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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16
COLONIAL coRN1oEs RESTORED

Any woman who has old-fashioned
brass and gilt cornices Of colonial days
stored in the warehouse may count her
self lucky for they are being restored
to favor. Inanimate objects have the
charm Of not resenting their RELOCATION
to the background. Even if they have
been laid away they probably will look
as bright as ever when brought forth
to view. The returning Of the cornice
and old-fashioned curtains made itself
felt last winter, when the rooms Of a
new hotel, which is supposed to repre-
sent "the last word" in tasteful and
transformations decoration, were con-
structed with cornices covered with
cloth just like that used in the window
curtains.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16
AMERICAN WOMEN ABSTAIN

London hotel managers are in despair
over the abstemiousness Of the average
American woman. Although her hus-
band may indulge in cocktails" the
American woman and her fair friends
cling to ice water at all meals. This
means that every hotel in London
which shelters Americans is. spending
enormous sums on free ice, which rsssst
be supplied at all hours Of the day and
night, while the receipts from the wine
lists dwindle year by year.
According to the manager Of one
West End hotel the average American
woman orders champagne only when she
is entertaining a large party of friends
to dinner. She frequently orders a
light hook cup for her guests, but at
lunch she and her friends consume glass
after glass of water.
Americans cannot complain, as they
did few years ago. Of the impossibility
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16
NEWPORT LACKS MEN

One Of the elect in Newport says the
men are so preoccupied with Wall
street that they no longer add to the
gayety Of society, and that cities by the
sea are. becoming Adamless resorts.
Only one man has joined the new bridge
club which is attracting much atten-
tion in Newport. The club was started
by Mrs. Oliver b. Belmont, assisted by.
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, and the inten-
ton was to make it most exclusive
affair. It Is doubtful if the club was
intended to be such woman's organ
ization as it has become, but men have
refused to be lured into joining it..
"The only place that attracts men, -
says Newport matron, is the one
where novelty looms up. IF Newport
cannot draw them, SO much the worse
for Newport. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16

as the skirt, but not the same material.
Taffeta will be good if you choose a
solid color, foulard in white polka
dot OF simple design is good if some
thing in fancy effect is desired. A
plain model is always the more stylish
for separate waist. I should make it
with two deep tucks on each shoulder
edged with tiny frill Of the goods
tapering off to nothing at the termi-
nation of spleats, and box pleat down
center front, edged with the frills the
whole way. The belt should be of the
silk and the sleeves full bishop, brought
in three-quarter length to deep cuffs
formed Of overlapping folds, going
backward, each edged with a little
lace. If you so wish, cut out little
at the neck for wear with chemisettes,
edging with a frill- trimmed fold. You
can wear red, yellow, brown, pale and
navy blue, deep pink, dark green, tan,
fawn, ivory and cream.
Elizabeth Lee.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16
She Can Help Him This Way
BY POLLY PENN.

No, woman can make good for her
husbands deficiencies. The best wife
In the world can't make man pan out
gold if he is all tin. <r..
Her influence over him may be
mighty strong, but it g of kind of
accelerating quality. That is to say,
it he is on the downward track she can
hustle him along faster than tobog-
gan; or If he is on the upward grade
she can give him a powerful boost.
But if he is running down hill, with no
capacity for running up, it will take
cherubim and seraphim to switch him
over on the other grade and keep him
going. A mere woman can't do it.
There are things, tho, that the wife
Of man Of averag &c ability can do for
him which will make her price above
rubies and 60 long way toward accom-
plishing his success in life.
One of these things is to keep alive
his faith in himself. There comes a
time in every man 8 career when his
fate rests in his wife's hands. It is
when the battle goes against him and he
is tempted to give up in despair. Then
If his wife reminds him that luck al
ways has been against him, that the
world is leagued together to defeat
him, that she told him he would fail,
and she knows he never can succeed,
that mans doom is sealed. On the
other hand, II she futters ahead like a
flag Of glory, always Reckoning him on,
telling him she knows he can overcome
all obstacles, steadily showing her faith
in him and refusing to give it up, she
will inspire him with the courage and
logged determination which will even.
tually win success. She may be to him
a light gone out, leaving him to stun.
Bile in darkness, or bright star Of
hope, shining steadfastly on.
Another way in which she can help
him is by taking an interest in his bust.
ness. Whether he sells salt herring OF
writes sonnets, she ought to make him
feel it pleasure to talk to her about
what he has been doing. She may
know little about his occupation, but
if she is .sensibly interested, her intui
tions will be flashes of genius by which
any man might profit. a mans bust
ness is closer to his heart than any
thing else, and it's a foolish woman
indeed, who does not see the benefits
both may derive from comradeship OF
that score.
Then, a woman may be Of invaluable
assistance to her husband by making
friends for him, or she can do him in
calculable harm by making enemies
| She can selfshH tie him uD to bel
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apron strings, or she can urge him out
among people who can help him.
Above all other ways, she can pros.
per his career by, keeping home com.
Portable for him.. It is strange how
many women fail to realize that a home
is the powerhouse in which the wage
earners of the family should gather
dynamic: energy to fight and win tho
battle of life. Every Preside ought to
be a haven Of peace, where faded
nerves, frayed and frazzled by contact
with the world, may be soothed and re-
stored. For the woman who is happily
married this handing out Of home nerve
tonic is the biggest kind Of career.
If she chooses to exhaust her husband 3
strength on foolish household tasks,
slay him with bad cooking and other
wise give him hit-or-miss home life,
she is deliberately pulling him down
into obscurity. ...-.
If she builds him up with proper
foods, sends him out cheered and rested
and restored, with faith in himself and
in her, she is pushing him straight on
to success:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16
woMAN's ECONOMY

Odds are on the woman g side when
it comes to the question whether she is
more economical than man. At least,
one woman says so. when man
buys hat" she rises to explain, 'he
wears it out and it ends in the ash bar
rel or is given to the old clothes man.
But woman IS hat is another story.
Flowers, ribbons, laces and plumes
often are utilized year after year, no
matter what the vicissitudes Of fash
ion. Take those monster sleeves that
kept the cartoonists busy. When they
went out Of style the economical
woman ripped them out and from each
she constructed a pair Of those short
baby Sleeves
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16
SILKS ADULTERATED

7 Satin will be one Of the leading fab
rice in fall fashions. The continued
liking for glossy silks has gradually
led back to it, altho the satin Of today
and the satin Of the past are two very
different fabrics. OF old, "body" was
one Of its essential features, while sup
pleness and minimum weight are it's
demands now. The choice satins found
on the counters at present partake Of
the thin, soft, messaline in character,
and longtime favorites such as peau
de sole have given place to new weaves
with new terms. Peau de cygne is one
Of the most practical sorts Of moderate
price now.
While women are perplexed by the
lack Of wear in modern silks, the store
man himself has even more perplexity.
IF the statements Of q certain silk buy
er are to be relied upon, the calcium
light Of legal investigation would reveal
as many if not as appalling frauds in
the silk mills as in the packing houses.
To meet the condition many Of the large
stores keep a chemist busy the year
around testing all the silks that they
buy. The quantity Of such silks re-
turned to manufacturers because they
are adulterated is said to be enormous.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16
What the Market Affords

diamonds Of hot toast. Cover with Par
mesan cheese, surmounted with but
tered bread or cracker crumbs, and
serve at once on small plates covered
with paper doiies. z..*z..~..
To stuff ripe plums is a particularly
dainty method of serving them. To do
this, toast some marshmallows, and
while they are still warm and sticky,
roll them in blanched almonds that have
been chopped fine. Remove the pits
from the p1ums without separating the
two parts, and fill the cavities thus
made with the marshmallows. Just
before serving, cover with rich whipped
cream that has been sweetened. .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16
NEW IDEA IN HAIRBRUsHES.

r HE barber seized huge brush with snowy and
stiff brstles quite three inches long and fell vgo-
rousy to work upon the woman's thick and tangled
hair. -.
GLOW beautifully that brush worksv !" she said.
''Why, the tangles gone already"
1T is brush Of fibre, said the barber, 'instead
Of animal brstles To get animal bristles long and
stiff these would be impossible if you could get
But these fibre brushes only cost dollar.
''Fibre brushes will supplant briste ones al.
together. In length and stiffness they excel the cost
Hest bristle brushes They clean and untangle and pol
sh the hair with incredible speed and thoroughness.
They are very easy to keep clean.''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16
YANKEE sHAMRocKs

Finding real shamrocks growing wild
on his rocky homestead, an enterprising
Maine farmer is making money by
selling them to those who long for some
growing thing from the Emerald Isle.
The story is that twenty years ago a
farmer, whose wife was Irish, had
square Of sod brought from her verdant
county Glare, and welded it to Yankee
soil. Maine shamrocks are making
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16
SUNLIGHT PUTS FIRES OUT.

tkN stove should be built where the
~ sun will strike it, said architect "Sun-
light puts fire out, you know
IT had often heard from old women that fres
would not burn well If the sun shone them, but
thought this superstition. I thought the fires
only seemed to burn less well because the bright light
of the sun made their flames look pale and weak.
was wrong, tho. -.'r. r !.
{. It is fact sunlight, range stove, will
weaken and eventually extinguish the fire. The reason
is that the suns hinder combustion rarefng
air. and lessening the bulk of oxygen necessary
a good bright blaze" --<- = -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16
DRESSING THE PART,

GONG to the window Of their small bedroom in the
~ great seaside caravansary, the held his trous
ers carefully to the light.
"Guineyer," he said, "these pantaloons arc
frayed at the bottom'
IT know it, Lancelot," the good woman sighed,
"but you have others, except your evening ones
"Give me those, Them" he said firmly "This is
the day of my important interview with the proprietor
who has eleven millions to invest, and during the in
careless dignifed, and perhaps little disdainful
man can't be all that with fringe on his trouserA"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16
GYPSY FLEECEs PATRONS

There is a craze for palmistry and for
tune-telling, and at Bar Harbor gypsy
fortune-teller made fortune. She so
completely gained the confidence of her
patrons that she succeeded in making
a fair collection Of rings belonging to
them, on the plea that properly and &C.
curately to forecast the future she re-
quired some of their property to sleep
upon. The gifted gypsy has left the
town Of Bar Harbor without going thru
the formality Of restoring the borrowed
rings, and the police have the matter
in charge.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16

their way into gardens as far down as
Washington and Baltimore. The air is
a little too hot and dry, yet gardeners
have met with fair success. Some of
the adopted shamrock. has been pre-
sented to Mrs. Roosevelt and is growing
nicely in shaded, moist spot under
the southern windows of the White
House. The secretary Of navy has
some in his summer home, Buena Vista,
Nd, and it has thrived so that he has
shared the product with Cardinal Glib
bons.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16
Boiled ham, 80 cents a pound.
Wax beans, 2 cents pound.
Rutabagas, 10 cents a peck.
Duchess apples, rs cents a peck.
Watermelons, rs cents each.
California plums, 40 cents a basket,

Ham croutons make a pretty dish as
well as one that is delicious, Stir
three-fourths Of cup of finely chopped
cold boiled ham into one-third cup of
tomato or Bechamel sauce. Add a
tablespoonful Of butter, season highly
with tobasco or cayenne, mustard and
kitchen bouquet. Spread upon small
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16

of obtaining ice water in the West End
hotels. Their tastes have been studied
to nicely, and the well-trained wal
ter takes up ice water almost as
matter Of course when he hears 4 boil
ring.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16
A FAKE, OF COURSE.

81 HERE must be some fake about that new trick
of Sandow-Sampson So said Tete de Veau
'What trick is that's" L'Oignon asked
'Why, the strong man closes and locks unassisted
and within five minutes a Saratoga trunk packed by
a woman for a weeks trip to the seashore.''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16

instructor asks what this sort Of bookkeeping is the
pupil will reply, winking and smiling:
" 'Double-entry bookkeeping is the keeping of two
sets Of books, one OF which may be produced in
if required - ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16
EVERYBODY SATISFIED

When I am feeling very bad,
And pains thru my appendix course,
I know the surgeons will be- glad
To probe the trouble to the source;
To place me on table high,
My lungs with ether saturate,
Then carve me up, and If die
Declare that they were called too late.
TO comfort my poor, weeping wife
The wise old surgeons will insist
It was disease and not the knife
That cut me off the waiting list.
So science will pursue its way
With grace and dignity profound
While am turning back to clay
In modest silence under ground.
And, since, when was very sick
My protest was Of little worth,
I don't believe that 7 will kick
About the job when am earth
Perhaps my friends will not protest
At what the doctors did for me;
They'll say: Hes dead; he is At rest
In peace and quiet-so are we"
DIR. Bixby in Nebraska State Journa
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16
INVALID FARE.

H0N NE Of these Holsters weighs pounds the
~ other five. Which shall serve broiled with
the aleq''
"The fve-pounder. You know the doctor said I
was only to take light nourishment'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16

Windows should never be washed
while the sun shines on them, as it ID
impossible to polish them without leaN
ing stzeaks,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16
A String of Good Stories
A DREAM REMOVED.
~ cannot tall how the truth may beS
1 say the tale as 'eWas told to mo-"

q 3. WINTER, the London tailor who -, came to
". America to design new uniforms for the army
was talking in Philadelphia about American clothes
IT have only hattering things to say Of the pest
American Clothes" said Mr.. Winter. "They don't
differ at all from the best London clothes Ihey are
made Of pure, soft stufs that fa IN gsaoedal mes
They are cut with propriety. They are worn with
distinction. -.
ssHard things have been said here about English
Clothes but am that they who said them spoke
in ignorance Whether they spoke in ignorance or
not can only say of the best American clothes that
they are among the finest clothes in the world
Mr. Winter his hands in the pockets OF his we'll
cut coat, laughed.
IT don't, you see," he said, "reply harsh1y to
nv attackers I am not like the young girl whom J.
heard a bookseller tell about ....
"a young man failed to turn up at a dinner, tho
he had accepted the invitation. He sent word Of
excuse but the next day he called and said to the
daughter Of the house:
4 only called, Miss Morris, to apologize for
disappointing you last evening; but really couldn't
"'oh, don't speak of it, tho young lady an
swered. I'VE forgot about you entirely till after
everybody was gone when father happened to notice
that the decanter the sdeboard and the box Of
cigars on the mantel had each something left in
them.''
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"oh, dearl'' sighed Mrs. schmierhorn as she took
down her hair hour later. elbow nice he can bel
wish something like that would happen in the city
every day'-Kennett Harris in Chicago News.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16

about his family and all that sort of thing Honest,
I almost felt sorry for him. Well, little woman, +
guess you can take that trip to Europe now"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16
FROM ELIZABETH LEE
A Skirt and Waist,

Dear Miss Lee: AS you have helped
10 many others, wish you could help
me. would like to get me nice skirt
and waist to match. What goods and
colors would you advise, as T have to
wear it for nice and also for streetq
Would gray .brilliantine do for the
skirt7 How shall T have it made9
am feet 2 inches tall, weight ISL
pounds, age 10, bust 80 inches, waist
"a inches, hips 40 inches. Will you
please tell what colors I can success
fully wear7 I have dark brown hair,
blue eyes, very little color in my cheeks.
Minneapolis. "A. M. w.
am sorry to say that the gray would
not be kind to you, especially in bril-
hantine. Gray has tendency to make
the wearer appear stouter than she
really is, while such shiny surfaces as
the mohair family do exactly the same
thing also, so, you see, it would not be
wise to crafty your taste, if you would
wish to look your best, and who does
notY Navy blue would be a good
choice, and there would be no decided
objection to it's being brilliantine, un-
less you would like the more becoming
dull surfaces, as Panama or fine serge
The skirt model fitting the hips
smoothly, each gore cut with an exten.
sion below the line Of the hips, to form
two side pleats, will become you, fin
ished on the bottom with a deep hem
or, the four-piece skirt with box
pleat down back and front and one ove1
either hip, all stitched well below hips
then pressed to the hem, will be equally
desirable.
From your letter gather that yor
.iah the waist to be Of the same colo,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-16
THE SEA.

captain DUGGE Of the Hamburg American liner,
- Prinz Oscar, stood by tho rail as his handsome
boat neared Gibraltar.
pure, cool wind blowing
Z" How beautiful the sea is" said Captain Dugge.
''Did you witness the wonder Of those who SEQ
the for the first time9
'Once two peasants in such circumstances
They gazed at the boundless spread of rolling blue
water with awed eyes. Then one said:
Amazing! Who would have thought there could
be much water as that9' '."-
eyes, said the other And remember Fritz
you only what is on top.'"
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A CASE FOR CLEvERNESS.

II ERBERT KNOX SMITH, the brilliant deputy Of
I / the bureau Of corporations, said in Washing
ton apropos Of certain illegal acts:
''Those acts illegal. But the question is, can
tho law get at the perpetratorsS
~ am afraid it can IT, For these poor,
and monetary punishment is the only one the law
can take. The law, afraid, is in the position
of certain housewife heard about the other day.
''Ths housewife, strict woman, said to
maid:
"'1 forgot to tell you, Maude, that If You break
anything l III have to take it out of your wages
''But Maude whom two days had heartily sickened
Of her berth, replied with merry laugh:
do it, ma am; do it. I've just broke the 800
in the parlor, and If you take that out Of
$4-for I'm leavn' at the end Of the week-why,
youu be mighty Clever"
A DEADHEAD
2 RANC1s WILSON was talking at the Players
l club about the ignorance Of dramatic literature
that is too prevalent in America
"Why," said Mr.. Wilson, "a company play
ing FShe Stops to Conquer in small western town
last winter when without any money wishing
to see the show, stepped up to the box office and
said:
"tPass me in, please
F'The box-office man gave 8 loud, harsh laugh.
g Pass you in9 What for9' he asked.
'The applicant drew himself up and answered
{" what fors Why, because am Oliver Gold
smith, author Of the play
'''Oh, beg your pardon, hr,' replied the other
in shocked voice, as he hurriedy wrote out order
for box.''
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I UDGE LINDSEY Of Denver is a foe to the modern
business methods that have brought such world
wide contempt upon America.
IF great businesses hereafter are to be conducted
as sney were conducted in the past" said Judge
Lindsey, "a1 business terms and definitions r{11
have to be readjusted
1--we might begi in, for instance, with double-entry
bookkeeping and in the business colleges, when the