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Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-12-08
A Dynamite Outrage.

Struthers, o., Dec. S-A large
house occupied by non-union tin
workers who were brought here to
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No French Warshins

Paris, Dec. S.-France will not send
any warships to Nicaragua. This was
decided upon today, following the re-
ceipt of advices from the French
charge d. affairs in Central America.
He reported there was no basis for
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-12-08
It's a Go Says camfield

IN an interview given out at Greeley,
Colo, and which appeared in the Den
yer Republican, Mr.. Camfield has the
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~ Contest Of C01ltingents in W0men's Clubs ~

We're doing good team work which had
to be broken up the enemy would slm-
ply whisper to Mrs. A. that Mrs. II. had,
said mean things about her, and Mrs.
A. (such was her confidence in her own
SEX Immediately believed it.
Now, in male politics when one man
comes to another and tells him that u
friend Of his Is ripping him up the back
the listener refuses to believe it Oh
general principles. He understands
human nature too well. Besides. he
knows the party must all hang togeth-
er regardless OF personal feeling.
But with women 1t is different. By
the use of this simple method you can
set a whole club by the ears in less
time than it takes to write this.
And yet We are supposed to be the
foxy set.
The home woman very often envies
her professional sister who can make
money, but does she realize that she
is earning her living too?
Every woman who keeps her house
in order makes her husband comfort
able and sees that her babies are prop
erIy clothed and fed is earning her lv-
ing just as surely as l am earning mine
writing this.
The trouble is that most wives do
not take their vocation seriously. in
her heart of hearts a woman wants TO
be an actress, newspaper writer or
an artist. The result is she is fall
ure as homemaker because her
thoughts are elsewhere. woman
with these ideas should not marry.
She is bound to be unhappy.
There is no profession so sweet and
so noble as that of homemaker. That
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ing her dresses at home. There are some
amateur dresSmakers who are success
full l have nothing to say about them.
hut the average woman Is no modesto.
She makes her gowns at home in order
that she may have more Of them, and the
result is that she always looks 'tacky.
My friends. save your nerves and save
your dress materials. Better one costume
that fits than dozen hit or miss com
hinatiCns. The women with lean
should never even patroniZe
a dreSsmaker: she should dress entirely
from ready mades.
Nowadays by studying the advertise
mentS one can procure tailor mades abb
soluteiy correct in cut and tit at a pure
ly nominal cost. In the spring and fall
inexpensive dresses are features of ell
the sales, and these gowns, being made
from odds and ends by skilled factory
labor. come to less than one-half what
Besides. they are absolutely correct in
style and material which means great
deal. Which of us has rot been dis
appointed in a piece of dress goods after
it was made up? 1t looked all right in
the sample; but, well, we ought to have
known better! And another dress hangs
in the back part of the closet and is worn
Cnly Il couple of times during the season.
Then isn't IT a bore to have to tell
the dressnaker just how full to make
the sleeves and how much Of a ripple
there should be at the bottom of
coat?
No, my friends. it isn't worth all the
fittings and all the worry. Take my
advice and buy ready mades all that
you possibly can.
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organs in their proper position" SO
sayeth the madame.
A substantial, comfortable and prac-
teal rubber corset has just been invent
ed. Its name would imply that the new
model is of the straightjacket order.
This idea. however, is wide Of the mark.
1t was invented by a woman to meet
the demands of the stout members Of
the fair sex. When not in use the corset
seems to be only piece of fliInsy rubber.
but when placed in position around the
body It becomes a perfect support and
gives complete freedom. 1t is made espe
cially long ever the hips and back, and
the fronts are shortened a little in COM
parison, and the abdomen kept down by
means of suspenders attached to the
front of the corset through brass eye
lets. 1t is impossible for the suspenders
to break through the rubber. so thorough
ly are they reinforced. The bones are
exceedingly strong, but as they are Of
genuine whalebonc they are correspond
ingly pliable. The rubber corset is made
in two different models. One IS closed
down the back and fastens i'm front.
For wear with princess and directoire
gowns this style is naturally preferred.
because of the absence of the back lac
ing The other design has this feature
and is intended for plump women who
do not care to wear corset that is
always snug. The lacing in the back,
of course affords means of regulating
to suit the comfort of the wearer Both
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fashioned and the new fashioned eie-
nent. Concessions have TO be made to
the oId-fash.oned contingent. among
whom are usually to be found the OH
GERS, and this swamps whatever origi-
nality and vim the younger members
possess.
The other day I was invited to q
luncheon club at the Waldorf. The
lunch itself was most enjoyable; bu:,
We gods and little fishes. we spent tina
whole afternoon listening to program
consisting of speeches on modern ve:.
sus ancient art and songs of the senti-
mental sort that make you want to go
out and sit in the lobby.
I also attended a political club. .
woman's political organization. There
1 enjoyed myself. but the members
didn't know it. They actually formed
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PRACTICAL HINTS FOR THE FOUSEKEEPER.

baskets each person in q large family
set out his basket under the chimney
piece for his Christmas largess instead of
hanging his stocking. A Brooklyn woman
who has been studying baSketry sent as
Christmas gifts little baskets of her own
weave, just large enough to hold Il tiny
pot of ferns and checkerberries. These
made exceedingly pretty centerpieces. An
other woman who received an Alaskan
basket with q strip of bark for handle
made from it u delightful hanging basket
for Il growing plant a woman who has
II bungalow on the seashore had collected
i lot of large shells which she filled with
earth and checkerberry vines and MOSES
for table jardinieres. These We're most eff
fective and greatly appreciated by those
who received them.
y unique gift from a woman in the
country was an old ia shioned braided rug
made from old stocking legs cut round
and round into long strips. One Of the
strands was hit or miss made from
mems variegated socks, the others Of
black. These strips, cut of uniform width,
We're scwed together then braided and
sewed into durable and pretty oval
mat.
\ busy pastor at Leadville, Col who
wished to remember all of his flock, as
Wei as absent ff1endS, WIN a message
of personal good cheer, had his own post
cards struck off with a picture of Hoff-
mans Christ and Il beautiful original
message of hope and good wishes for the
New Year.
\ ''Sunshiner'' OF Manhattan had her
own visiting cards embellished with ID
spriS of holly and the Christmas greeting.
while the proud possessors OF a new
baby had his picture taken in the guise
of a cherub. wings and ALL and sent it
with personal greetings to old friends OF
the family.
a new dainty that was served at re-
cent Eat home consisted of malaga
grapes. marshmallows. maraschino cher
ries. whipped cream and sherry. Grape
juice can be substituted for the sherry if
desired. A pound Of the grapes were cut
lengthwise and seeded and to them were
added pound of marshmallows. each one
cut in a half-dozen pieces. An equal
quantity OF this mixture was put in each
punch glass and over it was poured about
tablespoonful of the sherry. a table
spoonful OF whipped cream topped by
maraschino cherry finished the glass.
which was as pretty to look at as good
to eat.
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0NE need not strain himself to be use
~ full: he cannot help being useful II
lie is cheerful and brave, IL he is bright
and true II he is clean and honest
Charles G.. Ames.
A woman who does not carry a halo OF
good feeling and desire to make every
body contented with her wherever she
goes-an atmosphere of grace. mercy and
peace. Of at least six feet radius. which
wraps every human being upon whom she
voluntarily bestows her presence, and so
fiatters him with the comfortable thought
that she is rather glad he is alive than
otherwise, isn't worth the trouble of talk
ing to as n woman: she may do well
enough to hold discussions with.--O. w.
Holmes.
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or three minutes then turn onto
platter to cool and harden. Form into
croauettes roll lightly in bread crumbs
then In beaten egg. mixed with little
milk and again in sifted crumbs, and
fry to a golden brown In smoking hot
fat.
reporter was waiting the other day
at tho occulist'S and fell in conversation
with a young woman also waiting her
turn She spoke of the close regard that
grows I'D between the family physician
and his patients. and told of her own
family doctor, the oldest practicins physi-
clan now In Brooklyn. HE has been
our family doctor all my life she said,
land l never go to him without sort
Of mental uplift as well as physical
betterment. He is truly gentleman OF
the old school, and to hear him say,
AS John Quincy Adams remarked. or
AS my friend William Lloyd Garrison
used to say makes one feel that she Is
forgathering with history And just
here came In a little "reminiscences OF
William Lloyd Garrison that was most
interesting. During the anti-slavery agi-
tation when the voices of those silver
tongued anti-slavery lecturers. Wendell
Phillips. Garrett Smith and William Lloyd
Garrison. never ceased in the land. pro-
claiming the only issue on which slavery
could never be met, Garrison's voice be-
gan to give out. Home remedies failing.
Europe was ransacked for remedies that
would strengthen the vocal chords. All
the slcst eminent PHYSICIANS there sent
their choicest prescriptions. one by one
these were given a trial and Garrison's
voice held out. After his death all these
prescriptions were handed over to his
friend, who had them analysed by ex-
pert chemists. only. to find out that every
one had as it's basis borax-plain boraX.
Borax is now recognized as one OF our
most valuable household remedies. For
weak, strained or inflaned eyes there Is
nothing better than a boracic acid solu-
ton. allowing a half teaspoonful OF the
acid to two-thirds of glass OF water.
1t dissoIves more quickly il the water is
warm. Keep this in a covered glass or
stoppered bottle. and every hour or two
half fill an eye cup with the solution,
adding little hot water to take off the
chill. Fit the cup over the eye throw
the head back, opening the eye wide and
allowing the liquid TO battle every
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1t is a Very bad habit to allow .
Child TO play all over tie house. rae
ing through the halls and scattering toys
here and there. Parents who permit this
have only themselves TO blame for shat
tered nerves and household catastrophes.
Give the child his little kingdom where
he reigns supreme and he will respect
yours. -.-.-... :.
There n no woman who jars on ones
nerves more than the positive lady.
This person is also apt to be narrow
minded
People who have gene about quite
bit and studied their fellow men are not
apt to be so very certain In their opin-
ions They know there are many points
of view. and they have learned to re-
spect them.
NUNS the Word.
If you can't agree with people il 10
sometimes excellent thing to keep
silent or at least merely to express your
point of view as your own opinion, not
as the only right one.
OF course occasionally one has to come
out fiatfoCted. but you will find as a
rule, that the woman who speaks with
emphasis all the time is merely the one
who hasn't seen much more OF the world
than her own back yard.
The more We see the more we hear,
and the more We think, my friends, the
more tolerant we become.
KATE CLYDE
New York.
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and brown. Pour in gradually one cup
full veal gravy or brown soup stock and
q cupful OF the cold roast veal cut in
neat pieces. Season with Worcestershire
sauce and mushroom catsup. salt and
pepper to taste.
This goes specially well with baked
potatoes for luncheon or with delicately
Drowned slices OF toast for supper.
Another nice way of utilizing a little
left over roast veal or even veal that
has been used for making soup stock
is in croquettes. Add TO a cupful Of the
veal minced fine cupful Of we'll cooked
rice and a half cupful cooked sweetbread
minced fine. Add a few drops onion Juice,
a little minced parsley, celery and thyme
and moisten with three-fourths cupful
nice rich white stock. Add salt and
pepper and one well beaten egg while
the mixture is over the fire. Cook two
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washed in this way have been beauti-
repeat. I do not recommend this from
said to be particularly we'll adapted 10
naturally oily tresses. but Is too drying
for a dry head of hair.
j: x
For YOU who are planning new
home or the renovation of the old. let
me suggest this beautiful inscript ion
which is worked out around the frieZe
of Bulwer LyttOn's dining or living hal
in his country estate. Portions of this
inscription, the fourth and fifth lines
or the sixth and seventh have beel
used with signal success as fireplace
inscriptions in artistic homes here
The inscription in full is:
Read the Rede of the Old Roof Tree
Here be trust fast Opinion free.
knghtly right hand. Christian knee
Worth in all. Wit in some.
Laughter open. Slander dumb.
Hearth where rootcd friendships grow
Safe as altar. cen to foe.
And the sparks that upward 60
When the hearth flame dies below.
II thy sap in them may be.
Fear no winter Old Roof Tree.
In the interchange Of Christmas gifts ana
letters one gets many new ideas that
can be stored away for ready reference
for the following year. Indian baskets
have played an important role this season
in many homes. In a California home
which boasts Q fine collection OF Indian
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3S|


Tlent ana 10 mink LHdI al dTtlCIe, no
matter by what great writer, could
revolutionize the custom OF wearing
corsets For over a thousand years we
have worn stays of one sort or another,
and l do not think 1t is the first time
there has been an attempt to abolish
them. NJ. Provost. the author in ques
ton, lays all the Ills that women suffer
10 the corset. He quotes several leading
Partisan doctors as authority. but he
does not tell OF the many other medical
men of equal distinction who recon-
mend the corset and even corsetieres
to their patients. That NJ. Provost
should compare alcoholism to corsets
seems a small eXaggeration. but he
distinctly says that the one is the
scCurge of men and the other of women.
lie talks prettily OF the Venus OF Milo.
who is ever held up as a model to the
modern woman, but he forgets that the
very large circumference of her waist
Is in proportion to her stature The Venus
of Milo Is a much bigger woman than
the average Partisan or Americaiile, and
the draperies NJ. Provost admires in
marble would horrify him In mousseline
de sole Apropos of the Venus, I was
talking to a celebrated dressmaker OF
tire Rue de la Paix, and he calmly sald.
ACKNOWLEDGE that Venus de Milo
would look much better if she We're
dressed by NJ. Provost. still there are
Others who would net agree to the de-
c'sion.
A Defense of the Corset.
Now let us hear what Nine. Ager,
the corsetiere who won the gold medal
at the Franco-British exhibition. has
To say on the subject. She begins by
pTaiSing NJ. Provost for his energetic
attack. adding that the suppression of
alcohol seems an easy matter COM
pared with the suppression of the cor
set and. after the usual compliment to
the talent of this author. she begs to
ne permitted to quote certain passages
from an open letter she addressed to
similar attack on the corset printed III
the Echo de Paris Believe me. cher
monsieur" she writes. ''all attempts to
suppress the corset will be fru1tIess-
History is there to prove 1t. The women
OF Greece and Egypt, with their cunning
system OF bandelettes; the Roman ladies,
with their belts and their metallic breast
protectors: the noble DANES of the middle
ages. with their casings-they, one and
ALL had to yield to necessity. trying to
repair the irreparable injury of time
by attempting to keep in check the ef-
fects OF a too exuberant nature All that
is required" continues Nine Agier. lis a
corset in keeping with the anatomical
and esthetic laws. Such a corset Is
not a myth: it exists. 1t is the result
Of ten years scientific research. My
corset, in every way anatomlc and
scientific, is constructed so as not to con-
strain the organs, leaving them every
as to develop healthily. The only pres
sure is brought to bear on the pelvis,
to curve the waist and support it as we'll
as the abdomen, maintaining al the
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The Positive Lady.

a great deal for ii he had to hire it.
The man who makes presents to his
wife instead of giving her an allowance,
which. after all, she fairly earns. de-
grades her position; there is no doubt Of
that.
Every woman should realize that in
marrying man she is not giving UP a
career, but rather entering upon one
Every man should realize that in his
wife he has as efficient a helper any
In his office and he should treat her
with equal considerations
How to Dress Becomingly.
The woman of small means some
times is guilty of a great error in max
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Candied Sweet Potatoes.

Cut cold boiled or baked sweet potatoes
into quarterinci, slices until you have a
pint. Put two tablespoonfuls Of butter in
baking dish and when very hot lay in
the potatoes. Sprinkle the top with two
tablespoonful sugar. pour in lightly two
tablespoonful sherry and bake until hot
and brown. Sweet potatoes are always
richer with twice cooking.
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committees and then decided what the
committees We're to do afterward.
Men are wiser than that. They de-
eide what they want to have accom-
plished and then place on the commit
tee for that particular thing men most
in touch with it or men that can be
handled by the powers interested,
which is, perhaps. more to the point.
Woman is a child in political in
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t into the chatting
dish blazer two
tablespoonfuls and
a half of butter.
When hot add one
tablespoonful fine
ly chopped musil-
rooms and q tea
spoonful in e ! v
chopped or grated
onion. and cook
three m n u I es.
Add three table,
SDoonfulS 40 ur
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TO be flesh reduccrs.
The Wizard Corsetiere.
Whatever the corset worn, there never
was q time when the corsetiere's in
fluence was more felt. Indeed, she is
consulted before dressmaker or tailor.
and yet with all her skill she cannot
make a fat woman thin, though it is
perfectly marvellous what we can do to-
ward making her appear Sc. Naturally
when the hips are strapped in by long
coutil bands the waist must grow larger:
the too solid flesh refuses to melt. The
hiGh-waisted and princess frocks tend to
conceal the waist, and if the hips are fat
the wearer can present good appear
ance. Many thin women assist the stay
maker by having the skirt attached to
wide belt which fits the figure, leaving
the skirt to hang in straight lines from
the top. The shOrt-waisted gown looks
better when attached to it's own sirdle
two or three inches above the normal
waist We have done with Innings for
skirts. which help in the crucial point
of skirts setting we'll.
The Skinny Walking Skirt
All this moment when smart Parsians
are wearing their afternoon gowns so
skinny at the hem that ordinarily walk
ing is made impossible, and sort of
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HE entertainment
program OF the
average ~oman's
club is enough to
drive one to drink.
w h at strange
ideas women have
on the subject OF
amusement!
The trouble with
most clubs Is that
there is a mix
ture of the old
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and there should be nothing in 1t OF
perishable nature The kiddies can turn
it into an Indian encampment or a scene
in the tropics. according as their i'm
aginations work, and the grownupS will
be left in peace.
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1t becomes degraded in many cases TO
mere servtude is partly the wife's and
partly the husbands fault-the wife's
because she does not use common sense
and system. the husbands because he
does not realize that his wife's labor IS
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special Correspondence Of The Star.

FAMOUS French
writer has made a
sensation q IN o n &
the cOrse tie res
with his violent
attack on cOrsetS
i'm an article that
recently appeared In
the Figaro. 1t is
really absurd for
these corset artists
to get wrought up
yer the state
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is pretty tailored shirt waist for with SIM
pie wdking suit of serge chevot The model is made up
in fine white linen striped gray and laid in deep
tuck the shoulder with plain shirt sleeve turnedup cuff
and French back The high urn-down collar the cuff and
front closing pped with green linen matching the stripe in
the waist Three large buttons covered with the green close
the throat.