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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-05-03
QUEENS BAR CORSET
Three in Crusade Against Com.
pressing Their Bodies.
"e'ena OF Italy, Alexandra Of Enoland.
ana Elizabeth Of RoumanIa Take
Action Which May Spread
to America,

New York-A corset str,ka nav
gage the attention Of the women after
tney have finished with the meat
Strike, for 1t is now considered queen.
~ to go without the expensive and
uncomfortable adornments. accord,no
10 information received here.
BESIDES, stylish corsets are getting
30 long 1t is unpleasant to walk in
mem. Any girl will tell you that
AND the longer they make them the
more they cost. Any married man
can tell you that the high cost OF
corsets has kept pace with the high
cost Of living.
But the main thing just now ia that
Queen Elizabeth of Roumania has con
cluded triple alliance against the
corsets. Three queens are hard r.
beat. In addition to Queen Elizabeth
there are Queen Alexandra of Eng
land and Queen Helena of Italy. All
are bona f1de queens who can veal
what they please and AFFORD to ma,
Tor 1t and have a vast burden of cour
etiquette to manage.
Queen Elizabeth told her court al
about 1t day or two ago. She re
ceived letter from Queen Alexandr;
saying the latter had decided that
woman's dress should follow her nat
ural lines. Even If these lines ar,
'nartistic that is no reason why
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-05-03
Soul of British Empire.

The city of London proper, whicn
lies in the heart of Greater London
has living population of but S9'ooo
hu right although 100000 people do
business there by day. while all OF the
currents of British life pass through
IT'S portals. Here is the soul OF the
emnire with its population OF 400
mn mo and of its area of ll,4oo,ooo
square miles. or more than one-n'n
of the population and area Oh the
ylohe .-Scribner's
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-05-03

woman should endanger her health
and posterity, says the queen.
The corset. opines Queen Alexandra
does not carry out the idea of natur
al lines in dress On the other hand,
it thwarts such an idea and gives the
body a sort of nom de plume. II
Is fraud, often a snare and delusion
and Queen Alexandra was anxious
that her disapproval be published to
the world.
1t was this attitude of Queen Alex
andra, according to Queen Elizabeth,
that caused the former to invent the
princess idea of dress, for which many
shapely women are so thankful.
Her majesty of England" went on
Queen Elizabeth to her courtiers. de
spises blouses, maintaining that the
subdivision of the female body by the
blouse and skirt is unbeautiful II not
a downright sacrilege."
So Queen Elizabeth Endorsed Queen
Alexandra and then proclaimed some
views of her own.
"The corset" she declared, lis an
| invention of man, not of woman. Most
men Judge a woman's beauty accord
ing to the standard of an expensive
corsetmaker."
Queen Elizabeth forthwith wrote
pamphlet setting down her reflections
on the subject and is having it circu
| lated all over Roumania.
1t was then that the queen of ltal,
became a part of the triple alliance
She gave away all her corsets-ont
for every gown-and wrote to queer
Elizabeth as follows;
81 am opposed to the corset OF
principle, because | think IL un
hygienic and directly injurious Il
women, particularly to mothers
Women who have studied the func
lions of the body will refuse to wea
corsets. Only thoughtless mother
will initiate the habits of women SUI
more giddy and allow their podie
to be squeezed tightly and their OF
gans to he distorted"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-05-03
SnANGE THE VIBRATION
u Makes for Health.

man tried leaving off meat, pota.
~ coffee, and etc., and adopted
ssAast Of fruit, Grape-Nuts with
stum.
.s health began to improve at once
~e reason that meat eater will
~ place once in while where
system seems to become clogged
noothly.
suange of this kind puts aside food
~" nutritive value and takes up
ana drink of the highest value,
aus partly digested and capable
IN s quickly changed into good,
Oiood and strong tissue.
h.. "'st valuable feature of Grape
" the natural phosphate of pot
m s.own In the grains from which it
,,.. e' This is the element which
~. albumen In the body into
wi gray substance which fills
- ana nerve centers.
n. Nv Jays use of Grape-Nuts will
Nm ae degree Of nervous strength
- worth the trial.
N !. - pkgs for the little book, 1.-THE
~"ellvtlle." There's a Reason"
p sr.ca the above letters A new
p Rss.sIs from tine to time. They
lss1 trues and fall Of human
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-05-03
What He Was After.

George Washington Henry Clay Lin
h Carter. one of Georgia's younger
rkey citizens, was suddenly called
IN not long ago to explain his pres
ce at a. m. in the henhouse of a
lite neighbor.
FStealing my chickens. are you, you
lex rascal?" the owner demanded.
George W. II. C. l.. c. rolled his eyes
Nil they we're all whites.
Nov, now, lookyeh, Mars George"
protested, dat amt no way ter ac'
hi please don pint dat gun at me
D er way, cunnel, sah," he hastily
he'd, holding up his battered hat as
shield. "Ah 'clar All warn't gwine
bal no chickens; no sab! Abs wri-
er dialec' story-an All des' come
bseyen roun' hyah ter git local color
has, sab, OATS all All was after. All
M to de Lord hit was!"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-05-03

COCOdu us, Ills Gull pouAOA4o
leveled the stones beneath the lodges
chosen by Winthrope. and gathered
enough dried sea-weed along the talus
to soften the hard beds.
Soothed by the monotonOus wash OF
the sea among the rocks, even Miss
Leslie slept well. Blake, who had in
sisted that she should retain his coat.
was wakened by the chilliness pre-
ceding the dawn Five minutes later
they started on their journey.
The starlight glimmered on tho
waves and shed faint radiance over
the rocks. This and their knowledge
of the way enabled them to pick
path along the foot Of the cliff without
difficulty. Once on the beach, they
swung along at a smart gait, tnvigor-
ated by the cool air.
Dawn found them half way to their
goal. Blake called halt when tho
first red streaks shot up the eastern
sky. All stood waiting until the quick
" following sun sprang forth from tho
sea. Blake's first act was to glance
from one headland to the other, est
mating their relative distances. HIS
grunt OF satisfaction was lost in WIN
thropes exclamation: by Jove, look
at the cattle,"
ITO DE CONTINITEDl
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-05-03
II She Had Her Choice,

IA gentleman who finds great amuse-
ent in telling his wife which lady of
e1 acquaintance he will select as
successor when she dies, and who,
X day, had been teasing her with
nberless mock-serious illusions to
subject, suddenly called their lit
daughter to him and asked her,
hiking with laughter at his own wit:
Madeline, how would you like to
lve stepmother?"
The child considered for a moment
n then, with great earnestness re-
He'd
7 think I'd much rather have a
epfather"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-05-03
= q (l;2

BY morning believe my ankle WHl
be in such shape that I could 20 bach
for the string of cocoanuts which ~
dropped ON the beach"
IN go myself, to-day. else ven
have no supper. Now we're getting
down to bedrock. II those nuts have
not been washed away by the tide.
we're fixed for tonight; and for two
meals. such Is they are. But what
next? Even the rain pools viii -
dried up by another day or 90"
Are not sea-birds good to eat!' H.
quired Miss Leslie
Some"
Then, II only We could climb II
cliR-might there not be another
placer"
mo; I've looked 1T both sides.
What's more, that spotted tomcat has
got a monopoly on our water supply.
The river may be fresh at low tide:
but we've got nothing to boil water
in, and such bayou stun is just con-
centrated malaria"
Then we must ind water else
where" responded Miss Leslie.
Might we not succeed II We went on
to the other ridge?"
that's the ticket. You've got Z
headpiece, Miss Jenny! It's too late
to start now But first thing to-mor-
row I'll take . run down that way,
while you two lay around camp and
see II you can twist some sort of fish
line out Of cocoanut fiber BY braid
ing your hair, Miss Jenny, you can
spare US your hair-pins for hooks"
But, Mr.. Blake, I'm afraid-rd
rather you'd take Us with you. With
that dreadful creature so near"
We'll, 1 don't know. Let's see your
feet?"
Miss Leslie glanced At him. and
| thrust a slender foot from beneath her
skirt.
'Um-m-stocking torn; but those
slippers are tougher than l thought.
Most of the way will be good walking.
along the beach. Well leave the fsh-
! ing to Pat-er-beg pardon-Win!
With his ankle"
by JOve, Blake, Ill chance the
ankle. Don't leave me behind.
give you my word, you'll not have "a
lug me-"
"Oh, of course, Mr.. Winthrope must
go with u.s."
"'Fraid to go alone, eh?" demanded
Blake. frowning.
His tone startled and offended her;
yet all he saw was a politely quizzical
lifting of her brows
why should l be afraid, Mr.
| Blake?" she asked.
Blake stared at her moodily But
when she met his gaze with confid
ing smile, he flushed and looked away
"All right" he muttered; wei
move camp together. But don't ex
pect me to pack his ludship. If NJ
draw a blank and have to trek bacl
without food or water"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-05-03
,To BE CONTINUED.)
The Public Eye.

In a little more We came to an open
space, very thronged.
"The Public Eye!" shouted tho
megaphone man of our party
There were some curious people
within the space, but even more curl
Gus were those just outside
OF these latter we thought certain
women especially interesting; they
we're busily neglecting their families
In order to get into the Public Eye
pathos attached to another group =.
women who had been In the Pubic
Eve and could never be happy ont o.
It though they couldn't in the least
tell why.
Positively funny were rev men
who kept trying. by q variety OF oron
devices, to break into the Public Eye.
"vice-presidential candidafes3 OF
meeaphone man sxplained-Puck
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-05-03

stuff"
What do you mean. SIR"
Now, don't get huffy, please. It's
a question of think, not of putting on
airs. Here we are, worse on than the
people of the stone age. They had
fire and flint axes; we've got nothing
but our think tanks, and as to lions
and leopards and that sort Of thing,
it strikes me we've got about as many
on hand as they had"
Then you and Mr.. Winthrope
should Immediately arm yourselves"
"How?-But we'll leave that till
later. What else?"
The girl gazed at the surrounding
objects, her forehead wrinkled in the
effort at concentration. I'VE must
have water. Think how we suffered
yesterday! Then there is shelter from
wild beasts, and food, and"
"All right here under our hands, If
we had fire. Understand"
Il understand about the water. You
would brighten the leopard away with
the fire; and If it would do that, it
would also keep away the other ami
mails at night. But as for food, unless
we return for cocoanu's-"
Don't give it up! Keep your think
er going on the side. while Pat tells
us our next move. Now that he's got
the fire sticks out of his head"
Il say. Blake, l wish you would
drop that name. 1t is no harder to say
Winthrope."
You're of, there" rejoined Blake.
But look here, I'll make it Win. if
next
| Really, Blake, that would not be
half bad They-er-they called me
Win at Harrow
THAT so? My English chum went
to Harrow-Jimmy Scarbridge."
Lord James,-your chum?"
He started in like you, sort of top
lofty. But he chummed all right-aft-
err l took out lot of his British starch
,, with a good walloping."
"Oh. really now. Blake, you can't
expect any one with brains to believe
that, you know"
NO; l don't know, you know,-and
l don't know if you've got any brains,
you know. Here's your chance to show
us. What's our next move?"
Really, now. have had no expert
ence in this sort of thing-don't in
terrupt, pleased 1t seems to me that
our first concern is shelter for the
night If we should return to your
tree nest, we should also be near the
cocoa palms"
That's one side. Here's the other.
Bar to wade across-sharks and ALI
gators; then swampy ground-ma-
laria, mosquitoes, thorn jungle. Guess
the hands of both of you are still
sore enough, by their look"
IF only had pot OF cold cream!'
sighed Miss Leslie.
IF only l had q hunk Of jerked
beef!' echoed Blake.
II say, why couldn't we chance 1t
for the night around on the seaward
face of the cliff" asked Winthrope.
Il noticed place where the lodges
overhang-almost a cave. Do you
think it probable that any wild beast
would venture so close to the sea?"
Cant say. Didn't see any tracks;
so wen chance 1t for tonight. Next?"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-05-03

there. 1 heard a growl. and thought 1t
about time to clear out"
BY Jove, we'd better withdraw
around the point"
Withdraw your aunty! There's no
leopard going to tackle us out here in
open ground this time of day. The
sneaking tomcat! If only l had q
match, I'd show him how we smoke
rat holes"
Mr.. Winthrope spoke Of rubbing
sticks to make fire." suggested Miss
Leslie.
Make sweat, you mean. But we
may as we'll try it now, il we're going
to at all The suns hot enough to fry
eggs. Well go back to a shady place
and pick up sticks ON the way"
Though there was shade under the
cliff within some 900 feet, they had
to go some distance to the nearest dry
wood-a dead thornbush. Here they
gr.thered a quantity of branches, even
Miss Leslie volunteering to carry a
load.
All was thrown down in a heap near
the cliff, and Blake squatted beside it
penknife in hand. Having selected the
dryest of the larger sticks, he bored 9
hole in one side and dropped in q
pinch of powdered bark. Laying the
stick in the full glare of the sun, he
thrust twig into the hole and began
to twirl it between his palms. This
movement he kept up for several min
Ix,v h. -
twirl the twig fast enough or whether
the right kind of wood or finder was
lacking all his efforts failed to pro
duce a spark
Unwilling to accept the failure
Winthrope insisted upon trying in
turn, and pride held him to the task
until he was drenched with sweat
The result was the same.
Told you So" jeered Blake from
| where he lay in the shade. "Wed
stand more chance cracking stones to
gether"
But what shall we do now?' asked
Miss Leslie. Il am becoming very
tired of cocoanuts, and there seems tc
be nothing else around here Indeed
| think this is all such a waste OF
time. If we had walked straight alons
the shore this morning we might have
reached a town"
I'VE might, Miss Jenny, and then
again, we mightnt. l happened tl
overhaul the captains chart-Quili
name, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS all for hun
dreds of miles. Towns on this coas
are about as thick as hen's-teeth'
How about native villages?" de
manded Winthrope.
"Oh. yes; maybe I'm fool enough t.
go into a wild niger town withou
gun. Maybe l didn't talk with fel
lows down on the Rand"
but what shall we dor repeated
Miss Leslie, with a little frightened
catch in her voice. She was at las
beginning to realize what this rude
break in her sheltered, pampered lif'
might mean. What shall we do? It.
its absurd to think Of having t.
stay in this horrid country for week.
or perhaps months-unless some shil
comes for us!"
Look here. Miss Leslie" answered
Blake, sharply yet not unkindly; sup
pose you just sit back and use you
thinker a bit. II you're your daddy,
daughter, you've got brains some
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-05-03
Not Willing to Commit Himself.

Not Willing to Commit Himself.
The teacher had called upon Fred
Brown to give an illustration of
Z proper manner in which to COM
We the adjective clean"
Mother is clean" said he, faltering-
father is--cleaner-" Here he
used.
And prompted the teacher.
freddie was still silent and very
oughtful.
haven't you some other relative?"
xed the teacher. smiling.
IN, yes" replied Freddie. there's
nte-but amt sure about her!"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-05-03
An Appreciated Djstractjon.

80 you think the automobile has
loe life much pleasanter?
mas for me-" answered the COM
uole citizen. Il drive a fast horse
my son rides a bicycle. The au-
NOBLE has taken the minds of the
'uce on both of u.s."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-05-03
an s.r Tourists 10 Remember.

Cuba is vigorously enforcing coliee'
.,on Of duties on the personal effects
~ nassensers landing at any port OF
Tho island. This is pointer for tour
fists to Cuba.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-05-03
The Enolish MAY.

~ you think baseball will ever get
ioothold in England?"
rney play it some"
as enormously as we do?"
wen, no. They serve tea between
lungs, | understand"
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The story opens with the shipwreck Of
tne steamer on which Miss Genevieve
Leslie, an American heiress, Lord Win
thrope, an Englishman, and Tom Blake.
a brusque American, were passengers.
The three were tossed upon an uninhab-
ited island and were the only ones not
drowned Blake recovered from a drunk
en- stupor. Blake, Stunned on the boat.
because OF his roughness became a hero
as preserver Of the helpless pair. The
Enslishman was suing for the hand Of
Miss Leslie. Blake started to swim back
70 the ship to recover what was left.
Blake returned safely. Winthrope wasted
his last match on a cigarette. for which
he was scored by Blake. Their first meal
was dead fish. The trio started ten
mile hike for higher land. Thirst at
tackled them Blake was compelled to
carry Miss Leslie on account OF weari-
ness: He tainted Winthrope. They en-
tered the jungle. That night was passed
roosting high in a tree. The next morn
ing they descended to the open again.
All three constructed hats to shield them
selves from the sun. They then Toasted
on cocoanuts. the only procurable food.
Miss Leslie showed a liking for Blake.
but detested his rouEhness. Led by Blake
they established home in some cliffs.
Blake found a fresh water spring. Miss
Leslie faced an unpleasant situation
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-05-03
Generally.

ve have noticed that a man ma
.,hor bras on his kin than TO ooar0
I".ns' Atch,son (Kan) Globe.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-05-03
CHAPTER TX.

The Leopards' Den.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-11

| the vogue on the finer garments. not.
withstanding that the convertible col.
lar adds much TO the serviceabilty of
the garment.
The three quarter length Chester.
field IS still the popular garment with
the ulsterette and raglan sbapcd
coats following closely In favor. The
trock ,overcoat seems to grow more
fashionable as it grows more popular.
and this III spite of the fact that il is
not an easy overcoat 10 don when one
is wearing evening clothes. The man
who is wise and can afford ii usually
has two of these ovcrcoats of different
Welghts--a rather light one for dav
wear with cutaway or frock coat. and
Il much heavier one for evening wear
Both are of rough material, with velvet
collar and three buttons There is usu-
ally n rather wide peaked lapel, and
the smartcst men always wear these
coats with only two of the three bnt.
tons IN use. The lapels roll softly TO
the second button.
Something rather new, noticed the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-11

mer are being transformed into more
somber tones, the black and white pre-
dominating
1t is quite pronounced in the advance
fall showiDgs that there is n strong
leaning toward gray, both in solid col
ors and II mixtures. These materials
are of the class known in the trade as
Bannockburn Ca sort of tweed from
town OF that name near Glasgow,
Scotland) and pin checks, both Of these
effects being popular in England as
Kings Mourning" A predominance
of black and white and somber gray
also reflects this tendency.
The younger American element have
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-11

In ovcrcoats, as in suits, there is
a call for the wool aud soft finish
fabrics: This popularity is caused by
the great variety of patterns which
can not be had ia worsteds, except in
the higher priced materials. The com.
bination military collars for overcoats
continue to make their appearance.
Although constructed @l many differ
ent principles, the effect obtained in
all arc very similar. Ordinarily the
lapel effect is shown. and for stormy
or cold weather the lapel or collar is
adjusted TO button close to the neck,
giving the military style. The regular
set lie down collars, however. is still
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-11

There is no doubt but that the death
of King Edward VII. has had = strono
effect upon the fabrics in men IS cloth
ing for this fall and winter. Reports
frem England Indicate strong vogue
in London for dark materials. espcciallv
in pin check effects. As high class
American tailors not only construct
their garments along the lines depicted
by the London fashion plates. bpt i'm.
port practically all their fabrics from
England, it is highly probable that
American cloth mills and clothing man.
ufacturers will follow this tendency. Pin
checks IN the lighter shades which
showed such popularity the past sum.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-11

for some time past been making A
strong effort to throw of the yoke Of
English suggestion in their fashions,
and with no small degree of accom-
plishmcnt. This will be especially no.
ticeable this season, as the ENGLISH
fashions will loso much caste in this
country since King Edward, the recoo-
niZed dean of the fashion world, has
found no accepted successor. There
fore, while the more conservative men
will adopt the "King' 3 Mourning" cf
fects, tho younger element and their
adherents are coming out strong for
browns in novelty patterns The plaid
effects are said to be the best, while
some have the stripes in addition
Nothing is shown in the solid shades
of brown. Everything shown for fall
is IN the soft finish effect, cassimercs
and soft finished serges being most
prominent, both in imported and do.
mestic materials. Besides the grays
and browns, blues will be very popu-
lar.
Chantccler novelties will be fea-
ture of the season. The idea is used
I'D the material rather than in tho
style Of the garment "he fabrics arc
soft finished ones, with small red or
brown pin dots sprinkled throughout
The effect is reddish or brownish
hue, very rich in appearance.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-11

The fall models in suits and over
coats show practically no changes.
The cutaway frock coat is the most
notable among the new fall garments.
Some of tho garments have silk braid
edges and cuffs, and on The outside
seam Of the trousers as we'll. This
style of coat can be appropriately ac-
companicd by gray striped trousers
and fancy waistcoat. For semi formal
wear, as we'll as for business, it gives
promise of considerable popularity for
the fall season. The favored fabric
for the cutaway frock coat is the soft
finished worstcd. The suit STYLES arc
gradually getting away from the ex-
treme broad shoulders, and this season
decidedly favors the English natural
shoulder effect-a narrow shoulder.
The coat Is also cut closer fitting
around the waist, defining the dip cf-
feet, These coats, however, are cut
full in the chest. The coats arc also
shorter than has been seen in many
seasons; however, tho extreme short
coat has not yet arrived The sack
coat is still the popular garment. The
peg-top and semipeg top trousers,
which originated with the college
youth and were taken up later by the
element, are gradually giving
way to the more conservative types. |
The regular cut trousers, which pre-
vailed before the peg top, arc now con
sidered proper.