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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-02
RESURRECTION ROBES
All Good Mormons Are Welded and
Buried in the Sacred Garments.

The Latter Day Saint about to 60
thru the temple, as l have been told
by several good Mormon women, must
have prepared for the wearing of. the
regulation temple robes. These robes
are often made by the women at their
own homes, before going thru the cere-
money; Quite often they are borrowed
from friends and neighbors, and some
times rented at the temples. All mar
riages in the temple are performed in
these robes, and all orthodox Mormons
expect to be buried in them, writes
"The Tragedy of the Mormon Woman"
in the September Housekeeper. Ger
tainly many of them expect the robes to
be resurrected with their bodies, as I
have been told repeatedly that faithful
Saints would be dressed in these gar
ments on the day Of resurrection.
A certain Gentle, who told me the
a Mormon neighbor, during the serious
illness of one of the men of the fam
lily. When he learned he was about to
die, he became pitiably frightened,
showing the most distressing alarm for
his future condition. Suddenly he
asked all, save one, to leave the room.
A few minutes later they were recalled.
The sick man announced calmly that
he was ready to die, and was not afraid.
During their absence he had put on his
temple garments. There could be no
doubt of salvation for one buried in the
sacred robes. -
The robe is loose, flowing garment,
usually made of linen or muslin. It
reaches to the ankle and may be worn
over a white gown of any description.
The material is gathered to band
about twelve inches long which rests on
the right shoulder, passes across the
breast, comes together under the left
I. e
belt. The women wear a veil consist
ing usually of large square of Swiss
muslin, gathered in one corner so as
to form a cap to fit the head. The rest
falls over the face as veil. White
shoes, somewhat resembling moccasins,
are worn, and a green silk apron, en-
broidered in fig leaves, is put over the
robe at that part of the ceremony which
recalls similar incident in the history
of Adam and Eve.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-02
WEDDING INNOVATIONS.

This season has seen several some
what striking innovations at weddings.
At recent one there were two novel
ties. The bridesmaids carried long
sticks to which lunches of crimson
roses were tied, and these sticks flew
in the face Of superstition, for they
were all black, color hardly ever
seen at weddings. Then the bride
groom s gifts were coral necklaces
gift quite out of the common Recent
ly bridegroom at fashionable wed
ding discarded the orthodox frock coat
for an ordinary morning coat, and sew.
eral have worn gray frock coats. An
other bridegroom let each of the brides
maids choose gift for herself, and at
another big wedding the music of the
services was printed with the words
and handed to the guests. One happy
couple with many friends had two wed
ding cakes, the bride cutting one and
the bridegroom the other.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-02
POPULAR MODESTO is A PRISONER

prisoner declares, is the real murderer
Of her husband. " F..
Mrs. Lille was popular dressmaker
before the crime, which Swallowed her
life, was committed. When she was ar
rested her customers were indignant.
They did not believe her guilty even
after a jury convicted her. The two
years trial had worn the nerves Of the
prisoner to ribbons and she was on the
verge of a collapse when the wardeR's
wife had an idea. She visited Mrs. Lii
lies former patrons and asked if they
would employ her again, if it were pos
sible., = ~.
"Would -: exclaimed one of them.
1T wouldn't hesitate a moment. AS
long as my gown fits, | don It care if it
is fitted in a cell or in a parlor.'
When Mrs. Lille was told of the plan
she sprang to her feet.
"May I! May IT, she cried, IT
shall feel that | am in the world again,
doing something that will be seen there,
even en- if if am grVaed behind prison
Hundreds Of women have signed Pc
tition, asking for a new trial for Mrs.
Lille, the Federation Of Women s clubs
is working hari to secure new trial
or pardon, and in the meantime, Mrs.
Lille has been provided with the work
she loves, and the smartest place to get
furbelows III Lincoln, is in the state
penitentiary.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-02
MARRlEp ON PlkE,s PEAK.

Miss Grace P. Post, a pretty young
woman of Emporia, Kan, and John r.
Ballard, a young business man of Col
orado Springs, were married in the tower
on top of Pixies peak. Mr.. and Mrs. Bal
lard were not content with having the
nuptial knot tied on the summit of Pike s
peak but insisted on climbing up into
the steel signal tower on the top of the
mountain and there speaking the words
that united them for life.
It took considerable persuasion to in
duce the Rev. ]. w. Nicely, pastor Of the
Manitou Congregational church, who per-
formed the ceremony, to climb the tower
and tie the knot. The point at which the
marriage ceremony was performed is just
1920 feet above sea level, where the air
is so rarefied that one must almost
breathe twice before trying to speak.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-02
WIN BUYING FURNITURE

Do not buy diningroom chairs with
spreading claw feet or with backs curv-
ing out sideways, for when the time
comes that you want to entertain many
around the table, you, will find that you
cannot get many chairs around it.
Do not get round table with four
legs, Chippendale style, for instance, If
at it symmetrically. The legs at the
edge Of the table make it very uncom-
Portable for the persons who sit near
them, often necessarily right in front
Of them, and to obviate this, both
chairs and places must often be crowd
ed in between, thus spelling the SYM
metrv of the set table-one of it's
charms. A table with column in the
center will do away with this difficulty.
A round, dining table measuring four
feet six is the best in size for general
ing. Around, this table eight people
can be nicely accommodated, while it
is not too large for four. But only six
can be comfortably seated at round
table measuring four feet in diameter.
When purchasing china or glass
closet, see that there are grooves in the
shelves. If they are not there the fur
nitnre dealer should make good the
omission.
When purchasing dressing table get
one that is y, high enough from the the floor
knees under when sitting at it. Other
wise you will find yourself a considera,
BILE distance away from the glass.
Always have casters put in all heavy
furniture when purchasing, and if these
are placed in dressing table, see that
your chair is high enough to correspond
a dressing table and its chair should
4. I. 4 L., !. L,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-02

WHAT WOMEN
WANT TO KNOW

The Game of Five Hundred.-In @
no-trump hand does the joker take any
thingg For instance in a heart lead, if
| should hold hearts and the joker,
should | play the joker and take the
trickg The rule. reads: In playing
whist. The joker only is trump
card. - Does that not mean follow
suit or trump? / should then play
heart and not the joker according to
rule. If should bid seven on hearts
valued at 100, the second player bids
SIX on diamonds, valued at 100, evil
IDENTIFY with the intention of informing
her partner she holds good diamonds
and wishes her to raise the bid, should
hand instead of leaving it to her part
ner, who is fourth? If we should take
every trick which counts $50 and the
bid was eight on diamonds valued at
800 do you count both the $50 and the
300?- Subscriber.
In playing no-trump hand, if you
hold the joker you hold the command.
ing card, and by taking a trick secure
the entrance of your own long suit. If
your opponent has led hearts and you
hold the joker you should certainly
play it and give your own suit chance.
The second bidder should not bid un-
less he can raise your bid, and it is
only form of cheating to suggest to
her partner what suit he holds.
In taking every trick it counts $50
if the bid is under, or more if the bid
calls for it, but the $50 is not added to
the original bid. If you bid eight on
count 800 only. If you bid six on dia-
mands and take every trick, you count
ESQ, as the $50 is more than the 100
which your bid called for.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-02
GRAND DUKE EMBRo1DERs.

She was one OF the persistent KIND OF
American women, and she had heard a
great deal about the skill of the grand
duke of Hesse with the embroidery
needle. She succeeded, after many at
tempts, in gaining access to the grand
dukes workroom and got view Of
many of his most treasured specimens.
She was amazed, she says, at the dainti-
ness of his. creations she is an
excellent judge Of that class Of work.
The grand duke runs largely to sofa
pillows and shawls, and finds his great
est pleasure in sitting all day long in a
low rocking chair stitching away. as if
he had to do it for living and singing
as he works. He has finished embroider-
ing a shawl in twelve colors, and has
worked in series of DESIGNS repre-
senting epochs in the life Of a noble
family. He spent alwost two years in
finishing this shawl and is proud Of it.
His cushion covers aud chair back
covers are described by the inauisitive
American woman as dreams. and she
confesses that, skilful as she is with the
needle, the grand duke has her sfraz-
11od ., ts ta
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-02
CHILD MORTGAGED TO FORMER LOVER

told the woman to care for the sick man
upstairs, and then sat down to rock the
baby to sleep.
Never before in his life had Milo
Green ever held a child in his arms.
Three hours later, when the mother
awoke, refreshed, the house was cleaned,
q nourishing meal ready for her, and
Milo Green was sitting before the fire
with the boy, sound asleep, clutched in
his arms. .,r
When the child was in bed Milo
turned upon Mrs. Leseuer. Well,' he
said, "what are you going to do. You
cannot live this way. I have paid the
woman and the nurse for a month, and
the grocery bill, but you must have
more money!
~ must work. she said, desper-
atcly.
Cash for the Boy.
"You shall not. It will kill you. I
will advance you money!
We cannot accept it from you. We
have nothing to give as .securlty.'
Yes, you have,' said Milo Green
So 800 in cash for a mortgage on the
boy ...~-
The mother wept awhile, and then
sObbed her assent. Two weeks later.
when Jacques was able to sit up in
bed, the mortgage was given, and both
the husband and wife signed it.
Milo Green put the document in his
door he turned suddenly and spoke to
the sick man. e,.1ss
| "Before the Almighty he declared,
| IF you. don t brace up and be man
and support this woman and child I'll
foreclose the mortgage the minute it
falls. due. I did this in the hope of
making a man Of you. I wish you ID
debut. if she wants you to live, III
help give you chance. If you drink
and fail to pay that mortgage IL take
the boy.''
From that day on Jacques was sober
AS he, slowly regained his health he
sought work, and found it in lumber
yard and he and his wife settled down
to save. money to raise the mortgage
and their boy. Every six months they
paid the interest.
cent of interest money that has beer
paid is in a bank at st. Johnsbury tt
the order of one Claire Leseuer.
The struggle has been hard one
but both are certain that, by extra
work and extra saving, they can ac
cumulate enough to settle the debt by
September The father is worrying
over the prospect, and working harder
and harder to get money, but, strange
as it may seem, the mother is not wor
j rying a bit. A few days ago she wa.
sewing on little blue jacket fol
| Claire and she said to neighbor:
/ stDon't let Jacques hear Of it, bu1
I IN making this so Claire can go ovel
to Milo Green's this fall.
Citizen the old skinfint is going tx
foreclose the mortgage9' asked the in
dignant neighbour.
q You mustn't call him a skinfint
/ He's been kind to us, and, whethe
the mortgage is paid or not, I am going
4 to let him have Claire for time.
! think it will do them both good.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-02

Mrs. John Mackay, now living in
England, owns some of the most inter
esting brass and copper curios in the
whole British kingdom. The purpose
of some of these pieces is puzzllng, but
of their workmanship there is no doubt
in the mind of connoisseur. Mrs.
Mackay has nearly 200 curious old can
dlesticks which she has picked up from
time to time, and which form brilliant
bits of color about her various rooms.
One unusual feature about the collec-
ton is that an antique that lacks his.
toric association is entirely devoid of
interest in Mrs. Maekay IS eyes. OF
course, many vendors supply stories and
fake wares, but this astute little
lady is far too wise to be caught In any
such nets. Some of her choicest brasses
she confines to a cabinet designed for
their keeping, where they are compare
lively safe from too appreciativs
thieves.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-02
The Thomas F. Walshs Are the Latest
Victims Of the Grim Fate that Has
Darkened the Lives of the Residents
Of Beaulieu, the Famous Newport
Residence owned by william Waldorf


WHEN Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F.
~ Walsh rented Beaulieu, William
Waldorf Astor's palatial palace,
,e Newport summer colony wondered
~ at tragedy fate held for them, for
rybody in Newport believes that
big brownstone mansion is haunt
- The answer to the whispered won
ngs came last week, when the only
of Mr.. and Mrs. Walsh was killed
only daughter, Miss Evelyn
49,. sh, was severely injured, while the
L occupants of the motor car es-
capped with slight bruises.
House Is Haunted.
The idea that one of the big New
port mansions is haunted, like an old
GEMS absurd, but q mystery clings
round the Aston place that time has
My deepened. Death. misfortune, loss
/ riches and other calamities have be-
< lien the long succession Of residents
4 ring the past forty years.
When the house was built by F. l..
arfeaa.> in 1862. it was the hand
! 5mest place in Newport. but Mr. Bar
/, aada did not long enjoy it, for he lost
b in a deal in South American guano.
The place then passed into the control
Of W. Tilden Blodgett, who had big
! fortune and love for art. He made
+ Beaulieu even moro beautiful than it
had been when Senior Barrado was it's
proud proprietor. He and his family
Il occupied an important place In the
smart set for several seasons until he
went onto the rocks of financial disas-
ter.
Then there was another forced sale
and John Jacob Astor bought the man
sion. He left it to his son William
Waldorf, and it was not very long after
that that Mrs. Aston died, and the
house was for rent.
Astor's first tenant was Alden P.
& Stockwell, who as president Of the Pa
clfic Mail Steamship company enjoyed
great prestige and ar immense fortune.
Howe, sewing machine manufacturer
& gave Stockwell additional influence in
social and financial circles. It may have
been the same influence that brought
about the ruin of the BARBADOS and the
odgetts-superstitio men and wom-
er in Newport believe it was--but,
whatever the cause, Stockwell went to
the wall.
Brices Braved Superstition.
Then Senator Brice leased Beauieu
and the family occupied it for several
seasons and all Newport talked of the
= $4,000 chef, the retinue of servants
and other evidences of ostentatious
wealth. But Calvin Brice died and his
reputed millions proved but an illusion.
so the family dropped from affluence &c
almost tpenury.
The climax came, however, when Mrs
Potter Palmer leased the house the sum
mess her niece married Prince Cantecu
zene and the butler saw a real ghost
- if a ghost can be real. He declared
that a woman in white whose falling
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-02
A Vermont Woman Mortgaged Her
Only Child to Obtain Money to Buy
Food for Her Sick Husband and the
Mortgage Will Be Foreclosed if It is
i Not Paid This Month.

lTLAIRE LEsEUER, aged 7 years, of
NJ Guildhal, VT. is mortgaged for
$4,000, and, unless the de t is paid
Thy Sept. 81, his father and mother,
tJacques and Marie Leseuer, must de-
iliver the boy over to Captain Milo
IGreen.
The mortgage, bearing S per cent in
.terest, was for five years, and was given
when Claire was a baby, little over
IL years old. There is a romance behind
the story Of the unique mortgage-the
ionly romance in the life Of Milo Green.
The beginning, of it all was at st.
sJehnsb9ry nearly twenty years ago,
hmass his wealth, and when jacques
Leseuer, who had just come over the
BORDER from Quebec, was thriving i'll
the lumber business. .....-
At that time Marie Merc'er was one
tof the beauties Of the district around
mere Milon Green and Leseuer. Green
Mad lived hard life. Born up in the
northern hills Of Vermont, of poor par
ants. he had had to fight Tor a little
Education. and had succeeded. HI was
"a reserved, cold, silent man-as forbid
bling and cold to most people as his
Native hills in winter, but to Mario
Mereier all the warmth that was In: his
nature was turned.
y There never was any promise, so far
His men knew, from Marie Mercier to
Green, but every one supposed she
would marry him for his money-lf
Hot for himself. There was surprise,
Wherefore, when she was married to
jacques Leseuer.
Bad Lucks Follows Them.
Things went badly with the Lee
seuers from the first. A boy was born,
End three years later died. Leseuer
frank heavily and neglected his bust
less. His wife stood by him bravely,
#yen after he was forced to leave st.
SMohnsbury and seek work-day labor
s4t Guildhall. Then Claire came, and
he mother s heart, hungering for years
Hlor her lost boy, was satisfied.
!. H The birth of Claire was fatal to his
sRther's good resolutions to stop drink
Bhg. Jacques went out to celebrate.
he returned home drunk, and for the
tWext two years he remained drunk. He
Abst his savings, his little home, his
EMPLOYMENT. The mother worked des-
@erately, taking in washing and iron
a,o. doing anything to support herself
M}nl child. Then the husband fell sick
=M3nd affairs came to crisis.
M Milo Green heard of the plight Of the
Unfit who tilted him. One morning he
hneared at the door.
lie urged Marie to leave the man who
|Mad treated her so badly. but she re.
Ihsed. & He pleaded that she owed it tc
hrseIf and her child, but still she re-
lsed, and he left.
An hour later he returned with wo
Ian. bearing food and wine and deli
Ecies He sent the mother to bed
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-02
ARCHAEOLOGICAL ILLUSTRATOR.

In these days when one hears much
of microbes and bacteria. it is not sur
prising that women are giving the sub
iect considerable as well as thoughtful
attention 1t is unusual, however, to
find charming young woman devoting
her talent for drawing to such unique
studies. vet Mrs. Katherine Montague
Hill of Pittsburg seems to find the
work fascinating. Mrs. Hill makes Illus
trations of the various bacilli and also
of the tissues which they have infected
for the Rockefeller Institute of Medical
Research. Sometimes two drawings
are made-one of the normal, healthy
tissue and one of the tissue changed
and degenerated by the action of the
microbes. The Illustrations are done
either in black and white or in colors.
and are used in textbooks for students,
or by physicians, to show the action Of
various diseaes germs, says writer In
the Pilgrim
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-02

guage, and even while at Eton was
known unfavorably among his school
fellows for his German predictions.
One or two of the holder of his COM
panions did not even refrain from call
ing his sausages.'
Both the emperor and the empress
took the warmest interest in the boy, s
development and they determined that
at the earliest possible opportunity he
should marry as thorogoing German
girl as his mother had been. They
called the roll Of their feminine rela-
.tives, and finally decided that Princess
Victoria Adelheid Of Schleswig- Hol-
stein, the niece Of the empress, would
make an admirable duchess Of Coburg
and Gotha. Il
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-02
A HAT LUNCHEON.

A pretty entertainment for a bride
was hat luncheon. The centerpiece
was a lcghorn hat trimmed with pink
ribbon. 1t rested on it's crown, the in.
terror of which was filled with pink
roses all falling and SPRAYING in de-
lightful confusion. At each place was
a tiny paper hat holding a box of bon
bonsAa red rose by its side. The name
card was the hat box, writes L. H. L. in
Good Housekeeping. On the back of
every chair was a rose-pink paper hat,
which the guests donned as soon as
seated. Rose petals were the bonbons,
rose-shaded candles the lights, and rose
centers the ice cream.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-02
AN OFFICIAL SCORER.

lIt is quite unusual for woman to be
b1sointed official scorer of baseball
am Of men-a position which COM
ands a good salary, Mrs. Martha
!Einue position with the South Caro-
Ia baseball team Of which her hus-
Ind is manager and pitcher. Before
H marriage, Mrs. Reynolds was 4
shool teacher in Ohio. yet it is said
,se knows the game Of baseball from
NH to finish, and can tell the differ
lsle between a wild pitch and passed
as well as the captain of the OPP
NTsteanl.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-02
The Women of Lincoln, Neb., Flock to
the State Peritentiary to Have Their
Gowns Made by Their Favorite Dress
maker, Who Was Convicted of the
Murder of Her Husband.
TT HE address of the smartest dress
/ maker in Lincoln, Neb., is cell So,

TT HE address of the smartest dress
/ maker in Lincoln, Neb., is cell SO,
state penitentiary: Ask anyone
in Lincoln for a good dressmaker and
you are sure to hear the name of Mrs.
Lena Margaret Lille, who was con-
victed this summer Of the murder of
her husband.
But altho she was judged guilty and
sentenced to life imprisonment, the
women of Nebraska believe her inno-
cent, and while they are fighting to
secure her pardon, they are employing
her to make their gowns.
It is strange to see the fashionable
carriages drawn up about the jail while
the smartly clad women who came IN
them are waiting in the little prison
parlor for their turn for fitting. In
stead of trim maid the warden him
self receives the customers and ar
ranges appointments.
Half of the money that Mrs. Lille
earns with her needle is to be spent
on the needs Of her young daughter
and the other half will be expended
in an endeavor to find the man who the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-02
THE WEDDING SLIPPER.

Even in the wedding slipper, as old as
tradition. there may be novelty. The
lucky shoe that will be hurled after the
fall bride is no wornout pump or ragged
satin affair, exhausted by a season Of CO.
tillions; it Is a tiny paper or satin SOU
venir. a miniature reproduction of real
slipper.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-02


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