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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-03-13

THAT it's unbecoming," explained
the widow, cor that it will make nv
nose red, or spoil my figure, or ruin
my reputation. That's a little way you
men have of frightening us off your
preserves and retaining all the nice,
enjoyable, comfy things for yourselves
Her reputation is the white woman's
burden? Every time we try to do any
thing interesting or exciting or up to
gate y2u wave & us away by crying,
Naughty! naughty!' 1t will spoil its
little white complexion, and its little
white reputation, and it's little white
soul! Poof!' and she blew a ring of
smoke right in the bachelors face.
"A Womans SOUL" announced the
bachelor Virtuously, "is like a white
sheet of paper. Black marks on it
show"
"Oh dear mel" scoffed the widow.
lf our souls are as uninteresting as
blank sheets of paper, it's about time
We were marking them up bit Be-
sides, you might as well say that put
ting perfume on ou1 petticoats, or US
ing tooth powder, or curling our front
hair is bad form, because some women
ing"
"Oh, WELL" broke IN the bachelor
desperately, 'smOke a pipe if you like
Be a perfect gentleman-if you think
it's pretty"
Il don't think it's pretty" replied
the widow. But" she added, leaning
back with a sigh, being nice and
feminine is so stupid! I don't wonder
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-03-13
THE MlEDlAEVAL BAG
Hangs Half Way to the Knee
and Is Attached to Skirt.

Only on the stage so far have we
been used to seeing the large, full
bag or pocket made Of the material
of the gown and suspended by rib
bons to match, or often links of gold
or silver.
Now we are to have them on sE..-rt
house gowns made according to me-
d1aeval style. All those who have
been -aenrap tured4s by -the--M5or denial
costumes IN "'Otello,' as sung in the
Philadelphia opera house, have given
their approval to this artistic and con-
Venient pocket.
Desdemona wears one to match each
gown. They are made of satin, en-
broidered and jeweled.
Our new costumes are patterned
after the old Italian ones, as is evil
denced by the straight panel front and
back, the long, tight sleeve with wrist
ruffle and the shallow, round, open
neck.
Old Florentine brocades and satins
with velvet flowers are back in favor.
and therefore it was quite natural to
add the huge bag that was suspended
from the hips.
These are not only to be put on
afternoon costumes, but have already
been seen on a few brilliant evening
gowns. On these the bag was at
tached to the skirt so it would not
swing forward, and in it was put the
tiny fan, the handkerchief and any
other tiny trifles that a woman car
rieS
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-03-13
Mrs. Thomas,
Pioneer "Aeronautess."
Praises Balloons
Really Felt Brave :
When She Let ;
Ten-Y ar--Old :
Son Take Trip. :
Nixola Geeley-smith

the balloon in an ydirection. yet the
faces of the people in the balloon With
us were perfectly clear. !
ut was this which made it different
from fog as well as the color of the
cloud, which was pearly white. Con-
densed moisture, in tiny drops, was
on the faces of the passengers.
while we were in this cloud I
thought from the rushing sound be-
meath us that we were over water, but
WREN we emerged suddenly from the
cloud the sun was shining brightly on
the peak of high mountain, which
the balloon barely grazed:3s We landed
in Connecticut in large forest. We
had no more ballast, and. the balloon
bumped helter-skelter over the tree
tops. Every time we bumped we
would rise several feet in the air.
A Gallop Over the Trees.
ut was like very mad gallop over
the trees. Luckily for us, the anchor
rope caught in one OF the branches.
The basket turned half over as we hit
the ground, and we had to crawl out
from beneath it. ---
after my first experience DR..
Thomas couldn't have kept me out of
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-03-13

groom had betrayed an unbecoming in
terest in the arrival Of the Sunday pa
pers now spread before him. He hal
indeed walked all the way down to the
front gate to hail the newsman jogging
comfortably along the glistening Long
Island road. This was base trea son,
and the bride had sulked for three
whole minutes.
"Well, what is it," asked the bride
groom. But his eyes did not lift from
their rapt scrutiny of the "Standing Of
the Clubs"
would you," purred the bride,
would you love me-
what are you blushing about?" in
terpolated the bridegroom.
would you love me-" she pursued,
ignoring the interruption, IF I were
crazy?"
The bridegroom laughed and forgot
momentarily the baseball score. "You
ARE crazy" he said.
/ "Only about you," the bride admit
ted. Then, for fear he might take the
admission too seriously and presume
upon it, she added, hastily, "that's a
joke"
ooh, it's a joke, is ito"
The bridegroom crossed the three
steps that separated him from the
brides chair, grabbed her up and held
her suspended in the air, the French
heels of her bronze slippers dangling
helplessly.
ooh, my dress!" she walled. you're
nussing my ruffles dreadfully. Well.
there, then. I do love you-really," she
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-03-13

"NOt infrequently an injury Os dag
nosed as a fracture and the part plac-
ed in plaster splint Later a radio
graph demonstrates the absence of
fracture, but the presence of a dislo-
cation which was not suspected and
which had been made permanent by
failure of reduction, immobilization,
etc.
''There are, in fact many cases
where it is impossible to make an
early diagnosis on account Of the pain
and swelling, and very often the in
jury, even after the swelling has sub.
sided, is of such nature as to mislead
the best surgeons. In these cases it
is very easy to establish a correct
diagnosis by means of the X-ray.
"The physician need not, of course,
make the X-ray examination himself,
but to be on the safe side he should
advise the patient or the patients
family to consult photographer, for
while haematoma, swelling and pain
were formerly accepted by the courts
as an excuse for the non-recognition
of fracture, etc., such is not the case
now. Physicians who neglect to ad-
wise the employment Of the X-ray in
these cases expose themselves. to an
action for damages, in which they will
b eaccused of neglect of exercise the
reasonable care and skill which is
required by law.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-03-13

And YETI sighed the widow, you
admired Mrs. Vanderbilt and those
club women for doing it,"
pardon me-" corrected the bachelor,
Il admired the frank way in which
they did it. Besides, am not going
to marry Mrs. Vanderbilt nor"
Il didn't know you were going to
marry mel" exclaimed the widow il
mock surprise.
Didn't your The bachelor looked
astonshed ''Then 1 must have neg
lected to tell you-"
Besides" broke in the widow has
tily, "cigarette smoking isn't really
wicked or sinful-or even vulgar
NO. retorted the bachelor bitterly,
its merely silly, and mannish and
outre. and unhealthy, and shocking,
and foolish"
oh" exclaimed the widow with a
sigh of delight. "How. fascinating!"
what"
1--WE always wanted to do something
shocking and foolish" returned the
widow cheerfully, land now that I've
found out what to do-you aren't go
ing to scare me into being good, by
saying 'Boo!'" and she drew another
puff, which ended in a coughing spell.
The bachelor started.
"By Saying-What?
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-03-13


had smallpox or gone crazy You're
all the time telling me about my
pretty eyes or my pretty hair or my
pretty hands. What do I care about
them? Other women have those things.
At least, some other women. I want
you to love me just because I'm ME-"
All right" The bridegroom was
glared at the paper, then at him. Sud
denly she arose from her chair, tip
toed behind the bridegroom and seiz-
ing the sporting page in her dimpled
hands, tore it viciously into shreds.
"There' she said triumphantly. The
bridegroom's eyes flashed
You must have felt it. coming On
the attack, I mean," he said coldly.
Tears swelled in the brides wide,
brown eyes.
"You love that silly old paper more
than you do me-" she said, accusingly.
Then, perilously near to sobbing, She
continued: II don't want you to read.
1 want to go down to the beach. I
want"
We'll, come on down to the beach,"
said the bridegroom, grabbing her
hand and racing her at top speed down
the hill and out the gate to where,
past the road and through fields, the
ocean with it's Sunday mood upon it
lay almost at peace.
on the beach for hours or moments.
Hand in hand they watched the little
ocean-such a little ocean; so much
shalloWer than their love; so much
narrower than their understanding Of
each other. Tiny, white frilled waves
raced toward them and, as the tide
came in, Tapped the points of the little
brides bronze slippers. And she
laughed, and the bridegroom laughed.
Above them the noon sky hung like an
inverted sapphire cup from which hap
piness was being showered from heav-
en-. The brides arm stole about the
bridegroom's neck, while far out on a
dancing yacht anchored in the bav a
field glass was levelled at her and the
world weary woman who held it
smiled.
"You would love me if were crazv?"
murmured the bride.
"Certainly," laughed the bridegroom:
cts great to be crazy" Then he kissed
the bride, cts the greatest thing in
the world"
Willie.
Mamma-Gracious, Willie, I don't see
how you can get so dirty.
Willie-Oh, it's easy. Come out in
the back yard and I'll show you
Philadelphia Bulletin
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-03-13
BY NIxOLA GREELEY-SMlTH.

All women go up in the air at one
Time or another, and few need the aid
OF balloons to do it. However, daily
increasing number are taking to the
alrship as a pastime, so much so, in
deed, that aeronautics has become the
fad OF every woman with daring and
money enough to compass the pos
session of an airship.
Mrs. Julian P Thomas is the pio-
neer of women aeronauts in America,
as she has made four trips in her
husbands .airship, the first more than
three years ago. Last week Mrs.
Thomas ten-year- old son Odin made
his first ascension with his father at
North Adams, Mass, taking a record
trip of IT'S miles, from North Adams
to Portland, Me.
A short time before Miss Nathalie
Forbes, the twelve-year-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Holland Forbes of
Fairfield, Conn.,, went up in a balloon
with her father and mother. Mrs.
Forbes is an enthusiastic balloonist,
and dirigible is now being made es-
pecially for her use.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-03-13

This is wonderful country for
candy, the most wonderful in the
world. 1t has more varieties and it
costs less. But that's the trouble. it
costs too little and is too easily OBJ
tanned. A child goes forth gayly with
l cent and buys piece of candy that
is so craftily concocted as to last all
the afternoon, giving forth an unre-
hitting stream of limpid sweetness.
There is kind Of candy sold on the
streets In Rome and Florence and
other Italian cities which, 1 believe, is
more innocent Of impurity at least
than some Of the push cart can
dy here. 1t is made Of various kinds
of fruits dipped in boiling sugar and
stuck on to long straw or stick.
These fruit glaces are sold off so
quickly they haven't time to grow
stale. They are very popular with the
street urchins and with some other
people, too, for that matter, and it &C.
ours to me, instead of making quanti-
ties of fudge for the children, why not
make them fruit glace?
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-03-13

balloon if he had wanted to. What
l care for most is the wonderful
beauty of the scenery and for taking
snap shots of it as we go along.
THE only time felt really brave
was last week, when let my ten-year-
old son go up at North Adams. Of
course, have the greatest confidence
in DR.. Thomas, but I'll admit 7 was a.
little worried about Odin. But, as
things happened, the little fellow was
a passenger on a record trip, as they
made IFS miles,"
Have you ever been in a mutiny
On an airship?" I asked.
Mutiny on an Airship.
mo, but DR.. Thomas has," replied
his wife.
DR.. Thomas was loath to tell of this
adventure.
1 don't want to criticise the fellows
who were with me-" he said. 81 won't
tell you where the ascension was
made, but it was very recent. I had
some green people with me, and was
ioollsH enough 10 explain my ma
chlnery to them. After we had gone
more than $50 miles wanted to know
exactly where we were, so started to
send the balloon down until we we're
within hailing distance of a man of
whom I could make the inquiry.
The man in this case turned out to
be woman, but before we got to her
the people on board saw how fast we
were going down, and got frightened.
We were actually travelling faster than
the fastest express train, and when
they thought I wasn't looking they be-
gan to throw off ballast. I told them
to quit, and one fellow said they'd
throw me overheard if wasn't care.
full. But by that time we were safely
down, and the trouble was over.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-03-13
The Donaldson Yarn.

There is a story that man was
thrown overheard deliberately some
years ago in Chicago. He was re-
porter on one of the Chicago papers,
and made the ascent with an aeronaut
named Donaldson. When they were
over Lake Michigan they got out of
ballast and were sinking into the lake.
1t is said Donaldson threw the repor-
ter overheard to save his own life.
1.-THE empty balloon was found later
On land, but Donaldson had disap-
peared. There are people, however,
who say they have seen him working
in the mines out West"
a would you care to make an as
cent?" asked Mrs. Thomas Hospitality,
turning to me.
Mindful of the sad fate of the Chi
cago newspaper man, I said I was
afraid my family wouldn't let me.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-03-13
She LEARNS the Objection
to Womem's Snnokimg---
and Quits!

that you men find the girls who smoke
cigarettes and give studio teas and say
damn it! so much more interesting"
DO we?' inquired the bachelor, dry
ly. Yet we generally marry the nice
girls"
How good Of you! How crafty
ing" exclaimed the widow. And yet"
she continued, thoughtfully studying
the tip of her cigarette, Il never knew
a girl so nice that most any man
would not coax her to smoke a cigar
cite, or to kiss him, or to do something
not nice did you?"
The bachelor Redeemed and moved
uneaslly in his corner.
"Oh, WELL" he answered helplessly,
that's just TOTO see if she won't
refuse, and we admire the girl who
And never call on her again." fin
ished the widow with sniff, "while
you Immediately take the girl who
doesn't refuse out to dinner. But that
isn't the question:! The question is,
how do cigarettes affect a woman
how do they injure her? They don't
make her silly, like rouge, nor make
her old, nor make her wicked, nor"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-03-13

capitulated. Securely back in her
chair she began to burlesque the con-
fessiOn.
II love you fondly, madly, with a
Florentine frenzy-I heard that once in
play Then, as the bridegroom be-
gan to search among the mass of
crumpled newspapers for the sporting
page, she hurried on
But was serious in that question I
asked you. You see, this French book
tells the story of a man who is very
much IN love with his wife, but she
goes crazy, and it's all about whether
he ought to-well-you know-whether
he ought TO-
The bride stopped short and blushed
again more furiously than before.
whether he ought to be true to her
or not" she finished breathlessly, "Now
would YOu2"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-03-13

The bridegroom threw down his pa
per again. He had learned in three
days that such questions from the
bride must be taken with the utmost
seriousness; that for the moment, at
least, she thought her eternal happi-
ness hung upon his answer. Neverthe-
less, he could not resist the tempta-
ton of regret to say the bridegroom
might have called it getting her goat
rs there any insanity in your fam
ily?" he asked, sepulchrally.
No; that isl think not gasped
the bride.
Then what are you worrying
about?"
"Why, because I don't want you to
love me now if you won't love me Just
as much when I'm old and ugly or have
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-03-13
Maine Hunting Story.

Dan Chaplin of Cornish went fox
hunting one day last week in the vicin-
ity' of Traitor Mountain. His hound
got On a trail and chased red fox
for some time, and when within range
Dan saw the fox had a gray squirrel
in his mouth.
He shot the fox, which released the
squirrel. It then ran up a small bush.
The hound after making sure the fox
was dead made a leap for the squirrel
which was probably stunned, and cap
tured it. The case is unparalleled in
these parts.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-03-13
Concerning Coats

From the cutaway effects of early
fall, coats have assumed a. contrast
ingly closed appearance, with decided
directoire lines, and many Of the one
piece dresses are cut and trimmed to
look like them.
To add to this effect, all straight and
diagonal edges are finished with a pip
ing, and not infrequently reinforced
with buttons. bull fringe or other orna-
ment.
A new form Of French military coat
that seems to be taking favorably is
full three-quarter length, with a panel
front reaching from shoulder to shout
der, overlapping the under-arm Dor.
ton at one side and fastening at the
other. The back is in two sections.
with the seam at the Empire line, and
the sleeves plain and close fitting.
Another model suggests the German
military coat, with a short shoulder
cape, and high collar that terminates
at each side Of the front. It, too. has
the directoire suggestion, and has wide
revers that turn back in direct line
with the edge Of the shoulder cape. It
closes at one side with huge buckle.
The sleeves are not too small, but ia
per from the elbow, and are finished
with very deep cuffs of silk pointed at
the top.
Color embroidery on white black
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-03-13

NO." cried the bachelor, desperately,
but they do something ten times
worse than that!''
"Worse:" r he widow nearly dropped
her cigarette.
They get in her hair"
"What?"
"And stain her fingers"
oh"
And make her unkissable!"
The widow flung down her cigarette
and crunched her small heel upon it,
viciously.
THAT" she exclaimed with a sigh
of content, "is enough!''
boo" cried the bachelor triumph
antly, as he rose and lit his pipe with
the Vlrtuous air of a man who has
saved an erring soul.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-03-13
Wasted MistIetoe.

Another illu-ion dispelled. Mistle-
toe, it seems, is not Christmas deco
ration. Holly, the box and the bay"
should deck forth our houses and
churches at Yuletide, but mistletoe
should not make its appearance till
the New Year. It may help to restore
the practice of making the hanging of
the mistletoe a separate New Years
ceremony to state that its efficacy is
entirely lost il it is hung and used for
the encouragement Of OSCILLATION he
fore the first day of the year.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-03-13
CASES FOR THE x-RAY.

When Failure to Use 1t May Make a
Doctor Liable for Damages.
The question of the the duty Of a
physician or surgeon in regard to an
X-ray examination of supposed
fracture or dislocation is discussed in
the Medical Review of Reviews by a
prominent New York expert in such
matters; radiologist is his professional
designation.
He quotes a foreign authority On the
difficulty of making a correct diagno-
sis of injuries, especially when in the
neighborhood of a joint.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-03-13
Siamese Court Etiquette,

BY remarkable law of royal Ell.
Quette which has existed for a number
of years at the court of Siam, no per.
son is permitted to sleep in an apart.
ment situated above that occupied by
the king. A deliberate breach of this
rule has on more than one occasion
been punished by death.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-03-13

sucker, the most
pernicious form of
infantile S w e e t =
meat ever devised.
w h a t are the
mothers think i n 6
Of, I wonder; or
perhaps they do
n OF know t h a t
their young people
are filling t h e nj =
selves with un-
W h o | e s. ON e ice
cream San6uyichoS
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-03-13

t h i n k it's very
dreadful"
The b a c h e 10 r
glanced cautiously
around to m a k e
sure that no one
was coming and
drew the hangings
of the cOZy corner
a little closer.
Il think it very
-unattractive," he
replied, with cold
diSapprOVal.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-03-13

Lucky Shot for the Hare.

While shooting at Wool, Dorset, a
farmer fired at hare and missed it,
The hare made for a hedge and got
caught in a wire. The farmer fired
again and the shots cut the wire. The
hare thus freed got away, to the cha
grin of the experimentation Eve
ming Standard.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-03-13
Winter as an Asset.

1t is perfectly true that in most
parts of Canada winter is really win.
ter: we ought to glory in it, and to
make money out of it by doing all we
can to attract tourists to eniov the
winter sports.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-03-13

Mrs. w. H. Martin of Canton, Ohio,
is said to be the only woman in this
country to soar in an aeroplane,
though in Paris another Ohio woman,
Miss Wright, sister of Orville and Will
bur Wright, has performed a similar
feat.
In London Miss Muriel Mathes show
ers suffrage literature On reluctant
London from the far heights of bal
loon dedicated to the cause of votes
for women.
Only One From New York.
$50 far as know" said Mrs. Julian
P. Thomas, when I asked her to tell
me something Of the progress of bal
looming in New York, 81 am still the
only woman in the city who makes
balloon ascensions. have never been
up in an areoplane, however, and don't
think would care to do so. I regard
it as entirely too dangerous.
Many people have the idea that you
cannot travel a specified route in a.
balloon. Last year, when we said that
we would make a trip from Philadel-
phla to New York, we were laughed
at, yet we did it without any trouble.
leaving Philadelphia at II o'clock a.
m. and landing in the Bronx about s."
Everything depends On your knowl-
edge OF air currents" DR.. Thomas in
terrupted. "You throw off ballast. till
you've found the current that's blow
ing in the direction you wish to take,
and when you want to alter, you 20
higher or lower, according to the cur
rent you SEEK
Il made my first ascent because 7
didn't want DR.. Thomas to get ahead
OF me in anything" said the wife, .I
wanted to show him that I could 90
anywhere that he could. I wasn't in
the least afraid, though DR.. Thomas
made me make my will before the as
cent, which took place at Pittsfeld.
Mass.
L shall never forget my sensations
when I found myself in the midst of a
cloud for the first time.
Il couldn't see two feet away from
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-03-13
A Leftover Snake Story,

George Weikert of Round Top, near
Gettysburg, had an exciting experience
with a snake the other evening. Mr..
Weikert had gone into the haymow at
the barn to throw down hay for the
horse when he was suddenly con-
fronted by a large reptile ready to
strike. 1.
Mr.. Weikert dropped the fork and
got down to the ground as quickly as
possible. He says that the snake was
fully five or six feet in length and that
1t has probably been in the barn since
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-03-13

porch of a big
house by the sea
which had been
lent to them for
this dulcet occa-
sion by the brides
uncle.
The bride h q d
looked up from the
French ook she
was readings h e
was reading mere
ly in Self-defense
because the BRIDE
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-03-13
A Humble Suuuestion

5 Scientists say the white ant laws
10000 eggs month. Would it, we
desire to ask, would it be possible to
cross the white ant with the Ply
mouth Rock hen7