Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 50, Number 18, Jasper, Dubois County, 17 January 1908 — Page 6

Overcoming Her

By Elizabeth The shadow of the leaves of an f apple tree branch autvereu ou iaw white muslin curtains of Miss Phoebe Perolvals chamber window as they were stirred by the light morning AW breast. The sun just rising filled the room f

with a ellow glow. Ordinarily this j sVenil unnecessary stitches. "If I was the signal for the rising of beöa going with a girl two years Phoebe, but this morning she lay and aad aeVer mentioned anything about watched the shadows. She badawak- f oejBg eagagdi. I should expect her to -enetl with a heay feeling of de- i my attentions dldn t mean anyypondeacy. thing and she was free to go home -I declare for It!" she exclaimed to J wlth anybody sne liked. Shouldn't herself. I ve a good mind not to get j vouj up at ill I ain't of any use In the Tfle ymm blushed. ..j wld-an old maid, living hero atone. , rvj b(K,n soniöüllni; of a fo0. Seems as if everybody else had some- MJgs Pwcv1 BQ snd with an era. bodv to do for parent or busband ( barni1 Umh .Tve beon expector children or relations of some kind ( 1-f. oJks R1jBd.readors Thank

at auy rate, someoouy taey re uwesary to and who'd miss 'em if they should die. But me! I don't suppose any living being would shed a tear If I should die this minute. I shouldn't be missed any more'n one of the rocks over in the pasture ' Phoebe stopped short In her monologue to listen. A faint "meaow" came from somewhere below. and was out of bed before the words vviliHUB, " I were out of her mouth. It took her but a few minutes to ross. and then she tripped downstairs, for Phoebe was quick-motioned if she was 40. She let the cat in. stooping to take him la her arms for a moment rad pet and talk to him. "You've had to wait so long. Peterkia. I think I will give you an extra good breakfast," she said. The cat robbed against her and showed his affection in all the ways possible to a cat. and when the i saucer of food was set before him. purred loudly as be ate. Phoebe had hardly cleared away her breakfast and made her three small Tripped Downstairs. rooms tidy, when there was the sound of children's voices and a knock on the front door. Oh. Miss PercivaL will you pleas h us some flowers for the teacher?" spoke up one of the children eagerly tvb-o she appeared. ' Hiess your hearts, yes!" was the hearty response. There was a snipsnipping of Phoebe's scissors, and when the troop passed out of the yard with happy faces, each child bad a fragrant little bouquet, and there was a chorus of "Thank you, Miss Perclval '" ! ' Precious few left," laughed Phoebe ! to herself. "But they'll blossom all the more for being picked, and what would be the use of having flowers if nobody wanted 'om?' She was now ready for the day's work, which was to make a Jacket and two pairs of knickerbockers for little Freddie Westall, from two old pairs of his papa's trousers, which his mamma had ripped and pressed. "I think I'll make the seats and elbows double, seeing there's cloth enough." soliloquized Phoebe. "Freddie is so hard on his clothes and poor Mrs. Westall has bo much to do, and than when they do come to holes the patches'!! be right there all ready to hem down to." The groceryman came as Phoebe finished cutting the Jacket He was a fresh, attractive-looking young man, and generally Inclined to be sociable: bu this morning he was very glum and said never a word at he wrote down Phoebe's order. Why. what have you done to your tvr!t?" she exclaimed suddenly. l ut it on fladger's old kerosene van. I gueas. The dickens! I didn't know it was bleeding like that on your cloan ßoor, too! Wait a minute and let me do It up for you. Never mind the floor." Oh. it's no matter. 1 can put my handkerchief about IL Hut Plwebe Insisted, and after wash - lap he wounded wrisL wound It with soft white cloth. The young man V iked down at her In silence till she began to fasten the end of the bandace, when he spoke abruptly: Say, Miss Perclval! Suppose you'd bcn going with a gtrl steady for 'most tu. years, and all at once she left y i i in tho lurch some Sunday night ar-1 wont home from evening meeting wi n another follow! Shouldn't yon th'fik yourself Justified In never havhi anything more to say to her?" "Vli I don't know," said Phoebe. S!ie amy have done It Just to tease.

Despondency

Robbins not moaning anything No; I don't think I'd break an engagement for a little thing like that." "Oh. but there wasn't any oagngemeat at least, nothing had over been said" VeH.- said Phoebe, as ahe took you for doing up my wrist. Phoebe watched him as he went down the path. "I know Nellie was feeling bad about something the last time she was here. she mused: "but I bad other company and so she didn't say anything. It's queer what trifles will come between two people who really think the world of each other," and Phoebe sighed as she recalled the . 1 1 The catting out of Freddie Westall's clothes was done, and Phoebe was at her stitching machine, when Mrs. Gaines, her next neighbor, burst in at the door and sank Into a chair. "Do you know bow to put in a stove lining?" she asked, breathlessly. "John took mine out and then was called away and won't be home till noon; and Just before he went he remembered to giTe me a letter he took out of the post ofiice a week ago and it's from my sister, and she's coming here to-day on the half-past ten train, ana going off in the afternoon on her way home from the mountains, and her. son and his wife are with her and I've been canning tomatoes all the week and let everything else go and I've been working every minute since I got the letter cleaning things up, and forgot all about the stove " "I'll go right back with you." Phoebe said promptly, and the two left the bouse together. Phoebe was possessed of "gump tion." and the stove lining was put in as quickly and as well as John could have done it. "Now. Laura." she commanded, "you Just run and change your dress and get ready for your company 'tis 'most 11 o'clock and leave the dinner to me. I'll have It all on the table by 12, and run over afterward and wash up the dishes." "Oh. it Is too much" "No. It Isa't!" Phoebe Interrupted her. "What are neighbors for If not to be neighborly?" So with a deep breath of relief Mrs. Gaines obeyed, ami Phoebe set to work on the dinner. Everything went off well, and at half-past one the dishes were washed and put away, and Phoebe was back at her machine. Just before supper, Mrs. Gaines ran over for a minute to tell Phoebe how grateful she was. "My company had to go away at three o'clock." she said, "and if it hadn't been for you I should hare had to stay is the kitchen most of the time and hardly seen ray sister at all." Phoebe hurried her sewing after supper, so that by half-past eight she was on her way down the road with Freddie Westall's completed garments over her arm. Mrs. Westall gave a relieved sigh at sight of her. "m so glad they're finished." she exclaimed. "Some of the other children dared Freddie to go through a thicket of horse-briers and blackberry vines this afternoon down in the pasture, and his only pair of knlckernockers was torn to tatters, You couldn't stay and spend the even Ing. could you?" she asked wistfully as Phoebe rose to go. "I can't blame folks for not coming to see me, when I never get to see them: but I do get do lonesome and my husband Is away this evening, too "Why. 111 be glad to." asserted Phoebe, and the two sat and rocked and chatted till Mr. Westall came home at ten o'clock, After Phoebe was home again and bad locked up for the night, there came a quick knock at the door "Somebody must have been taken suddenly sick and Bent for me," she thought as she drew the bolt and opened the door. "Good evening. Miss Perclval," said a voice which she Instantly recognized as that of tho groceryman. "I was going by home." the young man said, "and saw your light waa burning, so I thought I'd stop and tell you that I acted on the hint you gave me this morning, and everything Is ! aI1 rifhL Ne,Ue has saJd aho'n marr3 i mc- w thought we'd like you to know about It flrsu "Well. I am glad!" thought Phoebe, as she fastened the door again and went upstairs. "He's a likely fellow and she's a good girl. They'll never be sorry, either of "em." When Phoebe had put out her light j she lay for awhile watching the leafy shadows on her curtains, cast this time by the nowly-rlsen moon. The deepondency of the morning had given place to a quiet happiness that was soon merged la pleasant dreams.

BERLIN WOOL WORK AGAIN.

Fashion's Wheel Has Brought OldTimer Into Favor. So many of our "new things' turn out to be old things slightly disguised and brought Into fashion by a turn of the wheel. Hero's "Berlin work" as the latest arrlva. This is work in wools on canvas In either "cross" or "tent" stitch. The cros-tttch Is the easier and, on the whole, the bolter adapted to elaborato patterns. It was In cross-stttch that the dnmos of olden days embroidered the elaborate tapestries that adorned the walls of hall and castle, some of which are highly esteemed as art treasuros. If a girl is vory enterprising and wishes to give a very handsome present to some friend, she could not do better than work a chalrback and seat cover. The back of tho chair might bo worked in the cct of arms of tho recipient. Cross-stitch lends Itself particularly well to such conventional designs. The seat of the chair might be the crost only. Care must be takon to do the work in the very best grade of wools, as the others are liable to fade. Sofa pillows worked in crossstitch are always acceptable, and many charming pattorns (most ol them old ones revived) are shown this season. Hand fire screens are vory pretty, but they should bo worked in silk on very fine canvas. A very little practice will enable any girl to pick out even tho most complicated pattern with ease, but for tho lazy, patterns are bought already stamped on the matorlal. Detroit Free Press. PRETTY AND CHEAP SCREEN. Beautiful Ornament for Any Room In the House. Something beautiful in a window screen will cost yon only tho price of some very thin blue lawn, providing yon already have a frame, and many homes have screen frames which have once done duty and only await something new In a covering. It takos a double thickness of lawn for the screen, because the designs are pasted lightly between the covers and when the light shines through the screen there Is a beautiful shadow effect. One neat design Is a stork standing amid cat-tails and pond lilies, another is bunches of grapes and leaves, and tho odd little figures of dancing Dutch children or pretty geisha girls make good shadowgraphs. A handsome covering can be mode with white lawn, the pictures being in colors which reflect through the material. It Is best to cut the patterns from paper and paste very lightly to one piece of the material after It has been tacked In place. Always Iron the pieces to the material to prevent wrinkles. Or the patterns can be cut from dress goods and attached In the same manner. A large screen will bo attractive If covered with cheap unbleached muslin and the figures cut from heavy paper, which show In bold relief on the white background. Shades for lamps ran be made In th same manner, either with floral effect or any of the conventional patterns commonly used. Spice Fingers. Cream thoroughly three tablespoonfuls of butter with a scant c ful of brown sugar, adding a teaspoonful of powdered cinnamon, a half teaspoon ful each of nutmojr and allspice, a quarter of a teaspoonful each of gln ger and salt Stir one teaspoonful of sifted baking soda into one cupful of rich sour cream, and as it foams add It to the spice mixture alternately with enough graham and white flour (half and half) to make a soft dough. Turn on a floured board and knead Into it three tablespoonfuls of seeded raisins, three of currants, and one each of chopped citron and candled orange peel. Roll out very" thin, cut In strips with a Jagging Iron, then sprinkle with powdered sugar and bake in a moderate oven until brown and crisp. The Circle. Buttermilk Biscuit. Two cups flour, one-half level tea spoon salL one-half levol teaspoon soda, two level teaspoons cream of tartar, throe level tablespoons short ening, buttermilk. Sift together tho flour, salt, soda and cream of tartar. Work In the shortening with the fingers, then add buttermilk to make a soft dough. Toss onto a floured board; roll one-half Inch thick, cut with biscuit cutter, and place In a buttered pan one-half inch apart. Prick tho tops with a fork and bake In a hot oven for ton min utes. To Cut Hot Brown Bread. Draw a clean, strong, whit thread sharply and firmly across tho loaf, pushing It down equally on either side. The result will be clean, smooth slices, free of the stickiness that comes from cutting with a knife. Brown Bread Sandwiches. Cut brown bread Into thin slices and butter. Mix grated cheese and finely chopped English walnut moats and season with salt. Spread on half of the slices and cover with tho remain' ing slices. Worried Batter. One thing Is very nocossnry to remember: Do not let tho batter get chilled or worried In any way; keep It the same even temperature, and you will have nice crumpets. Baker and Confectioner. Relief for Choking. A raw egg swallowed Immediately will generally carry' a fsh bono or other substance down which cannot be removed from the throat by tho uL most exertion.

TO PROTECT WALL HERE IS SOMETHING DAINTIER THAN JAPANESE MATTING. Directions for Making Splash-Back In Floral Muslin or Cretonne Pretty Frill with Which to Finish Drapery. The splash backs In Jnpaneso matting which arc so ofton used to protect a well-paper behind a washstand are nevor very decorative in offect, and seem always as though thoir proper place would bo rather the floor than the wall of a room. There are many pretty possibilities, however, about a dainty wall drapery of the kind we Illustrate In the accompanying sketch. It could bo very oasll' made at home, and hxi securoly to MADE IN PRINCESS STYLE. Handsome Reception Gown of Cheviot with Fine Trimmings. A vory handsome rocoptlon gown wa3 developed In a princess model from cerise French cheviot. This mate rial being rather heavy, the elaborate touches wore shown In fine trim mings. A deep yoke of white lace was broad over tho (Shoulders and the front piece extended several inches below tho waist line, where It was finished with a broad tab effect. Tho narrow bolt closed nt each sido of the lace piece. An odd feature of tho trimming was shown In Innumerable little pendants of cerise enamel which studded the lnce. not heavily, but noticeably. The skirt was mado decidedly full around the lower portion by tho introduction of set-In folds which wero simply outlined with a narrow finish ing braid of the santo color. Tho sleeves were alten. to rows of cerise satin and the bolt was of satin. Coque's Plumes. In millinery the alpha and omega Is undoubtedly feathers and every de scriptlon of birds' wings and breast plumage r.o matter how humble Its origin Is prossed into service. From economical reasons, women in general havo to congratulate themselves that the coque's plum may fairly be said to be at the zenith of its popularity, and even In tho dark, Irldescont tones which one has scarcely seon for some years It will be amazingly popular, while panaches of flecked brown and white, gray and white, or blue and white coque's plumage tako all man nor of different forms in tho hands of the milliner. If your "glory crown" happens to be white and you still hanker for the up-to-date coiffure, then must you pay for your vanity and right heavily. No bought locks cost like white onoB, that Is, if you want the genuine. An ounce for $75 Is not an uncommon price to pay for a switch. However, much of tho white puffs and rntß and pompadours that nro worn was onco dark and has been tinted by chomical baths to Its snowy whltoness. Abstemiousness Is a great boautlflor. There Is a dIfforoni:c, however, between being abstemious and starving oneself. The latter practice, which too often Is tho sole Idea or dieting, will soon produce undernourished, nnnemlc women with pasty or broken out skins. When removing a blackhond by pressure either with a watch key or with tho finger tips bo careful not to bruise the flesh. It Is woll to finish tho operation with n soothing lotion or soma antiseptic bath.

the wall. wlt:..jut any assistance from a professional carpenter. It might bo carried out in any kind of floral muslin or cretonne, or even silk, drnpped In tho mnnnor shown In tho sketch, and arranged so that It will hang from a long, narrow piece of wood, which must also bo covered with tho samo material. A blind-lath would answer tho purposo admirably. Into tho back of this piece of wood two picture-frame rings might bo screwed, which could afterward hang from two nails In tho wall; or hooks might be fast unci! Into the wall, on which tho wooden lath might rost. A pretty frill of the flowered muslin, or other material, linlshes the drapery along tho top, while lowor down tho muslin festoons are caught up with tnssols.

PARIS STYLES AND COLORS. Blue Stockings and Big Hats Worn in Gay Capital. The favorite color for stockings over In Paris this season is blue. But another word comos from tho other side that Parisian style makers are concealing their original designs because Americans steal them. Well, now, did you ever? Mushroom hats are not dead; only the brims are wider and turn up at the edges; as to smaller sizes being worn, that depends on the buyer. It will Interest those who havo humanitarian scruples to know that tho gayest plumage nowadays comes from tho humble barnyard, the poulterer's shop and the sportsmon's guns. Tho feathery product from these sources Is dyed in magnificent colors conjured into vast heights that decorate tho newest shapes and are soft ened to the needs of the picture hat. When women are tired of seeing thenr solves overtopped by these construe tlons. there will bo changes, not till thon. The last word Is by no means said on tho unique hat of the season. AFTER THE HEAVY DINNER. Good Idea to Pass Digestive Tablets Among the Guests. If you have provided a big dinner whose consoquences you fear for some of your guests it is not a bad Idea to have digestive tablets passed as soon as the diners leave the table. This can bevino In tho way of a joke. Each pev-V tablet should bo wrapped in tlnfoJr.'and inside written with a motto or some ludicrous advice on the danger of overeating and the wisdom of getting the best of a big dinner before It gets tho best of yon It will afford much amusement, but nevertheless, see that all tako their pill, whether they want to or not If you uso liqueurs, creme de mlnthe is oxcollent to servo In the drawing room at the closo of a big dinner. Or if you are strictly tomporance plain mint could be passed in same dainty glasses. tho the IN RIBBON OR SILK. P.olt of flowered ribbon or silk with tiny tnbs in the back which hook on tho waist CULTIVATE HAPPINESS. Every girl can do ono thing well If i she will only take tho trouble to find wnat inai unng is. Thore are great talents In roach, If one will only look, and those talents may be a comfort In dark hours that will make life better and happier, both for ourselves and thoso about us. It Is the xi rl who docs things that is attractive. This does not mean painting great pictures or singing in grand opera or writing tho popular book, but It does mean cultivating tho faculty of saying bright things, playing light, catchy airs, acquiring the art of being sympathetic. The girl who puts her own griefs as much as possible aside who takos a wholesome Interest In life, who cultivates looking for tho host In pcoplo with whom sho comes In contact Is happier hersolf nud makes those about her happy. Good for the Complexion. Parsley water Is said to bo useful for clearing tho complexion. Take one-half pint of rain water and soak a large bunch of parsley In It all night; In tho morning wlpo tho face with n clean, soft cloth, then sponge with the parsley water; let tho face dry without wiping. This should bo done three times a day for a fortnight, when groat Improvement will bo seen In tho complexion.

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The General Demand

of tho Well-Informed of the World has always been for a simple, pleasant and efficient liquid laxative remedy of known valuo; a laxative which physician c.uld sanction for family use because iu torn. poncnt parts are known to them to ha wholesome and truly beneficial in ff.vt acceptable to tho system ami genu, yet prompt, m action. In supplying that demand with iu x. collcnt combination of Syrup of Fig an.J Elixir of Senna, tho California Fig Sr m Co. proceeds along ethical lines and r. U-j on the merits of the laxative for iu remark able success. That is one of many reasons why Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna c- v . n the preference by the Well-Inf m j, To get ita beneficial effects always ,-y the genuine manufactured by th- ah. forma Fig Syrup Co., only, and for ale by all leading druggists. Price fifty ( t i.t per bottle. BLAMED ON THE RAILROAD. First Thought In Irishman's Mind Af. ter the Accident. Railroad claim-ngents have li!o faith Iu their fellow creatures ore said recently: "Every time 1 w:- a claim with one of thoso hard !. i I rural residents who wan's the road to pay twice what he ill charge the butcher If he gets a -' ; killed. I think of this story. 11! i :a tlve of tho way soma people to hold tho railroad respond!)!-- : r every accident, of whatever kind. 1 it happens. Two Irishmen were J r : : rs; home from town one night wh-n t' r buggy ran into a ditch, overt 'r:. l, and they were both stunned. Wir :. ,i rescuer came along and revived tii- i. the first thing one of them said 'Where's the trnlu?' 'Why. then - i.j train around. ho was told. Th. a Where's tho railroad? 'The n.i:--t railroad Is throe miles away. ! j learned. 'Well, well, he comnm.'- ! 'I knew It hit us protty hard. i":t I didn't suppose it knocked us tinto miles from the track. ' THE LIMITATIONS OF THE CLOTH His Reverence (whose cad.ln sneezed nt tho moment of putt;:. You you you naughty caddie' A Busy Locality. Jack Is the eight-year-old son Philadelphia suburban merchant, not long ago niado his first New York with his father strenuoslty or tho big town C" the boy's norvos, and by bedtn was about run down. He tun Into bod uulto regardless of r. of a 1 .'1 ' A 1 t.a duties, but his fathor was more it servant "Don't forgot to say your rr.t-.s my boy," he said. "0, what's the use, pop?" ro; ed tho boy. "God's too busy ov r 1 a to bother with a little thing like tl. The father was shocked, but u- f the circumstances ho thought i' i" il not to urge his son. Lippincx tu Magazine. RAILROAD MAN Didn't Like Being Starved. A man running on a railroad l-.a? bo In good condition all the tiro" Is llablo to do harm to himself ar,d others. A clear head Is necessary to r n locomolivo or conduct a train. I a a railroad man's appetite and diction are matters of Importance, as t.. clear brain and steady hand x from tho hoalthy appetite followed U the proper dißöstlon of food. "For the past five years," writ'-- a railroader, "t havo been conv.u T troubled with indigestion. Even ; tor I consulted seemed to wa' j starvo me to death. First I wa ed on warm wator and toast un i was almost starved; then, when would let me eat, the Indigo' a would be right back again. "Onlv temporary reliof came i remedies, and I tried about all n , I saw advertised. About tb-eo nago a friend advised mc U .ry l'r" Nuts food. Tho very first day i tlced that my appotlto was ''; which had not beon tho case tthat I can roniembor. ,ft "In a week, I believe. I had . n energy thnn over beforo In my ' have gained seven pounds and ? not had a touch of indigestion - 1 have been eating Grape Nuts my wife saw how much good tinwas doing mc sho thought she trv It awhile. Wo believe the ;- coveror of Grape-Nuts found the feet Food.'" r ,. e Name glvon by Postum Co. -Creek. Mich. Read "The Hoad . vllle." lu ukKS. "There's a llcaso