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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29

Dame Fashions DEGREES for Holiday Festivities

tougher and more durable. They are
making a crepe de chine this year which
is most admirable for evening dresses.
1t is light and thin and inexpensive,
and in texture it is as delicate as crepe.
This makes up charmingly and If trim
med with taffeta is as fine a gown as
one would want for evening.
The new evening tones are pink and
silver. They are Immensely becoming
and can be worn on many occasions.
Pink is the ideal evening color and
there is something about it which keeps
one from becoming tired of it. Take
a pink which is not too bright and
make it up prettily, trimming it with
very narrow trimmings Of silver, and
you will have a gown which will wear
you for long time.
One Of the lovely new evening dresses
was made of piece lace Of the kind
which comes by the yard at q very mod
crate price. The skirt hung rather
limp and was cut to fit the hips. In
the front it lay slightly upon the
ground, and in the back it dragged in
long train fashion,, It was trimmed
Of narrow silver stuff, and there were
silver tabs hanging thru the lace.
Around the neck there was a trimming
Of silver passementerie, and around the
belt there was wide silver girdle.
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For young girls the prettiest dress
is the round dress. This is cut similar
to the skirts which one wears in the
street, only that it is fuller and rounde1
and more exaggerated in every way
Some of the new forms are almost
grotesque, so very large are they. and
so wide does the skirt hang around the
figure. But young girls can wear these
exaggerated skirts prettily.
"We are certainly. getting back to
the war time styles,' said a modesto
who keeps abreast of the times. "The
gowns resemble more and more closely
the dress of 1860 and before the winter
is out look for a revival Of the 1856
modes.
1.-THE dress Of 1860, If you will take
chest, put away in the attic, was made
without an overskirt. The overskirt
came in much later and went out agar
almost as suddenly as it came in. Blu
the 1860 mode had skirt which wa
equal ali around the figure and it wa
worm with or without the crinoline
The bottom of this skirt was trimmed
with a founce or the entire skirt wa
ruffled. Many of the gowns of tina
day had no trimming especially If tn
goods showed a figure or brocade.
"The waist of the 1860 gown par
ticularly reminds one of the waist O.
the present day. Studied in the oil
paintings it is almost identical. It wa
round and slightly bloused and it hook
ed either in the middle Of the front o
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Tenants of Flats Have a New Disease,

and dowa stairs hundreds Of times
dav to reject 'rents.' In the second
case the victims use elevators in the
more expensive apartment houses, and
the starting and stopping cause the
knee bending walk.
ttThis brings to me something else: A
friend Of mine. who has been studying
the malady with me, favors a division;
that is, instead Of calling it all one dis.
ease, to have one called hatltls' and
the other sapartmentalia. Such q dis
tinction would be entirely superficial, IN
my ny, opinion % ,.,,,,. ,,;4h ~ .vnntom.
After the walk symptom had fairly well
developed there appears another mani
festation still more apparent to the
laity. It is the fatface, that spoke
Of at first. The upturned nose and
drawn up mouth come from expressing
disgust inaudibly 80 as not to offend
ianitors and hallboys. The assumption
Of bravado in the face OF janitorial dig
nifty that accompanies the early disease
all passes away, and fear and trembling,
accompanied by deep pallor every
time The case hears anything that
sounds like a whistle Of the speaking
tube or rumble Of dumbwaiter, take
their accustomed place In the life OF a
fatite.
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HReal estate agents and custodians OF
houses with flats or apartments take q
gruesome advantage Of the symptoms
of FAITHS. A fatite is spotted block
away by an agent, who stands ready TO
pounce out upon the unsuspecting VIC
tim with the stereotyped question, DO
you wish to see the apartments
q There are many other symptoms
which are not so common, but which
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29

the middle of the back. Buttons in
those days were scarcer than they are
now, and they were consequently dear
er and for that reason few of the waists
were buttoned. Many of them were
made very tight fitting in what con-
forms to our idea Of bodice in these
days.
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"The sleeves Of the 1860 gown were
short. They were cut off above the
elbow and the shoulders had big high
puffs. There was a strapping Of silk
around each sleeve to hold it in place
on the arm. The neck was cut very
round or square, or it was shaped to q
point in the middle of the front, and
the middle Of the back. ~
"Could anything conform more nearly
to the styles Of today than those gowns
Of fifty years ago, and could there be
anything more becoming to the feminine
figure than this round girlish shape7 It
makes woman taller and it makes her
thinner. 1t makes her sweeter, more
graceful, more youthful and prettier in
every way. There was never in all the
world a style which conforms so nearly
to all the lines Of art without one trace
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29

are nevertheless very noticeable in
cases where they exist. One Of these
is squirting Of the eye and bend in
the back, accompanied by a tendency
to look in dark corners. This symptom
is not seen in every case, but It is be-
coming fairly prevalent.
81 know Of no cure for faiths as yet,
except an absolute change Of scene.
Real estate dealers have tried leasene,
but it is not effective IN many cases,
and at best only affords temporary. re-
lief. Leasene is applied to the pocket
book of the patient. A change Of scene,
with three months Of life in a real
house, with at least six square feet OF
ground in which the patient may. scratch
and dig at will and imagine he is grow
ing things, will be effective in any but
the most advanced stages.
stNo, I am glad to say faiths ls not
usually fatal. In fact, I know OF but
one case in which death could be traced
wholly to FAITHS. This was the case OF
young woman who was in the highest
developed stage Of the disease, That IN
which malignant attacks occur at IN
tervals Of two or three months. She was
lust recovering from the second attack
that fall. She called up the janitor to
tell him, in weak, fear shaken voice,
that her reflection had frozen in the
mirror and she was powerless to re-
move it.
s1sI'm awfully sorry, responded the
ianitor. sweetly. You shall have more
heat directly. Thereat she dropped
dead in her tracks, and her husband
on returning home that night, found
her on the floor under the speaking tube
with one hand extended in its direc
ton. An expression Of utmost peace
was on her FAITHS distorted counte
NANCE
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How to Kr10w an Author
By Margaret E. LANCASTER

to clasp his hand, write him letter;
tell him the extent Of the friendly debt,
and ask as child might, whatever he
is willing to reveal. Such letter will
probably be graciously received.
The careless reader of book con-
Germs himself with the book itself and
that he might finish a story and lay
book aside without knowing who wrote
it, or having the ghost Of an idea as
to it's publisher. To treat an author in
this cavalier way is as discourteous as
to walk into the house Of stranger
and seat yourself without ceremony in
the drawing room. It is as discourteous
as to 90 to party and neither speak
to your host when you enter, or take
leave of him when you depart.
The first thing to do when book
comes into your hand is to ascertain
who wrote it and what house sends it
forth. If there is a preface read that.
to explain why he has written his book
and for whom it is intended. Having
read one book and having found it
profitable, the natural order Of proceed
ure is 50 soon as you can, to procure
something else from the same pen
Not long ago a professor Of English
literature in one O. our colleges COM
mented severely on the slovenly fash;
ion in which hj many any ye young people did did
amining the papers Of hundreds of
young women, who had graduated from
preparatory schools, that they could not
tell, for instance, when Dante lived
that they had no knowledge Of Shaks-
pere 8 period, that Milton was an un:
known quantity in their reading, that
many of them had never heard of Dr.
johnson and that the later authors who
star English literature with glory had
scarcely dawned upon their horizon. A
they had done, but it had left very lit
tie resulting knowledge in the memory
IF one read Charlotte Bronte or Jane
Austen or Mrs. Oliphant or Charles
Lamb, Dickens or Thackeray, William
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29

nish finish. For the second floor, paint
all the woodwork in three or four coats
of oil in cream or ivory color. A pleas
ing effect can be produced by having all
upper lights in all windows divided in
to squares or diamond shapes and these
divisions may be wood instead Of lead.
In case there is sufficient amount OF
money-without robbery to the con-
struction-it may be wise to install a
liberal sized fireplace in the living-room,
using notified, plain, or self-tone rough
texture Of brick for the facing and
hearth. It is well to have all floors
and grooved, if possible. These floors
thruout the house should be stained a
color similar to the imported French
walnut and should get varnish instead
of wax finish. Either single or duplex
opaque shades for all windows should
be used. If single, the opaque should
be Of soft, sufficiently dark green
color to assure the opaque. effect. If
used for the outside, and cream or straw
color inside. Use curtains for the liv-
ing-rooms, dining room, and hall, to
be made Of dark ecru, either striped
or square mesh effect netting. This
netting does not need to exceed 90 cents
or rs cents at most. An artistic effect can
be produced by having net curtains
made as upper and lower sash curtains
and hung on rings to allow an easy ar
rangement, either to close the upper
pair and open the lower or vice versa.
In case overcurtains are desired, they
may be Of plain or figured linen in har-
moHy with the predominating color Of
the Individual room. These do not need
to hang lower than to the stills.
A satisfactory way to furnish the
main floor is to use reliable make Of
The Arts and Crafts furniture, The
prices Of which will come within the
above given limit.
Especial attention should be paid 70
get only comfortable chairs, rockers,
and settee, davenport, or couch besides
ers, also one or two bookcases, magazine
racks, and so on. It is wiser to select
fewer pieces and have them strictly
comfortable and appropriate.
A rather new system in the west, but
an old idea in Europe, for decoration
Of home-like inexpensive cottage gives
all the walls and ceilings done in sand
finished plaster, which can be stained
with waxed oiled stain. Excellent eff
fects are produced in the brownisA
leather tones as well as in green's, burnt
orange, and other secondary colors. The
peculiar sand finish will produce mot
parture from the fat and uninterestin9
tinted or calcimined walls and ceilings.
It is always best to have the ceilings
in cream or straw colored effect. IF de.
sired light green, light blue, and light
pink effects can be produced for the
bedroom walls. This work should only
be given to artisans well versed with
the handling Of wax stained colors to
avoid too uneven and spotted effects.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29

Black or Thomas Hardy, the scholarly
way is to discover what one can about
the places and people Of whom they
wrote. Unless one does this, one can
not be said to know an author.
Do not be afraid Of being a man Of
one book. When the daylight hours OF
a mans life are spent in his Office, or
behind counter, when business oc-
cupies him to the exclusion OF other
interests during the freshest part Of
the day, he cannot be expected to read
SO widely as one may who can give his
whole time and thought to this work.
But there is profound culture to be
gained by the man who simply and
Fundamentally takes up single line
Of investigation or single author and
studies that author for the evenings OF
winter. ,s.~.. ....-
I doubt, however, whether culture
ever comes until reading has ceased to
be task and has become pleasure.
If the feeling is that of one who is
driven to read because conscience says
he must, there will be much less &C
cruing profit than if the book is read
because reading is delight and rest and
comfort in sorrow and the greatest
pleasure in life. III
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29

modistes will tell you. One very pretty
sleeve Is cut off just above the elbow.
Here it is finished with band Of silk
and a tulle ruffle one finger wide. Upon
the band of silk there are silver clasps.
Another very pretty evening sleeve has
band or cuff Of Dresden silk around it,
and upon this cuff there are sewed imi-
tation pink topazes.
The use Of mock gems upon evening
are wearing them, and even the de-
butante comes in for her share. It is
very good form for her to wear tur-
quoises, sapphires, tourmalines, topazes,
and garnets, but she should not wear
emeralds, diamonds or rubies, these
three being considered the stones for
matrons.
Turquoise, being Of a. lovely shade Of
blue and rather innocent looking, is the
ideal gem for the debutante. She can
wear as many turquoises as she can af-
ford, and yet be pretty sure Of being
within the BENDS Ss z Gf good le aast b she
quoise buckle. Around her neck can
hang string Of turquoise and gold
beads. In her hair can be turquoise
pins, and the same blue stones may
adorn her hands. %-st
There are ever so many little wrinkles
to be learned regarding evening dresses:
For one thing, The hair is now trimmed
with three combs, which should be set
in the back, one above the other. The
three combs are entirely different, and
should be decorated with different
gems. One can be Of tortoise shell, one
Of gold and one Of silver. Like the
rings upon one 3 fingers, they need not
match each other. H..
Pink and silver undoubtedly will be
the evening styles, but next to these
colors come blue and yellow, and next
to them lavender, pale green, with
black and white always well in the
lead. Those who like to dress with
some attempt at stateliness can attempt
the new figured pink satins which look
like old-fashioned brocades. They are,
however, not very heavy in weight, and
are capable Of being made into very
charming evening gowns.
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A dress of brocade can have skirt
close around the hips and fitted as far
down almost as the knees. The skirt
then flares very widely and as one
walks there are glimpses of petticoats
of pink chiffon and pink taffeta under.
meath. A pink chiffon petticoat lined
with pink taffeta was worn by very
swell London woman, one Of those WON.
en- who have the very newest and latest
in dress all the time. Over this lovely
conception in pink chiffon there was
worn a heavy pink brocade.
The evening velvets are very charm
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AS to Bridegroon1s

II N Englishman comes forward with
II something that will be Of inter-
n est to bridegrooms. The bride:
IL groom, as at least he himself
knows, is one Of the most super
such as end-seat people on summer cars
which this world must be said to con.
tain. The bridegroom is simply a nee
essary evil at a. wedding. Therein lies
the irony Of his situation. He d much
rather not be there. He'd far prefer
to be off somewhere at a picnic. At the
wedding he gets horribly scared. And
he only attends because custom, as silly
as it is despotic, compels him to be
there. Yet those who have been thru,
or who contemplate going thru, the
dread ordeal, may be comforted by this
Englishman s lucid explanation Of what
it is that ails their unlucky kind.
tsFright,' says this DR.. John Warrin-
er, " age-fright, wedding;;fright, may
blushing." He was leeturing to music
students at Trinity college in London,
but his remarks apply to anybody, sub
iect to fright. He explained that our
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29

"a YRS. MARSHALL FIELD has
AM paused on her way home to buy
aWE some very handsome gowns in
: AEA Paris. 1t is her purpose to re-
turn in time for the holidays,
which she hopes to celebrate in q good,
old-fashioned manner.
Mrs. Field trousseau was one Of the
most remarkable ever built for bride
and in some ways it was quite the most
which are seldom seen in bridal trous.
seaux One entire outfit was in pink;
another was in lavender; another in
purple; another in heliotrone. By an
"outft' is meant everything from the
skin out-from the delicate pink lin
gerie to the wonderful pink dinner
gown. .-:
There were several large trunks full
Of gowns in black and white. The trous-
seau might have been planned for FIVE
or six different brides, so varied are the
-colors and the materials used in its
composition. It is both fluffy and tail
or-made-plenty Of both.
To secure this great variety Chicago 8
rich woman ordered her trousseau made
by different dressmakers, giving each
one carte blanche in order that there
might be no such thing as a repetition
of gowns. This course was advised by a
i
with this dressmaker and that one. Tell
each to go ahead and make half dozen
gowns, then wait and see the results. -
Mrs. Field did as she was counseled
and her gowns are now the most re-
markahle of any Of the season. They
ire noted not so much for their simpli-
;ity as for their lines, which are long
md straight and inclined to add to her
Height. There are many Empire gowns
md cloaks. One very handsome dress
made of embroidered silk null of the
very finest quality. 1t is as sheer as
,hitfon. 1t is lined thruout with a
.hiffon lining, which in turn is lined
With taffeta. This is worn with very
loep Dresden silk girdle and a fan of
Dresden matches the girdle in tone.
Around her neck there hangs a superb
-1erman silver and turquoise necklace,
something like IN antique.
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Evening gowns go either to one ex-
RENE or the other. They are either
cry long and narrow or short and wide.
you are not very tall you can use the
ong clinging variety and you can feel
onfdent that your gown will be in good
-~aste. It can be built of some delicate
vening stuff and for the purpose there
nothing any better than the novelty
iIk goods that are fine and soft and
asv to drape.
If you prefer, you can use an en-
roidered chiffon of heavy weight
-hich now comes in quite a deep gray
r you can get sheer printed novelty
tuff, which is transparent and which
--ooks very much like chiffon, yet Is
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ing for they are thin and light and
there is something about them which is
very attractive. Velvet is always
dressy, and since it has been reduced In
price it is certainly very desirable. One
does not feel as extravagantly dressed
pink velvets are lovely and SO are the
pale blue tones. They require no trim
ming at all, and if worn with wide
silk girdle and a handsome dog-collar
necklace are complete.
Those who dress a great deal for the
holidays are now making up some very
handsome browns. One Of the loyeliest
of blue evening dresses is very supple
broadcloth. It is thin and easily draped
and it has high gloss. It makes an
eaquteh evening emil dress o3s of feas
Of being overdressed. There is a broad
cloth which is good for afternoon as
well as for evening, and this material
is very desirable when one is going to
entertain a large house party over the
holidays.
Elbow sleeves are worn for all even
ing dresses, and most day dresses. Eli
bow sleeves these days are two lengths.
There is the sleeve which is cut off
above the elbow and the sleeve which
is cut off below. The latter Is worn
the former for evening and for the
house. The question Of undersleeves is
one that must always be considered,
but it is fact that great many wom-
en- are not wearing undersleeves at all,
but are trusting to a pair OF pretty
arms and the fact that short sleeves
are the fashion.
It is to be dressy season, and the
evening gown will see q great deal OF
service. Women who have not worn
evening dress at all, or who have at
most done so very sparingly, will don
the evening dress many times this win
ter, and will make the fashion an ex-
cuse for the wearing Of the light fab
RIGS. -.
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For card parties the fashionable dress
will be the short, round skirt, the
sleeves cut off above the elbow, and
the round neck. The hair will be
viii be trimmed with flowers. Around
the neck will be worn a long, chain to
which will be attached a handsome
cross and the cross will probably be
one of the new fashioned amethyst
crosses which come almost as large as
a lady's hand. With this evening cos
tune there will be worn a beautiful
wide girdle Of Dresden ribbon with
purple figures scattered over it, and in
the hair there will be bunch Of pur-
pie silk orchids. This is the card party
costume, and thus will the queen Of
bridge go forth to win her laurels.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29
A Reindeer Express

IN HE capacity Of the reindeer for
team work is remarkable. His
hoofs are very broad and do NOT
i penetrate the snow crnsts. His.
weight is about 400 pounds.
He will swiftly draw a sled carrying
600 pounds, and with this load can
cover thirty, fifty and even ninety miles
day. The reindeer teams now carry
the mails from Kotzebue to Point Bar
row, distance of $50 miles-the most
northernly post route in the world. No
food is carried for the deer. At the
end Of his journey, or at any stopping
place, he is turned loose and at. once
breaks thru the snow to the white mess
which serves as food. 1t costs nothing
to feed him. AS the white settlements
increase in the mineral bearing parts
Of Alaska, and in many places remote
from railway. and steamboat transpor-
tation. the reindeer express will be one
of the most important factors In ter
ritorial life.
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Of exaggeration as
the 1850 STYLE
It is becoming
f a s h i O n able to
make the evening
gown Of net, that
old fashioned ma
terial which has
been so extensive
ly revived. The
net gown may be
plain and trimmed
with founces, or
it can be a beau
t i f u lace net
ces, or it can be a
beautiful lace net
with lovely lacey
figures set in it.
Then there is a
net upon which
lace is applied
and on each appli-
cation Of lace
there are lively
little jeweled Or
naments.
Do not imagine
that because you
buy a net or a
bobbinet d r e s s
that you are get
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Styles of Civil War Period Are Returning Hints on
How to Make Your Gown---By Augusta Prescott

When it comes to sleeves there are
ways that are "just lovely" as the
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-10-25
thsy 1eFe Beta Sessy.

u was winter and the streets veso
quite alippesy. On the street in
question there was q Glide, likewise q
boy and an old gentleman. Il was q
nice slide, 80 che boy Thought: tha
old gentleman was thisEssg Of some-
thing else, and shat was how it hep.
pened he didn't notice either the slide
or the boy ill they met very foroibly,
and che nice boy aud the nics old
gentleman fell to the ground together.
The boy, who was small and thin, had
the worst Of it, for he was under-
meath, and tho old gentleman was
stout aud heavy. Naturally the old
gentleman found the boy much softer
than she> sidewalk would have been,
but. when he had regainea HE Feat
ing, he looked with dignified rsproof
ct his late cushion.
my boy" eaid he, "it is evident
that one Of us should apologize, and
as you seem to be out Of breath, T will
say that I am sorry this unseemly in.
,eident occurred"
"You-you're not half-half as
sorry-as am!" painted the boy.