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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-12
THE LATEST IN HANDBAGS
Novel and Varied Are the Designs
That Are Now Being Shown In
the Shops.

Here are some of the very newest
things in the handbag line.
A fitted bag for week ends is OF seal
leather, with an overhanging box
frame ten inches wide. 1t is equipped
with leather pocketbook and seven
toilet and manicure articles. The lin
ing is of red leather and the frame i5
in rose or green gold. with FURNISHED
metal pieces.
A very exclusive and luxurious little
bag Is Of blue cross-grain safiian
leather with frame Of imitation ivory
and a lining of blue MORE. 1t has
duplicate strap handles and an equip
ment of change purse. cardcase and
combined powder-puR pocket and
bevel mirror. There is novelty I'M
breakable clasp.
Still smaller, for afternoon use. is q
green cross-grain saffian leather bag,
five and one-half by six inches II
has a gold-plated frame concealed be-
tween two flaps and fanked on each
side by pockets. Duplicate strap ham
dies are again used here, and there
come with the bag, in pockets be-
meath the outer front flap, mirror. al
kid-lined powder-puf pocket and q
slate with gold pencil
] Another bag of dark green moroc-
| CO, nine inches wide, has mother
of pearl frame, held on by green bands.
The lining is gray calfskin, with a
change purse, powder-puff pocket
and a mirror. The handle is SO made
as to fall fat against the bag when
folded down.
A bag with an overlapping box frame
of German silver, one-half entering
into the other like box and its Id,
is Of black walrus with black bag lin.
ing. and there are a vanity accessory
and coin purse.
Red and blue cross-grair safIfau
leather, suede, walrus and notified 81
beaver calf are all in all the best
choice for handbags this season.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-12
eminent for the untangling of the

eminent for the untangling of the
tangle.
Il had not visited the district long
by the way, I was guest of Chi
cago woman, Mrs Lorin c. Collins
until l realized that the lack of social
fellowship and something to do was
the seed. Gradually the lines of ex-
clusiveness had been drawn so tightly
that Newport itself had been outdis-
tanced. There were the ladies Of
the army and the ladies of the judi
ciary' and the other women, all far
from home, set in an ideal socialistic
community-you see, the government
owns all the houses-but hedged
about with the conventions of the
centuries.
With the help of the head officers,
I held receptions In the mems club
houses along the route 1t was some
thing new, and every woman respond
ed to the invitation. The ice-and it
was verily-had been broken, and in
less than two months the ladies of
the army and the ladies of the judi
ciary' and the other ladies' were
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-12
TAKE PROPER REST
shutting out the hurry and worry Of

shutting out the curry ana WOTEy Oh
the world.
Men and women lose sight of the
beauty and poetry of life, because they
are always too busy to see it. What
causes a nervous breakdown? Too
much work and too little idleness. A
man can do more work If he will Idle
little than he can otherwise accom-
plish.
When a woman wants to rest In
New York she goes to see friend and
ing Is one of the hardest ginds of work.
The man resorts to a different sort of
so-called idleness.' He Is tired and
tagged; a friend comes to the Office.
Vacations are foolishly arranged.
A man works fifty weeks out Of the
year and has two weeks to rest. By
the time the vacation comes he is SO
nervous from the long strain that he
cannot dismiss business from his
mind, and he Immediately goes to a
place where he can have his papers,
see the ticker and be in telegraphic
communication with his office.
In Berlin every one has two hours
in the day in which to rest. This is
the most sane distribution of the work.
ing hours and time that l have ever
heard Of AS a result you have sane,
healthy-minded, energetic people. In
America, the same thing might be &C
complished by a better arrangement
and distribution of vacation time and
the two last days of the week, Satur-
day and Sunday, devoted to rest. Sure.
ly something ought to be done, If not
with the present with the future gen.
Grafton, and every mother should
make an attempt to teach her children
the art of idling."
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-12
END Of CANAL WOES
Social Lines Drawn Closely by
Women Along Ditch.
Lack Of Fellowship and Something to
% Was Seed of TroubIe-TangIe
Soon Strengthened Out by
Work.

Chicago.-There is a woman stop
ping at the Blackstone just now who
Is given credit for having done more
to help in the digging of the Panama
canal than any other member of her
own sex and most of the other. Her
name Is Miss Helen Varick Boswell,
she comes from New York and she
is the chairman of the industrial and
social conditions department of the
General Federation of Woman's
Clubs.
Miss Boswell Is the woman sent by
ex-President Roosevelt to Panama
some three years ago with a rowing
commission to set to rights the wom-
en- of the canal zone. Something was
wrong and Mr.. Roosevelt who then
was President Roosevelt, and Presi-
dent Taft, who then was secretary of
war, were nearing their wits ends.
The government had built pretty
little white and green cottages with
screened-in galleries and they had
fitted them throughout with the latest
at the zone were putting aside more
money than they had been able to
save in years in the states and from
mans point Of view there was no
apparent reason why the American
women who had followed their hus-
bands into the zone should not be
content But they were not, and the
spirit of unrest grew until 1t took on
proportions Of sufficient size to affect
the work on the canal.
The president and the secretary of
war put their heads together and de-
termined to send woman from the
states with the rather unusual COM
mission to find where lay the trouble
with her transplanted sisters. The
woman was Miss Boswell.
What Miss Boswell found was row
of II towns of varying sizes stretched
along the canal from Cristobal on the
Atlantic to Ancon on the Pacific She
found 1000 women far from familiar
haunts and all the things that had
meant life set down in an existence
where the line of social exclusion
was more tightly drawn than in the
fourishing cities of the states. The
seed of discomfort was producing a
tangle Of unhappiness which was
clogging life the length of the ditch
Miss Boswell visited all of the II
towns.
For two months did nothing but
| ride up and down the canal until ]
felt eligible to the brotherhood OF
diggers," she said recently. believe
me, the men at the canal were just
as anxious as the heads of the gov.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-12
Historic Barn Is Used as a Church

Wood, the owner, to spend the night
in the barn. Wood was patriot, and
at once acceded to the request, urg-
ing number Of the troopers to spend
the night In the house.
Midnight passed, and the weary
troopers were indulging in dreams of
Geliverance from their foes and a
safe return to their own firesides
when suddenly the sentinel detected
the approach Of a body of horsemer.
He had scarcely given an alarm when
they rushed by him. In moment
the house and barn was the scene of
confusion, alarm and disorder. AL.
ready had some of the Virginia troop
ers mounted their horses and were
fastening to escape by Cares lane,
opposite the house, when the British
rushed on to the attack, giving no
quarter. Many of the Americans es-
capped, but those remaining were
fallen upon and murdered in cold
blood.
In 1850 through the efforts of, Ho-
ratio Gates Jones and others of Rox-
borough, the bones of these Virginia
troopers were reinterred in Levering-
ton cemetery, and large granite
monument, suitably inscribed, erected
over their remains.
Grace Lutheran church, after hold
ing services in the Roxborough Ly-
ceum hall, rented the Woods house,
the lower part of which was fitted up
as chapel, with Sunday school
rooms on the upper floors. The prop
erty was subsequently purchased, the
old house torn down and the barn
brought into service
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-12
New tie "Wedqe" Skirt,

Paris.-Paris' latest fashion wrinkle
is the wedge skirt, successor to the
hobble skirt, which it resembles. It's
most striking feature, which gives it
the name, is ''V" shaped opening In
front
Although the skirt is narrow at the
bottom, this wedge allows the wearer
to walk with comparative ease. The
opening can be made large or small,
according to the taste Of the wearer.
It Is a combination of the hobble
skirt and the sheath skirt, which
caused so much stir but had only q
short vogue here.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-12
Children Should Be Taught Art
of IdIeness, Says Savant.
Dr.. Amelia M. Fender Declares People
Of Today Know Nothing of Relax
ation-Vacation Are Fool
ishly Arranged.

New York.-''To my mind children
should be taught the art of idleness."
This is the opinion Of DR.. Amelia M.
Fender, who for the past few years
has been connected with the women's
and children's department in the
Mount Sinai hospital, and has made a
special study of New York people. DR..
Fender must know the secret of idle
ness, for she is calm, quiet, unruffied
and apparently never tired.
Il don't believe that one person out
of ten in this city knows what real
idleness is, and how very necessary to
health it becomes" said DR.. Fender.
Their one great idea is to make mon
ey and seek pleasure. They never have
a moments rest or grant such thing
to another person.
"They are continually on the go from
morning until night, and when they
can find no pleasures ready-made they
invent them. Their brains are always
In a whirl of excitement and they
have what might be termed New York
| tits.
I'm any other community they would
be termed insane, and the pity Is that
wherever they go they take this rest
lessness with them and convert even a
placid country cow into a nervous,
restless animal.
"Idleness should hold a great place
in the life of every man, woman and
child. 1t is the one quality needed to
repair the damage done to the human
machine called man by the continuous
wearing of business and domestic life.
ITO my mind, children should be
taught the art of idleness. BY no
means do mean laziness, but fdleness,
which in its analysis means nothing
more or less than relaxation, rest, in
ducing pleasant dreaminess OF mind
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-12

most part the ta1ror skirt Is without
other decking than that which would
be made by the plated material and
4 few handsome buttons.
The materials used are manifold,
but interest has been revived in vel
vet, corduroy and velveteen, so very
likely there will be a number Of such
suits for the dressier wear, with the
jacket trimmings suitably handsome
Wool, smooth, rough lightweight and
heavy, is used for the everyday gar
ment, the many serges, cloths, mems
suitings and cheviot employed re-
spending admirably to touch Of gay
er color on the jacket In fact, it Is
quite the thing to have the suit mate
rial very somber and the coat touches
very gay, and so, with hat and other
accessories suitably smart, 1t is pos.
sible to get both dressy and practical
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-12
Coiored Eyeiet.

A new touch in trimming is col
ored English eyelet embroidery work
ed on white and introduced at the
neck and sleeves Of the new gowns. II
is seen also in many of the midday
and Byron collars now SO fashionable
The white fabricv need not be linen
this effect is seen also on unwashable
materials in dress frocks. and it gives
very pretty touch when used as a
white silk chemisette (for instance,
embroidered In eyelet in the color OF
the gown.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-12
Dies of Grief for Dog.

Lenox, Mass.-Allen Decker. a
miller, was killed by grief over the
death of his sporting dog in Eyre.
mont the other day. Decker had bred
the dog and broke it for bird shoot
ing. It was his constant companion.
While Decker was in a shop motor
car ranA over the dog and crushed 1t
to death. Hearing the dogs cry
Decker ran out.
Seeing that 1t was dead. he pulled
the dogs body out of the road and fell
dead beside 1t.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-12
wav to Select Partners.

A clever way to ask the men to Sc
Iect partners at an evening party is to
get each girl to bring the earliest pic
ture of herself obtainable. The pic
lures are numbered, the hostess hav-
ing a list of each name opposite the
number so when the time comes for
making revelations she can do it
quickly and with certainty. Just be-
fore time for the game or refresh
ments for which partners are neces-
sary pass basket or tray with the
pictures turned face down; ask each
man to draw one and find the original.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-12
MANY GIANT TREES FELLED

this section, where wealthy Philadel
phians have magnificent country
places, is shown in the reports of these
minute detail reveal the fact that nc
less than SO per cent. of the trees In
these great groves are infected In
some forests as high as 80 per cent
has been noted.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-12
Prize Chicken Has Appendicitis.

Bloomsbury, Pa.-His prize winning
Plymouth Rock cockerel falling i'll, and
with home remedies unable to bring
it around, Boyd Johnson of Rupert,
Columbia county, called in veteri-
marian, who decided the chicken had
appendicitis and accordingly etherized
it and removed the birds appendix. 1t
will recover.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-12
BEES FORCE RABBIT TO SWIM
Little Insects Sting Bunny Until no
Is Compelled to Take to River
to Escape.

Altoona, PA pursued rabbit took
refuge under a hive Of bees in the
ward of Postmaster Elmer E. Rhodes
at Rover, Blair county, and very soon
thereafter the bees resented its pres
ence and stung it several times on the
ears.
in a frenzy of pain bunny sped to
the river near by, plunged in and
swan to the opposite bank, several
times ducking it's ears under the water
to allay the pain.
Hunters say It is very unusual for
rabbits to enter the water, and few
neonle know they can swim.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-12
Handy Travel Boy.

If there are no drawers for holdinx
the surplus stock of dish towels. hold
ers, cleaning cloths and the like which
should always be In readiness, get j
wooden box high enough to make 1
comfortable seat; having the cover on
hinges, pad the top Of 1t and covarf
with blue denim. when you Will have
suitable receptacle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-12
Crib cov,,.r

A pretty crib cover may be made 4.
from yard each of white and nala
blue or pink flannel. On the colorad
flannel embroider flower and Nov.
KNOT design; ON the white convel,.
tionai border and large central mon
ogram. Bind the two together 81
means OF a wide satin ribbon ana MI
DOW or rosette in one corner win
the colored side considered a. tns
top. 80
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-12

wrapped seams down sides Of front
and back. It is trimmed with braid
to match skirt The plain coat sleeves
are the same An embroidered lawn
collar finishes the neck.
Navy blue Tagal hat, trimmed with
a wreath of deep pink roses.
Materials required: 5h yards serge
46 inches wide, about 4 dozen yards
braid, 4 yards silk for lining coat.
The second is smart style, made
up in auricula face cloth.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-12
SUITABLE FOR YOUNG GIRL
Two Costumes That Wouio MANS
Well in Many Kinds OF Popu-
lar Material.

The first costume would lcoK wen
in navy serge The skirt is hse.
gored shape, trimmed down center @
front and round foot by Russia Dr alu,
which is sewn on in a Greek key
design.
The coat is semi-htting. and mas
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-12
Wearing Ie.xeIr,.

rms Is net to be lecture on til
poor taste OF wearing diamonds wiki
s ; and rare jewels on tie
heid. Inc woman who is not cor
vlnced by this time that such thine
are bad form will never learn.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-12
sa,s2o,ooO for Medical Tests.

New York.-It was announced here
the other day that John D. Pocket l.
Ter had given to the Rockefeller i'-
stitute for medica; research an addi-
tional sum of s3,2So.o00 bringing his
donations to this institution up to. an
aggregate Of $4,000. 600.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-12
Dress Up-to'Date.
,.es,. ~ 49,

wear out of a well made tailor suis
Of unite a simple nature.
In the illustration is shown the
sort If street gown that will be APP
aroved for misses. 1t has the we'll
bred restraint that is desirable for
Young girls, and no matter how plain
80 Gowns if they are fitted well, and
carefully finished, with proper acces.
sories they would be quite good
enough for dress ups.
e MARY DEAN.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-12
The Newest in colISr.

Byron and Dutch collars both coII
unue In favor. Jabots are esnacis,ls
popular in the lacy varieties - a5'7
new collars are often Of changeabI|
SILK with Persian satin or Of Nh
satin trimmed with a plated ouilIir|
of Persian silk. 41A e
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-11-12
Fitness in Life.

Build new domes of thought in your
mind, and presently you will find that
instead of your finding the eternal
life, the eternal life has found you
Jenkin Lloyd Jones.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-15
The Gathered Nations.

The meaning of the next phrase has
been disputed but to the writer there can
be no doubt Of its universal significance.
In the gospel by John. Jesus said: 1.-The
hour is coming when all that are in the
graves shall hear His voice and shall
come forth John, 5:2S). That these
two prophecies refer to the same event is,
We think. unquestionab BILE. But the thought
presented by them is oppressive. 1t all
but takes away the breath. We think
Of the past. of the nations that have
fourished and decayed. of the untold my
RAIDS that have gone down to the grave
of the thousands of years that have pass
ed since their departure from earth, and
we ask with Nicodemus, How can these
things be?"
The question is too abstruse for discus
sion here. We rest it with the infinite
wisdom, and almightness Of God. We
accept the statement. somehow, some
where. all that have lived or that shall
live shall stand before the Son of Man
to give to Him an account for the deeds
done in the body. This thought should
take precedence Of every other thought,
and the preparation for that event should
be the first concern Of every child of man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-15

I kingdom which God has prepared for Hi.
children?
The sequence of cause end effect il
rentiess: for example, poison kills. Ike
pegets like, sin produces suffering. etc
In what sense is this law the explanation
or the statement THE kingdom prepared
Ior you from the foundation OF the
world?"
Verses 35-36-If the kingdom OF heaven
is righteousness, peace and Joy In the
Holy Ghost. do all those necessarily in
merit that kingdom who are loving and
kind to everybody? Why:
Why is ii impossible for a selfish man
| to inherit the kingdom of heaven?
Verses 3i-+oIWhy does Jesus take an
act OF Kindness done TO fellow mar as
done to himself?
the most important work that a church
or an individual, can be engaged IN, and
why?
Should the church have the same zeal,
and the same compact organization. for
caring for the poor. comforting the sick
and making glad the sad. as she has for
missionary work? Why why not?
Nehses 41-46-What does the exp. ession
Everlasting fire. stand for hereo
Is the punishment of the wicked ever
lasting, because God would not be will
ing TO forgive in the future state, or be-
cause the character OF the wicked is fixed
having no desire for forgiveness, or for
both these reasons?
Without any formal sentence why IS
not stingy, hard-hearted, close-asted
cruel man, who pays no heed to the pitt
sarily i'm an eternal hell?
Why does the Identification OF Jesus
with Hos people really make them one
with Him?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-15

had safely delivered her charges did the
Nevada girl let herself break down.
IL am an orphan: will you be my sec
ond mother" she faltered. And the
little American nightingale acquired such
reputation after two years study that
she was asked to sing at the concerts du
conservato:re. said Nine. Marchesi.
Baron Won Husen, intendant of the
Berlin Royal Opera. heard her at our
house. and engaged her for three years.
Then, for three years more. she sang in
the first opera houses of Italy; but when
l opened my Paris school she resumed
her studies with me. Carvalho director
of the Opera Comique heard her at my
house and signed her for an excellent
three-year engagement
Was there not a nuarrel:' asked
Rieger
Yes, the one mistake of Nevada's ar
tistic career said Marchesi. ''She was
to sing Norma in Don Pasauaie,' and
Carvalho told her that, in accordance
with French tradition. she must appear,
in the first act. in simple black dress
Nevada replied that she would rather
cancel her engagement than appear other
wise than in white. Carvalho presented
her the contract-and she tore it up. She
sang in Paris a year later. at the failing
Italian opera, but soon went touring over
tie Miguon Mathilde. AMBROSE Thomas
and I were the godfather and gOdmother.
is singing.
She told how Melba came to her.
Nellie Mitchell. a lively. open-air girl,
fond of riding bareback across the Aus
ira ian plains. She was always hum
ming. and even then won fame by that
trill which alone would have made her
illustrious-a trill that became pure
easy even and subtly graded that 1t has
han he oil nd
rivals Everything came eaS- to her. be-
cause her voice had never to be placed.
Her tones were Jewels already set
when I heard her sing" continued the
great teacher. II cried to my husband:
Salvatore, have a STAR. Then l asked
the girl: Are You serious? Have you
patience? II YOU will stay with me
year | will make something extraordinary
of YOU.
"How did she get started" I asked
because the start is looked on as a mys
FERROUS favor by less gifted pupils.
LIT was delightful to watch Melba
and the fiute-player run steeplechase
across land Of scales. full of danger
GUS staccato and wide leaps. and course
of runs and trillS. At my house AM
brOise Thomas heard her in the mad
scene from Hamlet and recommended
her to the director of the Brussels
Opera, where she made her debut.
why did not Melba make an imm ediate
success in New York in 1898, when Te-
trazzini, decade and a half later. had
only to appear and conquer / asked of
the present-day pet, herself a triller and
skyrocketer. OF course. l hoped that Mar
chest would answer; but it was Rieger
who said, like well learned lesson:
1.-The New York public had been weaned
away from purely lyric song by the dra-
matte methods and fascinating personality
of Nine. Calve. Also Miss Eames had be-
come a fad with the society section. con-
tent TO listen to her and the de Reszkes
in Faust"
BY which YOU perceive the varied bag