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Show tty vi-lvct suspenders from the shoulders, these uipi'tirjg in points at the waist buck and front and fastening to a belt with a silver bnekle. Miss Shi-pard l(Kked us if iustcsd of a plain waist slie were wearing under lier capo a bodice trimmed with brotelles. New York Cor. Chicago News. Iow Territory's First White Child. A Piw d;iy ago at Humboldt, la., Mrs. Malvinu Runkhcad, who enjoy tha distinction of having be'ii tht first white child born in Iowa territory, 01 years of age, rode from her farm to Hmboldt, fifteen miles, on horsebuck. with only an hour'a rest on the road. The excursion excur-sion was made in celebration of her 91st birthday. She is a well preserved old lady, handsome and possessed of a becoming be-coming taste for dress and modern styles, Sho was accompanied by her daughter, aged 70, and her son, 08, who rode besido her in a buggy, being too infirm from ago to endure horseback riding. The old lady ha ten other children chil-dren living in tho county. Sho is the grandmother of 72. of whom S3 are grandparents themselves, making her the great-grandmother of 55, and the great-gi eat -grandmother of seven I)es Moines Letter. fortune Hunters After Hit. Not more than a year ago an enormously enor-mously rich manufacturer died and left i one daughter heiress to a couple o ' WOMAN'S TVOEU). VR3. HARRISON'S VIEWS ON REGULAR REGU-LAR ALLOWANCES FOR WIVES. Admitting Women to Oxford Selling Doll for C'liRiIry ltujIiiR Itoars In I'ae l ull - Dresses and rhnlogrniliy An Orl;li!Ht Walking flown. Interviewed, Mrs. Harrison said: "So far as I am jiersonally concerned, I have never given tho matter serious thought. But I must fay that I think every woman should be allowed some Settled amount for her household as well as for her personal expenses. I iieliure such an arrangement is largely the ..secret ..se-cret cf domestic happiness, and though few men will a.irrco with mo in this, I think it would prove a more economical plan i:i the lon run. Much domestic discord would thereby bo avoided, end a'l memlMTs of the family would bo happier. hap-pier. I think it is quite, as important that the yirl-t of tho family 6hould havo an allowance as tlic ir mothers, and a certain cer-tain amount should be given to them regularly for their KQendin as soon as they nro old enough to realize tho value of money. , "Tli i especially m in these days of reckless extravagance, when children are not educated as t'uey wero iu former years to household work, and are thus left to tho mercy of circumstances. How often do wo seo girls reared in luxury compelled by loas of means and misfortune, misfort-une, to earn their own living, only to find themselves totally untrained in all I'raetieid knowledge! Kothiin? so eom-T.'letely eom-T.'letely fats one for every emergency in life, whether it be for prosperity or adversity, ad-versity, as a good, solid education in the all important comprehension of a just estimate of money, and how else can this be obtained except by careful training train-ing in that much neglected branch of home education;" "So then," I asked, "you are decidedly in favor of the allowance theory'?" "Most emphatically 1 am," replied Mrs. Harrison; "but 1 think that in regard to the amount circumstances should al-vrays al-vrays govern cases, though ninety-nine women out of every hundred will bo all the better for tho discipline, even if they incline to extravagance. Every wife thus trusted would endeavor to prove horself worthy of tho confidence reposed in her, and our homes would be all the liappier for the system. After all," continued con-tinued Mrs. Harrison, "it will make very little difference what importance I or any one else places on the question, for more than half of those who read will never, perhaps, think of it again, and if they do they will go on just the same, holding their own views and carrying them out to suit their fancy. Washington Washing-ton Letter. The vote was taken and resulted In: For the new statute (admitting woman 73; against, 79, an adverse majority of 4. London Letter. Rollins Polls for Charity. The doll fair was opened at Sherry's on Thursday afternoon, under tho direc-1 direc-1 tion of tho Woman's branch of the board of city missions. The women in charge of tho tables wore Mrs. Frederic II. I Uetts, Mrs. Edmund Coflin, Mrs. Roliert j Waller, Mrs. itobert Olyphant, Mrs. Ar-I Ar-I thur M. Dodge, Miss Kara Rogers, Mrs. Kichard Irvin, Mrs. William Jay, Mrs. William P. Douglas, Mrs. J. F. Schenck, Mrs. Henry P. Egleston, Mrs. Theodore Keese and the Missej Rapallu. The rooms were alive all day with the bright faces of buyers, young and old. Dulls of all sizes, complexions and styles of dress were exposed in templing array. ar-ray. The stock on sale rapidly diminished dimin-ished under tho attacks of young people peo-ple until but three tables were needed of the five which had at first contained the wares. Many of the larger dolls with their outfits were sold on shares of from twenty-five cents to a dollar, the lucky number drawing the prize. Among the throngs of visitors during the day were Mrs. Gerald Hoyt, Miss Leary, Mrs. Louis Clark; Mrs. John Parsons, Mrs. Ueorge II. Bend and Mrs. Geurgo Post Few articles remained unsold when the fair closed at 1 p. ru., and after all the expenses Tiave Doen paid over $1,500 will l)e added to the treasury of the i board of city missions. New York Trib- ! aue. Buying I'.om In tha Full. A certain younjj man in New York went out to call the other evening upon j a young woman of his acquaintance ; whom he especially delighted to honor. He was quite a yonng man, and his experience expe-rience with florists had been neither I deep nor varied. It occurred to him, I however, on this particular evening to stop at a flower merchant's and choose Rime blossoms for tlio pretty girl toward whose homo he was wending his way. "Give mo a bunch of roses," ho said larelessly to the man of nosegays. "Yessir; how many, please?" "Oh, a couple of down or so." In a few moments they were ready, and the purchaser was feeling in his vest pocket for a f'J bill to pay for them. "How much?" he asked before the bill made iw appearance. "Eighteen dollars, air," replied the florist's assistant with what, his hearer said afterward, seemed diabolical glib-ness. glib-ness. The young man felt giddy for a moment. mo-ment. Ho had unwittingly selected rows that wcro i;eventy-live cents apiece: but, as has been said, he was very young, and it seemed to him a very serious thing to go down before that flower clerk. So ho paid his money and took his bouquet. "And," ho says, "I spent the next hour watching u pretty girl nibble and chow ! up $i worth of roses." New York j Times. i millions anil aR ward to Ins partner, j The girl was only 16 and at school, but ; hardly two months after her guardian i received not less than a dozen communi- cations from men of title in Italy, i France, England and Germany eoolly requesting the girl's age, the exact word-; word-; ing of her father's will and his consent , to an immediate alliance. Two of them desired to know whether she possessed lieauty, amiability and what was her religion. re-ligion. Tho guardian flung the lovers' missives in tho wate paper basket and punctuated his remarks with anathemas against European nobility. The girl is atill ignorant of all the glory and gal-l.vitry gal-l.vitry brought up for her acceptance ; and rejection. -Cor. Chicago News. Kit-Mayor Hewltt't Daughter. ' Two young women, guiltless of bangs, buttoned into tweed suits, with stiff Piccadilly collars flaring below their round whit chins, stood np, gloves in hand, in tho front of their box, giving their severe and solemn attention to horses slone, while Reveral young men below them mado pathetic efforts to attract at-tract their notice. "Those are ex-Mayor Hewitt's daughters," daugh-ters," commented my guardian angel of a friend, who has a gift for slipping through crowds, and knows a story about ijvery man and woman in town. "They go in eTcluMVPly for athletics, drive fnnr-in-hand, and run risks in a catboat in a gale of wind that make strong men jump. They are young, not particularly handsome, but rich and tharmingly mannered. But, dear me, a man stands no chanco in their presence. In their eyes a man is a weak and effeminate effem-inate tiling if he doesn't take five barred gates on cross country runs, and practically practi-cally demonstrate his ability to pull a runaway down into shape after a half mile dash." New York Cor. Chicago News. Kissed Tliree Times. I have entered my ninth year of married mar-ried happiness. My husband is still my lover. Gallant as ever. His little loverlike attentions consist of telling me I am the smartest woman ho has ever met. At meals he gives me of all tho choicest on the table. Sweetly takes my arm, helps me on and off n car; agniu his arm up and down stairs. No matter who visits us I come first. I am taken to the Island (in season), the baseball and football games and the theatre aekly. I am kissed three times a day when we part Seme days I have extra ones. Ho is one of the husbands who thinks a woman has sense enough to be trusted with tho handling of money. It seems but yesterday we were married. No general ever used more finesse. I am never ilL Always his comrade. I dress m pretty house gowns and follow the fashions in street frocks. I dress more now than tho days when we were courting. court-ing. No matter how worn out and tired I am as his hour draws near I dress and meet him with a smile. I never tell him my house worries. Finesse in New York , World. Admitting Women to Oxford. I The proposal to admit women to the examination for the Oxford degree of bachelor of medicine was warmly contested con-tested iu congregation. The degree itself would not have been conferred upon them if they had been admitted; only mention would havo been made of their nominal place iu the list of successful candidates. The opposers to tho admission admis-sion of women base their objections upon these undesirable- conditions: First, tho enbstitution proposed in tiie examination examina-tion of women of modern languages for Latin and Greek, which would canso dissatisfaction dis-satisfaction on the part, of men subjected to more severe tests. Iu the opinion of Professor T. Case Latin and Greek are a necessity to tho medical student, as without them the language of medicine could not be used correctly or understood under-stood when used by others. Secondly, it is not deemed advisable to disturb tho arrangements and provisions pro-visions already made for tho medical instruction in-struction of women in various schools established for that purpose, and which have furnished to the public competent, r.oble women practitioners. The admission ad-mission of women to Oxford would have a tendency to lessen the general respect for those practitioners who have obtained their education only in a woman's school. Last and most serious of all objections, in the language of Professor Case, "it H not only unnecessary but positively improper improp-er to initiate, educate, or examine young women in the essentially delicate subject cf disease and medicine surrounded by men iu a university of men," and also that the indiscriminate admixture of the sexes at operatious given in collegiate demonstrations is regarded by men with Undisguised disgust. The instruction given in women's schools has beon proven prov-en to bo so thoroughly efucient as to prohibit pro-hibit the necessity of women entering the schools set apart for men, and so long s men are not admitted to women's chools women should nut seek to eur tlicse bc-longing to wen. - Dvessrs and Photography. The present modo of dressmaking is causing a great rleal of bother to photographers. photo-graphers. Ono of the most skillful members of that craft iti this city said a day or two ago: "It is almost impossible to tako a good picture of a lady that wears a dress with sleeves puffed and ; elevated at the shoulders. Some of j thoso 'shoulder hnmps' are so high that they cause a shadow to be cast over the ' wearer's neck and the lower part of tho face. I have had several instances of spoiled pictures on this account. At first tho failure of the photograph to bring out the sitter's chin and neck in strong relief puzzled ine. I studied the matter for several days, and tried exper- j iments with my patrons until I became i satisfied that the trouble was caused by the high topped sleeves. I demonstrated demonstrat-ed that such was the fact to one lady by drawing a scarf closely about her shoulders. shoul-ders. Without the scarf all attempts to get a good picture of her failed. With the scarf I succeeded tho first time in getting get-ting a picture that revealed clearly the outlines of her faco and neck." New York Times. An Original Walking Gown. Miss Louisa Shepard was down town shopping a few days ago in quite an original walking gown. The material ' was a soft gray cloth, embroidered in bold scroll designs in silver for the space of half a yard np from the hem, about which was a dark blue velvet band. The skirt was cut appreciably longer behind than in front, having, in fact, a very slight plaited train. Over the tailor bodice was worn a cape of gray velvet of a darker shade than the gown. This cape had a ruche of gray ostrich feathers at tho throat and was lined with dark blue satin. Tho special feature of this little wrap was the fact that it was held in place on the figure |