The Jackson herald., January 04, 1906, Image 3

About The Jackson herald. (Jackson, Mo.) 1897-1911

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Woman in Snakesklna.
Won (1 org In dress never cense. The
'anaconda snake Ib to oust the beaver.
Thin snakeskln In the newest novelty
In the dress ot women motorists. At
present there Is only one anaconda
akin cont in existence, and its in
ventor, Mr. Qanner, proudly showed It
to a reporter ta London, the other
day.
It was an dopant production, three
quarter length, in delicate shades ot
cream color and brown, with cuffs, col
lar and revers ot beaver fur, and lined
with brown satin.
"Although anaconda skin Is not dif
ficult to obtain," said the inventor of
the coat, "tlio matching of sufficient
skins Is the great difficulty. The coat
Is made of four skins, and one of the
most attractive points In its favor is
In Its extreme lightness.
"Anaconda M;ln is as flexible and
soft as broadtail, and Its durability is
practically everlasting. Its bright and
scaly surface is never duller, and will
never wear out.
"It is several degrees warmer than
any known fur, and as a trimming
anaconda skin is a novelty this sea
son. "Collars, cuffs and revers of the
skin are all the rnge, and toques nnd
even muffs are being made ot It."
Montreal Herald.
For the Afternoon.
Afternoon gown of mixed lavender
and heliotrope with plain darker cloth
accessories edged with silver brain
and fine plaitlngs of lavender silk.
Lavender hat with heliotrope plumes.
Velvet Didn't Get Left.
Velveteen street costumes have put
In an appearance already and the
good qualities of chiffon velvet and
nil silk mousBelinc velvet arc in de
mand even nt. this early date. The
crushed velvet so parodied and abus
ed last season has mercifully disap
peared, but some of the new velvets
show a 'shadowy ripple almost like a
modified molro effect over their sur
faces. The princess skirt with short bolero
Is funded by many designers for the
velvet gown, r.iid where a princess
Bklrt Is not liked a very deep pointed
girdle forming the greater pnrt of the
bodice is used with the plain sweep
ing skirt and abbreviated bolero.
Fur-Trimmed Gowns.
Fur-trimmed gowns are In fashion
once more, after a long retirement. At
TVO SMART WALK
' T:.v- c- ,;rt:ie r.t the left is of green
cloth. TU'! skirt la slightly gathered
at the ; rid Is ratio with groups of
gathers nt il.o I o; turn, headed with,
motifs or velvet un l shells of Bilk gal
loon, with largo Hat buttons ot the
cloth, fornii , a n-.o.-.t original trim'
jnlng. Tho t'r.-.pcd blouao and the
f'jevef ar t.lr.rocd to correspond.
1
present the trimming is mostly con
fined to coats, but a few fur-trimmed
skirts are seen. Short-haired fur Is
used, the popular caracal being much
In evidence. This fur is so pliable
and so easily manipulated as to make
It valuable for trimming purposes.
Collars, cuffs nnd Jacket of fur appear
on some of the smartest of Imported
street gowns. Sometimes the skirt,
shows a few medallions of fur to
match the Jacket, but moro often It is
quite untrlmmed. Evening nnd recep
tion gowns are being trimmed with
sable, mink, eimlne and other costly
furs.
While ths
Tea ftKEMS
Plenty of fur scarfs havo appeared
In the street.
The new derby for woman's dressy
wear is queer.
Velvet dome crowns with beaver
brims are novelties.
The deep pink felt hat promises to
bo Immensely fashionable.
Hand-embroidcred blouses ore like
ly to be worn throughout the entire
winter.
Linen shirt waists, tucked, and as
plain as a pipe stem, will be worn by
younger woin-.n.
The smartest waists are worn out
side the Bklrt and finished with a bias
fold of satin or velvet.
The chiffon vill has a new use. It
Is tied into a big bow and tacked to
the back ot the hat, with floating
ends.
A funny little round white hat of
corded silk, for a child, has the
straight brim, edged with a band of
mink fur.
Modish and Popular.
Among the rtwest In coats at the
New York horse show were the em
pire models. There m no reason to
doubt that tha empire lines will be
extremely modish and popular among
the winter coats and the Innovation
Is not confined picturesque carriage,
visiting aud evening coats, but has In
vaded even the province of the tailor
ed street costume. One fanciful but
exquisite empire coat is of petunia
cloth. The collar is ot a darker shade
of velvet and the sleeves and bodice
arc draped and garnished with but
tons of taffeta.
A Rose Jar Without Roses.
A rose jar, properly cared for, Is
an unending delight. Without the rose
petals a sweet-smelling Jar can be
made of a cuaiter of an ounce each
of mace, allspice and cloves, all coarse
ly ground or. pounded In a mortar;
half of a nutmeg grated; half an ounce
of clnnumon, broken fine; one ounce
of powdered oiris root nnd a quarter
of a pound of dried lavender flowers.
After these have been mixed in a bowl
a few drops of different essential oils
are added rose, geranium, neroll nnd
bitter almond, perhaps with on
ounce of good cologne.
It will need i.n addition, from time
to time, of one of its ingredients until
all havo eventually been renewed,
for leaving th? Jar open, even for a
half hour each day. which Is enough
for a pretty thorough scenting, takes
away something of its Strength.
Velvst Trimmings.
It is an English fancy to use vel
vet trimmings on checks, many of
them being rich, dark plnids which
demand trimming of dark colored vel-
ING COSTUMES.
and the girdle is of velvet. The other
costume Is of brown cloth. Tho skirt
Is encircled with a band of the same.
The new gnthered redlngote Is trim
med with bands and brettlles of taffe
ta to match, of which the girdle Is also
made. The collar and cuffs are of em
broidered taffeta, edgea with violet
velvet
FfcJ 11 IPO fif
vets. Velvet tight fitting- coata are
also worn with both checked and
plnin cloth skirt, which revives a fash
ion of long ngo, which always has
good possibilities. These checked
tweed skirts already are worn abroad
with plain cloth Jackets, which is a
foreenst of what will be followed here
lu another season.
Pretty Epauiets.
Women who do not llko the full
puffy sleeves ti'at stick out from tho
shoulders, and who, at the snmo time
do not find tho sloping shoulder effect
becoming, are finding little epaulets
all that they desire. On many Of the
pretty lace blouses little frills of lace
form a plastron of embroidery top
tho sleeve. The dress of cloth, too.
has a shaped plcco of embroidered
silk or velvet, or from the collar It
self will start an ornamentation that
widens out, and, falling over'the arm.
Is there edged with a trill of lace or
a silk fringe.
Lady's Morning Jacket.
This charming design for a dressing
sack is adapted to a variety of mate
rials, nlthough as here pictured it was
developed In pale blue China silk, ac
cordion pleated. The garment Is
shaped by shoulder nnd underarm
seams and gathers In the upper part
of tho front afford sufficient fullness.
The mode Is distinguished by a deep
cape collar, trimmed with lace inser
tion and finished by a frill of lace. The
elbow sleeves are trimmed with two
deep ruffles of the silk, further elabo
rated by bands of insertion and lace
frills, as Is also the lower edge of the
Jacket. If accordion pleated material
Is not desired, other fabrics such as
cashmere, flannel, silk, dimity and
lawn could be used.
Empire Coats.
Empire coats of three-quarter length
are among tho many cloth coat nnd
skirt models, nnd though these cos
tumes are tailored great originality is
shown in the little details of collars,
buttons, etc. One seen recently was
in dark blue, with strappings of cloth
set on In design. There is an invis
ible closing an.) the collar is sealskin,
it Is lined throughout with pearl gray
satin.
Do not leave scrubbing brUsheu
with the bristles turned up, or the
dampness from them will run into the
body of the brusn and loosen tho bris
tles In their sockets.
A glass decanter may be cleaned
by breaking up eggsnclls into small
pieces, putting them into the decan
ter, which Is half filled with water,
and thoroughly shaken.
When housecleanlng the bedroom
wash the toilet ware with soap and
water, and then fill the vessels with
boiling hot so.la water; put them in
the air and leave them filled for half
a day until thoroughly disinfected.
Never put smnmer clothes away In
a soiled condition. They may be
needed In a hurry when the first
warm days of spring occur, und then
there Is much discomfort. Linen and
muslins should be packed away uu
starched, however, to prevent their
becoming yellow.
For Street or Theater.
An Ideal calling gown or one quite
appropriate for matinee wear Is mndo
from very supple dark blue broad
cloth. The skirt Is walking length, of
circular cut and flaring prettily from
knee depth at each seam. A most at
tractive Jacket accompanies It. Wide
straps of the cloth form the revers
and extend antind the bottom, two
point crossing where a closing Is ef
fected. The Hat collar and strappings
on Bleeves are bordered by a narrow
plaiting of bluo taffeta and dull gold
buttons trim sleeves nnd Jacket.
The Latest In Stocks.
Many of the newest gowns are fit
ted with a stcck that Is especially
created for thj wearer who, perhaps,
disdains the Ube of ready-made neck
arrangements. Some of the newest
stocks are graduated In size, and am
shaped behind tho ears and com"
down low iu fiont. Many of them are
transparent, ant' are invisibly boned
The high, stiff stock, by tho way. Is
distinctly growing out of favor.
RICH MAN'S HOBBY 13 HORSESj
New Yorker's Enthusiasm Far Above
' the Ordinary.
P. Ambrose Chirk, stepson of Bishop
Potter and an enthusiastic patron of
Bteeplechaslng and limiting, for sev
eral seasons has aroused the Interest
of New York racegoers as much by
the disregard he seems to have for his
neck nnd bones as for the fair amount
of success he has had in riding In
open steeplechases. The field-stand
Idea of Mr. Clark was epitomized at
Bolmont Park, where the amateur
Jockey got a bad fall Just before the
field stand from his horso The Bow
ry, when a spectator, probably from
the Bowery, remarked. ".lust t'lnk of
him doln' dut and him wort fifteen
million bones."
The fall brought ti (he surface ex
act measurement of Mr. Clark's en
thusiasm, for when he found his
horse was lame after he caught and
remounted him, and he could not go
on in the race, the "gentleman Jock"
walked off to the Jockeys' quarters,
tenderly rubbing his shoulder. A
friend asked if he bad been hurt In the
fall, and Mr. Clark responded that he
was not sure, but his shoulder felt
queer. The friend suggested exami
nation to see how serious the injury
might bo, and Mr. Clark indorsed the
plan at once by exclaiming. ' That's It,
send for a vet." Another suggestion
that a surgeon might be better failed,
however, and it was a horse doctor
who conducted the examination, which
assured the cross-country rider that
his bones were intact.
A fall at Morns Park a week ago
put Mr. Clark out of the running with
a broken collarbone, but he has been
as constant ns ever In his attendance
at the steeplechase races there, with
undiminished enthusiasm.
WHY HE DIDN'T KNOW PATIENT
She Had Forgotten How Slcknets
Changes the Appearance.
"la It possible you don't remember
me?" said the healthy, happy-looking
young matron as she steppdd up to Dr.
Henry Russell, who was alighting from
his carriage in front ot a patient's
door. There' was a shade of annoy
ance on the woman's face as she
spoke, mingled with a look of grati
tude. "And to think," she continued
half reproachfully, "you were the one
who operated on me- for appendicitis
made me take that horrid ether and
called every day to ask the other doc
tor how I was getting along and still
you don't know me when you aee me
on the street. This is the third time
I have met you and you never even
condescenued to bow."
The doctor apologized and said
"Really, I have the best reason In the
world for not knowing you. To be
'sure I performed the operation, but
that was the only time I saw you. Do
vnil rpn1t7A that n nnttenf tn tied
wasted by illness, loots very dlftrent
from the recovered patient on the
street? I knew that your eyes and
hair are dark, but that's absolutely the
only description I could give of you
I did not know whether you were a
tall or a short woman. I did not
know whether you were naturally a
plump or a slight woman. Neither did
I know whether you were a vivacious
or a phlegmatic sort of person. You
must remember that a doctor who has
seen you only once or twice In illness
has never seen the real you, but only
a shadow of yourself." New York
Press.
The Only Explanation.
One well knoyn New York woman
has discovered, like some others of
her sex, that It does not pay to be too
curious. One of the old family re
tainers Is a Scotchman named Wil
liam, who does not believe in glossing
over the truth for the sake of sparing
his listener's feelings. The woman in
question, although possessed ot con
siderable charm of manner, is not a
beauty and knows it. Her husband
recently deceased, was a remarkably
handsome man, and his wife was one
of his sincerest admirers. One day
when she was looking at her hus
band's picture on tho mantel m the
sitting room William was fussing
around the grate and in a moment ot
Impulse she asked:
"William, what do you think made
such a handsome man as Col. S. marry
such a plain woman as me?"
William looked from the portrait to
the speaker, meditated a second, and
answered:
"Must have been God's will, ma'am
Mother Love.
IT, was deformed nnd 111, I knows
From birth, poor lad, he hud been so;
I always dressed him. hut one day
A gentle friend led me away.
A little while, she whispered. "Now,
I.el us go hi. dear, and see how
How nlie he looks." I looked at lilm
In broldered whlu my ee grew dim.
To weep for him, they said, was wrong-'.
That he would nevi-r have been strong.
Itut always ailing. Hull arid weak;
I llstcm-d. patient, crushed, and meek.
And answered not until the word,
"A 1'UMlen," I distinctly heard;
At that my throbbing mother breast.
Where once thosa wee, pale lips had
pi esseu.
Revolted I cried out. "No, no;
Hay. if you will, 'tis better so.
A thousand linns und more, but I.
His mother, dares that charso deny,"
My cither children stnnrflm? near
Aie lx-autlful. beloved, ami dear;
Hut Mm, by sacred, strange enthrall,
I loved the best. Hie best of all.
Knihleen Kavanugh in New Orleans
l'ieayune.
Didn't Work.
Mr. Cleverly I havo a great Joke on
my wife. I've Just bought her a hat
for $3, and had it sent home with a
$15 price mark on it. She'll never
know the difference!
Mrs. Cleverly (later) Harold, dear,
I guess I would better buy my own
hats after this. I could have done a
good deal better for $15. You've been
awfully cheated. Why, I saw this
very same hat In the window wit; I
$5 mark-on-lt, Detroit Free Press.
y On Site of Bastille
Frenchmen Have Erected Column of
July. Marking Birthplace of Freedom
(Special Correspondence.)
From the 14th of July, 1789, France
dates her era of personal liberty, a
liberty nt first signalized by unbridled
license, out to-day as broad, as flioi
and a3 Just as that of our own great
republic. Like the 4th of July In the
United States, the 14th In France Is
the national holiday. It does not
mark, as with us, the promulgation of
a declaration of Independence, but
a Violent. Spontaneous act of the peo
ple by which one of the strongholds
of the old order of royal oppression
was swept out of existence, the Bas
tille, the greatest prison in Paris.
On the ground where stood the Bas
tille, the Column of July now springs
heavenward, a monument l patrio
tism. Tile traveler who Jo rneys to
the east side of Paris to sc this col
umn, Justly famous as one c the best
of the city's numerous hi nic em
blems of liberty, ooes so wl-'i a mind
filled with the story of tin Bastille.
He recalls some of Its gr!' i history
of more than 400. years, i - told lit
the strange stories that hav .survived
Column
It of the famous state prisoners who
lived and died within its walls. He
thinks ot the most famous of all out
of that long procession of princes and
paupers, lords and commoners, sol
diers, statesmen, priests and women,
the prisoner whose identity was never
known, as it Is not to this day the
Man with the Iron MaBk. Roman
cers have woven about this extraor
dinary state prisoner, whose counte
nance was always covered with a
mask of Iron lined jvith velvet, a stir
ring series of scene's; and though the
Man with the Iron Mask died In the
Bastille as long ago as Nov. 19, 1703,
his Identity is still a subject Of in
quiry, and as recently as 1891 papers
were discovered tending to throw
some small light on it, though not flx
ng it beyond question.
Sot Monument of Bastille.
So strong a hold does the story of
the Pastille, Its prisoners, its sack
ing by the people and demolition by
order ot the legislative authority,
have on the fancy, that one forgets
until be reaches the Place de la Bas
tille, and examines the Column ot
July, that primarily the monument
Statue of Charlemagne.
(Parts.),
was not erected in commemoration
of the liasttlle at all, but in memory
of the dead who fell In the later up
risings of 1830 and 1848. .
The Place de la Bastillq, Is a wide
square, formed for the purpose of set
ting off The former site of tho prison,
the outlines of which are marked In
the pavement by white stones. The
French never allow any square, edi
fice or monument to be spoiled by
lack of perspective, and to form the
Place de la Hastiile, In the center of
which tho Column of July stands,
many houses were torn down, nnd
the ground on which they had stood
was appropriated to the public use.
For a long time after the storming
of the Bastille nothing definite was
done toward marking the spot where
it had stood. Napoleon, with his
many plans for beautifying Paris,
wished to erect a great fountain in
the square, of a new kind; a colossal
elephant, ta discharge inexhaustible
streams of pure water through its
trunk. The project never advanced
beyond the slage of a plaster cast of
the elephant and the building of a
great circular pier of stone, on which
the figure in bronze was to rest.
The Column as It Is.
After the revolution of 1830 the
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Parisians proposed to make use of
the! baso prepared by Napoleon, and
planned for it tho Column of July.
On the stone pier was placed a square
base of marble, and on this the ped
estal of the shaft. The column, com
posed of five cylindrical drums of
bronze. Is 13 feet In diameter, and Its
top, 154 feet above the square, is
mounted by a symbolic figure of the
Genius of Liberty, with golden wings
half spread, bearing In one hand the
torch of civilization, and In the othir
the broken chains of slavery.
Fine View of the City.
A corkscrew staircase leads to the
gallery at the top of the column, from
which a fine view of Paris may be
had, from the foreground of the broad
square, bisected by a commercial
canal, that extends to tho river near
by, to the uninteresting eastward
fringe of the city, and around to
Montniartre. and the dim western
suburbs, with the palace of the
Trocadero and the Eiffel tower break
ing the skyline.
of July.
.'Underneath the column Is a crypt,
In which rest the ashes of the un
sung heroes of the barricades around
the base are medallions in bronze
telling ot their deeds, and around the
shaft are gilt bands giving the names
of the more Illustrious.
From an artistic standpoint the col
umn is very effective, but It owes to
the historic character of the ground
on which it stands the vUits of many
persons who otherwise would not ex
ert themselves to see it.
WITH THE PILGRIMS IN MECCA.
Mohammedans Rouse Themselves to
Ecstasy of Passlonato Devotion.
Mecca, at the season of the annual
visltntlon of Mohammedan pilgrims,
is thus described In the December
number of Everybody's, In "With the
Pilgrims to Mecca," transcribed from
the narrative of Ibn Jtibayr All ot
Bandar Abbas:
v. "Like a gigantic catafalque, som
ber, Bhrouded In mystery, the Kaaba
rises out of the seething sea of white
garbed humanity that crowds the
great Sacred Square of Mecca. Its
door Is covered with plates of solid
silver, studded with silver nails. From
the exterior of the roof, above a
stone marking the sepulcher of Ish
mnel, which lies at the base of tho
northern wall, there projects a hori
zontal, hcmicircular rain spout, flve
yards long, twenty-four Inches wide,
made of massive gold. Within, the
roof is supported by three columns of
aloe-wood; the walls are hung with
red velvet alternating with white
squares In which are written in Ara
bic the words: 'Allah-Jal-Jelalah'
'Praise to God the Almighty. The
building la packed with pilgrims,
praying, weeping, beside themselves
in an ecstasy of passionate devotion.
Mingled with their voices there rises
from outside the chant of the Tal
bih. the Song of the Winding Sheet,
which every pilgrim must sing on en
tering thj Mecca, on donning the sa
cred Iliram. on entering the Harann
and on starting for Mlna. the Valley
of Desire, and Arafat, the Mountain
of Compassion."
"Absent-Minded Bill Patenon."
William Paterson. a well known
Strafford (Vt.) nurseryman and friend
of the late Senator Justin Morrill, was
called by some "Absent-Minded Bill
Paterson." Once while at his sugar
camp, about a mile from his house, ha
wished to boll an egg for his dinner
In the sap he was boiling down. Tak
Ing out Ills watch, he dropped that
Into the sap, instead of the egg, und
stixid for fully three minutes looking
nt tho egg, which he held in his hand
supposing all the tlmo he was timina
the egg.
At another time ho went to visit a
friend on a rainy day and had to take
an umbrella with him. There was a
hoe standing beside the door of tho
house he entered, and he stood his
umbrella beside It. When he left he
picked up the hoe Instead of the um
brella, and wulked down th.1 road al
most u quarter of a mllo before he
discovered the difference.
Mineral Oil Safety Lamp.
German papers state that the "Great
Grocery Exhibition," an association of
largo dealers In groceries in England,
has now, for the fifth time, offered a
prize for a safety lamp for using min
eral oil. A lamp Is wanted which shall
not cost more than SO cents anl
which, regardless of any Ignorance cr
carelessness, must not bo more dan-
j serous than a common candle.