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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-14
A DARK CORNER.
And a Suggestion For Making il
Light. Attractive and Ornamental.

A home for woman, the owner of one
of New York's tiniest flats has dark
corner in her parlOr. 1t is utterly and
uncompromisingly dark, for the room
has only one window, while the sides
and back are without a ray except the
light which creeps along the narrow
apartment, and is inadequate to the
lighting of the room.
out bevel or frame other than rim
of wood, she sat it across the darkest
corner in such a way that it nearly
reached the ceiling. Below the mirror
She put in a curiously shaped piece of
furniture, which could, if cushioned,
answer for a couch. AS it's top lifted,
it would do for storage.
On each side of the mirror were set
book shelves and small cabinets, and
in front of it, in the middle of the floor,
lay a square rug.
A very neat Venetian lamp was hung
from the ceiling, just in front of the
mirror, and when the lamp was lighted
reflected from the mirror double ray
oflight which swept over the room.
The mirror is set in UGH a way that
whatever light comes from the window
falls upon it, so that the room looks
much lighter and pleasanter than it did
before the clever woman put time, in
genuity, handiwork and a little money
upon the ornamenting of it.
FRANCES TAYLOR
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to the belt. The ribobn ornament ter
inmates in two ends finished with gold
fringe.
They are already making gowns for
Newport, and such quantity pretty
ones. Mrs. John Jacob Astor, who has
been at a health resort with her little
son, bought one not long ago made al
most entirely of tucking. The material
was moon colored Suisse, laid in tucks
no larger than a cord. The skirt, which
was rather full was made entirely of
this tuclIing; narrow frillings of white
mousseline extended down the skirt
from the belt nearly to the hem, di-
viding it off into sections or panels. A
ruffie of the mousseline finished the
skirt, while another ruffle was set about
three inches above it.
Elbow sleeves are in again and are
seen in the summer models. both for
the house and summer resort. Of course
this means a bangle and bracelet sum-
mer, for where is there a woman who
will neglect such an opportunity?
Ghays are very popular. You see
them in the street as we'll as in the
hands of the coutureres, who are max
ing them up into charming little sum-
mer gowns Cinder, zinc and rose gray
are three shades much noticed; then
there is aiumine, which holds it's own,
and Quaker, which is hard to equal in
any of the new tones.
Pique will lido it's share in summer
fashions Pique in full blown rose pink
is made up in a tunic, pointed around
the foot. while from under the tunic,
lying all around the feet, comes a froth
Of tiny ruffles in cider gray taffeta and
white lace.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-14
VERSES ON THE PASSION.


Thyself, dear Christ, hath borne great
wounds from love;
Love made Thee leave Thy precious
throne above,
And from lovely maiden take Thy birth
And like d weary pilgrim tread this earth:
Urged on by love, Thou didst descend so
low
As through the world, condemned by all.
to go.
In all Thy work sweet love was ever
1t seemed as though Thysen and love
were one.
Within the Temple, Thou, o Lord, didst
Let every one who yearns for love draw
nigh,
Let ali Who long their burning thirst to
slake,
Draw near to Me, and loves refreshment
take,
Into their heart I'll pour loves waves so
bright.
A bog4diess love shall seize them with
delight.
What made Thee hurry to the bitter
What made Thee long to save us by Thy
At Pilates, throne, what made Thee 81
lenCe keep?
What plunged Thy soul in sorrow oh, so
Twas love alone, o gentle, silent Dove,
chou cen didst die upon d cross of love.
o Jesus, Lord, Thy wisdom was con-
Thy boundiess love alone itself revealed;
Thy power divine was hidden out of
sight,
For love, not strength, was summoned TO
the fight,
And while Thy body hung upon the tree
with Iondest love man was carressed by
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-14

from shoulder to shoulder in such a
way that it falls prettily from the yoke
well over the bust.
The Countess Castellane, who is one
of the most discussed women in So
ciety today, is said to have all her
clothes selected for her by the count.
During her recent visit to America the
society papers dwelt upon her changed
mien, her Sprightly aspect, and her eX-
quisitely fit" appearance. To the
count. the modistes say, belongs all the
credit for he plans the gowns for his
little wife. sees them fitted upon her.
rehearses her in them, and does not
give the nod of approval from his
blonde head until perfection is reached
The countess wears nearly always a
little fischu of lace draped across her
waist in such a way as to outline a
yoke. If the dress be without a yoke
or necklace-the fischu is still there
Bernhard, who is the great leader of
fashions, dresses just the other way.
The Bernhardt fisChu is quite different,
though it is a new one of the season.
1t, too. is made of lace, but the lace is
put on the bust line and falls in two
long straight tabs to the hem of the
gown. A small round knot at the bust,
or pin, holds it fast. a fischu of this
kind expresses varying shades of emo
ton with Bernhard, from the minute
she wraps her hands cordially in it to
the time when. in disdain, she sweeps
from the room with ends flying, in one
of those fine tempers of hers.
HOUSE COATS.
House coats are novel and varied.
They come in all lengths and sizes,
from the little coat no longer than the
first rib to the long sweeping garment
which trails the floor. A handsome
house coat worn by one of the leaders
of the Foubourg St German was of
banana colored satinette cloth, which
is a cashmere heavily plated with satin.
1t was open on each side, slashed from
the hem to the arm pit, and bordered
all the way round with a tuckling of
shaded red ribbon.
The shirt waists will be worn with
tiny house coats of pique trimmed with
insertion, which is laid on in very
broad band around the entire coat. A
Turkish girdle, which is no more than
a very wide crush of silk, is brought
around the waist and is fastened in
vicibly in such a way that the girdle
reached from below the belt line to
a point where it disappears under the
house coat. The finish for a Turkish
girdle is a very thick ribbon ornament,
made by stirring ribbon on each edge,
and fastening it in a long straight puff
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-14
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THE LAW OF PRAISE.

There is a law for regulating and Sc
curing family harmony that is at the
same time one of the simplest and also
one of the least understood of all fam
lily laws. 1t is simply this-to let the
language of praise, rather than the
language of blame, be the rule between
the different members of the family
circle. A child brought up by the Ian
guage of blame will become confirmed
in it's naughtiness, and, finding very
early that only naughtiness is expected
of it, will form a character in accord
ance with this expectation. While
child brought up by the language of
judicious praise, who finds out that
goodness is expected of it, is almost
sure, sooner or later, to turn out good.
Many a child's moral nature is deter
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-14
ON THE DESERT.

Isaac Bassett Choate in the independently
Trails cross but once, however long they
be,
AS ship halls ship but once upon the sea.
Let, then, there be fair greeting and
godspeed
Between each passing traveller and me.
A sad leave-taking at the parting we'll
One braves the deserts dangers weird
and fell:
Back turns the other to lonely home,
And Allah goes with both-how strange
to tell.
Worn desert paths, in sandy burrows seen,
From gardens lead to other gardens
green
As human lives lead out from regions
To others blest-but, oh! the dust be-
tween!
These camels, forced their heavy loads to
Ger native sands by paths familiar fare;
But he who drives, a stranger and
himself ai4i BY Fate is driven he knows not
where.
From mornings calm to quietude of eve
Slow-moving camefs. dusty courses
From birth to death we fret life's dusty
And at our death how little dust we
1A1rs~i
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-14
MOVE FORWARD WITH THE
WORLD.
RY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.

BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
AS we pass along through life we
must learn to adapt ourselves to the
changes which are always occurring
in the world.
The world will not adapt itself to us,
no matter how important we may feel
ourselves to be, and if we remain sta
tionary in our ideas we will become
useless fossils.
Religious forms, social conventions,
political and domestic matters are al
ways undergoing changes.
Principles are endearing. but habits
and manners are as variable as the
fashions in dress; and the people who
insist on one unvarying form of wor-
ship or one unalterable method of rec
reation, and decry all others as wicked
or indecent, are making themselves as
ridiculous as those who keep to the cut
of skirt or trousers worn by our grand
parents.
There are always a surprising num-
Der of inhabitants in every village or
town who set themselves against the
march of progress, The railroad, the
telegraph, the cable-all were met by a
protest from the people.
In spite of the fact that they were in
variably oYeTruled, the same protest
arose and yet arises against the troll
ley, the cable car and the bicycle
Had the fossil mind ruled the world,
we would still travel by the stage
coach and the sailing vessel.
Originality of thought would be
smothered at birth and the vehicle of
reform would be wrecked in the ruts of
prejudice, could these people dominate
circumstances.
But fortunately the world moves with
resistless force. The march of progress
is onward. Nothing and no one can
stay it, Science and Seership unite to
broaden religion and free it from the
narrow borders of orthodoxy. The
human mind dares think for itself,
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-14
THE WOMAN WITH THE BROOM.

THE man with the Hoe let others sing
And to him ready tribute bring;
Tell of his labor and unrest,
The sense of wrong that rives his breast;
How on his Atias-back he bears
The world, with all its tolls and cares
His broken spirit wrapt in gloom
L sing, The Woman with the Broom"
Smiling, within her door she stands,
Her busy broom in willing hands;
She makes the household wheels go
round
Without a jar, with scarce a sound
To her the skies are always clear;
And, moving with a breath of cheer,
She sweeps away the dust of gloom
This happy Woman with the Broom.
And while she works she sings a song,
While all LIES joys together throng
That rings a call from roof to dome
Throughout her realm of Home, Sweet
Home"
Loves garden nestles round the door,
Where flowers of fond affection bloom
And bow their rainbow heads before
The radiant Woman with the Broom.
Queen DER the home her sceptre sways;
Her subjects walk in pleasant ways:
They love her rule, protect her right,
Enjoy her sweetness, strength and light;
And when, at last, she's called to rest.
Her children rise and call her best /;
BY cradle, altar and the tomb.
The faithful Woman with the Broom.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-14

ELBOW SLELR ES In AGA1N.
Little House Coats of Pique are Worn
Where the Dress is for the Street
-Pique viii beused for Tunes
Rose, Cinder, Khaki, Josephine
and Wedgwood Blues Are Among
the Best Colors-Turkish Belt is
Now the Thing.
Especial Intermountain Catholc)
Paris. March 21-The house dress is
to the French woman such an impor-
tant part of her wardrobe that she
cheerfully devotes whole days of Lent
10 its planning With all patience she
stands erect While the soft fabrics are
fitted TO her, and draped upon her, and
the designer while the ribbons are
placed and the final touches added to
the dress.
The temptation to say that this year
the dresses are prettier than ever be
fore can hardly be resisted, specially as
the voluble little French dTessmaker de-
clares that this is So In d quick jabber
of French. with a word of English
thrown in-Which is considered very
smart in Paris-she proves her words
by holding up before your eyes whole
breadths Of lace cloth. yards and yards
of skillfullv embroidered Oriental silk,
quantities of the most delicately tucked
goods, and. more than all, and in
greater prOfuSion. piece after piece of
the figured StuffS. which are q revival
of the ROmney period.
The long low shoulder is struggling
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-14
TWO WOMEN.

(By Theodosia Pickering Garrison)
She creUt into the vacant church,
Through empty aisles and bare;
faint perfume hung Ger the gloom,
Vague as an unprayed prayer;
In robe and crown each saint looked down
And frowned to see her there
Each gazed upon her from his place
Peter and John and Paul;
She found nor peace nor pains surceaSe,
So cOldlv looked they all
As she faltered lone to the altar stone,
Where shOne the candles tall.
And there enthroned. immaculate,
Tender and pure and wise,
She saw the grace of WOman'S face,
The love of woman's eyes;
And Mary's smile bent down the while,
Above her mute surprise.
Not hers to know the might that lies
In thrOned majesty;
She could but guess the tenderness,
The sister sympathy;
She made her prayer to Mary there
With lowly heart and knee.
The tall saints watched her as she went
Each in his gold and blue.
Aloof from her. a tresDasser,
Stern men thev stood and true,
But Mary smiled. and the claSped Child
He understood and knew.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-14
THE HOLY NAME.

The. angel SPOKE
And 10. in Mdry,S breast
The Blessed Babe took rest.
O Blossom. wOndFOus fair
For human heart to bear.
Again he spoke
And 10. the soft wind stirred
To music at the word,
And hopes undying fame
Enkindled at His name.
o Blessed Babe,
Be Thy abiding place
Within my hearts poor space,
With Jesus craven deep
Unceasing guard to keep.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-14

without a God, without prayer with
out religious acts. no one has yet ever
seen And Cicero made this statement:
a nation barbarOu6 and ferOciOuS may
not know which God to honor. but it
knows it ought to have some God
Since the days of Plutarch and OF
Cicero. all tribes of mankind, even in
most remote corners, have been Ques-
toned; tribe having no religion has
not been discovered. For a while it had
been said: Inhabitants of Zululand
and of Australia are without religion
of any kind. A closer examination,
however. gave the contrary conclusion;
the religious element, if never so dim
med and degraded, was not absent from
those peOples.-ArchbishOp Ireland.
It was not law, but love, that brought
From out he heights of loves infnity.
And that each day is rolling like sea
It's splendor over all the hate and frown
That drove Thy childhood from its native
OF Bethlehem to wander. bound. yet
In loves own siIken cords of destiny
Until Gods own love formed Thy jewelled
crown.
It was not dogma. hate or law. but love
That lifts the broken heart of time to
In THY dear realms of love. in heaven
above.
Where Thou shalt reaign unto eternity,
Hence do we crown Thee, l<ing-Hke, in
array.
And pour our tribute on this blessed day.
w. II. Thorne: Songs of the Soul
o. trObled heart. why thus oppressed!
This broken. suffering life may rest
On Him whose everlasting arm
Protects His feeblest child from harm,
He knOweth that His will We seek
Though spirit fail and flesh be weak;
The plying love to which we trust
Remembered that we are but dust,
To bear in patience day by day;
To count the blessings on my way;
To lift TO God q grateful heart.
To wait His time-be this my part
These davS of WEAKNESS and pain
May bring their need of truest gain.
And lengthening nights of sad unrest,
And lonely hours. may all be bleSt
j +. Lyman.
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they wore in the days before the pri-
rGary dye stuffs were tempered with.
1t is found in the new mousseline de
chine, and in charmingly made up
founces of striped white and blue, each
fiounce laid over with lace put on in
big curves.
Yokes of the most brilliant contrast
are worn. With the Josephine blue you
viii see a yoke of white silk striped
with cherry satin: and. dividing the
yoke from the waist. is a strange lttfles
Castellane fischu of fine lace. The
fischu is half yard wide and is tiraped
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-14
RECIPE FOR KEEPING SERVANT.

First, understand that your house
hold helper is a human being. Next,
consider how you would want to be
treated if you were in her place. I'm
press her with the fact that labor is
honorable, and that to be a good cook
and neat housekeeper is the first
great duty of every we'll educated
woman. Treat her as one who has an
interest III her welfare and anxious to
see her better her condition in life. In
short. do unto her as you would have
others do unto you/
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-14
CHARITY.

Every good act is charity. Giving
water to the thirsty is charity. Remov-
ing stones and thorns from the road is
charity. EXhorting your fellow-men to
virtuous deeds is charity. Smiling in
your brothers face is charity. Putting
q wanderer in the right path is charity
A mans true wealth is the good he
does in the world. When he dies, NOR
tails will ask what property has he left
behind him, but angels will inquire,
What good deed hast thou sent before
thee ~
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-14
BURY THY SORROW.

Bury thy sorrow. hide it with care
Bury it deeply, the world has it's share:
Thing of it calmly when curtained by
night,
Tell it to Jesus and all will be right:
Tell it to Jesus. He'll send thee relief
Hearts grown aweary with heavier woe
Drop into darkness; go, comfort them, go
Bury thy sorrow, let others be best
Give them the SunShine-tel Jesus the
rest
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Hath He hidden there joy far above
All this menace of pain,
That He thus might entice to a love
Unalloyed by the vision of gain?
Hath He made Him an Altar tor wedding
a bride
Of the Cross where He died?
j o. AUSTIN
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-14

dares discover new truths, and to make
them known.
Invention lifts the burdens of labor
and broadens the avenues of pleasure.
The man who will not adapt himself
to all these changes must expect to be
left like stranded boat, high and dry;
on the shores of time, while the great
ships come and go and the tides rise
and fall.
world than the shrunken boat, for he
cannot serve as drift-wood nor as
picturesque wreck.
About the most unattractiYe being on
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-14
HOW TO TREAT a MUDDY SKIRT.

First hang the skirt in warm room,
but not near fire, till it is thoroughly
dry. Then loosen the mud spots by rub
bling them with the edge of a penny,
and afterward brush with a moderately
stiff brush. If the mud marks still
show, sponge the spots with benzine or
amonia and water, using piece of the
same material as the dress if possible.
Always remember that damp skirt
must be carefully spread. If flung down
in a heap it will get terribly creased,
and creases of this kind are extremely
difficult to remove.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-14
MARKETING IN PARIS WITH MADAME L0UBET.
he Wife of the President of the French Republic Going Market Attends
ed by French Soldiers.

When Madame Loubet, wife of the
President of France, goes to market
she is attended by the. Presidents
guard. uniformed horsemen who gal
Top behind her carriage. This custom
has prevailed since the days of the
Dreyfus mobs, when it was scarcely
safe to venture out.
In spite of this ceremony Madame
Loubet is a very democratic woman,
who enjoys making her own purchases
and paying for them before she leaves
the shop, like any humble housewife
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into evidence as shown by the waists
which are cut so low upon the Shout
der as to almost bind the arm The
pessimist sees in this a return to the
days Of restricted dress. when a woman
could neither lift her arms, nor raise
her hand above her belt But the mod
istes laugh merTily at these fears and
explain that the shoulder is cut in such
a way that il viii be as free as when
the shoulder seam was placed near the
collar band.
DEEP YOKES.
The fashion Of sewing piece of the
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-14

In the matter OF buying she is very
cautious and personally selects the
meats that are used at her table. She
buys closely and well, and her care in
selection has given rise to the rumor
that the President is penuriots, but
this is not true; no better or greater
hospitality can be found in Francs
than is spread forth on the Presidents
ample board.
Madame Loubet Is very simple In
manner and enjoys surrounding her
self with as little state as possible.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-04-14

yoke upon the TOP of the sleeve to make
the shoulder look low is still seen, but
it is not quite as popular as it was.
1t was cabled over to the United
States early in the season; and, as
an item of positive fashion now comes
back again. that there should be no
yoke waists this season. Investigation
however. proved this to be without
foundation. In ten gowns ordered by
Miss May Goelet. that heiress who must
make a brilliant match this season,
there was not one without yoke Sew
eral were of mousseline de chine, a
very silky fabric of white through
which ran stripes of silk and satin in
different colors.
The pastel shades hold their own SO
well that women of pale types are in
despair. Your correspondent saw the
ambassador from one of the largest
nations in Europe seated at church last
Sunday with his three daughters rang
ing in a row alongside him. All were
supremely blonde and all were dressed
precisely alike in blue gray. with silk
yoke and Robespierre cuffs of pastel
silk. How pale and insipid those girls
looked and how interesting their blonde
types would have appeared if instead
Of those pale colors. they had chosen
VandYke brown or Wedgwood blue. All
are wearing khaki color now. and like
absent-mfnded beeears some of them
look in that sickly dust color, unreliev-
ed by even a touch of black
France has no love for England just
now. as far as the courtiers go. for
is ordering black and khaki
color and little else. while France runs
riot in a revel of violet and blue, indigo
and orange yellow and green, and all
the other DriSmatic cOlOTS and theiy.
variations