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The Morning standard. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1910-191?, 1910-10-30

in corduroy. Turquoise is too light for
any but most elaborate wear, but there
are several new tones among the deeper
blues which arc beautiful, and blue is
just now the most preferred above all
other colors Red and crimson arc sure
TO prove becoming to n girl still in her
teens, nor is there any loyclier winter
color than bright red Green Is a color
10 be selected with considerable care, for
there is perhaps no shade. not even cx-
eeptjng red. of which the wearcr so
quickly wearieS, 1t is d beautiful color.
however. and is much In fashion this
year, especially for young people.
a school girls outfit is no longer tho
simple affair of a generation ago. II
she lives In large city Il school girl Is
quite as much on dress parade at nh
.'nieS OF the day as she will be when she
L really grown up. and while convention
cans Tor a decided simplicity in her dress
" is also necessary that she be prettiIv
u"' correctly gowned at all times. For
'uornins she must have, besides her rough
sun simple one piece dress, with which
h worn either fur wrap or warm
"'s'eF- FOR afternoon there must be. be.
Siocs three piece gown of velvet or
el"ooth cloth. 4 house gown of cashmere
VI crepe and then for evening a smart
eupo OF cloak is every Bit as necessorv
uS 'ne evening gowns or party frocks.
every oit as complete a tronsscau II not
lli''. qui'e 30 expensive, as is required by n
de0utantc or a bride.
The Morning standard. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1910-191?, 1910-10-30

may be only border or band of the
satin against the velvet
A email square sailor collar is a pretty
and youthful finish 10 n straight three
quarter coat. This collar forms revcrs
IN front with an opening just sufficiently
wide to show the sheer lace or chiffon
yoke of tho waist, The cxaeGeratcdly
deep opening of coat is no longer seen,
aud coat collnrs are nlso cut somewhat
higher at the back Of the neck than for
Imerly.
The Morning standard. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1910-191?, 1910-10-30

N PART from the satin collar and cuff
~ there may be some narrow bands
Of the satin On the coat. while if the
jacket is belted in at the waist line the
belt may be formed of softly plated satin
of the exact shade of the velvet On the
The Morning standard. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1910-191?, 1910-10-30

frock the simpler the jacket the better.
The skirt must not be cut so tigh: as
TO be ungraceful, but in order that s.
shall hang with the 0cndicular bne
now fashionable the undcrSkirt shoe
be of softest satin cut straight like tho
skirt itself, but with fat plated rutl1e
that does not fare but gives ample
fulncss for walking This pctticoot is
best not attached to The skirt of the
dress. but must be well fitted about the
waist and hips so as not to allow of the
tiniest wrinkle or crease.
~ ROWN is of all colors perhaps the
richest and most charming in cor
duroy, and is especially attractive
for young girl Black is much is vogue,
but it is a pity not to keep the black
gowns for later years. when colors will
nc longer be so becoming From deepest
maroon to brightest golden brown this
tone cannot be surpassed Light tan or
cafd au lnit is especially attractive in
corduroy for a girl as young rs thirteen
or fourteen years.
Sapphire blue is another favorte shade
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\
" holds good as well for the school
girl as for dcbutnntc or her
mother Nor is there anything
more appropriate for dress wear than
velvet. with It's rich soft shades Mt once
go handsome and SO becoming.
Whenever velvet is especially in vogue
there is a Ike popularity of corduroy
and all the grades of cotton back velvet
or velyetecn, which are very nearly as
effective MS the velvet itself and far less
costly. For a growing girl who can sell
dom wear costume second winter
either corduroy or velvcteen is far more
advisable thun real velvet, while this less
expensive quality of velvet is also the
more suitable.
Too poor quality of any material,
however, never makes n good investment.
and this is especially so in the case OF
all cotton yclvets and corduroyS. of which
the better grades are shower proof and
the inexpensive qualities will be ruined
forever with the FIRST few drops of rain.
1t is difficult to say which is the favor
Ite at present for young girls-vclyctceD
or corduroy The former is perhapC
somewhat more dressy, but corduroy Is
often preferred ms being so distinct from
7elyet that it could never be thought to
he worn as an imitation of the costlier
Ill silk fabric.
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TIE heavy cloaks or ulsters o,c d
II lightfully er,.-. -

ightfully smart this wintcr Ronnh
eloths-cheviots. homespuns tyeeds
u"' '''H"et eloth-are seen in all dark
'oio' D. made up in all possible models.
y SOM "oen trimmed. Others conspicuously
pam Out oil doos lifc plays such so ,u-
pol1'o1 part ~ school girls regime now
7o'F % ll9t warm al-cuyclopine ulster
mus surely be provided Tor driving mo-
torue ana Tor walking on the rainy or
snowy days which do not keep the youth
of to-day Indoors as they did the girls of
their srandmothers' time.
The newest raineoals are Of rubber
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= OR the holiday dances and to wear
over n light gown for dancing school
or class a light wrap is essential
If q public conveyance be used to get
about, long cloak somewhat smarter
and moro trim in cu and finish than
| tho rough ulster is best. But if there
/ is always her own carriage at her dis
posal then cape or cloak of light colored
cloth should be provided. White cloth
Is always useful but the bright shades
of blue and ccrise and all the different
piukS are evidently more in favor this
year than all white. Every season there
is an attempt to bring back the sleeveless
cape, but for midwinter cape, unless
heavily interlined, is not so good as
cloak with full length sleeves and EN-
ishcd high at the throat,
\ circular capeA In smooth cloth can,
however, be made warm and comfort
able with a half fitted wodded lining
underneath and then finished at the neck
with fur OF marabout. Marabout Is 50
much In vogue at present that IL threat"
ems TO usurp the place of fur Itself,
Not only arc all evening wraps bordered
and trimmed with marnbout but the vel
vet and cloth street gowns even are
adorned with these soft. downy feathers
instead of the heavier fur. A wide collar
of white m0rabout feathers with border
of the same down about the entire cape
makes a delightful wrap for the coolest
days. The great advantage. of course.
| in q cape over cloak, however loose, Is
that it cannot possibly crush the perish
able frock underneath. a cape made
warm with a full collar of marabout is
far more youthful than any fur trimmed
cloak could be. and, after oil. there should
be more effort made to keep the outfit of
school girl different in character from
the trousseau she will have when she
comes out.
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lined English corduroy. and these arc
quite the prettiest raincoats that have
been seen in years, Brown is tho fovorite
color, but blue. red and dull green are
equally smart. These coats are fashioned
ON the plain raglan model. with straight
full back sleeve and shoulder in one piece,
and are made to fasten snugly around the
throat and wrists so that tue elements can
not possibly penetrate.
A raincoat to be a real protection should
reach to the foot Of the gown over which
! il Is worn.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-28
MARY HAS THE MEASLES.

Dear Editor: AS I saw my letter
in print, I thought would write again
It has been raining today and don't
expect will get to 60 to school tomor'
row. I have been having the measles
and had to stay away from school.
I received one postcard from the
editor and one from one Of the Juniors.
Maude Skirvin, and thank them very
much for them. We have got three
little kittens, two of them are black
and the other one Is black with white
spots.
There are just two more weeks OF
school, l will be glad when vacation
comes for then I will plant some flow
ers and take care Of them. Well, l
guess I will close for this time. l will
exchange postcards with any of the
Juniors.
Yours truly,
Mary E. Tweedy, age 10,
r. r. No. 7. Fairfield, Iowa.
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fed by seeing huge bear chained to
a man. standing on large platform.
I thought that Gertrude would like to
see what was inside the tent, SO we
went into the tent. The man charged
us both twenty cents for us going in.
Afterward Gertrude wanted ride on
horse, she said, so I helped her on
one on the merry-go-round. We paid
five cents apiece. We got some ice
cream cones, which cost ten cents,
and some roasted peanuts and candy,
which amounted to ten cents. I hap
pened to meet some friends who want
ed me to go to a certain show where
athletes were having races and were
seeing who could jump the highest
I consented and we went in. That
amounted to twenty cents. I had now
ten cents left. We were walking
along when we heard noise and
whistle which we found was a little
train. Gertrude wanted to take a
ride on 1t, so we got In. It was five
cents apiece. And that was the end
of the journey OF my dollar. It was
drawing near o'clock and we went
to see the high diver. My friends
were going past my home, so Ger
trude and I went with them.
Can imaginary story
From Vida Wahle, age IL.
10 E. Court St.,
Ottumwa, Iowa.
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Dear Junior
Once upon a time my brother and I
wanted to go to my uncles and we had
one dollar apiece so we went in a COW
cred wagon and we started in the
morning and we got 10 cents worth OF
crackers and 10 cents worth Of cheese
and that left US 80 cents apiece that
night We got rs cents forth Of corn
and rs cents worth of hay for our
horses. That left us SIS cents apiece
The next morning we got up and ate
our breakfast, fed our horses and start
ed out. We came to town bought
our dinners. That left us 30 cents
apiece. We got there that night. The
next morning we went to town. We
got 5 cents worth of candy. That left
us Is cents apiece. Then we rode on
the street cars for 5 cents and we went
to the country in an automobile for the
rest We got to see whole lot for
one dollar. ....
Yours truly,
Bert Bullock.
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EDDIE WRITES TO FOREST.

Master Forest Weber,
Dear Junior Friend.-I was pleased
to hear from you through the Junior
column and will now write in answer
to your kind letter.
We all go to school, my sisters and
I, and I have to get one to copy my
letters for me- + have not attended
one whole year Of school yet and am
past seven years. Since I am old
enough to 20 to school have had
measles and humps and had to miss.
Then l had appendicitis and the doc
tor did not want me to 60 to school
for while.
1 like to write and learn numbers
easy, too. think can soon write my
own letters.
We live two and one-half miles
southwest of Eldon on farm and
have so many little pigs; some are
red, white and some are black and
white. They are all fat and saucy. It's
fun to watch them caper around and
play.
We have two little colts and one
little calf, and oh so many little chick
ens-more than $50. They are all one
color, Black Langshan. 2.
I have three pet goslings and they
just eat and talk all the time.
I think it would be nice to visit
each other, too, and hope we can meet
some time.
We have one week more of school
and then a vacation Of three months.
have received so many pretty pos
tails from you and thank you for them.
7 have sent Won an EldOn view,
Please write again.
Yours truly,
Edgar Hollenbeck, age Z.
Rural Route Nc, 2. s.
Eldon, Iowa.
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CAROLINE WRITES TO LOIS.

Ottumwa, Ia, May 81, 1910.
Dear Friend Lois
I am sorry to hear that you are sick
again. I received the card you sent
me.
I have one sister and no brothers.
am ten years old. My birthday is
January 16.
Have you any sisters or brothers?
My teachers name is Miss Bowles.
She lives about block from our
house. I like her for a teacher.
My schoolmates are Lola Dorsniffe,
Viola Morgan, Margaret Murray, Aline
Beeler, Marian Millisack and Hazel
Garrett. I am ready to go in the 7th
room in the fall. have reading, writ
ing, arithmetic, drawing, geography,
language and spelling. Every Friday
we have a test in geography: also a
test of about 100 words in spelling.
I have finished a pocketbook we
were making at school.
I have 1875 postals and six from the
Junior. How many postals have you?
What room are you in at school?
I have no garden this year of flow
ers.
My mother has been sick and I did
not have time to answer one of your
postals. But she is we'll now
It rained here last night.
A Junior Friend, ...
Caroline Tout, age 10.
425 Ottumwa ST.,
Ottumwa, Iowa.
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The Boy Who Forgets

pauline Frances Camp in June St.
Nicholas.)
/ love him, the boy who forgets!
Does it seem such a queer thing to
----.sa say?
Can't help it; he's one of my pets;
Delightful at work or at play.
I'd trust him with all that I own,
And know neither worries nor frets;
But the secret of this lies alone
In the things that the ladder tor.
gets.
He always forgets to pay back
The boy who has done him an i'll;
Forgets that grudge he owes Jack,
And smiles at him pleasantly still.
He always forgets tits his turn
To choose what the others shall
play;
Forgets about others to learn
The gossippy things that "they
say"
He forgets to look sulky and cross
When things are not going his way;
Forgets some ones gain is his loss;
Forgets, in his worktime, his play.
So this is why take his part;
Why say he is one of my pets;
repeat it with all of my heart:
love him for what he forgets!
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-28
BETTY's DOLLARS JOURNEY.

One cold December day just before
Christmas as Betty was coming from
school she saw something shining In
the snow. When she stopped to pick
it up she was overcome with joy, for
there lay a bright, shiny dollar.
She clapped her hands when she
thought of the golden haired doll, she
had seen in one of the shop windows
that morning which would soon be her
own. AS she walked on she saw an
old woman poorly dressed and her
hands were blue from the cold. She
thought of the shining dollar and then
Of the poor wrinkled hands. She ran
into store, purchased pair of fifty
cent mittens and handed them to the
old lady. She was overwhelmed
with JOY. When Betty lay in her
cozy bed that night. She thought OF
the poor children and of their sick
mother who lived in the lane and the
sad Christmas they would have. Then
her mind wandered back to the fifty
cents she still had left.
On Christmas morning Betty was
seen going in the house in the lane,
with a steaming dish of rice for the
sick woman and buns. cookies and
candy for the children.
While she was walking home her
face bore bright smile when, she
thought of the journey of her dollar
When she went in the house she was
greatly surprised to find her uncle
who had just arrived from Europe.
But when she turned her head toward
the window cry of delight escaped
her lips, for there sat golden hair
ed doll, much larger than the one she
had seen. That was her Christmas
present from her uncle.
Ida PlatZ.
2O6S Fort st. West, Detroit, Mich.
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RONALD'S LETTER.

Dear Editor: The cold weather has
killed all the fruit in this neighbor-
hood. We have six little chickens and
the chicken hawk is here every day
trying to catch them. have little
calf that my papa gave me and little
pig that grandpa gave me. like to
read the Courier Junior page. My
papa takes the Tri-Weekly Courier. I
will be nine years old the 18th of May.
Grandpa Harbour lives in 4Ottumwa
and he takes the Daily Courier.
visit Ottumwa every month or two.
I go to school. Our school is out now.
Our teacher was Miss Estella Robin
son. I have about 275 postcards. We
have 80 acres. have pet cat. Papa
is going to Montana soon. will close
this letter, hoping all the Juniors a
happy spring.
Yours truly,
Roland e. Robinson.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-28
HOW FAR WENT AND WHAT
SAW FOR ONE DOLLAR.

1t was circus day in the city. Moth
er had promised that I could go in the
afternoon if | wanted to. So many Of
the neighbors were going that l
wanted to go also. I was getting
ready when a neighbor tapped at the
door and asked mother if I would
take care of her little girl while she
went to funeral. Mother called me
and asked me if I would and I an
swered yes. The lady said that l
could take Gertrude (that was the lit
tie girls name) anywhere. After the
lady left I continued dressing. Ger
trude and I were on our way about
2:30. I had dollar Of my own and
I was going to take Gertrude on the
merry-go-round. There were crowds
of people moving toward certain
place and I was curious to see what
was there. My curiosity was salts
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-28
EVA HAS 2eo CHICKENS.

Dear Editor: am girl Of 10 years.
/ AS have never written letter to the
editor I thought l would write to you.
My teachers name is Miss Lucy
ILytle. I like her very well. Our
school was out the twenty-second OF
|April. It will begin in September.
am in the sixth grade. There are
itwenty-eight pupils in our room. We
play ball, blackman, and jump the rope
Tor our amusement. For our pets |
have cat, dog and some chickens.
|My birthday will be the twenty-ninth
!of May. I have 200 post cards. MY
little sister is eight years old. MY
sschoolmates are May Dev1ne, Rose
!O'Brien and MARCEL Fischer. We have
1860 chickens.
Eva Martin,
Kinross, Iowa.
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On Saturday my cousin and were
walking around and we were looking
around, and my cousin wanted to 60
into the stores and see what we could
buy for q dollar, and we went In one
store and we could get picture and
a large dish and several other things
and we went down to the other store
and we could get good many differ
ent things, so we got us a new dress
apiece, and when we started home
we met some other girls and they
wanted to know when we were going
home and when we got in the buggy
they got in their buggy. Just when we
got started it began to rain and we
were good and wet when we got
home
Yours truly,
Bertha Benge. age 10,
R. F. D. No. /,
Bunch, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-28

Dear Editor: AS have not written
to the Courier Juniors for some time I
thought would write. My school will
be out in three weeks. And then I
am going to help mama in vacation. l
will feed the little chickens and gather
the eggs. like to feed the little
chickens. We have one hundred lit
tie chickens. We are going to raise
turkeys, schickens and guineas this
summer. I like to go to school but
am always glad when vacation comes.
MY teachers name is Miss Stella Has.
kins and r like her fine. There are
twenty-five scholars that go to my
school. We have lots of fun at my
school playing games. l have ninety.
two postcards, five Of them are from
the Courier Junior.
I am Tri-Weekly Junior.
Zula Hull,
Douds-Leando, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-28
The Boy and the
Bjsh OPP

This is not a chronicle of an infant
phenomenon, but just true story Of
a bishop and boy whose life was
largely nodded by the following Incl
dent:
The oaks of England have always
been celebrated, and know of no
finer sight than an ancient grove still
in its prime, growing in sunny glade
of Richmond park. One characteristic
of this forest, and I can recall a score
Of them, is that each individual tree
seems to have had chance. 1t has
all the room it wants to spread side
wise, stretches it's great arms wide,
its feet strike deep into the rich loan,
and its proud head rises steward the
sky, without let or hindrance, so that
each park is perfect to form, after it's
kind.
With youthful presumption and vail
ity (for was just twelve, I remem-
ber), / had been wrestling with one
Of these monarchs Of the forest, among
the most difficult objects in nature to
portray. find with all my years Of
practice, the foreshortening of the
branch of tree often brings me up
standing, but nothing daunts youthful
impudence. My tools were home
made easel, the cheapest kind of a
color-box to be bought In the top shop
of small English town, and brushes
of the limpest. I had been engaged in
this important work Of art for three
half-holidays "wednesday and Satur-
day afternoon school did not keep"
in England). had been trying to get
every detail of trunk. bark, leaf and
branch. Bad as it all probably was.
the careful study that made of tnat
oak tree helped me my life through
And, by the way, there is among
the studies sold for the art schools of
England the reproduction Of pencil
drawing Of lemon tree, made in Sic
fly by Sir Frederick Leighton. 1t was
the work of several days. In his lee
lures at South Kensington to young art
students (where the original drawing
isl he used to tell how many hours
he spent upon 1t. Truly, it is won
derful staudv. Every foreshortened
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INTERESTING THINGS.

I thought 1 could find something
to write about that would interest the
Juniors. I am going to school every
day. I am in the Sth grade. study
writing, history, arithmetic, physiology
grammar, music. reading, geography
and spelling. My teachers name is
Miss Sadie. Couson. Ny schoolmates
are as follows: Hattie McCaulley.
Mabel Rheuport, Elsie Rheuport. and
Lois Wallace. We have good times at
school. My birthday was May 9Th and
my friends had post card shower for
me. received quite a few postals. And
got a nice present from my Junior
friend Miss Leona Vest and can not
express in words how much I thank
her for it and my sister thanks Hazel
for the handkerchief she sent her
will not forget Leona and Hazel when
their birthday comes. I will answer
the Juniors cards when I get some. My
Junior correspondents are as follows:
Miss Leona Vest, Miss Edna Cary,
Miss Hattie McCaulley, Miss Reva
Hart, and Lois Wallace. I have about
800 postals. have one album but it IS
full and l am going to get another.
have written several letters to the
Courier.
Lille Myers. age 10.
r. No A. Abba, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-28
WHAT YOU CAN BUY WITH 500.

Dear Editors:-
I am going to tell you what you
could buy with one dollar. In many OF
the stores you can buy things very
cheap You could get dishes such as
plates, cups, suacers, etc., in the ten.
cent store in Hedrick. You can get
dress goods for children, hats, or any
thing Of that kind at the Leader store
in Hedrick There is restaurant
here where you get your dinner for a
dollar, maybe less or more.
One dollar will buy lots Of bread.
In ~me cases one dollar would buy a
laGy's hat or cap. .H
Ladies could get belts for dollar
and there are lots of other things you
could get with one dollar.
Your Junior friend,
Mary Sauer, Aged 10.
R. r. No. S, Hedrick, Iowa.
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"COLT WILD WHEN BORN; NOW
TAME.
Dear Editor:

Dear Editor:
This is my second letter to the Cour-
Ter Junior. enjoy reading the Junior
page. l will write story about the
farm think the farm is the best place
to live, One is not crowded up in lit
colt When the colt was born 1t was
wild but it has become tame. Papa
has two calves. One Is out in the pas
ture and the other one is at home.
We have two cows and one horse. We
live a mile and quarter from school.
I like to watch threshers and hay bail
ers. I trap gophers sometimes. Last
summer l caught some grophers and
made some money on them. like to
trap.
Floyd Dean. age 10,
Hedrick Iowa.