Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, January 14, 1909, Image 6
Defining a Stock Ramble. Senator La Follcttc was discussing with preat approbation the President's suggestions toward the abolition of stock gambling. "Such marginal transactions arn not business. " said Senator La Follette. "Ix > ok at thorn. After all , what is a successful stock gamble ? " He paused and smiled. Then he an swered his own question neatly. "In a successful stock gamble , " he said , ' 'you pay for something that you don't get , with money that you haven't got. then you sell what you never had for more than if ever cost. " PATIENT SUFFERING. Many Women Think They Are Doomed to Backache. It is not right for women to be al ways ailing with backache , urinary ills , headache run ! other symptoms of kid ney disease. There is a way to end these troubles q u i c k 1 y. .Mrs. John II. Wright , GOG East First St. , Mitchell , S. I ) . , says : "I suf fered ten years with k id n ey complaint , and a doctor told mr I would new get more Mian teiupnr an relief. A dragging pain and lame ncs.s in iy back almost disabled me. Di//.y -pells came and went and th * kidney secretions were irregular Down's Kidney Pills rid me of these troubles and I feel belter than fo years past. " Sold by all dealers. 50c a box Foster-Milburn Co. , Buffalo , N. Y. As It Sounded to the Xative. "Your cockney friend is very plain ipok n. Ho calls a spade a spade , doesn't he ? " "Xavr ! lie calls it a spide I" Chicago Tribune. $100 Reward , $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased ' Jo learn that there Is at least one dreaded disease thit science has been able to cure In all its staffs , ami that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cire is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh iM'in a constitutional disease , requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally , acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system , thereby destroying the foundation of the disease , and Riving the patient strength bv building up the constitution and assist ing nature in doing its work. The proprie tors hare so much faith in its curative pow ers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any vase that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address F. .7. CHENEY & CO. , Toledo , 0. Hold by all Drugsists. 7oc. Take Hall's Family Pi'la for constipation. Eaton Jogalong Wet kind o' people are they in that house over there ? Ruffon Wratz ( out of breath ) I didn't git no chanst to find out. The dawg oc cupied my entire 'tention. Only One "BRO3IO That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE. Look for the signature of B. W. GTROVE. Used the World over to Cure a Cold in One Day. 2ric. Whistler's Odd AVnys. Lord Rcdesdale once gave a descrip tion of Whistler's methods to a meet ing in London in support of a memo rial to the great artist. He was paint ing , he said , a portrait of a lady. Whistler took up his position at one end of the room with his sitter and the canvas at the other end. For a long time he stood looking at his model , holding in his hand a huge brush full of color , such a brush as a man would "use to whitewash a house. Then he rushed forward and smashed the brush full of color into the canvas. Then he ran back , and forty or flfty times he repeated this. At the end of that ti..j Hide stood out on the canvas a space which exactly indicated the fig ure , the form and the expression of the.sitter. There was a pathetic story attaching to the picture. The bailiffs were in the house when the picture was finished. That was quite a com mon occurrence , and Whistler only .lapghed , but he went round his studio With a knife and deliberately destroyed * 11 his canvases , Including this picture , which was to have been his ( Lord Redesdale's ) . Dundee Advertiser. One Thing : Sure. . A young lady whose beauty is eqi i to her bluntness in conversation v , . - visiting a house where other guts were assembled , among them the eldt : son of a rich manufacturer. The ti. : turned on matrimonial squabbles. . Sal' the eligible parti : "I hold that the < or rect thing for the husband is to beg > If as he intends to go on. Say that th < ti question was one of smoking. Ainu - ' tik immediately I would settle the questi.t'.i l > y lighting a cigar and settling tir la question forever. " lahi "And I would knock the thing out o. ' hiBl 3-our mouth , " cried the imperious beau- Blf 1.V. " ti "Do you know , " rejoined the younq tiai ran. "I don't think you would be aik there. " Everybody's Magazine. ROSY AND PLUMP. Good Health from Jlijiht Food. ftm m "It's not a new food to me , " remarked fta a Va. man , in speaking of Grape-Nuts Et "About twelve months ago my wif < EtPi Pi was in very bad health , could not Kej Picx cx anything on her stomach. The Doctoi cxhi recommended milk half water but if was not siiiliciently nourishing. tlg tlbi "A friend of mine told me one day 1- bi try Grape-Xuts and cream. The resul. ' bih was really marvelous. My wife seer regained her usual strength and to-daj is as rosy and plump as when a gir' of sixteen. A "These are plain facts and nothing I could say in praise of Grapc-Xut5 tlai would exaggerate in the least , the valur ai of this great food. " 1 : Name given by Postum Co. , Battle 1A Creek , Mich. Read "The Road to Well ville , " In pkgs. "There's a Reason. " teat Ever read the above letter ? A at new one appears from time to time. They are genuine , true , and BlW full of human Interest. W I j y y l IVo 111:1 it < M Sorvilily < o Fashion. There is nothing more abject in the social state than the servility of womei to the dictates of fashion , declares : New York writer. Nothing more in artistic or barren of all harmony or beauty could be devised than the feminine figure which prevails at pres ent just because it is ' fashionable. " Of course , in this respect fat. even mildly l > Iui > : ; > , women arc left out of the reck oning , though they are struggling as best they can to compress themselves into the shape of an Egyptian mummy. To be in line with fashion now every woman must find her greatest width at the shoulders. From that point she must taper to her heels , and' she must be prepared to knock her knees together when she walks. It Is a fashIon - Ion that is preposterous in every way. and It Is not to the credit of the great army of women that its introduction was brought about by three dressmak ers' models. The style was seen first when three models went to a Paris race track in sheath gowns , and for their pains were escorted off the course by the police. For a few weeks the women of Paris asserted they would not submit to the sheath gown or any modification of it : yet the clinging effect > f the sheath forms the chief note in the present styles. Worth and other alleged leadIng - Ing dressmakers of Paris cried out figalnst anything approaching the sheath model , but all have been forced to surrender. Of course , the true sheath , with its it side , has not been worn. The ta pering effect of the sheath is the thing. Women , tall and small , have fallen victims of the craze. The natural lines of the human form must disappear under the lacing and the kneading of this iniquitous fashion. The woman who cannot compress her hips into smaller space than her shoulders will be looked upon as hopeless from the point of view of fashion , and this Im poses torture upon the great majority. What is to come out of it all ? Petti coats are to be discarded , so that the mummy effect may not be destroyed. To move easily in the new skirts is an Impossibility , and the knock-kneed woman will find herself at au advan tage over her straight-limbed sister. The ways of fashion surely are as strange and mysterious as woman her self. Combination Co * ( nine. Pnmelle vehet was used to make the r > ng plain skirt of this stylish cos- uine , and chiffon broadcloth in a avely shade of violet that harmonized eautifully made the tunic. Russian ICG was elaborately used on the wlice , and made the entire short leeves. The yoke was formed of chif- on , finely tucked , and matched the unic in color. The liat of satin and igrettes was carried out in the same ovely shades. Ilomclc.s.'i ( Jirls. There are said to be no fewer than 0,000 working girls in Berlin who have o homes , no rooms even that they can all their own , but sleep in the Schlaf- tellen , and in the daytime have no laee nt all to which to go. The city ontributes $500 a year toward three lomes where the girls may go when hey are sick. Anna Plothow has sug- ested < that the factory owners would eneh't themselves by making good .omes ( for the girls. \ The American AVomnii. Who shall say which is the true Linerican woman , the housekeeper of lie Kansas farm , of the Tennessee lountain cabin or of the city tlat ? aks a writer in the New York Even- ig Post. There is no composite of the Lmerican woman , who is least of all 3 be studied on 5th avenue or New- ort or to be judged by the "stories" bout her in the illustrated Sunday upplements. That she has her faults , rhcrever she be , is perfectly obvious , since she isbut human. We are in clined t < > think that a serious and care ful student would find the educated American woman less interested in po litical and social questions than her sisters abroad. But. on the other hand , if there is narrowness aloni : those lines , where is her equal for charitable work ? Where any others who merit such praise for maintaining the artis tic and the refining influences of the home ? Big pigskin , walrus or leather auto bags. ] 0 by 12 inches , are seen in the shops. Cashmere de sole , with a surface as glossy as satin , is a pronounced novelty IP dress goods. For actual warmth the goat skin and oppossum coats. lined with cloth , are very successful. The glove most eagerly sought to-day for everyday wear is the French pique with one clasp. The soft , eight-button gloves are worn with afternoon toil ettes. The mannish cape glove is long GIRLS' ELABORATE STY and fits snugly to the arm. All gloves button. Flowers and fruit appear among the designs in men's neckwear Nowadays nearly all women wear jabots bets , and among the prettiest Is the grandfather frill. Embroidered dots of various sizes are used in dainty ties. The dots may be white or a color. r Royal blue , golden brown , mulberry and maize are fashionable colors in high-class costumes. Many of the prettiest hats are almost smothered in downy marabou ; its soft effect is becoming to almost every wo man. man.A A narrow band of gold or silver rib bon , with a rose at each end. makes a becoming hair ornament on the Grecian order. Shoos present one aspect coming and another aspect going backs match the dres , while fronts are of conventional patent leather. With elaborate afternoon and evening gowns sleeves that are strapped with the material of the gown over lace are a good deal used. Slip a bit of gold lace under your net chemisette. This glint of gold through the transperancy is one of the important touches. The dressmakers have decided that about the best width for the modern clinging skirt is two yards or a few inches over , Street skirts cut above the ankles , made of rough fabrics , are not always this wide , but the two yards in unstiffened satin or tulle give enough stiffness at footline. The Belter Foreign AVnj- . American women are clean enough as far as their homes are concerned , but they often very grudgingly give any work to the municipality. In Germany there is a nightly washing of the cities that makes everything clean to the eye when morning comes , and the Dutch housewife considers the pavement in front of her house a responsibility of her own and scrubs it until it Is clean enough to eat from. Darrette That Stick * . There is already a woman's back comb designed so as to retain its place in the hair. It has remained for a M a s s a chusetts TjjSgpr man to turn out a barrette with the same virtuees. This barrette has a row of teeth Inside and run ning : lengthwise with the back. The pin is wide ; ) STICK , enough to carry an opening into which the teeth fit , so that when the whole is closed and : fastened in the hair there is little dan ger of the pin coming open , as the pins of most barettes are prone to do , : inasmuch as the strands of hair that are caught between the teeth keep It in position. There is probably no one ar- : ticle of dress or ornament more fre quently lost by a woman than a bar rette. and as many of these are costly articles , some of them , indeed , con taining valuable jewels , the importance of tin's safety device can be readily appreciated. Woman' * .Veat Proposal. A bachelor rector of a Western church was alone in his study when his housekeeper brought him the card of one < if his parishioners , a spinster of means and charm. When the lady was seated on the op posite side of his study table the rec tor looked at her inquiring ! } * , expecting to hear something concerning parish wcrlv in which he was active. To his surprise an embarrassed silence ensued , during which be vainly sought for something to say. "Dr. Wank , " began the lady , at last , in falter ! ' g tones , "do you think can you fancy conditions under which a a woman is justified in proposing' : " "Why. yes , " said the rector , after some deliberation. "Thou art the man ! " said the lady , resolutely. She was right. Wlien Sleeve Are Long ; . The girl of the pretty hand and arm is not pleased with the latest dictum in sleeves. Layers of Bilk or net or vel vet almost to tiie finger tips may be "smart , " but they also cover up much natural beauty Though the "knockers" were wont to bemoan the ugliness dis played by the long , popular elbow sleeve , in point of fact it was a style much more becoming to the average hand than the long sleeve. It may make a hand seem smaller to ! be half covered ; it also makes it look redder and much more awkward. De fects in manicuring are more In evi dence ; therefore it behooves one to pay more instead of less attention to the "LES OF HAIRDRESSER. care of her hands. The long sleeve re quires more careful cutting , it does away with the fetching bracelet , and it brings about cheaper gloves. Honey for Burns. The Swiss Bee Journal Kays , in speaking of honey as a cure for burns , that a child 2 years old was severely burned on the arm. in boiling water. The member was immediately bathed in honey and wrapped in a linen cloth. The pain at once ceased and the heal ing was very rapid , the honey keep ing the air from the burn. The hand- age was changed every flay. It was easily removed , without hurting the child , by first moistening the cloth with warm water. Modlnlt Heeeptioii Gown. For this rich and elegant costume " gray chiffon broadcloth was used , and , e QS sketch shows , it is cut in tunic ef I fect , the latter bordered with bands T of self-tone satin./ The heavy lace so C elaborately used is dyed to match the t sloth , and tiny silver buttons and braidb b form a pretty closing for the side seams. The accompanying hat is black v satin , loaded with magnificent graj n plumes. A Danger In Cheap Furs. "Cheap furs carry with them a dan- jer that It is well to consider , " says G ho Woman's Home Companion. "This b s the unsanitai'y manner in which ) they are made up and the fact that ( ur offers an attractive lurking place I c 'or germs. Most of them are made ' > y Russian Jews , half starved , un- j , lean and many of them victims of furfa ! fa iers' asthma. Naturally the better joods are made under sanitary condl- lons. " tl With practically no opposition the Senate Monday passed the House bill appropriating $800,000 to aid the Ital ian earthquake sufferers. Senator I'ai- ley of Texas declared that such appro priations were unconstitutional , but did nothing to delay congressional action. The sum of $400,000 was apnropriated for the purchase or construction of a building in Paris as the home of the American ambassador. The bill will go to the House for its consideration. Af ter having been in session a little over an hour the House adjourned out of respect to the memory of Representa tive Davey of Louisiana , who died dur ing the recess. Numerous messages from the President on various subjects were read. The most important were a message recommending aid for the Italian earthquake sufferers and a mes sage responding to a resolution asking for information as to what the Presi dent meant in his annual message re- I garding the secret service. The relief asked for the stricken Italian people was quickly and unanimously voted , while the secret service message was referred to a special committee after Mr. Griggs of Georgia had moved to have it returned to the President , which motion he later withdrew. The business of the Senate Tuesday consumed less than an hour , nearly half of which was devoted to th& con sideration of nominations in executive session , of which a large number were confirmed. A motion by Senator Gore to print the inaugural addresses and the proclamation of emancipation by President Lincoln in the Congressional Record in celebration of the centenary year of Lincoln's birth brought Senator Bailey of Texas to his feet with an ob jection to the printing of the proclama tion of emancipation. Further discus sion w-is stopped by a reference of the entire matter to the committee on printing. Transacting business without e\en "the semblance of a quorum , the House passed several bills of a mis cellaneous character , but of little gen eral public importance. The only in cident worthy of note was a heated discussion among the members of the Indiana delegation over a bill to pro vide for the establishment of judicial divisions in the district of Indiana. The measure failed of passage. Over two hours were devoted to consideration of the bill providing for the erection of embassy and legation buildings abroad , without any conclusion being reached. Among the bills passed was one provid ing for leaves of absence with pay for thirty days to employes on the Panama canal injured in line of duty. " The postal savings bank bill was be fore the Senate Wednesday , and many amendments were proposed to it , some of them requiring the deposit of postal savings funds in State as well as na tional banks. The Senate also received two messages from the President , one recommending additional interstate commerce legislation and the other re lating to the absorption by the United States Steel Corporation of the Ten nessee Coal & Iron Company , and passed several bills on the calendar. The only incident worthy of note in the proceedings of the House of Rep resentatives and which caused a good deal of amusement , was a brief discus sion of the forthcoming African hunt ing trip of President Roosevelt. Inci I dentally there was a reference to the a famous so-called Ananias Club. The whole debate hinged on the newspaper story stating that Major Edgar O. Mearns of the army was to accom pany the President , and that in order s to do so he had been put in the retired list with increased rank. The matter was brought up bj * Mr. Mann of Illi nois in connection with the considera tion of a bill authorizing the issuance of commissions to officers who retire J r with increased rank. The rem.jind.v of the day was devoted to the consid eration of a number of miscellaneous bills and resolutions. Agraiii.st Bij ? lints. Since the church has seen fit to obj' " It would seem rea onaWe to suppo-sf i' " the days of die "Merry Widow" hat v , ! < numbered , ur. Parkhurst of the MulM : > * i Square Presbyterian clmrdh at Ne\v Y n- < began his sermon Sunday by anno'i'vin * that any womaii who were a lint ' > church which , obstructed th view of : ' > persons behind her was a thief. In Bno'- lyn Rev. Dr. Cortland Meyer * of tin- Baptist Temple secured the removal of largo hats by posting a notice which KM. ! . "Out of Christian consideration for oi- : ers you are kindly requested to rm < > , o your hat during the sermon. " I'.i-h > [ / Williams of the Episcopal dioce e of Omaha gae out an order to the eiToi-- that women would not be allowed toviar bie hats to church and then remove thorn , but must remain cohered , with hats thai will not interfere with the rights of < > : Ii ers. He added to this a reqiu\ ti.-i ! modest dresses be worn at church , " ' - vices. An Oranpre Cucumber Xc\t. Howard S. Hill , a cucumber grower o Gardner , Mass. , finding an oran o tiviii blossom in his cucumber hothoiw s-- > vt--j : ; weeks ago , transferred the poll-n fro-n tlie orange blossoms to the p of tV t M cumber. As the cucumber giv. . ir ; mained round like an oran-re. but u- - the skin of a. cucumber. When rijio ir ? sUmed a brigftt orange color , wliilo i. taste of the blend is said to bo \ - . pleasing. He is now experimenting v.Itl the seeds from tlie I > es-t .speci.'BiMis an 1 tlsnJfs ffce aew variety will becomUM ; ; fer. T8"o Batter In Great Brltalm. The British Isles are In the'taroes of A butler famine. The state of affalra which now exists in London has nev r bean experienced before in the memory of the olde&t living merchant. That city. Liverpool. Manchester , Glasgow , Bristol and other great centers of trade may In * said to be in a state of panic. There is no reserve of cold stored but ter at all. Many of the prominent mar garine manufacturers in England re port tint not for ninny years have they been working : it s'irh i pressure to fill their pivshins : orders. It is antici pated that diirii1Hie present high price of butter it v. I.I mi ! wi h an enormous sale. Took Her Siwter'.s Cap. An interesting picture of a war relic has recently appeared in an English periodical. It is a French "Cap of Lib erty , " carved and gilded and taken from the masthead of a war vessel. In 1704. during the war between Eng land and France the Rcvolutionnaire. a splendid French ship of eleven hundred and forty-eight tons , was taken by a British vessel and added to the British navy. Two years later the Revolutiou- naire. still keeping her old name under the English flag , commanded by Cant. Francis Cole , captured her former sis ter ship , the f'nite. a frigate of thirty- six guns. The liber'y cap from the main mast was appropriated by C'apt. Cole 'and is now owned b < - some of his descendants. : It. "To what , " asked the foreigner who rras making a study of American institu tions , "do you attribute the remarkable success of yo'tr great department stores ? " "To the "fact. " said the native , "that w are a patieivt people. Fifty customers will wait their turn uncomplainingly nt a counter where there is only one girl to sell goods. " Thorium Hu Ivneiv. Mrs. Gewjum John , do you know what you said in your sleep last night ? Mr. Gewjum O. yes ; I suppose I said , "Maria , for heaven's sake let me get in a word edgewise ! " For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of DREADFUL BANDRUFF. Girl's Mend Encrusted Fcnred I < oxf nt All Her Unir Bnby Had Mill * Crnut MisHlonnry'.i Wife Made Perfect Cnre.s by Cutlcura. "For several years my husband wasr a missionary in the Southwest. Every one In that high and dry atmosphere has more or less trouble with dandruff and my daughter's scalp became so en crusted with it that I was alarmed for fear she would lose all her hair. After trying various remedies , in desperation bought a cake of Ctiticura Soap and box of Cuticura Ointment. They left the scalp beautifully clean and frea from dandruff and I am happy to say that the Cuticura Remedies were a complete success. I have also used successfully the Cuticura Remedies for so-called 'milk-crust' on baby's head. Cuticura Is a blessing. Mrs. J. A. Dar ling , 810 Fifth St. , Carthage , Ohio , Jan. 20. 190S. " Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. , Sole Props , of Cuticura Remedies , Boston. can get back the strength , they used to have if they will take a treatment of the famous tonic- laxative herb tea , Medicine ( called also Lane's Tea ) Its cost is only 25 cents a package a-nd a package will last a month. It cures backache , sideache , bearing-down pains , indiges tion and constipation. All druggists sell it , 25c. "FURS " WANTE1 \ \ We will net you 22 to 26 cents straight through for your Musferats according to No. of kits. $1.00 eacb'for prime Skunk , broad * trpe * included , /til kinds of Furs booming. Write for price li t. PEMBER'S HIDE & FUR HOUSE , Drawer 26. Onawa. Iowa.