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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-04-05
Women Use Safety Razor.

From the Minneapolis Journal.
"Wcll she's the pioneer in a new
line of trade for us. certainly she is
said the drug store proprietor after
the door closed behind "a stunning
brunette.
Il never though OF 1t before. The
safety razor should certainly be a god
send, a perfect treasure. to the fair
ones with q tendency TO superfuous
hair on the face. without doubt she
will tell some one else in confidence
and the sale of these razor Will &c on.
| ought to have given her that razor
Tor nothing. because she VIII prove
to be the vanguard OF a host OF women
customers When she finds how mooth-
Is the thing works.
You know, the feminines are all
afraid of the strop and the shining
steel. ana they couldn't keep an edge
up at all. The safety solves the ques-
tion. Gee, what a great thought"
And the drug man saw himself the
Columbus Of q new idea.
According to the drug man 1t is q
common thing for women OF the mid
de class to buy lather cup and
brushes and razor strops for their hus-
bands They are accustomed 10 shop
ping for men and therefore the safety
razors can be bought without any com
ment being passed, or any unfortunate
hazards vontured as to what use the
instrument is really intended.
Formerly. you know said tn.
drug proprietor. 1T was a mark OF
beauty for a oma to have a faint
dark line on her upper HIP and dowr
her oval cheeks, but that day ha.
passed. The main care now is TO gel
rid of the hirsute growth without leav-
ing any traces. A woman welding a
fiat razor woul be a curiosity. A
caseknife would be as effective and nol
half as dangerous
Secrecy Is the main thing, and the,
hate to go ven to a dermatologist foi
removal of the incipient beard. 1t !,
a family secret, a skeleton in tn,
closet"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-04-05
DIsFIGURED WITH ECZEMA.
Brushed Scales from Face Like Pow
der-Worse Under P~hysicians-
Cutieura Works wonders.

Il suffered With eczema six months.
! had tried three doctors, but did not
get any better. 1t was o. my body
and on my feet 50 thick chat ! could
hardly put a pin on me without touch
ing eczema. My face was covered,
my eyebrows came out, and then 1t got
IN my eye. | then went to another
doctor. lie asked me what d. was tax
ing for 1t, and l told him Cuticura. lie
said that WAS 4 very good thing, but
that he thought ms face would be
marked for life. But Cuticura did its
work. and my face is now just as clear
as it ever was. ] told all my friends
about my remarkable cure. ! feel 50
thankful | want everybody ar and
wide 10 know what Cuticura can do.
1t is q sure cure for eczema. Mrs.
Emma White, 64l Cherrier Place, Cam
den, n. j., April %, 1900"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-04-05
Wastsd Sarcasm.

The New York man had business which
detained him IL few days in a small town,
and finding himself in need Of now insolcs.
ne sought the rural shop.
II wish the buy a pair Of insoles for no.
;AA shoes" he said to the clerk. and fiat
,ered himself that he had stated his needs
succinctlN.
The clerk contemplated him with the
mild gaze OF tile provincial, and asked.
DO you wish to wear them in Your
shoes
NO" said tho New york man with
guarded thoughtfalliess, II was thinking
Of having a filet Of sole for my luncheon
And when he left The shop the clerk
was sim batting his eyes.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-04-05
Another Woman's Case

sDuring change of life words cannot eN
press what | suffered. My physician said ]
had a generous condition OF the email
Organs. One day | read some of the testi-
monials of wo,ne who had been cured 10y
lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable compound.
and l decided to try it and TO write you for
~:.ivice. Your medicine made me a well
woman, ard all my bad symptoms soon
disappeared.
~ advise every woman at this period of life
To take your medicine and write you for adj
vice Mrs. Lizzie Hinkle, Salem, Ind.
What Lydia +. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound did for Mrs. Hyland and
Mrs. Hinkle it will do for other women
at this time of life.
1t has conquered pain, restored
health. and prolonged life in cases that
utterly bafhed physicians.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-04-05
Still Another.

From the Philadelphia Press.
some people are the worst rubber
recks." Pepprey was growing.
What's the matter now" asked Sap
head.
"ch. some fellows are never satisfied to
know that things are thus or so, they al
ways want 10 know tie Why and where
fore of it
That's true. wonder why it 10"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-04-05
A Fateful Title.
From the New York

From the New York Weekly.
Theatrical Manager-to applicant for po-
sition-"Do you think you would make a
good walking gentleman"
far
west are you gcingT"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-04-05
The National Flower.

From the New York Weekly.
Foreign Nisitor-'What is your national
flower
Minneapolis Belle-"Wheai."
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-04-05

For Rent-Several grain and stock
John Mulhall. 306l2 Pierce street.
592, Sioux City. Ia.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-04-05
Worth Knowing

that Allcock's are the original and
only genuine porous plasters; all other
so-called porous plastcrs are limitations.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-04-05

~ ~ sther dye. Ose I0e psetsee coloss oil flbers.
free beokiet.- dow 70 Dye, Bleach I'D Mix Cuen.
The Washington times., 1906-02-18
Her Debut.

One of the instructors al the. .conserva-
toire said she would be a eomedienne,
another that she would be a TRACED
fenne- Provost said: she will be BOTH
So she Joined Provost's class
The. teachers made her recits with
little rubber. balls IN her mouth to cure
her of the habit OF speaking between
cienched teeth. When she is nervous
the trick comes back upon her to this
day.
She made her debut AT the Coincide
in "Iphigenie." When she lifted her
Ions. thin arms in the sacrifice scene
the whole audience laughed.
This was about 1850 or 1861. Before
our rebellion and decade before the
Franco-Prussian war
In 1886 the dramatic critics Of Chicago
sent her d cableEram OF congratuIatiou
on the eve Of her great fete day Every
man Krinned like a lover as he signed
the quiet conventional message. Sho
was old enough 10 be the mother OF any
Of them. and some OF them were no
spring chickens at that
The woman is simply ageless. Nearly
forty years ago she was playing classic
roles, and when she last was here. four
years ago. says the PItJsburg Post, no
golden note IN her voice was less true
than when We ftrst heard her.
OF her feeling toward her work IN
the sixties, she says. and IL is very
characteristic: I never really loved the
stage. but as il was my profession |
did not mean TO let the grass grow IN
der my feet / WAS determined 70 get
TO the front"
In 1854. disgusted with part assigned
1 to her in 'Deslandes' "a Husband Who
Puts Away His Wife" she vowed not
TO play 1t a second time. The day aTie-
the first performance she locked her
mother in her room. and accompanied
I only by her maid. ran away 10 Spain
She was mad TO see It's museums.
The police were sent to find her, bat
failed. At the end OF two months she
was starved into returning home, and
/ to arduous but brilliant achievements.
/ When the WaF came Nine BeFnhaTdt
fitted up the OdeOn as a hospital with
| twenty-five beds. The Society for the
/ Encouragement OF Wen Doing" gave
her n medal
/ Eighteen hundred and seventy-fve
saw her fame established beyond ques-
/ tioning. after a decade Of toll and tri-
umph and defeat; OF insane adulati0d
and frantic abuse
The Washington times., 1906-02-18
Bernhardt Never
Loved the Stage

". Jules Huret has prepared an alb
sorbing narrative of Sarah -Bernhardt's
life. a mere chronology Of her sixty
years would be that. But her biographer
las done more. He has gathered ihvalu-
able data and cieverly thrown into the
foreground such facts as ilIumine the
important aspects of Nine Bernhardtis
temperament and art.
Even when she Is well beyond her six
tieth year Mime. BernhaFdt has not the
heart TO mention the fact. With quaint
precision she names her birthplace by
street and number Il was born In
Paris at 265 Rue St Honore. Ammo
Domini 1874 Is not added. however My
mother was a Dutch JeWess She was
fair. shC-t and round. with long body
and short legs. but she had a pretty
face and beautiful blue eyes. She spoke
French badly and with a strong foreign
accent She had fourteen children,
among them being two pairs of twins.
1 was the eleventh child"
The Washington times., 1906-02-18
Became Very Pious.

Her father insisted that she should
be baptized, so at twelve she became a
Christian and was sent 10 the AugusEin
Convent at Grandchamp, Versailles. for
her education Il became very pious,
she says.
She thought her mother had little
love for her, that her sisters were pre-
ferred. She was seldom taken out and
sometimes was left at the convent dur
ing the holidays That made her very
sad But there was fun and spirit in
the girl end her sonber moods soon
wore of-sooner, possibly, than the
nuns would have desired.
One day when she had heard that all
the schools in France except hers. had
been given bonbous in honor of the bap-
iism Of the prince imperial she organ
lied a rebellion. opened the convent
gates by strategy. escaped at the head
Of her companions and returned not IN
I'll the police had gathered in the whole
school
When her school days were over the
question was what should be done with
the impish child who was religious in
spite Of a waywari and passionate tenn
permanent" She was strongly inclined
TO become a nun. but a glimpse of the
world soon changed her ideas. 4 glow
er. a tanner. a chemist. at whose shop
she had bought perfumes, asked her in
MARRIAGE. She refused than all The
Due de Morny. that nineteenth century
Machiavein- who had engineered the
COUP d.etat for Louis Napoleon. ano
who was a friend OF her mother. suE-
gssted the stage. but her moJhsK
thought her not pretty enough and too
thin.
Nevertheless she went to the examin-
ers OF the censervatoire with a letter
from the duke and was admitted.
Weird and contradictory creature. She
loathed the prospect 1t made her CRY.
The stage had no attraction for her.
She felt more disposed TO study paint
ing than ANYTHING else She has studied
it sn her life
The Washington times., 1906-02-18
A Terrific Row.

II 1880 came the terrific row whlch
resulted in her resignation from the
Comedie Francaise. She called It her
deliverance and declared the game had
not been worth the candle DO you
know how much I earned?" she asked.
Barely 5000 francs a year That may
be all very we'll for people VINO intend
TO remain on the stage until they ars
fifty or sixty years old but in twenty
years time shall 1 still be IN this
world? 1 have always had a horror OF
growing old on the stage, and / don't
mean 10 do it
The stage had already caused her too
much suffering. She decided not 10 die
on Ii. II have learned painting and
sculpture and 1 have decided to live
by that My sales bring me in q, coo
francs a year. Ny brush and chiseI
VIII make me a second existence. much
calmer and more profitable than tina
first"
She enjoyed the pose for a while,
Coincide Francaise to be sure. but the
world over.
Writing Of the career which her feta
day, December 9. 1886. crowned. she
said: For twenty-nine years past I
have given the public the vibrations OF
my soul, the pulsatiOns of my heart,
and the tears OF my eyes have played
jl2 parts. have created thirty eight
new characters, sixteen Of which are
the work of poets. 1 have struggled as
no other human being has struggled.
Ny independence and hatred of deCeD-
uon have made me bitter enemies. I
have overcome and pardoned those
whom / condescended to encounter.
They have become my friends -
This book of Jules Huret discloses tho
treasure wrapped In humility. Nd other
living player has achieved biography
of nearly 200 pages There are but four
others whose work for the stage proved
In any degree worthy cOnsidera lion so
ample. The barest record of her work
IS tribute to supreme genius. directed
and chastened by an inexhaustibIe ca
pacity for toll Without that capacity
she would have been nothing more than
mediocre painter and Rachel would
have had no successor.
The Washington times., 1906-02-18
The Fashionable Pulled Sleeves.

Five rows of chiffon, gathered on eaCn
edge and over an inch in width, extend
down each side the opening ia the back
from neck and shoulder TO waistband.
These form pufflngs which are Joined to-
gether with a strong, narrow lace gimp.
Five similar pieces extend from the arm
hole down and FIVE are on each side the
front. which Is decorated BY "A wide
band in the middle The front and back
rows of pufings and gimp meet evenly
on the shoulder seams. and down the
middle OF the front runs i band Of mar
row tucks edged with a small finely
pleated rufFle.
Quite a contrast TO the soft. ffuffiness
OF this fetching blouse is the handsome
and expensive one made of lace in figure
c
Heavy cream-colored Arabian lace. in
a large open pattern, is combined with
delicate Carrtckmacross lace in a close
pattern. the figures in eacn standing out
in sharp relief upon the soft chiffon
drap pins beneath. The lining is fitted
and the lace draped over it TO follow the
lines of the figure closely, but not TO
cling to It.
The top OF the yoke. center OF the
front. underarm pieces. bottom of the
back and fronts OF the sleeves are Of
the beavv l3cc, which shows a regular
The Washington times., 1906-02-18

T He ever useful practical, and nov
beautiful separate blouse viii
continue fits firmly established
place in every woman's ward
robe in spite Of the incoming or the
princess and empire gowns. with which
II cannot be worn There are and
probably always will be. skirt and jack
st suits that require the presence Of a
separate blouse to give them that air of
datntiness- which makes them attractive.
and to make it possible TO remove the
coat without disclosing waist not in
harmony with the skirt
. Unless bIousss match a skirt they must
be white. Later in the season, when
women don. their spring suits the white
blouse Will take precedence over every
ether sort. 1t is so dainty and charming
an article Of dress and so very useful
that a woman cannot have too many of
them,
There 'is a fancy for let-in pieces Of
lace and irregular motives of embroidery
IN the new 'bIouses. and a decided vogue
for embroidered figures upon lace
Practically all the new bIouses fasten
In the back and have short or three
quarter sleeves
Such a blouse Is shown in figure A.
II Is of white chiffon but might be
made OF null battste or even organdy-
The f1lluess at the neck is held in by
Two groups of small shirred tucks. their
own width apart Above the upper
group OF tIcis is band Of applique lace
and high lace stock is applied on chif-
fon with a farfng piece Of lace on a stiff
foundation above it
Puffed sleeves are gathered to the arm
hoie and again at the elbow to fitted
sleeve portion of alternate groups of
small si1frred tueks and pufTs OF chiffon
The Washington times., 1906-02-18

de:iRn 1T the way in which The lighter
lace is set in. although all the outlines
are irregular.
Very soft and fluffy is the chiffon blouse
shown in figure d. The top IS OF cnif-
fon and the rest of the blouse lining Is
oil net. CIon the Chiffon top are built
stock and yoke OF wide bands OF BruE-
sis lace with three. overlapping seal
lops of heavy embroidery upon Its up
per edge The upper scailops and spaces
between the lower ones are embroid-
cred with little rings and rosettes. A
band of corded shirring encircles the
waist between inserted bands
The Washington times., 1906-02-18

a fitted cum of lace on chiffon finishes
the sleeve below the elbow. This waist
fastens in the back under chiffon folds.
Figure y is also OF. chiffon but might
be made UP of any soft. thin material.
such as batiste silk crepe. or null. It
is an extremely pretty blouse. and easy,
If somewhat tedious. to make
The Washington times., 1906-02-18
Chiffon, Brussels Lace and scaliops.


The chiffon blouse Is attached to this
yoke by a band of four tucks shirred on
q cord. At intervals OF two inches two
other groups OF tucks encircie the waist.
There are three tucks in each group,
shirred upon cords and forming attrac-
tive li.tle ruffied effects. At the waist
line the blouse Is gathered TO a skirt
piece Of net 1t opens in the back and
has short sleeves with three groups or
three shirred- tucks around them and
fitted lace cuffs below the elbow.
Among smart blouses are some made
OF an Eastern material that looks like
cheesecloth In weave, only the material
shows that its threads are Of fine quali-
~ The popularity OF the material
makes it attractive Such a blouse Is
illustrated in figure z.
Decorative figures are outlined over
this blouse In a loose embroidery stitch,
with stitches far apart This adorns the
stock. yoke and cuffs as well as the
rest OF the garment. Very open lace.
with an Irregular outline. IS inserted
around the stock, yoke, top and bottom
OF cuffs and down the shoulder seams
The blouse IS gathered below the lace
inserting which edges the yoke. and
der each arm and opens In the back.
Long sleeves are, gathered 10 the arm
hole and to a lace band at the head OF
ia deep cuff, The sleeve could be made
lshort. with q smaller cuff below the
elbow.
There Is q general tendency this year
to make blouses for spring with very
irregular outlines in the decorative
scheme, no matter what that NAV be
and smart blouses viii always repeat
in the back some of the trimming
shown IN front.
All sleeves are gathered TO an arm
hole, OF the arphoie is distinctly de-
fined II some other method Of finishing
the top is decided upon. Long sloping
lines from the neck down the shoulder
and into the sleeve are no longer worn.
Short sleeves are universal. but that
does not prohibit the wearing OF long
sleeves In practical blouses for prac-
teal occasions. although It must be
said that these Will be scarce.
" hile sleeves are uniformly small
and gathered to the armhoIe at the top.
they are finished OF in many pretty
ways. one method Is to insert wavy
ba lds Of lace or embroidery around
thrm: 20 set medallions and panels or
fSuciful motives in the outer side. to
III. sh the bottom with very dainty cuffs
or friIls. and to have a cum extending
up into a fancy buttoned panel at the
back No matter how simple the sleeve
IS however. a well made. prettiIy trim
med Cuf will give II cachet.
i-Whtfs chiffon blouse made scIth
shfrred racks G1sd trimmed styth
lace
8-F!Hfy chiffon blouse made of
roars OF pnfing Joined stTth ncr-
r0IV lGce gimbe.
C-Handsoms bioase OF AYa6ida
lace combined 1l5fh transtdreut
Goitite Corriekmocross lace.
D-FefchiUg blouse OF 1uhite Br,ss-
SelS net embroidered, and chiffon
erubeti:shed zUith Shirred tucks
bIo4se trimmed ,rith
loosely embroidered fgayss and
open lace,
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-06-14

ThcD plunged head on into the Peace.
shoes. but more ns test than check:
the fire was In his blood, and he slowed
into the bills with speed unslaclxened.
From the rocks II Is down grade oil
the way 10 the canyon, and tho wind
blew them and tho track pulled them,
and frenZied man sat at the throttle.
Just where the line crosses Peace river
the track bends sharply I'm through tho
Needles TO take the bridge.
The curve is "A ten degree. AS they
struck 1t the headlight shot far out
upon the riyer-and they In the cab
knew they were dead men. Instead of
lighting the box OF the truss the lamp
III black and snnky food sweeping
over the abutment with yellow foam.
The Peace had licked up Agnew's thir-
ty foot piles. and his bridge was not.
Whatever could be done-and HALEY
knew all-meant death to the cab. Do
mis- MulleniX never moved; no man that
know HALEY would think OF trying to
supplant him, even with death under
the ponies. He did what man could
do There was no chance anyway for
the cab, but the cabOOse held twenty
OF his faithful men.
lie checked, and with scream from
the 1angcs the special. shaking In the
clutches OF the air brake, swung tho
curve.
Again the roadmnster checked heay.
lily. The leads OF the pile driver, sway.
Ing high above gravity center, carecD-
cd for an instant wildly 10 the tangent,
then the monster machine, parting
from the tender, took the elevation
like n hurdle ana shot into the trees,
dragging the caboose after &C. But en-
gine and tender and Eve I'm the cab
plunged head on into the Peace.
Not man I'm the cabOose was killed.
II was as II HALEY had tempered tho
blow 10 SIS crew. They scrambled out
OF the splintcrs and on their feet. men
and ready 10 do. One voice from bo-
low came to them through the storm,
nnd they answered It's calling II was
Callahan, but burden, Mullenix, Peeto,
HALEY, never called again
AZ daybreak wreckers OF the West
End. swarming from mountain and
plain, were heading for the Peace. ana
the McClOud gang up, cDossed tho
Spider on IIailey's bridge. on tho
bridge the coward trainmen had TO
ported out, quaking as they did IN tho
storm az the Spider foomlng over it9
approaches But IIailey's bridge stood
stands today
Yet three days the Spider ragged and
knew then its master. while be three
whole days sat m the bottom OF tho
Peace clutchlug the engine levers IN
the ruins Of Agnew's mistake
And when the divers got them up
Callahan md Bucks tore big Peeto's
arms from his masters body and shut
bis staring eye and laid him at his
masters side. And only the Spider
ravening nc Hoiley's caissons raged.
But HALEY slept
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Callahan he yelled lnNhIs car 20
mans better orr And Callahan
though he couldn't In the pound and
the roar, catch the words, nodded aud
laughed because HALEY flerccly laugh
ed. Then going around 20 tho right tho
roadmostcr covered Denis Mullenix's
fingers on the throttle latch and tho air
With his big hands and good naturcdiy
coaNod them loose, pushed tho engineer
back and got the whip and tho roins
INTO his own keeping. IL was what no
wanted, for he smiled as ho drow out
the bar notch and settled himself for
the run across the flat country. They
were leaving the footallls, and when
inc lightning opened tho night they
could see behind through tho blasting
rain the groGt hulklng pile driver nod
and reel ont into the Painted desort iikc
drunken man. for Halloy's schedule
was tho wind and his limit tho wide
throttle.
Notch after notch HALEY drow, heed
less or lurch and Jump, hocdlcss OF bod
or curve, hcedlcss of truck or storm.
and with every spur NJ hor cylinders
tho engine shook like n frantic horse.
Men ana monster alike lost thought Of
caro- and drunk n frenzy IN the doafen-
Ing whirl that HALEY opened across
the swimming plain.
Tho Peace river hills loomed into tho
headlight like moving pictures; before
they could think II the desert was bo-
hind them. Callahan, white faced.
climbed down and. passed from hand
TO hand by burden and Mullenix. got
his hands on lIoilcy's shoulders and
his lips TO his ear.
For Gods sake, Phil, Let upi-
Haley nodded and choled tho steam
little, threw hatful OF mir on tho
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-06-14
a FRIGHTENED HORSE.

Running like mad down the street dump
ing the occupants, or hundred other ac
cidents, are every day occurrences. ia
behooves everybody o have a reliable
Salye handy and there's none as good ss
buckien.s AfniCa Salve Burns Cuts.
sores. Eczema and Piles disappear quickly
under rs soothing effect ssc.
Sold BY The Cooke supply CO.. Of Howes.
vile ]. a. Lenhart OF Kingwood and
lrona supply Co. Of lrona
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-06-14

And now the sword Of Damocles
has been suspended over the beef
packers; but il will not be allowed
10 strike the heads Of those worthless
unless they fail to contribut to the
corruption fund next fall. The big
stick and the polioeman's billy are
the instruments that bring results in
the race for Doodle,