Coweta Times. (Coweta, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 20, 1911 Page: 4 of 12
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For Little Misses
HOME
NURSING
By EDITH B LOWRY
Bachelor of Science Cradnate Nurse
Physician and Surgeon
Formerly Superintendent of Jefferson Park
and SmilhChicafO Hospitals and Training
Schools for Nurses An tlioi of "Conbdeucni
—A Book for Youug Girls"
I HE manager of every up-to-date cafe is a diplomat He has
to be Otherwise he could not fill the position satisfactorily
He has to know people and how to deal with all classes includ-
ing his waiters He must never forget the face of anyone to
whom he has spoken but because he docs not forget he must
not think — nor does he — that all those whom he remembers
care to have him speak Here iB where his diplomacy comes
mostly into play
There is the man fond of display who comes into the res-
taurant with a party of friends He enters with the air of
nothing less than a proprietor addresses the waiter condescendingly by
what may or may not happen to be his Christian name and looks around
with an inflated and "Well well I’m here and-it’s-time-for-somebody-else-to-notice-me”
expression
The manager if he is the man for the place comes up just at this
juncture He bows at just the correct angle and murmurs a respectful
greeting followed by earnest remarks on the following order :
“Is everything all right? The waiter is attending properly to you
I trust? How’s the steak ? I’m glad If there is any difficulty about any-
thing or you are not perfectly suited Mr So-and-So I will esteem it a
favor if you will send for me”
Another man comes ifi who while not a particular friend of the man-
ager still is well known to him This man is with a woman the manager
never has seen before Slowly the manager passes the table his mobile
face a blank but ready to break into pleased recognition at a moment’s
notice His practiced eye moves without seeming to move over the faces
of the two at the table and ho continues his walk his face still a blank
for he has seen that the man for some reason or other does not care to be
recognized
The urbane and carefully groomed man who treads his allotted aisles
in the department stores also is a diplomat His manner runs the gamut
from boss to society man With the employees his manner is terse and
businesslike to the extreme yet if he is wise modified by kindness for
it never pays to be unpopular and no one knows this better than the floor-
walker With the patrons of the store he is obsequious noncommittal or qui-
etly helpful — it all depends on whom he is dealing with
The loan shark is a diplomat Meeting him in his office for the first
time one wonders how in the world anybody could have been so unkind
as to have applied the word “shark” to him The impression one gets is
of a kindly gentleman greatly wronged He tells you that he has been
He says:
“We are greatly maligned We are assaulted by those who have not
played square with us We have entered into bargains with people who
have had no intention of keeping their compact with us When we insist
then they raise their cry of ‘Shark 1 Shark !’ never taking into considera-
tion the fact that they knew what they were doing that they were of sane
mind and clear understanding when they walked into our office the first
time and begged us to aid them”
He looks at you with sad eyes You only meant to borrow $10 but
le is such si reliable appearing individual and you really need more Be-
lides you want to show him that you believe in him and so you bor-
row fifty
All successful newspaper men are diplomats Usually every story
in your daily paper represents a stroke of diplomacy
Otherwise the news could not have been procured The
story that appears in cold black print is a story with-
in a story and oftentimes the story of how the story
was procured is of much more interest than the article
in the paper
The newspaper man is detective brother father
friend — anything or everything — because he is a diplo-
mat in the most subtle meaning of the word
to
gowns are becoming
more and more immodest As a matter of
fact I think that most of the fashions of
today are but modified copies of an older
period Almost all of the present styles
are named after styles in vogue during the
reign of Louis XV
That we are not exaggerating them
to the degree that the women of that period
did shows that women are gradually grow-
ing more sensible
The style of the figure has changed
for one thing The tiny waist is no longer
an essential and the excessively low necks which were worn on the streets
are no longer worn at all
We may seemingly be becoming more immodest just as a reaction
from the costumes which have been worn previously but in reality the
fashion of dress is just following the natural law of evolution which it
has since the history of dress began
Superintendent Rogers of the Chicago
municipal lodging house says the baths go
begging that tramps avoid water and he
cannot explain the reason He declares
that men will wait until the beds are full
rather than be forced under a shower
g For those who know it would be easy
UO to show the cause of trampdom’s aversion
to cleanliness “Mankind is the product
of environment” and “Life is a struggle”
These proverbs explain the tvhole story
A struggle is going on all the time with
“micro-organisms” (living dirt) which is
antagonistic to human life and achieve-
ments opposed to the forces within mankind Cleanliness real thorough
cleanliness is the one thing needed to remove the majority of bacilli an-
tagonistic to mankind and thereby encourage the defenders of the body
to fight on and do something worth while v
Those who do not realize the fact that the closest surroundings — the
kin clothing home — must be kept free from antagonistic forces by real
cleanliness will sink lower and lower
Progressive civilisation will enforce modern thorough cleanliness the
tnd which comes nearer to “godliness’ than the tramp does
It is somewhat of an
say that women’s
LACY braids embroidered batiste
and mull nets laces hair braids
and silk go to make up the ma-
jority ot hats tor young girls and
smaller misses The shapes are more
soft and bonnet like than ever and
narrow side plaltlngs of sheer fabrics
and lace are more favored than ever
Cascades of plaited ruffles fall about
and over considerable of the face
Soft pufTed crowns look like quaint old-
time Ideas revived for youthful wear-
ers When the baby girl graduates from
the regulation baby bonnet she will j
don a bonnet-like hat or a bonnet '
made on a light wire frame quite elab-
orately trimmed with ribbons and lace
and small flowers Ribbons have al-
ways been the favorite trimming for
children’s millinery This spring sea-
son it Is to be used In greater abun-
dance than ever Small roses tiny
rose foliage and other little flowers
like the forget-me-not and valley-lily
the cow-slip and tiny daisy continue
to reign as favorites for children
There Is a little round hat made by
shirring a large circle of silk ’or em-
broidered batiste or other sheer fa-
brics i on feather-bone Four rows of
shirrlngs form the up-turned brim and
the crown is Just a puff of the mate-
rial This little cap Is finished with a
big rosette made of wide ribbon
shirred A variation of this model has
a silk crown and brim of point de
esprit It Is a highly successful nov-
elty The regular plain bonnet Is In high
favor and numbers of little hats are
simply diminutives of the simple
Bhapes worn by grown-ups They are
simply trimmed with ribbon
Fig 1 shows a pretty model of thin
silk and lace Tuscan braid The light
wire shape Is faced with silk and
bound with braid A soft tan crown
of silk makes a foundation for the
PRETTY BLOUSE
Any one who likes to feel their
throats free will be pleased with this
blouse which Is cut In rather a low
iquare The material Is arranged in
tucks across front that are stitched to
the bust at the back there are three
tucks each side
The square Is outlined with embroid-
ery that Is continued down the wrap
over right front The sleeves are
trimmed with a point of embroidery
and are gathered Into wrist-bands
covered with the same
Materials required: 2 yards 28
Inches wide 2 yards embroidery
Effective New Work
An easy combination of materials
(hat Is being utilized for table covers
lamp mats magazines and book covers
ind sofa pillows Is burlap with cut
leather
The design Is cut from the leather
either suede or the soft glazed vari-
eties then Is stitched to the burlap
background which shows a contrast-
ing color
Sometimes velvet Is used Instead of
the leather especially In sofa pillows
and often along the line of stitching
are sewn small brass or metal beads
to look like tiny nails
What French Bride Are Wearing
French brides have taken to wear'
Ing bridal dresses of mallnes or tulle
In combination with Brussels lace
Bounces and voluminous enveloping
ill are also of the mallne or tulla
large circle of lace Tuscan which Is
posed over brim and crown Ribbon
wide and soft Is laced through the
braid and tied In a two-looped bow
with hanging ends at the back It is
a model which may be worn by chil-
dren from four to fourteen years old
A pretty model for an older girl Is
shown in Fig 2 The wire frame In
this Is covered first with chiffon
which is shirred for the facing The
hat Is covered with row after row of
side plaited lace on top of the crown
and about the brim At the side crown
the plaited lace Is omitted and little
stalks of lily-of-the-valley are set
plainly over the chiffon
A sash of wide soft ribbon finished
with an Immense bow at the back
makes a complete finish for the hat
But a bunch of cow-slips or other
small flowers may be added at the
front as shown In the picture
JULIA BOTTOMLEY
DUTCH COLLAR AND CUFFS
Dainty Frills That Are Designed to
Lighten Up a Dark Cos-
tume The girl who likes to lighten a dark
costume with dainty frills should
make herself one of the sets of round-
ing Dutch collar and cuffs in plaited
lawn
The frills are made of fine white
lawn or dotted muslin and are cut
three and a half Inches wide for the
collar and two inches for the cuffs
Mark the edge In a tiny scallop
with a spool of two hundred cotton
and buttonhole In white or colored
mercerized cotton in a shallow line
When finished sew Into eighth of an
Inch side plaits and sew into narrow
band the right length to fit around
wrist and neck The frill falls softly
from the band or In the sleeves may
be Inverted and turned back being
caught at one side with a lace pin
Instead of arranging In plaits
which are hard to iron the frills may
be run In thread tucks to give the
fullness This model Is good for high
turnover effects and for the Dutch
collar For the latter the strip should
be made narrower at the ends than
In the middle
Surah Silks Again
Surah twill silk In solid color Is a
material which Is claiming much favor
being used by the best model houses
In Paris for making tailored suits and
three-piece costumes This new surah
has a high luster surface and is used
In exactly the same manner as satins
have been so freely employed recently
Surah Is especially well adapted for
summer use In America It Is durable
sufficiently diessy for a handsome suit’
Is light weight and therefore com-
fortable for summer use in many parts
of the United States More than this
domestic silk mills are equipped to pro’
duce surah silks
Black Velvet Bags
Black velvet bags are supplanting
the gold mesh purses long so dear to
the heart of every woman These new
bags are of thick velvet and are framed
In gold or silver They are In many
shapes but all are suspended from the
arm by heavy silken cords and tassels
very long so that tbe bag drops almost
to tbe knees Some of the new bags
are elaborately beaded but generally
tbe fabric Is so fine In quality tbat it
needs no other embellishment than Us
own elegance
Disorders of Children
Diarrhoea Is a disorder very com-
mon among children during tbe au-
tumn months It Is attended by a
high death rate especially with chil-
dren under two years of age
The cause Is usually improper feed-
ing The common practise smong
certain classes of people of feeding
young babies various articles of food
Is very unwise Up to the age of
nine months a baby needs nothing but
milk and Is able to digest very little
else Yet how often we see people
feeding babies coffee potatoes meat
and even things that are hard for a
grown person to digest! Babies fed
entirely upon milk often become sick
because proper attention has not been
given to the care of tbe milk and bot-
tles Cleanliness is certainly a neces-
sity here With older children the
diarrhoea Ig often caused by eating
unripe or over-ripe fruit or vegetables
The symptoms are an increased
number of bcwel movements attend-
ed by griping pains in tbe abdomen
They sometimes are accompanied by
vomiting headache and fever
The treatment Is first to stop all
food and clean out tbe Intestinal
tract This can be done by giving an
enema or injection of warm water or
by giving a dose of castor oil Some
people are unable to understand why
this should be done when there al-
ready 1 have been numerous bowel
movements Tbe diarrhoea Is caused
by some food that Is remaining in the
Intestine and setting up an Irritation
Tbe Irritating material must be re-
moved before we can overcome the
diarrhoea and we do this by means
of an enema or dose of laxative The
child then should be kept quiet and
warm Heat applied to the feet and
abdomen often will relieve the pain
A little peppermint water may be
given to aid In expelling the gases
but nothing else should be given ex-
cept on the advice of a physician
Paregoric and various pain relievers
should not be given as they may be
very Injurious Many deaths are at-
tributed to various soothing syrups
which contain harmful drugs After
the attack Is over care should be taken
with the diet At first give only a lit-
tle rice water or barley water
In young babies colic and diarrhoea
often are caused by giving sugar In
various forms A tiny baby gets thirsty
the same as an older person Milk
does not quench (Ms thirst so It
should be give: - little warm water
several times a day Many mothers
are not content to let well enough
alone and put a little sugar In the wa-
ter This forms gas and causes colic
and diarrhoea In giving peppermint
water to young babips It Is not neces-
sary to add sugar Of course the pep-
permint water should be very weak
In the proportion of one or two drops
of the essence to a cup of warm wa-
ter The baby will take only about a
teaspoonful of this mixture In drojt
doses The majority of deaths from
summer diarrhoea might have been
prevented by a little care with the
’let
Poisoning From Food
During recent years an Increased
number of cases of serious Illness
have been traced to Infected or con-
taminated food It may be there were
as many cases in past years but
Hint for
THESE three Illustrations are Inter-
esting and useful to mothers In-
cluding as they do a coat and skirt
costume a school dress and a long
useful coat
The coat and skirt costume is car-
ried out In this model In pale gray
tweed and la made In a simple but
pretty style with gored skirt and a
double-breasted coat fastened tjth
tweed-covered buttons
Tbe school dress Is made of navy
blue serge with plaited bodies and
skirt cut all together and confined at
the waist by a black belt Tbe walct
their cause was not recognized At
any rate the Increased consumption
of canned meats and vegetables in-
creases tbe possibility of such condi-
tions Lack of rigid laws for the In-
spection of foods has permitted un-
scrupulous dealers to put on tbe mar-
ket foods not fit for consumption but
which on account of their cheapness
or attractive appearance have been
bought in large quantities by the poor-
er classes This desire to buy things
cheaply also causes people to purchase
partly decayed fruits and vegetables
In the warm weather too much
care cannot be exercised in the care-
of food material especially meat and
milk Many cases of poisoning are
traced to warmed-over meats which
had been kept too long or to careless-
ly kept chicken salad or contaminated
fish
Tbe symptoms of poisoning are
nausea and vomiting with sharp
griping intestinal pains Headache
chilliness and dizziness often are
present There also may be consider-
able fever
The treatment Is first to clean out
the Intestinal tract with a good laxa-
tive as castor oil or a one-tenth grain
of calomel taken every half hour for
ten doses followed an hour later with
a dose of epsom salts This must be
done even though the bowels have
moved several times for It Is neces-
sary that all the Irritating material be
gotten rid of The patient should be
kept warm heat being applied to the
feet and abdomen Hot drinks as
ginger tea tend to reduce the pain
and also provide the necessary stimu-
lation Never give “pain relievers”
except on the advice of a physician
as these are usually very depressing
to the heart and may be the “last
straw" more than the already de-
pressed heart can stand Do not delay
too long In sending for a physician
as Ihere Is danger of collapse and it
may be necessary to give powerful
stimulants to tide over the crisis
Poison Ivy
- early autumn when children roam
the woods they very frequently come
In contact with poison Ivy or poison
oak If the skin Is wet from rain or
perspiration one Is more liable to be
attacked The poison may be con-
veyed by wood cut In the vicinity of
the plant and handled by people who
have not actually been near the plant
It also may be conveyed from one per-
son to another by a bath towel or
brush
The first symptom noted Is sn In-
tense Itching then the skin reddens
and In a short time an eruption ap-
pears This eruption frequently comes
within an hour or two after contact
with the poison and sometimes not
for a couple of days Considerable
swelling of- the parts usually accom-
panies the eruptions which are vesicu-
lar — that is they look like tiny
hlistors In some cases the eruption
becomes pustular
The poison runs a course of about
two weeks allhough secondary erup-
tions may follow for several weeks
without fresh exposure
The treatment consists In relieving
the Itching by applying some cooling
lotion as lime water a solution of
baking soda or a mixture of lead wa-
ter and laudanum
(Copyright by W G Chapman)
Mothers
has a box plait In front which Is orna-
mented with two rows of small gilt
buttons The neck and sleeves arw
finished with white turn-over collar
and cuffs trimmed with feather stitch-
ing and lace
The coat Is of brown cheviot serge
made with stitched plaits on either
side both front and back and baa a
stitched belt which crosses In front
and fastens with one button Similar
buttons ornament the coaL Tbe turn-
over collar and cuffs are of plain
brown cloth All three will be found
highly aervlcable costumes
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Leftwich, Mark A. Coweta Times. (Coweta, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 20, 1911, newspaper, April 20, 1911; Coweta, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1743793/m1/4/?q=aRCHIVES: accessed June 5, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.