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FROM ELIZABETH LEE

4 Dear Miss Lee:-I have q gray albas
tross dress would like to fit up a bit.
The skirt is five :gored, with circular
founce all faggoted together. The waist
has vest Of: crepe de chine with white
lace set in around the neck, and the
collar is lace. The sleeves are in: bish-
op style with: lace set in the bottom
part Of the puff. Would it be all right
to just change the sleeve, as have not
much of the goods. Do all good dresses
have short sleeves7 :>.oss Mrs. B.:
The: skirt of the gray albatross would
seem to answer as#it is, except that you
might like to run rows Of gray ribbon
over the faggoting, if you are tired of
seeing it.. Then you might like to re-
move the crepe de chine vest, and sub
stitute an all-over cream lace yoke, run
ming it down plain and fat as vest,
If the vest is considered necessary, lin
Ing the lace with pale shell pink, and
outlining the yoke with golden brown
velvet twisted. ending in little bows,
at the. meeting Of vest, and adding q
velvet belt. The sleeves, T Fancy,
might be turned up side down, acut short
In the prevaiE g fashion, and tied to
the arm with brown velvet.s1 pa
Such an arrangement of color would
give tone and character to a grey froch
and, Of course, would be complete
shange from it's present condition.
elizabeth Lee. Il
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WHERE FEMININE FANCY LIGHTS

to recuperate over night and at odd
seasons. r.. .~5.
= Of course, every nation has a dis
tinguishing mark in its hair, the north
ern people having lighter hair: than
those in the sunny south, and in closer
distinction certain localities have even
finer grades of difference. The general
tone of the English woman $ hair has
been darkened slightly thru intermar-
rying and the same is true Of Amer
leans, who have in reality no dis
tinguishing color for this very reason,
altho brown is steadily gaining in pre-
ponderance over here, according to tho
experts. t"r..., -: - & -,..-....4~ a..
:: But AS long as Dame Fashion de-
mands curling and knotting and false
tresses' women will, no doubt, follow in
her wake, as: t hey have done for cen.
turies. Egyptians ages ago dressed and
pomaded their hair until they spoiled
It's growth. Following them the Roman.
went even further. Their head dresses
! were fearful and wonderful to erect
and it must be- confessed the create:
part Of them were materially assisted
by false locks. The Greeks never hat
abundant hair, and they. learned t,
dress what they had in simple bu
classic style. On the other hand, tn,
Assyrians were renowned for their, lonl
hair and the care devoted to its al
rangement. s-> la3z g,. ,...s /;
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THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.

order 4 Al hadn't butted in. That al Powers don It
know huff to be afraid o. the devil. IN he haln, y
nothin better to do than to snatch off lot Of birch
bark FUN tree, roll it up into torch, set fire to it,
n tack the big bull in the while he was pound
IN gdayghts outer Fitz in front. The big Teller
stood the burnin' little while, then he took to his
heels m skidooded, Fitz chasin' after him ways IS
cockys + ne d licked him all by his lonesome. AL
waited Ter Fitz to come back M git SALT N
De petted, but that warn't what he done when he
come back He come back all right but he put right
at Al, n. come so dummed nigh t. gittin him, AL
no fun in it. But Al's quicker'n weasel, m he
managed to skin up tree jest in time, m up that
tree t1tz KEEP him till way after dark that night.
IN, mex day AL he piked way to Swan Lake n
they did get him N if you want rst.lass rough
house. jest ask AL how Fiz is mex time you see him. =
And the Old Settler loaded up his Kentucky meer-
SC a ut up and departed leaving akin
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g TO MAKE A ROSE JAR

.
The following potpourri placed in a
room will scent the air most deliciously,
and it is made without much trouble or
expense It will last and remain sweet
for years: 80 .#
20 Collect or gather @rose petals day by
day, put: them into a jar, and sprinkle.
with fine, dry salt. When you have
enough for your purpose, turn it into,
a collander and press out. the accumu-
lated brine. Spread upon dishes and
toss with the hands to loosen the pet
ais and prevent massing. Then put all
into a large bowl and season with this
mixture: 80
Powders-v iolets, half an ounce;
orris root, quarter Of an ounce; rose,
half an ounce; heliotrope, half an ounce.
Spices Half a teaspoonful Of mace,
one-fourth teaspoonful Of cinnamon,
one-fourth teaspoonful of cloves.
Essential Oils-Rose,, two. drops,
bergamot, five drops; alcohol, one dram;
eucalyptus, ten drops; chris, five drops.
!. This is for half peck OF fresh rose
leaves, They shrink at least one-hal1
in the dry sailing.
). OF course, the scent will not be re-
tanned quite 50 long if theepotpourri ii
placed in open bowls instead Of closed
jars, but to procure the greatest benefit
from the potpourzi the former method
lis preferable, are 49,. 49,,
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a String of Good Stories
FACES INsENs1B1E TO PAIN. !.
"! cannot tell how the truth may be;
say the tale as twas told to mo-" =

ct HE red hot wire' said the electrician, t.burnt
- the mans cheek till it sizzled and smoked Yet
he never moved out of the way. He continued to
laugh and joke and pull his clay pipe, and smell
of burning rose in the air. - :. ..[,.. - -:
*,sHI pulled him to, one side =. ~"E
to .death7' :; -. 49, go .s'"
" WAS burning'' he said, with a scared look
And he put his hand to the side of his face-the
wrong side Was it possible that he couldn't feel the
horrible hurtY
>*"Gentlemen, that man had no feeling in his face
whatever He told me had been operated on for tic
doloureux, and the operation while it cured the
tic, had left his face dead. to all sensation. ~ ~
2:"I had often: read Of tic doloureuxa in English
novels, but thought it trifing disease This
chap said it fearful neuralgia painful that 90
per cent of it's victims either went went crazy or
killed themselves in the past, but there is an
operation that gives relief. - T.. .>~~. - "
= Every victim of tic undergoes the operation
Hence there lot Of people walking the earth with
no feeling in their faces The condition is danger
one, because you liable to get hurt without
Knowing it, n 49,: ...~ :. s.s4t .,,- ,. .
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FIRST NIGHT ROBES SILK.
Night robes, as q general thing, we


~ Night robes, as q general thing, were
unknown luxuries. =
Under, the Tudors royalty, and nobil-
ity had them. made of silk or velvet,
and, as the old books say, "hence no
washing was necessary. ~. -
A night robe ,,of black satin bound
with black taffeta and edged with vel
vet of !. the same. color was daintily
fashioned for Anne Boleyn. -"
More luxurious still was one owned
by Queen Bess. It was Of black velvet,
fur-lined and greatly Offset by flowing
borders Of silk lace; and in 1868 her
majesty gave orders that George :Brod-
lyman should deliver three score and
six best sable skynnes, to furnish us
a night gown -Four years later her
highness orders the delivery Of ttwelye
yards Of. purple velvet, fried, on the
back syde, with white and russell
silke," for snightgown for herself
and also orders the delivery Of fourteen
yards of hurry: damask for the
'fmakynge Of a night gowne" for4some
one else. ~: s.st
: Night gowns for ladies at later
period were called "nyght walls. ~ il
Queen Anne's time it was the fashion
to wear them over the customary dress
in the streetsain the day time whel
out on: pleasure walk; and, as wa
fitting, ladies who INDUCED il, nigh
caps: had them also made Of silk o
velvet, with Hmuch pretty garnishinI
of lace and glittering cords,' and tn
fair ones made presentations of costl,,
caps to each other as tokens Of respec
and affection; g. &
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died as the result of kiss. It was but
q, few days old when a nurse caring
for the mother kissed it on the: lips,
and the next day she, developed scarlet
fever. took every preeaution to pre-
vent the little one from coming down
with the same disease, but to no pur--
pose, for it had a most severe attack
and died in less than week from the
time it's lips were, kissed. :,
Il always advise mothers against al
lowing their little ones to be kissed on
the lips, even by their parents and I'M,
mediate family. T contend that if this
rule were strictly followed there would
be few sick infants, for microbes could
not then be transmitted to them. I
warn against any kind Of caresses on
the face, head or hands. In fact, 1
believe that young children should be
shown all possible tenderness, but not
kissed and caressed. They do not un-
derstand it, and frequently I have
seen them made most uncomfortable by
! being squeezed close, in a mother s arms
and half -smothered by kisses on the
lips. Grown persons do not often real.
lie how hard they are, pressing the
little bodies in their arms until the in
.fants cry out in pain, and then they
| brighten the youngsters by suddenly
4 kissing. them all over the. face in al
effort to show. how sorry they are be
cause the little! one, cried. wish
could make mothers, fathers and nurses
realize that they can best show thei
love for a young baby by touching i
as little as possible " .H
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LEFT BEHIND.

M RS. MAUD MILLER NIPPLE, whose advocacy OF
l'A a course in 'motherhood' for young matrons
has already begun to bear good fruit, talking Of
the duties of young mothers.
"And no young MOTHER she said, emo matter how
many her millions, how high her station should
trust her little entirely to nurse g
may be most intelligent, most consclentious but to
baby properly is difficult task, and only one
person is sufficiently interested in this task perform
it we'll That person is the baby's mother"
Mrs Nipple smiled.
her husbands on the Atlantic city board walk Sud
denly: she gave little cry Of pleasure. -: ->%
'Oh,' she said, there Is nurse-nurse wheeling
baby. '!>:@ @''7 ~>'~ %''-.'' -
HAnd she lightly. to the luxurious coach Of
leather, with it's anshaPed carriage and its rubber
tired Wheels and she pushed back the parasol that
shaded: the occupant from the sun. % ';:"s'>
''Then she gave great start. >+~~s +5~-E
why nurse she cried, where's babye'
''The nurse ,gasped Goodness gracious, ma am!
forgot to- put him in -" =. w. "t1*@ :::<
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Can She Keep q Secret?
BY POLLY PENN.

| emo, I shall not tell my secret to
you. I have, indeed, told it to brother
Tom, but that's different. - -
And so it was, because, with all his
faults, the masculine creature can gen.
orally keep secrets better than a
woman.
Probably it because he thinks the
confidence is of so little Importance; he
doesn't pay much attention to it, and
he forgets it as soon as he has heard
it. He doesn't open his mouth, and
make saucer eyes, and say, "Oh!' and
"Ah!" and "Dids you everf" and
"Really'''- that breathless, long drawn
out 'fR-e-a-l-l-y' with which a woman
always listens to secret.
No, the chances are he says, "Poohl
Pooh!' and shifts as if the matter were
Of small consequence-and then for
gets it. - &-7, f. .s..--3 e
OF course, this attitude on his part
distinctly lessons the pleasure Of telling
secrets to your brother or your hus'
band, rather than to your woman
friend. But if you can overlook that
trife, it's great deal safer for your
secret.
If you haven't brother or hus-
,band-well, there's always the cat.
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What the Market Affords

be kept cool until it is. needed and a
good plan is o:set@ the jar in pail or
pan Of ice. When it: Is time to serve
it for lunch or: dinner break the, jelly
in bits and put in cups, never in soup
plates, and pass with it strips of. but
tered; brown bread. 4, j = 49, 4ps
= Blackberry soup is a favorite in Ger
many, where it is eaten hot or cold with
zweiback. Just. now most people will
prefer it cold. Stew the berries in plenty
of water, three, pints or.two quarts to
a quart Of berries, and when tender
strain thru puree :. sieve, Thicker
slightly with flour, sweeten to taste
flavor with nutmeg. All kinds of fruits
may be used in this way and are sup.
posed to be exceedingly wholesome.
For grape soup strip the fruit from
the stem, and boil with sugar, CHINA
mon and white wine. Press thru q
puree sieve and serve hot or cold.
| Altho pumpkins are in the market
few housewives will purchase them YET
for pumpkin pie is, a dainty for fall
| rather than summer. EDi:'.
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Can a woman keep a ,ecrets

Can woman keep secrets 49,.
! One kind of a secret, yes. A secret
which would be derogatory to herself
or to those she loves, horses could not
drag from her:
/ But secret concerning others, or
which seems to involve no immediate
|. personal consequences Of an unpleasant
nature-no. If by chance she does, and
she is an honest woman, she will con-
%fess that. it was one Of the hardest
things she ever did. .....s. 49,. s...,
= It is not the love Of mischief which
makes a woman unhappy till she has
unburdened her soul of the confidence
|. placed in her. She doesn't think it
will do harm, because, you see, she has
| solemnly cautioned Emmeline not to
tell, so, of course, it won't 60 a bit
| farther. So she consoles herself, when
the memory Of her broken word smites
her conscience. But she may just rest
assured that Emmeline will tell, and
does tell, passing on the same solemn
warning not to disclose the confidence
to another soul, and afterwards quieting
her; conscience with the same illogical
consolation. s..;;il3%;iss..5ss.iis
Thus the precious secret goes round,
and, when It gets back to the big
brother, the hubby Of the trusting
I female who first breathed itTinto my
lady's ears, she makes round eyes OF
MANAGEMENT, and holly denies having re.
I vealeda it to a soul on earth-except
Emmeline. ss5
l. There lis a woman Of excellent dis
position otherwise, and high standing
who invariably tells secrets to a woman
friend with this earnest Recommended
ton: teS5.,4S. 4:
."Now, whatever you do, dom !
7 breathe that to soul. Alice, espe
cially, must upon, no account hear .of it
haven't told anyone else, and yor
4 must not.'' *
A little later this confdante ani
Alice meet. Says Alice:
"Did Annabel tell you about SO and
so,1 limiting at the "secret. ,,
Why, yes" answers the confdante
"but pray how did you know
about ite''
4 "Oh, she told mo-
r. And then they both laugh, for they
understand perfectly well that Annabe
has divulged the great secret to every
q one Of her friends separately, binding
! each to q pledge Of secrecy. She always
does 80. This is what she calls keeping
;. q secret
II Wise was the young woman who sale
| positively to her sistexf
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M1sFoRruNE BROUGHT BY DRESS.

In the later years Of her life only
very intimate friends knew that Lady
Curzon possessed a remarkably fine
singing voice, or that she had been a
pupil Of Nine. Marchesi. People hardly
gave her the credit for hating self
advertisement or for being shy, and yet
she did one and was the other Till the
end she and her. husband kept up the
habit Of their eourtship days when
apart, and telegraphed or. cabled to
each other daily. Queen Victoria, who
was not especially partial to- marriages
between Englishmen and American
women, made two exceptions, one being
Lady Curzon, the other Mrs. Joseph
Chamberlain. Queen Alexandra was also
genuinely fond Of Lady Curzon, who
was one Of the few people regularly
hidden to afternoon tea at Buckingham
palace. ss's
In view of Lady Curzon's untimely
death, superstitious folk are pointing
to the fact that at the Delhi Durbar
she wore q dress with design. of the
unlucky peacock 3 feather. Her young
friends chaffed her on this at the time
and told her that no wearer Of peacock
feathers ever had good luck thereafter.
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TAKE YOUR WIFE ALONG

A fig for unuxorious, sardonic Bernard Shaw,
Who sneers at love and marriage
For the burden Of this humble but operative song
Is hang expense in travengand take your along.
Oh, it's take your wife along
Don't be selfish like shellfsh "
Show her London and Hongkong.
Royal lips will smile to greet
Emperors will rush meet you,
Kings will wine
Queens will dine you, -'
II you take your wife along!
Won't it be a nice sensation when In London Town
And the King you at the station with
And among the naughty Germans twill be comforting,
somehow -. -, 49,. =
When ths shouts. 'ully! you prouhst dot
leedle frau!"
Oh it's take your wife along w =
= Tho its. trouble, pay for double,
And you'll certainly Belong =
~. king and common, priest and peasant
Will attempt to make things pleasant, - -
- From the Storage. ...-
To the peerage- -t-.~5
II you take your wife along!
Let added Of satire vanity deride-s
After all, decent honeymoons complete without
bride; =. :, -. ~--.
And when so equipped for travel all the may
and cheer
AS you stop capitals grded sphere
SO, it's take your wife along. -. ...
You had better not forget er! : W
'TWould rude well
How the dickens would you mingle go
With the royalty, If single?
is
Necessary
That you take your wife along!
Wallace Irwin in Life.
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THE WN-TO-THE-MINUTE TRAMP.

s. A SLAUGHTER HOUSE can never be made to look
"A like parlor. It is impossible to kill pig in
inviting and delicate way. In abattoir, even
in the most ideally perfect abattor, young lady in
afternoon with love story - = }'1$~a:
:5 The speaker was Hiram Hirschauer, whose book
on beef packing, written two years ago. pointed out
Hirschaner, butcher looks at butchering ii prac
:tical way 49, s~"~t-'S --*2- =
<s'They, = he resumed, tFwho want their slaughter
take to vegetarianism. They are too finicky. They
remind me Of the down: to the5nninute tramp: :@s@
''This tramp, bare-footed, lean and pale, excited
50 profoundly the pity of a farmers wife that the
good woman sad
u" IN run upstairs and get you linen shirt and
pair Of my husbands old shoes. In the meantime,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-21
MEERsCHAUM PIPES ORIGINATOR.

X AVOL KOWATES, Pesth shoemaker, invented
~ the meerschaum pipe: He died in 1884, and there
is talk among Pesth smokers Of erecting statue
to his memory.
large piece of meerschaum brought to Pesth
by. Count Andrassy in 1928. It had been given to
the count in Turkey. He fetched it home because;
piece of white clay of extraordinarily light specific
gravity, it pleased him.
x,Kayol Kowates was noted in Pesth for his skill in
carving. Count Andrassy took his chunk: Of light
white CLAY to him, and said &% q Mo .e.:: = ;"
W. t1Make, fellow something pretty out of this >
: The ingenious Kova great smoker, thought that
the porousness of the white clay adapted it we'll for
pipes and accordingly he made two from it, for
himself and one for Count Andrassy!"@E 3,@ g32
- The pipes were charming and they amokednsuperbly
The fame 81 them spread In course Of time meer
schaum mining and meerschaum pipe making became
two Of the recognized industries oftthe world: s#
The original KavoE Kowates pipey ths world g first
HeeEsShaum is still preserved in the Pesth museum
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:: Soup. bone, 10 to. is cents. =
:Knuckle Of veal, 10 cents. -.
Sweet potatoes, 5 cents a pound.

IT, Soup bone, 10 to Is cents.
Knuckle of veal, 10 cents. ....~
Sweet potatoes, 5 cents a pound.
! Summer squash, two for cents.
) Oatmeal crackers, 10 cents a package
= Blueberries, IL cents. a box; two
boxes for rs cents.
Pumpkins, 10 and Is cents.
The terrible. heat Of the last few
days has taught the housekeeper how
limited her list of hot weather dishes
Is. Iced bouillon or one of the cool fruit
soups would have been boon. The
bouillon is nothing more nor less than
a, strong stock made from soup bone
or: a knuckle Of veal. A soup bone can
be bought all the way from cents to
25,~ altho, unless the family is small,
the. Scent size is hardly worth cooking.
The stock should be seasoned with
lemon juice, salt and cayenne to taste
and little cooking sherry. Strain
twice thru a flannel bag and let it
stand all night. If it has not set well
In the morning add sufficient gelatine
to make it slightly firm. The jelly must
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EAT MORE HONEY.

NLJ ONEY, one of the most nutritious and delicate
81 of foods should be eaten than it is - said
cooking expert Bought ne the comb, it is bound
to be unadulterated and this pure honey will keep
its friends free from throat and bronchial trou
bles. - .....t, - 20 r:~oE q.
TT have not had throat SINCE six years ago.
took to eating honey My doctor, tells me he often
recommends honey, with excellent, results for dis
bases of the throat.:,yz. At rs =. 70 - 49,. "a,
attHoney is excellent to use instead Of sugar for
sweetenng cakes 1t gives the cakes most delightful
flavor 1t is also excellent in place of butter on hot
biscuit on toast, and buckwheat cakes. yzz4 W.:
IT, ~ know number of ladies who use honey as A.
cosmetic They apply to- the skin, rub it in WE'LL
then wash it off with hot water. The result is finer
textured complexion, "a glowing color, young, fresh
look.'' - = ~: , . e.. -: v,...: -: o.
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DOCTOR WOULD SAVE INFANTS.
IT never kiss "a baby on the mouth.

DOCTOR WOULD SAVE INFANTS.
IT never kiss q baby on the mouth.
1t is criminal, says a woman physi-
clan in one Of the women Is hospitals in
the city.
81 know Of no more injurious thing
than the kissing Of a baby IS mouth, !"
she declares. For from experience I
know that many diseases are trans.
mtted to little ones by their parents or
others touching their. lips.
mother should guard her infants
just as closely From kissing as from
measles, whooping cough, ETC., for tho
grown persons do not as rule have
any Of, the diseases to which children
are susceptible, and SO do not give
them to the little ones, such as they
frequently have are chronic and for
that reason much worse Il contracted
thru the breath by young. babies.
had one case where . ueWlYsborn child
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FASHION CAUSES soANTY LOCKS.

-
Modern hairdressing, because it calls
for much curling and twisting, and
worse still for the introduction Of false
.braids and puffs, which are heating to
the scalp, is responsible for the scanty
locks Of this generation. It is claimed
that a false puff under the pompadour
is better than roiplghing the hair itself
to give the required pad underneath,
but in either case the added weight is
heating to the scalp beneath, particu-
larly in hot weather. It is said thta the
English women are paying the penalty
of generations who have employed false
hair, by losing their prestige as race
with beautiful thick hair, and that it
will take another generation to restore
their hair to its former luxuriance.
Now that thea general discovery is
that we are becoming q hairless race,
people are paying more heed to the rules
Of hygiene and, Tho the hair is tortured
upon occasions i il giyen some chance