The Daily Gazette. (Stillwater, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 266, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 12, 1901 Page: 4 of 4
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Who Rcalaiii Oat
•f tha Vrrbour Barber af
Tradition.
Said an auburn-haired pjrl noted
Mum* her friends, says the Chieago j
Chronicle, for her excellent sensa and
«rood judgment: "A good deal is said |
In the newspapers about talkative bar- I
oers, but I am convinced that not the !
most garrulous knight of the razor I
that ever lived could exceed in conver- I
•ational powers the saleswoman
whom 1 buy my shoes from."
"She's a very crafty young woman,
la this saleswoman, for she doesn't
begin to chatter until she has both
•hoes off and is beginning to fit me in
others, then she tells me the story of
her life. I learned yesterday while I
was buying a pair of slippers that she
was an 'orphant;' that she lived with
her sister-in-law; that her brown eyea
were hereditary, her grandmother
having had orbs of the same oolor;
that she preferred roses to lilacs in
summer millinery; that her cousin
had a child that had the croup regu-
larly once a week; that there were red
chairs in the parlor of her house, and
that hair could be made to stay in curl
by dampening it with alcohol!
"Incidentally, quite by accident, In-
deed, I learned the price of the shoe*
I had decided upon while her voluble
ladyship talked. Then T induced her
to replace my old footwear and walked
away hastily, but with averated face,
tor I knew I had hurt her feelings.
Bhe was right in the midst of a viva-
Clous description of her spring frock
and, losing me, whom had she to sym-
pathize with her in her happiness. It
Was cruel, but it was necessary that 1
•hould go. J
• ijPj6 ,hink a h:lrb<'r eonld hara
' if °" mnre s"b.lp(,ls i-i as short a
time, asked the auburn-haired girL
leflantly "Well, I trow not."
THE KITCHEN SETTLE.
Ol«l-F« hloned Fixture That
, "*■ Sot Vet I.oat i(S
Popularity.
In a few old fashioned attics Kitch- '
•n settles may be found stored away
which date back to several genera-
tions ago, when this piece of furni-
Jure, which was by turns an ironing
table and then a stiff-backed seat.
Was popular. In some New England
Kitchens the ironing table settle has
liever lost its popularity and is as it
fver was, says the New York Trib-
une. It is not as a practical piece of
furniture, but as a picturesque seat
In the hall that the kitchen table now
claims our attention. Artistic deco-
rators have discovered that this is a
>-ery pretty piece of furniture. When
Jt can be found in the attic, made of
,vood- «s it formerly was, it is
jnore desirable than in plain deals se-
lected in a house-furnishing store
Where it is kept for a kitchen table!
(Old fashioned hardwood settles are
(well made, and need only to ha
•craped and refurnished to" he uphol-
stered for use. A pretty way to pre-
pare a pine or a hardwood settle
Which has been scraped free from its
lold finish is to enamel it. Paint it
With two or three coats of zinc white
Which will fill in all the cracks and
(leave an even, smooth surface, which
can be sandpapered down to satiny
Smoothness before the final coat of
•namel is put on. White enamel, in <t
creamy tone, is still popular; so ara
•pale yellow and olive green tints.
■Corduroy in an olive or some other
artistic tone of color is very mucl
«sed for upholstering these settles.
The back is upholstered in smooth
nnish, without any tufting, and a
•ushion of the same material, with-
out valance or ruffle, covers the seat
Morris tapestries of jute in faded ar.'
tistie pattern are also used. The
mechanism which converted these
•ettles at will into a table is neve*
(interfered with, so they may serve as I
• table when it is desirable, though I
hs an article of furniture in the hall !
(ta use is generally that of a seat.
18 a cheap and very pretty hall
"eat. In an old fashioned hall it
Would be very pretty to enamel it
cream white and upholster it with an
oldtime blue egd white coverlet, such
ns our grandmothers possessed, which
nre often used to-day for portieres.
jt is a good plan to have a drawer in
the bottom of the seat, to keep india
rubbers in. For this purpose the
drawer should he lined with /inn op
Tery carefully painted and varnished,
*o it couId he bVushed and wiped free
from dust.
AmbltliHi* Hunk Clerk,
A New York baiil.; clerk is going U
British e hirel:
K 'hhr,r- " lin>"iing but
• bank clerk, say -he ( hicago Heoord.
^n«lVmiV,!'',USi'tCtCd0CWth"
• . .. A" •,*l,,"««ttoN.
The Philadelphia doctor who w,nt.
•o charge a fee of $I#0,000 for attend
JK a man who died proba^'SS
i
GRA/NID
OPERA
MOUSE
O/NE WEEK
Commencing
Monday Dec.
Meller Stock Co,
Will submit a repertoire of high
class Comedy and Dramas
at popular prices.
15, 25, and 35c
Opening Play "Dollie Gray"
Ladies Free Mon. Night
Monday Night, gj December 16,
one lady*if,accompanied by an
escort with one paid reserved
s«at ticket, willjbe admitted
free. Seats must; be reserved
before 6:00Jp,m. (Monday, at
Hand's, Drugstore.
JAPAN IN AMERICA.
«ul*teat Bit af Orlentall.,,, _
Coo.try I. , \«.„ jrrtrr
Suburb,
Xear Mountain Station, New ,
«ey a suburb of South Orange' *
perhaps the quaintest bit of '
tibsm to be found on this continent*
tsays Youth's Companion. 11,.,. '
party of skillful Jnpanes,. garde,
calling themselves the Japanese 11 k'
ticultliral society, have U 0?t°*
Japanese garden as a permanent ,.v
hibit of their native flora The
den is situated at the base ol'thl
Orange mountain, A a is.11„ , 4
of woodland. Its'four acres
rounded by a bamboo fence in,,
Hiously built without nails, yct 'strnn
tiiiy American fence. ^
Inside that, barrier the visitor fln(ii
all the curiosities l,e wouTTl see in ,
similar garden in Japan i,.s(.lf. s ° "
lions, n pedestal bearing *i Sf«
lantern over two hundred years oM
done by a noted Japanese sculptor'
and a statue of Jizo, u Iluddhist saint'
regarded as a goddess, are some of
'r,,asiires which Japan ha.
parted with in order that America
"'".v enjoy a few of „,e privilege,
hicli she herself prizes so highly
There is an artificial lake j„ ths
garden, spanned by three different
kinds of Japanese structures ))«•
the side of this lake, closely
lives a tsuru, or crane. The bird
is about five feet in height. |t j,
said to be an exceedingly rare bird
few specimens being found ontsi,|#
the royal palace and Imperial Zooln.
tfical gardens.
According to the Japanese, nature
does not give lo the tsuru a red
crown until lie has reached the age of
one hundred years, and as the vear,
advance the cdnr deepens. The' red-
headed tsuru is therefore an emblem
of longevity in Japan. This \,w
Jersey specimen litis a erv dark red
topknot, apd is rappaptd to be about
three hundred year old.
In that r,spirt :V iM.ru is more
than matched by of the plant
in the garden. This is a efcabo-h ba
one Of (he oldest this continent.
a- aga is giren a- s.ven hundred
years. No wonder it is valued at ten
thousand dollars.
l i e original trainer of the tree it
f"t definitely known, but is imp.
Posed to have been one Oenho, hn
was ti,.' most famous artist during
the later period of the Kamakura
regency in the twelfth cenlurv.
The tree came into the haiids of
the family of Suzuki about the mi.'-
die of the sixteenth century, and !,: ,
n handed down by them to -lie
present time. Its trunk is seven
inches in diameter, and its height i
only four and a half feet. It belong,
to the cedar family, and hn« foliage
resembling sprigs of ferns do-, y
eel together in the form of a none.
Sometimes the Unbeliever quest oi .
the age of the plant, but such ,o, f
whelming evidence is offered In
support of the Japanese gardener1,
assertion that the objector is si.
lciiced.
A Japanese tea-house, where real
Japanese tea is *er\c,l by Japa, -e
girls in their nnlivi cost lime, and
Japanese jinrikishii ar.' among t<ie
attractions of the garden.
MENTAL SUGGESTION.
•lacnlnr In.ianee
In fite Order*
• h it fl«'*>t.'iurniif.
l> d ;-ou ever notice how easily a
's 'nfluence,: >„ his eating?"
einark.,1 a gentlemnn recently in a
< ll-knnwn restaurant. "Just watch
'"•e Who sit dow, to thix table."
Ih" writer was already tncre, .sav,
"nr (salt)more Sim.
The order for the two gentlemen
as Just being served wjien two o'h-
•rs took scats at the table, Thfy
taiuec ,it the hi,, of fare nnd ov r
it at the dishes. One ..f them gave
in order for ine same things and the
simply said- "Bring the
«me, please." Another sat down.
• ml when he saw the order of the
<ast two served .or the same, simply
:huiig",g to milk instead of coffee.
irHnVT'.f *' 1,1 "'"'^"lon who had
Jrdered the "sime thing."
, nil!" exclaimed
. rs' astonishment.
Nothing at all lemarkable," said
the first speaker. "Why. In the hous)
}f the late 'Kattv' Townsend, who
first Introduced 'th -ee out and draw
Jnc in this town. I heard every wait-
•r yelling 'Strawberry shortcake,' so
Alien I started out 1 said to Mr.Town-
lend:
" 'WeH, oid man, .lid you succeed la
n lung the shortcake?'
••'V-ju bet. Diu you catch on?
Bell, you sec all we got to do to in-
urease a popular demand for some-
iing we fear we are going to be
°" A" 10 <fivp ,he "P *° ,h«
' rs. At first not one order In ten
genuine, but after awhile ever*
justoiner follows mit like a game of
suchre, and the thing's accomplished
tBd every one Is satim'led. Bli, sett* *
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