The Hennessey Clipper. (Hennessey, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1907 Page: 3 of 8
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WM.A.fiADrORD
Editor
Mr. William A. Railford will .inswrr
fpifHtlons und give advice FREE Ol-'
COST 011 all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building for the readers of this
paper. On account of his wide expe-
rience as Editor, Author and Manufac-
turer, lie is, without doubt, the highest
authority on all these subjects. Address
all inquiries to v.iiliam A. Rudford, No.
134 Fifth Ave., Chicago, 111., and only
enclose two-cent stamp for reply.
A $1,500 cottage is shown in this
plan, that is, it has been built for
$1,500, and may be built for that price
now in some small places. In the
larger cities living has become so ex-
pensive and prices of labor have ad-
vanced to such an extent that $1,500
looks very small in comparison with
any kind of a house, but on the other
hand cottages are not being built in
iat-ge cities because land is too val-
uable. In order to economize ground
space one floor is added after another
until the upper families are obliged to
do considerable climbing, but families
who enjoy more freedom in smaller
places m°y build any kind of a house
that suits their fancy and sit down to
enjoy it with a measure of peace and
comfort that is never known in a large
city.
The perspective of this little five-
room cottage is especially attractive;
even the angles of the different roofs
seem to harmonize to an unusual de-
gree because of their meeting together
in the centter, which meeting is, ap-
parently, presided over by the sedate
It is because the germs of the disease
have been carried into the house by
flies during the late summer and early
fall when the flies are the worst and
the nasty stuff that they wallow in in
out of the way places is more abun-
dant. They come straight from de-
caying garrion to the kitchen if they
can get inside. Fly screens are not
expensive. The protection they af-
ford saves dollars where you figure
the expense in dimes.
Unfortunately some women have
never learned how to use fly screens j
and some men are so careless as to
have them put on in a very shiftless
manner, leaving window cracks for
the flies to crawl through and by fit- '
ting doors so they won't shut tight, j
The way fly screens are made and
used in some houses they are worse
than none at all because they shut the
(lies in, and you often have more flies
inside than you could find outdoors.
Then there are women who would inls ,
use the best set of f.y screens ever !
put on a house. It is eaBy to keep
a house clear of flies if the men will
provide good screens and the women
learn how to use them. I know of
houses that never have more than a
dozen flics at a time, and they are
not permitted to stay very long. They
may slip in while the work is going
on in the kitchen in the morning, but
they are driven out and shut out for
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little square tower in the front. And
the different gables agree with the
general plan without a discord. It is
easy to imagine such a house nest-
ling down contentedly among the
trees and vines that we propose to
grow as soon as we can whip the
ground into submission.
You seldom see a plan where the
two porches fit into the general de-
sign as these do. They have the ap-
pearance of growing with the house.
They seem to belong there by right of
birth and not by adoption. An archi-
tect must be a mechanic, but he must
be an artistic mechanic or his plans
will savor of utility unadorned.
The side porch of this house is al-
most an extra room In summer when
screened as It should be with climb-
ers. It is a sort of annex to the
kitchen and living room. A woman
who does her own work will take a
good deal of comfort with a side porch
like this where she can step out with
a pan of vegetables or fruit to be pre-
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pared for cooking. A man should see
to It that this porch is properly fitted
for the purpose.
One of the greatest luxuries is a set
of wire screens fitted fly-tight to be
hooked on in summer time. Of course
there will be a screen door entering
the kitchen, but flies learn quickly
l hat the Bcreen door is the entrance
to the savory part of the house, and
they will sit there and watch their
opportunity to slip In when the door
is opened. If you don't believe it sit
out there some day and watch them,
then put up a screen around the
porch and watch the flies sit on the
outside waiting for the side to open
U|>. You will see the worst fooled' lot
of files in the neighborhood.
Incidentally, this screening of the
kitchen porch is a great prevention
against sickness. More contagious
diseases are carried into the house by
tiler than in any other way in the
summer time. You have noticed the
increase In typhoid fever In the fall.
the balance of the day. Women have
learned thai flies will not stay in a
dark room, und they have learned how
to darken the house in a way to dis
courage the intruders.
BROUGHT DEBTORS TO TIME.
Lad's Death Source of Financial Gain
to Father.
Of course the man didn't look at
it that way, but his bereavement was
really a source of financial gam. It
was a son who died—a boy of 13.
He was killed in a street accident.
The fatality touched the public heart
strangely. He had been a popular
boy, and his death aroused the sym-
pathy of the neighbors for blocks
around. The father was a small
tradesman, who went on the principle
that all mankind was honest. He
trusted right and left. He had be-
come creditor to two-thirds of the peo-
ple in the neighborhood. Many of
those debtors were sharks, who, either
because of financial disability or
naturally dishonest propensities,
probably had no intention of ever pay-
ing up, but with the news of the lad's
death all experienced a change of
heart. When the shop reopened after
the funeral the dazed proprietor en-
tertained a stream of callers.
"I am so sorry,*' they said, one and
all; then they added, half-sheepishly,
"I owe you so and so," and planked
down the monev^
-In some cases the shopkeeper Sot
money that had been due more than
a year, and he piled up dollars in cash
that, only for the sympathy called
forth by his bereavement, would have
been a dead loss.
Kept the Pledge.
"Yes, It is a common thing for art-
ists to fool themselves about their
work," said Robert Hyde. "They are
like the man who took the pledge.
"A minister saw this man's daugh-
ter hastening homeward with a pail ol
fresh, foaming beer. He halted her
and said:
" 'My dear child, where are you tak
ing that beer?'
" 'Home to father, sir.'
" 'But surely your father doesn't
drink beer,' said the minister, 'now
that he has signed the pledge?'
" 'Oh, no, sir,' said the girl. 'H«
don't drink it. He only soaks hit
bread in It.'"
A Voice, and Nothing More.
He has the knack of finding very
exaggerated phrases by which to ex-
press commonplace thoughts. He
whites verses about love in words sc
stormy that you might fancy that
Jove was descending upon Semele.
But when you examine his words as
a sober pathologist like myself is dig
posed to do, your fear for the peace ol
household vanishes—they are a
voice and nothing more—no mac
really In love would use them.—Frotr
Bvlwer's "The Parisians."
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The woman with the double chin should pause, look at herself in the
glass, and bid farewell to every claim to good looks—at least so long as the
double chin remains.
The double chin means age, it means stolidity, it means shapelessness,
and it means almost everything else that is unattractive from a standpoint of
pure beauty. The woman with the double chin may be good, but she is not
beautiful.
The first move of a double-chinned women is towards a dietary, which slio
should begin upon at once. She can eat as much as she wants to. but she
must not touch anything that tends to fatten the chin. There aro foods that
actually puff out he neck, and bring about a most unbecoming state of affairs.
Massage to reduce must be swift and hard. Take your right hand and
spread it out before you, rub a very little bit of skin food into it, thep slap
your chin with the open palm, and continue slapping while you count ten.
Change hands, and slap the other side of your chin, still counting.
The second of the massage exercises consists of the tapping treatment.
Take your finger-tips and slightly anoint them with skin food, and then tap
your jaws. Tap them at the side, using all your force, and keep on tapping
while you count five. This is to reduce the squareness, which is so disagree-
able, and which marks the chin as being too material and commonplace.
Direst
Style That Will Make Up WelTTn Var-
ious Materials Popular This Year.
There are mauy pretty delaines to
be procured this summer that would
make up very well in this style.
The skirt has just a little fulness
gathered at the back of waist; it is
trimmed at the lower part with shaped
flounces that are hemmed at the edge.
The bodice has a deep yoke of
guipure lace; the delaine joining this
plainly is tucked twice on the bust.
The sleeves consist of three shaped
tiers above a puff of lace that is gath-
ered into a tight band edged with two
frills.
Wide ribbon is joined to the waist-
band in center back; it is carried over
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the shoulders, then the ends hanging
In front are finished with tassels. Two
tassels on cords hang front the center
of W aistband in front.
Hat of bronze-green crinoline, trim-
med with a long feather of the same
color, and turquoise ribbon velvet.
Materials required for the dress:
Fifteen yards delaine 27 inches wide,
one and one-half yards lace, three
yards ribbon, four tassels, one and
one-half yards sateen, four yards nur-
row lace.
Nordica Work.
Nordica work is new in needlework
and lias but recently made its appear-
ance. This is similar in effect to the
Holbein, except that the colors em-
ployed are green, black and yellow in
combination with red and blue, und
the material on which It Is done Is not
as fine quality of linen as seen In Hol-
bein. The work is called Nordica be-
cause of the Norwegian designs which
It shows. The designs are embroid-
ered in cross stitch on huff-colored
material and they are symbolic of pic-
turesque Norway. These show the va-
ried costumes and animals peculiar to
that far-off country, making an ex-
tremely interesting study. Its beauty
and simplicity Is splendid for house
decorations. The Nordica .portieres
are extremely handsome, something
which will please the most careful
housewife
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Writer Complains That American Wo-
men Allow Insufficient Time.
"The American woman does not al-
low herself enough time for making a
toilet. I have been giving a customer
a treatment, when a friend would en-
ter the room and exclaim, 'Why, my
dear, aren't you going to Mrs. D—'s
tea?'
"The reply is always: 'Certainly,
but I don't take all day to dress.' I've
known women who considered them-
selves good dressers to allow just half
an hour to dress for the theater. Pre-
posterous! Mine. Bernhardt allows an
hour and a half for her hair dressing
and facial makeup alone. A Froncfl
woman regards 15 minutes spent on
the correct and sure adjustment of her
veil as time Well spent.
"If you are going to a party or to
the theater, begin to prepare for the
pleasure before dark. Lie down at
least half an hour before If you are
thin and tired looking; take a cup of
hot milk before lying down. Have
your room dark, rest in a negligee, or,
better still, in your night robe, and re-
lax absolutely. Then take a tepid
bath and make your toilet deliberate-
ly. If you cannot afford to employ
some one to dress your hair, take
time to dress it carefully yourself. Do
not curl a few superficial locks and
'rat' the hair beneath. Either curl or
wave it deeply or not at all. If you
do not wave it, then brush It until it
shines like burnished metal. When
the hair is dressed, cover it carefully
with a net, which you can take off
when your dressing is completed, or
you can wear it to the home of your
hostess or to the theater if the night
be damp."—Philadelphia Ledger.
Purple and Brass on Dinner Table.
Few now ideas in dinner table dec-
orations have been offered since Mrs.
Stuyvesant Fish, several months ago,
embellished her table with little Imita-
tion fruit trees in full bloom, with
tiny red apples hanging from tho
branches, regardless of the fact that
fruit trees showing both fruit und blos-
soms at one time rather mi« the sea-
sons, says Hie New York Press. Most
of the decorations now are of the
simplest sort, though polished brass
often lends its shine. At a dinner
party in Tuxedo a few nights ago the
table bore a tall, polished brass urn
filled with deep purple flour de lis and
ferns. At its base purple pansles and
asparagus ferns were arranged to
form a seven-pointed star. At every
voint stood a brass candlestick, the
white shades of which were edged
with a hanging fringe of purple beads.
The bonbon dishes were of polished
brass and the little cases for the bon-
bons were shaped like purple iris.
New Mode Shown in Tailoring.
A smart tailor suit has a gored skirt
with a modish flare at the hem, which
Is, moreover, adorned with muchine
stitching a good nine inches above the
hem. .
Chic in the extreme Is tho coat,
nearly close-fitting and just passing
the waist line tb form an incidental lit-
tle basque. And on this rests the
chief decorative motif, arrived at
through the medium of contrasting
folds of cloth, artistically blended.
In the model of a navy blue serge,
the dominant note of color interest
was imparted by pale green enan*l
buttons, set In rims of gilt, and fold*
of reseda and pale mauve clotll.
NOT FOR THOSE WHO HAVE
PASSED YOUTH S BLOOM.
Soft Ruches or Neckwear of Muslin
or Lawn Better Suited to the
Elderly—Transparent White
U ndersleeves.
Starched white linen should bo
passed their first youth. The rea-
son is simply because the hard,
smooth texture of the material
contrasts unfavorably and accen-
tuates every wrinkle and bit
of yellowishness or llnbbiness in
the skin. Better admit that the fresh
firmness of youth is gone and dress
accordingly than make oneself appear
older by emphasizing tho gain of
years.
For example, there is scarcely any
type of face In a girl, or young wom-
an, to which a linen collar is not be-
coming. The severe white lino with
smart tie, largevn- small, Is chic, and
it is this fact which accounts for such
collars not going out of fashion.
Put this kind of neck finish about
the throat of a woman who is past
middle age and she looks "scraggy"
and passe. For her soft ruches should
be considered a necessity of life, or,
in their stead, white collars made of
bias folds of soft muslin or lawn.
One pf the most becoming, and at
tho same time inexpensive, ties that
can be worn is made with a width of
mull three-quarters of a yard long.
The ends should be rolled and wash
lace four inches in width gathered on
with double tho fullness.
That completes the neckpiece, but
tho knack lies in tho way it is put on.
Instead of holding It so that the ends
jtill be straight across, pull them so
that they are bias. Fasten a separate
white collar foundation on the neck,
and then pull the tio so that It be-
comes the width of the collar. Put
this under the chin and cross at the
back, where It should be held In tho
middle with a fancy little pin. Bring
the two ends around front and you will
find that they hang long and pointed.
Tie those ends in two common knots,
one after the other, the second form-
ing a square knot. That leaves the
two ends hanging like a jabot, an ef-
fect that is quite finished if the two
lowerpoints are pinned Invisibly to
the waist.
For the reason that hands betray
age or Illness by becoming wrinkled
or scraggy, stiff cuffs should be avoid-
ed by all but the young. Soft frills
must be used instead.
The reign of elbow sleeves is so
complete that It takes a brave woman
to give it no heed. Yet better that
one should ignore it than spoil one's
Whole effect by an unbecoming finish,
which these short sleeves usually
make. This is due to the fact that
a woman whose arms are pretty from
the elbows down Is the exception. "A
well-rounded arm" existst more fre-
quently In the mind of a poet or artist
than in fact, anil nature turns out
some decidedly homely specimens. If
A woman who knows that she Is not
blessed in this derection will give the
matter a little thought, she will do
much to improve herself.
COAT FOR SMALL CHILD.
Practical and Attractive in Almost Any
Material.
The little coat illustrated shows a
very attractive garment for a small
child, the model being practical for al-
most any material, either in silk, cloth
or linen. White linen was used for
the original garment, the scalloping
and embroidering being done in white
wash cotton. The little coat was
made with a circular cape and turn-
back cuffs and fastened with large
pearl buttons.
The diagram shows a full sise scal-
lop pattern and Illustrates the em-
broidery stitches used. The work Is
all padded first, so that the embroid-
ery Is quite heavily raised when fin-
ished. If silk or cloth is used to make
the little coat, the embroidery should
be done in twistetd Bilk of not too
fine a grade.
BOY'S COAT AND FROCK.
Costume for Days Before He Attains
Dignity of "Pants."
Serge, cloth, or linen should bo
used for the coat. Tho fronts are
slightly double breasted, they are fast-
ened and ornamented with pearl but-
tons.
Tho collar is of double material
trimmed with three? rows of braid. A
white leather belt, is worn just below
the waistline.
Materials required: 1% yard 44
Inches wide.
For the frock any kind of material
of a thin make is suitable. Our model
is of Cream veiling. Tho bodice is
boxpleated to a square yoke which
fastens at the back, tho collar is of
double material.
The skirt is gathered to tho bodice
under a stitched bolt; the foot is turn-
ed up with a wide hem, and two tucks
run above.
Material required: two yards 44
Inches wide.
Pictorial Box, Fancy Band*.
One may smoke cigars of his wifo's
purchasing and still be Innocent of
the use o( tobacco.
TABLE DRAPERY FOR SUMMER.
Many New and Beautiful Models Seen
This Year.
Dainty napery is an important item
mong furnishings for tho summer
cottage, and though fashions vary but
little In table linens each season sees
some slight changes in designs, or
decoration. Most housekeepers make
no change whatever lii( dinner cloths
and napkins and use the same napery
as when in town, usually fine damask,
hemmed or hemstitched. Drawn work
is always popular as a finish for fino
tablo linen, and many new and beauti-
ful models are seen this year. Bor-
ders so finely worked and drawn-as to
appear like a fancy braid Inserted,
with corners as fragile looking as a
cobweb, decorate dainty doilies, while
bolder and heavier patterns ornament
the handsome cloths. Doilies and
table colths are always hemstitched
when trimmed with drawn work. The,
farmer come in sizes from the small
square to be placed under finger bowls
to those measuring 12x12 inches.
Table cloths vary in size from one
yard to two and a half yards squa;;,
und come in both simple n"'J elaborate,
'.'.'.'s^s- EVcry season sees Its own
favorito design In damask and this
year the satin spot handsomely bor-
dered predominates. Many women1
claim that tills kind of a cloth shows
off silver and cut glass better than
any other damask ever woven. The
housekeeper* who has to economize'
finds the spot and dot patterns prove
less expensive than other designs, for
they can oflen be matched in case of
an accident to a Eet, or If some pieces
have becrfme worn before the others.
In buying linen it is well to remember
That the unbleached varieties last
longer, as a general rule, than- the
bleached and only a few washings will
render them perfectly wliite^
Salt Water for the Eyes.
Salt water, fairly strong, used regu-
larly several times a day, will wonder-
fully strengthen the muscles of tho
eyes. It acts as a tonic upon every
part of tlm under lid and the cornea,
and penetrates deep even into the re-
cesses of the tear gland. Upon eye-
lids prone to granulation, or to styes,
the action of warm salt water is most
marked and almost immediate.
The salt bath was tried upon eyes
weakened by long use, that could not
bear the light, yet had excellent sight,
bo far as power of vision went, if only
tho weakened muscles would allow
the Iris to have full play. The salt
bath was tried, first with a sponge,
later with the eyes held open in a
basin of salt water, and the result was
restored tone to every feeble muscle.
Colored Socks for Tots,
Colored socks for small boys and
girls are worn more than white or
black. Pale pinks and blues are the
favored plajn colors, aside from the
hlch browns which little boy and lit-
tle girl wear with sandals or slIpperB
of glossee golden brown kid. But very
pretty, and exceedingly new and
smart are those novelty checked and
striped socks of white overplaided or
striped with golden brown, navy blue,
black, red, pale pink and blue. These
novelty socks may be worn with black,
white or golden brown slippers, but
they should in every case match the
little dress. Plain socks are worn
with checked and plaided dresses,
while fancies are best with frocks ot
plain materials.
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