Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 54, Number 36, Jasper, Dubois County, 14 June 1912 — Page 3

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Woman and the Home Sphere

I Silk and Lace Lined Baby Basket 'Tv

This handsome hamper for the use of the baby is lined with silk and lace, and the upper part is furnished with an ontllt of white tdilet utensils for tne little one's own use. The lower tray is provided with a sachet and i.5 intended to accommodate the garments of the child.

TROUSSEAU ACCESSORIES. How to Make Bridal Sachets and Throwover of China Silk. Accessories are important in the trousseau of a hride today, and, happily for her, the majority of these little things are handmade and can be fashioned by the girl herself. Her sachets are made by the girl herself or by friends. Sachets are now made of the thinnest china silk or fTue handkerchief linen. They are cut double, of course, and have a sheet of very thin wadding between, but they occupy so little space that several, with their contents, can Jie carried in a suit case, with room to spare. A lovely one, designed to hold dainty lingerie, is made of pale blue china silk thirty-six inches long and eighteen inches wide, double. Between the two pieces of silk is laid the cotton wadding, thickly sprinkled with the bride's favorite ' bet. The silk which is to be the inside of the sachet is Caught to the wadding at intervals with tiny stitches to nold the wadding in place. The outside piece of silk is embroidered with a large .bowknot. having long ends that ripple over the length of the sachet. The embroidery is done in white floss. The edges of the silk are turned in and sewed together by hand, then bound with narroAv blue satin ribbon. ?sow the sachet is folded over on itself for fifteen inches and the edges caught together with a loose buttonhole or catstiteh. leaving three inches at the top to fold over like the flap of an envelope. This has a piece of the ribbon in the 'enter held down by a Hat bow. The under part is fitted with the same so that when the lingerie is slipped into tho silken case the sachet may be tied together and laid in the bottom of the bureau drawer, trunk or suit case protecting its dainty contents from dust. Smaller sachets are made, exactly on the same principle. of 'nen or pretty flowered lawn, the flowers matching the color of ribbon used. liibbon trimming the sachet should match in color and shade that which is run through the lace beading on the lingerie. Another useful accessory to ttie trous

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seau is a throwover of china silk. This is made from a square yard of silk, and many and varied are its uses, it may have a plain hemmed border, or a two inch hem can be foatherst itched all around with silk floss matching the color of the china silk. Fit one side of the "throw' with pockets made of squares and oblongs of silk, machine stitched on, and iuto these slip the articles most needed at the end of a journey when you stop at a hotel overnight a change of underclothing, the night robe, a fresh blouse, lace jabot, belt, handkerchief, gloves or whatever you will require first. Then, when the trunk or suit case is packed, the "throw" is laid on top, folded and tucked in at the edges, and everything is at hand Avhen needed. Philadelphia North American. ! PARAGRAPHS ON STYLE. JpLUFFY white net is used for girlish evening gowns. A pretty substitute for the plain linen jabot is one made entirely of finely plaited net. JLAOK and white chantilly laces are modish. yyniTE. cream and tan hats have touches of black and cerise. JIXGERIE blouses of sheerest linen are embroidered with colors. JFEP plaited frills are worn sepaiately witlr the collarless frock and are also attached to high collars. rpTIE return of the sash to full favor gives ribbon an important part to play in the spring and summer fashions. TETS elaborately embroidered with white or colors trim many lovely frocks for warm weather. The Youngster's Boiled Egg. When an egg is boiled for a small child it should be put into water that is boiling very hard and should not be allowed to remain there more than two minutes. The egg should be taken from the shell immediately when it has cooked its allotted time, as the heat of the shell will further cook it. A small quantity of butter and salt should be added to the egg. JO vSc I SN vN-c c J Pittsburgh Press.

: IN THE KITCHEN. I Cook peas and beans in as little water as possible and the flavor will be much better. Whip cream in a pitcher instead of a bowl to do it in half -the time and without; spattering. When baking a custard use two eggs to a pint of milk. Recipe For Kaisin PieHalf a cupful of raisins cooked until tender in water, two tablespoonfuls of flour, two tablespoonfuls sugar and salt. Mix sugar, flour and salt together and stir in raisins after they are cooked. This, makes one pie. Crumb Pudding. One cupful of cake crumbs soaked in one pint of warmed milk one-half hour; beaten yolk of one egg, one teaspoonful of cocoa, one tablespoonful of brown sugar, half teaspoonful of vanilla. Bake until stiff. Beat whites stiff, add two tablespoonfuls of sugar, spr'ead, then dot with red jelly. Brown slightlv.

DECREE AUTUMN FASHIONS. s Thirty-two Inch Suit Jackets -Skirts to Remain on Straight Linen. Styles for next autumn have been adopted by the National Cloak. Suit and Skirt. Manufacturers' association. About loo manufacturers rwere in attendance and made these choice?: Suit jackets to show a gradual increase in length, thirtv-two inches predominat ing. Skirts to continue on straight Hues. The slightly raised waist: line with the inner belting will continue in favor. Separate coats to be full length and cut on straight lines. Some materials will be made in perfectly loose shapes, with or without belts, and otheis will be made in trimmed effects. The features of these coats will consist of setin sleeves, deep armholes. sloping shoulders and high buttoning effects. Your Tea and Coffee. OJood tea and good coffee cannot be made haphazard fashion, in ntaking tea fill the kettle with fresh cold water and set it on to boil. The more rapidly the water is heated the better the tea. Warm the teapot. Put in the tea in the proportion of one ounce to six or seven persons or a teaspoonful for each person and a teaspoonful over. Pour on the boiling water. Cover the teapot and let it stand from five to seven minutes to draw. Vse a pot in right proportion to the size of the party. . One cupful, of coffee and six cupfuls of cold- water. Put coffee in cheesecloth bag. Tie, allowing room for coffee to swell. Place in scalded coffeepot, cover with cold water and boil ten minutes, liomove bag, let: stand two minutes on back of range and serve with hot milk, sugar and cream. To Prevent Stocking Runs. Sew a piece of tape where the garters come. Attach a loop of tape to this foundation. Fasten the garters to these small loops. The stockings will wear twice as long if treated in this wa y.

For Our Boy and Girl Readers

THE EMPEROR AND THE FIGS. Story of How the King Rewarded the m Old Man. An emperor, seeing an old man planting a big tree, asked why he was doing this. The man replied that he might live to eat of the fruit, but even if he did not his son would enjoy the figs. "AVell," said the emperor, '-if you do live to eat of the fruit of this tree X pray jou let me know of it." The sure man promised to do so, and, tiough, his life was prolonged uutil the tree grew and bore Truit, which the old man ate. Packing some of the finest of the figs in a basket, he 'set out for the palace and when he explained his errand was shown by the guards into the emperor's presence. The emperor was so pleased that he accepted the gift of the figs and ordered the old man's basket to be filled with gold. Now, next door to this old man there lived a woman who was very covetous, and, seeing his good fortune, she packed some figs into a basket and persuaded her husband to take them to the emperor in the hope of receiving in return a basket full of gold. - But the emperor, on learning -the man's errand, ordered him to stand in the courtyard and had him pelted with the figs. When the man arrived home and told his wife all that had taken place she consoled him by saying: "Ah. well I You may be thankful thev were figs and not hard eoeoanuts." The Busy Bee. Row, much work is done daily by each bee in order to make up his quota for the building of the hive? An agriculturist who has made a study of bees estimates that each Ve sips more than 000 flowers for n load, and as he makes twenty trips to and from the hive daily he visits VJ.OCW) flowers. . When and Why? When is a fowl like a poet? Whmi it is p. ro wuing. 'Why is a biuslf like a young girl? Because it becomes a woman. .

NORWAY'S AMAZING ARMY.

A Fascinating Sight to Watch Solditrs Travling on Skis. One of the most fascinating military sights in the world is to -watch Norwegian infantry, mounted on skis, traveling and maneuvering. Even with rifle and full marching kit on his back. a Norwegian soldier,' when equipped with his snowshoes, can travel at thirty miles an hour on a slight grade, and even on level ground he can cover from fifteen to twenty miles an hour. The ,kis used by the Norwegian soldiers consist, of flat pieces of wood from eight to twelve feet long and from four and one-half to six inches broad. The Norwegian infantryman is trained from childhood in the use of skis, and his skill is such that he can glide in and out of the trees without a crackle to betray his whereabouts, says TitBits. When marching orders are sounded the leader swings out: and keeps up a hot pace. Once in sight of a supposed euemy a pile of snow is quickly scooped up, and, ensconced behind this simple but effective protection, the ski man can take pot shots at the foe. During some recent maneuvers in which lOO.ono infantrymen participated the value of skis as an adjunct in warfare was clearly demonstrated. Over roads piled so high with snow that cavalry would have been .unable to make any progress whatever the infantry, mounted on their skis, covered from twenty to thirty miles an hour without mishap of any kind. Of course it would be practically impossible in most instances for the artillery with their heavy guns to follow the infantry over the snow clad roads and passes, but Tor skh'inishiug and scouting ski run riing soldiers are extremely valuable. ALL MARRY ON SAME DAY. Strange Custom Observed, by Fisher Folk of a Breton City. . In the city of Plougastel, in P.rittany. Franco, all marriages take place on one and the same day. The men are all fishermen, many of them going as far as the Newfoundland banks, and are at home only during a few months in the winter., One day in early February is set apart for the weddings. LitHe courting Ls done, bul much haggling over the dowries of the girls. They have to bring a certain quantity of linen, chickens, pigs and vegetables. Frequently a match is broken off because a girl's father refuses to add a sack of potatoes to the dowry. On the day set all the inhabitants of the region go to Plougastel. The population goes to church to heaü mass, to take communion and to witness jhe wedding ceremonies. Often fifty or move couples are united on the same day. Bride and groom do not walk together until the ceremony has been completed. For the rest of this and the whole of the next day every house is open to receive guests and to provide food and drink for them. On the evening of the second day the young men carr.v the dowries of the brides to the houses of the grooms. There thew dance and frolic until early morning, and, after they leave, the couple are for the first tjme together and alone. During the remainder of the year no marriages are concluded. Leslie's Weekly. A Historic ::: :. :::::::.:::: "v.k.::v::: ZU-, yi 2 3t3 i -

Photo by American Press Association. Italy is full of historic wonders, but perhaps the most famous is the leaning tower of i'isa. It-took about 2o) years to build it. The authorities ljave ordered that the larger bells in the tower shall not bp rung any more, asjt is thought that the vibrations might cause the structure to tumble. "1 is fifteen or sixteen feet out of pUim, ' . . ' . . "

A Series of Mistakes

By PORTER Y riOTTJLLi b !Tood to the vounirster when she conies, won't you?" said Linden as he bent to kiss his mother. "If she looks anything like Billy she should have gray eyes and a sort of quiet brown hair you know the kiucl 1 mean." "Of course 111 be good to her, you foolish boy," she laughed. "Don't you know how glad I shall be to have a little child about the house?" Linden blushed. It was one of his mother's greatest regrets that he never had married, but he was absurdly bashful, and he hated the thought. For thatreason he had welcomed the suggestion that he should lend his mother to Hilly Corsou's motherless little sister. It would help her to forget his own refusal to wed. There had been great preparations made since tho letter of acceptance had been sent. Linden had almost bankrupted himself in the purchase of toys, and the little room where as a child he had played was overflowing with all sorts of dolls and things. Daisy was to come on the noon train in the care'of the conductor, and P.obby Linden could scarcely wait until he could get his most pressing affairs straightened out before he .rushed off to the station to take the I rain back home. On the way he stopped to pick up a few more toys, and it yvas with his arms loaded down that he hurried through the shady street and into his own gale. Then he gave a gasp. On the porch sat;. a girl iir summery costume talking to his mother j It could not be the. nurse She. wAs far too well dressed for a uu'ixc. It must be one of the JocpU gii;ls. cajling;',; Jle thought of jjio ffi Store package which had come ; undone- and from Nvhich a doll's 'legs' '.waved ' pinkly- and "unrestrained, and ,t lie perspiration be'aded his 'forehead. He had always trietfro appear dignified before Hie gWs.'-it kept them at a distance. Kut iiow on earth could he look dignified with those infernal toys dangling beneath his , elbow? The two women rose as he ascended the steps, and Mrs. Linden presented the other. "Miss Corson," he echoed blankly. "Dick always spoke of me as ins lit tle sister.' " she said as she came forward. ui hone you are not disappointed.'' Disappointed that lie shoufd be the companion of such a glorious girl? Pob chuckled, and in the. saving grace of humor he lost his bashfulness. You are most welcome," he laughetl as his hand closed over hers. . "Since you are Daisy Corson these are for you." Ajid he waved those pink abominations under her eyes with an audacity that surprised himself. It broke the ice all around, and in the little interval before dinner they chatted as three old friends. Since she was to be a permanent guest there was no sense in being afraid of her. so Bob exerted himself to make her feel at home, and his mother, sitting quietly back and watching the animated pair, built air castles peopled with little folk who were truly her grandchildren and who had Bob's eyes and Daisy's hair. In the days that followed the dream Old Tower .::tev Ii; ,-xv-.sg:...-. . ...:Vv:::W:-.W:;.- : . .:.:..:: . -::-.-.-:-A:-: .:: .. I ft" CT

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seemed to grow more real. The little nursery had been converted into a sitting room for the girl, and Bob had entered into the furnishing of this with even more arjdor than he had shown in the planning of t brother. Ite and Daisy were together constantly when lie was at home, and in the long evenings while they sat out on the pinyza in the coot dusk a bud of romance grew into, a sturdy plant. Bob's success in business had been due to his directness and commanding qualities, and these he brought to oar now. Before a week had elapsed the question he longed to ask seemed cerktaiu of a favorable answer. He decided to ask her Saturday afternoon and had come out early for that purpose. Daisy and his mother were in the yard lookjng after the Jlower beds. They waved their hands to him, expecting him to come right our, but ,hl With His Arms Loaded Down He Hurried Into His Own Gate. he caught a letter from the table on the way out, and the contents brought him to a dead halt on the back steps. It was from Billy Corson and ran: Dear Old Chap I suppose you are blessing me for my stupidity, but really I am not to blame. 1 had to leave town for a few days, and in the interval my maternal aunt swooped down on us and carried poor Daisy off to the very fate I was trying to save her from immurement in the desolate little town where 1 suffered so when I was a youngster. No one had your nddress, so they could not notify you. 1 am sorry that you have been put to this trouble needlessly, but hope that you and your mother will forgive me. Bob tucked the letter into his pocket and went toward the pair. There was some mistake, that was evident. Perhaps he would lose Daisy after all. His heart was troubled, but one glance from those merry eyes reassured him, and he went manfully to work helping them with their gardening. It was not until after supper and they had established themselves on the piazza that he mentioned tho note. "1 had a letter from Billy today," he said, a very funny letter." "What did he sayV" she laughed. "Ho has not written me." 'That lie was sorry he was not ableto send you to us." he said quietly. "I don't see the joke," she scolded. "You are not nice to speak in riddles." "There is some mistake," he explained. "Billy did not send his sister here, so you must be some other Billy's sister. He handed her the letter, and she read it through with changing; color. Then her eye caught the business card in the corner. "But this is from a Mr. Corson, not Gorson," she explained. "That's Billy," lie explained "Billy Corson." "My name is Gorson," she answered. "I thought both you and your mother pronounced it oddly. But wThy should 1 have made a mistake? You are Robert Linton' "How do you spell it?" he asked. "L-i-n-t-o-n," she spelled slowly. "L-i-n-d-e-n," he corrected. "Funny that there should be a double mistake. 1 don't know any Linton in town." "I have it on a letter upstairs," she said as she rose from her seat. Presently she returned and held out an ent velope. Bob glanced at the card. I "That's Bellport, Jiot Bellville," he said.- "Bellport is in the northern part of the state." . . "That's a triplet of doubles." she laughed. "It seems to be as if I were a part of a play. .a comedy." "1 don't think that it a comedy," he said slowly. "Sureb' you are not going to be so ungracious as to call it a tragedy," she protested. ''I'd like to make it a romance." he explained. "You see, I've always been sort of girl shy. Girls made me boshful. and I've kept away from them. Then you came. I was all ready to be nice to a kid, and instead you burst upon me &o suddenly that I did nut have time to be frightened. "The mater wants awfully to see n? married, ami I -well, 1 entft tell you, little girl, how T want you. Snrely you will not let this mistake Lake you out of our lives ngnin." For a moment Daisy looked out across -the fields to where the sky shone redly. Then she turned and out "her arms about his. neck. "Bob," she sajd softly. 'T think tins whole thing fnust have been arranged by fate. 'Vtll call it rrcfti&jiue. dear.'

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