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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-14
FROM ELIZABETH LEE
A Blue Linen Dress.

My Dear Miss Lee: Will you please
give me an idea how to make a blue
linen dress. Do you think shirtwaist
suit would do9 7 am 3 feet 9 inches
tall, l6 years old, waist measure Is
inches, bust SO inches, hips 3S inches.
What colors are becoming to me? I
have black hair, grey eyes and good
complexion with few freckles. I have
high tan hat. Do you think that
would make me look too tall, or should
I have it made lower9 How should I
dress my hair SO I will not look too
tal19 IT. O. A.
Reynolds, N. D.
Have a gored skirt gathered into the
belt, showing a group or horizontal
tucks at hip length and ending below
knee in hem and second group of
tuclSs. Complete the skirt with deep
fiounce hemmed and tucked on its lower
edge, gathered at the top and added
under the hem Of the upper skirt. IF
liked, wide bands Of embroidery may
take the place of the tucks, with even
better effect, the aim being to cut your
height as much as possible.
a smart bolero would be more up-to-
date than a waist and the p1eated mod
81, something after Monte Carlo
would become you, made with short
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sleeves, brought into cuffs of embroi-
derry, and the neck and front edges
finished with a band Of this trimming
also. IF you prefer a waist, then: I
should tuck to short square yoke depth
and outline straight across the figure
with q band of embroidery, bringing
the fullness into broad white embroi-
dered belt, and have full bishop sleeves
brought into cuffs of embroidery.
You can wear cream, white, black,
blue, all shades, red, pale pink, blue
grays and dafk green. Pale green
should sbe avoided and purple used
sparingly. Warm chestnut brown is
often becoming when the black haired
wearer is also the possessor of good
color, otherwise brown is not a, happy
combination with very black hair.
The tan hat should be made lower If
you would wish it more becoming than
at present. You should ALWAYS adj
here to the fiat, wide brimmed hats on
the mushroom and large Grin order If
you would look your best.
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Miss Reds FraiI Health

5. London-Their daughters health is
at the moment causing the American
ambassador and his wife much anxiety.
Tho Miss Reid was never strong girl,
it was hoped that she would outgrow
her frailty. Directly she comes to Lon
don, however, trouble commences; she
begins to show that real country fresh
air and plenty Of it is imperative for
her. She started well this season, but
the few weeks she has been in town
have told on her to such an extent that
the fiat has gone forth from the doc
tors that she must leave London at once
for an open-air cure. She had been
looking forward so keenly to spending
the whole season in town, and having a
real, good time'' that it seems pecu-
liarly hard she should have had such a
disappointment. At the Marchioness of
Granby's small farewell party for Prin-
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gymnastics. Punch a bag, jump hurdles. Trapeze
work is especially good Then, looking at in
tently, he said, 'Your case is peculiar. The arm
muscles apparently not affected and yet your lett
This is my station. Don't forget the, gymnastics
And he was gone.
ct sat in bewlderment he rushed out, only to be
by CHEEKY voice calling from below thru
the open window, Hand over hand up ladder is 1ne
* When left the train got into the carriage,
still in sort Of daze trying to make it all out The
two children sat opposite.
ssOh mamma, exclaimed Georgia, what funny
faces you are makingl' = S@&"
e. Looks like grandpa when he's going to sneeze
giggled Ralph. r.
''I stared at them. Then the whole thing flashed
across L was wearing new and almost invisible
VEIL which I had stretched rather tight, and in my
efforts to adjust its pressure had undoubtedly been
INDUCING in facial contortons and nasal twtchings
during my afternoon g ride These had convinced tho
near sighted old gentleman that I victim of ST..
''-Chicago News
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WITTY MRS. HOWE

Despite her advanced years (she-
celebrated the S7th anniversary Of her
birth i yesterday in her charming home
IN Boston, surrounded by her children
and friends) Mrs. Julia Ward Howe re-
tains her aptitude for the making Of
clever phrases. A few days ago, on her
return from Baltimore, where she had
been recuperating from a slight illness,
Mrs. Howe was driving thru one Of the
side streets Of Boston with friends and
passed the Charitable Eye and Ear in
Urinary. That institution does much
good, and no one knows it better than
Mrs. Howe. But as she looked at tho
building and slowly read off the name,
she said, without the shadow of d
smile: s I don t see the good Of that
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A String of Good Stories
A CHARACTER STUDY.
''IcaHnof ten low the frzfh may b,
say the tale - twas told to me. -

sc UGH language" said Senator Foraker apropos Of
- acrimonious and rather personal debate, ere
minds me Of the slashing editorials Of the famous
Rudd Of Salt Rock. 49,
= tRudd of Salt Rock welded pen like a bIudgeon-
have by heart sample Of his style, brief charac
like this:
did any reader ever the editor Of our es-
teemed contemporary Take an eight-bushel sack
about long way the other Fill it with bran
Hit both ends heavily with club, to swell it out
in the center. That is our friend physically. Now
take halfwitted, well-fed Hottentot. Inject into
him the largest possible amount of concei Extract
from him three fourths of his brain
principle and beat him the head until he has for
gotten what little he knew. And there you have
our friend mentalIy.'D
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PORTRAIT OF A LADY, BY GIBSON

SCI DNED with Charles Dana Gibson at Princes
i restaurant in London during the season, /" said
Chicagoan.
The lofty, spacious dining room was filed with
in pale gowns, their hair uncovered and their
arms and necks BARE and tho these women were very
fashionable, very aristocratc, they smoked cgarets
with their coffee as they watched the bioscope pic
lures that went at one Of big room and
as they listened to the singing that went at the
other.
Amid all this feminine smoking we Americans
began to discuss and to define the word flady, Was
it ladylike to smoke7 asked Would lady ever
smoker What lady7
~ think Mr.. Gibson's definition Of lady was the
best that given. -
6 "a lady he said, ignoring the smoke question
altogether, is woman who always remembers others
and never forgets herself"
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FLOWERS INCOMPATIBLE

I - .7 K u Z
A florist who had just received an or
der for table decorations called up the
customer in haste. "Say," he said,
those boquets and centerpieces won t
last half thru the dinner. You've mixed
roses and mignonette and those two
flowers simply won't hitch. You'd bet
ter let me carry out the design to suit
myself. = The customer at the other
end Of the wire evidently agreed to the
suggestion, for the florist hung up the
receiver with. satisfied air. Most
people who order flowers make the same
mistake that that woman made he
said. They do not know that certain
flowers positively cannot get along to-
gether. Take roses and mignonette, for
example. Each has bad effect on the
other, and when combined in any floral
piece the whole thing willis in less than
an hour
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With the Long BolD
Man who Sends Away 50 and Stamps for Home
Course in Dentistry Strikes a Rich Pocket Of Pain
and Is Forced to Seek Professional Aid

ONWARD WINTERS familiarly known to his Bos-
r. ton friends as ssDoc'' Winters because he tries
IL medical experiments on himself, recently sent
So and stamps somewhere for "Home Course in
Dentistry He received kit containing small
pick curved bit of steel, brush and spray with
the instructions, 'se ordinary cement for the filling
material"
He began operations before mirror a cavity
growing in one of his moars He scraped and dug at
the fer ui aa an 40
the cold perspiration stood out his forehead he
struck rich vein of pain that went off like lightning
and drew strong talk that could be heard in the street
He grabbed his hat and made his way to profess
toothgrinder, who looked the excavation
and told Winters that the tooth must out When
the amateur told what he had been doing the dentist
thought he could be prosecuted for practcng without
license.
Professor Wiser of Heidelberg one Of the highest
authorities natural history, has just written in
teresting article the original home of the human
He confidently locates this garden of Eden at
the North Pole He locates it very confidently that
you might think he had dug up Adam s false teeth
Such is not the 49, -.... 81,
The Milwaukee Sentinel tells Of an anarchist who
threw sausage at royalty. This is not joke, at
least that NeilReynolds report was quite cloud"
one -. 1927 - II VI
Those of us who sadly look the other way prefer
to call 1t the pneumonia waist they do in England.
A Toronto played joke her he that
appeals to them being in bad taste. Six years ago
she deposited box with trust company for safe
keeping She mentioned it in her will and after her
death the lawyers representing claimants to the estate
gathered from afar to witness the opening of the
package. It deliberately sealed, and contained
pair of her old corsets Just what fun the lady got out
of this joke, considering the fact that she dead
is something of problem tho it is possible that she
chuckled gleefully few times in looking forward
to it. @..
Whiskers are knocking at the door and are said to
be coming in again. Not the luxuriant, never-shave
atal sort that you wind twice around your neck and
tuck in your vest, tho that may result, but <*sde
burns or sburnsdes,' or-anyway, it's that little
strip down the cheek parallel with the ear extending
from and continuation Of the hair of the head down
to and including present undetermined that is
said to be dropping lower and lower the days go BY
presaging future punches of lacs" as they are r-
reverently called When titterings and whisperings
follow the appearance of the sidewheeler he says:
&C., you II come to it,
Are we Gin for" hoopskirts and whiskersg
A. J. R.
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HADN'T THE TIME.

CLYDE FITCH discussing playwright whose
- head has been turned by success.
ttThere's little story him, MI. Fitch
Probably it's untrue, However, I'll tell it.
I'm this man IS first piece the comedian a gentle
from Newark, tried to brighten up his part with
the introduction of few jokes of his own few
gags as they called.
tfBut the author Mortified at the idea Of any
such tampering with his work and in gentle but firm
way he told the Newark comedian he must desist
my dear boy he said, 'be good enough not to
gag, please. Speak my lines and wait for the
laugh
'ttAn right, said the comedian; tonly my last
train goes at 12 30, -
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onion and two tablespoonfuls of cider.
Cover and cook one-half hour, add one
cup of veal broth, thickened with -four
and butter, the yollk Of one egg and a
tablespoonful of tarragon vinegar.
Strain this sauce, pour over the fish
again, dot with breadcrumbs and bake
light brown. Serve in the same sdish
in which: it is baked. Earthen dishes
are always used abroad, red striped
with yellow or black.
To stuff egg plant, cut it in half and
boil it half an hour. Then drain it
thoroly, remove the inside pulp Of both
shells, leaving substantial walls, chop
it fine and mix with it minced green
pepper, parsley, tomato or two, cup
full Of minced cold meat Chicken or
veal preferably, half a cupful Of soft
breadcrumbs, a tablespoonful of but.
ter, melted; salt and paprika. Fill the
mixture into the shells, sprinkle the
tops with buttered crumbs and bake
fifteen or twenty minutes-the crumbs
should be golden brown.
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He Aduised Exercise

ct We HAD just the oldest experience today said
M Mrs Lyons to her husband at the dinner table.
suppose ought to have resented the gen.
temans attention. but the ridiculous side Of the cpl
sode appealed so strongly to that practically Of
fered objection whatever = ..
go somewhat treasured by way N
which you say it, remarked Lyons STILL if were
jealous should have gone up in the air over your
words. - s5 4aT4s
Please don't worry, replied his wife. IN tell
to come home the car was crowded and the only
vacant seat was that last one the door, where
you simply have to sit facing somebody. The person
man past middle age, who squinted good deal il
he near-sighted very Interested
in me at once $500
He did not regard me with an impertinent stare,
but with kindly glances stolen when he thought I
that his first feelings q
fancy do look well in my new gray suit. But was
sensible that his feelings underwent a rapid change,
from rapid approval to sohcitude. Finally his face
wasn't my imagination that caused me to see tears in
his eye after he had taken longer and seadier look
standing the cause Of his earnest attentions, WASH 7
particularly startled when he left his seat for tho
one beside me and leaning over said: My dear young
lady Ia hope you viii pardon but think be
There was such courtesy in his tone that felt
that had no good reason for not listening to him. He
continues: 3z. kgs ks@&%z ~
g Your distressing affiction while annoying will
yield to proper treatment so
Here was surprise. My afhiction What couli
ne meang The suggestion worried me- So said with
dignity, 4 appreciate your evident kind intentions,
= Exactly he replied, cutting me short. ttThey
never are aware You do it quite unconsciously.'
. May ask what it is that 7 do unconsciouslys =
] said with some show Of spirit. 81 E#Es
1t Calm yourself my dear young woman he said,
rising his hand deprecatingly. Our neghbors will no.
tlce our discussion Let us talk in low tones:'
" At this point the absurdty Of the situation took
possession OF me. was positive that the man was
perfectly sane but what had done to excite his inter-
est was ondn my
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cess Ena Of Battenberg, Miss Reid was
one of the three American girls who had
the privilege Of being invited to meet
the princess, the other two being Miss
Post and Miss Padleford. The ambas-
sador IS daughter looked about Is in her
white frock, but before the night was
half ever, she got SO tired she had to
60 home. The sudden arrangements for
Miss Reid's departure have upset very
considerably Mr.. and Mrs. Whitelaw
Reid's plans, and for the moment, the
ambassador wife has stopped her Sc
ries of dinner parties, and many Of the
festivities which had been arranged are
postponed. The friends Of the family
are hoping that after the pretty little
debutante has spent few weeks in tho
mountains Inc Switzerland the doctors
will relax their mandate and permit her
to return,
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What the Market Affords

5.NHACKEREL, So. SIS and 60 cents a
IVA pound. - II 49,. d.. =
! Bluefsh, 20 cents a pound
Lake Superior whitefsh, 1919 cents
2 pound .. .:-z.-s ~, :.
s.; Tomatoes, 10 cents pound and so
cents basket. .... .......
s Egg plant, Is cents apiece. - -.
! Green onions, 10 cents bunch. 2 & {
Raspberries, 20 cents pint. II
A favorite way of cooking mackerel
In Germany is as follows: Clean and
score across the back, large fresh fish,
8 add two cups of hot water, teaspoon
full Of salt, an onion and two table
. spoonfuls Of vinegar. Cook forty min
utes, drain it, reduce the sauce, strain
it and add one dozen capers; cook a
few minutes longer and pour over the
fish.
i AS cooked in. Tyrol mackerel is most
delicious. Wash and dry two fresh
mackerel, put in a saucepan with salt,
pepper, nutmeg, parsley and chopped
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THE BLANoH1Na OF NUTS

The blanching of nuts is process
often thought difficult because not uu-
derstood. The nuts should be covered
with boiling water and should be al
lowed to stand for ten minutes where
they will keep hot, but not cook. Then
drain them, plunge them into cold wa
ter and chill them. A knife must be
used with English walnuts because Of
their serrated surface. Pistachio nuts
are hard to blanch, and the water in
which they soak needs to actually boil
while they are in it, altho they must
not cook.
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royal princesses have also to wear, the
costly and elaborate dresses which their
rank demands at the weddings Of their
near relatives. A frugal princess may
spend as little as $4,000 year on her
dress, while her more wealthy and ex-
travagant sister may find her dress bills
amount to ten times that sum- Age has
nothing to do with the matter, for
Queen Margherita spends more than
does her beautiful young daughter-in-
law, the queen.
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A GOOD SMILE.

ELLISON CAPERs, bishop of South Carolina, de-
l. scribed at dinner in Columbia graceful Incl
dent that had befallen him. s+S~ 49,
IT preached one day, years ago, in Burgaw," he
ored cook at the house where staying told me,
after the service that she had liked the sermon too
She said she had found it very improving.
"'What was it about9' said I.
g Indeed, SIR said the old woman, Il can't
member s..
IF you remember nothing of the Sermon said
I, thow it have improved youq' zz=-z -
"she pointed towards great array of clean white
linen spread on the lawn to dry. =
t''Do you that linen I have been washing and
drying, sir?' she said.
eyes said ]. .S
80 That linen is all the better for its washing
isn't itq'
II . Yes, of course
But not drop Of the soap and water is left in
it, is there7 Well, sir, it is the with me.e Not
q word, Of your good sermon stays in me, but am
all the better and cleaner for it, for all that''
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A cELLuLoID HAT

An inventive Austrian has designed
waterproof hat for ladies that is a
wonder in it's way. He has prepared
celluloid in a special manner permitting
Of its being woven into limitations Of
the most delicate straw, a1d modelled
into the most natural of flowers. These
hats are being worn to considerable
extent in this city and are imperyiious
to the heaviest downpour Of rain.
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FOUND TT

7 TITLE David had always been regarded by his
father and mother being particularly smart and
clever for child Of tender years. One day while he
playing in front Of his home a rough-looking
tramp appeared and asked David very sharply where
his father kept his money. He replied that it all
in his vest in the kitchen. .@
few minutes later the tramp came thru t\e door
way in hurry, very much battered up and looking
sad muttering:
''smart kid, that. Never said word about his old
being in the vest. ''-Philadelphia Ledger
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Where Feminine Fancy Lights

place. ttwhy, what do you .meane'
asked a friend in establishment"
"This," said Mrs. Howe. I did not
know there was a charitable eye or ear
in Boston; so what is the use Of an
infrmary for them7" =.
Tho she has lived all her life in Bos-
ton, Mrs. Howe never has lost sight Of
the peculiar characteristics Of the resi-
dents Of the hub. 5'
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RoYALTY's DRESS MONEY

People sometimes wonder what sum
is put aside for dress by the daughters
Of royal houses. Before her marriage
the duchess of Fife, King Edward :
eldest daughter, was said to have a
very small dress allowance-$1,5o 500 9
year. Besides yachting and everyday
dresses, and all the usual costumes re-
CURED by q girl Of the upper class
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Excursion to New u1m

On account of the grand celebration
OF Sons of Hermann az New Ulm Sun
day. June 18th, the Minneapolis & St.
Louis will run a special train from the
twin cities, leaving Minneapolis $3.50
am, arriving New Ulm 11:50 am;
returning. leave New Tim 500 pm.
Only $3.50 for the round trip. See
excursion flyers or call on J. G. Rickel.
City Ticket Agent, 424 Nicollet avenue,
for particulars,
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and the long sleeves may be replaced
by short puff if desired. A belt Or
ribbon sash may girdle the waist. Any
soft fabric may serve as material.
Two and one-half yards Of 36-inch ma
sterial are needed in the medium size.
sa4 4O17-Sizes, 4 to 8 years.
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spuNcHs .ASBAG.. .
+ JUNE fIURDLEJ

q Il have noticed you carefully, he said. tYou
are in the first stages of the complaint The trouble
is purely nervous one 'sszs$ 20.
CT am SO glad, I 3murmnred. $50 glad there is
hope for me-
Indeed you have no cause to be otherwise than
hopeful he replied Ny daughter has had it badly
and am just returning her home She is entirely
cured.' si
'z How happy you must bel, said. .And the
treatments'
. Simple, extremely simple Children are usually
the sufferers, altho adults frequently attacked.
quite sure that your more mature age will be no
bar to your complete recovery. 4 If
st thanked him for his consoling words
!" Outdoor exercise he went on tand, above all,
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IN A CLASS BY HIMSELF.

IRISH drill sergeant instructing recruits
great difficulty in getting countryman Of his to halt
when the command given
After explaining and illustrating several times, he
approached the recruit, sized him up silently for
couple Of minutes then demanded his name.
Fitzgerald, sor, !" was the reply.
"Did you ever drive donkey, Fitzq"
w Yes, sor. =
''What did you say when you wished him to stopf"
q "Whoa''
The sergeant turned away and Immediately put his
squad in motion After they had advanced dozen
yards so he bawled out at the top of his lungs:
s'squad, halt! Whoa, Fitzgerald New York World
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Must not be COMPOUNDED with com
ter's Little Liver Pills are entirely nm
like them in every respect. One trial
will prove their superiority.
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You can exchange your dollars and
cents with 81. G. Neal for awnings and
tents. 245 Hennepin avenue,
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RATHER TOO MUCH TO EXPECT.

G HIPWRECKED MARINER Ito the native who is
y showing his friendship by rubbing noses in the
me king OF a hemperor, but I'm 'anged if I'll be
bloomin pocket AN kerchief.-London Sketch.
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The dainty childish gowns which are
50 pretty and becoming are often most
charming when least adorned. These
are quite possible for any woman to
fashion at home whether she be clever
with her needle or not. The more orig
inality there is shown in the develop
ment the more choice they are. Here
is small gown which relics
chiefly upon it's box pleats for
construction and adornment. These
are stitched from yoke to waist
line and allowed to form the full
ness Of the skirt The fanciful yoke
may be Of lace Or the material. The
neck may be high For in round outline
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TRADE RIVALS.
=. Mistress engaging new servant)-And hope
you're not too friendly with the policemen.
servant-Lor', no, 'ate 'em. My father
was Hanarchst, mum.-Pick- Me-Up. ~