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Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-02

disabuse yourself right away of the idea that
style has anything to do with fashion, because
it hasn't Don't you know that woman logged
out in her last winters suit and hat can look
every bit as stylish as the woman who sallies forth
rigged out in the latest Partisan wrinkle? 1t all
depends the way you put your clothes on, my
dear, and on the way you carry yourself after
they are on.
Have you a graceful walk? Do you take short,
jerky steps, long, elastic ones? Do you walk
on your heels, or on the balls of your feet? The
walk is very important point, because unless
you have a graceful walk, you cannot expect to
be stylish The woman who takes short, jerky
steps may be cute, or businesshke, OF anything
else that is admirable, but she is certainly not
graceful, and therefore not stylish, matter
how perfectly groomed she may be-
If you walk on your heels, your gait is heavy,
and you slouch along like some fat washerwoman.
Practice taking long steps and throwing your
weight forward as you walk. This ought to give
you the undulatng gait necessary to real style.
Do not walk along with your head the
ground, but hold your chin up. Don't be afraid
to look people square in the eye.
Keep your shoulders and hips steady. Nothing
is more annoying than the swinging of the hips
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H15TSAl lsh. It's second best to being consid-
G@sgsJ cred pretty, and way ahead of being
noted for your good breeding. Indeed,
style in itself lends an air of good breed
ing to Its happy possessor, and almost does away
with the necessity for good looks
Some people will tell you that style is bred in
the bone, but don't you believe it, my dear. 1t
has an A, b, c, like everything else worth having,
and can therefore be learned if you will only
apply yourself with attention. Pick out some
woman OF your acquaintance who has the reputa-
ton Tor being stylish, and just size her up
In the first place, you will notice her 'scrupu.
lous neatness. She is never to be caught with
uncertain connections in the back of her gar
ments, and she never allows herself to be seen
IN public with piece of torn or frayed ruching
or gloves that are out at the fingers. Her skirt
is always neatly bound, and her boots are never
worn with buttons missing.
Above all, she never gets herself up beautifully
on the outside, while piece of ragged or soed
petticoat hangs down below her skirt.
All this doubtless sounds very elementary to
you, my dear, and probably does not apply to
you at all But you know if you are going to take
course in the art of being stylish you must start
at the very beginning.
CARE OF DETAIL
After you have become SO fussy on the subject
of being neat that all your friends and relatives
have dubbed you old maid, it is then time tc
go into the subject little deeper. Please notice
the fit of your clothes. Do they fit as if yor
had been born with them on you? Do they fl
smoothly and neatly over the hips? Does your
waist set well on the shoulders? Does vou
girdle encircle your waist with neither wrinkle
nor strainG And 40 the cuffs of your shirtwaist
fit your forearm like long gloves?
If you are obliged to answer no to any one
of these questions, then you have still much t.
learn. You cannot possibly hope to get tht
reputation for being stylish if your clothes do moi
fit You, and all the rest of your labor will be
in vain.
Do not tell me that you are poor and there
fore cannot afford to go to an expensive dress
maker An expensive dressmaker is not at al
necessary, In simple dresses and waists you car
get just as good fit by having them made al
home as you could il you gave them out
II you buy them ready made, you can alter
them 10 fit you. 1t isn't much trouble. for gen
orally all the alteration ready-made waist need
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-02
NEWEST CURE FOR INSOMNIA.

The very latest for seeplessness was
thought out by celebrated French doctor, who
came to the conclusion that most insomnia was
due to over-fatgue or over-excitement of the
nerves. To counteract this the doctor believes
in series of muscular exercises warranted to re-
lax the tension of the nerves and bring about
that delightfully."-, drowsy sensation-.the forerun-
ner of refreshing sleep.
Ii you are one of the many sufferers from sleep
lessness, one of those whose sleep seems never
to be the refreshing, restoring kind that child
hood knew try some of these ways of procuring
real brain and body rest. Nothing is as neces:
sary even the health food enthusiast admits
that, and no cure is complete unless the patient
sinks tnight into real refreshing sumber, with
out having to fret or toss about for hours and
count those dreadful sheep that are supposed to
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-02
MY LADY ALL A-GLI77ER

any coloring, and if robe is not in itself suf-
ficiently effective it can be trimmed in some way
with bands of solid jet or paillettes, which will
immediately add greatly to the effect and bril-
liancy.
White spange robes, save the iridescent pail
lettes, have rather given up their place to more
brilliant coorings, Even gold ON white net ground
will not be seen, except where the dress is lit
orally mass Of spangles, and then placed over
deep yellow chiffon and silk, this last making a
most effective gown, Black spangled evening
frocks always show up astonishingly well among
the paler tints Of the average ball gown and black
viii be much worn this year by those to whom
it is peculiarly becoming. A deep guimpe Of
white tulle or lace with touch Of white in the
sleeves will often render an all black evening
gown douby becoming and will also make il
rather more striking in appearance.
All evening gowns, and especially dresses OF
such material as net and chiffon, must be built
out well about the feet with plated hounces and
rufaes Of silk on the underskirt, and of net on
the net and chiffon underslip. A fine wire may
also be run through the hem Of the silk pettieoat
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and shoulders which characterizes the walk of
so many women. Hold your shoulders well back,
and If you wear good, strong corset that will
act as support to your back you have gone a
good bit of the way in the direction of style.
Above all things, never, never swing your arms.
Ii you do, you lack the repose that always goes
with elegance and style. Learn how to manage
your hands,and the management of your arms will
follow of ITSELF If You one of those persons
who never know what to do with their hands,
practice various attitudes before the glass in the
privacy of your own room, and until you have
learned to manage them, never go out without
something in your hand. Hold pocketkood in
one hand, and if you know how to carry an UNI
brella you may hold that in the other. The
chances are, however, that you don't, so teach
yourself TO hold the empty hand quietly by your
side. If you wear long dress on the street, the
difficulty is, of course, solved at once
But this is not ALL my dear You must be
exceedingly careful of the way in which you put
your hair up. Don't bother with the fashionable
mode for a moment; find out what form of Golf
ure is becoming to you and stick to it faithfully
through all the vagaries of fashion OF course
you won't put it up too plainly; otherwise it
would not be becoming. Use elaborate Golf
fure as common sense and the occasion will per
nit and let it be as beautiful and as artistic in
itself as you can accomplish.
TAKE CARE OF THE STRAY HAIRS.
Do not have any stray hairs flying, for they are
never pretty unless your hair is as kinky as a
South Africans and such thing very seldom
happens Wear a veil when you go out, or if
wells hurt your eyes, get very fine net for your
back hair, and one even finer to go over your
front hair. With careful use of invisible hair
pins and a discreet expenditure of time, you
ought to accomplish wonderful results.
Don't let anybody tell you that you must be
born stylish, just as good musician is born with
a talent for music. The people who tell you that
are trying TO make the requirement Of style a
most mysterious and difficult accomplishment,
and it isn't anything of the kind. You can learn
10 be stylish Just as you can learn to be dress
maker, or anything else in tn, world. almost,
that you want to be-
The woman who walks well, who does her hair
becomingly, and whose clothes are neat and well
fitting, cannot help looking stylish in her oldest
waist. her last winters hat, and the tailor-made
Of three seasons before last. She may have a
natural talent for being stylish but she may per.
fectly well have acquired her style by mechanical
means aud a deep study of her mirror. They may
tell you that the style is the man. but it certainly
is not the woman.
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sleep" there is no use her trying to 20 to bed at
once. Let her take warm BATH letting the cold
water run in until the water becomes cool. then
let her slowly go through the many different
points OF the toilet, manicuring and hair brush
ing Tor instance, SO often done in a rush. These
neip relax and quiet the nerves and can take up
an hours time. Last of all cup of warm milk
with pinch of salt. Many people, this applies
particularly to men, suffer from sleeplessness be-
cause they are not properly nourished. Exhaust
ed or lrr1tated and excited nerves need nourish
ing; bite of light and easily digested food
VIII not Keep one awake-on the contrary it is
often Just what is needed to induce sleep.
MUSCULAR EXERCISES TO THE RESCUE.
Sleep will not come to the brain that is worry
ing or even to the brain that is busy with the
thoughts of ''How shall 1 make myself fall
asleep?" Here is where our French doctor comes
to the rescue for his muscular exercises Take
the mind off the desired outcome and centre Il
on directing the bodily movements which the
doctor advises, inducing bodily fatigue by tiring
the muscles. 1t sounds as if it would take for
ever, but it doesn't. just try it, The first time
you feel as if you would never be able to fall
asleep stretch yourself out while in bed, arms
above the head, muscles tense and stretched TO
their utmost. Stiffen leg and arm muscles and
feel as much as possible as you do when stretch
ing in the morning. Relax completely and trv
again.
Stretch the limbs in different directions. For
instance, put the arms out in front as in the pic,
ture. You will speedily find yourself yawnng
comfortably and you probably won't need to 60
through any more exercises, being now quite too
sleepy to do SO, but the other movements are
equally good.
Lie Oh your back and pull the knees up In
hale deeply while doing this. While the breath
is retained stiffen and stretch the muscles max
ing the body tense as possible Now relax
slowly and thoroughly beginning with the muscles
of the neck, arms and back; exhale at the same
time. 1t is usually the neck that is SO tense and
rigid that very nervous people as if they were
holding their heads by main force These
stretching exercises will speedily teach one how
to relax ones hold on ones own tense muscles,
which is the very first thing to learn for those
who suffer from insomnia
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-02

R1d=sS,.1 twelve, are fond OF playing with paper
l4kssAsJ dolls so it was bright thought that
came to one little hostess to give
Dolls House Party in order to amuse her Young
friends.
This is how the entertainment was given
and it was such complete success that instead
of dolls house parties being quite a novelty.
they are at present, they should soon become
quite popular First of all the little girls were
invited to tea from five to eight. On arriving
they were received by their hostess and her
mother, and when they had all assembled. the
latter read them some short stories, new stories
or old favorites, preferred.
When the reading was over, the children ware
asked to illustrate one of the stories by making
dolls house and inviting the other children to
visit the home of the "story book people" a
large cardboard box was given to each child
arranged for two-story house. and pictures Of
furniture, curtains, rugs, ETC., cut from shop cat
alogues, were put in boxes on the table SO that
each child could choose her own furniture Tho
dolls themselves were cut from fashion catalogues
and illustrated papers, and each child was asked
to select her own family"
The children were busy with paste and sc;s
sors until tea time and then they left off rla.
ing to go into the dining room, where DAINTY
repast, with plenty of cakes fruit and biscu;ts
awaited them. They were all eager to get back
to their dolls, though, and were told that thav
could have half hour longer to complete Their
houses.
At the end of the half-hour committee of
grown-up people voted for the best house and
a prize Of big scrap book was given 10 its
lucky builder.
The plan of entertainment can, of course ba
varied and even improved upon; for instance no
party need be given at all; but here IL nm ida.
which will be welcomed by many a mother whose
anxious cry is; What shall do to amuse tbs
little ones?"
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likely to benefit me-" Yet, according
to certain very lovely young actress, pretty
girls stage career is often imperiled by her
very attractiveness.
Beauty says this young lady, is a decided
advantage at the starting point of girls stage
career, especially if she is going to play in musical
comedy. But it may become real drawback;
for, instead of working hard to win success-and
the path to success is thorny one-she may
trust to her beauty to do everything for her.
A very pretty girl will sometimes get en-
gagement so easily that she thinks that all she
has to do is to look charming and to smile sweet
ly at the audience. But salaries not so
easily earned as that, and though people may
go wild over pretty and clever actress, beauty
alone will soon bore them
A pretty actress runs risk of being hndered
in her profession by too much admiration. Off
the stage she requires to study hard, and when
she is actually playing she needs to give her
whole attention to her part 1t is not easy for
her to study seriously when social distractions
are many, and the difficulty of losing herself in
the character she is playing must be immense
when she knows that some dozen men in the
boxes are watching her with the greatest admira-
tion, and that each of them would gladly marry
her.
The truth is that an attractive appearance is
a great advantage to hard-working, clever girl,
but directly girl relies her beauty to make
her success it is a hindrance to her Good looks
can never take the place of brains and hard
work, and the girl who thinks they will do so
either ON the stage off it's almost certainly
foredoomed to failure.
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to sleep again, morning breaks and the sleeper
is thoroughly exhausted, taking up her daily du-
ties with nerves strung up to the breaking point.
A day of mental physical effort and both
mind and body the verge of collapse.
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precede the coming Of the sand man to adult and
wide-awake eyes!
The modern brain is too keen to be fooled into
forgetfulness by any such means. Yet it is far
more necessary for the woman of today to get her
eight or nine hours rest than it was for her
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De cultivated uuIll III DecOlneS II uAeu
habit. Have a regular hour for rising and retiring
and do not deviate from it unless forced to-
Bright eyes, clear skin, cheerful mind, muscu-
lar tone and nervous energy among the good
conditions promoted by sleep of the right kind,
while broken and insufficient sleep will tend to
produce the very opposite states. If a woman
would have the roseate beauty of the dairymaid
it is quite necessary to obtain the same health
conditions enjoyed by the dairymaid. So, if the
sleep is broken or insufficient, certain amount
of muscular work should be gone through with
each night before retiring. Tax endurance, says
a well known nerve specialist, but do not tax
strength.
Wakefuness is habit which can be overcome,
though it sometimes takes heroic measures to
overcome the tendency. One may awake one,
two or three hours after retiring and feel as
wide awake as though the night were over, yet
after exhausting oneself in vain effort to get
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-02

spanged net to be displayed at what on first
glance seems an absurdy low figure. Sad to re-
late it is merely throwing SO much money away
to invest in any one of the less expensive grades
no matter how handsome or elaborate it may ap.
pear, for the net is always OF the poorest and
win tear like so much tissue paper
In fact, many absolutely new robes crack and
wear through without any possible reason or ex-
cuse The handsomest of these gowns are now
made of rather heavy Brussels net or else the pail
lettes are sewed direct upon chiffon.
II spangled gown is to be made from a net OF
chiffon robe dress and the princess effect is de
sired the waist and skirt-whch come in sepa
rate pieces-can easily be joined on the silk lin
ing by rows of shirring about the waist and hips
or by bands of steel jet embroidery laid on with
Corselet effect.
Paillette embroidery can be secured in almost
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-02
Dolls House Party

TITLE children OF eight to nine and
even some bigger girls of ten or
twelve, are fond of playing with paper
dolls, so it was bright thought that
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-02

great-grandmother. There is greater expendi-
ture of force and less chance of recuperation
unless she get to sleep quickly without going
through hours of trying to sleep"
Annie Payson Call says there are five things to
remember if you want to rest overtired brain:
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lVHI lIlC VHUt IUIIIItIIy OCCuple0 hV
Grape, which is certainly worn less and less every
year, although Paris dressmakers have made a
very strenuous effort this season to introduce a
variety OF white Grape For slight mourning a
quantity Of black silk, mixed with silver braid, Is
being worn, while jet in all its forms has once
again been revived, and makes even deep mourn
ING smart nowadays. Black fox is the tavorite
fur for slight mourning, and both ermine and
white fox are largely used for slight or compll-
mentary mourning.
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WOMAN who leads an active life, yet
gets very little sleep, cannot hope to
retain her beauty or health for any
length of time. A complete rest for
from seven to eight hours nightly must
be cultivated until il becomes a fixed
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81. A healthy indifference to wakefuness. 2.
Concentration of mind on simple things. 8. Re
taxation of the body. 4. Gentle rythmic breath
ing of fresh air. 5. Regular nourishment"
That really covers it all.
When Belinda comes home feeling "too tired to
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-02
Is Beauty Desirable?

F this gift of the gods were offered them,
it is certain that most women would
eagerly accept it, without stopping for
moment to ask, "But is its possession
Ll.ol,. +n leneht ne3n Yet according
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Mourning Modes

is astonishing to notice how the once
popular black glace silk is now being
strictly confined to the realms OF
mourning" and taking to great ex.
tent the place formerlv oce,n;ad ~,
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Married Men Appreciated

VERYoNE looks with favor on the mar
ried man in Australia, and he is CON
sidered to deserve well of his country.
Even if he is so imprudent as to wed
on nothing and has No horne - ,,,L;oL
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to take his bride, he is not much blamed; his
relations or her relations generally come 10 the
rescue and set the young couple on their feet
In the Government service, the married man il
very tenderly treated, and this is one place al
least where it is strict rule that no married
man shall be dismissed except for insubordnaton
Needless to say, all the young clerks take wives
at the earliest possible moment, and thus insure
their positions.
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II is safe to assume that every woman
has the ambition to be considered styl-
4 ish. It's second best to being consid-
y cred pretty, and way ahead of being
noted for your good breeding. Indeed,
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n new and unusual shades, sequin and
palette robe gowns are particularly in
demand-queer greens, sapphire and
electric blues and brilliant reds all max
ing delightfully."- effective costumes.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-07-24

the zebras' tafly-ho had to be pushed
by couple of elephants, cause the
zebras wouldn't pull the load, and
going down hill we had to lock the
wheels, and slide down.
When we got on the main street,
where the crowd hlled both sides, al.
most up to the team. and the people
began to cheer, the zebras began ia
waltz and kick, and try to jump over
each other, but the hands got them
untangled, and we worried along
though pa was pale, and looked like
a man smoking cigar while sitting
on an open powder key, The fat
woman grabbed pa every little while
and screamed that she wanted to &c,
off and walk, but pa told her to hush
up and try to be man.
Well, as we were going down hill,
by park, near the Midland hotel,
that COMPOUNDED calliope had got right
up behind the tally-ho, and the or
ganist cut her loose, with the tune:
"a Life on the Ocean Wave" Every
zebra jumped into the air, the brake
footpiece escaped pas foot, and the
tally-ho run on TO the heels Of the
wheel zebras, and 1t was all OF. There
never was such a runaway since the
days of Ben Hur.. Pa had presence Of
mind enough to make the fat lady gel
down off the seat, and he put his feet
on her to hold her down, the crowd
yelled. and our zebras run into the
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-07-24

IQeGo NeVGC WIS SuSA p &sSeAs
u.s. I have tried to reason pa out OF
his unnatural infatuation for zebras,
but you might as we'll talk to rich
old man who gets stuck on a chorus
girl, and gives her all his money, and
has to go and live at the poor house.
A zebra always looks to me like a
joke that nature has played. Who, but
nature, would ever think of laying out
. plan for zebra, and painting it in
stripes. like BARRIERS pole, and yet
we must admit that few human artists
could paint million zebras and get
the stripes on AZ perfect as nature
does with her eyes shut. The mule
and the zebra are distant relatives,
cause lots OF mules have a few stripes
on their legs, but the zebra is the
eldest son who Is arlstocrAtic and inA
herits the stun, while the mule is the
younger son who never gets a look
In for the money, but has to work
for living. So II is no wonder to me
that the mule kicks. The zebra is the
dude Of the family, and the mule looks
up to him, when he ought to kick his
Stats In. and rub out his stripes with
mule shoe eraser.
While pa was In the hospital at Kan
sas City he formed a plan to paralyze
the town by driving six zebras to a
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-07-24

way Since the Days OF Ben-Au1,
cage ahead, containing the behemoth
Of Holy Writ, and knocked OF q hind
wheel. and every wagon ahead was
either tipped over or disabled. The
people fairly went wild. thinking the
runaway was a part Of the show.
The giant tainted from fright, cause
he always was coward; the bearded
woman threw her arms around re-
porter, and scratched his face with
her whiskers, while the Circassian
girl got her white wig caught in the
branch of a tree and lost 1t, and she
was as bald as an ostrich egg. Pa
took out the whip and larruped the
zebras, to put some new stripes on
them.
When we passed the camels they
thought they were in the race, and
they buckled in to keep up. and the
chariot horses got the best Of the driv-
ers and they joined in. My mule kept
up all right, and we went down thu
hill on to the level ground that runs
to the Missouri river When we got
to the river the Eebras turned short
and tipped the taily.ho over into thu
water, and the whole bunch on the
coach was foundering in the muddy
water; but there happened to be Z
sandbar under the water, SO nobody