THE ORIGINAL BIG STICK, ROOSEVELT PARK, COL.
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Since the departure of ex-President Theodore Roosevelt for his African
hunt, the American people have been searching for the hiding place of the
"Big Stick." Admirers of President Taft declare that it has vanished from
the White House and that its place has been taken by the "Big Smile." But
Coloradoans claim to have found the formidable weapon, and in support of
their assertions that they have been made its custodians, present the accom
panying photograph of "The Big Stick."
In a large natural park on the open plain, about fifteen miles east of
Colorado Springs and within sight of Pike's Peak are many curious rock
formations, similar in a certain degree to those of the Garden of the Gods,
t)ut of white instead of red sandstone. The existence of this strange park has
been known to ranchmen in the vicinity for a long time, but it was not until
the remarkable similarity of one of the rocks to "The Big Stick" was noticed
that any notoriety was given to it. The tract was then named Roosevelt
Park, and to the club-shaped rock formation, standing fifteen feet in height,
vas given the sobriquet "The Big Stick."
Plain Dealing.
Reformer (earnestly) "Let's have
an honest election."
Politician "That's what I say.
Let's have it all fair and square,
straight up and down. Let's don't ex
pect any votes we don't pay for, and
let's don't pay for any we don't get."
Brooklyn Eagle.
Rather Clever, What?
While the proverbial Englishman
may not be able to distinguish a joke
in less than two weeks' time, he often
says something to arouse the risi
bilities. Among the passengers on
one of the big ocean liners lately com
ing from Cherbourg was a Britisher
with an appetite for information on
topics of every conceivable descrip
tion. Wherever knowledge was be
ing disseminated he was to be found.
One day he overheard another pas
senger remark that the captain had
:said they should see Sandy Hook
within twenty-four hours.
"Sandy Hook!" exclaimed the
Englishman; "and who's he; some
iprominent Scotchman in New York?"
New Yortf .Times.
Almost Any Day Now.
Minister "And the child's name,
madam?"
Mother (firmly) "Namehim Fred
erick Robert Cook Peary Smith. I'm
not going to take any chances."
Tuck.
Hardly.
"Would you," he asked, "care to
iive to be a hundred years old?"
"Not if anybody knew it," she re
plied. Chicago Tribune.
SELFISH
"You might let me enjoy a little of the shade from our tree,
been there all the morning." From Pele Mele.
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Only Way Ho Could Get Even.
Frank Bertram, a well known ac
tor, tells the following story:
"I was playing at Leicester during
the fair week and in the market place
there were several merry-go-rounds.
"I noticed one melancholy individ
ual who. despite the fact that he was
apparently suffering greatly, persisted
in riding on one of the merry-go-roumds.
"Eventually I spoke to him and
asked him if he liked it.
"The man replied, 'No, I don't like
it a bit; the blessed thing makes me
ill.'
"I then asked him why he persist
ed in riding, and his reply was: 'I
can't help it. The man who owns this
roundabout owes me money, and the
only way I can get even is by taking
it out in rides.' " London Daily Tel
egraph. Rest He Could Do.
Passerby "Here, boy, your dog
has bitten me on the ankle."
Dog Owner "Well, that's as high
as he could reach. You wouldn't ex
pect a little pup like him to bite your
neck, would yer?" Pearson's Week
ly. He "And did you see Monte Carlo
while you were at Nice?" ,
She "No; papa called on him, 1
believe, but from his disappointed ap
pearance, I think Mr. Carlo must have
been out."
A company of Greeks is establish
ing in California a dairy and factory
at which the milk of SOOO sheep is
to be made into a special kind of
cheese.
MAIN.
Yo havd
New York City. Variations of the
cuirass waist are so many as to be al
most without number. It is just as
well adapted to remodeling as it is to
new material, and it can be made per
fectly simple, it can be embroidered
or braided, it can be cut and worn
over a chemisette, and it can be made
in the length illustrated, or shorter
as liked. This one is adapted to all
uses and can be made with a pleated
skirt to match or with one of con
trasting material attached to its lower
edge, or can be worn over the skirt,
which is pleated and joined to a
smoothly fitted yoke. Jersey cloth is
being much used for the purpose, but
soft finished moire and broadcloth
are exceedingly smart for waists of
the kind, cashmere will be much worn
and Indeed every seasonable material
can be utilized. The waist made of
plain black with a flounce of shep
herd's check, or some similar fancy
material, would be smart and novel;
the waist of Jersey cloth with skirt of
silk or wool in matching color would
make a handsome gown, and the waist
finished separately and made from
Jersey cloth, moire, broadcloth, serge
or other material, will be found an
exceedingly serviceable and practical
garment.
The waist is made with front, side
fronts, backs, side-backs and under
arm gores. The sleeves are of the
plain close fittijgT two-piece sort and
the stock collar finishes the neck.
The neck can be cut out on any of
the indicating lines and the waist
worn with a chemisette or yoke of
thin material, and it can be cut off on
either perforated line if shorter length
Is more becoming.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is four yards
twenty-four or twenty-seven inches
wide, two and three-quarter yards
thirty-two, two and an eighth yards
forty-four, or one and three-quarter
yards sixty-four or seventy-two inches
wide.
About Buttons,
Smoked pean. buttons are again
fashionable, and have been shown on
a number of one-piece dresses made
of different winter materials. This is
a convenient fashion, and will relieve
the home dressmaker who cannot find
he button to match the frock.
Sleeveless Coat Yields.
The sleeveless coat yields but re
luctantly to the mandate of the
season.
Artificial Flowers Worn.
Artificial flowers are as much worn
on the corsage as ever, the roses made
of satin being as favored for this pur
pose as they are for trimming hats.
Use of Gold Lace.
Gauzy gold lace is a favorite com
bination in the evening gowns of dia
phanous fabrics for the'1 tiny sleeve
and tucker, which the smartest mod
els show. A black liberty satin prin
cess gown, so finished, is one of the
season's best models.
Blouses of Eyelet.
The world has grown quite weary
of net blouses. It has seen too many
of them in the past year. The mate
rial that has been substituted is fine
eyelet embroidery. This is found in
colors a3 well as white and ecru. It
is often dyed to match the suit, al
though the guimpe is now the pre
ferred thing, as the one-piece frock is
more and more in fashion.
Six-Gored Skirt.
The demand of the present season
seems to be for skirts that are pleated
in one way or another, but there is
nothing like sameness, nevertheless,
and this one is graceful and novel
without being of excessive width. It
is trimmed effectively with straps and
can be used separately, or with bod
ice to match or as part of a coat suit.
The lines are all long and graceful,
and the skirt is singularly effective,
yet absolutely simple.
The skirt is cut in six gores. There
are extensions below the trimming
straps which are laid in pleats and
pressed flat, and tne straps conceal
the seams above. The closing is made
invisibly at the left of the back.
The quantity of material required
i for the medium size is eleven and a
half yards twenty-four or twenty
seven, five and a quarter yards forty
four or four and a half yards fifty
two inches wide when material has
figure or nap; nine yards twenty-four
or twentj'-seven, four and a half yards
forty-four or fifty-two inches wide
when material has neither figure nor
nap.
Jet and Gold Dinner Frocks.
The dinner dresses favored by most
wealthy Americans and foreigners
generally are ablaze with jet or gold
i compact masses. The glittering
embroideries appear partly in beads,
partly in spangles and caboehons of
all sizes.
Black Sable Trimmings.
Trimmings of sable blackness are
again to figure conspicuously on near
ly everything.
Juror in California.
For the first time in California a
woman was sworn in to serve as a ju
ror. Mrs. Johanna Engelman of San
ta Monica bowed to the Judge an
swered the questions of the lawyers
satisfactorily and took her place, in
the jury box of the Superior Court at
Los Angeles. Before the case could
be tried, however, the lawyers had
agreed on a compromise.
Inventor Works Long Hours.
Bertha E. Baumer of Atlanta, Ga.,
is a successful inventor. She has tak
en out a dozen patents within the last
J few years, and recently with her
brother.Clarence E. Baumer, perfect
ed an automatic device for keeping
elevators from falling in the event of
the cable parting or working loose.
Miss Baumer is a practical student of
electrical machinery and she intends
to give her life to invention, dealing
chiefly with the electrical field. She
and her brother have-equipped a big
workshop where they pass from
twelve to fourteen hours a day. New
York Press.
Builder of Railroads.
Mrs. W. M. Bennett is a railroad
contractor in Saskatchewan. She was
graduated from a normal school in
La Crosse Wis. and a few years after
her marriage became ill. Her physi
cians recommended a trip to Saskat
chewan. Her husband accompanied
her and they made it their permanent
home. Mrs. Bennett found health and
saw the opportunity to branch out as
a builder of railroads. She obtained
contracts for a few short stretches of
track near Regina, and a month ago
got her first big contract. It is for
many miles of track and involves sev
eral millions of dollars. Mrs. Bennett
employs her husband as superinten
dent and she has given positions to
almost all her relatives. New York
Press.
Teach the Boy
To be true to his word and work.
To face all difficulties with courage
and cheerfulness.
To form no friendships that can
bring him Into degrading associations.
To respect other people's convic
tions. To reverence womanhood.
To live a clean life in thought and
word, as well as in deed.
That true manliness always com
mands success.
That the best things in life are not
thoe that can be bought with money.
That to command, he must first
learn to obey.
That there can be no compromise
between honesty and dishonesty. '
That the virtues of punctuality and
politeness are excellent things to cul
tivate. That a gentleman is just what the
word implies a man who is gentle
in his dealings with the opinions, feel
ings, and weaknesses of other peo
ple. Mother's Magazine.
Stationery.
Fashionable correspondence paper
is of various textures and shades.
There are the kid-finished paper in
oakgralned effect which comes in
sheets and envelopes of two sizes and
is exceptionally smart; the cross
barred weave with a white or colored
border resembling the finishing of a
hemstitched handkerchief; what is
known as French dimity, white, fine
quality of lawn, which appears in
maize, mauve and dawn pink, and
linen and glace fabrics which have
envelopes daintily embossed in em
broidery patterns.
Herringbone weaves showing cor
duroy and pique effects are steadily
gaining ground, as they come in all
the fashionable shades and in the
three customary sizes. Satin, bond
finished and linen fabric stationery of
note, letter, and commercial size may
be conveniently purchased in the
form of a writing tablet which is pro
vided with an envelope drawer.
Among stationery novelties are
small sheets of cross-barred weave
engraved with the first name of the
writer and intended only for corre
spondence with intimate friends:
feather-weight sheets, accompanied
by gray-lined tissue envelopes, for
foreign correspondence, and "hasty
note" paper, with performed gum
med edges, which provides an enve
lope when properly folded. Baltimore
Sun.
For Rosy Cheeks.
Slapping one's face is rather a curi
ous process, and not always a feature
of the evening toilette. but it will
make the complexion bloom.
Just before retiring, cleanse the
face thoroughly in cold cream and
warm water :-nd dry it with a linen
towel. Then with the palm of the
hand begin tie process of toning up
the skin,
Whfie rer. lie pp's "t "'vp
the neccFsar stirmilntinn, the sl.ips
must be vicorois cnoii'li to re.-ou::d
for some distance. One Kirl di 1 it ho
thoroughly that her reotl'T ''i"-,'-!
two flights of rtrl's it :i 1 whr.t she
had rensfn to hel'ev vi -i a li-agr-e-mcnt
between r.er r-vl t-vi- s
Nothing ?o ror,o i L!;ly stimulates
the fler-h. Ru'l!- ib ft-,, with t
dry tc.wrl i n cu' 1 r.i for !!: c-v
plexicti, but !, i--. r.;t n f--.
reaching a?, the s'urt-t:e-xort.
Elrw 'm t. : (-- T- - ' -
r!u:c"'.i ir i '.e-:il':.; , or o7 a nf
sold spray. The blood begins to leap
through the veins, and the pores of
the skin become active. If you wish
to remove "that oily look," as you ex
press it, there is no more simple way
than to slap one's face.
This treatment, however, is too
stringent for an eruptive skin, which
is an indication either that the blood
is poor or digestion at fault. In this
case consult a physician. New Haven
Register.
White Shoes.
What girl has not at some time
gone off to the country and found
when she was far away from the base
of supplies that she had forgotten to
take with her any of the usual whiting
preparation for her white canvas
shoes?
As nothing is more universally
worn in summer nowadays than these
same white shoes, and they soil rath
er easily, the lack of whitening is of
ten an uncomfortable predicament. In
a large hotel the boy who polishes
shoes would probably be supplied
with it, and sometimes it can be bor
rowed, but there are times when this
useful article cannot be obtained in
any way.
When this time comes a very good
substitute for it can be found in any
ordinary scouring soap and . a stiff
nail brush. If the girl who wants to
clean her shoes has shoe trees, the
best way is to put the shoes on them
and scrub hard with the nail brush;
but if she has no trees, the cleaning
can be done on her hand.
Dip the nail brush in warm water
and rub it hard on the scouring soap
till it is covered with a thick lather,
then scrub the shoes, giving special
attention to the dirty spots. Wash the
soap off with a soft cloth and clean
water, and if the shoe is no quite
clean repeat the process. They can be
made to look very fresh and clean,
and, if cleaned often, so that they
never become, badly soiled, it will be
comparatively easy work, and one
will hardly miss the whitening. BaV
tjmore Sun.
The "Mother Heart" Needed.
If the object of appointing women
to the school board is to introduce a
mother instinct into the councils of
that body, as a resolution now being
circulated for indorsement among the
women's clubs states, Mire. Leslie Wil
lis Sprague, of the Woman's Forum,
thinks that the appointees ought to be
married. When the resolution was.
presented to the Forum at Its first
meeting of the season, at No. 23 West
44th street, Mrs. Sprague moved to
amend it by inserting the word
"married."
At present, she said, the schools
are almost enitrely governed by men
and unmarried women. The question
is one that is trougling educators all
over the country, and one way in
which we might lessen the evil is by
appointing married women to the
Board of Education.
Miss Mary Garrett Hay protested
that if the Forum carried the amend
ment it would be barring out its own
president, Miss Helen Varick Boswell,
as well as herself, and she added that
many unmarried women had mother
hearts, while many married women
did not have them.
Mrs. Sprague said that, while the
unmarried woman might have a moth
er heart, she did not haje the same
experience with children that the
married woman, had, but the Forum
did not agree with her, and the
amendment was voted down.
Miss Boswell announced that the
Forum had formed a luncheon club
for the discussion of public questions,
New York Tribune.
Fashion Notes.
Paris is mad over boas end beads.
Never has lace been so universally
used.
Old red is a prime favorite with
black.
Yellow is more to be seen than for
years.
Amethysts are gaining in favor
constantly.
Laoe princess gowns are a pretty
fashion, and Irish crochet, either real
or the imitation, is used.
Black shoes, tied with ribbon the
color of the gown, is one of the lat
est of the Parisian fancies.
Superb embroidery trimming
schemes in color show touches of jet
introduced into the designs.
I.acc veils, in black, white and
cream color, are much in favor, but
a:e more stylish than becoming.
For slim-throated wearers, some
novel neck pieces show little bows
arranged at the top of the stock.
Amcng the fads of the moment is
the one cf lacing the . sleeves all the
way up on the outside cf the arm.
The most satisfactory siocks just
now are made of embroidered linen,
ard the strcng, beautiful Irish lace,
which is ro very fashionable.
Painty lace embroideries and hand-'
work are much used in lin-erie. Rib
l.cns ran through han eyelets,
giving the list t:ich o beauty.
Tre various mnrcon Fhr.dc 3 are to
be v;i y good s'yle; violet, pl. ni and
purple MJf.des w!M be mc-.lUb, but not
to such nn extent aa heretofore.
.II l upous arc largo, ard usually of
ir t tr i'ii'1 metal. A few new once are
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