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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-19
Smart BOdfees

down the front; the material ~
ranged in small folds, beginning at
lace in front, and continuing down
sleeve to the elbow. which is finishs
off with band Of lace and silk hoN
If silk is worn on the collar.
Materials required: 2ls yards yoils
40 inches wide, one yard piece lace
one-half yard silk.
No. 2-The bodice part Of this IL III
coarse cream spotted alet net; the
hand is of old rose glace, finished osss
at the waist with a rosette; the nat
tucker is of four-inch lace, and has
two silk bows in front; the deep aTga-s
holes are trimmed round with sikh
hows. The lace is worn over an old
rose glace slip; pink chine silk is used
for the sleeves, which are finished at.
tbe elbow with lace bands. edged and
trimmed with silk
Materials required: 1 Il yard net AZ
inches wide, IL yard silk, one.quarter
ward piece lace.
No s.-Royal blue chiffon velvet
to match skirt is used for the over-
bodice; a strip of Oriental embroidery
forms, a collar, and is taken over the
shoulders; d piece is also laid on In
the center of front; silk tassels to-
match give a pretty finish; embroidery
also edges the over-sleeves. White
alace. spotted with blue. is used for
the under-slip.
Materials required: Three yards vel
vet six tasseIs, one yard wide EN-
broidery, three yards glace silk.
No. This is a very pretty style:
soft green silk, spotted with darker
green, is chosen for it; insertion ia
taken from waist. back and front over
the shoulders, also across back and
front; the epaulette, which is laid I'M
der the outer edge of insertion, IS
faced down the center with dark green
velvet ribbons, so also Is the center
of front, part of the way The little
sleeve is tucked, and has band Of In
sertion at the elbow.
Materials required: Five yards silk
% inches wide, four yards ribbon, SIs
yards insertion.
No. s is quite simple; It has the
sleeve cut in one with tie bodice part
it is made up in figured silk muslin II
soft shades of pink; insertion edges
the pretty shaped opening, and is Ia
ken down the outside of sleeve and
round the elbow; four small tucks are
made on either side of the front, with
a deep pink velvet bow Ia the center
Materials required: Three yards ~
inches wide, three yards insertion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-19
FOND OF TIE FLEsHpoTs.
Washington Man Close to Tire Tor
When II Comes to Feeding.

My good friend, Alfred Angus Early
who has been doing the-I mean doing
things for the national committee dur
ing the campaigns getting fat
writes Irving c. Norwood in the Wash
ington Star. The scales register
something like $50 pounds now, with
a tendency TO trip at a slightly higher
figure with each succeeding week. Re
Gently Mr.. Early got worried. He
sought his family doctor and laid his
troubles before him.
I'm not much of an eater, Doc
said he. Il have my breakfast al
eight in the morning and l never get
hungry much before ten. Even then
/ don't indulge myself. Usually If ]
find myself uncomfortably empty !
drop into Dutch restaurant and have
a tub of suds, with some sauerkraut
and frankfurters, and that carries me
over till noon, when / have my lunch.
and I'll admit it is usually a pretty
square meal During the afternoon
seldom eat more than a couple OF
times, with an occasional drink &c
wash it down, and I have my dinner
rather early, so that / sometimes get
hungry couple of times during the
evening"
The learned physician kept a
straight face. 81 can say only one
thing" he remarked, gravely: lyon
must not eat so much. You positively
must not. You simply must promise
me that you will limit yourself tc
three meals day. If you do not ]
can't answer for the consequences
fatty degeneration and all that sort
of thing, you know
Mr.. Early sighed and sighed again
and tried to appear resigned
"All right, Doc" said he, IF must.
l must! But it's hard, it's blamed
hard, indeed! However, l promise,
But, Doc. on the level, amt eating the
king of indoor sports?"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-19

Neither was it the calmness that fol
lows raging storm, either of the ele-
ments or of soul-that terrible calm
ness of despair. But it was just the
peaceful quiet of mere living and the
sweet joy Of it.
She. rested her arms on the window
ledge, letting her gaze wander dream
lily. A deep, long drawn sigh breathed
itself upon the evening air, seeming
to reach straight on to the stars that
were resting so quietly, for they be.
gan to CULVER and to throw out daz-
cling lights.
Their CLEAN caught her and she
clapped her hands, laughing gIeeful1y
like child. Dear little stars" she
cried to them, did that breath reach
way up there, to you? And what are
you telling me in return? All, know
you are trying to send some message
and l cannot understand, for I have no
SOUL"
No soul! could it, alas, be true? And
fast before her mental eye hopes and
fears came crowding.
All her life centered around her am
bition to sing in grand opera. She had
worked and studied, and sang, with
ever that point in view Then came
that glorious day when she had sailed
for Europe. She was going to the
great Lundski, success and fame!
He had been pleased at first, she
knew, and had great hopes for her, but
lately she seemed to fill him with only
evaporation.
He was to bring her out in II Trova.
tore, and the date of her debut had
been set. But that day he had shown
plainly that he despaired of her.
"Ah, mademoiselle, mademoiselle!"
he cried, your voice - yes" - he
shrugged his shoulders and threw up
his hands. st is clear, it is sweet, il
is strong, but it doesn't touch here
and he pointed to his breast. 1T is
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-19
ONE COLOR FROM NECK TO TOE
Fashion for che indoor as Well as the
Street Gown.

As each week passes, it is seen that
women are going in heavily for the
one-color line from the collar to the
floor The waist and skirt, If in two
pieces, must match. The gown must
preferably be from one piece from the
collar bone down.
Even above the collar bone the
same color of lace or net is often used
instead of white. Indoor frocks as
well as street costumes are clinging
to this one-color effect The hats do
not match the gown, and shoes and
gloves need not match it, but if you
would be in fashion, see to it that in
every hour of the day you are in one
color from chin to toe.
1t is the one-piece gown that has
made this fashion compulsory. The
separate coat and skirt is not as popu-
lar as it has been, for it has given
way to the three-piece suit. The skirt
carries its own blouse, and the coat
is added thereto.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-19
MAKING the Hair lNaMa-

A simple but most effective way Of
making the hair wave Id the big rim
pies which continue to be fashionable
IS to dampen It ard tie it down with
bands Of baby ribbon. OF course al
soiutely straight hair viii not Weld
to this treatment, but hair with The
slightest tendency to curl yin g.
spond beautifully.
Aiter the hair is done up dampen it
Win not water, pinch It 4 little and
lnen draW It close down to the head
satn bands Of baby ribbon put on Is
separate pieces about an inch apart
ana pinned very tight to the head.
leave on for an hour. remove care
i I then comb the hair gently until
= nuns out In charming waves Of
beautiful regularity
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-19
Porto Rican English.

The English language may be stead
lily encroaching upon the Spanish in
Porto Rico since our occupation on
the island, but at least the Porto
Ricans seem to be making some re.
arrangement of the new tongue SO
that it may conform somewhat to
Spanish ideas.
For instance, in recent issue OF a
San Juan paper there appears the an.
nouncement of "mitin" to take place
at such and such time, and at such
and such a place-a political "mitin, .
in fact.
Which, in case there are readers
who are still mystif1ed, is a good,
rapid-transit version Of our friend,
meeting" arranged to suit Spanish
eyes and threats.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-19
DloxYaEN BEST MOUTH WASH.
Preparation viii Keep Teeth and
Gums in Perfect Condition.

Preparation Will Keep Teeth and
Gums in Perfect Condition.
The merits of dioxygen as a mouth
wash are not as well realized as they
should be. 1t is easy to get and not
expensive. A stoppered glass bottle
of it should be on every washstand.
After eating. If one hasn't time to
brush the teeth, the mouth should be
rinsed out with diluted dioxygen. 1t
is a strong antiseptic, keeps the teeth
from decaying. and protects the top
OF the mouth and gums from soreness,
or from creating and emanating dis
agreeable odor.
The toothbrush should always be
dipped in a little of it and brushed
over the teeth and gums at morning
and night, even after tooth paste is
used.
The latter merely cleans the teeth.
1t does not disinfect the mouth. Peo-
pie do not pay enough attention to the
inside of their mouths, even though
they may be scrupulous about their
teeth
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-19

in both lines.
How about you, Madge?" turning
to fresh-faced little maiden, who
had taken no part in the conversation.
Il? Oh, well, have no accomplish
ments, but | can write on the tyne.
writer like mad. / learned how to do
it so as to help father with his articles
last winter when his secretary was ill,
got interested in it and kept it IN
until father says really am an ex
pert"
Good little girl! You are the only
one who could put bread and butter
in her mouth if every girl in the
room awoke to find herself penniless
tomorrow"
but, dear spinster-Lady, we can't
all be typewriters. What would you
have us do?"
Il would have every schoolgirl
taught some practical branch SO thai
she could support herself should the
occasion arise.
IF you study music study it thor
oughly, SO as to be able to impart your
| knowledge to others
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-19
Blouse OF Alur1ir1i,g,, AN

Aluminium silk has been used rath.
cr sparingly hitherto Ii the shape Of
girdles and sashes. Now Ii has come
out in blouse form ana the result is de.
cideliy attractive. One blouse of this.
silk IL made on tailored shirt lines
with broad aat plaits and is relieved
at the throat by a fold Of purple vel
vet beneath a frill Of maline lace. n
more elaborate style this SILK is ad.
mirable for wear with : suit Of graz
ottoman silk or d coat of gray sur.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-19
White House Familiar to Mrs. Taft.

White House Familiar to Mrs. Tart.
Mrs. Taft is more familiar with the
White House than was any woman
who has ever been called upon to pre-
side over it. Her first visit to Wash
ington was as the guest of Mrs. Hayes,
wife of President Rutherford B. Hayes,
to whom she was related She was
very young then, being still school
girl, and she acknowledges she can
feel the thrills which passed through
her while standing close behind Mrs.
Hayes on one of her afternoon recep-
tons, at the insistence of Aunt
Lucy"
Later on she was the guest of Pres
ident and Mrs. Harrison, being also a
relative of the latter. During Mr..
Taft's service as secretary of war she
has been a familiar visitor in the
White House, and has, as a matter of
fact, had the honor of first lady of
the land actually grow upon her.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-19

while the southern states suffer
the stigma of night riders we cannot
justly point the finger of scorn at any
nation on earth" says the Pilot. And
while there is so much crime and law
lessness here in the north none of us
can afford to point the finger of scorn
at the southern states. Pointing the
finger of scorn is poor business, any
way, remarks the Boston Globe 1t is
a great deal better to be charitable to
our neighbours shortcomings and to do
all in our power to correct our own.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-19
BLAMING the Teeth.

1t is to the teeth that the patholo-
gist should first look for an explana-
ton of those emotional crises in the
lives of all of us which assume now
the form of an exaggeration of the SEN
timent of romantic love. again an in
classification of insomnia, and some
times a development of religious sensi-
bility to the boundary line of mania,
if Current Literature may be trusted.
Not only is toothache the cause, but
disease of a dental nature involving
no pain whatever to the victim works
it's havoc and leads men and women
to Warehouses; and domestic miseries
and every kind of excess.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-19
seek Proper Championship.

Life's best school is living with PEG.
pie. Living alone nourishes much
that is not good and beautiful in hui
man nature. 1t promotes selfishness.
It gives self-conceit an undue oppor.
tunity for growth and development.
1t permits us to do too much as we
please, which is bad training for any
one of us. One can never grow into
tSale nobleness of character. sweetness
of disposition and beauty of life living
in solitude R. Miller.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-19
The upturned sailor

While the mushroom hat prevails in
all fabrics and on all kinds of heads,
the woman who cannot wear one has
rebelled
There are many faces that look
their worst under hat with scoop
brim that turns down all around. For
her there is the new fashion of the
upturned sailor. It's rim is wide. OF
regular shape, but instead of fitting
down it Tits up. 1t is very becoming
and shows the new couture to better
advantage than the mushroom hat
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-19
no keep an BE on Laundrles.

The health Office of Washington has
issued an edict, declaring that wash
arwomen, laundrymen and all persons
doing washing for hire shall be SUBJ
jected to regular and frequent inspec-
ton. And every person who launders
for pay the clothing, sheets, pillow
cases, tablecloths or similar articles
belonging to any person viii be re-
quired to register his or her address at
the health Office. New York Amer
lean.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-19

through with pale green brocade. A
green galloon to match the lining
edges the neck, down the front, and
round the sleeves of coat. IA velvet
strap of a darker green is sewn Ia at
the neck, and cord ornaments ana
cord of the same color add trimming
to each side of front.
Materials required: Five yards 4S-
inch wide cloth, six yards galloon.
eight yards brocade, one-eighth ward
velvet, six cord ornaments, one ward
cord.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-19

from the furniture and the floors, and
the curtains hung in their places at
the windows and the portieres at the
doors a few weeks ago the only new
thing to be found was the clean white
paint of the woodwork. This is all
spick and span, but there were no
new furnishings, and not even any
new gold paint upon the little chairs
which the distinguished companies at
the musicales occupy in the great east
room.
This being the last year of one adj
ministration, and as the forthcoming
one is to be dominated by another, the
house will remain as it is, all changes
and improvements to be made by the
incoming family.
This winter will be the gayest seen
since the first winter of Mr.. Roose-
velt's presidency, when his elder
daughter was presented to society, as
history will repeat itself in the mat
ter of the presentation of the young
er daughter. The President and Mrs.
Roosevelt will have ball for Miss
Ethel, as they had for Miss Alice
Roosevelt, now Mrs. Longworth.
This will be given December %,
and the second daughter will dance
her way into society as the first daugh-
ter did, in that historic room where
Abigail Adams dried her clothes, and
which never saw the light fantastic
until the Harrison administration,
when Mrs. Mckee gave coti1lion.
In addition to Miss Ethels ball,
there will be dinners, luncheons, and
breakfasts and receptions in quick and
strenuous succession, from the first of
December until March 4, when Mrs.
Roosevelt will turn over the household
affairs to her successor as the first
lady of the land.
The rooms of Miss Ethel Roosevelt,
on the north side OF. the mansion,
would never be recognized by the older
generation who were familiar with the
apartment of Nellie Grant.
1t is more than likely that Miss
Helen Taft. who will be her success
or as White House debutante, will
be assigned to these rooms.
Instead of being a ROOM it is
now suite, for during the improve
ments to the mansion few years ago,
sitting room and bath were added
to Nellie Grants former room, and
the suite was done over in the most
girlish of pale. blues, with silk hang
ings and silver ornaments.
1t is no secret that Mrs. Taft will
dispense almost constant hospitality
during her regime as first lady of the
land, for she has such hosts of per-
sonal friends in official life and cut
of it, and in the army and navy cir
cles, that it will necessarily keep her
busy to see and entertain them.
1t has already been limited that she
will restore to their places on the
| White House social calendar the pop
ular afternoon receptions to women,
which was the custom of the mistress
of the White house for many admins
trations until they were discon-
tinued by Mrs. Roosevelt. Mrs. Taft
will follow the precedent established
by Mrs. Roosevelt of making music
one of the features Of the
seasons entertaining in the
White House.
Helen Taft SssfESs4E9a
will make ssInIIHl7Ess = = : ~ FL
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-19
Gnaminn His WAY.

Nature knew that the rat would
want to spend half his time gnawing
and she therefore provided him with
the right kind of teeth to do it. A
boy caught rat and boxed it up, and
in the course of a week the rodent
gnawed hole through oak planks
nailed together until there was a
thickness of Is inches. The hole waa
almost as round and smooth as car
ponter could have made.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-19
The Luncheon Anrnn

The luncheon apron of white lawn
is quite short with 12-inch hounce,
trimmed with hemstitched border.
The wide bib comes over the shoulder
in a Gibson plait effect and is made
with a white collar, much on the or
der of waitress apron. A narrow
fold down the center of the bib is
edged with narrow ruf1e of the
material, with narrow hem, trimmed
with extremely narrow lace.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-19

Everything comes in fashion If you
only wait long enough. The latest
news from New York is that it is no
longer stylish to have ones letter
paper adorned with a monogram. It
must be marked with thumb print.
The new style differs from the
old only in that the thumb print must
be engraved and printed in gold or
silver about half an inch from the
top of the page. 1t would be much
more distinctive and individual, thinks
Youths Companion, If each person
marked his own paper by the actual
print of his thumo.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-19
Buttonho!es on Thi, Aa.+Ar,.,

= clever woman has found that
wen she makes buttonholes in soft
liu is.I it IS very good idea to rub
little paste, made Of -four and va.
set, On the wrong side. This win give
, : urn surface to work upon and ob.
$3.50 .a,ss 1he possibility Of cutting a hut /
eoanoie too large. OF course, tha
p''see Wan not discoIor the fabric
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-19
Give short-WaIsted i oaL

The wide armhole appears on MANY
bodices of the Japanese order, with
high draped centuries, sashed at one
side. These deep belts give a short.
wasted look to skirts that are not
princess in effect. for all skirts mnst
conform to the short-waisted asnaos
that is now essential. pees
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-19

Hereafter men will think twice be-
fore they spend half-dime, for the
other day half-dime Of the issue of
1902 sold for $715. But after they
have thought twice they will spend it.
for there are not any more coins like
that in circulation.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-19

Prof. Goodwin of New York, who
thinks that the organization of the
public schools of the largest cities
must be revolutionized, says that he
would form the pupils into groups, one
for learning trades, another for prepa
tion for commercial life, and third
for the college and university. 1t is
so easy for ten-year-oid boy to de,
eide whether he is going to be a
haberdasher or a minister!
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-19
A distinguished Methodist preacher

A distinguished Methodist preacher,
Rev. Charles Goodell, expresses a
somewhat prevalent notion when he
rises to remark that if the superfluous
money of Mr.. Carnegie and of Mr..
Rockefeller is really tainted it is in.
cumbent on the churches to take it
and relieve it of it's faint.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-19

A British medical investigator ad.
vances the theory that high speeding
checks the tuberculosis germ in chauf-
feurs. 1t is, however, also conducive
to sudden deaths for the intersecting
part of the population.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-19

or thu 1,125,00O persons in Berlin
who support themselves or themselves
and families only 5s,611, or less than
on per cent. have incomes of STA or
more a year. About 1,066,00O have
less than that amount and more than
half Of these even less than $214 a
year.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-19

Why should the merits of the pro-
posed model husband contest in Chi
cago be based solely on their CON-
parative speed in buttoning up the
backs of the embroidered shirt waists
Of their respective wives? Has the
good temper displayed by them while
performing the task and their ready
compliance in undertaking it as often
as requested nothing to do with it?
Yea, rather!
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-19
EVENING COAT Of SOFT CLOTH.
In White, Lined Throughout with Pale
Green Brocade.

For coat of this description soft
cloth is the best material. II Is cut an
in one, with the sleeves reaching to,
the wrist in front, and shaped TO q.
point and reaching to the hem at the
back. It is IN white cloth, lined
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-19

ton is all direct
ed toward the
family next to &C.
cupy the house,
and, in fact, to
the historic old
mansion itself.
1t is really the
most fascinating
sort of a home,
aside from the
limelight which
never dims. When
the linen covers
were rem We d
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-19

In the presence of an ordinary crop
failure one may remain unmoved, but
It lis grievous indeed to learn that the
recent forest fires will cause a short
age of Christmas trees. The least that
Santa Claus can do in such circum.
stances is to permit good children to
hang up more than one stocking.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-19

Every American girl is a queen, &C.
cording to the old song, but they can
not all have warships to accompany
them on their journeys back to the
homes of their husbands, like some
that might be mentioned.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-12-19

A Japanese lady of rank, who has
been travelling in this country, saya
American women are unhappy and dis.
contented, and she ascribes this to the
fact that they are so well taken care
of that they miss in their lives the
stimulating influence of little neg.
lect. The inference is that If their
husbands beat them now and then
they would be more in position to
appreciate their happiness.