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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-12-17
THE BEEF PROBLEM

Last week in New York harbor a
ship from South America unloaded
5000 IONS of chilled and refrigerated
beef from the Argentine country, and
yet this huge addition to the supply
was of little effect in lowering the
price of meat in the city.
Observers declare that the shortage
of livestock is world wide. and the
final basis of supply and demand can
not be changed to any degree by the
fact that American markets are now
open to foreign production. Argentine
already had a market for all the out
put of its abattOirs and any new de-
mand for it amounts to only a trans
fer of shipping destination and not an
addition.
The production of beef in America
is away below the demands at home,
and when shipments from South
America are sought as a supplement,
the distributors must go there pre-.
pared to bid against other markets.
Shipments from the United States to
Europe, which a decade ago amounted
to fifty millions of dollars a year, were
last year less than a million, accord
ing to government figures. And even
this business is in danger of dwindling
because of the increasing shortage.
A representative of a leading pack
ing house declares that none of the
firms engaged in the industry is max
ing any money under present condi.
tons. He says every n of them
could be running at twice the present
rate of output If the livestock were
obtainable to operate at full capacity
The overhead charges" go on just
the same for business on the half
scale, and as a result some of the cor
porations at the stockyards are rea-
lizing less than 2 per cent return on
the investment Of their capital.
Some evidence of such condition is
found in the fact that among con-
signees of the shipload from Argent
ma were leaders of the so-called beef
trust in America. This might go to
indicate that they are in the South
American field with possible purpose
of extending the alleged monopoly,
though it doesn't seem reasonable
that they would allow their opera
tions at home to dwindle for such
ends when the present state of mar
ket demand and supply is considered.
1t appears that they are forced to
seek fields in order to maintain
their scale of business.
Accepting these statements as true
pictures of market conditions, it is
seen that a serious problem is at
hand for solution. Something must
be done to revive the feed yard in
dustry. A parallel has existed in game
districts where a closed season for
several years has been found expedi-
ent to effect restocking of the pre-
serves. Vegetarianism, voluntary or
involuntary. may be imminent for a
period if there is no change for the
better on the ranges and farms.-An-
acOnda Standard,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-12-17

Butte, Dec. 9.-Butte's warehouse
district was threatened early yester.
day morning when fire, which had
been smoldering for hours. was dis
covered in the Lutey warehouse. The
loss will be close to $4,000.
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Fine Book and Job Printing q spec.
ialty at the RIVER PRESS office.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-14

such feathers Joined by the stems be-
ing wound with velvet, the tops feath-
ering out above just like the trees of
torrid climes one sees in pictures.
Then the butterflies are hardly trop-
ical of color, for they adhere to the
fall shades, especially black, made of
malines. as in the summer. of ribbon.
of all the possible millinery fabrics.
and of every conceivable feather.
Among the most effective butterfly
fancies is one which is mounted on
a high ostrich quill so that every
movement of the pretty head beneath
1t a dainty trimming to have several
small butterflies seemingly fiuttering
about a slender tree or a waving
palm, as the sole adornment of
softly draped velvet chapeau? The
papillon idea is again found in the
huge bows that are placed in front.
some of them standing high and over
towering the brow, for be it under
stood that the present tendency is to
place the tall trimming in the front
now-a- days. This butterfly bow trim
ming is especially appropriate when
the hat is made of all ribbon as many
of the most fashionable are, the folds
that surround the brim and crown.
finishing in the front in great softly
draped-and wired, to be sure-but-
terfiy wings and antennae.
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pompadour and the high chignon as
ion reports that come from Europe
this high hair dressing is quite the
required thing abroad, taking the
place of the part and the. low back.
But the pompadour of today, or
rather of the coming season. is diff
feet. for it is essentially soft and low
without any padding, or at least a
very little. Moreover, 1t must fall low
on the forehead, down toward the
eyebrows, as some have been in the
habit of combing; the part a soft
low, curly pompadour, which also, at
first, must be trained into place, and
which will take a good deal of faith
full application If it has been preceded
by a parting. But the muslin band
at night and the hairpins in the day
time, will go long way toward max
ing a ruly and proper looking hair
dressing. Even though the lines of
the hair now run back from the face,
there is no need of making bare
and cut-or effect about the ears, for
there the hair is to. be drawn into
the most becoming shape, softened,
rounded, and held just right Will,
pins.
The fringe, or the successor to the
ancient bang, is still with us, and it.
too, is a blessing in making a soft
ening line between the forehead and
the hair, and in .concealing frowns
and burrows. OF course it will not
be needed with the low soft pompa-
dour., but it may take the place of
this low effect. when the hair is
drawn back more closely. The fringe,
too, will need careful training to keep
1t in the right place, and should be
kept where it belongs. even. at night
when the hair is loosened. For ex-
ample, If the hair and the fringe to-
gether are brushed back at night, one
need not be surprised to find a fringe
that Is all awry in the morning
whereas, if it is combed carefully
into place. it will very soon get the
habit
Is the back line of your neck pref
ty? If 1t is you will rejoice in be-
ing able to follow the dictates of
fashion and reveal it beneath a knot
Of hair in the middle Of your head
or quite at the top. However If the
neck line needs bit Of softening.
even. as the line Of the forehead in
fron& the upward combing may be
@afs ~ ths more becoming BY drop
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the sort of brim that Varon. as well
ing-eXtremely high and extremely
fiaring, especially in the back.
This of itself sounds somewhat as
though we were about To be deluged
with flood of "freakish French hats
that no American would think of
wearing" But no, 1t is true, indeed,
that many of the Paris hats of this
season, as of all seasons, verge toward
the extreme, and even border on the
freakish, at least to us they seem to
do so, but isn't it rather because the
French woman is really possessed of
greater savoir in carrying off this eX-
treme of style than is the English or
the American? Perhaps. But what
may sound freakish is just now the
joy of the heart of Paris and the ia
vored creation of the great modistes
whose magic has wonderfully soft
ened the extremely high flare of the
brim. How?
AT a sale dansan. in Paris lately
they dance at everything in Paris
now, for if they have taught us to
Hut VIC iC iCtui illHS liiC
compliment in a most unique way by
teaching them the mad American
tango-a charming "comtesse" wore
white frock with charmeuse skirt
and tunic of that exquisite machine
embroidery which the French are
using so effectively now instead of
hand work. Her hat was black vel
vet and lace creation, for Paris is
mad over velvet, and is very fond of
combining it with lace. especially
Chantilly A soft tam crown had a
frill-like brim of black velvet that
rippled softly about the face, but a
second brim of the black lace. shaped
and wired, fiared out above the vel
vet one, towering over the tam, high
in the back, but a bit lower in the
front, the double brim seeming al
most like two hats.
A Double Brim On Some Hats.
And here is one of the ways in
which the skillful modistes are soft
ening the upward flare of the fall
brims--by the second brim about the
face. Again the upper brim will be
a frill of velvet set fiaring about the
low crown in charmingly soft effect,
and somewhat in stimulation of tam
crown, that is, looking at it from a
side view. This high tam ruche, as it
is sometimes called, is in fact more
in favor than is the regulation tam o.
shanter crown, which, nevertheless is
having it's day, too. In spite of the
fact that it is the less exaggerated
tam, the tam ruche and the so-called
beret tam, modified shape, tha. hold
the general favor, some of the French
tam hats seem like mammoth editions
of the usual number. for they are
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cried most loudly in favor sof the re-
dressy occasions. All the past season
have we had it reported that this and
that grande dame, a comtesse, an
actress, appeared at the races, polo
game, a charity sale, the costume
completed with wide picture hat
this in spite of the fact that 1t had
been a season of small hats. SO we
take it as a matter of course that the
large hat will be really just coming in
with the fall days, and what woman
to whom the large hat is at all be-
coming is not glad to have the APP
proval of Paris in adopting one of the
large picture shapes for dress up?"
The "Niniche" Delightfully."- Feminine
and Graceful.
"Niniche'' is the name the French
give to the picturesque shape, like
the one illustrated, that turns up in
the back and is trimmed with some
sort of a softening bow of ribbon, a
shape that is delightfully."- feminine
and graceful. but which must be we'll
managed-that is without any abrupt
ness of the lines of the upward
turning, and which must be selected
with the utmost care as to its indi-
vidual becomingness to the wearer.
for to some women it would be very
"trying"-an impossible thing to al
low in millinery above all--even
though it might be the most costly
and the most ornate of Virot or Lewis
or Saget creations!
Butterflies and Palm Trees-New Fall
Trimmings.
Have you a butterfly on your hat i?
Then you will meet the approval of
the latest Paris fancy, for into the
fall modes have fluttered whole
sky-full of summer butterflies, alight-
ing atop of tropical palm trees. Yes,
butterflies and palm trees are two of
the distinctive trimmings of the fall,
and as summery as is the suggestion,
they are essentially 'fally." Graceful
waving palm trees of ostrich, either
single plume stripped into palm
tree effect at the top or bunch of
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of fashions that she sets appearance
and effect above the climatic changes
of the seasons, and dons furs and fall
hats in the middle of the hot months.
So, even in July, we found them at
the races in the sheerest of lingerie
and silk, wearing hats of velvet.
which, to the uninitiated might seem
quite out of place. Velvet in milli-
merry means, of course. the general
application of pile fabrics. including
plush and "peau de peche," or peach
skin. velour-like material with a de-
lightfully soft and a delightfully."- new
surface, that is striking in tailor
mades. Patent leather in millinery
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RUFFLEs POPULAR.

DUFFLES are one of fashion'G fav'
R orites just now. The latest OF
I y these have almost a collar effect,
and some do not meet in 'front.' There
are a couple of rows of lace turning
down. and one or two upright. very
attractive effect with tightly dressed
hair and small hat. Short ostrich
ruffles fasten closely with large satin
bow or rosette.
The half-length boa also has a bow
OF ribbon which rests on the shoulder
leaving one short tasselled end in front
and a longer one behind, There are,
too, jabots and quilted rabats o. fine
tulle, while delicate cobwcbby lace
makes up the frills of the costume.
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THE OSTRICH FEATHER BOA
AGAIN

H@HE boa, especially the ostrich
feather boa, has come to its
own again, and is shown in many
chic shapes for late summer and for
fall. The well-dressed .'arisienne who
finds 1t impossible with the present
fashions to wear any sort of high
collar with her frocks, is using the
boa with her usual artfulness as a
protection against the sun and wind
and you may be very sure she finds
It becoming, or makes it so, or its
usefulness would not avail. The boa
of this season is much shorter than
OF old, is worn snug about the neck
and fastened at the side or in the
back.
FOR THE SCHOOL CHILD.
= FOLDING lunch box for the
"a child's school lunch may be had
4 = in the shops at a price very
small in comparison with its conven-
fence, to mother and child. 1t is
made OF tin and SO hinged that it
fastens uncoilapsibly into neat look
ing brown box with a firm handle.
when 1t is opened at lunch time the
ntdes. lid and ends spread back.
@erxfnr e. 4 tray to lay out the sub
seoo1isls ~ tAe goodies in their par
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tention, Attention to the very
serious matter of fall hats and
to the fact that she is paying America
the compliment of sending her very
best millinery output over the water
to us, asking us in the suavest tones
of charming French courtesy, Are
you well hatted?"
We'll hatted'-that is the phrase
the smooth haired Partisan modiste
uses in her most gracious tone as she
looks over her American customer
with that keen-eyed artistry which is
half compliment and half reproach.
and which makes one yearn to rise in
ones self-esteem and be hated" that
moment, according to the Judgment
of this self-possessed modste out of
the treasure stores of her delightful
shop with its cool gray fittings.
Have the French caught the secret
of well hating us, - better than we
can hat ourselves, or is it to be limited
that the Americans take their hats
too seriously-too strenuously. as
they do golf and stocks; while the
French have that delightful sense of
frivolity and coquetry of clothes
which makes them par excellence the
fashiqners and the wearers of hats!
And just now this sense of coquetry
is debating that. in order to possess
thorough chic, the hat of the com
ing season-many of the hats. that
is-must be worn at decided tilt.
perched jauntily over to one side even
when all the lines of the trimming
seem to indicate that it is meant to
sit in prim indication of the four
points of the compass! And right
here is one of the most momentous
secrets of the unrivalled chic of the
Paris haiti is not always so much
the hat itself or the lines on which
it is built, as the way it is set on the
head. 1T is re secret, Madame," the
smooth-haired Paris modiste ex-
claims-the secret which depends So
largely on the wearer's sense of style
ana which will give ever so much
smartness to the plainest little cha
peau, or will condemn the loveliest
creation to become "just ordinaire."
So Paris tilts her hats, and yours. too
my dears. and wears them extremely
low on her head. This means, of
course, that the head sizes. unlike
those of the spring, are of good COM
Portable proportions and made for
wear at least over moderate amount
of hair.
An Importation That Bears French
Stamp.
One chapeau that bears the dis
tinctive French stamp, a thing to be
exclaimed over and caressed, has just
been imported from the establishment
of Evelyn Varon, individual of itself
yet strongly indicative of the seasons
Tendency. for while it is made of
taupe plush and trimmed with taupe
ostrich, not so unusual in themselves,
1t is possessed of a high flaring brim,
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The 1Lth- Czrzl2& Zlnew
@=~d3 or. The ZYew CoXYlx7e

vantage. And it is decidedly a fact
that the hair dressings of today, when
they are sufficiently individualized.
give the greater youthfulness to the
face. t'-f.si t.s
Essentially girlish is the parted
front hair, waved over the forehead
and carried to a chignon that nestles
low in the neck This is the type of
dressing that we SO often find the
French beauty favoring, with the part
either in the middle or on the side.
Especially for the round face is this
coiffure intended. for It makes de-
lightfully softening and refining frame
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This French Mode.
ping it bit loose as the illustration
shows, and giving to the back Of the
head an exceedingly pretty line.
Whether the hair is to be parted
or pompadour, puffed or fiat and low
about the face, the chignon is to be
placed high, say the authorities in the
matter. A variety of knots will be
the result, chief of which are one
which bears the appropriate name Of
the tango twist. and another which
Is merely charming little bunch Of
ringlets fiuttering atop of the head
In developing the youth-giving
lines OF the new coiffure, or the lines
of any coiffure, for that matter. sit
down before your mirror with hand
glass in one hand, a coarse, long
toothed comb in the other, and by
careful studying of yonr own points
of vantage and disadvantage - the
lines Of your forehead in front, the
angle of your chin and nose and back
head from the side. learn to arrange
your hair to the best advantage to
you personally. It u worth Inc
trouble.
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is another of the new fads of fashion,
and one that is decidedly French"
1t is combined with velvet in shapes
for street wear and in auto caps.
Acting after their idea of the fitness
of. things, when; the hat is all or part
lyl of patent leather, the bows and
flower trimmings are also of the same
material, even in colors. Several lit
tie Cubist roses in green, red and yell
low, for instance. may be posed
against the crown of sailor sthat is
banded with green patent leather.
Large Brimmed Hats For Dress Oc-
casions.
Again the midsummer prophesies
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The Chignon May BE Lifted ON the
Neck Now.
may be trained into the right width
over the forehead, by pinning it down
securely at night, and if it is espe-
cially unruly, by binding it securely
with muslin band.
There is every indication that when
the social events of the fall get into
full swing we will see return Of the
pompadour and the high chignon, for
slowly, during the past summer, has
the hair at the back been creeping
toward the top of the head. while the
droop over the ears is rising into
backward drawn lines. The youth
giving effect of this drawing of the
hair up from the face. lies in its coun-
terbalancing any sagging or down
ward running lines and so the woman
whose youthfuliiess has given place
70 character lines Win receive tho
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the parted hair may be brought quite
low and held from spreading too far
apart by means of an invisible hair
pin or two, just run through to keep
the hair in place. In fact the part
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Notes and Novelties

rafine paper wrappers. Then the
empty box is all folded together, quite,
fiat, strapped with the school books
or stuck into tho boys pocket Each
night it may be spread out to be
washed and dried, with entire satis-.
faction to the mothers scruples in
the matter of sanitation and cleanli-
ness. 'a
A NEW PRINCESS SLIP.
" HERE is a new princess slip on
the market, combination of
slip and braSsere, a garment
quite apropos at this moment OF COR
setless figures and as little clothing as
possible. The yoke part of the garment,
and the little sleeve cap which shows
through the sheer outer blouse and
the scanty founce which peeps out
of the slashed skirt are made of an
exquisite lace machine embroidery.
the present fashionable demand for
underwear trim ming. The part cor
responding to the brassiere is boned
If desired, and is held down firmly
by the usual hook that fastens it to
the corset below the waist line. To
conceal this fastening flap in the
front gore of the skirt is snapped over
it, making complete the lines Of the
brassiere- princess
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the drawbacks of her personal ap-
pearance and her age-in fact it is
her privilege to do so. and some in
sist that it is her duty to herself in
making the most of the charms with
which nature has endowed her. or in
cultivating those that have seemingly
been denied her-for a great many
charms are matter of cultivation.
While many a woman prefers to ex-
ercise her own individual taste and
arrange her hair in the same style
season after season, feeling that the
lines she adheres to are most like
herself" it is nevertheless likely to
be true, within reasonable limitations,
that the coiffure which is the fash
ion of the moment is. the one with
the greatest possibilities of making
fair woman appear to the best ad
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quite immense, but this very immen-
sity is draped charmingly about the
face, low at one side and high at the
other. down at the back and at the
right angle in front, so that the gen.
eral effect is most youthful soft and
bee1ninp
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about the features Of the girl or of
the older woman who has been fortu-
nate enough to retain her facial
roundness. To cover the ears or not
to cover the ears is a matter for per-
sonal decision, but. except with the
very young, it savors a bit more Of
refinement to have at least part of
them showing
With the parte couture. II the
forehead is too high, or u 2 few
naughty little wrinkles havs crept IL,
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oBe WellHatted" Tilt
Your Hat, Says Paris :
Reenter the Picture Hat
The French Madness
for Velvet Patent Lea
ther Millinery.

ARIS has blown the first blast
of her bugle calling us to at
tentionl Attention to the very
serious matter of fall hats and
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VERY woman can arrange her
- hair in becoming youth giving
Il fashion, in spite of the notions
- she may have conceived as to
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The oId-Time Bandeau Again.

The Old-Time Bandeau Again.
Reverting to the upward flare, one
of its resulting effects is the applica-
ton of the time bandeau to some
hats, in order that the flare may get
a better start if the crown above is
not very tall. The bandeau appears
In small crowned hats; on little tams
to give them the look of the student
eap-and that is what they are called
in Paris; and it may be seen, too, on
big hats, making wide picture shape,
sit jauntily off the face. The bandeau,
in fact, bears close relation to the mar
row under brim on the two-b brim
shapes.
Velvet The Craze.
Velvet seems to be the craze of the
French modistes now, at least to
judge from the first importation of
millinery. AS far back as mid-sum-
mer the. first agitation of the fall
styles began to take place in Paris
for, you know, such is the perversity
of the French woman in the matter
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-22
CHAIRMAN NJ COMBS
VISITS WHITE HOUSE
Believes the Republican Party
Will Be Chief Contender
for Presidency in 1916.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 2l.-William
+. McCombs, chairman OF the Demo
cratic national committee, after con
ference today with President Wilson
announced that he believed the Repub'
lican party would be the chief con
tender with the Democratic party for
the presidency in 1916.
1.-The recent elections. said Mr.,
McCombs, "have served to strengthen
a conviction have had since the last
national election that much OF the Pro-
gressive party would be absorbed
either by the Democratic or Republican
parties and that the next national po-
litical conflict would dud tho Repub.
Hcan party the principal opponent Of
Democracy.
Mr.. McCombs and the president dis.
cussed the general political situation
for more than an hour. but the New
York Democratic situation the national
chairman asserted was not brought up