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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-16
Concerning
81 christmas
Shopping
Shopping

:" ONE early and avoid the
s. crush" It is the best possible
advice. Suppose you are a
wife, mother sister or grand
mother, or all four at once for
the matter of that. as the lively and
alert new woman often is. and suppose
you have a considerable number of
Christmas gifts to buy. You win make
your purchases to far better advantage
by going early, not only in the month,
but also in the day. In the morning
the shop attendants are fresh for their
work. their temper is good, their heads
are clear. Chief of all, they have time
to match shades and to give their judg-
ment on goods. The help of the shop
people is important in making up ones
mind what to buy. A shrewd buyer
can easily detect whether a sales person
is merely trying to hypnotic her into
taking thing she does not want or
really trying to give her points as to
purchases The saleswoman or sales
man whose business is to sell goods re
CARELESS of consequences is one to be
avoided.
1t is settled. then, that the Christmas
shopper should go early in the season
and early in the day to make her pur-
chases. Let her first make a tour of
the stores, looking at the goods dis
played. She need not trouble with
questions any attendant who is busy.
Let her simply walk through the de-
partments, keeping her eyes and ears
open. This will annoy nobody. If she
wants to know the prices or to obtain
other information in regard to an arti-
Gle any attendant worthy the name who
is not engaged at the moment will give
it to her cheerfully. Thus will she find
out without too much trouble what
things are new and desira bic. She will
get many fresh and valuable ideas to
aid her in real shopping expeditions.
Next, let her consider to whom she
must give presents. In this matter it
is well to set herself like iron against
all those greedy hangers on who always
expect something of them ex-
cept the children, that is. Children
have a right to expect something and
to be made happy as the day is long at
Christmas. But for that other brood
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the departing ship other fat and USE
less women viii understand. Mrs. Fay
poured out her sorrows to her doctor,
and he on his part also understood He
said:
You would be pretty woman if you
were not so fat and lazy. You have no
more heart disease than I have. Moth
ing is the matter with you but pure la
ziness. You are allowing yourself to be
slowly suffocated in diseased adipose
tissue. Do as I tell you, and when
your husband comes home at Christi
mas show him a blooming. pretty wife
as graceful in figure as Nellie and even
stronger than she. A woman of fifty
has more endurance than a girl Of
eighteen
Mrs. Fay was sensible. 1t was a tre-
mendous tussle to give up her after
noon nap, to ride bicycle three hours
day with heavy clothing and sweat
er on. TO walk in all weathers-at first
two miles then six and then eight; to
sit in steam bath and melt the dis
eased adipose" off. and when all that
was done to take regular and severe ex-
ereise in a gymnasium.
But Mrs Fay was equal to the task.
Her future depended on it's accomplish
ment, and she had sense enough to see
this Underneath her fat and inertness
she was clear grit. No opium victim
ever struggled harder than she for two
or three months, Then the victory be-
gan to be achieved, and it was worth
all the fight and more too. She re-
NAMED in the country till her family
returned to America She dieted, exer-
cised and trained her body, which was
really both strong and handsome. The
former fat and stupid Mrs. Fay became
a great cycler, golfer and pedestrian.
For the Homecoming she wrote her
family to meet her in the country and
spend Christmas at the farm. By the
time they were to return Mrs. Fay
weighed only 10 No wonder the trav-
eiess did not recognize the blooming.
shapeIy woman who ran across the
platform to meet them as they left the
train Her husband looked with adj
Iniration and amazement at this Christ
mas surprise It was gift he had not
hoped for.
Let US walk home said Mrs Fay.
Il did not bring the carriage. just the
wagon for your luggage. It's only six
miles MARY GOULD LYLE
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naturally sentimental-but the unpre-
meditated. the inspired, charity is the
one which I prefer, and l particularly
have sympathy with lonely hearts
which ache in silence. The only trouble
is that such cases are hard to discover.
However. we can be on the lookout for
them
Don't you think it is a good idea also
to take your own children to the homes
of those less fortunate and let them
give their presents with their own
hands? For. of course, you encourage
each child to make its little Christmas
tide present to the poor. In one family
of my acquaintance this is quite the
event of the year. and the children save
forsweeks and months beforehand 1t is
in households of this sort that Christ
mas really is Christmas.
Among the novelties in the present
line are monogrammed fans-plain af-
fairs of black or white tulle ornament
ed with the owners monogram worked
il tiny jewels or spangles. Sometimes
also the monogram is inclosed within a
wreath of hand painted roses. 1t seems
to me any girl of taste could evolve a
very handsome fan at a small cost by
applying the spangles herself.
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ILL tut
New York
THE BRIDESMAIDS GOWN.

A bridesmaid. unless she happens to
be a sister of the bride, seldom has
word in the choice of her own costume.
The dress for all is usually decided on
by the bride and her family, and the
outsiders, with sometimes the faintest
show of consulting. are told what dress
es they must get, and sometimes where
they must get them Now, it is trying
if a girls complexion is not considered
at all. She will look fright. and, what
is more fatal still to the display of her
good points, she will feel a fright. Fes-
tive attire in the daytime is always a
trial. and even a handsome brunette
will look like a muIatto if dressed in
dead white
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from which an intelligent child will
learn more than from some books. For
girls especially a camera is to be rec
commended, since it induces them to
take tramps outdoors over hill and dale
in the pure air instead of incoming in
the house and eating candy. These lit
tie cameras are often of very good
quality too. They cost from so cents to
81 One might answer for the family
For musical little girls a miniature
violin which can really be played and
which costs about $3.50 will be more
precious than gold. Give a small boy a
harmonicon and then mental science
yourself against his noise. Ice skates
cost from 45 cents up, roller skates
about the same.
If you are rich enough to buy what
you please and want to make a young
lady relative look her sweetest. give her
an ermine jacket, pure soft white with
the little black patches in it. This fur
somehow belongs TO girls The cost OF
such a jacket. however, is $3.50. An err
mine muff and tippet for a little girl
cost from $50 to $40. Next. if. you are
unfortunate enough to have in your
family an aged lady VINO is not fond of
reading and who no longer cares how
she looks give her some dainty to eat
or something to keep her warm in win
ter. or both.
Here is a good rule for deciding what
you will get for Christmas presents to
your friends: Give them something
they win be specially pleased with, but
which they do. not quite like to buy for
themselves. Thus you will always hit
it. Give to poor, working people some
thing that will please their fancy: not
at all what you think will be useful to
them. A waiter in a restaurant had
had Christmas gift of half a dozen
pairs of stockings. He did not appre-
ciate them. "Stoo kings." said he with
eringly ,''Why didn't they give me a
little diamond scarfpin or something
can buy socks for myself
So a calico dress or some white aprons
is not a gracious gift for your kitchen
girl. Give her some pretty hatpins or
lace or scarfpins or ribbons or some at
tractive neckwear. 1t win please her
artistic sense and make her feel that
she is a woman and a sister. It is also
good plan to give money out and out
to laboring folk who have little of their
own. ELIZABETH LEE.
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A pretty Christmas entertainment for
the younger set can be a series of ia
bleaux taken from old fairy stories
"Bluebeard, ''Puss In Boots Gin
derella," etc.-and at the conclusion
dance in which all the guests appear in
the dress of fairy tale characters. A
few pounds of confetti will add to the
gayety before the unmasking. The sup
per room can be decked with boughs
and candles to represent an ancient
hail. and few dark hangings will add
to the effect.
A stocking party is also a good idea.
Each guest brings a gay stocking of
colored cheesecloth. This is filled with
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those who merely exchange Christmas
presents and expect gifts to be re-
turned with businesslil1e promptness
and fidelity and of a greater value than
the ones they offer-let these be struck
out My Christmas shopping sister
rule out those who give a worthless lit
tie something and expect it to be re-
paid with a gift of real value. Rule
out, also, those who, with the spirit of
the slave and mental. merely desire to
get something out of you, for which
they make no return. These are they
who work you for all you are worth
and meanwhile think you a softie for
being worked.
All the above struck off the list, you
have left. let us say, two men-one a
youth, the other older-a young lady,
an old lady and some working people
who know their duties and perform
them well. Such as these last are not
common and when found deserve to
have appreciation shown them. Be
sides these there are the dear young
ones who are always with us.
The list being made out, the hints of
the shop attendants will be useful
There are your two men, The shop
man will suggest for the older one a
smoking set-eigar, cigarette and pipe
holder likewise match receptacle, some
to the shopman:
oh, but he doesn't smoke the shop
man will probably answer:
IF he doesn't smoke, I don't know
what to get him."
For your men. as for all the other re-
cipients of your gifts, consider the in
dividual tastes of each. This is an ex-
cellent guide Perhaps the middle aged
man is fond of reading quietly at home.
Get him the kind of book he likes best.
For the young man fond of athletic
sports get him what will please him
best in this line. / have never seen the
stores richer in assortments of athletic
goods for men, women and children
than they are this season. The robust
active boy of ten to fifteen will have
the heart charmed fairly out of him by
the gift of a football and padded
knickerbockers adapted to his size and
weight. Boys footballs may be had for
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Z
Mrs. Fay's
Oh istmas Gift

"0F. course you know, mamma.
dear, that We should be delight
ed to have you with us. but YOU
are too stout to climb mountains This
is to be a walking tour. and I'm so sor-
~, but you can't walk at ALL said Mrs.
Fays daughter Nellie.
It's a pity you can't go to Europe
with us, wife. but your feet give out if
you try to walk half a mile. This is to
be walking tour
So they sailed away gayly. Back to
her country home alone went Mrs Fay
with bitterness in her heart She was
fifty. she was stout she had dizzy
SPELLS she thought she had heart dis
ease, she took nap of two hours every
afternoon because she thought she was
so delicate, but she ate all she wanted
of Whatever she wanted because she
said she had not very long to live any
how, and she might as well enjoy her.
self while she did live. Her idea of en-
joying herself was eating and sleeping.
And she weighed 200 pounds. With her
intellect uninpaired, her feelings more
intense than ever, the desire for life
and joy yelling up tremendously in her
soul, Mrs. Fay was shelved as an old
woman at fifty.
! Lately she had thought: Il may die
of heart disease soon, and then my hus-
band will marry Sister Lucy" This
thought was the gall of bitterness to
her, and it stayed with her night and
day. Sister Lucy was three years older
than Mrs Fay but had the form of a
sylph, and not even Nellie had Lucy's
physical strength. She kept herself
bravely UP and looked less than forty.
Mr.. Fay, cycler, horseback rider golfer.
swimmer and all round middle aged
athlete, admired Lucy greatly because
of her participation in outdoor sports
His fat wife had been gradually, and
unconsciously to Mr.. Fay himself.
showed aside. and slim, spry Lucy was
his comrade and chum.
What Mrs. Fay's feelings were as the
travellers gayly waved her goodby from
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-16
Kate Clyde
CHRISTMAS

- HRISTMAS again. and it seems
only yesterday that we were
fitting around in muslins and
piquesi
How much does Christmas
mean TO most of us? Very little, 1
aIa afraid. a little more bother, a
ggea- 5eai more expense and a number
OF things we don't by any possibility
want-that's about the size of it, The
children are about the only ones for
whom Christmas is a season of unai-
Logged delight.
The trouble is, I am afraid. that we
think too much of ourselves. 7 like
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-, =. a stocking.
ty, undoubtedly so, when combined
with ermine, but it is, above all, a lin
ing fur and quickly becomes "mussy"
when subjected to the influences of
rain and shine"
Do you notice how popular robes are
becoming? Nearly every large dry
goods store contains many of these, en-
broidered beautifully and all basted
ready to cut out. They are a great
economy for those who require hand
some gowns and really haven't the
money to pay the dressmaker's price
for fine handwork. Then, too. they are
so easy to run up that almost any wo-
man can fit them to herself The all
white crepe de chimes appliqued with
renaissance lace are particularly effec
tive, as are those of black net appli-
qued with silk and black chantilly with
little tabs of panne velvet
It occurs to me that almost any Of
these robes would be an acceptable
Christmas present for a relative. Ger
tainly one of the white net robes trim
med with dainty lace frills would de-
light the soul of the debutante of the
family.
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from so cents to 50. and the padded
knickers for SO cents. There are dainty
parlor bowling sets alley and pins. for
boys and girls and all the family to-
gether, to be had for 81. One of these
would be a steady source of recrea ton
during the winter.
A gift that will delight both boys and
girls is one of the miniature cameras
which may now be bought so cheaply.
They are toys. to be sure. but toys
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a MONOGRAM FAN.

colored tissue paper, in which are hid
den inexpensive articles not costing
over 10 cents apiece. The stockings are
hung in a row across the fireplace
and then in the midst of the festivities
a a given signal each guest goes up
and picks out a stocking, the unpacking
of which causes great amusement, par
ticularly if the gifts are labeled with
appropriate notices.
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Not that presents of food and clothes
are to be despised Far from it. But
there is soul hunger which is as keen
as the other kind, and oh, the pity
when a child feels its pangsl Time
enough later on to suffer; childhood at
least ought to be happy.
I don't know-it may be that am
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& avs . fore
Christmas she
prowls around
the windows of
the toy Shops.
Just co it your
self and watch
the look of &C.
stasy on the
ragged and Of
tentimes Pinch
ed faces CT the
little ones who
mineie with the
happier and bet
{ e r ar e s s e d
young stsrs.
oh, amt that
doll les the
limit. On. an
lnc.l- aH IL. Innn
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A Christmas Idea.

A pretty way of serving the nuts and
bonbons at the Christmas dinner is to
have them apparently flowing out of a
horn of plenty. This can be made of
candy or of gilt and should be placed
in the center of the table on a mat Of
ferns.
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that" 1 hear some one exclaim. I al
ways give a big check to the poor ev-
cry Christmas day"
Yes, you give it in a lump, as you
would pay your taxes or the butcher or
the baker. and there is just about as
much sentiment in it.
prefer the way of a certain old lady
Of my acquaintance. For two or three
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The Flat Fur stole.

And now to leave Christmas and go
to another cold weather subject, have
you noticed the latest way of wearing
the fiat fur stole? 1t is knotted loosely
over the breast, and the ends are left
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to hang uneven
ly. This en-
phasizes the pill
ability and soft
ness of the fur.
Even the com
moner skins are
made up in this
soft and grace
full f a S h i o n.
Really, we are
at last learning
to dress artis-
tically.
While / am on
the subject of
furs I must re-
mark that 1 do
not think SPUR
rel is going to
STAY in IA Shinn
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-oOis at ne race the limitr'
Gee the polar bear fer me every
timel Did youse notice, Maggie, how
he wiggles his head-just as if he
knowed thingsi"
II could look at it foreveri"
so could l. Just t'ink. Maggiei
Some kids has things like dat to play
wit every dayl'
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For instance. tuclSs sloping downward
from the shoulder toward the center of
the back give a slender effect to the
waist
Sometimes it is when a woman
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more willowy and graceful if it is
loose enough to be eomforta BILE
White and light colored zibeline
gowns are sometimes trimmed with
lace and embroidery.
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And it's just about this time that my
friend steps in, and the little waits
think that fairy godmothers9are really
and truly as they rush home clasping
their treasures.
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the subscription list claims a total of
more than $4,000 names.
The usual mistake in constructing a
princess gown is that it is made too
tight around the waist. It will look far
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FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.

ey. your grand friends or anything that
is yours.
Diagonal lines on either waist or
skirt make the figure appear less stout
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-16

As a woman loves, so is she.
It is not customary for husbands and
wives to dance together in society.
Never boast of your birth. your mon
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1902-07-09
mining men for the past year or more
and has been under bond several months
t. the syndicate purchasing it.-Ontario
Argus.
MALHEUR GOLD DISTRICT.
Receiving More Attention at Present Than
Ever Before.

The Malheur gold district continues to
receive attention. Operations on vari.
ous properties there are brisk, and some
work of magnitude is under way. A
mill is being put in by La Grande com.
pany that will cost $75,OO0.
The Sunset company, Of Weiser, IL
sinking seventy.foot shaft on the Ten.
derfoot ledge, and sixty.foot tunnel
will Ike run along this ledge to strike the
contact with the Little Johnnie ledge.
Two shifts will be engaged in sinking.
The work will require about month
and a half. The shaft is now down
about twenty feet, and the ore Is be-
coming baser. This II encouraging, rs
it indicates the presence Of large ore
body. 1t is confidently predicted that
as the shaft goes down permanent values
will be demonstrated.
W. ID. Manley, II well known mining
man Of Calaveras county, California,
has become associated with the COM
pany, and il now at the mines aiding in
the work. The mines are four miles
from Malheur City and twenty.four
miles from Huntington, by good stage
road, and water for sluicing and stamp
mill work is abundantiy supplied by
First creek.
w. A. Anderson, Of Payette, has a
claim below the Sunset property on
which he has sunk a ten-foot shaft, from
which he received two assays Of $40
and 1923. l.. T.. Verbeck, of this city,
also owns promising property. Seth
Roberts, Harrison Jones and others, Of
Weiser, have secured interests there.
Mr.. Kriden, Of Payette, has recently
taken bond on claim and will sink a
shaft this summer.
One Of the most convincing proofs OF
the richness Of the section il the fact
that Jack Ennor, who belongs at Wei
ser, last season took out $3.50 in gold
with arastra and pan. Mrs. Ennor re-
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1902-07-09
Sale Of the Red White and Bloc.

A sale OF the Red White and Blue
mine at Malheur City to an eastern syn.
dicate has been cOnsummated, and Mary
Richardson, the owner, has been made
wealthier by several thousand dollars.
The first payment on the purchase price,
1850, has been paid over TO Mrs. Rich.
ardson, and two more payments are to
follow. The Red White and Blue mine
attracted considerable attention from