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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-23
Mc.HcAa iaDE Or RIBBON
;lovei and hondy Affair Can Be Made
Quickly From Yard of Wide
Ribbon.

A novel working that has added ad.
vantage OF being quickly made up is
constructed from IA yard OF wide rib
bon, preferably six or eight inches,
says the Washington Herald
The bag is in four compartments,
all drawing on the same string. The
ribbon is folded in half, then three
folds arc made at either side until the
ribbon is equally divided in space to
form four compartments.
Sow he selvagos together in pairs
10 make tour divisions, each four and
hall inches in dopth overcast The
edges neatly with tiny stitches. This
Ni'l leave there top folds, whiCA arc
cui for depth ot Two inches nom
either elgn Hem &a.}oNh .ni yer
with tiny silk cord il You wish II
finish.
Crochet ti@h small rings OF brass
OF bone with embroidery silk 10 har-
monte with tie colors in the bag.
SeN llnS ~ tdtH 'oiifi VI 'h' io"'
bags and then run double length OF
silk cord or narrow ribbon. when
pulled from either end. will open and
close bags at once.
Do not use too scft a ribbon. The
heavy lowered effects with satin
edges are pretty and will stand up
right when opened. which makes it
easier to discover contents.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-23
FICHU IN GRACEFUL DRAPE:
Pretty Idea That Might Be Copied by
Those DESTROYS of Having Dis
tinctive Appearance.

On Il charming little frock too new
graceful tichu was draped rather open
~ TO show Il vest or tucker of fine
white batste. the unique openwork
stripes of which, running up and down
were silnple rows where threads had
been dawn and the open spaces even
ly douhe hcmstitchcd in black work
ing sila The neck edge of this was
rounded. and oval cyelots Of HE same
black working silk we're Dreaded
through with Il little twisted cord OF
black silk, the tassellcd ends a wai n
fol- TO the knot Of Tie fchu
The turnback cuffs were Of tie
same hemstitchcd batiSt" but With
the upper edges also doub.e he!n
stitched, giving Il rather severe bat
extremely up to date touch A little
pai.el o. the same WIS let in h. skirt
revealed hy the side draping of the
EoWr fabric. and the waist line was
outlined by IA corde,iere of black silk
This double hcmstitching which Is
oven more effective and new. as used
for dress trimming. than the single
hemstitch SO much favored by Pari-
sian modistcs. is by no means trouble
some TO work if only care be taken to
take up the same number of threads
.~ith each new knotting. It is worked
on he right side of the material. and
wheu done in a heavy silk thread of
con, rasting color lends itself to many
charming combinations. In white on
white. however. il is especially adapt
ed fer the borders of the new fichus
and several rows can be wrought. one
beside the other.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-23
Tailored Suits.

The skirts OF tailored costumes con-
tinue decidedly narrow. although sui
iicient lullneSS is allowed IN give am
pie room for walking. The new jack
cts. with slightly GETAWAY fronts. ex-
tend just to the hips at the SIDES and
a little longer in the back. The ad-
vent of longer jackets, cut halt and
lhree-quarter length. is rumored from
abroad. but for the remainder OF this
year at least hip-length jackets are
considered the correct length.
Silk velvet is used for facing the
deep collars, wide revers and cuffs. in
many instances forming simulated pet.
ticoat effects at the lower edge of the
skirt. Tie regulation coat sleeve,
trimmed with three to fiYeinch turn.
back cuff. is the rule. the kimono
sleeve being confined to the extreme.
~ dressy type OF suit.-Harper' s
Bazaar
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-23
WHITE HAVING GREAT VOGUE
Striking Novelties Shown in THIS
Most Approved of All Co!ors Cor
the Winter.

Among the most striking novelties
OF the season are the gowns and tail
orCd costumes of white corduroy,
cloth or serge While corduroy suits
are made with little trimming other
than buttons and clever manipulatiOns
of the material itself. Little panels in
which the thick ribs rim horizontally
make surprisingly effective decora-
tons On the cloth costumes corduroy
is often seen in cellars, cuffs and bat
tons Among Tie moro unuseai vito
,,cth sues Is one with bands 81 vide
blaCk silk lrgld uGuiag sllaight
arngHl tie Skin, AVID sleeves anil
alngpil the l,tga collar atl rcNers.
Gac Vi iEe hand Ones, ot the white
,ioth @a4as has plain STINT with Il
rN% al huttors OF the sam" material
doWn The leit side NJ, oush - lines
of the skirt are OF the straightest and
it has the appearance in front OF be-
ing almost extremely narrow, there is
"A single big rleat i'm the back that
gives It considerable actual width.
The waist OF the gown is of coarse
hand made lace. with Il wide collar
and cuffs of the cloth. There Is n
rather wide. shaped, stitched cloth
belt. which is broken in front by the
lace of the waist coming over it, \
little satin vest and Il stock. cascade
and undersleeves of fine creamy lace
complete the dress.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-23
Fancy Cauze Fairbanks.

Plain gold and silver gauze ribbons
are largely used for fancy hairbands.
saws the Dry Goods Economist. In
Vulnerable varieties of fancy bags are
made of warp-printcd ribbons com
bined with satins. Every type and size
of bag is represented in the Christmas
novelty ribbons. from the largest work
bag tc the daintiest Of vanity bags that
can hold only powder-puf and minia-
ture mirror. Gold lace. gold braid and
ruches made of narrow ribbons shirred
through the center are used as edge
trimmings aud to conceal seams.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-23
Neoiiqee Collars.

II you have sons who wear the soft
double collars that will be worn all
winter. you can make them yourself
for very little expense.
Buy a linen collar pattern the cor
rect size, or copy exactly a collar that
pleases. One yard and three-quarters
Of heavy linen will make dozen col
lars.
uterine them with coarse white
muslin, taking care that the lining Is
cut the same way - the outside, SO
the collar will mot stretch In different
Ways when It b Numbered.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-23

One o. Mans Oldest Works.
The metropolis at Bahrein. the cen
tor Of the gulf pearl fisheries. IL one
of the Oldest pieces Of mans handl.
work IN The world.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-12-23
For Chapped Hands.

A remedy for chapped hands taken
from an old country doctors note
book calls for one ounce each Of
glycerine and aqua rosa, with six
drops of carbolic acid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-27
CHANGING THE SCHOOL HEAD.

Now that - members of the Topeka
board of education have decided 70
make change in the city superintend-
ency of schools, it behooves them to
give the matter of selecting a successor
to Professor Whittemore most careful
consideration. 1t is of the utmost con-
Germ to the people of this city that n
wise choice be made in this particular.
The foundation on which Topeka's
schools have been built is large and
firm. It will permit of their develop
ment to higher standards and greater
usefulness in all possible directions
But it will take a strong hand to do
this work, an educator of wide expert
ence, of keen discernment, a man, or
even a woman mayhap. who is abreast
of the times in educational affairs, who
recognizes the need of making the
schools more practical, and who is
equipped in every way to bring about
such a change and development
Such a school superintendent is not
going to be easy to find. Yet it is Just
such one that Topeka needs, and if
the present salary given to the city
superintendent of schools is not large
enough to attract such an educator,
the board of education could make no
wiser an investment of funds than to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-27
QUAKER MEDITAIoNs.
[From the Philadelphia Record.l

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.]
Black looks are wasted on people who
are color blind.
The man who retires on his laurels
isn't always proof against insomnia.
The fellow who laughs and grows fat
isn't the one who laughs In his sleeve.
The struggling young clergyman re-
allies the difference between surplice
and a surplus.
Have you ever noticed that when a
woman grows stout she always insists
that her dresses are growing too small
for her?
isThe trouble with loves young
DREAM says the Cynical Bachelor, lis
that it is always dispelled by the alarm
clock of reality
TITS a good thing to know when you
have enough" remarked the Wise Guy.
stAnd even then you often overestimate
your capacity added the Simple Mug
Hoax-"How's your wife?" Joax--
"Oh, she's mending.'' Hoax-sWhy, j
didn't know she had been sick" Joax-
She hasn't. She's busy darning an ac-
emulation Of my socks
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-27
HYHAWKER JOTS

Advice from the Kansas Farmer: If
you can not make your mark in the
world in any other way, you might try
falling from an aeroplane.
The Emporia Gazette supposes
suffragette was after the man at Cape
Colony who broke all records by rum
ming $50 yards in fourteen seconds.
The Wichita Beacon thinks that Mr..
Bryan will probably make 1t pretty
warm for the Democratic leaders who
have arranged to place him in cold
storage.
Ottawa Republic, remarked recently:
i've taken notice that a powerful lot
of tn jokes that are cracked sound
that way
Because the first month Of the new
year is almost gone, the Empor1a Ga
zette, call attention that it is in order
for somebody to refer to the fact that
times flies.
One of the conclusions reached by the
Ottawa Republic is to the effect that
.'if a man doesn't want to be called a
liar he ought not to make untruthful
statements.
Another example of inconsistency,
says the Hutchinson News, which
makes people wonder is the man who
goes out pleasure riding in his automo-
bile on Sunday and then petitions
against Sunday baseball.
VIII IOWnSi6y, Oh the STTGdL b0uu
Tribune registers a kick. He says that
all the poor chorus girls have now, in
the way of clothing, is a pair of tights
and a bracelet. and Mr.. Cones, of
Meade wants to take these away from
them.
We received the first letter written
by a "typewriter'' seen in this city last
Thursday night, said the Coffeyville
journal recently. but the statement
happened to be made among some news
items that were printed in that paper
| as years ago.
Nothing sets the wits to work so well
as a good, old-fashioned riddle. And
here is one that has started on the
| rounds of the Kansas press: What is
| 1t, That men love more than life, Hate
worse than death or mortal strife; That
| which contented men desire, The poor
have, the rich require, The miser
spends the spendthrift saves: And all
| men carry to their graves?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-27
HUAoR OF THE Day

The Game Went Wrong.-The stranger
laid down four aces and scooped n the
tested sageb crush Sam. at the same time
prodntclng gun to isnd tt forSs 70 nus aesit
ye''-Lippincott's
At Present Prices.-of all glad words by
ayns or are these
Rural wit.-As a countryman was SOW
riding that way. and one of them called
to him with an tnsolent air. well. hon
sow. but we reap the fruits Of Of your labor
To which the countryman replied: lis
very like you may, for I am sowing
Lives of great men all remind US OF
would be famous. we must cut out tank
and act.-Judge.
your hand .sBut NV parents have in
dorsed another young man. IAN right:
/ ic i run as an ihsufsent'-H0uSt0n chr0n-
Discharging Praise.-.How singularly
ment. I'm what way?'' IN a mail
chute for epistoiary messages. "-Baiti-
more American.
Two beautifully dressed women got on
the car at F'ifty-fifth street and entered
and worries. Finally, when the subject
of jellies was reached. one said to the 9TH
er: Yes, we tried some crab apples this
year, but the stuff wouldn't jell, and we
had to give it to the Salvation Army
Life.
The Next Best Thing.-A very small boy
who had captured a tadpole proudly car
rfed it down to his fathers office. VIXEN
he opened his hand to display 1t the tad
pole was dead: Didn't you know that
tadpoles must have water to liver ask
ed the father. yes, father but I spit on
The Way of the world.-"Isn't it awful?
According to the papers there just seems
to be one revolution after another" Yes.
that's the way the world goes round."-
Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-27

lingering the book, but looking straisns
at him. ia
banra5 his hand on the counter with
such violence that she hasr1Iy VIZ -
drew hers and jumped BACK slasnes1yf
Tn an instant he recovered hlIIse.Ls
and both looked around TO see "a ! an
eomfortably to think that he mao
been the one to recall the dinereness =,
their social station With suuus. !,
revulsion of mood she moved sa"as
abruptly. .x.tt,
THAT night he danced as usual Win
many, excluding Miss Lee BuL tn ri
ladys mood again veered A1tei a.
she was leaving soon, and consioel.
ing the reason that kept Eimers ilo'AA
Mr. James Haddon claimed a 9ance'
.'The next" she promised. ana CON
tinued on her way toward Fimers.
$50 you haven't come from peniho
the counter yet?' she salo. s ,,st
Elmers flushed. The music was Jus.
starting From over her fan sQe
could see Haddon making toward her.
s.Do you know, she went on, as
Elmers, stung by the idea that sne
was playing with him, made no an
swer sit / were a man. and I came
upon a dividing line, and wanted
very much more than anything else
in the world what was on the otner
side, I'd She paused deliberately.
sumed reserve what would you do ?"
he demanded
"If it was a chalk line" playing
with her fan and not looking at him,
I'D wipe it OUT
"But suppose 1t was higher, bigger,
stronger" said Elrners.
Mr.. James Haddon was very close,
in an instant more at her side. She
closed her fan and turned toward
him, at the same time. flashing q
smile on E1mers.
Leap it!'' she challenged distinctly,
with q tirge of earnesfness, es she
glided down the room on Haddon's
arm.
And John E1mers did leap IL. It
proved to be leap into luck as well
as 1ove.-(Copyrighte 1911 by Assoc
ciated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-27
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
LFrom the Chicago News.l

IFrom the Chicago News.]
The burglar is always looking for a
new opening.
Don't marry for money and remain
married for spite.
Your time will come-but 1T won't
wait if you are not ready.
A woman hopes to look better after
visiting an oculist-
AT the present writing Nevada GER
tainly isn't the holy state of natrt-
mony.
Somehow brides relatives always
seem to think she could have done bet
ter.
Perhaps you may be kind to your
wife's relations by declining to visit
them.
We don't blame girl for drawing
the line at kisses that taste like the
stump of a cheap cigar.
A woman never realizes how much
her husband doesn't know until he tries
to explain something to her.
In their anxiety to hear what is said
of their neighbors, some people have
no time to listen to what is said of
themselves.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-27
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison G

[F'rom the Atctison GIobe.l
The older the business the more dead
timber.
A husband, to be satisfactory. nust
also be liberal.
No grown boy is as good as his moth
er believes he is.
Why is it no one ever kicks abo,,f
the high price of whisky?
A farmer will stand for a longer bust
ness letter than town man.
You are the exception to the rule if
you are not somebody's pet aversion.
If people could dictate the weather.
there never would be any crops pro-
duced.
Too many people start their CONVEX
sations with these words: The trou-
BILE isl
We imagine WHEN it comes to a real
test, there are no easy ways of COM
hitting suicide.
Some people write such clever notes
of apology that they offend OCCASION
ally just to demonstrate.
When a country advertises its cli-
mate a good deal, there is reason to
suspect there isn't much under it:
One trouble of the man who feels he
must swear to relieve his pent-up emo
lions Is that he is SO emotional.
It is all right to go back to the farm
If you like it, but don't base your ideas
of agriculture on life at the Country.
club.
Occasionally you encounter a man
whose thirst for knowledge is chiefly
concerned with the things he shouldn't
know.
Good judgment is that characteristic
Which causes man to be more afraid
CT a revolver in his home than he is OF
a burglar.
When a woman has the novel-reading
habit good and proper, the family roll
call of her children sounds like the
roster of a Pullman train.
Unless it is perfectly feasible for a
chauffeur to chauf with one hand, the
automobile isn't going to put the top
buggy entirely out Of business.
We have long entertained a notion
that there is son ething wrong with the
circulation of the man who needs felt
boots in this salubrious cline.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-27
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Lots of men who sigh for easy jobs
wouldn't be contented if they should
get them.
X X
Not many humans are willing to adj
nit that anybody is better informed
than they are.
X X \
Get right down to brass tacks, and
there are very few people who are
willing to fight other folks battles.
It is generally the men with the
highest of regulations for honesty who
bite quickest at chance to buy a gold
brick.
/. Most people have the habit of talk
ing longest and loudest about the
things with which they are the least
familiar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-27
THE CHunREN

AS through the morning. house go.
Three little sleepy voices dear
CAL Mother darlingi" soft and low.
More to their own hearts than my ear.
Stirring within their nests like birds,
They call me over and over again;
AS though the cadence of the words
Pleased them like some old sweet re-
frain.
Just Mother darlingI''-that. no more;
Hearing my foot upon the stair;
'They call it softly Ger and DER.
On, what is grief and what is care? :
Three little bowery rooms still keep
My hearts delight so safe and warm,
Where angels watch their innocent sleep,
Safe from the midnight and the storm.
Oh: what is night and what is cold?
And are the birds all flown away?
My nest of singing birds I hold
The shortest and the longest day.
As through the house I come and go,
three little sleepy voices dear
CAV Mother darlingi" soft and low,
More to their own hearts than my ear.
Katharine lyman, in the American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-27
increase that salary to 5000 or even

increase that salary to 5000 or even
to So, 500.
If there is an educator in Topeka, or
in Kansas who is able to fill the re-
quirements. or who is at liberty to ac-
cept the position, preference should be
given to, him or her. But if there isn't,
the members of the school board ought
not to hesitate an instant in going out
side the city or even the state for such
a superintendent. It is mistaken
municipal policy to give such an i'm
portant position to a local man or wo-
man out Of purely sentimental reasons.
when some other person in another
part of the state, or in another state,
might be far better fitted for the place.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-27
NO NEED FOR INVESTIGATION.

Former Attorney General Jackson's
decision to furnish the Legislature with
an~itemized account of the expenditures
from the attorney generals contingent
fund for prosecutions under the pro-
hibitory law, and also of all the fees
that he and his assistants received for
assisting in the enforcement of this
law, is worthy of the commentator of
every one. To all 1ntents and purposes,
it will accomplish the same results as
would have been brought about by the
legislative investigation as proposed in
the resolution presented to the 1egis-
1ature by Representative Orr of Atch-
ison. If the accounts that Mr.. Jackson
intends to make public are in sufficient
detail, it will be possible to tell just
how many times the same alleged vio-
lators of the prohibition law were pro-
ceeded against. The opportunity will
then be given to form a fair conclusion
as to whether any of these prosecutions
savored of persecution and were
brought merely for the advantage that
might accrue to the attorney general
and his assistants in the matter Of fees.
At any rate, the amount Of fees that
Mr.. Jackson and his assistants have re-
ceived for their activities in helping to
enforce the prohibitory law will be
made known. And whether they turn
out to be an unusually large sum Or a
comparatively small one, 1t will be
possible to use them as an exact basis
for a dispassionate discussion as to
whether or not a premium Of this sort
should be awarded the states law Of
ficer and his regular assistants for do
ing something that is nothing more
than a portion of the duties Of their
office.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-27

Among the truly remarkable men of
all time is that New Yorker who was
able to run board bill for % years.
Instead of being sued for this bill.
which amounts to $2S,430 a popular
subscription should be taken up to pro-
vide this gentleman with a distinguish
ing medal. And it would not be sur
prising if the metropolitan vaudeville
managers booked him to appear on the
stage,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-27

Austria is getting into the great I'M
iversal peace government, not the one
that Andrew Carnegie is promoting,
with both feet. That nation plans to
spend $62, 100000 during the next six
years in building dreadnoughts and 9TH
er vessels of war. The total sum that
all the natior~ of the earth will spend
in the next few years in warships is
likely to make the Carnegie peace fund
of $4,000. 600 look like the proverbia1 30
cents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-27

Greece has a poet laureate. Spires
Matsoukas by name, who is of some real
service to his country. He is now
touring the United States, visiting his
Grecian brethren who have settled here.
and collecting funds from them which
he proposes to use in building bat
tIeship to present to his native land.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-27
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
lFrom the New York Press.1

IFsrom the New York Press1
Tainted money looks clean Just az
soon as 1T gets into your own hands.
Trust man as far as you can see
him and woman as far as she can
see you.
A woman would rather have her hus-
band understand her sentiments than
his business.
Somebody else's experience is likely
to be safer guide than your own
judgment
The more dignified man tries to APP
pear IN MS onice the more ridiculous
he succeeds in appearing taking his ex-
ercisA-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-27

That apostle of 1.-The absolute life,''
whose recent arrest in Chicago has at
tfacted SO much attention, stands a
chance of being sent to prison for be-
ing a common, despicable white
sIaver' And it is likely that that is
just exactly what he is. Many crimes
and misdemeanors are perpetrated un-
der the guise of practices that are
characterized with high-sounding titles
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-27

Quite the most remarkable surgical
operation of this or any other age has
been performed by a Boston specialist
He has caused a man who went blind
to see by the substitution of glass
lenses for the natural lenses of the
patients eyes which had been rendered
worthless by cataracts having formed
over them. Once in a while it is posi-
BILE to doff ones cap to science. And
this is such an occasion.