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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-31

black, rich background of which the soft
white and faint yellow tones of the err
mine, with it's piquant touch of black in
the little tails, shows up with such good
effect, but she likewise uses II In those
fetching little four-ln hand cravats. In the
long scarfs and In the fashionable stoles.
A new idea Is to trim all Of the smaller
pieces of fur with lace and chiffon and
fringe, and the newest wrinkle Of them
all is to have ern1ine trimmed with a
long chenille fringe in black and white
For the automobile girl. she who goes
in enthusiastically for the sport of ''bub-
bling as the initiated express It,
it really would seem tho the most
striking and remarkable of the furry skins
were selected for this seasons use. There
Is civet cat, which has bright yellow mark
ings on a dark brown ground, and there
Is leopard skin with It's familiar and pro-
verbal spots, and there Is the new monkey
coat with It's fringe-like hair, and II the
girl desires to show that she is right up to
the last minute in style she will have q
gorgeous tiger rug across her knees when
speeding along the city streets or the
country roads in her varicolored machine.
For every day wear upon the promenade,
for shopping and for visiting there are
exquisite coats of the different kinds of
Persian lamb. This title will include the
baby lamb and the breitschwanz already
referred to, and with broad erm1ne or
chinchilla collar and revers, these being
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UET; about this time every feminine
! member Of society-no matter what
her creed. purse or social station
may be-has furs on the brain, If
.se>t not already In her wardrobe. And
such furs! It really would seem as. tho
every pelt in the category were repre-
scented in this seasons fur; fashions. OF
course, TO take up the novelties first, there
is moleskin. This is so old fur that
It Is practically new to the girl who is
now studying fashions and her own pos
sibilities therein, but it is just the same
moleskin that our ''granddaddies'
thought such a very swell and fashion
able material for waistcoats. - 1t was all
right for mems Waistcoats; they didn't re-
quire much material; but for Womans
coat it is quite another thing. Hundreds
of the little skins are needed to- make
one even medium sized garment.
T. And then there is ermine that exquisite
fur which, used to be the privilege and
prerogative of royalty, and royalty alone.
In clden times no mere subject was, per-
mitted to sport even the tiniest little bit
Of ermine, but nowadays our American
royalty-the fashionable girl-gets herself
up whole coats and wraps and opera
cloaks entirely fashioned from this beau-
tiful pelt. This season the really smart
girl uses ernnine not only as q trimming
fur upon her really exquisite coats and
wraps Of Persian lamb, breitschwanz,
baby lamb or MORE astralshan, upon the
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serves cause Mr.. Gates had SEN home half
dozen boxes Of peaches It he got cheap
an toll Mrs. Gates t he was goin to bring
company home to dinner. Pleasures don t
come single any more'n troubles, seems If.
Peaches you get at bargain haven't
good lastin' qualities an we had to put
the wash OFF an get out the preservin'
kettle. An while Mrs. Gates was peeltn'
peaches 'th one eye on the clock an the
other on the baby who was interested In
the make Of the stove, Mrs. Lamb came in
from mex door 'th her note book In her
han, an says she to Mrs. Gates, says she:
Tell me all you know bout the Magma
Charta, Mrs. Gates, she says. I've got
to go to the club at 10 an forgot to look
it up
1T was quarter to 10 then an Mrs.
Gates jes' tor her bout preservin'
peaches an of her company t she didn't
expec comm to dinner, an havin' to
put the wash by, till seems If she mus
have been late to the club. There's q
time an place for evrythin'. as toll
Mrs. Miles when she says It there wa sr,'t
'nough Improving conversation in mos
homes, an she was goin' TO give out
topics to her family to be talked over at
dinner. She didn't pay any 'ttention
when I toll her how thought 1T 'ud
work an wasn't a mite Surprised when
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WHAT HILDA LARSON SAYS
SHE RETURNS FROM EUROPE

party at IIansons. There's times t feel
like a man t Mrs. Gray was tellin' me
bout who came home from travelin' an
was so full Of what he'd seen It when he
foun' out t folks wouldn't listen to him
he hired a man at twenty-five cents an
hour to hear him talk an in four days the
man wanted his wages raised, tho he
didn't do anythin' but sleep while tho
traveller was talkin. II some folks were
paid a dollar a day for goin' after it they'd
fin fault cause the money wasn't d'livered
at the house, seems IT,
Folks alys show too much or too little
int'res' an OF Mrs. Lane came In the day
after I got home an united her bonnet
strings an sat down In the rockin' chair
an says she to me, says she: Tell me
all bout your trip says she. Mr.. Lanes
comm for me in ten minutes an I've jes
bout time to hear it all, says she, a. emil-
in as If she'd asted me to make a fruit
cake for her in four minutes.
1T made me think of the day when
was over at Gateses an we had to put
the washir' away, an make peach pre-
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Throwing Away thoughts"

Imagine. for moment, the mental
process of that charming woman who
listened so well to what you said. She
was not merely listening to your words.
She was thinking your own thoughts in
step with your own brain.
And when you paused, do you think
her ready question-so short, 80 apt
was thrown out idly, merely to fill a
gap?
Did you fail to notice how the cues
ton opened up nSw lines Of pleasing
thuughts-and bright talk?
Did you think that she had not seen
these new avenues even before the ques-
tion was asked? ...f 49, .5@
Remember now. as you think it over,
wher she asked a question, what help to
you that question was.
Wise. artful little listener!
You know, of course, that she had ideas
Of her own. quite pleasing to her as
yours And certainly you must know that
| they crowded. brilliant and tempting, thru
her brain as she followed your own
thoughts. "
But she put them aside, holding them
be of any help to you In what you were
saying. -
thousand little diamonds Of thought
she threw away while she listened to you
and only one or two she used ---
A Fine Unselfishnees.
That is why her questions were so apt.
For she hid the thought in her question
and a moment later you told it back to
her, little dreaming that it first was hers
There Is the great secret of "Good Lis
tening'-or, for that matter, of Good Con-
versation-the rejection of every thought,
no matter how brilliant or pleasing, that
has not real value in relation to the
thoughts that are being spoken to you at
the instant. , '-.~.'
1t Is a fine, high form Of unselfshness,
for we all love our Gown opinions and wish
to speak them. But the Good Listener
must be before everything else unselhsh.
And still for all the unselflshness
the Good Listener" succeeds-wins
friends, and social advance-while the
Hard Takers somehow do not win at all.
1t Is plain as day, If you will think of it.
To make it palmer. must repeat some of
the maxims of Social Success that have
written before.
--. The Moral.
III you would win friends and favor
whether you are man or woman, plain or
good to look at-you must strive to please,
not strive to be admired.
You please others when you help them
please themselves.
They are pleased by their own voice
and their own thoughts-and by your at
tention. .....- 49,.
You may please Good Listener by
talking. But good listeners are rare-so
far apart are they that they cannot help
you to social success. ~ -,s -.
You can please nearly. everybody by
listening well. And ''Everybody'' will help
you to social SUCCESS. &ss4. ~ r.,
Must point a moral after such pyra-
mid Of truth on truth? @
Be "A Good Listener" ~
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The "Pleasantsst Woman You Had Met
In a Long WhIle"--DId You Fathom
i the secret of Her Pleasing Personal
ity7
HEY na.t all 9a issn t tx thank that , tns
men and women. young and :, DID, d;
- who come to me, declaring their
stupidity and conhding their
ysarning for better manner In society.
And their talk must snap and sparkle.
80 they think. III their blindness. Per-
haps you think Of yourself In that same
way.
mind you Of the social meeting at which
you really have enjoyed yourself. There
must have been such a time-an evening
that left you in a glow Of pleasant self
confidence.
I am sure that you can remember, for
such times come to all Of us-even to
those of US who have the least ability in
voicedtgiv oidivcmfw cmfw cmfw cmfwyp
you over again-because there's a moral
In 1t.
That YVES tho evening when you found
yourself talking we'll.
Your thoughts ran straight and clear.
At every link Of thought, In a lightning
flash, you would view and gather all other
thoughts that could make that link Of
conversation brighter.
The sIiont Answer.
Do you remember what really charm
ing woman-or n1an-you were speaking
to? Do you remember that every time
you turned your eyes sto her. her eyes
looked back at you, absorbed in what you
were Baying7
Do you remember tho quick assent or
dissent. the surprise. or wonder. or ad-
miretion, or shock, that she expressed?
And do you remember how she expressed
them?
Sometimes In questions-but seldom
Sometimes IN a single quick word Often
CT in tiny monosyllab1es-thel little eJacu-
lations that, spoken at the right instant
and In the right tone, can tell such VOL
umes.
Oftsnest Of all she told them with her
eyes, her eyebrows, her head, her hands
And all this helped you to talk. You
felt her earnest attention like a kindly
stinulant, making your brain clearer
your thoughts moro briliant-your words
moro factle. You felt that it was not a
mere ons-sided conversation-her silent
answers were 30 quick and apt that you
never noticed that you wsro doing all tho
real talking.
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~ "But woman harpist Is
: ..c--L- mora noeffcai - Urged EMIL

/ Denone. ,..s -:
- "But woman harpist is
more poettcal," urged Emil
Oberhoffer. ecZ ..-g
The reason was a convincing one to a
woman and to a, harpfst and Miss Dellone
consented to play with the Minneapolis
Symphony orchestra and she will make her
appearance at the first concert when Nine.
Sembrich will be the soloist. Miss Dellone
has had three rehearsals with the or
chestra and many rnurrnurs OF satisfaction
have greeted her work. =.
She has only recently Joined the musical
colony In Minneapolis. She came from
Omaha for a VISIT and liked the city so
well that she decided to remain for few
months. Her arrival was well timed and
Mr. Oberhoffer soon appeared with re-
quest that she would play with the SYM
sphony orchestra. There are pianists, VIC
sIinists and vocalists by the score In Min
neapolis, but the harpfsts could be counted
on the fingers of one hand with digits to
spare. E5. g5f5&: +
Z Miss Dellone has promised to play at
one Of the coming out teas next week, and
after the symphony concert she will prob
ably be heard in recital. She has Joined
the faculty Of the Northwestern Con
servatory Of Music and the announcement
has reused much interest in the harp.
1t is not many years since the harp was
considered the instrument which best
showed a woman's grace and charm. and
the novels Of the period always depicted
their heroines In their white muslin
gowns, belted with blue ribbons, and with
a pink rose tucked In their classic ringlets
as leaning over harp. "She has fine
finger for the harp, was praise that
every young woman wished to hear. The
piano has proved a serious rival to the
more graceful harp. for the latter is a
more expensive instrument to buy and
keep In condition. One cannot be OBJ
tained for less than $500, and that sum
represents a very ordinary instrument.
Miss Dellone uses an Erard magnificent
harp, which she laughingly declares is
as much care as 9. baby.
Il have to watch that the room does
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MENUS FOR "a WEEK
From November Table Talk.
(By Special Permission.)
MONDAY. NOV. q.

From November Table Talk.
(By Special Permission.)
FL u. MONDAY. NOV. 2. &.
BREAKFAST.
Fruit.
e' sss ss't nsssss - Fs'.'s::
Pop Overs. Coffee.
Sliced Cold Meat Corn Fritter..
Tomato ketchup. Cocoa,
DINNER,
Carrot Soup. 4s
na''e0' = BAKED seni tomatoes. bolied Rice
Chocolate Blanc Mango. y
Coffee. a. S.
TUESDAY, NOV. 8.
BREAKFAST.
Shredded Biscuit. Sugar and Cream.
II; FIisd Smells; scalioped Potatoe:.
Rice eriddle cG h;ScH Coffee.
Dreamed 3D., Eggs. Lettuce Salad.
r. DINNER.
Barley Broth.
Beef Pie. Mashed Potatoes.
w.t.rcre, ereamed e Sn.Sns: ,,r.s.,,v
~ Baked Indian Pudding.
Coffee.
WEDNESDAY. NOV. 1.
nhi F1sif.
Gluten Grits. Sugar and Cream.
Entire Wheat : nG5!Hi : : Cone csi4s'.
.Frizzled Beef - q, Tea.
..-...>.,. - prune Short. Cake.
pr Onion Soup. = IL -5'-,- -
Braised Chicken. RI
Sweet Potatoes. ',-<> Corn.
Lettuce. French Dressing.
Baked custards. -
.--F y" Coffee.
~-.... THURSDAY, NOV. s. H. !
.-. -D~ 4s.l~ BREAKFAST. ~,
Fruit I'll .-.
Ralston Barley Food, Sugar and Cream.
T Nss p,s.ut rs,sa Potatoes
=. az LUNCH. ~. - ~ ..
a,s, Chicken Salad.
''e'e' Dinner. cocoa.
Rice Soup. 49,
asn sgoied stsak bearnaise SAUCE
Celery Mayonnaise. s~.y
...-~~ s,. Hamburg crean nesSs' s-@--
- o. .e-tz Coffee.
FRIDAY. NOV. 6.
BREAKFAST
Fruit
Ralston Barley Food Sugar and Cream.
Parsley 0melet, French Fried Potatoes.
,. Laplanders. Coffee. .,
Baked Potatoes, with Cream.
- DINNER. " -.
Cream OF Tomato SOUP ~
Buttered P Patatoes ssh' Egg sa gfs;n.
n.y. Watercress and Olive Salad. =.
Fig Tapioca. ''SD"..
Coffee.
SATURDAY, now.
BREAKFAST. -.-,-
Toasted Wheat Flakes, Sugar and Cream.
Broiled Bacon.
Lyonnaise Potatoes.
~ Twin Muffns. aF@
Coffee. 49, e. -,,...
r,s, so,., LUNCH. $780,.
Rice With Grated Maple sugar sugar.
Split Pen Soup. -.
Sca1lOpe( oysters. = 4. u
- -. Baked Onions. Beets. "
Celery Mayonnaise.
! Orange Short Cake. !: +
SUNDAY, NOV. s.
-. BREAKFAST. y: .s<
X Ho T9 Grits; Sugar and Cream.
. Ia =. g.. ErQlleu POTATOES.
. Sally Lunns. ssI@z. Coffee.
-. EEj. * DINNER: e ~:
So. u. - -z-s-s sConsonlIne. -.
49,. Roast Fresh Ham, Apple Sauce. +,
-: Sweet Potatoes. VI 81 u - -
~. - ~ - e. Baked Turnips
e. Celery and Olive. Salad. 4 e
(, suet Pudding. Hard Sauce. ;. +
- '~- - Coffee. So. -> - "a. =
.-;>.. - .=~ SUPPER. ttzxG%-. 5---s = i
8" Dreamed Corned Beef Hash.
lin the Chatting DISH. -
Nut Sandwiches. & Cake.
~ -'-. -. Coffee i# g., B. -'
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A Series Of Plain Talks On the
Art Of Being Agreeable.

! You enjoyed that evening. You felt
that you had acquitted yourself WELL And
behind that feeling was another-you had
been talking to some one who was very.
very pleasant.
Yes, indeed wonderfully pleasant per-
sonality! Seldom had you met one for
whom you felt such a marked social at
traction-in whom you found such honest
sympathy.
A Pleasant Memory.
Later on perhaps, your self-esteem
may have fallen again to normal-you
found, in speaking to other people, that
you were not such clever talker after
all. . 0~.-
But the memory Of that pleasant per-
sonahty remained undimmed-a person
we'll worth talking to.
+ And did no hint Of truth float family
thru your thoughts? Have you lived until
now, when you read this, before you
realized why she pleased you?
She was a Good Listened '-priestess
OF that rarest, finest Art in social life.
And what you thought was your lit
tie social victory, in reality was hers
Tor, while she may not remember the
quality of your talk, you cannot forget
the delicio'., quality Of her Listening
You thought that she was pleased with
you. She knew that you were pleased
with her. -.
The "PIeasure OF Pleasing"
You have no need to be detected, tho.
for you, all unconsciously, made pleas
| ing mark on her memory.
Not by your talk, but by the fact that,
thru her Art. she gave you pleasure She,
too felt glow OF pride at her success.
For you see she knew that you were
pleased with her-tho twenty words per-
haps were all she spoke. Therein lay
all the flnesse of her art.
And thru her art she finds higher,
keener pleasure in social life than do
those who talk to her-the Joy of pleas
ing as compared to the Joy Of being
pleased. That isn't as subtle a distinc-
ton as 1t seems. It's very plain and
clear to those who once have felt 1.-The
pleasure OF pleasing
PitfaIi Of Social NovIces.
Do you think her art was hard to learn !?
Far from it. Or hard to practice? That
depends upon her power Of elf-denial
The sound of her own voice Is as pleas
ant to her yours Is to you. remember:
for she Is only human-as human as you
are ".r
Ah the lure Of that temptation-the
sound OF ones own voice and ones own
opinion! Beware of 1.-THE first pitfall
| in the path of social success.
And we'll does the wise Good Listen
err know 1t. The great temptation is
put behind her. That is her self-denial.
Two things moro remain-the work OF
mental attention ct Is real work) and
the power Of expressing feeling and
thought with eyebrows eyes, with ges-
ture or 9th single words-to say the
least and to tell the most.
It is not very hard. The silent men
and. silent women often have this power,
a power they little dream Of. It is al
most easy, If you really follow attentive
ly all that Is being said to you.
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An English woman Of high degree, who takes
an active and intelligent interest In politics. IS
Lady Tweedmouth, an aunt Of the Duke OF
Marlborough, the titled Englishman who captured
q beautiful wife from. this side OF the water.
Lady Tweedmouth's ,synpathies with the
liberal party, and she is said to have been Of
great assistance to her husband in his political
career. Mr.. Gladstone is said to have had
very great opinion of her judgment and sense,
and 1t is said that he more than once paid her
the high. compliment of asking her advice con.
corning a matter of party politics at the time
when Lord Tweedmouth was a liberal whip.
Lady Tweedmouth's other great claim to fame
is that Of being perhaps, the best lady shot
in the kingdom. She is an enthusiastic and in
defatgable deer stalker, and in each one of her
homes are trophies Of the chase,
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In an article on '.The Education Of Girls
as Future Wives and Mothers Mrs.
Theodore w. Birney describes a practical
and suggestive plan adopted by one moth
er In the instruction Of her own children
and some of their little friends. She has
organized a club, to which she gives part
OF every Saturday, to teach the youthful
members cookery and other housewifely
duties. Each little girl will be given
doll, and will be taught to battle and dress
It, and to do the hundred and one little
things necessary In the care Of infants.
She will follow the baby thru the various
ilnesses to which young children are sub
ject and as the imaginary baby grows
older an interesting feature will be the In
production Of question Of obedience and
punishment, etc.
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A WOMAN HARPIST
Will Play with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra This
nS Winter. a

not become too warm or too cold. Tor the
harp is very sensitive to drafts. A tenn
perature Of about e5 suits it best, eltho
/ Judge by myself and seldom consult q
therm ometer," she said.
Miss Dellone is an Omaha young woman
and she had studied in Chicago and Paris.
She is Of French descent and she found
her knowledge OF the language q great
help to her when she arrived q stranger
in the French capital. She remained in
Paris a year, studying. absorbing and en-
joying, and on her return taught in Chi
cago and ST. Louis. She has been con-
nected with the converts Of the Sacred
Heart In Chicago and with similar schools
in St. Louis and Omaha Her pupils
and concert engagements with her church
work have given her very busy days.
Attic, she plays the organ extremely well
her faSorite instrument to play in church
Is the harp which rounds out and COM
pletes the tones OF the organ and seems
especially adapted to sacred music.
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HELPED BY THE KAISER

A young Swiss woman Of Constance, who has
q large collection of autographs, recently wrote
to all the sovereigns Of Europe to add to her
list. The only reply she received was from
Emperor William. .7- - 49, - >,
In her letter Of thanks to the kaiser she
her failure and naively asked the
kaiser to help her out Of her trouble. The other
day she received u registered letter containing
the autographs Of most Of the ruling European
7Overeiougf ~ So, ~ - 8 g. cr'-'4 +
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The Queen Of Italy has presented to one Of the
Italian natural history museums a fine collec
ton of animals and birds, many of which she
stuffed with her hands, which she gathered
during yachting cruise in northern waters.
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heard t Mr.. Miles never came home for
dinner less'n Mrs. Miles dined out. She
put topics in their napkin rings, an when
you're thinkin' of the roas' beef 1t wasn't
tell bout the foundin of Rome fore you
got it. Improvin' conversation has It's
place, jes' as dancin'. two-steps has, but
neither of 'em b'long on the dinner table.
II hadn't been home five minutes fore
dress? says she fore she'd said how de
do to me, an knew right away what
she'd come for. When handed her the
gloves an toll her there wasn't 'nough
money to get a dress even in Paris, she
looked as If she didn't b'lieve me. They
look exactly like those you get on Me-
llet avenue says she, a-holdin' the gloves
off an lookin' at 'en as if they were a
picture by an OIL master. -. 90. w.
$50 they do says I. an. that isn't
s'rprisin' when you think t they're all
made in the same place says I. II
word Paris" stitched acrosst the back in
red silk says I. We'll, they haven't, an
if you don't like EN- you can have your
money back. They'll jes' fit Mrs Schultz
says I.
..'Oh, I'll keep en- says she. a-turntn'
en- over to see II she couldn't see some
place to fin fault. thought says she,
I SSAASSS
She. . -.
They do give 'em away some days
says l. but missed that day. says ].
I'll be glad to keep EN- myself, an you
can go up town an pay $3.50 an you
won't get such good ones. If you don't
know a bargain when you see it, dunno
as have any cause to show it to you.'
says I. =..,... ,- --..... .-s5<t,.a.r ~
II was kim of put out, an maybe l
showed it, but couldn't help but think
of the day bought those gloves an how
the clerk couldn't understan me an
couldn't understan' him till I wasn't sure
whether Linda d get a satin pett1coat
stead of a pair Of gloves.
when you're shoppin for other folks
you might jes' as we'll make up you min
to work overtime an take your pay in
grumbles. ought to know that by now,
but some way I'm al'ys expectin' Linda
to show me her bes side as we'll as to
other folks. There's some thin's a body
can't ever learn, an human nature s
where miss evry time. II you wouldn't
i expec' too much of folks maybe you
! wouldn't be dis ppointed in EN-, but when
you're looking for a damon you don't
! think much II you pick up glass, seems if"
| Not long ago a firm Of house furnish:
4 ers In Cleveland advertised for fresco
I painters, and received In reply letter
lTONl g. WOIldIl ueCOTdlOT, WHO SAID lHdL
| besides painting frescoes she could plas-
| ter prime walls. canvas them and take off
1 PAPER. A high scaffoid, she asserted, had
i no terrors for her, and she could even
work on swinging scaffold outside, II
necessary. She could climb scaffold
without a ladder and had worked on the
domes Of churches. From her letter It
! was gathered that she had learned her
! trade from her father. with whom she
! worked, and added that she dressed for
1 her work SO as not to attract attention,
/ and therefore could ply her trade in any
place, no matter how public. Il