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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-03

French winters, rule, are not severe,
but it makes no difference. Furs are a
fashionable necessity and they must be
bought.
Some very pretty and interesting effects
are obtained by combinations of fur. One
extremely telling coat was made up In
stripes of skunk, chinchlla and sealskin.
1t was quite the oldest thing l have seen.
Muffs are large and promise to assume still
greater proportions. Loose coats and jack
cts are trimmed with furs in marked con-
trast with the color of the cloth and lined
with brocade Moleskin Is such a pretty
fur that it is pleasure to recommend it to
every woman who can afford anything ex-
pensive. 1t takes such glorious lights and
shades and is treated so wonderfully that
it really has a claim to be fur Of fashion.
Personally 1 think in short furs it is the
next best thing to sealskin. The most ex-
elusive little moleskin coats are cut with
basques. tight at the back and pouched in
front The waistband is generally of white
or Iight-colored embroidery and sometimes
of stitched taffeta. l do not like moleskin
unless the skirt worn with the coat be Of
some fabric corresponding in tone.
Beautiful pelerines and stoles are made Of
needs no dyeing. great feature in its
favor is that 1t is inexpensive and at the
same time mighty becoming, especially
when made up in the new pelerines fitted
with long stoles in front and accompanied
by a granny muff to match. The man.
ner Of making muffs this year Is perfectly
charming. They are soft and f1oppy, en-
tirely without stiffening and exquisitely
lined.
Nowadays the manufacturers seem able
to obtain every variety of shade. Curious
in its wishy -washy tone is the new cham
payne color. 1t certainly has advantages
for the multitude will never take up any
thing so light and delicate. This Is color
which looks absolutely lovely when worn
with sable or other dark fur 1t Is the
approved shade for reception frocks and
millinery. l prefer it for day wear, as 1t
is apt to take a yellowish tone at night
Still, it is attractive and distinctive and
perhaps, after ALL there is more warmth
in it than in gray, which is being taken
into favor. Light colors are a fashion fad
the Partisan woman may well adopt in this
beautifully clean French city but there
are others not afflicted with cleanliness
Indeed, the ambassador to France from the
United States, when he came back from
New York, announced the fact that he left
the metropolis a city and returned to find
1t mining camp. Excavating for that
remarkable tunnel, 1 suppose, has caused
the upheaval.
In Three-Quarter Length.
To speak once more of fur, tall, grace
full woman looks well in three-quarter
fitting coat made in seal or Persian lamb.
Some of these coats have revers and col
lars of embroidered white kid. Fur plays
a prominent part on a charming white
cloth gown worn by one of the celebrated
actresses at the Coincide. 1t Is an ac-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-03
Loose Wraps.

The wraps of today do their duty WELL
They are warm and can be slipped on and
of without any trouble whatever. There
Is no fear Of the undersleeve being spoiled,
nor does it take two or three people to
help us into the garment we wish to put
on, and for this we may thank the Japan
csc. for it is the kimono that has inspired
these loose, comfortable garments. They
are worn alike for evening and morning,
often bordered with beautiful embroidery
They are becoming to the shoulders and
confine the figure nowhere Tweed is the
fabric favored for good. hard-wearing
wraps; cloth, satin and shaggy vicuna are
for town wear. There are always embroid-
cry somewhere and dropping ends of some
sort.
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Mountain Sickness.
From the London Taller.


No doctor has ever yet accounted for the
cause of mountain sickness, az malady in
finitely more distressing and more lasting
in it's effects than sea sickness. 1t is only
in comparatively very high attitudes that
mountain sickness attacks the climber. The
premonitory symptoms are an uncontroll-
able attack Of nervousness. Though the
mountaineer may be in a place that is abb
solutely safe, he feels when attacked by
this sickness that his last hour has come.
AS rule, he lies fat down and shouts for
help. Then he gets violently sick. and
usually weeps During the making of the
railway to Jungfrau several medical men
made various experiments to ascertain the
actual cause of this mount ain sickness,
but without much result. Like sick
ness, it seems to attack all sorts and condi-
lions of people, and those who do not suffer
from it are curiously enough often the most
nervous.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-03
A Dainty Luncheon.
"a Od11Iy dUuCuCU0'
Veal de Rheims.
Dreamed Chicken and Eggs.
Casserole of Beef.
Royal Pudding.
Ginger Cream.
Ham Salad.


Ginger Cream.
Ham Salad.
Veal de Rheims.-Take two pounds Of
a good cut of neck of veal, cut it in cut
Add two or three carrots and an onion (cut
in slices), a couple of slices of streaky
bacon and seasonings Of pepper, salt and
spices. Let all fry slightly together in
little butter. dredge thickly with flour and
stir together. Pour over one pint of stock
or cold water and cook very gently for
two hours over a slow fire; then take up
the veal and put it on hot dish. Skim
the gravy, stir 1t till it boils and mash the
vegetables. Season to taste and color if
necessary. Press through a sieve over the
meat. Garnish with slices of lemon and
serve.
Casserole of Beef-Dissolve two ounces
of butter, slice five or six onions and cook
till brown. Rinse out casserole with hot
water, put in the onions, cut up two
pounds of beefsteak into convenient pieces
for serving and just scar in a hot frying
PAN Put the beef on the onions in the
casserole, with sprig of parsley, salt and
pepper and just enough water to cover the
onions. Cover and cook very slowly for
two hours Skim off all fat, add some
sliced parboiled potatoes, more seasonings
to taste and serve in the casserole.
Royal Pudding.-Over three ounces of
breadcrumbs pour half a pint of very hot
milk; cover till cold; add two ounces of
powdered sugar, one ounce of crushed al
monds, dessertspoonful Of brandy a few
drops of vanilla essence and two yolks Of
eggs beaten till white. Butter and orna-
ment a mold with citron, glace cherries,
etc. Pour in the mixture and steam for an
hour. Turn out and serve with a nice
wine sauce.
Ginger Cream-Beat up two eggs Add
one gill Of milk. Strain these into a Jug
Place the jug in a pan Of boiling water
and cook gently till the custard thickens,
but does not boil. Stir all the time Then
let it get cold. Next mix in one and a
half ounces of sugar, two and half ounces
of preserved ginger cut in small dice and
half a gill of ginger strip. Put three
quarters of an ounce of leaf gelatin into
a saucepan with three tablespoonful of hot
water. Stir over a gentle heat till the
gelatin Is quite melted. Carefully whip
half pint of thick cream, then add it to
the custard. When the gelatin is cool
enough, strain it into the cream and mix
well. Then pour all into a decorated mold.
Leave till set.
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the pursuits Of vanity as do French women
would be looked upon as a proper charge
for a lunatic asylum. I actually saw a
French woman at funeral one day take
from her pocket her invarable complexion
outfit-powder, paint and small mirror
and while the funeral services were pro-
ceeding calmly elevate the mirror and touch
up the spots which, grief had made on her
complexion. They. do this in cafes as reg
ularly as they eat1 and have seen them
go through he same performance. The
men with them apparently take 1t as mat
ter Of courseAaquite naturally. inasmuch as
the men, not alone fashionables but those
of the working class also, carry pocket
mirrors always, and when in doubt as to
the proper state ofttheir impossible whisk-
ers whip out the mirror. whether walking
along the street or where not, and proceed
to pretty up to the French Idea of human
Byron would never have survived one at
ternoon tea at Colonbins. I thought had
seen the fuHs horror of womens eating
realized in the zest Boston women display
for food in public places. But nothing on
earth am sure can match the gusto with
which French women, young and old, the
prettiest and the paintiest, consume cakes.
Nowhere else on earth are made such
jammy small cakes as are the thing in
Paris. Counters and tables at Colombins s,
as at any patisserie, are piled high with
these soft, sweet, sticky concoctions On
entering, one seizes a plate and a spoon
and from the vast selection chooses one,
two, three, four-half a dozen-then, with
her plate piled high, the Frenchwoman sits
down and falls to-. She will calmly con-
sumo the six while her tes. is being made
and then she eats six more between sips of
her tea. I might venture one piece of cold
mince pie and a small piece of cheese for
breakfast or on going to bed-in the privacy
of home, once day that Island still dare
to think of living to look future generations
in the face, but If l. were to eat the number
and sizes of jammy cakes that French
women habitually do-welI, it is not strange
that their sons drink absinthe and go In
for revolutions and bloody terrors and all
that sort of thing.
The Frou-Frou Of Skirts.
The Palais de Glace on the Chaps Ely
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Consistent.

Briggs-'T hear you are living like a
prince"
Griggs-'That's right. old man. I'm
broke most OF the time"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-11-26
An Irish C0urtShip.

"Will ye marry me, Nora dar-
lint?''
The words were addressed to
pretty Nora Dryer, by Barney
Monahan. Everybody admitted
that Nora was as pretty an Irish
colleen as one could wish to see,
and tho she was only a domestic
in a mansion on millionaires' row,
it did not detract a particle from
her good looks. Admirers she had
BY the score, worthy young fellows
every one of them, and tho each
one was willing to lay his fortune
at her feet for the honor of calling
her wife, she gently but firmly re-
fused the honor.
Barney and Nora had been keep
ing company for some time, and
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-11-26

the blarney stone, and the fairies
of Barney Castle had gifted him
with an eloquence that was at
times both charming and irresist-
able. els it laughing at me, ye
are?"
ooh no, Barney dear, I'm not
laughing at you"
Faith then it's meself, Nora
darlint, that cud ride in me own
goold car, on me own private rail-
road if [ had the mind. AS [ was
after saying, Nora me jew'l, if
yell only say the worrud, I'll start
me preparations to build the foin-
est cashel ye liver seen, with every
floor lined with goold and precious
stones, and the devil bit of wor-
ruk will ye have to do fer the rest
of yer life. Faith. it's queen yell
be with yer silks and satins, and
yer diamonds and rubies galore;
sure it's yerself will be the lovli-
est"
But here Morals laughter got en-
tirely beyond her control, and Bar
ney was obliged to 60 to her as
sistance, and through some acct
dent or other, his arm slipped
around her waist, but whether she
said the "worrud," or not, I'll
leave you to guess. 560s.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-11-26
II Great Sunday magazine.

Not only is the news of the
whole world covered with unexam-
pied fullness in the Sunday issues
of the Chicago Record Herald, but
every edition embraces also an ex-
ceedingly choice assortment of
illustrated special articles ranking
with the highest products of our
best magazines. Such well-known
and popular writers as William e.
Curtis and Walter Wellman and
Frank G.. Carpenter are regular
contributors to the Chicago Sun
day Record Herald. There are
many special articles in each issue
of particular interest to women,
including the latest fashions,
household economy, art, music and
the drama, etc. There is a beau
tifully illustrated special sporting
section, which not only covers all
the news of the sporting world
with thoroughness that satisfies
to the utmost, but includes also
entertaining departments by such
sporting experts as Tim Murnane,
who writes of baseball matters;
Malachy Hogan, noted for his
'Talks on Pugilism, and j. l.
Hervey, who conducts the depart
ment of "harness horses" The
comic section and other enter
tanning departments round out
this mammoth Sunday magazine
to the entire satisfaction of it
readers. -Adv.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-11-26

tho he was her favorite, Nora was
too sensible a girl to hitch herself
for life to him, for at the time OF
which I write, Barney would make
anything else on earth but mod
ell husband. Barney was young
fellow of good appearance and
with brogue as thick as London
fog; he was a jovial whole-souled
fellow, fond OF good time, and
like the world in general he meant
to have it, without regard to the
cost.
Barney's home drive was scien-
tifcally side-stepped by Morals:
"Will I what?" "Will ye marry
me?" says Barney. "'Will l jine
the ar-rmy?' says you; not if l know
itp'
"Ah! thin darlint give me ray
son why ye won't have me, and if
it's q sensible one I'll try and
abide by it,
"My reason is a simple one, and
is this: I think it is bad enough
for q girl to have to work out, but
for a married woman to do other
work than is to be found in her
own house I think a shame, and
Barney, dear, considering your
ability to spend money, if I mar
ried you I'd be as bad, ifnot worse
off than I am now"
Right ye are me jew'l! Devil
a bit do I blame ye fer holding
such views. But, Nora avick, I'm
after asking yer pardon fer having
deceived ye. Sure I'm not what
I represented meself to be at all, at
all. Sure if the girruls knew the
money I had they'd niver rest,
night or day, till they had hooked
me; faith the rayson I left ould
Ireland was because the girruls
were falling all over themselves to
get at me; sure that's the rayson
I'm running about in working
minis clothes, fer fear the girruls
will get wise to the fact that I'm
a moneyed mon; if they liver do
God help me fer I'll niver know
what rist names. Whispers now!
An ould uncle died some time ago
and lift me an eshtate worruth
millions, and tho fer the presint,
that is I name after the honey
moon, we'll have to put up with
the Waldorf Ashtoria till 1 kin
form me plans as to what koind of
a mansion TIL build on the avenoo,
still it will be only fer short
But here Barney's fertile magma
ton was interrupted by merry
peal of laughter, and a, "Ah, Bar
ney ye rogue, tits you that has the
smooth tongue. G'wan wild ye
now, and don't be tazeing the life
out of a poor girl wild yer barney
For Barney, like the rest of his il
lustrious countrymen, had some
time or other come in contact with
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-11-26

that q generation ago they found
their country prairie and wood and
they made it the granary and or
chard Of the world.
This holiday is certainly cele-
brated at an appropriate time. Ma
ture is now dofing her summer
robes for garments of more sober
and somber hue; the cerulean sky
is now assuming leaden grey !;
winds begin to chant the requiem
of picnic pleasures and as they sigh
through the leafess branches they
seem like the funeral march of a
summers burial. Nature changes
her note to minor key and seems
10 weep Der departed joys, and as
man seems inclined to follow her
footsteps, is it not wise to infuse
into our serious, sorrowful moods
tho wine of our thankful musings :?
And as one is apt to be affected by
those characters or qualities one
thinks and meditates upon, which
act and react upon ones mental,
moral and physical natures, so the
concentrating Of Thanksgiving
Day will have comforting, heart
cheering effect-an ennobling and
uplifting one, enabling us to see
and acknowledge the golden lining
to our past dark clouds, both ma
tional and personal, thereby i'm
planting in each heart thankful
ness to Him, who in the darkest
hour of the nations life gave us
a pillar of fire to lead us out of our
dangers, sorrows and perplexities.
Then it will kindle in our hearts
humble trust in Him and a prayer
to Him, to be yet in the future
both of ourselves and nation the
beacon on our stormy sea, to guide
us safe to eternity.
Methinks one hears a pessimis-
tic voice within these walls ex-
claim: "What is all this to me?
What have I to be thankful for?''
Again one says, much, verify much.
Chiefly that such days are SO COM
memorated, for to the spirit that
instituted such days, we here owe
q debt of gratitude that beggars
one. That spirit has done more
to humanize and to eradicate the
inhumanities and cruelties of such
institutions of bygone years than
all other factors together, and to
that spirit one here is indebted for
nearly all the startling contrasts of
ourselves and those in other lands
similarly situated where the spirit
is absent. That national sympathy
for us which is embodied in so
many different ways, those fire.
quent examples we have of justice
clothing herself in the mantle of
mercy, the many channels by
which love pours in here of her
wine and oil,-all, all are the out
come of the spirit of this and past
Thanksgiving Days.
Is it not also q cause OF thank
fulness that we have q chance of
rising from our dead past to a
truer, nobler and happier
life? That each day here is but a
preparing and fitting of ourselves
for the future beyond? And this
Thanksgiving, carrying us back in
mind to the first, we remember
how that day of mourning. fasting
and sorrow, the darkest hour of
young Americas history, became
through Gods merciful providence,
it's brightest. So to us, our night
of weeping may become our morn
ing of Joy and rejoicing, and the
sorrow and gloom of the present
may be the gateway to new life
of honor, peace and prosperity.
S. D.
In Tnich nnurtchin
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-11-26
First, for the

| oWOI LII OC, 90. 11oV3 LII oAO
great prosperity of the nation as a
nation. Well may America be
both thankful and proud in either
a retrospective or prospective
glance. 1903! Since then what
mighty strides with her CONNER
cial and national seven leagued
boots she has made! Would it not
have tasked the skill of one of the
prophetic seers of old to have prog
nosticated a century ago sucil "a
wonderful, glorious, eventful pc
Rod in the nations history? 1903!
A young, struggling republic, liv-
ing one may say from hand to
mouth; banking account small,
credit ditto; standing alone in the
world, and the gulf which their
principles and doctrines had made
which separated and insulated them
from the sympathy and help of
any other nation, seemingly i'm
possible. 1908. What a marvel
GUS change! AS if some mighty
magician had waved his wand.
Now no nation be she ever so
great but deems it an honor to do
America some favor. Today some
of her citizens own nearly as much
as the wealth of combined Europe
1OOyears ago. Then her commerce!
Go where you will, Siberia or Pat
agonia, Nova Zembla or Van Die
man s Land, American goods and
manufactures stare us in the face.
Dost thou we'll to be thankful?
Yea, verify, answer a thousand cit
les from ocean to ocean, on whose
brow is written in letters of gold,
prosperity" and whose marble
buildings and palatial homes re-
echo the cry. Verify, yea, verify, is
repeated in thunderous reverbera-
tons from ponderous hammers and
cyclopean machinery; or isshrieked
forth in the whirling sound of a
million looms as they produce to
the gaze of an astonishing world
those fairy-like fabrics. Verify,
yea, verify, reiterates in shrill treb-
le tones the iron road, as it speeds
onward it's myriads of travellers
and tons of merchandise from East,
West, North and South. Verify, |
yea, verify, is the answer signaled
from the pieces of gay bunting
floating in the air from thousands
of masts flying the stars and stripes
in every port and harbor of civil
cation. Verify, yea, verify, is re-
echoed by numberless youthful
voices from schools and colleges as |
in their youthful enthusiasm they
add their testimony to the truth 80
potent to all. Thankful are they
for such glorious institutions, for
the training and equipment pro-
vided for them to fight the battle
of life. And we'll may Americas
browning glory-her educational
institutions-lift up their hearts
and voices in praise and thankful
ness.
Yes, whatever cause there may
be for regrets, for mistakes made,
follies committed, crimes perpe-
trated, opportunities neglected;
there is after all-yes, and above
all-Inuch to be thankful for.
Is it not subject for thankful
ness that America is country in
which there is a larger degree
of liberty than anywhere else on
the face of the globe? 1.-THE Amer
lean only exercises prudence, per-
severance, straightforwardness and
manliness, there awaits him a life
Of satisfying comforts and happi-
ness, and tho he may not be a
Rockefeller, he may sit under his
own vine and fig tree, and none to
say him nay. Today the Ameri-
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-11-26
C,:
QY..e3o

>G tent influence, and q
GX1 powerful factor m
shaping and mould
ing national thoughts, character
and action is Thanksgiving Day.
First of all, it reminds Ameri-
cans, young and old, that their
Puritan forefathers freely sacri-
feed home, friends, wealth, COM
fort and happiness on the altar OF
liberty and justice; liberty OF
speech, liberty of worship, liberty
of citizenship, and justice both in
its administrative and executive
capacity. Venturing across near
ly an unknown sea, they laid the
foundation of this mighty repub-
lie, placing as the foundation stone
justice, liberty and righteousness,
and in many instances baptised
that foundation with their life's
blood.
To keep this fact ever fresh in
the memory of each succeeding
generation is an act of wisdom on
the part of the government, for
nothing will tend more to foster
the cultivation and growth of the
noble spirit and qualities possessed
by their ancestors than for men to
he constantly in such manner re-
minded of them. Such an ami
'versary celebrated in the manner
it is, leads the young to estimate
the sterling qualities that animated
the founders of this nation, and
will tend to kindle within their
own hearts desire and longing to
emulate them in their patriotism.
The more we behold goodness and
greatness, the more likely we are
to assimilate it, and as the biog-
araphies of great men have mould
ed and shaped other minds, 50
these anniversary days have a
tendency to instill true patriotism
hinto the minds of all. There is no
lone quality which is more in need
of cultivation than that embodied
in Lincoln's words, "With malice
toward none, charity for all. With
tfirmness in the right as God gives
,us to see the right; to strive to do
all that may achieve and cherish q
just and lasting peace among our
,selves and with all nations"
If Thanksgiving Day in any de-
sgree tends to inculcate such prin-
sciples and sentiments in young
America, it will be worth celebrat-
ing, and will be a powerful factor
in solving some of the hardest and
most perplexing problems that
confront America.
Thanksgiving Day reminds us
with no uncertain, unhesitating
voice that be we never so skillful,
talented, perseverant, determined
to succeed, it is to God alone we
owe the success of our toll and la
Dor; and in these days of agnosti-
cism and scepticism it is we'll to
be reminded that tho Man is
mighty he is not Almighty-while
he may through his inventive gen.
Jus and skill, his arduous toll, and
untiring perseverance accomplish
much, yet it is from the great 81
Am" alone cometh the fruition of
all our toll and thought, and that
we owe all our gifts and blessings,
our successes and achievements to
His goodness and loving kindness.
Even the sages of old taught this
great truth, for they sacrificed to
"Ceres" and "Pomona," by that act
acknowledging their dependence
on the gods.
One of the prophets of old was
asked, "Dost thou we'll to be an
gry?' Changing the last word to
thankful" is it not fitting and
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-11-26

HE most precious leg
acies, the most price
less heritage left by
our forefathers are
Com me ton
Days." and of these
not the least as a po-
tent influence, and a
powerful factor IN
shaping and mould