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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-13

folding chairs, which can be rented for
II centivos-about 5 cents in our money
Overhead is an awning the entire length
of the avenues, in the national colors, red
green and white. Up and down this walk
pass and repass the gayest throng in such
vivid contrasts, men, women and children
men in high hats and 1nen In no hats,
gaily dressed women in rich Paris cos
tunes and wretched beggars with scarce
rags enough to cover their naked limbs
no shoes, not even the shutting sandals.
And the children, such little pictures in
their costly gowns of silk and lace. On
Sunday last, it being church day of note.
the little things of from 8 to 10 years Of
age wore wells and blossoms like a bride.
/ saw one little tot Of not more than
years wearing a dress of rare lace, and
from her head hung veil which reached
to her little bare legs where her short
stockings left off. Each childish hand is
clasped fast in that of her Mexican nurse;
and should there be three, four OF more
children in one family (Which Is the rule,
not the exception), each one has its own
nurse, who is its shadow by day and at
night lie down on a sort of raffa-made
mat beside the bed, with a fiat pillow of
the same material.
Here comes a beggar girl. who cannot
be more than 10 or IA, but she has fast
ened to her back with her torn blue shawl
a baby whose black head wabbles from
side to side as the girl turns from right
to left asking for centivos. Mexico is a
place Of glaring contrasts. boundless
wealth and cruelest poverty, yet, 1t seems
as If an all-wise Providence has planted
in the hearts of these poor people the seed
of contentment.
1.-THE stores here are indeed a wonder;
the goods come direct from Paris, and
such goods! perfect dreams of beauty.
The Porte de Vera Cruz and the Porte de
Liverpool are fine stores. Then, the Es-
meralda, a swell jewelry establishment,
has most magnificent display as fine
as Tiffany's. One can shop without much
trouble in the big stores; I go in
and say Speak English?' and almost al
ways clerk will step up who can speak
more than few.
MY sister has a pretty little 'vivenda'
which I have learned means an apart
ment. All Of the rooms open out into
a dear little garden that has a high stone
wall all around it. In one corner is a
pond, where we keep a lot Of gold fish.
Leaning over the wall in rakish sort
of way is pepper tree, it's red berries
making pretty touch of color against
the green leaves. Then, we have palms
and flowers in profusion We have a
Mexican servant, by name, Trinidad, and
altho she cannot speak word Of English.
she"1s quite a treasure, save when she
enthusiastically drinks too much
,pulque; then she is, if anything, more
good natured than ever"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-13

ION which Wasz-worlsed a. conventional
flower: design in pale pun. satin. This
same satin motif decorated the very aerp
lace bertha, which formed part of the
this exquisite gown were SHRED and
shirrings were introduced as a finish to
the hip yoke of the skirt. sE}~
: Speaking of shirring, brings up the
question Of the amount. of material re
quired for developing the fashionable
gown this season. Actually twice as
much material is required to-day as few
years ago. Not only are skirts wider
but yards of material are taken up in the
shirring and plaits. The sun plated
skirt is a new extravaganza of the hour.
And then, if. it only stopped, at the
skirt proper-the dress skirt-but it does
not; o, dear, no. There are three and
four petticoats where there use to be just
one muslin skirt with an embroidery ruff
f1e. Three skirts falling from the same
band is no uncommon thing, and these
Understandable skirts that are covered
up-are marvels of loneliness, with their
exquisite lace appliques, embroidered frils
and fancy stitches. At dinner recently
given by a well-known railroad magnate
and his wife, tho there were but ten won
en- present, their gowns aggregated the
astonishing sum Of $25, 900, not counting
the jewels; while at, reception given
in New York a few months ago at which
society's richest women were present, ii
would have taken check drawn for s75,
900 to cover just the expense of the cos
tunes worn.
Many of the most expensive gowns this
year are misleading as to their price, ow-
ing to the fact that 1t is the fine hand
work upon them which makes them sc
costly. Not. a. single stitch Of machine
work is used on these gowns, and, let US
tell you, hand work costs money. 1t is
quite as much the season Of intricate
fancy stitches and hand wrought embroi-
deries as it is a season of rare loces
Lingerie effects, especially for midsum-
mer gowns, will be much the mode. AND
lingerie effects mean flmy fabrics, groups
Of tiny handmade tucks, with rows OF
fancy stitches and the finest Of real lace
insertions. These gowns look as if they
might blow away and are always more
than twice as expensive as they appear.
To always be. finished picture is one Of
the aims of the modern fashionable wo.
man, which is just another way Of saying
that she spends thousands Of dollars g
year for the accessories Of her gowns
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-13

They are In perfect accord with the frock,
whatever. it may be. If you see her in
the morning, when: she is merely a shirt
waist gl11,s euan then 1t is the accessories
OF her. gowns that scounI, not only.in giving
a finishing touch Of style, but in good dol
lars and cents. It is the leather or linen
embroidered belt In the, very newest style,
her smart, appropriate stock, with its in
visible featherbone formation, and her sets
Of pins and studs. In the evening it Is
her hand painted mousseline de sole scarf
for throwing over her shoulders and her
white ostrich feather fan mounted on
carved pearl sticks. It is her satin slip
per, with its real lace insets, and her hair
ornament Of original design. 1t is these
little things Of dress that bring up the
price Of the costume.
AS for the money that the American wo-
man pays the milliner, this is subject al
most too distressing to be mentioned If
one happens to be; talking with the man
who pays the bills. A $50 hat few years
ago, was looked upon as the widest sort
of extravaganza; to-day, the society wo-
man pays $25 for her knock about hat and
feels that she is getting it cheap. A 500
hat is no uncommon thing, neither is a
$4,000 millinery bill for a season. A hat
of the moment may be trimmed with
sweeping ostrich plumes, held in place by
jeweled buckles, and may plainly show
that it is valuable creation and vet it
may be quite, the reverse. A $65 hat may
bear this price mark simply because Of
some little original curve to the brim, an
unusual twist Of its velvet bow, or the
clever placing OF a single wing.
I But my lady is consistent and even eco
nomical in her extravaganza. She will
pay SIS to have her hair dressed, but she
will wear t;ne hair net to keep the Golf
fure in order for several days. She will
have expensive costumes, but she will in
hox
ing, so that they will not fray. She will
wear beautiful lingerie dresses, but she
will have the waists featherhoned, so that
they will go thru the laundry and not lose
their shape. Her shirt waists will have
pearl rather than metal buttons, so that
they will wash, and her travelling gowns
and wraps are made Of mohairs and Sicili-
ennes rather than of silk, because of the
GOODNESS and dustproof qualities of these
fabrics and because they will not wrinkle
under any circumstances. So you see
that, after all, there Is a basis Of practi-
cality underlying her love of fashions and
fine clothes, and that is" the reason why she
\ is the best dressed woman in the world.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-13

Ono glimpse at tine zulrssr.,aLers, hills
of a society woman and it is easy to I'M
derstand why cen the American million
aire has often sad moments Of his own
when he feels thexurgent need of making
more money. The extravaganza Of the
wealthy American woman is something to
shudder at-the fact is, even the aver
age woman of to-day is more extravasallt-
ly dressed than the queens and princesses
of the courts Of Europe used to be.
Dressmaking is no longer trade. It is
an art. Il And largely this is due to the
wives of the multi millionaires of Amer
lea. It is these women, with unlimited
money at, their command, who have de-
manded perfection in dress. The truth is
they have srevolutionized costuming.
To start at the, beginning, it is these
lucky, wealthy women who have insisted
first of all upon having their gowns made
from original designs They forbade their
costumes from being copied and, Of course,
having the gown made to order from an
original design, which must never lie used
again, costs money, and plenty of it. This
is merely the first step on the road to ex-
travagance. Materials are finer than ever
before; trimmings more artistic. The rich
American woman has created a demand
for them. ~ a-
often met with in the gilded haunts of
society. But to-day extreme elaboration
is the key note Of the newest fashions.
Gowns are not only trimmed with rare
embroideries and real laces, but they are
flecked with jewels and wrought with sold
and silver threads.
The trimmed gown, for instance,
of twenty-five years ago and the lace
trimmed gown Of to-day bear not the
slightest family resemblance to one an
other. In the costume-the vogue right
now-one sort of lace is in no way con-
sidered sufficient trimming. Lace is
appliqued upon lace and lace medallions
are used sometimes framed in Jewels, and
then again exquisitely hand embroidered
in silk threads. There is no end to the
novel way in which lace is treated this
season. tits dyed to match the material
in color; it is hand painted; it's design is
outlined in chenille and it is often ap-
pliqued with a ribbon design.
At a recent wedding the bridesmaids
costumes were Of the sheerest white
French wolfe worn over taffeta slips in
the new shade of pink called 'taurore.''
| The skirt was made with a hip yoke and a,
| ,tablier front of effective Crapone lace,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-13

has benefited the children immensely.
They decided to buy "mothering'' and to
that end approa ched some Italian women
whose families appeared well cared for,
offering them sufficient remuneration in
return for their "mothering" The offer
was gladly accepted and some of the in
fants most in need Of such treatment
were placed in the hands of their foster
mothers. In week the women returned
with their little charges, whose progress
was astonishing. Infants who had re-
sisted every effort to impart cheerfulness
to their dispositions while at the home
had suddenly and magically changed to
laughing, growing youngsters. Rainbows
had taken the place of rain. Roses glowed
in cheeks that had been colorless as the
lily
More foster mothers were engaged So
far as the resources of the home would
permit, every pining infant was given a
mothering. When one child had appar-
entity been cured of the blues, the foster
mother was deprived of him and another
one substituted. The effect was marked.
The mortality decreased at once. The in
fants that had been "rnothered" into
health and spirits brought warm burst
of cheerfulness back with them to the
home, causing the youngsters there to
change their tune and act and look like
normal babies.
that the babies, in some mysterious man
ner, had OWNED that they were being de-
prived of some infantile privilege and re-
sented it in the only way they could, by
moping and being miserable.
1t goes to prove that the s'mothering''
that the children had was entirely gen.
uine to learn that some of the women
wept when they were forced to exchange
children. One absolutely refused to give
up chubby little man., and, altho she
was in straitened circumstances, took
him home to her own family
The e1pel iment proved SO successful
that from now on sum will be set aside
to provide the ailing bao;es with large
doses of .n1othering whenever they arc
needed. and 1t is expected that results
as satisfactory as those obtained while
this plan was but an experiment will
continue to attend It's pursuance.
Morris tribune., 1903-10-31
Boarding II Out.

JADE Rogers prided himself on
his knowledge of arithmetic, as he
frequently remarked he was "born
with head for fggers.'
"Look here, Jabe," said an ex-
asperated neighbor, chow much lon
ger do you think I'm going to pas
ture your calf for nothing? | don't
believe you've got a cent to your
name"
81 have" said Jabe easily. '1'm
the owner Of two dollars and thutty-
seven cents in cash besides my veg
etable garden"
swell, I shan't take out my pay
in turnips this year." said the neigh
Dor testify. 'You owe me So on
that calf. I'll call her mine, and
that'll wipe off the debt"
"She's worth more'n Sc, and you
know it." said JADE. "But | tell
you what I'll do. You pasture her
q month longer, and then I'll make
out a paper saying she's yours.
That'l be fair all around"
Morris tribune., 1903-10-31
Japanese Gardens.

Very many japanese houses have
beautiful gardens. The Japanese
excel in gardening, and even in To-
kyo, where space is very valuable,
they contrive to have some pictur-
esque adjunct. Over a bamboo trel-
lis, for instance, will hang the mar
velously picturesque japanese gourd,
which forms favorite subject for
the decoration of metal work, es-
pecially the antimony metal work
thinly silvered over with which the
japanese flood the western market.
These gourds, with a pinch in the
middle like lady's waist, when
dried and followed out are fitted
with shoppers for pilgrims water
bottles and are very frequently ex-
ported. If he can do nothing more
every japanese who can afford it
will have his row of earthenware
jars containing dwarfed blossoming
fruit trees or tiny japanese frs,
which are made to grow smaller as
they grow older.
Morris tribune., 1903-10-31
Ewes Apple Tree.

A fruit supposed to bear the mark
Of Ewes teeth is one Of the many
botanical curiosities of Ceylon. The
tree On which it grows is known by
THE significant name Of ttthe forbid
den fruit" or "Eye's apple tree"
The blossom has 3 very pleasant
scent, but the really remarkable fea-
ture of the tree, the one to which it
owes its name, is the fruit. It is
beautiful and hangs from the tree
in peculiar manner Orange on
the outside and deep crimson with
in, each fruit has the appearance of
having had a piece bitten out Of it.
This fact, together with its poison
Gus quality, says the Liverpool Post,
led the Mohammedans to represent
it as the forbidden fruit Of the gar
den of Eden and to warn msa
against its noxious properties. u
Morris tribune., 1903-10-31
Hunters Hot Springs.

It is not necessary for residents OF
the Northwest to go to the South and
East for hot water pleasure and cura-
tive baths.
Near Springdale, Mont, on the
Northern Pacific, are Hunters Hot
Springs, TEN perature l48 degrees to
l68 degrees Fahr., flowing 1000 gal
Ions per minute, 1000 feet above the
sea, in the foothills of the Crazy
mountains, overlooking the Yellow
stone river and valley. Good hotels,
cottages, bath houses, swimming pool.
Rates $3.50 per day ;$15 per week, in
Guiding baths.
Baths are good for all rheumatic,
okin, liver, kidney and stomach dis
eases. Appointments comfortable
and satisfactory. Railway rates low.
The region is natural sanitorium.
Fol- information write j E. M 3Cor-
mick, Hunters Hot Springs, Mont
or Chas. S. Fee, G.P g. TIA, Northern
Pacific R'y., St. Paul Mimi.
Morris tribune., 1903-10-31

the occasion VI v1slJ TO d Ir1end.
It had been an extremely hot day,
and when / went to bed at night the
heat seemed almost insupportable.
It seemed to me that if / should
open the door from my room into
the hall it would make little cir
culation and make the air more
comfortable, and felt safe in doing
this because am an early riser, and
I knew / could get the door shut
before anybody was stirring in the
morning. So opened the door,
with the pleasant result that I had
anticipated, and when | went to
close it in the morning I found that
/ had opened not the door into the
hall, but the door into a closet"
Morris tribune., 1903-10-31
Notice of Expiration of Redemption

lNOIANC VI EApAA alum VI NSNSAAAPNAVne
Office of the County Auditor, County of
Stevens. State of Minnesota.
To Dennis Tracy sometimes spelled
You are hereby notified that the follow
ing described pieces or parcels of land,
situate in the county of Stevens and state
of Minnesota, and known and described
as follows, to-wit: Lots four and five q
and 81 in block twenty-five (block 22l in
the Village of Donnelly. Stevens county
that or the 7th day of May. A. d. 1900 at
the sale of forfeited land pursuant to the
real estate tax judgment, duly given and
made in and by the district court in and
for the said county of Stevens on the 21st
of March, A. d. 1900 in proceedings to en-
force the payment of taxes delirquent
1885, $780, 1891, 1892, 1898, 1894 and 1895 for the
said County of Stevens the above describ-
ed pieces and parcels of land J. was va sold for
and the amount required to redeem
said pieces or parcels of land from
said sale, exclusive of the cost TO
Fifteen ana IS. 100 Dollars and interest at
the rate of IL per cent per annnn1 from
said 7th day of Maya. D: 1900 to the day
suGh IS ds maze hae ana tt {4 e
me by the holder thereof. and the time for
redemption of said pieces or parcels of
land from said sale will expire a7s sixty (6oe
proof thereof has been filed in my office.
Witness my hand and official seal this
18th day of October A. D. 1903.
GEORGE H. MUNRO,
County Auditor Stevens County. Mimi,
! COUNTY AUDITOR by F. E. Ware,
! SEAL. Deputy.
State of Minnesota, County of Stevens, IS.
I, John r. De1ahunt, sheriff of Stevens
county, do hereby certify, that after dill
gent search I have been unable to find
the within named Dennis Tracy Tor Ira
cey) within my county; and that on the
18th day of October, 1903. l served the
within notice upon Kelley Hills who
was then in the actual possession of the
land in said notice described by George
III. Munro, Co Auditor.
Dated October 18th, 1903 80
JOHN r. DELAHUNT, >
Sheriff of Stevens County.
Morris tribune., 1903-10-31

A venerable professor Of a noted
medical college was addressing the
graduating class.
tFGentlemen," he said, "you are
going out into the world of action.
You will likely follow in some de-
gree the example of those who have
preceded you. Among other things
you may marry. Let me entreat you
to be kind to your wives, Be pa
tient with them. Do not fret under
petty domestic trials. When one
Of you asks your wife to go driving
do not worry if she is not ready at
the appointed time. Have a trea-
tise on your speciality always with
you. Read it while you wait, and !
assure you, gentlemen, = and the pro-
fessor's kindly smile seemed to show
a trace Of irony, you will be as.
tonished at the vast amount of in
formation you will acquire in this
way"
Morris tribune., 1903-10-31
Oct, 17-Nov. 81.
rlortgage Foreclosure Sale.

DEFAULT HAVING BEEN MADE IN
the payment OF the sum of Five Hundred
Eighty two and 92.100 ($5829N Dollars,
which is claimed to be due and is due at
the date of this notice upon certain
Mortgage, duly executed and delivered by
Nils Sannes and Mari N. Sannes. his
wife Mortagors, to Citizens Bank of
bearing date the 18th day of February 1902
and with power of sale therein contained
duly recorded in the office of the Register
of Deeds in and for the County of Stevens
and State Of MINNESOTA. on the goth day of
February 1902. at II o'clock A. NJ, in Book
ID of Mortgages, on Page 249; and no ac-
ed. at law or otherwise, to recover the
debt secured by said Mortgage. or any
part thereof.
That by, virtue. Of the power Of sale
contained in said Mortgage, and pursuant
to the statute in such case made and
provided, the said, Mortgage will be fore;
closed by sale of the premises described
IN and conveyed by said Mortgage, viz;
The South East Quarters of Section
number Thirtythree (39 in Township
Range number Forty three (43) West of
9Th P. NJ. in Stevens County and State of
Minnesota, with the. hereditaments and
by the Sheriff of said Stevens County at
the trout door of the Court House,
in the village of Morris in said
q G9uBte aBd sta5e Of the o th day
NJ. of that day, at public vendue,
to the highest bidder for cash, to pay said
debt of Five hundred Eighty-two and so.
100 Dollars, and interest, ard the taxes, if
any, on said premises, and Twenty five
Dollars. Attorneys fees, as stipulated in
aHd by said Mortgage in case Of forec1os-
I1re. and the disbursements allowed by
lay; subject to redemption at any time
within one year from the day of sale, as
Dated October 18th. A, ID, 1903.
CITIZENS BANK OF lASIQRRIS. MINI.
SMITH 4 RPrsE Nortgagee
Attorneys for Mortgage.
Morris tribune., 1903-10-31
WELL IN LONDON TOWER.
Disclosure Of a Secret Which BaffIed
the Antiquary.

Disclosure Of Secret Which BaffIeo
the Antiquary.
For ages antiquary after anti
quarry found himself baf1ed by a
simple problem at the Tower. How
in the old days did the garrison get
a supply of drinking water? The
antiquary could show you the orig
inal fireplace at which William the
Conqueror warmed his hands, could
point approximately to the spot on
which the murdered princes fell, he
could lead you to the place where
Henry Wills queens we're butchered
and to the tombstone that collapsed
upon their poor bones, he knew the
tiny dungeon in which Sir Walter
Raleigh spent twelve dreadful years
hidden from the light and could
have led you in a twinkling to the
stone dog kennel where still re-
mains the ring to which they chain
ed Guy Fawkes, but how these un-
fortunates and their janitors drank
none could tell. The Thames hard by
was not the source, they were sure.
Organized search was vain. Then
there came thick headed, unim-
aginative mason, to whom and his
fellows the work Of converting GER
tain of the historic dungeons into
storehouses for war material meant
ninepence halfpenny an hour and
no more.
His pick struck through the floor
ing of the corridor from which the
prisoners used to enter their cells.
Behind these latter and correspond
ing with the main one ran and still
remains the little secret corridor
along which eavesdropping officers
tiptoed to listen to conversations
between captives, for the purposes
of evidence. A few blows from the
pick brought to light the mouth Of
. pit. Sixty feet down was water,
thirty feet of it. The mason had
happened upon the historic well for
which search had been made in vain
for centuries. 1t was as perfect as
on the day the Conqueror sank it.
Today it still carries its thirty feet
of sweet spring water, and should
ever the Tower be beleaguered its
garrison would still be Independent
of outside supply. We have our
holy wells. of medicinal waters. If
this historic old shaft which the
mason brought to light were distant
10000 miles Londoners would make
pilgrimages to drink its waters st.
James Gazette.