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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-07
Odds and Ends.

White cloth skirts are considered very chic
to wear with the fancy blouse waist for
semi-evening dress.
Two parts of crude oil and one part of
turpentine remove white spots from furni-
ture and make as good polish as one can
desire to have.
A soft CLOTH wet with milk, and rubbed
over boots and shoes three or four times a
month, will improve the appearance of the
leather and help to keep it soft, and thus
make it last longer.
Caracal, broadtail or baby lamb fur will
be very fashonably worn this winter: and
seal, sable, mink, otter and ermine tails will
finish cape ends, panels, tippets, collarettes,
plastron fronts, pelerines, etc, and will
continue to aid in the decoration of winter
hats and bonnetS.
Fancy belts are all the rage, and all kinds
of metal, real and imitation jewels make
up the ,glittering array displayed in the
shops. There are belts of gold canvas which
resembles leather combinations of jet, sill
yer and steel, and suede leather and velvet
ribbon belts with buckles and ornaments at
intervals all the way around.
An old housekeeper says the cleanest and
best dish washer is a round whisk broom
made of the finest and best broom corn. 1t
is cleaned readily by holding under, the
after which hang II in the air to be dried.
This does away with the annoyance of a
discolored and often musty dish cloth.
Neckties of tulIe, chiffon and cream white
net are a very fashionable addition to both
dressy and plain cloth gowns. They are cut
wide and long enough TO pass twice around
the neck and tie in bow with ends to the
waist and are trimmed with frill of lace,
insertions and tucks between. 1t is a very
becoming fashion, too, except for women
with short neckS.
The silence cloth of the fashionable din
ner table takes on several guiSeS, a new sort
being knitted of cotton. This both washes
and wears well. The doubIe-faced canton
flannel holds stains with most untidy eff
feet though it may be fresh frCm the laun-
dress. Mats of asbestos can be had large
enough TO cover a table, and the protec-
ton of these is absolute. making their
choice frequent to owners of handsome ia
bles.
Collar bands are still a very distinctive
point in the costume, and many very somber
gowns have a dash of bright color at the
neck which adds wonderfully to the effect.
Folds of white satin with three folds of blue
or red satin at the upper edge make an ef-
fectiye collar, as do folds of white satin with
gold braid between Little shaped pieces
stand up at the side Of the back with frill
of lace or chiffon Bows at the back Of the
neck are not in evidence on any Of the new
gowns.
Chocolate biscuits are a dainty novelty
for a luncheon, and are delicious when
carefully prepared. Break six eggs, sep
arating the whites and yolks. Add to the
yolks half pound of powdered sugar, and
beat the mixture thoroughly. Beat up the
whites of the eggs to stiff froth, and add
three-quarters of a cup OF -four that has
been thoroughly sifted. Stir the flour in.
tagging care that the cells or the beaten
eggs are not broken. After this add the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-07

Ten Tons of Copper COil.s in Slot Gas
Meters.


London Mail.
Now that the evenings are lengthening out
the demands on the resources of the gas
companies are on the increase, and many
thousands OF pennies are being nightly
slot machines.
A representative of the Daily Mail, who
saw Mr.. Frank Livesey, engineer of the
South Metropolitan Gas Company, on the
subject, gathered from that gentleman that
the Introduction of these machines into
London households has been attended by re-
suits that verge on the marvellous, as much
as ten tons weight in coppers having been
removed from the machines at one collec-
ton.
When the directors decided on introducing
the slot machines they resolved to provide
the necessary fittings in addition to a gas
stove, wherever it seemed desirable The
cost of providing these facilities amounted
TO 80 per house, and to cover this outlay,
said Mr.. Livesey, the company charge an
extra tenpence per 1000 foot of gas to coin
meter consumers.
The effect Of the almighty penny on the
company's revenue may be gathered from
the fact that the coin-meter consumers
number 6l,0U0 and that the average takings
from each are 93 per annum. The limit,
however, has not been reached, since from
200 to 300 of these meters are being fitted up
weekly and by Christmas the company's
total receipts from this source will be
equivalent to e200,000 a year.
The almighty penny has worked a rev.
ply. Prior to the introduction of the coin
meter Sunday was an extremely slack day
for gas. But now, Mr.. Livesey declares,
the demand between II and 2 o. clock, when
thousands of dinners are being cooked on
the gas stoves, is enormous; so great, in
fact, that at times 1t has been a problem
to get sufficient gas through the mains to
meet the demands of the exigent house,
wives who are experimenting the baking OF
the family joint. Another excellent result
from the company's point of view has been
the equalizing of the summer and winter
consumption. Formerly there was a great
disparity, but the consumption of gas for
cooking in the summer months has worked
a marked change.
Under the slot system the consumer can
obtain twenty-seven and a half feeT of pa.
for a penny. An ordinary burner consumes
about five and a half feet per hour, so
that penny's worth of gas will light up a
room for just Ave and a half hours.
1t is not surprising to learn that there
have been attempts to cheat the penuy-in-
the-slot meter. In the meters first supplied
the weight Of the penny set the mechanism
in motion, but with the pattern now Ia
vogue It Is necessary to turn handle after
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Early Christmas Shopping.

New York Evening Sun.
Already many enterprising individuals
have begun their Christmas shopping. 1t is
the early bird that catches the worm, they
say in this as in most other undertakings.
The shops are as yet comparatively empty,
the wares new and unworn by pricing"
and the choice of goods much wider. The
weather, too, is better suited t. such work
than later in the season. when all is suf-
location within the shops, no matter how
frigid the temperature without. The fact
that SO few Christmas shoppers are now
abroad is another thing conspiring to the
comfort of the early bird. All who are in
the habit of putting off their holiday pur-
chases until the very last minute must adj
NIT that the real terror Of such an ordeal is
not the shopping itself, but the other shop
pers. The premature shopper is not, how
ever, of an appealing sort. Whatever her
own comfort she does not add to that of her
friends and relatives Her virtuous self
satisfied, What-a-good-gir l-I-am sort of an
air is too obtrusive to be anything else than
irritating That utter lack of self-respect
marking the conventional Christmas shop
per who never dreams of commencing OPP
erations until Dec. q is more preferable.
Inquiry shows that for the most part these
premature shoppers are made up of those
persons who last year determined to begin
their shopping for the coming festival upon
the day after Christmas. The most aban-
doned case of premature shopping yet heard
from is a girl who bought her presents last
spring. The presents all consist of bric-a-
brac, pictures and casts and after she
bought them she hung them upon the walls
of her own ROOM. They hang there to-day,
not to be removed, says the girl. until Dec.
a. when they will be taken down, packed
and dispatched to the various recipients.
The girl says that her object in so doing
things as the people she sent them to,
There's no law against it," she declares,
land for years I've given away things that
7 wanted to keep myself, and / don't be-.
leve they were half appreciated by those
l gave them to. This time, though, I've
had chance to enjoy the presents myself,
and now that I'm tired of them, off they go
to those for whom they were originally in
tended. It's a splendid scheme, and I adj
wise all those to try it whose hearts have
long been wrung at having to give away
the very things they,d like to keep"
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Elegant New Silks

dropping in the coin, and if penny with
piece of Irvine attached is introduced by
any person of felonious purpose the know
ing machine simply cuts the cord and an
nexes the coin with the GOODNESS of a living
gas collector. 1t is. of course, out of the
question for the evil-disposed to effectively
cheat a penny-in-the-slot machine which IS
put UP in their own abode by means OF
discs of metal or spurious coins since the
imposition is detected the first time the coll
lector calls, and restitution is promptly de-
manded.
But as matter of fact the gas company's
collectors declare that they have scarcely
any trouble. They are on the best OF terms
with their customers, and the dishonest are
few. Frequently when no penny is at hand
the consumers will use a token, or q two
shilling piece, and then when the collector
calls they will tell him of the fact and
hand over the pennies or receive change, as
the case may be.
The collections are made at intervals or
about three weeks. and there has been at
times an actual dearth of copper money IN
South London, owing to the fact that tl0WO
in pennies have been locked up in the gas
company's coin meters. Since this methoo
of supply was introduced the officials assert
that they have not lost more than dozen
of their co1n-meter customers STRIKING
testimony to the popularity of the penny-in-
the-Slot machines.
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yolks and sugar to the whites and the
add four tablespoonful of freshly grated
chocolate. Pour the batter in little paper
cases and bake in a moderate oven until
they are light and thoroughly done.
The taste for Rhinestones and French
brilliants increases constantly. Merchants
display a wonderful assortment of dress
trimming scintllating with these mock
gems, and milliners take varied assortments
of pins, brooches and fanciful ornaments
set with these stones to insert among the
foliage and flowers with which their hats
and bonnets are laden. Slides set with rows
of pebbles are worn on neck ribbons and
single glittering stones are mounted in
metal so that they can be sewn on velvet in
sparkling arabesques.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-07

Harper'S Bazaar.

HarperS Bazaar.
The custom prevalent with us of an
nouncing an engagement of marriage is
comparatively unknown in the Southern
States. In that locality, therefore, the new
ly engaged couple are spared much of the
self-consciousness from which they neces-
sarily suffer when the fact of their be-
trothal is made public.
That 'all the world loves a lover and
that there is nothing half so sweet in life
as loves young dream" are facts as old as
love itself. In spite of this-or, perhaps be-
cause of this-the newly-engaged girl is
subject to a fire of curiosity and criticism.
How does she behave?" is the universal
query. If she looks happy, the comments
are likely to be that ''she seems blissfully
even foolishly, happy. One would think that
She was the first girl who had ever been
engaged How joyful she is at the fact
that she is to be married at last" etc. If
the dear young creature takes the new
state of affairs with seriousness she is said
can't be very happy. Why does she marry
the man if she does not love him2"
And the fortunate man is criticised no
less severely; his manner toward his fan
Gee is commented upon; even the expires
of study.
ness should be marred by the knowledge
that one is an object of scrutiny and com
mtht. out as such IS the case the newly en-
gagged should carefully guard their behavior
in public. 1t is quite possible for a girl to
be very happy without letting her bliss
overflow in joyful splashes to the compare
tive stranger. One girl made herself an
object OF amusement by delightfully."- an
nouncing her betrothal to each acquaint-
ance she CHANGED to meet. Her rapturous
DO you know that am engaged?" may
have been very guileiess but to the coolly
critical observer ii was also rather ridicu-
lous. A few dear and intimate friends may
be told the happy news by the bride elect
and they, not she, should announce the en-
gagement TO the world at large.
Much might be said to the engaged man
about the manner in which he should re-
ceive congratulations on his new condition.
Too often he attempts TO cover his natural
embarrassment by a wouid-be facetious
manner, which is in wretched taste. The
fact that the dearest girl in the world has
committed her happiness to his keeping is
certainly not matter for jest. Nor need he
have the mien Of a resigned pallbearer
Not long ago was so fortunate as to have
the opportunity of congTatulating q young
man on his engagement TO q sweet young
friend. gagged mis- character BY his man
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Ideal Guests.


Philadelphia Inquirer
Talk about satisfactory guests Have
you ever tried a bride and groom? No?
Well. until you have you know nothing of
comfortable hospitality"
Here the speaker stopped to take breath
and then she continued: THE dear things.
How / adore them. The last two had on
my hands were such turtle doves. / much
prefer the real billing and cooling sort, for
then your very presence is considered
bore, and what could be more delightful for
hostess than to find herself with time to
burn?
remember my first bridal pair. / had
only been Housekeeping a few months and
never before had been obliged to play
hostess to newly welded couple. l fused
and | TUNED for fear | should not be able
TO Keep them on the CO. arranged dinner
parties, hungrily sought out points of in
terest TO which l might take them.
trotted out all my friends for their inspec-
ton.
What a ten days I put in, and only to
hear, when they were all over that the I'M
grateful creatures had grumbled we'll upon
their return home because they could never
have five minutes to themselves. | recolect
one remark that cut deeply. The bride
talking me over with mutual friend, said:
Marie was just lovely; in fact, altogether
too lovely. Only think, l might have been
an old married thing, say, of forty years
standing, for all she seemed to care. Harry
that he would be in heaven
Now, what do you think of this for graf
ttude? OF course, all the women listening
chimed in with "Horrid," TOO mean for
anything" etc.
Bless your hearts, I got even with that
bride. To be sure, / had to wait awhile,
hut revenge was sweet when it came" and
smile of genuine delight irradiated the
features of the injured hostess
Yes" she went on, my revenge was
only question of time. | visited the pair
after the honeymoon had been forgotten,
and the way that couple lodged each 9TH
ers society! 1t was too funny. Evidently
they had been surfeited with chances to
make love to each other since l last had
met them.
My first experience taught me wisdom,
and now l fiatter myself there is nobody
going who can do the agreeable more de-
lightfully than l if my guests are a pair
o. freshly married sweethearts.
Il just let them alone, and | am smart
enough not to worry them by allowing them
to dream that my desertion is intentional.
Not that / think the most fragrant neglect
would be Objectionable so long as they felt
they were not being laughed at for permit
ting it. Brides and grooms as guests! Why,
they are ideal Give them plenty of coy
corners subdued lights and-each other,
and you may feed them on toast and tea
and they will think they have been enter
tanned in honeymooners' Elysium."
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aer in receiving my conventional remark,
delivered as | shook hands with him. lie
returned my hand-clasp warmly, and hap
py smile made handsome features had be-
fore thought plain.
Thank YOU. he said, earnestly Il am
to be congratulated. through and through!
From that moment knew my friend had
chosen wisely.
III sharp contrast to this agreeable expert
ence was the behavior of another man un-
der the same circumstances. He attempted
to laugh Off his embarrassment.
All, thanks. awfullyi with an inane
"Ha-hai | suppose that Is the proper thing
TO say upon this occasion, ism I IL
After all, in this, as in all circumstances
in life, simple, unaffected demeanor is
the best form. and the woman or man who
remembers this cannot err in demeanor.
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might truly be called-the carkiness and
self-absorption having by that time disap-
peared like the tartness of an unripe fruit,
as the crudeness of early girlhood develops
into the kindly and beneticent qualities of
the woman. Yes, sweet twenty, if you will,
but not sweet sixteen.
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MILLIONS OF men And WOMEN

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New Fall Shoes

lNGW 4 al OA1OCS
MISSES
Bright or Dull Dongola Spring Heel Button
| and Lace Shoes, warranted all solid leather
s,vas q, - :, were 81 now 7Oc
Sizes liz to 2, were SIPS. now..... VOC
MISSES
Heavy Dongola Spring Heel Button and
Lace Shoes, patent tip, warranted all solid
leather a 81 Shoe; sizes 1112 to 40
at .....................s..... .............
LADIES'
Hand-turned and Welt Shoes. button and
lace, made with patent leather or kid
tips, newest style toes, a gen-S2. 4S
vICI KID
Ladies' Button and Lace Shoes extension
or turned soles, heels or spring heels, fine.
stylish and good wearing Shoes, nj. 90
at ................. .................. PAsOD
LADIES'
Chrome Kid Button and Lace Shoes, ends
of lines that have been selling at $3.50 to
$l.9S, all sizes and styles, to close &9 10
out at .........'..-............. ~
BOYS
And Youths Tannery Calf Lace Shoes, coin
toes, 3 solid leather soles, made with dom
SOlc lOpos oil Sizes LIZ " ., n
at ....................... .................@
MEMS
Fine Tannery Calf Leather-lined Lace and
Congress Shoes, cork SoleS, made in the
plain globe or new coin toes, wear well
and comfortable, a 50 Shoe, CT o.
at ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ............. P 80
MEMS
Handmade Shoes, perfect and comfortable
fitting, fine box calf storm calf and En-
gliSh enamelS, newest shapes, and equal
to the finest of Shoes, 60 70
at ................. ..................AP~ =
MEMS
Satin Calf Lace and Congress Shoes, On.
opera and globe toes, $1.4S value at .SSO
Blankets A Few Leaders,
Gray Cotton Blankets on sale, pair, az
at .................... ..............-.... Wv
Half Wool extra large and heavy Gray
Blankets, worth $1.9S, at, a d. OO{
pair .......s.............., .......... RAs%)
so pairs of Atwood Scarlet Blan- O. no
kets, worth $3.50, at, pair...... ApAs9O{
so pairs of fine All-Wool Sanitary Cancels
hair 11-4 Blankets, worth SIS aga 20
pair; sale price is.................APO sOO
100 pairs of fine Australian Atwood larg-
est, liza size, Blankets, weigh 6 pounds
SILK bound, all colorS, and worth a. IA
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New Fall Wraps

5 LADIES' NEWEST STYLE CAPES
Black Beaver Double Capes, DO no
Braid and Fur trimming. at..... P@sSO
Finer Beaver Capes, with Jet and d. M
Braid trimmings, at $3.50 and. APC'OO
{ A special bargain in finest Kersey Cloth
e9P s trimmed tb in Mart MaIten Fur $1,000
AN AsTRAKHAN CAPE SPECIAL
so of them-fine English-curl Astrakhans-
lined with Satin Serge Marten Fur around
collar and down front, A-inch 81 50
leHSth' Ut ........'.....-.....-.. "
80 inches long and proportionately% 20
fuller, at ..........................AP ~ 'CO
PLUSH CAPES
Good quality Walker Pushes, Thibet Fur
front, Wen lined, at $780, s5.9S&1. so
ana .....s..- ........................ -
FINE PLUSH CAPES
J With heavy Satin Innings and handsome
l Eur ad Braid and Jet trimmings at $1,000
AsTRAKHAN FUR CAPES
Fine quality Fur. with fine Satin G10 On
Innings, at So and. ~AO'oO
BARGAINS IN LADIES' JACKETS
Beaver Cloth Jackets, half Snk-lned,
$3.50 and . go psSsOO
2 specials in Black Astrakhan Jack
cts; well lined. all sizes, $40 So. so
Fine herSey JACKETS III an the newest col-
ors fancy and plain Silk Innings, 60 00
two bargains, at $40 and........... y - W
MISSES AND CHILDREN'S JACKETS
A great line in all colors. all styles and
all sizes, at $5.9S, $3.50, $3.9S 60 O2
and ........ ......................A pGsSO
Chidren's new Eiderdown Cloaks, CT M
at all prices, from $59S to......... PA"OO
Bargains in Boys Clothing
O. 90
Good Knee Pants Suits. .PA"OO
Pin. Plaid $40 SHIFTS at $3.50;
Corduroy Knee Pants at................O wv
Boys Fine Chinchilla Refers, 60 ~
BARGAINS in c.hinchilla listers So. 48
The age-herald., 1897-08-08

there last winther that he had ter put his stove in his icebox ter keep tn fire from freezin', bekase the insoide av his icebox was only seventy degrees below zero, while 1t was siven hundred an six ty-siven degrees below zero outside In his kitchen" ~iar
 'Is it yet so cold in tn summer?' asked the sinker man. =
 No" said Reilly, tits very warm; so warm they have big ice fires there made be tn suns rays, an millions av vicebergs are burnt livery summer jist as they have forest fires out on tn prairies in the west"
 "Ach, my, how varmr' remarked Sink CTS. When see cake oof ice blaze out dere I can tink how warm I would be-"
 But to return to tn gold question . said Reilly. 'If I wlnt out ter that counthry I'd have tn name changed inn majetly. I'd call it Clonderry, bekase Klondylze sounds too Dutchafied."
 Now you're commeucin' again." said the sinker man; i've don't want any Irish gold citiss. Ven it's a tin city, den it's Irish, but when it's gold it's German how you like dot?"
 "Shut up!' shouted Reilly; you're. d dummy an so is your wcife. Who dropped tn ten-cent piece in the nickel slot machine to get two weights at cnce?
 lly-say-Reilly-let us not fight hey?" remarked Sinkers. What ye, care for Klondyke-not by darn sight; do we, Reilly. hey?" 7..fse
 Nav" said Reilly, "nor for gold mines; let's go next door an prospect for beer"
 And they went.