all Skin Erup
tions, and positivelycures Piles. or no
Payrequired. It is guaranteed to give
rfoctsatisfaution,or money refunded
ice25cents per box. For Sale by
E.P. Weed, Norwslk and Monroe, New
Canaan.
H. O Benedict. has removed to West-
port at which place he has openeda
barber-shop.
How to Cure a Severe Cold.
A few weeks ago the editor was taken
with a very severe cold that caused him to
be in a most miserable condition. It was
undoubtedly a bad case of la. grippe and
recognizing it as dangerous he took imme-
diate steps to bring about a speedy cure.
From the advertisement of Chamberlain’s
Cough Remedy and the many good recom—
mendations included therein, we concluded
to make a first trial of the medicine. To
say that it was satisfactory in its results, is
putting it very mildly, indeed. It acted
ike magic and the result was a s edy and
permanent cure—The Banner 0 Liberty,
Libertytown, Maryland. The ‘25 and 50
,cent sizeslfor. sale by E. P.‘ Weed, Druggist.
flBaymond & Sons are stocking up
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COLONY FOR TRAMPS.
MEN ACCUSTOMED TO BEGGING FOR
FOOD, WORK FOR IT.
A Comical Camp in Charge of the Winter-
ville, Young Men’s Christian Associa-
tion—Good Work Being Done by the
Organizatioxi. _
Smith N. ' Allen, manager of the
North Adams Mission lodging house.
has just concluded a month’s stay at
Waterville, N. Y., says the Springfield
Republican, and is delighted with the
result of an experiment in handling
the tramp element that was tried there
at his suggestion and under his super-
vision. Waterville is in the center of
the hop district, and when the hop sea-
son comes round the place is overrun
with tramps. They come under the
guise of looking for work, and live on
the generosity of the people of the
town and camp out for lodgings. Mr.
Allen has done Gospel work among the‘
hop pickers, and he seriously consid-
ered a plan for selecting the tramp
from the willing worker and making
the tramp earn what he ate. Last year,
when in that section, he suggested that
a stone—breaking industry be estab-
lished under the auspices of some re-
ligious or charitable body, feeling con-
rtident that to ofier work to all men in
that industry would soon separate the
tramp from the man desirous to pick
in the hop fields, and provided the resi-
dents would co-operate t0 the extent
of refusing aid to everyuapplicant, that
the tramp could be made to pay for his
living or seek other fields.
The suggestion was thought worthy
of being acted upon, and the Water-
ville Young Men’s Christian Associa-
tion assumed the responsibility, choos—
ing a committee of prominent men and
women as sponsors for the plan. A
spot on the edge of the woods outside
of Waterville was chosen as the place
to make the experiment, and a large
tent was secured from the Fair Asso-
ciatiOn. Mr. Allen volunteered his ser-
vices for the month of his vacation,
and was placed in charge. Everybody
sent the men who applied for food to
the tramp camp. There they were set
to work in the early days fitting up the
camp. The first thing done was to dig
a large pond for the bathing purposes
and to fence it around with brush.
Then cooks, tailors, barber‘s. wood
choppers, waiters and other special
workers were chosen. Those who
could be said to be skilled were ex-
empt from the stone breaking if there
was reason for application of their .
skill in the colony.
The colony organized with Mr. Allen
in absolute authority. there ’being no
appeal from his edict. Every man ap-
plying for food was sent to the fields
to pick up the cobblestones and gather
them into heaps to be broken. Thirteen
days passed before hammers arrived,
and all that time was spent in collect-
ing. When the hammers came a div
vision of labor was made and supply
in gathering was kept equal to the de-
mand in breaking. Camp was opened
August 4, and —closed the 26th. As
has been stated, thirteen of these days
there were no hammers, but at
the closing of the camp there were 400
tons of broken stone to show for the
work.
The stone is needed at Waterville for
road making purposes, and is valued
at $1.15 a ton. The cost of running
the camp, no money being paid for the
services of any one connected with it,
was $375. There were 716 men and
sixty-four boys under 14 years of age
taken care of. The Young Men’s
Christian Association did a great work
in inducing the boys to return home,
or placing them, if they had no home,
where they would be able to earn an
honest living. It took care of the sick.
Secretary Killmer, in one instance,
gave the patients quarters in his own
home. Life in the camp was, comical
and picturesque. The quaint nick-
names. the stories of the men find their
jolly but always. good behavior at
work or in leisure time furnished the
humor for the camp. The thing was
picturesque as a whole, the tent in the
beautiful woods, the primitive accom-
modations and the many specimens of
humanity making up this quality. Not
the least picturesque element was the
joining in song of these outcasts of so-
ciety, blending the popular into the sa~
cred, and the service ending in prayer .
before the stone-breaking‘waifs wrap-
ped then'isclvcs in their hopsacking to
sleep under their corner of the altru
ists’ tent.
Patriotic Trees.
Mrs. Anna M. Holstein, of Merion,
Regent of the Valley Forge Memorial. -
Association, and also a member of the
V alley Forge Chapter, Daughters of
the American Revolution, in behalf of
the societies she represents, sent a
small cedar tree from Valley Forge to
California, to be transplanted in Gol-
den Gate Park, San Francisco.
The tree was growing on the en—
trenchment thrown up by the Ameri4
can Army of the Revolution, and was
sent to Mr. McLaren, Superintendent
of the Golden Gate Park, and will be
transplanted by him th‘fie on Arbor
Day, which occurs this “month, says
the Philadelphia Ledger. The Valley
Forge cedar will represent Pennsylva-
nia on Arbor day in California. Trees
from Bunker Hill, Yorktown and other
spots made memorable have been re-
quested by Mr. McLaren in order that
a tree from some historic spot in every
, state might be represented in Califor-
nia’s greatest park. '
Every Man to His Trude.
There is an amusing story told of
two ministers who were crossing a
loch in the Highlands in company
with a number of passengers. A
storm came on. One of the passengers
was heard to say: “The twa ministers
should begin to pray, or we’ll a’ be
drooned.” “Na, na,” said oatman:
"the little one can pray, i he likes
but the big one must tak’ an oar.”
Norwalk Chronicler