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About The Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898 | View Entire Issue (April 9, 1896)
K t t f h r V ar u I sl i V rcJm4m fill PkJi I 3 sill sj n T2nt 4 Princess Marie of PRETTY was taken to Ber lin in 1S92 when she was just 17 and there met the handsome crown prince of Roumania who very quickly recognized her charms Trine ess Marie was equally attracted to him for he -as well as being handsome is possessed of great charm of manner and upright ness of character a prince fitted in way to be a hero of romance The betrothal took place not long after their meeting with the cordial assent of all the relatives of both prince and princess and on Jan 11 1S93 their marriage was celebrated at Sigmarin gen The beauty and youth of Princess Marie touched all hearts and her win ning manner soon made her as beloved by King Charles as if she was actually bis own daughter The Queen of is as charmed witli her new niece 4is the king s and looks on her and treats her as a daughter finding in her -companionship a relief from her sad memories and fits of melancholy The costume worn by the Grown Princess Marie of Roumania in the por trait which accompanies this article was worn by her at a recent festivity in Bucharest The petticoat was of plain silk the overdress being of rich est brocade the design of bunches of feathers tied together with true lovers knots being very dainty and effective The fichu of Brussels lace was draped in exact imitation of that worn by a dead and gone beauty in a portrait from which the costume was copied Since Princess Maries advent in Bucharest the leaders of society there have done their best to devise novel -and brilliant entertainments to amuse her royal highness and she and her handsome young husband are untiring in attending festivities and other func tions in aid of charities when the pres ence of the royalty is desired in order to secure the success of the undertak ing Now that Queen Carmen Sylvas jhealth does not permit her to exert her- tf 3CAME FUTURE QUEEDT OF BOUMAXIA elf the burden of acting as her ma jestys representative generally falls on Princess Maries shoulders Nourishment for the Skin A dry scaly skin is a sure indication of a blood disturbance and frequently -accompanies dyspepsia The best treat ment for it is a careful diet an avoid ance of all highly seasoned food coffee tea and alcoholic stimulants Some times a dry skin is the result of a long illness wjiere fever has literally burned the cuticle so that it is parchment The skin food which nourishes and builds up the skin tissues and supplies the oils that have been exhausted by heat is most efficacious if applied at night ter a warm bath It is well to rub it thoroughly into the skin Massage is excellent in connection with this treat ment Melt in a water bath three ounces of spermaceti eight ounces of oil of almonds four of landoline and two ounces of cocoanut oil Stir briskly until cold then add drop by drop one ounce of orange flower water and ten drops of oil of jasmin Keep sealed except when using Timely and Untimely Calls The only objection to having a recep tion day engraved on your cards is that sometimes as the Irishman said it was moighty onconvenient It is the un expected that alwaj s happens For tunate the lady who has grown up daughters or an unmarried sister who can fill her place temporarily It re quires more unselfishness than most of us possess to give up one day every week to the claims of society so we only have the name on our cards and go on year after year missing friends we long to see and being at home to numerous acquaintances whom we wish had not been quite so fortunate in timing their calls Novel Matrimonial Bureau It is reported that the ladies of the W C T U of Portsmouth Va are about to organize a unique movement under the name of the Naples Matri monial Society In Naples girls 14 and over assemble once every year in one of the churches of that city and the unmarried men who so desire go there and choose wives The Portsmouth la dies propose to work on the same prin ciple but both the girls and the men must register three months before making choice in order that investiga tion of character may be made Monogram Fans for Young Women Seal and laonogram fans are a notion of the moment among young women still in theiv teens A plain white or delicately tinted fan Is selected and tae gay seals are arranged upon it with what taste may be If monograms ai hoarded it is these that decorate in stead of the wax impressions A trip fan means the record of a winter jour ney and it holds on its sticks the pretty imprints with which all first class ho tels now stamp their stationery If a European trip has been undertaken so much the better as that insures steamship and other effective insignia Sweater for Women For a long time girls and even wo men have felt that they would be hap pier if they could wear sweaters It was tried by some adventurous spirits and while found perfectly satisfactory about the throat lacked the symmetry women have learned to prize about the waist This had led to the manufacture of womens sweaters These lack that - Ml O 41 y THE FEMIXIXE SWEATER style which made the manly sweater so desirable in womens eyes But on the other hand they gather in at the waist and are entered after a manner more familiar to women than is the male sweater At first they were only used in gymnasiums but now they are considered a necessary part of almost every womans wardrobe The up-to-date sweater is not only a sensible gar ment but an exceedingly stylish one as well The coming summer girl will be devoted to the sweater She can wear it when wheeling riding or sail ing and in fact they are sure to be the fastest friends for there will be dozens of times when the little knit arrange ments will just fit the occasion The modernized sweater is far re moved from awkwardness It fits like a glove and the sleeves are generally the long full bishopy sort with a tight webbed cuff which clings to the arm snugly from elbow to wrist and over which the full upper part falls with all gracefulness that fashion demands One can find all colors and styles in sweaters Sailor collars and neatly rolled over small ones are the kinds most generally seen and they give a very jaunty effect The act of getting into one of these garments looks to be a heart breaking operation but in real ity it is simplicity itself They either button on the shoulder or lace in front and it is no more trouble to get into one of them than an ordinary waist Beauties of Olden Days Sappho is said by the Greek writers to have been a blonde Jezebel the Queen of Ahab according to one of the rabbis had black eyes that were set on fire bj hell The Empress Anna of Russia was very portly and the fleshiness of hei face greatly detracted from its good looks Margaret of Anjou had the typical face of a French beauty She was black haired black eyed and vivacious Her features were indicative of hei strength of character Pocahontas is described as having features as regular as those of a Euro pean woman She is also said to have had a lighter complexion than usual among Indian women Theodora the wife of the famous Jus tinian was beautiful crafty and un- scrupulous She is said to have been tall dark and with powers of conver sation superior to any woman in the empire Catherine of Braganza queen of Charles II was singularly gifted both in person and in intellect but in spite of her beauty and her good sense she was never able to win the love of her dissolute husband Cleopatra was not an Egyptian but a Greek beauty with perfectly white skin tawny hair and blue eyes Iler chief fascination was her voice which is described as low well modulated and singularly sweet in tone The Empress Catharine I had a coarse red face generally broken out with pimples from the constant use of strong drink She was a slave to brandy and died of a disease brought on by in- temperance In youth she had been famous for her beauty Tame Fish in Irrigating Reservoirs The uses of the artificial reservoirs are not limited to irrigation they are usually stocked with fish which mul tiply with surprising rapidity and en able the farmer to include this item of home produce in his bill of fare every day in the year These fish are very tame and in some cases are actu ally trained to respond to the ringing of the dinner bell coming in scurrying shoals to fight for crumbs of bread thrown upon the water The reser voirs also yield a profitable crop of ice In winter Century GOWNS AND GOWNING WOMEN GIVE MUCH ATTENTION TO WHAT THEY WEAR Brief Glances at Fancies Femininef Frivolous Mayhap and Yet Offered in the Hope that the Reading PrOTe Restful to Wearied Womankind Gossip from Gay Gotham New York correspondence Jiffn 71 I Im ORE than half of the items of inter est that the spring fashions display for dressmakers concern coat bod ices so women should not tire of hearing about them Fashion has reduced itself to a coat of an other color and re fused to do more A 1 1 tailormade gowns are being modeled with coats though truth to tell most of them have silk bodices to go be neath summer gowns are being made with lace coats over fronts and foun dations of silk and little coats of chif fon and of net so dainty that they would seem too frail to survive more than one wear are really planned for being adjusted over varying waists If your bodice is a coat in no other way at least it will have a little pair of tails perhaps no more than the extension below the waist of the back breadth of the bodice or there will be something in the way of hip pieces set on at the sides Perhaps coat edges will be simulated by braid above the wraist or just because the skirts of the bodice that were carefully hidden under the dress skirt last year are al lowed to show below the belt this season you say its a coat and fashion backs up the statement But theres no need of doing the trick on the whole-effect-at-small-out- ilk WITH COTTAR TO EAR TIPS P - lay principle There are a plenty of ways to make the bodice unmistakably a coat and a handsome model of this kind is shown above It is in Louis XV style but that signifies little to most of us What is more to the point is the material of it That was royal blue cloth encrusted with lace applique The deep godets in back were border tcl with narrow lace insertion and the fitted cloth vest had large revers of white faille and bands of thesame in the waist each fastened with large fancy buttons in different sizes A profusion of lace applique showed on the sleeve puffs and a white chiffon ruche and jabot finished the neck With this came a plain skirt of gray ish blue cloth The presence of handsome buttons on this rich bodice shows the way the wind blows Buttons are still a fea ture on elegant gowns indeed unless buttons are made a feature they are ikely not to appear at all and the gown fastens invisibly The ruche about the neck too is another re- spouse to current demands These neck fixings are becoming more and more pronounced Capes and coats are made with wired battlements standing up to the ears inside these battlements two or three rows of fine ly pleated mull are set the mull tulle or net standing well above the battle ments The face is literally shrouded about with these soft billows of ruf fling Stock and ribbon collars are A 2TEW IiEVEK EFFECT generally mounted with frills of some kind even if they do cot extend all around them at the back The long discarded white and yellow ruching that comes by the yard appears again for this use In some cases the frill is of material and color to match the ribbon of which the collar is made but is faced with velvet on the side next the face then the frill stands out flat putting the face so to speak on a platter All sorts of variations are rung on this effect anj many of them are very becoming But the close stock collar is no longer to be con sidered Indeed why should it be when the required alteration is so easily made It is attention to just such little things as these collar tricks that makes a woman seem well dressed and prompt copying can in this instance be ef fected at small outlay Another meth od of attaining the concealment of the neck that is deemed essential is by the wired medici collars These are much worn as may be judged from a glance at the remaining illustrations In the first of these the collar is in one with vrKM 1 t re y rzri 3W i Mfo 4Wsx0 MS l VA tM Hi II A BLEND OF CAPE AXD JACKET an ingenious cape like finish to the bodice The stuff here is bronze brown cloth a narrow white satin vest show ing in front Each side of the vest has a tiny pocket and the tops of both fronts and vest show brown silk em broidery In the second model the collar is in one with odd revers the stuff being old rose bengaline The same fabric is gathered for the bodice while on the revers it is richly embroid ered with red and pink silk and span gles Triangular pieces of garnet vel vet appear on the shoulders and stock collar and belt are white taffeta rib bon Skirt and sleeves are garnet silk crepon though the latter may be of the bengaline if that is preferred Not less elaborate and dressy are some of the gowns for early spring that are trimmed in cape effect the or namentation in many cases taking not only the shape of a cape but supplying so much of the capes protection against chilliness that the dress may be safely worn without an outside garment to conceal its beauties A type of this sort is next pictured its combination of cape and jacket effect being quite unique The material is gray cloth white satin being used for pointed vest and as facing to the ripple basque revers and wired collar Inside the latter there is a white satin collar end ing in a lace jabot and the cape like coverings to the sleeves are in two parts one of lace the other of cloth V ll Pi M4k ff U Avfavy A COMPROMISE IX STRAPS All the edges are bordered with gold and steel galloon and white satin bows are put on the cloth cape pieces Strap garnitures that make a great show of fastening parts of a dress to gether and that really have no pur pose beyond that of ornamentation are still in vogue but on them buckles have given way to buttons and it is more often the plan to have the straps serve as fasteners The final gown to re ceive the artists attention is a com promise in this matter the straps upon bodice being practicable while on the skirt and sleeves they are solely for effect The stuff from which they are cut is tan cloth the other goods being brocaded green satin Panels of the latter appear on the skirt and it gives the whole bodice the collarette being from the cloth The blaze of color in spring and sum raer will rival the tulips Flats too are almost garish in their abundance of bright hues Turquoise blue prom ises to be the most popular summer color but geranium scarlet and briglit grass green are not far behind That means that the brunettes will have the best of it but they need not be over confident lest some sudden shift of favor turn the tide against them Copyright 189G In man the sense of smell is less de veloped than that of sight as it is much less needed All moths produce some form of silk NOTES OS EDUCATION MATTERS OF INTEREST TO PU PIL AND TEACHER Scolding Nasrginjj and Punishing Are the Poorest Tools a Teacher Can Use How to Treat Dull Pupils Object of Discipline Routine of First Weeks If at one time more than another pa tience is required in the schoolroom it is during these first two or three weeks of the term There is so much to be done before everything gets in the smooth running orderly state we de sire so many things to explain and teach The beginning of the term was a great trial to me when I commenced teaching but after a few sessions I began to see how useless it was to ex pect the whole machinery to be in working order in two or three days I learned not to despair even when at the end of two or three weeks the general orderliness of the room was not satisfactory Be patient Remember that the chil dren are unaccustomed to your ways perhaps are strangers to the school and district They may be trying to their ability to please you and yet fail ut terly to reach your standard Be cheerful Scolding nagging and punishing are the poorest tools you can use Inspire the children with a desire to be orderly in every detail quiet courteous helpful thoughtful for the comfort of others trustworthy in short to do their best in all things In addition to the inspiration of a love of order drill of different kinds is nec essary taking slates standing up com ing to and going from class position of attention position when asking or answering questions in regular ques tions when the pupil should always stand and that without lolling on desk or seat when addressing the teacher lining marching etc All these move ments should be automatic A com mand should be divided into two parts the first consisting- of a cautionary word the second the action word For instance Quick march Stand up Right about turn No motion is made until the second or action word is heard and then all move to gether Like many other good things this schoolroom drill has been carried to great and foolish extremes which have been injurious to the children and of no possible benefit to the work but a moderate amount especially with little children is necessary if we would avoid jnuch confusion and disorder Without aoubt quiet steady orderly habits re flect positively on character I believe disorder would be impossible in a class In which pupils had been trained to stand march pass and take books slates etc with uniformity and pre cision The habit of prompt and exact obedience is the cornerstone of the tem ple of order It pays one to derote considerable ime during the first week or two to hese external matters Thorough irill should be given in standing marching dismissing distributing and collecting books etc This done there will not be the same necessity for fre quent reminders such as Stand straight up Quietly In step -Softly During the term if the children be come careless have a ten minute prac tice after 4 oclock A word or two regarding the general work of the term Try the experiment of making a specialty of one subject this session It may be Composition Vertical Writing Geography or any other subject Make special effort in It all branches of the school work will profit by the hobby if it be a good one Do not think that you have no time for anything beside teaching You will do much better work if you are improv ing your mind in some other direction Make time for reading and give edu cational works their just share Dont lose interest in your work You may be sure that the children will meet you half way in any whole hearted plans for improvement or reform The Edu cational Journal Object of Discipline School discipline is not for punish ment but for moral effect The teach ers authority is not the thing to be vindicated but the pupils character is to be formed The moral effect upon the pupil upon the school as a whole upon the community and upon the future through the pupils are the ends to be sought The school has a work to do that cannot be done by the teach ing be it never so efficient There is an influence to be exerted upon the character that can only come through habitual discipline of the school in the true sense Not through a system of punishments not through a system of rewards or checks but through the direction of the conduct the choices and activities of the pupils are teach ers to accomplish this character work Journal of Education The Dull Pupil Do we not make serious mistakes in that we are always ready to censure the slow pupil Here is little Olga naturally timid and seemingly dull She is constantly failing The teacher takes great pains to notice it and when she calls her arithmetic class she keeps before her mind the too oft repeated failures of the child On calling for 4x5 all hands are raised save one the child notices her teacher looking at her and immediately becomes con fused Sarcasm and disgust are plain ly written on the teachers face With Of course Olga you dont know you never do she passed on Is not this a cruel thrust Do we consider what we are doing Do not let us make the dullard believe he never knows but help and encourage him with kind words and gentle ways Let us cheer him on to quicker ways encourage him with gentleness and sympathy How much better for Olga if her teacher had said What Olga Dont you know Im sure you can answer as well as the rest Now think a little while and let me see your hand too Thus by encourag ing we give them faith in themselves and strength to do what before was seemingly hard Dear comrades if we have an Olga do not let us chilL all that is best in her but help along a thousand times rather than hinder once It is not so much what we say As the manner in which we say it Primary Education The Worlds Rivers Not all these facts may be found la your geography The Tigris is 1150 miles long The Tiber is only 230 miles long The world famed Oroutes is only 210 miles long The Zambesi in South Africa is lS0O miles in length Slow rivers run at the rate of three to seven miles an hour Twelve creeks in the United States bear the name of the Rhine Every ancient city of note was lo cated on or near the sea or a river The Gauges is 1570 miles long and drains an area of 750000 square miles The Hudson River from its moutli to the lakes is 4C0 miles in length The Mississippi and its tributaries drain an area of 2000000 square miles The branches of the Mississippi have an aggregate length of 15000 miles For over 1200 miles the Nile does not receive a single tributary stream The River Jordan had its origin in one of the largest springs in the world- In islands of too small size to have rivers creeks are dignified by that name The Connecticut the principal stream of New England is 450 miles in length During a single flood of the in China 600000 persons were drowned The most extensive protective river works in Europe are at the mouth of the Danube The Rhine is only 000 miles long but drains a territory nearly double the area of Texas The Irtish in Siberia is 2200 miles in length and drains 000000 miles of ter ritory The Nile from its delta to the great lakes of Central Africa is over 4000 miles in length The Thames of England is 220 miles long The river of the same name in Canada is 100 There are twenty creeks in this coun try which have been dignified with the name of the Tiber The Columbia River of Canada is 1400 miles in length the stream of the same name in Oregon is GOO The Arkansas River is 2170 miles long but at various points in its course it is very thin for its length The Potomac River is only 500 miles long and in its lower course is rather an estuary than a stream The British islands are better pro vided with rivers than any other coun try of the same size on the globe The Mississippi at the point where it flows out of Lake Itaska is ten feet wide and eighteen inches deep New York Commercial Advertiser Teaching to Think Good teachings secures good think ing One with limited capacity can feed facts to children as he would swill to swine and then ask questions to see what they retain as he would weigh swine to see what they have gained It requires both tact and tal ent to lead a child to think keenly upon a single fact as it does to get reliable speed even from a blooded colt It is not enough that the mind be active when the facts are received which is the standard with too many would be education leaders This merely secures good movement but neither speed nor endurance A child must keep up his thinking when he is out of the teachers hands Who ever has driven what is known as a-door-yard horse that prances furi ously while you are trying to get into the carriage and is equally ferocious when you would get out but cares naught for the urging of voice or whip when on the road has a good concep tion of the mental activity of children who are taught to dance attendance upon a teacher when she is having them observe under her eye but gives them no training in strong or sustained thinking Thinking is work ing ones knowledge into something no one else would produce with the same facts and conditions The teacher who plans to have twenty children see the same thing in an object or event and think the same things about it has not the faintest conception of what thinking really is Iowa Schools One ol John Randolphs Similes Much new material is embodied in the article John Randolph of Roan oke by Powhatan Bouldin in the Cen tury The following simile by Ran dolph is found in a note to a speech which he delivered in Congress A caterpillar comes to a fence he crawls to the bottom of the ditch and over the fence some of his hundred feet always in contact with the subject upon which he moves A gallant horse man at a flying leap clears both ditch and fence Stop says the caterpil lar you are too flighty you want con nection and continuity it took me an hour to get over you cant be as sure as I am who have never quitted the subject that you have overcome the difficulty and are fairly over the fence Thou miserable reptile replies oui fox hunter if like you I crawled over the earth slowly and painfully should I ever catch a fox or be any thing more than a wretched cater pillar