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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-07-15
Fashion Hints.

A halfseason fashion is the tulle
crowned hat, with brims Of faille rib
bon.
A chic hat IL four cornered with
two white wings crossed on the crown
Summer frocks for gardening have
ribbon lacing instead OF buttons.
Never has the large cloak been 80
important as at the present moment.
Almond-green il one OF the fascinat.
ing shades.
Handkerchief are being shown in
Haunting. brilliant colors.
One OF the most popular sleeves ia
the bell effect.
Wooden wolfe is likely to be q IA
vorite this spring.
Linen dresses will be trimmed with
rickrack braid
Lavallieres with . cameo pendant
are sometimes seen
The gayest OF awning stripes ara
not too gay for skirts
The new evening gown should be
short and very bouffant.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-07-15
EVENING
UEAIR LALEp
BY MARY GRAHAM BONNER
BROWNIES ROLLER SKATING.

The fairies believe" commenced
daddy. that they should play all the
games there are and have all the fun
they can. Strangely enough they had
never had roller skating p.rty until
the other day when they gave a huge
| one-one OF the biggest parties ever
given. l fancy.
The ones who did all the planning
and had all the schemes ..bout the
party were the brownies. OF ali the
things they like to do, roller skating
Is almost at the head OF the list, and
that Is why they wanted the fairies
to enjoy 1t, too. You may be surprised
to hear that brownies like roller skat-
Ing, for you would think that they
would fall down every moment-they
are so round and fat. Well, that is
perfectly true. They fall down al
most as often as they take single
roller-skating stroke, and often and
often they no sooner stand up than
they fall down!
But they think that is lots OF fun.
and as it made the fairies laugh at
the party and gave them such a good
time watching them. they didn't mind
1t the very least little bit.
well. at this party the brownies
had arrived first at the Fairies Moss
grove, and had made it look much like |
big occasion by having tables spread |
around the edge of the grove filled
with little dishes OF brownies broth,
brownies bread and brownies bis.
cults. all ready for luncheon. And In
the very center of the grove was a big
throne. Around the throne were count
less little bright yellow bushes-all
in their sprirg garb of lovely bios
SONS. The big throne bore over the
top OF 1t in large letters. For the
Fairy Queen and the little fairies al
ways rested under the yellow bushes.
Somehow the fairies thought the
brownies wanted them to rest almost
before they had tried to skate-which
was very true, for the brownies were
proud OF their decorations.
We'll. the brownies said, we will
now begin tn" celebration! We will
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-07-15

| to CaillOt is still liked the best by
| women who dress we'll, and wherever
| the Caillot sisters have departed from
this in their new skirts they have
failed. Many Of their skirts. which
have yielded to the supposed demand
for horizontal drapery. are amazingly
commonplace. considering the source
from which they sprang. If one did
not have the assurance OF those who
saw these gowns in their original
habitat on the Rue Taitbout. one
would say that some American de-
signer was testing with the public.
All Of which may go to prove that a
clothes designer. like an actress. had
far better stick to the role in which
once came success and money.
Many Of the best Premet skirts are
also ugly, so, II you are in the habit
OF letting great labels influence your
choice OF clothes. be advised that that
can be we'll disregarded this season.
There has been no adoption in eve.
ming skirts to any extent, of the hoops
that keep the drapery out from the
hips. like baskets across a donkey's
back; but there is more of the hin
crapery on evening skirts than on
street skirts. What one must guard
against is a ragged outline which has
no character to it. Whatever else
you do. sharpen the drapery so that
1t appears to be worked out to
definite aim and does not give the an
pearance OF being accidental, and in
cidental to the gown itself. In other
words. the drapery should be sharp
and pert, bit rakish and insolent: II
it doesn't swagger. 1t is a failure.
The same thing may be said of
sleeves as of skirts; they are in f1ux.
Today. they reach the wrist: tomor-
row. they may not reach the elbow.
Today. everyone talks OF their full
ness; tomorrow they may be Eliza.
bethan with an enormous pun at the
shoulders.
From . casual glance at the new
sleeves, It would appear that the bal. ,
Don and the bishop sleeves are the
proper ones; and yet. II you look
clearly. with vision enlarged BY
prophecy. you can see a new kind OF
sleeve OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES one that
1ares over the knuckles, hugs the arm
within four inches of the top and then
iares into a huge. slashed pun. This
'leeve belongs to Sir Walter Raleigh:
10 does that new cartridge plated run
made of white organdie, standing out
rom the neck. and so does the care
ess gay cape flung back from the
houlders
Copyright. 1916 by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate)
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show you fancy skating such as you
have never seen In all your lives
And the fairies believed it, for they
knew that the fancy skating OF the
brownies would be quite different
from any other so-called fancy skat.
Ing!
ITO their surprise the brownies had
practiced what to do each time they
fell down. They would either turn a
somersault or do handspring or
slide along the soft moss in a very
frnny way. with their arms and lees
flying above. 1t seemed. How the
fairies did laugh, for they never
knew what the brownies wer. going
to do next. They were certainly the
funniest little roller skaters. and the
fairies thought they should Just be
called rollers because they rolled
more than they skated.
AT the very end of the day. though.
when once more the brownies were
doing some Of their tricks. the leader
said:
Nov FOR our ballet dance
And all the little brownies did q
ballet dance which they named the
best name they could
have given 1t. for they tunbled far
more than they danced!"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-07-15

North Wind. Mr.. North Wind. we
know. is never warm. He is always
tearing around 50 much himself and
blowing and raging SO much that he
just keeps warm himself and is too
seinsn to care about other folks. But
we Will tell you what to do, Mr.. Snow.
mere. in the woods. you fall around
the trees. Don't cover I'D the holes
and hollows where the rabbits can get
shelter. but fall around the hollows
and the rabbits can crawl in and get
nice and warm Then fall in Just that
way around the homes of the little
squirrels. and the homes of the birds
who have come too early. or Of the
little sparrows who have such long
winter trying to keep warm.
In the cities watch the trees
where the little birds 60, and be very
careful. oh. 30 careful. not to cover
up the holes. Fall so you will make a
big strong fort where the little ami
mails can creep inside
Now the snow decided it would do
Just what the fairies had said. 1t fell
steadily all day. Snow banks-snow
drifts-everywhere there was snow.
The trees we're heavy with it, the
ground was covered deep with it. Lit
tie boys and girls who had put away
their sleds until next winter. brought
them out and began sliding down the
bills as fast as they could.
but the little birds and the little
animals couldn't get warm sliding
down hill. They couldn't get warm
like tho big ladies and the big men
walking fast on the streets. they
didn't even have rugs thrown over
them, like kind masters put over their
horses on cold days. AS soon as they
felt Mr.. North Wind and saw that it
was beginning to snow. they trembled
and shook all over. For they thought
that they would feel the cold so LAUGH |
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tAK1 lHt |Y NARY |
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HOW TIE SNOW WAS KIND.

The fairies." said daddy. were all
around today doing SO many kind
things that no one knew about. You
see 1t was such a cold day. such a bit
terly cold day. and quite a change
from the nice spring weather that
there had been lately.
The fairies thought first Of all OF
the little birds who had come from
their warm winter homes. and OF the
little animals who had awakened from
their winters sleep, and they set
quickly to work.
They went tn different parts OF the
woods and some went to the parks III
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-07-15
Copies of Their Elders.

Suits for little girls are after the
models shown for women. The skirts
have considerable fullness and the
coats are inclined to ripple below the
waist line. Some very attractive suits
for children are made with skirts Of
broken checks and coats of serge In
solid color. They have suspenders at
tached to the skirt. or are finished
with Q belt. The coats. a. Q rule. are
toose and belted. and Of hip length.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-07-15
SKIRTS and SLEEVES
FASHIONS WHIMS ARE NOT BE.
ING SLAViSHlY FOLLOWED,
6est-Oressed Women Have Developed
Ideas OF Their Own, to Which They
Seem Determined to Cling
Froek for Small Girl.

Complicated skirts are not looked
upon with 80 much disfavor by fash
ionable women for the evening as
they are for the street. but even In
the field where elaborate dressing is
most observed there is a tendency to
disregard the edict for fittings and
ruffles and plaitings and loopings.
The exquisite type OF drapery with
long lines that is supposed to belong
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-07-15

after the warm
weather.
But to their
gre at surprise.
they didn't feel
cold at all They
found all the lit.
tie holes and hol-
10 VS. protected
from tho snow.
At first they went
II sid q always
looking out to see
that the snow
didn't bury them
In. ....
"W h an m a
Ennu, corr + h n
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-07-15
Straiont Neck Lima

A neck line straight across from
shoulder to shoulder is not new but
is being emphasized by one or two
well-known houses. and though very
unbecoming in heavy material Is not
so bad when all OF the bodice above
the bust Is OF tulla or thin lace or
semitransparent chiffon. Cut lower
than tina base OF the throat, this line
70 not 50 trying.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-07-15

ribbon and the space between them
we'll filled with cotton wool The
edges are finished on with a fine silk
cord.
For suspending this decorative lit
tie article from nail in the wall, q
loop of broad satin ribbon with a bow
at the top matching In color the silk
cord Is sewn on at the back.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-07-15

the cities. and
whispered to the
snow which was
falling fast:
=" N Ow you
know. old snow.
that yon can be
very. very cold If
you want to be.
You know too that
you can be really
quite warm II you
W i'll only fall
where you will be
a shelter from Mr.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-07-15

neighbor told my mother NY !,! sm
=. Pinkham's Vegetable co .O0as VI
l took il, and now | feeI w.
person. l don't suffer .py r NAY y :.
am ar regular every month. ".Ns ' ~ y
HAMILTON. s22 South 18th s. @a's
When a remedy has lived =. j..
years. steadily growing in n .~ ~
and influence, and tSou,,n%s!N sa7
thousands Of women decl,r. ~. ~
their health to it, is it NM s Wy. n
bic to believe that it is AN 10y |.
great merit? S8s
If you ntspecial ady,c. -.
TO Lydia f. Pinkham M.d'sl'
GO. fconfidentiaD. LINN %''
Your letter will DO opened % =.
and answered by a woman :,
held IN strict confidence
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-07-15

squirrels in the parks whisking their
0u5hy tails and heard them say. The
snow is really lovely and not bit
cold and heard the little birds whis-
per. This is wonderful. we don't shiv.
or at ALL then the snow was ever so
glad 1t had fallen as the fairies had
asked"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-07-15
A High Sounding Name.

A small boy one day asked his moth.
or what kind Of pie she was making.
Lemon meringue pie." she an.
swered.
The little fellow disappeared. bu:
presently returned. Mother" he said.
what did you say is the pies middle
manner"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-07-15
Sufficient.

Bobby" inquired the mother. did
you wash your face before the music
teacher Gamer"
"Yes'm"
And your hands,"
"Yes'm"
And your ears?"
well. ma" said Bobby. judicially. II
washed the one that would be next to
her"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-07-15
Rearet Spoiled His Fe..t.

Regret Spoiled His Feast.
Bobbie-I didn't enjoy myself at Mrs.
Randoiph'a party.
Mother-Why didn't you. Bobbie,
Bobbie--I ate too much. mother. and
then had lat left ovar.---Puok.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-07-15

Teacher-Earl. Gid you whisper TO-
day?
Eari-Yes, wunst
Teacher Clarence, should Earl
have said "wunst"?
Ciarence-SO, he should have said
"twicet."
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-07-15
Charity Defined.

Sunday School Teacher-What IN
the meaning OF Charity" Stella?
Small Stella-lt's when you have Q
cold and somebody lends you their
handkerchief.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-07-15

For bad burns Hanford's Balan /,
used to give quick relief. Adv
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-07-15

Native girls Of New Britain y
kept in cages until they marry
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-07-15

Man is made OF dust and IA ALVIN
out for more.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-07-15
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such pain, l,s|
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know WIN, as,s|
to to be si,y,..as;,,s|
My health -. \
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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-07-15
ON FIRST exMnrnus

use "Renovine" and be cured. DIN
wait until the heart organ Is bs,r
repair. "Renovine" Is the hear, n
nerve tonic. Price SOC and sl.QO,-ih
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-07-15

one is never so we'll served At ,
oneself.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-07-15

For sores apply Hanfords Bilaa
lightly. Adv.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-07-15
CUTICURA COMFORTS BABY
Suffering From itching. suah,
Rashes, Eczema, etc. Trial FrM

Give baby a bath with hot water M
Cuticura Soap. using plenty Of Sot
Dry lightly and apply Cuticua Oht
ment gently to all affected part. b
slant relief follows and baby falls iia
q refreshing sleep, the first psrhia
In weeks. Nothing more effective
Free sample each by mail with Bnt
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept !
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv
Nine cubic inches OF water frozen
will measure ten cubic inches.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-07-15

Good blood cannot lie.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-07-15

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The Dickinson press., 1916-12-09
Bethlehem Has
Three ChristmaSes

AuLu Slcducu duu
where, out Of the
expectant silences Of the sapphire
night, came the angelic message and
the radiant presences to the waiting
shepherds, says the Boston Herald.
This town, untouched by the hand Of
modern progress, nestles prayerfully
among the Judean hills of Palestine
and has the only shrine in the world
around which there are three separate
Christmascs-a trinity of impressive
celebrations which occupy an entire
month.
First, there is the elaborate Latin
or Roman Catholic service, which
Dec. 25. 1t is followed, thirteen days
later, by the Christmas Greek serv-
ices. as they keep the old calendar;
then, thirteen days later, by the Christ
mas services Of the Armenian church.
In the case of the Latin celebrations
a procession, after forming in the mar
ket place, marches with great pomp
and solemnity to the Church Of the Ma
tivity, where the services are held.
They are conducted in person by the
Latin patriarch, who ZONES specially
from Jerusalem for this purpose. The
service begins at 2 o'clock In The after
noon Of Christmas day and lasts
twelve hours, not finishing until =
O'Clock the next morning.
During the whole of this time the
patriarch sits enthroned in a gilded
chair crowned by a large cardboard
inter.
The service is brought to an end by
the laying Of a beautiful life size wax
doll in a small gilded wicker basket
In the grotto or manger. Here It re-
mains for twelve days, the wonder and
alteration of many. 1t is then sold to
some church in Europe, u large sum Of
money being paid for it.
The Greek service is somewhat SINH
lar to that Of the Latin, though there
is no wax doll. The Armenian Christ
mas service, which Is held twenty-six
days after the Latin, possesses extraor-
binary characteristics. After prayers
and the burning Of incense the wor-
shippers gather round a large cal
dron, from which they extract meat
and soup, which are eagerly consumed,
the Armenians having tasted prior to
these celebrations.
The Dickinson press., 1916-12-09
Christmas Made
Out Of Pennies

T was two weeks before Christ
mas. Mrs. Bricklayer awoke to
the fact with a gasp Of horror.
She hadn't thought of Christ
mas coming for a month yet.
Poor soul, how could she?
There was nothing very Christ
masy in her life just at present.
The freezing weather had start.
ed in on Dec. 1, and John Brick
layer had not been able to lay
a brick since.
Peter was only one; it wouldn't
cost much to please him. Susie.
aged four, could string up all
those spools for Peter, and they
could make him a fine rattle by
putting a few beans in q round
ribbon box.
Susie was rour-well, she
would just like a dolls house
made out Of four grocery boxes,
! painted outside and papered
with those bits Of wall paper
the janitor left behind him.
Johnny could do that; it would
keep him off the streets after
moons and save his good shoes
from so much walking. And
while Johnny was using wood
en- boxes he could make a gro
Gerry store for Tim. Mary
thought she could afford a few
pennies to get a scale for Tim
and a few bits of furniture for
Susie-surely the child would
not expect much. They could
make chairs and beds and ta-
bles of blocks Of wood. Mrs.
Bricklayer herself could dress
some wonderful clothespin dolls
to live in the doll house. Per-
haps Johnny could find a pair
Of wheels and make a new
soap box cart for Susie and Tim
to play with. And there was
Katie wishing for dolls dishes
and clothes so much. Father
Bricklayer was handy with
tools; perhaps he could make a
little cupboard out Of the ever
useful soap box.
Finally when Christmas morn
ing dawned in the Bricklayers'
tiny fat each stocking held, be.
sides a few nuts and an orange,
a homemade molasses popcorn
ball and some gift, as a wish
bone penwiper, a bean bag, a
homemade set Of jackstraws
which had helped Father Brick
layer to pass many idle mo-
ments, a rag doll, a little fancy
cap and apron, marble bags and
lunch bags and some little
knickknacks for the dry goods
box dressing table that had
been made for Kate and hung
with an old lace curtain.
There wasn't much for poor
Johnny, but he was a big, brave
boy and was so proud Of hav-
made the others happy that he
forgot to think of himself.
Anyway, father gave him his
very own pocketknife to keep,
and it made him happy.
All told, the Bricklayers had
Il happier Christmas than the
Hilltops, for whom the toy
marts had been plundered.-
Mrs. Blanche Cole Rosedale in
New York Evening Sun.
The Dickinson press., 1916-12-09
What Christmas Seals Do.

q: Every Red Cross Christmas
seal that Is sold is a real bull }
. let in the fight against tuber- .
9: culosis.
= These seals last year help ]
= ed to support thousands of
{ needy tuberculosis patients
= and to give them a chance :
q: for life.
! They provided for many Wis /
q iting nurses whose hundreds :
81 of thousands of visits brought
= instruction and cheer to nu- J
81 merous patients.
"a They helped to maintain
Il dispensarics in scores of cities, .
81 from the Atlantic to the Pa j
i: cifc, where thousands Of con- !
g sumptive patients received j.:
q free treatment. aid and ad- !
e vice.
N They provided the means to i;
g purchase millions Of copies of \
Il circulars, pamphlets and 9th .
* er literature with which the ]
r public has been educated !
about tuberculosis.
& They have established and
helped to maintain more than
y 300 open air schools for chill
IS dren who need open air treat \
= ment.
81 These are just a few Of the
= ways IN which the hundreds. !
r Of thousands of dollars re- :
FL ceived last year were ex- J
Z pended.
II This year much more is i;
rs needed. Surely any one can =,
B help by buying at least ten .
M seals.
3 ;a Is 1850 SassSs
The Dickinson press., 1916-12-09
An Old Time Yule

4 0GLIMPSE Of an old time cele-
I bration Of the Christmas season
is preserved in a diary Of a
- guest Of Major General William
IS Floyd, one Of the signers Of
& the Declaration Of Independ-
IS ence, who %recounts the good
4 cheer of his household in the
81 old homestead at Westernville,
q N. Y, says the Evening Post Of
Is New York.
4 The festivities began Christ
IS mas eve, and all the family hung
Is up their stockings in front Of
~ the huge kitchen fireplace. The
IS illumination was that Of tallow
IS candles in silver and brass can
q dlesticks. Miss Catherine Floyd
IS had expected her fiance, James
Is Madison (as a jotted down in
y the diary. and was greatly dis
appointed at his not coming.
n He sent. by way of a Christ
rs! mas gift, a full length likeness
- Of General George Washington,
IS! framed, which was brought by
u a neighbor returning home from
Is New York.
81 The merrymak king was at Its
:Ej height Christmas eve, all sorts
81 Of then fashionable and popular
IS games, such as Hunt the Slip
Isl per-" Blind Mans Buff" and
E screen Grows the Rushes o."
81 being INDUCED in by the young
Is people until 10 o'clock, at which
~ hour sharply General Floyd
u closed the house.
W That in keeping early hours
ID he was not altogether arbitrary
.X appears when we learn that the
M breakfast Christmas morning
& was at early candlelight. The d.
M airy says: 1T was so early, and
& had to take my curl papers out,
l0 so l am u my hair VIII not
~ curl at ALL" The gay young
M people gathered in the immense
& kitchen after breakfast was
l4 served to examine the stock
X ings that Santa Claus was ex-
N pected to have left in prosper
M GUS condition.
The Dickinson press., 1916-12-09
Joy to All People.

He does not simply say,
Christ is born, but to you he
is born. Neither does he
say, I bring glad tidings, but
to you I bring glad tidings
Of great Joy. Furthermore,
this Joy was not to remain
in Christ, but it shall be to
all the people.-Martin Lu-
ther.