The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, September 21, 1898, Image 7

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CiR CONDUCTORS.
I'helr Kinplnttnsnt In Italtwev dr.
vlre Kttenilln la Thl( Country.
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Women are a success a street-car
nuductor in Cbillicothe, Ohio.
Hince they were engaged one month
ago by the Electrio Street llailway
Company the receipt! of the corpora
tion hare increased thirty per cent,
the women were employed originally
a measure of economy. It wan
found that the system of baring every
person put his own fare in the box re
sulted in the missing of a great tunny
fares. On the other hand, it would
cost too much to hire two men for each
car. It waa then that the superin
tendent bit npon the idea of employ
ing wo. hen aa conductor, to whom
only half aa much was paid aa would
have been paid to men. The girls are
good looking and member of emi
nently respectable families. They
are paid ft per week, and enjoy their
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WOMEN IS A NEW FIELD-CHILUCOTIIES RTUEET-CAB CONDCCTOIIS.
work, while the anperlntendent says
that they do it well.
Lately a aort of epidemio for em
ploying women in the transportation
service of the country has broken out.
It's not local epidemio, ao it's going
io be difficult to quarantine it, though
many of the trades unionists have
beeu trying their best to stamp it out.
There' not likely to be more success
ful than nana), however.
The epidemic seem to have started
last winter at Middletown, Conn.,
where a woman got employment as a
inotornian on a street car. The no
toriety tho line got as a result was
discouraging, ao the pioneer was dis
charged, but the notion that women
would make first-class conductors if
not grip manipulators in small towns
struck more than one street railroad
ninnager.
Out in Vincennes, Ind., a mouth or
ao ago the local street railway com
pany, in a fit of eoonomy, decided to
discharge its men conductors and em
ploy women. Fifty women applied
for the job and live were put to work
.at 43 a week.
The .Miperintendent of the Electrio
Railway, Light and Tower Company,
of Cbillicothe, W. J. Myers, has written
an optimistic letter to the Electrical
Engineer on the subject:
"We could not afford to employ
. men, and we could not see why worn
u would not make as good conduc
tors as men. We keep them on duty
teu bnrs day and pay them $4 per
week, and they are proving them
'elves in every way competent and
iHuient. We are very particular in
selecting them, and had no trouble in
getting good applications and a great
' . many more than we are able to em
ploy. It gives us very clean ser
vice, and we think that this will be
new field for the employment of
Jailiei."
Madison, Ind., baa caught the epi
demic, too, but somehow its citizens
. seem to have beeu inocnlated against
it. The families of the men who have
been thrown out of work by the new
. women conductors have been making
big fuss about it, and the citizens
declare they will walk before they will
patrouiae cars oonduoted by women.
The stentn railroads are falling into
liue. It is four or five years now
since a vigorous howl went up because
the Brooklyn Elevated decided to em
ploy women ticket agents. A few
mouths ago the Baltimore and Ohio
Bailroad put women iu charge of
' eighteen of its offioea. Time and again
it has been rumored that the New
York Elevated and the New York Cen
tral Bailroad would substitute women
in its stations all along the line. Al
ready there are more women employed
in the Central'! offices than on any
other road.
But after all these are sot the
pioneers in a new field. As a matter
of fact we are away behind the rest of
the world in the employment of wo
meu in the railway service. England
hires a few, while in Franoe women
. railroaders are commou.
lUtrajaJ Bp a Clock,
The forester who permitted two
photographera to enter the death
chamber shortly after Prince Bis
marck' death waa instantly discharged,
without pension. His indisoretion and
that of the two photographers was be
trayed by the late Prinoe's clock,
which figured in the photograph, and
pointed at 2.16. The culprits bad
effected an entrance into the death
chamber through the window opening
Oat upon tbeperk, and Priuoe Herbert
Bismarck ' has instituted proceedings
against them for the criminal offense
' of "disturbing family peaoe." Liver
, pool Post
Amateor photographer in Russia
tr obliged to secure licenses.
CANADA'S NEW RULERS,
The Appointment of the Karl anil Conn
ten of Mlnto Itallmt With Saturation.
The appointment of the Earl of
Mintoaa Governor-General to succeed
the Karl of Aberdeen is hailed with
satisfaction throughout Canada. It
ia generally believed that no more
fitting appointment could nave been
made by the home Government. Lord
Mtuto will not assume hi official lu
tie under the disadvantage of being
atranger, for be ia widely known
throughout the province. It might
be truthfully said that he is already a
popular man, and i sure to fall heir
to the general good with which all
Catiadian feel for the Earl of Aber
deen.
The arrival of the Earl and hi
charming wife, the Countess of Miuto,
in sure to strengthen the regard now
entertained for them. I hey will be
the handsomest couple ever occupying
Itideaii Hull, the Dominion palace at
Ottawa, and fully capable of maintain
iug the social prestige of their high
position.
The new Governor-General's full
name ia Gilbert John Elliot-Mnrray
Kynynmotind-Elliot, and he i the
fourth Earl of Minto. He was born
in 1845, and succeeded his father as
fourth Earl in 1891. He was formerly
a lieutenant in the Moot Guards, was
attached to the Turkish army iu the
Ilusso-Tnrkish war in 1877, serving
in Afghanistan in 1870, was a volun
teer in the Egyptian campaign in
1882, and commanded the Houth of
Scotland Volunteers, with the rank of
colonel. He took an active part in the
Canadian rebellion in 1HH,", when he
was Military Secretary to the Govern-
TUB KARL AND COUNTESS OF II INTO.
or-Oenei'a'l of Canada. This position
he herd from 1883 to 1886. In 188!)
the Earl married Mary Caroline,
daughter of Oeneral the Hon. Charles
Grey. In politics he is a Liberal.
Qmi Ways of the "Cnvllf ."
In an article on the "Covites" of
the Cumberland Mountains, published
in the Ladies' Home Journal, Sarah
Barnwell Elliott says: "The people
are usually squatters on small lots of
unoleared mountain land, whioh ia ex
tremely shallow and poor. They usu
ally live in log or slab houses some
times 'chinked' and sometimes not;
sometimes with floors, and sometimes
without eking out an existeuce by
peddling either the nuts and fruits of
the wilderness, or their poor 'gyarden
truck.' They are very keen at a bar
gain, even when they have no idea of
the proper value of the thing in hand,
and though they are very hospitable
when you come to their house, and
will give you anything they have in
the way of food, they will never give
you anything that they have brought to
sell. They may give it to your cook,
or to your next-door neighbor, or tbey
may throw it away just outside your
gate, but you having declined to pay
their prioe tbey will not give it to
you at least, not that special ar
ticle." The Book keeper's Vision,
W3?
"The figures stared him in the face.'
One of the first effect of the bust
nets boom whioh is bound to follow
the restoration of peaoe will be a pro
digious demand from Bpain'a lost isl
and for American bathtub.
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The latest from Manila is that Aguiu
aldo, the insurgent leader, has issued
a memorial addressed to all the foreign
Power reciting the fnctthnt the Filip
inos have formed a Government under
the Constitution adopted on June 123.
He add that "the Filipino force
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have since oarried on a campaign of
liberty, taken forty provinces, and have
reduoed Manila. Tbey have 0000
prisoners."
.Peace and tranquillity prevail in the
conquered provinces, and there is no
resistance to Aguinaldo's authority.
The campaign, the memorial says, was
oonduoted with due regard to the rales
of civilized warfare.
He asks for the recognition of the
ndependenon of the Philippine He-
publio, or, failing in that, to grant the
filipinos belligerent rights. The
United states are not mentioned in
the memorial.
Honor Don Emilio Aguinaldo v Fanrv
there was a time not long ago when
be left off both the front and rear ends
of that name ia a very clever young
mun. ue has read the story or a young
man from Corsica, who made consider
able history st the other end of the
century. Far be it from any carping
oritio to suggest that be endeavor to
mitate that master of artillcrv. lint
there are certain marked trait which
tho two men have in commou, even to
the desiro to wear gold collar. They
say he is twenty-seven years old. and
he looks it. It a noticeuble fact
that all the leaders of the Filipinos
are young; that is the result of the
condition whioh make the background
of the revolutions, whioh make, iu fact,
the leaders themselves.
In the days when young Agninaldo
was neither Honor nor Don, but just
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plain Emilio, he was servant boy for a
tiesuii prieiu, ana vuere lay me begin
ning or mi fortune. lor this Jesuit,
true to the traditions and teachings of
bis order, gave the boy the founda
tion of the educatiou which by its de
velopment has given him the mastery
over hi people. The native wit got
the tool with which to work, and
boundless ambition drove it on until
achievement is assnmiug proportion
tieyoiKi tne wildest dream of boyhood
servant, day. He left the priest and
studied medicine. He went to Hong
Kong and saw something of other peo
ples nnd of other intellect than de
generate Spanish or undeveloped
Filipino.
Iu this growth to manhood and this
struggle for education young Aguiu
aldo found peronnl experience of the
amazing blindness of the masters of
the islands. The rule of the Hpanish
in the Philippines is almost beyond
belief. Nevertheless, the testimony is
convincing. The nation which delib
erately doe all in its power to retard
Hie progress of learning, to prevent
the education of it people, ha small
claim to civilization. In these islands
it was practically a crimo for a Fili
pino to achieve any education. If he
came to the notice of the authorities it
wa more than probable that, if be
were not disposed of more effectively,
lie would be exiled. Aguinaldo suf
fered this puuishment for hi ambi
tion, and now he is taking revenge.
His friends, his relative, suffered
similarly, and now strive with him for
vengeance on the Hpauiard.
The Filipinos are stoical in endur
ance, one benefit of three centuries of
Spanish oppression and misrule.
They cau eudure and be still, endure
physical pain and suffering, with the
outward indifference of a red Indian.
They have the patience of Pambe He
rang, limitless courage of the fighting
sort, aud ambition, iu the case of their
leaders, that know neither mete nor
bounds. In manners they are polite
and agreeable, and intercourse with
European civilization has given some
of their leaders a distinguishing
polish. They affect the hauteur and
the reserve of their old Spanish rnlers,
and thereby attach to themselves the
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dignity of position. The people are
simple, open-hearted, hospitable,
with an unshaken faith iu the wis
dom, the ability aud the truth of their
leaders. Especially is this trne of
Aguinaldo. By whatever means he
aoquirod bis hold on the Filipinos,
his word now is law with them.
Personally, says the Manila cor
respondent of the New York Hnu, I
believe him to be only a great adven
turer, like that man at the other end
of the century whom he imitates in
his small way. His ambition is as
boundless as Napoleon's, bnt he has
less with which to work. His courage
is limitless, and i of the dashing
type which has given bim the ascen
dency over bis people whioh he now
holds. The humblest peasant speak
of Don Emilio as a "terrible fighter."
He has anrrounded himself with
brave, olever men, moat of whom are
apparently thoroughly patriotic
They are devoted entirely to Aguinal
do because tbey believe that that way
lie the best obauc of succtii. ..
THE REALM
An All-White KffMf.
Fine while organdy, point de Paris,
lace insertion and n rrnw ar Kit matt 1 n
ribbon combine to make this waist one
of the most oliftrminir seen this aoaann
To carry out the all white Idea, now
ao popular, the full waist is arranged
over a pure white taffeta lining, which
lias a soft aud rather unbdned finish.
The fronts are gathered at the waist
aud neck lines, where the fashionable
pouched effect Is given. The closing
is in centre-front, lining and waist
dosing separately and invisibly, whioh
is easily arranged by placing the hooks
and eyes just where the trimming
comes together. The seamless back
is smooth fitting across the shoulders
and drawn by gathers in centre at the
waist-line. The trimming is extended
across the bank to give the yoke effect.
The neck is finished with a high stand
ing collar, over which a wrinkled stook
of the organdy is arranged, closing
under gathered frills in the back, this
W UMAN'H
style having again taken the place of
the now passe bow of ribbon. The
two-seamed sleeves, which only have
fulness at the top, are disposed over
fitted linings, stylish donble epaulettes
standing out fashionably at the top.
Triple row of the frilled ribbon
form evenly spaced bands above the
elbow to correspond to the waist trim
ming, and the wrists are finished to
match the epaulettes and simulated
yoke.
For separate waists of silk or fine
woolen, as well as cotton fabrics, this
model will be found excellent, it be
ing ample in construction and suited
to the applied decorations thst abound
in an almost endless variety of designs.
Tucking can be used in place of the
ribbon, as here shown, if the tucks are
made in groups in the material before
the pattern is laid on.
To make this waist for a woman of
medium si.e one and three-quarters
yavds of material forty-four inches
wide will be required.
Mrs. Linton's I'srsonal Katato.
Mrs. Lynn Linton's personal estate
has been valued at $82,420. It was
her desire that her body should be
cremated, aud she bequeathed $50 to
the Cremation Society. Hbe ordered
that certain Elgin marbles iu her
bonse, which did not belong to her,
should be sent to her husband or to
his representatives for presentation to
the American National Gallery by bia
desire.
It Has Snpplanud the Blmr,
To a great extent the Eton jacket
ha usurped this season the place for
merly held by the "blazer," and in its
up-to-date shaping, aa presented in
the large engraving, is an extremely
mart and becoming garment.
A relief from the rather severe tailor
finish is shown in this jacket of cadet
blue serge (matching the skirt), that
ia decorated with rows of narrow black
satin ribbon, the revera and collar
faced with black satin. The stylish
walking hat of cadet-blue has a black
aatiu, straw brim, row of ribbon en
circling the crowu with blaok and
bine curling ooqne feathers at the left
side. The fronts, which are ahaped
without darts, are reversed at the top
in pointed lapels, that meet the rolling
oollar in notobea. Tho back may be
mad with or without a centre scam,
as preferred, and wide nnder-arm
gorei, with shoulder seams, complete
the stylish adjustment.
I.WUKh' WA I ST.
OF FASHION. O
The two-seamed sleeve ean ba
pleated or gathered at the top, the
wrists being finished with three row
of ribbon to match the edge of the
jaoket.
A tailor finish of machine stitching
can be niied or braid and velvet may
take the place of the ribbon and satin.
For pique and dnck, crash and other
wash anits, this is a good model,
bands of a darker color, with plain or
faced collar, being the nsnal deoora
tion. To make this jacket for a woman of
medium sine one end one-half yards of
material, forty-four inches wide, will
be required.
A Favored Coinlilnatlnn.
For autumn wear, beige and deep
Tuscan yellow of rough straw braids,
trimmed with green velvet and shaded
velvet geranium or nasturtium blos
soms, in all their glowing colorings,
will be a favored combination.
f.'lerk of Common Connell.
For the first time in the history of
Mount Vernon a woman a few days
ago acted as clerk of the Common
Council. Miss Imogen Hoyt, sister
and assistant of the clerk, W. N. Hoyt,
read the petitions and various bills lit
a businesslike manner, which created
a favorable impression on the Alder
men.
Tlcht-rttlln Milk Coats.
Short tight-fitting silk coats with
handsome buttons are just coming into
vogue. A thin black skirt worn over
a colored skirt is the correct thing
with these jackets.
Artificial Fruit For flair Ornamentation.
Artificial frnit will be much worn
this fall. Cherries will ha allna1
droop on the hair as flowers have
uunerio Deen placed. Orapes are to
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be mingled with dark violets, with
whioh they will harmonize in color,
and blaokberries will be exceedingly .
popular.
A Drsp A proa.
Fine white lawn, trimmed with In
sertion and embroidery, made this
dressy apron, that can be worn with a
guimpe, as well aa for a protection to
a dainty dress. Three box pleat are
formed back and front, their under,
folds being stitched to the waistline,
below which they fall in loose, grace
ful folds, A deep bem finishes the
lower e.lge, and the skirt is gathered
on the side to a short body, banded at
the lower edge by insertion. The
closing is invisible under centre pleat
in back. Pretty bretellea are formed
over the shoulders by a graduated
frill of embroidery set on with a head
iug of insertion. A strap of insertion
crosses the box pleats at the top, form
ing a low, square neck, whioh is fin
ished with a narrow standing frill of
embroidery. Organdy, Swiss, nain
sook, batiste or gingham will make
pretty and serviceable aprons in this
child's box-flbatid apbon.
style. Worn with a guimpe it will do
duty as a dress in hot weather.
To make this apron for a girl six
years ot age will require two and one
quarter yards of material thirty-sis
inches wide.