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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-10-22

ROuen.
Dearest Mama: It is midnight. and
l must tell you the most astonishing
piece of news. We came here with
uncle last night and all this morning
We we're out with him. When we came
home and unlocked our room we
found Lee sitting by the window. But
he doesn't want uncle to know. 1t
was fortunate that uncle's room Is
across the hall. for | screamed. We
couldn't see how he get in. but he
says that he has bent a b~uttoNhcof
SC that he can travel all Owe Europe.
1t seems he never meant to go to
Russia at all: but he doesn't want
uncle to know. He say he thinks
Russia is a good place for uncle to
imagine him in. We had such fun!
We told him all about the voyage and
all about uncle. He says NJ. Sibilet's
mother is bis wife-He married her
for money. Lee is really going yacht
ing. but he doesn't want uncle to
know. While we were talking, uncle
TarTed and ee had to set into the
wardrobe while uncle Came in and
read US a lecture. When we were in
the cathedral to-day he found a man
he used to know in school. ard lie
was utterly overjoyed until he saw
that the mar had a son. and then, Of
course, he was worried over the son.
so he came in tonight TO tell us that
II he discovered any skylarking he
should at once give up a Friendship
which had always meant more to him
than we young things could possibly
imagine. He said We must understand
that he'd have no sort Of foOlishness
going on and at that the wardrobe
creaked so awfully that Edna had a
1T Of coughing and | didn't know what
i should have if he kept on. He
didn't go until it was high lunch-time,
and | was afraid Lee would have to
stay in the wardrobe until he smoth-
cred.
We lunched with uncle, Mr.. Porter
and Mr.. Porter. Jr.. and afterward we
visited the church OF the Bon-Secours
and the monument to Jeanne dare.
She stands on top, her hands man.
acled. with her big, frightened eyes
staring sadly and steadily out over
the town where she met death
Uncle admired her so much that he
tripped on n of the sheep that are
carved on the steps and after that he
didn't admire anything or anybody.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-10-22
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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-10-22

Immense Shoal OF Herr'n9s.
A shoal of behring's is sometimes
Ave or six miles long and Two or three
miles broad.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-10-22
FREED At LAST
From the Awful Tortures Of Kidney
Disease.

Mrs. Rachel Ivie, Henrietta. Texas,
says: 81 would be ungrateful if did
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-10-22
Next Day.

We went to Jumieges to-day. Uncle
found it in the %guide-book and we
took an IL o'clock train. Mr.. Porter
and his son were late and just had
1ime to get into the rear third-class
coach. Uncle was much distressed
until We came to Yainville, where the
train stopped and they got out. Uncle
wanted them to get in with us and
he talked so forcibly on the subject
that the train nearly started again
before MIR. Porter could make him
understand that Yainville is where
o get off for Jumieges.
! do wish it wasn't so hard to turn
Uncle's ideas another way when he's
got them all wrong.
Yainyille has a red brick depot on
she edge of a pleasant, rolling prairie,
but there is a little green omnibus to
hvphenate it with Jumieges. We
were q very tight fit inside, for Of
course we could only sit in uncle's lap
and didn't suggest it, SO ! had to hold
Edna; and Mr.. Porter and his %
knew uncle we'll enough not to sug-
gest taking her. l thought that we
should never get there, and it was so
tantalizing, for the country became
beautiful and we could only see it in
little triangular bits between shnul,
GERS and hats. Young Mr.. Porter
wanted to get out and walk, but uncle
said. Young man. when you are as
old as | am, you will know as much
as l do" so he gave up the idea. |
do believe we were coOped up for a
solid hour before we finally rolled
down a little bit of a hill into a little
bit of a village and climbed stifly out
into the olen air.
We all had TO cry oIt with wonder
and admiration. it was really SO won
derful. On one side were the hills.
with the Seine winding off toward
Paris, and on the other side was the
wood. with the ragged ruins OF the
abbey-church walls towering up out
of the loftiest foliage. Uncle thought
we had better go and see all there
was to be seen directly. SO we walked
off down the little road with a funny
feeling of being partly present and
partly past, but very well content.
The story goes that one of the an,
cient French kings took two young
princes of a rival house, crippled
them, put them on a boat and set
them afoat at Paris. They drifted
down the current as far as this spot
and here they n rescued. They
founded a monastery III gratitude qnd
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-10-22

After breaking a S. bill the pieces
are soon lost.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-31
Hop TO Line a Standing Wardrobe

/ ever shade harmonizes best with the room
itself. One layer of cotton wadding or a
double thickness of cheesecloth, basted to
the sateen before it is tackled to the
drawer will make a softer, more attrac-
tive surface against which to place the
lingerie and thin blouses. Not only the
bottom but the foar sides of q drawer
as well should be covered if the effect is
to be altogether perfect. There should be
the same faint perfume of sandalwood
or lavender from tiny ribbon scent bags
tackled at each corner of the drawer as is
used in the wardrobe.
A hanging closet should always be
white, in order that it may be as light as
possible, that each garment may be To-
Gated at once when wanted. A girl can
easily paint a closet herself, but if it is
not too large a white sateen wall cover
ing is most attractive and is not hard to
tack on. Of course, the larger a closet
can be the better, but it is astonishing
how much space can be evolved in very
small space by a clever arrangement of
bars hooks and shelves.
A bar across the closet will hold any
number of hangers for waists and gowns,
keeping the clothes at the same time in
best possible condition if they are care
fully hung up. One row of skirt hooks
must be allowed for row of ordinary
hooks at the back of the closet and a
shelf at the top and generally one at the
side for boxes can be squeezed into the
smallest closet. On the door should be
put two hat hooks for the morning hats,
which do not need to be carefully put
away in boxes each time they are taken
off, and below this two rows of boot
hangers or holders. All these different
kinds of hooks and hangers can be OBJ
tanned at almost any department or hard
ware store. To be made even more at
tractiye the bars and hangers should all
be bound with white or colored ribbon
or strips of sateen, or else given a coat
of white, pink or blue enamel paint.
Then when all the various boxes are COW
cred to match with paper of the pattern
and color of that on the walls of the
bedroom the closet will be a vision of
delight every time the door is opened.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-31

goes out in octagon shape, forming deep
box with cover on hinges.
This table may have either four
straight legs or a centre support with
broad base in Colonial design. In some
the support is column and in others
heavy curved piece of the mahogany. The
antique Martha Washington tables are
really valuable possessions, but some of
the modern copies are extremely good and
the design is just the same as the old
ones, while, of course, they are much less
expensive than the originals.
But this is not the only kind of antique
mahogany sewing table. There are others
that are just the same design without
the side boxes, and still others that follow
the same general idea with many varla-
tons of detail. All of these tables are
charming and a great addition to any
girls room. If the table is to be bought
it is we'll to follow any idea that is already
represented in the room. For instance,
if a girl has an old fashioned mahogany
four post bed with carved spiral posts,
she should chose table with legs carved
in the same way. Some of them have
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-31
Practical Talks by the April GRANDMOTHER

ing to skip over so deity that in appear
ance, at least, the intermediate state be-
tween girlhood and grandmotherhood win
soon cease to exist.
Because a stout throat decreases the
apparent height and increases the APP
parent width of the figure the girl who
desires to look willowy should eliminate
sugary foods from her diet, do without
tea, cocoa, coffee and water at meal time
and withstand the temptations of the
soda water fountains. She may, however,
occasionally satisfy craving for sweets
by nibbling seedless raisins or by lunch
ing on ice cream instead of hot food.
Water ices which will lower the tenn
perature at least ten degrees, help to
reduce flesh and would best be substituted
for candy, which has an evil trick Of
fattening the throat.
"Be careful to keep your head raised
and slightly thrown back, while you are
writing" advised the April Grandmother,
"for by dropping the chin over the desk
even quite a young girl soon acquires 4
wrinkled neck. If a careless teacher has
allowed you to form the habit of assum-
ing an incorrect position the quickest
method of obliterating incipient wrinkles
is to dash the neck with cold water or
rub it gently with cold cream-always
applied with the palm Of the hand.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-31

TO make an old wardrobe or mahogany
hanging closet doubly attractive 1t
should be completely lined inside with
either silk or sateen or perhaps chlntz
TO correspond with the hangings of the
room in which it stands. Nor is it at all
difficult task to line a wardrobe in this
way. some brass headed nails, hammer
and the necessary amount of material be-
ing the only requirements beyond that OF
little time and patience for the labor.
TOP. lower shelf sides and back of the
wardrobe must first be measured to de-
termine the quantity Of material to be
bought. The sateen may be tackled N
either perfectly plain all around or slight
" gathered. In case it is put on some
what full it will be necessary to first run
the material on a piece of tape at each
end like a curtain and tack this tape to
the wood at each end. One advantage in
this method is that if desired the material
can the more readily be taken off and
washed or laid away during the summer,
when not in use.
After the rough wood has all been
covered the next consideration is the bar
and clothes hangers.
The bar should have wound about it
smoothly and tightly piece of ribbon or
else strips of the material with which the
wardrobe itself is lined. The hangers
must then be all prettily covered with RIB
bon Of the same, shade as the color
scheme of the rest of the room. For
gowns and waists of perishable material,
like chiffon or lace, the stuffed hangers
made of three inch ribbon filled with
cotton wadding, the hook part of the
hanger being wound about with narrow
ribbon, is best, while for coats or plain
shirt. waists the brass hangers with the
metal simply covered with narrow ribbon
binding are best, as they prevent any
wrinkles at the back Of the jacket or
bodice.
Just a faint perfume of sandalwood, Of
lavender or of orris root will add greatly
TO the charm of this wardrobe.
Tiny ribbon bags are easily made and
filed with the perfume, which is sprinkled
between folds Of cotton wadding. A bag
should be attached at each corner OF the
closet, and still smaller bags are tied on
each hanger.
Even the most ordinary oak wardrobe
can be rendered most attractive by COW
ering the crude boards with this soft
sateen, which has also the further adj
vantage of keeping out any dust or smoke
dirt that might otherwise sift in through
cracks or knots in the wood and soil the
dainty gowns.
Instead Of plain white paper upon
wash stand shelves or in bureau drawers
a covering Of sateen or silk is infinitely
more attractive. This sateen should be
of pink, blue, yellow, pale green or what
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-31

n ARASOLS that are being laid away
for the winter should never be rolled
up and placed in tight case. A bag
of muslin, linen or perhaps chintz should
be made the required length for stick
and all to fit in and about four or hve
inches in width, and the parasol placed
loosely in this. Neither should hand
some silk umbrella remain tightly rolled
I'D when not in use, but should be Kept
in a loose bag. Silk when creased tends
TO crack along the mark, 80 that the Wlder
omen an umbrella can be left the better.
Tortoise shell umbrella handles are now
much in vogue, and the girl fortunate
enough to own so cherished possession
should keep it rolled up in cotton waddlng,
for in this frosty climate tortoise shell
will often crack just from the cold alone.
MANY of the supposed tortoise shell sticks
are in reality of bone with a shell cover
ing. and these, of course, are less perish
able and more practical for ordinary use.
The s1nartest umbrellas of the moment
have all unusually long sticks, IKE the
Directoire parasols, and really the long
handles are by far the most convenient
TO carry with the exaggeratedly wide mats
still in vogue. Care should be taken IN
purchasing an umbrella 10 see that the
rims slant well out and do not curve down
TOO much--in other words, in a way that
will not send the water dripping down
upon the hat brim. In fact, extra large
umbrellas are essential so long as these
large hats remain fashionable.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-31

I\VTHAT becomes of the lost pins in
w the world has been a question OF
w the ages, but where the numbers
If lost pocket handkerchiefs go is a prob
lem almost as mysterious. In the case of
the latter, however, it will be found that
If one is willing to take the trouble OF keep
inc n special handkerchief bag in which
each soiled handkerchief is placed and On
Monday mornings, when this bag is sent
below stairs, slip of paper is pinned to
n with the number of handkerchiefs en-
closed carefully written out, invariably
the same number will returned Even II
one or two chance 10 be missing then in
vestigation will often discover that they
have been mislaid somewhere in the mys-
terious regions of the laundry and theg
will be quickly returned.
Naturally a girl likes to have every de-
tail of her dress as nearly perfect as = os-
sible. and a coarse pocket handkerchief is
extremely ugly. but if she will take this
little extra precaution there is no reason
why the finest linen should not be carried
every day.
A pretty handkerchief bag can be made
by joining with fine lace insertion four
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-31
New Bags for Opera Glasses.

n PERA glass bags, which are now
| J being shown in the fashionable shops
are now SO very lovely that any girl
with taste for fancy work must
find them irresistibly attractive. The most
beautiful colors, fabrics and trimmings
are used, the colors are dull and elusive,
the softest old rose, pale, almost indis-
tinguishable grayish green, vague, old
blue, &c. The materials are dull, thick
silks or soft silk cashmere or wonderfully
fine silk cashmere, over this large
meshed nets in dull gold, silver or cop
per and queer blendings of the tints used
for the foundation. The bags are trimmed
with wreaths of tiny ribbon flowers and
with designs in dull paillettes. There are
also very quaint looking bags in a soft
silken wool material that is like some OF
the old fashioned fabrics. These are
trimmed with SNOWY designs in jet.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-31
! ONG before y,

old you will possess a sinewy, vel
low throat unless you exercise the
utmost care about keeping it round and
white" warned the April Grandmother
as She watched her eldest granddaughter
fest the effect of Dutch collar. There
is a vast difference between a slender
throat and a thin throat. A girl who is
naturally nervous or who constantly al
lows herself to get Over-fatigued is quite
likely to become so thin that her neck
will consist chiefly of bones and hollows,
and in order to acquire pretty, nerve
protecting plumpness she should adopt a
diet of raw eggs, milk and fresh yege-
tables. especially celery and lettuce,
which induce sleep.
beyond all else, the exceedingly slen-
der girl should avoid cold baths, as these
are tissue melting, and take her daily
dips in tepid water, rubbing the neck
with olive oil directly after the night
ablutions and then drinking a generous
glassful of warm, fresh milk.
"a fat throat is a tragedy" continued
the April Grandmother with mock solem-
nj ''It is the forerunner OF the duplex
chin, the heavy jaw and the irregular
facial outline In fact, they are three of
the salient indications of middle age-a
period which the modern woman is learn.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-31

table rendered dOubly ATTRACTIVE.
1t is generally more convenient to keep
the bottle of talcum powder on the dress
ing table near at hand than out Of reach
on the washstand shelf, but in its ordinary
tin case this would be out of the question.
With a tiny bit of silk or orocade the
width of the bottle, a pretty medallion
or small French print and few scraps
or narrow gold braid or lace, the
powder flask can be converted into a
most charming little ornament. First the
silk is stretched tightly about the bottle
and sewed up so that the joining is as
inconspicuous as possible. Next the pict-
ure is pasted on, framed with gold braid
and a band of the braid basted or pasted
at each end of the silk. As the top and
the nozzle Of these bottles are of gilt the
silk, il a pretty shade of du Barry pink or
deep yellow. is especially pretty.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-31

II HIS is the harvest time of the year
for the girl who can combine with a
certain adroitness with her needle
Just a little ingenuity. From stray
scraps of velvet and broeade, chintz and
fine muslin left by the upholsterers and
decorators who have been getting the
house in winter trim, quite wonderful
things can be made. Christmas gifts
costing the maker nothing at all yet
which will be most welcome presents can
now be turned out in great number, while
from odd left over pieces of curtain OF
chair covering can be evolved any num-
Der of ingenious ornaments for the room
which that particular hanging adorns.
Silver and heavy French gilt and
bronze picture frames are, for example,
decidedly fashionable at present, yet no
matter how heavy or costly the frame it
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-31
FOR everyday wear silver hatpins are

FOR everyday wear silver hatpins are
very popular. They are in many
shapes, some having long pentagonal
or octagonal heads, others round and fiat,
others in cubic form, &c. Most attractive
are those with chased designs. There
are also many of these silver pins set with
stones, round jade, cornelian, coral and
lapis lazuli settings being the most at
tractive. Among the handsomer pins
there are beautiful jewelled heads, very
large, and many of them set with pearla
or pearl matrix, surrounded by several
rows of brilliants. Colored stones are set
in the same manner, so that the metal
does not show at all. The fattened hem
isphere seems to be the most popular in
these handsome pins.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-31

will be no ornament if the velvet back
has worn shabby or even if the material
is of color that does not harmonic with
the rest of the room. Fortunately it Is
really a simple matter to recover the
back of any picture frame, for it will be
noticed that the silver or metal part is
attached by tiny nails or screws which
are easily removed, while if it is care
fully noted just how each part is put
together and then that part recovered
before another section is attempted the
whole will be quickly accomplished
Dextine is the best glue to use, since
when thoroughly brushed off after it has
dried and hardened, it leaves no stain on
even the most delicate texture.
In the same way silver jewel boxes and
pin cushions can be recovered or refined
with a desired color and the dressing
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-31

in sections, the threads running through
so they can be easily pulled out. This
must be hung fat on the screen by its
two upper corners.
If a girl has a small room and yet
would rather have a sewing table than
one of these screens, there is very at
tractive little mahogany table that will
fit in any room. 1t is perfectly straight
square with two little drawers and four
straight legs. Some of these little square
tables are quite plain and others are
handsomely inlaid.
One great convenience In any sewing
table is to have the drawers divided into
compartments so that the different little
things may be kept separate. When
lot of small things are loose in drawer
it almost inevitably follows that they soon
get into a good deal of confusion.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-31

| The pockets are made of the same ma
terial as the outer covering, put on with
little fulness, and an elastic in the top.
They may be of any size one chooses.
On the middle panel of three panel
screen or one side of two panel is a
little wooden shelf, fastened with chains
at the outer corners. This folds up when
the screen is put away and hangs in a
horizontal position when in use, serving
as a table to put things on. Two little
cross bars of wood have small spikes to
hold spools and under these is q strap,
sewed across in many places, to hold
papers of needles. Over the shelf are
number of hooks on which to hang
scissors, pin cushion, emery bag, tape
measure and other little things one needs.
Another very useful article is a case
for embroidery silks or thread, stitched
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-31

n b the old fashioned mahogany tables
\ the most interesting and the one a
girl Of to-day is most proud to own is
a Martha Washington sewing table. The
distinctive feature of this table is the box
or pocket on each side to hold large pieces
Of work or materials. The centre part Of
the table has two or three shallow drawers
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-31

L0dt IS useu every WbSAS IA AACoO
Nv days on gowns, linens, curtains
or any decorations for the room
has come a renewed interest
in fine sewing. The girls now growing up
are taking much more pains to learn it
than their mothers ever did, or even their
grandmothers. Indeed. in some kinds OF
work they may even hope to rival their
ereat-grandmothers That generation Of
women and those Immediately preceding
it did the exquisite work that is now kept
in cabinets and glass cases and treasured
among the most precious possessions.
And with the interest in fine sewing and
embroidery has followed naturally a de-
sire to own an attractive and convenient
sewing table Happy indeed is the girl
who possesses one that belonged to her
great-grandmother, for those ladies always
had their mahogany sewing table, and
beauties many of them were. The girl
who hasn't family heirloom of this kind
can (if she is rich enough) buy real
ANTIQUE one or, if that is too expensive,
there are excellent copies Of them in
modern mahogany.
Where a girls room is not large and
there is not space for one of these tables,
which take up good deal of room, most
desirable substitute is a folding sewing
screen. Nothing could be more conven-
lent than these screens, and one of their
great advantages is that while they can be
bought made of quite handsome materials
they can also be copied in simple and
pretty cretonnes by the girl herself. She
can even paint the wood of the screen,
only buying the frame and the materials.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-31

in which one keeps scissors, thimble, spools
and all the little things used in sewing.
At each end of this centre part the wood