davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-27

is not allowed, theoretically at least. to
waste any time on Il womdn-not even
enough time to make love to the lady
or to allow her TO make love to him.
The bethrothal is announced and the
engaged man In New Guinea is branded
on the back with charcoal, but the wom-
ans mark of engagement to wed is ac-
tually cut into her skin and is never al
lowed to completely vanish If either
one decides to break the engagement
nothing can be done by the offended
party.
If the girl decides that after all she sent
the little piece of string by mistake the
man is apt, however, to catch her some
time alone and beat her. If the man jilt
the woman her relatives often hunt him
up and administer a sound drubbng.
Blood, however. is seldom shed, tho
breaking of these women made engage
ments is not deemed d very serious mat
ter
Though the women propose the we'd
dings in New Guinea the condition OF
the wife is miserable and unjust in the
extreme. The girl is merely the property
and slave of the husband. He can beat
her unrebuked and even kill her with inn
punity If she incurs his enmity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-27
Mat Prevents Slipping.

y slip of the foot in one of the smooth,
enameled bathtubs is apt to be a serious
matter is one falls against the edge OF
the tub. Stout people and old people
sometimes feel more than a little ner-
vous at stepping out and into one of the
slippery tubs. The danger of slipping
may be entirely obviated by the use of
one of the corrugated rubber bath mats
which come in various long, narrow sizes
TO tit enameled bathtubS. The corruga-
ton of the rubber is not rough enough
to cause discomfort TO bare feet and
after the bath the mat may be hung
across the edge of the tub and will dry
even more quickly than a towel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-27
Plain dnd -
Embroidered Silk Cloves

wrinkled up over the arm. Eut this
happy thought is incontinently nipped in
the bud by the news-again authorita-
lively straight from Paris-that not only
will the long sleeve be worn. but that
the long glove will be wrinkled up over
1t.
And these long gloves are to be as
frivolously gay and feminine as any that
Paris ever devised Embroideries III
white, black and self coors. as well as
in various flower effects are shown on
the new silk gloves ready for summer,
and all manner of smart costume effects
will be accomplished by means of this
touch of ornamentation on the gloves
For French magpie. or black and white
frocks, of which we are likely to see
a plenty this summer, there are black
silk gloves with white embroideries and
vice versa; white gloves wrought with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-27
Even the White \
Frock is PdiIIeted

austere effect. but in long Stoles, slashed
SUPPLIES opening over tunics or rich color
IN costly laces, jeweled embroideries and
the like. The only austere effects one
sees in this new "ecclesiasticaP' mode are
the rope girdles now made of sparkling
beads. and the cord ScourgeS, changed
TO handsome pdSSementeie ornaments
which have been borrowed perhaps from
the humble fridrS.
But the clever French couturiers have
accomplished such surprising results from
TINS medieval inspiration that it Is doubt
full If any comfortable father friar or
even cardinal of good King Dagobert's
time would recognize his clerical habili-
lnents in the wondrous effects Of today.
A ''Stole" Gown.
One Of the most gorgeous costumes that
will visit the great ball at Washington Is
patterned after the medieval ideal, and
shows the heavily embroidered stoles laced
together in tunic effect and dropping over
a straight slip Of pastel pink satin. This
costume, shown among todays illustra-
tons, was designed by Margarine Lacroix,
couturier to the richest and most ex-
travagent cOterie in Paris. 1t is SO
fragile that four people were required to
lift it from it's Paris packing box-one to
catch 1t up with dainty finger tips by
the shoulder straps. another to hold the
trailing lengths of pale pink satin which
formed the foundation of the frock, and
four other hands to lift and hold the mag
nificent stole panels of embroidered net,
which are so sheer and so heavily weight
eddy their bead embroidery and gold
fringe that it would be dangerous to let
them drop carelessly by their own weight.
These gorgeous panels hang over the pink
satin slip from shoulder to ankle and are
laced together with cords strung with
gilt beads to form tunic effect. The
gold frnges match the lacings and the
embroideries on the panels are done with
iridescent beads and gold and silver rib
bon
Such a gown would create an inevitable
sensation wherever it was worn; but the
design might be quite easily copied in
SIMMER StYla with chiffon or net beaded
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-27

conventional designs in black. For the
lingerie frock there are dainty alI-white
affairs. quite distinguished enough for a
bride to use. If the lingerie costume be
completed with violet parasol and hat
worked with silk. If pink is the shade
desired, rosebuds may be had on one S
gauntlets. And, of course, there are but
tercups, forget-me-nots and other flower
embroideries showing dainty coIorings.
The new Niagara silk gloves, ready for
spring in all the smart embroidered eff
fects, have been planned with a special
view to matching new fabric colors
Their embroderies blend with the rich
berry shades, Havana and castor browns,
the dull green's and soft blues. which are
seen in linens and mohairs as we'll as in
wool and silk materials. The makers of
these gloves seem to have mastered the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-27

-T does seem as though Fashion
was determined to make us uncom
Portable this summer Nobody
really loves long sleeves in hot
weather. 1t is conceded. of course.
that they are smarter than the abbre-
waited affairs which bare not always
attractive elbows in washerwoman fash
ion. But as far as comfort is concerned,
naturally every womn would choose the
elbow sleeve.
However, we have all meekly accepted
the uneuuivocal mandate of Madame
Mode that the long sleeve is certain for
this summer, and some Of us have been
recollecting comfortably that after all a
long sleeve and a short silk glove are
really cooler for street wear in summer
time than short sleeve and glove
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-27


ored evening frock cut over to hang i'll
the simple. straight lines of this gown.
Evening Hairdressing.
The revival of the medieval costume eff
fects is bringing about d revolution in
couture arrangement. The pompadour
has been an obstinate slayer For long
past the allotted time set by hairdressers
and fashionmakers generally it has per-
sisted in remaining in vogue.
Now, however, the pompadour has
yielded, and this practical and becoming
mode Of arranging the hair is no longer
correct-if one desires to be fashionable
A fiat effect on the top Of the head Is
in vogue and parted locks will be seen
on smart1y dressed heads at the WASH
ington ball With this demurely simple
front arrangement of the hair there must
be a great mass of coils. puffs and curlS
at the back quite low and in the sWeetly
simple Madonna style, which, after an
makes the contour of the head charm
inelv Youthful and graceful and makes
every woman with the least claim to pref
tiness look innocent and unsophisticated:
With these parted hairdressines VIII
be worn ropes of pearls or RIBBON nlielS
with big, lbarbaric ornaments low against
the hair at either side At recent con-
cert where many opera stars, as well as
fashionable women, appeared Miss Ger
aldine Farrar wore her hair in this SIM
DIV parted style without a suspicion of a
rat under the softly waved dark treSs-
es At the back was a loose knot or
puffs held up by a bandeau OF pearls
which narrowed to d point as 1t curved
toward the top Of the head. With TINS
simple hairdressing the singer wore a
clinging white crepe frock. and was as
conspicuous among the crowd OF over
dressed women as a lily Set In Heid
of yellow ox-eyed daisies.
French women are affecting the HAIR
parting just at one side of the center for
evening occasions where an elaborate
couture is called for, and the hair Is much
more puffed out at one side than the
other American women, however, have
rarely enough dash to attempt successful
ly the rather trying side parting.
An Egyptian Dinner Frock.
Whatever Cleopatras wardrobe may
have included, she could have owned no
costume more ravishingly beautiful than
a dinner frock designed for an important
diplomatic dinner during inauguration
week. This lovely costume is of satin
in the tint of the Nile at daybreak-a
misty, translucent greenland over this
green is hung a veritable daybreak mist
which the Paris builder of this frock
called "acier'' net and which is a cloudy
steel color. Silver braid embroidery bands
under the net make CLEANS OF light
against the green satin like dawn re-
fiected in the river ripples and veritable
sunrise shades of pink and rose show in
the embroidered motifs in lotus petal pat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-27

to cause any accent on the gay kaleido-
scope.
This years inaugural ball is sure to
see many sharply conspicuous accents"
in black. Black has again caught the
tickle fancy of Miss Mode. and dashinG
all-black costumes. as we'll as smart mag
pie-or mixed black and whi e-effects are
at the top notch OF favor for evening
wear.
Black for dressy wear has had rather a
bad name for the past decade and has
been left by fashionab les to women of the
half world. who have given black in dar-
ing and bold effects such notoriety that
it has been avoided by conservative
folk
Al1-Black Frocks Will Be Seen.
Now that Paris has taken up black
with such zest, We shall all fall in line,
and no doubt be once more impressed
by Mrs. Grundy herself in sweeping black
velvet and rose point or creaking black
, satin and jet.
Sharply glittering black. rather than
airy and diaphanous black, is the 1909
favorite, and this is of course. readily
explained by the modes themselves The
clinging skirts and draperies. with close
shoulder and arm lines, are to be achieved
only with softest fabricS-supple crepes
and satins heavily weighted to suppress
the slightest hint of fluffiness When
black chiffon or net is used at all, it is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-27
Artificial Flowers.

EVER was there such a craze
for artificial blooms for even
~ ing as well as street wear All
the big shops now have special
flower counters, where in glass
vases and other receptacles are displayed
make-believe roses, yiolets, orchids, gar
denias and other blossoms high in fash
ions favor at the moment. And SO nat
ural are these fiowers-especially when
sprayed with perfumes derived from the
real flower scents-that it seems really a
pity to spend pennies for posies that
would fade. or course, all the florists
are tearing their hair at this eccentric
notion OF wearing fake flowers, and in
consequence the lover OF real flowers
may possess them in generous quantities
this winter at delightfully."- little cost
The pale lavender satin gown with
bands of amethyst and pearl embroidery,
shown among today's pictures, has arti-
ticial flowers In pale and deep mauye
shades fastened to the corsage and also
caught TO the skirt at the knee. This
gown shows the new e-sided effect,
tunic edged with the amthyst and pearl
banding opening over trailing petticoat
Of the satin.
preaSfpipS Nou on tho Prouu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-27
The Inauguration Ball
REEVES Interest in Even
ing Wear Peeps at
Costumes to Be Worn.
How to Wear the Hair
by Gaslight American
Beauty Rose the Color
of the Moment.

We r Y THING for
evening wear Is
a-sparkle now with
light and a-gleanl
with rich color.
Pastel tintS. used
as backgrounds. be-
com e wonderful
color effects by
their overdraperies
of net, incrusted
with je w e ! s ,
seQuins, head en-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-27

dow frames and the like soon rob the
gloves of their fresh daintineSs. Kid
gloves for the summer travelling wear.
however, must be rather loose and man
nsh in style, for a railroad trip on a hot
day will ruin a pair of close-fitting
dressy kid gloves, which are not easily
drawn on and off
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-27

Breastpins Now on the Brow.
Something new under the sun every
time il rises. Now the breastpin, if in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-27
Evening Hairdressing

panels hung over any dainty light-col
ored evening frock cut over to hang i'll
the simple, straight lines of this gown.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-13
A Texas Alfalfa King,

Texas boasts of the ''alfalfa king''
OF the world, one single farmer whose
annual income from his alfalfa crop il
$1,000 q year, twice the salary paid
the president of the United States. His
name is name is r. E. Smith, and his
place is not far from Sherman, Tex. He
started In life Al a lawyer and about
IA years ago began the raising of al.
falfa. His first patch consisted of but
five acres and the yield was so great
that he saw the possibilities of a har-
vest beyond that of the law. Conse.
quently, be set himself to the task of
learning, by a long series of careful
ly conducted experiments, the best
methods of alfalfa growing.
He began to increase his acreage
year by year, building up step by step
as he succeeded in mastering the
varied influences that affected his crop.
Even when he reached the point of hav.
ing 100 acres in alfalfa he was looked
upon as one of the big growers. Two
years ago he had increased his acre.
age to 1000 and his income that year
was $4,000. Since then he has added
400 acres and increased his income to
800. 900.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-13
Brief Notes On Various Subjects.

The electric furnace is capable of at
tanning a heat of 1900 degrees. This
is a fearful temperature, and will melt
almost everything solid known to
nan. In comparison with this heat q
red.hot bar would be called cold.
The barbarous custom of using con.
victs in treadmills is still practiced in
some English prisons, declares Popu-
lar Mechanics, and an interesting pic
ture shows the convicts at this trying
task. The speed is about 80 steps q
minute, and if a man misses a step a
crossbar strikes the calves Of his legs.
The library at the British museum,
which now contains between 1000, 900
and 1900, 600 volumes, is without ex.
ception the largest in the world. the
only one which approaches it in size
being the Bibliotheque Rationale,
Paris. To hold this immense number
of books upwards of 43 miles OF
shelves are required.
One of the latest ore prospecting de.
vices placed before the public Is an
electrical instrument. which, accord.
ing to its inventor, says Popular Me
chanics, will locate free metals at al
most any depth. map out the course
and width of the vein and ascertain
its exact position below the surface.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-13
Cowboy Avenges Murder.

GRAND JUNCTION., Colo, Oct. A.
Joe Harris, cowpuncher, who shot and
killed Harry S. Sieber, millionaire
cattleman, in 1902, near Westw alter,
Utah, met death yesterday in a SINH
lar manner at the hands of Joe Pace,
another cowpuncher.
Pace, who was one Of Sieber's COW.
%punchers at the time of his employers
murder, swore to avenge the shooting,
Yesterday he rode into Westwater,
informed the authorities that he had
killed Harris and awaited the arriva al
of the sheriff from Noah, Utah, to.
day, when he was taken into custody.
Harris body was found about three
miles east of Westwater at the spot
designated by Pace. His horse was
grazing nearby.
Harris shot and killed Henry Sieber
on the latter's ranch near this city
Sieber had charged Harris with being
q cattle rustler. The killing took
place in the presence OF several OF
Sieber's cowboys. Harris was ar.
rested and tried for murder, but after
a sensational trial secured his free.
dom,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-13
Sheriff's Sale.

ing and Investment Company. defendant. -
To be sold at sherif's sale on the 3Oth day of
Octooer, 1909, at 2 O'Clock p. m, at the front
door OF the court house, Fort Benton, Chouteau
OF the above named defendant in and to the fol-
lowing described mining claims and water rights
situated In the Little Rockies (unorganized) min
ing district, Chouteau county, Montana, to-wit:
The Silver King, as now Of record in the office
OF the clerk and recorder for Chouteau county,
Montana, in book No. 1 of Lode Locations. page
The Sixteen to One, as row of record in the
same office, IN book No. / Of Lode Locations,
page 1851.
The .Pinkeye, as now of record in the same
Office, In book No. 2 of Lode locations, page 4l2.
the IenderfoOt, as now of record in the same
office, In book No.3 of Lode Locations, page 379.
Inc Blue Grouse, IS now Of record Ia the same
office, in book No. 8 of Lode Locations, page 572.
The Porter, as now Of record in the same office
In book No. 4 of Lode Locations, page 25l.
Inc rocker Placer, as now of record in the
same office. In book No. 4 of Lode Locations,
Together with all improvements, including
buildings. shafts, tunnels, cross.cuts, and all
other property thereunto connected or thereunto
belonging.
Also all water rights filed for record in the Of
ty. Montana, as belonging to Harry E. Burrell,
Annah G.: Burrell, Harry D.. Riegel, Elmer E..
Riegel, Matilda Riegel, W.. E. French and Me-
LISA French, and conveyed by deed to the Har-
lem Mining and Investment company; also all
water rights filed for record in the same office be-
longing to the Lucky Seven Mining company and
conveyed by deed to the Harlem Mining and In
vestment company.
Dated Fort Benton. Mont. 0ctobe. g., 1909.
Mcconnell & Mcconnell, Helena, attorneys
for plaintiff.
First publication Oct. 6, 1909.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-13
Struck BY Runaway Caboose

BUTTE. Oct. 5.-The csboose at
tached to q newspaper train and run.
ming between this city and Anaconda
on the B., A. & P. railroad broke
away from the train on q down grade
just before daylight this morning.
When the train stopped at Rocker for
water and to register, the csboose
crashed into the train.
Conductor Lou Savage, Brakeman
r. c. Bucklin and Chas. Mulvhill and
w. S. Costello, switchmen, were more
or less injured, the latter being the
only n seriously hurt, but it is ex-
pected all will recover. The men in
the caboose did not know it had
broken away until the crash came.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-13
THE LURE OF THE LAND.

The desire of the citizens of the old
world to possess a tract of land was
the motive that has brought millions
of them to the United States. That is
the conclusion reached by a writer in
Scribner's magazine, who discusses
the subject in part as follows:
No one has challenged the causes of
the abandonment of England by the
early Puritans, or the desire for re.
ligious freedom which inspired the
first corners to New England. But we
are coming to accept another motive
for the colonization of America, and
to find that cause, as we'll as the SUBJ
sequent history Of democracy in the
free land OF the nation. To this inau.
ence all others are subordinate. The
Puritan of Massachusetts, and the Cav.
alier OF Virginia were called to our
shores in the seventh century by the
same instinct that called the Irish
Catholic two centuries later. They
were lured from their ancestral homes
by the call of the land. The English
were the first to come, because feudal.
ism came to an earlier end In England
than it did on the Continent. During
the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
the cash relation of landlord and ten.
ant took the place Of the personal re-
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-13
Notice to Sheepmen.

Owing to the great success of our COLONY
Ranch operation we will be able to summer ten
bands OF sheep. We have associated Is home.
stesds with us this fall, and until our own bands
eight or nine extra bands. Sheepmen who want
TO stay In the business should take advantage of
this unique proposition and literally patronixe
ue, as 1t will be the solution of their continuing
IN q very profitable business and will assist q
large body of homestesders building up an in
dustiy that. will be advantageous to both home
eteader and sheep and stock owner. Our prices
are $3.50 per month per band Of 5000, all found,
OF pro rata IL you pay and feed your own herder.
wishing ne to summer sheep for them
people with $500 to put into sheep with their
rights to use, should interview and contract with
ne this fall. Address
A. L. SUTHERLAND, Fort Benton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-13
HIGH PRICED TALENT.

The bombastic egotism of Jim JET.
fries, retired" champion of the world
in declaring his belief that a smuggling
match between himself and one ebony.
hued pug out to be worth $3.50, 900 r
passes understanding, says the Helena
Independent.
In the days of John L. q thousand
dollars looked like a brown, stone
front on Madison avenue to the man
who pounded out a living with HE
fists. When Corbett and Fitzsimmons
battled for the biggest purse aver Of
Tered up to that time the world stood
aghast as the size of it, and it was a
mere drop in the bucket compared to
what the burly boilermaker thin ks his
services are worth for a few hours,
perhaps only a few minutes.
An ordinary man, possessed of gu
perlatively better intellect and educa-
tion than the ex-champion, is salts
fed, ever delighted, with a salary of
1000 per annum And at this rate
he would work fifty years, or the bet
ter part of a lifetime to earn what this
brutal prize ring bully, with all the
predatory instincts of a bull dog,
thinks his services are worth for q few
hours.
If any promoter who makes a bust
ness OF putting on bruising contests
between blacks and whites for the
amusement of a "sport.loving" public
is fool enough to hang up a purse Of
$3.50, O0O for q prize fight we sincerely
hope be will be stuck for at least hal
Of it. Prize fighting nowadays has
degraded into 9 race war between
johnson and Langford on the black
eide and Jeffries and Ketchell on the
white. A battle royal between al
four with tomahawks instead of pad
ded mitts would be q q strong card
Will some enterprising promoter
please hang up q purse for that.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-13
TAFT IN CALIFORNIA.
President Much Pleased With Re.
ception Throughout the West.

ception Throughout the West.
SACRAMENTO, CAL, Oct. 4.-After
making one of the longest jumps OF
his trip and travelling for twenty. five
hours through the state of Oregon and
the northern half of California, Pres
ident Taft arrived here. tonight. The
president was met at the station by
another of the large crowds that have
marked his advent into every western
city he has visited. During his stay
here Mr.. Taft was entertained at din.
ner, taken for an automobile ride
through the city to be cheered along
the route, and made an address in the
state capitol rrounds.
The president declared today that he
had been overwhelmed with the recep.
ton he has received everywhere on the
trip. He said the crowds and the
cheers were probably those that every
president receives on such q tour, yet
this fact made them none the less vel.
come and none the less inspiring to
him who happened for the time being
to be the central figure in the picture.
After spending tomorrow in San
Francisco, President Taft heads for
the Yosemite valley and is looking
forward to that feature of his trip with
the greatest pleasure. He has never
been among the giant old trees in the
valley, which are said to be the oldest
living things in the world. Mr.. Taft
has been warned that tie dust going in
and coming out of the park this time
OF the year is fairly s%uffocating, but
his enthusiasm in the trip has not been
In the least diminished. Special out.
fits will be procured by the president
and his party for the three days. trip.