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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-20
A Prac teal blouse.

A smart and practical blouse of dark
red nuns yelling, seen in a shop r9
Gently, was laid entirely n tucks fir
armhole to armhole and closed dan
the front under narrow box plat.
The sleeves fitted the arms smooth
ly to the wrists and were tucked their
entire length, graduating In size, the
widest coming at the top. Ruffles of
black chiffon trimmed the wrists and
a high collar of dark red satin folded,
edged with ruff of black chiffon,
lined with white, finished the neck. A
narrow cravat tied in a bow in the
front, the ends weighted with gold tas-
sells, completed stylish waist.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-20
A Fine Hair Shampoo.

First, boil pint of water. Add to
this third of cake of pure white
soap, shaved fine. Boil this until the
soap is melted. Pour this mixture into
jar before it thickens and let 1t COOL
To shampoo the hair put couple of
tablespoonfuls of this paste into warm
water and when 1t is dissolved apply
to the hair and rub it into the scalp
several times Then rinse the hair
we'll in clear, warm water.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-20
LIVING on Diet Of Carrots.

London-Living on carrots is the
latest medical experiment in dietary.
For week the doctors, nursing staff
and some of the patients at hospital
at Bromley, Kent, have been eating
carrots only. and have thriven on the
queer diet. The menu included car
rot soup, sailed carrots, stuffed car
ro.s and gravy. carrot pudding and
nustard. toasted carrots, savory carrot
Jelly. carrot jam. carrot cake, carrots
1uffed with spinach. carrot salad and
JWeet carrot jelly.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-20
NOTICE MUSICIANS

Those desiring to take instruction on
either reed or brass band instruments
can get the services Of Mr.. F. A.
Crawford, Of Tupelo.who is organizing
class hefA. Write him at Tupelo
or in careAof the Messenger Office
Okolona. He is an expert instructor
and musician and can give two or
more days each week to the work this
winter.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-20
NONRESIDENT NOTICE
q Mississippi, l

State Of Mississippi
To Hattie II. Clark whose post-oftice nd
dress is 6G9 Center street Arkansas:
You are commanded to appear before the
Chancery Court of the Second District of
Chickasaw County. In said State. at Okolona.
Mississippi on the second Monday and regular
rules day OF the Cnancery Court in February
A D., 1909 to defend the suit in said Couri OF
W. s. Higgnb )tham wherein you are de-
,fendant
This the 3st day OF December, A. D. 1908
II. W. HAMILTON Clerk
by w. j. WILLIAMS ID. c.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-20

49,. SA = - = -
this valuable medi.
cine, Lydia Z. Pink.
hams We geta bl 9
Compound. / suf.
fered from terrible
headaches, pain in
my back and right
side, was tired and
nervous, and SC
weakIcould hardly
S ia d. Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound re.
stored me ia health
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-20
To Sew in Sleeves.

When sewing sleeves in garment,
instead of gathering them first, haste
the underarm part to the garment
where there is to be no fullness, then
gather top of sleeve and draw shirr
thread so as to fit into armhole. BY
so doing the difficulty of getting the
exact fullness in The right place is
avoided
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-20

Do you know that you can write
your name on the metal of your farm
tools? You can. Just take a little
tallow or beeswax. melt it and spread
1t over the place on which you want
your name. Write your name down
through the wax with big needle
OF anvil and pour a few drops of nitric
ecid over the letters you have made.
Leave a few minutes. then wipe off
the wax and your name will be on
the iron.
Actions of the bass drummer speak
louder than his words.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-20

II you do not want the chickens
around your door, don't feed them
there, They are there for something
to eat. If you win be careful they
will stay away.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-20
Prevent RaxeIlnu.

When you cut off the arms and
legs of your fannels instead of max.
ing hem finish off with buttonhole
stitch. This keeps it from travelling
out and makes it look nicer.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-20
MORE
PINKHAM
CURES
Added to the Long List due
to This Famous Remedy.

Camden, Nd '1t is with pleasure
that | add my testimonial to your
already long list hoping that it may
induce others to avail Themselves of
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-20

There are times when the scales of
justice look suspiciously like fish
scales.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-20
TRY THIS FOR DESSERT,

Dissolve one package Of any Favored JELL.O
n one pint Of boiling water. When partly con-
called, beat until light adding one cup whipped
Team and six crushed macearoons. Whip all to-
Ehen cool Ii win iellify and may be served with
whipped cream or any good pudding sauce.
The JElsI-O costs Zoe. per package and can be
htained at any good groeer's.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-20

Only rich man is in position to
appreciate the advantage of poverty.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-20

Do unto your weeds as you would
have your neighbor do unto his.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-20
With Torturing, Disfiguring
Humors, Cured by Cuticura.

Eczemas, rashes, itchings, irritations,
and ohafinps are instantly relieved and
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-29
AMERICAN GIRLS ABROAD

In her second discussion of 1.-THE
American Girl in Europe" in the lnde-
pendent, Ruth Cranston speaks very
plainly of a certain contingent of pleas
ure seekers abroad. Coming abroad
for few months or a year." she writes,
"they take no trouble to find out what
the Romans will expect of them IN
Rome; hence it is small wonder that
they commit blunders which are re-
garded by Europeans at first as humor-
Gus, later as vulgar. In the same light
that a New Yorker would see an appar-
emily we'll educated foreigner who
showed marked prediction for the
dance halls of the tenderloin does the
cultured European see those hosts of
Americans who manifest unbounded
fascination for Maxin's or the Moulin
Rouge or any other of those favorite
bats for tourists, to which no decent
European girl would be taken under
any circumstances. That chaperons not
only countenance but approve such ex-
petitions is the first of American in
comprehensibilities to foreigners. That
the girls themselves have a desire to
look upon mere filth, have moreover a
curiosity about it which is nothing
short of morbid, is bound to lower them
for all time in the eyes of world un-
blinded by patriotic loyalty. When
they are not uncompromisingly labeled
as degenerates, and as such relegated
to lower sphere of society, they are
laughed at as silly pleasure seekers,
with no force of character and little
sense"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-29
HOW TO SECURE WHITE TEETH

A woman was asked how she kept
her teeth in such perfect condition.
They were always white and gllsten-
ing, nor was there ever to be detected
the least marring line of tartar even
at the back of the mouth, where 1t is
apt to gather.
"The reason is simple enough and
the means will not break you up" was
the reply. 1.-THE good condition Of my
teeth is due to nothing more than daily
use Of 'saleratus," as we called 1t in
the ackwoods-ordinary baking soda,
or bicarbonate of soda, as you know 1t.
when 1 was a girl visiting a mar
ried friend she waged biweekly battles
with her three children because she
scrubbed their teeth with soda. She
told me it was an old cure for tartar
in their family and advised me to try
it. I did and you admire the results.
Injurious? 1 have used it each
morning for twenty years. That should
be answer enough.
"It is used like any other tooth pow
der, on a wet tooth brush. Be care
full to scrub we'll inside the mouth, es-
pecially at the back You will hate
the taste at first, but soon get used to
it."
Baking powder, or saleratus, as it is
sometimes called, is an excellent coun-
teractant of acidity For this reason,
intsead of using it in the morning,
night is the better time The woman
in question used 1t in connection with
tooth powder several other times a
day.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-29
AIR WEAR

When you go aeroplaning in the near
future, what will you wear? There is
sure to be a standard aeroplane suit,
just as there exist already particular
styles of dress for motoring, cricket,
running and SO forth
The aeroplanist of the future will
probably wear a gabardine coat, with
thick, fleecy lining; for rushing through
the air is an intensely cold operation.
In fact, over this coat he may have a
loose, thick overcoat, buttoning very
high round the neck. Opossum fur will
make an ideal lining for both coats and
gloves.
For leg covering, a pair of breeches
of the same material as the coat; and
these, laced below the knees. Thick
stockings, with fur-liued CATERS over
them, should keep the wearer warm.
As regards head covering, he will
probably wear a knitted woolly cap,
covered with CLOTH and supplied with
ear-faps, and flaps which can be pulled
out at the will of the Wearer on either
side of the face to keep the wind out.
That ought 10 suit the male aeroplan
lists What the lady enthusiasts will
take remains as yet an unsolved
problem.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-29
Presidents s Family Life Happy

been threatened with nervous prostra-
ton, and so had to withdraw from pub
lie life, leaving her husband to bach
it, with the assistance of most of
the White House retinue. The special
session of congress was on, and Taft,
who was in college days known as
somewhat of a grind remained with
the legislators until the whole affair
was settled and the tariff bill signed.
Mrs. Taft was in former. days Miss
Helen Heron. The daughter of fam
lily of lawyers, she knew her future
husband from childhood. They were
neighbors in Cincinnati John w. Her
ron, Taft's father-in-law, had been a
United States district attorney and was
the law partner of President Hayes.
The girl was on terms of thorough
familiarity with the presidents family,
and called Mr. Hayes uncle" and his
wife "Aunt Lucy"
The engagement of the two children
of neighboring families was announced
soon after each had completed college.
Miss Heron taught for time in a
private school. She is a believer in a
thorough education for women, but the
end she has in view is that the woman
may preside over a home with more
grace and dignity. This to her mind is
womans "loftiest type of usefulness" "
She is devoted to music and has done
much in its cause in her home city.
They married when Taft became assist
ant county solicitor in 1885. He had
just started on brilliant career, and
at any rate was able to assure his wife
of a competency.
Rules Against Father-in-LaW
Something of the character of the
president is illustrated in the story told
of him when he was in the federal cir
cult court of the sixth district. His
father in-law, the former district at
torney, was counsel in a bank case and
Judge Taft decided against him. 1t is
said that Mr.. Heron was furious. He
was positive he was in the right. Judge
Taft only laughed and the case was APP
pealed. The son-in-law was sustained.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-29
CHlLDREN'S SHOES

Do you know that few children's
shoes are properly fitted?
A child does not know enough to tell
anything about them, except that they
are too tight
There are other faults in shoes than
tightness.
They may be a good enough shape as
shoes, but not the shape of the small
foot which they are intended to pro-
tect
Ill-fitting shoes are responsible for
many a childish ill.
Unreasonable fatigue, bad carriage
nervousness and pains in the limbs
are all traceable to this cause.
While it is difficult to make sure that
the ready-made shoe is perfect in this
respect, 1t is as little as one can do, in
buying shoes for children. to study the
shape of their feet and buy as care
fully as possible.
Never let a child wear shoes that are
uncomfortable if it can possibly he
avoided.
Better economize more rigidly in
some other direction.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-29
A HAND-ME-DOWN

A well known advertising expert.
responding to the toast ''Sartorial
Progress" at the banquet of the recent
convention of the Tailors National as
sociation, spoke somewhat as follows;
II am glad that you clothiers who
advertise nowadays print pictures of
mems and boys fashions. Thus you
smarter up the country and tend to
abolish the dreadful custom of cutting
down dads suit to boys size. L re-
member how in the distant past my
little brother rushed whimpering into
the sitting room one night.
whats the matter?" 1 asked SYM
pathetically.
"Oh, he murmured, pas had his
beard shaved off, and now 1 guess I've
got to wear those old red whiskers!"-
Lippincotts.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-29
Society

4 MoNG the pleasant affairs of yes
Ia terday was the informal musicale
"A with which Miss Louise Nixon
Hill entertained in the evening, re-
ceiving between fifty and seventy-five
of the professional musicians of the
city at her family home on West
Adams street. DIR. and Mrs. Josiah
Evans Cowles assisted in receiving.
During the evening an informal pro-
gram was given by the hostess and
some of her guests.
&
For Mrs. Cecilia White, who re-
turned a short time ago from an alb
sence of five months in Europe, Mrs.
j. w. Hendricks entertained yester-
day at her home on Alvarado terrace
with a daintily appointed sunshine"
luncheon, all the appointments being
in yellow.
Other guests, all members of Senior
Hernandez French class, were Mrs.
w. G. Cochran, Mrs. Felix HoWes,
Mrs. j. S. Chapman, Mrs. Moye w.
Stephens, Miss Sue Barnwell, Miss
Victoria Wilmer, Miss Frances Clarke
and Miss Letha Lewis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Colcock Jones
of Occidental boulevard returned the
latter part of last week from Seattle,
where Mrs. Jones went in August to
meet Mr. Jones, who had been in
Alaska since May.
81
Mrs. Joseph Merrill is entertaining
at Hotel Pepper today with hand
somely appointed luncheon with which
she is complimenting Mrs. Benjamin
f. Church, who is leaving soon with
DIR. Church and their little daughter
1T, ~ nd
Friends asked to meet Mrs. Church
are Mrs. John w. Trueworthy, Mrs,
William F. Cross, Mrs. F. M. God
dard, Mrs. Charles B. Nichols, Mrs.
w. d. Campbell, Mrs. c. O. Stanton,
Mrs. w. 1. Hollingsworth, Mrs. e. c
Dieter and Mrs M. c. Mason of Holly
wood
Mrs. Frank A. Vickery of Andrews
boulevard is giving luncheon tomor-
row to meet Mrs. Church.
A party which motored to the Vir-
ginia for dinner Monday included Mr..
and Mrs Paul Haupt, Miss Norma
Haupt, Mrs. May F. Irwin, Miss Flor
ence Good Miss Myrtle Alzaro and E.
P. Haupt, all of Los Angeles, and Miss
Fritzie Guy of San Francisco.
-&-
In celebration of the birthday ami
versary of their daughter, Miss Myrtle,
set boulevard entertained several hum
dred friends with dancing and whist
last night in Blanchard hall.
In the receiving line were also Mrs.
K. B. Rardon, Mrs. Samuel Stiefel,
Miss Isabel Caldwell Jones, Miss Rose
Gonzales, Miss Stella Gonzales and
Miss Josephine Williams.
4
Mrs. Edmund Burke Drake of Har-
ward boulevard will entertain the fol-
lowing guests this afternoon with
whist: Mrs. Walter F. Adams, Mrs
j. r. Prince, Mrs. Elizabeth c. Nor
gan, Mrs. A. ]. Ingraham, Mrs. Harry
Chapelle, Mrs. Adelaide MacGregor,
Mrs. Frederick L. Goldshorough, Mrs.
John S. Steeley. Mrs. George L. Ar
mold, Mrs. ]. F. Upton, Mrs. A. K.
Perkins, Mrs. George Mcintyre, Mrs.
Harry Goodman, Mrs. Henry C. Law
renee, Mrs. Robert Brady, Mrs. c. H.
Kellogg, Mrs. Joseph c. Hovis, Mrs.
Charles Stone, Mrs ]. c. Mellen, Mrs
Fred Boyce, Miss Arnold and Miss K.
Lewis.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-29
TRY THESE

Cream Peach Pie.-Pare ripe,
juicy peaches and remove the stone.
Have your pie dishes ready lined with
a good paste. Fill with the peaches,
cover with sugar, slightly butter and
then bake without an upper crust.
When the pie is DONE pour in a cream
made of the following ingredients:
One cup of rich milk put over to boil;
stir in the whites of two eggs,
whipped; one tablespoonful of sugar,
one-half teaspoonful of corn starch
wet up in milk. Boil three minutes.
The cream must be cold when it goes
into the hot pie. lace over the top
the white of an egg beaten and sweet
ened. Return to oven and brown. To
be eaten when cold.
Sweet Potato Pie.-One pint of
steamed sweet potatoes finely mashed,
two cups sugar, one cup cream, of but
ter size of an egg, two well-beaten
eggs; flavor with nutmeg and bake
with an under crust only.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-29
PIcKLED GREEN PEPPERS

Extract the seeds from two dozen
large green peppers by cutting a slit
in one side. Pour strong brine over
them and soak them in water for an
other twenty hours. Strain them
again and let them stand in scalded
vinegar, with a small piece of alum,
for three days. Make q stuffing of
two heads of white cabbage chopped
fine and seasoned slightly with salt
and a cup of white mustard esed
After mixing well, stuff the peppers
as full as they will hold and stitch up
the sides. Place them in stone jar
and cover with spiced vinegar, scald-
ing hot. Cover the jar tightly.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-29

n RESIDENT TAFT thus far has
been fairly successful in keeping
Il the names of his wife and family
out of print The American public loves
or used to love, to read of the doings
in the family circle of the men whom
it had put in high places, and still does
love to do so. Whether on account or
the simplicity of the home life of the
president, however or for some other
reason, the family affairs of the presi-
dent are probably not discussed in print
with one-tenth of the frequency that
was accorded those of his predecessor.
Yet the president has the reputation
Of being a model family man, and the
life in the little home circle, compris-
ing father, mother, two daughters and
one son, is declared to be ideal.
President Taft was married in 1885,
and none of his family, therefore, is
adult as yet Perhaps before the presi-
dent has finished his term in office the
American public will be treated to long
stories about the princess Helen" as
they were about the princess Alice. "
But that time has not come as yet.
And the president is credited with hav-
ing attempted to. make negotiations
with the newspaper men of the capital
in the effort to avert undue publicity.
Mrs. Taft's Cow
Thus it happens that about all the
average American citizens can tell you
definitely about Mrs. Taft is that she
has been severely tried by the excite
ment of the campaign and later Of the
advent to the White House, and that
she had her favorite Jersey COW pas
turing on the White House lawns The
former fact led to her early retirement
to Beverly, Mass, where the president
has rented a summer home on the sea-
shore. The latter caused considerable
comment in Washington, and "Bossie's'
picture-and she appears to be pure
bred and admirable animal-has been
printed in the newspapers from one end
of the land to the other.
Mrs Taft, since the inauguration has
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-29
LEMON NUT CAKE

One and one-half cups of sugar,
one-half cup of butter, whites of two
eggs, one-half cup of chopped wal
nuts, grated rind of one-half of a lem
on Gust the yellow of the rindD, one
cup of sweet milk, two teaspoons of
baking powder, flour enough to make
a thick batter. Cream butter and su-
gar together add whites of eggs one
at time and beat good, then add nuts
and the lemon, milk and baking pow
der, sifted in the flour. Frosting:
White of one egg beaten stiff, with
the juice of one-half of a lemon anc
powdered sugar; make thick enough to
spread with knife, spread on cake
when cool and sprinkle with chopped
waInutS
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-29
KEEP ON kEEPIN' ON

II the day looks kinder gloomy,
And your chances kinder slim;
If the situations puzzin'.
And the prospect awful grim,
And perplexities keep pressin',
Till all hope is gone,
Just bristle UP and grit your teeth,
An keep on keepin' on.
Fuming never wins a fight.
And fretting never pays;
There amt no good in broodin' in
These pessimistic ways;
Smile just kinder cheerfully.
When hope is nearly gone,
And bristle up and grit your teeth,
An keep on keepin' on.
There amt no use in growing
And grumbling all the time;
When musics ringing everywhere.
And everything's a rhyme.
Just keep on smiling cheerfully,
If hope is nearly gone.
And bristle up and grit your teeth,
An keep on keepin' on.
Unknown
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-29
A ROUNDABOUT DONATION

An Indiana woman found one even
ing that she was short of kerosene for
the evening lamp. AS she could not
depend on the slow delivery of the
grocer's boy she took her oil can and
started for the nearest grocery. On
the way she met a neighbor, who
asked:
"Well, what are you going to do? OF
all things, you carrying an oil can!'
"Why, don't get excited, my dear;
I'm out on an errand of charity"
How is that?" the neighbor wanted
to know.
"Oh, I'm merely going to donate
three cents to the Chicago university"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-29
BRAN BATH BAGS

Take a pound and a half of new bran,
three-quarters of a pound of almond
meal, eight ounces of powdered orris
root and five ounces of shaved CASTLE
roap.
Make muslin bags five or six inches
square and put in each three table
spoonfuls of the mixture. The quantity
given above will fill dozen and a
half bags.
The bran bags add delightful re-
freshment to the bath.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-29
THE pIEElCuLTY

"Oh, dear!" sighed her husbands S
wife "I can't find a pin anywhere.
wonder where all the pins go to, any
way"
"That's a difficult question to an
swer," replied his wife's husband, be
cause they are always pointed in one
direction and headed another. Chi
cago News.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-29
UNWHoLESOME

Medicine Man-What is the matter
with your majesty?
Cannibal King-Oh, I've an awful in
digestion!
Medicine Man-What have you been
eating?
Cannibal King-I have just polished
off an American millionaire,
Medicine Man-Good heavensi No
wonder you are i'll! I've told you re-
peatedly to beware Of anything rich
London TitBits.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-29
LITTLE DOLL BOXES

"I save all my bon bon boxes and all
the scraps of my dresses" explains
one woman, land when 1 get each
box full [ put in a little 10 cent doll,
childs thimble, thread and needles and
give the boxes to little girls at the
day nursery. They take a perfect de-
light in having small dolls to dress
and something to dress them in"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-29
LEFTOVER MATERIAL

Barbara, aged 4, had always been al
lowed to make small cakes out of the
scraps of dough left from the morn
ing's baking, so one morning after
being sent to gather the eggs she came
running in with a very tiny one and
exclaimed: "Oh, mamma! see this lit
tie egg; it must be that's all the dough
the hen had 1.-THE Delineator.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-29
A LIMIT TO EVERYTHING

"Here!" shouted the railway off,
cial. what do you mean by throwing
those trunks around like that?"
The porter gasped in astonishment,
and several travellers pinched them
selves, to make sure that it was real.
Then the official spoke again.
Don't you see that you're making
big dents in the concrete platform? p
TIT Rits
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-29
STRAWBERRY SALAD

Lay crisp lettuce leaves on. salad
plate, on these spread handful ripe ber-
ries Take sufficient quantity Of sour
cream almost tablespoonful to each
plate), beat until smooth, add dash
of paprika salt and lemon juice and
place on berries. Serve with hot salt
ed waters. Some like a little ground
walnut meat added to cream.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-29
Not by Aesop

Mrs Hen, having performed her
oviparous function, took a constitu-
tional around the yard. Returning to
her nest, she found it empty and
clucked angrily.
whats the trouble, ma 'am?" asked
the rooster.
"It's mighty funny" she grumbled,
"that I can never find things r,here 1
lay them"