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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-04
For the Little Folks.

A good way to amuse the little folks
is with shadow charades. A large
sheet, lamp. and possibly some card
board, with a piano behind the scenes,
are all that is necessary.
A double room is the best for this,
but failing that, the sheet fixed up
across one end of the room or in the
doorway will do nearly as well.
The sheet must be stretched quite
taut and the lamp placed so that the
actors shadow will be thrown full on
the sheet, while all other lights are,
Of course, extinguished, the specta-
tors sitting in rows facing the cur
tain.
Jack Sprat and his wife. Little 30.
Peep looking for her sheep. Little Miss
Muffet and the spider who sat beside
her, Pussy in the Well, and Cinderella
offer excellent subjects to be illustrat-
ed in pantomime behind the sheet.
The Riddles" in the audience must
guess the title of each charade.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-04

Here is a card trick that any bright
boy can perform, and little practice
will make him so skillful that no one
can detect It. Hold out the pack. face
downward, AMI ask some one to draw
out four cards. Then ask him to sook
at them and to think of one of the
four OF course he must not tell you
wnat card be thought of.
When he hands the four cards back
to YOU, you must put two Of them at
he bottom Of the pack and two on the
top. but you must do this SO dextrously
and neatly tnat it will not be noticed.
Here is where your practice will be
needed.
Now in handing the pack, withdraw
four cards of tny sort, no matter what
they may be, and place them under
the two cards that you have put at the
bottom CT the pack. Then, taking six
cards from the bottom. spread them
out on the table and ask the person
If the cara he thought Of is among
them.
If he says no, you are sure that it is
one of the two that you put on top.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-04

"You can always tell giraffe coun-
try at glance" said Capt. Manel. the
big game hunter. "A place Of low
bushes or no bushes or trees at all is
sure not to have any giraffes in 1t.
Always look for low trees with abund.
ant LEAKAGE before you look for the
giraffes.
mo matter how fertile the ground
may be, or how full it may be of fine
juicy grass and other vegetation that
would furnish abundant food for the
giraffes, you won't be likely to find
them unless there are trees. The rea,
son for this is that it is very nearly as
hard for giraffe to browse on the
ground as it would be for a man to
stocp over without getting on hands
and Knees, and pick something up from
the grocud with his mouth.
There is no more awkward and
painful sight than to see one of these
beautiful beasts feeding from the
ground. 1t straddles till they look as
If they were being stretched like In
dia rubber.
Then it slowly and clumsily lowers
its body, jerking its forelegs spasmod
ically to keep its balance. That Ii
why a giraffe is not eager to browse OF
low-growing vegetation"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-04
The Enjoyable Game Of Sniff How to PLAY It

This is as enjoyable a game as you
could ask for.
II you do not know how to play it.
follow the directions quoted below
from the Book Of Indoor and Outdoor
Games:
Sniff is a game of either dominoes or
card dominoes. and may be played by
two persons or four as partners.
The dominoes are posed face down,
and each player takes six, the rest
being left in the stock. The one who
has the highest double opens the
game.
II no one has double, each draws
IN turn from the stock until one is
found He places this in the center Of
the table. The domino is called
sniff" and the next player on the left
must place next to it another piece,
one end of which must correspond to
tho numbers Of Sniff. II he cannot
DO this he must draw from the stock.
If after drawing three pieces he is
still unable to play. he loses his turn.
All four sides Of SnifT may be played
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-04
Oldest Musical instrument.

When you listen to the mighty or
gan sending forth its stormy music
you will hardly think that the organ
is one of the most ancient of musical
Instruments. But it is.
It is based on the simple shepherds
reed, and it represents In its modern
form the three primitive instruments
the reed. the pans pipe and the bag
pipe.
1t is believed that the instrument in
the second temple of Jerusalem was a
regular, complete organ.
In the second and third centuries
after Christ the bellows came into
use. The first organ builder whose
name has been preserved was Georg-
ius Of Venice, who labored during the
time of Ludwig the Devout. Until the
end of the fifteenth century organs
were so cumbersome that two players
were needed and they had to beat the
keys with the full force of their fists.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-04
FOR Outdoor Sports.

The newest sweaters for outdoor
sports are long and built on the
straightest OF lines. Instead Of the
high rolling collar. they are finished
of V-neck fashion.
Big caps come to wear with them
knit, too, and made so that they pull
down over your ears like the old
fashioned toboggan caps the young
sters used To wear. But these hare
another adyantage-two great open
ings left in front. invisible when the
cap is put on in ordinary fashion,
but making it possible to pull the
cap down over your face, letting the
openings come just over your eyes.
The cap gives you rather goblin
ike appearance when your face is en-
tirely covered except for the goblin
like eye-holes.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-04
WHILE rHR
TEA DREwS

kimono lines are used in every
thing from coats to hathrobes.
Little lace toques made Of yalen-
clennes with knot Of roses at the
side. are nobby.
Black silk stockings have sprays Of
blue forget-me-nots embroidered on
the instep.
A plain. close-fltting skirt, fariRg
only at the feet, best sets off the long.
tight coat.
Some OF the early straw hats are
faced with sun-plaited shaded silk
with dazzling effect.
New shirtwaist sleeves are a trife
fuller at the top, but have not chang
ed radically in shape.
Most OF the new summer stuffs are
mercerized and very beautifully and
perfectly done. too.
Fine imitation valenclennes, is
loyelier than ever, almost defying dis
tinction from the real lace.
Indications are that the directoire.
Louis and redingote coats OF the win
ter will hold over into summer.
Almost all bodices are cut out at
the neck to show some form OF yoke.
chemisette or piastron, generally in
white.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-04

o say, have you heard Of the sing away
That sings where the Runaway river.
Runs down with Its rills from the bald
headed hills
That stand In the sunshine and shiver
20 sing; sing-away; sing away,
How the pines and the Dircnes are
BY the triIl of the sing away birdl
And the bald-headed hills. with their
rocks and their rills,
To the tune Of his rapture are ringing,
And their faces grow young, all their
gray mists among,
While the forests break forth into sing
ing,
20. singl sing away. sing-awayl"
And the flying winds catch up the
song.
1t was nothing but-hushi A Wild white
throated thrush
That emptied his musical culver
With charm and spell over valley
and dell
On the banks of the Runaway river.
20, singl aing-awayi sing-away!
Yet the song OF the wild singer had
The sound OF a soul that was glad.
And beneath the glad sun many glad
hearted one
Set the world to the tune Of his glad
ness;
The river shah sing It. the breezes shall
wing 1t,
20, sing! sing-awayi sing away"
Sing, spirit. who knowest joys giver,
Sing on, by Times Runaway river!
Lucy LarcOm.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-04
FaseInatIna acc Headaear.

A lace gown accessory confined to
evening wear is Tamhour scarf long
and wide enough to cover the head
after the fasion Of a mantilla and to
fall almost to the foot of the gown
Double lace frllls edge the entire
border and serve as an exquisite
frame for pretty face. The woman
who goes with frequency to the opera
and theater and who desires to avoid
the risk Of catching cold from being
hatless will find this scarf a grace.
fully picturesque addition to her even.
ing costumes.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-04
RIce Ple.

Pick clean quart Of rice. wash
well, tie in a cloth. put into a pot Of
boiling water and boil until perfectly
soft Then drain and press It as dry
as possible; mix 1t with two ounces
Of butter and two tablespoonfuls Of
mild grated cheese. Take a small tin
butter kettle. wet the inside, put in
the rice and stand in a cool place till
quite cold Then turn it out carefully
(it should retain the form OF the ket-
tle). rub Il over with the beaten yoik
OF an egg. and set it in an oven till
lightly Drowned. Cut out from the
top OF the mass Of rice an oval lid.
about two inches from the edge. SO as
to leave fiat rim or border all
around. Then excavate the mould Of
rcc, leaving standing crust all
around and at the bottom about two
inches thick. Have ready some hot
sjewed oysters or birds. brown or
white fricassee. Fill up the pie, ad-
ding the gravy Lay on the lid and
decorate 1t with sprigs Of curIed pars-
ley stuck in all around the crack
where the lid is put on.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-04
Water Rlslpq in the Bottle.

you are wizard enough to pour water
through the solid bottom of the latter.
Pass the bottle around, that all may
SEQ it perfectly empty and dry, then,
having thrust stick into it and held
it to the fire until it is very hot-too
hot to hold in the bare hands-stand
it, mouth downward, in the plate OF
water AT the same time pour table
spoonful Of water on the upturned bot
tom, as IL you were beginning to fill it
in that way.
Each time you do this the bottle
will be seen to retain more water, and
as a corresponding amount will have
disappeared from the plateful from
which you are dipping it, it will easily
appear as though the water had passed
through the bottom of the bottle.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-04

You then pass those two cards to the
bottom. and. Withdrawing one of them,
You lay it on the table, asking him If
that is the cara.
If he says no again. take up the
card. put it on top Of the pack and
then. extending the pack toward him.
tell him to draw his card from the bot
tom--and his card is sure to be there.
II. when you lay down the six cards,
he says that his card is among them,
you take up the four that you have
put on the bottom Of the pack and put
them on TOP. putting the other two at
the bottom. Lay one OF these on the
table. and If he says it is not his, asl.
him to draw his from the bottom OF
the pack. as in the other case.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-04
New styles in Sleeves.


II Is the sleeves that are the great
point OF departure In the new styles.
Gone are those unwieldy and awk-
ward wrist puffs that were always
dipping into the butter or the gravy
at the dining table, and sweeping up
the dust OF every other table with
which they came in contact They
certainly we're more provocative Of
III humor and necessitated more trips
to the cleaners than any other fea-
ture of fashion that we have suffered
ander for a long time past. Added to
which they had trick OF broadening
the outline OF the figure, an effect
which was not by any means TO their
credit or ours.
There Is a delightful latitude Of
style and styles in the new sleeves;
and 1t will be possible for The girl
who designs, and perhaps makes. her
own lingerie bl0uses. TO have quite an
extensive repertoire in them without
resorting to the same sleeve more
than once.
With the broadening. and in many
Instances the shortening, OF the shoul-
der seam--the latter is hint for
those whose shoulders are already
perhaps unduly broad--and the mass
ing OF the fuliness above the elbow
Joint the upper part Of the waist win
take on an appearance Of fullness
that viii make the adjustment OF the
body portion matter of some
thought and skin.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-04

ing garment, and how much more sat
isfaction there is In feeling that you
have a pretty. neat sacQue Of the
latest design.
The design shows tucked yoke In
front, thus enabling one to make
dainty. pretty design without the
large collar The sacque may be worn
with or without the belt. For a
neat little dressing sacque that is nice
enough for afternoon wear. as well as
for a morning sacque, this is good
model to follow. Made up In figured
japanese silk or challie, and using
white or plain material for collar and
cuffs, one fashions a most charming
design. Cashmere, albatross, fleece
lined material and silk are suitable to
the mode.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-04

IN sheer white materials there are
some lovely model gowns, which siow
what may be accomplished BY the use
Of the exquisitely designed and won.
derfully fine allovcr embroiderles'
One gown, very simple in outline con-
sists Of a bodice and skirt Of the
sheerest nalnsook embroidery, IN oIen
buttonhole design, the pattern taking
the form Of palm leaf
The skirt has fitted fiounce IN the
same design. already fulled as 20
many Of the new houncings are, 70
that in place Of being gathered on 70
the main body Of the skirt It is laid
'fiat. giving no apparent Joining edge,
get securing all the necessary fullness
around the bottom of the skirt A
eirdle OF pale blue or other colored
satin or silk, high in the back and
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-04

Stimulating a bo-
lerc. The stole
ends are shirred
all the bottom. fin
ished with frills Of
the silk. and orna-
mented with but
tons. Inside they
are finished with
an edge of light
blue velvet and
open over a tulle
plastron Of vene
tan lace. The
shoulder collar Is
also OF this lace
bordered with a
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-04
Mock Turtle Soup.

Add four hard-boiled eggs cut into
elghths, a glass of claret, the juice OF
half a lemon, or a lemon peeled, then
sliced thin (this last to be laid on the
surface after the soup is dished), a
teacupful OF boiling water and such
additional salt and pepper as your
taste adjudges to be needful. II you
care to take the trouble. omit the
whites Of the eggs, pound the yolks
into paste. work in melted butter, a
pinch Of mustard. pepper and salt, and
bind with the yolk of raw egg. Flour
your hands. make the paste into small
balls and drop into the boiling soup.
Simmer three minutes after they go
in
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-04

heat with which he had supplied them
during the day An eclipse OF the sun
filed them with dismay; that event
was looked on as his death, and they
were then very anxious about his safe
ty. They used to fasten bits of live
coal to the points of their arrows and
shoot them up into the air in order
that the expiring sun might be relight.
ed. AS for the moon, it was equally
precious; they reckoned their months
by 1t. Their children were forbidden
to point at 1t with their finger lest it
should be bitten of.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-04
A Novelty In skates.


"The latest novelty" said the cutler
Ia skate with foot-warming at
tachment."
The skate was sumptuously made
In donning it the foot is slipped into a
velvet shoe lined with fur To the
sole Of this shoe the skate proper was
fixed. Altogether the contrivance ap-
peared excellent.
The queen Of England" said the
cutler, has pair of skates like these
The empress Of Russia has pair.
Some of the richest New York ladies
wear these skates. They keep the
feet quite warm and comfortable. and
there is never any danger Of FROST
bite"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-04
OlR7,11OlyNAQI IfUI-lNAz2

parrot in the room. There was no
harm in the bird that sang in good
time and tune There is happy
land" But other feats of initiative
ness might easily offend. Parrots ut
tering responses, or bits of the creed,
or scraps Of prayer-as several have
been known to do-especially at un-
seasonable moments. are apt to yex
rather than amuse, though, Of course.
the birds do not mean to be irreverent.
A bishops parrot used to calculate
let us Pray. sometimes in devout
tones, at other times mockingly, and
the bishop could hardly have liked it..
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-04

little plating Of white gauze.
The neck is finished with a ruche
Of lace. in the middle Of which is a
band OF the blue. the ends fastened
with strass buttons. The standing col.
lar is of white silk or llnon. The full
sleeves are shiired at the bottom and
finished with frills of the material and
lace.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-04

dressing sacque.
and both these de-
tails were consid-
cred In designing
the one shown
here. in figured
material and hav-
ing a prettily-shap-
ed collar and deep
cuff in plain color
ed material. II
takes up no more
time TO make up
"a pretty dressing
sacque. and the
material costs no
more than To make
up a common look
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-04

TO restore color taken out by acids
drop sal-volaule or hartshorn on the
spos
Plush goods Il sp5nged with a little
chloroform win lock as clean and
bright as when new.
To clean nickel scour with pulver-
ICED borax; use hot water and very
little soap: rinse in hot water and rub
dry with clean cloth
It is wen to remember that pound
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-04
aPIousy Parrots.

Parrots are such close observers and
keen mimics that it would be surpris-
ing If birds in the households of
clergymen and ministers did not re-
peat special phrases at proper times.
Indeed. it would be as well not to
hold family worship with a speaking
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-04

It is Of great advantage to get rid
Of ones dominoes quickly, for the first
one to do 50 adds to his score all the
pips in his adversaries' hands.
Five, or a multiple Of five, alone Is
counted. For instance. If the oppon-
ents' pips added together make seven,
ae adds five to his score; but If eight,
he adds ten.
The player or Sniff adds ten 20 his
score; but If Sniff is double six. it
counts twenty.
In the diagram double-two is "Sniff, 2
and counts the player, A, 10, B plays
No. 2 and counts FIVE 1.-TWO and three
equal fivej, and player No. does not
score tthree and six equals nine), but
the players Of No. 4, D, and No. 5, A,
count ten and fifteen. respectively.
The score would therefore read
thus:
Score 0f A. and C. Score Of B. and d.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-04

Easy to slip on, and nice for after
noons at home, is a gown Of white
cloth, with a tucked embroidered yoke
and black velvet bow. Black fox
edges the skirt and trims the neck and
coke. and the sleeves are Of chiffon,
IN swirling mass about the arm.
Worn with black jet combs In the
hair and black velvet slippers. this
would make an exceptionally attrac-
tive costume.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-04
Brother, who Knocks? ?

Two players are blindfolded and sit
down back to back. Another player
creeps to them and taps one of them
gently on the head. The child that is
SO touched asks the other blindfold.
cd one:
Brother. who knocks?Y
& If it guesses who it was, the knock.
err must take his place.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-04

Bakod- Thirty to forty-five minutes
Steamed-Twenty to forty minutes
Boiled Gin skins) Twenty to thir-
ty minutes.
Boiled (Pared) twenty-five to for
ty-five minutes.
Well softeaed potatoes are cook.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-04

front. holds the fulIness of the bodice
well up; the insides of the elbow
sleeves. where a narrower rufIie of en-
broidery, like that on the skirt, fin
ishes the rather full sleeve, is set with
innumerable pleatings OF sheer main
sock. with a narrow lace edge.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-04

Gold and silver gauze ribbons are
effective trimmings. aud the beautiful
soft wired sash r.1boas are much used
and drared into bcleros, short-sleeved
cuffs and even put together to make
little basque coats 90 wear with thin
skirts,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-04
Death Of The sun.

Among the Ojibway Indians, who
once occupied the lands about the
great lakes. in Canada. the sun, moon
and stars were all objects of worship;
for the red man was, in his own way,
a decidedly religious person. At dawn
the old chief and warriors chanted the
praises of the sun, and at nightfall
they thanked him for the light and
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-04

Of sugar is one pint. an ounce of liquid
is two tablespoonfuls and a pint Of
liquid weighs sixteen ounces.
In colonial house recently com
pleted very decorative tall candle
sticks are made an integral part Of the
railings Of the gallery that surrounds
the dining-room wall,
10 clean vulcanite and horn combs
do not wash. but brush them. Occa-
sionally take piece OF cotton and pull
It through the teeth OF the comb and
remove any dandruff that may have
collected there
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-04

A pretty house gown Of light blue
nuns yelling has a front Of white
tucked muslin and stiff crayat of vio-
let velvet. The bodice is draped and
tucked into a high girdle Of violet
silk. Little plaitings Of Yelling make
dainty finish down either side Of
the front, and the puffed elbow
sleeves are caught in by twists Of VIC
let velvet, from which hang long
scarfs of white lace.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-04
The Maole Bottle.

Here n trick that will prove puz-
zle to those who are not pretty well up
In physics.
Take an ordinary dinner plate and
fill It with water, then small empty
bottle, and assure the spectators that
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-04
Black TaHeta Waist.

Blouse of black taffeta shirred at
the bottom and forming little frill,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-04
Ladies' Dressing saeque.

Attractiyeness is as important fac
tor as comfort IN the selection OF a
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-04

to, and the object of the game is to
play the pieces so that the sum Of all
the pips may make five or a multiple