Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1902 — Page 7

The Passing of the Athletic Girl

By Belle M. Sherman.

ECJTJHE day of the athletic girl la over. 1 can hear my golf friend tTcT say, “What nonsense!” But it is not nonsense. Even the most sceptical, If they will take the trouble to go through the shops or jjLjjl turn the leaves of the fashion magazines, will soon become m convinced. The girl who, in her common-sense shoes and microbe-proof tJo shirt, has held the centre of the stage so long, to the delight of the physical culturist and dress reformer, is fading into the flies and a Creature of laces and chiffons, ruffles and furbelows, is advancing to the footlights. The only wonder is that the athletic girl lasted as long as she did. She stood ber ground bravely in spite of the powerful opposition of the shopkeeper and the prospective husband. Weary of the struggle, she now gracefully retires like a politic woman, conscious of, yet not acknowledging her defeat, and gives place to the summer girl of 1902. i The girl we have with us this year is the antipode of her predecessor. To be in the fashion, to wear the costumes designed for this season, no girl can afford to be an athlete. It was all well, when a short skirt and tailor made shirt waist in the evening at the summer resort was the hallmark of smartness, .for a girl to have a healthy coat of tan on face, throat and forearms; but to-day, when Dame Fashion, who is a tyrannical Jade at her best, steps in and commands the sheerest of laces, the most diaphanous of materials, tan or sunburn is an Impossibility. What need had the merchant to stock his shops with all the fripperies supposed to be so dear to the feminine heart, if these same dear girls never gave the tempting display a second glance? The athletic fad was not good for trade. The woman’s tailor, skirtmaker and shoemaker were the only ones benefited. In the course of events the merchant was sure to rebel. Then the modiste had a cause for grievance. Where was her living to come from if this athletic craze continued? Of what use was it to design •‘dreams” for non-appreciative customers? The “new woman” was her bugbear and she was driven to distraction. The whole army of purveyors to women, in Paris, London and Berlin, iwere in despair. They would be bankrupt if the girl of the period continued to be satisfied with tweed skirts, heavy shoes and shirt waists. Something gnust be done. To the relief of the shopkeeper came the “Du Barry” and “Dolly Varden” Craze. No sooner had these two plays caught popular fancy than the shops twere filled with Du Barry scarfs and hats and Dolly Yarden foulards and brgandles. Sunburn and tan, short skirts and heavy shoes lost their attractions, end the girls lost their hearts to the frivolities (as far as gowning was jconcemed) of these two stage heroines. Of course no girl could dress as Du Barry or Dolly Varden were she a fright with freckles and sunburn. So, after many visits to the complexion poctorß, the twentieth century summer girl has emerged from her chrysalis p veritable butterfly. Nothing 60 completely shows the trend of fashion as the radical changes Which have taken place in shoes and shirt waists. From the' low, commonheel and roudd toe shoe we have returned to the pointed toe and uis XV. heel. Fancy has run riot in the fashion of heels. This return }o the unhealthy Louis XV. heel is to be regretted by people of commonkense. Even the show windows of the haberdasher shops that cater to women llsplay a most elaborate collection of the once severely made shirt waist. IThese bodices are works of art, made as they are of the sheerest lawns and tgandies and profusely trimmed with fine laces. Perhaps nothing so indites the decline of the athletic fad as this new departure in shirt waists. The athletic girl is not the creature of mystery and romance that her lister of chiffons and ruffles, ribbons and laces is. She would be out of jflaoe on a veranda, lying in a hammock of a summer’s evening, or out in a jrowboat on the lake under the moon’s rays, and therefore to-day, under the bew regime, she is relegated to the shelf and in a short time will be forgotten. A wall has been sent up from landlords of summer hotels that they could get no men. This dearth was blamed on the athletic girl. It was said pat there was nothing to attract a man to a summer hotel where there Were no pretty girls to fall in love with. A man is never, so happy as when he is miserably in love. The athletic girl had no time for love-making, therefore there was no attraction for the men.—Collier’s Weekly.

The Real Hobo: What He is and How He Lives

By Charles Ely Adams.

WO facts about the hobo may serve to dispel a popular error. Ka****2* First, he is, within certain bounds, a patron of literature. r | I wS There are very many exceptions to the general rule of illiteracy. Bjj L Second, he spends a very respectable amount of his time in the Ex * use °* ‘ water> 6oa P aod towels. Aside from the question of special fitness a man is the creature of his opportunities, and this truth in its scope runs to the last far reaches of Hobo-dom. The dweller In this realm when in the harness obtains but a slight acquaintance with leisure. He rises early, and, as he must work, on an average, ten hours a day, be must have more than eight hours’ sleep. It is true that even this schedule leaves him a few hours to himself on working days; but the fact remains that through fatigue and lack of facilities, for the appointments of a railroad camp are few and extremely rough, he is unable to utilize his spare time to the best advantage. After supper most of the men retire to the bunk tents to lie on their beds and smoke and talk. Some play cards; others, disposed to be exclusive, arrange their blankets for a comfortable reclining position and read books and belated newspapers by the flickering light of a candle fastened at the head of the bunk. Sunday, of course, is the hobo’s day of freedom, and he appropriates the time to avocations of his own inclination. He bathes, shaves, oils his shoes, boils his underclothes, sews on buttons, takes stitches where needed, gossips, write letters to absent “pardners” and reads, i As may be supposed trashy novels predominate among the books of the [hobo’s selection. However, as a counterbalance to themes which are altogether [trivial and volatile, he relishes the polemics of the famous agnostics, being especially affected by their sensationalism and eloquence. On his tramps from camp to camp, the hobo addicted to reading burdens himself with a volume or two which, when he has finished, he exchanges with fellow-travelers of similar propensity. A box of old magazines provided by one contractor for the use of his employes proved to hp greatly appreciated by the men, the demand for the [periodicals being quite extensive and constant. The amount of general information thus acquired by the reading hobo would surprise those gentle personiages of glorious opportunities and cultivation who look upon him as an outlandish, clodlike piece of humanity. The existence of a world more polite than he has ever seen, the developments of popular science, inventions and events of national importance, the recurring crises in European diplomacy—all these chiefly through the medium of the newspapers be is aware of and can discuss with a readiness which would do credit to an even more alert mind. . '

Faulty Grading in Our Public Schools

By William J. Shearer.

r••••■! HAT the marked differences in children, in classes, and in w ___ teachers are not properly provided for, either in the amount • ’'l"’ a and character of the work required, or in the time to be spent ( * A * upon the work, is readily seen when we consider the usual JM method of grading and promoting. The course of study for the graded school is divided arbitrarily into a number of generally a year apart, and the work for each grade is laid out for the bright, the slow, or the average. Many schools grade the work for the bright. In this case all the rest are dragged over far more work than they can understand. Therefore, many soon • become discouraged and drop out of school. Though not generally acknowledged, yet, in reality, the courses of study In ,most schools are graded for the slower pupils. This is certainly an injustice to the large majority of pupils who can and should go forward more rapidly. Not only is the progress of all kept down to the pace of the slower ones, but (Worse than this, the majority of the pupils are drilled into habits of inattention land idlehess. So long has this continued that many teachers have come to bejlleve that pupils do not differ materially in their ability to cover the course. However, there are thousands of earnest teachers who realize the great injury •done to the pupils by such a method of stifling talent. But by far the largest number of schools are supposed to be graded for the “average pupil.” At first sight this looks reasonable. But, in truth, can anyi thing be more absurd than the idea of neglecting the ever-present individual [pupil of flesh and blood, of soul and life and Infinite possibilities, In the attempt [to reach all* by shaping the work for the mythical “average pupil?” ' • • - -W l.w' . OfcMliM&ifc.. ' f _ ».,V ...

MILITIA TO USE BALL CARTRIDGES

Gen. Gobin Supplies Pennsylvania Troops With Loaded Shells. SENTRY STONED FROM AMBUSH Men Ordered to Halt Reply with Shower of Missiles and Later Repeat Performance. When Soldiers Get Orders to Kill. Brig. Gen. Gobin has ordered the guards and sentries of the regiments on service at Shenandoah to fire upon any gangs of men wao attack them with volleys of stones from ambush. The entire Eighth regiment was called to arms during Saturday night as a result of three attacks made by a band of men who threw stones at the troops now in camp on the plateau outside the town. A double guard supplied with ball cartridges surrounds the camp and the sentries have been instructed that if stone throwing is repeated they must shoot to kill and investigate afterwards. One of the attacking party, a Lithuanian named William Stoponltz, is under arrest. Attack a Sentry. The first attack was made at 10:45 o’clock Saturday night. Private Payne of company I, on sentry duty, saw a party of men on the Mahony City road, which separates the camp of the Eighth regiment from the Twelfth. He commanded the men to halt and called the corporal of the guard, but before the latter could respond a shower of stones were thrown at the sentry. One stone struck him on the chest, knocking him down and causing his gun to fall from his hands. He jumped and fired several shots in the air. One of the pickets captured Stoponitz as he came running dowii the road. Camp Is Aroused. The shooting aroused the whole camp and the Eighth regiment was put under arms and companies B, E, and K were immediately out in skirmish lines. The regiment was called to quarters and fifteen minutes later another shower of stones was thrown at the stable guard, which is located south of the Eighth regiment. Shortly after 3 o’clock Sunday morning the third and last attack was made, and it was of such a nature that the bugler, under orders from Col. Hoffman, sounded the whole regiment to arms. This time the stable guard was again the object of the attack. Stones in volleys were thrown at the guard, and the sentries near by. Fire Into the Bushes. The sentries fired about a dozen shots into the bushes, but no one was hit. The Eighth regiment, Col. Hoffman said, was under arms and ready for action in three minutes. Col. Hoffman made a full report to Brig. Gen. Gobin. He put Stoponitz through a searching examination. The prisoner said there were only four men in the body. He gave the name of one of them as Michael Lavotiz and said he did not know who the others were. The brigadrier general said he had Issued orders that stringent measures be taken with all such offenders, Orders Balt Cartridges. “I have ordered several rounds of ball cartridges to be issued to each sentry,” he said, “and that the officers of the guard be instructed to have them used. The guard at the camp will also be increased." Gen. Gobin gave out the following statement: “The published reports to the effect that members of the National guard refused to wont in laying water pipe to the camp and that certain soldiers had suggested that they were union men and therefore could not assißt in the work was absolutely untrue and without any foundation."

REPORTS IMMENSE WHEAT CROP

Minnesota Hopes to Harvest 110,000,000 Bushels. St. Paul, Minn., Dispatch: Central western Minnesota keeps in line with other sections of the state, with fine prospects of big wheat crops. If the present conditions continue until harvest a crop oT over 110,000,000 bushels is a conservative estimate or the best yield this state has produced in years. The crop in the whole Northwest, including Minnesota, as all known, is a good one, but it Is more—it is Immense.

New High School Chief.

La Porte, Ind., Dispatch: Frederick L. Sims of Portland has accepted the principalship of the La Porte high school and will begin his labors here in September. He will succeed Professor I. N, Warren, who goes to Dodge City, lowa.

Big Fire at Havana.

Havana cable: A fire In Ignacio street resulted In a loss to the dry goods firm of Prendes & Co. of $168,000, $90,000 of which was covered with Insurance. Other dry goods firms, including Pella & Co., also lost heavily.

New York Skyscraper.

New York Dispatch: The famous Bowling Green landmark, the o.u Stevens house, probably will be demolished in the near future to make way for .a $9,000,000 office building, flanned to be the largest in the world.

WHAT HIS WIFE THOUGHT.

Truly No Man la a Hero In His Own Household. The speech of Senator Pettus of Alabama, in which he paid his respects to “orators,” will be long rememberod in the Senate. That portion of his speech was plainly impromptu, but arriving at the psychological moment it convulsed the entire Senate and the galleries. Senator Depew walked wildly about the Chamber swinging his arms over his head, while the President pro tempore, Mr. Frye, laid down his gavel, threw himself back in his chair, while the tears streamed down his cheeks. Senator Pettus was warmly congratulated by his colleagues of both parties. When one of these, on the next day, shook his hand, and declared the speech “epochmaking,” Senator Pettus gravely replied: “Well, I don’t know about that; it depends on the point of view. When I got home last night I found my wife reading the afternoon paper. She glanced up and said: "I see you have been over there in the Senate making an old fool of yourself.’ "New York Times.

Physicians Puzzled.

St. Aubert, Mo., Aug. 4th. —Mr. E. R. Langendorfer of this place suffered very severely with a peculiar case of Kidney Trouble which completely baffled the skill of the local physicians and instead of getting any better he was gradually growing worse. He says: “A friend advised me to take Dodd’s Kidney Pills and after I had used two boxes I was entirely cured and have not since had the slightest symptoms of the return of my trouble. "I had tried all the surrounding physicians but they did me no good and instead of getting better I grew worse till I used Dodd's Kidney Pills. “I can sincerely say to everyone suffering with Kidney Trouble that Dodd’s Kidney Pills will cure them for they cured me satisfactorily and completely when all the doctors had failed." Not many months ago SI,OOO was willed to a conductor of The Chicago & Alton Railway for being attentive and courteous. A somewhat similar has reoccurred. Mr. H. J. Titus, a steward on one of the “Alton’s” dining cars, recently had for a guest a gentleman to whom he unconsciously gave such polite attention as to attract his patron’s notice. Upon arrival of the train in Chicago, this passenger, who was a high official of the Mobile & Ohio Railway, repaired to the general offices of The Chicago & Alton Railway, and being assured of Mr. Titus’ ability, promptly appointed the latter Superintendent Commissary of the Mobile & Ohio Railway. Mr. Titus assumes his new duties August 15th, with headquarters in Jackson, Tenn. He will be the youngest railway superintendent of dining cars in the United States, his age being but twenty-four.

A Deception.

Columbus was sixty days out at sea when one of his rivals importuned the king. “Your majesty,” he cried, “I can disprove his globular theories. How about the Harlem flat? You can’t get round in that.” Chagrined beyond measure at being so deceived, Ferdinand instantly dispatched a torpedo boat destroyer to bring the unhappy navigator back In chains. To the housewife wno has not yet become acquainted with the new things of everyday use in the market and who is reasonably satisfied with the old, we would suggest that a trial of Defiance Cold Water Starch be madtf at once. Not alone because it is guaranteed by the manufacturers to be superior to any other brand, but because each 10c package contains 16 ozs., while all the other kinds contain but 12 ozs. It la safe to say that the lady who once Defiance Starch will use no other. Quality and quantity must win.

Was Willing to Go.

Landlord—See here, Mr. Dauber, my patience is exhausted. You'll have to pay your rent or get out. Artist—All right. Would you mind lending me a dollar or two for moving expenses?

Italian Astronomer Honored.

Signor Schiaparelli, the Milan astronomer, has been elected an associate of the French Academy of Science in the room of the late Baron Nordenskiold.

Enables the Blind to Write.

W. J. Ryan, a blind man in Milwaukee, has invented a writing frame with wire lines, to enable blind persons to write with evenness and symmetry.

Not Dependent on a Single Train.

The New York Central Lines have whole flying batteries of trains connecting the centers of population and the gateways of commerce.

United States Left Out.

In the $4,458,000 worth of goods imported by the Congo Free State last year Belgium had the largest share, and the United States none. ■ ; . a.

THOSE WHO HAVE TRIED IT

will us* no other. Defiance Cold Water Starch has no equal In Quantity or Quality—l* oz. for 10 cents. Other brands contain only 12 oz. % Most of us keep out of mischief as long as we can keep out of getting caught it / TILtOW CI.OTHEB ARE UNSIGHTLY. Keep them white with Red Cross Ball Blue All grocers sell large 3 oz. package, 5 cents! All the world loves a lover—except sometimes the girl the lover loves.

Cut This Out for Relercnoc—lt May Not Appear Again. Omaha Auditorium flodt Contest July 1,1902, to October 28, 1902. V*. Tickets Twenty-five Cents v k k /* One Thousand and One Prizes 7* Each Ticket Entitles the Purchaser to One Share of Common Stock in the Omaha Auditorium Company and to Two Chances to Win a Prize. ' * CAPITAL PRIZE (R nnn nn IN GOLD ’ ’ Contributed by the Desi-Jv.I.IVIVII-VIII R nco Starch Company of Omaha—Seven ydjjVVViVV Hundred and Three Smaller Cash Prizes. SSSSSSSSS Hanging from $2.50 to $50.00 Other Prizes. —House and lot in Omaha, value, $3,500; Omaha City Lot, $700; Grand Kimball Piano; Chapel Organ; round trip tickets to cities on the Pacific Coast, Gulf of Mexico, the Great Lakes, and the Inland Pleasure Resorts; Sealskin Garments; Buggies, Saddles, Sets of Double and Single Harness, Engines, Guns, Silver and Glass Tableware, and many other useful and ornamental articles. Six More Semi-Monthly Special Cash Prizes. Awarding of Regular Prizes.—The $5,000 Capital Prize and 1,000 other Regular Prizes will be Awarded in the order of their Value to the 1,001 Persons making the 1,001 closest estimates of the total number of votes which will be cast for all candidates for governor in New York State, November 4, 1902. These are the figures for the last five elections and will aid you in making your estimates: 1891, 1,165,085; 1894, 1 > 2 75»671; 1896, 1,434,046; 1898, 1,359,190; 1900, 1,556,520. What will the figures be this year? Awarding of Semi-monthly Special Cash Prizes.—These prizes will each be not less than SSO, nor more than SSOO, and will be paid every two weeks during the progress of the contest. They will be paid to the persons making the closest estimates, during the two weeks preceding each date, of the amount of the bank clearings of the city of Omaha on August 16, September 1, September 16, October 1, October 16, and November 1. These figures of the bank clearings of Omaha on dates named will assist you in making your estimates: 1901: July 1, $1,233,488; July 16, $1,063,599; August Ist, $823,138; August 16th, $1,036,132; September Ist, $1,171,613; September 16th, $1,127,988; October Ist, $955,266; October 16th, $1,039,742; November Ist, $1,205,423. 1902: July Ist, $1,061,057; July 16th, $1,137,004. NOW Is the Time to Send in Your Estimates.—One Person Stands Just as Good a Chance as Any Other Person to Make Prize Winning Estimates. An Estimate Made Now is as Likely to Win $5,000 or One of the Other I,ooo’Regular Prizes as One Made in October, For No One Can Tell the Number of Votes Cast Until A,fter They are Counted. Contest Closes October 28. Some one is going to win $5,000 for twenty-five cents. Why not you? And others are going to win 1,006 other regular and special prizes ranging from $2.50 to $3,500. You may be one of them if you make an estimate. DON'T FORGET THE SPECIAL CASH PRIZES AWARDED EVERY TWO WEEKS Such Opportunities are not often offered—a share of stock and two chances to win big prizes for twenty-five cents. But remember that a dozen hooks will catch more fish than one hook. One ticket and two estimates are good, but a dozen tickets and two dozen estimates are better, and will more likely land one of the big or some of the smaller prizes. Send in your Quarters and your Estimates—arid Better Send Them in Now. Address all letters to THE OMAHA AUDITORIUM CO., Room A. Now York Lif© Building. Omaha.. R..«pon»lbi« A<«nt« Wanted lt\ Every Town. Cut This Out for Reference—lt May Not Appear Aagain.

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