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Show Corset a Foe to Health KRUPPS WILL MAKES HIS DAUGHTER THE WEALTHIEST Writer Claims It Is Not Only Unsanitary But Disfiguring At Best Its Constant Wear HEIRESS IN THE WORLD. NEWS SUMMARY. ' It Is believed the will prove serious. epidemic The bank at Hillsboro, Sierra county, New Mexico, was held up in brand daylight and robbed of $30,000. Total Imports of merchandise and good! at the port of New York for last week were valued at $11,461,020. The Indian appropriation bill, reported to the house, carries $7,715,9SA about $30,000 more than the estimate Ingram, a lumbering place with a population of 125, on the Soo railroad In Wisconsin, has been destroyed hr jftoros, Philippine. Produces an Inartistic and Artificial Shape, time ago Dr. aroong the Egyptian women accomPhlllippe Marechale at- panied an age of extravagance. tempted tn get a law According to Rousseau and others, into the French stat- compression of the body was not pracutes giving the gov- ticed by the Spartans. Women were ernment control of the considered part of the state and were ale of corsets. Ha placed under training scarcely less made it a misdemeanor vigorous than the men; nor is there for any woman under evidence of waist stricture In the thirty years of age to succeeding period, that of the worwear one, imposing a penalty of three ship of the beautiful; but in the days months In prison or a line of $200. preceding the destruction of the He planned to have the manufacturer Greek republics, when patriotism and and dealer submit reports to the au- morals were forgotten, courtesans thorities of all persons purchasing originating in this lowest order of them, on pain of having their prop- society was adopted by women of erty confiscated. Dr. Marechale evi- rank. The Romans in their turn took dently was fully aware of the opposi- up the fashion. tion this attempted reform would During the early middle ages the aiouse among women, and he framed custom was not practiced, but about the law so stringently that no one the eleventh century the power of fashion began to be felt and extravagant dress and tight bandaging increasing. A portrait of Henry III., son of Catherine de Medici Bhows that tight lacing was also practiced OME fire. Senator Clark of Wyoming has introduced a bill providing for tbs punishment of crimes committed against -- by men. Afrer Napoleons elevation to Imperial power lie adopted the most rigorous system of court etiquette. An attcupt to resurrect the Medici corset wax niado by the ladies of Paris fashions, but it was opposed by the empress. Najiolcon said concerning the revival of tight lacing in 1810: This wear, born of coquetry and bad taste, which murders children, tells of frivolous taste and warns me of approaching decadence. Bouchant, a writer of that period, says: Stays are r, would escape. It did not pass, not composed of whalebone or of and women who are wedded to hardened leather, but of bars of steel 'their oorsets will not be divorced from three to four inches broad, and from them unless it should be decreed many of them not less than eighteen ,ta Paris by the makers of fashion Inches in length. that suppleness, grace, natural curves end health should be among the requisites of a fashionable woman of the stilted, artificial, cramp-,edeformities which the fashionable modiste now turns upon Bodety. Boys are allowed to reach maturity .without being made over, but girls how-,ee- In-ste- d are not Garrett of Wyoming la to Don the Judicial Ermine. Woman has entered many spheres formerly considered suited only to man, Including even the legal profesMrs. sion, but It has remained for Mrs. M. Agnes Garrett of Garrett, Wyo., to be the first to don the Judicial ermine. Mrs. Garrett was chdsnn by the voters of Garrett precinct at the late election, and she will assume her Judicial duties the first Tuesday following The the first Monday in January. more strenuous duties of the constable, however, have been left to one physically capable, of executing the orders of Mrs. Garretts court, Elmer E. Slothower having been elected to enforce the con: mauds of the female u '. : .m : i ) ina-i- correspots I The will of Herr Krupp, the great gun manufacturer, left the works at Essen to the testators elder daughter, Bertha, to be administered by the widow until the daughter attains her majority. The great gun factory and subsidiary properties are estimated to be worth $75,000,000. This makes Fraulein Bertha Krupp far and away the wealthiest girl In the world, the next being Miss May Goelet, who was THE FIRST WOMAN JUSTICE. Education In the line of physical culture, however, is widening the borteon of American women, and many' are adopting a healthful mode of dress and many more would if they could hdjust their clothing properly... Discarding the corset is only half of,,the battle. If the heavy skirts', haEg.Irom the waist and the bands are tight the discomfort is greater-thathe corset and the Injury nearly as great. The muscles which have been weakened by the corset must be strengthened by systematic practice so that they will keep the body erect and firm and perform the (.nlli'O Cf the steel and w hale o u e. Then, wl.h dress left $20,000,000 by her father. Fran Krupp, on behalf of her daughter, Bertha, has announced a gift of $250,-00- 0 for the Improvement of the town of Essen. Frau Krupp and her other daughter, Barbara, will divide t the law of b i tf"air1 natural form, the ' SlpatSi! s WOrp-JT- and attrac- - The corset was introduced Into England in ihe twelfth century, and The degree pf lacing la every coun- at first was comparatively harmless. try la like a barometer, indicating the Its exclusive use characterized the artistic and moral condition of the reign of Queen Elizabeth. The body was Incased in a stiff armor, and both men and women squeezed in their waists and swelled out their garments below. This age of literature was the dark age of iiKuaiiiy fo far as the court was coneer!!'iI. TV- - Tolly In dress was unlimited. The ruffs for the neck were stiffened l:y nicral wires and by colored star' ll. There were so Immense that a spoon two feet long was necessary to convey food safely to the mouth. The hair was colored in divers Lucs or was shaved to so comodate wigs of various colors. The Iliritans made bitter warfare on devilish fusions; the Puritan conscienc e Imr is .;oil these follies with the Immoruliili-of the times, and our Puritan ancestors came to our shores without the stiff ruff and without the xteel armour about tbs waist. As in otlnr countries, the passing of simplicity and a vigorous industry marked the passing of dress, and in 1829 a writer in liohton describes the practice of w taring the corset day and night, tightrniiic it when lying down and again in the lauri.lng. The cors-- t l of the present day Is more flexible and less objectionable, yet It is Ftill a relic of barbarism, writes Mal i olillman In the Milwaukee Senlii.i-lThe cheapness of It epoch. The rarhest mention of gird-lu- g puts it within the reach of every wau ii.. by that f r.st dross re- cLts, ami the yearly output, not Informer, tin, prophet I. wish. Israel, cluding tbesiwhich are imported, was given amounts to 01,000,000. grown proud ii. rrer to idolatry, social degradation Our follies, like our benefits, spread and anarchy. with Increased means of manufacture An arlliirial shape cf the waist ing and of .ransportatlon. sen-Fib- le 1 . - , very frequently to bring into play any of Portias qualities she may possess. the opportunity sufi-locatio- Every me In Caracas believes the situation to be desperate and threatALLEGED IS CAUGHT. ens war, unless Minister Bowen BOODLER In having the matters In dispute Charles F. Kelly of SL Louis, Arrestsubmitted to arbitration. ed at Philadelphia. Two new craters of Santa Maria volCharles F. Kelly, former speaker of the SL Louis house of delegates, who cano, which burst from the side of the ' mountain on the morning of October 24 last and devastated a large section of Guatemala, are still smoking, suo-cee- lifts. Garrett is evidently, a woman of aid vanccd' education. Being a practiced penman, or rather penwoman, she will keep her own dockets, and, possessing some knowledge of legal forms, she Will 'use that knowledge to acquire more. I A number of cases, small but important to the litigants, CHAs.rmirjt have already been continued from one docket of the retiring Justice to that Is under Indictment on the charge of OTer which Justice Garrett will preIs will boodling and who has been hunted for she and have It side, apparent all over the United States and In Mexico, was recognized In New York as he landed from an ocean liner, and later in the day was arrested In Philadelphia. He was much affected by news of the deaih of his son and his arrest, and wept In the station house at Philadelphia. He was taken to SL Louis. s Indians. A dispatch from Nanaimo, & Q, says an explosion occurred at the Northfield powder works and one man was killed. The sultan of Morocco has arrived outside of Fes. He Is sending the bulk of bis array against the pretender, who is still at Tazza. While trying to save the life of her dog, krs. Margaret Bolsh was Instantly allied by the Chicago express at Paterson, N. J. Judge Bell of the superior court. Bn attle, has announced that he will summon a grand jury to Investigate police and county corruption. In a fit of Jealous rage Mrs. Kittle Bondurant of Carrington, N. IX, shot five times at Thomas Baker, Inflicting a wound that will prove fatal In London the Venezuelan crlsla is regarded as not serious, and the opinion Is expressed that President Can tros request for arbitration has come too 1st By the Ignition of a package of sulphur in a mens lodging house at Bridgeport, Conn., the occupants of the place narrowly escaped death by $75,-000,00-0. Judge. we:, chappy wilj.growrc live. Tbs seven-yea- r drought In Arizona has been broken. Cholera Is spreading among thslskn Brought to a Crisis. When Senator Scott first went to Congress a committee was appointed to Investigate alleged irregularities In his election. The West Virginian paid considerable attention to this committee, dining and wining the members elaborately. This went on for some time, but finally he learned that the committeo intended to report in his favor, but liked his entertainment too well to close up their labors. Then he gave them one more feed, but over the cigars told them that henceforth tffe' might live on bread and water for all he cared. The report exonerating him was forthcoming next day. Loeb and Dead Cats. Prof. Loot) of Chicago university, Society at Leavenworth. having discovered that dead cats and Under the headline, "Better Class dogs can temporarily Ikj restored to of Convicts Coming, the Leavenworth life by Injecting into their veins soluTimes proceeds to rejoice at the bet- tions of sodium and cadmium, the cat terment of the tone of society, at the may now have more than her nine federal prison. Bootleggers and horse lives, and of every dog having thieves from Oklahoma will not be so his day some cf them may have half s r less, extra, ts little common, whllo grafters and smooth dozen, more sharks from Wisconsin and Indiana purpose so far as the puulic weal Is will be more numerous. Congressman concerned, hut from a scientific and Scott adds that hell probably has Its medical point of view in the highest smart Bet. Kansu: City Star. degree interesting. im-'ca- d ds A new revolution In Venezuela seems probable, as General Nicolas Rondo, the first lieutenant of General Matos, has procllamcd himself chief of a new venture, and has rallied 2,000 men. In Bellfoctalne, O., Aaron Van Wert, a wealthy bachelor, aged 60, was found dead with a bullet hole In his breast. His house was on fire. A considerable sum of money hidden la the house la missing. The German cruiser Vlneta captured, near Guarta, the Venezuelan gunboat Restuunidor, formerly George J. Gould's yacht Atlanta. A crew from the Vlneta was put aboard, and the captured vessel was scut to Trinidad. The fortresses at I. a Guayra have been evacuated, and all the soldiers have left the town. The militia baa been called out to maintain order. An the drinking saloons and booths have been closed by ordor of the president. Four negroes with drawn revolvers entered the grocery store of John Koonsomsn In the western part of South Bend. Ind.. and attempted to rob the store. K non soman and bla clerk attempted to drive tbe negroes from tbe store, and Koonsoman was shot to death. The result of Tucsuays election tn nineteen critics of Massachusetts shows that the Socialists polled a total of 10.3G9 votes. These figures, added to ho vote cast In last week's election, brines the total In thirty-twont of thirty-threcities In the stats up to 21,800. Ella Beardslce of Kingston, MIcIl, has been found dead about four miles south of here, tied in her buggy. The ropes prevented her body from falling out of the seat She Is supposed to have been assaulted and murdered, then tied In the buggy and her horse o e started for borne. The coal short upe in Nebraska does not Improve, and Lincoln dealers declare the local situation more precarious than it has over been since tbe resumption of work In tbe anthracite regions. This is sncclnlly the esse with wholesale!!, who seek, to keep the state supplied. Government cattle agents have found that foot mol mouth disease prevails among thu cattlo of the soo Vermont about Ghester to an ties extent not previously suspected. Hundreds of cattle are infected, and to kill the diseased animate are already being carried out. or-de- n |