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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1904-07-13
Reaken-wenaol.

Just as the GAZETTE was going
10 press lsstggweek, we received
news Of iheinnfringe Of Mr., VIM.
tscnkcn and Mics Ottilie Wendell,
hut could only make brief men
tion Of same.
This eslitnahle couple we're mar.
dsd Oh Tuesday morning July
9th, not Monday Jaly An, as stat-
ed laat week They we're married
AZ the residence Of tbs brides par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Wen
del, Rev. Joseph Hudecek per-
forming the ceremony; only the
immediate members of the family
being present to witness the cere-
mony.
This writer las known Mr.. Rem
ken number OF years and knows
him To be model aud exemplary
young man. He taught the Sun
ret school one term. and during the
past year he taught the Lone Tree
school near Hochheim, and has al
ways given the best Of Satisfaction
as teacher.
Miss Wendell is the daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs, Wendell OF near shi-
her, and is a charming and excel
lert young lady.
The young couple left last week
on a wedding trip to see the Won
ders Of the Worlds Fair at ST Louis
The GAZETTE Wishes happy and
prosperous voyage over lite's sea.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1904-07-13
An object Lesson For Cur Merchants
In Advertising.


The advertising Pgent for De-
woes paints WAS il This city Friday
and made 40 eighteen months con
tract with the lFibune. In deliv-
erng the copy ious. be cautioned
up to have our foreman exercise
great care not to lose it, as ii cost
his firm $500 q hove it prepared.
The advertising Expert who preper
ed the copy worked NJ it nine days
Dand charged one hundred dollars
a dayl He vas John Wanamak-
er'4 advertising Expert for ten years
at salary of ten thousaud dollars
a year, hut heGlund thatcher pep
pie would give him hundred dol
lars a day, and s. he quit Wanna
maker. When he too Deyoe's job
he first made 4 special study Of
paints, for several days, reading
everything he could on the subject.
Then he studied DEVICES prints
and all the catalogues. price Lists,
circulars, etc, that the house had
liSsued, Then haw was prepared to
write the advertising matter
Bay City Tribane
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1904-07-13

Prof. ". R. Muir, Of Luling, who
was recently elected principal of
the Sinner public school was in tile
city last Friday and Saturday get
ting acquainted With the people.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1904-07-13

* joke is told on certain young
man working near Meridian who
Is very hashtul He went 70 see
his Fest girl one night recently and
liz began to rain and If rained and
raiuel and rained She told him
ii would be pity for him to 60
home Ia the rain, and asked him
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1904-07-13

to Stay all night Hehated TO re-
fuse, SO he said alright. and che
told him che would go and prepare
his bed. 1t required some little
time. and when she came hack mn
agine her surprise at finding him
dripping With rain, She asked
him where he had neen and he
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1904-07-13

All cieterns should be screened
and refined oil used on saws.
Crude oil shonld he used on ce,s-
pools aud ull stagnant waters.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1904-07-13
Butter Wanted.

We want to buy your butter,
eggs aud poultry, Nothing bat
spot cash paid.
S. a. CARSEs & Son.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1904-07-13

told her he went home to get hi
night shirt.-Meridiau Tribune.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1904-07-13
Convention Notes.

There was rousing time at the
st. Louis Convention.
Judge Parker has been nominal.
ed and will now proceed 10 tall,
some, but not too much.
The Democratic National plat
form adopted ut ST. Louis tells ex-
actly where Judge Parker stands.
BE sure to read it.
TO Joe Bailey of Texas is due
the credit of keeping peace at ST.
Louis, and the adoption Of a con-
sentative platform,
Mr. Bryan made hard fight in
the committee on pla form. and
carried his point in several in
stances.
The different factions made the
convention IL noiey and unruly one,
the Hearst people and rammany
being the main disturbers.
No man can afford to neglect his
town and those things which are
important and necessary to it. any
more than be can afford to neglect
his home and things important and
necessary to it. There is duty
owed by every man to his com
lmunity as we'll as to his home. A
clean, prosperous and progressive
town lie credit to its citizenship.
and in it every citizan may find
his ideal of all that is desirable Ia
this world. 1t is not only through
the efforts of the biggest and best
men that towns can be made and
kept clean and progressive and
prosperous. nut it depends upon
every citizen in every walk of III,
to make town. There is none 80
small but that his assistance il inn
porlant in making q town pros
porous. Get busy and If you
haven't enough business to keeu
busy. advertise. --Gonzales In
quirer.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1904-07-13

No country can be prosperous
for any length Of time without
good crops.
TIA crop isn't profitable aban-
DIN it or adopt new methods 50 aa
70 make i pay
Every boy or girl in Texas who
robe bird nest isa criminal ac-
ending 70 tho law.
Cooperate with your neiehhor
ia the sale Of crops 50 that you
may profit By their experience,
The cost Of living is decreased
when farmers live 81 home II ls
intelligent diyersifcation which
causes the sound Of conteniment tc
reeound through Tie household
Farm and Ranch
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-30

breakfast scene is a quaint sight, the
family sitting in a semicircle on mats
before little tables, the rice pot occu-
plying the center of the group. The
children of the family down to the baby
greet their parents in the morning by
bowling to the ground in a most rever-
entail manner, and when the meal is
finished they bow politely and make
complimentary remark about the re-
past.
The demands of social etiquette in
the life of a lady of Japan are as end
less as those of the most popular socie-
ty woman in America. In chrysanthe-
mum land a person of exquisite polite
ness when hidden to an entertainment
arrives an hour or two before the ap-
pointed time to show her extreme ca
gerness to meet the delightful hostess.
Imagine the horror of an American
upon being obliged to play the polite
for two hours before the feast!
When refreshments are served the
guest must accept everything that is
offered and must praise the dishes
aloud and utter long signs of satisfac-
ton as she partakes of them. What
cannot be eaten is carefully put up in a
silk handkerchief and sent to her home.
After the meal the guest must not lose
a minute in making her adieus and TAX
ing her departure.
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silk paper, a wad of which is always
carried in the bosom of the kimono.
The cake is bestowed as something very
precious in the bottom of the long
sleeve, which serves the oriental wo-
man as a pocket.
These Japanese ladies have their inno-
cent social shams, and when dfsinclined
to receive a visitor a confidential maid
is sent to the door, who, bowling pro-
foundry, explains in the most natural
way in the world that her mistress is
overcome with sorrow at not being able
to see the honorable caller, but she is
at that moment engaged in taking a
bath. an oriental variation of the west
ern mot at home" excuse.
Travelling civilities are strange in
this topsy turvy country. If versed in
etiquette a travelling companion opens
converse ton by asking where you come
from and your destination. She will
politely insist upon knowing your age
among other family matters and will
require full particulars as to your chill
dren, if you have any If an Okusama
honorable LADY, is being interviewed
her dress will be admired and gently
touched. and she viii be asked if the
material washes.
The life of a japanese girl. in spite of
the self effacement demanded of her, is
full of interest She is taught to make
her own clothes. and an odd thing
about her work is that instead of push
ing her needle through the stuff, as is
our western mode, she pushes the stuff
on to the needle as she goes along, and
an eXquisitely neat and swift worker
she is. The almond eyed maidens are
very fond of poetry and are often verse
makers themselves. Indeed. many Of
the best Japanese writers of magma
tive nOvelettes are women. A famous
authoress was Ichyo San, who unfortu-
nately died not long ago.
Going to the play in Japan is a Sc
rious undertaking. The whole family
puts in an appearance. from the grand
father down to the baby, and even the
servants. The performance often lasts
twelve hours. the audience meanwhile
eating and smoking, and the atmos-
phere is sitting. the theaters being
lighted by long, guttering candles.
which have to be constantly snuffed.
Tragedies and sensational pieces are
most in favor.
These are some quaint little ways Of
the quaint little Japs, and. although
their country has been called the para
disc of the married man. the women
appear merry and contented. A Jap
anese lady always looks as if she were
only keeping back a smile, and the Jap
anese smile is the daintiest in the
/ world. GRACE GRISCOM.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-30

IN the waist garniture is a quaint and
dainty summer device.
Americans here are interested in the
portrait at the Grande Palais salon OF
the Comtesse de Castellane, nee Gould,
painted as a companion piece to the can
vas Of her children. both portraits by
Carolus-D Duran. The comtesse is seated
on a Louis chair of gold and ruby bro
cade. She is dressed in black velvet, with
a large black hat and feathers, sables
and pearls. For once Carolus-Duran has
devoted most of his talent to the paint
ing of the face, and the eyes in this pic
ture are particularly good The Amer
lean Duchess of Marlborough was seen
at the salon charmingly gowned in red
cloth with white and red embroideries
a la Russo, a modore straw hat with
shaded champagne colored feathers
completing the toilet.
The newest note in the ensemble of
the toilet of a really gay Parisienne is
the green sunshade, but this parapluie
must be a vivid emerald of the crudest.
most Anticipated order and of a small
/ bomb shape edged with fringe. The
handles of the smartest sunshades are
of clear, light tortoise shell or amber,
and great deal of lace is used, as
many as three founces of alencon
adjoining one specimen in bright blue
satin. Needless to say. the effect is
more striking than artistic.
The prettiest new blouses to be seen
are in pale tinted batiste with broderie
Anglaise in the same tone. Two bands
of rather wide insertion are placed at
each side of a wide box plat in front.
The sleeves are tucked perpendicularly
about eight inches down the arm to-
ward the elbow. whence they are full
to the wrist. There the broderie An
| oIaise forms a figbt cI1ff
A few skirts reminiscent of the old
hoop monstrosities have made their ap-
pearance, although disguised in a most
alluring form These skirts are set on
the upper jupe as a ruf1e and are
| boned with reeds and stiffening. The
+, long, full skirts have brought about
this revival, as it would be a perilous
undertaking unless assisted in some
way to attempt to walk with yards OF
material lying around ones feet at least
five or six inches on the ground. If the
directOire style predominates in the fall
land there is every evidence that il
will-then goodby to even a hint Of
crin0line.
| Meanwhile we have with US the di-
rectoire fob from which depends a gold
seal. Those who carry this style to al
extreme make the tall cane with tas-
seled top a sine qua non.
| CATHERINE TALBOT.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-30

For evening wear, after the regal and
beautiful brocades and tanetas (the
favorite shade being rose Du Barry,
are the simple muslins and painted
gauzes made up in quaint old world
styles with fichus and high sashes.
All the skirts for toilettes de visite
are long and very full, arranged with
big, fat tucks. gaugings and gathers
The real trotteuse quite clears the
ground and is shorter at the back than
in the front.
Evening dresses are getting longer
and fuller and viii be most elaborate,
except for la jeune file, when they are
strikingly simple. The empire frock
will be en- evidence. and little Josephine
coats, consisting entirely of embroid-
cry, viii be worn over plain brocades-
For debutantes these coats are made Of
mousseline plisse.
The deep, pointed Marie Antoinette
band viii be a feature of summer
modes, and the high, folded sash, shap-
ed and boned, will also be worn.
Quaint pulled sleeves to the elbow
will be noticeable on the light after
noon toilets as well as on the majority
of those for evening wear.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-30

ashes, over which hangs a kettle, while
around the Goals are iron splits. The
room has no chimney, but a hole in the
roof supplies this omission. In the
matter of appointments the japanese
kitchen is as bare as the other rooms.
A small stove and a few cooking uten-
sis supply the equipment.
There is no privacy between the
members of a family inside the house
though everything is jealousy guarded
from public view. Private houses, as
a rule, turn a blank side to the street
and are surrounded by shrubbery to
keep out the curious gaze.
In a simple household life begins with
the rise of the sun, and the children are
off to school at in the morning. A
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-30
PLAYING CaPD5

never overload their walls, however.
with pictures in the inartistic fashion
that unfortunately prevails in other
countries. There are usually a few long
banner shaped pictures and one which
hangs in the sacred recess. Flowers,
however, occupy the principal place in
a decorative scheme. These blossoms
are natural or embroidered upon panels
IN the walls and upon screens. Japa-
nese children are taught when quite
young the artistic method of arranging
flowers, and so sensitive do they be-
come to anything the least ugly that
they willingly spend considerable time
in posing a single bough that seems to
less trained eyes perfectly beautiful in
any position in which chance may place
it.
A Japanese kitchen is a funny sight.
most unorthOdox to the western chef.
It is built in two sections, one lower
than the other. The floor of the lower
section is of beaten earth, on which
stand tubs of water. Here all the rough
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-30

There are several new styles of belts
besides the kid ones. which, both plain
and stea embroidered, will again be
worn; also a revival of the white can
vas belt with deep buckle, which was
always smart adjunct to a linen skirt
There are the three fold silk belts with
three gold buttons the size of quar-
ter in the center of the back, then a
single button on either side which
catches the plaits closer together and
narrows the width, while it fastens in
front with dull gold harness buckle.
Fancy buckles galore are sold, and
quite a new idea, and one which deals
a blow to an old superstition, is to in
troduce the peacock's eye in the form
of enamel, while others made of the
real feathers are mounted under glass
and surrounded with a fancy gold or
oxidized rim to form a buckle. Girdles
made of chains in very duh gold with
military ornaments at the back and in
front finished with chased balls are
novelties for tea gowns. Then there are
girdles made of ruby and emerald
beads plated and ornamented with
bead buckles and gold balls and fringes
at the ends.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-30

blue new fawn, deep purple and
pale green are linens upon which the
Parisians have set the seal of approval.
Brown holland is once more popular
trimmed with wash braid, and a very
attractive little gown of this material
is trimmed with graduated rows Of
white wash soutache and worn with a
white suede belt, white tie and white
shoes.
Now we come to the question of the
muslin gown, which offers splendid op-
portunities for using up remnants of
Iaces. Some of the prettiest muslins
are made with a hchu and jabot of
point d'esprit, chiffon, French lawn or
indian muslin edged with frills of spot
ted muslin These have elbow sleeves
adorned in the same manner. The
skirts are made with graduated frills,
pufings or tucks, but, above all, re-
member that on day frocks the high
collar is the thing, though this collar
may be transparent and as elaborate as
possible
A dainty white null gown mounted
over. soft white taffeta has its skirt at
the waist in groups of tucks and the
hem finished with three deep tucks. At
the knee begins a novel trimming in
bouillonier effect formed of deep white
lace insertion. This trimming outlines
the round lace yoke on the bebe bodice
The sleeves are in two puffs of null
ending in a tucked rufI1e of the same
fabric. A charming rose wash chiffon
has on the skirt a simple arrangement
of wide anglaise embroidery put on in
pointed shawl fashion. Over the white
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-30

A pretty summer hat is a capeline in
mauve straw raised on one side above
a bandeau and large bow of shell pink
satin. Around the high crown is a
mass of variegated lilacs resting upon
a twist of satin Another charming
creation for summer is Of lacy straw
having around the crown compact
wreath of blue and red hyacinths, with
the brim caught up by a veil of black
mousseline de sole edged with ruching.
Very unusual in its color combination
is dark green satin straw toque COW
cred with orange roses and fOrgetme-
nots.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-30
SOME QUAINT LITTLE WAYS OF THE
QUAINT LITTLE JAPS
X X 3ss X n " II " II y: X X " * X

T is difficult for the occidental mind
to appreciate to the full the sim
plicity and picturesqueness of
n Japanese home life. In spite of
the progressiveness of the Japs,
they still cling in the domestic circle to
all their old customs and traditions.
And pretty Nine Chrysanthemum, tod
ding around with tiny, short steps like
a butterfly on shaking bough, is a
fascinating little body who can give
points to her western sisters in the
management of a household. She is
truly the mistress of her husbands
home, responsible for and controlling
everything. She anticipates the small
est wish of her august and honorable
lord while it is just coming into his
mind and is content to work simply for
his sake Indeed, the life of all women
in Japan, except the successful geishas,
who live like princesses, is not one that
would be envied by the butterflies who
rule things in the west.
Japanese ladies of the highest caste
busy themselves with the affairs of
their household and always superintend
the work of the servants These serv-
ants are ideal and take the most ire
mendOus interest in whatever they have
to do. Even in the washing of dishes
the little maid will put all she knows
into the work and seems to reveI in the
most arduOus duties.
But what a queer place the Japanese
housewife has to managed Put UP in
a day or so on a few supporting poles
with fiimsy walls. without a cellar and
generally only one story high, with
narrow balconies running along the
sides and fitted with paper windows
and panels for doors, it is indeed the
least permanent thing in the world.
But its very lightness is its strength,
for earthquakes in the Inikado's coun-
try are not infrequent, and it is less
uncomfortable to be squashed under q
pack of cards than beneath load of
brick.
The furnishings of the home are very
simple, consisting largely of mats. In
deed, the size of room IS judged by
the number of mats it will hold. The
largest room would oe described in the
Jap's picturesque style as "the hall
with a thousand mats" When luxu-
riously fitted up room possibly boasts
chest of drawers, a small desk and a
BOX to hold the charcoal used for heat
ng purposes.
In spite of the fragile and unstable
nature of the houses, the Japanese feel
he same affection for them as we do
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overheard two smart Pari-
sian grandes danes earnestly
discussing the interesting
though ofttirhes embarrassing topic of
dress allowance. After an exchange of
banalities on the subject and advice as
to how 1 manage" and the absurd
prices Worth and Doucet, always ex-
travagant. are now demanding for a
creation the only solution of the knot
ty dress allowance problem arrived at
seemed to be that, no matter how gen
erous the appropriation, it is always
insufficient.
came to the conclusion that if wo-
man were found with an allowance
enough and to spare she would be
worth studying. But the Partisan
shops take care that such a rara avis
shall not exist. Men must work and
women must spend" is the order of the
day, and if things were not the vogue"
prevailing or smart" possibly they
would not be thought of. Then the ex-
istence of things would be changed, the
streets would present a row of blank
windows and the women would stay at
home. But Providence, in the shape of
the couturieres, and particularly the
Partisan artists in this line, has seen
ht to provide allurements and pitfalls
innumerable disguised as garments and
Z
the proverbial lily of the field far be-
hind. The lily is lovely, but she is not
chic, Ia mode or the dernier cri. She
reappears every year in the same spot
less garments. But not so madame, who
dares not be a splendid repetition in
her finery of even last summer.
Look, for instance, at a last seasons
hat, and it will prove an insolent,
hooking monstrosity too small or too
large, too high or too low. One shud-
ders to behold it, so impossible has it
become. We may go back to the early
thirties, to the empire, to the Tudors,
the Puritans or the flood for sartorial
inspiration, but unfortunate is the wo-
man who has to go back to her last
years wardrobe without rendering it
new made DER again" Still this MAX
ing Ger is a discouraging business and
a tax on the dress allowance as we'll
and many a woman will run into debt
rather than do without new things
that are at the time dearer to her than
life itself. The woman who does this
is worse than silly and is laying up for
herself a burden to be borne through all
time. for the habit of running into debt
once acquired, nothing short of a mir
acle can stop it.
Strongmindedness is reckoned a
quality hostile to feminine charms, yet
in the matter of managing a dress al
lowance this characteristic is absolute
ly necessary. If a daughter of Eve be
weakminded in this matter she will
have a bad time sooner or later. If she
be strong she will manage to get along
uncomfortably, but she will get along,
and the most baby faced woman must
be adamant when she is tempted to buy
what she can't afford.
Now, having relieved my mind on the
vexed subject of the dress allowance
ands am quite sure, having made no
impression on the spendthrifts, I shall
try to suggest a way to be both eco