The Norman Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 24, 1914 Page: 3 of 10
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THE NORMAN TRANSCRIPT
A Coat of American Design
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HAPPY
HOLIDAYS
PROBABLY COULD DO WORK
Soldier's Occupation in Civil Life
Certainly Should Have Fitted
Him for the Job.
It depends largely
on the digestion. If you are
poorly as a result of a weak
stomach, inactive liver or clog-
ged bowels we urge a trial of
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS
It brings back appetite, aids
digestion and is beneficial to
the entire system. Start today.
Real war conditions sometimes give
riuie shocks to the professional soldier
We wish \'OU "many happy ,raine(i to arms in the well-ordered
returns" but hanr>inps<? is '!aya of peace- More lb il ra8e in P01"'
.. . P' . ^ Prussian I.andwehr company was
really only <& rciicctioil Of being mustered into service and there
health. It depends largely were ma"y things to be done. Uni-
forms, equipment, riflies, were to be
distributed, rolls prepared, reports
made out, and quartermaster's lists
checked up. The captain had his hands
full. He ordered his first sergeant
to find a noncom. who cculd write
neatly and figure a little. Th« first
sergeant was equal to the emergency.
Corporal Kammermeyer was prompt-
ly summoned the crisply detailed for j
duty as company clerk. The corporal I
reported to the captain, who looked [
him over with a mixture of wonder
and distrust.
"So you can figure, corporal," he
said.
"A little, Bir, at your service."
The captain still looked dubious.
~~~~""———~~—~™—— j "What is your trade in civil life,
MODERN LIVING COMES HIGH anyway?" he said.
I am professor of mathematics.
5?$
Yes, waiting for every farmer or farmer's
son —any indu. rious American who is
anxious to establish for himsell a happy
home and pi asperity. Canada's hearty in-
vitation this ye:tr is more att active than
, ,. ev'r- Wheat is higher but her farm land
just as cheap and in the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta
160 Acre Homesteads are Actually Free to Settlers and
Other Land at From $15 to $20 per Acre
The people of European countries as well as the American continent
must be fed-thus an even greater demand for Canadian Wheat will keep
up the price. Any farmer who can buy land at $15.00 to $30.00 per acre
-get a dollar for wheat and raise 20 to 45 bushels to the acre is bound to
make money—that's what you can expect in Western Canada. Wonder-
ful yields also of Oats, Barley and Ha::. Mixed Fnrming is fully as prof-
pt.ible an industry as grain raising. The excellent grasses, full of nutrition,
are the only food required either for beef or dairy purposes. Good schools.
markets convenient, climate excellent.
" 10 ,educcd
G. A. COOK
125 W. 9lh Si., Kansas Ci)y, Mo.
ONE could hardly expect to gather
an audience more discriminating,
or more exacting as judges of wom-
en's apparel than that assembled in
New York at the exhibition of gar-
ments at the Ritz, held recently. This
display of the work of American de-
signers v/as fostered by women of
wealth and acknowledged authorities
in the world of fashion, people who
have a highly developed "sense of
clothes," and their approval or disap-
proval means life or death to a style.
A coat is pictured here which met
with something warmer than mere
approval—It earned a lot of praise. It
is a new departure in lines and was
one of a number of novel things from
the Kurzman establishment, all hav-
ing beauty as well as novelty to rec-
ommend them.
The designer of this rich coat bor-
rowed an idea from a period in French
history that is full of inspirations, and
made the most of it. Its treatment i3
new to us, but in it there is no ap-
parent striving for effect. It is an ele-
gant outer garment, full of distinction
In style and altogether pleasing to the
eye.
The full skirt is now to be reckoned
had just made its entry at the time of
this exhibition. The coat is cut on
easy lines with wide border of fur at
the bottom extended into points on
the seams. An ample turn-over collar
provides comfort about the neck, cut
to fit close about the throat when the
coat is closed. It forms a fur neck-
piece as warm and luxurious as any-
one could wish.
The immense cuffs of fur with
which the plain sleeves are finished
are so unusual in size and shape that
(hey are easily the most striking item
in the makeup of the garment. They
form a fairly large muff in which the
hands might be encased, but manage
to be not too large as cuffs at the
same time.
The coat is made of velvet lined
with satin. It is a refined and ex-
quisite model which might be copied
in brocade more splendid or cloth less
rich than velvet, without losing its
elegance.
The Kurzman establishment exhib-
ited several gowns embodying the
same ideas in lines as those that are
apparent in the coat, and the display
left no doubt in the mind as to the
Observer Thinks There Are Too
Many "Necessities" in Demand
at the Present Time.
"One of the reasons for the cost of
living," observes a wise clubman,
"lies in the fact that people buy
wholly unnecessary things. I had a
conversation with the proprietor of a
novelty shop in Fifth avenue a few
days ago. A shiny object had attract-
ed my attention, and I required about
its use.
" 'Those,' said the proprietor, 'are
gilded pincers to pick up letters one
has placed on the letter-scales.'
" 'And that ivory stick, carved and
forked at the end?'
" 'People use that to fish out things
they have dropped into carafes.'
" 'That square of morocco, about
the size of a nut—what is that for?'
" 'That's a tampon—used to press
down stamps after sticking them on
envelopes.'
" 'That ornamental box with a whole
battery of little brushes?'
" 'Thsse are to clean other brushes;
brushes to clean hair-brushes, brushes
to clean tooth-brushes.' "—New York
Evening Post.
captain," was the reply.
Wouldn't Stand for It.
She wore a determined lool: as she
entered the drug store.
"Look here, young man, if a tall
man with a red mustache comes and
asks you for a prescription you're not
to let him have it."
"Really, madam, I—"
"No, you mustn't let him have it
on any account. He's come here for
a month, and says he wants some-
thing to improve his appetite. He's
boarding at my establishment, young
man."
And with a muttered threat the
landlady passed from the shop leav-
ing the druggist's assistant pale and
trembling.
Suited Either Way.
Miss Lucy Price, Cleveland's lead-
ing antisuffrage speaker, tells of a
funny incident which happened in New
England while she was campaigning
there. She was walking down the
street after having made what she
thought was a particularly effective
talk against suffrage when a woman
stopped her.
"Miss Price," she said, "I want to
tell you how much 1 liked your speech
It was one of the best I ever heard."
"I am so glad you are with us," re-
sponded Miss Price, "and 1 hope you
will come to our other antisilffrage
Starting the Day Wrong.
There was gloom on the face of the
farmer.
"What's the matter, Elijah?" asked
his nearest neighbor. "Flapjacks given j meetings
out over to your house?" „oh „ * exclalmed
Worse n that," said Elijah. "You
know, 'twasn't apple year, and wife
says we can't have any more apple
pie for breakfast."
"Can't you make out if you have
apple pie noon and night?"
"I can, because I've got to," said
Elijah, "but, I tell you, it upsets me,
starting the day wrong like that."
COSTLY METHOD OF REVENGE
Procedure in Europe Reminded An-
drew Carnegie of a Somewhat
Humorous Incident.
Andrew Carnegie, in a recent inter-
view on peace, said to a New York
reporter:
"A lad of twenty killed a man and
woman in Sarajevo. All Europe is now
fighting to avenge this wrong. Eng-
land alone is spending $35,000 a min-
ute, according to Sidney Webb, on gun-
powder.
"Well, this is such an expensive way
to avenge a wrong that it remind me
of the man at the banquet.
"A man entered the cloakroom, at
the end of a banquet, and began to
smash in silk hat after silk hat.
" 'Hold on, boss! What fo' yo'smash-
in' all dem high hats?' demanded the
attendant.
" 'I'm looking for my own," the gen-
tleman answered. 'It's an opera hat—
collapsible, you know. None of these
seem to bo it.' "
Canadian Goverment Aj?pnt.
iuSUCSMSSSkXEKH
ment Agent.
ttMVWI M'PP-JTOf?
with and is an assured success, but it ability of the several designers.
i Pretty Theater and Dancing Caps
At the First Signs
Of falling hair get Cuticura. It
works wonders. Touch spots of dan-
druff and itching with Cuticura Oint-
ment, and follow next morning with a
hot shampoo of Cuticura Soap. This
at once arrests falling hair and pro-
motes hair growth. For free sample
each with 32-p. Skin Book, address
post card: Cuticura, Dept. X, Boston.
Sold everywhere.—Adv.
the astonished
woman, "I .thought that was a suffrage
meeting you spoke at."
Failures as Stepping Stones.
John Wanamaker, in a recent ad-
dress in Philadelphia, urged his audi-
ence to persevere.
"Every successful man," he said,
"has probably had more failures, far
more failures, than the nonentity has
had.
"Success, after all, is nothing more
than failure with a new coat of paint.''
The Drummer's Work.
"Are these moving pictures of the
war authentic?"
"Of course. All but the rumble of
artillery. That's imitated by the
drummer."
War Styles.
"Have you heard anything about
the fall fashions as yet?"
"Not as to how the gowns will be
made. I suppose the girls are bound
to wear cartridge belts, of course."
Seeking Worthy Objects.
"Dodsworth tells me that he is a
practical philanthropist."
"That's just what he is. Before of-
fering a dime to a beggar Dodsworth
asks him so many disagreeable ques-
tions that the poor devil is glad to es-
cape without the dime."
Inconsistent.
"The English are queer people."
"You think so?"
"Yes. In time of peace they treated
Tommy Atkins with contempt and
made him sore, and now in time of
war they treat him with so much good
liquor that they make him drunk."
The Best Liniment.
For falls on icy walks, sprains and !
bruises, rub on and rub in Hanford's j
Balsam of Myrrh. Apply this liniment
thoroughly and relief should quickly
follow. Adv.
The Test.
"Is he a good lawyer?"
"I should ry he is. He's acquitted
some of our most notorious crimi-
nals."
Quite Safe.
"What did that man want with you,
Renry ?"
"He was after my scalp."
"Goodness gracious!"
"Don't be frightened. He's only a
hair specialist."
Travesty on Real Falstaff.
Yarmouth has a claim upon all Eng-
lishmen quite independently of its as-
sociations with the breakfast bloater,
remarks a writer in St. Nicholas. For
it was the home of Shakespeare's Fal-
staff, who appears to have been a man
of exemplary piety. The Falstaffs
were an eld Yarmouth family.
"A Falstolfe or Falstaff," writes
John Richard Green, "was bailiff of
Yarmouth in 1281. Another is among
the first of its representatives in par-
liament, and from that the members
of that family filled the highest mu-
nicipal offices. John Falstolfe, a man
of considerable account in the town,
purchased lands at the close of the
fourteenth century in Caistor, and be-
came the father of Sir John Falstolfe,
who, after a distinguished military ca-
reer, was luckless enough to Give his
name to Shakespeare's famous char-
acter. In Yarmouth, however, he was
better known as a benefactor to the
great church of St. Nicholas.
Why Thomas Concurred.
Whack, whack, whack! Tommy was
undergoing a painful punishment at
the hands of his loving mother for eat-
ing the jam.
"Tommy," she said seriously, when
she was forced to pause, "this hurts
me far more than it does you."
And when Tommy was alone with
his brother he produced a square
board he had concealed, and thought,
fully murmured:
"I thought all along that bit of wood
wouldn't do her any good!"
Distorted Vegetarianism.
"So long as you find the cost of II**
ing high," said the friendly adviser,
"why don't you and your husband bo-
come vegetarians?"
"What do you mean?" asked th«
worried-looking woman.
"Why, eat only vegetable prod-
ucts."
"Couldn't think of it. What I'm try-
in' to do now is to persuade John to
take to beefsteak and quit tryin' to
live on liquor and tobacco."
His Only Possession.
A1 Rogers was traveling through a
lonely section in the suburbs of Bos-
ton one night, a short while ago, when
! he
Walking Graveyards.
Some of the Indian princes have
given over two million dollars apiece
to Bfitain for the war. Beside such
gifts, the gifts of London business
millionaires seem small.
"In fact," said James Douglas, in an
interview, "in fact, the gifts of the
nizam of Hyderabad and the mahara-
jah of Mysore and the gaekwar of Ba-
was startled by hearing this pita-
ous appeal:
"Will the kind geutleman please
help a poor unfortunate man? I—"
At this point A1 felt to locate Ilia
watch. The other continued:
"1 have nothin' in the world but this
loaded revolver."
Signs of War.
So many of our busy burghers are
standing in front of the war maps,
arguing and declaiming, that dozens
of safes and pianos are being hoisted
into high buildings with almost no-
body to observe the phenomenon.
And on Broadway a man repaired a
tire to a gallery of four boys.—New
York Tribune.
The Peeling Kind.
"Mamma," said a little boy, "the
place where I got stung last Sunday
down at Uncle Jim's is all peeling
off."
Brother Bruce took a iook at the
injury.
"That's so," he grinned, "I guess
you must have been stung by a husk-
ing bee."
Upsetting His Theory.
"The heavy explosions of a battle
it
oda gi.ve our Englisk merchant always cause rain It rained after Wa-
princes, who owe England so much
more, a look of avarice; and you
know the definition of avarice.
"Avarice, like a graveyard, takes In
all it can get, and never gives any-
thing back."
*0 MANY lovely caps and soft bon-
nets are in evidence on the heads
of those fair ladies who dance and
those who lend their attractive pres-
ence to the audiences of the theater,
that one wonders if they have reached
the zenith of their popularity. Let
us hope they may remain there and
not show signs of decline so long as
the winter is with us—and longer.
Two of the newest models are
shown here. At the left is an opera
bonnet made of gayly flowered chiffon
edged with natural marabout. The
bonnet is shaped by reeds run through
Bhirrtgs in the material, and fastens
with wide ties of the chiffon edged
with the marabout. When thrown
back off the head it collapses and
forms a pretty neckpiece, with much
the effect of a scarf, about the neck
and shoulders. The collap a comes
of the reeds falling together, forming
the chiffon between them into puffs.
There is a narrow plaited ruehing
about the face, made of satin that
barely peeps out from tlie feathery
marabout band, but adds just the re-
quired finish to the bonnet.
The lovely little cap of gold gauzo
may be used either for the theater or
the dancing party. It is patterned aft-
er the Dutch bonnet, w'hich is now
triumphing as the preferred style, and
Is supported by a narrow wired hand
about the head and a wired edge. It
is finished with a narrow band of gold
and silk embroidery and a half wreath
of little chiffon and silk roses.
These little caps are the most en-
gaging little things! There is a sort
of witchery in them and they are an
almost indispensable part of the ward-
robe for this season. The dancing
girl ought to provide herself with sev-
eral of them, for they are made of
small pieces of all sorts of gay and
glittering fabrics and allow them-
selves all sorts of pretty flowers and
ornament adornments.
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
A New Veil.
A veil has been brought out which
is supposed to improve the complexion
in a pronounced degree—a chalk-white
tulle veil, worked with blue threads,
the spots far apart and irregular.
Ivory white tulle with spots of black
chenille is also improving to the com-
plexion for a young woman and ou«
who lias just passed her first you'.h.
A Woman's Way.
"Your doom is sealed," cried
villain.
"Ha!" laughed the heroine defiant-
ly. "1 guess I can steam it open."
The View.
"There is a story in that face!"
"You must be seeing it out of the
tale of your eye."
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of | replied Jonei-
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
Bears the
Signature of
In Use For Over 30 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
cuuaren, ana Bee that 1
Poor Burglar.
"A burglar got into my bouse about
three o'clock this morning when I was
on my way home from the club," said
Jones.
"Did he get anything?" asked
Brown.
"I should say he did get something,"
The poor devil is in
the hospital. My wife thought it was
me."—Cincinnati Enquirer.
terloo; it rained after Fonteuoy;
rained after Marathon."
"But Marathon was fought with
spears and arrows, my dear."
"There you go. Always throwing
cold water on anything I have to say."
Cause Removed.
"Did you notice how few Sunday
school picnics there wc/e this sear
son?"
"I did in a way."
"How in a way?"
"I did remark how little rain we
had."
Conscientious.
"He's one of the most conscientious
men I know."
"So?"
"Yes. He always says Give me a
match, please,' instead of 'Lend me a
match.' "—Detroit Free Press.
His Favorite Role.
"Dubson entertained some friends
at dinner last evening."
Beautiful, clear white clothes delight
the laundress who uses Red Cross Hall
Blue. All grocers. Adv.
Many a man is so constituted that
he makes friends with every one ex-
cept himself.
If you have nothing to worry about
ask your wife; she can always supply
you with a becaust
KM K OWN WILL TFI.I. YOI7
"lry Murine Ky c ltruu'dy for lt.fl VVi ah \V
nd Granulated Kyclid
t Kve comfort.
Murine hive tiemcdy Lo. Uik
pi i rv losses surely prevotei
DLA vsi !,y c""?r'" n|ack, « Pi"'- lo -
i, fresh, rcliablo; preferred hs
Western stockmen, tecau.w *ho
protect 'Yhero other vacjfnri faiL
Write for booklet and testimonials.
10-dow okgn. Blacklrg Pills $1,011
50-tlosc pkge. Blackleg PH|$ 4.no
any injector, hut Cutter's l**8t.
The superiority of Cutter products in due to
r specializing in vacciiics and serums only,
insist on Cutter s. If uiioh'alnalile, order dln-ct
Too Cutter Laboratory, Berkeley, Ca!.. or Chicaa®, (ifr
Marble to Regain.
Knicker—Jones lias a remarkable
memoi*}
Rocker—Wonderful; he remembers
a winter that wasn't just like this.
Had Debts of His 0\*.n.
Nodd Here s a list of European
war debts. Don't they stagger you
Todd—Well, they might, old ma
but I've just been looking over my
monthly accounts.—Life.
FOR OLD AMD YOUNG
hew of the men who are willing to
| give you a recommendation would give
rutt s Liver I'ills act as kindly on the child
the delicate ftnuile or in I irm old age, uuoa
Start the year by getting Hanford's
Balsam. You will lind frequent use
for it. Adv.
you a job.
For any cut use Hanford
sam. Adv
For sore feet rub on Hanford's Bal-
sam. Adv
A girl refuses to let a man kiss her
because she knows that he will do it
anyway
(five tone and strength to the weuk stomab
bowels, kidncyu and bladder.
Good wine needs no bush, and a
gold brick needs no hodearriet
Many a man who boasts of his blue
blood has a streak of yellow
W. N. U., Oklahoma City, No. 52-1914.
Becauseof those ugly, grizzly, gray hairs. Use "LA CREOLE" HAIIi DRESSING. PRICE, SI.OO, retail.
Smile, smile, beautiful clear white
clothes. Red Cross liall Blue, American
made, therefore best. All grocers. Adv.
Experience is a good investment
only when you don't pay more for it
than it is worth.
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