Okolona messenger., December 08, 1909, Image 3

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"IT
FALL MOTOR COAT
STARTING THE DAY
DOCTORING EGOS TO ORDER CUSTOM OF HIS PROFESSION
"My Young Sister"
writes Mrs. Mary Hudson, of Eastman, Miss., "tooE
my advice, which was, to take Cardui. She was
staying with me and was in terrible misery, but Car
dui helped her at once.
TAIlECMilJill
It WiU
"Last spring," Mrs.
in a rack of pain. The doctor did no good, so I began
to take Cardui. The first dose helped me. .Now i
am in better health than in three years."
Every girl and woman needs Cardui, to cure
irregularity, falling feelings, headache, backache and
similar female troubles. Cardui is safe, reliable,
scientific Try Cardui.
AT ALL D2XTG STORES
31
NeedM and Thread Always Ready.
. litre is no truer saying than "a
tltch in time eaves nine," and the
woman who appreciates this knows
that a rip in a glove, a tear in a
Vst, or any little bit of mending that
will only take a minute or two to do
If it is done when the need first ap
pears, will probably take half an hour
or more if It is left for a day or two.
Every woman would do well to run
a piece of baby ribbon through a spool
of white and a spool of black thread
and then tie the ends of the ribbon
together and bang the spools up some
where near her dresser. A needle
should be threaded on the end of each
color of thread and then stuck in the
ribbon. There will always be a thread
ed needle ready for Instant use. Tht
needle should be threaded after using
It each time.
Teaching Girls the "Little Things."
It seems to me that the mother;
need to go into training and learn
the importance of teaching their girls
how to do the little everyday things
which "seem bo easy to mother," and
fiot leave this part of the training of
heir girls to come after they are set
tled in their own home with mothers
far away.
It is not the food which causes the
friction, but the little-details of la
bor before it appears on the table.
The tearful, tired little homemaker
gets on her husband's nerves.
Impatient words based on very lit
tie when sifted down to the bottom,
would not have been uttered if before
the little girl was married she had
learned her lesson.
Paris Has New Fancy.
Paris has a fancy which may wall
be imitated here of finishing all sorts
of tussore gowns with tiny bands of
black satin. Gowns of pale tussore
will have a band of black satin at the
hem. This is a great protection to
the gown, and the touch of black it
very smart
Bread and Butter Plates.
Bread and butter plates are no long
er used on formal occasions, but art
too convenient to be dispensed with
at family meals. They go to tae toff
of each plate above the plates, aad tie
glass of water to the right
Southwest farms
are not only richer,
but make their
owners
Miles of sections whose only drawback
was lack of railroad development have
been opened up by the locomotive and
made available for agriculture. It's just like
coming into a newly-discovered land.
The Great Southwest
offers the same chances to first settlers. Splendid
properties can be bought at prices which seem ridiculous
tcf farmers from states where years of cultivation have so
increased the cost of soil that acres are sold by the hundreds
of dollars.
Write today and tell me what .section you are interested in and I will tend you
free some valuable books that will open your eyes to new possibilities waiting toi
you in the Southwest
Low rate Success Seekers' Excursions first and third Tuesdays of each month
L. S. MUCHMORE, Traveling Passenger Agent
31 N Sooth Main
Sock Jsland-lnrisco Lines
JM
Help You
Hudson continues, "I was
HAS NO FEAR FOR STINCS.
English Apiarist Fondles Busy la
sects and Yet Suffers No In
convenience Whatever.
Edward Hurd, an English api'
arist, recently gave an exhibition
of ability to handle bees without
any protection from their stings
which was said 16 have teen as
thrilling as any act of lion taming
says, the St. Pau! Globe.
liolliii up liis shirtsleeves Mr.
Hurd declared that anj-one could
move a swarm or bees from ont?
Live to another and robhe count
less insects' of their honey, provid
ed they had confidence in them
selves.
He then proceeded to puff
smoke into a hive. This, he ex
plained, terrified the bees, who
sought consolation by gorging
themselves with food. In fact,
they ate, he said, till they were re
duced to a condition of good-tem
pered stupidity, when they could
be handled with impuinty.
Next, Mr. Hurd lifted off the lid
of a full hive and fixed an empty
hive cover at right angles to the
full one. Then he beat upon the
full hive, and Immediately the
bees started to walk into the
empty hive in a long procession.
In their passage his keen eye de
tected the queen bee, and his nak
ed fingers closed upon her majes'
ty's waist. He held her aloft for
all to see, and finally passed her
around in a little box with a glass
lid.
Finally, Mr. Hurd, just to show
now lamblike tpe bees were,
picked up a handful and fondled
them. '
. As this courageous performer
slipped out of the gauze cage so did
several of the bees, with the r&
nit that the audience rapidly dis
persed.
St, Memphis, Ttma.
richer
Prpetors of Cuban Restaurant Are
by No Means Absolutely Devoid
of Guile.
1 hare been taking fruit and boom
oaH fish for my breakfast practically
every morning," saM the young mas
la the window seat of the restaurant,
sipping his coffee with an air of con-
teat. -It's fine to be in a olace whero
onocan get the sort of breakfast one i a was hli exceeding shyness;
wishes, Instead of eternal soft boiled ' for, while always In perfect command
egn that form the only provender one of "'"self In the courtroom, be be
may get tn the morning. That soft- cam almost speechless in the pres-
boiled oe statement takes in a large
jart of the. globe, but my grievance,,
at the moment is against Havana,
where I nave been kept for two or
throe months. The eggs are not even
what we would call soft-boiled, but aro
in ' Spanish parlance, pasados por
agua, or passed through water, and
are nt.ev.en heated. In the Cuban
capital I got on to a shrewd trick of
what w would call the Yankee vari
ety. Many fussy patrons of Cubaa
cafes wish to make sure that they get
fresh native eggs, not Imported onea
of unknown age. Cuban eggs always
are laid in muddy nests and by the
mud stains they may be recognised.
I noticed that a waiter from one of
the big places in the Prado went into
the side street every morning and
filled a tray with nice fresh Cuban
mud. After placing this out of sight
behind the bar. be carefully arranged
upon it white eggs, presumably fresh
from their coverings of lime. When
ever a particular customer in this
restaurant made a special demand for
some Cuban eggs he was sure to find
what appeared to be the real article.
Judging. by the outer appearance of
the shell."
TAKES IN CIRCUITOUS ROUTES
Letter Journeys Long Distance to
Roach Destination Ten Feet
from the Starting Point
One of the most remarkable mall
routes in the world Is that In which a
letter journeys in going from Beebe
Plain, Vt, to Beebe Plain, Quebec.
Canada. While the two offices aro
within tea feet of each other are lo
cated In the same room, in fact a let
ter mailed from one office to the other
must make a trip of 294 miles 67
miles in Canada end the remainder in
the United States. -
The plain, old-fashioned store build-.
lng which is situated on the interna
tional boundary line contains both
the United States and the Canadian ;
offices. There are separate entrances
to each, but both are In the same
room, have the same lobby and there '
are no partitions to mark the division
between the domain of Uncle Sam
and the possession of King Edward.
"If you mall a letter from the Ver
mont side addressed to the Quebec
side," says the postmaster, "it goes
from here to the Junction, then to New
port, then to White River Junction,
and back to Lennoxville, Quebec, over
the Boston and Maine. There it la
transferred to the Grand Trunk and
goes to a south-bound mail pouch and
comes to Stanstead Junction and then
back to this same building, a distance
of 294 miles. '
"If we wish to mall a letter from
the American side to Derby Line, it
must go to White River Junction and
then come back over the official
route."
Longevity of Birds.
The Duchess of Bedswd, in "Brit
ish Birds," gives some rosumkabto
instances of longevity among Vkrci la
her own collection. A Barbery dove
which has been in the duchess's pos
session for IS years was left her "by
an old woman who also owned K for
16 years and who always said it was
an old bird when it was gtvon to her.
A Chinese goose hw boon in too pos
session of the family for (7 yean. A
pintail drake which the duchooa
bought 20 years ago, when It was aa
adult bird, still survives.. One : bird
was taken from the nest la 1161 aad
died in 1900. ' "It was chained by
the leg to a small hutch," says the
duchess, "and lived 48 years under
these miserable conditions."
Indian Landmarks In Ohio .Woods!.
In the vicinity of Defiance; O, can
bo found trees that many would think
freaks of nature. Such they' aro,' out
they are created by the hand of man.
According to too stories of some of
the old timers, these trees are much
older than the present generation has
any idea of, and at one time served
as Indian guide posts. It is aald that
In tbo early days, when the Maumeo
valley was one vast woods, the In
dians bent these saplings to indicate
certain paths. The trees, because of
their deformity, grew slowly, and al
though they are many years old. never
attained the size of their brethren in
the forests. Similar trees exist near
Fort Wayne.
Dangerous.
A Seattle man attended a moving
picture show where a series of pic
tures showed "San Francisco at Fleet
Time." In .the picture he saw his
wife with another man. She had
been supposed to be visiting in Spo
kane at the time. Suit for divorce fol
lowed. Besides being always pre
pared Tor death, people these (ar
havf to also be prepared for the
snapshot
, .Puzzle.
"Two halves of the same thing must
be equal, mustn't they?"
"Certainly."
"Then why is It that a woman who
admits half her age always chooses
to admit the first half H
Olrl's Reasoning That Convlneed Htr
the Young Lawyer Was Really
In Earnest
SMSSHSM ' '
He was a bright young lawyer, bat
very bashful In the affairs of lore,
though he was deeply la love with a
young woman who was celebrated
among her friends for her repartee.
, oal7 obstacle in the way of the
i oav m aaorea one. as one meuoa
of showing hit affection, it was his
custom to shower her with presents.
The mother of the young woman
was not at all satisfied with the status
of the case, and spoke to her daughter
about the matter.
"My dear," she said, "you have let
Mr. Burnligbt practically monooolixe
your society for a year, and now you
; have scarcely any other callers. Has '
1 be ever given you to understand that
; his Intentions are serious?"
"No he has not said anything, ma-
! ma; but I know they are."
"How can you know it, child, when
he has said nothing."
The girl smiled, self satisfied.
"Well, mama," she replied, "you know
he is a lawyer, and lawyers always
begin a contract with 'Know all men
by these presents.' " The Sunday
Magazine.
VICTIMS OF MAN'S CUPIDITY
Beaver, Bison, 8eals, Whales, Aro All
Gradually Becoming
Extinct.
Dr. A. E. Shipley, F. R. S., in speak
ing of the extinction of a number of
the world's interesting animals, ac
cording to the London Globe, says the
European beaver has nearly gone; the
European bison was represented by a
few wild specimens in the Caucasus.
The American bison was reduced to a
few herds most carefully preserved
by the government
The destruction of the fur seal
threatened to soon be complete, and
the Greenland sealing Industry was
now nearly a thing of the past, so few
seals were there, though 40 years ago
they were being killed at the rate of
100,000 a year. Whales were also dis
appearing. Only three were killed last
year by British whalers, and the
whales on the Newfoundland . side
were also disappearing.
At the present time certain Norwe
gian whaling companies had been, ac
tively engaged in killing oft aB fast
as they could what remained of the
various kinds of whales. These were
killed chiefly for their blubber, but the
economy of the whale factories riv
aled that of the Chicago pork packers.
Electricity and Grapes:
There 1 no denying the enterprise
of the persevering Dutchman. One
grower at least has sought to Improve
his output by the aid of electricity.
In the vineries can be seen live
wires, which run along the interior of
the building. These do not come Into
contact with either the vine or the
soil, bi their presence is believed to
be beneficial. Experiments were made
with two adjoining beds of spinach. In
the one case, where the electrical ef
fect had been tried, the vegetable was
ready for marketing at the same time
that the other had barely commenced
to sprout from the ground. This latest
development in fruit and vegetable
culture is as yet in its Infancy. ' What
will be the outcome of the Ingenious
idea it is Impossible to toret ell.' -Dundee
Advertiser.
Predicted the Airship.
Horace Walpole Is quoted by the
Westminster Gazette as having made
the following prophecy In 1784 after
Blanchard'a first ascent in a hydrogen
filled balloon: "The seaports will be
come deserted villages, and Salisbury
Plain, Newmarket Heath and the Sus
sex Downs will bo utilised aa dock
yards for aerial vessels.' There will be
fights in the air with wind (una, and
there will be a prodigious increase ol
land for tillage by the break-up ol
the public roads aa useless." This,
says the Gasette, was Intended to be
facetious; yet if the noble earl had
seriously predicted 125 years ago ex
actly what baa recently been' achieved
la air flights ho would have been
called a madman, rather than a hu
morist . 1 : -
Hunters Kill Big Grizzly.
The monster grizzly bear that for
years has been making many sleepless
nights for the farmers, miners and
residents of the northwestern Trinity
region has at last been slain.
This monarch of the forest ' and
slayer of small domestic animals was
killed by Thomas McDonald, a wealthy
mining man who has been camping
along the Salmon range in Trinity.
Single-handed McDonald, who is s
mountaineer of marked ability, killed
the bear after a lively tussle.
The bear weighed 1,000 pounds, and
is the finest and biggest specimen
ever seen in the Trinity mountain re
gions. The animal had for years de
fied all efforts to capture or kill him.
Maryville Correspondence San Fran
cisco Call.
Fc'tssed en His Good Record.
'Your honor." reclared R. Kaiser o
Boston to Judge Grover of the Ded
ham court the other day, "I have trav
eled 10,363 miles by automobile since
May 10, without being held up or ar
rested for ovorspeedlng."
The defendant was given the beofPt
of the doubt on the chargj of ovc:-
"Peedlng and was declared not guilty I
Boston Evening Transcript
IS A SMART AND ATTRAC
TIVE MODEL
Distinction and Style Combined with
Simplicity MarKS Garment Do
signed for the Needs of
the Average Woman.
So eccentric are many of the de
signs put forth by fashion for the up-
to-date woman to copy that it la re
freshing to come upon such a sane,
smart end attractive model as the de
sign for a fall motor coat shown In
our illustration. The lines, while pos
sessing all that could be desired la
Motor Coat for Early Fall.
the way of distinction and style, aro
nevertheless conservative and suited
to the average woman, who does not
look her best In strange and unusual
designs of coats, gowns and hats.
Light weight cloth, serge, cheviot,
etc., would be suitable for this coat
for the very early autumn, but for mo
toring it is more prudent usually to
get a garment of some weight unless
there are to be several in the ward
robe. A fairly heavy cloth usually
will not be found too heavy after the
middle of September, except in Indian
summer days, when the summer coats
may be worn. There Is much latitude
in colors, an effort being made to ob- j
tain those that will not be much du-1
plicated. Tan Is always correct, but I
unusual shades of any kind are quite
as admirable if becoming.
MADE MOST OF SMALL SPACE
Artistic Arrangement of Hall Bed
room Shows What Can Be
Accomplished.
Such a cosy little room as it was
the bachelor quarters of the woman
who could pay only $3 a week room
rent! There seemed to be a place for
everything, and such a lot of space
left over Just to rest your eyes on.
And yet, when you looked at the cell
ing you saw that it was only a nar
row slice of hall bedroom, after all.
How came the magic hallucination?
Why did you not feel as though you
had to walk sidewlse to get into the
room, and then keep your biggest
thoughts from expanding until you got
outside again? "I'll tell you the ae
oret" laughs the resourceful woman
who wrought the transformation.
"Of course 1 had to spend just a
little on getting the furnishings I
wanted, but then I have to livo hero
year in and year out, and wall paper
to cheap when you do your owa hang
ing. You see, the cardinal principle!
of space,' or the appearance of It, aro
unbroken lines and lightness of col
or,. A lrKe room will look smaller In
figured wall paper, and a small room
larger In plain. The aame Is true of
carpets and draperies. - And light col
or give tae appearance of largeness,
aad horizontal lines of breadth. I
therefore papered my walla la plain
light green, carpeted my floor evenly
from wall to wall in.unfigured carpet,
as light a shade as was practicable,
aad covered my couch and pillows
with unflgured fabrics of harmoniz
ing tints. My, couch- pillows I even
had oblong instead. of-v square.' to
give the" horizontal lines. Nor did I
break the floor space with rugs, nor!
the walls with largo pictures. Across
mv nno wlnrinw T nuns' a .ln.ln -tA I
curtain, bordering It deeply and lot
ting it come Just to the sill for the
sake of those same horizontal lines.
Then I arranged my couch crosswise
Instead of lengthwise, so as to leave
a square Instead of an oblong space,
and I tucked away every single article
that I neither needed nor considered
necessary to the beauty of the room. '
The result you have before you," and
she smiled with a well earned pride.
8ultS for Glrla. I
mere nave recently been brought
out some combination serge and plaid
suits for girls and misses that are
iinMmmnntT em M
" Bvyearauce.
The plaited skirts are of plaid. In
targe, noia Diocks, but In good colors,
ana me tnree-quarter, tightly-fitted
coats are of dark blue sersre. with
cuffs and m'lnr and a broad, turned-
up band, held in place by small but
tons, made of the plaid. An anchor
or smaller emblem is embroidered on
the left front of the coat For those
who may possibly think this pretty
style too conspicuous there are suits
made on the siune plaa entirely of the
"ao
eerge,
HIRE
DAINTY BREAKFAST TABLE IS M
PORTANT THING.
: ; i
A Little Care In Appointments Mean
Much Proper Preparation of
Varloue Kinds of Appetlz
. lng Dishes.
By JESSICA B. BESACK.
(Director Department of Domestic loU
ence and Art National Corn Exposition,
Omaha.)
Daintiness should be the keynote Of
the breakfast table as well as for tht
table at other times. Some house
keepers may feel that they do not bar
time to go Into tho garden and gather
a few dew-laden buds for the early
morning meal, but those who do not
have time, usually have some ont
about who could do this If they wert
asked. Not every housekeeper CAS
have hot-house flowers on her table"
in mid-winter, but there are very few"
who could not find the time to pot
few ferns or other greenery that is
waiting in the woods to be dug up,
if they cared to do so. Such a center
piece will add both daintiness and
cheer to a very plain table and will
show that some one about the house
thinks of other things than mere ox
istence.
Mahogany furniture is not necessary
to make a pretty and attractive table,
but neatness and care will make tht
plainest table pretty.
Every woman can iron a tablecloth
neatly and lay it straight Plain
white dishes, well washed, are within
the reach of all, and are Infinitely .to
be preferred to the gaudy colored
ones on the market
Some people have been educated to
take delight In a pretty, well-kept
table, and to these people an untidy
table, littered with part of the evening
meal, filled with dirty catsup and other
bottles, crumbs and careless cooking,
will take away all desire for food.
A simple breakfast of eggs, toast,
coffee and fruit if daintily served, It
good enough for anyone. In making
toast there is no reason why the bread
should not be trimmed into a neat
shape and cut thin and evenly. Heat
the bread knife, aad you will be sur
prised to see how easily this is dona.
The parts cut off can be used other
wise, so there need be no waste. Tout
the bread evenly and law it in straight
piles on the hot plate and it will all
be eaten.
Eggs may be poached In milk for a
change and if each egg is broken into
a little mold or tiny tin cover, it will
keep a pretty shape. They may bo
slipped into the oven and baked.
A pretty way to fry mush is to cut
' it Into cubes and fry
it in hot fat.
after rolling each piece in flour. If
the hot mush is packed into baking
powder cans and allowed to cool, then
cut evenly and fried carefully, tho
slices will keep a nice even shape.
Biscuits are much more attractive
If cut with small cutter.
It ought to be unnecessary to say '
anything about the pouring of coffee,
yet we see it poured so carelessly
sometimes that it runs down the side
of the cup and into the saucer, mak
ing a very unattractive looking af
fair.
The early morning meal la the bo
ginning of a new day, and if one leaves
the table with a satisfied feeling, he
is fortified against many of the till
of the day, while a poor breakfast may
be responsible for evils difficult M
account for.
Embroidered End for Lawn or Until
Jabot
To Whiten the Teeth.
Some teeth are of a yellowish tingt
naturally anil nn ommint tt am
maba fhmm .kit. .V. .
constant brushing with a whitening
nowderand hv orcaionni
... .
ty a dentist who
business.
understands &U
Chewing a twig of althea bush Is
said to whiten the teeth, but care must
be taken that the pulp is not swa
lowed.
Rubbing the surface occasionally
with the inside of a lemon rind is also
whitening, nor is it as much of aa
tcid as is usually considered.
The practice of using peroxide of
tvd:c-on on the teeth, rs a LIrich,
tUuoM not be indulged in ukhout tie
advice of your dentist
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