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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25
ABOUT LOCKJAw.
Some of the Causes of This Very Un@
pleasant Malady.
Youth's Comnanion.

Youths Companion.
Lockjaw, or tetanus, is a disease which,
fortunately, IS more read about than seen;
yet it Is not very rare, at least in its mild
form. 1t occurs more frequently in children
than in girls but this is probably only be-
cause boys are more liable to cut and scatch
themselves for it is after such injuries that
lockjaW usually occurs.
The disease is more common in some coun-
tries than in others, England being one OF
the countries, and Cuba another, I'm which 1t
prevails to a much greater extent than in
the United States. Here, too, some States
and some portions of States have an un-
enviable pre-eminence in this regard;
The trouble usually begins with a stiffness
and tendency to contraction in the muscles
which bring the teeth together. and with the
progress of the disease il becomes impos-
sble to open the mouth--henee the POPULAR
name "lockiaw." The other muscles Of the
face soon become affected in the same way,
and after them the muscles of the neck,
the trunk and the extremites. According as
one or another set Of muscles Is the strong-
est or most firmly contracted, the arms and
legs Will be thrown into constrained POSI-
tiOns, and the body Will be bent forward,
or backward. or to one side.
When these spasms-which are usually
painful-are very severe and recur frequent-
ly or even become continuous, tetanus is
usually fatal. Fortunately, however, this is
the less common form Of the disease. In the
usual mtlder variety the spaSms are less
severe and less frequent, and soon, with
proper care, begin TO become less and less
marked until they finally cease entirely.
Lockjaw is caused by poison excreted by
a microbc which Is found in the SOIL es-
pecially in that near stables and in manure
heaps
The poison which is somewhat like strych-
nine in it's effects, is absorbed into the sys-
tenn through a wound made. with a rusty
nail or other dirty object, or through y
wound which has been solied with earth or
bound up with dirty rag. Sometimes, es-
pecially in tropical countries like Cuba, tho
disease comes on after a Wetting or a sud-
den chill even when there IS no wound OF
the skin so far as can be seen, or it may
follow insect bites.
A person with loclSjaw must be kept per-
fectly quiet and shielded from anything
that may bring on a paroxysm, such as q
touch a jolt of the bed, or even n strong
dFaught of air. The treatment belongs en-
tirely to the physician. for tetanus is too
serious a malady and too rapid in it's course
to permit any experimenting with domestic
remedies The fatal cases usually last only
four or five days, but the mild forms may
continue for two weeks before recovery is
complete.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25
Fashion Notes.

The long lace barbs which have been
stored away In the treasure box for years
for necttie. They are long enough to tie
in the fahionable manner, and it hardly
matters what kind of lace they are, since
everything in the way of lace is worn.
There seems to be no end to the variety of
long slender chains used this winter from
which is suspended or to which are attached
the muf purse, lorgnette, lavender salts
bottle, watch, shopping tablet or card case
These chains range in price from 90 cents to
$150-or more, if desired, for pure gold and
real gems are used in the construction Of the
choicest strings.
There is no dressy wardrobe complete this
season without at least one handsome gown
of black silk-dotted net, mousseline de sole,
velvet or satn-striped etamine or plain
Brussels net over a satin or silk Slip Some
of the latest and prettiest are made with
the lace or net designs outlined with very
narrow baby satin ribbon, gathered signify
and put on as one would follow pattern in
braidwork.
White India cashmere and cream-tinted
drap d'Alma form simple yet elegant toilets,
trimmed with very narrow satin ribbon to
match gathered on one edge, and applied to
bodice, skirt, and fiounces in snowy ara
basque designs in applique effects, or in
Grecan patterns as bOrderingS to panels,
skirt-fronts, ruf1les, Jacket edges, etc Che
nille-dotted tulle is q favorte drapeTy over
satin princesse slips, and the garnitures are
extremely full ruches of the tulle, edged
with tiny lines or points of the chenille.
There is an increase In the wearing Of
fancy jewelry even on ordinary occasions
and the quainter and older the style of the
costly trlnket the greater it's vogue-odd
brooches or bright Spanish gold with heavily
chased or enameled leaves and tiny scroll
devices, triangle-shaped gold buckles set
with topaz or amethyst stones framed in old
paste handsomely cut. and belt and sleeve
clasps Of Indian mosS-agates set in fine gold
hligree and diamonds. These last-named
ornaments are called lucky-stones and are
supposed TO bring their owners good fortune
A little close-tied bow of mirror velvet,
with haring ends, is one Of the pretty
touches ON the new gowns. 1t is fastened
with a jeWeled buckle on the lower edge
of the collar band directly in front. with
out any regard to the material of which the
band is made, and is always in some con-
trasting color Black is often used even
when it is the only bit of black in the gown
and as most of the neck bands are white
nowadays, the bow is very effective. Mirror
velvet ribbon and, satin ribbon, tied in a
short bow, with long ends. form another
fancy in bows for the neck. The ends are
sometimes finished with jet or silk fringe.
Bias velvet is also used for bows, and bias
liberty satin in black makes another pretty
finish for the neck on a bright blue or pink
eli vya
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25

Chicago Evening Post.
do tell me where can get really good
pictures of Indians, for my boys room,' said
an officer Of the Public School Art Society.
"Three weeks ago he said: Mamma, don't
want any more little St. Johns in my room.
And Birdie can have all those angel pictures.
If any more aunts are going to give me
things L wish they'd buy Indians or fellows
fighting or playing football or something
like that Really when came to look at
this room 1 did not wonder Dick loves
pictures and he has a large room that is
the meeting place for all the boys in the
neighborhood so we have all taken pleasure
in giving him things to fix 1t up. we were
determined that every picture should repre-
sent high art so he has RaphaelS Cherubs,
Murillo's Guardian Angel Sir Joshua
'Cherubs,' Della Robbia's 'Innocents and
actually ] counted three young John the
Baptists after famous paintings.
II have cleared them all out for him.
They can go into the nursery, or Birdie Will
like one or two, and l want the dear limo
cents myself TO hang over my desk. There
is not a thing on Dicks walls now but a
photograph of the boy Charles III with
dog and some colored prints or naval battles
that he cut out himself from a weekly
paper. His father is going to have one large
expensive picture framed for him and is hesi-
tating between three, all fighting pictures,
and / regret to say, all modern trencn
works, Detaille's Saluting the Wounded
Geromes gladiatoFs-I am never sure of the
name-'Pollice Verso think. i want him
to have one more little Inexpensive thing
why not get those colored reproductions
of Burbanks Indians? Or how would he
like one of Nicholson's sporting prints?
believe they can be had separately. l
framed one of Gibsons drawings for my
brother; it is called The Coach and repre-
sents the bow of a boat cutting through the
water with a very excited young man
perched on it who is cheering OF. urging on
the crew. I forget exactly which, but know
all our boys liked 1t. Then about a year ago
i framed handsome head called a College
Athlete that l found IN some art paper;
"But, my dear do you consider such
things educational
II am not trying to educate. I am trying
to please Besides, every one of those
things as you call them is first-rate in
drawing and color. oh, took my turn once
with high art But it's no use. Those old
masters did not paint subjects that modern
boys are interested in No. NJ nor your %rct pet
the st Galahad and wanted to get it for
him. That sappy YOUTH said he with the
utmost scorn, why l would not give him
house ROOM "
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25
FOR FEMININE READERS
STORY OF WOMAN WHO WAS CURED
OF MAKING CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
Children Cannot BE Made to Enjoy
.'High Art"-An Evening Game
-Untidy Evening Gowns.

when I was young and impulsive and
inexperienced l loved TO send Christmas
presents" said a woman who is known
among her friends as an advocate of the
greeting unaccompanied by-gift-system,
which she thinks more honest and sincere
than the usual robbing- Peter-to-pay-Pau
method. When the mild sensation created
by her words had subsidized, says the New
York Commercial Advertiser she continued:
ut gave me genuine pleasure to do Christ
mas shopping and to surprise my friends
with the things they most longed for. 1t
was a systematic, scientific process with me.
did not look forward to the two scramb-
ling weeks before Christmas with dread and
trembling. 1 began making out my memoir
anda in July and putting aside a part of
my weekly allowance in September
walked instead of spending carfare from
October to December, and bought no candy
or icecream soda from January till May.
The whole year was tinged with Christmas
for me. never seemed to think that / was
foolish to deprive myself of the little luxur-
les I loved i'll order to buy trinket for
some spoiled child of fortune who had ev-
erything, to lay awake in bed planning what
to give Miss Brown that should be as
pretty and as appropriate as what 1 had
bought for Sallie Jones, to stay up all night
wrapping parcels in tissue paper and tying
them with ribbons.
/ was perfectly happy when in the midst
of this kind of work. and l think 1 could
have kept it up forever, if the people for
whom L saved and shaved had not cured
me. l heard that one woman, to whom I
had sent an old mirror, which knew she
had long coveted, sighed when she saw it
and said, oh, that foolish girl How can
she spend her money so. What will become
of her if she ever falls i'll and has nurses
and doctors bills to pay?' A man to whom
1 sent a gold cigarette case told another
man that he would be afraid to marry such
an extravagant girl. A mother. to whose
small daughter 1 had sent the most gorgeous
talking in town, said that her gifts to
Trotty suffered by comparison with mine,
and that Trottys respect for her was dimin-
ishing in consequence.
Il heard these remarks III scraps and bits
and they amazed even more than they hurt
me. But the last straw was the kindly COM
ment made by dear friend who saw me on
the street wearing an old suit There goes
Miss Blank, she said. She doesn't look
prosperous enough to send embarrassngly
rich presents, does she? That's the penalty
of being q snob.' The lemark was made TO
this instance friendly thing to do. as |
proved year later, to the surprise of every
one / knew. Ali the joy of Christmas was
gone for me, but ] revealed in bon-bons and
hansoms and violets all winter, and no one
has ever accused me of being shabby since.
Now, if / have any surplus money at Christ
mas / buy coal and shoes and turkeys for
people who won't sigh over my eXtrava-
a snob 1 send a batch of letters and tele-
grams
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25

The Conversation Club will meet Friday
with Mrs. ]. G. Ingram, No. 1417 Park ave-
nue..
The Inter Nos Club will meet this week
with Mrs. G. w. Gorsuch. 1t will be guest
evening.
The Jacquelin Club will be entertained by
Mrs. j. w. Fort, No. 1912 Bellefontaine
street, Tuesday, Jan. 8.
The Monday Afternoon Club will meet to-
morrow and it will be a music day, in charge
of Mrs. Boyd and Mrs. Schleppy.
The Friday Afternoon Club will meet this
week with Mrs Ross Sa and irving r, Christ
will be the subjects
Saturday will be guest day at the Sketch
ing Club. Art Living" viii be the subject
be given by Miss Helen Mckay.
The German Literary Club will meet Tues
day with Mrs. Philip Hildebrand The
by Mrs Vonnegut and Mrs. Goetz
The December play of the Dramatic Club
will be given TUESDAY evening. The COM
mittee in charge is Mr. and Mrs. o; b.
The play will be The Dowager."
The publishers of the City Directory, r. L.
Polk & Co, will go to press with the volume
ths,, ,.eoueSt ali nersons who wish addresses
changed to get them in this week.
The S. Q. "A. Club win meet tomorrow
afternoon with Mrs. Shields on Hoyt avenue.
Mrs. Surbey: English Customs in Millions
Time" Mrs Shields reading Mrs. Bull and
Mrs Beal; responses, Thoughts of the Sea-
son.
The Shakespeare Club will meet Friday
evening. "Cymbeline" is the subject. vii
lains of the Plny." Mr.. James F. Baker;
The Mountaineers,' Miss Ethel Curryer:
Royalty in the Play" Miss Mary Hancock.
Symposium of Opinion led by Miss Mary
Corwin.
The Christmas party of the Portfolio Club
will be given Thursday evening 1t win be q
fancy dress affair and there will be Christ
mas tree, for which each member will con-
tribute a gift. The party will be in charge
of Mrs. FOltz, Miss Woods and Miss Dun
can and the entertainment committee is Mr..
and Mrs. Rohn and Mr.. Pierce.
IrvfmgtOn.
Miss Wlnifred Andrews gave q party FRI
dav evening celebrating her fourteenth
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25
welsh Rabbit Flavor.

New York Times.
II could give you a secret, but If you
don't make Welsh rabbit at home don't
think / WILL" said the woman who has
taken q thorough course in cooking of Mrs
Rorer, and who can cook all sorts of de-
licious things, and says that she could go as
a cook if need be. "Well, if you are anxious
to know, to give a delicious flavor to your
rabbit YOU want to put in just a little bit of
asafoetida Oh, you don't tell your guests
about it or have any big label around 1t,
hut you will find if you do give them the
rabbit with that flavor they will all want to
know your recipe. The way do is to put
my butter in the chatting dish in the
Kitchen and there ] add the asafoet1da,
n fork. the very end of it. 1t mixes with
the butter, and no one knows anything
about it, except that you have given the
Tabhit an understandable flavor that they like
but cannot define. Just try 1t If you don't
believe it,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25
Mental photographs.

New York World.
Have you ever had your mental photo
graph taken? No. Well, then, you must
right away.
Taking mental photographs is really
PSYCHOLOGICAL game. 1t is always amusing
and often results in promoting serious
ANALYSIS of ones self. The idea is to find out
what your personality suggests to your
friends through the medium of a given list
of SMILES such as authors and artists are
wont to employ in their desire to portray
characters to your mental vision.
The list may be shortened or be added 70,
as desired but the following Is at least suiIl-
cient: Color, gem flower, door; season OF IN, tne
wear music, landscape, mood OF Weatnes'
Telat ton in life words, country and period,
wish and cry. - - 1.a,- 20
mental photographs for many years ana mas
been much interested in watching the grad
nal changes her personality takes with the
years that come ana goi r p ST i for her
co,or but of late every one OF her new
friends give her some shade of red; when
psychologically seems to indicate Ina iL ne5
Force Of Character is growing in strength ana
A little thought will soon show you
how much there is in this seemingly Simple
game" You will soon see IN your lIle i9
Cmere acquaintance have no right 10 pay
their strong coloring or their GrysIal cie 81
ness the brlliancy of the diamond, the
smoldering, yelled passions and intensltles
Of the opal and so on throughout the llst.
The following photograph Of one person
will serve a sample. -,
Color-The delicate blue of the SKY blend
ing into q soft gray.
Cfem-TurquoiSe.
Flower--Wild violet.
Odor-The freshness of the sea breeze that
invigorates those who come IN touch WIN IL,
Season-A belated May, full OF the promise
of summer yet with a keen recollection OF
the winter.
Musie-Chopin.
Tandscape>-A rocky pile, messy and
Jagged under trees; a bright, grassy plain
beyond.
border: Napoleon Ill
Words-Courage, hope.
Clrv-'fE'air DIaVr'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25
The Txpewritten letter.

New York Commercial Advertiser.
VIII the typewriter letter ever supplant
the actually written letter even among per-
sons who are familiar enough to make its
use pardonable? Here is what a certain
young woman had to say on the subject:
Yes, decidedly object to the typewriter
letter. even though / have the best of rea-
sons to believe that the writer himself is
doing the writing-and there is always d
horrible suspicion to the contrary. For your
least part of yourself, and 1 get about as
much satisfaction in reading over a type
written page as I should get from a visit
by telephone or q conversation through a
portiere or a fire screen"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25
A Wise Rule.

New York Post.
one New York woman has a rule about
Christmas gifts that is not without wisdom
81 never" she says, give anything at
Christmas to any one outside of my own i'm
mediate family circle. 1t is so easy to es-
tabish a precedent in this respect and find
yourself exchanging presents year after year
with persons who have perhaps dropped out
IF voiIr life between the seasons and 10 whom
YOU send because you know that from them
win be received. am often tempted In the
interest of a new friendship to let some re-
IN Christmas day, but resist, and in most
cases / find that / am wise. Instead, watch
for the opportunity to testify to my friend
ain or repay some slight obligation at an
other time in the year, when 1t entails no
continuity. / do this" she added, quite as
much for the friends sake as Tor my own.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25
A CURIOSITY in Motives.

Harper's Bazaar.
The motives for which women marry are
as numerous as the sands of the sea or-as
the women Our easy assumption IS that
each ore of every engaged couple is in
love" with the "other one" That is. the
parties are drawn together by some mys-
terieus psychic attraction more or less
strong. In truth, this inner personal atLrat-
tfon is not always present either in both
parties to an engagement or even with one
Of the pair. Accident, propinquity, uiHlng
circumstances. social or family pressure,
some sllf-ht airy nothing decides the ques-
ton between marriage or no marriage Tor
the woman So slight, that ltsis as II women
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25
How to Look Your Best.

The Gentlewoman.
Women might teach themselves a good
deal about the care of their skin by recalling
how the delicate skin Of an infant is cared
for. If it chafes or chaps It is anointed
Always it is soothed after the bath with a
dust of fragrant, harmless powder, and IL
is carefully protected from excessive cold,
heat or dust
the care bestowed upon their skin by act
resses. The footlights Of the theater so ex-
aggerate all shadows it is necessary for the
PLAYERS to use paint and powder laVishly in
order to prevent iooSing ghostly. Actresses
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25
Stranded.
Detroit Free Press

Detroit Free Press.
One of Detroits citizens who lives on q
fat salary and has never yet considered the
necessity of providing against the proverb-
ial rainy day makes this confession to his
intimate friends:
Toward the end of the warm season I
was pretty we'll used UP and concluded to
make one Of those changes that amount to
a rest. After considering numerous invit-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25
AND SOCIETY
PROGRESS OF INDIANAPOLIS sTu-
DENTS IN BERLIN.
An Early Incident of Christmas Civ
ing-Events of the Holt
day Week.

we ring the bells and we raise the strain,
We hang up gariands everywhere
And bid the tapers twinkle fair,
And feast and frolic--and then we 20
Back to the same old lives again.
G41cav C,ooIfaoo
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25

were always waiting on the brink of this
new experience and very light touch
caused them to fall into, or wander into, or
drift into it, according to their several tenn
peraments.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25
An Argument.

Puck.
fend the practice of skating on Sunday"
What did you say?
'I said it might thaw on Monday"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25

TIC CnNUtHINsIUAS UIHts
Thanks be to God
For the gift Of His Som
To all the world
The Holy One.
For the Prince Of Peace
Is gift most free,
Without money or price.
To you and me.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25

Insure with German Fire Insurance of In
diana. General Offices, % South Delaware
street Fire. tornado and explosion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25

Miss Wlnifred Andrews gave party Fri
day evening, celebrating her fourteenth
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1898-12-01
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geri6tS ni6t III lein.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1898-12-01

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