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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-04
The WcII-DreSScd Women
Of Today finds Lace as
an accessory 10 Her
Gowns Highly Essential,
Narrower FIOunCcS Than
Formerly Arc Also Worn.
In FIdndRcrChicfS There
Are Charming Designs.
" THEN her voice IS gentle and
NM her manner is kind. when her
hair IS glossy and her gloves

X THEN her voice IS gentle and
NV her manner is kind. when her
hair is glossy and her gloves
fit when her veil is fresh
and her skirts hang wen, she is the lady
fair who likes real Iaces.
The woman who diselaims a knowledge
or taste for real Iaces does herself the
greatest injustice, for a love of lace is
so essentially feminine that one hest
tates to consider what may be the mat
ter with the woman who does not possess
it. She should cultivate a taste for the
finest meshes of the real thing if she dis
covers she is ignorant.
In oIden time no Iady's wardrobe was
considered complete If she did not have
her box of real lace, which she showed
with as much pride as the casket con-
tanning her Jewels. and the choicest gift
which grandmother bequeathed to her
favorite granddaughter was her lace
aounce or bertha. or handkerchief.
When Imitation Laces Came In
Then came the imitation laces in their
gaudy patterns and those deceptiveIy
fine, such Iaces that grandmother her
self was deceived. for the time, and the
real Iaces we're momentariIy confined in
sachet boxes, only taken out for we'd
dings or for decidedly matron gowns But
the revival has come. and even on the
gown of the bIushing debutante not out
of her teens medaIIions Of rose point or,
point applique are applied, She prizes
most in her trousseau the gown, finished
with the bertha Of ducbesse or rose,
and even boasts that OF her smartest
gown she has a aounce of priceless lace
the finest her mother could find
The lace fans. for some time laid aside.
as we're the lace shawl and scarf, are be
ing taken from cedar lined chests and
carried With haunting grace.
Narrower FIounces Now.
Narrower nounces are shown for the
women not tall enough for the wider
ones. and there is yard after yard of the
medauions and sprays Of lace, manufac-
tursd to satisfy the fashion Of applying
real lace to net and chiffon The always
graceful bertha, adaptable to SO many
different ways Of trimming the dreasy
waist. is to be seen in various styles. one
especially attractive being of a fine quail
ity of duchesse with medaIlfons let in of
the rose point
Handkerehiefs Of thread cambria edges
and medaIlions Of real lace make charm
ing holiday gifts. while fans are accepta-
bic at all times. They are a little larger
IN size than those formerly carried, and
many Of them are in gauze or aDpIiqued
in lace and have mother of pearl handles
and sticks Others Of similar design have
a bunch Of hand painting to complete
their artistic effect. and all have a touch
OF lace somewhere about them
IVY
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-04

Do not forget to clean out the cistern
periodically. To do this, tie up the
ball valve to stick placed across the
top Of the cistern 10 prevent the water
running in; then empty the cistern,
scour it out thoroughly with diluted dis
infectant, and wipe out all impurities.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-04

It IS a mistake to iron fanneis. If
pulled out evenly while on the line. so
that they dry in good shape. and if.
when dry, they are folded and put in the
bottom OF the clothes basket and the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-04
EA should be kept In either a tin
or glass vessel, which has a lid,
1 as it is necessary to keep it
tightly covered up.

The best way 10 mend torn leaves of
books is to paste them with white tissue
paper. The print wiz show through it.
Coal dust mixed with salt and water,
and made into good-sized Jumps, viii be
found very useful TO bank up a fire for
the night.
Always keep cheese well covered In
d cheese dish. or it will become dry and
tasteIess. II the cheese is wrapped in
cloth moistcned with vinegar # will keep
beautifully moist and retain its flavor
longer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-04
them away.

To clean cream roller curtain blinds
take the curtains down, lay them across
the table and rub them well on each
side with a clean flannel dipped in cream
powdered starch, including the life. if
they be trimmed. Next roll up the cur
tains and leave them till next day. when
the starch should be rubbed of with a
clean piece OF flannel
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-04

Avoid filing kettles in the morning
with the first water that comes from the
faucet for It has been in a lead or iron
pipe all night, and Is, therefore, un-
wholesome. This caution is to be re-
membered whether the water is to be
boiled OF not.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-04

There are many objections to the use
of poisonous articles TO keep mice out
Of the house, and fresh hint may be
useful to those who are troubled with
these little pests. Mice have a great
antipathy TO the smell of peppermint,
and little oil Of peppermint placed
around their holes win successfully keep
them away.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-04

When making jam pour few drops of
salad oil into the preserving pan, then
with a piece of soft paper rub the oil
over the bottom. This VIII prevent the
Jana sticking to the pan II the stirring be
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-04
q d WRINKLES FOR THE KITCHEN D, D.

other clothes piled on them, they will
be smoothed enough to suit anybody but
a crank Hot irons take the life out
of flannel
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-04

not quite as consistent as It ought to be-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-04

The one illustrated in this
lace, with sleeves of chiffon.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-04

and with the figure s becoming
pier, the less beautiful also
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-14
THE LITERARY OUTLOOK.
Is "The Chameleon" Meant to Repre-
sent John D Rockefeller.

What looks like the beginning of a
literary controversy is contained in a
recent magazine article by Mr.. John
Burroughs on real and false natural
history The writer's who have gone
into the field of nature are legion, but
Mr. Burroughs takes up only a very
few of the most successful. judged from
the sales of their books To the sur
prise of many he has strong terms or
condemnation for the most successful
Of all. Mr. Thompson Seton. The veter-
an pOet of nature, whose Imagination
must be powerful, says that Mr.. Seton
has surpassed all the other writer's IN
IMAGINATIVE literature about animals
Mr.. Burroughs has studied life in the
woods and in the open for many years
and he is unable to discover the re-
markabl human intelligence which Mr..
Seton represents in his book Wild
Animals Which I Alone Have Known
is the revised title which Mr.. burroughs
applies to the best known book OF that
author
Mr.. Thompson Seton says IN capital
letters that his stories are true. writes
Mr.. Burroughs in the Atlantic Monthly,
land IL is this emphatic assertion that
makes the 1udiciOus grleVe, True as
romance, true in their artistic enectS,
true i'm their power to entertain the
young reader they certainly are, but
true as natural history they as certain
ly are not. Are we to believe that Mr..
Thompson Seton. in his few years OF
roaming In the west. has penetrated
farther into the secrets of animal lie
than all the observers who have gone
before him2 There are no stories OF
animal intelligence and cunning on rec
ord that I am aware Of. that match his.
Gilbert White. Charles st. John. Water
loo Wallace. Darwin, Jefferies, and
others in England-an expert students
and observers; Bates in South America,
Audubon roaming the whole country
Thoreau in New England, John Muir in
. 81 OF ftaffff7fes74a NJ ffE
wilds of Alaska have nothing to report
that comes within guashot of what APP
pear to be Mr. Thompson Seton's daily
/ experiences. Such dogs. wolves, foxes
known. it is safe Is saw. no other per-
son in the world has sVer known. Fact
and fiction are so deffly Blended in his
work that only a real woodsman can
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remuneration being free theater tickets.
one day 7 asked the editor. Mr., Howe
70 pay me for them. he said they were
not worth it. I then asked him why it
was that Puck, Truth ana Judge copied
them nearly every week. He said it was
because il was the Globe I was indig-
nent, and told him I would furnish him
no more of them. but would try and
sell them direct to the comic Weeklies
of the east He laughed and said
You'll never get into them; they're
too critical" This fired my ambition
and was determined to get into their
columns. ] singled cut Truth for my
first attack. I sent them q consecutive
contributions and received q consecu-
tive reflections. The 22d MS. I sent them
they accepted and illustrated. I viii new
er forget that poem. 1t was entitled
My Daughter Has a Wheel" I carried
COPY OF that issue Of Truth around
with me tn wore it out-and my
friends
After this. Truth was more kind. and
took my verses right along. I had the
same experience with Puck. Knocked at
their door for four years before they let
me in; after that they let me in quite
often.
Gradually the way grew less rough.
and L began to get acceptances from the
magazines and newspapers. So If ] have
succeeded, in even the smallest way,
must thank Ed Howe. editor Of the
Atchison Daily Globe; he really drove
me to it,
AS 1 travel most of the time. in my
insurance work, I have to write any
where and everywhere: on the trains, in
the hotels, and while driving and riding
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separate them. For instance. take his
story Of the fox.
Every hunter knows that the fox
when pursued by the hound, will often
resort to devices that look like cum
ming tricks to confuse and mislead the
dog How far these devices are the
result Of calculation we do not know,
but hunters generally look upon them
as such Thus a fox holly pursued
viii run through a Hock of sheep. This
dodge probably delays the hound a
little, but it does not often enable the
fox to shake him. Mr.. Thompson Seton
goes several better. and makes his fox
5ump upon the back Of a sheep and
ride several hundred yards OF course
no fox ever did that Again, the fox
will sometimes take to the railroad
track, and walk upon the rail, doubt
less VITA the vague notion of Guiding
his pursuels. Mr. Thompson Seton
makes his fox so very foxy that he de-
liberately lures the hounds upon the
long trestle where he knows they will
be just in time to meet and be killed
by passing train. as they are. The
presumption is that the fox had a
watch and a time table about his per-
SON But such are the ways of ro-
mancers. The incident of the mother
fox coming near the farmhouse at night
to rescue her young, and, finding him
held by a chain, digging a hole and
burying the chain, thinking she had
thus set him free, is very touching and
pretty, and might we'll be true. 1t
shows how limited the wit of the fox
really is. But, finding herself una bic
to hberate her offspring, that she should
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then bring him poison Is pushing the
romantic to the absurd. In all the ami
that have read the same liberties are
taken with facts. II his story of the
rabbit, Raggylug, he says: Those
who do not know the animals we'll may
think I have humanized them, but
those who have lived so near them as
to know something of their ways and
their minds viii not think So" This
is the old trick of the rCmancer; he
swears his tale IS true, because he
knows his reader wants this assurance;
it makes the thing taste better But
those who know the animals are just
the ones Mr.. Thompson Seton cannot
fool"
Mr. Burroughs is rather severe.
There are thousands Of admirers of Mr..
Seton who have not minded being de-
ceived. They were delighted with the
stories and they have had aroused
more interest in natural history and
sympathy for the animals of the wilds.
For the animal story books of Charles
G. D. Roberts and VIM. Davenport
Hubert. Mr.. Burroughs has the high
est praise
Mr.. Frank L. Mason, whose END Of
the Trail attracted so much attention
last year, is a coming western writer
His Blue Goose, just published seems
likely to eclipse his former success. II
is a story of mining camps in the
Rockies, a country in which the author
has made his home for years. Mr.. Ma
son is now in New York city hard at
work on a third western novel which
will be brought out next year.
The leading book of the season thus
/ far is 'L0vey Mary by Alice Caldwell
Hogan Rice It's publishers refuse to
give the figures of its sale. but 1t is I'M
/ derstood that considerably more than
I 100 600 copies have been sold The story
/ is continuation OF Mrs VICES OF the
/ Cabbage Patch" The nOtoriety which
4 has come to the section of Louisville in
which the scenes Of these stories are laid
has. it is said. led to a literary pilgrim
age to the place on the part of authors
anxious to discover more material Of the
same kind. 1t reminds one of the story
of the Turkish cobbler who went abroad
4 to seek his fortune. only to learn that a
! large fortune was buried in his own
back yard There are any number of
/ localities like the cabbage patch which
writer's might celebrate if they only did
the thing right. The life of a turnip
would be intensely interesting if proper
" told
A tempest in teapot was started the
other day by one of the New York
newspapers which came out with the
( glaring headline announcement that
! james Weber Linn's last novel was an
attack on John .. Rockefeller The
7 Chameleon, as the book is called, tells
of the mastery very wealthy man
obtained over a college by giving It
several millions of dollars. Now Mr..
Linn is a professor in Chicago univer-
sity. and, at once. an Imaginative re-
porter jumped to the conclusion that
the author was picturing Mr. Rockefel-
Ter in his story. AS matter of fact
there is no foundation for the neWspa-
per story, yet it is likely to
/ cause the author of the story some
trouble Mr.. Rockefeller is suspicious
particularly Just now that Miss TarbeI
is showing up his business life so mer-
/ cilessly in her great series Of articles
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in the country. In writing. [ always
write in a vein just opposite my mood;
when saddest, L write humorous things;
when happiest those that are pathetic
In my literary work. music IS great
inspiration, and almost every poem con-
tanning religious thought has been the
result of the hearing of some great
Oratorio.
love nature, and my chosen COM
rades are the grasses. the flowers. the
birds, the bees, the woods, the streams
together with children, of whom 1 am
particularly fond. I would rather play
with a crowd of children than sit on a
throne. I am a great student of child
life for therein do I find human nature
in all it's Innocence and simplicity To
look down into a chiId's nature-into its
very souls to me like looking into
shallow meadow brook. its surface 50
quiet and unruffied that you can see to
the very bottom. / learn much from
children. The influence of a sweet child
is immeasurable: to me it is a sermon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-14

''The Theory and Practice Of the English
Government" by Thomas Francis Moran.
PHI d.. professor of history and eco
Monies in Purdue university Published
by Longmaus. Green & Co. Price, $40.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-14

The Life Guards are two regiments OF
cavalry forming part of the British
household troops They are gallant sol
diers, and every loyal British heart IS
proud of them. Not only the Kings
household. but yours, ours, everybody's
should have its life guards. The need
of them is especially great when the
greatest foes of life, diseases find allies
in the very elements, as colds, influenza,
catarrh the grip and pneumonia do in
the stormy month Of March The best
way that we know of to guard against
these diseases is to strengthen the sys-
tenn with Hoods Sarsaparilla-the
greatest of all life guards. 1t removes
the conditions in which these diseases
make their most successful attack. gives
Vigor and tone to all the vital organs
and functions, and imparts a genial
warmth to the blood. Remember the
weaker the system the greater the ex-
posture to disease. Hoods Sarsaparilla
makes the system strong.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-14
NEW BOOK By KANsAN.
James Courtney Challa, Of Atchison,
and His Poetry.

James Courtney ChaIiss. whose In
dian Summer and Other Poems" is an
nounced for immediate publication by
AIR. Badger. was born at Atchison, KAN
February is, 1860. He went to the pub
lie school until he was Is years Of age,
when. possessed of desire to earn some
money, he took a position in the post
office He worked there three years,
saved his money, and at the age of is
went 20 Europe. where he spent five
months and his money. With a depleted
purse, he returned home and took po-
Fition in an Atchisou bank He then
went to Chicago. but didn't like it and
came back to Atchison and got a post
ton in another bank. where he remain
ed over 10 years. Then. feeling that
he had considerable experience. he went
90 small western town and started a
bank which he operated for seven years.
when his health became impaired. hqui-
dating the bank he went TO HiaWatha.
Kansas. as representative OF q DrOmin-
emit insurance comDanYs in which busi-
ness he is stn engaged. Speaking of his
work Mr.. Challiss says:
AS TO my literary Work-G it may be
Eocalled.-l cannot remember when was
not 'dabbins" at it, though / have only
been writing professionally for eight
years. ] made expenses from the start,
and have been making them ever since.
1Iy first work was writing paragraphs
for the Atchison Daily Globe, my only
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The third issue of the Booliovers'
Magazine is even an improvement on
the two previous numbers and this in
face of the fact that its plant in Phila-
delphia was destroyed by fire while The
plates were on the press. Such enter
prise deserves encouragement
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on the STANDARD oil, and ne may de-
sire Mr.. Inns dismissal from the fac
ulty Of the college which he has as
sisted 50 much.
story Of him which is claimed to be en-
tirely true The president of a small
college near Cleveland, O., approached
Mr.. Rockefeller not long ago. with the
request that he asst the struggling
seat of learning. It happened that this
particular college was named after its
original benefactor-
No replied Mr.. Rockefeller to the
appeal Il don't believe in perpetuating
the name Of a man in connection with
college. When / give money to an
institution of learning I prefer to give
it to one not named after any man, like
Yale or Harvard, for example"
Shades Of Eli and John, hover over
the oil fields.
Mr.. Sidney Lee. editor of the "Diction-
airy Of National Biography is visiting
New York or rather, he is here to deliv-
er a course of lectures in Columbia uni
versity Next month he viii travel
through the west on a lecture tour. His
last work, a life of Queen Victoria, has
received the highest praise OF King Ed
ward VII. Considering the fact that this
history relates many uncOmplimentary
things of the kings mother. his approval
of the book is all the more a proof of
its real value as a history of her reign.
Another English visitor here is Mr.. An
thony Hope Hawkins. Mr.. Hawkins is
on pleasure trip, only; he refuses to
take part in any dialogues for the pub
lies benefit
What are the best books for children?
Recently magazine tried to find out by
inviting a competition to be participated
in onlv BY children. The editor in one
issue awarded the prize to a. child who
sent in the following list:
alice in Wonderland" Lewis Carroll.
"A Child's Garden of Verses" Robert
Louis Stevenson.
The Birds Christmas Carol" Kate
Greek Heroes." Charles Kingsley.
Hans Brinker," Mary Mapes Dodge.
king of the Golden River" JOINT
Ruskin
.sThe Prince and the Pauper" Mark
Twain
Water Babies Charles Kingsley.
''The Wonder Book" Nathaniel Haw-
thorne.
The following issue printed then the
ten most popular books as indicated by
the replies of hundreds Of children who
Little Lord Fauntleroy." Frances
Alice in Wonderland" Lewis Carroll.
THE Wonder Book" Nathaniel Haw-
thorne
.'The Birds Christmas Carol" Kate
Douglas Wiggin.
wild Animals I Have Known
Ernest ThomDson-S Seton.
'Water-Babies, Charles Kingsley.
THE Jungle Books Rudyard Kiplirg.
''Black Beauty" Anna Sewen.
Nights With Uncle Remus.' Joel
Chandler Harris.
"A Child's Garden of Verses" Robert
HERBERT BREWSTER
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Each victory hail with shouts anew
Rah-rah. Hurrah for Midland!

The air of the song of Ottawa univer-
sity is an old German tune. Not a man
at the college knows what the name or
the tune is but that is not necessary.
The words were written by DR.. Franklin
Johnson. Of New Hampshire. while he
was president of the university. One of
the verses is as follows;
Sweet alma mater
AS thou hast cherished me,
So VIII I cherish thee,
NJ Ottawa.
Thanks chiefly for thy care,
To make all learning fair.
With light of Psalm and prayer,
Ny Ottawa.
Southwest Kansas College, at Win.
field. uses THE Star Spangled Banner
as the tune for the words written by
Walter Pellman Wharton, now a senior
at Baker University. One verse is as
follows:
o say, can you hear on the stfl air Of
That song. Of true hearts in harmony
blending2
Whose strains borne aloft with a watt Of
delight.
Now in accents sublime are toward
heaven ascending.
The song that you hear to our college is
Then s join in the chorus. and give US a
CHORUS.
Oh! then Roly-Boly, Roly-Boiy. Roly-
Boly-0i
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Danger Of Colds and Grip.

The greatest danger from colds and grin
is their resulting IN pneumonia If rea-
sOnabIe care IS used. however, and Cham
berlains Cough Remedy taken, all danger
viii be avoided Among the tens of thou
SANDS who have used this remedy for these
diseases We have vet to learn Of a single
case having resulted IN pneumonia which
shows conclusively that It IS a certain pro-
ventive of that dangerous disease. II viii
cure "A cold or attack of the grip in
less time than any other trea tment. It is
pleasant and safe to take For sale by all
druggists.
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Il owe my whole life to Burdock Blood
Bitters, Scrofulous sores covered my
body. seemed beyond cure. B. B, 3.
has made me a perfectly well woman"
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O Roly- Boly-O, Roly-Boly-O!
Bethany College. at Idndsborg. uses
the air Aud Lang Syne." Ore verse
of the song is as follows:
To Bethany o friends we'll sing,
A merry strain Wen sing.
With sport and cheer and sounds OF joy
Let hills and valleys ring.
CHORUS.
o Bethany, hurrahl hurrah!
Wen live to dare and do.
And to our college on the plains
Wen be forever true.