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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-01-30

about how the world should be run
and there they went along in the old.
instructive ways of their mothers
that have all been done away with
now-and their instincts ruled them,
and the Boss of the biggest instinct
of all was Style"
What was the biggest instinct?"
asked the group
THE desire to look pretty and
make other women look plain"
And what was this Style thing that
you mention, captain
style was a mysterious power that
changed every year or so. and when
it changed women had to change with
ii. One year Style would be for plump
women, ard all the women would be
plump. Next year it would be for
thinness, aud all the women would be
thin. Sometimes 1t said: No hips
and the women promptly didn't have
any hips: then it would say. Let
there be hips and hips there were.
lads, till you couldn't rest Now, you
young fellows who live in this age
when women, having finally won their
hard-fought battle TO get a finger in
the worlds work. have got plenty Of
other things to worry about besides
looking pretty and therefore don't
care so much for style. you fellows
can tell just about what women will
look like one year after another. 1t
was different in the old days: you
had to be ready for anything then
81 remember one sad, sad case that
came about through this. and it hap
pened in this same age, about 1912.
that this ancient lady in hobble
skirt belonged to. There was brave
young explorer who'd gone down to
take the temperature Of the south
pole. He had a beautiful young wife
that he had to leave behind in little
old-fashioned hotel named the Knick-
erbocker that used to stand at the cor
ner of Forty-second and Broadway,
because this was before they had cleo
trio heat and all modern inconveni-
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-01-30

Much Thought and Care Bestowed on
Those Adiuncts of the Parior
and Soudoir.

The newest shades for lamps and
candles are made of silk and trimmed
with beads The beads are formed
into a band to edge the shade, top and
bottom a heavy bead fringe is used,
and some ornament formed OF beads
decorates the sides Of the shade,
which is itself made Of gathered silk.
One especially good shade recently
shown by a famous dealer in lamps
TONED a lamp Of dull blue porcelain,
mounted In dull brass.
The shade was made OF old gold
silk. gathered neatly over a circular
frame. A wide band Of beads, en-
broidered in an irregular design, was
fastened around the top and bottom
Of the shade. It was made up of
beads in various shades of blue-bril-
liant sealike blue predominated. The
blue was lightened by beads of al
most greenish yellow tint and some
OF oyster white A fringe, in which
blue predoZninated, hung from the bot
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1862. But here the resemblance
ceased. From the waist down the fig
ure was shaped like an elongated V,
with the small end at the bottom,
where the feet should have been. II
looked something like a woman who
had been caught and tied so she
couldn't move.
That said Captain MacManus. is
an o!d-time photograph Of a woman IN
hobble gown"
What Ha, ha, ba, Good joke,
captain, laughed the apprentices.
Fancy woman, But tell us what
it really is. captain, please"
81 have told you" said the captain.
Its a woman in a hobble skirt Of
the age Of 1912 or Whereabouts"
"A woman," the boys drew forward
and gazed al the picture in amaze
ment. "A woman-in a what did you
say, Captain
"A hobble skirt" said the old man
You don't know what that is, do you,
kids? Never heard Of such thing?
Can't imagine such a thing, Ell? But
that's what, this relic of the past rep
resents, and you can look in any an
cient history and see that I'm right ="
What do you think the woman had
done, captain?" asked the apprentice.
what had she doDe?"
Yes. To make them bind her Zip
in that fashion What was she be
ing punished for"
COR maybe she was doing penance
of some kind" suggested another.
My boys" said Captain MacManus.
'she was not doing penance, and she
was not being punished
You don't mean to say that she
was wearing that thing Of her own
free will"
No; she was doing it because
she had TO: it was the style"
GO on, captain" said the boys,
we like to hear about those queer
oid-fashioned days"
We'll, Style was the absolute Boss
OF all women in those days. my lads.
1t was before they'd acquired the
equal right with men to help worry
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My little boy has learned r lot since tlrSt
he started Off TO school:
Much that 1 long ago forgot he has bat
lately learned by rule.
I once knew how to parse. but now tho
knack has somehow gone from me:
He fairly chews the grammar UP; he
knows the whole thing to 81 T:
Sometimes he is inclined. | fear to look
upon me with disdatu,
But / still come in handy here--T earn
the pleasures that we gain
or Beloochistan;
He does it with the greatest ease, and
proudly shows me that he can;
lie works out problems that ( shun. al
though l could have solved them
once.
Sometimes | more than half suspect that
he regards me 81 Ounce,
Perhaps l might go back and learn II I
had fewer daily cares
But. after all, tbs | that earns the food
ne eats. the clothes he wears.
Ny little boy is learning fast. while
forget, year after year;
The records OF the misty past. To me so
vague. to him are clear;
He writes n better hand than L. his let
ters are more plainly made:
He spells words that cannot spell with
out the dictionary's aid;
lie is inclined sometimes. / fear to think
my boyhood was nlsspent.
But ! still come in handy here: foot tho
bills and pay the rent.
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MAY LEAVE OFF THE CORSET
Prcsent-Day Styles Permit the Doing
Away With That Garment,
IF Desired.

The woman who has always detest
ed wearing corsets has at last come
into her own. She can lock the hated
articles in the deepest drawer of her
closet and prepare to be happy in her
own way, for no longer are stiff lines
and snuggly girded waists the fashion.
The new gowns demand that all our
soft curves should show, but in re-
straint, as it were. and while the cor
set may be discarded you need not
think you can get along without any
aid from the corsetiere., No, indeed!
for while your waist should be supple,
your bust must not have the slightest
appearance of habbiness, and there
must be no sagging or sloppiness OF
line about hips and abdomen.
If you are to be corsetless woman
you should add to your wardrobe at
once a "slipon' and a brassiere. A
shp-on is quite the newest thing
There are many varieties. some OF
which are merely modified corsets,
boned and laced, but the style for the
slender woman who is turning her
back on stays is of elastic homeless
webbing and extends merely from the
waist to about the length or the ordi-
nary corset. 1t is in one piece, aud
slips on either over the head or is
pulled up over the legs, chorus girl
style. 1t holds the hips firmly, while
permitting the uncorsetted effect so
sought after. With this our beauty
seeker should wear a dainty brassiere
to keep the bust in form. You can
see that the waist is left supple and
unconfined For that reason few
exercises to keep any superhuous
flesh from settling at the waist line
should be part OF milady's daily beau
ty training. And the application OF an
astringent lotion to the bust will aid
in the good work
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Robert Burns.

Robert Burns belongs in the very
front rank of the worlds great men.
AS a song writer he stands along
with Goethe, Heine and Beranger. and
as a satirist he ranks we'll up with
Juveual and Pascal. His ''Coter's Sat
urday Night" his Tam O. Shanter'
and his Holy Fair are simply mimi
table, as great, in their line, as the
most consummate masterpieces of the
worlds greatest griters. Burns was
original in the best sense of that
word. and his songs, satires, epistles
and many of his more serious produc-
tons stand forth unique, and fresh,
and powerful as the tints of Titan
or the chiseling of Phidias
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-01-30
IN DAINTY NEGllGEES
FASHIONS WERE NEVER MORE
VARIED OR CHARMING.
Height Of the Picturesque In the
Graceful Drapery Arrangements
Shown-SmaIi Coat to Be
Worn With Tea Gown.

The shops have shown unusually
attractive tea jackets, matinees, sack
and patticoat combinations this sea
son, but the most exquisite develop
ments in the realm OF the negligee
are among the more elaborate tea
gowns or robe d'interieure models
The picturesque and graceful draDery
arrangements, the lines in vogue and
the softness and beauty of the ma
teriais and the wonderful color bar
monies all conspire to make the hand
some type OF negligee more beautiful
than ever, and one hardly knows
where to begin in discussing the love
~ things.
These robes usually consist Of 3
clinging slip Of satin, crepe or other
sheer fabric with tnnic or similar dra-
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ences, including Turkish baths. al the
pole. I'll be waiting for you says
she. Hurry back SO long, says
he; and away he went and was gone
for five long years.
You see, when he went away WON
en- were plump, and had hips and
shoulders. and were long skirts, with
room enough in them to walk. When
he came back It was the year OF these
hobble skirts and the women were
altogether different The young ex-
plorer goes into his apartments in
the little hotel and something that
looks Ike this picture leaped up to
welcome him. and he steps back and
hollers; Gimme my gun. There's a
strange animal Ike seal in the
room And it WAS only his wife. The
sad part OF it Was that he had 10 pay
the dressmaker next day"
"But why did the women let Sty0
boss them so?" asked an apprentice.
Would 1t punish them II they
wouldn't got thin Or plump az 1t or
deTed them p"
Would #! indeed 1t would, my
lad: 1t would let them see other WON
en- who were in style."
But how did they e-er happen to
hit onto anything like this hobble
skirt, captain
We'll. you see. twas in the days
when the ladies' were fighting for
equal rights with man. The men
wouldn't let them wear the trousers
as yet, so the deac women did the
next best thing. They couldn't get
the whole trousers, but they could
get one leg They took and made 1t
into a skirt as you see in the pic
ture"
The young airmen gazed at the
strange picture in amazement, why
things made them pretty, captain p
asked one. Fancy one OF our women
today wearing anything that would
interfere with their stride."
The women Of today are free.
said Captain MacManus. '"They have
thrown off the thrall OF instinct And
yet" he unused smilingly, "and yet.
those old days were good days, after
all. Douse my signal rays! / don't
know but what they were as good as
the present era, so far as the women
are concerned. Yes lads, in those
days | was once tempted to enter that
old-fashioned and discarded state OF
matrimony."
What was the matter. captain"
asked one OF the boys ''Wouldn t
the girl have you?"
run along" growIed the old man.
Get aboard the Express. You're like
all the boys nowadays: you're too
keen on ancient history"
Copyright. by w. G. Chapman,
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Paris Express, and We want to get
sc sail
Yes, Captain MacManus," said an
other. Please, sir, tell us what this
IS and he thrust into the old mans
hands one o. those Anticipated card
board affairs which, in the long past
days of their usage, were designated
as cabinet photographs"
Il found it IN an old trunk I was
going through gasped the apprentice
IN awe. II was afraid 10 touch it at
first. 7 didn't know what it might be.
Then / put on my germ proof and
current proof glove and picked 1t up.
II didn't hurt me. So / brought 1t
here. I know you could tell us what
It is if anybody could.
Old MacManus twirled his binocu-
lars
Right you are, kids, in coming to
me- said be. III anybody can tell
you anything about ancient relics I'm
the man, Why. / can remember back
60 the days when women couldn I
vote"
While the apprentices were recov-
ering from this awe-inspiring asser-
ton Of antiquity. the captain was hold
ing the object Of the commotion off
a. arms length and studying it care
fully
My lads" said he at last. its a
photograph
so We guessed" said one of the
boys. I'VE read about them in his
tory books. But what is it off,
The captain studied longer.
The figure on the photograph was
different from anything ever seen or
dreamed of in the year 1862. Appar.
emily it represented some creature
bearing a faint resemblance to the
women OF the day. The physiognomy
was dainty and appealing to the eye
but Il was almost surrounded by a
great m9.s of material resembling
hair. To the waist the figure bore
sciae resemblance TO the women OF
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THE GENESIS OF THE HossLE.

Captain MacManus, master afriga-
tor. leaned Idly on the Pneumatic star
board rail OF the great New York re-
eel wing float OF the Five Continents
4 Australia Aerial line and gazed
down at Manhattan Island, 5000 feet
below, as it was in the year 1862.
Down on the caissons OF the F. C..
g a. ground terminal a tiny electrical
depot-tender, all glass and wire. was
taking aboard her quota OF passen-
gers. bound for the foat TO catch the
1911 Express FOR Paris. The Express,
\ monster 900-footer. that flashed her
red hull across the Atlantic on the
I0,000-foot level at the rate OF $50
miles an hour. lay in her clips on the
hoat, impatient to be released and
tear herself away from contact with
things near-mundane Tiny 300-foot
express packets from Washington,
Chicago, Pittsburg and other nearby
points were swarming TO the float,
discharging their passengers and
mails for the big Express, taking their
release signals and scurrying back
whence they came.
1t was a scene that the captain had
seen year after year, yet he never
tired Of witnessing the silent swift
ness with which the thing was man
aged
A tiny bell buzzed near him and No.
10 Starboard Clip swiftly opened its
great steel arms and awaited the com
Ing of the boat that had signaled it.
Down below the tender rose mp from
the terminal caissons, spiraled upward
IN tong curves, and one minute later
No. 10 Clip received it in its arms.
Out Of the tender came rushing
four boys in the white and green uni
forms Of tho apprentices OF the line.
Kids bound for the training
grounds in the Himalaya's," grunted
Captain MacManus.
The boys instantly made a respect
fut rush toward him
What luck" cried one. We've
got Just fifteen minutes to catch the
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material rather than TO trimming,
where trimming is ,avished upon a
robe Of this character it is apt TO be
of lace rather than embroidery.
For instance, one of the robes seen
recently was of pink charmeuse, the
skirt being trimmed at the lower part
with two deep flounces of cream
shadow lace. The lace founces ex-
tended up IN a point at the front of
the skirt and slanted toward the bot
tom at the back, the lower flounce
forming at the back, the lower founce
forming a slight train. The bodice OF
the frock was made of the shadow
lace. and was ornamented at the high
waist line at the front with a pink
chiffon rosetts.
Worn over this charming tea gown
was a coat OF pale pink chiffon Dor
dered with white swansdowu. The coat
fronts fell open down the front and
were trimmed with fTills OF cream
shadow lace, the lace frills begin
ming at the waist line and extending
down the fronts and around the bot
tom Of the garment The sleeves were
also trimmed with frill OF lace.
Another model also had chiffon
coat arrangement bordered with
swansdown. The entire under robe
was formed of shadow lace. Chiffon
roses ornamented the coat at the
fastening at the waist line and at each
| side below the hips where the ccai
draped toward the back The ends OF
the coat were draped again toward
the front and tied in loose knot, Civ
| ing the robe the fashionable narrow
| effect at the bottom.
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The sphere" said the philosopher.
SIS the first principle OF nature. The
earth is a sphere, the sun, the moon
and the stars are spheres. The rain
drop is sphere; nearly all fruits
and seeds are spherical, and what is
it that a child learns TO play with
first? A ball. Our eyes are spheres.
and our heads. by far the most i'm
portant parts OF as, are round. In
fact. there's hardly anything OF any
Importance that isn't round"
oh, yes there is" replied the icon,
oclast
What. for instance"
"A sirlOin steak"
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CORD TO HOLD IN KIM0N0
Devices That Very Properly May Be
Said 70 Fill a Long-Feit
Want.

The long kimono seems to have
been permanently adopted from ia
pan; it is so delightful a garment to
slip on in a hurry. There is no ad-
justment, no hooking, no buttoninS.
But haven't there been times when
you've longed for a girdle of some sort
to confine its flowing folds to the fig
ure? 1t gets so in the way at times!
Yet how ridiculous any girdie would
look upon it but the wide obi sash,
which OF course, is a part of the real
Japanese garment. And the obi, while
appropriate and beautiful, is too elab-
crate and needs too much adjusting
for people in hurry.
But il girdles are out Of the question
cords are not, and an ingenious wo-
man recently took to making cords
for her kimonOs, says the New York
Press. The effect reminds one some
what of the flowing. cordbound gowns
worn In the middle ages. The cord is
brought from the back around to the
front or side front, and is loosely
knotted.
10 make the cord, procure ABOUT
eight yards of common cotton cording
and cover it with silk the color Of the
kimono TO do this, make a silk tub
ing OF bias strips and thread the cord
through it with bodkin, or join the
fat bias strips together, turn the edges
III well, place the cording in the cen
ter and whip-stitch the silk about the
cord The eight yards Of cording
should be cut into three pieces. After
they are covered with the silk, braid
the three pieces into one This will
form a plat. Place a tassel on each
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Criminal SjIhouettes.

The fashion of loose sack coats and
full, wide hips to draped skirts cling
ing closely about the feet, makes orig
inal silhouettes.
A bending forward movement by
means of fulI-plaited effect in front
OF the draped skirts and raised short
tunics, all contribute to the weird and
eccentric sflhouettes Of the hour.
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tom of the shade-a fringe about the
width OF the band at the top and bot.
tom and about an eighth the height
of the shade.
There were four big butterflies,
formed Of beads still in shades Of
blue-sewed on canvas. These were
fastened at regular intervals around
the shade. The tips of the lower
wings touched the lower band of bead
work and the long antennae almost
reached the upper band of beads.
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Pictures for the Ijvino Room

Get away from the idea of hanging
pictures in your dens and living rooms
that are fanciful Have something
that will bear everyday associations.
The black and white prints are good,
and those OF the old Italian villas,
wooded scenes. or of some eastern
ports, little brooklets and country
landscapes Will be refreshing all win
ter, when the living room must take
the place of the porch and Of nature.
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Frocks and Furniture,

Women are now buying frocks to
match their furniture. The idea is
to achieve harmony in a perfect COZ
or scheme But if they are going to
change their gowns every time they
pass from the drawing room to the
dining room or to any other apart
ment. life will surely become little
laborious
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More Truth Than LIKE

And she wore the funniest hal ana
the longest feather IN it you ever
saw. / tell you | was so tickled liked
to have laughed myself to death. :"
Where did you meet her-at a recep-
ton or on the street," Sat behi1s
her II g street car"
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Rooster Pin Cushions.

Attractive little pincushion8 zake
the form of small celluloid ROSTERS
Their backs are pricked full of small
holes, in each Of which is thrust 4
long colored bead pin.
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UNIQUE
Maxine Home Happy

He never grumbies at his wife
Nor has to hook the waists she wears:
He lives a peaceful, happy life
Absoived from ali domestic cares;
When he gets home at one a. m.
No terror fingers in his heart;
Contentment dwels with both of them
They live a thousand miles apart
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On Condition.

Well said Mrs. Packenham,
there's one consolation a woman who
is growing stout may have, any
how"
What is that?'' Mrs. Vandolyers
anxiously inquired
She can wear longer ropes or
pearls
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puIoIt Philosophy

do you ever notice while YOU are
preaching, DR.. Goodman, that people
ara asleep"
Sometimes | do
Doesn't it bother you at ALP
Not in the least l always con
sole myself by remembering that il
they were awake they would prob
ably be coughing or blowing their
noses"
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No Reason to Fear.

and remember this, my boy" said
the man whose son was starting to
college, don't kill the goose that lays
the golden egg"
"All right, dad. You needn't fear
that I'll ever be guilty OF patricide."
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Three Years of Marriage.

First Year-The long-distance teIe-
phone call.
Second Year-The 20-word telegram.
Third Year-The dictated letter.
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81 don't believe any man is really
good" she said When You find one
who doesn't go wrong it is because he.
is afraid"
ooh, it isn't always because they
are afraid" replied her friend, who
was married. Very often it is be
cause they haven't the price"
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a Mans Opinion.

"Pa, what's superman?'
zone whose wife thinks he is better
than his neighbors give him credit for
being"
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end to cover the fastening Of the ends
Attach the center of the cord to the
center back of the kimono. and it is
ready TO knot about the waist.
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The gown that is shirtwaisted II
the back has gone out Of fashion
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perry Of tulle, lace Or chiffon. There
are many exceptions to this rule, how
ever, in the form Of brocade or en-
broidered crepes and silks, and the
models may be ornamented by
wealth OF embroidery, though the
tendency now is TO entrust the sue
cess Of the gown to line, color and
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uniniured hY Wear.

Real charity keeps its halo hanging
in the closet.
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INTERNATIONAL
SUNMSC[lOoL
LESSON

fBy 4. O. SELLERS. Director OF Evening
Chicago.)