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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-23
Mother Love.

Do you remember. long and long ago,
When griefs came-weighty griefs that
meet child
And you went in to her to sob your woe,
How patiently and soothingly She
smiled?
Do you remember how she healed each
bruise
And stopped the hurt that came from
How suddenly the little pain you'd lose
Att at is nothing-nothing much. at
ALL"
Do you remember how, long. long ago.
You would awaken, trembling in your
fright
When fearsome things, which only chill
dren know,
Were peering wildly at you from the
night?
Do you remember how she made you see
They were but waving shadows on the
wall,
And how she wove into a lullaby
Her 1T is nothing-nothing much, at
And you remember, long and long ago.
How every little fret of night or day
Before her talisman. when whispered
Would vanish, would be driven quite
away;
And you remember, too, how each soft
word
A newer happiness to you would call,
AS though the joys of youth came when
they heard
Her 1T is nothing-nothing much, at
ALL"
And can you hear it now? OF all the rest
That life has let us keep within our
hold,
This memory must be the very best
This precious thing that is not bought
or sold.
When days are dark and nights are sad
dened. now,
Out from the shrouding silence does
there fall
While her cool fingers seem to touch the
brow,
This: 1T is nothing-nothing much; at
all"?
w. d. N in Chicago Tribune.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-23
Most Popular CoIors.

The three modish colors this season
are undoubtedly brown, blue and
mauve, and though, as always in sum
mer, white is very much worn, 1t is
really astonishing to note how various
shades Of brown are daily increasing
in fashionable favor. Pale blue Is
more enchanting than ever in the thin
transparent fabrics now in vogue, and
gowns of this lovely color seem to be
mostly accompanied by pale blue chir
or fancy straw hats, trimmed with
white lace and a pale pink rose OF
two, and long stole Of white mara
bout or ostrich feather or lace. Oh
white lace stoles, to be worn with q
pale blue gown, undoubtedly the most
chic is one edged with palest pink
banksia roses, arranged in applique,
Mauve is the favorite color of several
royal ladies, and they, loyalty taking
their cue from those in high places,
have set the great seal of fashion up.
on this delightful color, which is SO
particularly becoming to fair women;
and for real dainty, delicate beauty
commend me to a mauve gown with a
white toque or hat, and a white stole
to correspond.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-23
Love and Money.

Matrimonially the London season
has been fairly satisfactory, says the
Lady's Pictorial, but the number of
engagements and weddings has been
below the average. Not that "the ten
der passion" has lost its sway, but
that financial considerations have
more weight with both sexes than
was once the case. 1t is still true that
youth will to YOUTH" but the watch
full eye of the prudent mother was
never more alert, and many man
who would willingly have married
finds himself still unattached, and
with only such souvenirs of the sea-
son as:
A fan, curl, flower. With these
compare,
Heaped in one ruin, every cherished
plan,
OF former friends a disaffected clan,
Some streets of wrinkles where the
ground was fair
Some miles of unpaid bills, load Of
care.
In these days of prudence versus
passion it is often a case of Loves
Labor Lost; yet it would be cruel
kindness not to point out that half
the unhappy marriages one hears OF
are due to 1.-The eternal want OF
pence"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-23

Every housekeeper should know
that if they will buy Defiance Cold
Water Starch for laundry use they
will save not only time, because It
never sticks to the iron, but because
each package contains 16 Ozone full
pound-while all other Cold Water
Starches are put up in %-pound pack
ages, and the price is the same, 10
cents. Then again because Defiance
Starch is free from all injurious chem
icals. If your grocer tries to sell you a
12-oz package it is because he has
stock on hand which he wishes to
dispose of before he puts in Defiance.
He knows that Defiance Starch has
printed on every package in large let
tiers and figures "16 ozs." Demand
Defiance and save much time and
money and the annoyance of the iron
sticking. Defiance never sticks.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-23
HOUSE WITH HISTORY
PALATIAL LONDON RESIDENCE
TO BE SOLD.
Successive Eccentric Owners Have
Made Mansion Built for the Duke Of
Portland Widely known-one Time
Stake in Card Game.

Conspicuous among the stately
homes of England" and especially of
London, is Harcourt house, Cavendish
square, West, the one time magnifi-
cent residence of the Dukes of Port
land.
duke as the result of a nights play,
palatial in size, partly screened from
the public view by cruious device,
the house is in many respects unique,
and to-day it is for sale without any
restrictions on the purchaser"
The building was commenced in
1922. There is noble courtyard in
front, with a massive porte cochere,
fine garden, with wide spreading
trees in the rear. and stables fit for
the horses of a king.
One night card party took place
there. The players were the present
Duke of Portland's grandfather and
the Earl Of Harcourt. The stakes
were high, and luck went against the
Duke. At last the mansion was the
stake, and it became the property of
the Earl.
But when the transfer came to be
made it was found that there were
legal difficulties in the way Of alienat-
ing the house from the estate of which
it formed a part. The difficulty was
got over by the Duke taking ninety
nine year lease from the Earl Of Har-
court ION favorable terms"
The card playing Dukes heir was
the nobleman who became notorious
as the escentric Duke of Portland,
whose escapades, legendary and real,
are still of interest to various people
who claim to be his heirs.
1t was this Duke who erected an
enormous screen of ground glass,
eighty feet high and 200 feet long, on
either side of the garden, so that the
tenants of the Portland estate in Hen
rietta street and Wigmore street
should not be able to intrude on his
privacy. These screens are still stand
ing.
Coming down to later times, the
postoffice authorities had cast eyes on
that portion Of the property which
abuts on Wimpole street. The work
Of the We're street postoffice has of
late grown enormously, owing to the
activity of the great drapery houses
in the neighborhood, and the post
office has bought the whole of the gar
den of Harcourt house, including the
stable and the screens. The entrance
will be in Wimpole street.
The major portion of the house and
the large courtyard facing Cavendish
square, a site which an auctioneer
would certainly describe as delectable,
is now in the market, and Harcourt
house, long one of the glories of Lon
don, will soon be but a memory of the
past. 1t is reported that large as
ISOLATION Of foreign manufacturers
connected with the motor industry has
purchased it, and will rear up i'm
mense showroom's, warehouse and Of
fee.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-23
For the Garden Party.

Garden party gowns require some
thing very picturesque in the way of
hats, and among the most fashionable
styles now worn are the Dolly Warden
and the ever beautiful Gainsbarough
two very opposite styles, but both
having very great deal to commend
them. The Dolly Warden hat looks
best as an accompaniment to a sim
pie white muslin or chiffon gown. For
instance. such one as that Diane
that I admired so much at a garden
party on Saturday afternoon. The
pretty white chiffon dress, with many
frills, was distinctly in 1880 style,
with it's long sash ends and soft belt
of pale blue ribbon, and the Dolly Var
den hat was a veritable inspiration,
with it's full frilled brim of white
chiffon and crown Of closely-massed
pale pink roses. Gainsborougl hats
look best always in gathered
tulle is altogether northumberland a
long. sweeping ostrich plume gives an
air of dignity and picturesqueness to
an elaborate costume.-Exchange.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-23

On her seventh birthday Marjorie
had invited the two young girls who
lived next door to her, and who were
several years older than she was, to
her birthday party. They had sent her
very pretty gifts.
A few days later they were calling
on her mother.
See these two fans?" said Mrs
Brown. 81 had them sent on approval
from Green's, and | have decided to
keep this one and send the other
back"
1.-The one you are going to send
back is lovely. l like it better than
the other" said the older of the two
girls.
DO you really?" asked Mrs. Brown.
"Well, let me give it to you now
as gift for you on your next birth
day
There, now" said Marjorie, you
see you never had gift from my
mother before. That's what you get
for giving me those lovely things Oh
my birthday"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-23

part of a costume or as a separate
wrap as may be preferred. In the
case of the model the material is wood
brown cloth with bands of the same
stitched with corticelli silk as a fin
ish, but the list of available materials
is almost Amitless and the bands can
be of the same or of contrasting cloth
or silk as may be desired.
The coat is made with fronts, backs,
sidebacks and double under-arm cores,
the side-front and side-back seams be-
ing continued to the shoulders, so
making long and graceful lines. The
sleeves are in regulation style with
slight fullness at the shoulders which
gives the broad effect that is the lat
est edict of fashion.
The quantity of material required
for the medium sizes is 5A yards 81
inches wide, yards A inches wide
or 31s yards So inches wide for three
quarter length; Az yards q inches
wide, 8 yards A inches wide or 2h
yards So inches wide for arm length.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-23
She Stocked Up on Prayers.

One little girl that | know of is SC
sleepy when she starts for bed that
it is occasionally hard work for her
to make up her mind to finish the
good night prayer.
A few nights ago she dropped her
head upon the pollows earlier than
usual. She wasn't very sleepy and
at once began to dash off a prayer in
refreshing style. The first prayer
over, along came another one and still
a third. About this time her mother,
surprised at the turn proceedings had
taken, asked the little one what she
meant by so many prayers. why,
explained the little girl, 'Im going to
say twelve prayers, now I'm awake,
and then | can go two weeks without
saying Lowell Courier.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-23
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XAfgConfidence;

Very dainty ready-made stocks
come by the yard.
Marabout feather stoles will appear
with the cool weather.
In some instances fold of velvet is
more becoming than ruehe.
Crushed velvet and velveteen belts
are among the novelties for autumn.
Wells shaded, wells embroidered and
wells of all sorts are growing in favor.
Not to be smartly dressed when
travelling is one of the objectionable
sartorial sins.
Many dazzling frock has just the
right note added by pair Of long
black silk gloves.
Some good combinations are salmon
and gray, navy and hyacinth blue and
coral and brown.
Zibelines for fall are closely
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-23
CHANGE FOOD
Some Very Fine Results Follow.

The wrong kind of food will put
the body in such diseased condition
that no medicines will cure it. There
is no way but to change food. A man
in Mo. says:
For years | was troubled so with
my nerves that sometimes l was pros
trated and could hardly ever get In
full month at my work.
my stomach, back and head would
throb SO l could get no rest at night
except by fits and starts, and always
had distressing pains.
81 was quite certain the trouble
came from my stomach but two ply
sicians could not help me and all the
tonics failed and so finally | turned
to food.
when I had studied up on food
and learned what might be expected
from leaving off meat and the regu-
lar food | had been living on, | felt
that a change to Grape-Nuts would be
Just what was required so | went to
eating it.
From the start got stronger and
better until | was well again and
from that time l haven't used bit
of medicine for | haven't needed any.
81 am so much better in every way,
sleep soundly nowadays and am free
from the bad dreams. Indeed this
food has made such a great change
in me that my wife and daughter
have taken it up and we are never
without Grape-Nuts on our table now
adays. 1t is a wonderful sustainer
and we frequently have nothing else
at all but a saucer of Grape-Nuts and
cream for breakfast or supper" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek,
Mich.
Good food and good rest. These
are the tonics that succeed where all,
the bottled tonics and drugs fail.
Ten days trial of Grape-Nuts will
show one the road to health, strength
and vigor. There's reason"
Look in each pkg. for the famous
little book. "The Road to MELVILLE" !
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-23
EIavors for Meats.

Certain fiavors are more appetizing
with some meats than with others.
Bits of meat are delicious when made
into salads.
From bits of leftover mutton make
mutton salad, seasoning with mint or
capers.
From leftover chicken make a sal.
ad, using celery for flavoring.
A delicious beef salad can be made
by chopping bits Of leftover beef and
seasoning with tomatoes, cucumbers
and bits of celery.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-23
Swan-Formed Bonbon Holders.

Dainty bonhpn holders for the din
ner table come in the form Of swans,
done in crepe paper. For white and
gold dinners the paper is white, the
swans bill gold, and the bonbons piled
in the hollow of the birds back are
covered with gold foil. For a pink
dinner the same favor is shown in
pink crepe paper, and the bonbons are
wrapped in pink tissue paper, finished
with a twist that gives the effect of a
rose in full bloom.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-23
SWIMMING the Channel,

Three more swimmers have failed in
their attempt to cross the English
channel. This narrow stretch of wa.
ter has been fatal to the ambition of a
number of those seeking aquatic lau-
rels. Captain Webb, who was unques-
tionably the greatest long-distance
swimmer that has ever been before
the public, was, we believe, the only
man who successfully fought his way
across the English channel. Before
him many had tried and failed, and
since his great swim dozens have at
tempted to equal his performance, but
have been unable to do so.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-23
Judae Also a "scorcher."

A Welsh magistrate recently had an
automobile 'scorching" case on his
docket for trial. On the night before
the case was to come up his honor
was staying at a village twenty-five
miles from the town in which court
was to be held The judge slept a
bit too well that night and awoke late.
It was necessary for him to hurry in
order to reach the scene of his judi
cial duties on time. He hired mo-
tor car for the occasion and accom-
plished the twenty-five miles well in
side OF an hour, reaching his bench in
ample season to hear the case and
fine the other reckless driver $25 Tor
exceeding the time limit. The judge
did not see the joke, either.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-23
soUELcHED THE SMALL BOY.
Reference to "Higher Mathematics"
Too Much for Him.

Too Much for Him.
James Hogan was no doubt an i'm
portant person in Bradbury, as he was
the only man who could be hired to
saw and split wood or to use lawn
mower. He never lost a chance to
impress this fact upon casual lis
tener.
I've got to get through this job
for your ma quick as ever l can," he
announced to the small son of one OF
his employers. I'm losing sixty cints
on hour right along every minute I'm
here. There's three folks waiting for
me now, and don't know how they're
going to get along till tomorrow with
out me, amy one of EN-"
"Why, Mr.. Hogan" said the boy, re-
specially, 81 don't see how you're
losing sixty cents an hour when moth
err pays you twenty, and you couldn't
be but in one place and"
"Have you got as far as geomethry
in your studies?" inquired Mr.. Hogan,
coldly, resting his arms on the handle
OF the lawn mower.
"N-no, sir" admitted the boy.
when you do you'll understand a
good many things that's hid from you
now" said Mr.. Hogan, resuming his
leisurely progress over the lawn
Youths Companion.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-23
CockreII as a Fisherman.

Senator Cockrell, of Missouri
caught the fishing fever recently, and
with an eqlally experienced friend
hired bat and Went about three
miles up the Potomac river. The
friend did the rowing and the senator
the fishing. A heavy stone tied to a
rope anchored the boat where the
fishing was supposed to be good.
After several hours of i'll luck the SEN
ator concluded it was not a good day
for fishing and the friend started to
row homeward. All the time the an
Choir stone was hanging over the stern,
the senator having forgotten to haul
it up. The oarsman, unconscious OF
that fact, was Juggling vigorously at
the oars, and he remarked during his
frequent pauses for rest that it
seemed harder pulling with the cur
rent than against it.
Returning to the boat landing, the
man who rented the boat to the SEN
ator instantly noticed that the anchor
was dragging behind. AS he assisted
the senator to land he remarked
quietly:
"Jedge, you don't look drunk and
you haven't the smell of liquor on you,
but this is the first time l ever saw
two sober men pull boat for three
miles with the anchor dragging"
81 paid for the boat, didn't II" re-
piled the senator testify, not caring to
admit his forgetfulness. well, then
it is none of your damn business If we
wanted to get little extra exercise"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-23
The New Skeleton Collars.

The girl who has had trouble with
the ruching and ribbon combination
should try one of the new skeleton
collars. The ruching is basted on the
collar, which is pinned around the
neck, and then the ribbon is tied
around it. Thus the weight of the
ruching does not bear down the rib
bon, and the neck has a more trim
and tailored look.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-23
Simple Skin Food.

A simple food for the skin is made
thus: One tablespoonful Of pure olive
oil, one-half teaspoonful of rose water,
beaten to cream. Rub the food into
the skin until entirely absorbed. This
food can be used at any time. If at
night before retiring wash the skin
with warm water and pure CASTLE
soap; then rub ointment on, always
rubbing upward; if applied during the
day, after rubbing food well into the
skin, apply drop chalk. This food re-
moves and prevents wrinkles, softens
the skin and keeps it from chatting.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-23
An Alum Mountain.

One of the recently discovered nat.
ural curiosities of China is an alum
mountain" 1900 feet in height, and
about ten miles in circumference at
the base. The Chinese quarry the
alum, or masses containing alum, in
large blocks, which are heated in
ovens made for the purpose, and after.
wards dissolved in boiling water. The
alum then crystallizes in layers
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-23
X.RaYs Find Pearls.

M. Dubois, of Paris, shows that it is
possible by means of the Roentgen
rays to examine the living oyster with
out in any way injuring it and to as
certain whether or not it contains a
pearl. If it contains only tiny pearl
the oyster is returned and is allowed
to live until the disease has developed
a large pearl.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-23
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Sour milk removes ink stains.
White china washes like a handker-

oOur. mllk removes Ink SLdlnS.
White china washes like handker-
chief.
If pongee be sanely made it washes
like linen.
To make cut glass glisten and
sparkle it should be sprinkled with
sawdust and then rubbed with cham
OILS.
Delicate colored silks should never
be laid away in white paper, as the
chloride of lime used in bleaching the
paper often draws out the color.
Grease marks can be removed from
books by sponging the soiled leaf with
benzine, placing it between two sheets
of plotting paper and passing a hot
iron over it.
Thin slices of brown or gluten
bread lightly buttered and then
spread with cream cheese make de-
licious sandwiches to serve with let
tuce and tomato salad.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-23
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entire bath, but certainly for the face.
1t was to the saving virtues CT rain
water that many beauties of romance
owed their charms. Did not Diane of
Poitiers preserve her beauty by the
use of rain water?
Don't battle the face while it is very
warm or very cold.
Don't battle the face just before 60
ing out in the sun or wind.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-23
Hospital Shin Supplies.

The material for fitting up hos
pital ship was sent from Toulon by
the French Red Cross society to Rus
STA. It includes $50 beds, 500 chests
of various necessities, % cases OF
medicaments, 1000 half bottles OF
champagne, SO cases of Saumur and
1000 vessels of sterilized milk.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-23
Some Beauty Don'ts.

Don't neglect the daily bath If you
want radiant complexion.
Don't be afraid CT friction for the
face; freshness is prolonged by the
tepid bath in Which bran has been
stirred, followed by long friction.
This keeps the blood at the surface
Don't battle the face and hands in
hard water. Soften it with a little
powdered borax or handful Of oat-
meal. The excess of lime in hard wa
ter neutralizes the oil in the skin
pores and thus hardens the cuticle.
Try always to get rain water for the
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-23
For Your Perfect Comfort

At st. Louis Exposition, which is very
severe upon the feet, remember to take
along box or two of ALIENS FOOT
EASE. II powder for Hot, Tired, Aching,
Swollen, Sweating Feet. 10000 testi-
monials of cures. Sold by all Druggists,
csc. DON'T ACCEPT A SUBSTITUTE
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-23
Hemstitched Leather Sets,

Hemstitched leather sets for collars
and cuffs are among the late summer
fads accessory to the heavier shirt
waist. They come in white. black and
in the natural leather color, and are
worn with belt to match.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-23
To Judge Brains by Hair.

Schoolboys with chestnut hair, it Is
said, are likely to be more clever than
any others and will generally be found
at the head Of the class, and in like
manner girls with fair hair are likely
to be far more studious and bright
than girls with dark hair.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-23
FANCY TUCKED BLOUSE 4soo.

= Soft, thin silks make charming
blouses for all seasons and are much
in vogue. This very attractive model
combines white louisine with a yoke
and cuffs Of embroidered batiste edged
with lace applique, and is charming;
but the model suits many combina-
lions and materials. The oddly shaped
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-23

yoke and the teep cuffs make speci'
ally noteworthy features, and the de-
sign can be utilized both for the gown
and the odd blouse. To make the
waist for woman of medium size
will be required yards of material
81, 31a yards 81 or 2ss yards A inches
wide, with 1 yard OF yoking material
IS inches wide.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-09-23
Three-Quarter Coat.

Fitted coats in severe tailor style
are among the features shown for the
coming season and are eminently
smart as well as becoming to the
greater number of womankind. This
one allows choice of three.quarter
or arm length and can be made as