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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-23
BEAUTIFUL SLAVES.
Wanted to Fill Vacancies in China's
Royal Household
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Besides providing for the selection of
the third imperial consort for the en-
peror, the empress dowager of China has
undertaken to fill numerous vacancies in
the various imperial palaces at Pekin
resulting from the death or flight of a
large number of young Mancnu maidens
during the escape of the court in August,
1900. These maidens had been selected for
their beauty and grace from the various
Manchu banner organizations TO wait
upon the empress dowager, empress and
imperial concubines. When the flight
from Pekin took place these girls either
committed suicide in fear of their west
ern conquerors, were killed in one way
or another, or escaped from the Forbid
den City, seeking refuge among the COM
mon people.
To fill the vacancies thus created the
empress dowager has commanded the
comptrollers general of the imperial
household department to assemble before
her for selection several score of young
girls from families belonging to Manchu
banner organizations. Eight maidens
were thus selected in May, but thrice
that number are still required Chinese
are exempted from this sort of slavery
by special decree of the first emperor Of
this dynasty, probably for policy's sake
Manchu maidens so selected for the pal
aces can never leave them in life and
never marry. Sometimes a new emperor.
taking pity on these slaves of his prede-
cessor, may give them permission to re-
turn to their homes or to marry, If any
one will have such middle aged and ell
derby spinsters. Otherwise. once inside
the palace as serving madens, they re-
main so until DEATH
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-23
SONG THAT LINCOLN LIKED.
Written by Soldier and Lives Ate,
He Died, Poor and Unknown
New York Sun.l


"One of the old patriotic songs that has
outlived most of its competitors and seems
likely to last for all time is The Flag of
the Free, said a music publisher, "and
it has a little history of it's own. For one
thing, it was composed under circum-
stances which ought to give it the right
sort of ring.
Harrison Willard composed it when the
civil war was at its height. Willard had
enlisted in one of the Massachusetts vol
unteer regiments. He had just returned
from an extended tour through Europe,
where he had studied music and had APP
peared as concert singer He fought
bravely at the front and rose to the rank
of colonel and in odd moments he used to
write music. One day he finished new
composition. which he named The Flag
OF the Free, and gave ii to the regimental
band to play. 1t became very popular
with the men in the regiment, and al their
request was often played when they were
on the march.
viewed at Washington by President Lin
coin that was the air the band played.
The bandsmen put their whole souls into
their playing that day and the melody
sounded exceptionally fine. Mr.. Lincolns
son, who was standing on the White
House steps with his father asked the
president:
g Dad what is the tune that regimental
band from Massachusetts is playing?
Mr.. Dincoln'S fancy had been caught
by the air, too He asked Colonel Willard
about it, and, on learning that it was his
own, complimented him on it.
'Millard died in this city about tree
years ago, poor and practically unknown
He was not buried with military honors
for few remembered his services to his
country. But his memory will live in that
Gong he wrote. After the war he held an
office in the custom house until Cleve-
lands second term, when he was dis
charged. He told me once that it was
through Lincolnis influence that he got
the job. | published another of Millards
compositions, called When the Tide
Comes In but it will never equal The
Flag of the Free in popularity and en-
durance' -
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-23
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Union Labels Declared.
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1t will be a matter of surprising and dis
agreeable intelligence to many persons to
be informed that the postoffice depart
ment has decided that mail matter with
the imprint of a union label or the AL
lied Printing Trades on the wrapper can
not be transmitted through the mails as
second-class matter. This question was
brought up by the publisher of an cleo
trical trades Journal.
The postoffice department in it's spe-
cial ruling on the matter. sets forth that
it is merely carrying put the require
ments of the law which prohibits the
printing of labels or other printed mat
ter on envelopes or wrappers covering
second-class matter. with certain speci-
fled exceptions
1t is allowable to print the name and
address of a publication. as it is entered
at the postoffice, on wrapper or envelope
of second-class nature. or such words as
marked COPY sample copy" etc, but
the union label and the words Allied
Printing Trades" seem to be among the
inscriptions debarred by law. 1t will be
interesting to note whether this decision
will become a matter for congressional
action or not. 1t is to be expected that
the trade unions will seek to have the law
amended so as to admit the printing of
the labels on the wrappers.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-23
Toothache Remedies.

If the offending tooth is a hollow one,
as it nearly always is, the following is
a simple remedy for the 'twingey
toothache: Procure from any chemist
a stick of guttapercha, which is spe-
cially prepared for the purpose. 1t is
a thin, white stick, about a couple of
inches long, and it will cost twopence
or threepence. Cut off little bit suf-
ficient to fill up the hollow of the tooth,
and, having held it in hot water until
it becomes quite soft and pliable, insert
it quickly in the tooth. Press it down
and smooth off all rough edges, so that
the tongue will not be likely to dislodge
it. 1t should be done as quickly as
possible, as the substance very soon
begins to get cold and loses it's pliabil-
ity; but at the same time care should
be taken that the tooth is effectually
stopped up.
This will at once stop the twinges
and although the tooth may ache a
little at first, it will soon go off, and
the trouble will practically have ceased
This guttapercha stopping is supposed
to be only temporary, but, as matter
of fact, it will last for months, and
sometimes years.
But suppose the pain is not of the
'twingey' order, but is rather of the
uull dClIlllS, veal ms hilN' Nlio1t ~
the best thing to do?
brandy poultice is good. 1t is
made as follows: Take piece of coarse
brown paper and soak it well in brandy
or in any other spirit: then pepper it
well with the pepper caster on one side
and apply it to the cheek. Tie a hand
kerchief-a silk one is warmest-round
the head to keep it (the poultice, not
the head in place amigo to sleep
AS a rule, there will be no difficulty in
following this direction, but, if the pa
tient cares to do so, it will do him no
harm to take a might cap" of the
spirit Internally as well as externally.
In the case of the internal dose he will
do well to omit the pepper!
The foregoing remedy is equally suit
able for the day time or at night. The
one about to be given is recommended
when the patient is in bed; and in case
there is no spirit in the house, it will
be found almost equally efficacious, but
it will take longer to prepare.
Put into the oven a quantity of salt
and thoroughly dry it. Having made
an oblong bag of flannel (say about
nine inches by five), fill it with the hot,
dry salt and sew up the end. 1t is to be
applied behind the ear on the side
which aches, and if it is as hot as it
should be, the patient will find it very
soothing, and he will imagine that he
can feel the pain leaving his tooth and
working it's way out of the jaw bone
into the bag Of salt. There is sort of
cord of nerves which passes up the
neck under the ear, and the effect of
the hot flannel is almost magical.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-23
ShVneSS.

The girl who is very shy can take the
comforting fact to herself that some of
the very best people, the most learned
as well as the most enthusiastically
beautiful, have been sufferers of the
dreadful agony of bashfulness. Indeed,
as one writer says: "Bashfulness is the
precursor of many excellencies." Many
of our greatest men, whose names shall
forever live in history, had bashful
manners. Although they had brilliantly
distinguished themselves as states
men, heroes, or writer's, they did not
shine in society as the beau ideals of
it. Many a highly intelligent woman
with bashful way has been a failure
at a social function where the woman
with less brains, but having more
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-23
If You Want to Be Loved.

Don't find fault
Don't believe all the evil you hear.
Don't jeer at everybody's religious
beliefs.
Don't be rude to your interiors in So
cial position.
Don't repat gossip, even if it does in
terest a crowd.
Don't underrate anything because
you don't possess it.
Don't go untidy on the plea that
everybody knows you.
Don't contradict people, even if you
know you are right.
Don't conclude that you have never
had any opportunities in life.
Don't believe that everybody else in
the world is happier than you.
Don't be inquisitive about the affairs
of even your most intimate friends.
Don't set into the habit of vulgar
izing life by making light of the senti-
ment of it-EXchange
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-23
The Human Will.

I vii live-I VIII work. will sue
ceed-I will be happy. These thoughts
unfold the great possibilities of hui
man life.
Before him who wills all gateways
open-a fixed purpose brings labor's
sure reward.
When failure, dismal and pathetic,
has crowned a life of toll, know this
"a feeble villa hesitating step-a fall
tering heart has marked its woful way.
A mighty will, like a swift current,
rushes forward and sweeps all obsta-
cles from it's path.
To succeed in life one must forever
have upon his lips the magic words,
Il will" With a fixed purpose-a def
mite point in view-a goal, between
which there comes no fleeing doubts,
all things are .possible-The Health
Reporter.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-23
Let mo, Mean aNn.u

The care of an infant is always the
cause of deep and anxious thought on
the part of the mother, and especially
so when the mother is young girl who
has always been free from the cares
and duties which naturally devolve
upon the young matron. Any mother
knows how soon habit is formed in
her child, and this fact is proof that
just as early in life is a child amenable
to training.
If child is told that he cannot have
a certain thing, he soon knows whether
little fretting will gain it for him.
There are very few children who do not
understand this by the time they are
six months old. Let yes" mean yes
and just as surely let mo- mean mo-
when dealing with child as when
dealing with an adult
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-23

necessitated my spending the night with
this couple who, though poverty stricken,
never failed to make me welcome. One
day 1 reached the house at the noon hour
and was cordially invited to light and
come in to dinner We took our seats
at the table: my host bowed his head and
murmured the briefest grace l ever heard.
Cod bless our bite The wife passed a
dish of corn pone, the only article of food
| saw that my host was troubled and
exerted myself by a cheerful CONVERSE
ton to divert his mind from the meager
fare 1t was of small effect. Sally, said
Something to eat, seeing we got com
pany. We'll, Jim, l don't see how |
could get anything extra when we hain't
got nothin but bread, she replied. Jim
Wondered this excuse for d minute, then,
giving her a queer look, replied: Well,
Sally. you mout a put little salt in
the bread ="
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-23
HOW One mother Managed.

why do you always dress your two
daughters alike?" queried a society
woman of friend. 1T must be a
great deal of trouble, and, as they are
not twins, it is not necessary
well" answered the other, quite
frankly, sit is because of the effect.
My girls are rather ordinary looking
not plain; in fact, rather pretty, 1
think-and with fairly good figures, but
quite unnoticeable in their appearance.
If one were in brown and the other in
blue on the street no one would ever
give them a second glance, but dressed
alike they look really distinguished
1t is the same in a ballroom. When
they go together in pretty fresh gowns
they accentuate each other, so to
speak, and the simplest toilet becomes
striking. A pink bow by itself is pink
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-23
MARRIAGE LINES"

Married in white.
You have chosen right.
Married in gray,
You win go far away.
Married in black.
You Will wish yourself back.
Married in red.
You had better be dead.
Married in green.
Ashamed to he seen.
Married in blue.
You'll ALWAYS be true.
Married in pearl.
You'll live in whirl.
Married in yellow.
Ashamed of the fellow.
Married in brown.
You'll live out of town.
Married in pink.
Your spirits will sink.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-23
Notes For the Boudoir.

Fever blisters can be gotten rid of
by the use of powdered alum.
Thick lips may be reduced by rub
hing them with tannin.
Camphorated cold cream is useful for
lips that chap easily and can be adj
vantageously used every night during
the cold weather.
When the lips are dry a little gly
cerine and rose water may be applied
to counterfeit this tendency
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-23
~ Bonfe Circle. ~
SUNSHINE AND MUSIC.

A laugh is just like sunshine
1t freshens all the day.
1t tips the peaks of life with light,
And drives the clouds away;
The, soul grows glad that hears it,
And feels its courage strong
laugh is just like sunshine
For cheering folks along!
A laugh is just like music,
1t fingers in the heart.
And where its melody is heard
The ills of life depart:
And happy thoughts come crowding
Its joyful notes to greet
A laugh is just like music
For making living sweet
Ripley D. Saunders.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-23
Gloves.

For travelling white glace kid has
been brought out, with gauntlets which
are detachable, and these gauntlet
gloves are applied to gray and fawn
color. An attempt has been made to
introduce gloves of lace the length of
the arm. but without success. Gloves
of the natural tint of Russian leather
are in request, and the washable gloves
are singularly useful for country and
travelling wear
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-23

lf-confident manner, has been sue
cess. A graceful, easy manner affords
its possessor an agreeable charm
Without a refined sense of self-confi-
dence woman is at disadvantage
whatever her good qualities may be.
One way to overcome bashfulness is
to cultivate the society of Others A
lack of social intercourse accentuates
the embarrassment of too timid ma
fl1ro
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-23

bow, and nothing else, but two pink
bows become Immediately an arrange
ment.
You see that idea exempliffed on
the stage in ballet. 1t is the repeti-
ton of dress that gives effect. If the
dancers were in different costumes 1t
would be lost completely. Of course,
as you say, it is bother to have
everything to match, and when one
frock is ruined that renders the other
useless, too. Still, 1 think it pays"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-23
Uomdn's WoHd. e esss.s sss
Specially Prepared for Our Feminine Readers

If she is so inclined she will proba-
bly, get herself suit of smooth cloth,
deliberately finished. Smooth cloths, by
the way, are going to be much more
the vogue this year than they have
been for several seasons back, and this
especially for dressy wear.
Ladies cloth will occupy one of the
most prominent positions in these 1t
is pretty, dressy and, above all, lends
itself readily to elaborate adornment
One suit is of black ladies' cloth.
handsomely trimmed with black and
white braid. The waist is cut on the
conventional but popular form, with
slightly bloused front, tight fitting
waist and position back Braid in two
widths covers the front, down the CEN
ter Of which are two rows of purely or
namental buttons, the waist fastening
by means of hooks. On either side of
these buttons are two black silk tas-
sells. The high collar and the mannish
cuffs are of braid and black velvet
The skirt is just loose enough to per-
NIT of perfect freedom in walking, and
besides being adorned with the braid
has three plaits on either side.
Another suit of ladies' cloth is in
pretty shade of blue, deliberately
in a slightly darker shade of blue vel
vet, these being caught in place by
pretty little gilt buttons. The other
wise mannish collar is further orna-
mented by silk embroidery and the
whole suit covered with box plaits.
%
Cheviots, ladies' cloth and other wool
effects are not to have it all their own
way by any means-there are the cord
effects and the velveteens to be con-
sidered. When it comes to wear, there
is nothing that viii outlast corduroy.
Our American girls are VIGOROUSLY
hard on their clothes. and for such as
hold up this reputation corduroy is GER
tainly to be recommended.
Just one little word in closing: In
getting a suit do not trust to old
measurements. You may have filled
out this summer, you know-Marie
Tours in Chicago Tribune.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-23
Kitchen and Cable.
THE SUNDAY MENU.
BREAKFAST.

BREAKFAST
Hominy and Cream
Scalloped Cucumbers.
Boiled Eggs. Mullins.
Mullins.
DINNER.
Julienne Soup.
Green Peas and Beans.
Leg of Lamb. Stewed Tomatoes.
Boiled Lamb.
Charlotte Rouse Waters.
Black Coffee.
SUPPER.
Clam Cocktail Olives.
Tomato Salad Cream Cheese
Graham Bread and Butter.
Berries. Iced Tea. Cake.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-23
A Humble Meal.
(Rirminpham Ala News

VBlrmlngham, Ala, NeWS.)
There lived down in my neighborhood
several years ago a man and his wife,
who ran a small farm, and were very
poor, said an old resident of Jefferson
county. Il held the office of tax asses
sor at that time, and my duties sometimes
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-23
RECIPES.

New Nut Salad-One of the latest
salads is made of celery, Brazil nuts,
| mushrooms and stuffed olives, served
on lettuce leaf with mayonnaise
dressing. The ingredients are cut in
large pieces and mixed well together.
Clam Cocktail-A clam cocktail will
be found a delicious substitute for the
oyster cocktail at formal luncheon
this time of year. To prepare it, put
into each tall thin glass five small
CLAIMS, add One tablespoonful of lemon
juice, one tablespoonful of tomato
catsup, pinch Of salt, and two drops
of Tobasco sauce. Nearly fill the
glasses with the strained clam liquor,
add to each one tablespoonful of
shaved ice and 1one-haf teaspoonful
of grated horseradish, and serve at
once.
Scalloped Cncumbers-A rather I'M
common but delicious luncheon dish is
baked or scalloped cucumbers. For it
take large cucumbers, remove the
skins, and cut in ha1f-inch slices. Let
them soak an hour in sailed water,
then drain.e Into a buttered baking
dish put alternate layers of cucumbers,
sprinkled with salt and pepper, and
fine bread crumbs with Jumps of but
ter. Cover the dish at first, and bake
until the cucumbers are soft. A lit
tie sliced onion may .be added, if one
likes the favor.
Homemade Charlotte Russe-Soak a
quarter of box of gelatine in little
cold water until soft; flavor pint of
cream with half cup of powdered
sugar and teaspoonful of vanilla.
Whip it, Swimming the froth on to
hair sieve that rests on a pan. Line
| high glass dish with strips of plain
sponge cake or separated ladyfingers,
sprinkling the cake, after it is put in
the dish, with a wine glass of sherry
wine. When the cream is whipped, mix
the gelatine with that which has
drained through the sieve, add the
whipped portion instantly, stir the
whole through lightly once or twice
with a silver fork, and pour at once
into the dish, and set on ice until
ready for use. Keep all ingredients
cold. The success of this dessert de-
ponds upon the rapidity and delicacy
with which the cream and gelatine are
put together.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-23

But to return to the coats. Another
garment on the order of the one de-
scribed is Of ecru pongee. 1t is cut in
similar form to that of brilliantine.
out is trimmed with buttons of enam-
sled metal that are most effective.
These instead of going through but
ton holes are caught with little silk
loops. The collar of this coat is a wide
sailor effect stitched on the edge. The
coat, by the way, is stitched its entire
length on the edge with the loops
this one alone showing-and this
stitching is also carried around the
bottom of the garment. Wide gaunt-
let cuffs finish the coat.