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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-16
The Photograph Handkerchief.

Now it is the photograph handker-
chief. Already some very pretty collec-
tons have been made, and besides, scores
of pretty articles of house decoration
have been constructed out of them. The
photograph handkerchief lends itself to
a variety of usese.
AS its name implies, it Is photograph
on handkerchief. Although for some
little time heads have been reproduced
on satin cushion covers for screens and
the like, not until now has it been pos
sible to go into photograph gallery
and have ones picture taken on a hand
kerchief.
The uses to which these handker-
chiefs may be put are many, not the
least interesting of which is to make
the cover Of a sofa or divan cushion in
ones own room of squares of linen or
which the likenesses of ones best friends
appear. Or there may be series Of
poses of just one person.
Quite bit of sentiment attaches tc
the fad. The exchange of handkerchiefs
as well as the making of collections Of
them, is likely to become as popular as
the collecting of postal cards.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-16
A Butting Property.

William Jennings Bryan tells the fol-
lowing story on himself:
Once out in Nebraska, went to pro-
test against my real estate assessment,
and one of the things of which I par,
ticularly complained was assessing goat
at SIS. / claimed a goat was no real
property in the legal sense of the word,
and should not be assessed. One of the
assessors, a very pleasant faced old man,
obligingly said could go upstairs with
him, and together we would go over the
rules and regulations and see what could
be done.
eve looked over the rules, and finally
the old man asked
docs your goat run loose on the
roads?
"Well, sometimes said l, wondering
what the penalty was for that dreadful
offence.
docs he butt7 again queried the old
man.
ayes, | answered. he butts
"Well,' said the old man, looking al
me, this rule says-tax all that certain
property running and abutting on the
highway. don't see how can do any.
thing for you. Good-day, SIR"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-16
Fkmiiniine Graces.
Accomplishments That Are Attrac-
tive to Men. A Source
of Income

1t is practically the duty OF every one
to learn son e accomplishment. We owe
to society something in the way of en-
tertainment for what it offers us. We
are enabled to give pleasure and prove
of benefit in numberless ways if pos
sesscd OF some accomplishment, and last
OF all, but by no means least important
OF all, the accomplishment learned to
while away idle hours frequently proves
a means of livelihood in times of mis-.
fortune.
The wise girl will find out what ac-
complishment she is best adapted for,
and then really endeavors to shine in
that. She will make it an unending
source Of pleasure to others and win
many friends through it, and when the
hour comes that finds her alone i'll the
world and without means, she has a
source of income ready to hand.
The majority of girls SO situated i'm
agine that they are not sufficiently pro-
ficicnt to make use of their accomplish
ments. They lack the courage to make
the most of little knowledge, and en-
deayor to add to it.
The girl who can play or sing imme-
diately casts about in her mind for prob
able pupils. These may not readily ma
terialize, but in the meantime nunberless
women are only too glad to have some
pleasant girl help entertain their friends
with music; accompanies are at pre-
MUM, but for singers and players upon
stringed instruments benevolent institu-
tons and certain hospitals are only too
glad to pay some one to play for inmates
of such places when music cannot be had
free, and there are schools without num-
Der, both private and public, which need
pianist, not as teacher, but to accom-
pany the singing of the pupils, their
marches and many of their physical ex-
ercises. The girl who can play just a
little has wide field in which to earn
a living.
Singers and players upon stringed in
struments have much the same field, ex-
cept that theirs is more restricted, and
the singer is ever in demand to help with
jolly topical songs at small entertain
ments, and to sing at funerals. This last
is very profitable.
Then there is the girl who learns just
a little painting and drawing. She, too
feels hopeless about getting enough pu-
pills to support herself if suddenly left
to do so without any preparation for such
task. Few of these girls know that
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-16

original designs of very simple kinds are
proltably sold to manufacturers Of fancy
articles, decorative embroideries and lace
houses. There is always large de-
mand for original menu cards, dinner,
tea and luncheon favors, cotillion favors,
entertainments where decorated cards can
be. used for special purposes, the cards
being appropriately decorated to suit the
occasion; lamp and candle shades OF all
kinds, fancy boxes for candy, stationery
and an Infinite variety of other things,
to say nothing of the vast variety of silk
and satin articles decorated with paint
ing, the screens and panels and fancy
bits OF useful prettiness which may be
so easily decorated with brush or pen
China painting offers large field for
artists in that branch of painting, and al
most every millinery and dressmaking
establishment finds use for girl who
can paint flower decorations upon gowns
and their accessories. Designing for
wall papers, carpets and the like requires
special education, which is not hard
to get, but the amateur artist will be
more successful if she does the simpler
forms of decorative work which require
originality of design and harmony of
color rather than correctness of drawing
or carefulness of execution
A girl who has no gift for singing,
playing or painting may always learn
the art of entertaining, than which few,
if any feminine accomplishments, are
more appreciated. We all love the girl
who has a charming manner; who is
ever ready with clever or amusing
story, and has the tact of knowing just
when to tell it; who can recite some
thing to suit our every mood and who
has the knack of getting congenial spir-
its into conversation. Such a girl is
ever i'll demand in society, and if she
is ever thrown upon her own resources
to make living she can make capital
of her art of entertaining, and very few
will ever know that she is being paid
for her accomplishment of aiding some
hostess to successful evening.
Such girl can also get any number
of engagements to engineer entertain
ments of various kinds for charitable
and benevolent pu poses, for club affairs
and the like. Women on committees are
only too thankful to employ the services
Of one who can attend to matters that
vex the souls of most people and make
things run smoothly to successful con-
clusion.
The girl who has learned to read well
is possessed of rare and delightful &C
complishment Almost every one loves
to be read to. and aside from the good
that can be done through this accomp.
lishment girl who reads well can al
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-16

ways get number of women to employ
her services for certain hours in the day
or evening, and may also teach class
in the graceful art Of reading enter
tainingly.
The woman who is an accomplished
housekeepcr seldom realizes that she is
just the one thing that numerous house
holds covet, and that her life may lie i'll
easy places if she only turns her accom-
plishment to account in the right
channels.
Once a young doctor went about ad-
vising all his patients to do embroidery
"Why don't you learn to embroidery
said he st is just the thing you re-
quire to occupy your mind without ovdr-
taxing it, and it does not require any
effort 1t is much better for you thahs
exciting yourself, reading, or sitting
about brooding over your i'll health.
Presently all the women he attended
were industriously making pink silk roseS
on linen centerpieces. That struck hi
as being the triumph of embroidery
Then some of them began to inquire into
the doctors reasons for advising en-
broidery. Crochet is twice as easy"
said they, "and not half as fatiguing."
1t was discovered that the doctor had
just married charming young thing
who did the loveliest embroidery imagin-
able, and that pink roses on center pieces
were her specially.
If the man of science can be tangled
in skein of silk or strand of crochet
worsted men of all sorts become en-
thralled by the girl who can sing topical
songs in sympathetic manner. Their
hearts are instantly relieved of care and
they begin to fancy how jolly life would
be at the side of charming girl who
could sing coon song whose light
would dispel the blues from the most EN-
purpled mortal.
Not one man in ten thousand is proof
against the destinations of the girl who.
can play such music as he can undese
stand and enjoy Even the man vii
can and does understand the triumpl3s
| of great composers rendered by SYM
pathetic hand, likes to hear simple mel9.
dies played by some girl who enters into
the spirit of them. He likes to rest mild
and body and let his spirit soar upon
the wings Of music into world Of senti,.
ment and sweet sound.
The girl who entertains well, however,
| if she is really sympathetic in spirit, cap
tivates all hearts. Every man loves to
be entertained, and the woman who uil-
derstands how to do this with the least
apparent effort is quite as popular as the
singer and she who can discourse di-
vinely upon instruments both keyed and
| stringed.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-16
Easily Satisfied

A New York man. the head of COM
pany working phosphate fields in the
South, tells the following in connection
with the phosphate boom in Florida some
years ago.
The New Workers. company was desir-
Gus Of obtaining tract of land in sec
ton Of Florida inhabited by easy-going
people, and offered the owner ten thou
sand dollars. 1t was afterward learned
that the owner had some time before the
boom vainly endeavored to sell the land
for few hundred dollars.
The offer was at once accepted. When
he demanded the cash in hand, the agent
smilingly suggested that the best course
would be to leave the money in the bank,
taking in cash whatever sum present
needs might call for.
After some palavering, the native made
known his wish to have farm of fifty
acres with house. The cost of the
whole was only few hundred.
"What else?" asked the agent. .
"Kin have boss, saddle and bride Z"
Certainly"
"And rifle?"
Eyes"
"And some provisions?"
Eyes"
Here the native stopped. His eyes
kept widening in wonder. He could for
the moment think of nothing more.
"Wflat else do you want1" resumed
the agent
"Sixty dollars for the old woman to
buy things for herself and the kids" an
swered the owner preparing to walk
away.
Anything else?"
"Is there more YETI"
Eyes"
"Well, give me plug of tobacco an
set me down where the fish bite all day.
an you kin have the rest"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-16
Happy Thoughts.

There's no argument equal to happy
smile.
The black sheep in every family was
once the most petted lamb.
Did you ever notice that the size of
trouble depends on whether it is coming
or going?
People who can turn their hand to
anything" seldom turn up trumps in the
game of life.
Consider the lowly postage stamp, is
the advice of Josh Billings, and learn the
secret of success 1t sticks to one thing
until it gets there.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-16
FADs AND FANCIEs.
M1NNA scHArr CRAWFORD.

The style and character of woman's
clothes have come to such importance
in life that she is brave woman indeed
who dares ignore the cult of fashion
and defes criticism in garments that are
passe. A constant respect for the
changing fashions is no longer regarded
as an evidence of shallowness or vanity.
Quite the contrary; it serves rather to
emphasize progressive spirit, a mind
alert, coupled with cleverly busy fingers.
The woman who does her own sewing
has much the advantage of her sisters
who declare they "hate the sight of a
needle" With the aid of really good
paper pattern she cannot only have pref
tier frocks than the average, but can re-
model her last years dresses and bring
them properly up to date.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-16

Whether used for separate skirt or
part of a costume. no distinct style in
a long time has approached the vogue
OF the modified circular skirt with front
and back cores laid in inverted plaits 10
give the fashionable and becoming panel
effect The model here shown is cut in
six cores, which makes it easy to handle
and does away with all tendency to sag.
It Is in round length and perforated for
walking length. Pattern 2oo5 is cut in
sizes "a, 24, 26, 2S and 80 inches waist
measure.
To secure any of these beautiful styles
state number and size of patterns de-
sired and enclose fifteen cents for eac,,
pattern wanted Address all communi-
cations to
FASHION CORRESPONDENT,
oo32 Metropolitan Bldg. New York City.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-16

The dainty little evening dress here
pictured is so effective and yet so simple
of construction that any woman who
knows enough of sewing to hem pocket
handkerchief can follow the easy instruc-
tons printed on the pattern and put it
together. 1t is a charming model for
any of the summer fabrics, such as or
candle, swiss, foulard, dimity or challie.
The pretty bodice can be made with or
without a lining. The skirt is nine
gored model and very simply put to-
gether. The waist pattern 1913 is cut
in sizes 81, 81, 36 and SO inches bust
measure. The skirt pattern No. aooo is
cut in sizes e2, "a, 26 and 2S inches waist
measure.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-16

The liking for Eton coats seems to In
crease as the season advances. The de-
sign here illustrated is one of the pref
tiest yet shown. 1t is collarless, and fitted
to shape to the figure, and has the popu-
lar elbow sleeve. 1t is delightful model
for separate coat of black or colored taf-
feta, or as part of a costume When
made of linen or Shantung silks it is
usually left unlined Many are wearing
white linen Eton coats this season. They
supply all the demand for wrap that
can be easily carried or worn and as
less bulky and warm than the longer
coats, hence are more popular and more
generally worn. The pattern No. 2ooS is
cut in sizes 81, 81 26, SO, 40 and az
inches bust measure.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-16


"The engraved voucher swan before
my eyes, but / giddily saw enough
James Hazleton-ffteen thousand dol
lars-the Sultan's Draft had been paid !"
well, what do you think of that ]"
marveled De Loss
From that on it seemed that every
thing came my wav" resumed Hazleton.
More than hundred thousand came
pouring in on me in the next few weeks.
But Raudebaugh and l never tired Of
specializing on the reason the Sultan hon.
ored the draft. spent good deal try
ing to clear up the mystery. Of course,
the Sublime Porte received it through
the usual channels, London and Frank
fort, but when the Yildiz closed its iron
gates upon it its story was lost. Mem
bers of the Young Turk party, strung
across the continent of Europe, all bitter
against the Ottoman administration, tried
to help me, but without success. Maybe
it was Oshkosh's hieroglyph did the bust
ness. At all events, the draft was paid
and no bother taken with consular or
diplomatic go-betweens.
"The fifteen thousand dollars didn't
belong to me, yet how could it be re-
turned? As the years passed, and it kept
growing, with interest, | thought of CIV
ing it as conscience money to dozen
charities. was still looking for place te
put the despot's money where it would
do the most good when the Armenian
massacres gave me an ideal chance
.I'd like to have seen Oshkosh's docu-
ment." said De oss. as the two friends
contentYdly lit their cigars with the same
match
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-17
ADJUSTMENTS
Ny Wife's Family.

One of the cleverest farce comedies
of the musical persuasion ever seen
on local stage will be the attraction
at the Metropolitan theater Friday,
May 25. when Stephens and Linton's
merry musical mix up, my Wife's
Family" arrives. This ideal amuse-
ment production is melange of comedy
situations, bright lines, original re-
partee, dances and music. AS in all
farce comedies, there are innumberable
complications, but instead of abandon
ing their plot to single moment of
explanation at the. close, the authors
have worked it out to definite con-
clusion, and SO treated the abused
mother-in-law topic that it assumes
new phase in their treatment. In
brief. the plot deals with the deter
mined effort of young husband to
rid himself and his home of an in
road of a horde of his wife's relatives.
To accomplish this he enlists the as
sistance af man about town known
as Doc Knott, and the two resort to
everything short of murder. There
are endless situations which keep the
house in an uproar, with enough music
and dancing to give variety.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-17
KING ALFONSO


Marie jacques Isadore Pascal Antoine.
king of Spain, CASTLE, Leon. Aragon,
the two Sicilies, Jerusalem, Navarro.
Granada, Toledo, Valencia, Galicia,
Majorca, Minorca, Seville, Cerdena.
Cordova, Corceja, Murcia, Jaen, AL
CARA, Algerciras, Gibraltar, the Cam
aries, the East and West Indies, India,
and the Oceanic continent, Archduke
of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, Brabant
and Milan, Count of Hapsburg, Elan
ders, Tyrol, and Barcelona, Lord of
Biscay and Molia, etc., ETC., etc."
Word has been received that prac-
tically all the courts of Europe will be
represented. The many representa-
tives of European royalty will be ac-
companied to Madrid by large suites,
whose brilliant uniforms will add to
the splendOr of the occasion. Most
of the delegations will be lodged in
the magnificent royal palace. This
structure is huge pile of granite and
marble situated on slight eminence
to the north of the capital, overlook
ing on one hand the city and on the
other the valley of Manzanares. 1t
was built in the seventeenth century,
and contains hundreds of rooms,
salons, picture galleries and sufficient
art treasures to stock museum.
Madrid is preparing to give itself
over to joyous festivity for full week.
The city will be transformed into a
gigantic garden of flowers. Roses and
pinks will be brought by hundreds of
wagonloads from Seville, Valencia,
Malaga and Murcia. Banquet will fol-
low banquet and ceremony follow
ceremony. Grand professions in char
acter will be organized by the students
and women cigarmakers. and the
charming national dances will be per-
formed by peasants from the prov
1nces. Streams of white and red
wine will flow from the fountain of
Madrid in lieu of water on the we'd
ding day. One of the most popular
celebrations will be a monster bull
fight, conducted with all the mag
nificence and panoply of the ancients.
Apart from the pageants and spec
tacles Immediately connected with the
wedding the young kings guests will
find many entertainments and excur-
sions prepared for them. There will
be excursions under royal auspices to
the various outlaying palaces with
which the house of Bourbon has ever
been SO plentifully endowed. One of
these is the beautiful palace at Aran-
luez. about forty miles to the south
of the capital. The palace is built on
the banks of the Tagus and is sur
rounded by magnificent forest, in
which shooting excursions will be ar
ranged for the benefit and edification
of the royal visitors. Similar visits
will be paid to another of the royal
palaces at Ell Pardo, which is only
seven miles from Madrid.
A small army of workers is now en-
gagged in making renovations and al
terations in the royal palace in antici-
patton of the coming of the kings
bride. The palace and grounds will
be transformed into veritable fairy
land for the reception of the queen
to-be.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-17
THE AMERICAN ARISTOCRACY.
A Declaration That 1t Is Worlds Most
Charming, Most Merciless.

Let us briefly trace the origin of this
American aristocracy, the most charm
ing the world has ever seen and the
most merciless, says London Outlook.
Like the masculine aristocracy of
Athenian citizens or the male patriot
ate OF Rome. it rests on a basis of
servitude. Slaves in the tiled maize
field, in the tenth floor Office: slaves in
the Chicago wheat pit or in the widest
purlieu of Wall street-all day they
toll mercilessly that their women folk
may be rare and beautiful and girdled
with power. The bachelor of leisure
takes rebellion, sometimes actually
rebels-by abstaining from dances or
golf or surf bathing.
AS to the origin of the best people
we can say little more than this-that
it is an urban product. The territorial
aristocracies of the United States, in
which the men played free part, have
vanished or are vanishing. The coun-
try gentry of the southern states are
no more. The Civil war killed the
branches of the tree of almost English
life. the carpet baggers cut down the
trunk, the industrialism of the New
South" destroyed its deep set root
Southern women of high lineage still
honor and obey their husbands, and for
that reason cannot climb to social
pre-eminence in the great cities of the
Atlantic seaboard, which. indeed. they
avoid willingly enough. There a good
southern name has it's value-as peg
for colonial memories in the new
aristocrats seasoned catalogue of an
ceStors.
There are still country homes in
New England, but nine in ten are in
the possession of urban aristocracy,
who do not live there as the original
owners lived. The country life of the
United States is gone or is going in
true that the best people of the great
cities live the simple life Eat great
cost in country places for a portion
of the year. One meets them in the
Adirondacks. in California in the
Thousand islands of the ST. Lawrence.
where they have built weird parodies
of Fifth avenue palaces. But all this
is the merest pretense of country liv-
ing. They are an urban aristocracy
Nevertheless they will not attain a
complete urbanity-for a.. that we
have praised their beauty, authority
and distinction-until the married man
catches up with the bachelor and the
twain insist on being treated as the
equals of the women folk they worship
not wisely but too we'll. Till then
these fair aristocrats are merciless
and remOrselesS-by proxy.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-05-17
Delayed by Rain.

The following members of the
Crookston city ball team arrived in
the city this morning prepared to play
the university team today: Stevens,
Collins. Manning. Rose. Wagar. Pier
son, Fisher and Fournet. Owing to
the condition of the weather the game
scheduled for this afternoon had to be
postponed unless the weather again
becomes very inclement, the game at
$50 tonight will be pulled off on
the college field at the university. The
rain this morning will greatly inter-
fere with the record making part of
the field meet tomorrow but very
interesting program will be pulled off
Notwithstanding this handicap. Sew
eral of the teams are expected in the
city tonight and the rest in the morn
ing as the preliminary events are
billed for 10 o'clock tomorrow. The
Bismarck team has been quartered at
the Northern since yesterday, being
the first to arrive for the meet.