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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-17
Comfortable Footwear.

Buckskin shoes are not commonly
seen in Portland, though the old In
dian moccasin may be much of cur
losity, so when an Arizona man ap-
peared with pair on his feet he at
tracted some attention. A prominent
cattleman of the land of cactus and
hot sands who is in the city never
wears any other shoes The uppers
are regular Indian-tanned buck; the
soles are of sole leather, and he says
they are Just like n stocking to the
feet. Although buckskin is supposed
to be lasting material, buckskin
shoes cannot be worn in the wet, and
they would not do in the plow field
or the harvest field. The buckskin
came from deer he killed in the Ari-
aona Mountains, and he paid $40 to
have two pairs of shoes made. He
thinks people who box their feet up
in stiff calfskin are missing a whole
lot of ease and comfort In life.-Port-
land Oregonian.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-17

An Irishman arrived one evening in
Glasgow, and was obliged to put up
there for the night. When going to
bed he left orders to be called early
next morning. He, however, was ad,
mitted into a room with barber who
was bald, and Pat, noticing it, began
to chaff him as to the absence of his
hair. This the barber endured all the
time in silence, and as soon rs the
lrlshman fell asleep the barber arose
ana shaved him completely. Pat was
called at the appointed hour and with
out the least suspicion pursued his
journey. After advancing a little
way he got thirsty, and meeting
spring we'll on the roadside knelt down
and took off his hat, when to his sur
prise he saw his condition and eX-
claimed: Pm bowed if they didn't
call the wrong man"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-17
IInIl, IiniiIIl niiI
A Kaffit.,,,
Fairy Story,


Here is a Kaffir story. 1t is called
"Demane and Demanza," and is a very
good example of the kind of story cur
rent among the dusky boys" OF South
Africa.
Demane and DemanZa are husband
and wife, living together in a cave.
Demane one day goes out to hunt, but
tells his wife before starting that on
no account must she cook any food
during his absence, lest the cannibals,
attracted by the smell of the cooking,
find out the cave and carry her off and
eat her.
Demanza, directly her lord had
gone, commences to prepare meal,
with the result that one of the canni-
balls knocks at the door" of the
cave and demands admission, says the
London Mail. This is refused him.
So the cannibal goes and consults with
his tribesmen, and they burn his
throat, which changes his voice to a
very smooth tone, like that of a girl
He returns to the cave and is this
time admitted. The cannibal at once
ties Demanza up in sack he has
brought with him, and takes her away
to his own habitation. Demane, re-
turning home with swarm of bees he
has found, discovers his wife's alb
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-17

Marjorie is the small and only dauch-
ter in family which boasts of several
sons. Aged four is Marjorie, petite
and imperous, and enjoying excellent
opportunities for becoming spoiled.
She has lately attained to the dignity
of the kindergarten, and comes home
daily with some fresh acquisition of
wisdom. a few days ago it was ad-
dition, and she proclaimed proudly at
the dinner table.
Il know how much two and two
make, and free and two, and four and
two"
And what" said her father, "do
you and | make, Mariie?"
Without moments hesitation over
these new factors in her problem, the
little maid answered, with a dimple
and n smile:
"Sweethearts."
And all the family were satisfied
with AIariie's rithmetic.-Answers
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-17

The craze for gold trimmings is de-
velopng in a most effective way
through combination with heavy lace.
A new garniture much in favor con-
sists of rings of guipure linked one
through the other and applied as a
band.
Automobile coats for autumn wear
are shown in cranberry red cloth,
heavily strapped, severely plain, and
three-quarter length.
The able collar, made of linen Or
wired lace and turning down in tabs
in front like a priests collar, is q
fancy of the moment in Paris.
Broad velvet cravats and girdles,
gold fringed and drawn through gold
clasps, are worn with soft wool morn
ing gowns, for which they furnish al
most the only trimming.
Around the edge Of many of the
boleros on the new wool gowns there
are, instead of the ordinary lace bor-
der embroidered holes, through which
is drawn velvet ribbon or soft lace OF
chiffon ending in chouX on the bust.
Boleros of guipure, point de Venise
Carrickross, etc, are applied upon
gold tissue and finished with gold but
tons or tassels. Bands of the lace al
so are applied to bands of gold tissue
and used upon cloth or silk with ex
cellent results.
Point d esprit, on which are applied
trailing sprays of lace, is to be one OF
the most popular materials for young
girls evening gowns during the win
ter. 1t is more durable than chiffon
or mousseline and achieves consider
able distinction through skilful use of
the lace.
a new trimming much in use among
Paris dressmakers is a scallop OF
glace silk united to a scalloped edge
of the gown material by openwork
herring boning. The herring-boning is
seen also above founce hens, down
skirt cores, and, in fact, wherever an
! openwork effect is desirable.
Tuckng. edged with narrow gold
| lace, is seen in the vests of WOO
gowns; and a particularly good finish
| for the bottom of a skirt Is furnished
by a number of wide folds, looking
like deep tucks, and edged with gold
| lace. 1t is said that gold lace will also
figure largely in winter millinery.
The three-quarter length coats seem
destined to take the place of the trail
ing coats of last season, so far as Sc
we're cloth coats are concerned. They
will be much more easily handled anC
will accumulate fewer germs; but
they cut the skirt length sadly, ant
only tall, slim woman can wear then
we'll.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-17
Walnut Dye for the hair.

To make safe and sure dye for the
hair from the husks Of walnuts, pro-
ceed as follows: Break the husks into
an earthen jar, and add enough water
to barely cover them. Cover the jar,
and let it stand in a rather hot oven,
but do not allow it to boil. Repeat
the stewing for three days, then strain
off the liquid and add little alcohol.
If deep brown shade is required, use
a third of the alcohol; If reddish tint
is needed, use equal parts Of the liquid
and the alcohol.-F. N. T.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-17
QUEER EXPERIENCE OF
DEMANE AND DEMANZA
WITH CANNIBALS,

duction. Forthwith he tracks the can
nibal to his lair. The latter has left
Demanza tied up in the sack, while
he goes to fetch some relations to
share in the feast that is to follow.
So Demane releases his wife and sub
stitutes in the sack the swarm of bees
and the husband and wife at once
make themselves scarce. The would
be feasters arrive and the cannibal
tells one of them to get something
good out of the sack.
He attempts this, but is stung for
his pains; so mine host himself. to
disprove the charge of practical jok-
ing that has been unanimously pre-
ferred, goes to the sack, on opening
which all the bees swarm out and sting
him SO numerically that he rushes
from the cave and jumps into a pond
head first, and sticks in the mud at
the bottom. Thus he dies, and De-
name and Demanza appropriate all
his wealth, and live happy ever after
There are plenty of other fairy
tales" equally strange, and nearly all
of them treat of the fruit of diso-
bedience; virtue is its own reward, and
like matters; but they have no story
emblematic of our well-known prov
erb: Honesty is the best policy"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-17
BIRDS AS ARCHITECTS,
Their Ingenuity in Neat Building-Infiu
enced by Environment.

Their Ingenuity in Nest Building-Infiu.
enced by Environment.
"A careful examination of a birds
nest will convince any one that it is
a work of art. One cannot help Won
dering at the ingenuity displayed by
it's architect. How carefully bird
adapts itself to environment is well
illustrated by endless examples: The
red-winged blackbirds, whose nests
are usually built among reeds, flags
or bushes, make their nests very
much deeper when the place selected
is subject to very strong winds than
in more sheltered spots; and then, as
future safeguard, the mouth of the
nest contracts so that the eggs will
not fall out when the flags are swayed
by the wind. Some birds really avail
themselves of new and favorable con-
ditions," says A. Radcliffe Dugmore
in Bird Homes"
'The phoebe formerly built its nest
exclusively on rocks, but now that
| houses and bridges are to be found
throughout the country, this bird has,
to great extent, changed its former
custom, and it now builds nests on
almost any sort of structure built by
man. This also applies to the barn
swallow, while the chimney swift has
taken possession of our chimneys and
almost forsaken the hollow tree
trunks, in which but a few years ago
they built in large colonies.
The quail and many other birds, such
as the meadow lark and some of the
sparrows, often arch their homes over
with either the growing vegetation
surrounding the nest or with some
dry material brought for the purpose;
and in some cases they build covered
paths or entrances.
"The crested fycatcher often makes
use of snakeskin in the construction
of its nest which occupies a hole in
tree. The ruby throated hum
mingbird saddles its tiny nest on a
high branch and covers it with lichen,
SO that it resembles an excrescence on
the branch. The Baltimore ori-
ole hangs his well-built nest. a master.
piece of bird architecture on the exa
treme end of an overhanging branch,
where nothing but a winged enemy
can reach it. To guard against these
the nest is made so that it looks some
thing like hornets nest with which
the jays, crows or hawks would not
care to interfere. The eggs of
the belted kingtisher are placed in a
hole, often six or eight feet deep, ex-
cavated in bank by the birds them
selves, after rs much as two weeks
work. The tailor birds sew the edges
of a large, growing leaf around the
nest, so that it is absolutely hidden
from view. The bower birds use queer
materials, such as bones, pieces of
metal, shells, etc"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-17

She plowed her way to the bench, to
the basket, her black eyes flashing
fire.
You are fine gentleman to trust!"
she screamed. She had turned on
Merrivell in q fury. Letting those
horrid railroad men see my SGnfow-
er! Now, they will not ALLOW me to
l shall not have my beautiful little
love shut up in the baggage car! 1
gave him the tiniest Whit of chloro-
form to keep him quiet until we should
have started. / went away to get a
trifle more. He would have slept the
whole way! But you-you impostor!
You have betrayed me! You have
abused my confidence!" She stormed
away at a wonderful rate. 20, my
precious pet!" she walled at last,
catching the drowsy canine to her
bosom, "it's astonishing that he didn't
try to steal you'll"
II didn't know it was a dog!"
fiercely around. What did you think
1t wasp she demanded.
"Oak Park train-a-all a-b-oard!"
bawled the starter.
Merrivell and Miss Wray sat to-
gether all the way out. They laughed
immoderately. He was assured he
might call. He did-in fact, he is still
calling. To be explicit, there is a
rumor that-but this may be gossip.
Anyhow, the girls in the mail order
department smile when Iona's work
takes her to the cloth goods aisle. And
Wills fellow-workers are guying him
for taking down navajo blue when she
asked for sunburnt rose. AT all events,
these young people seem to be happy
together on their free Saturday after
Moons Best of all, Bobby, by some
mysterious process, has been concili-
ated. AS a chaperon, self-satisfied,
Ubiquitous, and decidedly superduous
he merits commendation, and gets
nickles, dimes, and sometimes even
quarters.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-17
Miss Van Allen
To
Mr.. Oliver Hazard.

This is never used in writing busi-
ness communication, but it Is much
liked on personal correspondence. 1t
is q mark of personal consideration,
to be recognition Of the dignity of
the parsonage to whom the letter is
addressed. No doubt 1t is the Ameri-
can adoption of the stately old French
form of addressing the envelope of Il
letter: "Mme, Mile, or an. a
Nine" AT all events the formality
Is pleasing one.
Take notice when the mail bags are
next distributed and you will see mis-
sives in the fashionable feminine hand
writing Of the present day with the
prefxed proposition duly in place. The
sending of letter in some wise re-
sembles the sending of a gift. Any
thing which adds to the consequence
of the individual to whom it is ad-
dressed gives him or her additional
pleasure.-Philadelphia Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-17
Physical Culture for yYomen. n.


All women cannot have perfect feat
ures. All women can and should have
perfect forms. Physical exercise,
taken judiciously-the right amount at
the right time-will work miracles
with the ''female form divine"
Ten times out of dozen the female
form is anything but "divine." This
is the fault of parents, environment,
laziness, overeating, tight lacing and
many other things.
Men all the world over prefer beauty
of form to any other attraction or
charm in women. For this prefer
ence they exhibit excellent philosophy
as well as excellent taste. For a wom-
an with a beautiful form is also n
woman with Il beautiful temper and
beautiful health. And the possession
of the two means perfect happiness to
any mortal man.
Some women fear that physical cul-
ture spoils the round symmetry of
form. This is an absolutely erroneous
Idea. On the contrary, it gives to the
body strength, grace and exquisite
beauty, rounding out angles and ac-
centuating curves.
The first important rule for women
who take up physical culture-not as
a fad, but as an aid to health and
beauty-is moderation. The great
trouble with the sex is that it is apt
to overdo along the line of work as
along many others which but recently
opened up to it. The result Is always
disastrous.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-17

Queen Victoria is said to have a
knowledge of every detail not only
of the various houses, but also Of the
parks and gardens connected with the
many royal palaces, which is wonder
full. Within very few hours of the
court arriving at Osborne the Queen
makes a tour Of these gardens which
are close to the house, her first visit
generally being paid to the lovely
myrtle painted by the Prince Consort
in 1858 from sprig taken from the
Empress Frederick's wedding nose
gay. The sprig fourished and is now
a fine bush, and during the last 40
years it has supplied innumerable
pieces of myrtle for the embellish-
ment of royal bridal bouquets.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-17
When Perfectly Proportioned.

The upper arm of the perfectly
formed woman should end at the
waist line, so that she can rest her ell
bow on a table while standing erect,
and her forearm should extend to a
point permitting the fingers to mark
a point just below the middle Of
the thigh Her neck should be of the
same circumference.
A plumb line dropped from a point
marked by the tip of her nose will
fall at point one inch in front Of her
great toe. Her shoulders and her hips
will make a straight line drawn up
and down. Her waist will taper
gradually to 26 inches, her hips will
measure from six to 10 inches, more
than this, and her waist will cali for
belt from % to 2S inches, II her
height be from five feet three TO live
feet seven inches, says writer in
Woman's Life. She should measure
from her waist to her feet about a
foot more than from the waist to the
crown of the head, and her shoes
should show number half that of her
glove. A mo. hand" for instance,
should be accompanied by No. B
shoe. Her weight, for the heights
given, should be from 125 to 14O
pounds,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-17
Many paused. A crowd gathered-aug

Many paused. A crowd gathered-aug-
mented.
'Here-here!" cried a portly police
man Fastening up. whats all this
about?"
IT'S a child" "It's baby!" "It's
tied in that basket" Here's loop
hole for air!" "Who does it belong
top THE man was abducting it,"
The cries increased in number. Ex-
Carnations of horror resounded. A
couple Of railway officials passed
through the throng. And meantime
the basket rocked away on the bench
in an uncanny fashion that sent shiv-
ers down the back of the least imagi-
native.
Il don't know anything about it,"
protested Merrivell in an agonized
wall. "a lady gave it to me to hold
until her return. L"
Lowering looks met his. A threat
ening growl arose.
That's all right, sir!" grunted out
q man apparently panoplied with au-
thority. "Well attend to you. Officer,
keep your eye on this fellow! l am
going to open this basket"
He whipped out knife-bent down.
The curious crowd pressed closer. Not
one of that breathless mob moved as
the knife snipped-snipped along the
taut lines. Suddenly the lid was
jerked upward. There was cry from
the basket-not the cry of a child. 1t
was a yelp. A woody white poodle
poked out his head and looked in
quisitively around.
The howl that went up from the OBJ
servers caused the hurrying suburban
ties on the iron staircase to stand
aghast. The big policeman burst into
a below. He took his hand from
Merrivells arm. Iona laughed through
her frightened tears. And, just when
the hubbub was at its height, fran
tic woman burst through the throng.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-17
POPULARITY OF GUIGNOL.
Paris Punch Not to BE Turned Out OF
the Champs EIysees.

the Champs Eiysees.
Guignol, the Paris Punch is not to
be turned out of the Champs Elysees
after ALL says the London News. Not
only the little ones, but good many
Of their elders will be delighted, for
the entertainments given in the little
theaters under the pleasant shade OF
the trees in the famous promenade of
the French capital are of very
amusing character, ranging from little
farcical sketches to grand spectacular
dramas ''in five acts and sixteen tab
leuX," and even little mystery plays
that are certainly a survival from
very ancient times. A very distin-
guished French statesman is said o
have been very fond of witnessing the
puppet performances. One day a clerk
in his department was brought before
him to be reprimanded for being late.
Il am very sorry" said the clerk,
but the fact is l stayed too long
looking at Guignol, where l often go,
on my way to business" Dear me-"
said the amiable minister, 81 am sur
prised we should never have met
there"
The false alarm about a cherished
Partisan institution was due to the
fact that the city surveyor went round
to inspect the little theaters, which
belong to the municipality, with a
view to having them painted afresh
before the opening of the exposition.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-17
Women must bear in mind that they

Women must bear in mind that they
are not training as prize fighters; they
are striving to get their bodies into
good physical condition. Their efforts
are for health, strength, suppleness; a
body symmetrcally beautiful and free
from all superfiuous flesh, Il mind
alert, tranquil and not easily rutiied.
These alone are the objects of physi-
cal culture.
Walking is superb exercise. There
is no other that can equal it for all
around good results. But in order to
develop symmetrical beauty of limb,
arm and muscle other exercises must
be added to it.
The best thing for a woman anxious
to try physical culture is to take a
few lessons from a thoroughly COM
petent teacher, as it is almost impos-
sible to accurately describe the diff
ferent exercises without practical il
lustration. Then she can practice
them at home.
The best time to exercise is just on
stepping out of bed in the morning.
Be sure to have plenty of fresh
air when exercising; otherwise you do
yourself more harm than good. Never
exercise to the point of fatigue. Con-
tinue each exercise until the muscles
used in that particular exercise are
slightly fatigued. Then desist and
try the next. Be sure and adopt a
system of exercise that will equally
develop the upper and lower parts of
of the body. Do not develop legs and
muscles to the detriment of chest
and waist; always remember that
symmetry is beauty.
A woman of weakly or sickly con-
stitution should not at first attempt
the very vigorous movements, but as
she gains in strength she may success
fully adopt them.
Gymnastics and athletics develop
mind as well as body. They bring the
motor nerves into play and thus ac-
celerate the brains activity.
Good health also means success in
life. Every one likes the wholesome.
rosy checked woman; she is invariably
good tempered and charming.
Some philosophical writer says there
is no such thing as a red checked
criminal. He might have added that
there is no such thing as rosy
checked shrew.
Some women imagine that exercise,
especially the different gymnastic eX-
ercises, tend to increase the size of the
waist That this is not SO is amply
proved by the fact that all strong, ac-
tive athletic men have proverbially
small waists in comparison to their
size and chest development. On the
contrary, persons who lead sedentary
lives always commence to put on fat
at the waist line.
Tight lacing really increases the
size of woman's waist, for lacing
weakens the waist muscles, renders
them fiaccid and inactive, so that
when the corset pressure is removed
they fall about and spread, and the
result is a large increase in the natural
waist measurement.-New York Her
aid.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-17
a Precious Trust


laxing his grip of the heavy basket.
Should he cut for 1t and run? Would
not that arouse suspicion? Or-mer-
ciful heavens! Here was Iona Wray
now-coming directly towards him,
and looking sweet as rose in her
thin summer gown and big leghorn
hat. He was wildly anxious that she
should not see him, but she did. She
paused in some astonishment? Are
you ill?" she asked 81 have never
seen you appear So" she hesitated
for a word-"so disturbed" she con-
cluded.
He staggered to his feet, still hold
ing hard the handle of the basket in
his left hand and jerking off his hat
with his right.
Mono! I'm all right-at least"
Here something in the basket moved
He glanced down in a panic. Iona s
bewildered gaze followed his. Did
that contain the mystery of his pallor,
his excitement, his distracted air?
''Its-it's alive!" he said in blood
curdling whisper.
He hastily set the basket down and
drew back.
Whats alive?" gasped Iona.
Her darling Snowfower - the
child" he painted.
"The child" repeated Iona with a
Shrek. "a baby in that basket"
Her cry attracted the attention ot
the people hurrying for the trains
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-17
Velvet Bands as Trimmings.

Black velvet bands and straps are
quite the most general fashion note,
pervading almost all styles of gowns
at the moment. From lace to cloth,
and on organdies and silk muslns, the
narrow velvet trimmings are almost
universal, and though all kinds Of
sashes are worn those of broad black
velvet ribbon with colored Innings are
the most affected.
The brightly colored Innings in these
sashes which are the latest Partisan
fad, add charming new note of color
to the gown.-Harper's Bazaar.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-17

The Pope does his private writing
with a gold pen, but his Pontificial
signature is always given with n
white-feathered quill which is believed
to come from the wing of dove. al
though persons who have seen it say
it must have come from larger bird.
The same quill has been in use for
more than forty years. 1t only serves
for important signatures, and is kept
in an ivory case
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-17

1t Is considered fashionable just
now to address a personal letter or an
invitation to some entertainment with
a certain addition. This Is in the nat
ure of a prefix and it really adds to
the formal appearance of the envelope.
Slightly to the left of the address and
line with it, put the word For" or
else 80" besides the usual super
scription. For
Misc Van AIap