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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16
MEN ACCESSORIES
Arc Easily Made By Clever
Girls
BY EDNA EGAN.

NEWEST in ornaments for the
grown girls corsage is the long
ended and short-1ooped bowknot
of delicately tinted satin ribbon en-
cTusted with crystal, pearl rhine
stone or jewel beads and tipped with
pinned against the left shoulder, at
the front of the bodice, at the belt
in fact, wherever it is most effective,
and 1t is a pretty relief for a dark
toned afternoon or evening costume
OF any sort.
All the girls are making fancy
mufflerS to fit into the space left by
the low-rolling fronts of their tail
ored Jackets. The muffler is 4 inches
wide where it encircles the neck. but
widens under the throat into 6-inch
wide tabs of half yard length.
Some girls consider it wise to make
mufflers to match every hat, using
the same shade of satin as the found
alton for the neckpiece and the same
sort of fur, feather or marabout trim
ming for the bordering of the muf-
fer. other girls just make the neck
piece as pretty as it is possible to
make such an article, going even so
far as to hand embroider,- or SOU
tache braid its surface. OF it's value
there is no doubt, for not only does
1t additionally protect the throat
and neck, even though furs are worn,
but it dresses up the costume
which includes a severely tailored
shirt waist of cheap material.
Elizabethan ruffs that stand out
fatty from the neck are a novelty
recently brought over from Paris
and intended for use with afternoon
costumes of velvet. The fact that
the suit coat has an attached collar
does not matter in the least, since
the ruffle will cover it, for, made of
three layers of bow-plaited tube, ma
line or chiffon of 4-inch width, it
extends half way TO the shoulders
and balances the effect of the wide
brimmed picture hat better than
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16

! in white or ecru mercerized cottons;
or If you want something very lovely.
do it with floss silk.
The design can be worked in any
color you wish; sometimes two or
three shades are used ION the same
piece of lace. Very beautiful effects
are produced by working in silver
or gold thread on black net. For
the yoke of the evening gowns this
is lovely and is far less expensive
than the kind you buy. The work IS
fascinating for the woman who has
leisure hours to employ In making
pretty things
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16
SEWING

IN making iron holders, spread
sheet of asbestos or leather be-
n tween two pieces of denim. This
will make a holder that is light, cas-
lily held and impervious to heat.
If it is necessary to catet She
thread through on the right side
when sewing hooks on dresses, a neat
finish may be obtained by making
French knots where the threads ap-
pear.
Hemstitching can be easily done
on the machine. Pull the threads out
of the material as usual, but haste
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16

Mm OTHERS are often perplexed to
IV know just how long to make
IN their children's and girls
skirts.
For the tot of 1 year the little skirt
must be cut to the top of the tiny
shoes. Any longer than this would
interfere with progress when the lit
tie one learns to walk.
At Is months, when the sturdy tot
is running about, let the hem come
half way between the shoe tops and
the knee. When the third milestone
has been passed let the skirt be short
ened SO as Just to show the bend of
the knee, and keep this length until
the little lady is 6 years old.
The average child between the ages
of Z and IL years should have her
dresses cut long enough to cover the
knee.
At Is add an inch or two to the
length of the dress, and should she
continue to develop, drop the skirt
length to a point half way between
the knee and ankle.
As she reaches Is years, let the
skirt be about inches above her
shoe tops; at Is skirt that comes
to the top of the shoe is correct
When she is Is she is young
lady and should be allowed to choose
the length skirt she likes best; but
If she is a wise girl she will cling
to ankle length, or about inches
from the ground. These rules, of
course, are subject to modification,
according to the development of the
girl. Some girls are much larger or
smaller than others at a given age
their size.
Until girl is past Fl she should
not wear very long skirts. Even the
debutante, out for her second or third
season, can wear with propriety a
dance frock that escapes the floor by
inches.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16

placed at the side.
The spring styles bid fair to be
wonderfully quaint and pretty.
A charming coat for the tiny tot
was of white corded silk. A narrow
ruching of fringed silk was used to
trim the bottom of the coat and to
edge the turnback cuffs.
Separate blouses of white crepe de
shine are fashionable. A lovely
blouse of this material had a double
collar of heavy lace bordered by a
2-inch band of black tulle.
Strands of beads made of colored
wood are used to fashion buckles,
cabochons and cords to adorn the
spring hats.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16

Shams for pillows are edged with
narrow insertion and a 4-inch ruffIe.
For the bureau scarf, use three IL
inch squares of bingham, Joined and
edged with insertion.
The window curtains are made per-
fectly plain, excepting for a ruffle
across the end headed with insertion.
A deep valance across the top is
edged with a narrow rule also. With
a blue-and-White cotton rug on the
floor this makes a most attractive
room for young girl. Bingham is
very inexpensive and launders beau
tifully.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16

wv ITH lace SO great a factor in
w women's dress, she who is
handy with her needle will
find it a pleasure to make herself
some handsome pieces of real hand
run lace
This is far easier than it sounds
Beautiful "allovers'' can be made by
tracing the desired pattern on fine
net. Put this on the embroidery frame
and darn in the pattern, or outline
it with the satin stitch known to all
embroiderers. The work can be done
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16
BEDR OOM

~ AINTY bedroom accessories in the
way of curtains, bedspread,
- bureau and dresser scarfs can
be easily made at small cost of
striped or checked bingham.
For the bedspread, use coarse white
lace insertion about an inch and a
half wide to join the breadths to-
gether down the center and also to
place at the heading of a ruffle 8
inches wide that is placed on each
side and across the bottom of the
spread.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16

does any neck accessory now in use.
To make the ruffle, take a band of
white ribbon long enough to encircle
the throat and hook comfortably and
attach to it the strip of three layers
of transparent materials, gauging the
plaits so that they shall be precisely
the width of the ribbon band from
selvage to selvage. The ruffle is also
pretty with a house frock, and any
girl whose throat is over long or thin
to look well above a Dutch neck will
find the ruffle a welcome relief from
the high, stiffly boned stock.
Hat cockades which may be re-
moved or attached at will are being
put together by the girls who. lack
ing as many winter chapeaux as they
would like to own, make the best of
circumstances by changing the trim
mings on whatever articles of head
gear they may possess. The cockade
consists of three earS-made, as every
amateur milliner knows, by plating
the wide side of a line and wired
triangle of cloth, velvet, satin, silk
or fur and centering them on the UNI
der side of a circular, diamond or
oblong ornament of heavy linen COW
cred with soutache embroidered satin
of delicate hue.
This rule, however, is a general
one, for all manner of liberties may
be taken in the fashioning of a cock
ade and its three ears may be made
of lace or net wired at the edges, and
bordered with tinseI lace or silk flow
ers or narrow bands of ostrich spirals.
Several kinds of fur are pretty TO-
gether and astonishing results may
be accomplished with scraps of err
mine and broadtail and moleskin
combined with lace, satin or velvet
or with few inches of Oriental
embroidery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16
FAsHIONBcM
BY MRS. KINGSLEY.

VERY stylish is a Georgette hat of
" soft gray. Shaped plumes of
orange and gray were banked at
the side.
A draped taffeta hat in a rich
shade of old gold had two feather
quilts of the same color to adorn the
side.
Extremely dainty and attractive
are the lace bonnets for little girls.
These are void of trimming, with
the exception Of three small silk roses
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16

" He easiest way to sprinkle clothes
is to use a whisk broom, which
= should be kept for the pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16

VT lamp wick will not work easily
8 try pulling out thread at each
edge This will make it slightly
smaller and generally ends the diff
Guilty
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16

Inexpensive and pretty hatpins may
be easily made in the following man
ner: Buy a pair of cheap glass head
ed hatpins, unscrew or knock off the
heads, cover a disk of cardboard with
material to match or contrast with
the hat, embroider this cover and
attach to the pin. If the glass head
is fat it may be used instead of the
cardboard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16

the hem n the middle of the drawn
threads. Loosen the tension on the
machine and stitch as near the edge
of the hem as possible. Then pull
the hem to the bottom of the drawn
threads where it belongs and the
work is done.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16


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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-16
SKIRT
LENGTHS

Mm OTHERS are often perplexed to
M know just how long to make
~ their children's and girls
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-01-18
To Sell Carnegie Library Building.

The Carnegie library building al
GAINESVILLE is to be sold to the highest
bidder and the proceeds applied to the
purchase of city hall, according to
the GAINESVILLE Times. The reason is
that the city is unable to maintain ii
as agreed when given the gift by Mr.
Carnegie. This is the first instance
in which one of these libraries has
been disposed of, we think, and we
are inclined to wonder what the atti'
tude of the Carnegie library bureau
will take in the matter. Anyway, it's
interesting to speculate upon the prob
bilities.-Houston Post.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-01-18
How Billy Sunday Works EN-,

On closing six weeks meeting at
Wichita, Kan, Billy Sunday, the SEN
sationa revivalist, gave the people
twenty good things to remember. In
exchange for these the people gave
Billy a "free-will offering" of $10,140.
The things to remember that Mr.. Sun
day gave up have all been said over
and over many times by lecturers and
pulpit sensationalists, and as cQllat-
eral at the bank the entire list
wouldn't be worth four bits; but every
good dollar the people gave up is good
for dollars worth of things that Mr.
Sunday or his hackers in his great
collection business may happen to
want. In addition to this, no doubt
the local pastors who preach, pray
and work for the people of Wichita
day in and day out through the whole
year, will feel the effects OF Billys
large overdraft on the spasmodic gen.
crosby of the public. Having depleted
their purses at the call of sensational
ism, they will naturally feel less able
and less willing to pay the contract
price for regular and orderly ecclesi-
astical service; and it is quite prob
able that some of the local preachers
will be expected to accept linen
shower" or the miscellaneous frlitage
Of pound party" in place of con-
siderable part OF the cash salary due
them. OF course, strictly speaking, all
this is a matter that directly concerns
only Mr.. Sunday, the people of WITCH
tia and the local pastors; yet, in a
way, 1t has an interest for the people
elsewhere and everywhere. 1t illus
trates great and significant fact in
contemporary affairs in this country
that many people who give grudgingly, |
if at all, to good works and good serv |
ice right at their doors, who dodge
taxes levied to support the govern
ment that protects them and educates
their children, will dig up freely for
sensationalism in religion, in politics,
N medicine, in literature, in social re-
form and propagandas of various kinds
promoted and presented in flowery Ian
guage and attractive form by adept
and skillful advocates who have spe-
cial interest in making the project
success. In religious matters Billy
Sunday is a type of the sensational.
lists who successfully operate the vari-
on fields of politics, business and So
ciety, giving the people the fads, frills
and fanciful experiments they long for
and making them pay handsomely
for the work.-Current Issue.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-01-18
A Little Tariff Lesson.

The cost of raising wool in Ohio il
10 cents a pound.
The cost in Australia is 4 cents {
pound.
Average cost in the whole world
9h cents pound
The United States maintains a pro
hibitive tariff on wool-a tariff thai
forbids importation and compels the
use of the homegrown product.
What is the result?
Most of us can't wear clothes made
of real wool nor sleep under real wool
en- blankets.
So we use shoddy-all shoddy but
the price. That's genuine.-Shreveport
Times.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-01-18
Joint Discussion in Prospect.

Hon. Jake VOTERS says that he has
heard that Hon. Morris Sheppard was
honing for a debate with any of the
other candidates for the senatorship.
The Hon. Jake accordingly has let it
be known that he will accommodate
the Hon. Morris. The question to arise
is that of which shall be considered
the challenged party. Much depends
upon that, inasmuch as the naming of
weapons inures to the challenged. The
Hon. Jake would fight with rocks,
while the Hon. Morris would make it
a battle of rs.-Temple Telegram.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-01-18

annual contests to be held tomorrow
evening by the Central Debating
League. The league comprises the
University Of Michigan, University of
Chicago and Northwestern University.
Each institution will be represented In
the contests by two teams, one at
home and one abroad The question
selected for debate this year is: RE
solved, That the recall should be
adopted for all elective officers, ma
tional, state and municipal, excepting
members of the judiciary and the
president and vice president of the
United States"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-01-18
Two-Day Trip for Taft,

Washington, Jan. 1S.-President
Taft has arranged to leave the capital
tomorrow morning for weekend trip
to New York and New Haven. At New
Haven he is to attend the meeting Of
the Yale Corporation, of which he ,is
a member, and will be guest at the.
annual banquet of the chamber of COM
merce. In New York the president is
scheduled to attend several functions
Saturday evening, among them a
meeting Of the New York City Bar
Association and a dinner Of the So
ciety of the Genesee.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-01-18
The ArtfuI Female Of the Species.

Here's a New York woman's letter
to the Sun: You know, men never
realize how much they smoke. My
husband always has box of his favor
lite brand in his cellarette, and when
| take them out one at time-I mean
one each day-he never misses them.
save one of the old boxes and by the
time his birthday comes around l have
it full. And l give it to him and he
always wants to know how / know his
favorite brand and is tickled to death,
the old goose" The female of the
species, if not DEALER, is certainly
wilier than the male.-Houston Chron-
icle.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-01-18
Esch Has Opposition.

Lacrosse, Wis, Jan. 1S.-Represent
alive John ]. Esch of Lacrosse, who
represents the Seventh Wisconsin dis
trict in congress, will have determined
opposition, the progressive republicans
having put an opposition candidate in
the field in the person of State Treas
arer Andrew H. Dahl of Westby. A
meeting of progressives will be held
tomorrow at Camp Douglas to discuss
the congressional situation.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-01-18
Bexar County Highway League.

San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 1S.-The
Bexar { ounty Highway League expects
to renew its activity in the construc-
ton of several highways leading out
of this city to points of interest, One
of the plans of the league to be car
ried out during this year is an i'm
proved modern road from here to Port
O'Connor on the Gulf of Mexico. This
proposed highway will pass through
Switzerland Springs, Cuero, Victoria,
and will be about one hundred miles
in length.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-01-18
No Monopoly of the Air Yet.

While the paragrapher was in Hous-
ton one day last week We saw the fol
lowing sign in large letters: Free
Air" Say, but that made us feel good
for we had supposed the trESts had a
monopoly on that, too. We stood in
front of that sign for fully five min,
utes and practiced deep-breathing.-
Ell Campo Citizen.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-01-18
First Cargo Texas Iron Ore.

Port Bolivar, Texas, Jan. 1S.-The
temporary iron ore dock has just been
completed here and is now ready to
begin heavy exporting. The structure
was built by the Gulf, Colorado &
Santa Fe at cost slightly in excess
of $4,000. The first cargo of Texas
mined iron ore out of the port will be
sent out in the latter part of this
month, when the first installment of
shipments will go to Philadelphia to
fill a contract for thousands of tons
of ore.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-01-18

Mother of the family to the rescue
Don't make Billy get up now, Elihu
You know the poor little fellow has
been hiking two days with the boy
scouts, and he must be plumb wore
out. Let him take his natural rest
There's plenty of kindling in, and ]
can start the fires in minute"
Bill hears this good news and, with
his military honors thick upon him
draws the warm cover over his head
and sleeps till breakfast.-Current
Issue.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-01-18
NEW CONSTITUTION
FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Concc u, n. H., Jan. 1S.-A number
of important amendments proposed for
the state constitution were discussed
here today at the annual meeting Of
the New Hampshire board of trade.
An election of delegates to the consti-
tutional convention will be held in
March, and early in the summer the
convention will begin its deliberations.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-01-18

China's suzerainty over Mongolia is
worth about as much 10 her as a deed
to thousand acres of wild turkey
tracks in Arkansas would be to the
editor Of The Eagle, but Russia will
accept mortgage on it as security for
loan of $70,OOO,OOO, because Russia
has the power to foreclose and take
possession of the property.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-01-18

w. D. Hunter, commander.in-chiei
of the government forces in the war
on the boil weevil, left Washington
yesterday to establish headquarters in
Dallas for the campaign of 1912. There
is good reason to believe that General
Boreas and Captain Jack Frost have
already put Mr.. Boil Weevil hors de
combat for the next season.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-01-18
POLITICS AND POLITICIANS

Madison, Wis, is to vote next month
on the commission form of govern
ment.
The republican state convention Of
Maine will be held in Bangor, April 10
The Wisconsin supporters of Presi
dent Taft are to hold state rally in
Milwaukee January 20.
Speaker Adkins of the Illinois house
of representatives has formally an.
nounced his candidacy for the ,repub-
lican nomination for governor.
Senator Owen of Oklahoma, whose
term will expirt next March, will be
opposed for reelection by former Gov
ernor Charles N. Haskell.
Congressman NJ. E. Olmsted of the
Eighteenth Pennsylvania district is
mentioned as a possible candidate for
the republican nomination for gov.
ernor.
The first candidate to announce for
the republican gubernatorial nomina-
ton at the primaries in Maine next
June is William T. Haines of Water
Vile.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Mas
sachusetts and Representative Frank
B. Willis of Ohio are to speak at the
Lincoln celebration in Springfield, ILL.,,
next month.
John Hays Hamomnd of Massachu-
sets and Governor Robert P. Bass of
New Hampshire are to speak at the
opening meeting of the republican
campaign in Michigan in February.
Prof. P. G. Holden, known as the
originator of the corn gospel, has re-
signed his position as superintendent
of the extension department of the
Iowa Agricultural College to become
a candidate for the republican nomina.
ton for governor.
There will be only 1872 delegates in
the next democratic state convention
in Pennsylvania, which is less than
half the number in the last convention.
The number of delegates has been re-
duced by reason of the small vote cast
for the democratic candidate for gov
enror in 1910, upon which the basis of
representation is fixed.
Among the speakers to be heard at
the annual dinner of the League OF
Republican State Clubs to be given in
Washington next month will be Gov
ernor Hadley of Missouri, Governor
Goldsboro of Maryland, former Vice
President Fairbanks of Indiana, Job
Hodges of New York and John Hays |
Hammond OF Massachusetts,. John c. |
Capers, president of the league, will |
be postmaster.
GONeTuOT w. II. OluUuS VI Nduoeo, |
one of the original progressives, has
declared himself in favor of the nomi.
nation and election of Theodore Roose-
welt for president. Governor Stubs is
a warm admirer of Senator La Toilette,
but believes that he should not be
nominated for president for the reason
that his removal from the progress !
sive" leadership Of the senate would
be to take a great favor for good out
Of that body and thereby weaken the
cause.
The California Equal Suffrage Asso-
citation, which after thirty years OF
effort has succeeded in hav-
ng the ballot conferred upon the wom-
an of the state, has decided to con-
inue its organization in order to help
he women of other states in their
light for the franchise
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-01-18
To Reform Grain Exchange Methods

To Reform Grain Exchange Methods.
Chicago, Jan. 1S.-A two days con-
ference of delegates representing the
principal grain exchanges of the Unit
cd States was opened at the Hotel
LaSalle today. The conference is to
discuss plans to extend the usefulness
of exchanges trading in agricultural
products, to promote uniformity in
custom and usage, and to eliminate
certain practices that are believed to
be contrary to the public welfare.
Among the exchanges represented at
the conference are those of Kansas
City. Omaha, New York, Chicago, ST.
Louis, Minneapolis, Baltimore, Phila-
delphia, Milwaukee, San Francisco,
Toledo, Duluth and Buffalo.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-01-18
Soldier, Rest.

Father of the family in the early
morning hours: bill! o, Bill! Billy,
do you hear me?" Bill turns over in
bed and groans.
Get up, Bill, right away and start
the fires. It's after o'clock now and
we've got lot of work to do today"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-01-18

The Commercial Secretaries pub.
lieity bureau Is responsible for this
item: John Wesley, long time ago,
said he had noticed that the farmers
who lived along good roads were uni
formly prosperous, while those who
lived along poor roads were almost as
uniformly poor themselves"