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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1904-01-20
Mr.. SMITH PASSES AWAY
The Former Mayor OF Redwood Falls
Passed into the Great Beyond
Friday Morning.
AYictim Of Consumption, He Realized
Some Time Ago that the
End was Near.

William Smith, a retired farmer,
former mayor Of Redwood Falls, and
a capitalist, passed away quite sud-
denly at his home on Lincoln street,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1904-01-20
ROE Sale.

"a fine grade polled Durham bull
dark red coming from dandy. Also
several sOws TO farrow early in the
spring from rs TO $11. Zone Llack SOW
70 farrow In March: III years old, raised
l6 pigs and two litters last seaeonD Sl4.
Several full blood Duroc Jersey pigs 8
months old. Call or phone.
FRED WALTER,
24-tf Redwood Fallss Mimi.
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-09
STARTLING EFFECTS SEEN IN DRESSY HATS
By KATHERINE ANDERSON

THE dressy hat of the hour is
terribly and wonderfully put
together, and in the matter
of color combinations it
strikes terror to the heart of the con-
servative woman. But the worst fea-
ture of the situation is that these
quaint shapes, trimmings and color
schemes defy the best efforts of the
home milliner. The touch of the ex-
pert French worker must show on
Directoire hats in particular, or the
result is truly unhappy. The woman
who must, build her own hat should
content herself with conservative
models and quiet color combinations.
For evening wear, particularly with
the decollete gown and evening
cloak, the white hat, so long the stand
bv of the conservative woman OF slen-
der means. is suffering an eclipse. If
pale hat is used, it is more than
likely in the peculiar peachy tint
which appears in many of the I'M
ported evening wraps. If matron
or dowager wears a white hat, she
offers somewhere in its elaboration a
defiant color note-mahogany, reseda,
American beauty red or metallic
blue. COG de roche, or the flaming
orange. which appeared conspicuously
in early fall hats, has become posi-
lively cheap.
For the debutante, however, the all
white hat with its caressing plumes
remains in favor. A charming model
shows foundation of chenille braid
caught with single pearls. The rollins
brim is faced with fine shirrings OIL
chiffon overlaid with appliques o.
Irish point White panne velvet Is
rolled and knotted around the crown
and two white plumes droop over tht
brim on the left side:
Among the startling combination:
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chest-all motions of that nature in
volving tense muscles are excluded.
They may lead indirectly to certain
kind of grace by broadening the chest
and coaxing upright shoulders, but
they do nothing to encourage curves,
and curves are essential in this par
ticular training The following les
sons may be given. Assure the child
that they are part OF dancing; that
if she is ever to learn the attractive
fancy dances she has seen her little
playmates going through, she must
learn the motions one by one. They
are really the dances themselves,
taught piecemeal:
Raise arms above head, curving to-
ward each other, finger tips meeting.
Sway body to left, tolright.
Hold fan in left hand. arm curved
above head. Hold out skirt to the
side with right hand Sway.
Hold wreath up in front, peeping
through it. Sway from side to side,
right toe pointed in front of left. (Toe
pointed implies heel raised high, toe
merely touching foor.)
Bow. Slide right foot to the right,
DI1llS lCIl Id " tic lSdl III q Neii NAAi .
slide, bending the body deeply; draw
up right toe until it stands pointed
beside left foot Skirt may be held
with both hands, or only one, a fan
being in the other.
Curve left arm above head. In two
counts, extend right toe to the right
and forward, then place it to the left
of left toe, giving little spring on
left foot at each count. Zone, two;
one, two" Then in the next pair of
counts place right toe to the left Of
left heel on the second count, This
IS the first motion of the Highland
Fling, and this is one of the best
dances that can be taught. 1t is
sprightly rather than gliding and
swaying, but it has much grace.
Dissect the waltz step and teach it
in three slow counts. Teach the two
step and insure the child graceful
walk, for this dance is merely walk
ling ornamented. Other round dances
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(Pictures on Next Pace

are American beauty red and pecu~
liar dead shade of green; pure white
and shaded mahogany, tea green and
burnt tomato, brown and nile green.
These color schemes occur principally
in the Directoire hats, with their side
roll-brims and high, large crowns.
Such shape was shown recently by
an importer, developed in brown vel
vet, nile green silk and brown tulle
and lace. The brim was of velvet,
laid on smoothly. The crown was
built from folds of nile green silk, the
top outlined by a rosette of the brown
lace and the sides of the crown over
laid with bias folds of brown tulle.
A Spanish rosette of the brown lace
and green silk was fastened on the
side of the up-turned brim.
In another hat, phoedre, or the
new golden brown, was combined with
shaded brown ribbons and white
plumes. The high crown was smooth
ly covered with phoedre velvet, and
the brin was shirred from the same
material Soft ribbons, shading from
the phoedre tint to flaming orange,
encircled the hat, to end in a big ro-
settle caught with a golden buckle.
White plumes swere used for trim
ming, and knot of the shaded ribbon
was fastened to- the inevitable ban
deau.
Shaded hats promise to enjoy ire
mendous vogue, following the same
effects employed in gowns and rib
bons. For this purpose, dyed lace
such as Cluny, Irish and Venise, are
employed A large picture hat Of
mahogany satin had the brim laid ir
shirrings with bias band Of
deeper toned velvet on the edge and
a plain velvet facing. The crown was
of plain satin overlaid with Venise
lace dyed to match the satin, ana
plumes shading from mahogany col
| orS to pure white were caught against
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Or 9 r ACE

are no longer in favor at balls, and
they are no particular preparation
for the fancy dances, in which the real
training lies.
1t is impossible to describe even
one of these in small space. Let
your little girl learn them at school
or learn them yourself and pass them
on to her. Give her the different cas-
tanet dances to teach her all the beau
tifu1 swaying motions that the south
ern peoples know La Cachuca and
La Zigarilla are best for this. The
Rainbow dance, with its many colored
ribbons; the Wreath dance, the Skip
ping Rope dance, all make her supple.
The different hornpipes, Sailors,
Fishers and Fireman's. are best
adapted to the boys. La Tyrolienne
and La Jote Andaloure are charming.
The old time minuet will give poise
to all the little folks and certain
dignity of motion which has its place
even among the merry young people.
It is all such fun that before you
know it the little lady has come to
point her toes outward. as the dances
compel her to do; she is erect, but
not stiff; she walks WE'LL she is not
inconvenience by too many arms
Best wishes for little Miss G. q /
all those of her kind.
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Rv hATHERINE MOTION

Awkwardness comes from one of
two causes-a mental cause or a physi-
CAL In the former case, the child IS
awkward solely because Of diffidence
and self-consciousness. He may be
as graceful as others when unmatched.
but the moment he thinks he is no.
ticed his legs take on strange quirks,
his hands double in size. his arms are
at loss for a place to hide. Awk-
wardness of this kind must be treated
mentally The child must be encour-
aged, hattered a bit, and thrust into
company.
But the other-the purely physical
awkwardness- is like unmaking the
work of nature to loosen joints that
seem to have been born stiff, to turn
angular motions into curves. The
clay must be remolded, and the clay
is fast hardening.
There is no school of grace that
compares with the dancing school.
Many physical culture exercises give
pupils practically the same motions
that fancy dances give, but the result
will never be as good, especially in the
case of stubborn child. am afraid
little Miss G. comes under this head.
But I can't help being bit sorry for
her and those toes that insist upon
turning in.
Punishment may drive to duty, but
never to beauty Can you imagine
being spanked out of pigeon toes or
slapped into straight spine? Only
coaxing will accomplish the end, and
the less the child knows he is being
coaxed the better.
Nothing serves this purpose so well
as dancing. Gymnasium work is ex-
cellent, but for child who is disin-
clined to help himself in the matter
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-09
THE PARSONS FAMILY-By ELEANOR LEXINGTON

was the richest man in the Connect
cut valley.
The Parsons were patriots from the
beginning, without fear or favor.
Elijah Parsons was one of the signers
in 1874 of the pledge not to use Brit
ish goods. Jonathan Parsons planned
the first Congress, which was the
forerunner of the Continental Con-
gress. Zenas Parsons, who kept an
inn at Springfield, would not even go
back on continental money. A party
once put up at his house-which, by
the way, was we'll kept, for so Wash
ington recorded in his diary after
night spent thereafter learning that
the landlord accepted continental
money, then hopelessly deprecated.
When bill for several hundred dol
lars was presented the next morning,
they asked if he had not told them
that he accepted continental money,
and he replied, Eyes, and lot of it,
too"
Samuel Parsons succeeded General
Putnam in command of the Connect
cut line, and served through the war,
which at its close left him a Major
General During one period he was
aide-de-camp to Washington, who, in
1888, appointed him Chief Justice Of
the territory which included Ohio, IL
linois. Indiana and Michigan.
Some of the stories of olden times
handed down in the Parsons family
are interesting. One has to do with
the introduction of stoves in churches,
an innovation strongly opposed. The
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church several ladies tainted; to their
modification, they afterwards found
that there had been no fire in the
stove-a clear case for a faith doc
tori
The Parsons arms reproduced are
azure, two swords in satire, blades
argent, hits and pommels or. pierced
through a human heart. In chief,
cinquefeil azure. Crest, tower ar
gent.
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dancing serves best of all, for the rea-
son that it is an entirely sugar-coated
pill. The youngster may claim that a
gymna SUM class bores hin-the mod
ern youngster has reached the point
of being blase-but dancing never
does. He is given calisthenic lessons
in school; he is used to them. But
dancing, with its attendant joys of
slippers and fluffy frocks and music
and tiny programmes and gloves
this is the dessert of life.
Let your little folks learn to dance.
Folks" because the boy is entitled
to grace as we'll as his sister. But
more especially give the little girl
dancing lessons. AS the world goes,
grace is accounted a more essential
thing to her than it is to those of the
sterner sex, and it is your place to do
what you can to start her on the road
to all that is feminine and lovely. In
these days of assertive womanhood
we cannot do too much to develop
the o1d-fashioned trait of being
charming, the trait that was our
mothers and our grandmother and
her mothers before her
III 11O Way QOSS Il1C Slll1u (O1llC ny
grace so unconsciously as in dancing,
especially in the fancy dances. There
is great variety of motion in all
of these. The child is on his mettle,
when dancing before spectators, to ap-
pear at his best Before he knows it
he has initiated the pretty poses of his
teacher and his more graceful COM
panions.
Many of you, by the time this para
graph begins, are crying out that you
cannot send your children to dane
ing school. That is no reason why
they should be deprived of the fun and
benefit of learning to dance. Per
haps you live in the country where it
is impossible to reach school, or
perhaps you find the dancing masters
bills too high Neither is an excuse
Don't you know how to dance your
self? If so, have the patience to teach
the little people Go to work to recall
| the dances of your youth, even though
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the crown a trihe to the left of the
front
A hat in burnt tomato, which is
really a peculiar orange tinge, was
also built on sailor lines, with a
shirred brim of satin edged with vel
vet and velvet crown. The only
trimming used was circlet of small
birds shading into the burnt tomato
hue and snuggled close to the crown.
An imported study in mauve tints
shows large toque of changeable
taffetas laid in shirrings and throwing
out mauve shades. This is overlaid
with a mauve maine The silk shir-
rings simulate chrysanthemum petals
and form the entire foundation of the
hat. On either side, far back, are set
chrysanthemums in the finest quality
of velvet and silk flowers, and the
bows, which fall from the flowers
down over the hair on either side, are
made of velvet ribbon to simulate
chrysanthemum leaves.
A lopg-haired silk beaver shows the
roll-brim on both sides strapped
across the top with ottoman silk laid
in bias folds or fiat Fittings and
CuSCu WITH pdlinc velvet. Inc DIlIn on
either side is denied in in order to hold
great velvet orchids shading from
lame-colored hearts to the tint of the
beaver shape
For wear with velvet gowns and
wraps come superb hats and toques
built entirely of birds breasts, golden
pheasants, love birds and pigeons,
black birds and peacocks They are
reproduced and copied in cheap
grades, selling as low as 81 and S..
Bird of paradise aigrettes, the richest
of velvet knots and jeweled buckles
are combined with the real bird hats.
The tricorne has by no means dis
appeared, and it remains popular with
young girls and with Older women
| who like small but dressy hat.
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they have become rusty in your mem
ory. You will gain something at the
same time that the child is gaining.
Many of the exercises given IN gym
nasium classes all over the country
are nothing more or less than dancing
steps, such as have been taught by
swallow-tailed masters for genera
tons.
No dance compares with the SER
pentine for physical culture in the
broadcast sense of the word. Trunk
and limbs are brought into play in a
wonderful variety of difficult and
beautiful curves. The difficulty of
managing long draperiesssduring all
the motions adds greatly to the bene-
fit of the lesson. Of course dance
of this nature is given only to adj
vanced pupils in the art, but it is
worth while to any child to work for
advancement when it leads to such
a prize.
In the very beginning the grace les
sons begin. By the time little Miss
Gangly has mastered the FIVE posi-
tons and their subordinate ones she
is we'll started toward the mastery OF
her body. She has learned, first of
all, how to stand. When she is told
to put her heels together she is told
also to turn her toes out, and this IS
attractive enough when it is part OF
dancing instead of part of mothers
nagging. When she keeps the LETT
foot in position and points the toe
of the right, placing that toe in front
and to the left of the left toe, she
thinks it is fun to see how long she
can stand in that position without tot
tering and without unpointing the toe.
Balancing has begun to form a part
of her knowledge.
All dancing teachers are now CIV
ing physical culture exercises before
the real dancing lessons. Their OBJ
ject is to relax rather than to
strengthen The little body must be
as 1.-THE as possible. The muscle
building motions, such as clenching
the fists and holding the arms tense
while they are extended from the
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until the blackheads are all gone, then
use this drying wash: quart camphor
water, I ounce glycerine, Il ounce
pulverized borax.
Marguerite.-The safest bleach for
the hair is peroxide of hydrogen,
which will make the hair as light as
desired, according to the number of
times the application is repeated. Do
not use ammonia with it. Understand,
l do not approve the use of any dye
or bleach, but | consider peroxide
harmless.
Mollie.-I hope these directions for
cucumber cold cream will reach you
before the vegetable has vanished.
Into the inside vessel of double
boiler put 3 ounces sweet almond oil.
AS soon as it is warm add cucum-
bers, cut into small squares with the
peel Let the mixture simmer slowly
for four hours, then strain and add
Il ounce spermaceti, q ounce white
wax, I ounce lanolin. Melt, remove
from the fire, beat until cold, and add
while beating I teaspoonful tincture
benzoin. | regret that cannot an
swer 1etters personally.
John R-The feshiness about the
shoulders will disappear with any
vigorous shoulder exercises. Use
dumb-be1ls or pulley weights.
Miss La Rue.-Soften the corn with
applications of vaseline and soakings
in hot water, then paint the spot with
a mixture of ounce collodion and
10 drops Cannabis Indica Prevent
the quick return of the corn by daily
rubbings with vaseline Make face
powder of I ounce powdered arrow
root, Il ounce powdered oleate of
zinc, 3 drops oil of roses. Sift through
boiling cloth. | do not advise you
to make your own face soap. Send
to town for white CASTLE. You are too
indefinite about your ailment for me
to know what you need.
Miss E. Wit was impossible for
me to get an answer to you in time
for your trip. My correspondence is
so heavy that personal letters have
become impossible, to my sincere re-
greet If you will strap the foot with
adhesive plaster, laid on smoothly,
you will soften the callous spots on
the sole until they vanish.
(Coovrioht 1904 hv p e Eastrnent)
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L~EAR Miss Katherine Nor
80 ton: Can you tell me how
- to make my little daughter
graceful? She is really a
pretty child, but she moves in the
most awkward fashion. l can't bear
to have her grow up in this way. l
realize how much grace means to a
girl and woman. | cannot seem to
impress it upon her that she must
turn her toes out; | keep reminding
her, but she only grows impatient and
saws. oh, | can't bother all the time
about my old toes l punish her, but
this does no good. Please send me
one of your valuable suggestions:
Mrs. E. S. G."
I am truly sorry for Mrs. E. S. g.,
for grace comes very near to being
born, not made, and beauties of this
kind are hard to acquire. Hair may
be thickened, eyebrows may be
trained into pretty curve, hands may
be whitened, shoulders may be broad
ened, but grace of motion is an elusive
thing. 1t has been called innate-a
thing born in the blessed, as much as
the power of painting or the voice for
singing. But persistent effort will
disprove the theory that it is only in
nate.
There are almost no children who
cannot be educated into grace. True
enough, some come by it naturally,
and no help is needed, while others
are so awkward by nature that you
must give constant effort to the I'M
making of their ways. Mrs. E. S. g.
has hard work before her, but if she
is in earnest she can make beautiful
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-09
A Suggestion for
the Dressing 7 able

Women who like cretonne draperies
for, boudoirs and dressing tables will
be interested in the following sugges-
ton for keeping the cretonne-covered
dressing table clean:
A piece of beveled glass, the exact
size of the top of the dressing table,
is laid over the cretonne. This not
only protects the fabric, but adds
greatly to the appearance of dainty
piece of furniture
If large roses are used in the pat
tern the glass will bring out every
beauty and enhance the coloring.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-09
A Combination Bag.

The Peggy from Paris bags,
which have enjoyed such vogue all
summer, have given place to a new
and more compact looking bag, which
also carries the suggestion of Paris
in its name, "Rue de Rivoli.' 1t is
really a combination of pocket-book
and handbag. 1t is long and narrow
and can be carried in the hand, but
concealed in the outside flap are two
fiat leather handles which can be
pulled out to transform the purse into
a hand bag A small coin purse Is
fitted inside the bag.
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- raphy of Parsons, derived as
the name is from the Latin
word PERSONA person, the
person. AS Bible means book-the
book of books-nay not Persons or
Parsons mean the person, the import
ant parsonage? In the Middle Ages
a parson was man of rank or of
great dignity, and the term parson was
applied to the rector or preacher be-
cause he was person OF importance.
Other forms of the name are Pear
son, Person, Pierson, Person and
Pierreson. Any one of these names,
however, may easily be traced to
Peter, or the French Pierre. Pierre
son would be the son of Peter" or
Pierre. The cross on the armorial
bearings of Sir John Parsons, Mayor
of Hereford in the time of Henry
VII, would indicate that some of his
family had been in the Crusades, and
there is a tradition that the first of
the name was a knight in the Cru
SADIE of Godfrey de Bouillon, who with
100 900 steel-clad warriors set out for
Palestine in 1906.
Another variation of the name is
Personne. William Personne was gen
tleman usher of the Star Chamber.
In the reign of Queen Elizabeth, Rob
ert Parsons was organist of West
minister Abbey. Many members of the
family have borne titles and offices of
honor. Thomas Parsons was knight
ed by Charles I. and William Par
sons was made baronet by Charles
IL for his adherence to the cause OF
Charles l.; his arms are still retained
by descendants. Two of the family,
Sir John Parsons and Sir Humphrey
Parsons, have been Lord Mayors OF
London Lord Rose, whose tele--
scope is so famous, was the son OF
Sir Lawrence Parsons; his own name
was William Parsons Rose. Birr Cas-
tile, Parsonstown, Ireland, where the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-09
For the Tea Table.

A new fancy for the tea table at a
large formal function is vase filled
with small Japanese fans. They may
be folding fans or the fat, transparent
silk affairs, showing geisha girls or
Japanese scenes, but they must be
very small. They are most grateful
to guests who find themselves caught
in the usual afternoon crush.
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telescope stands, is the seat of the
Parsons family.
One of the first of the name in the
New World was Joseph Parsons. He
helped to found Springfield, Mass,
and was also one of the principal
builders of Northampton. In records,
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still preserved, Joseph Parsons name
appears as a witness to the deed of
land upon which Springfield is built.
The land was purchased from the In
dams July IS, 1886, for eighteen faith
oms of wampum and coats, hatchets,
hoes and knives-eighteen of each.
For half century Joseph Parsons
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Answers to Correspondents.

R. G. N-Yes. bow legs can be
Strengthened without the use of
braces; that is, in many cases. OF
course the desired results are more
easily accomplished with child, but
even an adult may be cured. Go to
the most up-to-date gymnasium in
structor you know Of and take a
course of corrective exercises. Some
of the movements you can practice at
home and for others you will need
the gymnasium apparatus. Black
heads may be treated with this lotion:
OUNCES pure brandy, I ounce cologne,
x ounces liquor potassa. Apply at
night, after scrubbing the face with
hot CASTLE suds and face brush.
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May G-Use lotion prescribed above

Charles.-The soap which you use
is good. Can't you endure the Shine"
of the skin until the blackheads are
cured? There are washes which dry
an oily skin, but the object of the
hot water is to start the action of the
pores. and the "greasiness' throws
out the foreign substance which forms
in the pores in tiny black Jumps Wait