The Republican=Record (Gage, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 2, 1915 Page: 3 of 8
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TIIE REPUBLICAN-RECORD CAGE OKLAHOMA
TONE IS MORE QUIET
RAIMENT LACKS BRIGHTNESS OF
OTHER YEARS
Parisian Milliners aa Well aa Thoaa
In America Are Agreed on That
Point— High Turban la Feature
of the Faahlona
The milliners In Paris and conse-
quently here are feeling the scarcity
of plumage aa their alstera the dress
makers are feeling the famine In new
cloths No European woman would
wear aigrettes today not from a sense
of belated tenderness toward the birds
wboae torture they countenanced as
did the Americans by making the al
grette fashionable and high-priced but
from a sense of sadness that expresses
itself In sober dressing To wear
Jewels gayly colored clothes aigrettes
flashing and conspicuous novelties
would be In the worst of taste Even
the gayest and most Irresponsible set
of women In Paris and Vienna would
not so offend public opinion it Is cer-
tain that such Influence must have its
weight on the feminine apparel In the
world
Therefore aigrettes are barred in
Europe also other high-priced plum
age The milliners have turned
simple effects as they have been do-
ing off and on for several years but
this season the simplicity is not ac-
companied by soaring prices There
Is moderation Whether or not Amer-
ica will follow their example no one
can tell but the milliners It Is prob
able that the same truly terrible valu-
ation will be put on French hats r
their copies with the explanation that
the war risk of getting them adds to
their monetary value If the expen-
sive plumage Is lacking and only rib-
bons or bows of satin prevail such as
the French are wearing now then It
will be difficult to demand a hundred
dollars for one hat as has been done
so often that the wealthy pay the
price without cavil
The very high turban by the way
appears in the new Paris millinery It
Is the kind that was exploited two
years ago and looks remarkably
strange in contrast with the flat
shapes we have accepted
The shapes are not exaggerated in
any of the fashionable hats They are
not even first cousins to those curious
things that wfere adopted by the smart-
ly dressed to their satisfaction and by
the badly dressed to their undoing
Tou remember the hats of yesterday
that needed the most skillful posing
and perfect colffing for their success?
How many unfortunates went down to
their sartorial deaths wearing those
shapes!
GOOD DESIGN FOR PIN TRAY
Will Keep the Small but Indispensable
Articles In Their Separate
Compartments
Here 1s a pretty little pin tray for
keeping pins of various kinds separate
from each other It is made from por
tions of three large-size match boxes
arranged In the diagram on the left of
the Illustration and fastened together
with patent fasteners run through the
sides of the boxes where they touch
each other The different compart-
- ments are loosely lined with soft silk
and the sides of the boxes are covered
EASILY MADE DRESSING CAPE
Most Useful Article May Be Con-
structed Quickly and Will Bs
Found of Value
A dressing cape Is a most useful
article to have when tidying one’s hair
or shampooing It saves a dressing-
jacket and can be simply put on when
there would not be time to don a more
elaborate affair This cape Is simply
made out of a small fine linen towel
fold tbe towel across In half And the
center and there cut out a circle large
enough to go round the neck The cir-
cle should be cut a little lower In front
than back
Fold the towel In two again length
wise and cut up the center of the
front half
The raw edges round the neck and
each side front opening should be
neatly hemmed then the neck and
down the front If liked trimmed
with a narrow edging of lace or
crochet and pretty ribbon can be
sewed on at the neck to tie In a bow
at the throat
A cape of this
description will
be found most
useful when
dressing the half
with the dress or
blouse already
on often there
are times when
it Is not conven-
ient to take them
off and the cape will save the dress
Tbe Idea Is not limited to towels
any piece of linen or print will do
equally well If made In the same way
U U not Intended to act aa a dressing
striped taffeta dress
The Dress Is of the Princess Style the
Waist and Skirt Being Cut In One
It le Shirred at the Waist and Hips
Ths Front Panel of the Dress la
Plain With a Vest of Light Blue
8atln Which Is Embroidered With
Gold Thread The Skirt Has a Cuff
Hem The Sleeves Are of Georgette
Crepe and Very Full A Little
Above the Elbow It le Shirred and
Below the Elbow at the Wrlet It Is
A-lso Shirred A Deep Plaited Ruf-
fle Finishes the Sleeve
with a frill of tbe same finished off
at tbe edge with a single row of
featber-stltcblng worked with pak
blue silk
The handle of the tray Is made with
two strands of wire twisted together
and fastened In position by means of
running the four ends of the wire lh
and out the sides of the boxes This
handle should of course be secured
In prior to covering the boxes with
the silk The wire is covered with
narrow ribbon twisting around and
around It until It la entirely hidden
The Eton Collar
As this Is a season of revivals It
Is qlute In order that the eton collar
should have a showing Unlike the
stiffly starched affairs that were origi-
nally given the name "eton” the new
models are of sheer organdie linen and
of unstarched pique With this type
of collar Is to be worn a Windsor tie
twisted Into a graceful knot The flat-
ness of the eton collar means a change
from the high stand-up neckwear that
Is still holding Its own
A Garden Apron
You may look most attractive In
your garden If you don a big flowered
cretonne apron topped by a floppy sun
hat to match Then when you kneel
to weed cleanlinesa Is Insured by a
kneeling pad" "A what?" you ask
A kneeling pad Is a flat cushion — cre-
tonne on the upper side table oilcloth
next to the ground with a filling of
some fiber between These pads splen-
didly protect milady’s gown
jacket but la a kind of emergency
garment and can be used at such
times when there Is not anything suit-
able to hand
When dressing the hair with any
wash It is wise to put a cape of this
kind over a dressing-jacket If one has
one on for often a little of the liquid
spills and is most likely to stain a
delicate material The cape washes
of course like a towel so that noth-
ing harms It for after a good boiling
it la as good as new again
Effective Beads
Yellow beads on a black cord oi
heads combining green gold and blue
tones on a dull blue cord are very ef-
fective as are amber and jet beads on
a yellow cord Pretty combinations
can be made and as they are not at
all expensive and can be made at
home one can possess a number of
them Some are finished with a silk
tassel while others are made from
small beads In tassel form ending at
the top with a large bead Quite new
are the long braided chains made of
flat silk cord using two contrasting
colors to each strand and braiding as
fiat aa possible Finish each end with
a tassel made by fringing the braid
The New Straw Hats
Straw hats for women this season
are attractive In light and shining
bamboo which is a new material for
bonnets and exceedingly comfortable
Tbe early popularity of the barnyard
straw bas waned rapidly and tbe old-
fashioned leghorn again Is In vogue
Leghorns however are stiffer than th
old-fashioned type and usually they
are dyed and shaped Into all the nee
models-
Mqmtional
StJWSClIOOL
Lesson
By O E SELLERS Acting Director ©f
the Sunday School Course ot the Moody
Libia Institute )
LESSON FOR SEPTEMBER 5
ELIJAH AND THE PROPHETS OF
BAAL
LESSON TEXT— I Kings 1810-39'
GOLDEN TEXT-Jehovah la far from
I the wicked but he hearelh the prayer of
tbe righteous Prov 1529 R V
Following the lesson of last week
we have (ch 18:1-16) the interesting
account of Ahab’s search for Elijah
and of the prophet’s meeting with Oba-
dlah Verses 5 and 6 suggest the se-
verity of the drought in the land
Ahab’s accusation “Art thou he that
troubleth Israel” Is replied to by Eli-
jah’s challenge regarding a contest be-
tween himself the representative of
Jehovah and the king’s prophets rep-
resenting Baal (vv 17-25) In accord
ance with the stipulations the prophets
of Baal accepted the challenge and
most miserably failed (vv 26-29) The
place of this dramatic contest was ML
Carmel (see map) and the time prob-
ably B C 906
I Elijah’s Preparation vv 30-33
On Carmel’s crown now swarms a count-
ies! throng
With one brave soul to stand for God
’Gainst millions In the wrong
—George L Taylor
Elijah gave the 450 prophets of Baa!
and the 400 priests of the groves (v
19) every advantage possible that he
might the more clearly unmask theii
error and make more signal their de-
feat Their frenzied cries and self-
injury continued fruitlessly until 3 : 0C
p m Then Elijah announces the de
tails which were to remove all possible
doubt as to whose champion he was oi
who Is to answer his petition (a) He
calls the people together (v 30) draw
ing them nigh to God and challenging
their undivided attention after the con-
fusion produced by the priests and
their consternation over their defeat
(b) He constructs the altar (vv
30-31) Any true and lasting reforma
tion must begin at the altars of God
Restore one in the heart the home
and church and there will return tc
all unity and strength Note Elijah’!
Insistence upon an undivided nation
as suggested by the “twelve stones’
While any lasting reformation musl
begin in the Individual heart still II
it Is true and genuine it will work It
self out in the nation "Israel shall be
thy name” The “prince that prevail!
with God” who had wrought for theii
fathers who answered Jacob’s prayer
is now about to answer Elijah Thli
altar was not constructed as a monu
ment to departed one nor for the or
namentatlon of the house of God II
was In God’s first cathedral and foi
his glory alone On this altar Elijal
placed his sacrifice
Again Israel is to prevail over lti
enemies this time those wTthln not
those from without (c) He coverec
the altar (vv 3334) e g poured wa
ter upon it to remove all possible ac
cusation of fraud or trickery Tht
trench “as great as would contain twe
measures of seed" (v 32) is equivalent
to six gallons Three times water was
taken from the spring still flowing
at this place and poured upon th
altar twelve jars In all again symbol
lzing the twelve tribes
II Elijah’s Prayer vv 3537 Tire
great prophet even could only secure
through prayer his desired blessing
though Its purpose was “that this peo
pie may know that thou Lord art God’
His prayer was: (a) Addressed tc
God (b) Grounded upon experience
that of “Abraham Isaac and Jacob’
(c) It was for one purpose the honoi
of that name (d) It was to sanction
his act in -calling forth the drought
upon Israel as a punishment for the
sins of princes priests and people
(e) It was founded upon the word ol
Jehovah to corroborate and to affirm
the works done “at thy word’ (f) II
was for the conversion of the people
that their hearts might be turned back
to Jehovah once more
Elijah the man of Rilth staked hie
all upon the Word of God he gave
himself up wholly to the plans and
purposes of God and relied explicitl
upon the covenant-keeping God
III God’s Power vv 38-40 We are
confident Elijah had never seen fire
fall and that he must have realized
the awful catastrophe Involved If 11
did not fall Yet he fearlessly makes
his plea and the fire fell It was nol
an accidental stroke of lightning God
the creator worked upon the laws ol
nature his servant and wrought con-
fusion to his enemies It would be a
strange God and father who could not
use his own laws and creation to pro-
duce a moral effect
The abundance of proof was that
not only the offering but tne watei
and the very stones of the altar were
consumed Risking all all is won
What we need everywhere Is men
who will follow in Elijah’s steps In
order that the fire of God may come
upon us There remained no longer
any doubt God is God Baal Is a sham
So they “fell on their faces” yet In
spite of the victories of God men to1
day refuse to render unto him like
obedieuce and worship
Compare In this connection the fire
of God's holy spirit which came upon
the apostles and belipvers at Pentecost
and the resultant convicting power
conducing the people of Jerusalem
that the crudCed Christ was the son
of God - !
WOE FILLS DUH
Town Mourns Passing of Bivalve
Musicians
Visitors to Famous Massachusetts Wa-
tering Placa Dug Them to Eat All
Unmoved by Their Plain-
tive Murmuringe
From Duxbury Mass comes ths
Dews that ths singing clams for
which that resort hss long been fa-
mous are now facing extermination
and aoon will be relegated to tbe past
along with the dodo aide hill gouger
and plesiosaurus
Phlneas Rallnettor choirmaster of
tbe little church on tbe hill In Dux-
bury who has lived In that village
for many years was In New York the
other day buying dance records for
the phonograph used for the Saturday
night parish dances
“The singing clams have been one
ot Duxbury’s greatest attractions
since the landing of tbe Pilgrims” he
said “and the rapacity and Inordi-
nate appetites of the newcomers ot
the summer colony are responsible
for the fact that they are rapidly be-
ing wiped out
“By ‘newcomers’ I mean those of
the summer colony who have been
coming to Duxbury for only the last
60 years The others the genealogi-
cal aristocrats of the colony have
been coming to Duxbury since before
the discovery of the sacred cod —
and that of course was long before
the Revolution
“I had heard of the singing clams
long before I went to Duxbury about
forty years ago and when I became
domiciled there one of the first things
1 did was to Investigate them
“I found that their singing Instead
cl being a myth grown from the folk-
lore of the fishermen was an absolute
fact
The clams are different from any of
their kind In the world and that is one
reason why the government ought to
preserve them even If the residents
of Duxbury have so little pride In
the greatest attraction of their town
Unlike all other shellfish these
clams have an aversion to water This
combined with their singing seems to
me to prove conclusively that they
are descended from birds
Longings
A well-known essayist and connois-
seur of New York attended recently
an artistic tea In Washington square
Near-artists of all sorts — near-poets
near-sculptors near-painters and near-
“They live along the shores of the J novelists— attended the tea The ladies
bay where there are long stretches
of mud and sand flats My Investi-
gations proved to me that when the
side was In and water covered these
fiats the clams disliking tbe water
burrowed down Into the soft bottom
for a few Inches and waited there
until the water receded
‘Their keen sense of sound told
tbem when It was gone and they
then come to the surface zigzagging
their way through the soft ooze
"Then they lie outside their holes
and after a few moments open - their
shells Immediately tbe singing com-
mences “In weird minor key like the notes
of an aeolian harp far oL in the for-
ests their plaintive voices arise Forty
years ago there were almost millions
of them and the great chorus half an
hour after the tide went out was most
amazing
“As the tide came in each succeed-
ing wave covering more clams this
chorus died out until by the tim the
waves were lapping the marsh-grass
It was absolutely stilled This proved
to me that Just as soon as a clam felt
the waves he again sank into his
shell to sleep until tbe next low tide
“The natives and fishermen of Dux-
Is
Food For Thought
Proper nourishment and well chosen books are food for thought
for those who are fitting themselves for the battles of life
by p roviding thorough nourishment to both bodyand brain keeps one
in fine fettle — bright and alert to absorb the world s great lessons
For “thinkers” and “doers”
“There’s a Reason” for Grape-Nuts
bury never ate the clams In f-rt
they were known to feed them he
cranberries for which Duxbury Is
nious They were proud of their
singing clams and their little voices
led the children of the village call
ing them the ‘Little Angels of tbe
Bay’
“It used to be the custom when the
tide was low at night for the lads
aoj lassies to stroll or sit along the
bjach listening to the clams Tbeir
'aint sweet voices beard in the moon
light have prompted many a good man
to pop the fatal question
“Now all this Is changed A crude
business person discovered that each
voice came from a clam that waa per-
fectly good to eat He started out to
catch them and before long their
fame as ’steamed clams’ became
known among the colonists and the
end was In sight
“The colonists now bring ’clam
forks' as part of their baggage when
they move to Duxbury each summer
and with one of these any man or
woman who doos not mind a little
mud can pick up enough clams for
a family meal In a very short time
’“Yes the women also catch the
clams One would think that they
would have too much heart to still
these small voices in a frying pan but
they haven't
“Various reasons have been ad
vanced for the singing of the clams
but 1 have never heard one that
seemed satisfactory It bas occa-
sioned many peculiar incidents
“When the French cable from Brest
which arrives at Duxbury was first
connected up the operators used to
complain of the singing noises they
heard each day when the tide was low
After finding that It was the voice of
the clams they fixed the cable and
had no more trouble
”1 expect that this is the last sum
mer that It will be possible to listen
to the clams and 1 intend spending
a part of every fine day enjoying their
voices
“At the rate that the colonists are
eating them they will be all gone In
a year or two and If possible 1 in-
tend to be the last citizen of Duxbury
to hear the 'swan song' of the last
of the famous singing clams" — New
York Times
wore djibbahs of green burlap The
gentlemen wore sandals The collation
wak- -agetarlan of course
Looking calmly at that mass of
freaks he said with a smile:
"Artistic longings consist Invariably
it seems of long hair long teeth and
long faces — everything but long
purses In fact”
She Needs IL
“I hope you won’t be angry dear-
est" said wifey as she displayed her
purchases "but I simply could not re-
sist buying this lovely wrap to wear
over my bathing suit at the beach ’’
“It's a beauty" admitted her hus-
band “Why don’t you buy another
one to wear over your “Street cos-
tume?” The Way of It
Knowit — They say the water in the
Panama canal is gradually becoming
salty
Grouchy — Always some fresh trou-
ble down there
An average man breathes about 21
cubic feet of air into his lungs every
hour
0°
CONVEY MUCH IN FEW WORDS
Japanese Proverbs Pungent and Their
Repartee Apt to Be Keen
and Stinging
It has been said that ths Japanese
are as apt and unique in their proverbs
as they are In their works of arL
What for example could be more ap-
propriate to men in certain desperate
circumstances than this "Man may
shout when he can no longer swim?"
"While the tongue works the brain
Bleeps” is another saying of the Jap-
anese which expresses their contempt
for loquacious persons
The Japanese are quick at repartee
their wit Is keen and tempered and
they can often administer a perfect
snub In brief terse form In illustra-
tion of this there may be cited the fol-
lowing Instance:
There was being tried In a court a
case involving the possession and own-
ership of a piece of property The lit-
igants were brothers The holder who
was clearly not the rightful owner had
assaulted and ejected his brother and
was protesting his right to defend bis
claim
The examining magistrate listened
very patiently to him until he closed
with the words “Even a cur may bark
at his own gate" Then the Judge
quaintly voiced the Judgment as it
stating an abstract point ot law "A
dog that has no gate bites at his own
risk”
Most Obliging
A street car was getting under way
when two women rushing from op-
posite sides of tbe street to greet
each other met right in tbe middle
of the car track and in front of the
car There the two stopped &Dd be-
gan to talk The car stopped too but
the women did not appear to realize
that it was there Certain of the pas-
sengers whose heads were Immediate-
ly thrust out of the windows to as-
certain what tbe trouble was began to
make sarcastic remarks but the two
women heeded them not
Finally tbe motorman showed that
he bad a saving sense of humor
Leaning over tbe dashboard he in-
quired In the gentlest of tones:
’’Pardon me ladies but shall I get
you a couple of chairs?” — Pittsburgh
Chronicle-Telegraph
-Good Address
Joseph E Widener the millionaire
sportsman was talking in Newport
about homes
"Philadelphia Is the city of homes”
he said "but if your home is north
of Market street you are considered
socially speaking out of it Your
home must be south of Market street
— you must live downtown — If you
would be a social personality in Phila-
delphia” And yet after ail” said an English-
man "what difference does It make
where a man lives?”
It makes all the difference in the
world” said Mr Widener "A fact
that is well remembered about Di-
ogenes today is that he lived in a
tub”
The Reason
Simpson — 1 wonder how It is that
nearly all the misers we read of are
old bachelors?
Mrs Simpson (Insinuatingly) — Oh
married misers are so common that
they are not worth mentlouing
When a lecture is free you are ex-
pected to buy a book or a shaving
strop from the man who delivered It
The number of telephones in the
United States has increased fifteen-
fold In the last 14 years
FOOD
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