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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-08
MRS. FAIRBANKS SOCIAL SECRETARY
Miss Margaret Wade Holds One of the
Most Important Positions in Wash
ington and Will Pass Upon the Eigi-
bility Of Aspirants to Mrs. Fair
banks Visiting List-A Former
Newspaper Woman.

One Of the most important women in
Washington today is Miss Margaret
wade, who has recently been appointed
social secretary to Mrs. Fairbanks, wife
OF the vice president.
10 those unfamiliar with social life
at the national capitaL-and every year
washington is growing more and more
TO De the social center and inspiration
OF the country-such an announcement
may seem strange.
One, however, has only to bear in
mind the fact that official fashionable
functions in Washington have of late
years assumed much of the nature Of
court life at the old world capitals, and.
to that extent, Washington society is
ofhclally the society," of the country.
For that reason many wealthy people
OF the United States are building pala-
tai homes at the national capital, with
the hope Of getting admission into the
official four hundred
N naturally, the wife Of the vice presi-
dent, next to the wife of the president.
is the leader. .
These two women are arbiters. in a.
large degree, Of the social fate of aspir-
ing Neutrality-suspicious., and of people from
other parts of the country who seek
Mrs. Fairbanks is expected to enter
tain considerably during the term of her
| husband. It is of vast Importance.
| therefore, that social aspirants have
their names upon her list, not only for
| the privilege and pleasure of attending
the functions given by her, but because
the stamp of her approval is necessary
as qualification to the ranks of official
fashion.
| Upon Miss Wade, as social secretary
to Mrs. Fairbanks, will devolve the i'm
portant duties that are almost without
precedent within the memory of the
present generation
In the first place, she must pass
upon the eligibility of every aspirant
to position upon Mrs. Fairbanks visit
ing list, because the wife of the vice
president will leave almost everything
to her Judgment.
| Miss Wade must, and does, thoroly
understand all the intricate questions
| of procedure and precedent. She knows
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-08
ANOTHER ROYAL MARRIAGE

Still another royal marriage, or at
least whisperings Of a possible one, are
in the air. The latest gossip is that
Prince Eitel Fritz, the kaiser's second
son, was on his recent visit to London
much smitten with his cousin, Princess
Ena Of Battenberg. And no one is sur
prised, for Princess Ena is sweet II
and pretty with gray eyes and golden
hair. Brought up in the simplest man
ner possible, her pleasant and unaffected
ways have made her a universal ia
vorite.
Princess Ena who derives her pref
ty name from her godmother, the ex-
empress Eugene, under whose will, it
is believed, she will inherit largely
goes in for outdoor life, and may be
seen any day riding in the Row or
having constitutional in Kensington
gardens. She is devotedly attached to
her cousin, Princess Beatrice of Co
burg. Prince Eitel is all that prince
ought to be-clever and cultured, tall
and handsome, in most things quite a
contrast to his elder brother, and the
Joy Of his father s. heart. sis
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-08

who should be invited to various funo-
tions, how guests should be. seated at
"court life,'' for, after all, even in
republican America, official life at
at European courts.
This important and busy young wom-
an is native of Pennsylvania, having
been born at Elizabethtown. Ten years
ago she went. to Washington and ex-
perienced splendid training for her
present position as social editor of a
leading capital newspaper for several
years. She has also travelled extern
sively abroad and is we'll acquainted
with social etiquette in foreign coun-
tries.
It is understood that Miss Wade has
literary aspirations, and hopes in time
to be able to devote herself to writing
fiction. She is also intensely interest
ed in the study of social economy,
which accounts for her having been one
of the few women jurors in that divi-
sion at the Louisiana Purchase Expo
sition, where she served as secretary
of the group dealing with the better
ment of working women, of which the
only other woman juror was the coun-
fecc of A herdeen
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-08
HINTS FOR THE HOME.

Keep all your small paper bags for
slipping on the hands when the hearth
has to be tidied. You will find them
very useful, for they are slipped on in
a moment and when soiled can be burned.
They are better for the purpose than old
gloves, for the latter soon get grimy and,
therefore, are apt to soil the hands a little
as they are put on and off. says the Pitts
burg Press.
Pieces of sponge packed into mouse
hole will induce the rodents to permar
nently vacate a house.
Until the plumber can como. . leak
can be temporarily stopped with mix.
ture of yellow soap. whites apd . .,--zs
little water.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-08

and not permitted to sa g back on the
The present craze for girdles, cein-
lures, sashes-call them what you will
emphasizes painfully every fault and
defect Of carriage, even those that may
have passed undetected before. A trim,
graceful, erect figure is necessary to
their best wearing, and any slouchiness
of carriage is magnifed hundredfold
in the gown that is adorned with a
broad ribbon ceinture.
The princess mode is one that obtains
very much abroad, and the Partisan cor
setieres are making special corsets to
be worn with this somewhat trying
style of gown. The latest craze is to
have corset and petticoat to match, and
there is simply no end to the extrava-
gances in the. way of ruffes and trim
ming that is lavished upon these latter
items. The fact that the princess gown
must, if it is to be at all successful.
cling closely at the .waistline and flare
most becomingly at the feet, makes the
petticoat assume new and vaster i'm
portance in the scheme of dress. Tho
petticoat is usually built out some half
way below the knee with a princess
haircloth, and the trimming ruffes-
often Of ribbons-are planned to over
lap each other some half Of their depth.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-08

school and marriage. they have eC homes
and are willing to labor merely for pin
money and fnery. This makes them
undertakings. The girl who is work
not G peaz e0f that P b9 doing ' SO at ha
wages she is taking needed bread and
meat from the woman at the machine
next to hers, who is toiling to support
a family. If she did, I am sure she
would not do it..
ut is the object Of the league to
you see. We are only an organization
formed to interest women in trade
unions Already we have on our list
the cigar shippers, bookbinders, boot
and-shoe makers, capmakers, shirtwaist
makers, necktie makers, makers, OF pa
per boxes overall Fa hessb and to wait oct
ali agS'e Of the s' sewing trade interes ted in
the league. Any work done in the
home may easily be converted into
sweatshop labor. Just fancy what it
means to be able to buy in Boston for
| 6 cents a corset cover which has been
made in New York, shipped to Boston
try to make corset cover? Try, one
and see how you would like to do 1t
for a price that would allow Of two or
three profits before the thing could sell
for cents.
Children Win Strike.
"Last winter our league hel ped the
children paper boxmakers to win their
strike. There were $50 children, none
over IA years of age. They were re-
ceiving from $3.50 to $3.50 a week, and
because the firm they worked for was
underbid on a contract by concern in
Buffalo, the announcement was made
that there would be q cut Of 10 per
cent in wages. This was terrible news
for those children. They formed a
union at once and struck. They held
out for ten weeks, and during that time
we helped them financially and got them
employment elsewhere. As a result the
firm was forced to employ new hands
and to employ them at the original
price. That was great victory for the
children-and we helped them win it..
cit is difficult to get women to give
up their Individual contracts and to
form unions; but once they have done
so, they are much stronger than men s
unions; They will fight a question out
until they win, no matter what the
sacrifices they must make. I believe
that when once we get all the trades
women organized, men and women will
work on an equal footing for equal
wages, there will be much less suffering
and workingwomen will have far easier
lives. AS it is now, the condition Of
the girl who must work for her living
is terrihle'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-08
COLLEGE GIRLS CONFESS
Graduates Announce Their Engage
ments with Amusing Ceremony.

An engagement confession is part of
the commencement festivities at Mount
Ho!!yoke and Smith colleges. Each
senior who has found time amid her
studies and her play during the four
in1gly admits it: The Mount Holyoke
girls observe this ceremony on the top
of Mount Holyoke. Early in the after
noon they make trip to the mountain
top and then, after jolly supper, flock
out on the broad verandas. When they
have become thoroly saturated with the
always causes, the president says sim
"Engaged girls step forth and run
around the verandas. g.
Then there is a chorus of giggles,
protestations, denials, accusations, and
out Of the confusion four or five girls
will emerge and begin trot around
and often Of surprise, a shrinking dam
sci will be dragged forth by, her chum
in spite Of her imploring, "But IN
not ready to announce it YETI and is
made to join the trotting group.
At Smith the confession takes place
at the class supper Just before the
toasts the president rises and and says avs
are they9'
And while every one takes q, hasty
gulp Of lemonade with Strawberries
swimming in it, the atfianced maidens
come reluctantly forward and with
hands on one another's shoulders begin
a solemn march around the tables. Some
are seized with fit Of bashfulness and
have to be almost pried out Of their
chairs by their companions.
If any one in the class knows Of the
engagement Of another girl who has not
declared it, she is in duty bound to tell
on her.
Ssh! that's all off, one girl mur.
murs. to another who is trying to make
her. join the marching throng. Eyes
broke it off last week; now keep still. y
But I IN not engaged. I know you
! thought I was, but I haven It induced
Jack to propose yet, /" protests another
maiden.
| After the solemn march the president
Now all the girls who would like to
| be engaged march around
| And the entire class gets up and
frankly and unblushingly marches
around. SIS
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-08

proportioned figure and an extremely
graceful, erect carriage to carry off
these new styles to advantage. Much
heed must be paid to the shoes and cor
set, and the one is fully as important
as the other. The great fault with
most Of the American women, and espe-
cially those that have passed their
thirtieth birthday-whethe they CON
TESS it or snot-is that thew are wont to
balance the body upon the heel rather
tnan upon the ball of the foot. This
is bound to thruststhe abdomen forward
and to lengthen the back. with the in
evitable consequence of shortening the
waistline in front. *.
Good Carriage Imperative.
Now, just exactly the opposite is what
Nine. La Mode demands of her devotees
The body must be balanced on the ball
Of + the foot, the back Is short and the
waistline fatteringly long in front.
Even when the corset is iudiciously Sc
lected, with this style Of figure in view,
If the shoe be of the wrong shape the
good effect Of the corset is nullifed.
Where such q condition of figure exists
there is nothing that will remedy it
but a building up of the heel of the
shoe, so that the weight. Of the body
is thrust forward to where it belongs,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-08
FEATURES OF FASHION
The dsumnr Brings Charming
nGndedNoU Materials Their
Call Seeye

Just at this period they are launch
ing in Paris what are known as "styles
pour Chateau" or fashions for wear at
the great country houses, where house
party succeeds house party the whole
season thru, and where dress is as much
OF fine art as it is in Paris. Indeed,
there is not much of anything else for
the gueststo do but to change frocks and
study appearances. The French women
do not follow outdoor sports as their
English and American cousins do. They
play a little languidly at tennils; golf
they hardly know, and lite putting
practice is voted "rather fatiguing';
while as for playing full game over
thirty, lx-hole links-well, that would
be simply unheard Of. Fishing is unin-
feminine, so there is nothing else left to
do but to make fascinating toilette
and go for drive in the afternoon, slip
into teagown on return, lounge around
until it is time to make the dinner toll
cite, and then the evening is passed
away somehow. ....
So it is that the styles for chateau
wear are fully as elaborate as those for
the full swing of the social season in
Paris. Morning gowns are Of plain and
simple batiste, but they are fashioned
after the Franch idea Of plainness and
simplicity. And this may be translated
to mean they are fashioned almost alto
gether, if not indeed entirely, by hand,
and that organisations of lace are used
iavlshly, hand embroideries are planned
accessories--and these are indispensable
to successful appearance this season
are as fluffy and as dainty as the Paris
Ian mind can cOnceiVn-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-08

Among the many interesting graduates
at Smith college there was none who
excited more admiration during, com
mencement than Miss Lucy Esther Mac
donald OF Princeton, N. j., president of
the senior class
The democratic spirit at Smith college
is exemplifed in the case of Miss Mac
lege. She did everything that was hon
orable to obtain money and meet her
college expenses.
She took care Of student IS rooms,
mended clothes for her wealthy class
mates, waited upon tables at the college
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-08

houses and did Their similar kinds of
work: That she as very popular with
her classmates is .,aown by the fact that
a year ago she was unanimously elected
by her 200 classmates president Of the
ceive is the presidency of her class in
the senior year. She was elected. also
to four of the leading societies in the
college-the Alpha, the Philosophical.
the Physics and the Novel clubs. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-08
Stately Lines in Gowns.
WHAT WOMEN
WANT TO KNOW

To Sweeten Lard-Will you please
let me know, thru your department, as
soon as possible, if anything can be
done to lard to make it sweet after it
has become a little old, and if so, what
Young Housekeeper.
Lard, or any fat, can be clarified by
heating and then cooking a raw potato
in it. The potato will absorb the i'm
purities, and when it is cooked strain
the fat thru cheesecloth.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-08
Do Not Know Shirtwaist Suit.

One thing is noticeable, however, and
that is that the shirtwaist suit does not
obtain abroad. They have exquisite
blouses worn with linen or smart cloth
skirts; but the shirtwaist suit as we
know it on this side of the Atlantic is
an unknown quantity to the smartly
dressed Franch woman.
The average French woman Of good
social position, however, makes a morn
ing appearance, but rarely. Her first
breakfast, as they call the coffee and
roll that are served in the bedroom, is
usually taken in bed. Then comes the
cares of the toilette, the visit Of the
manicure, masseuse, hairdresser, all of
which take time, and when the toilette
is made for the day it is time to de-
scend for dejeuner, or what we would
term luncheon.
Shopping is very leisurely affair
with the Parlslenne. She has her fav-
orlte shops for certain things, and
makes her selections there. The So
e ca eola Joys OF pricing the same article
1T where it is to be found cheapest are
not included in the French scheme of
Things, and it is practice which re-
| celVes no encouragement whatsoever
over there. Indeed, when customer
leaves a shop without purchasing some
thing, the manager or foorwalker de-
m m an explanation of the clerk, and
it is a significant thing that the ex-
PLANTATION that madame IS an American
IS usually taken to mean that she has
been viewing goods that she had no in
tentlon whatsoever of purchasing, which
; solution of the question absolVes the
salesclerk of all blame for not having
made a sale and served the customer.
Jaunty Loose Coats. .@
Just at this present time the fashions
are trifie confusing. to those who look
for one certain leading feature which
can be said really to rule. There are
ttig hit. fitting coats Of various lengths;
but, in spite of Dame Fashions com
mand that we shall display the lines of
the figure, the smartest coats and wraps
OF the summer time are Of the conceal
ing rather than the revealing kind.
The Parisienne leans nightly this sum-
me- mer to short, loose and very jaunty lit
tie, wraps. Some Of them come to just
below the waistline, and some of them
do not come to half that length. The
one demand where the wrap Of what
ever character is concerned is that it
be easily slipped on and just as easily
slipped off. Smart little models in silk,
in crepe de Chine, in the smooth-faced
chiffon brooadcloth,, and even in henri
eta, are finding their way across the
water, and all of them are much be-
trimmed with lace of all sorts and
weaves, with braids, with silk manipu-
lated in q thousand and one different
ways, and with braids that are really
wonderful in their beauty and intricacy
Of pattern.
Stately Lines in Gowns.
And beneath these loose and frivol.
ous-looking little wraps the gowns are
quite of the opposite character. They
at least must closely and faithfully fol.
low the contour Of the figure, and there
is evident a certain stateliness in their
lines which is new to this summer Is
styles.
Even in the thin mulls, batistes, or
candies and the like this same stately
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-08
Girls Marry from Duty.

to talk with the young people of my
congregation during their engagements
and to question them in regard TO their
feelings toward the persons they intend
TO marry, explains pr. Brownlee.
Half of them cannot tell why they are
going to marry. Fully two-thirds of the
girls get married simply because they
. DO not. love the man, they like him, but
that after marriage. I should think
that nearly o1le-thir df the girls who get
married accept a man merely because
they believe it their duty to get mar
ried, and from pride; to have some
thing that will distinguish them from
1other girls. Then, having become en-
gagged, half Of them will not back out
unless the man gives them good oppor-
tunity. A man who is engaged to g.
girl and wants to know, before taking
the final step, whether or not she loves
him.. should give her good opportunity
to break the engagement herself. I be-
lieve half the engaged girls would jump
at the chance to escape marriage by any
4 honorable means-untll they meet the
right man.
THAT is the situation. It is distinct
" immoral. The people who are going
to get married have given little thought
to the seriousness, the holiness of the
+ relation into which they are about to
enter. The man is too busy getting
money enough to fit up his new home,
and the girl thinks twice as much about
the gowns she and her bridesmaids are
going to wear than she does about her
coming responsibilities.
It is bad enough at any time, but
worst in June. People get married in
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-08

With the
shaped
elbow frl is likewise Of this latter fly
design in lace that has
with the pointed
harcloth is set afford sufficient to &C
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-08
QUESTION FOR MONDAY.

Red Ants-Wil you kindly tell me
how I can rid my house Of little red
antsq Our house has just been built
and has been overrun with the ants
from the beginning.-Mrs. D. P. G.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-08
A Maine Minister VIII No Longer
Marry Couples in June-He Has Fig
ures to Prove That More People Mar
r1ed in June Are Divorced Than in
Any Other Month.

The Rev. George H. Brownlee, pastor
Of a church in Belfast, Me-, has created
a sensation among his parishionerss by
refusing to marry any couple in June.
The decision of the minister, made
after long and careful study of the mat
ter, was announced on the last Sunday
in May, and the startled members of
the flock especially those who had
planned their nuptials for the month of
roses were appalled,.
s DR.. Brownlee declares June weddings
immoral and wrong in principal, and
states that never again will he perform
ceremony during the thirty days that
constitute the period. He has produced
figures, gathered from court records of
the United States, Canada and England
to show that greater proportion OF
persons married in June are divorced
than of any other month-the proper
tion being so large as to lead him in
the first instance to investigate.
Among one of the surprising state.
ments made by DR.. Brownlee is that the
average age Of persons in the United
States who are married during June is
over two years less than the average of
ages of the contracting parties in wed
dings that take place in any other
month Of the year. The average ago of
the men is slightly over fifteen months
less, while the average age of June
brides is thirty-three months and eigh.
teen days less.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-07
HAD Al! TO WALK Tx.
TO KEEP WARM DID MAN WHO
KEPT THE NATIVES 5AsTlR -
LAST NIGHT. Vii s

y well known man about town
sort Of livened things up around the
central portion of the city about II
o'clock last night. at that hour the
few pedestrians who We're on Main
street near the Courthouse were star.
tied by shot In the vicinity.
Upon investigation the shot was
found to have been fired In the bar
Of the Fountain by this local man.
He is a man who has rarely ever
been known to imbibe TOO much, but
last night he had just a little moro
than WIS good for him. and he just
had to give vent TO his feelings.
fle has been away for some
months with a carnival, owning an
attraction With the same. In the
Fountain he was surrounded by a
group of friends and went through a
spiclers line Of talk. This spiel Is
necessarily noisy one. as any one
FAMILIAR Win street iairS can TESTIFY
and is occasionally pnnctuated viii
revolver shots.
He shot but once In the saloon
mentioned, and then moved to new
fields. Again he gave the perform
ance. and this time fired Two shots
Officer Fleming arrested him an,
locked him up. He plead guilty t,
the allegations and was perfectly sat
istied with the $500 fine assessed. bu
objected a little to being frozen t
death. He told the court that he ha
no fire in the place all night. and tina
he was compelled to walk back an
forth in the narrow confines of III
cell all night 10 keep warm.