Garfield County Press. And Enid Wave-Democrat (Enid, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 24, 1911 Page: 3 of 8
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A WIRY LITTLE AMBASSADOR
Children's Hats
James Bryce, ambassador of Great
Britain to the United States, is one
of the youngest old men In official cir-
cles in Washington. He Is past 70,
and yet he Is as active, physically
and mentally, as though he were 20
years younger. In the winter when
other men go about with throats muf-
fled up and overcoats buttoned snug-
ly about them, Ambassador Bryce is
frequently seen walking briskly down
Connecticut avenue with no wrap out-
side his frock coat. Cold has no ter-
rors for him and he stands the heat
equally as well. Some time ago he
had an appointment with Secretary
Knox at the state department about
noon, and at that hour the thermome-
ter hovered about 100 and mounting
higher. But on the stroke of the hour
in bustled Mr. Bryce, looking cool as
a cucumber, ready for busine3 and
apparently not worriedjover the op-
pressive temperature that wilted peo-
ple generally. Mr. Bryce is just as
active mentally as he is physically and he is interested ir everything No
subject is too large or too small to attract his notice and in this manner ho
has collected a tremendous fund of information upon every conceivable topic.
Being somewhat of a geologist, he picks up rare specimens of stone on some of
his hikes or bicycle trips through the country, and when he finds one that
puzzles him, he forthwith sends it to the president, with the suggestion that
tire geological survey be asked to look at It and make an investigation. The
same thing is also likely to happen if he runs across a plant or tree that he is
unable to classify.
Nothing escapes the attention of this alert, active and Interesting diplo-
matist. He is by nature a student. Noted as an author and publicist, he
goes about learning things day by day in a practical and first hand manner
Probably England never had a more energetic representative at this capital
or one who showed as vital an interest in the country, the people and their
institutions.
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FASHIONS TO
IF DESIGNERS AND DRESSMAK-
ERS CAN DO IT.
^WILBUR P. NESB1T
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mm path
CHANGE m0dels 0f school dresses
BY JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
CHOSEN RULER OF THE ELKS
John P. Sullivan of New Orleans
was chosen grand exalted ruler of the
Order of Elks at Atlantic City, N. J.
He is a member of New Orleans
!o'dge No. 30. Shortly after he joined
*.he lodge he was elected esteemed lec-
turing knight While holding that of-
fice he gained the name of "Thanatop-
sis" Sullivan, because of his magnifi-
cent voice and his mode of delivering
Bryant's poem.
The third year of his membership
Sullivan wi s electea exalted ruler of
the lodge, and on the night of his in-
stallation he declared that it was his
ambition to get a new home for No.
30. There was not a dollar in the
exchequer and the membership was
about 7Q0. At the end o^ Sullivan's
second year as exalted ruler of the
lodge New Orleans lodge bad a home
that is second to none in the country,
and a membership in excess of 1,700.
Sullivan is a man of magnificent
physique, standing six feet three
inches In his stocking feet, and weighs 250. He was a West Point cadet,
but left the' military academy to study law. When the Spanish-American
war broke out, Sullivan, who was lieutenant colonel of the Washington FMeld
Artillery, volunteered with his command to go to the front. 1 When the war
was over he resumed his law practice at New Orleans.
No more will the Elk be compelled to ride the goat, climb a greased
pole, or do other stunts in connection with his initiation. The last important
action of the recent grand lodge convention was to abolish hazing in the
initiatory rites. This ends a fight waged for a decade by a constantly grow-
ing element in the organization, which contended that the horseplay deterred
many men from presenting themselves as members.
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SECRETARY TO KING GEORGE
Forty years in one job is not a bad
record, yet this can be claimed by
Ix)rd Knollys, King George's private
secretary, whose retirement is now
imminent. He began his duties with
the late king when Prince of Wales
and has been the secretary of his son
and successor. He originally int-end
ed to give up his arduous duties at the
death of the late king, and it was well
understood that he merely stayed on
in order to "train in" Sir Arthur
Pigge, upon whose shoulders the re
rponsibilities of the royal secretary
ship will now fall.
Such a post requires not only hard
work, but a keen knowledge of the
world, combined with tact, judgment,
decision and memory. It has been
said of Lord Knollys that no one could
hope to undertake his task with a
tithe of the success which now at
laches to it.
The royal correspondence alone
would frighten the average man.
About 500 letters a day are addressed to the king, and the majority of these
are attended to by I^ord Knollys, assisted by the under secretaries. No cor-
respondence is more varied than that received by the king. It is a peculiar-
ity of the English court that no matter on what subject you address the oc-
cupant of the throne, you almost invariably get a reply.
However, Lord Knollys Is far from being merely a letter-writing ma-
chine, for this constitutes quite a small part of his work. He has to keep
the king informed of all the engagements, to arrange his journeys, to keep
him posted in all that is going on In the outer world, and to have at his
finger ends the important news of the day.
Apart from his secretarial duties Lord Knollys was an Intimate personal
friend of the late kingt and perhaps no one appreciated the dead monarch's
real generosity and kindness of heart as did his private secretary.
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NOTHING was ever quite so alto-
gether "fit" and good for daily
wear as the pretty little ruf-
fled and starched sun-bonnets which
' the grandmothers of today wore in
their childhood. Made of washable
ginghams and chambrays, more or
less ruffled and embroidered, they
' constituted a part of every girl's
wardrobe. An assortment of two or
three did service for a summer, were
consigned to the tub when soiled and
I emerging from their laundering fresh,
delightful and as good as new.
But for some reason, or lack of rea-
son, people of the towns and cities
gradually discarded the sunbonnet and
I substituted for it straw hats, more or
less practical. Recently favor has
started back to the washable article
and as a compromise the washable
hat has been steadily growing in
I popularity.
In the meantime childrens' hats for
daily wear are made of a number of
durable straws In the lovely natural
straw colors, in white and in all
colors. The best-liked, with very
1 good reasons, are the rough glace
straws in natural color. These stand
a vast amount of wear and a certain
amount of rough handling.
There are Milans for those who are
willing to pay the price, the coarse
to clean the straw hat
Mixture That Will Restore Natural
Color After the Sun Has Bleached
Head Covering.
To restorp the natural straw color
of a hat, clean with a paste of lemon
lulce and sulphur and cream of tar-
tar. First brush the hat thoroughly
with this mixture and then rinse off
with clean water and press. Sailor
hats are beautifully cleaned in this
way. Wash white straw with oxalic
scid which has been diluted with wa-
ter. A leghorn hat can be- cleaned
with water or acid-dampened corn-
meal. Brush tt lightly and place It
over burning sulphur to bleach the
straw. The sulphur may be burned in
a can in the bottom of a barrel and
the hat may be suspended at the top.
where it will not scorch. One can
freshen a colored straw hat with dyes
or water color paints diluted in gaso-
line. If properly applied to a hat.
these dyes will give the desired color, i
When a hat cannot be given its orig-
inal color, It can be dyed black, and j
black is always ■ practical.
If your black hat is a little worse
for wear and the crown has become
somewhat loppy through acquaintance
with the spring rains, renovate It by
dampening the crown with a cloth
moistened with water and th--n press
it dry with a warm iron. Cover the
crown with li'acs, with a pink rose
peeping out every now and then. The
efTect is very artistic, and this meth-
od of trimming is fashionable as well
as handy in concealing the limp side
crown.
MILLIONAIRE'S WIFE BROKE
Mrs. Theodore Perry Shonts, moth-
er of a duchess and wife of an Ameri-
can millionaire, recently found herself
in Paris unable to leave her apart-
ment. which she must vacate at once,
according to the lease, on account of
not having money to pay the usual
charges made when a tenant quits.
Mrs. Shonts rented an apartment on
the Avenue Hoche several years ago
at an annual rental of $3,500, exclusive
cf taxes and other charges which
would run the figures much higher.
Obeying an urgent, imperative sum-
mons from her huf-band to return to
America, she gave notice that she
would not renew the lease when the
time expired.
The difficulty with her husband
caused him to stop sending the ueual
remittances and when a bill for $400
was presented by the landlord to pay
for damages done to the apartment
during the term of the lease. Mrs.
Shonts found herHelf without money
and unable to pay the amount. H. O. Archibald, her attorney, taking com
passion upon Mrs. Shonts in her predicament, advanced the necessary money
and drew on Theodore Shonts to reimburse himself. Ills draft was returned
unpaid, with the notation by Shonts that he sent money to his family wher
he wished, and "did not want any Interference from outside parties."
For some time the Shonts have been estranged, due, If Is alleged, to Mr*.
Shonts' desire to mix with European nobility and to live abroad Since If be-
came known that Mr. Shonts bad stopped supplying his wife with means It
was rumored that she had liww*4iiiu*d I* tnr dlvoico. Mn
"mountain leghorns" for those that
are looking for cheaper hats and great
numbers of canvas weaves, pretty and
inexpensive, that will last out the
season with some care.
The rough straws are trimmed with
ribbon or silk arranged in the sim-
plest of drapes and rosettes. Milans
are finished with velvet ribbon as a
rule and the canvas hats or those of
smoothly woven straw are finished
with a plain fold of silk or band of
narrow ribbon about the crown and
a rosette of fancy silk or straw braid
at the side. A pretty quill or two ia
often added.
In all of these hats the crowns are
large enough to fit quite comfortable
on the head. Brims nearly all droop,
even though there be an upward roll
toward the brim-edge. They are kept
on the head by an elastic band which
passes under the hair.
Flowers or any fragile trimmings
are out of place on such hats. Only
the simplest and most durable of
decorations are to be considered. Ex-
cellent examples of such millinery are
pictured here, but (with apologies to
milliners and to manufacturers), they
do not equal the dear, old-fashioned
sun-bonnet in adaptation to their use
nor even in charm. Nevertheless they
are attractive and good.
tunic for small boy
The Hem of a Skirt.
A skirt may be finished In much the
same manner as a man's trousers, if
the binding braid be stitched in the
bottom in the usual way. Put 'n a
strip of mending tissue the width of
the braid when turning It up to baste
and press with a hot Iron.
The braid should be fastened at
each seam and the efTect will be by
far neater than that obtained by the
old method.
Lace Mitts Are Worn.
Lace mitts continue to be kept at
glove counters and to find buyers
They range In price from a dollar or
so to almost anything, according to
quality of the lace. And It Is the high-
est priced ones that are taking with
the shoppers. The mitts are worn on
hot nights for dinners and for dances
and they nre sometimes seen in fash-
ionable afternoon turnouts with rich
costumes Mitts never go quite out
of use, though little Is seen of them
on the city Btreet and in public places.
Still, the woman who would have her
hands comfortable and at the same
time make a pretense of covering
them can always resort to mitts.
Encouraging HI* Appetite.
When I have any difficulty in get-
ting my boy of three and a half years
tc eat his lood at the table we sturt a
dittle game We name each bite (or a
member of the family or for a little
I playmate or some place he has boon,
j and It Is surprising what an amount
What Is to Come la Hard to Pre-
dict—Present Styles Are Popular
With Wearers, at Least—Re-
vival of Taffeta.
The Paris season has run its gay
course, windlug up in the *hirl of its
great week"; In London the corona-
tion and its attendant social functions
are past, and on this side of the wa-
ter broiling hot weather has brought
forth all the midsummer chiffons and
set things humming at the various
summer resorts.
For the folk vitally interested In
the modes the last word has been Bald
regarding summer fashions, aud al-
ready they are concerned with the
1 early Paris openings and projected
novelties for the autumn, yet they
study the summer frocks closely, for
in the latest of these lie hints of au-
tumn probabilities, and if one Is buy-
er or designer or maker one must not
be caught napping.
Nothing Is certain concerning rad-
ical changes. The prophet who says
otherwise Is bluffing, but it seems like-
ly that those leaders in the dress
making world who have most to do
with launching new modes will make
a desperate effort to effect very con-
siderable changes this fall.
The prosperity of the trade demands
i it. It has been possible for several
seasons past for a woman to wear an
old frock without appearing actually
out of the fashion, and that Is a thing
painful to manufacturers, merchants
and dressmakers. Something really
must be done to relegate all last win
ter's frocks to outer darkness, and
the only effective way of accomplish-
ing this is to bring about a decided
; change in the silhouette. Mere change
of detail will not be enough.
But this change of silhouette can-
not be brought about too abruptly.
The women who wear the clothes do
have something to say about them,
and the women have clung rather
| tenaciously to the straight, narrow
silhouette, with Its scant skirt and
simple bodice and close clipped
shoulders and high waist line.
To win them from their allegiance
will be a work of diplomacy and the
designers have been experimenting
gently for some months past. Here
and there one has seen a skirt with a
trifle more amplitude than the major-
ity. a noticeably smart frock with
natural waist line defined. Flounces
and plaitings have crept Into uBe,
though so flat and limp are they that
they do not seem aggressive.
The Marie Antoinette fichu has been
used upon the narrow, scant, high-
waisted models of 1911, but perhaps
It may be an entering wedge for the
long waist and skirt amplitude of Its
own period. The revival of taffeta and
the trimmings of the early Victorian
period—ruchlngs, shirred cords, puf-
fing, etc.—may be another opening
wedge, though now all this is set in
tune with the silhouette of last spring
It will be Interesting to Bee the re-
sults, but for the moment the modes
are amusingly eclectic, and where ul-
tra-smart folk congregate one is likely
to see frocks hinting at many periods,
though the majority, as has been said
before, show a uniformity In general
plan that Is a trifle monotonous, even
though one may approve the plan.
Designed for Girls of from Ten to
Twelve Years of Age—May Be
Made in Many Materials.
Pale blue cambric with a darker
blue stripe Is used for our model,
which is simply made with a panel
taken down back and front; on this
Sm
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This useful little garment can be
made in many different materials,
such as zephyr, linen or serge; It is
cut Magyar and has buttons sewn
down front, some of these form fas-
tening, others just trimming; striped
material Is used for the collar, cuffs,
waistband, and to edge skirt.
Materials required: 1^ yard 40
Inches wide, % yard striped material.
An Idea for Packing.
As you pack your bag or suitcase
keep an account of the articles you
take with you. This will help you in
many ways '
When you start for home you will
know whether or not you have lost or
mislaid anything
And should the baggage miscarry or
get lost or damaged in any way a list
of your belongings will be most help
ful In settling matters
But don't, when you have made It,
do as one girl did—pack it away in
the trunk.
Concerning Skirts.
Skirts are being made slightly full-
er than they wpre In the early part of
the season, but they are still cut with
the long slim lines which will prevail
during the fall season.
The popularity of the panel hack
and front still holds The newest skirts
have plaits inset at the sides to give
the desired fullness.
The raised waist line with an IriBlde
belt to keep it firmly In place is a fea-
ture on the modish models.
Senarate skirts are strictly tailored,
and those that do not show the panel
effectl are either cut perfectly plain,
trimmed only with stitching or have a
simulated tunic effect obtained by the
use of blue bands.
novelty in millinery
For Mending Enamelware.
To mend a hole which has bee
made in an enamel pan the following
Is very effective: Take equal parts
Kitted coal aud sifted table salt, mix
ogether and pack into the hole. Place
the pan on the stove with a little wa-
ter Id tt until the cement hardens It
Petit chapeau. Louis XV., In leghorn,
with nattier blue velvet ribbon and
cluster of wild flowers.
some ideas of real value
Charming Effects Produced by Appar-
ently Small Touches That Are
Useful.
The linen laces—and there are a
ureat many of them masquerading un
tier various names—are ofteu seen on
flowered fabrics, where they show up
to better advantage than those of
liner texture.
j Some charming effevts have been
attaloed on gowns this season by the
use of silk and "lacy" braids in soft
tapestry colorings. They produce the
most delightful results when arranged
to represent clusters and sprigs of
flowers and long trails of foliage
Some of these floral decorations have
| quite the appearance of carved Ivory,
I delicately tinted
j For the evening there ore many
; novelties In headdresses Very lovely
| is a lattice of network, studded with
I jet, mock jewels or small beads, deco-
I rated ou oue side wlih a large white
aiui eite
the stripes are cut to run horizontal-
ly, on other parts they run down.
A collar of white lawn hemstitched
with blue Is worn; It is cut with one
point at back and two at front. A
belt of dark blue encircles the waist.
Material required: 4 yards 36 inches
wide.
Either cotton, linen or fine woolen
material can be UBed.
The bodice Is made with a box-
pleat down the crater of back and
front and three narrow tucks on each
sflnulder, stitched down about five
Inches Little yokes are arranged on
the shoulders, with rounded tabs cut
out in with them, where a button is
fc'wn.
The skirt has a box-pleat down front
and a deep added piece at foot, which
is set on with a wrapped seam.
Materials required: 3^4 yards 42
inches wide, % dozen buttons.
care of the dress shield
Use of Pins Something to Be Avoided
—Proper Way to Wash the
Articles.
Shields for sleeves of thin summer
gowns should be edged with a nar-
row valenclennes lace, or, still better,
covered with white lawn edged with
lace, or you may use shields with the
outside faced w 1th silk. As the shields
will show plainly through a thin gown,
it is well to give attention to the selec-
tion, choosing those of good quality
and light weight.
Instead of sewing or pinning shields
In a waist, sew a narrow piece of
tape or baby ribbon at each end of
the shield, and sew similar pieces at
the proper distance apart In the arm-
holes of all your waists. The shields
are quickly tied In place, they are eas-
ily changed In wash waists, and there
are no pins to rust or prick.
To wash shields, first place them In
cold water to soak. Perspiration can-
not be removed If they are first wash-
ed In warm water. Scrub them light-
press under a cloth.
A dress shield may be cut In half
and each half used as the lining for
the baby's bib Make a removable
cover of linen or lawn edged with
lace or embroidered.
Prominence of Side Frill.
Opinion seems to be unanimous as
to the prominence of the side frill or
jabot, says the Dry Goods Economist.
That Is the accessory on which French
women have concentrated attention.
Report has it that almost every well
dressed woman at tho French capital
wears a frill jabot In some form. Not
only are they seen on the coats of
taffeta or satin and wool serge or silk
serge suits, but on fancy lingerie
blouses and dresses as well. It is not
often that a piece of neckwear adapts
Itself to almost every style of toilette
that is fashionable. This fact 1b the
secret of the present popularity of the
side frill In Europe, and there is no
doubt that the vogue will be repeated
on this side.
For Shining Tinware.
There is no excuse for bavin*
dingy-looking or stained tinware
around the kitchen when you can pro-
duce the shine of newness on the old
est utensils by boiling them In water
to which has been added the ordinary
quantity of borax used in any of the
duties where this household lndls*
pensable does duty.
chenille in bright eolurs. These are
made after regular models In the
latest stylo, with diagonal stripes of
fancy knitting.
Ribbons and piece velvet are both
most generously used on hats of all
kinds, and It is thought by experts
that velvet, especially, will be strong
continuously for the next 12 months
in the millinery field.
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Ho, outward from the Land of Worka-
day
There leads a little path that winds and
winds
Where'er it may he fancying to stray
Until at last your longed-for goal It
finds.
A twilight path It Is. and yet nt noon
Anild tho city's endless rush and roar
You may fare forth upon that path, and
soon
Find solitude upon some distant shore.
It finds the I^and of the Fair Days that
were,
Whero reddest roses nod along the
street.
Whore drifting breezes Idly come and
bear
An Incense that Is faint, but honey-
sweet;
Where children's laughter echoes all the
dny
And songs aro sung, and no one wears
a frown-
Bo ever far and far and far away
The Drenm Path winds and wanders up
and down.
A smooth, broad path It Is. at times, and
then,
A narrow trail that hides among the
trees
And takes you back to be a boy again
In fields of grain that clings about your
knees;
It leads you by the willow-shaded
brook
Where one* you knelt to drink in Indi-
an sips.
And to tho briars till you find the nook
Where onre the blood of berries gaumed
your lips.
Bo do you foot that path these many
times.
And none may know what Journeys you
may take,
What songs sigh In your heart In halting
rhymes.
What visions of the past form, but to
break;
But outward from the Land of Worka-
day
It lures you In the night, the noon, the
dawn—
The Drenm Path that goes wandering
away.
Forever and forever on and on.
Scientific Salesmanship.
"How do you manage to sell so
many automobiles?" we ask of the
salesman who wears diamonds and a
silk hat and smokes 60-cent cigars.
"I don't mind telling you, If you
treat It confidentially," he says. "You
know most people judge a machine
by the speed it can make. Well,
there's a quiet little stretch of road
about ten miles out of the city. I
get the prospect to take a ride In the
machine I want him to buy. When
we reach that stretch of road I let
her out for all she's worth—generally
about 30 miles an hour. Pretty soon
my partner, disguised as a constable,
stops us, and asserts vehemently that
he has timed us and we were going
85 miles an hour. After some wrang-
ling I manage to buy him off, and on
the way home I close the deal with
the prospect."
Made an Impressoin.
"And you say," asks the husband,
"that Mrs. Blithers made the greatest
Impression on the audience when she
ipoke?"
"Yes," replied the wife, who has
been attending the convention of the
combined women's clubs for the amel-
ioration of something or other.
"What did she say?"
"O, nobody paid any attention to
that. But she wore a robin's breast
brown suit with applique of Pompeiian
red, and her hat was—"
But the husband bad buried himself
igain in his paper.
Wise Lawyer.
"So you found that the estate of
four late uncle was Intact?" asks the
friend of the heir.
"Yes. and It was not to be won-
Sered at My uncle was a lawyer,
md a good one, too."
"Drew up his own will, did ne?"
"Yes. He drew it up; then he went
Into court and broke It himself and
threw the fees back into hla estate."
Hats for Girls.
A pretty hat for a young girl lb
made In black fancy straw with a
high crown and trimmed on both sides
of the brim with old world rose pat-
terned ribbon. This hat Is also
adorned with clusters of tiny pink
roses and green leaves.
A very pretty hat in black straw, In
Umded for quite a tiny wearer, Is
lined under the brim with frills of
Ivory lace and trimmed round the
crown with wreaths of pink roses and
knots of ribbon, while another hat,
which Is entirely new, is covered
smoothly with black satin and ar-
ranged with a trimming of flowers and
Polyglot.
A dry goods house In Danville, 111.,
idvertlses special salespeople who
lpeak various languages, thus:
"Miss Jennie Vasaen speak* Bel-
gium. French and English.
"Miss Virginia Bouchez speaks
i flench, Belgium and English."
Any person who can speak Belgium
, nay easily become fluent in China,
j Hpaln, Italy, Missouri, Nyack, Green
| land and Evanston.
The Probability.
"Have you never gazed into the
(looming distance and rancied that
rou could hear the walls of a tortured
lOUl?"
"Maybe It Is merely some one try*
mg to repair his aui V
Had the Money.
"A highball, sir? Yes, sir. WUI
you have charged water, sir?"
"Charged? Well. I should say nit
Look here, gassong. I've got the good
old coin of the realm to pay fo" everf\
blooming thing 1 order."
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