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The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-03-16
Corporation Tax 10 Constitutional.

Washington.-ln an unanimous
opinion the Supreme Court of the
United States holds that the corpora
ton tax provisions of the Paync-Ald
rich tariff act were constitutional
Thus ended a controversy waged al
most continuously since President
Taft first suggested their enactmen,
to Congress.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-03-16

Charles Neill. commissioner of labor
at Washington. has arrived in Den
yer to endeavor to avert a strike by
Denver & Rio Grande engineers, 700 of
whom recently asked for an increase
of wages.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-03-16
Decision Hastens Bond Issue

Washington.-The corporation tax
decision will hasten the impending is-
sue OF Panama bonds. 1t was one of
~ things Secretary MacVeagh has
been waiting for. Had the case gone
against the government, bonds would
have been issued to meet the refunds
- The corporations.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-03-16

New York-The grand jury has be-
gun an investigation into the affairs of
the Carnegie Trust Company, closed
by the superintendent Of banks, Feb.
ruary 1st.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-03-16
FOREIGN.

Bud Marr and Captain T. s. Baldwin
made three successful flights at
Osaka. Japan. in the presence Of 400.-
900 spectators.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-03-16

in gold will be taken out from that
section.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-03-16
PROOF POSITIVE.

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ally-but I tear It all up as soon as
I write 1t.
She-Ah! I knew you were clever.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-03-16
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08

THE courage of women is advancing
in the matter Of ages. To the
modern woman the famous defense Of
the girl OF thirty must appear very
absurd piece OF history. Yet we can
not forget that there was a time when
it seemed necessary to go to very con-
siderable trouble in order to establish
beyond a doubt the attractions of the
thirties Going back not many years
earlier we find that the same false i'm
pressions existed as to the desirability
of even lesser ages. An authority on
this subject has recently recalled the
gloomy and unappreciative period of
the eternal feminine when the girl of
twenty was considered slightly passe
and the girl of twenty-five a hopeless
old maid" Sad revelations as to the
girl of thirty are happily spared us.
while we are left to conclude that the
woman of forty hid herself and her
failure in life in impenetrable solitude.
Yet, strangely enough, this is becom-
ing the day of the woman of forty. AL
ready she 8 in almost undisputed pos
session of all that is most desirable.
Forty is not only desirable, but advan-
tageous. 1t Is an age to be looked for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08
IS FORTY THE DESIRABLE AGE?"
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ward to, to be reached with the fullest
promise Of enjoyment and to be retain
ed longer than any other age which de-
ponds upon a determination not to
grow older.
There is a whole philosophy concern
ing the pleasure and profit OF being
forty. It is the age of broad sympa-
thies and of fewest regrets. At forty
almost all that has gone before may be
recaptured. Women who have dropped
into the calm habit of letting time lead
them can take a foremost place when
the call of the forties moves them to
new activity. OF all the desirable ages
which have been standardized there
seems little question that the ago of
forty will be acclaimed the most COW
etable.
Let US only hope that this is the last
word upon age and desirabihty. It
must be confessed that the grounds for
this wish are not substantial Hitherto
the desirable ages for women have
shown a tendency to creep forward at
Intervals. The desirable age of fifty
would leave US nothing but the ref1ec-
ton that. after all, 1t is most desira-
BILE to be centenarian, If one can ac-
Quire the art
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08
FOOTWEAR.

In regard to footwear, the taste for
checked CATERS is growing in some cir
cles, as is also the popularity of large
silk bows of color to match the belt
or the trimming of the corsage or some
prominent article of adornment. Royal
blue, old green or violet ribbon adds a
note of elegance to our patent black
leather shoes There Is no denying
that at this moment the two items of
the feminine toilet which offer the
most charming opportunities for CO.
quetry are the shoes and stockings.
According to our within or our taste,
they may either match the dress or
contrast wildly with it. We see vio-
let velvet shoes with red or blue dress
es and green shoes and stockings with
blue, black or gray dresses. And the
variety of stockings is sensational.
They are very long and lavishly en-
broidered or openworked. Fine ara
besques run around in an intricate pat
tern or flowers grow up an openwork
trellis. Pansy colored stockings bloom
forth with tiny roses, and golden but
tercups are sprinkled over a navy blue
ground, or violets are scattered on skin
colored stockings. And fanciful col
ors are not sufficient. Not only are our
eyes to be charmed, but also our ears
for it appears that some women go
about with tiny tinkling bells attached
to their suspenders, which give forth
vague and mysterious sounds. This
harmless amusement rather reminds
US of our pet cats. around the neck OF
which we pass a bell so that we may
know where they are when they move
about.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08

are @ most graceful combination Of
draped satin and allover mechlin lace.
The plain tulle veil Is always In good
taste and il really more youthful look
ing than the veil loaded down with
old lace. very pretty and novel idea
is a tulle veil gracefully draped from q
bewitching little cap OF venise lace,
which is laid across the top of the
head and extends down in little tabs
almost to the ears at either side. From
this little cap. which. by the way, is
surrounded by a tiny wreath of orange
blossoms. the folds of tulle flow down
ward in lovely folds to the extreme
edge of the train.
OF course the size of the brides
trousseau will depend entirely upon
how and where she is to spend her
honeymoon. If there is to be a long
season Of travel, smart coat and skirt
costumes and pretty dinner gowns will
be about all that she will need. II
housekeeping Is to be set up in a little
town her costumes will necessarily be
much simpler than If gay summer in
a fashionable watering place is to be
the plan.
The costume In which the bride
leaves her fathers home for the first
stages OF her wedding trip is popularity
supposed to be a travelling suit, but
few brides would care to wear the
dainty costume designed for this auspi-
cious occasion on dusty railroad
train. The going away gown is usually
a delectable costume, which later on
does duty as an afternoon calling
gown. One Of the fashionable brides
of this spring will start on her honey
moon in a suit of fancy white mohair
with a black hairline strip, which is
illustrated. A tie of cyc1amen colored
satin gives a color touch to the cos
tune.
OF course lingerie frock is essential,
and the one shown is a rather elab-
crate model for garden party wear and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08

COLLECTING specimens OF old Eng
lish freak china, especially pieces
with oddly shaped handles, is the latest
fad among the seekers of objects with
little intrinsic value, but highly priced
because they are rare and the objects
OF desire. The handles shown give
really queer testimony to the workings
of the potters' minds. Some of them
are quaint, and all of them are inter
esting as showing the lengths to which
the artistic mind will go in the search
for novelty. The specimens shown are
a brown earthenware teapot with an
eagle for a handle, a Swansea cream
jug shaped like a cow. the tail forming
the handle; an ironstone ware piece
with a reptilian handle and a brown
jug picked up by means of a hound. In
the case of the cream jug there is q
broad humor in the form. It was
meant to create mirth at the tea table,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08

and to US now 1t comes as a quaint
specimen of bygone days and reposes
in the china cabinet as a treasured pos
session. But in spite of these Swansea
and Staffordshire cream jugs, the lat
ter, by the way, being cruder and lack
ing the fine tody and glaze, the model
for the potter was an earlier silver one.
Collectors of old silver will do well to
note this particular form of cream jug.
az 1t is much priced.
It must be remembered that the ham
die is to the potter something of a vex-
ed question He has to study the utili-
tartan properties of his creation and at
the same time to inpart as much orna-
ment as possible. 1t Is the handle of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08
The Secret of Daintiness.

There are some girls who, without
being actually good looking, always
contrive to look nice. You know, per-
haps, that they have but a small dress
allowance. yet in spite Of this fact
they look well every time you happen
to see them, whereas other girls with
more money at their command often
look shabby and frumpish.
What is the dainty girls secret?
Nothing more than that she is careful.
She has place for everything. and she
keeps to 1t.
Her wells. ribbons. gloves. etc., do not
fight for supremacy in one terrible
looking drawer and finally emerge In
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08
HOMEMADE TRAVELLING CASES

featured at home. The outside snouie
be Of fairly stout material, velvet. clO'n
or thick silk being suitable Gu.
piece, twelve inches long and SIX incne1
wide and line it either with SILK inter
lined with flannel or else, IL poss.nle
with a piece of wash leather plnoinA
the edge all the way round with riD
bon Stitch lining and material 10
gether right across twice, dividing tne
case into three, each division oeine
four inches wide. Along one sew .
flap of the leather into which brooches
can be pinned. on the next sew stril
of leather stitched into little pocAeu
one and a half inches square Tor rlnsH
and in the third division make q poch'
ct bv 8 inches to hold a necklaces
pendant or even a couple Of bracelets
To the edge of the case in the mioan
sew a piece of the ribbon wIicn VIII
tie round when it 10 folded In tnrees
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08

LEAKAGE relieved by brilliantly colored
humming birds and butterflies is also
printed with a black ground, and there
are many others. II you have some
William and Mary furniture use for
your hangings a reproduced Flanders
tapestry-bluish gray LEAKAGE with
bright brown and wine colored tulips.
There is a new clematis design, the
flowers being either wine colored or
mauve and the foliage gray. An origi-
nal treatment in which gray foliage is
used in an "all overish' manner is Of
hazel, the nuts being madden brown.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08

MS iran vesser that gets soonest bro
Ken, and, bearing In mind this axiom,
the finest forms of ceramic art keen
the handle well in subsection. A note
worthy example to the contrary is the
jug with the hound handle. The hound
leaping over the brim of the sporting
Jug intended for beer, is a mistake.
Its projecting points soon came into
conflict with a hard world.
Or course the more original the pot
Ter was the further he departed from
accepted traditions of his craft. The
teapot with a graceful handle ernbodv-
Ing the bird with outstretched wings il
almost an actual replica of q silver
model
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08

lessIy costly to contemplate for the girl
whose trousseau allowance Is limited.
Most brides to be will sacrifice al
most anything else in the supply Of
new clothes in order to have this one
wonderful costume, the possession Of
woman for one brief hour of one day
in her whole life. No matter how IN
significant a woman is at other times,
in this one hour she is the supreme and
central figure in her little world, and
1t seems fitting that her garb should
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08

express the Importance and beauty Of
this wonderful hour.
This years wedding gowns all tend
to the slightly higher waist line which
is being favored by Paris Just now in
accord with the first empire costume
effects. These empire lines are espe-
cially beautiful with the long, flowing
skirt lines of the conventional wedding
gown and help to give dignity and
grace to the wearer. A very beautiful
first empire wedding gown by French
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08

couturtere is illustrated, this gown hav-
ing just been sent over for an early
spring bridal The material is white
satin charmeuse, a very thin, soft and
clinging satin fabric which is of such
rich quality that in spite Of its light
weight 1t falls into most luxurious
folds. The bodice is gracefully draped
and. as the photograph shows. is rath-
er high, the long plain skirt sweeping
into a heavy train. White venise ap-
plique trims the bodice, and the sleeves
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08

a crumpled ana torn condition to form
part of her attire. looking as If they
had been either bought secondhand or
had been rescued from the family rag
bag.
No: all the articles are put away
with the utmost care. being brushed or
busted first, II necessary, or mended If
| a stitch in them should chance to be
poedad
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08
TO MAKE A BRAN BATH.

Bran baths are frequently of service
in rough states of the skin. Place a
closely tied cotton bag holding small
teacupful of bran in a quart of boiling
water. Keep 1t hot for half an hour
Then add the water to four gallons of
hot water and squeeze the bag dry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08
Queen Anne Window
With Curtains

z A LTHOUGH the idea of using black
in domestic decoration may seem
odd to persons of conservative taste,
the color-or absence of color, as we
were taught in school-has had consid-
cradle vogue recently. The picture
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08

VERY smart indeed Is the spring
dress Of white broadcloth which Is
shown in the picture. 1t Is well adapt
ed for wear on dressy occasions. The
trimmings are black satin and APP
pliQue, a smart feature being the band
of the satin at the side of the skirt.
The skirt itself is made on the new Sec
tional lines, the panels being marked
by buttons. The collar effect Is also
new and effective. The hat which Is
worn with this dress is one of the late
high crowned shapes trimmed with
flowers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08
HABIT.

Right habit is like the thread on
which we string precious pearls. The
thread is perhaps of no great value,
but If it be broken the pearls are lost.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-08

NTH the ADVENT OF Easter.
NJ one of the traditional
wv wedding times, the Dues
ton of bridal dnery pre-
sents itself importantly on the sarto-
rial carpet. Most of the April brides
by this time, of course. have their plans
well laid, and the essentials like lin
gerie, negligee and little house gowns,
which may be made up almost any
time, are well under way, the frocks.
evening gowns, hats and wraps having
been left until the last minute when
styles should be definitely settled.
The most important item of the
whole trousseau, of course, is the we'd
ding gown, with it's exquisitely dainty
and beautiful accessories in the way
of lace petticoat, silken stockings and
slippers, hlmy veil, orange blossoms
and all the rest so fraught with beau
tiful significance to the bride. so hope
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-03

Connected with some of the schools are hotbeds and orchards as well as barns for animals and pens for pigs. The ideal school should have about ten acres for farms, gardens and other work. It should have it's poultry yard and its forest plot The boys compete at home as to the fat tening of pigs and also in blowing, corn raising and in the growing of strawber- ries and small fruits of various kinds. The girls have competitive examinations in house decoration and in the preserving of vegetables and fruits.
 Many new textbooks are being made for these schools. Educators are blocking out courses of study in agriculture and home economies of the various grades. Text books are being written on farm management. fruit raising, live stock, dairying ana home making. The agrcul- tural high schools are being supplied with barns, laboratories and practice shops Many of them are equipped with libra ries on farm subjects, and new books have been written to supply this demand. In the rural school books the illustrations deal with farm life. In his arithmetic ex- amples the child figures on the bushels of grain and the sale of crops and in his geograph he follows the wheat and corn raised on his home farm across the oceans and thus studies his overseas customers Uncle Sam's Agricultural Colleges. In addition to the work in connection with the schools the government is doing a great deal through the agricultural col leges. Nearly all of these are supported by the states the nation, and they now form one of the most powerful of our ed- ucational forces.
 There are altogether 65 of these colleges, covering every part of the union. They own property which is valued at more than $100,0O0,0 900, and their income is some thing like $20,O00,000 a year. They have about 1000 students who are taking ag- ricultural courses alone, and through their correspondence and other courses counting none twice, they have 135,0OO stu dents.
 In connection with these colleges a great deal of extension work is carried on. By this I mean through movable schools and the correspondence courses and in other ways. by which those who
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-03

house beautiful and the home pleasant.
 In some of these schools the work be- gins with the kindergarten and ends at the high school.
 Take Lima township, Indiana. The con solidated school there contains 269 chill dren, and of these 90 are in the high school The teachers of the high schools are college graduates and those of the grades are normal. graduates The build ing has a reading room and a library, and adjoining the school grounds is school garden of 200 plots. The children have a school paper an orchestra and a band, and boys and girls glee club. They have athletics and also a lecture course. That school is made up of consolidation of a number of one room country schools, each of which had but one teacher.
 School Gardens and School Farms
 Nearly all of the new schools have school gardens antklittle farms connected with them. In them the children raise vegetables and flowers. They study the soil and learn how and why plants grow. They are taught all about the work of the roots and stems. and leaves. They are shown how to grow fruit and are taught budding and grafting by being made to do these, things themselves. The Agri- cultural Department sends out a great number of bulletins for these schools, with the intention that they be used by the pupils and teachers. one of these is entitled s"School Lessons on Corn,' which shows just how corn should be grown. Another bulletin deals with plant produc- ton and school exercises therefor. In this the children are, taught all about plants, by growing them themselves ac- cording to the directions. Another paper shows how to test farm seeds at school and at home. By means of this a child learns whether the clover or alfalfa seed his father is using is pure or whether it is mixed with weeds. He learns to know. what good seed is and how 1t pays to- plant it. These school gardens are now being introduced into the city schools A space as big as hall bed- room. suffices to make one. Upon this a half dozen vegetables can be grown and by rotation of crops these can be changed from time to time. Tn some cases vege- tables and flowers are grown upon such a plot. %
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-03

care. Every Christmas little extra money was put in the bank to Jimmy s credit. Every birthday the child was re- membered handsomely by each and all of his ten foster fathers. When he was 5 years old there was not a boy of his age in Newberry better dressed, better cared for, better loved. Rodman, David son and Peters showed great pride in talk ing the little fellow walking. Jimmy may have appreciated the honor. but he seemed to prefer riding on the back Of Lanagan's mare, held there by Lanagan' $ strong arms.
 The fourth Christmas that Jimmy was on earth he had queer experience. Each of his ten foster fathers was struck by the same brilliant idea. Each thought 1t time for Jimmy to wear boots. Jimmy got ten pairs of boots for Christmas. He ap- precfated them, too. He was when they started him to school. He was not a model pupil by any means. He had his full allotment of fights, got his nosa bunged up and his eyes blacked just as every healthy youngster of the male per- suasion is likely to have if he goes through the whole curriculum. And he had an af- fair of the heart with a young lady h, short dresses and was very much ashamed of it--just as every other boy in the neigh borhood of or 10 is apt to be. Around the age of 12 he was scornful of everybody but men, did not see why girls should en- cumber the earth, and was wildly ambi- tious to free the bloody west of Indians; or, failing in that, to be an engineer or a. policeman.
 A little later he had violent attack of baseballitis and was not cured of it alto gether when the committee shipped him off. to preparatory school There he was 0 prime favorite. He was a good deal of an athlete, was manly and kind, had not been spoiled in the least despite his null titude of parents, and, but for falling vio- lently in love with a widow, a demure creature of 3S with son a trihe older than Jimmy, he made fine progress.
 The boy had good mind. What is more he had principle. Rodman and Hobbs and Searles and some of the oth- CTS, particularly flanagan, had talked with him about himself, about the committee, about their pride in him, about theii hopes for him and about his duty to him self and to them. The sentiment of tne boy was appealed to and not without re- sponse.
 When he went from preparatory school to Princeton he went as a student, not as a dawdler or a saunterer. He took live ly part in athletics and all other forms study. While not winning any particular honors, he made a really creditable show ing and the members of the committee were more than satisfied with him.
 They held a very serious meeting after Jimmy came back t0 Newberry to decide what business he should take up. The