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Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-20


postpone matrimony till we arrive at
what they vaguely call a sensible age Yet
when man Of fifty or so, after long years OF
waiting on the brink, ventures into the troubled
sea of matrimony, you will hear the selfsame
wise folks declaring that there is no fool like an
old fool
Judging by observation, which, after all, is less
misleading than statistics, young men Of the mid
die and upper classes do not tumble headlong into
matrimony nowadays in the same cheerful, happy
go-lucky way they used to fifty years ago.
1t seems to take the young man of today ten
years longer to screw up his courage to take the
plunge than it took his father, who married at
twenty-five, and the father of fine family
of seven by the time he was thirty-two.
WHEN FATHER WAS YOUNG.
But then, as you will find by referring to the
family photograph album, the young men and
young ladies of today are very different persons
from their fathers and mothers.
Father, whom you will find in the album, brave
in mutton-chop whiskers and peg-top trousers
with a stovepipe hat the photogra piers
carved oak table beside him, and the corner of
an Italian palace behind him, did not expect to
spend every weekend at the seaside, and two
nights of every week at the theatre. He knew
golf as a game which few eccentric gentlemen
in red coats played and he made that suit of
clothes in which you him photographed, last
four years by dint of careful brushing, folding,
and pressing every time he wore them.
He took a fortnight's holiday once year,
great and solemn pilgrimage prepared for weeks
beforehand, and far greater undertaking than is
the modern scamper to Colombo or Cairo in
these degenerate days.
THE SIMPLER TIME.
As for the theatre father was content to go
once a quarter and of the acting on these memoir
able nights he would talk for the rest of the year
nay, for the rest of his life.
And above ALL father was not above pushing
round his last set of twins in a double perambu-
lator. while mother stayed at home and cooked
the dinner-a family joint of roast beef with the
potatoes cooked with the meat, and a met pud-
ding as light and as big as a pillow to keep the
sharp edge Of the family appetite off the beef
till the proper time came.
II was the correct thing to be a family man
in those days. and every housewife was a past
mistress in household economy, making a dollar
travel as far through fifteen-roomed house as
five dollar note will nowadays travel through
six-room fat. So people could afford to marry
Young in those days of the world.
But in these degenerate times things are sadly
altered and the youth who would marry at two
and-twenty must either have an independent in
come. or a sublime belief in himself and his
bride-elect.
He must be ready TO forego most of the plea
s,,res and recreation which popular habit has con-
verted almost into necessities, and he will dis
cover that the young wife of the present day ex-
peets much more and performs much less than
did her mother Of thirty years ago,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-20

She will not be content to sit at home of even
lngs and darn stockings whilst he reads aloud
from some improving book. She will not be con-
tent to regard quiet rubber Of whist with the
next,door neighbors as a gddy and delightful
break In the monotony of month
Nor will she recognize the existence of such
an institution washing-day whilst there is
steam laundry within hailing distance of the
family copper.
WIVES OF TODAY.
She will not be content to wear a dress which
has been turned so many times in color and sub
stance that all the neighbors date their childrens
ages by it. And she will expect to squeeze
new hat and matinee or two out of every weeks
housekeeping.
And the young man of today, being far older
and wiser than he has any busines to be, knows
all these things, and lodges matrimony gently
but firmly just long as he can so that it often
happens that, before he knows where he is, he
slides past the susceptible age, and settles down
into a steady-going, club-hunting bachelor vast
ing his time on billiards and bridge.
And from the ladies' point of view a husband
caught young, before his habits are fixed takes
but tithe of the breaking in which the thirty
year-od bachelor requires. As for the man Of
fve-and-thirty he is best left alone from the
matrimonial point of view
WHY WAIT?
If he has baby he will regard it with mix
ture of awe and resentment, meeting it as he
would meet new and doubtful member of his
pet club, and holding it about as happily and as
handily as he would hold live shell, for the art
of nursing babies is only learned, like riding
horseback, by being broken to it young.
Wherefore, taking all things into consideration,
let us marry before we have reached the sensible
age, SO that we may grow sensible together.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-20

the skirt and in the corner of the, coat is iden-
tical. The same pattern may be very success
fully employed as decoration for skirt founc-
ing, or on the body of a skirt. As decoration
on blouse it would be very effective and equally
pleasing in the centre of a panel for parasol.
For the wide brim of lingerie hat nothing could
bo more attractive.
The collar for the coat would make a very
good adjustable affair and the cuffs might be
similarly appropriated. The decoration for top
piece or blouse would be especially lovely on a
handkerchief or batste blouse. Other ideas will
suggest themselves to you
THE WISTARIA- PATTERN
The wistaria flower is nicely adapted for eye
let embroidery. The heads are made of sue
cession of oval shaped eyelets. The stems and
delicate foliage are done in the padded or English
satin stitch
Another variation would be to put the wistaria
heads in the padded satin stitch, making them
stand we'll out from the surface. A more lacey
effect would be produced by employing dainty
lace stitches for eyelet perforation.
For shadow work in pure white this pattern
would be delightful, and in that case a sheer ma
terial such as French nainsook, Persian lawn, ba-
tste or handkerchief linen should be employed, as
the character Of pattern shows better on trans
parent surface.
Mercerized cotton is employed and darning
cotton for the padded parts.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-20

it is not a scene that reproduces something OF
the daily routine. If practicable, change the pic
ture for another once week or month. Good
prints of the best pictures can be had. Take a
look at the picture often, seeing what it means,
or, rather, realizing each time what it says to
you personally.
This will break up the monotony which is the
deadliest thing about housework and some other
occupations, and viii help to prevent the forma-
tion of the fixed idea" which is the seed of
most mental and emotional troubles. just try
this for a month, You will find this suggestion
one to be thankful for-always bearing in mind
that "the point of the idea lies in the applea
tion OF it,"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-20
Embroidered Sets

A very good idea for using small embroidered
sets for null dresses is a skirt cut with circu-
lar top; and hounce set on with insertion has
the embroidery laid in little frames OF the lace
insertion and then the hem finished in several
fine tucks above deep hem.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-20

dog is faithful, the woman never" is another;
while third runs, Their hair is long, their wit
is short"
A molla, speaking in mosque in Tabriz, said:
There is very little love lost on the woman's
part for her lord and master. "When the gates
of hell are opened the Mussulman men will go
in first" is the wifes stock retort.
The love of Persian for his mother is in
pleasing and startling contrast with his treat
ment Of the sex is general, and his wives in par
ticular. son has never been known to let
his mother starye, as sometimes happened in
the Occidental nations. Even when he is a man
of family his mothers slightest wish is law to
him, and he will put himself to great trouble
to satisfy her sillest whim.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-20
Don't Forget the Kitchen

ING at least one picture in your hteh'
en- in such a place that it will meet
your eye score of times daily. Let it
be a landscape or figure, or picture
chat tells a story" only be sure that
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-20

it's But every one likes the girl with the cheer
full, sunny disposition. Girls of this character
are never extravagantly boisterous or dismally
quiet; they have pleasant smile for every one
They never seem troubled or worried, their voice
is low and musical, and their smile-be they pret
ty or not-.is always sweet
The only trouble that the sunny-tempered girl
has is the outcome of her popularity. Every
one wants to talk to her, and be in her com.
pany. Young men are attracted to her without
effort on her part, for her character shows It.
self SO plainly in her actions that young men
OF her nature that they are drawn to her al
once.
For every reason, then, the girl with the sunny
disposition who smiles away the troubles OF life
is a favorite And what is more. old people are
Just as charmed by her as are those Of her own
age.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-20
Proverbs About Women

MONG Mohammedans solicitude or re-
gard for the women folk is never mark
ed; it is least SO among the Persiana
A mans worst enemy is his wife,"
;s n frenuantlu o,,otad ea,;no 01yha
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-20
SHOULD WE MARRY YOUNG

HERE are two sides to every question,
but here is one which has as many
facets as rose-diamond.
saGN1N1 Wise folks tell us that we should
POSTPONE matrimony till we arrive at
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-20
Girls Be Sunny

r~7HE most lovable girls in the world are
those with a sunny disposition. few
Izzs people like the quiet, thoughtful girl;
NEg&A others like the girl who is perpetually
viyacious and bubbling over with spir.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-20

is aware of the prices asked for hand and elabo-
rate machine made garments, which are alto
gether too steep for the average woman's purse
In consequence many women have set them
selves the task of making at home some of these
enviable things dear to the feminine heart.
MOTIFS VARIOUSLY EMPLOYED
The patterns have been so planned that the
motifs may answer dual purpose and embellish
garment or part of it for which it was not
originally intended
For example, the motif placed at intervals on
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-20
BY Phoebe Forrest

MTT is seldom that long engagements are
I#I success, although there may be cir
Ess cumstances when they appear to be
USSHsgl necessary.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-20

CN 10 many requests have bombarded this
- department for original embroidery
sS655;-=S patterns suitable for linens and ba-
la2s5x81 tiste, appropriate for skirts, blouses,
coats and other essentials, that we have
determined to present complete set OF designs
for the fashionable linen street suit.
Any one who has made round of the shops
New-York tribune., 1906-10-21
Work of the Heart

FEW stop to consider the amount of labor
performed daily by the human heart. The
ineXhaustibe supply Of energy displayed by
this overworked organ is marvellous. Calcu-
lation has shown that the work of the heart
OF an average person is equal to the feat of
lifting over five tons at the rate of a foot an
hour, or one hundred and twenty-five tons
IN twentv-four hours.
A certain DR.. Richardson once made a
curious calculation in regard to the work
performed bv the heart in mileage He pre-
sumed that the blood was forced put OF the
heart at each palpitation in the proportion
Of siXty-nlne strokes minute, and at the
assumed distance OF nine feet. At this rate
the flow OF the blood through the body
would be two hundred and seven yards a
minute, or seven miles an hour This would
make one hundred and seventy miles a
day, or sixtv-one thousand miles year
Thus IN a lifetime Of eighty-four years the
blood IN the human body would travel over
five million miles The number Of beats Of
the heart required to send the blood that
Jar would be over three thousand million.
New-York tribune., 1906-10-21
Some Oddities About Sleep

CIR PHILIP SIDNEY called sleep " The
- poor mans wealth; but 1t IS more; 1t
IS the health OF both poor and rich. NotWIth-
standing this, there have been a great many
men who have gone through life reaching old
age, with = small average number OF hours Of
sleep
Frederick Of Prussia and Napoleon usually
devoted ONLY three or four hours to sleep out OF
the twcatv-four. and both of these men often
went for remarkably long periods of time with
out so much as closing their ewes. Bishop
Tavlor never took more than three hours Of
sleep a dav, and Richard Baxter considered
four hours out OF the tweuty-four enough for
anv man. Seven hours IS the time spent II
sleep bv the average man.
One OF the modes OF torture practised by the
Chinese was that OF putting some Of their VIC
TINS to death by preventing sleep. Guards
were stationed IN RELAYS to keep the prisoner
awake Death came as a relief IN from ten
TO twenty DAYS.
The use of certain sets OF muscles does not
hinder sleep. Couriers on long journeys often
have been known to sleep in the saddle The
soldiers OF Sir John Moore during his retreat to
Corunna slept steadily while they marched.
It IS said that Dr. Franklin slept for nearly an
hour while swimming on his back.
The following novel calculation has been
made Suppose one boy ten wears OF age de
ternires to get uD at five o'clock every morn
ing Another boy OF the same age deter
mines To rise at eight O'Clock. II they both
live 10 be seventy wears old the first VIII have
gained over the second during ne intervening
period of sixty wears, sIXty-slX thousand
hour. OF 1ust seven and I halt wears.
New-York tribune., 1906-10-21
Weight of the Brain

THERE IS Just five ounces less amount of
l. brain matter needed TO keep q woman
from Idlocy than there Is needed for a man
The average weight of a man s brain Is forty
nine and one-haf ounces and that OF q woman
forty-four ounces. When brain falls below
thirty-Seven and half ounces in a man. idiocv
usually occurs. 4 woman's brain has to fall
TO thirtv-two and one-half ounces before she
reaches the same condition.
Man has q larger brain IN proportion to his
stature than woman. while, on the other hand,
woman has larger brain in proportion to her
weight. The female brain begins to lose
weight after the age Of thirty; that of the man
not till ten or fifteen years later. The loss in
a woman IS slight, however, and she keeps up
high brain weight much later than a man.
New-York tribune., 1906-10-21
What Breathing Amounts to

IN each respiration an average adult inhales
one pint Of air. a man respires sixteen
TO twenty times minute, and young child
about twenty-five to thirty-five times
While IN q standing posture the number of
reSpratlons Is greater than when living down
a man takes only thirteen breaths OF air to the
minute while reclining The superficial sur
tace OF the lungs IS two hundred square Yards
The amount Of air inspired by an adult in
tWenty-tour hours IS about ten thousand
quarts. The least amount Of air needed by
an adult in one hour IS three hundred and
eighty quarts.
The heart sends through the lungs five
thousand gallons OF blood daily.
New-York tribune., 1906-10-21
FACTS ABOUT
THE BODY
Why We Yawn

YAWNING is caused by a temporary de-
i fciency of the air supply in the lungs
When the body IS weary or sleepy the respi-
ration IS sometimes involuntarily suspended for
moment Nature comes to the rescue and,
setting up spaSmodlc action in the muscles
OF the mouth, throat. and chest. causes q deeD
inspiration which IS known as vawn Some
tunes when person yawns others who are
present yawn also through an involuntary
tendency to imitation.
New-York tribune., 1906-10-21

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When You Look in Your Mirror
Are You
Satisfied?

Any Woman Can Have
Good Health. a Refined
Face and Good Figure
You Will doubtless take up some
special study this year-why not
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Wom.D 80 ~. yourselfp perfect
Studying q neaill ana
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The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-21
RISE IN YELLOW JACKET
DUE TO CONTEST

The San Francisco Journal of Com
merce says. There is a story on the
street that the strength in Yellow
Jacket and its advance in price,
which has been a mystery, was due
to heavy purcha es on account of the
Smelter Trust, which has also been
buying Union, Sierra Nevada, Con.
Virginia, Chollar, Crown Point, and
shares in other Comstock mines in
order to obtain control of them. 1t is
said that the Smelter Trust wants
these properties to work for the sli-
ia contained in these deposits OF
low grade ore in quartz, contained in
these Comstock mines. 1t is well
known that the mines of the Com
stock hold millions of tons of low
grade quartz would be invaluable 10
The smeirers. 1t is limited that al
ready enough stock in several Of
these mines has been purchased to H.
sure d change in management. We
give the story for what it is worth.
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-21
HIS CONFESSION MOVES
HIM TO TEARS

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 21-Louis
Debner, the young man charged with
John Siemsen, of beating three men
to death with pieces of gaspipe, wept
in Pcice Judge Shortall's courtroom
this afternoon when Captain of De-
tectives Duke read his signed confes-
sion. Siemson, however smiled when
portions CT the confession were read.
Several Japanese witnesses told #
now the murder at the kimmOn Gi1-
ko had been committed
To verify a story told by Siemson
to a cellmate that he had dug up So
eco in gold cached at Wayne. near
Santa Cruz, Captain Duke called the
Young man accused of murder before
him today. Siemsen admitted having
aug up the money, the location OF
which had been told him by a convict
whom he had befriended a. San Quin-
ten. Sien2sen seid he brought the
money to this city and hid it. but
where he refused TO tell. Captain
Duke called a detective to search fcr
rhe coin among the safe 6epOsie
vaults IN the city.
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-21
]. |. MENCA WILL OPEN
AGENCY HERE

j. L. Mench, local manager Of the
Gray, Reid, Wright establishment in
this city, has rendered his resignation
to the firm, the same to take effect
January /, 1901 Mr.. Penry, now
with Hale Brothers in Sacramento,
will succeed him.
Mr.. Mench is a young man Of rec
ognizeG ability and the local branch
Of he big store has felt the effects
Of his management, the business hay
Ing increased nearly one hundred per
cent since he had control of it. He
viii cpen an Office in this city to take
charge Of the Nevada Collection aud
Adjustment Association. a state
branch Of the Cash Rea lizatior com
many nf Chicago one Of the best col
i-c1ir9 firms III the country. He VIII
also establish branches Of the insti-
tuition In Reno. GolGfcid, TonoDah,
:rfNo and n,nor Nevada cities with
The main ofiilo n Carson City.
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-21
UNCLE SAM To
THE RESCUE

A matter of tremendous moment 20
the mining interests of Nevada was
taken up by the Interior department
Monday when Secretary Hitchcock is
sued an order directing that hear
ing be held at Carson City, Nevada,
at an early date preliminary to the
government filing suit to cancel the
patent to 40 0G0 acres Of land held
in the White Horse Mining District
by the Central Pacific Railway Com
pany. located thirty miles east Of
Ren
The order was issued after oral
argument had been made by s. 5.
Downer and Z. c. O'Brien Of Reno ho-
fore the assistant United States Al
torney General and four Of the ableS-
lawyers of the interior department
The Nevada attorneys scored q corr
DIete success and the suit TO which
to government has committed itself
viii be far reaching.
1t is beneved thai when the SUI,
has been disposed of the governme1t
viii next proceed to attack the pat
ents held by the Central Pacific in
the mining districts in the vicinity y
If Uni0nvil1e. Mill City, Ryepatcn
LoEelock anG elsewhere along the
line Of the road in Washoo. Storey
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-21
cOlOrs.
FAMOUS MEN WHO HAVE TROD
THE BOARDS.

William Ewart Gladstone was on
the stage. For one night only, it is
true, but he was there. He support-
ed Henry Irving in Henry the
Fifth at the Lyceum Theatre. No
body il the audience knew that le
was in the crowd of suDers that
rushed across the stage. but Henry
HattOn, lrVing's lifelong friend, IS
authority for tho tatement that he
Tas there. It was Giadstone's Gus
tom to sit in the wings at the Lyce-
um 70 see his friend Irwin play,
and On this particular night as a lark
L0 Joined the suners in their rush
t"ross the stage as peasants. Mark
Twain in his earlier days appeared
uDon the stage in New York at ben
"Gr perform anCe as one Of grOur
N a stage picture. Robert Louis
stevenson WAS in poor circumstan
@ns N San Francisco refcre he made
. his hit with the y l. During the
time that he used 10 loaf pennile5s
1pon the lawn whore afterWard the,
mt up a hronze and marbel statue L
! ..-7. he picked up a few quarters act
in@ as supo in tie old California Tea
o.ar IN 8r~h S.raot whence came q
r7a1v Of the wor'1's brnat actors ant
actresses.
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--O-O-
TURKEY SHOOT AND DANCE

There will be turkey shoot at
Empire November 2S and 20, under
the management Of X. c. Dickson
this is the best opportunity to 10
tain your THANKSGIVING turkey for
a little money.
On the evening Of Nov. 2Sth
Mr. Dickson will give dance in En-
pire and it will he most enjoyable
affair. Days orchestra will furnish
the music and. so far as known. it
viii te the only party in this vicinity
Oh that evening.
The price of admission viii be $1.co
Pc" counle: supper p cents per plate
eytH. n19d10
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-21
ESCAPED FROM FIRE But
BROKE HIS LEG

RENO, Nov. 21.-F B. Wood. a
travelling man CT Spokane, Wash,
was brought through Reno last night
Or the Tonopah local suffering with a
broken leg The injury was received
in the Goldfe!d hotel fire.
Wood is a member of the Elks. He
was provided with a pair of crutches
by the exalted ruler here, the gift be-
ing presented by Fred kreim of the
Overland hotel.
Wood jumped from the window of
the second floor Of the Gcldfeld hotel
and he was picked up unconscious
from his injuries.
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-21
BUFFERS MILL AND TRAMWAY

The Buffers mill being constructed
on the western slope of Sugarloaf
peak and joining the 50, 900 plant
on the north, is nearing completion
and the building is in plain view from
South street. The machinery is be-
ing installed and the mill will have
a daily crushing capacity of $50 tons.
The framework for most of the tow
ers supporting the tram cars cable for
transportation of ore from the Y. &
T. railroad cars to the mill, is about
finished and stringers of steel cable
two and half miles in length
Chronicle.