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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-14

The bride wore white silk and carried
bride roses. Her maid ofohonor, Miss
Mary D. Martin, was in cream lace
over silk and carried pink roses. Wal
ter Chilstrom acted as best man. Jettie
Martin was the ring bearer. A. S. Lii
ley and A. r. Martin were the ushers.
A supper followed at the home of the
bride, 126 w. Thirty-second street.
Present were: Messrs. and Mines. w.
Chilstrom, George Bourquin of Maple
Plain, A. E. Martin Of Lyon, William
James of Rochester, Mrs. Ed Martin,
Misses Sophia Bolin, Tot Bourquin. Jet
tie Martin, Mrs. John Lilley and A. S.
Lilley ..- .'~s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-14

their approaching marriage in the invi-
tations to the wedding, which will be
the elimination Of romance that be-
gan on western trip the Minneapolis
girl took with party of friends this
summer. 81.
Mrs. H. F. Douglas will entertain at
a lunchean Tuesday, at her home, 1906
Park avenue. for Mrs. T. Gardner
Hodgson. Walter Remington Quick,
Mrs Hodgson s fiance, will arrive in
Minneapolis next Sunday morning, and
Mrs. Quick, his mother, and Miss Quick
will come from New York, Tuesday,
Oct. %.
Hope Mccall will leave Friday even
ing for Riverside, Cal, where his mar
riage to Miss Irma Day Willard will
take place Thursday evening, Oct. 25.
Mr.. Mccall is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. D. Mccall of 1928 Girard avenue,
but his home is now in St., Paul. His
brother, Ed Mccall, who is at present
at Riverside, will be the best man. Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Mackay Of London,
England, who are still in Chicago, will
leave for California next week to be at
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-14

It is several years since the people OF
Gethsemane church have had an oppor
tunity of meeting Bishop Arson R
Graves. and Mrs. Graves has only beer
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-14

One of the first Of the large and bril-
liant November church weddings will
be that Of a well-known Minneapolis
girl and western man, who have not
yet announced their engagement. In
deed, they say that the engagement
may not be announced and that their
friends may receive the first news of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-17
A Dainty Fad for Bed Rooms.

One of the very latest fads among women
who take pride in the daintiness of their
homes, especially their sleeping rooms is
the fower-garden room. 1t is now a flower
garden; 1t may not have a single real bloom
in It, but 1t Is none the less attractive for
that.
Suppose it is to be violet bed, the walls
are tinted in pale lavender and the curtains
are either white or lavender, preferably the
former with violet ribbons to hold them
made from figured lawn or other dainty ma
terial, the figures to be nothing more than
clusters of violets. The bolster roll Is of
the same material. and at each end are tied
tone with them.
The soft silk or slkoline coverlet which is
rolled up at the foot of the bed. must be
made by the girl herself, for they cannot be
purchased. 1t Is made from cotton sachet
and the silk, and 1t need not be very large.
In between the layers of cotton spread a
generous quantity of violet sachet, being
careful to see that it is placed SO that It
won't sift through Then catch the cotton
here and there before the covering Is put on.
Tuft the comforter with deeper shade Of
violet and bind it in violet satin ribbon.
On the dressing table there is violet-col-
ored cover and hatpin holder made from
test tube and violet ribbon, with tassel or
two to match. A hairpin holder Is made to
correspond: 1t consists Of nothing but
small glass jar, purchased at any depart
ment store. and covered with violet ribbon.
The handle Is a loop Of ribbon. The
pin cushion and odds and ends, even to
the chamois skin for powder, are all in the
same color scheme. The latter Is q heart
shaped piece of chamois edged in beading
and tiny bit Of lace. A baby ribbon Ii
drawn through the beading
The floor may be covered in mating to
match the other tints. and rug in har-
monizing tone placed here and there.
When the girl enters the room she is not
only greeted by the sight Of the violets-
the whole pretty color scheme-but a DELI
cate aroma of violets pleases her sense Of
smell. - -..,55
This same idea may be carried out with
carnations or roses In red or pink room
or with any other flower for which there Is
q sachet powder made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-17
STYLES in Autumn Hosiery.

Usually 1t is in summer that the girl who
has a fondness for pretty hosiery has the
greatest choice to select from in the shops;
this year 1t is not so. The autumn and VIM
ter shoes, which show every imaginable
sort of kid or cloth top, call forth an equal
ly varied assortment Of hosiery to match
them.
There Is the gray-topped. buttoned shoe
for street wear, which Is to be so popular
this season, and with 1t come many styles
and textures of gray silk and Isle hosiery.
Some Of the prettiest patterns to go with
the gray-topped boot are embroidered In
deeper shades OF gray far up above the shoe
and with very little Of the embroidery down
| on the instep, where the shoe buttons over
closely.
Brown IL another favorite shade for heavy
walking boots, and there are bewildertng
| arrays Of every shade of brown hosiery on
the counters. One importer, of fine hosiery
had window devoted to nothing but brown
| samples arranged with suede and leather
boots and slippers In the same tones, and q
| fascinating assortment of yellow garters
with handsome rose-gold buckles set with
topaz The window attracted much atten-
| ton, especially among women who were
contemplating wearing brown suits or
frocks this season.
Shaded flowers done in silk on heavy silk
hosiery are favorites aiming the designs seen
| on the new evening hosiery, and the work
equals that done on the finest Of center
| pieces for the dinner table or that displayed
on the sheerest Of lawn blouses. They
| come in every shade imaginable and there
| is no flower which Is not reproduced on
| mlady's footwear -
| Medallions of lace both black and white,
are set into many samples and insets of en-
broidered chiffon run up and down the in
| step of still other importations The old
and rather extreme fad Of having the initial
embroidered on the instep is ont now, even
among the girls who follow every fancy Of
| the season. 500 - '''f"- -
Two-tone mixtures in the best Isle are
being shown in blacks and whites, grays,
dark green's and reds. This style of hose
comes in heavier texture and makes q
| more sensible sort for cold weather, though
1t is not for this last requisite that they are
worn. Women seldom are sensible when 1t
comes to dress.
Although few women seem to realize 1t, It
Is not at all q difficult matter to embroider
hose. The plainest pair Of 35-cent black
stockings may be made to look like some Of
the prettiest imported pairs with little
time and ingenuity. It is the work of a
couple Of hours to embroider forget-me-no
"a half dozen sprays on each stocking
and the effect is well worth the while. It
seems a much more complicated undertake
ing than 1t really fs
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I 1OUSE=
HOLD
IINTS

Glass doorknobs in all sizes for doors and
bureaus, desks and stands are again in
favor. and those who have treasured them
In all the years they have been "out," may
feel that they are now in the extreme of
knob fashion. Besides their beauty-and
| what in the line Of knobs Is handsomer
than cut glass one glistening in the light
they are more easily kept clean than
marble, brass or bronze.
QUAINT OLD CHINA ORNAMENTS.
Another old fashion revived is the cot
tage ornament" as it used to be called
curious dogs, red-spotted, chained and pad
locked, made to sit on either side of the
manteI or fireplace; 'boskies"-figures with
backgrounds of trees or flowers, rotund
Falstaffs sword in hand, the Flight Into
Egypt with Joseph in Turkish trousers,
flowing beard and great embonpoint. and
all the other china delights turned out by
the early or Victorian potters Of Stafford
shire. If you have any of these quaint old
pieces stored away, bring them out, wash
them up yourself to make sure that now in
their days of renewed popularity no evil
befalls them, and set them up in state. as
sured that they and you are once more in
the swim
WITH CHRISTMAS COMING.
1t Is none too early to be getting ready
for Christmas. and in these last days be-
fore the ground Is frozen and the earth
gets its heavy winter covering. let me
suggest to those of you who have the woods
and country lanes to draw upon one of the
incest presents you can possibly select for
q IrlenQ III the Guy. Il MS lS d HsllnB OF
hardy plants for a window box that will
keep green all the year. -Four little ever
green trees. cedar or pine. or a medium
sized lockwood tree with a couple of ever
greens for either side are quite sufficient
for window box three feet In length. Such
a box on the outer windowsill brightens
the appearance of an apartment or nat, both
inside and out. and Is a constant reminder
of the thoughtfulness Of the donor.
Smaller evergreen trees set In tiny iow-
er potts. with lichen covers slipped over
them. make effective table decorations that
every housekeeper who likes pretty CEN
terpiece. but cannot afford fresh cut flow
ers, will welcome most gladly. A box of
moss and hchens or pieces Of birch bark
followed out and filled with any Of the
hardy woodland treasures will make lovely
favors for the Thanksgiving or Christmaf
dinner table.
FOR THE THANKSGIVING PUNCH
BOWL.
From California comes this description
of a Halloween punch bowl that will do
quite well for the Thanksgiving table.
1t Is nothing more nor less than . half
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-17
At THE SMART HOTELS
Toilets That May Be Seen
There Every Day.
FAMED FOR MAGNIFICENCE
Every Section of Country Shows Its
Own Fads.
SOME GORGEOUS MILLINERY
Lovely Furs and the Hundreds Of
Other Dress Up
Accessories.
SOME GORGEOUS MILLINERY
Special Correspondence of The Star.


NEW YORK, November Is. 1905.
The handsomest toilets to be seen now
are those worn about smart hotels. Ameri-
cans are lovers of the public hosiery and
surely hotel life, which has come to be
more and more the thing, affords much
distraction to the woman with nothing to
do. Then in visiting a great city, where
one Is comparatively unknown-or has at
best few cquaintances-there seems to be
no other means of passing the time than
of dwelling, so to speak. with an inces-
SAINT round of fine clothes.
In New York especially. the costumes of
visiting women in the largest hotels are
famed for magnificence. 1t Is curious too,
to place types through this gorgeous mil
linery alone. for every quarter Of the
states has It's own dress fads. Tall, beau
tifully formed women, with brilliant COM
plexions and gowns none too fiorid for their
dashipg types, are at once spotted as west
ern. The fair southerner, paler, more
languorous in manner. is known by her
picturesque and often sentimental effects;
while the genuine New Yorker. especially
II she lives at the hotel. Is often demurely
subdued in toilets.
Balls. concerts. charity bazaars and pub
lie teas are features of stylish hotels in
New York. and every function Is celebrated
IN fine raiment
But magnificent" does not by any means
cover the subject of this caravansary I'm
cry. Splendor Is something which anybody
may achieve Speaking from the big hotel
standpoint. So the best dressers strive for
effects which. while individual. never pass
the bounds of good taste. To accomplish
this, then, the French costume Is neces-
cary. and however gay its color, it goes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-17
old-Fashioned JeweIry.

One OF the most striking features of the
moment In the realm Of jewelry is the sud
den revival Of the antique as regards both
the settings and the gems themselves Old.
fashioned and cumbersome brooches mas
are nowadays as much valued by the fash
ionable world as was the delicate italian
fligree work which was so mitch In yoat,e
a few years ago.
gotten and of whose existence no one ex-
eepting perhaps the stone-cutters them
selves were aware are once more assuming
an important place in the latest schemes,
and are responsible not only for letter.
weights. trinket-boxes and such personal
matters as umbrella tops and charms, but
are being turned to account as jewelry of a
definite character.
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said; I'VE are IN our rooms so much the
plants are company Look across the
street there. l don't know the girl. yet we
were rivals all last spring. Her geraniums
climbed faster than mine, but my mignon-
cites were Towering a week before hers.
See that other window? And the other
further down? Sewing girls live in those
rooms, not servants"
We were seven stories high. with view
of the Paris house tops. Far as eye could
reach it was a desert of chimney pots. The
GASES were the Towering window gardens
of these brave girls.
IF win one Of those prizes" this one
told me, 'Tll have long box for soil and
lay out every garden Of this street"
cheat? Won't they have their gowns and
hats made by the swell establishments? ?"
(There have been laughing suggestions of
this possibility made in the Paris papers)
Can't Fool the Committee.
"They won't dare!' she answered anx-
iously. The Friends of Mimi Pinson" IL
serious work. Each girl who completes
must bring her bills-where bought, how
much per yard, what width. and so on
You can't foist of the committee any
SLIGO cheviot as 25-cent fancy drapery"
How much shall you pay for your stuff %
cit depends on the width. Four yards
of one meter twenty wide will do as much
as seven yards of seventy-five centimeters.
l am hestating over little plaid of two
tones or gray at 80 sous. Six yards and
half will do me amply"
Why, that will give you the cloth ma
terial for francs IS (S1.95). Isn't that
very low?'' I said.
s so r re yards at to IS
times will add 5 francs 20 C$1.14) and make
the bill already Is francs As 5000, with
out trimmings or the new hat"
saw that she was leaning toward the
hat and trimmings. Scotch plaid taffetas
for the latter and probably enough Of it to
make glorious effect. And a smart girl
in Paris can do much with the difference
between $500 and the SIS limit of the con-
test
"A small or thin girl will have an ad-
vantage" was her final observation. when
a girl is plump think the Judges ought
not scrutinize the material. Some will go
as high as forty cents a yard. I wish I
knew how they Will rule upon the lining.
I'll write and make sure. I have an old
skirt lining"
Thus they calculate all over Paris at
their mansard window gardens.
If you ask why the contest will be such
an event Of the Paris winter win tell
tered! And five times that number will be
present, either as contestants or as public.
If these figures surprise you, learn that
there are $4,000 sewing girls alone In
The present weekly rest-day law that has
stirred up the population does not touch
them This fact has brought home to the
PariStanS at the moment UuIiy pueCuci poyS
and bakermen and natty grocery clerks
were bowling for their Sunday rest
First Prize q Furnished Villa.
And when the Paris public learned that
these good, accomplishing girls are sure
of fair pay bat 300 days each year and in
dull seasons have to earn as low as 90 cents
per day, the Paris public grew enthusiastic
over Mimi Pinsin.
This explains how the girl who shall win
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-17
first prize will get a furnished villa in the

first prize will get a furnished villa In the
suburb of Suresnes.
Among the prizes are three autos, two
dozen sets of bed room furniture, thousands
Of yards OF jacket and dress material, one
hundred postal savings bank books with S.
credit started in each, some 800 carpets 100
stoves, twenty arm chairs, ten gold watches
and dwindling lot of prizes-valuable all
that run into the hundreds, offered by big
hearted merchants who desire the advertise
ment Of 1t for their business.
Quite as important will be the sum total
Of the cash admissions to the Grand
Palais
There have been days at the automobile
salon when the ground floor of the Palais
contained at given hour one hundred
thousand persons In spite of the enormous
space necessarily taken up by the exhibit
tors stands.
A hundred thousand franc admissions to
the oontest-call It the promenade concert
Of good giris-will produce $4,000. In one
afternoon and evening this sum may be
realized as profit. Half will go to The
Friends Of Mimi Pinson" for their general
work, sick benefits. sick visiting and so on.
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fly. the latter will be marked quite hon.
estly as 'draperie fantaisie," or fancy
drapery. All of which will begin to indi-
of MINIS prize scheming.
III the lowest counter price of an undam-
aged present season stylish gown is forty
hve francs: deduct a dollar for the big
store. a dollar for the sweater and a dol
lar for the working bands who made IT.
roughly. fifteen francs from forty-nve
leaves thirty francs. or So.
. Probably the actual cost Of new gown
OF smart today material Is lower still. a
trif1e below the selling price of the cheap
est occasions. say IS.
Wen. to win prize in this great contest,
Mimi must arrange to get herself new hat
There are Minis and Jennys living on the
mansard or top floor off my apartment
house and most Of its nefghbors. I think
1t q kindly Paris practice; racial, Of course,
not individual, because the motive is Just
grasping French economy, which prompts
both families and house owners to rent
out to working girls these unused servants
rooms. The kindness consists In the lack
Of prejudice. for Jenny often has the right
to use the big front stairway. Thus she has
q good address. In a clean house, and min
giles with good people-on the stairway.
You ought. however. to see the poor girls
room.
One Of them does my mending.
II am lucky here" she said to me. Il
have a fireplace and a closet"
On the Mansard Floor.
Every mansard floor OF Paris being cut
up into as many servants rooms az pos
sible, they frequently lack fireplaces and
regularly have no closets. They are little
boxes, Just room for bed. trunk and table
', nen, as most often happens, they are but
the sleeping rooms of servants Of the we'll
heated spacious apartments of the floors
below, there is less hardship; but the sew
ing girls who live in them are crampd.
Let me see your garden I said.
Jenny opened wide her mansard window
Outside 1t was almost framed with climb
ing ivy-geraniums on one side and hardy
woodbine on the other. Where were the
roots7
''Ssshhhi In that big box" she answer
cd. Il got the rich, black soil from tho
Bots. It clogs up the rain gutter, but the
janitor don't know it."
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THOUSANDS IN THE CONTEST
Gown and Hat MIST Cost Less Than
Five Dollars.
GAY CAPITAL MUCH INTERESTED
Furnished villa Will Be Given to
Winner Of First Prize-Picturesqus
Event Of Late Winter Season.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
PARIS, November 3, 1908.
The young working girls of Paris are
preparing to surprise the world by ingenuity
and taste in dress while winning valuable
prizes.
Thousands of them in new hats and gowns
VIII show themselves of at a monster
promenade concert, under the eyes of all
classes Of Parisians. And each costume
hat and gown-must have cost less than rs
francs, or s.!
The affairs Importance is shown by it,
place. the Grand Palais, beneath its giant
dome, exactly like the annual salon.
It Is a contest organized around the work
that has for name The Friends Of Mimi
Pinson,' but the prizes come from mer-
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chants. corporations, politicians. artists,
| writer's. clubmen and society women, and
the idea has SO taken hold of Paris that
this unique dressing contest will become
the picturesque event Of the late winter
season.
1t Is scheme to make the girls help
themselves and educate each other-they
| must have a gown apiece, 1t Is a fixed ex-
pense Of the winter, thus no money will be
thrown away-and when girls of less OPP
portunities and taste see what smart girls
can do with % francs, light and sweetness
will dawn on them.
It is a scheme to give largely to girls
without woundtng natural independence
prizes will be wonderfully numerous and
valuable. and, as you will see, the division
of half the gate money alone Is bound to
reimburse, perhaps, a thousand or more
girls all their expenses while they naturally
keep the gowns.
Paid for Showing Off,"
In this way the working girls, say sewing
girls, of Paris will snow themselves of in
their new winter suits and be paid for 1T.
In the bargain they will have swell after
noon and evening amid lights. music ad-
miration and flirting, because they will not
be ranged on platforms like museum Curl
osities. but will mingle with the mighty
concourse Of Parisians in gorgeous prone
made concert.
So Jenny at her attic window is becoming
a parsonage. Mimi in her mansard dreams
Of public triumphs You must not mix
Murger's WE de Boheme." This 10 Mus
sets Mimi Pinson. who can be an old maid
If she will. it is her right. she always has
her needlei And 1t Is Jenny POuvriere,
whose dignity, devotion and generosity of
soul shine in the old Porte st. Martin
drama, whose interpolated song only re-
mains to give to a very Partisan kind
window garden:
"Cest ls jardin de Jenny POuvriere
Au occur content. content de pu.
Ellie pOgrT re-, , strs 1 &c ct Rrefere
cts the garden of Jenny rOuvriere.
content Of heart, content to live. She might
be rich, but doth prefer what God shall
give!D What God gives Jenny the work.
ing girl in the case Of her garden Is pot
climbing convoIvulus.
Mimi Pinson has one gown! sings Al
fred de Musset. Should she buy 1t ready
made at the Bon-Marche, or the Samari-
the lowest catalogue prices this present
season forty-five francs, or 81.
1t would give her mighty light weight,
little complete of cloth whose price per
yard no one may know. unie. or corkscrew,
Of one shade; a plain skirt and loose pale
tot or sack. both ornamented with pills.
the collar and sleeves garnished with
remarkably small quantity Of Scotch plaid
tafIetas.
A dressmaker gown. in one-shade cork
screw lainage-call 1t woolen-with some
depassants and bits of velvet. a few but
tons and suspicion Of lace at the elbows
can be had, by girls thin enough to get
into them ready made. as low as $3.50.
Must Watch for Bargains.
Below these prices they must pounce on
what the big shops call occasions. slightly
miscut. frayed or otherwise ready-made
bargains When a girl finds one to fit her.
she may take 1t for $3.50. and some himsy
tailor suits as low as $3.50; but, as to quail