The Medford Star. (Medford, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 27, 1904 Page: 6 of 8
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Draped 8hirred Waist.
Pull waists tha* arc shirred and
draped to form soft and graceful folds
are among the latest features of fash-
ior and are exceedingly attractive In
tho many pliable materials of tae sea-
son.^ .This one Is peculiarly smart and
includes a point at the front and the
now sleeves, shirred to 'orra twj
lengthwise puffs above the elbows.
The material chosen for the model is
willow green messaline satin wit'j
cream colored lace for chemisette anil
cuffs, banding and bows of darker
velvet, but there are many wool as
well as silk materials that can ue
treated , in the same manner with
equal success, and, when liked, the
loop cuffs can be omitted and t"ie
tleovea made in three quarter lengt.\
Wi'lm
The waist is made with the fitted
lining, on which the full fronts and
back are arranged, and is finished at
the. neck with a roll-over collar under
which the chemisette is attached. The
sleeves are made over fitted linings,
which are faced to form cuffs, and are
full above the elbows, finished witn
circular frills below which fall over
the gathered ones of lace. The clos-
ing is made invisibly at the center
front.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is 4% yards 21
Inches wide, 4% yards 27 inches wide,
or 2% yards 44 inches wide, with %
yards of all-over lace. % yards of
bias velvet and 2^ yards of :ace to
make as illustrated.
Vogue of Light Materials.
It is astonishing how much thin ma-
terials, such as voile, crepe, etamine
and others of a like description, are
worn by well-dressed women during
thp winter nowadays. Naturally this
does not apply to the tailor-made cos-
tumes, but last year the most elabo-
rate gowns of these fabrics were to be
seen under the handsome fur coats,
and there is every reason to suppose
that they will be more in vogue than
ever. There Is a fancy, too—which Is
to be noticed in many of the new Paris
costumes and which will be equally
pronounced during the autumn months
—for the skirt composed of two
flounces, each Lounee being adorned
with, from three to five bands of vel-
vet In graduated widths. The flounces
are deep, the upper one reaches above
the knee, and this style of decoration
is naturally more adapted to dresses
of the material of which I have been
speaking that are sufficiently amena-
ble to lend themselves to elaborate
trimming.
WniLB tub
TSA &KBK3
Flowered taffeta will make some
charming winter frocks.
Armholes are hiding under a nar-
row adjustment of trimming.
Kuchings, ribbon scrolls and cord-
fngs distinguish the new blouses.
Don't have one of the new-old dol-
mans unless you can afford numerous
wraps.
Ornaments of leather and metal
combined adorn tailored hats for fall
wear-
It is predicted that pinking will take
the place of the strapping that has
held popular fancy so long.
The long coat or wrap is much more
fashionable than a short one and in
some instances a necessity.
A buckle that extend? an inch above
and below the belt is a slight innova-
tion in crush leather belts.
Kuchings, pipings, gathers and frills
multiply and overflow in the present
scheme of dress ornamentation.
Leather folds and cordings are de-
cidedly smart for turbans intended for
.either sutomobiling, street w«r or
raveling.
Mayonnaise Sauce.
Put the yolk of a fresh egg in a bowl,
and If the weather is warm stand the
bowt in a pan of chipped ice and add
half a salt-spoonful of salt and a tea-
spoonful of English mustard. Begin
stirring the ingredients with a box-
wood spoon. Stir continually always
oae way. describing a circle. It is
more easily done by holding the bowl
steady. After stirring about a minute
or till the ingredients are well blended
begin adding the oil. pouring it in drcp
by drop. As soon as the mixture Is
stiff and waxy add a few drops of tar-
ragon vinegar and the same of lemon
juice. Then resume the oil, dropping
it steadily. Every time the mixture
becomes too thick add a few drops of
vinegar, but continue stirring. One
yolk of an egg will stand the addition
of a pint bottle of oil. Stop using oil
when the mayonnaise Is as thick as
you wish It and when you have all you
require for your salad.
Military Effects Coming In.
Military effects promise to appear
largely in the outdoor garments of
women ths fall. A new Englsh long
coat for stormy weather wheh has ap-
peared on the market Is frankly called
the Militaire. It has two wide box
pleats in the back falling from the
yoke and belted in at the waist. The
front Is double-breasted, with a high,
martial-looking, turnover collar, ard "t
is finished with brass buttons.
Pretty and Comfortable Coat.
A loose, three-quarter coat, belted
In across the back, exemplifies conve-
nience and smartness in autumn coats.
It is called the "Trossack," and is of
neutral-colored cloth, which permits of
Its being exploited with skirts of any
color in walking length. The Tros-
sack is not a dress coat, but for all
those day occasions when a loose sep-
arate coat is desirable it Is going to be
one of the smartest styles.
Quaint Dutch Pillows.
Taking advantage of the Dutch type
of decoration prevailing just now,
women skillful with pen or brush are
making sofa pillows of linen or coarse
material, with a border of Dutch little
folk, represented with joined hands
and capering about in a lively manner.
The middle of the pillow top is left
plain and a border lined off with pen,
brush or burning needle, and the
Dutch figures are outlined and illumi-
nated in the border. A champagne-
colored material makes an artistic pil-
low and likewise pale green, with red
and green of a darker shade for the
dresses of the little folks. Dell't blue
and orange are other shades that may
be chosen for such pillows with suc-
cessful results.
Soak gelatine in sufficient cold water
to cover before adding it to jellies or
creams.
To remove any ordinary stains from
ivory knife handles rub with emery
powder.
Yacht mops are great conveniences
for dusting the bare floors so univers-
ally used now.
Before boiling milk always rinse out
the saucepan with cold water to pre-
vent the milk from burning.
The wax from dripping candles can
be removed from table linen by a gen-
erous application of alcohol.
Mix pastry several iours before It I
to be railed out and much labor Is1
saved. It should stand in a cool place.
When making mayonnaise sauce se-
lect a very cool place for the purpose.
If made In a hot kitchen it is apt to
separate in the process.
To koep cheese from becoming
uoldy wrap the cheese in a cloth
which has been dipped in vinegar and
wrung as dry as posible. Keep it in a
cool place.
Stunning Tea Gown for a Brunette.
A stunning tea gown for a brunette
shows white shantung silk with a bo-
lero anglaise. The bolero is caught on
either side with shaded rosettes,
showing three popular tints of orange,
done in velvet ribbon, with streamers
in the same shades falling to the hem
ot the gown. White velvet slippers
and orange silk stockings are to be
worn with this gown, which is an ef-
fective application of the craze foi
orange and white in combination.
Cinnamon in Ravor.
Cinnamon broadcloth, braided wltl
black, is the combination chosen foi
one smart loose coat of three-quarter
length that has recently crossed the
water. Apropos of which there is a
good deal of this red-brown tint ap-
parent in displays of the newest out-
door garments. It is a warm red rus-
set peculiarly appropriate for autumn,
if not for most types of beauty.
A Serviceable Costume.
Suits made with plaited skirts and
tourist coats are essentially new, es-
sentially smart and essentially ser-
viceable. This one makes an admir-
able model and Is adapted to all suib
I
ings, but is shown In dark blue che-
viot with cuffs of chamois colored
cloth and trimming of braid held by
handsome buttons. The coat is one
of the newest and is partly confined
at the back by means of a strap that
extends from seam to seam, while the
fronts are loose. The skirt is nine
gored and is laid in plaits that conceal
the seams. To make the coat for a
girl of 14 years of age will be requir-
ed 4% yards of material 27, 2% yards
44 or 2% yards 52 Inches wide, with
2V* yards of braid; to maK- ilie skirt
H yards 27, 4'A yards 44 or -t V4 yards
52 inches wide.
COREAN CREPE WITH VELVET.
No one of the many Oriental silks I new and serves to outline the tuck«
makes more effective blouses than at the back, while it gives a stole ef
Corean crepe. This smart model is feet at the front To make the waist
quite new and shows the material in 1 for a woman of medium size will be
willow green with trimming of chif- required 4 yards of material 21, 3%
fon velvet, square of net chiffon lined, yards 27 or 2& yards 44 inches wide,
collar and cuffs of lace. The trim- with V* yard of all over lace and 1^
ming is peculiarly effective and quite j yards of velvet.
Mozart's House Still Stand*.
In the middle of Salzburg stands the
small house In which Mozart was
born. It contains two old pianos and
many relics belonging to the compos-
er, whose skull is preserved in a glass
case placed In the center of the room
In which he first saw the light. The
skull is all that remains of Mozart,
whose body could not bo identified in
the mass of remains that filled the
common paupers' grave wherein he
had been burled at Vienna.
First Use of Watch Fobs.
The queer shapes of watches pre
vented their finding a place In the
pocket. When was the fob flrBt used
in the dress of man. The German of
fob is "fuppe," and it is believed that
it came from England through the
puritans, "whose dislike of display
may have induced them to conceal
their timekeepers from the public
gaze."
Automatic Machine in Church.
In a Brighton (Eng.) church is an
automatic-machine which, on receipt
of the usual copper coin, releases a
drawer containing the current number
of the parlth magazine. The idea is a
good one, nd since the introduction
of the "penny in the slot" the circu-
lation of thin record of clerical events
has largely Increased.
Note—The following article his
teen widely published and is one of
he most remarkable Illustrations of
he value of carqful marshalling and
inalysis of facts in presenting a sub-
|ect to the public.
LdVELERS.
Loses His Watch.
A Londoner lent a street bookmaker
his watch, so that the bookmaker
might be sure that he did not take
bets on a race that had already been
run. The bookmaker kept the watch
and the lender sued for it. The court
decided that, as It had been lent for
an unlawful purpose, It could not be
recovered at law.
Esquimaux Dogs.
The Esquimaux dog will travel two
days without food. One of the mixed
breed must be fed at the close of the
first day, or he is good for little the
next. In winter their food often con-
sists chiefly of dried capelin—the
small, smeltlike fish used by the cot?
fishermen for bait.
Two Poisonous Snakes.
Over the country extending for
many hundreds of miles both north
and south of New York, the same
embracing the Adirondacks, the Cats-
kill and Blue Ridge Mountains, there
are but two species of poisonous
snakes—the rattlesnake and the cop-
perhead.
Silk Cultivation in Servia.
Silk cocoon cultivation is becoming
one of Servia's national industries.
Last year there were collected in that
kingdom 345,000 pounds of silk
locoons. The government is dis-
tributing. free of charge the eggs of
the silkworm.
American Girl Good Sailor.
A ship's doctor who has made 100
voyages declares that the American
girl does not become seasick so read-
ily as her European sisters. The Eng-
lish girl is next in order of resistance,
while the French girl succumbs most
easily.
Money in Agriculture.
In the past three years, while our
exports have averaged more than
fourteen hundred million dollars, agri-
culture's share in this trade has been
nearly nine hundred million dollars.—
Success.
First Use of Torpedoes.
Torpedoes were first introduced as
a practical weapon in 1876. Taking
into consideration the great advances
made in other weapons, the torpedo
has not been vastly improved.
Popularity of Licorice.
Pretty nearly two millions of dol-
lars' worth of licorice Is used up in
this country every year. It all comes
from the lands bordering on the
Mediterranean.
Rats Detest Bagpipes.
A Scottish minister states, what ia
quite likely to be true, that rats may
be driven from any premises they may
be Infesting by the playing of bag-
pipes.
Peacock Jewelry.
Jewelry that imitates peacock plu-
mage is very popular in Paris, espe-
cially for coiffure ornaments, despite
the old superstition that it is unlucky.
New York's Incorporation.
New York was the first city incor-
porated in the limits of the United
States. Its charter was dated 1664.
Difference In Sexes.
A man's ambition is to be credited
with some great feat; a woman's to
be credited with small feet
Cther People's Troubles.
It is easy to look on the bright side
of troubles—when other people are
having the troubles.
Limit te Birds' Flight.
Balloonists say that birds' flight la
limited to 1,315 feet above the surface
of the earth.
Soldiers Must Play Football.
The learning and playing of foot-
ball are compulsory In the Argentina
army.
Swiss Expel Anarchists.
A large number of anarchists have
been expelled frcm Switzerland.
The Mission of Whisky, Tobacco and
Coffee.
The Creator made all things, we be-
lieve.
If so, He must have made these.
We know what He made food and
water for, and air aiyl sunshine, but
why Whisky, Tobacco and Coffee?
They are here sure enough and
each performing its work.
There must be some great plan be-
hind it all; the thoughtful man seeks
to understand something of that plan
and thereby to judge these articles
for their true worth.
Let us not say "bad" or "good"
without taking testimony.
There are times and conditions
when it certainly seems to the casual
observer that these stimulant narcot-
ics are real blessings.
Right there is the ambush that con-
ceals a "killing" enemy.
One can slip Into the habit of either
whisky, tobacco or coffee easy enough,
but to "untangle" Is often a fearful
struggle.
It seems plain that there are cir-
cumstances when the narcotic effect
of these poisons is for the moment
beneficial, but the fearful argument
against them is that seldom ever does
one find a steady user of either whis-
ky, coffee or tobacco free from disease
of some kind.
Certainly powerful elements In their
effect on the human race.
It Is a matter of dally history, testi-
fied to by literally millions of people,
that Whisky, Tobacco and Coffee are
smiling, promising, beguiling friends
on the start, but always false as hell
itself in the end. Once they get firm
hold enough to show their strength,
they insist upon governing and drive
the victim steadily towards ill health
in some form; if permitted to continue
to rule, they will not let up until phys-
ical and mental ruin sets in.
A man under that spell (and "under
the spell" is correct) of any one of
these drugs frequently assures himself
ar.d his friends, "Why, I can leave off
any time I want to. I did quit for a
week just to show I could." It is a
sure mark of the slave when one gets
to that stage. He wiggled through a
week, fighting every day to break the
spell, was finally whipped, and began
his slavery all over again.
The slave (Coffee slave as well as
Tobacco and Whisky) daily reviews his
condition, sees perfectly plain the
steady encroachments of disease, how
the nerves get weaker day by day and
demand the drug that seems to smile
and offer relief for a few minutes and
then leave the diseased condition
l'iaicer to view than ever and grow-
ing worse. Many times the Coffee slave
realizes that he is between two fires.
He feels bad if he leaves off and a
little worse if he drinks and allows
the effect to wear off.
So It goes on from day to day.
Every night the struggling victim
promises himself that he will break
the habit and next day when he feels
a little bad (as he is quite sure to),
breaks, not the habit, but his own res-
olution. It is nearly always a tough
fight, with disaster ahead sure if the
habit wins.
There have been hundreds of thou-
sands of people driven to their graves
through disease brought on by coffee
drinking alone, and it is quite certain
that more human misery is caused by
coffee and tobacco than by whisky, for
the two first are more widely used,
and more hidden and insidious in the
effect on nerves, heart and other vital
organs, and are thus unsuspected un-
til much of the dangerous work is
done.
Now, Reader, what is your opinion
as to the real use the Creator has for
these things? Take a look at the
question from this point of view.
There is a law of Nature and of
Nature's God that things slowly evolve
from lower planes to higher, a sturdy,
steady and dignified advance toward
more perfect things in both the Physi-
cal and Spiritual world. The ponder-
ous tread of evolutionary development
Is fixed by the Infinite and will not be
quickened out of natural law by any
of man's methods.
Therefore we see many illustrations
showing how nature checks too rapid
advance. Illinois raises phenomenal
crops of corn for two or three years.
If she continued to do so every year
her farmers would advance in wealth
far beyond those of other sections or
countries. So Nature Interposes a bar
every three or four years and brings
on a "bad year."
Here we see the leveling influence
at work.
A man is properous in his business
for a number of years and grows rich.
Then Nature sets the "leveling influ-
ence" at work on him. Some of his
investments lose, he becomes luxuri-
ous and lazy. Perhaps it is whisky,
tobacco, coffee, women, gambling or
Home other form. The intent and pur-
pose Is to level him—keep him from
evolving too far ahead of the masses.
A nation becomes prosperous and
great like ancient Rome. If no level-
ing influence set In she would domi-
nate the world perhaps for all time.
But Dame Nature sets her army of
"levelers" at work—luxury, overeat-
ing and drinking, licentiousness, waste
and extravagance. Indulgences of all
kinds—then comes the wreck. Sure.
Sure, Sure.
disease, and the wreck follows. The
"levelers" are in the bushes along the
pathway of every successful wu>> and
womau, and they bug the majority.
Only now and then can a man stand
out against these "levelers" und hold
his fortune, fame and health to tho
end.
So the Creator has use for Whisky,
Tobacco and Coffee to level down Un-
successful ones and those who show
signs of being successful, and keep
them back in the race, so that liie
great ' field" (the masses) may not be
left too far behind.
And yet we must admit that same
all-wise Creator has placed it In tho
power of man to stand upright, clothed
in the armor of a clean-cut, steady
mind, and say unto himself, "I decline
to exchange my birthright for a mess
01' pottage.
"I will not deaden my senses, weak-
en my grip on affairs and keep my-
self cheap, common and behind In for-
tune and fame by drugging with whis-
ky, tobacco or coffee. Life is toe
short. It is hard enough to win the
good things without any sort of handi-
cap, so a man is certainly a fool trad-
er' when he trades strength, health,
money and the good things that come
with power for the half-asleep condi-
tion of the 'drugger,' with the certain-
ty of sickness and disease ahead."
It is a matter each individual must
decide for himself. He can be a lead-
er and semi-god if he will, or he can
go along through life a drugged clown,
a cheap "hewer of wood or carrier of
water." *
Certain It Is that while the Great
Father of us all does not se'em to
"mind" if some of his children are
foolish and stupid, he seems to select
others (perhaps those he Intends for
some special work) and allows them
to be threshed and castigated most
fearfully by these "levelers."
If a man tries flirting with these lev-
elers a while, and gets a few slaps as
a hint, he had better take the hint, or
a good solid blow will follow.
When a man tries to live upright,
clean, thrifty, sober and undrugged,
manifesting as near as he knows what
the Creator intends he should, happi-
ness, health and peace seem to come
to him. Does It pay?
This article was written to set peo-
ple thinking, to rouse the "God with-
in," for every highly-organized man
and woman has times when they feel
a something calling from within for
them to press to the front and "be
about the Father's business." Don't
mistake it; the spark of the Infinite
is there and it pays in every way-
health, happiness, peace and even
worldly prosperity—to break off the
habits and strip clean for ihe work
cut out for us.
It has been the business of the
writer to provide a practical and easy
way for people to break away from
the coffee habit and be assured of a
return to health and all of the good
things that brings, provided the abuse
has not gone too far, and even then
the cases where the body has been re-
built on a basis of strength and health
run into the thousands.
It is an easy and comfortable step
to stop coffee instantly by having well-
made Postum Food Coffee served rich
and hot with good cream, for the color
and flavor is there, but none of the
caffeine or other nerve-destroying ele-
ments of ordinary coffee.
On the contrary, the most powerful
rebuilding elements furnished by Na-
ture are in Postum and they quickly
set about repairing the damage. Sel-
dom is it more than two days after
the change is made before the old
stomach or bowel troubles or com-
plaints of kidneys, heart, head or
nerves show unmistakable evidence
of getting better, and ten days' time
changes things wonderfully.
Literally millions of brain-working
Americans to-day use Postum, having
found the value and common sense in
the change.
C. W. POST.
The law of the unit is tho law ot
the mass. Man goes through the same
process. Weakness (in childhood),
gradual growth of strength, energy,
thrift, probity, prosperity, wealth, com-
fort. ease, relaxation. Belf-lndulgence.
luxury, Idleness, vaate, debauchery.
Generous Derd of Elks.
Through the generosity of the
Bridgeport lodge of Elks, Peter Mar-
koon of Wallingford, Conn., will profit
by the unfortunate accident which he
met with while witnessing the Elks'
banner raising. A runaway horse ran
him down and dislocated his collar
bone.
The bone was not fractured as at
first reported. Markoon was here
looking for work, and when (he Elks
heard that he had a wife and family
dependent upon him for support they
sent a committee out to investigate.
Markoon, as a result, was sent back
to Wallingford to-day, after the Bridge-
port lodge of Elks had paid his medical
expenses, secured his ticket, given him
money for Incidental expenses, and
told him to calculate upon $8 per weelt
for the next four weeks.
The Elks went further. They noti-
fied the Wallingford lodge to take care
of Markoon and help him to get em-
ployment. Markoon is not a member
of the order, never was, and the Elks
were not in any way liable for the ac-
cident.—Boston Globe.
The Eternal Feminine.
He—Will you—O, will you be mine
forever?
She—Mercy, no! I just accepted
Cholly Saphedde last night.
He—What! Has all your encour-
agement to me meant nothing of af-
fectum?
She—Oh, I assure you It has meant
a good deal. In fact. I dont know
how I'd have managed without you.
You see, until you came along and I
began to be so nice to you, Cholly
didn't seem to have any serious in-
tentions at all.—Baltimore American.
Thia One of the Years.
Johnny— Pa, when was the year of
the big wind?
Father—Any year when there was
an election.
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