Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-02-04
~LovELY wOMAN~ ExACTs HER
TRIBUTE FROM ALL EARTH

With the gradual return to pre-war
conditions man lays aside his uniform
and dons his patent leather pumps and
Nigh hat to accompany the companion
Sf his softer moods to the opera. She,
sontrariwise to that policy of nature
for decking the male in brilliancy Of
aoioring and piumare. tricks herself
.sut after "A fashion which makes the
sobriety Of, his white shirt and black
scat only IA background for her gor-
geousnsss.
"woman has called on land AMI sea.
the birds of the air and subterran mean
shanneis OF the earth to yield up their
treasures for her adOrnment.' says a
bulletin from the National Geographic
Society.
.As she Iaziiy invites attention with
ne gaily cOlored ostrich fan which she
moves across the line Of vision, she In
indeed an exotic thing OF admiration
arA generosity's making. Powerful
kirus on farm in South America prob
ably had their tail and wing feathers
Dlucked and a magnificent beast Of
the Jungle In India or the Belgian
Congo snorted In rage and pain when
BE gave up his life that his tusks
might make the slender ivory handle
- support the feathers Of that bauble.
-Carlessly tossed aside In the warmth
and light OF the theatre lies the lust
rous sable wrap. The hundred or more
ntle 1s-inch dark brown animals re-
CURED to make this coat tempted trap
pers into difficult and dangerous en-
&Tprises on the frozen areas Of north
srn Russia and Siberia. The fragrance
mat intrigues your senses is probably
the distilled petals OF roses grown In
the fertile valleys Of Bulgaria. A China
nan In Shantung shed his queue to
Hssnzsh the material for the net that
kofds the c0iffure in unblemished con-
unuouS undulatiOns. and smelly
ytockyard of Kansas City or Chicago
gave its refuse heap that unobtrusive
bone hairpins might hold the smooth
S0ik In place. The slow and sure
osrtoise furnished the only beautiful
asrved ornament Of her hair.
The ropes Of cleaning white pearls
dhst caress her throat were probably
Souged from the hearts Of the huge
ehiak- k-shelled oysters Of the South Seas,
Australia. Philippines and Burma or
nUm the small thin -shelled ones of
The platinum for the clasp came from
Colombia and the diamonds which stud
it may have been taken from the dark
interiors OF subterranean depths in
Brasil or South America to be polished
ny diamond cutters In Antwerp. ANS
sUrdAm' or Bruges. The tiny jewelled
watch on her wrist. kept probably tu
arDvr TO Its wearer that time is no
object in her world. had the l75 pieces
In it's tiny insides' made by Swiss
workman whose skill was so great
shat ne make no mistakes In fitting
in screws which to the unpracticed
eye resemble dust particles.
'"rhe soft lustrous silk of her paumin
gown acquired its simmer In the looms
Of Lyons. France. which prepares
about one third Of all the raw silk
produced In or brUurhi to Europe. The
nce with which the artist -modiste
varied the fabric probably grew under
she hands Of diiirent women In the
- vOsEes mountains or In the cellars OF
= ram soaked Belgian dwelling.
The silver buckles ON her pumps
we're hammered 10y AN artisan from
saw material CLEANED from the mines
of our own Rocky mountains or Great
Basin states. or from Mexico. which
Sor many years produced NOR" than Il
third Of the worlds output. But the
pumps. most likely. were made in
Aassachu usctts an dthe silg stockings
in Wisconsin