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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-08-02
SIMPLE AND PRETTY
FASHIONS IN BoNNETs FOR THE
LITTLE ONES.
Elaborate Frills and Laces Are no
Longer Used on These Dainty
Head Coverings-one Of the
Latest Pictures.

More than one mother will welcome
the knowledge that the day of the be-
frilled, befurbelowed lace hat is over,
and that its place has been taken by
the simple and pretty'linen and pique
bonnets and hats, such as the one pic
tured on this page. The fact that they
may be often and easily Numbered
certainly adds to their attractiveness,
and they are as dainty as they are
practical.
The bonnet shown is of pale pink
linen, with scalloped edge and big
coin dots, hand-embroidered in white.
The crown is stitched, but it may
also be scalloped around the edge 1t
should have buttons and buttonholes,
so that it can be removed when laun-
dered. The ties are of soft white
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The dress bonnets for small girlies
are unusually charming and quaint
Most OF them are in poke effects, trim
med with tight little ribbons. Others
are the cloche or mushroom shape,
trimmed with a simple scarf and loop,
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-08-02
CARE OF KITCHEN UTENSILS,
Proper Treatment Adds Greatly to
Their Durability.

little knowledge as to the care OF
copper and brass ware, silver and so
forth, is necessary in every well-man.
aged home, and If servants are taught
to properly clean and care for such ar.
ticles. they will last much longer and
look better, of course, than If careless
ly treated
Perhaps nothing Is so durable, orna-
mental and satisfactory as copper
ware when it is properly cared for.
In cleaning a copper saucepan or
stewpan, 1t should be washed with hot
water and soda, thoroughly rubbed
with sand or salt, and then polished
on the outside. Stains may readily
be removed with a cut lemon, after
which any brass polish may be ap-
piled. 1t should then be rinsed in
warm water and dried near the fire.
Copper jelly and pudding molds
should always have tin lining.
Aluminium ware is rapidly coming
into favor and is easily kept clean.
1t is very light, bright and nonpoison-
Gus, and may be cleaned as directed
by the manufacturers, from whom the
polish may be procured.
OF course, the metal which needs
the most care is silver. The silver
should first be washed in very hot
soapsuds and thoroughly dried with a
soft cloth. In case the silver is tarn-
ished or stained, the polishing powder
must be made into a paste and left
on for an hour before brushing off.
The final polishing should be given
with clean bit of channels. If the
chamois is used daily after the wash
ing, with now and then a sprinkling
of good powder, the wet treatment
will seldom be required
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-08-02
HOW TO CHAT WELL.
Subject Is Well Worthy Of important
Consideration.

How comparatively few there are
who can chat well, who can practice
the art pleasantly. easily and enter
tainingly.
Chatting is not conversational is
not mere talking. it is not speaking
to person on any special subject. II
is not talking with purpose, and yet
it is not purposeless.
1t is simply acquiring the art OF
touching lightly on a variety of every.
day topics.
There must be an element OF the
unexpected in chatting, slight uncer.
tainty as to what will come next
and not firm conviction that be.
fore the speaker quits there will be a
dissertation on health or a special
hobby.
Those who would chat well must
have a sense of proportion; they must
learn not TO spend too much time
over a mass of details that are really
unimportant, and yet they must not
ignore those details, however small,
which serve to give realistic touches.
The essence of chatting. the most
delightful form of conversation. is to
pass lightly and naturally from one
subject to another.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-08-02
QUEER FAD IN JEWELRY.
Ornaments Are Made to Initiate Won.
ems Pet Aversions.

A spirit of daring has infected the
modern woman. She still shrinks
from a caterpillar or an earwig, but
her jewelry must be made to initiate
them, though they are among her
deadliest foes. The most up-to-date
brooch is such a clever replica of a
moth that careful housewife might
be excused for peppering her furs and
flannels. Lace pins, which used to be
set with pearls and diamonds, are now
decorated with a fearsome wasp or a
gigantic daddy long legs.
Creepy" sets are offered by some
West end jewellers. They comprise a
spiders web necklet made of fine
gold wire in the center of which a
hungry spider waits for the fly hover
ing on the outskirts. A spider brooch
and fly bangle complete the set.
Caterpillar" hatpins are effective
in a hat trimmed with flowers and
foliage, but the spirit of daring has
been best exemplified in the cock
roach" safety pin. The cockroach
ranks as the "creepiest" in womans
category of insects, and the jeweled
representation is so accurate that
even its owner is calculated to mis-
take her latest purchase for the orig.
inal and scream.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-08-02
CHAPTER XXI.

The Secret Staircase.
1--WE trust him to help us in our diff.
ficulties."
Those were the words Helena had
spoken; she trusted me, who had been
called coward. to accomplish what the
cleverest and bravest man must have
hesitated at promising. For one can
not promise with reason to attempt
successfully the unknown. 1t was the
vagueness of my mission that made
it so perplexing.
One cannot tear apart lover from
lover as one tears a piece of paper.
And yet. If Sir Mortimer were living
and still enamored of his mistress.
had promised to attempt even that.
If, on the other hand, Sir Mortimer
were dead, was to essay duty even
more difficult: to rescue his great
name from dishonor.
Before midnight, then, there were
two things to be accomplished:
must know the truth from Madame de
WARMER concerning Sir Mortimer
Brett, whether he were living or dead;
| must rescue Captain Forbes.
1t was to be a double duel. The first
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-08-02
New French Shoe.

Fashionable Paris wears a new
shoe. French shoes are not adven
lures for American feet to rush rash
IL into, and these new ones least OF
all.
They are very long-three or four
sizes longer than the size of the foot
perfectly straight, and have q
square toe.
Except that they have heels, they
are like nothing so much as the old.
fashioned straight, long, shapeless
shoes ladies in this country wore sew.
eral generations ago. before we had
learned 20 make shoes to At our feet.
Paris may know all about mats, but
it is well known by American travel.
ers that neither she nor England
knows very much about shoes-at
least the kind of shoes American feet
demand.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-08-02
DIDN'T PLEASE THE WOMEN.
Story Of Rise of seIf-Made Man Caused
Trouble.

That the early struggles of the sue
cessful American business man are
not always a source of pride to his
family was forcibly illustrated the
other day here in a way that was not
without its pathetic side. A recent
patron of one of the fashionable no.
tells told several persons with appar-
emily considerable pride how he had
gone to America with a dollar in his
pocket and is now worth $10,000.000.
A correspondent who interviewed
him was mucu impressed, and in writ
ing the story made reference to that
fact in a complimentary way, never
dreaming 1t would cause a family
quarrel. A day or two later the cor.
respondent met the successful Amer.
lean in the lobby of the hotel.
Young man. you have caused me
lot Of trouble" said the latter.
How Is that?"
We'll, in mentioning the small sum
| had in my pocket when went to
America"
But 1t was true, wasn't It," In
Quired the correspondent.
We'll, that's not it," replied the
other. you see, my wife and daugh,
tiers have been entertaining lot over
here and met a lot of people. They
feel now that they have been dis
graced."
But surely you feel proud of what
you have accomplished"
Yes, l do, and for my part I'm
nightly pleased. But you see women
are different. They like to think al
ways had the money. / can tell you
my life's been miserable ever since"
The correspondent assured the other
of his good intentions, but he refused
to be comforted, and had not made
peace with his family when he left
town-London Cable in New Yorl
Herald.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-08-02
until Twelve Tonight" She Said.

There is nothing too difficult to be
discovered with diligence, your Excel
lency," he said softly. his crafty eyes
cast down.
$50 you were the faithful messen,
ger" l took out my pocket-book.
"A little letter Is simple thing, and
since 1t was not sealed, l knew that
madam would not object" He smiled
greedily on the notes that l had laid
on the table.
"Ah, you are loyal to Madame de
Varnier?"
Very loyal, monsieur" he returned
with perfect seriousness.
intended to test this admirable
loyalty. l was forgetting Captain
Forbes. / proceeded cautiously.
Am l the only guest OF the cha
teau?" l demanded, toying with the
notes.
There is Dr. Starva, as your Excel
lency knows
And he is a man of mystery, you
tell me. l suppose it not impossible
that he has his friends"
"Friends?" he asked, and he gave to
the word a strange note of uncer
tainty.
Did not one call on him last night
| just before / retired?"
II have understood So"
And he has come to the chateau as
Dr. Starva's own guest?"
Certainly, DIR. Starva's friends have
visited him here occasionally"
THE chateau is so immense that
one would find 1t difficult to be sure
that one knew the whereabouts of all
its rooms"
IF | might take the liberty, should
say that your Excellency would be in
terested in making an inspection oil
the chateau. The view from the tow
ers is superb"
And these towers are readily ac
] cessible?"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-08-02
Quail That Were Quail.

On the big plantations no gun was
ever fired at a quail. There was no
netting until the master said the
word. He knew exactly when dob
white" was ripe for dinner, and woe
to the poacher! A load of shot
(buckshot at that was none too good
for him. Five coveys of dozen birds
each were regarded as enough for one
drive, making capture of so fat.
plump, sound morsels the like of
which we of this day and generation
may never know The master would
look through the coops and release
dozen of the finest cocks and hens for
breeding. The remainder were smoth.
cred for dinner in the old-fashioned
southern style before the animal heat
was out of them. Or they went into
a great Brunswick stew, with SPUR.
rels, squab-chickens, rabbits, slices of
salt pork, rice and the usual veget-
ables used in the making of this, the
foremost of all southern dishes.-N. Y.
Sun.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-08-02

to be fought was Madame de WARMER.
the weapons to be of her choosing,
cunning and wit; the second, DR.. Star
va, and he had already shown me
what weapons he preferred.
To arm myself for my fight with him
supposed would be a simple matter.
But when / made inquiries for gun
smiths shop 1 learned to my dismay
that there was none in Alterhoffen.
was compelled to return to the cha
teau empty handed.
The terrace was deserted. ! crossed
it, close to the castle walls. l intend
ed, if possible, to enter the hall unob-
served by the little door under the
winding staircase through which had
followed DIR. Starva. / looked eau
tiously into the great room through
one of the mullIoned windows. No
one was about. Once within the cha.
teau, and the door locked, l gained
my room, and rang the bell for the
servant. Jacques, the lackey who had
shown me to my room the night be-
fore. answered the call
TT is half past one," I cried impa.
tiently. els Madame de WARMER not
ready for luncheon"
The man looked his surprise.
Luncheon has been waiting for
your Excellency. ! came to your room
some time ago, but there was no an
swer when / knocked"
ct had been wandering about the
chateau" l. replied carelessly sc
luncheon is ready. hope have not
kept Madame de WARMER waiting toe
long?"
Madam begs 10 be excused. Lunch
con is served for DR.. Starva and your
self"
I followed the man to the room
where we had dined, not at all pleased
at the seclusion that she affected.
was impatient for action. Nearly I:
hours we're TO elapse before midnight
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-08-02

out there was much to be done before
then. And IL she persisted in not see
ing me, | wondered how l was to
force my presence on her. In the
meanwhile / must attempt to learn
something of Captain Forbes's deten-
ton.
l lunched alone, and well. The abb
sence of DR.. Starva was only to be ex-
pected. Even so brazen a villain as
he would hesitate to meet me with I'M
concern. During the struggle IL the
porter's lodge no word had been
spoken by either of us, but certainly
he could not have been ignorant OF
my identity any more than was | of
his. When we again met therefore, it
would be as avowed enemies.
Frankly, did not look forward to
that meeting with pleasure. The fate
OF Captain Forbes pointed too obvious
a moral. / had put myself deliberately
in Starva's power by my return to the
chateau. If | were unmolested IL would
be because my services were indis-
pensable.
had lighted my cigarette. jacques
was noiselessly gathering up the
things. / had determined to take him
into my confidence. / believed it was
he who had brought me the note.
suspected that he ~as not ignorant of
my leaving the chateau. He had ac-
cepted my excuse too readily. At any
rate, l believed the fellow could be
bribed. | demanded carelessly:
And DR.. Starva? Is he, too, con-
fined to his room?"
The man shrugged his shoulders.
Evidently he held DR.. Starva in no
great CO.. sideration.
"One knows nothing of him. He is
mysterious, this DR.. Starva."
l looked at the man keenly. The
adjective was significant.
Everything about this chateau is
mysterious, it seems to me-" re-
marked cheerfully. Last night, for
instance, could have sworn l heard
the shout of one in distress"
us it possible, monsieur"
And when l retired found a note
on my pillow. / would give a hundred
francs TO the man who placed 1t there
If could find him."
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-08-02
How TO Launder Curtains.

Carefully fold each curtain into a
small square and keep it folded until
ready to pin down on a sheet. Spread
on q carpeted floor. Do not use frames
for old curtains. Put to soak in luke
warm water. using good soap, and
pressing them down under the water
with the hands. Change water every
ten or Is minutes or as often as it
becomes dirty, being careful not to
rub or wiring but squeeze the water
out, and when clean rinse in two wat.
ers. If the curtains are white put a
little bluing into the last water. Then
starch and pin down. If you have
several pairs to do up, divide your
starch into two or more dishes, so the
curtains will be equally stiff.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-08-02

while through the knot is stuck tiny
bunch Of rosebuds. These little bon
nets could be easily copied by moth
er with even slight aspirations to mil
linery.
Fascinating bonnets are also shown
of soft, open straw, bent in poke
shape. The lingerie hat has by no
means lost prestige, and many dainty
embroidered or flounced ones are
shown. A favorite lingerie hat is Of
sheer linen, with an embroidered frill
and a fiat bow of liberty satin ribbon,
with a big rose on each side.-Mon-
treal Herald.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-08-02
CHAPTER XIII.
A Terrifying Apparition.

/ did not hesitate. There was no
time like the present. This servant
/ had been false to Madame de WARMER,
false to DIR. Starva. He would betray
me with as little conjunction If it
were made worth his while.
walked slowly up the grand stair
way leading from the hall. | gained
the gallery that ran about the hall.
meeting no one. pretended to be in
terested in examining the designs of
the tapestry. / tapped the wall as |
moved deliberately along. 1t seemed
to me quite solid in every direction.
began to think that Jacques had been
playing with me.
AS | stood there hesitating ,Alphonse,
the confidential servant of Madame de
WARMER appeared suddenly before me.
Either his tread had been catlike or
the secret staircase was very near.
l thought l read CONSERVATION on
his face. / leaned over the carved
railing of the gallery, gazing down
into the hall.
Am | not to see Madame de Var
nier before long?"
Il shall tell madam that your Excel.
lency is waiting"
IF you please"
walked carelessly down the long
corridor that led to my room. / closed
the door, but was careful to hold the
handle in my hand, and in an instant
my eye was at the keyhole.
He had paused irresolutely, looking
down the corridor toward my room.
Evidently he was dismayed at having
been surprised by me. He was hest
tating whether he should return to
warn Madame de Vanier. Luckily he
did not hesitate long
He vanished round the corner of
the corridor. In an instant l had fol-
lowed him. AS he lifted the tapestry
he touched a spring. A door opened
noiselessly.
"One moment. Alphonse," | cried.
CTo BE coNTINUED.)
Animals with Long Tongues.
CRATES and ant eaters have
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-08-02
Oriqln of Phrases.

Posters were originally stuck on
posts. Hence their name
Rodomontade comes from Rodo-
mont. king of Sara, a braggart and
swashbuckler.
Cutpurses are so called because in
the past the purse was worn about the
neck by a long cord that the thief
had to cut.
The tinkers of old, to prevent their
solder from running, borrowed a
lump of dough from the housewife,
with which they made a dam about
the hole that was to be caulked up.
When they were done with the soiled
dough, which was called a tinker's
dam, they threw IL away because it
was utterly worthless. Hence not to
care "a tinker's dam" means not to
care the least bit, and there is no pro.
family whatever in this phrase.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-08-02

Jacqnes shook his head. Monsieur
One might find it difficult without
guide"
"And you will be that guide" / said
with assurance.
He shook his head still more vigor-
ously Impossible! Madam would
object. Besides, there is Alphonse."
"Alphonse? Who is he?"
"He is madam's confidential serv-
ant"
AT least you can tell me the way
to the towers"
II have never been to the towers"
the man persisted.
Then the staircase is concealed?" l
asked sharply, irritated at his hy-
pocrisy.
81 have seen the tapestry near the
gallery move very strangely" he
blurted out.
| Captain Forbes, then, was impris-
oned in one of the towers. The stair
case leading thither was concealed be-
hind a secret door hidden by tapes
try. This door was near the gallery.
So far so we'll. But ] remembered
that there was one central tower,
| Ranked by three smaller towers. In
which of them was Captain Forbes
held a prisoner? l came to the point
directly. To fence with the fellow was
wasting time.
The rooms IN the towers them
selves must be interesting. In me-
dieval times they were no doubt used
as dungeons, If there can be dungeons
! in the air. In which of these towers
does DR.. Starva usually lodge his
friends?"
| / asked the question not without
trepidation. l was tolerably sure OF
my man, but for the moment l feared
that | had overshot the mark. He
poised tray on his palm and shuffied
hastily to the door, as II he were
frightened at the information he had
already given.
You have forgotten something" /
said carelessly. and tapped the notes
on the table. He hesitated; then, re-
turning, snatched at them.
when one has assembled the secret
stairway" he said in a low voice, lone
finds oneself in bare room. That is
the central tower. 1t is a triangle in
shape. At the corners of the triangle
there are three doors opening on three
smaller rooms, the dungeons, as mon
sieur calls them. One of these rooms
is the oratory of madam. Monsieur
knows that madam is very religious.
When madam is not to be seen she is
at her prayers"
! Again he seized his tray, but had
still another question to ask.
Which of these rooms is the ora
tory? And in which does DR.. Starva
lodge his friends?"
But, monsieur, do not know" he
stammered, and again seized his tray.
You know very well, If you think"
commanded.
He rubbed his nose, gesture curl
ously reflective and agitated. He
turned himself about like top as he
tried, or pretended to try, to remem-
Der toward which points of the COM
pass the various rooms faced.
Monsieur knows that the chateau
itself does not face either south, north,
east, or west. The oratory is to the
south. No; it points to the west. The
locked room, DR.. Starva's, that is to
the east. But no-truly, your Excel
lency, it is impossible for me to re-
member"
He fled from the room, the dishes
on his tray rafting in his perturba-
ton.
But he had told me much. / knew
that If could find the secret staircase
to the towers, if | could force open
the door behind the tapestry, ] might
bag both my birds with one shot.
Captain Forbes in his prison, or
Madame de WARMER at her prayers
it was all one TO me.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-08-02
For the Throat.

A lovely throat ornament in small
diamonds is a ribbon of silver net
work so closely studded with the
stones that very little OF the setting
is visible; but as It is flexible 1t clings
as closely to the throat as elastic
would do. II is tied at one side with
a bow and short ends. which have tas-
sells of stir smaller diamonds.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-08-02
0OH1RSz5Z 1905. By DARREZc7V

I ignorant that Locke or any other had
been in the stairway.
Until IL tonight" she said.
Until IL tonight" l repeated. l
lifted my hat and walked swiftly to-
ward the chateau.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-08-02
An Artist.

"Your friend retains her age won
derfully."
"Yes. she studied art in Europe"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-08-02
Animals with Long Tongues.

CRATES and ant eaters have
tongues nearly two feet in length.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-10-26
Consumption Cured Through Goats.

Nothing in the history of science is
moro instructive, according TO the ex-
perts who prepared the recent report of
tie British commission on tuberculosis
than the vast difficulties experienced in
propagating the use of the milk of the
goat. Physicians of the highest emil
hence have affirmed that in the milk of
the goat nature provides the best pos
sihle solution of the problem of tuber.
eulosis. In saying that the goat is NOT
subject to tuberculosis. DR. Finley Bell
of the New York academy of Medicine
is in agreement with Sir William Broad
bent lie is also supported by the evil
dence of leading English goatkeepers of
every publication concerning goats and
of the distinguished Prof. Nocarl, who
stated recently that of the 10000 goats
and kids brought 60 Paris for slaughter
every spring the meat inspectors had
failed TO lind single ease of tuherculo-
sis, Nevertheless, with the exception of
the members of the British aristocracy.
very few Anglo-Saxons have profited hv
the lesson of these truths. Those
scientists who 80 SO far as to defy any
authority to produce single case Of
tuberculosis among a population using
goats milk to the exclusion of cows
milk receive very little attention. The
circumstance seems all the more surpris-
lng ~ view of what the investigators on
the British commission call the superior
richness and flavor Of the milk az the
goat To that OF the cow,--Current Iitera-
lure.