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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-02-01
FASHIONS SWAY.
Some Features of Dress in Demand
at Present.

at Present.
The triple skirt bids fair to come in
for a greater share Of popularity than
il has had before-as it can he made
more attractive in the thin mater ials
II is extremely pretty when the aiv,s-
ions are opened up one side ard trim
med like the edge
The opening may be laced across or
strapped across with little bands Cf
velvet The two upper PORTIONS may
be opened ana the lower one let to
fall like the circular, TO InCe, which il
is.
A pretty skirt for clotl. which is the
staple article of dress 1T the present
moment, is finely tucked down TO the
knee, but with generous spaces be-
tween the tucks. Around the lem are
three fiat shaped tiounces or shingles,
as they are sometimes called, since
they have so little fulness.
Military effects in dress ara very
much sought after, especially by the
young women. and you may see amen.s
the street gowns. the genuine military
blue cloth, elegantly trimmed with fur,
and gold with blue embroidery On a
tall woman, if the gown is made with
the triple skirt. it makes a stunning
costume.
The narrow band OF fur. with en-
broidery above. finishes all the edges,
and the blouse bodice has closely fit
ting cape collar with lace appliqued
and embroidery covering most of its
surface. Fur finishes the edge and
brandenburgs of blue and gold cord
join the fronts over a vest of lace. The
sleeves are slashed over the lace I'M
dersleeves and caught across with the
same ornaments in smaller size.
All sorts of silk cord ornaments with
tasseled ends are very modish, and ex-
tremely elegant in white on the white
cloth gowns. Wide draped belts of silk
are fastened with the silk passemen-
terie Wheel-Shap ped designs supplement
ed by pendents of some variety, either
in spike or ball shape
The variety in this sort of decoration
IS beyond description. 1t is in fanciful
designs, with long, chain-like cords
falling in loops from vaTiously shaped
motifs, some of which resemble large
buttons. While they are not conspicu-
GUS trimmings they are both elegant
and expensive.
Another point in the scheme of decor
alton is the pretty japanese embroider-
les which may be found on the bargain
counter. They are very effectively en-
ployed for the bit of contrast on sim
pie blouse, a cloth bodice or the more |
picturesque tea gowns
Evening gowns are in the greatest !
demand Just at present, as the season |
of dances dinners and every other sort |
of entertainment is in full swing The |
most youthful gowns are made Of |
tulles. nets and gauzes. al |
most always decorated with floral gar
INJURIES Of some sort. Roses. lilies of |
the valley and white heather are the |
most Unpopular blossoms, arranged in /
punches on the skirt, and al the neck, |
encircling it completely, but vei>y SPAR
ingly at the back or beginning at one
side, where soft scarf draDed from I
the waist line at one side forms a ro-
settle
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-02-01
How Potatoes Became Popular.

There is strange impulse in human
nature which makes people desire that
which is forbidden. 1t exists so.ne-
times in dumb animals also, if the
lriShman told the truth when he said
that his pig never would go to Cork
unless it thought it's master wished
to drive it toward Dublin This per
yersity was once taken advantage OF
for very worthy purpose. A strange
prejudice against the use of potatoes
as food used to exist in France The
wise ones declared that they produced
leprosy, and the people would neither
eat them nor feed them to their cat
tie. At last those high in authority
thought of plan. IF we tell people
not to eat them they will want them
at once" they said; and If 1t is made
an offense 10 steal potatoes, there will
be many to seek them" So gardens
all over France were set with the I'M
popular tubers, and word given out
that some rare vegetables were grow
ing for the kings express use; further
more, that any one who molested them
would be prosecuted. This was a seri-
GUS threat-to treSpass against the
king, But just as. soon as the people
were warned not to touch those pota-
toes they began to have fierce appe-
tite for them. and the fields. left un-
purposely, were plllaged from
one end to the other. Some began TO
eat the despised vegetables and found
them palatable; others saved them for
seed, and the result was that the po-
tato was permanently Introduced into
France
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-02-01
HOW to Grow old eracefully.

Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton has
been writing on the subject of how to
grow old easily happily and gracefully.
She is now in her eighty-fifth year and
she says life to her is as sweet as ever.
She has no pains or aches, no regrets
or forebodingS for herself; all her sor-
rows are for the troubles of others
Il attribute my vigorous old age in
part to advantageous circumS-ances,"
she says. Tin part TO happy, hopeful
temperament keen sense of humor,
sympa thies for all my fellow beings
and a deep interest in all the vital
questions of the hour
"One must have an earnest purpose
in life beyond personal ambition and
family ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. Self-centered
characters do not possess the necessary
elements of high development. If one
would have a happy old age. the first
condition is sound body; to that end
exercise. diet. dress. sanitary condi-
tons are all important
Mature does her best al all periods
OF womans life to make each change
one of added health and happiness.
Those obedient to her laws rejoice in
every step from youth to age
Fifty is the heydey of intellectual
life. Then the vital forces used in re-.
production are garnered in the brain,
giving new ideas and adding new force,
clearness and beauty to thought
There comes to a woman eloquence
of expression and she finds wider
field for her sympathies She has new
interests in the great world which is
the future home of her children. in
which she is now to labor to make it fit
for them to live in.
My philosophy is to live in the pres
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-02-01
French War on corsets.

London.-Fair Americans have not
yet been heard from here on the French
scheme to legislate corsets out of eX-
istence. No travelled person would for
an instant believe such legislation pos
sible in the United States, where voters
are celebrated for their gallantry.
London women of fashion ridicule the
idea. They declare that the French
woman, more than any other feels the
need of stays. and viii manage TO re-
tain them in some form or other. even
though the entire French land and
naval forces should be called out to
enforce the law.
The mover of this enterprise to crush
the corset by force of law is a French
physician. Its chief upholders in the
chamber of deputies are those at the
front of all schemes to check the de-
crease in the French population by
promoting the health of the present
and future generations.
The bill now before that body is
subtle in its phraseology and spirit. but
can hardly be expected to fool the la
dies. 1t prescribes that any woman
under the age of 30 who shall be found
wearing corsets shall be imprisoned
for period varying from one to three
months, while anyone selling the same
to that woman is to be punished Sc
verely.
Authorities on the feminine charac-
ter argue that if this bill should pass,
the law be rigidly enforced, an era of
unblushing mendacity on the part of
the ladies would set in-extending, per-
haps, to the ''doctoring" of birth reg
listers.
Moreover, it would be more difficult
than ever to determine the age of
any member of the fair sex, for If she
were preserved it is safe to say she
would give the law the benefit of at
least ten years of doubt, permitting
no corset to engirdle her until she was
at least 40 years ola.
Just for the fun of the thing it is a
pity the bill cannot possibly pass. The
French make corsets for the world
The matter resolves itself into the
question: Who is the greater the
chamber of deputies or the interna-
tional sisterhood of France, with the
guild of French modistes at their back?
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-02-01
What's in a Name2

A correspondent writing to the Ken
lucky Irish-American ridicules the
growing custom of giving children fan
cy names. He says:
There is a notable tendency in re-
cent years among d certain class of the
younger generation of Irish parents, or
parents of Irish descent. to give their
children fancy or un-Irish names The
custom is becoming very common and
much TO be deplored, as it leaves one
under the impression that the parents
are snobs and that they are ashamed
of their humble Irish origin and are
trying to hide the face under high
sounding baptismal name in their off
spring. The custom would be very
painful to contemplate were it not al
together ridiculous. Think of such
names as Murphy, Flynn Ryan,
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-02-01
THE FRATERNITIEs

1t is safe to say that nearly 100000
of the 100000 American adult men
belong to fraternal organizations of
some kind. We append the latest sta
tistics with reference to the leading
American fraternal societies in round
numbers. odd Fellows, 100000; Free
Masons, 100000; Woodmen $4,000; Py-
thiaus. 10000; United Workmen. 400
600; Red Men, Woodmen of the World,
Maccabees and Royal Arcanum, about
25O.O00 each. and the various orders oil
Foresters about 100000.
We estimate that there are nearly
700 900 Catholic adult men in various
Catholic insurance fraternities. The
A. o. H lead with 10000; the Forest
ers and Knights of Columbus run close
to 100000 each. The c. NJ. B. A. and
the Catholic Benevolent Legion and
various sorts of Catholic Knights have
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-02-01

Chicago telephone exchanges have to
pass an examination even more trying
than those which try the souls and
RUIN the tempers of so many office
seekers. The would-be central
must not only demonstrate the ability
to hear well and to speak distinctly in
just the tone which the telephone likes
best, but must also give proof OF
quickness in receiving mental impress
slons and translating them into ac-
tion. The last is considered of special
Importance in the good operator, and
those who lack it, though they may
have, as they often do. all the other
qualifications, are pitilessly rejected.
A girl, it is stated, may be able 10
hear and talk perfectly well, but II
slow in perception-that is, slow 10
catch converse ton or number, anu
slow to act upon what she hears-She
is not a desirable candidate. n large
percentage of the operators in the chi
cago exchanges are American girls Oh
Irish parentage, as these are found 10
have the highest degree the necessary
guickness of perception and action.
Girls raised in the city are also tound
to be better in this respect than those
raised in the country" That is GER
tainly highly complimentary to Amer
lean girls of Irish parentage partlc-
uIarly as it comes from the Electrical
World and Engineer, a paper not given
to saying pretty things about anybody
except men who deal with hgures'
forces and machines. In Indiana, ac-
cording to the same authority, the OPP
orators are supplied with a teacher OF
electrocution, who gives instruction
covering points of correct breathing
vocal delivery, articulation, reserve
force. pitching the voice and acuteness
of comprehension and perception. There
are hints in all this for the telephone
using public, many members of when
have yet to acquire the first correct no
ton about talking into the greatest
of modern miracles.-New York Times
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-02-01
The Tear -andkerchief.

Among the Tyrolese, who are careful
in preserving old and quaint customs,
there exists a beautiful practice. When
a young woman leaves her mothers
house to go to the marriage altar she
is presented with a handkerchief which
has been blessed by the parish priest
This is called the tear handkerchief
and is to dry the brides tears as she
leaves the home of her girlhood. When
she pronOunces her marriage vows she
holds this bit of cambria in her hand,
and when she is taken to the home
which is henceforth to be her own it
is put away among her most sacred
treasures. Years pass, bringing joys
and sorrows in their train. And when
at last the bride of former years is
laid in her coffin, with the benediction
of the Church upon her. the tear hand
kerchief is brought forth and laid upon
the closed eyes, which are henceforth
to look upon the blssful scenes of
Paradise.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-02-01
THE acoRREcT THING
Critical Women PROFOUND Opposite
Views on the Subject.

Among the curious vagaries of fash
ion in feminine attire nothing is
stranger than the submissive acquies-
cence in its despotism side by side
with the incaIculable caprice OF its
fluctuations. Consider, for example,
the helpless. almost abject. tone the
chronicler of the passing modes is
constrained TO take in The pages of her
particular periodical. Here is an oh
serVauon | extracted recently: 1T
goes without saying that close-fitting
dresses and cllnging costumes are still
the correct thing and many women
VINO not so long ago stunned making
themselves, as they considered. notice.
able by adopting this style will, if thew
persist in not following it, render
themselves not merely noticeable but
conspicuous and even eccentric" Il
Srieve.' says another. to record the
fact that skirts are longer than ever
in TACT. they are worn dangerously
long IN front Or take this paragraph
from fashionable contemporary. 1T
Is extraordinary to what serpent-like
proportions the skirt has dwindled. one
can hardly attempt to sit down in it.
much less to walk, that is to say, what
we generally understand by walking
We must now just move and glide.
sweeping the carpets and streets as we
do so" Il should like" writes anoth-
er. to enter my protest against the
abominahle fashion of clinging and
trailing skirts. We have had fashions
grotesque. fashions inconvenient, and
fashions unbecoming i'm the extreme,
but have we not of late years laid the
hattering JUNCTION TO our souls that
English women AT any rate were he
ginning to shake off the trammels of
French Conventionality of attire. Why
then, in the name of all that is sensi-
bic and sane, are we to be condemned
10 fashion which is not only idiotic
and renders anything like free and
graceful movement an impossbility.
but. which is also uncleanly in the ex-
treme?"
Unfortunately. Madame la Vogue is
90 often neither sensible nor sane. Re
all the monStrous mid Victorian Grim
lines, revival of bygone hoped hor-
ors. and next the suggestive indecencv
# the tied back gown, the vestural af- |
ections of the aesthetics. the hideous
leeve puffs sticking up like horns |
rom the shoulder and disnguring even |
he prettiest woman's shape the MINI |
cry Of male attire, and OF late the
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-02-01
Mistakes of Women.

One OF the mistakes of women is III
| loving too much and too promlscuous-
! ~. They do not make mistake IN
| loving, but they should be more care
| full in picking out the man. and when
he is found in not giving him an over
dose of fondness, They are apt 10
choose on the grabbing principle ana
then love by wholesale Perhaps they
can't help it, but it spoils the men.
Another mistake of women Is In not
knowing how to eat. if a man is not
to be fed when she is. she thinks cup
of tea and anything handy is GOOD
enough. If she needs to save money
she does it at the butchers cost. II
she is busy, she will not waste time IN
eating If she is unhappy. she goes
without food, A man eats if the sheriff
is at the door, if his work drives, II
the undertaken interrupts; and he Is
right. A woman will choose ice cream
instead of heefsteak and man VIII
not. Another of her mistakes is In not
knowing how to rest. If she is tired
she may sit down, but she will darn
stockings. crochet shawls, embroider
doilies. She doesn't know that hand
work tires her. If she is exhausted, she
will write letters. figure her accounts
or read up for some circle of club. She
would laugh at you if you limited that
reading or writing could fail to rest
her All over the country women's
hospitals flourish because women do
not know how to rest.
Another mistake on the list is their
constant worrying. Worry and hurry
are their enemies, and yet they hug
them to their bosoms. Women cross
bridges before they come to them and
even build bridges. They imagine mis-
fortune and run out to meet it.
Women are not jolly enough. They
make too serious a business of life and
laugh at its little humors too seldom.
Men can stop in the midst of perpleXi-
ties and have a hearty, laugh. And 1t
keeps them young. Women cannot,
and that is one reason why they fade
early--there are other reasons, but we
will pass them now. Worry not only
wrinkles the face but it wrinkles and
withers the mind. Have a hearty
laugh once in awhile tits a good anti
septic and will purify the mental at
drive away evil imaginings,
bad tempers and other ills
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-02-01
LITTLE Bo-PEEP.

Though she was only a shepherdess,
Tending the meekest of sheep,
Never was African leOpardess
Crosser than Little Bo-Peep.
Even apathetic. impossible.
People described her as THAT
Wayward, contentious, iracible,
Testy, cantankerOus brat"
Yet, as she dozen in a grotto-like
Sort OF d kind of nook
She was so charmingly Watteau-likc
What with her sheep and her crook,
This is a dryad or nymDh. any
Person would probably think.
Poets pronounced her a symphony
All in the palest of pink.
Thus it was not enigmatical
That the young shepherd who first
Found her asleep in ecstatlca1
Signs OF felicity burst.
such was his sudden beatitude
That, as he peeped at her SO.
Daphnis gave vent to this pIatitude:
Ny! Amt she elegant, though
Reused from some dream of Arcadia,
Little Bo-Peep. with "A start,
Answered him. Il amt afraid o. vert
P'raps you imagine you're smart
Then he he received such a blow as he
Never entirely forgot.
Weep for a page of sweet poesy,
Stained with this horrible bot,
All of it's true. every word OF it,
] WAS not present to peep.
But. if you ask how I heard of it,
Please remember the sheep.
There is no need of excuse. You will
See how such scandals occur.
If you recall Mother Goose, YOU will
Know what tail-bearercrs they were.
Moral: That Daphnis was blamable
Probably YOU will deny.
Calling B-Peep irrcclaimable.
Crying reproachfully, "F'ic.'
But make a careful inspection if
Thus TO conclusions you'd leap:
He must have made some reflection, if
She saw little bean peepi
Saturday Evening Post.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-02-01
Uomdn's U)orId. e esss.s sss
Specially Prepared for Our Feminine Readers.

prodigious dimensions and top heavy
Celebrations of feminine head dress.
.
One often wonders what it is exactly
which dominates and compels women,
even your modern individualistic in
dependent" to fall in more or less with
every passing mode. Even the most
sensible and sturdy minded of the sex
bow the knee, however reluctantly, in
the fashion house of Rimmon. So soon
as the oracle speaks from the cryptic
shrine, the great feminine chorus sub
missively accepts the decree. Sleeves
are to be fuller this season" Our best
gowns will be chiefly OF lace black
tulle toques are going to be indispen-
sable" 'Parady plumes, alas, again
appear on all our millinery. and the
chiffon reigns supreme etc, etc. For
mere man. it almost seems Sacrile-
sious to utter these mysteries. which
are mostly more than names to his UNI
discerning mind. But the point they
emphasize. as one glancest through
these crisp dulcet enumeratiOns of cos
tunes delightsome, is the confidently
assumed and yet very real coercing
force of the dicta upon multitudeS of
the sweet Sex to buy and wear what is
worn at the moment. be it pretty. be
it ugly. whether they like it, or like
it not Doubtless, it viii be answered
on the feminine side that it is origi-
nally within certain fixed lines of con.
formity that is aimed at by the best
dressed women. But, nevertheless, the
great mass of the sex have neither the
leisure nor the aptitude for such stud
les. and can but feebly follow in the
ways along which they are driven.
Such an unusual number of interest
ing young women have this year
crossed that narrow line, Where the
brook and river meet" and with more
or less lavish display and notoriety |
have been launched upon the swift |
current of our vehement social life. |
that there is natural tendency in our |
minds to think not only of them and |
their destined course and way" but !
IF what is signified by the important |
step they have taken.-Catherine Reid |
N New Century.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-02-01
Value of Vegetables

Tomatoes rouse torpid livers and do
the work. ordinarily. of a doctors pre-
scription
Lettuce has a soothing, quoting effect
upon the nerves and is an insomnia rem
edy.
Celery is an acknowledged nerve tonic
and is more and more used in medical
prescriptions.
Onions are also tonic for the nerves.
but people will be forever prejudiced be-
cause of their odor
Dandelions purify the blood and gen.
orally are declared to tone up the system
Friendship is the union of two souls
for good.-Ozanam.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-02-01
COLORADO FEBRUARY 1902

ent. Regrets for the past are vain;
the page is turned; there is no remedy
for what is done. As to the future,
anxieties are equally vain: we do not
know what one day will bring forth;
what we hope OF fear may never occur;
the present is all that is ourS',
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-02-01
Kitchen and Cable.
THE SUNDAY MENU.

BREAKFAST
Fruit. Wheatina and Cream
Pork TenderlOin.
flashed Cream Potatoes.
Baked Apples.
Flapjacks. Coffee.
DINNER
Cream of Onion Soup
Ribbed Roast of Beef.
Drowned Potatoes.
mashed IurnpS. Oyster Plant.
Lettuce and Orange Salad.
Custard Pie. Coffee.
SUPPER
Cold Sliced Beef.
Macaroni and Cheese MarmaIade.
Water Cress.
Canned Peaches With Cream
cake, Tea
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-02-01
For His Highness King Baby.

From Germany, the land of child
lov,., 20 tI.- SAT- Lake shops comes a
pretty little toilet stand The frame is
enameled white, the toilet requisites
with which it is equipped being of Ger
man ware. on the cream background
of which are realistically depicted lit
tie boys and girls at play or mingling
in animated scenes of happy childlife.
There is d bowl partitioned into recep-
tacles for hot and cold water, with
dish for the soap which is to make the
baby fragrant as a spring blossom, and
Il box for the powder to be busted over
his rose-leaf skin. Then there are two
pitchers, one for hot and one for cold
water, all decorated i'll pretty Kate
GreenWaV fashion
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-02-01

ST Gregory of Naziauzen and ST
Basil. when young students, excited
each other mutually to do good works
and by holy emulation forced them
selves to try and excel each other i'm
the practice of different exercises Of
piety-Giry.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-02-01

O'Rourke, O'DonneIl, Walsh, etc,
with such fancy handles as Percy, Roy
Earl, Duke, Prince, Ethelberta, Clar-
issa, Gladys. Chester Leroy How
much dignity is there in such names
as Clarice Infelice McCloskey, Chester
Reginald O'Rafferty, Percy Delmar
Hoolihan? Wouldn't such names as
these make a horse laugh until it had
the heaves? We always thought
that the Irish possessed keen sense
of the ridiculous. We now begin to
doubt it, and we know that instead OF
avoiding a handicap by their high
sounding names, they are certainly
placing one, and a heavy one at that,
upon their children, for the burden OF
ridicule is always the heaviest