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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12
Flat Japanese Umbrellas.

The fiat Japanese umbrellas are q
novelty this season; the size Of the
hats makes them necessary, for II
is impossible to bring the ordinary
umbrella near the face. The plain
green silk umbrella, which has been
the classic accompaniment to beach
frocks, Is still used, but the purple
parasol is rather more chic. For the
afternoon there are the most exquisite
tulle and mousseline affairs, lace in
crusted, hand painted and sometimes
braided and with a touch of black.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12

sweeping IOWdfu tIIS QOOT when U0F
husbands voice arrested her.
"Yes?"
"Ahem! Why-you see,, my dear,
there's going to be what they call Old
Home Week in Jacksonville, and they
want me to be the guest of honor
There's quite a piece about it here in
the Newsletter. No doubt they'll
want me to make the address of well
come or something of that sort | tell
you it means lot when your native
town acknowledges your success. You
can't fool those who have always
known you! AS I was going to say
Now Kate, stop right there! You and
the girls always have your own way,
but this time you'll sidetrack any
plans you may have and accompany
me to Jacksonville! You can go to
Newport, or anywhere else, afterward.
It'll give you butterflies a taste of
something genuine and wholesome!
Jacksonville isn't place you go to
| just to show off like the snob resorts
you tote me to. / regret you and the
girls are so given to that sort of
thing! Dawsonville's a plain country
town and week of it will do us all
good! I"
Mother, aren't you coming?" called
a voice impatiently.
I'm a moment, Rose" answered Mrs.
| Burbank. Il suppose then we'll need
our plainest gowns and
'Now don't misunderstood me, my
DEAR" interrupted Burbank hastily.
1--WE owe it to Dawsonville's glory to
be presentable! Well go in our new
motor-we'll have it before the f1f-
| teenth all right Wait until you see
the sensation when Little Tommy
Burbank whizzes into town in a big
motor car! And when they see you
and the girls! Jacksonville always
was conceited over it's pretty girls,
but wait till 1t sees Kitty and Rose!
And Kate, if you or the girls want
anything, don't spare expense-you
can use what you get later at New
port. We owe it to Jacksonville to
appear at our best!"
The Cherry: When you go back to
your home town-nothing's good
enoughi
| (Convrish+ 1907 nv w q Chairman
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12
Comfortable Corset Covers.

When making cover to be worn
under a thin waist it will be more sat
isfactory if opened and buttoned dowr
the back instead of the usual way
which has no opening, has to be
slipped over the head and drawn up
By making them open in the back
they can be slipped on without muss
ing the hair and can have the fullness
at the waist line permanently adjusted
Into a well-f1tting band, thus doing
away with any extra thickness.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12
Colored Embroidery.

Colored embroidery is surely com
ing in, and if one wants to be in the
lead, and have something decidedly
new, she will have at least one en-
broidered blouse or gown with the de-
sign carried out in color.
The effect is very beautiful IL the
proper shades are selected and the de-
signs not too elaborate.
The pastel shades of blue and the
bronze shades of brown are especially
adapted to this sort of decoration.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12

you say ten o'clock tomorrow morn
ing? Thank you, sir" The door
closed noiselessly.
Say, Tom, / guess I'm hindering
you. / wouldn't want you to put your
self out any for me! I'll be getting
on over to the train, guess. Better
to be three hours too soon than one
second late is my principle in catching
the steam cars"
That's all right, Bige, you don't
come down to the city every day and
while you're here I'm going to try and
give you a few moments without the
whole universe at my heels. It's like
that day in and day out" explained
the financier YEARLY. Nov we'll
close the shop up and go out and have
luncheon and"
"You going to leave that railroad
car out there cooling his heels?" de-
manded Bige admiringly.
well forget him." said Burbank.
''In fact, Bige, we'll play truant, just
as we did when we went to school to
Miss Case. Now come on before any
Vic COI ISl0 luS w UuOIO1 at IAAO
door and we'll have time for little
spin before we eat Haven't you? oh,
it's perfectly safe, Bige, and | know
you'll like it. Browns a very careful
driver. It'll be an experience to tell
'em in Jacksonville. I tell you, Bige,
it makes me ieel young just to see
you But say-im Gorry to hear that
about Libbie"
mo, Kate, I'm not going to any re-
ception this EVENING"" protested
Thomas Worthington Burbank, with
out glancing up from the little Daw-
sonville paper that Bige CraE%te had
given him. Bige lad brought tie pa
per to read while going and coming on
the train, but at tho last moment mad
presented it to his Eost in exchange
for a magazine. AFTER I've just
glanced through the DawsoE vile
Newsletter, I'm going to bed. Oh, by
the way, Kate-"Mrs. Burbank was
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12
A Chic Hat of White Calico,

The latest idea in millinery is the
hat of white calico cit is nothing else)
trimmed with two or three choux of
shaded velvet. This is as smart as
possible, and will be until too freely
copied. This hat follows the lines OF
the cloche, for nothing seems to de-
stroy the popularity of this shape.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12
Watch the Flock,

Watch the flock closely during late
summer. This is the time when dis
eases and insect pests gain foothold.
Don't let the flock remain in that back
pasture without inspection more than
"a hours of the time. A cur dog may
destroy your choicest ewes if you are
careless.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12

old place tryin' to scratch Twin out
of that old plain land. Albert, he's
the next, has gone to Bethany to work.
He's quite a smart Teller. That fam
ily's sort a'gone off Huldy's the only
one that's left of that whole family of
girls. Old Asa Sperry died short
spell back, sad thing. He was 81.
You've got nice place here, Tom.
suppose they charge you as much for
these rooms as for whole farm out
our way? How many help do you
keep"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12
THE COARSE LINENS
In Some Cases They Undoubtedly
Have an Advantage Over the
Finer WeaVes.

Although the lingerie frocks OF
fashion are made of the finest pos
sible linens, fancy seems to be In
favor of the coarser weaves for
wraps. These support better the very
heavy trimmings so much in vogue,
and, although they look odd over such
filmy frocks, the combination is de-
lightful and in the very best possible
taste.
The coarse linens are sometimes
used for entire suits, developed upon
tailored lines. One of Francis's new
models shows something unusual IN
the way of a coat 1t is seamless, eX-
'cept at the armholes, and follows the
lines of the figure rather closely. The
fronts do not overlap, but they meet
so closely that the bowknot of satin
run under the inlaid collar of MORE
holds them together and below the
waist line the coat is trimmed with
linen buttons. The pockets have
flaps of linen, also trimmed with but
tons, and row of buttons runs down
the center of the sleeves from shout
der to wrist.
The skirt is plated all around the
figure. but not in the regular way.
The plaits are distributed in groups OF
three, with a wide box-plait in the
center. Around the bottom there is
a stitching of linen, cut after the
Roman key design, except that the
upper part is closed, leaving an open
space between the bands of the de-
sign.
Going back to thin gowns, charm
ing model noted day ago is of thin
gauze in wide white and blue stripes,
the blue folded in long plaits, and
trimmed at the bottom with band
of blue taffeta.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12

Frock of linen for child from eight
to ten years old. The little skirt Is
plated The blouse is plated at the
sides and the overlapping front is cut
in three straps and ornamented with
buttons. The wide loose sleeves carry
out the same effect. The guimpe and
undersleeves are of white linon.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12

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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12
"Brown Lilac" New Freak on Hats.

"Brown Lilac" New Freak on Hats.
Maybe a drought has affected the
flowers in the millinery shops, for the
lilac blooms on hats are just as tanned
as the faces of the summer girls who
are to wear the headgear, says the
New York Press. Brown lilac is the
latest millinery bloom and hat boxes
fresh from Paris are full of it. The
sprays have much the appearance of
the natural flowers when it has been
subjected too long to the merciless
rays of the sun. A few sprays of imi-
tation purple lilac are mixed with the
scorched blossoms, two or three with
cred leaves likewise being added. Tiny
brown roses are another freak of the
ornament, and these are placed
around the crown of the hat amid
a ruche of brown net.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12
MAKES CLEANING EASIER.
Put a Dropping Board Under Your
Perches in Chicken House.

Why not have dropping board in
your chicken house and keep it clean?
Fifteen minutes once a week will be
time enough to clean after 400 hens,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12
"The Wise Man Foreseeth the Evil"

mo, sub, thank ye," said Alphonse
"Ah doan' wishes to wuk. All de time,
sub. Eff All wuz ter wut all de time,
Aid most likely hab nuff money ter
git married wifi, an eff All had nuff
money to git married wifi, mos likely
Aid git married. No, sub! Deed All
doan' wishes ter wuk all de time"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12
Ready If Needed.

A Chicago Office boy, looking for a
Job, was asked whether he used pro
Zane language. He replied:
II kin if necessary"
He got the place.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12
cuimpes of AII-Over Lace.

Guimpes to be worn with silk gowns
are exquisitely dainty. No material is
too fine for them, but all-over lace is
ba.ng used now more than lingerie.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12
Clothes.

If men thought as much about their
clothes as women do about theirs the
tailor would rank in importance abovs
the president.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12

and you won't dread going into it.
After cleaning the board cover it with
ashes or slaked lime. Have roosts all
on level, says Missouri Valley Farm
er. and the hens won't crowd.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-09-12

The Cherry: When you go back to
your home town-nothing' good
enoughi
Copyright, 1907, by w. G. Chapman.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29
The City of the Three Rivers.

Marie Van Worst in Harper's Weekly.
 The city is generally considered to be very fortunate that possesses a river. But Khartoum croons and watches over three of the greatest rivers of the world. From the troublesome magic of the Bar el-Gazel and its sudd grass, from the hot confines of the equator, the White Nile flows to Sudan. Created in this fashion, and seeming to have rushed down south rather than 1t does run northward the Egyptian Nile Is formed, and in return touches the city only to take its course again to the sea. Khar- toum is built above this concourse of waters: but the windy currents have less
 interest for her than has the melancholy waste whose historic miles make the Su- dan famous for both defeat and victory. The desert has already fetched famine and destruction, and if not quite so practically swarming now, the wilderness Is nevertheless always sinister, and 1t is over this savage country that Khar- toum must keep vigilant guard. The towns highway Is found to be along the avenue that topsf the great wide wall. The highroad stretches. gleaming, under the shade of the tamarsl<s and mimosas. and is the boundary of the town; from the desert itself the few buildings that form Khartoum It's market-place, it's barracks and shops, few private houses, a couple of hotels, and a row of really beautiful dwellings called palaces. surge toward the highroad beyond which are visible the opposite shore and the river.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29
Symbolism of College Gowns.

From Harper's Weekly.
 It has been said that few people, in cluding many university men them selves have any definite idea of the meaning of the gowns worn by collegi- ate students.
 In America, university gowns exhibit much variety, there being a great d;f ference in the various institutions; but all over the country-in fact. all over the English speaking world-certain distinctions hold.
 The ordinary bachelors gown, the first the student owns, is of unadorned black with pointed sleeves, and is or made of serge or other simple sblacls fabric. The masters gown is like the students inasmuch as 1t is plain black; but the sleeves are cut different ly, being long pendants sha ped not un- like fish tails, and hanging from the elbows nearly to the bottom of the gown. The masters gown may be made of silk, as may also the bachelors gown if it is worn by man of long academic standing who has happened to receive no higher degree; but the or dinary university man has no desire to clad himself in silk
 | Most doctors gowns, especially in England and Scotland, have hoods that give them certain distinctions. and diff ferentiate, by differences of color, the doctorates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29

In the big American firms the buying Is entrusted entirely to men, and 1t is rather the exception when a depart ment has woman at its head.
 In one of the largest department stores in the city there is a young woman who has by her signal ability l and determination to be at the head of her department risen to this position. She personally selects the stock each year, going east for the spring and autumn buying. She possesses to an unusual degree the qualities essential to this position, and when a few years ago she declared that she intended some day to be at the head of her de- partment the heads of the firm did not encourage her in her ambition, simply because she was a young woman-and the heads" had always been men of experience. There Is not a more judi cial buyer in the city than this young woman, and being a woman of taste and a knowledge of the eternal fitness of things she has made herself quite indispensable to her firm, who gladly admit that a woman as buyer and man ager of a department can give entire satisfaction.
 Even these few instances where young women have the entire respon- sibility of the selection of the stock proved that the experienced and well established American firms are no long CT hesitating to give their women em- poyes positions that up to few years ago were held entirely by men. It rests largely now with the young woman herself wheth CT she fills such position and Is able to make good. And in those instances where her work brings her into the broader field, that of contact with the leading American importers, and the foreign maker, or manufacturer, she is called upon to play a most important part in the world of commerce, almost an inter national part owing to the close re- lations existing between American and European trade.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29
A SNAKE STORY.
What Happened After the Rattler Had Been Decapitated.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
 Tn my home town, Aurora, still lives MT. W. G., a fine fisherman, a good
 shot and a wise and efficient justice of
 the peace" remarked a well known Chicago hotel man the other night. "He
 is an old friend of mine, and one day
 several years ago in an exchange of hunting and fishing experiences he re-
 lated the following rather uncanny story:
 "'We were hunting prairie oh ickens one hot August afternoon and were
 walking across a hayfield on the south shore of Nelson lake, he said.
 "'The ahay had been cut and hauled away, except one lone cock near the edge of the water. As I was passing that at distance of about 15 feet or so I heard the dread peculiar buzz of a rattlesnake. l halted at once and looked carefully about, and tn ere. on top of that cock of hay, lay his lord ship, eoiled his venomous head erect, his strong, vigorous body glistening in the hot sun and his tail rapidly vibrat- ing and giving forth that ominous sound.
 "I stood looking at him so long that my companion, who was at some dis tance from me, called and asked what it was I had found I replied that it was the dodbiggest old rattler in sev- enteen counties. "Why the devil don't you shoot him?" he asked.
 "'It had not occurred to me that I had In my hands the means of his to- tai eclipse in the shape of my double barreled gun, so I let him have a charge of No. 8 from my left, which was full choke, and just naturally sho his head off as clean as though 1t had been cut with an axe. His glistening body writhed off the cock of hay on the side toward me, while the head went in the opposite direction
 I had started on when my friend called to me to get the rattles, and very reluctantly for I dread to touch a snake, even a dead one) I turned
 back, opened my knife and placed my | foot on the still writhing tall so as to hold 1t while l cut off the almost trans parGht rattles, but I never cut off those i rattles. Just as 1 was in the act of reach ing down that bloody stump, on l which a moment before had been that
 deadly head, flew up and struck me a sharp blow on my wrist To say that
 I was frightened does not express 1t. | jumped about seven feet and yelled
 so loud that my friend came running
 to where I stood weakly leaning on my i gun. I explained what had happened and showed him my bloody wrist in | evidence. It seemed to me as if l had | surely been bitten, and l would not have touched that snake again for a l tn housand dollars.
 "I have often wondered since whelh- CT the blow struck by that headless | body was Just the natural spasmodic l contraction of the muscles, or was il 1 the last thought, the ruling passion, of , the rattler, strong in death?'"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29

full of all kinds of junk-sometime he even carried mice to school in lem. And that made my indignation all the greater-the fact that he had those two fine covered up peck cts to his Car digan jacket.
 One great triumph did come to my tyke life though, and that was the fact that I was the first boy of my school to own a pair of copper toed boots Well. I sprang the first pair, as I say. at my school, and I guess I didn't break the hearts of all the other boys or nothin'. Besides the copper toes these boots had red tops, with a silver star and crescent stamped on the red tops, and that made the blow all the more frightful to the other lads that had to see me stalking around in those boots After awhile, though, nearly all of the other youngsters showed up with copper toed boots and thus took the wind out of my sails.
 We never see boys wearing peaked caps any more--notice? don't mean those dinky little cloth caps with peaks to 'em, but regular soldiers caps, with glazed peaks First boy that turned up in our neighborhood with one of those things on made a sensation all right This same boy had gotten hold of carpenters pencil somewhere and he'd stick that carpenters pencil un- derneath his forage cap, with the sharpened end projecting in a mighty blase way that certainly caused us to regard him as some punkins. I was always crazy for a carpenters pencil when I was boy, but I never got hold of one. Never did have much luck when I was boy, anyhow, because my folks were too blamed respectable.
 "As a matter of fact-you can be- lieve it or not, but Pm telling you the truth-they wouldn't let me at the age of 10 apply for the job of brakeman on a passenger train. That, thought, was the finest job in the world-brake- man on a passenger train. Just swing ing a red lantern all the time and wear ing a peaked cap mostly on the left ear and the peak pushed back so as to show an oiled bang plastered down, and sit ting on a wood box in the smoker talk ing to fellers, and carrying a pair of red flags around everywhere, and all that. But the main appeal of the brakeman's job was the red lanterns.
 "Oh, well, that pair of basket sleeve protectors that I saw at the poultry market the other day certainly car ried me back long ways, and I was still laughing like a fool when strolled away"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29
Cleaninq Windows.

From Judges Library.
 John s. Cox, speaker of the Tennessee senate, had an old negro servant who liked his drink just as well as the best Kentucky colonel in the Blue Grass State. One morning, just after the cold spell broke, the darky came to Senator Cox
 ''Marse John," said he, "I'll jes' up an clean desc winders dis mornin'."
 "All right. Caesar" replied the senator.
 "Ise got ter hab half tumbler of whisky, Marse John. Ore ain't muffin like whisky for cleanin' winders. M
 The half lumber was promptly given Caesar, who armed himself with some rags and carried the whisky to another room to begin work. A few minutes aft erwards Senator Cox had occasion to enter his room. Caesar was busy polish ing the windows. The tumbler was on the table, but no whisky in it.,
 "Why, Caesar, whats become or the whisky?' asked the senator T thought you used it in this work"
 "So I does, Marse John; so I does" was the answer. ''Ye see, sah, l drinks de whisky an blows my pref again do windersl