7 JOURNAL REVEALS I. I L WS APERS AND COSTS COSTS' OF EXISTENCE E DO MOVE 3 B By Selma Miller MilleT r larking arking back to the presidency o of Imore lore and sad Pierce when New York YorkI I d ty was sun young Oung and wJ when n a I Ii acro acro cro farm on Long island could be bead ad had aid for tor 15 an old file tUe of ot the True Truo J Rational De Democrat ocra and Morning Star tar said to bo be tho the forbear forber oti of ot i th tho New York Tork Times has been brought J. J t to light b by Benjamin Berger of ot the 1 1 Keith Emporium Emporium building f Twenty wenty years ago ngo go Mr Berger the tho collection of ot papers in a heap o of ot f In fn a shirt factory at St. St Joseph Joseph Jo Jo- ft I seph Mo Ho He rescued them had them bound and they now constitute one othis of ot o t his most treasured possessions The papers papera con constitute uto a c complete file tUe of ot the True National N Democrat and Morning Star extending from Decem- Decem b ber to April 1854 The he thirty-third thirty annual session of ot congress and Its action on the Gadsden p purchase is reported in these papers Announcements of oC the first dramatization drama drama- of ot Uncle Toms Tom's Cabin the the f famous epic of ot slavery by Harriett B Beecher cher Stowe which it is declared fanned the trouble between the North and the South and hastened the Civil ChU war appear in the collection BARNUM IN N ACTION j 1 P. P S S. S Barnum Americas America's pioneer showman and father tather ot of f the American circus advertised his tho the Museum In these columns column As early as' as as al 1852 Barn Barnum m was offering to tho pleasure loving Io public tho the far famed I Swiss bearded lady Indy and acclaimed I to be bo the only one in tho world Tho live serpents the animal eating boa constrictor and divers mystic phenomena ena which are arc loud loudly proclaimed bytho bytho by bytho tho ballyhoo man of ot the modern circus circus cir circus cir cir- cus also had their missions of t tempting tempting tempt tempt- ing change out of ot pockets of ot the curious cu- cu cu curious rious then as they do today I A real estate circular found among th the papers and dated August 1853 1553 Issued Issued is issued Is- Is sued by a R. real estate company compan of at NewYork New NewYork York advertised homesteads on Long island for 15 15 Purchasers could obtain obtain ob ob- ob- ob tain a twenty-acre twenty farm tarm for tor 15 the tho circular proclaimed on that island where the spacious summer mansions of ot the fabulously rich now rise LIVI LIVING NG CH CHEAP EAP It would have ha paid to live in those days for tor the cost of ot living Jiving was practically practically nil in comparison to tho present present present pres pres- ent advertisements ad sho show Secondhand Second Secondhand Secondhand hand pianos could bo be p purchased for Cor 25 while a man could buy a smart frock coat for tor 3 53 patent leathers for tor and a woman need pa pay only for tor an nn ultra fashionable bonnet The Tho fact tact that American women at nt that time still sun believed belie that It was divinely di divinely divinely di- di ordained that the they should stay homo home and let the men folks work for tor them Is revealed in an editorial From the theme women were then enjoying their heyday h h dllY of ot feminine ills 1118 and were adopting as many of ot the new ailments aliments as were fashionable only on a much larger scale scalo than toda today This gen gentleman of ot the press said America was being criticized by foreign n countries and advocated ad that to take tho the place of work American wom women n devote their time tImo to study and exercise which would make malte them healthier and anel less prone Drone to complaint WRITER DISGUSTED The writer of ot tho the editorial expressed himself as being highly disgusted with tho the typo of ot so common in the country at that time which he de- de as being so 80 delicate that she fainted at tho the sight of a fly l and had to have smelling salts to be restored If It women had to work the writer advocated o ad advocated clerking bookbinding and work In Jewelry jewell shops as their labors The Tho True National Democrat and Morning Star sold for tor 1 cent a copy COP and was tw two pages slightly smaller than the average newspaper page of ot toda today Unlike tho the Interesting makeup of at the present day clay da paper in which tho the latest news is given on the tho front page this paper like others of ot that time de devoted de- de devoted voted It to announcements of at sheriffs sheriff's sales Bales legal notices want ads and other advertising However to Insure those who had no liking t for tor r notices and announcements announcements announcements an an- some compensation fo for r their Investment In of ot a a. p penny tho the first J page age of ot each issue also contained the spiciest and most thrilling novel novelette tte that could be bo procured anywhere In I ke keeping with its contents tho the title was sentimental and suggestive of at great pathos and the theme always gladly provided a 0 fair tall maiden malden in distress a hero with a 0 penchant for rescue and ablack a n ablack black hearted villain who provided a dramatic denouement with his timely demise Tho True National Democrat and Morning Star made the prou proud boast of ot n. n circulation of ot in more moro tl an anone ono one editorial