The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-10-21
ORDER Of THE GARTER
Former 0skaloosa Girl a Member of
the Charmed Circle.

As one of the ladies mentioned in
the following article was former
well known oskaloosa girl, it's repro
duction from the Chicago Herald will
be of interest to local people:
She who the garter of a bride will
Shall married be within a single
year"
So runs the tradition of sentiment
1t made an idle bit of intimate, per,
sonal pleasantly for the girl teachers
in the RavenswoOd school to pass
around among themselves after they
read it in a volume of ancient say.
ings. g..
When Miss Elizabeth Chamberlin,
one of their number, announced her
engagement to Lester A. Haskell, an
insurance manager, they reminded
her of the jingle's promise and asked
her to test its potency.
Right there an addition was made
to the list of famous carriers, so that
it stood:
Order of the Garter,
Countess of Salisbury's garter.
Those worn by-Cbut waltz.
Miss Chamberlin and Mr.. Haskell
were married a little less than a
year go. When even her maid was
not looking, Miss Chamberlin slipped
on, secretly, six deliberately frilled
pink silk circlets of elastic.
The wedding over, she called five
of her girl friends into her room and
making each promise not to tease,
but to accept what she was about to
give them, and wear it faithfully, she
gave to each, one of the silken bands.
The girls were:
Miss Katherine A. Gaul.
Miss Lillian Haskell
Miss Ruth Clifford.
Miss Madeline L. Lams.
Miss Rosalie Sterrett.
All were teachers in the Ravens
a physical instructor in another
school
Now what happened? How potent
was the magic of the circlets?
A survey yesterday disclosed this
situation:
Miss Gaul is now Mrs. Josiah F.
Kletzing. whose husband is principal
of the Ravenswood school.
Miss Haskell is Mrs. j. NJ. Slower,
Whiting, Ind, wife of a Standard Oil
Company's representative.
Miss Clifford is Mrs. Mark L.
Cook.
Miss Lams is about to announced
her engagement to Otto Z. Groener,
an instructor in the Sem High
school.
Miss Sterrett is on ranch att
Vananda, Mont, and at last accounts
had not succumbed to the charm
Whether she had inoculated herself
against the sentimental influence orl
had insulated the circlet, none OF the
other girls were able yesterday toI
say, but all were making predictions
Now, is every one convinced Of the
potency of the brides garter? NO?I
Well. read farther:
Mrs. Lillian HalIock Gray, a young
widow. and Miss Anna Parbs also
aught in the Ravenswood school.
they heard in some mysterious way
Of the secret charms at work
Please" they pleaded in mock
let US wear one of the
3ilken bands just one week, for fun.
So. they we're lent the magical
charms. What is the result? J
Mrs. Gray is now Mrs E. F. Poyn- !
on, St Joseph, Mich.
Miss Parbs is Mrs. Albert Muckler
If Chicago
AND-Every one of the six brides
md the one bride-to-be are Jointly
md severally the happiest girl in the
world. OF course, each one saidl
when asked about the cause:
"Oh, dear, dear, in the paper?
Mercy. ! can't say a word about it!
Oh, that was our own intimate Sc.
ret"
Mrs Haskell only smiles knowing.
y and happily. Then she keeps the |
'alIer out OF her living room at 1881
East Firty-ftth street, where a GER.
ain jingle is inscribed on a card on
he wall. She would not take an
'-to-J bet yesterday that it read:
She who the garter OF bride will
wear,
Shall married be within a single !
year.