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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-29
A1,glicized French.

" For two centuries we have been cry
ing "Encorer at the end Of song.
where a Frenchman never says it, his
own equivalent for it strangely being
the Latin aB;s!'' And ION the tapis'
appears in English far more often than
In French, and misunderstood at that.
since it does not mean ION the carpet,
but on the tablecloth of the council
table for discussion. London Chroni-
Gle.
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.ECTIONS FOR ORDERING
NEW YORK FASHIONS
Pattern For child's Nishtaown
Designed by May Manton.
5 No. $3.50.

Such a simple nightgown as this one
Is favorite for the little children and
can be made from the warm, comfortable
wash fannels or from nainsook, muslin
or cambria, as the season may render de-
sirable. 1t is generously full below the
smooth yoke and is pretty and attractive
at the same time that it is perfectly Sim
pie. In this case pale pink hannelette Is
trimmed with embroidered edging and
finished with little fancy stitchings. It
can, however, be made into quite a diff
ferent garment by the use Of nainsook or
lawn with all over embroidery for the
yoke. 3s.Es, Il :; fs
The gown is made with the yoke, which
is fitted by means of shoulder seams, and
the full portion that is gathered and join
ed thereto. The wide roll over collar fin
ishes the neck, and the bishop sleeves are
gathered into straight bands. 3f
The quantity of material required for
the medium size a years. is 35a yards q
or AK yards So inches wide. with 1A yards
Of edging. q
Sizes for children Of .. 4 and s years
of age. t3sS
DIRECTIONS FOR ORDERING
Send 10 cents to this Office, give number
Of this pattern, No. $3.50, and state size de-
sired. It viii then be sent to you by mail
postpaid. Be sure to write plainly and al
ways give full address. Several days
must be allowed for delivery Of pattern.
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The BAD Place.

ssWhatl Fishing on the Sabbath?''
exclaimed the clergyman reprovingly.
Don't you know that little boys who
fish on the Sabbath SO to the bad
place
Huh, guess OATS right, replied
The bad boy disgustedIy. Il couldn't al
struck no worse place dan dis. Phila-
delphia Press,
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Decorated.

Hubby My pet you Will pardon me-.
but aren't these griddle cakes a little
burned2 WHEY almost In tears} Oh.
Tom, and i tried to make them so pref
II for you with that pyrograph set you
gave me. Boston Transcript
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-29
Both Satisfied.

II should like to break 1t of, but 1
can't bear to give up this diamond
ring a5545s
''Then why don't you tell him SO?
He told me he'd be willing to lose the
ring if he could get out of the engage
ment. Sketchy Bits.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-29

The Power and the Tragic Ending
~ HenTietta stuart and Nine. De.
Pompadour-Louisa Of Prussia, Who
won silesia From Napoleon.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-29

Let me tell you that every misery I
miss Is new blessing Walton.
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girls are the prettiest and incest IN
the country"
What a prosaic view he and all the
others take OF the situation when they
think that II is only because the girls
are pretty that they are marrying in
scores. They might be just as dainty
and lovely and work IN a box factory
or hat factory or even q shoe factory,
and South Norwalk thinks that their
beauty and brightness would guide
them 10 the matrimonial altar Just as
soon as though they worked in corset
factory Which point OF view shows
that nobody in the staid factory town
has thought Of the psychic relationship
that seems 20 exist between the shandi-
work OF these lovely priestesses of the
human form divine and the great god
Love.
Could these pretty girls work hour
after hour. day after day and month
after month building bits OF steel and
whaiebone and muslin into garments
that mold the female form into the
most perfect lines OF grace and curves
OF beauty without letting their thoughts
dwell upon what that beauty means
what IL suggests. what il is? They do
not live in monotonous. sordid, un-
beautiful world Ever before their eyes
and their minds is the perfect figure Of
woman, the form OF absolute beauty
ana grace which poets dream or and
inmortalize; that which has been the
inspiration OF the greatest achieves
ments in art since the world began.
The form they see is the one which
quickens the pulse OF the ardent lover
and means more to him than a pretty
face or q shapely hand. 80 these fac
tory girls work day in and day out
fashioning these sheaths for the love-
liest of their sex. Their daily watch
4u nTrfr
and beauty are near OF kin TO love
1t Is Guy de Maupassant-is 1t not?-
who makes a rapturous lover press his
lips 10 the flower scented, beribboned
stays of his inamorata. and he presses
them with far more fervor than would
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- IERE is no telling where the
pranks OF that roguish little fei-
low, Dan Cupid, VIII lead him
next. and after his latest es-
capade no one can rely upon the bar
riers provided against just such pranks
as this little child has been waging-
Even the mighty forge where feminine
armor is welded. armor that is sup
posed 10 Withstand ell but the most
vigorous onslsughts made upon 81, has
been found vulnerable. and the barbed
shafts OF Sir Cupid have wrought sad
havoc where before rcigned peace and
quiet.
Love, or, ct least. matrimony. has
seized upon the girls in q factory in
one OF New BngIand's staid towns.
They are getting married by the dozen
in quiet old South NorwaIk. The whole
village is marriage mad, and the
townspeople are puzziing their brains
over what looks 70 them like some
secret and mysterious afhnity be-
tween matrimony and the making OF
corsets, for the newly created brides
in South Norwslk earned their liveli-
hood by the fashioning of milady's
stays. 30 when nearly al OF the pret-
tiest corset girls there took to double
harness the entire town was set agog
over the unusual and startling situa-
tion in which the humdrum place sud
denly found itself
The Town Clerk says it's all on ac-
count OF the season Of the year We'd
dings sre always popular around
Thanksgiving time" he explained.
There may be more couples celebrat-
ing their marriage now than we usual
~ have IN South Norwaik, but corset
making has nothing whatever to DO
with the case. Pretty and bright girls
set married anywhere, no matter what
they work at, and our girls" and here
he drew himself up proudly, well, our
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fallen sycamore they had sat together.
Remember across Main street bridge
at noon" And Joe's cheeks burned. as
he recalled why he had not understood
the clear voice that had haunted him.
But that shame had fallen from him;
she had changed all that, ss she had
changed so many things. He sank
down in tho long grass. with his back
against the log. and stared out over the
fields OF tall corn. shaking in a steady
wind all the way to the horizon.
Changed so many things?" he said.
half aloud. Everything All, yes,
she had chsnged the whole world for
Joseph Louden-at his first sight of
her, And now il seemed 20 him that
he was 10 lose her, but not in the way
he had thought
Almost from the very first he had
the feeling that nothing so beautiful
as that she should stay in Canaan
could happen to him lie was sure that
she was but for the little while, that
her coming was like the flying petals
OF which he had told her
He had lain upon the earth: and she
had lifted him UP. For a moment he
had felt the beatifc wings enfolding
him with gentle protection, and then
saw them lifted 20 bear the angel be-
yond his sight. For IL was incredible
that the gods so loved Joe Bouden that
than this little time with her which
they had granted him.
Changed so many thinEs-"
The bars that had been between him
and half OF his world were down. shat
tered never more to be replaced; and
the ban OF Canaan was lifted. Could
this have been. save 10 her2 And upon
that thought he got to his feet, uttering
an exclamation OF self-reproach, asking
himself angrily what he was doing. He
knew how much she gave him. what
full measure OF her affection. Was not
that enough7-Out upon you. Loudeni
Are you 20 suik in your tent. dour in
the gloom, or TO play a mans part,
and II she be happy, turn a CHEEKY
face upon her joy?
And thus this pilgrim recrossed the
bridge. emerging 20 the street with
his head up, smiling, and his shoulders
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night to commune with him. / couldn't
sleep, and I got up, and went over
there; they'd left the chairs out; the
town was asleep, and 1t was beautiful
"To commune with him? What
about?"
you"
Why" she asked, plainly mystifed
81 stood in need OF good counsel he
answered, cheerfully, "or friendly
word. perhaps, and-as I sat there
after while it came"
What was it?"
ITO forget that ! was sodden with
selfishness; to pretend not to be as full
OF meanness as ] really was' Doesn't
that seem 10 be Eskew's own voice?"
Weren't you happy last night, Joe?''
Oh, it was all right, ne SAID, quick
~. Don't you worry
And at this old speech of his she
broke into a little laugh of which he
had no comprehension.
Mamie came to see me early this
morning" she said, after they had
walked on in silence for time. "Ev-
erything is all right with her again;
that is, / think 1t will be- Eugene Is
coming home And" she added,
thoughtfully, 1T will be best for him
TO have his old place on the Tocsin
again. She showed me his latter. and
liked Il. I think he's been through
the fire"
Joe's distorted smile appeared. "And
has come out goldr' he asked.
No." she laughed; "but nearer iti
And think he'll try to be more worth
her caring for. She has always thought
that his leaving the Tocsin in the way
he did was heroic. That was her word
for it. And 1t was the finest thing he
ever did"
Il can't figure Eugene out" Joe
shook his head. There's something
behind his going away that l don't un-
derstand." This was altogether the
truth; nor was there ever to come o
time when either he or Mamie would
understand what things had determined
the departure of Eugene Bantry;
though Mamie never questioned. as Joe
did, the reasons for 1t, or doubted those
Eugene had given her, which were the
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thrown back so that none might see
the burden he carried.
Ariel was waiting on the porch for
him. She wore the same dress she had
worn that Sunday of their tryst; that
exquisite dress. with the faint laven-
der overtint, like thn tender colors OF
the beautiful day lie made his own.
She had not worn il since, and he was
far distant when he caught the first
1ickering glimpse OF her through the
lower branches OF the naples. but he
remembered And again. as
effable music, the Elfand horns. sound
ing the mysterious reveille, which had
wakened his soul to her coming.
She came TO the gate to meet him.
and gave him her hand in greeting,
without a word--or the need OF one
from either Then together they set
forth over the sun-necked pavement,
the naples swishing above them.
heavier branches grooming In the
strong breeze. under a sky like Della
Robbia background. And up against
the glorious blue Of IT, some laughing
invisible god was blowing small, round
clouds OF pure cotton, as children blow
thistledown.
When he opened her parasol, as they
came out into the broad sunshine be-
yond Upper Main street, there was the
faintest mingling OF wild roses and
cinnamon loosed on the air.
Joe" she said, I'm very happy
That's right" he returned. heartily.
II think you always will be-"
But. oh. ! wish" she went on. that
Mr.. Arp could have lived to see you
come down the Courthouse steps
God bless hint" said Joe. II can
hear the argument"
Those dear old men have been so
loyal to you, joe"
No" he returned: loyal to Eskew."
ITO you both" she said. Tn afraid
the old circle IL broken up; they
haven't met on the National House cor
ner since he died. The colonel told me
he couldn't bear to go there again"
Il don't believe any OF them ever
will" he returned. And yet 1 never
pass the place that don't see Eskew
in bis old chair. l went there last
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always had-alwaysi I had never
cared SO much for any one else. and 1t
seemed to me the most necessary thing
In my life to come back TO that old
companionship. Don't you remainder
IT used to trouble you so when l would
take your hand? I think loved your
being a little rough with me- And
once when I saw you had been hurt,
that day you ran away
'.ArielI" he gasped helpiessly-
Have you forgotten
He gathered himself together with
all his will. L want 70 prove TO you
he said resolutely. that the dear kind
ness OF You isn't thrown away on
me; / want you to know what began
70 say: that it's all right with me;
and I think Ladew-" He stopped
again. "Ah. I've seen how much he
cares for you"
Have you?"
Ariel. he said, that isn't fair to
me if you trust me. You could not
have helped seeing
"But l have not seen II" she inter
rupted with great calmness- After hav-
ing said this she finished truthfully,
'If I did I would never let him tell me.
like him too much"
You mean you're not goinS to
Suddenly she turned to him- mol"
she said. with depth of anger he had
not heard in her voice since that long
ago winter day when she struck Eu-
gene Bantry with her clenched hrst.
She swept over him binding look OF
reproach. How could I?'
And thefss upon the steps OF the
church. fell the burden of him who
had made his sorrowful pilgrimage
across Maip-street bridge that morn
ing.
manifold rustling followed them
as they went down the aisle, and the
sibilance of many whisperings; but
Joe was not conscious OF that as he
took his place in Ariers pew beside her.
For him there was only the presence OF
divinity; the church was filled with It.
They rose to sing:
Ancient Of days Who sittest. thronsd in glory
To Thee all knees are bent, all voices pray;
Thy love has blest the wide worlds wondros~
story.
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same he had given her father. For she
was content with his return.
Again the bells across the square
rang out their chime. The paths were
decorously enlivened with family and
neighborhood groups. bound church.
ward and the rumble OF the organ,
playing the people into their pews,
shook on the air. And Joe knew that
he must speak quickly, il he was TO
say what he had planned to say before
he and Ariel went into the church.
Ariel? He tried TO compel his
voice to casual cheerfulness, but it
would do nothing for him, except to
betray desperate embarrassment.
She looked at him quickly, and as
quickly away. 'Yes?"
Il wanted to say something to you,
and I'd better do II now. think-be-
fore l go to church for the hrst time
In two yearsi'' He managed to laugh,
though with some ruefulness, and con-
tinued stammerirgl ~ want to tell
admire him
Admire whom7" she asked, little
coldly. for she knew.
Mr.. Ladew."
80 do t. she answered. looking
straight ahead. THAT Is one reason
why / wanted you to come with me
today"
II ISM only tndt. want 70 teAi YOU
Ito tell you" He broke OF for a
second. You remember that night in
my ONCE before Fear came in?"
Yes. remember"
: And that I--that something I said
troubled you because lit sounded
as II cared too much for you
mo. not too much She still looked
straight ahead. They We're walking
very slowly. You didn't understand.
You'd been in my mind. you see, all
those years, so much more than | In
yours. / hadn't for&otten you. But to
you / was really a strer ger
mo, no.'' he cried.
YES, was" she said gently but very
quickly And III didn't want you to
fall in love with me at first sight And
yet-perhaps did. But / hadn't
thought OF things In that way. l had
just the same feeling for you that l
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BY Booth Harrington

with light and life since Edsn's dawsinE
day.
And then. as they knelt 70 pray. there
were the white heads OF the three old
the silver hair Of Martin Pike. who
knelt beside his daughter Joe felt
that peopls should be very kind to the
Judge.
The sun. so eager without. came
temporarily Through tha windows.
where stood angels ana saints Ia gen
tie colors. and the face az the yours 8
minister In this quiet light was ~
the faces IN the windows.
Not only TO confront your enemies" /"
he said; that is not enough: nor is II
that I would have you buster at them
nor take arms against them. you will
not have to do that IT, when they
come at you you do not turn one inch
aside. but with an assured heart, with
good nature, not noisily, and with
steadfastness, you keep on your way
If you can do that, say that they Will
turn aside for you, and you shall walk
straight through them, and only laugh
ter be left OF their angergs
There was stir among the people.
and many faces turned toward Joe.
Two years ago he had sat In the sane
church, when his character ana actions
had furnished thu underlying theme
OF sermon, and he had reco~nfzad
himself without dificulty: today he had
not the shadow OF a dream thae fhs
same thing was happening. He though
the people We're turning to look at
Ariel. and he was very far from won
dering at that.
She saw that he did not under.tand.
she was glad to have it so. She had
taken on her gloves. and he was hold
ing them lightly and reverent1v In ~.
nands. looking down upon them. his
thin cheeks little flushed. Ana ~
that, and not knowing the glory 80
was IN his soul. something forlorn fn
his careful tenderness toward her
gloves so touched her that she fait
the tears coming TO her eyes with a
Not the empty gloves. Joa.s aha
whispered.
1.-THE END.a
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lE woke TO the Ginning OF bells,
- and. ~ his eyes slowly opened.
the sorrovful people or q dream,
who seemed to be bending over
him, weeping, swan back into the
darkness OF the night whence they had
come and returned 90 the imperoepti-
bic. leaving their shadows in his heart
Slowly he rose. stumbled into the outer
room and released the fiuttering SHADE
but the sunshine, springing la like 3
golden lover through the open window
only dazzieo him, and found no answer
ing giadness 10 greet II, nor Soy in the
royal day il hersldec.
And yet, 90 the newly cleaned boys
on their way 20 midsummer morning
Sundsy-schooi. the breath OF that cool
August day was az sweet as stolen
apples. No doubt the stir OF far, green
rhickets and the twinkle OF silver
slippere6 creeks shimmered in the long
ing vision OF their minds eyes: even
50, they we're merry. But Joseph
Louden, signing Sc he descended his
narrow stairs. with the bitterness still
upon HE lips OF the frightful coffee he
had made. heard the echo OF their
laughter with wonder.
u would be sn hour Al least before
time 10 start TO church. when Ariel ex-
pected him; he stared absently UP the
street. then down. and after that began
slowly 10 walk IN the latter direction.
with no very active consciousness or
care OF where he went lie had fallen
into a profound reverie. so deep that
WHOM he had crossed the bridge and
turned into q dusty road which ran
along the river bank, he stopped me-
chanically beside the trunk OF q fallen
sycamore, and lifting his head for the
first time since he had set out. looked
about him with a melancholy perplex-
ity, a little surprised 20 find himself
there.
For this was the spot where he had
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secret came out, and each bride was as
much surprised as any one else to find
hers was not the only wedding. The
matrimonial wave that struck South
Norwalk on that memorable holiday
did not subside Immediately. 1t lin
gered on in the expectation OF gather
ing in more victims, and 1t was not
disappointed
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This has been a week OF weddings"
said hazel-eyed Elizabeth when she
heard of the marriage OF her friends
and found so many vacant places at
the machines next day when work was
resumed. Then Elizabeth, too, Joined
the ranks by paying a visit to the
office of the Town Clerk, and after a
honeymoon spent in New Haven Eliza
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have been bestowed upon her grove or
a knot OF ribbon from her tresses. And
why did this bit OF his lady loves ap-
parel affect him so2 Because a wom-
ans stays are quite the most intimate
OF her belongings. They clasp her heart
close within their stifr embrace. Inside
this fortress Of muslin and steel her
heart beats and throbs, and when her
stays are laid aside they still retain the
lovely outlines of the wearers form.
How could nimble fingers work over
these intimate feminine belongings
without the mind of the worker think
Ing OF this link between love and
beauty? Such thoughts are feminine
and must find their way into the corset
girls head, and IL is only step from
love sentiments to lovers themselves
And the man? Does he realize his i'm
mense advantages when he woos cor
set girl? Does he know that half OF
his wooing Is done for him by the little,
fnanimate stays that grow under the
girls fingers into that which stands for
the embodiment of love and beauty?
Why then. with half his love battle
won. with half his wooing done, is 1t
any wonder that he and dozens OF his
kind propose matrimony? Is not that
the solution OF the marriage madness In
the corset factory town?
There is small chance to tell secrets
during work hours in corset factory.
The<conStant whifring of the thousand
machines browns any but the loudest
noise and all the stitchers, or trim
mers' or boners attention is required
to feed the greedy iron mouths that
stare at her In pairs and quartets OF
steely needles that stitch. stitch. stitch
all day long. The forewomen at South
Norwalk knew that something was IN
the air at Thanksgiving time, as they
glanced down the long rows or girls
bending industriously over their doz-
ems of corsets, their eyes shedding a
new radiance, while pink glow OF ex-
element tinged their soft. round
cheeks But the forewomen were not
events soon to take place were not even
confided to the next girl, though there
were times when golden -haired Mamie
looked as though she must rnbosom
herself TO some one. or her full heart
would burst with its richness of love
and JOY. But there was that unfriendly
wheel enclosure In the way, and how
could she whisper 10 her sweetheart OF
her happiness under such disadvan-
tages? But her eyes told II and the
girls who were not absorbed in their
own love affairs and the forewomen,
too, felt that something was in the air.
They saw IL in the quiet, abstracted
manner OF the secret brides elect; they
recognized il in the newly acquired
prettiness that comes to the engaged
girl about to be married. An the signs
were there. but ii was not until
Thanksgiving day had arrived that the
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beth returned to her machine and her
corset boning, and every night strong,
broad shouldered John, from the lock
factory near by. called for his pretty
little bride and escorted her to their
modest cottage in the upper end of
the village.
They are pretty, these corset factory
girls. far prettier than the average New
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Copyright. 1905. by Harper Brothers
CHAPTER XVI
"AncIent of Days !"

"AAcIent of Days"
lE woke TO the Ginning OF bells,
- and. ~ his eyes slowly opened.
the sorrovful people or q dream,
who seemed to be bending over