Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1901 — The Designer. [ARTICLE]

The Designer.

This time it wasnM; Tillman’s pitchfork, bat his that got him into hot water and out of the senate.

The best thing those dismissed West Point cadets can do is to take their medicine quietly and learn to b( have like gentlemen.

Ohio democrats will probably find that Gov. Nash’s health will be all right before the work of the gubernatorial campaign begins.

The president and Mrs. McKinley are again domiciled in the white house and Mrs. McKinley continues to improve and the people to give thanks.

Natives of all of our new possessions are now serving under enlistment in either the army or the navy, but they only receive half the pay of Americans.

While the shooting of a German soldier by one of the American legation guard, at Pekin, is regrettable, it is not a matter of international importance and will not be made such.

Now that the insular decision of the U. S. Supreme Court has been handed down we trust that the editors who have been arranging it for months will give their overworked brains a needed rest.

An Italian doctor, now residing in New York, claims to have discovered a vaccine that will give permanent immunity from yellow fever. If he s can substantiate the claim he will be a great benefactor to all southern countries.

What has Gen. Joe Wheeler done to the Alabama Constitution convention, that it should deny him the privilege of the We presume Gen. Joe will be allowed to sit in the’ gallery and see the monkey-business, if he wishes to. ~~ .

According to Mr. William Russel, a wealthy Englishman now in this country, the English are quite as much republicans as we are, but having inherited royalty, and being a conservative people, are content to let well enough alone.

Mr. Bryan was doubtless reminded of the fact that he is no longer a “boy orator” by the hint ofthe Washington Post that he may become known as “Old Musty,” if he doesn’t let up on the use of “must” in advising the democratic party.

Refusal of other powers to reduce the indemnity demanded of China will not end the efforts of this government to got the amount reduced to what can be The other powers know very well that the amount now demanded cannot be paid, and there is every reason to believe that it was made too big to be paid for a purpose.

The Designer for July is replete with dainty designs for summer cos tumes and millinery, set forth for feminine approval in the most attractive and artistic manner, and accompanied by practical and explicit advice for their duplicate construction. The influence of the coming Fourth is evident in this issue, which contains suggestions for “A Rea, White and Blue Party,” and numerous patriotic selections for recitation. “S ifety in the Water” is a timely article which should be of value now the season for sojourning at watering places is approaching. “Modern Laces” illustrates some beautiful specimens of this filmy needlework; “The Library of To-day” gives details for the fitting up of the family reading room, and the papers on “The Cultivation of the Voice” will doubtless prove of as much interest to the amateur prima donna as “Choosing a Profession for a Boy or Girl” will to many a perplexed parent. “The Unknown Sea” is an exquisite full-page poem sympathetically illus trated, and “Among the Rustlers” and “Thorg’s Wife” supply the fiction for this month. “The Eight Invitation” is a bright little comedy just suited to summer days; “Hook Notes” reviews the latest products of pens noted and otherwise, and “Among Ourselves” gives a resume of the day The prizes for juvenile effort in poetry and pr-»se are awarded in this issue, and the prize story and poem given. The regular departments of this popular magazine, comprising “Points on Dressmaking,” “Health and Beauty Notes,” “Etiquette Hints” “Household Advice,” “Nursery Lore” and “Cookery,” are seasonab e, interesting and thoroughly practical. Not by any means last in the list is an article on the Women Managers of the Pan-American, with halftone illustrations.