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The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-18

Mrs. J. P. Vance of. Holmes avenue
entertained eighteen young people at
dinner last evening in honor of the
eighteenth anniversary of the birth
Miss Ida Dean. The rooms were pref
tily decorated in pink and white, a
bowl of carnations and ferns making
most attractive centerpiece for the
table in the dining ROOM After din
ner the guests went to the Dean resi-
dence on Irving avenue, where the
evening was passed with various
amusements.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-18

The Alpha Sigma sorority of the
South high school was entertained by
Miss Chatty Parkhurst Thursday
evening at her home on Park avenue
The reception rooms were beautifully
decorated with the sorority colors, red
and green, and the colors were also
used in the dining room, where large
basket of chrysanthemums formed a
centerpiece for the table. Dainty re-
freshments were served and games and
music were enjoyed during the even
ing.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-18
DO YOU FEEL THIS WAY.

Do you feel all tired out Do you some
times think you just can't work away at
your profession or trade any longer? Do
you havesa poor appetite, and lay awake at
nights unable to sleep? Are your nerves
all gone, and your stomach too?
Has ambition to forge ahead "a in the
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-18

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The midland journal., 1905-03-24
THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL.

Ruff1ed scrim curtains, with a
bonne femme to match, are among
the very newest of the new in the
window-dressing world. These are
made of soft, drapy scrim, with
Cluny, antique, macrame, Rennais-
sance and other laces, that are both
snowy and graceful, as decorative
motifs.
Austrian art furniture from decora-
tors at present and wide vogue
among fashionable folk is predicted
for it when it becomes more widely
known
Until this season color tones of
mauve were almost impossible to get
in draperies of an attractive kind.
The most unusual tones of this color
in charming effects may now be had.
Cretonne will be more popular than
ever this summer for furniture COW
erings, cushions and for drapery. The
latest ones include very dainty
stripes, Louis XIV, Louis XVI, and
Fart nouveau, with grounds in moire
and pasper, with cafe au lait given
special prominence as being very
new
An elaborately-colored cashmere
shawl effect, the pattern accentuated
by mercerized threads, is novelty
noted among the new summer drap,
cry ystuffs.
Quaint Austrian prints, quite un-
like anything before offered for
summer upholstering. are on view.
These come in curtains, couch covers
and table covers to match.
Bureau and table scarfs in broderie
anglaise are the latest fancy in deco
rative household linen.
The midland journal., 1905-03-24
DURATION OF MOURNING
PERIOD

Women who are bereaved, whether
wife. mother, daughter or sister, are
always rather dubious as to exactly
the duration of the mourning period.
The acknowledged canons of mourn
ing at present are as follows: For
the widow, two years, crepe to be
worn the first year and yelling the
next SIX months and grays and pur-
pies until the completion of the Sec
ond year. For the mother or daugh-
ter, one year in crepe and six
months is all that is generally OBJ
served, and for three months crepe
is worn. First cousin, six weeks; no
crept is worn, and but slight mourning
for three weeks. Second cousins and
other distant relatives. 'complimen-
tary" mourning may be worn three
or four weeks.
widow wears as long a veil as
she desires, some reaching the hem
of her skirts and the waist length in
front, but this has, of course, been
cut short after the first month, and
crepe-trimmed face veil is very often
worn for. three months, but in hot
weather the face veil is a trifle more
comfortable. The French women
adopt wells for all periods of mourn
ing. they evidently knowing the ex-
treme destinations for a veil as a
background for the face. Wells vary
for the different degrees of mourn
ing, but Brussels net, with hem or
fold Of crepe. is most popular except
for deepest mourning. For summer
all white is adopted as a sign of deep
mourning.-Newark Advertiser.
The midland journal., 1905-03-24
A PRECIOUS ACCOMPLISHMENT.
Nothing Could Deter a Tenement
House Kid From Playing
the Piano.

A young girl VINO has been assist
ing in settlement work declares that
interesting and enlightening as she
finds the insight it gives her into
lives so different from iler own, she
is equally interested in the other
side of the matter-In discovering
what it is her new friends want to
know about her, and how the facts
impress them.
AS soon as the children of her
class feel that they know her well
enough to ask questions, plenty are
asked, and she soon learned to dis
tinguish those innocently propounded,
with entirely courteous intention
merely as leading to the understand
ing necessary between friends, from
those of a more casual or more in
quisitive kind.
"The six most common questions
are these she says: what is your
fathers business?' How many are
there in the family? Have they all
got jobs?' DO your people own their
own house,? Have you got a piano?
DO you play?'
'It Is the last two, | am sure, which
interest them most; and have learn
ed to feel those two questions COM
ing, and to brace myself to meet them
because, you see, l know the disap-
pointment in me that always results.
1t is all the worse because l have to
say, Yes, we have piano. and then
to add, ignominiously, But l can't play
it,
II can't have a stiffened finger,
and it was so evident l should never
play well that gave up trying long
ago. But you should see the faces
when l confess, before l have time TO
explain! Sometimes it is sheer sur
prise, sometimes pity, sometimes dis
gust, sometimes a ludicrously obvious
shifting of first Impressions and start
ing in afresh from new point OF
view. But it is always something |
have to deal with; a drawback to be
overcome, a defect for which to
atone.
,"One small boy simply looked me
up and down from my shoe-strings to
my topknot, and said, 'Gee!' in tone
of contempt that was positively
scathing. Then he added, proudly.
We had a piano once, on the install
ment plan. We never bought the
whole of it, and it went away again.
was kid then, but my sister learn
ed to play ''My Country 'Tis of Thee" +"
and you just oughter heard her bang
them keys! If we'd ha' kept that
piano, you bet I'h ha' learned to play
it if every finger had was smashed
up except my left little one!' -
Youths Companion.
The midland journal., 1905-03-24

icle, Elva was crying quietly on my
shoulder and the blue cats were grin
ming diabolically from their several
coigns of vantage.
"And when," I asked, after we had
become more or less normal, and re-
turned to earth once again, when
was your psychological moment,
Elva?"
Elva fingered gardenia in my but.
tonhole-took it out-smelt it, and re-
turned it carefully.
when you pretended mean,
when l thought you weren't pretend
ing, and that it was Mollie Richards,
you know" she said, incoherently.
And the blue cats grinned more
than ever, as much as to say, 1--WE
know something about human nature
though we are only china. Chris
Sewell, in the Free Lance.
The midland journal., 1905-03-24
NEW SUMMER MATERIAL.

Wise women are even now en-
gagged upon their summer attire and
that of their families.
1t is sensible to get about it thus
early. In the first place the choice
of the summer goods is to be had at
this time of the year. AS rule the
loveliest colors and patterns are
picked up as fast as they are shown.
Many woman returns to store to
buy only to find that the entire piece
upon which she had at last decided
has been sold.
AS for style, safe way is to con.
slider the latest ideas from Paris and
cast reflective eye over what
seemed best adapted to ones style
and needs last summer. Add to this
any particularly pleasing piquancy
of the winters modes and one is GER
tain to hit upon something as be-
coming as it is out of the ordinary.
Not that one is dependent upon
this method; the good stores show
many new and pleasing dresses and
suits in linen. lawn, organdie and
other materials.
The midland journal., 1905-03-24
AIRY BLOUSE.

The lingerie blouse is the loved
garment Of the well dressed girl to-
day. Memory fails when it comes
to describing the various and intri-
cate ways in which these blouses are
are made. Some are just tucked, ex-
tremely fine, to yoke depth, with
mere little wal" frill at neck and
sleeves, and these are not the least
desirable, as price tags prove.
Others have small round yokes made
of alternate rows of fine insertion
and outstanding frills Of "vaP' lace,
with deep tight cuffs in the same
frilly style. Some have horizontal
tucks alternating with Insertion;
some are all fine perpendicular
tucks; a few have family yellow lace
set in their snowy whiteness; many
have hand embroidery of the most
delicate sort, either scattered all
over or in a front design; and most
are strewn with exquisite, frosty me-
dallions of lace.
The favorite sleeve appears to be
a close, lace or embroidered cuff to
the elbow, with much fullness from
that point to the shoulder. In some
the cuff comes down over the hand
in pointed mitten effect. On all there
are straight, round collars of tucks
of lace or embroidery, finished with
a frill.
Last years collarless neck seems
to have no showing at all.
One is supposed to be warmly
dressed underneath when these
blouses are worn and to put on heavy
wrappings when going out, for the
flimsy things are worn now in the
coldest of winter weather. The very
finest of them are worn over silk
slip of pale color or white. When
warm weather comes this slip may be
left off and then one has just the
incest kind of hot weather blouse.
Rochester, IN. ", Union-Adver-
tiser.
The midland journal., 1905-03-24
FADS IN NECKWEAR.

High tulle ruches are coming into
fashion again, and many of them are
made with long black velvet stream
ers.
The crepe and the silk gauze neck
scarfs are another fashion fad of the
moment. They show many exquisite
color shadings, as well as dainty
flower-scattered designs. The fash
ionable girl wears the crepe scarf in
variety of fascinating ways. Some
times she uses it just as man does
his silk muffller, and then she is sure
to have it in some bright color tint.
Then, again, she wears it as neck
tie, and arranges it in big, fluffy
bow under her chin or in graceful
four-in-hand. The ends, of course,
are very wide, and it is quite fad
to embroider upon one end her mon
ogram in silken threads. This mon
ogram to be strictly up to date must
be worked inside a rim of gold or sill
yer threads. 1t is not necessary to
have the gold or silver outline a
circle. 1t may be shaped like a
fleur-de-lis or a heart, but the mono
gram must have border; that is, so
the girl of the moment thinks
Womans Home Companion.
The midland journal., 1905-03-24
The Windy Day.

Oh. the windy day Is a laughing dayI
For the wind is a funny fellow;
He rollicks and shouts when skies are
gray
And leaves are turning yellow.
The pines, a moment ago SO still,
Fling out their arms and laugh with
a will,
Nodding their heads, as who should
say,
"The old wind has an amusing way"
oh, the windy day is singing day!
For the wind is minstrel, strolling
Thro' field and wood, with CHEEKY lay,
Insistent, sweet, cajoling:
The strings of his harp are pine and
oak,
As he chants his tale to the woodland
folk
All, jewellers of old are they
When the minstrel wind begins to
play!
oh, the windy day is the vagrant's
day!
For the wind is comrade rover,
Whistling down the great highway
To every hill-road lover;
And whether he whistles or laughs or
sings,
Through every vagrant heart there
rings
The impelling, world-old call to stray
With the comrade wind for ever and
aye.
Lucy L. Gable, in Harper's Magazine.
The midland journal., 1905-03-24
STRANGE Mountain sickness.

If mountain sickness should come
upon you your bitterest enemy will
lead your horse for you. The symp-
toms are those of habitual drunken
ness. All the limbs shiver. and in
the bloodless face the eyes have that
extraordinary look of insanity which
is, think. caused by an inability TO
focus them. The speech comes with
difficulty. and in one case that l saw
the mental conference was as obvi-
ously at fault as the physical.-Lan-
der's "Lhasa."
The inventor of the tide table nev.
er saw the sea In his life.
The midland journal., 1905-03-24
WOMEN AS AFTER-DINNER
SPEAKERS.

Women are coming to the front
rank of after-dinner speakers, and
Chauncey Depew and the other
celebrities in this line are advised
to look after their laurels closely.
A prominent women is quoted as
saying that if the art of after-dinner
speaking continues to be cultivated
among women, it is likely that they
will prove themselves as clever and
eloquent as men who have made
regulations in that way. l say they
will do better, and for the reason
that men usually speak too long.
Among individuals who excel in
after dinner speeches are Mrs.
Philip Carpenter, president of New
York State Federation of Clubs;
Mrs. Decker, president of the G. F.
w. c., who is a wonderfully mag
netic and witty speaker; and Mrs.
May Alden Ward and Mrs. Moore,
the vice-presidents; Mrs. Denison, of
New York, Mrs. Mabel Loomis Todd,
Mrs. Donald MacLean and Mrs.
Charles Warren Fairbanks, wife of
the vice-president of the United
States. are we'll up on the list, which
contains many other names known
to club women
The midland journal., 1905-03-24
CANAPEs OF ASPARAGUS.

Canned asparagus is appreciated
by many. 1t may be served in vari-
GUS ways. For an entree canapes OF
asparagus are appetizing. Cut two
inch thick slices of stale bread into
rounds with biscuit cutter. With a
smaller cutter mark circle in the
center of each round and scoop the
crumbs from it to the depth Of an
inch. Do this carefully, so that there
will be firm bottom and sides; lay
these in shallow dish and pour over
them cup of milk in which one egg
has been thoroughly beaten. This
amount of milk will be enough for six
canapes; let them stand moment
or two. Then drop into hot fat and
brown quickly or set in the oven just
long enough to crisp; have ready a
pint of asparagus tips; put into a.
saucepan two ounces of butter and as
soon as melted add a tablespoonful
of -four; add half cup of boiling
water, let it come to boil, then put
in the asparagus tips, teaspoonful
of fine chopped parsley and the juice
of a lemon; fill the canapes with this,
arrange on platter and garnish with
parsley, or cress and slices of lemon.
The midland journal., 1905-03-24
BEGINNINGS.

There are moments in the lives of
all men when with closed eyes they
hear through the silence the pulsing
away of the hours and they realize
the life beyond time. The smallness
of the present moment, made up as
it is half of past and half of future,
it's whole illusory nature, so help
less kitten in the star-spangled uni
versal bag springs upon one. and
the calendar upon which we mark
out our sense of succession is futile
blank. Birth itself is but "a sleep and
a forgetting" 1t is not time, but con.
tent that counts. The one great birth
day of the world commentaries a
short life, not so much as half the
Allotted span of man; life obscure
except for a few short years of ardu-
Gus service and of suffering. 1t is
not the numbered succession of days
that is life, but the area a soul COW
ers. its stretch over souls and out be-
yond space and time. 1t is, humanity
speaking. that we tell of growth in
time; growth is in life, in fulness of
consciousness, in abundance of CIV
ing. For "the transient" said Mar
tineau. is more to the large soul than
the everlasting. to the little"
But we cannot think in terms of
the eternal; even as in olden myths
the gods appeared to mortals only
in disguise. so the life everlasting,
pitiful of mortals. presents itself to
the dawning consciousness under the
symbols OF time and space. We live
in illusion of beginnings and ends.-
Harper's Weekly.
The midland journal., 1905-03-24

knickerbockers and stockings, and
shoes with buckles.
"Siamese women" says The
Graphic. ''are described as graceful
in movement apd figure, and as fitting
models for a sculptor. Their skin is
olive colored. their cheekbones prom
inent, their eyes black and almond
shaped.
'The Siamese are orthodox Budd-
hists, and are strict followers of their
faith. Their religious fervor is shown
by the large number of BONES whom
they maintain, and the number Of
pagodas and sanctuaries to be seen in
their country. The rich, not content
with giving handsome donations,
build and endow temples, in which
they intend their ashes to be placed
in one line; while the poor give an
idol to the temple. The deep reli-
gious sentiment of the Siamese is
bound up with feeling of reverence
for their king, to whom they give the
most exalted titles. such as Master
of the World and Lord of Our Lives
King Chulalongkorn visited England
in 1897. Previous to that he had sent
his sons to be educated in England.
Queen Sowaya Pongsi did not accom-.
pany her husband on that occasion.
being intrusted with the government
Of the country in her husbands alb
sence. New York Tribune
The midland journal., 1905-03-24
BRA1sED CHICKEN.

Wash and peel large turnip and a
large onion, cut them into thin slices,
with a little celery, few sprlgs OF
parsley and a bay leaf. Lay few,
slices of fat bacon at the bottom of
the pan; place the chicken, trussed
for boiling, on it; cover the breast
with slices of bacon. Put the vege-
tables round it with a few bones and
one and half pints of good stock and
a little salt and pepper. Cover the
rot closely, set it over a slow fire. put
red coal on the top and cook slowly.
When it is ready keep the meat hot
while you strain the gravy and take
off the fat; boil up quickly till it
thickens.
The midland journal., 1905-03-24
SALMON SOUP.

Salmon soup is still another dish in
which that faithful help in many an
emergency-a can of salmon-may be
used. After removing all the oil, skin
and bones from the contents of a
small can of salmon, turn it into a
saucepan with tablespoonful of but
ter and let it become very hot. Then
turn in one quart Of milk with little
flour to thicken it, stir smooth, add
two tablespoonfuls Of salt and a
saltspoonful Of pepper, and when it
begins to boil remove from the fire,
strain, add little chopped parsly
and serve.
The midland journal., 1905-03-24
HELPFUL HINTS.

A small teaspoonful of pulverized
borax or a teaspoonful of ammonia
in washbowl of tepid water makes
good cleansing bath for the sick.
1t is said that thin silk stockings, If
worn under the ordinary cotton stock
ings, will prevent chilblains as well as
keep the feet warm.
Lemons are very useful in health
and sickness. Hot lemonade is one
of the best remedies for an incipient
cold. 1t is also excellent in cases of
biliousness. For malaria, the Rom
an cure" is prepared by cutting the
rind and pulp of lemon into pint
of water, then boiling until there is
only a half pint One teaspoonful
should be taken before each neal
This has cured obstinate cases when
turning yellow.
Without care knives not in use soon
spon. Keep them in box in which
sifted quicklime has been placed.
The blades should be covered with
this, but it must not touch the ham
dies, which should be occasionally:
exposed eo the aid to keep them from
turning yellow. n,
When it is necessary to clean win
dows in damp weather, use little
methylated spirit, and you will polish
the windows in half the time. as the
spirit evaporates, and dries the super
fiuous moisture as it goes.
One of the newest and most popu-
lar ways to cover front door panel
is with plain brussels net-white IL
the woodwork is white; ecru If the
woodwork is dark. An insertion of
lace is rsually sewed on this. Over
the panel thin silk curtain is ar
ranged to draw at night.
All-over lace to be had for draping
purposes in all the desirable tints. is
much used at present for window
hangings where something different
is desired. A window seat painted
white and cushioned in a rich, old
blue corduroy, looks extremely well
with this all-over lace of a lighter
shade of blue used for the window
above.
Violet enameled furniture. with
loose cushions of fiowered chintz or
silk, is on view in exclusive decora-
tors shops.
Mission styles in furniture, in the
characteristic severe designs. are
now seen developed in mahogany, but
the result is incongruous. to say the
least.
The midland journal., 1905-03-24
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oYsTERs AND sPAGHETTI,

OYSTERS AND SPAGHETTI.
A souffle of oysters and spaghetti
ought to be appetizing: Cut into tiny
pieces three or four ounces of spag-
hetti and place a layer of it in the
bottom Of baking-dish. Give it al
sprinkling of pepper and salt and add.
few bits of butter; then put in a.
layer of raw oysters and season. AL
ternate the layers until the dish is
full, sprinkle the top thickly with
cracker. crumbs and grated cheese
and bake nice brown.
The midland journal., 1905-03-24
ArtfuIly AIliterative.

Peter Piper had just picked the
peck of picked peppers. Reminds
me, somehow" he said. of Penny
packer preparing to punish the per-
verse Pennsylvania papers for print
ing pert and provoking pictures. ,"
Playfully pinching Penrose, he pluck
ed a particularly promising perquisite
from the political plum tree and pro,
ceeded 10 his promenade.-Chicago
Tribune.
The midland journal., 1905-03-24
ROYAL sIAMEsE WOMEN.

Advocates of dress reform will
heartily approve of the costume
which is worn by the Queen of Siam.
1t consists of a white blouse, black
The midland journal., 1905-03-24

Greater New York consumes 1885,
900 quarts of milk day.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-08-18

remains to be seen. 1t is known that
he did considerable drinking imme-
diately after he arrived in town, and
there is suspicion that he is suffer-
ing from dope although so far very
little has been adduced to support this
theory. 1t is said on good authority
that when O'Neill arrived here he had
considerable money. yet when arrest
ed he was without any cash. Just how
he became separated from his money
Is phase of the case the officers are
trying to find out.
The first time that O'Neill attracted
any attention was late Tuesday night,
when he rushed into Main street sa-
loon, and going up to travelling man
who was standing at the bar shouted:
You are the - | met in Japan"
at the same time making a grab for
the drummer's throat. He did not sue
coed. and then commenced series Of
scratches the like of which were new
er heard out of a mad house. Under
sheriff Martin was soon on the scene,
and with the assistance Of Night Mar
shall Murray and some others, sue
ceeded in getting the man to the coun-
ty Jail. O'Neill had to be carried ev-
cry foot of the way. and scarcely stop
ped his scratching during the entire
trip. He soon became more quiet, but
has not yet recovered his reason, and
gives every appearance of being
very dangerous man in his present
condition.