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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-06-04
Valuation Of Properties Fixed.

The Wisconsin state tax commits
sion, acting as the state board of as
sessment announced that it had fixed
the preliminary valuation of the prop
erty Of street railway companies and
light, heat and power companies in
Wisconsin at $36,O98, 00O
The valuation is fixed for the pur-
pose Of determining the amount OF
taxes that shall be paid by this prop
erty. This is the first time the com
mission has fixed the value of this
property and this determination is
subject to correction or change after
hearings to be held from May S8 to
July l. After the final valuation is
found the taxes will be levied and ap-
portioned among the different assess
ment districts in which the property
is located. The law provides that
these taxes shall be paid to the state
treasury and IS per cent. of it re
turned to the different assessment
districts in which the property is 10
Gated
The preliminary valuations placed
on the different companies is as fol,
lows:
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-06-04
Premiums and
a9cpGGpputS
Totals ........... 81 ,G71, 721.35 $4,8O5. 1876

According to the census of 1908,
the population of the state was 1925
949," says the report "The total of
546,676 policies Of insurance upon the
lives of citizens in the state shows
one policy to every four persons, in
Guiding men, women and children, APP
proximately one policy to every adult
citizen in the state" The receipts dur
ing the year were 1868, 1888, of which
$425, 49OO7 came from life insurance
companies. The expenses of the de-
partment were $26,251 85-$16,1 24 SO
being paid in salaries
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-06-04
Wake Up!
By REV. A. c. DIXON, D. D..
Pastor of the Chicago Ave. (Moody'sl
Church. Chicago.

Awake. awake; put on thy strength.
o Zion. lis. 52:1.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-06-04

Madison.-A lengthy defense Of the
drastic legislation which resulted in
the withdrawal of % insurance COM
panies from the Wisconsin field Is the
feature of the annual report Of George
=. Beedle, commissioner of insurance,
which was made public. Although
eight withdrawing companies failed to
report, and some Of the other with
drawing companies filed only partial
reports, Mr.. Beedle bases his approx
innate statistics on the assumption
that the business in force in the with
drawing companies was the same at
the end Of 1907 as at the end Of 1906.
lie presents this table:
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-06-04

Railway Company ................s 1000
Bel0it Traction company. 10000
(, Power company 100000
Duluth Street Railway company. 100000
Eastern Wisconsin Railway &
Light company Observation-Disclosures. 100000
Green Bay Traction company. 1000
GAINESVILLE Street Railway COM
pany Observation-Disclosures. 10000
pany Observation-Disclosures. 200, 900
RAILWAY company ................ $4,000
La Crosse City Railway company. 100000
company ......................... 5000
& Traction company -. $50, 900
pany ....................... 10000
Light Company ................ 1900 GOO
ton com Company ................... 100000
company ...................e....... 100000
Company Observation-Disclosures. ~. :, 80. $4,000
way way Company com ~. : - $4,000
Company ''so.,s $4,000
pany '........ $500 $4,000
Waupaca Electric Light & Rail-
way company neutrality-suspicious.. oo,UUU
Wausau Street Railroad COM
pany tU,oUV
Wfnnebago Traction company. $4,000
Wisconsin Traction. Light, Heat
& Power company ............... lo-o,UUo
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-06-04

The increase in policies is placed at
33,O05, with insurance of $23,046,17O, q
percentage Of increase Of Al. The
business in force on December 81,
1907, is given as 546,331 policies,
amounting to S541,611,112 The in
crease in premiums and assessments
was 1907, 722.37, while the increase in
claims paid was $123,86692 Premi-
ums and assessments collected and
claims paid in 1907 were:
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-06
An NIFE0VTSED cOENEE CLOSET
Ee-On DENOEArr<E <ONSf

bound in pale green or yellow or white,
to accord with the other fittings, but IN
any case the light colors are always
the daintiest. and pink and blue seem
the most suitable colors, as they do for
lingerie ribbons.
Then, of course, there are the towels.
which must also be mOnOgrammed IN the
dominant color or IN white. They are
trimmed or plain as fancy dictates. but.
like the bedding. are as fine and OF as
good quality as the pocketbOOk permits
In preparing for the bed drapery, II a
schoolgirl possesses a suite instead OF a
single room in which the bed serves as
a couch also. the canopy is not so much
used as formerly. But sometimes the
rail at the back OF the bed IS covered
with thin white drapery to match the
dressing table. and in one OF the Illus
tratiOns there is a most attractive ar
rangement of dotted null drapery for
little wooden bed. which is placed side
ways 10 the wall. This Is a compare
lively new idea, and a very pretty one,
for bed placed IN this way is not usu-
ally very attractive, and yet the shape
OF the room frequently makes another
arrangement difficult
Ingenious devices for increasing the
supply OF closet room are most import
ant to the schoolgirl. Her time Is lin
tied, and il ever the adage, "a place
for everything and everything In its
place" applied II does to her neces-
stiles. She can not be continually ar
ranging her boxes, closets and drawers.
and so it is needful for her to have
enough receptacles OF different sorts
for her clothes and other belOn gings to
make system and order easy OF ac-
complishment- Therefore convenient
bags and boxes and receptacles or all
sorts are a very necessary part OF the
outfit of a comfortable room.
Nothing in the way of an improvised
closet could be much Itore attractive
than the corner closet shown in the
Illustration. which can be put UP cutie
satisfactorily by any carpenter There
is shelf across the top and an Orna-
mented frame, which Is enameled or
painted In the same way as the rest OF
the room. The closet shown has also a
slight ornamentation. which Is by no
means necessary. Not only IS q good
deal of extra room Afforded By such
a closet. but there Is an attractive
corner shelf as well.
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tinted apartment could not fall to take
on character and color from this
amount Of uniform fittings.
Usually a girl whose school is rep
resented by any one color, combination
OF colors or by a floral emblem has
leaning toward these colors or designs
as a part OF her room decorations. The
problem is 20 make them harmonize
with the rest of the furnishings and
TO have II as original and effective as
possible.
In the decoration shown in the Illus
trations the school colors have been
used. They are blue and tan. the dark
color being used for the design on a
light ground of natural linen color. The
curtains and covers Gre made of crash,
the application being of linen. Many
girls make these sets for their own
room as IL is interesting and not diff1-
cult work, although. of course, 1t takes
some time
Not only may ones own colors be
used in this way. but an original de-
sign may also be readily carried out
The talented school girl Of today gen
orally prefers 10 make her own design
as we'll as TO do the actual work Of
making. Crash, denim or linen is used
for this sort OF hangings, the couch
cover and cushions being made OF the
same except that the colors are some
times reversed and the dark color with
out any trimming is used for the couch
cover and the cushions. In fact II Is
not usual to have decoration on all of
the cushions and the couch cover or
all of the other covers in the same
room, because If carried out on every
thing the design sometimes becomes
tiresome. The materials, however may
be the same.
Both striped and Powered chintzes
and cretonnes are also used for these
sets Of covers, and here is an oppor-
tunity for using the school flower
which. by the way, may also be worked
in, If plain colors are used for hang
ings and covers in the appliqued de-
sign. Such designs are frequently cut
from chintz or cretonne and appiiqued
to the plain linen q a border
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-06
81 Ioe'Aa @;sz 4rs As5S!s'FS seaooE cSr> e.

The tall girl who bends forward In
shaking hands will find that the motion
of leaning TO a person carries with 1t,
by some occult process, the inclination
to please. as If body and heart were
harmoniously reaching out together in
greeting. And this makes a delightful
impression which is strongly felt, for
all OF us are tremendously susceptible
to the manner In which We are ap-
preached.
There is q mot to do" manner of
shaking hands which, in plain parlance.
may be described as fabby. This is the
inert, limp handshake which always
seems perfunctory and indicative of in
difference; whereas the ideal ~handshake
is the light, live pressure which con-
veys agreeable things.
OF paramount Importance among the
MOTTO dos" is the air of self-con-
sciousness. IT is so prevalent among
girls in general that the exceptional
few without 1T are JOY to encoun-
ter And they would be delightfully."-
ing game Of thinking more about
others and less about themselves.
To leave a room or a piazza is a
painful trial to many sensitive girls,
because they fancy that all eyes are
on them, but as a matter Of fact few.
IL any, are watching or thinking of
them, and this applies to most of their
movements under ordinary conditions.
A very self conscious girl suffers
acutely, and so unnecessarily that 1t is
pitiful. She is usually shy and awk-
ward TO the point of being gauche,
magnifies trides and is far from at
tractive. while secretly longing to be
a success.
One girl OF this type who is being
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coached these days for her debut next
season is being constantly told by a
rather serious minded and analytical
chaperon to "be herself Tho words
are not new to her, for she recalls
having, in her childhood, written doz-
ems of times in her copy book the sue
cinct phrase, BE thyself." But the
nor do they now. given as an admoni-
tion by her chaperon. She has always
supposed she was herself-too much
so, indeed-and now Instructed to be-
come more so, founders about In
wretched lf-consciousness, unaware
because unenlightened as to the true
and broad meanings of the trenchant
phrase.
Surrounding the cradles of some
lucky girls there may be fairies who
endow them at their birth with social
graces, but the average young person
is not so blessed; so If she wishes
does not?--she must give the matter
no little attention
Suppose then she adopts the idea of
studying what not to do. If she care
fully watches girls who are in society
she will soon be discovering that some
Of them have ways which might be
far more pleasing II they took a little
pains-that some OF them are thought
less. or selfish, or awkward. or indif-
ferent, or shrill voiced, or bold and
grasping.
If seeing these undesirable traits
and the unpleasant effect of them on
others. girl Is clever enough to avoid
them herself, who shall say that she
will not blossom into the fatal fas-
cinator' which every girl in her secret
heart longs to bel
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howered chintz is sometimes arorded
by the use of blue cushions. But the
blue and pink must be of the kind that
harmonize and there must always be
green cushion to pull the two chintzes
together, or rather a green and blue or
pink and blue of not too obvious de-
sign and of perfectly harmonizing
shades.
Next In popularity after the room
hangings made with appliqued trim
mings are those of crash, linen, ETC..
trimmed with braid. In this field also
the schoolgirl finds room for her indi-
yidual talent in designing and her skill
In needlework. Both wide and narrow
braids are used for this purpose, and
this style Of trimmings figures with
equal success on couch pillows, curtains
and table covers
Aside from the pillow covers the
schoolgirl must be prepared to furnish
her own pillows, and these are always
great point of pride with her, for
there is as much skill required to make
perfectly comfortable couch as is said
to be required to make a perfect cup of
coffee. The perfection in the latter and
the arrangement of comfortable
couch are two of those apparently easy
things to which the average person
does not attain. Perfect couch fur
nishing requires not only number Of
dellciously soft pillows of sizes and
Shapes sufficiently various, but also sew
eral rather large and hard pillows to
go at the back, so that there will be a
really solid support for the softer ones.
Next to the fittings which have just
been described the most important item
or furnishing in the schoolgirls room
are the delicate. hlmy draperies for
dressing table and window, to go next
the glass inside the heavier curtains.
frequently these are made to match
and very often also the bed fittings are
part of the set
Happy the schoolgirl who on her ar
rival In the dormitory can produce from
her trunk first a set of heavy hangings
and covers, such as have just been
described, and then two or more sets
OF delicate white covers and draperies
which harmonize in design and trim
mings with the heavier things and
give the charming feminine touch
which the girls room should never be
without. For both window curtains and
dressing table the dotted and embroid-
cred muls and striped and plaid sheer
fabrics are popular More fashionable.
however, Just at the moment are the
big meshed nets which are trimmed
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-06

and the temperature OF ths water has
dropped several degrees II II Is imme-
diately followed by a brisk and pro-
longed rubbing with a rough towel IN
a bathhouse which may be temporarily
heated with large coal oil lamp.
The sea bath should be taken at
least two hours before or after a meal,
which Is also an excellent time to Ill
the stomach with pure. cool-not iced
water that has been properly altered
A quantity OF water will serve to wash
out the stomach ana clear it OF that
accumulation OF bile which, more than
any other internal deran ngement. Affects
the complexion and ages the eyes un-
der which dark blue rings are certain
to form.
Because OF its invigorating qualities
the best substitute for a sea bath Is
one that may be taken IN a tub half
filled with tepid water. which. after
one has stepped into 1t. IS gradually
cooled until II has become intensely
cold- After that the body should be
roughly rubbed with a Turkish towel
until II Is as pink as that OF a week
OLD infant This treatment will perma-
nently improve the complexion as well
as the figure. for cold baths are the
best or all flesh redUcers, as they do
not cause sudden emaciation or give
the face worn and haggard appear
ance.
Too much attention can not be de-
voted TO the laundering OF bath towels.
1t Is not sufficient to have them rubbe1'
and wrung out. They should be boiled
separately from the other household
linen. thoroughly rinsed. then dried IN
the wind. but not ironed. for that tends
TO make them smooth. Similar treat
ment should be accorded to the daily
fresh wash cIothn
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Ok1OUNC GIRLS >&a..zm MOTHER

ing must be done regularly. for muscles
have a way OF contracting during long
intervals of rest.
Sometimes a. natural fear of the
water may be overcome by the time
the bather has acquired a good swim
ming stroke. AS the daring thus de-
veloped not only serves to brighten the
eyes but the entire expression of the
face, swimming Is an accomplishment
to be recommended to timid, insipid
looking girls, as 1t will help to bring
out whatever latent courage they may
possess.
Fresh air, salt water and cheerful
companionship combined are excellent
remedies for a sallow skin While
the cuticle may be bleached with harm
less chemicals or with fruit juices. bet
ter all round results are obtained from
the open air exercise, the ability to
laugh and to digest food. Swimming
followed by a romp on the sands. will
not only tone up the spirits but aid
the digestion, which has no more ac-
curate exterior barometer than the
complexion.
Women who indulge in sea bathing
for health rather than recreation
should make a point Of rising early
Is young. the sunshine not too dazzling
and the air untainted. Thus one
promptly gets rid of all the impurities
that have collected upon the skin
during the night and acquires an ap-
petite for breakfast. which is really
the most important meal OF the day.
Usually people who have been ac-
customed to surf bathing throughout
the summer suffer somewhat from the
reaction which sets I'm when deprived
of that exercise. The daily dip In the
sea may be continued for some weeks
after the season Is actually ever with
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-06

with applications cut from chintz or
cretonne or with braiding or plain ap-
plique. Facings Of ribbons are also
used both for sash curtains and dress
Ing table covers as we'll as for bed
spreads. OF all these trimmings the
braiding is the newest and is very at
tractive, besides having the additional
advantage of laundering particularly
well. For the dressing table the mar
row braiding may be used on the ruff
fed cover in the same design as the
heavy applique or beading used on the
heavier couch fittings and window
hangings. The bed may have ruf1ed
ruffied pillow slips, also braided.
Either sash curtains or long white
curtains braided In the same manner
will complete a most charming set The
braiding is not usually on the ruf1e
itself, but is inside on the corners or
around the edge. There are. OF course,
many more elaborately trimmed sets
which have the braiding on the ruffie
as well. The braiding is usually entire
ly In white. but sometimes little pale
blue or pink braid is used at the cor
ners. Besides the ruffied sets there are
most fascinating sets hand worked and
trimmed with bands OF fllet lace. The
most popular kind of a dressing table
for a schoolgirl is one which has a
glass top set over a fine openwork
cover or one so shaped as to make the
use of a ruff1ed cover possible. AS to
the bed trimmings. in boarding school
or college dormitories, bed and couch
are one and the same, so no draperies
or fancy coverlids are needed for the
bed. But when this is the case the
schoolgirl is just as particular about
her sheets and pillow cases as when
the bed is more in evidence. 2 nd they
must be OF fine linen, hemstitched and
monogrammed if she is to be as daint-
lily fitted out as she would wish.
Fine blankets, too. are a very neces-
sary item in the bedding outfit. Almost
all girls who so away to school take
their own. and they are usually most
attractive part of the outfit. Very fine
blankets. bound in blue or pink silk
and monogrammed in the same. are the
favorites for young girls rooms. and
they are so pretty that IL seems a pity
they should be so seldom seen. The
girl who has decided color scheme in
her room may object to the pink and
blue and prefer to have her blankets
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-06

~ CLEVER young girl who was
one os the most successful Of
II last winter debutantes achieved
a large part OF her attractive
social manner by BtudiousIy learning
what not 10 do
She evolved the idea herself out Of
her own pretty head and astonished her
mother, who was carefully instructing
her IN the way she should go, by an
noUncing that she intended to learn as
well the way she should not go. This
seemed a good deal like putting the
cart before the horse, yet il proved an
admirable notion, for the girl became
extremely observing. never lost an op-
pOrtunity 10 watch the manners Of the
girls who were out" and carefully
made notes OF the things they did
which to her seemed unattractive
One OF the most Objectionable Of the
mot to dos" she decided. was a stiff,
expresssonless manner. Tall girls, she
observed, were often stin Just because
their height gave them an ungraceful,
unbendlng air She was tall herself
but her ambition was TO be graceful
and TO be gracious as well. and one of
the ways TO acquire both of these
things. she saw, was to cultivate the
habit OF bending forward with an eager,
interested air and smiling when meet
ing and greeting people.
She never Imagined al there was IN
mere bending TIL she got this idea.
Prom the time II was borne in on her
she began 10 practice II. with the result
that her inclined TO be stiff back began
70 become willowy and supple, and in
stead OF the polxerlike young person she
had been she took on charming airs OF
grace anc graciousness.
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many reasons in addition to
being able to help herself In
case of accident" remarked the April
Grandmother as she leveled her
,lorgnette at young girl who was
moving along with both arms we'll
lifted above the water Nowadays
more Of them swim we'll than was
formerly the case. and the accomplish
ment SO fascinates me that whenever I
have an opportunity to watch q woman
who apparently is at ease in the water
all sorts of silly myths come to mind.
notably that one about Beauty being a
daughter of the waves and the light
evidently the ancients believed that
water and sunshine had much to do
with the development of the feminine
physique. There is no doubt that swim
ming is most beneficial. as 1t brings
into play many otherwise unused
muscles OF the upper arm, especially
If the swimmer Is able to proceed for
a long distance.
THE exercise will certainly help to
increase the size of the legs il. imme
diately after leaving the surf the
swimmer discards her shoes and runs
about for a time on the sands. although
a sharp lookout should be kept for
broken bottles and tin can relics OF
al fresco beach lunches. which have
frequently seriously wounded the bare
feet of the unwary bather. In case a
swimmer deems 1t undignffied to run
about the beach In bathing garb and
with uncovered feet she may COM
promise by rapidly walking up and
down. using her tiptoes as much as is
possible. as that also helps to develop
leg muscles. But the running or walk
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couch cover of the howered chintz, and
the cushions plain or part of them plain
and part Powered.
Striped and f1owered chintz are also
used in the same room. and frequently
with more effect than when one is used
throughout. They must not be bought
without any reference to each other,
however, but must be most carefully
chosen so thai the colors and designs
harmonic. The colors should, In fact,
be on the same order. For instance,
green and white or green and tan
striped cushions may be used on a pink
lowered chintz couch, In which there
are green leaves or a green background
OF the same shade as that I'm the cush-
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ions. The design also must not be too
striking and obvious in both OF the
chintzes.
In conforming the plain with the
howered chintz for these furnishings 1t
is not necessary by any means to use
the plain material in the,most dominant
note of the cretonne. For instance, a
most effective combination with a pink
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instead of plain material being used for
the applique.
Usually these sets of fittings, when
made of lowered material, have plain
linen or denim mingled with them. II,
for instance, lowered cretonne hang
ings are used, the table covers may be
of plain green or blue linen with a
border OF the fowered material, the
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VERY woman should learn
the art of swimming for
many reasons In addition to
hefnc ahIa IN helm herself In