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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16
Modes.
Millinery

of deep plum colored silk. while the trim ming consisted of pink ribbon on the bandeau and shaded pink roses on the crown.
 The vogue of heavy black trimmings still continues and very many of the bell shaped hats, especially those for the very young girls. are trimmed with scarfs of ribbon. swathed about the crown and fn- ished in the back with a huge bow which stands out from the crown and droops down over the brim. giving that sloping line at the back which is now considered so smart and which is accentuated by the very sharp, cut-away coats ultra fashion ables are now wearing.
 Cretonne as a trimming for hats as well as suits has been used abroad all season and by the very exclusive houses on this side. Broad brims are faced with these furniture coverings and whole crowns are often made of them. Cretonne ribbons are also very smart, and these find even more use than the piece -retonnes. Sometimes the pattern of the cretonne, especially if 1t Is very large-such as huge rose, Is cut out and appliqued on the brim or crown.
 While side trimmings are feature Of this seasons millinery, 1t Is to be noted that the smartest hats are those in which the trimming starts from the center front of the crown, being equally distributed on both sides of the hat The bandeau, or cachepeigne, Is used to a very limited ex- tent, and only as a foundation for the support of under brim trimmings These under brim trimmings. by the way, con tinue as full and voluminous as we saw them in the first models. The deep back brims of nearly all of the popular shapes require a more or less elaborate hair dressing. Even though the space be- tween the head and the hat brim is
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Unusual Interest has been awakened in this years midsummer millinery by the arrival of some striking novelties from foreign shores Most of us have long since tired of the mushroom. which, in the early season thought so fetching. has been so overdone as to make 1t positively ofrensive in many instances. and we are just in tho mood to grasp anything which comes in the way of a novelty.
 The first divergence from the mush- room was the broad brimmed French sailor. which made its appearance in the early days of May. and this. with its various trimming of ribbons. feathers. wings, quills and flowers. was followed by the French shape which the Parisi- ennes call the ''Cloche." and we Ameri- cans designate as the Bell" This i'm mediately became the accepted type of ultra midsummer headwear The crown of this new model Is some four inches in height and the sloping brm frequently attains q width of seven inches It's trimmings vary and are more or less voluminous. but 1t does not, however. con vey the impression of over-trimming, probably because of the fact that there Is no intermingllng of flowers and feath- CTS, though ribbons are used with both of these. The flower trimmed Bell Is perhaps the prettier, though there are seen some very smart ostrich trimmed affairs, and both are equally smart with tailored street suits or lingerie frocks As yet no really midsummer hat for wear exclusively with lingerie frocks has made its appearance. Everything which has come out has been immediately appro- priated by the tailor-made girl. who wears her fower-bedecked and plume-laden chapeau as nonehantly with her sever est tailor-made as with her lingerie gar den frock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

checked and striped socks of white over plaided or striped with golden brown. navy blue black. red. pale pink and blue. These novelty socks may be worn with black, white or golden brown slippers, but they should in every case match the little dress. Plain socks are worn with checked and plaided dresses. while fan. cies are best with frocks of plain mate rials.
 Bath Robe and slippers of Turkish towelllng just like Fathers" delight the heart of the small boy in the high class children's departments and speciality shops catering especially to these little people. The robes are cut exactly as are those for the grown-ups.
 Fine Ginghams in yari-colored checks and plaids are made unusually attractive this summer by hand embroidering seal lops with a buttonhole stitch around the dress, likewise the armhole. or the sleeve caps and berthe, many of the prettiest frocks following this mode. Russian blouse dresses are frequently trimmed In this manner also.
 Piques are being used extensively in children's dresses of the jumper and Rus siansblouse type. Even the staple linens have been forced aside by these fabrics, which, In the new crossbar weave, are especially attractive. Piques do not wrin- kle like linen, and this in Itself is quite enough to give them their present pres tige as materials for children's, as well as grown-up's tailored suits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16
Midsummer

Another new shape, and one which Is not as extreme as the "Cloche" or Bell" Is the de Natured Cloche. or Battered Bell as we on this side are pleased to call 1t. This is more of sailor than the "Cloehe," the brim only sloping trife and being wider on the sides than fin front or the back. The front brim is from two and half to three inches wide, and a little to the left of the center front turns off of the face making the brim still narrower at this point. There is slight bandeau in the back used as foundation for the trimming rather than as means by which to tilt the hat at an anglo. and on this Is posed many loops of soft ribbon, the loops extending well around the sides of the hat and filling in the space between the head and the very wide brim at this point.
 A very new idea in millinery Is the under brim facing. or lining. While very frequently this lining is in the same color as the hat the French are using 1t in a contrasting color of silk or mousseline. If the heavy silk Is used this facing Is put on plain, but with the finer silks and transparent mousselnes and chiffon the material is shirred over a featherbone cord at the edge A very smart hat of this type seen in one of the select shops along Broadway recently, was of fine white chip with under brim facing of very soft white satin shirred to within an inch of the edge of the brim. On the left side of the crown were posed two huge white roses with green foliage, and around the crown overlapping each other were large white velvet leaves. which form sort of crown banding, the leaves being placed rather precisely. The ban deau in the back was trimmed with loops of wide white satin ribbon. Still another of black chip showed the facing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16
Little Fri11s of Fashion.

Heady-made juvenile underwear Is at. tracting much attention and great deal of trade these days in the better shops. Mothers who formerly had all these little garments made at home are attracted to this dainty lingerie for their little people which so closely resembles their own in construction and trimming. feature of the small girls petticoats Is the dust rufie, acting as a protection for the lace or embroidery trimming, which by reason of the length of the skirt very often comes in contact with the hose support CTS and is torn. Older girls wearing longer dresses than those which come just below the turn of the knee are very apt to destroy the petticoat trimming with the heels of their shoes unless the dust ruffle Is used.
 Knitted combination garments or union suits are being shown for misses and children as young as three years. The little pantalons are finished with a dainty lace frill. These garments are not only far cooler and vastly more comfortable for the small growing bodies, but they represent saving of labor which every mother will be quick to appreciate.
 Lingerie Coats are dainty addition to baby's summer wardrobe. They are made of the finest lawn inserted and triled with fine Valenciennes laces and hand embroidered. Where a silk lining is not used in these little garments. little jacket of fine silk flannel may be tackled ln place to give the necessary warmth about the shoulders.
 Colored Socks for small boys and girls are worn more than white or black. Pale pinks and blues are the favored plain colors aside from the rich browns which little boy and little girl wear with sandals or slippers of glossee golden brown kid. But very pretty, and exceed ugly new and smart are those novelty
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16
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waists carry some of this fine needlework, and doubtless therein lies the cause of limited sales.
 Very dainty chiffon satin and silk blouses are made up with fine laees along lingerie lines, and are designated as silk lingerie blouses.
 feature of this summers blouses Is the yoke. Sometimes it is cut separate on round, square or pointed lines, and Joined to the blouse with fine lace or em- broidery insertions, but more often 1t Is the yoke effect attained with insertions md medallions or motifs of lace or em- broidery And not only is It n front yoke but a back yoke as well. This hitter is shallow and in no wise conforms to the shaping of the front yoke.
 Sleeves have dropped from above the turn of the elbow to several inches below and vastly more becoming and decidey more practical Is this new seven eighths length. Cuffs are several Inches deeper than last season and quite little looser. Some are so constructed that the fitness is tucked into cuff form and the inser- tions which run up and down extend to the lace frilled edge.
 A very new lingerie waist model has such sleeve, and the blouse eased into a lace girdle Is trimmed surplcewise ond joined in the centre front with a lace plastron which is a continuation of the deep Cluny and Valenciennes lace yoke. This plastron widens at the waistline where it gives the effect of Il circular me dallion when the waist blouses ever the girdle supported with featherbones. narrow lace frill edges the yoke Gnd plas- tron and flnishes the bottom of the girde which, of course, is worn outside the dress skirt.
 The dark toned separate blouse is not without favor in the summers fashions. There are many times when such waist is better adapted to the occasion than the white lingerie or silk blouse. The new est of these are of dark toned chiffon mounted over white or some light colored silk. Plain and fancy silk Things are used The checked and striped lipings are very effective when draped with transparent chiffon or net. Striped silk and striped chiffon make one cry charm ing whist in which a plaid effect is ere ated by using the two materials on oppo- site ways of the goods. For instance, the silk is cut on the cross, while the outer material, satin striped chiffon, is cut on the lengthwise.
 Blouses of this type are made with sheer lawn body lining tight fitting and carefully boned to the figure, cr the silk foundation is joined to featherbone gir- dle which laces snugly about the waist and holds the blouse neatly in place. The simpler the mode the better the style of such blouses. for the materials are such that any great amount of elaboration would destroy the artistic simplicity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

If anyone thinks for moment that the shirtwast or dressy blouse has lost in fovor this summertime let them bat con sider the popularity of the smart tailor made and the vogue of the Jumper dress. And what is the result7 Simply this, the dressy blouse, be 1t lingerie confection or dainty silk affair." has never been so important a part of woman's costuming ns 1t Is now.
 When these jumper dresses first became the fashion the very shallow opening at the neck seemed to necessitnte only half body guimpe with sleeves, but with the gradual reduction of the jumper to mere skeleton Of Its former self the lin- eerte waist became its inseparable ac- commandments. Even when the Jumper Is not of skeleton formation many women wear a lingerie waist insteaa of a regu- lar guimpe, averring that they are more comfortable and never pull up out of place like the guimpe which comes just over the bustline.
 Those of us who accepted that severe tailored shrtwaist of the early spring, nattily trimmed with little pleatings and stifly cuffed and collared, md wore It with such an air of smartness In com pany with chic tailor-mades all spring, were only too glad to return to the "old love-" the lingerie blouse, when the un- usually cool spring jumped without warn Ing into the heat of summer. Closely woven linen and madras waists and stif1y starched neckwear are all right In mod crate weather, but alack and alas. when the thermometer begins to climb their smartness is no substitute for the com fort and coolness embodied in the sheer lingerie or silk blouse.
 And so 1t Is with the summer tailor made. Many American women have elected to follow the Parisienne in the mode of street dress this season in that they do not discard the coat of their street suits in warm weather This fancy has led to the present popularity of the coat suits of linen and pique, while the white and light toned mohairs and serges are legion in this type of costuming. The Idea is, of course, to make the clothing as light as possible. Here again the nn- gerie blouse is called into requisition, and with 1t not infrequently the stif high embroidered collar and lingerie bow which seems such a fitting accessory to the tai- ored costume.
 Hand embroidered blouses while still highly prized and highly priced, too, for that matter, are not as popular as they were last season. For what reason or reasons women prefer those lacey con- fections 1t were indeed difficult to tell, but the fact is very evident that they do. Shopkeepers tell the same story, and further assert that the number of French blouses sold so far this season is com paratiyely small Nearly all French
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

The Manchus are great users of flour and the product from the United States is best adapted for their uses. It has the glutinous qualifications which are nee essary in the making of macaroni, which forms one of the principal diets of the Manchurians.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

On "San Juan HILL" bounded by West Sixty-irst and Sixty-second streets, Am. sterdam and West End avenues, fin New York city, is a block that has 6173 in- habitants. It is the most populous block in the world.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-05-23

SHELTON HARNESS COMPANY.

The A. S. Lewis Tent Show
carries a fine band OF fifteen
people and gives a parade every
day Of the Show.
The United States Depart
ment of Agriculture has gotten
out a pamphlet with regard to
the value of swallows as insect
destroyers. This paper deals
with all the different classes of
the bird and also their habits
and beneficial habits among in
sects. We quote the following
as of greatest interest:
From the standpoint of the
farmer and the orchardist, per-
haps no birds more useful than
the swallows exist. They have
been described as the light
cavalry Of the avian army.
Specially adapted for flight and
unexcelled in aerial evolutions,
they have few rivals in the ART
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-05-23

of capturing insects in midair.
They eat nothing of value to
man except a few predaceous
wasps and bugs, and in return
for their services in destroying
vast numbers of noxious insects
ask only for harborage and pro-
lection. 1t is to the fact that
they capture their prey on the
wing that their peculiar value
to the cotton grower is due.
Orioles do royal service in
catching weevils on the bolls;
and blackbirds, wrens, fycatch-
ers, and others contribute to
the good work; but when swal.
lows are migrating over the
cotton fields they find the
weevils flying in the open and
wage active war against them
AS many as AZ adult weevils
have been found in the stomach
Jof a single cliff swallow.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-05-23
Experts Make Report

w. H. Withrow and w. H.
Wood have completed their ex-
animation of the county offices
and filed their report.
Their bills for the work are
w. H. Wood S570.SO, w. H.
Withrow S505.12 total $1075.92.
1t has cost the county since
1902 S3357.79 for expert ex-
animation of the county offices,
that is Gilchrist $2491.87 and
Myers $780,.
To show how much difference
there may be in the time spent
in each office we have sepa-
rated into the number of hours
spent by Withrow and Wood as
follows: Clerks office 96
hours, sheriff's Sc, superintend-
ent's of schools 1876, auditors
200, recorder 88 and treasurer's
294, making a total of $50
hours.
This expert business is be-
coming a trifie monotonous, as
we'll as burdensome. The re-
port just filed is said to be very
complete. But as about 100
different accounts and funds
are involved in it, we have not
had sufficient time to analyze it
and understand it we'll enough
to comment upon it. just as
soon as we have fairly mas
tered it, we shall try to make
it plain to our readers.
One popularity of the last
expert examination of the
county treasurer's office, is that
all the money that should be in
the treasury is there and that
the county owes the treasurer
about $156. Observer,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-05-23
Tuesday May Fl

Mrs. j. H. Dimmick and
children returned from Omaha
last evening, after a weeks
visit with friends.
The Kappa Delts met at the
home of Miss Della Harris last
evening in regular session.
After the usual business had
been disposed of, refreshments
were served, and a general
good time had.
The curfew ordinance OF this
city should be pat in operation
as soon as possible, is the
opinion of many residents of
the city. 1t helps the marshals
preserve order and is one of the
necessary laws of every town or
city.
The Christian church of this
city, by unanimous vote called
to this church Rev. M. c..
Hutchinson of Panora, Iowa,
and On last night the members
of the church by a unanimous
vote confirmed the action of the
official board and instructed
the clerk to notify NJ. G..
Hutchison of the action of the
church. and ask him to accept
the call. If he accepts the call
he will be with us en- the End
Sunday of June to commence
his work.
The Treble Clef met at the
home Of Miss Jessie Rrandriff
yesterday afternoon for regular
practice. After the regular
work Miss Brandrif served
delicious refreshments. The
meeting was a very pleasant
one indeed.
Mr.. Odds, of Seattle, Wash
ington, is in the Valley, the
guest of his daughter, Mrs. w.
is. Mohler.
A. M. Jones started to work
in the local shops yesterday, at
his old position as machinist.
Mrs. Anna Hansen is quite
ill at her home on North Third
|street.
George Metcalf, yesterday,
sold his residence on Mill
street to Mrs. M. Harker, who
will occupy it in the near fu-
ture. Mr.. Metcalf and family
will leave for Ohio about the
first of June for a visit with
relatives, and will then go to
Spokane, Washington, where
they will make their future
home.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-05-23

Mr.. Edgecomb's new Buic
machine attracts considerable
attention on the streets. This
machine is almost noiseless and
is a very powerful one.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-05-23
Melrose Items

/ MelrOse Items
The long looked for rain
came Tuesday morning.
The farmers are nearly all
through planting their corn.
Joe O'Connor lost one of his
fine gray horses last week.
Found it dead in the barn in
the morning.
Elder j. P. Garner and wife
attended religious service in
Melrose Sunday night.
The little child of Mr.. and
Mrs. Sam Grandfield is sick
with the mumps.
Mr.. Grandfeld's sister from
Colorado Springs is here on a
visit with her mother, Mrs.
Cunningham.
Reports comes to us that our
school is progressing nicely un-
der the instruction of Miss
Teeter.
A large crowd greeted the
preacher again Sunday night,
every seat being occupied.
His subject was "The necessity
for the continuation of the
of the Church of Jesus Christ,
as He, Christ, organized and
left it." The Elder seemed to
understand his subject, and en-
tered into it earnestly.
The fishing season has come
in earnest and most everybody
goes, especially on Sunday.
\
The Allen creek ditch and
the dry spring has pulled to-
gether fine, so far this season,
and we all hope that the ditch
will go on doing good, should
the heavens choose to send
down the rain.
Miss Ada Dewell, of Mag
.nolia, was calling in Melrose,
Monday morning.
O. w. Fouts commenced to
do carpenter work Monday
morning on j. s. McDonald's
house.
Preaching services were an
nounced for Sunday evening,
June End, at 8 o'clock, at the
the close of last Sunday nights,
meeting.
VIM. Messrs' family are quar-
antined on account of some
disease among his children.
H. w. Spires and family, of
Arlington, Nebr., are here
visiting with friends this week.
Mr.. Spires has hunted the
earth from here to Mexico and
|has been unable to find a para
disc better than Harrison
county. We could have told
him that before he began the
search.
The A. S. Lewis big show is
. billed for Mo. Valley three
dove Nov, 81 % and 90 Ril11,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-05-23

Mrs. Lydia Young Celebrates
Saith Birthday
Wednesday, the Eighty
fourth birthday Of Mrs. Lydia
Young was celebrated at the
Ludwig ice cream parlors. It
was a surprise to Mrs. Young,
but she enjoyed the time as
we'll as the host of her old
neighbors and friends. Now
don't think that at the age of
Mrs. Young that she was so old
and feeble as not to enjoy the
occasion, as a stranger would
never suppose she was as old
as shewas by twenty-five years,
and we do not know of such an
occasion that there was so
much good feeling among all in
attendance. We do not want
to single out anyone in attend
ance that did more than an
other to make the occasion long
to be remembered, but think
Mrs. w. A. Smith surely did
her share in helping all have a
good time. 1t was also her
birthday and Miss Wilma Far
ber's second birthday daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Dick Farber,)
and we hope to help both cele-
brate their eighty-fourth birth
day. She received a fine china
closet and other appropriate
presents from friends, who
were unable to attend, also the
finest bouquet of hot house
flowers, from some personal
friends, that she enjoyed very
much. Pride Modale.
There's not the slightest
risk of losing your money when
you buy a dollar Hy-o-mei out
fit to cure catarrh, as Robt. w.
Harvey will refund your money
if the treatment fails.
r. H. Harris left for Atlantic
this afternoon to attend the
funeral of his broiher-in law,
James Warren, who died this
morning at 8 o'clock. Mr..
Warren was the father of Fred
Warren who was formerly city
editor of the Times.
Walter Hatcher has resigned
his position with G. H. Bell and
the first of next week, will
go to Fremont where his
father has purchased a barber
shop, and Walter intends enter
ing a partnership with him.
j. H. South and daughters,
| the Misses Nellie and Christie,
will arrive in Missouri Valley,
Saturday, from Nevada, Mis-
souri,. The Misses South have
had a successful school year
and will spend their vacation
at home in this city. :
The annual reunion of the
descendants of the Reel family
will meet on the picnic grounds
at Logan, near the Brayton
residence, May 81, 1907. All
relatives invited There will
be a program after refresh
ments.
Robert Epperson was in the
Valley today, on his way home
from Logan, where he haG
been on business.
/ Fred Hines and Miss Lottie
Dennis, of Colorado, son-in-lav
and daughter of Mrs. Dal
4 Woodward, are in the Valley
i guests at the Woodward home
in Willow Park. Mr.. Hines
has a good position with a large
. sugar plant in Colorado, but az
J they do not resume operations
until August, he will spend hi
vacation in this city.