Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-11-09

money was put into the enterprise,
however, and the result of its prelim-
mary work last year, in view OF tho
inferior quality of the coal, the short
working season and long-distance
transportation, gave so little promise
for the future that the effort was not
renewed during the past season. A
while ago the mining company prop
erty claimed by the company on Bear
Island was sold at auction In Ham
burg and naturally brought very
small price. The Norwegians, how
ever, have not been at all disheartened
by the gloomy prospects OF the Ger
man enterprise on Bear Island. There
are far larger and more promising coal
fields on the southwest coasts of Spitz-
bergen, and Norwegian vessels during
their fishing cruises have been CIV
ing them particular attention as
possible source of profit. There Is
now much confidence in Norway that
money may be made in Spitzbergen
coal mining, and the result is that dur
ing the past season several companies
have been formed at various ports to
carry on mining operations in these
new fields. The Arctic regions, within
three centuries, have supplied many
millions of dollars worth of commod-
tiles such as whale oil and bone, fish,
| furs and cryolite, and it remains to be
seen whether coal may be made an
additional source of wealth from the
north frigid zone.
Good Clothes Small Income.
The woman with little money who
wishes to dress we'll will need to give
far more attention to her clothes than
the woman whose purse makes close
connections with her ambitions. Yet
| If she will conscientiously study the
situation and make point of under
standing herself, she is likely in the
long run to be the better dressed OF
the two. In the first place, she must
come to some definite conclusion as tc
the style of dressing that best suits
|
or with certain dainty touches, wheth-
err a certain trim jauntiness expresses
her feeling toward the world or wheth-
er she is at her best in nun-like SIM
plicity. Once having found her true
style, let her invariably consider this
particular style in all her clothes, and
she will rapidly acquire distinction oil
dress that no money can afford. The
next important step is to decide about
her color-scheme. Is it warm or coldi
Does she appear to the best advantage
in cool blues, yellows and green's, OF
in orange, scarlet and pink? The
primitive notion that a fair woman
must wear blue and dark woman
red, is as primeval as the fashion fox
hoopskirts and quick consumption
The woman of today knows that she
can wear any color in harmony with
her skim and IL she has no artistic
instinct to guide her she tests coiors
against her complexion as she shops
The woman with bright red cheeks
never wears crimson nor pink, and the
Dresden china, pink-and-white beauty
wears pinks and blues, and pale violet
but never rich hues. A business
woman is wise to select some one
standard color that best suits her
say brown, or navy-blue, or gray
and then, having bought the principal
garments in this tone, to buy all other!
in harmony with it. 1t affords &
woman wonderful opportunity to ap'
pear smartly dressed on the least pos
sible outlay. And it is remarkable
how many pretty variations can bt
found to prevent any one color scheme
growing tiresome. 1t Is an excellent
plan to begin this simple method O.
good dressing when girls are quite
young. 1t cultivates their taste to G
very great degree and enables them
as they grow up, to dress well with bu
little thought or money. What wis'
precaution it would be to give ever,
girl her own pin money, however lit
tie, and teach her to be self-reliant
for it is a sad fact that it is usual,
the woman who has the least ability
to dress well who thinks most abou
hel clothes, always struggling for eff
feets, and doomed to failure; while
the woman or girl who understand!
herself, her style, color and the cour
ageous art of selective shopping car
get the largest returns for her TIM
and trouble. The consciousness o
looking we'll is pretty sure to bring
repose of mind and manner-an atti
tudc in which a woman is best cal
culated to meet the social and bust
ness world at her best.
Australian Labor Congress.