Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1894-08-16
WOES or THE MlLtlMAN.

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WOES OF THE MILl<fdAN.
Try His Hest He Never Succeeds In Getting
Back All His Empty Bottles
Perhaps there are people who believe
the milkman is one who is peculiarly
blessed, and, being able to live be-
tween town and country sort OF
idealic milk-and-water existence, is to
be envied by his less fortunate fellow
mortals. But there are moth eaten
spots in even the milkman's life.
1.-THE greatest trial Of my life, !" says
one, lis bottles. Yes, sir, bottles. It
it wasn't for bottles I'd want nothing
| better. Other people never think OF
| bottles. I actually dream of bottles.
| It's bottles, bottles, bottles-who's got
the bottles? with me all the time.
| The most perfect system Of book
keeping ever invented will not account
for bottles. My brains are simply peter
ing out in this Questionable question
of bottles. When send out one hun-
dred BOTTLES of milk in the morning
| I'm dead certain to lose track of half q
dozen; I never look upon them bottles
all again. Never again, sir! The milks
are eight cents and the bottles are
eight cents. But the people who would
scorn to steal milk will keep the bot
ties. They think bottles don't cost
nothin', or they don't think nothin' at
all"
''Sorne time ago lady was behind
l oh In:
turned any for a week. know some
people get two or three days behind
with their empties, but couldn't ac-
count for all Of these. While was
thinking about it and looking over
across toward her fat saw her maid
chuck an empty out of the kitchen
| winder into the lot. And, don't you
know, went over there and found a
whole pile of broken bottles and two
or three whole ones They didn't know
any better. Now, there was lady in
the other day and l says: Ma am,
says I, I've got you charged with five
bottles here
whats that?" says she. 4 haven t
got any Of your old bottles. You don't
suppose I'd steal milk bottles, do you?
When get to stealth I'll take some
| thin better'n old cast off milk bottles.
don't like your milk, anyhow. It's
more'n half water And I'm going to
| change
''And she did change, and lost a
good customer by the mere mention of
| bottles. Some people keep their tea
and things in the bottles. You can't
go and search for them. You must
| take their word for it that they ain t
got none. They are supposed to return
their empties the next day, and they'll
| keep them for week. I'd have to
have carload of extra bottles to suit
them Some of them just slap on their
empties when the dumb waiter comes
their way and some other milkman
goes off with them. They don't care.
And then, when we call up for their
empties they get mad as hops and swear
they sent them down-which, perhaps,
they did, but not to US.
| ''And there's the servants that break
bottles and swear they returned them
a week ago, and their mistresses believe
them. It's enough to drive man to
drinl1!"-N. Y. Herald.
FASHIONS FANClES.
Odds and Ende of the Modern Woman
Toilette.
In order to keep the extravagantly
wide rev ers in place, little slivers of
whalebone are stitched into the edges.
A very convenient and desirable way
| of fixing these edges is to take thin
whalebone, soak it for twenty-four
hours in warm water and put it be-
tween the Innings and stitch it firmly
in place. The machine needle will
penetrate the bone without the slight-
est difficulty. Then press until dry
and there is body given to the fabric
| that can be obtained in no other way,
There is a good deal Of talk about a
new style of whalebone which is made
by soaking leather in some liquid and
drying it under pressure This is all
very well for some purposes, but most
expert dressmakers soak the whale
bones before putting them into the
waist, and stitch them through and
through. Arranged in this way they
never slip and are every way more de-
| sirable. But those of leather cannot
be SO treated.
Fanciful arrangements of turned.
over collar and revers are among the
new things. Some of these collars are
cut in deep points, others are in deep
scallops, others are overlapped like
| shingles on the edges and others have
| the points turned back and faced with
some contrasting color.
A new ana pretty bodice for simple
wear is made of white India silk. 1t is
| made with the outside shirred in at the
waist-line over fitted lining. The
neck is cut somewhat low, and there
are full rufies or ruchings Of the silk
and tiny edge of soft lace.
Petticoats of black.and-white striped
silk have founces of some bright color,
as peachblow, yellow, cherry or hello
trope, and these are draped with
hounces of black net or silk null.
Shoulder ruffles are less popular than
heretofore. Many thin dresses are
made this way, but heavier materials
show fewer trimmings of this sort.
Ties and cravats of null, tulle and
various gauzy fabrics are much liked.
The newest cravats have large rosettes
instead of loops.
A silk petticoat recently ordered for
a bride is of heavy white satin with
ruffles of embroidered chiffon, beauti-
full but expensive.
Embroidered India muslins are again
in demand, and are made up with large
quantities of ribbon.
Velvet ribbon belts with loops and