Marshall County Independent, Volume 4, Number 4, Plymouth, Marshall County, 7 January 1898 — Page 3

FOP WOMEN AND HOME

ITEM 3 CF INTEREST FOR MAIDS AND MATRONS. Some C ;:rrMt KotM of the Modes KeMmM ;-iimpt'4 for Utility O wma CMtanm for Many Occ;titiis Three Differed! Shi ipm of shirts. To a Lady. yfj jm', ;i tarsal ror torn arrow s aim. 1- i k snow !- W ath the sunny heats. Like wax before Ike Slowing llame. Like cloud before the wind that lh ets. I am 'tis love that nde me so. And, !aiy. still thou sayst me no. The wound! Inflicted ly thine ryes. The mortai wound 10 kope an l me, Which naught, alas, can dent rise, KoT tirn--. nor etwencr. far from thee. Thon art the sun. the tire, the wind. That make m. .-such; ah, then he kinl! My thoughts are darts, my soul to smite Thy CttarnM the sun. to blind my sense. 3!y wiahea -ne'e did passion liht A l!;;mc morf pure or more intense. Luv.- sfl thest arms at once employs. .And wounds, and d:izzl .s, an i destroys. Tlie .Modern .r. mluoot her. Times havf changed since the days When the traditional grandmother at in the chimney corner knitting socks and Bittens. Women who have married early in life have no more inclination at forty years of age for subsiding Into arm chain and giving up all Interests in life except such as enter in their grandchildren than have the yottBg mothers themselves. There are artists, musicians, and writers anions thr grandmothers of today, women who are doing their part of the World's work and women who have chosen caieers for themselves while they were taking care of their own children, and who keep steadily on With as miu'h love in their hearts for the H'tle toddlers who have just come on the stage as if their lives were given over entirely to pickling, darning and knitting. Fifty years ago all the grandmothers, except in a lew rare Instances, were fashioned after Buch the same tvpe. whose outward expression was a handkerchief foiled smoothly about the neck, a cap with a wide border and a pair of spectacles. Today they keep thir own individuality, dress as fashionably as their puse Will permit, travel in their own country and abroad, entertain, are delightful companions and friends in a word something besides a "grandma." Utility Oowafc The girl who is wise has in her wardrobe this season a waist made With a removable guimpe. For instance, one Rirl has a gown of blue cloth. The bodice is bloused and cut with a round decolletage. With this gown she has half a dozen guimpes. One. of black silk, puts the gown in condition for ordinary business wear; another is of pale yellow satin covered with guipure and transforms the costume into one suitable for more dressy occasions; still another is of white chiffon picked out with tiny gilt paillettes and appropriate for theater wear. Tile last gllimpe is well worth special description. It has a dog collar of yellow velvet, sprinkled with the yellow paillette. On this collar the chiffon is fulled gad spreads out in soft folds to the top of the bodice proper, where a full double Bonnes of chiffon is gathered. The llounce talis over sleeves and bodice, almost entirely concealing then,. A simple house gown for a young girl is made of pearl-gray cloth. The shirt is striped with white lace insertion bunds, extending from waist to hem. The bodies is a girlish, round waist with a square yoke outlined with flounces of white silk. Other flounces ncirtfe the lower part of the bodice, entirely concealing it. The arms are hsathod with cloth, banded with insertion. The latest. Trewty with the Men. For years past it has been eon. m; BOWee of regret to the women of Hntchl&SOfl, Kan., that their husbands, fathers, brothers and sweethearts showed deplorable lack of interest In church affairs. One matron who reminded her husband of hin remissness in this regard received in reply a declaration that it would not do him any pood to go to church the women's hats were SO big he couldn't see the minister. T'nis set his wife to thinking, and the result has been a treaty between the saints and the sinners of Hutchinson, which, if faithfully observed by the parties thereto, will gladden the hearts of preachers. A commit fee of women, composed of delegates fron every church, made the proposition to

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ratend church at least once every Sunday. The men not only accepted, hut they Stipulated in addition that they would he generously disposed 'vhon the 1 deacons passed around the contribu tion baskets. Of course every pastor in town is interested in seeing the treaty rigidly observed. They will see that the women will sit bareheaded if possible, and the latter will do their best to make the men act up to the agreement. She Preached That lay. The Boston Transcript says: Th'1 members of the Methodist Episcopal society in Agawani were somewhat I surprised Sunday morning to se? eonj ducting services in place of the regu lar pastor, the Rev. Charles J. Itat"h. the hitter's lU-ycar-old daughter Mabel. The same day she also filled the pulpit at the Central church, near Wareham Center. Miss Hatch's explanation was that her father was taken suddenly ill, which prevented him occupying the pulpit or arranging for a substitute. His daughter's offer to take his place was readily accepted by Sir. Hatch. N'ew skirt. The new walk and mode of carrying one's self has developed a number of new skirts, so that every one ought to be satisfied. Gored skirts have entirely gone out, because it is impossible to secure with them that Hat effect which is considered so essential to the front. The circular skirt with a bias seam down the center is popular, especially for bayadere striped materials. Yet it will not be as well liked as the threepiece skirt, made with a shaped front gore and circular sides. This latter shape is much le:s likely to sag than the all-circular skirt, which has been found so objectionable in other seasons for that reason. A new skirt has a circular top and a circular flounce put on at the knee, under a bias fold. The skirt itself has a bias seam down the center of the front. This style is suitable for none but tall, slim persons. All skirts are made with separate foundation skirts, of silk, if possible. These foundation skirts are cut from eight to ten inches short, and have the length tilled out with accordion-plaited Bouncings of taffeta. The brightest colors may be selected lot the linings. Velvet gown- are by far the most elegant of the season. One of very simple lines makes a delightful costume for a young girl. Dark green is the color of the velvet. The skirt is of three pieces, plain and stiffened with a twoinch band of canvas about the bottom. The blown jacket is made over a halftitting lining of deep orange satin, and kaa straight revers of ermine down the front. The Latest. GOVaMMI Matrimonial Advertisements The Italian professor Ferrero's views about the Teutonic moderation in love matters get some Information from the matrimonial advertisements which are constantly appearing in the German daily press. A singular feature of thesi advertisements is the intervention of the third party, who in such matters is popularly supposed to be de trop. Usually it is an appreciative friend of the would-be bridegroom, who eulogizes his virtues and ligibility. But in a recent number of the Neue Freie Presse the parent of the damsel steps in and appraises the charms and attractions of Gretchen: "She is twenty years of age. of rare beauty, can speak several languages, bl an accomplished musician and trained in domestic ways." To add to these allurements there is a dot of 10,000 florins and a complete trousseau. One would have thought that the beauty ami the florin ; WOUld have needed no advertisement to bring wooer's to the maiden's feet in embarrassing profusion. Hut the prize is not to be won so easily. The Aspirant to the rare bosaty, and the 10,000 florins and the fully equipped bride must pass a rigid scrutiny before lie can he even a Imitted into the house where the much-io-be-desired one lives. London Westminster (Jazette. An Kmlrrnnn-1 (iunt. it is rather awkward to be in a foreign country and not know the language of its natives; but ingenuity In gesture and suggestive sounds Pre ansa fit Iibsi rafBcient to secure the communication of thought. Some officers of a British ship were dining with a mandarin In a Chinese town. One cf the goes' s wished for a second helping of a savory stew, which he thought was some sort of a duck. Not knowing a word of Chinese, he held his plate to his host, saying, with smiling approval: "Quack, quack, quack!" His countenance fell when the host, pointing to the dish, responded, "Bow. wow, wow?"- Daily Picayune

A SINKING ISLAND.

MYSTERIOUS PIECE OF LAND IN MICHIGAN. tn Tflnter It Disappears Below the Water SurftM-e Wlien Spring Con.e-t It Rise As;:t hi and Heroines the Resort of I'leasure Seeker ICH IG AX has a mysterious island. Daring the winter it lies at the bottom of Lake Orion. When summer arrives it rises to the surface, becomes a resort for picnic parties, Ii s hermen or whoever chooses to visit it. V 1 t ETAIC'NSHkDLT There are stumps of trees upon it. and vegetation flourishes. The soil is no different from that along the borders of the lake. It is a full acre in area, and the topography shows the surface to be of a roiling nature. Dr. H. C. Leonard, of Detroit, whose Ummer hemic is on the borders of Lake Orion, has studied this island problem, and believes he has found a probable solution. This is the result of his observatiocs: "In the centre oi the island," he says, "a half dozen cr more large stumps are growing, a clump of three being in the centre of the mass. I think thest stumps are in a great measure responsible for the phenomena attending its annual sinking and rising. That is. I am cf the opinion that a collection of these originally formed the nucleus for the growth of this strange freak among the inlands of cur fresh water lakes. "The flora of the lake is something marvelous in its richness and variety. These stumps have drifted out to the centre of this portion of the lake, and token with them some of the strands of the long, snake-like plants that grow there to a length of nearly ten feet, with the lily, fronds, mosses and various others of the aquatic plants. "These floating growths have formed there, with the earth attached to the stump roots, an island garden all to themselves. They grow luxuriantly, and the underbrush cleared away from the shores and other islands thereMICHIGAN'S QUEER abouts gradually drifted into them, and so increased the size of the mass; then, as the wood of the brush and of the stumps decayed, the mass became water-logged, and the whole gradually sunk beneath the surface. "But how comes it to rise again, as it does each succeeding year? This is the point that has puzzled wiser heads than mine, but 1 have a theory for it, which m ema to answer all the requirements. As the flora ripen during the hot months of summer for the island is a thick mass of vegetation, the stems enlarge, become buoyant, and. as the season advances toward September, undergo the first stages of decay; that is, the stems become filled with the gassi attendant upon fuller ripeness and commencing decay. "This large mass of gas-cnelos.ng vegetation overcomes the natural weight of th mass, the specific grnvity being only a little heavier than the water, and so the whole mass gradually rises above the water's surface; It stays in this ondition above the surface till the heavy frosts of the fall occur, when, (he plants having been destroyed, and decay measurably Completed, the whole mass being heavier than the water again, it gradually sinks to the bottom of the lake, which is alKiut thirty feet deep at this point, to arise again the following year, when spring and summer have brought the lake's flora into life and full vigor (-nee more." The venerated Haron Munchausen is the reputed discoverer of the first floalIng island. The stories that sailors have told of these moving cases of verdure in the ocean have always been Incredulously received. But here in the United States is the fact. Seeing is believing.

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THE HOTEL WOMAN. She Leads a Louel.y, kill Wretched Kxistence. A writer who knows more about the ways of women apparently than Balzac and de Maupassant combined has been giving tlieni some advice on the subject of home life, says the New York Commercial Advertiser. He is nothing if not sympathetic, and grows quite pathetic over the misguided female who prefers to live in a hotel where "no duties call her' and where there is nothing "to exercise her ingenuity or develop her womanlj talents," to keeping house in "some corner in this big world which they can call their own, their very own." This is heartrending, but nothing compared to the state of mind of the hotel wife when her husband leaves her in the morning. According to this same writer "she turns back into the room and wonders what she can do during the day, how she will employ herself, where she will go. There is nothing in her room to appeal to her to stay there. No home duties confront her. There is nothing in her life; twothirds of herself lies dormant." In fact, so desperate is her loneliness that she is actually "glad when the time comes for her husband to come home; glad to feel that she has some one to Whom she can talk." What a remarkable young woman! But the young htisband is as badly off almost as his wife. To him material considerations appeal. He grieves because "the furniture around them is not their own; nothing around him is his; everything is by lease, his for a time for so much money, and after he is through paying for it he leaves it behind" which is at least comforting news for the hotel proprietor. When the writer speaks of "the germ of evolution which springs from the hearthstone" we take it as a direct aspersion upon the hotel radiator, but. when he declares that "people who stop and stagnate are never happy." we would like to ask what about the persons who stagnate and go on. There are more epigrams but the following should be framed and Haunted by Bat owners and suburban cottage builders the world over "The humblest, cottage is a million times better than the most luxurious hotel ever planned by the hands ol man!" Think of that, little Mrs. LoneBomehurst, and never again envy youi

SI w - -r DISAPPEARING ISLAND. millionaire friend who lives at the Waldorf-Astoria. A Htymi In AYiiKtiliicrt on. Charlie Miller was in Washington last Sunday and. like a good boy should decided to go t horch. He Inquired what church the president attended, and then bent his steps in that direction. He told the usher he was from Kansas, and desired a seat close to I resident McKinley. The usher sized him up, noted the contented. wheatHeld look, and then marched him to the pew behind the McKinley household, and seated him directly behind the President At the close of the services Mr. McKinley arose and begau to tussle with his overcoat. And right lu re Mr. Miller grasped the opportunity of his life. With a gentlemanly, "Allow me," he held the president's coat and helped him put it on. The cold, ley, what-do-you-want stare melted the moment it struck Mr. Millers face, and with a cordial "Thank you" the President and his family passed out. Wintield (Kaa.) Courier. Selling: iirU at Auction. A certain Georgia town, which claims to be an educational center, recently hit upon a novel way of raising funds for a free library. This was by holding a mock auction, in which the girl students of the local college were put up for sale to the highest bidder. Itounrnd the Young Man. Amelia Bierman. if St. Ixmis, had a beau. Tii is angered papa and he lit on the young fellow with both feet. All of which was chalked up against dady to the tune of f 100 when ho was hauled up in court.

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NEWS OF INDIANA.

MINOR HAPPENINGS DURING THE PAST WEEK. Esecetorj 'lut .ive ltomi Pect low of Intermit to the Clrcail Courts of Indiana 'UwlantftM at Je ff ersoBTlll Items from All Herttons, cecatora Must ;ir BmL Richmond In the majority of Circuit courts of Indiana the following ule has been in vogue relative to the qualifications of executors of wills. "In case where, by the will of the decedent, it is provided that the executor shall file no bond, the court may, if satisfied that there are no creditors, or that the assets will be in excess of the debts and expenses of administration, order letters to be issued without hond." This rule has been in force in Wayne county for many years, but Judge Fox has wiped it out. declaring that such a procedure upon the part of any Circuit court is in direct conflict with the law. He has announced his intention to all attorneys of the Wayne county bar to abide by the rule no longer. The statutes set forth plainly that all executors, administrators, etc., must file a bond of sufficient size, and no exceptions are made. Judge Fox states that much trouble has been caused in this county on acoonnt of the erroneous impression prevailing that the executors of wills can, if specified by the decedents, serve without bond. In some instances estates have not been properly nor lagal!y managed, and owing to the absence of a bond there has been no recourse to the persons interested. A Badly Police! t it v. Jefferson ville That Jeffersonvilic is not curried away by the toughs and burglars is certainly not owing to its present police department. Monday morning safe-blowers attempted to break the safe of Joseph Goodman. In spite of the shots fired ami noise made, only a half square from the central station. Mr. Goodman had to go personally and procure the supposed guardians of the city. Some time ago a shooting affray took place in a dive on the main street, early at night, and it was two hours before the police appeared. All sorts of joints are being run. and the police appear utterly ignorant of the fact. The toughest of them was closed a few days ago by Justice Keigwin'l interference, who holds a suspended sentence in terrorem over the owners of the place. A Little Glrf Assaulted. Brookville. - Thomas Linegan. a commercial traveler, arrived on the early evening train, his little BOO and daughter, six and seven years old, respectively, starting from bom;- to greet him. They were met on a well-lighted street by a stranger, who sent the boy after candy while he coaxed the little girl on some pretext to accompany him. The boy failed to find his sister, and reported the fact to Mr. Linegan, who instantly raised the alarm, and instituted the most active search. While running down a dark alley the father stumbled over the unconscious form of his litle daughter, Who had been choked until she was insensible, but not otherwise harmed. The miscreant escaped by rapid runnine;. Public feeling was strained to such a pitch that the fellow would have fared badly if captured. General State News. While Herman KMelman anil his son Edward, of Covington, were examining a revolvei- which the son had purchased, the weapon was discharged. The bullet carried away part of Bdward"s thumb and buried itself in his father's jaw. making an ugly wound. While preparing for a Christmas entertainment, the dress of little Bertha Wetzler caught fire, and she was enveloped in dames. Hasty action by a cool-headed bystander not only eased the child from fatal hurt, but prevented a dangerous stampede. Frank Forthafer, Jr., in the vi. Inlty of Iawrenceville. is under arrest, accused of setting fire to Louis Kretxmeier's barn. The neighbors have employed counsel to prosecute, under the suspicion that he was engaged in other barn-burnings. The heavy coating of sleet in Hamilton county is preventing quail from getting food, and score- are reported as starving to death, while many Bocks have taken shelter in the barns and outbuildings of tanners, where they are unmolested. Wiiliam Davis, who brought suit at Lafayette against lianford Heeker, demanding $10,000 damages for alienating his wife's affections, recovered judgment for Mrs. Davis is suing for divorce, elleging failure to provide. While Mr. and Mrs. Patrique Finnigan of Congerville were visiting friends at Alexandria, their home was destroyed by fire, nothing being saved. Mr. Plnnlgail Is a distant relative of President McKinley. J. II. Weathers, president, and R. II. Willett. cashier, f the defunct banks of Crawford county, are being annoyed with threatening letters from an anonymous soun a. Several wild geese and ducks were found in the vicinity of Linton, so incrusted With sleet that they could npt By, ami they were run down and Captured by boys. Dr. V. V. Steele of Rockville. whose death is reported, was a native of Waveland. and a graduate of Rush Medical college. He was forty-two years old.

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MASONIC. PLYMOUTH K I L W I X I X (i LODGE, No, i-49, wdlA.M.j meets first and third Friday evenings of each month. Daniel McDonald, K. M.JTohr.son Brownlee, Sec. PLYMOUTH CHAPTER, No. .9, R. A. M.; meets second Friday evening of each month. L. McDonald, II. P. J. C. Jilsor, Sec. PLYMOUTH COMMAXD'KY, Xo 26 K. T.J meets second anil fourth Thursday of each month. Ed Corbin E. C.I L. Tanner Ree PLYMOUTH CHAPTER, Xo. 26, O. E. S.; meets lirst and third Tuesdays of each month. Mis. Sallie Parks, V. M. Mrs, W. 1. Rankin, See. ODD FELLOWS. AMERICCS LODGE, Xo. 91; mect every Thursday evening: at their lodge rooms on Michigan st. F. H. Alberts, X. (J. Jese Holl am, Sec. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. HYPERION LODGE, Xo. n7; meets every Monday night in Cattle Hall. John Linquist, C. C. Calvin Switzer, K. of R. and S. LORESTLRS. PLYMOUTH COURT, Xo. 499; meets the second end fourth Friday evenings of each month, in K. of P. hall. Chan. S. Price, C. R. C. M. Slater, Sec. K. O. T. M. PLYMOUTH TEXT, Xo. 27; meets every Tuesday evening at K. (). T. M. hall. Dan. Jacoby, Com. fames Hoffman, Record Keeper. L. 0. T. M. WIDE AWAKE II I YE, Xo. 67; meets every Monday night at K. O. T. M. hall on Michigan street. Mrs. Flora J. Ellis, Commander. Bessie Wilkinson, Record Keeper. HIVE XO. 28; meets every Wednesdav evening in K. O. T. M. hall. Mrs. Maggie Fogle, Com., Alma E. Lawrence, Record Keeper. ROYAL ARCANLM. Meets first and third Wednesday evenings of each month in Simon's hall. Moses M. Lauer, Regent. Francis McCrory, Sec. W0GDMKN OF THE WORLD Meets fust ami thin I Wednesday evenings of each month in K.of P. hall. C. M. Kasper, C. C joe Eich, Clerk (i. A. R. MILES IL TIBBETS POST, . A. R; meets every first and third Momhiy evenings in Simons hall Dwight U Dickerson Com,. Charlie Wilcox, Adjt. SONS OF YETF.RAVs. Meets every second an fourth Friday evenings in G. A. R. hall J. A. Shunk, Captain. Cora 15. Xorth, ist Lieut. CHURCHES. METHODIST.- I'lass meeting every Sunday morning at 9:30 o'clock. Preaehing at 10 JO a. m., and 7:H) y. m. Sundiy school at VI in. Kpworth League at i:30 p. 111. Prayer meeting every Thursday evening at 7j06 p. m. L. S. Smith, pastor. .1. W. Wilffong. class leader. 1). Frank h'edd, Sabbath eelioo! superintendent . PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL Sr Thomas' Church. Kev. Win. Wirt Raymond, rector. Sunday services, 10:30 a. m., 70 p. m. Munlay school at noon. Services Wednesday evenings at 7:30. Communion on holy days at 10 a. m. CHURCH OF (iOI).-(iarro and Water sts. Regular services 10:30 a. m. each Sunday. Third Sunday in each month preaching by J. L. Wince; fourth Sunday by H. Y. Heed. 10:30 Sunday morning and 7:!U) Sunday ovening. Sunday school at 12 o'clock; Eva ltadsback, Supt. Prayer meeting at 7:30 each Thursday evening. UNITED BRETHREN. -Sunday-i:30 a. m claEs meeting. 10:30 a.m. and 7:00 p. m., preaching by the pastor 11 :30 a. m., Sunday School. 5:00p.rn. Junior Y. P.C. F. meeting. O.-OO p.m. Senior Y. P. C. F. meeting. A cordial invitation is extended to the public CATHOLIC CHURCH. Church is held on Sundays as follows: First mass at 7:30 a. m. second mass at 10:00 a. m Vaspers at 3:00 p. in Week day muss 7:45. Father Moench, pastor.