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Show WOMAN'S WOULD. CHARLES BRADLAUGH ON WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN ENGLAND. Mnjr IlnM Stiito Ofllcen Why Large Hon-quetfi Hon-quetfi Are PtiHhlumlhle M.irjjuret Fill-Iwr'i Fill-Iwr'i Nii-re The I'leeputrti Craze Dune iit llrr Choipu Art. Personally, I hold, nnd always have liidd, with John Stuart Mill, "that women wom-en have u good ;i claim ho men li ne, in point of personal right, to the iuifragn, or to u place in the jury box." 1 urn not disposed to help to withhold or delay them in the exercise of their right to th jiivrii.imetitary suffrage on the ground that enfranchising legislation is tenijio-r.irilv tenijio-r.irilv inexpedient to tho political party with which 1 uni identified. I um as-anted as-anted by Ilunry Litbom here, my colleague col-league in tho representation of .Northampton, .North-ampton, and who, as far hack hh lSfi7, actually voted in favor of woman suffrage, suf-frage, that the effect of giving the women wom-en of Northampton tho parliamentary fsuffniga would be to ensure my defeat in that borough at the nest general election. If I knew, this Jo be true it would not hinder mo from casting my vote in favor of woman tmffr.ge, even if my vote alone should he required to pass the bill. 1 deeply value the representation of Korthuii'pton, but the grant of the right of woman to the suffrage cannot be determined de-termined by the fact that if legalized her exercise of that right, according to her conscience, would bo personally hostile hos-tile to myself. Air. W. Cremer, M. P., un old Chartist, a modern earnest Radical Radi-cal and a consistent advocate of peace, is a rvsolute opponent of the concession of the parliamentary suffrage to woman, on the avowed ground that women are auti-Kadical. Mr. Mill, forty years since, arguing with the Chartists, wrote that "To declare that a voico in the government gov-ernment is the right of all, and to demand de-mand it only for a part the part, mime- dances (lio belles havs carried from ono ! to four bouquets each. One of the love, liest seen this winter, and by actual measurement tho largest ever carried in (i ball room, was u magnificent bouquet held in tho pretty hand of Miss Vesta listings at a recent ball. It was made of tho rarest green orchids and lilies of tho valley, and tied with exquisite ribbons rib-bons of silvery green. It cost a sum large enough to maintain a working girl in perfect comfort for six months. New York Continent Soiled Gloves Ht His Theatre. At the theatres on any night in the week you can see more pairs of dirty and soiled white kid gloves on tho hands of Indies than you would imagine could be found in all New York. The more fashionable fash-ionable the audieuce and place, the more Foiled gloves you will see. I counted thirty pairs in one of the largest theatres the other night, and stopped the count 'oecause I was tired of craning my neck. In the satno audience I saw only three clean pairs of gloves. 1 asked a lady for an explanation. She said, "Why.it ia simple enough. White gloves are declared de-clared fasljonable for theatres wear. That settlfs it. Every woman who wishes to be considered fashionable will wear white kids to the theatre, even though they me black with long wear and dirt. , . "There are only s few women in New York, even among the Fonr Hundred, who can afford to wear white kid gloven on what are called fashionable occasions that is, at theatres, receptions, balls and so on Ijernnse to do so requires the purchase of u new pair of gloves for each occasion. White gloves soil with a single wearing, so that they really are not fit to. wear again. But women who wish to appear to bo fashionable wear them until they are a sight to behold. I prefer myself to wear a clean pair of tan Cloves to the theatre rather than a dirty pair of white gloves." New York Press. rioftlng Tp Window. Thp rtrnefice of closing un ft. wirelnw ! nest way or serving tlioso is in Jitfle pii. ! vnr trays, plates, bowl;;, salt cellars, etc., i or in Venetian glass trays and saucers. ; When fruit is scarce and dear, a fruit salad in ft large bowl is a very welcome form of serving it, whilo nraong con-nerves, con-nerves, the delicious Portuguese quince paste and marzipane, or any Turkish, West Indian or Chinese preserves are generally acceptable. For bonbons and preserved fruits, each person must choose for herself, but glaco fruits are perhaps more toothsome than : crystallized ones. Blanched pistachios will be a novelty to many and look very pretty; little cakes made of them, chopped chop-ped and pounded, are very commendable. commend-able. If a pineapple be used, it may be well to mention iv crafty device of cutting cut-ting it ont in a solid cylinder from tho rind, which remains intact like a hollow case. The fruit is then sliced, piled up as before, and its rind and crown slipped over it again till it is needed. Detroit Free Press. Tut Her In Prison for Good Wurk. Miss Chaddie Stilling, a young English Eng-lish girl of many personal attractions, was assigned t the command of an army (Salvation! corps at Orles, Switzerland. Switzer-land. In the ea Anest prosecution of what she believed td be a good work, Miss Stirling not only preached to adults, but made friends with little children, to 1 whom she taught hymns. The authorities author-ities of the cantou became alarmed, looked upn old ordinance which for-bado for-bado any attempt to proselyte minors and had Miss Stirling arrested. She was J imprisoned in a dungeon in that old prison of Chillon, with rats for companions. compan-ions. Her friends made an appeal in her behalf, pending which she was released on bail. Tho appeal was denied, however, how-ever, and Miss Stirling want back to her dungeon toserveout tho rest of her term of imprisonment 100 days. After sho had served her full timo tho gallant Swiss sent her across the frontier under military escort with a decree forbidding her ever to return. IVobably the decree was unnecessary. New York Sun. in u chain ikt by piaciiiK tlio nwij or tue bed luriiinst it ia not sufe without some other contrivance to shut oflT tho wind. Paper is the best material tVr such a use, as it is hut nliKhtly jhu'Ous. So before be-fore you placu tlio iittlo (laughter's bed ngaiust the uoi'theru window, Ret pujier nowxpaper will tu:rve and, closing the otitiido shatters, neal up the window. Tho mucilage or pa-sto liuedi'd to fasten the paper to the casing will wash oil easily in the spring and leave the paint and woodwork uninjured. With dowd blinds and drawn shade neither the neighbor without nor tho visitor within will Ruess your handiwork. Any window in chamber, hallway or store room, where flhatlir.g out tho light in not objectionable, can be treated in tho same maimer, nnd the warmth and comfort gamed will bo surprising. S une-ti::i;ti une-ti::i;ti it is d-.T.irablH to entirely ehut off Xiart of a hallway or entry. A curtain of canton flannel or some heavy material will help, but a partition of paper is much wore eit'ectual. A flight frame- . work of pine wood(hould be fastened to tho wall, and to this two or three thicknesses thick-nesses of paper should be glued. When a pretty curtain is hung over it, tho domestic do-mestic makeshift will present a decorative decora-tive effect quite surprising. IJarper'8 Bazar. Marjjaret Fuller's Nlrco, ; A niece of Margaret Fuller is living in Cambridge who is, in her way, almost as marked a character a.s washer famous relative. Margaret Fuller had two brothers, Richard mid Arthur, both ! much younger than herself. Each bad ' died, leaving a family, and the two fami- ; lies make their home together. Miss E. ' Fuller is the daughter of one of tho j brothers, nnd when a very young girl idio mapped out tho course of her life j and has realized her plans. She had tho j literary instincts ( f iter family, but felt '. ; Xh Cleopatra Crare. j Of Cleopatra we want to know everything, every-thing, and we mean to find out. Every fashionable woman whose (igure permits is wearing raiment in Egyptian style or as near it as modern modes and manners man-ners will allow and the asp, dead or alive, wrought, cast or caught, is of immense interest as a personal orna- j lueut or a caged protege. Cleopatra skirts and sandals, Cleopatra evening wraps for the head, Cleopatra veils for driving on cohl days, Cleojmtra girdles everything except Cleopatra manners is followed, the latter not yet being exact ex-act repetitions of historic formulas. i Replicas of coins bearing a Greek in- Kcriution upon each side, one bein" "Cleopatra me ifinne, the Younger," i with a bust of this queen, and the other, j "Antony, Dictator, for the third timo Triumvir," with portrait, are being worn by men and women. New York Cor, Chicago Herald. Dancing Ifer Chosun Art. In one of the leading academies of Xew ; York city a charming girl of good birth ! and social position is privately preparing herself to adopt stage dancing as her profession. She is from the overflowing ranks of suddenly reduced gentlewomen. When financial disaster came and work wan necessary for maintenance the ques- i tion arose what sho could do liest. Dig j she could not, nnd begging was an im- I possibility; but since babyhood her feet j had been iu.-pired. She danced as others I tang and poetized. So, pocketing pride and prejudice, the little lady determined to bo honest, brave public opinion and ! burnish up the sole talent nature bad ; given her. Everything points to a brill- I iant artistic future, and those who have j seen this, the first society woman ever I essaying such a step in America, aver i that she will rival Elsslerand Lola -Mon- ! ly, to which the claimant himself le-li.ngs le-li.ngs is to renounce even the uppnar-ance uppnar-ance of principle. The Chartist who denies the suffrage to women is a Chartist Chart-ist only because ho is not a lord; he is ono of those levelers who would level down to themsdves." Charles Brad-laugh. Brad-laugh. May Hold State ODIcea. It may be that the present legislature cf Kansas will give to women greater political privileges than they have hitherto hith-erto enjoyed. The bill pending in tho legislature confers the right to hold cfiice as well as to vote in other than municipal affairs. The author of tho bill is Representative Soupeno, of Pottawatomie Potta-watomie county. It gives unlimited Eiifirage to women of legril age, and confers con-fers r.pon them the right to bold any cilice in the gift of the poor le of Kansas. Under tho existing law the women already al-ready enjoy municipal (suffrage, and havo for three or four years enjoyed the j.rivilege of voting for city and school oincers and of participating in city conventions con-ventions and tichool elections. Iu a dozen itirtances the women have secured en- : tiro control of the government of small i cities iu Kansas by the election of mayor i and counciliuen of their own sex. "in ' tvo counties tho office of superintendent cf schools is now filled by women, and : Ct tho late state election ono of the can- j tlidates on tho people's state ticket was j A woman, but she was defeated. The general sentiment iu Kansas has always be very strong for female mif-frage. mif-frage. Tho members of tho Farmers' Alliance aro nearly all committed to the cause of equal and universal suffrage. Tho Alliance controls tho lower branch tf tho legislature, and Mr. Soupene's bill may pass that body. It is qui to possiblo that the senate may also pass it, as no partisan politics ara invohtd iu. tho rnu'.tor. Kansas State Journal. 1 hat devotion to them was too precarious reliance for self support. So Miss I'nller gavo herself to tho special study of languages, tho modern chivies in French and German, going abroad to perfect herself in their mastery. Returning, Re-turning, she took a responsible place in the Cambridge library, as the arbiter of i the Frem h and (b-ruian dt'inrSuient in buying and selecting. The place was one ' of salaried importance, too, and after , several years sho has retired with a ; modest cnmiK tency, and can give herself her-self to literary work. She has a book nearly ready for publication, and its ap- j pearanee will be anticipated with iu- j terest. Boston Budget. Diuuer Desserts. There is a modern elaborateness in the dinner dessert with which society is agitating ag-itating itself more than ever before. Sweets in particular are an important feature of table adornment. The uret- U'Z. Illustrated American. What a Stnire !!.. Coat. Pari-iau actroi-s g- to a very great extreme in the way of costume. Manv of them have to receive immense salaries simply on account of the length of their dressmakers' bills. The sum of .f'fi.Ood, which Mile. Marie Magni.T, of the Theater The-ater Gymnnse, 1'aris, r ..fives annually, is insufficient. II. r toilets alone cost nearly $."i,0W a year. Iu Halevy's com- i edy, "L'Abbo Coni-tantin," she wore a beautiful dress of exceedingly delicate i while lace and gold, costinl,.-!'.). .Mile. Jeatine Gr.mier receives 100 a night to ' play "La Fille a Cacolet"' at tho Varieties, j Nearly two-thirds of her salary goes in ' dress. The dresses which Mine. Doche wore in the title role of "La Dnrne aux Camellias" cost iJCsX). The costumes now worn by Mme. Sara Bernhardt in the same play will sell for ten times that I guru. Hew York Ledger. j i Why Largo llonqiutH Are ranhluimhlo. ' Everybody remembers tlmt the fasiiion cf carryinif large bouquets at balls, etc., loll some timo ago into a tnoro tlian innocuous in-nocuous desuetude. Tho ill iri.sts wero ia despair, t'innlly one of theia, vho.-io Jianie really ought to bo mentioned for his clevenmss, went to two iunneiisely f:isi'.iona!i!o women and volunteered lo furnish them, absolutely v.-ithout money find without jirico, with tho very handsomest hand-somest bouquets possible, provided tho j ladies would carry the bouquets ut par- j ties, dances, etc. He guaranteed to give ' them whatever flowers they desired to j mutch their gowns, and even to "throw j in" the yards and yards of lovely ribbon ! that now is needed to gild the lily aud paint the rose. Of coun-e these two ladies la-dies accepted, md straightway it be-' be-' came good form to curry the largest Vmimet yon could get. At all Ui ccut balJr. dinners and |