A WOMAN'S BUSINES3 DRESS.
HHer Slarjr F. Rejnnonr'f Ides of a Co
tam That Any Vinu Coald XTvmr.
Tbrj reeolntion in regard to Bngge
tkran for a business otmtnme for women,
adopted by the recent national council of
women at Washington, has created a
4ml of dincnsnion among women in all
part of the conn try.
Mi Mary P. Seymour, editor of The
Boninem Woman's Journal, in an inter
view with a reporter of the New York
Bon, expressed herself on the subject as
fellows:
"Laying aside the question whether
anch a costume would be advisable or not,
there ia no donbt that women who are
n gaged in business are greatly hampered
by the style of dress now in vogue. It
takes twice as mnch exertion in a woman
to walk as In a man, and yon know when
women are compelled to work for their
ring they cannot afford to expend their
strength recklessly. The greatest diffi
culty which business women have today
la to select the right kind of dress. Now
any suggestion would be, in the first place,
to wear a short skirt, one that would
reach to the tops of the shoes. One of
the greatest drawbacks of the long skirt
which business women wear at present,
next to its weight and clumsiness, is its
tendency to drag in and catch hold of the
and in the streets and the dust on the
floor. The short skirt would do away
with this.
"A woman with both arms full of papers
or packages conld step boldly across a
street, no matter how wet or dirty it
might be, without being compelled to
top, transfer her burden to one arm, or
bold some of it between her teeth in
order to lift her skirts. This skirt should
not be of heavy material; cashmere or
ilk is preferable to heavy woolen goods.
The weight of heavy garments, distrib
uted as it is in the skirts of woman's dress
today, exhausts the vitality. Instead of
having the many underskirts women are
wont to have, I would suggest heavy
Turkish trousers. These would be a great
deal lighter than the number of skirts
which would be necessary to give the
ante warmth, and, besides, would leave
the limbs free to move. The skirt would
then do nothing but conceal these
trousers.
"The objection will probably be raised
that such a short skirt will expose the
foot in an undesirable way. It is true
that women have big feet, and nothing
makes them look bigger than a skirt
which exposes the entire shoe and noth
ing more. To remedy this I would sug
gest that fancy leggings be worn, which
extend from just above the toes to three
or four inches above the shoe tops. These
would conceal the line between the shoe
and the stocking, and, besides having a
pretty effect, would make the foot look
mailer than it really is.
"So much for the lower part. The waist
should be as simple and as comfortable
si the dressmaker's skill can make it. I
once designed a dress for myself which
embodied all my ideas of comfort and
convenience. The waist consisted of a
jacket and a vest in one piece. The
jacket was in reality nothing but two
long lapels which covered a part of the
body of the waist In the vest were four
pockets arranged just as they are in a
man's waistcoat, two in the upper and
two In the lower part. On the outside
of the two lapels were two pockets simi
tar to those on a man's coat. In the back
drapery were inserted two oblong pock
ets, the openings of which were drawn
together by el-stic cord. Under one of
the panels, on the right and the left sides,
I had long pockets."
The reporter next asked Mrs. Lillie
Oevereux Blake what she thought of the
idea of a business woman's costume.
"I think," she said, "that one of the
greatest strains that business women
ooold put themselves under would be to
dress out of the fashion of the day. I
shrink from any suggestion of a dress for
women that would make the wearer con
spicuous and an object of ridicule. Busi
ness women, more than all others, are
dependent upon the favor of the public,
and for them to wear a garment that
would make them ridiculous would be
almost suicidal.
"I believe that comfortable dresses can
be made within the lines of fashion.
They should be perfectly loose and easy,
and not too long three or four inches
above the ground would be plenty. The
saost disagreeable and uncomfortable
part of a woman's dress is the band
atoond the waist This can be obviated
in a degree by wearing the waist, and the
skirt of one piece. That is, the lining of
the dress is all one piece, and the drapery
ia put on that according to the fashion of
Che day or the taste of the wearer."
Mrs. Bom Cookllng.
. The reappearance of Mrs. Roscoe Conk
ling on the streets of New York brings
back to the thousands of friends of her
lamented husband, who were familiar
with her face only at rare intervals,
recollections of her earlier beauty. Mrs.
3onkling must be more than sixty now.
ihe is unusually tall looking, being so
sect, and in her mourning garments
wans actually taller than her real height,
hich can't be less than 5 feet 6. Her
yes are blno and her features finely
faiaelled. Seen side by side with Mrs.
Irant, the contrast between her stately
portions and the shorter, stouter fig
ire of her companion, whose complexion
much darker, is noticeable. Mrs.
Jonkling'a married daughter, Mrs. Oak
aan, was the companion of these two
tdir on their visit to the Conkling
minting in the Hoffman House. New
fork World.
The Chatelaine Bonqaet.
The chatelaine bouquet is quite the
age. It is long stemmed and is bus
ended from the waist by a chateluine
t handsome ribbon, and usually consists
tf roses and foliage or carnatious and
dies of the valley. The chatelaine
tonquet is, however, appropriate only
vith bridal or dancing toilets. Louis--Qlft
Courier-Journal.
Ia England celery is mnch used as a
I wt course at dinner, dipped in grated
i heese that is, the cheese is passed with
u and the celery dipped aa it is eaten.
IllIHl.NKKM A NO INUtS'lUl Ai.
In Rome 51, 000 are Idle.
India has 13 year old weavers,
Nnslivllle bricklayers hare organized,
Scotch railroaders want a ten hout
day.
Water power runs a Quebec etectric
plant.
Nashville bakers want night worl
abolished.
A refrigerator syndicate is the latest
Dos ton scheme.
Au Ionia, Mich., concern is shipping
corncob pipes to England. '
Pro tit sharing is winning favor in
mercantile circles in New York,
The Texas cotton crop In 1390 is esti
mated to be worth over 85,00J,00l).
A 10,000 ice mnchi e is being erected
in a Pottsville, Pa, orewery.
The output of silver in this country is
about 68,000,000 ounces per year.
Only 5 per cent of the shoemakers'
patrons have their shoe made to order.
There are said to bo 15,000 lira hands
in this country, with 150,000 performers.
Last season nearly 40,000 net tons of
copper were dug out of northern Michi
gan. Minneapolis has a macaroni mill It
also has a painters' union of colored
men.
A Hummelstown, Pa., farmer lias
Invented a trap which cnughl 78 rats in
10 hours.
Paris publishes 12 more dailies than
Iymilon, Now York, Philadelphia, nnl
lioston combined".
The largest peach orchard In tho
world is at Urownwood, Texas, which
ontiiius 11,000 trees.
Over 100 new electric roads are to bo
111 It, several of which ivpronunt an out
lay ol J 1, 000, 000 apiece.
London is the great fur market of the,
world, and Alaska sealskins aro taken
there to be sold lis well lis tiicsHcd.
Ohio oleomargarine men want natural
1. utter inspected, claiming that three
fourths of it isn't as good u oleomargar
ine. During the lay ar the C ilmnct and
11 cla Clipper Mi.iing Company, of
Mh'liignn, disbursed $.2,000,000 in divi
dends. The "Consolidated Fireworks Com
pany of America, " with a capital of
$3,000,000, is the latest in the iiuld of
llUils.
A syndicate lias recently Leon formed
in Brazil for the purpose of controlling
the lubber and other products of that
country.
Kansas produces a little of every
thing. In lbDO the cottou cropainountod
to 1,700 hales, and it was not a bad year
for peanuts.
Jay Gould has reduced the salaries of
officers mid the wages of workers on
the Union Paciflo Railroad from 15 to
2j per cent
I'.iterson cigarmaliers claim that if
union men smoked only union cigars
that city alone would employ 500 ad
ditional hands.
The most disastrous period in the
history of American lusiness affairs
was in 1857, when "wreckage" footed
up $;02, 000,000.
New Hampshire, with a population of
875,827, has 159,782 depositors in its
72 savings banks, with deposits aggre
gating 103,727,019.04
'Hie Esquimaux toll seals to them by
lying down ou the ico and vliisUiuK'.
If there are any seals near they will ap
proach, uud are then captured.
About 500 veU.ri.iary surgeons in
Great Britain signed a paper condemn
ing overhead check roius as painful to
horses and pro luciive of disease.
Half a million of dollars is estimated as
the sum derived hi Now York city and
its biiliurhs from the tale of floworiug
plants for the adornment of windows.
New Jersey wants its abandoned farms
occupied, and is working among fann
ers who have got disgusted with the
West and lire longing lo coma back to
the East.
"Sixteen years ago," says a Kansas
contemporary, "a man iu liuo county
paid $15 lor trees, which he planted ou
his farm. A few years ago lie was
(ffered CI 0.000 for them. They are
black w nluuls. "
The Government Labor Bureau is a
part of the Department of the Interior.
It was established iu 1884. The head of
it is known as Commissioner of Labor,
and his pay is $5,000 a year.
"A CVrinim farmer," notes the
Augusta (Me.) Journal, "recently sold
1,600 bushels of potatoes, of his own
raising, for 83 cents per bushel. This
menus $1,300, and would indicate that
fanning must pay in Penobscot county."
The annual statement of the pie in
dustry in Now York city shows that
there are 20 establishments that bake
pies exclusively. Of these, one com
pany turns out 8,500 pies a day, or
2, CC0,500 pies a year, not counting
Sundays, and another averages 7,000 a
day, 2,191,000 a year.
The Fn.U.t Mil Vet Mails.
The following items will prove of
interest to little folk:
The fastest mile run by a railroad train
was made in 40 hecouds.
The record for the fustest mile nuide
on skates is 3 minutes 13 3-5 seconds.
The fastest mile mado iu rowing in a
single boat took 5 minutes 1 second.
Tlie fastest mile ever made, by a run
ning horse was run in 1 minute U5
seconds.
The fastest mile by a man ou a tri
cycle was made in 2 minutes 49 3-5
seconds.
The fastest time on snow shoes for a
mile is recorded as 5 minutes 391 seconds.
'J he best time for a mile by a man on
a bicycle is recorded as 2 minutes 29 4-5
Bocoud.
' Tho fastest mile ever made by a man
swimming was done in 20 minutes 53
seconds,
Tho fastest mile ever accomplished
by a man walkiug was made iu 0
minutes 23 seconds.
In running, the fastest mile mado by
a man was accomplished in 4 minutes
121 secouds.
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3. Its a Measure to chew it
4. It satisfies.
5. AKirays z $aYie.
8. You should try it.
Askfor it.lisiston baving it
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PHOTO & CEAYOH
ARTIST.
Has removed from Shivcs'
Block over Schuyler's Hard
ware Store, in Gallery lately
occupied by JNesbit.
Fine Cabinets $1.50 per Doz
and upwards.
A SPECIAL OFFER.
1 Crayon picture, life size
framed in 5 inch gilt and plush
frame, and 1 doz. best 3.00
cabinets all for $8.00.
This offer only good for 30 days from
April 1st. Copying, Viewing and tak
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Bi.oomsburg, Pa.
KESTY & HOFFMAN,
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We repair Engines, Boilers, Saw Mills,
Threshers, Harvesters. Mowers and
all kinds of machinery.
WE HANDLE
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And all kinds of Repairs.
PIPE CUT TO OHDER.
AGENTS FOR
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Double Jet Injector, Automatic
ar.d Locomotive Injector.
All work done by us is guaranteed
to give satisfaction, and all work in
our line will be promptly a ttended to
SHOPS - 6th and 0ENTEE STREETS.
Wall Papers.
Spring Stock now ready
Fine eide hangings and ceiling
decorations.
Wiidow $kde$,
Spring Stop Fixtures ; with or
without fringe, or made to
order to Tit your windows.
Work-men sent anywhere.
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He is the Largest Dealer, Most Assortment Best
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THE ATKINSON
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OF MAINE,
Organized 1887, Capital, $1,000,000,
hug paid to IU HtoflkhoUlojn 5 per cent, evory
81 x luohtUx. January ami July, Hlnoo urguul.a
tlcin, uud t-anicd a bandwinie HiirpliiH.
'lo fuittittr IncrcHHu Ihe bUHliiosa with a vlw
to earulnif ifn-utcr dlvldiinds, tho Dlroctorn
have uui lKiriwl the TreaMiirvr to Ihhiib $1),(W()
ol TroaHiiry Htnck ut par, tm.uo per share.
The lull S percent, dlvldoud will be paid as
umialtoall Htockhiildera uf record, May l.Mli.
Writ the Company for l'ronjM-lus, Hy-I.uw
and HHts of mockholders, now numbering over
4(1). Addrutw
7 acbooi atrcat. boutox, Ma.ua.
OR PORTLAND, NK,
HE
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RUNS MORE FEET
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IS STRONGER ANDSMOOTHER
ANY OTHER TWINE MADE,.
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A book, "Mow to Obtuln Patents," with refer,
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town, sent free. Address
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tha attuatton or employment ,al which rti ran mm I hat amount,
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nurahcr, who are making oer MiKM jmrttth. It'iNKW
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rtmreiy naw irno.anii unnrinonarriai aaccniwinry wormvm
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and mora aftar a lltlta aiurrlrnr. Wa can (urniab ou tba am
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