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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-02-09
Dress Wrinkle.

The newest wrinkle in dress Is the
sleeveless jacket 1t would be a bo-
lero il 1t were of a little different
shape. 1t is made exactly like little
tight fitting coat, except that it has
no sleeves. Its material is something
pretty, usually brocaded silk, and it
is abundantly trimmed, making gar
ment of great deal of elegance.
From the bolero to the sleeveless
Jacket is, indeed, only a step. The bo-
lero in all its forms is well known
And the sleeveless jacket will soon
be. It opens up such fine possibility
for pretty vogues that modistes are
rushing into it headlong and are
spending great deal of money upon
II. 1t has taken the fashionable world
quite by storm.
The skirt to wear with such a coat
as this must match the waist and thus
very handsome costume is made, a
dressy thing for any occasion.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-02-09

Those who are always on the look
out for new trimmings shoulG learn to
make "cretes." To make a crete take
a frill Oh silk and scallop both edges.
Now shirr il little way from the edge,
until the fIill is moderately full, and
set It upon the skirt
This will make the edges stand out
like narrow rufiles. each side of full
puff.
And there are different ways of max
ing cretes. They take silk and cut it
in strips and double it. Both sdses
are now pinked or frilled. frayed. or
scalloped The frill is now shirred
over a narrow cording and the cord
is pulled until the frill is just full
enough. 1t is sewed on the skirt OF
the waist upside down, so that the
edges will stand out in the smartest
imaginable fashion.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-02-09
CHAPTER L.
l WIn What ! care Not For.

An II please you, Lord Felton,"
said !, ito vary the sameness of
thinss-all pleasurable excitement
being with you and your friends
suppose we change the dice?'
DO you mean to imply?" be began.
Il imply nothing but what you wish
implied" ! interrupted. 4 have still
a small estate in Essex county-why
not add that, also, to your winnlngs?'
And | pointed to the gold stacked at
his elbow.
AS you Will" he replied, with a
shrug of the shoulders which set his
long wig a-bobbing.
GIL" | called TO my man, who
leaned across the board opposite us,
throw me the dice you have"
Lord FELTON, was as tenacious as
miser. and fought for each piece Of
gold. for now the conditions were re.
versed. as J supposed they would be
upon the change OF dice, yet he would
not, could not, stop; the gambling
fever gripped him hard / won and
won until there seemed nothing else
to win. Nothing else?" said !. Ny
Lord FELTON, had many resources.
Il will stake the hand of Lady Mary
FELTON, against ALL" he Missed, as he
flung his hand out upon the table.
while his fingers twitched. The all
indicated was the wealth worth a less
or kings realm piled before me.
His words produced momentary
hush of astonlshment even among his
followers. A hat belonging to some.
one was pushed from the table. The
brooch fastening its plume struck the
floor with "A slight noise. but II sound.
ed as loud 10 our strained ears as an
explosion. We started. though they
who knew him ought to have been sur.
prised at nothing he might either say
or do.
You viii not say It is too little?'
he said. Then his eyes like a basi-
lisk's swept the lowering faces of the
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-02-09
Resting Her Feet.

She was the daintiest sort of little
thing and the accommodating shoe
clerk had tried on innumerable shoes
and had even rolled the cheval mirror
nearer so that She might see how pret
ty her little foot really did look. But
at last the perspiring clerk. with Just
the slightest ring OF impatienoe in his
tone. said:
Wei, madam, you are very hard TO
please II you do not like any of these
styles and his eyes swept the dis.
ca,ded pile Of pretty footwear. You
know Shodem & Co. pride themselves
on being able 20 at any foot"
well. really" she said, II am very
much Obliged, but | did not intend to
buy any shoes to-day. anyway. | was
lust resting my feet"
Then she got up quite calmly and
went cut.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-02-09

variably rigidly tailored into fat muIs
and small scarfs. to be worn with zoe
trim walking suits. Sometimes one
sees smart little "bubbling" coats OF
yetts. often trimmed with leather
And again one sees this reversed, and
the coat of the leather with trimmings
of the yetta.
Pony skin is also developed into
long and loose auto coats, and for very
coolest weather rather shapeless af.
fairs in bear are appearing.
MolesSin is losing ground this win
ter. The furriers discourse irs use
because of the very great amount of
labor required in its fashioning. They
claim the prices they can obtain for
mole garments do not cover the great
labor of sewing these tiny skins. Then,
too, the mole like ,ne broadtail is a
very thin skin and easily torn, and
garments of it are far from service
able.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-02-09
BY MILLIcENT Il. MANN

IL was that the Londoners familiar
with his reputation. and more than
one having good cause. summed him.
or. perhaps he had heard that the cof-
fers Of the house Of Long Hsut we're
not depleted OF their treasures.
At first I had looked at him with
curiosity. He was small as a woman
and as slender. Everything about
him was minute except his wig-an
enormous affair. It hung about his
shoulders In many ringlets. and made
his head seem out of all proportion
TO his body His features were clear
cut as cameo. His eyes were OF
that cold grey from which all the blue
was washed. but they held you. He
was the dandy and the exquisite His
WAYS were caressing and his manner
quite irresistible He had ono pecu-
liarity. While his face never lacked
repose as though he habitually
masked his thoughts lest you read
them, In his fingers he gave them full
vent; his weaknesses were exposed.
Hands small and soft and white
hands with long fexile fingers-hands
perpetually in motion.
Twas said that he could cheat. ca
jole, or win ones fortune from one
as easily as the turning OF a hand
over, and the matter of It was that
one never quite understood how he
had accomplished IL, being at the time
so carried away by his fascinations.
OF all the dissipated men of the day.
he was considered the most danger
Gus. But this | learned afterwards.
lie began by winning that should
have taught him caution. How slight
a thing will sometimes change the
course of eyentsl A menial in filling
the glass of my neighbor logged my
elbow. | looked up as he mumbled
his excuses, and caught the warning
sent to me by Gil. Then let my
eyes roam casually from face to face
| read upon them what made me
pull myself together with a jerk and
throw OF the spell | had been under
the spell of llmpid tongue discours
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-02-09
The skyseraper Crop.

"If all the skyscrapers now being
erected in Chicago were built as one
great structure this city would have
enough new floor space to accommo-
date the business of a city the size Of
indianapolis" said a well known build
er the other day. There are now
under course of construction in lin
tied area down town fourteen build
ings eight or more stories high. In
the fourteen buildings there will be
lI0 floors. Al the present rate OF
building one complete story is being
added to Chicago's skyscrapers every
day From what ! know OF building
enterprises 10 be begun next year il
is certain that the plans call for little
less than 400 new stories built on the
skyscrapor plan. That means that dur
ing the year 1905 there will be one
story added each day. II we keep up
at that rate for ten years we will have
365 new ten-story buildings. or the
equivalent IN higher buildings, -
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-02-09

ing the gay doings of fashionable
world of which | then knew little.
These gay sparks from London, and
especially this old dissolute one would
bleed me; they thought me novice.
II was laughable! ! knew cards and
dice as knew my sword. Many a
night Gil and had made of gaming
a pastime, Ii had been his part in
my education, and he had not found
me dullard.
| saw with narrowed eyes the pile
OF gold -mine-which my Lord Eel
ton had stacked at his right saw
the men for the most part given UP
their play TO watch deeper game
cupidity in their eyes waiting anN.
iously their turn at the poor dupe-
and | realized that unknown TO my
self ! had occupied the center of the
stage. IL was then when | saw the
supercilious looks and widening Of
lips. which owners cared not TO hide
that the blood of an ancestor who had
once staked his life on throw of
dice, thrust Itself to the front driv-
ing back the more cautious blood of
the Hadleys. II was then that | had
proposed the change of dice.
Now | must plead that the passion
of gaming was strong upon me also.
| cared no more for Lord Felton's
daughter Mary than fos any village
maid. She was no more to me. True,
] had heard of her-who had not? OF
her beauty, her conquests. the duels
fought Tor love OF her-and more.
Although she had been in London but
"A few years she had set all hearts
agog; feminine ones with envy. mas
cullne ones with desire IL was said
that she possessed all the fascination
OF her father without his dissomte.
ness--a rare thing in King Charles
court.
When the men recovered from the
momentary CONSERVATION into which
Lord Felton's words had thrown them.
and my lord himself had drained his
goblet OF wine TO perhaps still his
fiuttering fingers. we resumed the
play watched by all eyes, Prayers
and curses We're upon bearded. clean
hhaNeh, ana llpS that had never
known razor, but unuttered. | read
In their faces while they scorned
Lord FELTON, and cursed him to the
lowest depths, they yet prayed that
he might win--they that were not
wont TO pray.
His was the first throw and he won.
The next was mine-we were even.
All now depended upon the last spin.
ming of the dice. He took them up
and ratified them, still with rythm.
ical movement, and threw them out
upon the table without the least show
of brayado only an outward indiffer.
ence 10 be wondered at, as IL il were
an every day event TO gamble away
a daughters happiness perhaps, u Tor
tune certainly. II came up double
six. lie leaned back complacently, yet
no triumph appeared upon his face.
He was not the man TO shout before
the battle was won. The men who
had heretofore hardly seemed TO
breathe, now took time to draw their
breaths in with relieved sigh. l
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-02-09
TWO MOST CURIOUS LAKES.
cne in Asia Has Wster of Rose color
Another Ia OF pitrh

cne in Asia Has Wster of Rose color,
Another la Of Pitch.
In central Asia, near the Caspian
sea. is a Lake CT beautiful rose color,
while the banks are covered with salt
crystals as hlte as snow. From the
waters of tsis lake there arises a
fowerlike oG>r. The color and the
odor are 81 posed TO be caused by
vegetable mG ter in the depths.
One OF the most singular lakes in
the world is tae celebrated Pitch lake
of the island of Trinidad. This lake
spreads Owe an area of ninety-nlne
acres and it surface is composed OF
one great flc, ling mass of asphaltum
scanned With veins of clear water
There is a similar lake in Venezuela.
The Pitch lake is a hiGeous place as
far as SMELL are concerned, for the
air all about Is heavy with noxious
vapors, and from the center of the
lake gushes O fountain of liquid as
phaltum, in which there float and
break bubble containing most hor-
rible gases.
The workmol 20 out on the surface
of this lake and cut great slabs of as
phaltum, whic are carried away. But
the next morning the hole they left is
filed up again with the pitch which
has risen during the night, so that the
supply seems 10 be ineXhausti0le.
This curious lake was discovered by
Sir Walter Raleigh when he landed in
Trinidad in 1895 on his way TO the
mouth of the Orinoco in search OF FL
Dorado
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-02-09

men. Some covered and shrank
back; others assumed an Indifference
quite at variance with their previous
agitation Sir Raoul Dwight glowered
back at him. lie had dared take their
idol and treat it as clay. and in that
he had dared much.
Recovering from my surprise, | muir
INJURED something trite enough about
being most happy to risk all and more
for the happiness of obtaining the
lady's hand menial brought him n
quill and an ink horn. He wrote an
Acknowledgement deliberately, and
sprinlled IL with sand. He dallied
doing It, as though he gloated over
the deed. and dared anyone to take
umbrage either at II or him. When
he had the paper to his satisfaction
he placed II IN the center of the table.
] pushed the gold beside IT,
The light from innumerable candles
shone down upon the long table black
with age: II passed through the bot
ties filled with liquor. and made
spiashes of red upon the dark grain
of the wood; 1t played upon the gold
that scintillated and sparkled like the
light in a womRns eye.
The hunting feast was long over.
The board had been cleared, and the
men grouped about IL were in charac-
teristic attitudes, gaming. 1t was the
usual ending To a days sport Gil
and myself had ridden over from Long
Haut for the hunt at the bidding OF
Master Arnold, and as was expected
we stayed for the gaming Not that
expectations or contumelious lips
would have held MS, had we not been
as fond of game OF chance as any
one of the gay bloods from London
town who made mp the party.
II hau been day of rare sport.
Time had not been wasted in our de-
sire 10 Kill, and as a result many deer
and boars lay low that yesterday
bounded through the forest. All
showed upon their person how furi-
ously they had come jowl against
earth's bushes, brambles and dirt.
One fellow sat with broken arm in
sling dicing with his left hand, while
iidiNhhlN NY III htu MS coat on Win
the wrong side faced out. Whether 10
keep 1t from soilure (there was no
need, or to propitiate that Janus
faced damsel Fortune ,there was
great need, no one knew, but him.
self Others had turned the lace back
from their hands, and here and there
wig lay tossed OF In the heat and
excitement of the game.
The room where we sat was long
and narrow. The narrow part was
broadened somewhat by many dia.
mond-shaped panes Of glass set op.
posite each other. Al the far end
fire of logs burned. The smoke from
the pipes of the men foated there to
be sucked up by lis red mouth.
Lord FELTON, had only joined us upon
our reaching the Lodge. Hunting was
too strenuous an exercise for him,
while feasting and gaming were the
elixir OF his life. He had chosen me.
a stranger. for his partner in the
evenings sport. Why / should have
been so signalized know not, unless
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-02-09
Paprika Snitzel.

Cut two pounds of thick veal steak
into small pieces, roll in seasoned
-four, fry brown in salt pagk fat. Re
move the meat from the pan. add two
tablespoonfuls of flour to the remain
ing fat, brown lightly, and pour in
gradually the strained liquor from a
pint can of tomatoes. Add a slice
of onion and carrot, three bay leaves
and a bit of mace, then return the
meat to the sauce, cover closely and
simmer three-quarters of an hour.
When done, remove the meat, add a
little more salt if necessary to the
sauce, large pinch of paprilla and
strain on the platter. CThe pork fat
helps to season it,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-02-09

Every saucepan that has been used
and is finished with should be filed
with cold water and put on the stove
to boil out
Ebonize old or unpalnted furniture,
especially chairs or library tables, by
rubbing in a mixture of lamp-black
and turpentine.
To clean nickel scour with pulver-
lied borax. use hot water and very
little soap. Rinse in hot water and
rub dry with clean cloth.
To cut fresh bread easily and neat.
ly heat the blade Of the breadknife by
laying first one side and then the
other across the hot range.
Always buy an extra yard of stair
carpeting, folding il under at each end
so the carpet can be moved TO equal
ize the wear over the edge of the
steps.
ButtermillI is excellent for cleaning
sponges. Steep the sponge in milk
for some hours, then squeeze it out
and wash it in cold water. Lemon
Juice is also good.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-02-09
WHILE THE
TEA DaEw3

Nothing brightens up a dark suit So
elegantly as a white hat and little,
ermine cravat.
For evening wear the feathered
stole has dainty rose of camellia
fastened at the left side.
A trimming fancy much seen is the
use of silver-edged straps and buttons
of kid or leather.
One of the new lace blouses has
perfectly close plain sleeves after the
fashion of ages ago.
There are hats 50 big that they
are ridiculous and others so absurdly
little as to be ludicrous.
Silk and fur are happily combined
in gowns of the new soft silk. made
ornate with fur bands.
So light and pretty are tie mara
bout hats one wonders that any wom-
an should choose heavy fur creations.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-02-09
Waterfall for St. Petersburg.

st. Petersburg is looking for
waterfall, and has been so looking
for more than twenty years. Its object
is to find fall capable of furnishing
sufficient power TO supply st. Peters
burg with electricity. Hitherto the
most suitable for this purpose appear
ed to be cataract in Finland, which
it was proposed TO utilize for the
working of an electric railway. Fur
ther researches. however. have result
ed in the discovery of the Kirimemi
waterfall on the river Voksen. forty
six miles from St Petersburg. with
energy equivalent to $4,000 horse
power This waterfall is forty-ive
miles closer to the Russian metropo-
lis than tnat in FINLAND. and is offered
for sale at considerably less price
Unless the difficulties of conveying
the current prove insuperable. the
Kirimemi waterfall will be purchased
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-02-09
Eor Travel or DRIVING.

In describing coats the field is so
wide that it is not possible to cover
the whole ground. One style seems
TO be almost Indispensable, and that
Is a long, fur-lined tweed or cloth
coat. Such a coat Is a wrap par ex-
cellence for driving. motoring or rail-
way travel. Tho mode has no rival
SO far as comfortable knock-about and
comprehensive wear Is concerned. One
example of coat of this description
Is made of light gray. tweed, and is
lined throughout with squirrel lock.
handsomely adorned exteriorly with
huge roll collar and revers OF gray
Persian lamb.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-02-09

threw-it came up am1s-ace. had
won.
Then he arose. bowed and sat
down again. His face went white.
There was e1euse. the stakes had
been great.
Truly marvel. and 50 young he
managed 10 say. for the great control
he knew 50 we'll how TO exercise held
him; "the King hinEelf woulG be
outdone."
His friends and kinsmen crowded
about him. An explosive "Damme"
came from a mouth. and II was as a
clap OF thunder which proludes a
storm. Chairs we're tipped out Of the
way and swords we're drawn. The
room was in an uproar; the storm
was about me. Passionate natures
were ready 10 oyerstep the bounds Of
decency and prudence.
stood up and faced the crowd.
while I mentally calculated whether
Gil and | could cut our way through
them II the affair came to a fracas
He. faithful fellow. seemingly had no
doubts about il and stood ready at
my side for anything.
Gentlemen" drawled |. "A most
unusual proceedilg-rea there is
one too many of you"
Too many for you II you think to
steal away with that bit of paper"
cried Sir Raoul Dwight. And he
lurched forward as though to take il.
when quick as thought had pinned 1t
with my sword to the table.
What have won | shall know
how TO keep" said |.
'Neverl BY God neverl" belched
forth the fellow in Il mad fury.
Gentlemen. will YOU permit such a
monstrosity to happen?" he contin-
ued. Shall the choicest flower be left
for this mans pic.ing? Shall this
fellow for few happy throws of dice
be let to take with an Indifferent hand
what we have iooacd with yearning
eyes toward? shal it be permitted
| Never. i say never
| waited until the ciamoring cries
I had ceased, then 50 d:
That shonld have been thought oi
I before the game; It is rather too late
| methinks"
You shall not leave here with that
paper in your pos gsicn," said Sir
Raoul Dwight.
Shall, and shal not, are words
which take little lrcath in the say
ing. and they cone rather too trip
pingly from your lips, Sir Raou
| Dwight" ] answered him. i think tn,
lady will thank J r kInsman-ant
her lovers, for their zeal in her be
| half today" | tuTned to the assem-
bled party. spok impressively, fol
IL looked as if il might come TO {
brawl, for which &c knows I had lit
tie desire, though WY | should hav,
regard for the lady name. and car,
whether 1t was the cause of fraca,
at a gambling table, since her fathot
and her lover were equally lacking il
all sense Of decorum, ! do not know
Some things are innate in people
hated 10 see proud name banded
about in way th~t should call tn,
blush to a fair che X,
ITO be cOatinVed.)
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-02-09
Shot silks Are Gaming in.

Shot silks are coming in, and are
used Just now on Louis XVI dinner
flocks for the underskirt and cuffs
and revers, the rest being brocade. OF
course all the hats are tricorne in
some form or another, and on the
whole are prcOy and generally be
coming One form of trimming is 10
lay a feather across the crown from
hgim to brim, and add one very long
one. which trails down on the back
cf the hair and in some cases sweeps
nall way around the neck.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-02-09
Continental Flats.

The continental hat has more vogue
than ever and appears with various
notifications Some of the smartest
models have the under side Of the
rolling brim covered smoothly with
black velvet
The upper side Of the brim and the
crown are on beaver in white or A1me
pastel shade. and clusters of velvet
roses or the rather absurd gold or
silver grapes are tucked into the
brim's indentations.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-02-09

Drowned. Arrange in seryns-dish,
pour over the following sauce ANA
chill thoroughly. Cook two ounces of
sweet chocolate. one teaspoon sugar.
one and a quarter cups OF milk. IN
double boiler FIVE minutes. then add
teaspoon arrowroot, mixed with q
qaarter cup OF cream and a pinch 81
salt. cook ten minutes fIelt one and
half tablespooDfuls OF butter. add
four tablespoons powdered sugar ana
cook stirring constantly uatil wei
caramelized. Add to frs, mixture,
add half teaspoon vanilla. and strain
over pears.-M Montreal Herald.
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panne. The skirt is shirred at the top.
except In front, where it forms two
box plaits. IL is finished at the bot,
tom with two flounces, set one ON the
other, and headed by little friiis OF
brown tafeta or satin. The draped
fronts of the bodice cross and are bor-
dered with bias bands Of the panne
ornamented with embroidered buttons.
The yoke is of cream lace and the
shoulder collar is of cream lace and
brown silk lace. The pulled sleeves
are shirred along the outside aud or.
namented at the top with little frills
of silk tr satin. They are finished at
the elbows with frills of chiffon aud
lace. The folded glrdle is OF The
oznne.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1905-02-09
Whitish-Green Chiffon.

A charming dress for girl who is
to help receive With one of next weeks
debutantes is of pale whitish-green
chiffon, its plated skirt trimmed at
bottom with two hoops of waved and
knotted green ribbon. Its bloused
bodice has lace bertha and is dainti-
ly garnished with ribbon KEots. There
is a tiny chemisettt of white Guiplre.