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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-12-18
Boost For River.to.Riv.r

ColfaX. Dec. 16.-The River-to-R River
road was given the greatest boost
yesterday toward ultimate permanent
improvement that the cross-state
highway has ever received. At the
annual meeting of the River-to- River
Road association, held at Hotel Col
fax. campaign was inaugurated
which is destined to bring the road
to permanent level throughout it's
length within a year and to start i'm.
mediately following the hard surfac-
ing of the highway. A resolution,
presented by F. M. Hopkins of Guth-
rie Center, which recommended that
hard surface be constructed as soon
as possible on the River. to. River road
and that committee be appointed to
take charge of the legislative and 9th
er work necessary to accomplish this
end, was adopted by the association.
The directors of the association for
each county will be members OF the
committee. They will lay plans i'm.
mediately for the permanent improve.
ment of the road More than 100
delegates attended the meeting.
Among them were included some Of
the most prominent road boosters in
Iowa. Practically every county in
the state along the River-to River road
was represented. 1t was one of the
most enthusiastic good roads tests
ever held in the state and undoubted-
ly will prove productive of results.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-12-18

premiums, amounting to SCI ,069. so,
an increase in the amount on pre-
miums of $2,93O.75.
A recent inventory of the property
of the state made use of for the state
fair, shows the real estate to inven-
tory $S75,07O, for the 2S3 1-3 acres.
The buildings and other property are
placed on the books at $672,85S. To
this must be added the $4,000 wo-
mems and childrens building in course
of construction. This makes a total
investment for the state fair of ST.
1928.
The state actually put into the
property, including the original $780,
900 to aid in construction of first
frame buildings, $469,000. The sur
plus or profit of the state, on account
of the investment is therefore $685..
1913. For every dollar the state has
invested there it now has property
worth $240.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-12-18
Confidence Men at Work.

Confidence men secured 800 from
a German workman on a Northwest.
ern train the other day. The work
man was returning to Germany with
100000 which he had saved, $4,000
in a draft and 10000 in cash. He
was drawn into conversation with the
two confidence men, who told him
they were government inspectors, to
produce his ticket for their inspec-
ton, and let them see If he had
enough money to reach his destina-
ton. AS they examined his wallet,
they managed to slip the cash out,
and the German did not look at 1t I'M
til he had passed several stations.
The men have not been apprehended.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-12-18
Come To Oskaloosa
list OF New Citizens Who
Have Recently Arrived.

ID. 7. Mills and granddaughter,
Miss Emma Roberts, of Canyon City,
Colo, have located in Oskaloosa,
and are living at SIG Sixth avenue
east.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Kessler and
daughter, Miss Katie Kessler, of
Garden Grove, Iowa, are new corners
to OSkaloosa, and are living at $40
Sixth avenue east
- - -
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Bacon and dau-
ghters Bernice and Edna, who have
been living near Beacon, have taken
up their residence in Oskaloosa and
are living at col Fifth Avenue East
Mr.. Bacon is engineer at the Iowa
Valve Co.
w. A. Brady and family of Richland
have located in Oskaloosa and are
living In the elegant new home they
erected at 319 North Market Street.
- - -
Mrs. c. c. McDonough and son Ray
mond and Mrs. r. J. McDonough of
Kirkville, have recently located in
our city and are living at 213 North
Sth Street
- - -
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles McWilliamS,
who have been residing on farm
southwest of town have moved to OS-
kaloosa, and are living at 1112 First
Avenue West.
- - -
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. +. Wymore and
five. children of Waterloo are new
corners to Oskaloosa and are living
at 1910 A Avenue West Mr.. Wy
more is a brakeman on the M. G. St.
l.. Ry.
- - -
Mr.. and Mrs. Sanford Graham have
moved from their country home to
91f Fifth Avenue East
Mr.. and Mrs. Danial Slater of South
Bend, Ind. are new corners to Oska-
loosa and are living at 607 South
Seventh Street Mr.. Slater is en-
Poyed at the, Button Factory.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-12-18
Dies Leaninu On Wheel.

Glenwood, Dec. 16.-Samuel Evans,
living on farm half way between
Glenwood and Tabor. was found dead
leaning on the steering wheel of his
automobile, four miles southeast of
Glenwood. Death resulted from heart
disease. Mr.. Evans had purchased
the machine a short time ago from
George Otis, and thought the roads
dry enough to take 1t home. Accom-
panied by Justice A. H. Otis who
drove with him to within a mile of
where death overlook Mr.. Evans.
when the steering wheel was turned
over to him, and he was seen to
drive slowly down the road. When
found by his son who was driving DC,
hind him he had turned out of the
road. stopped the engine, and was
dead, resting on the wheel.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-12-18
Had Hold on Banker

"a Des Moines, Dec. 13.-The inquest
TO solve the mysterious suicide of NJ
B. Wheelock opened here to-day with
the testimony of f. H. Anderson
edller of the bank. informing Coroner
Lee that he always believed that G.
II. York, the grocer, who owed the
bank over twenty thousand dollars,
bad some secret hold on Wheelock
Anderson said that Wheelock always
tore up the overdraft notices pre-.
pared for York and Harry Manning.
ton, the brothcr-in.law. is expected
to tell the coroner that Wheelock
owed $4,000 to Des Moines and Chi
cago banks.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-12-18
Recital by Penn College.

Delta Press: The recital given last
Friday evening by Miss Florence
Lied, reader, and Charles Griffith, pi-
anist, at the Methodist church. was
fine to say the least. Miss Lied gave
a reading from that popular book by
Harold Bell Wright, The Shepherd
of the Hills" in which she demon
Strated that she was a master of the
Evolutionary art. She is certainly a
most capable reader. Mr.. Griffith
rendered several selections upon the
piano. He played with a wonderful
degree of expression and technique
His selectione were difficult, but were
rendered with remarkable skill. The
recital was given under the auspices
of the Epworth League. and was en-
joyed by goodly number of our peo-
nile
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-12-18
1000 Sheep From Marion Co.

More tnan 1000 sheep have been
shipped from the Knoxville, Donley
and Durham stations on the Burling,
ton within the past ten days. The
rainy weather was the cause of these
immense fiocks not being held over
for higher prices in January and Feb
ruary. Sheep will not eat muddy
corn and fodder. They were brought
to Marion county to clean out the
tangled corn field and would nave per-
formed that service splendidly but for
the mud and damp weather. They
refused to run In the corn but ate up
every spear of green heritage in the
pastures and along the fence rows.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-12-18
Signature Of a Dead Man.
Consent Petition Sufficient.

Dubuque, Dec. 13.-The board of
supervisors has completed the can.
vass of the saloon consent petition
for Dubuque county. More than sew
enty-six per cent of the voters signed.
No section Of the county now wet"
will be dry after Dec. % when the old
consent expires. On that date the
one to thousand program goes into
effect in all towns save Dubuque,
which, being special charter city,
reduces to the required number grad
ually. After the first of the year
there will be but sixteen saloons in
operation in the county outside Du-
buque. There are seventy nine sa-
looms in Dubuque now. After next
July this number will be cut down
by twenty-one, making a total of sew.
ehty-four in the county. Ultimately
Dubuque will have but thirty-eight
saloons
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-12-18
Banker Quits After AZ Years

Charles c. Norton, widely known
throughout the state as one of Iowa S
most successful and conservative
bankers, recently disposed of his
stock in the Farmers National bank
of Corning. For forty-two years Mr..
Norton has acted in the capacity of
cashier and president of Corning
banking institutions, aiding in the es-
Establishment of three banks.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-12-18
TRAMP ROBBED ]
THROWN FROM GAR
RIvER-To.RivER ROAD TO BE
GRADED AND SURFACED.
VETERINARY KILLED IN WRECK
$780, Fire Damage at Mason City
Eight Men Held Up in a Barber
shop-Aged Man at Riverside
Run Over by Train.

Denison, Dec. 1.-two negroes and
a white man assaulted and robbed a
tramp on a box car near Vail last
night and then threw the tramp from
the train. Section men picked up the
man and brought him to Vail where
it is thought he will die. One negro
and the white man were captured at
Arcadia but one negro escaped. The
other negro and the white man were
taken to Carroll to be lodged in Jail.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-12-18
Seventeenth Anniversary.

According to j. B. McCurdy, Satur,
day, December 1S, 1918, was the sew
enteenth anniversary of the dedica
ton of the Central M. L. church
Three great services we're held which
taxed the seating capacity of the new
church to the utmost and the church
received a great uplift in the dis.
courses presented and in the results
reached. This was in 1896 and since
then the church has been one of the
leading churches In this section.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-12-18
Miss McEadden Wins.

Miss Margaret McFadden, a teach
er at Second ward school, won the
cash prize awarded last evening by
Mace Hagan to the lady skater at his
rink wearing the largest hat, and
Mark Billick won the prize offered to
the gentleman wearing the biggest
tie. The Hagan rink was crowded
from early to late last night with a
happy crowd of skaters.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-12-18
Pandcmonium Broke Loose.

Davenport, Dec. 13-Pandemonium
broke loose in the Masonic temple
last night when the big five story
building caught fire during banquet
of Trinity lodge. The smoke poured
into the banquet hall and men and
women rushed to the fire escapes.
The firemen had the blaze under con-
troll in fifteen minutes Damage from
smoke and water will be $4,000. The
fire is believed to have been caused
by defective wiring.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-12-18
p o. Needs More aonm.

Postmaster H. f. Deater of Shen-
andoah, has started a campaign for an
appropriation for the building of an
additional room at the Shenandoah
office. Mr. Deeter has appealed to
the treasury department and has
written to Representative Towner
asking that the additional room be
added to the office.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-12-18
Train Crew Finds Body.

Riverside. Dec. 16.-EZra Hamilton
aged "a. of Riverside, was run over
and his head almost severed from his
body at River Junction, near here
last evening, while attempting to
transfer from one passenger train to
another. No one saw the accident.
His body was found half an hour later
by freight train crew.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-12-18
Real Estate Man in Trouble,

N. p. West, a Cedar Rapids real es-
tate dealer. has been placed under ar
rest, charged with defrauding far
mer named Perkins out OF $1,000. II
is claimed that West traded property
in Cedar Rapids that was mortEased.
and also gave mortgage on the Iarm
sold to Perkins that Is thought 10 be
a second mortgage.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-12-18
Sold LEAN For S2nn

Charles Singmaster, Jr, of Keota
sold team of driving horses Thanks.
giving day for $500 and they are now
the property of a wealthy lumber
dealer at Duluth, MINI. They are a
dandy team. seven and eight years
old, full brothers. They are stand.
ard bred trotting horses.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-12-18
$4,000 Fire.

Mason City, Dec. 16.-Fire this
morning in the F. E. Keller block did
damage to the amount of $4,000.
Sanders Restaurant and Bayz Bros.
candy kitchen are the principal suffer
ers. The fire started at one o'clock
and continued till dawn. Chief of
the fire department, Connors. and
Captain Kelly were overcome by the
smoke and the latter was removed to
the hospital. The cause of the fire
Is not known.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-12-18
Killed In Auto Wreck,

Denison, Dec. 16-Dr. r. Brewb
son, veterinary surgeon, was killed
last night when his automobile turned
turtle three miles south of Charter
Oak. He was pinned to the ground
and his companion, B. r. Hanson,
could not lift the machine and had to
summon help.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-12-18
Good Year in Iowa,

Carroll has been figuring up and
finds that she has invested $4,000
during the past season in new build
ings, pavement and other improve
ments of permanent nature. II
has been good year In Iowa, where
all the years are good.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-12-18
BURN up /. CHAIRS !
DESTROY DISHES
MILLS CO. FARMER FINDS EIGHT
SKELETONS WHILE DIGGING.
THE SIGNATURE OF A DEAD MAN
Consent Petition found Amply Stuff.
ent in Dubuque Co. Pandemoniu m
Reisns In Masonic Banquet 70 81
Caused by Ere.

Boone. Dec. 13.-Vandals broke in
to the Boone Country Club house
last night and broke up the chairs
and burned them in the big fire
place. They threw the dishes around
and destroyed the furniture. They
gained entrance by smashing the
window in the kitchen. 49,.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-12-18
Saloon License Raised.

Davenport, Dec 16.--The saloon H.
cense of Bettendorf was raised from
$1,000 to $4,000 annually last night
by the city council. The council is
sued a new license to Geo. Lyman,
who is now conducting one saloon.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-12-18
Abba Man Gets DAMAGES.

In the case OF NJ. Risk VS.. the Wa
bash Railroad Company for personal
injury, the jury at Abba returned a
verdict for $1,S5OOO. The plaintiff
was hit by freight train September
IL, 1912. and he claimed that the en-
gineer did not whistle for the cross
ing,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-12-18
Iowa Wesleyan to Have oroan.

Mt. Pleasant, Dec. 16.-Last night
the pipe organ committee of the Iowa
Wesleyan college met and voted that
a handsome instrument shall be
placed in the chapel before next June.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-12-18
Will UNDERGO Operatjon,

:, Mason City. Dec. 13.-Ed G. Gum
was to-day taken to the hospital for
an operation for gall stones. His
condition Is not serious.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-12-18
Eloris a TurkeN Market

Floris in Davis county is proving to
be turkey market. One dealer pur-
chased $500 worth of turkeys last
week. They brought lie per pound.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-12-18

WEST.--The body of George West
of Buxton, Iowa, will arrive over the
NJ. & st. l.. this afternoon at three
o'clock for burial here.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-12-18
Alexander Dumas said duty

something that we exact from others. Your
duty to yourself is to take Aliens Cough
Balsam when you have deep-seated cough
OF cold. Nothing will give you quicker
and more permanent relief. Try it. Does
not contain anything harmful. 25c., SOC.
and 81. 90 bottles at all dealers.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-12-18

DAVlS.-A nine-pound baby boy
was born to Richard Davis and wife,
of New Sharon, on Friday morning,
December 5th, 1913.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-12-18

POMEROY.- Born to Mr.. and Mrs.
E. G. Pomeroy, of Omaha, Neb., on
Friday. December 5th, 1913, a son.
The parents were former Mahaska
County people.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-12-18
Skeletons Found by Farmer.

Glenwood, Dec. 13-Sam II. God.
sey, living in western Mills county
was spading the ground near his
kitchen door Thursday, when he un'
covered a grave containing eight hui
man skeletons. While his father was
digging, the son saw what appeared
to be a human bone protruding from
the ground Further spading reveal
ed the skeletons. Coroner J. M. Don,
elan of Glenwood was called to inves.
tigate. According to local authori,
ties. a boarding house was conducted
on the spot sixty years ago, during
the building of the Burlington rail.
road. Either the front door or porch
was over the grave. The coroner
declared the skeletons to be those of
Indians, six adults and two children,
and probably all were buried at the
same time. No stones or metallic
articles were in the grave The bod,
les were buried in various ways, some
face down. In one end of the grave
were the skeletons of one adult fe.
male and the children, and in the
opposite end the males. The skele.
tons were assembled and buried in
Martin chapel cemetery near Folsom
Signature Of Dead Man.
Iowa Falls. Dec. ia legal battle
is on here before District Judge Lee
to establish the signature of dead
man on a check for five hundred dol
lars. Shortly after the death of j
G. Sehlhauer his daughter, Mrs. Liz.
zie Jackson, presented a check bear.
ing the signature of her father to the
cashier of a bank, +. E. Border, who
was also the administrator of the
dead mans estate. He was not sure
of the signature and the case was
taken to court.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-12-18

WEST.--The body of George West
of Buxton, Iowa, will arrive over the
NJ. & st. l.. this afternoon at three
O clock for burial here.
POMEROY.-Born to Mr.. and Mrs.
E. G. Pomeroy, of Omaha, Neb., on
Friday. December 5th, 1913, a son.
The parents were former Mahaska
County people.
JONES.-Des Moines Register and
Leader: The funeral of e. c. Jones,
who was accidentally asphyxiated at
the home of a friend in Burlington
Friday night, will be held at the home
at 1919 Tenth street, Tuesday after
noon at 2:3O o'clock. The services
will be in charge of the Rev. Finis
ldleman, pastor of the Central Church
of Christ. Burial will be in Wood
land cemetery. Mr.. Jones father,
who lives in Anamosa; Mr.. and Mrs.
M. G. Sewers and Mrs. Logan Ora
ham, relatives from OskalOosa. where
the family formerly resided, reached
the city Sunday morning.
BURRIS.-NeIson Burris died at
his home. 806 Seventh avenue east,
Sunday. Dec. IA, 1913, at o'clock a.
m. Funeral Tuesday, Dec. 16 at 2:3O
at the residence. Interment in For
est cemetery.
Mr.. Burris was born August 6, 1898,
in Hancock county, Indiana. For the
past five years he has been partly
paralyzed. He is a member of the
Christian church. also a member of
the G. A. r. Post. Mr.. Burris served
four years in the Civil war, belonging
to Company A, 57th Indiana Volun-
teer Infantry. He leaves a wife, one
son, Rev. o. P. Burris of Portland,
Oregon; two daughters, Mrs. Letta
Marsh, of Portland, Ore, and Mrs.
Hattie Ripke. of Sioux Falls, S. D.,
and two stepchildren, Mrs. Pearl
Faux of Eddyville and Clarence COT
fin of Ottumwa, Iowa.
McGREGOR.- Arnold McGregor,
aged % years. 3 months and s days,
died at 2:10 o'clock D. m. Thursday,
Dec. II, 1913, following an operation
for appendicitis. The patient had
been a sufferer through somewhat
extended period and was rapidly grow.
ing worse when decision was reached
to operate. The operating table dis
closed, not appendicitis, but a malig-
nant cancer of the stomach with no
possible help for the sufferer. Relief
came with death a few hours follow
ing the operation.
Funeral held from the late res
idence, the home of the mother, Mrs.
Alavada Montgomery, wife of Frank
Montgomery, No. 514 ,orth d Street,
at 2:3O o'clock p. m. Sunday, Dec
IA. Interment in Forest cemetery.
Deceased had been engaged with
the Glaze and Haynes Grocery house
through term of faithful service of
three years or more. and he was pop
ular alike with store patrons and as
soCiates. Co-inCident with the death
of the young man. it is learned that
the father has been brought from Iowa
City hospital. suffering with the same
malady that claimed the life of the
young man, and little or no hope of
betterment.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-12-18

EHRENHARD.-Born to Mr.. and
Mrs. w. E. Ehrenhard, of Fremont,
on Monday, December Sth, 1913, a
daughter.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-12-18
BIRTHS, DEATHS. MARRIAGES

Ed Johnson, SearsbOro ......3l
1887 and
Iowa Broyles, New Sharon ..25
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-03-19

ter to my friend, any morning before
9:3O.'
Arriving in New York, the girl
went to visit friends whose sons held
positions in Wall street. When she
mentioned her letter OF introduction,
the mother of the family. who knew
nothing of business customs. save as
she had heard her husband and sons
speak of them, said:
Nonsense! You don't want to go
downtown at that hour. Big New
York men never appear at their Off
ces before ten o'clock
"The girl promptly forgot or ignor-
ed the instructions of the man kind
enough to give her the benefit of his
Influence" and lent willing ear to
the advice of her new friend One
morning she presented herself at the
office of her prospective employer at
1915. He was not at his desk Over
it hung a sign-'Applications received
daily before $3.50 a. m
THE girl read the sign, but did
not take its warning home. She was
an exception. She had letter of in
NiOuuIliOi. oO, ueSplte the SlBn11l-
cant suggestion of the office boy that
she'd best come back the next day
before half past nine, she sat down to
wait.
"The superintendent returned to
his office shortly after noon. His
tour of the store had filled his mind
with notes of details, large and small
He was in no mood to see strangers.
even though they bore letters from
old friends. And he was a stickler
for system. BY a method peculiarly
his own he ascertained that the new
conner had been advised to observe
his office rules and to call during the
hour set for receiving applicants. She
had ignored instructions and started
her business career all wrong. by
counting herself a privileged charac-
ter. The man told her she must gain
experience in a smaller store. She
started at bargain counter in a store
! commanding the cheapest sort OF
trade at five dollars a week. And the
man back in her home town learned
from his city friend just why that let
ter OF introduction had carried nc
weight"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-03-19
Made only by
THE N. X. FAIRBANK COMPANY

schools, City superintendent Kuntz
ard his teachers ar emaking war on
those selling cigarettes to boys. and
also prosecuting an investigation to
determine just which of the pupils
are addicted to the habit. Already
Mr.. Kuntz has discovered places in
the city where the boys are able to
purchase cigarettes. These dealers
will be closely watched in the fu-
ture, and if they continue to sell to
minors will be prosecuted. The su-
perintendent and his teachers are al
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-03-19
New TRIMMINGS.

Many of the afternoon gowns ap-
pear in crepon sole. crepe de chine
and crepon gaufee
Costly models of fine linen made
upon Empire lines are often trimmed
with cluny and hand embroidered.
Cuny insertion in medallion shape
Is used as the joining between some
of the smart bodices- and skirts.
Ribbon drawn through lace and
tied. in a flat bow at the left side
makes an effective trimming.
CIuny laces are used in touches of
trimming at the neck and sleeves on
many of the more expensive gowns.