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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-15

yHEN an apartment or house is to
"i be furnished the average woman
" does not know where to start.
w What she does in most instances
is to 60 around to some con-
Germ to see what she can find. She
takes with her certain -preconceived
ideas as to colors, articles Of furniture,
draperies, rugs, wall papers, and 50 on,
and this would be commendable if she
had a scientific basis upon which to
work and knew what she should have
and what she was talking about. Yet
few women do know this when they
undertake the furnishing Of home,
and so they go from place to place and
pick up an article here and another
there; they purchase draperies Of sew
eral tones i'm clashing colors and when
they get thru they have nothing artistic
and in harmony.
the large houses decorative statesmen
are employed, many of them men who
have spent years in Europe STUDYING
style and every known branch of the
decorators art, and all Of them prac-
tical, experienced men, who are there
for the purpose Of helping one who
would furnish house do SO on an artis-
tic, practical, and proportionate basis.
Gn0 u1111Cnd1I0, VINO IS MS
$4,000 mansion, than they are to bring
their skill to bear on the decoration
of the $500 cottage. The exclusive
house is the one to 60 to for sugges-
tiohs. Long experience and wide knowl-
edge in the culture of house furnish
ing make it possible for them to do
more with q small amount than can any
one else.
A home cannot be rightly planned
and completed unless it be considered
as a whole and not in sections. When
the architect is thru with the house,
then, if the woodwork has not been
supplied, plan is worked out for each
room, consistent with the demands of
the owner, usage Of each room, and the
light effects Accordingly it calls for
different woods, styles, designs, and
finish. or example, an Elizabethan style
must not be finished in white enamel
and again a colonial style will not ad.
NIT oak woodwork. The mantels must
then receive attention, and the decora.
tions follow in harmony. The electric
wiring and fixtures should be governed
entirely by the individual room. These
done, the color scheme decorations
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>v<HE most uncomfortable thing
% about being married. said
Polly, ''is that you, never can
Il toll whether your friends are
envying you or plying you. =
cit is very simple,'' I replied clos
ing my book for the twentieth time:
"Those Of your friends who are still
single envy you. Those who have been
nNonse nse !" interrupted Polly.
"There isn't any infallible guide. No
two married people look at matrimony
from tho same Viewpoint. It depends
entirely on how happily they have been
married.
10 And on how long, 7 appended.
''The greatest proof that marriage
is not a failure" continued Polly, medi-
tat1vely biting the end Of her tiny
pearl-handled pen, lis that widows and
Widowers, are always SO anxious to try
it again. -t
t,That," I declared, tis no proof
whatever. Marriage, like anything
else, becomes habit. After man has
forgotten his champagne headache, he
is always ready to acquire another. And
after widow or a widower has for
gotten all the trials Of married life, The
or she is willing to try it again.
(Which" interrupted Polly, "is a
sure sign that they consider the pleasure
I could find nothing to say to. this;
30 7 opened my book and resumed my
reading while Polly Went back to her
scribbling.
''ThereI" she said, when I had fin.
ished the same paragraph for the fourth
time, IT have invited them BOTH
"You have invited-whom?"
HAbbingdon Dare and Mrs. Stuyves.
ant to my houseparty. It Is time Alb
bingdon was married; and if anybody
car convince him Of that fact, it Is
Mrs. Stuyvesant-in second mourning
"But thought,' remarked, "that
Mrs. stuyvesant had declared she would
never marry again"
"Perhaps," suggested Polly looking
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-15
Postal Cards as
Place Cards
NOVEL one Of the many uses pic
ture post cards are put to in this
dav Of the fad. was invented on

NOVEL one Of the many uses pic
ture post cards are put to in this
n day Of the fad, was invented on
IA the spur of the moment for an
affair given by girls lunch
con club.
y Funds were low, as they have q way
Of being, and the artistic ability to
make cards out Of few scraps and a
paint brush Gas the writers Of .glittering
generalities often suggest, being as
conspicuous by it's absence as the neces-
sary wherewithal, some one suggested
using picture postals.
That suggestion was hailed with en-
thusiasm. a visit to the shops was
crowned with success in the shape OF
q dozen little oriental ladies the lunch
con was strictly Japanese IN decora-
tion), clad in the gnyest Of klmonos,
with their hair beautifully lacquered,
who bowed and smiled or glanced CO
quettishly over their fans from their
respective postcard backgrounds,
So many postals are ornamented With
scenes, or girls heads estlng
enough in themsely es-that it is easy to
find enough different ones to suit any
particular scheme Of decoration. And
somehow, in club affairs, nobody feels
Ike paying very much for cards.
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get-drunk, while they are here, and
forget to start the furnace in the morn
And Polly put down her pen and
gazed at me apprehensively.
"Never mind, little girl" said
soothirgly, 'fthere are dozens Of other
things to counterfeit Bilkins. You II
play and sing to us in the evenings
my songs are all out Of date, -
sighed Polly;
anas--V
(Which you haven't been able to af
ford since you We been married.
uAnd we'll firt with one another. y
We've forgotten howl" Polly
moaned.
[ flung aside my book, got up from
the couch and began walking about thu
room.
"Polly's head dropped on her arm
and I heard little sound from the
depths Of her sleeve.
l tip-toed softly over to her anc
knelt down by her side.
HWhat is it, little girls" I asked
gently.
"N-nothing," said Polly, wiping he,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-15

with maidenhair fern, use sandle.
STICKS OF glass, with green shades. A
large fern ball suspended over the table
makes most beautiful decoration. The
place cards are white, with a spray
OF fern done in water colors.
The following menu is very appetiz-
ing and easy to prepare. A puree made
from spinach and peas served with
spoonful Of whipped cream; creamed
sweetbread salad served in green pep
pers; pistachio ice in tall glasses stand
ing on a fern decorated plate. Green
frosted cakes ornamented with blanched
almonds and creme de menth completes
this dainty menu.
: + + j. "
This Is a very clever scheme devised
by mother to celebrate her little
girl IS tenth birthday. Invitations were
sent out "from half after two until
in one corner. The rooms were COM
pletely transformed by yards Of red,
orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and
violet cheesecloth, which was used as
portieres, window drapery, etc. It was
festooned from the corners Of the room
to the gas fixtures in the center and
was draped from the grillwork.
The mother told the old fairy story
the two children who sent out to dis
cover the pot Of gold at the end of the
rainbow. Then each child was given
a piece Of string which he or she was
to wind up without breaking; the cords
had been arranged as for a spider web
party. When the end Of the string
was reached a tiny pot was found on
the end filed with peppermint candy,
which had been wrapped in gold paper,
The birthday cake was crescent
shaped, bearing candles Of the seven
colors. This party is really very pretty
and not half the trouble to prepare as
it appears to be from reading The de,
scription. " FILL - s,.
j. !. +
A novel way to find partners is to
write on the cards passed to the men
the names Of states, and the names OF
capital cities on those for the ladies
Their tell the Estates" to find their
"capitals." It is surprising to see the
mixed-up condition Of things for few
minutes, especially if the western and
newer states are selected.
-Ellye Howell Glover.
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A Gift for Queen Helena of Italy

9 Edith Kermit Roosevelt Mrs. Roose-
welt transcribed the names Of her two
boys with their ages as follows:
- Archibald Bullock Roosevelt, aged
10 years.
fQuentin Roosevelt, aged T."
About three months ago, Queen
Helena sent Mrs. Roosevelt her photo
infant son, the prince of Piedmont, with
the two little princesses clinging to her
side. The queen asked Mrs. Roosevelt
for photograph group Of her little
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-15

III RS. ROOSEVELT recently posed
for q photograph with her two
V small sons, Quentin and Archi-
AVA bald, and the picture was made
especially to be sent to the
Queen of Italy. The work was done by
an ex; X in in the t treasury department,
of the mistress Of the White House.
The picture, which bears Mrs. Roose-
velt's signature, has been forwarded to
Queen Helena by the Italian ambassa-
dor. Under her own name written
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-15

boys with herself, and the above pho.
tograph, taken on pale brown-tinted
paper and very attractive, is the re-
suit.
A duplicate of the photograph was
presented to the italian ambassadress.
Baroness Mayor des Planches. and oc.
cupies a conspicuous place in the draw
copies were given to friends in Wash
ington, among them the Baroness Won
Sternburg, wife Of the German ambas-
sador.
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making love and
being in love
without ever mar
rying. It Is the il
lusions that count.
The res Ii t j g 8
n-never come up
to h 9 M II
thought we were
SO happy, until I
began trying to
find out why. And
now I cannot see
a single advant-
q g 9 in m a t r l.
mony.''
uThere is this
a q Y 9 n t a ge, (" I
said, folding Polly
close in my arms
and kissing her
tenderly, q n d
there Is the GER
tain.ty of possess
ing one another,
while an engage
ment is always an
uncertainty. /"
"But isn't I'M
certainty m u c h
more delightful
said Polly, doubt
fully.
'lt's harrow
ing, - I declared,
when there is
only one girl in
the world whom
you want. It 4
tedious and tire.
some to live on
the frivolous
plane Of Irritation
forever. And it 8
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- ASAAASS ~
~, "to tempt, her
,Polly9''
sob, it isn't
Mrs. Stuyvesant
who III be tempt.
ed,'' replied Polly,
carefully divest-
ing a stamp Of all
its glue and then
trying to make it
stick on the en-
velope. cit g Alb
bingdon Dare
And Of course it IS
right. Won It they
both be happier TO
be-like us7 We IL
help the whole af-
fair al o n 6 by
showing them how
perfectly delight
ful matrimony is.
You won It quarrel
about the coffee or
say things if the
steak don't suit,
while t b ey are
here, W i'll you
JACKIE .sg
"No," I repu:
ed promptly, II
won It. But you
will have to get
up earlier morn
ings If YOU don It
W mt D are t Q
think me neglect
ed when he finds
me 9 ting my
breakfast a l o n Q.
And I'd advise
you, not to make
1t difficult when
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questions.

God has given us this ease, or Seek thine
own ease. 2r~
No place is more delightful than ones own
freside. ..... ~
For the library:
Old wood to burn. y :.
Old friends to trust.
Old authors to read ...
There is an art of reading.
The monuments of vanished minds.
Infinite riches in little room. -.-. u .
For the nursery: - -
God rest ye, little children.
A child in the house is a wellspring Of
pleasure. Est 2!s,
For the music room: .,
The hidden soul Of harmony. 4.
Music, the speech of the angels.
+ + K ..
A very popular form Of entertain
ment is the Dutch supper. If it is
possible, do not use a tablecloth, but
have doilies or orange crepe paper, that
is the Dutch color. Use all the delft
china that is procurable; and imitation
ware is very effective and very cheap.
Tulips are the Dutch flower, and tulip
shaped bon bon boxes and candle shades
may be made from orange tissue paper.
Little wooden shoes may be purchased
and used to hold the sailed nuts. Serve
the following menu, which is written
in Dutch, much to the mystifcation of
the guests. (The translation is given
for The, benefit Of the hostess) =. ! ~.
KALI soep Met Gehak Ballen.
<veal Soup with Garnish OF Meat Ba1ls.)
Gebraden Tong.
{Roasted Tongue.)
Brussels Sprinten.
brussels Sprouts.)
Bloemkool met Room Sauss. '. -
(Creamed Caulifower.) %-
r.. Haring Sla met Croodjes.
{Herring Salad with Rolls.)
Gesneden Sinaas Appelen met Wyne Sause.
(Sliced Oranges with Wine Sauce.)
Gesorteerde Noten. .-' :.
assorted Nuts.)
Kaffee.
(Coffee)
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me off to the club, nor to hand me your
milliner IS bills in his presence, nor
cit will be fine training for us,
Jackl" cried Polly enthusiastically
"Splendid," agreed rather weakly.
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bitterly lonely out there ...-
"Out where7" asked Polly.
fsOutside the doors Of matrimony.
Matrimony is tonic for the young and
q Joy for the old. Its trials are life g
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Questions on any subject pertaining
to this department will cheerfully be
answered A reply will be sent BY mail
enclosed; otherwise answers will appear
In this column. Address Mile. Merri,
The Sunday Journal. " -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-15

eyes and putting her cheek against
mine, only don't you wish, Jack,
that engagements could last forever
and that people could just go on
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-15

att me mischieviously over the envelope
she was sealing, she hasn't quite for
gotten-the trials-yet.
"But 10 it right demanded stern
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-15

For left-harded party, write the
invitations with the left hand, and ask
each guest to practice using the left
hand, for very few are clever enough
to be ambidexterous. When the guests
arrive the left hand must be used in
greeting, also in serving and eating the
Refreshments Have type-written or
a printed quotation which each one
must copy, using only the left hand.
Award prizes for the best and poorest
specimen. This is really very anus
ing affair. .l.-&
j. !. i.
Here is a green and white luncheon
to be served to eight guests, the ideal
number for luncheon party. The
table centerpiece is glass bowl filed
Evening journal., 1905-10-14

about the price OF two Of the eight
room cottages that we have shown you
az Richardson Park Now we say sup
pose you have a good house az fifteen
dollars per month and live .here tan
years, what have you at tha end OF
these ten years? We admit tina. you
have had shelter and YOU have had
clothing and food. but when that is said
an is said Ten years Is gone for MOTH
ins and you are ten yei rs olde" ana the
tolls 0f life are getting ha-dor every
year. NOW we jast want to say that
at Richardson Park. IL YOU had started
there ten years ago, .o-day yon would
have two OF the $500 cottages
ana pay no more than you have naid
for this fifteen dollar house. one you
could have lived In ana the other pcen
getting fifteen dollars o month for this
house which would now pay Tor a cot
tage every six years We just mention
this so an men can come ana improve
their condition. but 10 the young man
that has Just started in life. that IN
about twenty years he could just own
about four of these cottages.
Now young man II YOU stin live ia
darkness or ignorance. don't blame us.
for we have explained this thoroughly
and have tried 20 lift YOU out OF dark
ness into thc Hight. Now just count
vegetables for a moment. this means
the half the keeping o. the house ana
keep your own COW. this viii cost YOU
nothing. There Is grass enough going
20 waste at Richardson Park 20 Keep
fifty cows. This COW we say gives ff-
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l=fllOrrOW,

that Richardson Park has? Now this
is another advantages; our chools are
right here on the place. III IRE is also
two churches within five mai lutes walk
another advantage is the l1y OF our
ground IL just has enougi fan TO
carry on the water and not lot wants
hlling mp or grading. Can you find
seven hundred lots in any p rt Of Will
;nington that has this re ord? You
may say we haven't got tho torres here
lhey are only ave minutes walk and
VIII come for your order m ee times a
DAY " YOU want thcm and lme of the
best stoiekeepcrs On the .lty have
bought corner lots hcre and intend 90
nuiia in short time. Nc ,Npect our
hrst house to be staricl nex week ana
then they will come like " IA flowers
and when The brickayers. q carpent-
ers the stone masons plas orers and
painters. all of these mocha lies gct 10
work these people that have bought
lots at richardson Park where wiu
their lots 20 Gre nrlceg We Just give
tnem one year 20 double themselves
Now do YOU ever think o. ths easy pay
merts shat these lots are sod on. inst
one dollar a week Can't am. man that
mas job az seven dollars n week He
should be ashamed Il he could not put
one dollar week in "A home Working
man we can't let YOU resi-. our hearts
so out for you ana especially the young
man that has just startei - life. DO
you know what it means 10 pay fifteen
dollars month Tor ten years7 Il
means eighteen hundred ollars or
Evening journal., 1905-10-14
Come! Gomez Tomorrow Sunday Another Great Afternoon Outing

lnis great excursion comes. where peo-
PIE fock by hundreds. to Richardson
Park. Were you out ON our last SIM
cay excursion 10 see this new addition
ana TO see how high these lots ma
aeoVe the highest point IN the citv9
The crowds last Sunday showed ms th,t
inis place called Richardson Park is mo
only place where the people can rst
me spot that suits them to huifi b,
home. Al first sight they buy. Afonv
ot them caine not with the exnecfntion
OF buying but when thcy ee, hero ana
see these lots they become SO attached
10 the place they bay at first sieht sev
eisl OF our customers had iors boueh,
az other places ana have thrown then,
up Just because Richardson Park has
twice the advantages nf ans other sub-
urh that adioiEs WHmineton AVID va
can ten sen what they are When Won
iFaNe the city ana come 20 the country
don't you want 10 so where IL is
neAithyf You know when you go along
fhe river whore the swampv marshv
iand lay the malaria and mosouitoos
rage you know that maiaria is De
starter az most an other diseases. this
IS one OF the advantages that Rir,ara-
son Park has and q great advanta.-a
Now another advantage is our .,,.
service. We have three trolley limos
Two 90" "a operation and another that
,s surveyed right through Richardson
lark ana a ivo cent fare to any part
or the city With an exchange ana aiso
Two r. r. stations. Show me another
SUBURB that has the kind Of car service
Evening journal., 1905-10-14

teen quarts Of m k day and there IS
plenty Of sale 70 the milk here now
fifteen quarts Of milk az six cents
quart means ninety cents a day or
twenty-seven dol rs a month. Now say
YOU have six mon hs Of this. this means
one hundred ani sixty-two dollars.
Now is ii any wonder that the people
want 20 get out lf the city and are
nockiDg TO the country. Now suppose
YOU had two Of tlese,cows they would
pay for your colt ge In about four sum-
mers These are facts and they cam
not be denied. You must come on our
next excursion.
Richardson ParS is the only place to
live. and live in lappiness. Come and
see this new ad ition ana see these
beautiful lots tina overhang this beau
titul lake of spr ng water that never
gets muddy. and where the gold FISH
swlms. boating. lathing. fishing, gum
ming. an within hree squares of this
beautiful mounfl D. We only want you
TO come and see if everything we say
isn't true
Come, Come 20 Richardson Park to-
morrow. We par the fare; our cars
are ffe: just throw up your hand and
they viii stop at any place along the
line Remember zach one OF our GUS
toners are an gent. We give them
five dollars a lot. Some OF our custom
ers have brough from eight TO ten
buyers. Look what difference IT
makes in the prize of these lots. One
of our merchants brought four buyers
yesterday. This s why our lots are
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selling. We favor everyone. Can't you
become customer; haven't you got
friends? These lots sell at first sight.
Why won't other building lots that ad.
Join Wilmington sell like these at
Richardson Park2 For instance the
lots over the Brandywine that we told
YOU about some time ago. The people
that buy lots are not easily fooled, you
know. and every one else knows, never
buy a building lot to build on in the
eastern or southern section part of the
city, especially a manufacturing city
like Wilmington. We can tell you the
reason. When the wind is east and
the air is damp and heavy. do you sup
pose the people at Richardson Park
ever see any of this smoke that is dis
charged from the monstrous stacks
that we can look down upon from
Richardson Park? 1t never gets up
here, but when the wind is west and
the air is dry like It always is when
the wind IS there where are you who
live in the eastern or southern part OF
the city? Hadn't you better live right
IN the heart of the city? So come TO
Richardson Park. Your complexion
win change in less than six weeks. Just
think of living where your complexion
is as white as lily. Many people don't
think that this fresh air we breathe
has anything TO do with your complex
ion and health, but it has. and when
you can live In health everything else
like the beauty Of life viii come A
kind mother that lives I'm the eastern
part Of the city says to her daughter
Evening journal., 1905-10-14

go VI and close the windows or every
thing in this house will be ruined. Just
think of it! Isn't is awful. she says.
We thought when we bought this lot
and ! iilt this home, we We're just suit
ed. TOW do you suppose we ever see
such thing as this smoke at Richard
son ark? No, we never think Of such
a thi q Your furniture only needs
dusti,ie once a month. Just think of it,
inst lusting a little with the broom
arouri the corners Of the kitchen once
n we K and then busting your furni-
ture. a sweeping up stairs once
mont. Can you do this where you now
1iva9 And when the kind mother said
~ her daughter TO close the windows
the II errnometer was up to ninety-nine.
isn't This living in a house with the
baat md the windows closed, is II any
wond r. that the fever RACES in many
rarts Of our city. Isn't it awful? Can
Won sand it? Isn't this all true2 We
admit vou can live with the window up
whert YOU now live but look at the re-
suits. Isn't everything ruined? Wen,
WHY -ot live where these all disappear
and mat is Richardson Park2 Live
v-here your windows can be kept up the
year round. Comel Come Tomorrow.
ever, thing as free as the air you
hreati. Come where lots sell every day.
Lots ranging in price from $4,000 to
Sc00.OC Agents on ground every day.
We guarantee clear title. Botn
'phon $. City Office, southwest corner
Sever n and Market strets. Exchange
Build ng. (second hOor), room NO. 8.
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Rad Men 70 Attend chureh.

Sunday November % will be observed as
Red Mems Day at Madeley NJ. e. Church.
In the morning Hiawatha Tribe will at
tend tho service in a body, accompanied
by their brothers Of other tribes, and the
pastor. Rev. John NJ. Arters viii preach
special sermon to them. In the evening
a platform meeting viii be held TO be adj
dressed by the pastor and certain prom
inent Red Men. Everybody is invited to
these services in honor Of the approach
ing 5Oth anniversary Of the Great Council
Of Delaware.