Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, August 5, 1908, Page 12

| | gaan Miss Della Stroebe, who had Com- pletely Lost Her Health, Found Relief from Pe-ru-na at Once. Read What She Says: ISS DELLA STROEBE, 710 Rich- mond 8t., Appleton, Wis., writes: “For several years I was in a run- , down condition, and J could find no re- lief from doctors and medicines, I could not enjoy my meals, and could notsleep at night. I had heavy, dark circles about the eyes. “My friends were much alarmed. I ‘Was advised to give Peruna a trial, and to my joy I began to improve with the first bottle. After taking six bottles I felt completely cured. I cannot say too much for Peruna as a medicine for Women in a run-cown condition.” Pe-ru-na Did Wonders. Mrs, Judge J. F. Boyer, 1421 Sherman Ave., Evanston, Ill., says that she be- came run down, could neither eat nor sleep well, and lost flesh and spirit. Pe- runa did wonders for her, and she thanks Peruna for new life and strength. Luck. “T suppose you wouldn’t part with this dear old farmhouse for any- thing,” said the enthusiastic girl. “No,” answered Farmer Corntossel. “J don’t expect to.’ “You regard it as a kind of mascot, don’t you?” “Well, the fellow that managed to sell it to my father was pretty lucky.” important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of y 4 In Use For Over 30 Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought He Has Noticed. “There is one notable thing I have observed,” said the foreign lecturer. “Your American women have the most luxuriant hair of any women on the globe.” “Rats!” shouted the irreverent in- dividual from the back of the hall, — Judge, If Your Feet Ache or Burn Get a 25c package of Allen’s Foot-Ease. It gives quick relief. Two million packages sola yearly. No matter how beautiful a man’s wifé is, he never wishes she was two- faced, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gurus, reduces tn {ammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25ca bottle A man must have an awful lot of money to enable him to dress as well as his wife does. Libby’s Sweet Mixed Pickles That firm, crisp quality and delicious flavor is what you get when you insist on Libby’s Mixed Pickles at your dealers. They are always the finest and never disappoint. It’s the same with Libby’s Sweet Gherkins and Sweet Midgets. Ask for them. Libby’s Olives The cultivation of centuries marks the olive groves of Spain as the world’s best. Libby’s Olives are imported from the oldest and most feciote of these aig Hor ian isa rare product, delighttully appetiz- ing. ly one bottle and you'll buy more and never be without them. Libby’s Preserves Pure, ripe fruit and pure sugar in equal parts, cooked just right and timed to the second, in Libby’s Great White Kitch- en, is the secret of ithe extreme superiority of Libby’s Preserves. There's none as good at any price. Grocersand delicatessen stores carry all of Libby’s Food Pro- ducts. They are war- ranted the bestto both you and the dealer doatiet? “Foie to Make Good Things Libby, McNeill & Libby, Chicago. MUCH FANCY WORK ELABORATE TRIMMING PREVAILING MODE, Possible, However, to Be in Style at Comparatively Little Expense If One Is Clever with the Needle. The prevailing fabrics and modes _ for fancy blouses and frocks, for after- noon and evening wear require such j; marvelous hemstitchery that the wom- an of average purse cannot afford to employ an up-to-date dressmaker for their manufacture. But if she knows how to handle that first aid to the home sewer. a reliable design by such exquisite stitchery as | to rival the work of an expert, foreign or domestic. The modern sartorial triumph is a matter’ of infinite pains and exquisite stitchery rather than ex- travagance in fabric. An inexpensive batiste or chiffon or silk net, correctly made, is more desir- Pointers Picked Up by the Exercise of Observation. There is something to be learned in every house we enter, some valuable bit of information to be gleaned from nearly everybody we meet. At a musi- cal one day I was served ‘with ice cream which was entirely new to me, and later I learned that it was the sauce which gaye the touch of orig- inality, as the cream was the old standby, vanilla. Home-made pre- serves, blueberries, were poured over the cream, giving an air of unfamiliari- ty to the stuff and imparting a de- licious flavor. I have used the hint to good advantage, substituting rasp- berries, strawberries, pineapple, black- berries and peaches—preserved and fresh—for the blueberries, and on one occasion using maple sirup with chopped nut meats. At another house I was introduced to a milk sherbet, called “One, two, three” sherbet by the hostess because it was easier to remember by numerals. One quart of milk, two cups of sugar and the juice of three lemons were poured into the freezer and came out a delicious dessert, despite the tendency to curdle. The freezing smoothed the mixture. ‘The best stew I ever ate was cailed “Dutch,” and baked in a bean pot. It was made of two pounds of chuck steak, cut in squares, one can of peas, one-fourth cupful of soft bread crumbs, one-half can of tomatoes, one carrot, IS THE | laid with fine stitchery in which not a THREE IDEAS OF REAL VALUE able than a stately brokade or satin which will stand alone. In fact, the very filmy, clinging fabric which seems practically without body, over: line of machine work is shown, is the eorrect thing for present day needs. There is much talk about simple ef- fects in 1908 frocks, but the simplicity is hard to find. To be sure, the lines themselves are simple enough. Skirts to all intents are plain, often absolutely devoid of trimming, but the blouses and wraps make up for the se- verity of the skirts. Neither is there any simplicity to be noted in the trim- mings used, which are trimmings upon trimmings, embroidery upon lace, or even lace upon lace. One of the needle-work fads which gives most pleasing effects is that of touching up laces with a bit of deli- cately tinted hand embroidery, An in- expensive imitation cluny or filet lace can be made charming by embroider- ing’ over part of the pattern in color or doing a stamped pattern upon the lace. Hours can be spent in simply hand- running tucks, smocking or rose-shir- ring fine nets, chiffon, marquisette and similar soft materials for house frocks, Nothing so certainly stamps a frock as cheap like machine stitchery on a soft, chinging fabric. Another feature of up-to-date sewing is the application of lace medallions, or the combination of embroidered medallions with lace insertions. Done by machine this always has a factory look, even if made at home. Almost invariably the stitchery will draw and prevent the perfect adjust- ments of skirt or bertha or sleeve. The blouse displayed in our illustra- tion suggests an excellent use of short lengths in lace or embroidery. In the model a very soft messaline in sil- very-gray was used, the tucks. below pattern, she can enhance the simplest | the shaped yoke being run by hand. The yoke was made from strips of novelty lace, in cluny design, with the flowers worked over in silver grays, blues and green, joined by German val insertion. It will be. noted that the insertion employed in the yoke runs down the upper portions of the sleeves, a very good effect. ful pear] tapioca, salt and pepper to taste. This mixture was covered with cold water and baked four or five hours in the oven, closely covered all the time. It is a whole meal in itself, and quite good enough for a company. dish.—Exchange. MODEL OF BLACK STRAW. The hat here pictured is a stunning affair of black straw, rather large and his the brim on the left side caught up with a huge bunch of cerise paradise aigrettes and across the front is ar- ranged a quartette of gardenias in this one onion, four cloves, one-fourth cup- PROPER CARE same splendid shade. OF THE SICK Few Simple Rules Amateur Nurse Should Remember. Never whisper in a sickroom. Talk fn a low tone, but distinctly, so that your patient can understand every word spoken. Nothing is so irritating to a sick person as hearing voices without being able to comprehend the subject under discussion. Never shovel coal from a hod in the sick chamber. Bring the coal in son. If you cannot be cheerful you are out of place at the bedside of an invalid. Veils Assist Neatness. To keep the coiffure tidy the busi ness woman places great reliance upon her stock of veils and usually has two on her hat and a third in her handbag. As it is inconvenient to carry a sun- shade when hurrying to keep appoint- ments during warm weather, the femi- wrapped in paper, and lay paper and all on the fire. This will prevent both noise and dust. Never air a room without first cov- ering the patient. Never flirt the sheets when making the bed ‘so that the patient sitting near will catch the eddy of dust that al- ways follows such an action. Never under any circumstances tell /a patient that he is dangerously ill. Use the word “seriously” if it is ab- solutely necessary that he ‘should be warned of his condition. Suggestion is frequently more powerful than med- icine, especially with hysterical peo- ple. » Never sit on the edge of a sick per- ,Son’s bed, and do not place your chair so that he must strain his eyes or turn his head in order to see you. Get directly in the range of his vision when his head is comfortably placed on the pillow, and stay there. Never tell stories of other people’s nine financier who prizes her complex- ion would best drape her hat with a brown or a green chiffon veil of gen- erous dimensions. It is needless to state that a crumpled veil is not to be tolerated, and therefore as soon as either the face mesh or the chiffon draping. has been rain-soaked, it should be stretched tightly over some flat surface that it may dry smoothly. Massage Refreshes Nerves. Nothing so speedily eliminates the feeling of fatigue as massage. Skill: fully done, it will work wonders on the skin, smoothing out wrinkles and fill- ing in hollows of the cheeks and throat. The average skin needs a thorough massage once a month and the dry skin should’ be massaged oftener than that, weekly, in fact, for the oii of the cream will work into the skin and take the place of the natural oil which is lacking. The skillful manipulation of a clever mas- seuse will be found amazingly sooth- WENT BACK TO 1849] VETERAN ENGINEER SAW MANY CHANGES. The Late Asher Smith Was One of the First Men Who Ran Locomo. tives in the United States, There recently died in Kansas City, Kan., a former railroad engineer, Ash- : er Smith; at the age of 83 years. In 1849 Mr. Smith began running an engine on _ the Mount Savage & Cumberland = rail- road in Maryland, ~¥ where he re mained for three years. The engine which he operated did not weigh more than 20 tons, the track was construct- ed of iron rails and ties made of small trees that had been cut to the de- sired length and were not hewn, and the fastest passenger trains were not allowed to be run at a speed exceed- ing one mile in three minutes. From Maryland Mr. Smith went to Fort Dearborn, which is now Chicago, and was employed on the Chicago & Ga- lena road between Chicago and Bigin, Ill, which road is now a part of the Northwestern system. Engineer Smith did not long tarry in Illinois, but went to Milwaukee and ran an en- gine on the Milwaukee & Mississippi road, which is also now a part of the Northwestern system. The rails used there were made of hewed planks, with an iron strip nailed on for the wheels to tread on, and the weight of the engines was limited to ten tons. When an engine was built in the shops at Milwaukee which ex- ceeded this limit about 500 pounds it was held back for about six months to allow the construction department to build a heavier track. The loco- motives used at that time were called “John Bull” engines, because they were patterned after the engines used in England. They were wood burn- ing, and were often delayed on the road during a trip because the fuel supply had given out, dnd the crew would have to stop the train long enaugh to go into the timber and chop enough to take the train on to the next fuel station. It was in 1861 that Mr. Smith left Milwaukee on account of ill-health and settled in Kansas, where he rana sawmil!. By 1878 Mr. Smith had regained his health and resumed railroading once more as an engineer on the Santa‘Fe road at Emporia, where he remained until 1893, and then retired to a farm. When he took a place as engineer on the Santa Fe road the wages were $60 a month for an engineer, $50 a month for a conductor, and $30 a month for brakemen and firemen. The present scale is more than three times that amount. The trains on the Santa Fe were equipped with speed recorders which were called “Dutch clocks.” A paper tape was placed on the clock at the beginning of each trip and thé speed of the train over the e di- vision was shown by an a atic recorder, which worked similar to the telegraph tape, or to the speed re- cording tapes of the present day. The speed of the freight trains was limited to 15 miles an hour and the passenger trains to 25 miles an hour. Oxen as Railroad Builders. The ox as a beast of labor has about had his day with the Amer- ican farmer. He is raised by whole- sale, killed by wholesale, and then distributed throughout the world as beef, but he doesn’t have to work. Up in eastern Canada, however, he does a big stunt of work before he is eaten. In Nova Scotia, especially, oxen are still used for all sorts of farm work. They plow the fields, haul the hay and apples and potatoes and cart in the firewood from the forest. are slow, it is true, but there is time and to spare in those parts. Of late the ox has been helping to build the railroads in Nova Scotia. He is found to be very useful in grad- ing the roadbed, which calls for a lot of short-haul work. The oxen are yoked in pairs and as many pairs can be used tandem as are necessary to any given job. They are patient and untiring. Over the last state of the Nova Scotia ox it were better to draw the veil. When his working days are about over he is fattened and then slaughtered. Furthermore, he is eat- en, and if those who have made him work through his long and busy life have the eating of him, he is well re venged. Chinese Objection to Railroads. An Americanized Chinaman, Chin Gee Hee, is the projector, president and engineer-in-chief of a railroad which has recently been opened in the Hongkong hinterland. Of the six locomotives used, four were purchased in the United States, the others com- ing from Germany. The president says his chief difficulty in building the road was in overcoming the obstinacy of the natives, who opposed the work on the ground that the smoke from the locomotives would ruin their crops. Dog Advance Agent of Train. * A traveler waited at a certain Eng- fish provincial town in vain for the much over-due train on the branch line. Again he approached the soli- tary sleepy looking porter and in- quired for the twentieth time, “Isn’t that train coming soon?” At that moment a dog came trotting up the line, and a glad smile illuminated the official’s face. “Ah, yes, sir,” replied the porter. “It'll be'getting near now. illnesses or hard luek to the sick per-| ing to a nervous mental condition, | Here comes the engine-driver’s dog.” They |” SPORTING LIFE IN BURMA. Popularity of Bull Racing—Pugilists Strike With Their Eyes Shut. A form of speculation not generally known in England but very popular in Burmah is bull racing. A certain na- tive sportsman is the owner of one of these bulls, for which he has refused an offer of 10,000 rupees. It has won several races and is looked after and as carefully tended as a Derby fa- vorite. The owner values it at 25,000 rupees, and it is said it brings him in an annual income of from 12,000 rupees to 15,000. It is carefully guarded by four men lest it may be got at and “doctored.” Burmans also patronize boxing eagerly, but the art can scarcely be practiced according to Queensbury rules, for we are told by a provincial reporter that he has observed that “even the best boxers strike out with their eyes tightly shut, and if they do hit each other it is more by chance than anything else.” IT SEEMED INCURABLE Body Raw with Eczema—Discharged from Hospitals as Hopeless—Cutl- cura Remedies Cured Him. “From the age of three months until fifteen years old, my son Owen's life was made intolerable by eczema in its worst form. In spite of treatments the disease gradually spread until nearly every part of his body was quite raw. He used to tear himself dreadfully in his sleep and the agony he went through is quite beyond words. The regimental doctor pronounced the case hopeless. We had him in hospitals four times and he was pronounced one of the worst cases ever admitted. 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Pink- ham’s Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, has been the standard remedy for female ills. and has positively cured thousands o! ‘women who have been troubled with displacements, inflammation, ulcera- tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, that bear- ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges- tion, dizziness or nervous prostration. Why don’t you try it? Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women to write her for advice. She has Fe iets thousands to health. dress, Lynn, Mass. SAVED AT THE CRISIS. Delay Meant Death Troubles. irom Kidney Mrs. Herman Smith, 901 Bzoad Street, Athens, Ga. says: “Kidney disease started with slight irregularity and weakness and developed into dan- gerous dropsy. I Le- came weak and lan- guid, and could do no housework. My back ached terribly. I had bearing down pains and my limbs bloated to twice their normal size. Doctors did not help, and I was fast drifting into the hopeless stages. 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