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AUTOMOBILE TOUR WOULD /TAKE
American automoomsts wno nave i
toured Europe in their cars have dis- j
covered that what has been said re- i
gardiug the excellence of the roads in |
that part of the world is true, and this |
is the reason that the foreign tour is j
more popular to the auto enthusiast I
than the touring of America, and thus j
has undoubtedly led to the planning
tor a gigantic tour this coming sum- i
mer. The itinerary as planned by the j
American Automobile association will I
cover a circuit of 4.000 miles, going
through seven countries — France,
Spain. Italy, Austria, Germany, Bel-1
glum, and England—and allowing for j
visits to scores of quaint, historic 1
towns as well as to the cities of Paris, j
Bordeaux. Barcelona, Marseilles, Flor- 1
once, Genoa, Rome, Naples. Venice, j
Dresden, Berlin, Cologne, Brussels.
London, and Liverpool. The tour itself j
will occupy from 60 to 65 days but the '
daily runs have been carefully ar- j
range*!, so that on not more than 15 i
days will 100 miles or over of travel- !
ing be required. When it is consid- !
ered that in the open stretches of
France and some of the other coun
tries a speed of from 25 to 30 miles an
hour is permissible. It is easy to see
that with the excellent roads of Eu
rope this will be no severe tax either
for the cars or 'the occupants, and
plenty of time will be left over for
sightseeing.
in addition to these two months on
land, two weeks or a little over will be
spent in ocean travel, so th^t the tour
ists who leave New York about June
20 on a French line steamer will re
turn about Sept. 10 on a White Star
steamer from Liverpool.
George Dupuy, the originator of the
scheme and its general manager, be
lieves that 30 and probably 40 cars
will be included in this remarkable
American automobile caravan. A few
of the cars will be runabouts, but the
majority will be big touring cars car
rying five persons. Averaging four
persons to a car, with a possibility of
35 machines, will give a total of 140
tourists, representing an outlay of
$140,000 for the round trip. With the
possibility of so large a sum of money
coming in. the committee is enabled
to make hotel and transportation rates
on the most reasonable terms, while
no expense is incurred in furnishing
cars.
Pleasure, however, is not the only
object of the tour. It is to be. in addi
tion to a pleasure jaunt, an endurance
test for a $3,000 gold cup. William K.
Vanderbilt, Jr., Jefferson De Mont
Thompson, chairman of the racing
board of the American Automobile as
sociation, and other prominent auto
ists have subscribed for the trophy,
and it will be awarded to the owner of
the car making the best showing un
der the rules that have been formu
lated.
In anticipation of the possibility that
some owners of cars may not care to
try for the trophy, and so be subject to
the rules, the committee has decided
to divide the motor cars into two sec-1
tions, and each will he adorned with ]
its distinctive emblem. In keeping ,
with the principles of the tour, an
American eagle will be emblazoned on
or affixed to every car. The gold cup
competing cars will carry red eagles,
while the noncompetitors will carry
blue eagles. For individuals who wish
to go on the tour the committee will
arrange seats in the cars that have
not been filled by the original entrants,
as it is stipulated that each car must
carry its full complement of passen
gers.
The tour will prove in a more com
prehensive and public manner than
has ever before been attempted the
ability of the American car to cope
successfully with the popular foreign
car under all conditions and in the
home land of the foreign-made ma
WAS A TELEGRAPHIC MISTAKE.
The Trouble Caused by an Error of
Just One Letter.
“1 received a telegram the other
evening that kept me busy for an
hour before going out on my train,”
said John G. Alexander, conductor of
the Alton's B. & E. express. “The
message was signed by a gentleman
who lives in Kansas City, but spends
a great deal of time on the road. It
was from Shackelford. Mo., and read:
“ Please get my overcoat and suit
ease from Johnston's safe and leave
at Higginsville.’
"Jt did not at once occur to me that
a safe is an unusual place in which
to store garments and baggage and so
1 made five or six trips over the 2.74
miles of Union depot property trying
to find our porter, whose name is
.Lpbnston. When I found him I asked
if he maintained upon the premises
a safe for the storage of the trump
ery of absent minded travelers.
Thinking I was joshing him he, after
finding out what I was looking for,
tried to make me believe the articles
had been stolen.
“When I at length reported for my
run I tossed the message over to Dis
patcher E. A. Howard with the re
quest that he tell the man at Higgins
ville that 1 had not yet seen the joke.
As I was about to take leave the sec
ond track man on the east end, T. J.
Carey, cut in to remark:
" 'I wouldn’t say that a plug op
erator sent that message, but I’ll
guarantee some ham received it;
you'll find that toggery at Johnston's
cafe.’
“And sure enough," concluded Alex
ander, with a smile, “I did.
“The operator who received the
message had mistaken the C for an
S.”
Another Foreign Complication.
“I suppose you know Reggie has al
ways wanted one of these tall Mexican
sombreros?”
“Yes. What of it?”
“Well, his head fills it now.”
“Fills it?”
“Yes—fills a long felt want.”
Here they clinched.
cmne. u is amu-sing to view tae vary
ing shades of opinion that are being
expressed in foreign circles, now that
this so-called American invasion cf the
old country is an assured success.
Some of the French trade centers pro
fess to regard it as actually danger
ous to their industry. Already is the
idea advanced that the importation to
this country of foreign' machines may
lie curtailed, while others fear that
the demonstrated ability cf American,
cars may lead foreign dealers to seek
agencies for American machines. Both
possess elements cf truth, and, indeed,
within the past month requests hate
been made by several large French
concerns for American car agencies.
From one center in Paris the proposi
tion has actually been made that the
tour ought to be prohibited.
"Let the American cars enter our
races and competitive tests, if they
wish to show what they are capable
of," says one of the French motor jour
nals, "or if the tour must go on, let
French cars enter on an equality with
the American vehicles."
Others, however, realizing that the
tour is a settled fact, adopt a more
lenient policy, and are offering the
glad hand. Says Charles Faroux, one
of the leading automobilists in
France:
"The organizers of the tour have
wished to prove to the Yankees that a
tour of Europe is not especially re
served to a few wealthy persons, but
that a party of five can travel through
our wonderful countries in automo
biles cheaper than by rail and in the
hands of an agent who will provide
far more comforts than is usually pos
sible from most of the foreign
agencies. This is not an American in
vasion. for transatlantic manufaei
turers know full well that the hour of
Yankee commercial superiority will
certainly not be in 1907. It is a pro
ject of the highest interest, which eau
not fail to impress the prosperity of
our tourist regions. That is why we
will accord all our assistance to the
American motorists and assure their
of a welcome as worthy of them as ol
ourselves."
lhe cars competing for the gold cup
will be subject to the following penal
ties, arranged on the point system,
and the winner will he the car losing
the fewest points on the entire trip:
Points
Change of frame .:».i
Reforging any part of same.250
Change of cylinders (per unin.303
Change of crank shaft .:;(«>
Reforging any part of same ...250
Change of clutch .250
Reforging any part of same .mo
Change of driving shaft.300
Reforging of driving shaft .2'f
Change of radiator ..m*
Change of front or rear axle .2tV
Change of gear shaft .130
Change of steering post .150
Change or reforging of front axle .15»
Change of flywheel .10)
Change of gear case . 75
Change of wheels (per unit). 50
Change of springs . So
Change of crank case . 50
Xo peualties will he exacted for
change of tires or minor repairs to tht
engine on the road. According to the
speed laws, the state of the roads, and
the configuration of the country tra
versed, a reasonable average speed,
suiting al! classes of cars, will be indi
cated for each day's run, thus allowing
the caravan to travel at a uniform
pace.
Said Dickens Exaggerated.
Dr. John Bourne, who recently died
at Weardale, England, at the age ot
85, was educated at the grammar
school at Wolsington and was inti
mately acquainted with the family of
the supposed prototype of Wackford
Squeers of Dotheboys hall, immortal
ized in “Nicholas Xicklebv." In his
opinion Dickens' story, so far as Dothe
boys hall was concerned, was exagger
ated and he would not admit that ex
ceptional punishment was ever meted
out to the pupils of that academy.
GREAT RELIGIOUS
REVIVAL ON ALL
OVER THE WORLD
Beyond Precedent
HARVEST OF CONVERTS LARGER
THAN EVER KNOWN.
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J Historic Movement of 1857 Far
Eclipsed in Intensity and Fervor—
Starting with the Work of Torrey
and Alexander in Australia Four
Years Ago It Has Spread to All Civ
ilized Countries—What the Evan
gelists Say of It.
Chicago.—The greatest religious re
vival of modern times is in progress.
Throughout the United States the
manifestations of enthusiasm have
been no more marked than in foreign
countries. The movement seems to
be world wide. China and India are
sending to this country most remarka
ble reports of the religious awakening
! in those countries. Everywhere the
revival spirit is marked beyond all
precedent.
In the central part of the United
States, with Chicago as the focal
point, the series of “old-time” relig
Dr. R. A. Torrey.
iotis meetings and the harvest of con
verts have been the most notable in
the history of the country since 1857.
In that year occurred a religious
movement that has become historic
by virtue of its intensity and scope.
Considered in proportion to population
then and now. the movement of 1857
probably was as important as the one
now in progress. Taken without ref
erence to population, the movement
of 50 years ago was but as a drop in
a bucket compared with the scope of
the revival movement that is abroad
to-day.
The history of religious movements
of this kind shows that they almost
invariably have followed on the heels
or have occurred during periods of
deep industrial distress. In the Unit
ed States this has been particularly
true.
uisiress MiTeciea aouis.
The religious outbreak of 1857 ap
parently had its origin in the distress
of the people, and thousands of those
who had suffered financial losses in
material things flocked to the churches
to pray for relief from their troubles.
Monetary disaster rendered the peo
ple susceptible to religious influences,
just as misfortune in individual cases
is a potent factor in the introspection
that often leads to the acceptance of
religion. The great revival of the
late ’70s appears to have had its ori
gin in a similar national condition.
The historic religious movement led
by the late Dwight L. Moody in Chi
cago and running synchronous to the
world's fair took place when the coun
try was entering the throes of one of
the most disastrous industrial panics
in its history. The same is true of
other nations.
In this respect the present religious
movement differs from nearly all oth
ers. There have been ten years of
unprecedented prosperity. In mate
rial things the country and the people
as individuals have been and are more
prosperous than ever before. Yet,
contrary to history, in the midst of
this marvellous prosperity there arises
and is maintained for at least four
years a constantly growing tide of re
ligious enthusiasm. The men guiding
the movement say that they see no
evidence of the approach of the end
of the revival spirit. The number of
converts is increasing daily, more men
are going into the evangelistic work,
and everywhere preparations are be
ing made for wider activities in the
revival movement.
Revival Began in Australia.
The current religious enthusiasm,
in its world-wide sense, dates from
the work of Torrey and Alexander in
Australia four years ago. On this
Australian tour these evangelists
WEATHER A WAR ELEMENT.
Plays an Important Part in Some Cam
paigns of Note.
At a recent meeting of/the Royal
Meteorological society of England the
president, Richard Bentley, in an ad
dress showed how upon upward of 300
occasions the course of history was
greatly influenced by weather condi
tions. Often invasions were frustrated
or greatly impeded from the time of
the destruction of Mardonius’ fleet ofT
Mount Athos to the attempted French
invasion of Ireland.
Fogs also played an imoprtant part
in history. Lord Anson in a single
ship loaded with Spanish treasure
slipped unperceived through the en
tire French fleet, and the great duke
of Marlborough contrived to get his
army across the Scheldt in the teeth
of the enemy in a river mist. Refer
ence was made to the difficulties over
come in crossing the snow on the Alps
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by Hannibal, Napoleon, Massena. Sou
varofE and Macdonold, and also to the
march of Col. Kelly’s Sikhs to the re
lief of Chitral. Mention is also made
of the hailstorm which smote Rich
ard I.’s men at Ascelon, of the sleet
storms at the battle of Hohenlinden
and Sylau, and of the wild weather
during the memorable retreat from
Moscow.
Many other instances were given.
The Abiding Love.
It singeth low in every heart,
We hear It each and all;
A song of those who answer not.
However we may call.
They throng the silence of the breast,
We see them as of yore;
The kind, the true, the brave, the sweet,
Who walk with us no more.
More homelike seems the vast unknown,
Since they have entered there;
To follow them were not so hard.
Wherever they may fare.
They cannot be where God is not.
On any sea or shore;
Whate'er betides, thy love abides.
Our God for evermore.
—John W. Chadwick.
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but we may mention two which are, at i
any rate, not referred to in the official
abstract before us and are sufficiently
remarkable to deserve special notice.
The one is the defeat of the barbar- :
ians by Marcus Aurelius, A. D. 176, ;
owiug to a sudden hailstorm which,
according to ecclesiastical history, j
came on at the prayer of the Melitene !
Legion, afterward known as the Legio '
Fulminatrix. and the other the sudden |
frost and gale which upset the plans j
of Maurice for the combined attack by !
water and land upon Antwerp in 1622, '
then in the hands of the Spaniards. j
From a medical point of view
weather has many times affected the
course of campaigns by being favor
able to the spread of epidemics, such
as typhus and typhoid fevers, and
more especially when the campaign
included a long siege. Abnormally
wet or dry seasons have also brought
about their respective effects upon
armies. Exhaustion and parched
thirst were in great measure respon
sible for the terrible disaster to the
arms of Portugal at Alcarcerquivir in
1578.
made 10,000 converts In a month and
thousands upon thousands followed
the first great crowd of converts in
their acceptance of religion. The fire
thus kindled spread throughout New
Zealand and Australasia. It has con
tinued to burn steadily in that part of
the world, flaming all the time and
breaking out fiercely at intervals. The
men who started it went to London
and the results of their work there are
well remembered. England, Scotland
and Ireland cangbt the contagion. The
famous Torrey and Alexander meet
ing at Cardiff, Wales, started the
Welsh revival, which was one of the
most amazing religious manifestations
of either ancient or modern times.
Since that time the movement has
gone on as a rising tide.
New England in a Fever.
The present revival spirit in this
country appeared in its most distinct
form soon after the wonderful suc
cesses of Torrey and Alexander in
England. New England, cold tempera
mentally and rock-bound religiously,
cast off its traditional reserve and
laid it seif open to the influences of the
“old-time” religion. In Boston the
evangelistic work under Rev. A. C.
Dixon and others resulted in an uu
precidented number of conversions.
All over Canada the same was true.
A four weeks' campaign in Toronto
by Torrey and Alexander resulted in
4.300 conversions.
Philadelphia next was attacked by
the evangelists, and the enthusiasm
whipped to a high pitch, a small army
of men. women and children profess
ing conversion. Every section of the
country, outside possibly of the Pa
cific coast, has fallen under the wave
of religious enthusiasm.
Felt Throughout the West.
The revival in the middle west can
not properly be said to have spread
from Chicago, because the religious
fervor in this part of the United
States has been as much in evidence
in the cities surrounding Chicago for
as long as it has been in the city.
The proportion of converts to popula
tion in the smaller cities and towns
also has been much greater than in
Chicago for obvious reasons.
The exact number of converts in
Chicago within the last six months is
not obtainable, for the reason there
have been so many individual revival
movements in Chicago without any
central controlling organization whose
business it is to keep track of the
converts, each church doing this work
for itself. The principal evangelists
working in this city estimate the num
ber to date at from 4,000 to 5,000. Be
sides these, many "backsliders” have
been reclaimed and much interest has
been aroused among persons who
have not affiliated themselves with
any church.
Enthusiasm in England.
In England in the Established
church the religious enthusiasm with
ism. Some of the most effective evan
gelists in the field decline oven to tell
Wm. A. Sunday.
their audiences what church they are
formally affiliated with. In most cases
in the last year has been unprecedent
ed, and evangelical work of wide
scope is being carried on in much the
same manner as the revival work is
being done in the United States.
From the headquarters of the Sal
vation Army there come reports of ex
traordinary interest in the work of
that remarkable organization and of
an unusually large number of “saved.”
The work of the army, however, fol
lowing the great humanitarian dic
tum of Gen. Hooth that "w’e should
be willing to do as much for a man
as a horse,” partakes in its daily
manifestation much of the character
of a revival and the difference there
fore is not so noticeable. As an army
officer said: “We are whooping 'er
up all the time, anyway. With us it's
always revival time.”
Standing out as the chief feature
of the present movement is the blot
ting out of sectarian lines in the evan
gelistic work. The men who have
mat with the greatest success are
thove who have paid no attention to
either sectarianism or denominational
this is known, but doctrinal prejudices
and preferences are being kept in the
background as never before.
This elimination of sectarianism in
the evangelical movement may be
either cause or effect—even the evan
gelists differ on this point. Some say
that the movement is unprecedentedly
strong because those lines are being
ignored, while others protest that they
are being ignored because the gen
eral revival spirit is so strong.
What the Evangelists Say.
If you ask one of the evangelists
who are making big successes in the
revival field for the cause of the pres
ent movement he will tell you that it
is answer to prayer. This is what
Rev. A. C. Dixon said:
“We who believe in the efficacy of
prayer believe that God is answering
the petitions that have been going up
for ten years all over the earth for a
wr*rld-wide‘ revival of religion. Al
though the non-church population does
not know it. the fact is that Christians
for a decade have prayed persistent
ly, earnestly ard confidently for just
such a movement as is now in prog
ress. We are still praying and the
movement is increasing. How much
stronger it will get only God knows.
“Hut I realize this answer will not
satisfy those who do not believe in
prayer. The unchurched, while forced
by what they see to admit the strength
and scope of the present revival move
ment. demand other reasons for its
existence. And there probably are
other reasons. History shows us that
faith comes in waves. For some years
we have had the higher criticism, and
educational force destructive of faith
in the Bible. Dr. Briggs in the east,
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“Gypsy" Smith.
Dr. Harper of the University of Chi
cago in the west, the leaders of the
Welhausen-Grafft school in Germany
and many others who have been in
the front of the higher criticism
movement have done much to destroy
faith. But there is a swinging back
from this fad. Darwinism is on the
wane. These things seem to come in
cycles, but each wave of faith in the
Bible that appears is much stronger
than its predecessor, and in the and
faith must triumph.”
Rev. Mr. Sunday’s Views.
“Billy” Sunday has some very mate
rial reasons for the strength of the
present movement. Here they are:
“The plan of gathering together
great audiences under one roof is one
source of success. There is enthusi
asm in numbers. Formerly they tried
to convert a town by holding revival
meetings in a church that would not
seat one-fiftieth of the population.
Most of the successful revivalists in
sist nowadays on the erection of a ta
bernacle big enough to hold thousands,
if there is no such building already in
the town. And people now are so
prosperous that they freely give
money for this purpose where they
formerly would not.
“But back of it all is prayer. The
scoffers deny this, but if a large num
ber of scoffers were to ask a human
power to give them a certain thing in
a certain way at a certain time and
they received this thing they would
be pretty likely to think it came from
the power they petitioned for it, even
if they could not actually see it given.”
Complaint of the Scientist.
Dr. VV. C. Farabee complained
quaintly one day before he set out
on his ethnological investigations
among the Indians at the head wa
ters of the Amazon about the slight
ing way in which the world still looks
on science.
“Only in Germany," said Dr. Fara
bee, “does science get her due. In
some countries she is so hardly used,
indeed, that the deduction of the west
ern trapper comes to mind. This trap
per. noticing a place where roots had
been dug up, examined the spot and
then said calmly as he cose and
brushed the dust from his knees:
‘This must have been done either by
a wild hog or a botanist.’ ”
Persia Sparsely Populated.
Large tracts of Persia are uninhab
ited. The total population is about
9,000,000, which is only 14 to the
square mile. The nomads (Arabs,
Kurds, Leks, Turks, Lurs, Baluchis
and Gypsies! move from place to
place, according as their animals need
pastures or as their other interests de- j
mand.—Persia, Past and Present.
Graceful Figure Essential
with the Empire Gown
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Physical culturists all over the
world are busily engaged in working
upon the empire hips. They are seek
ing a solution of the stout difficulty.
It isn't so much the waist that counts
as the hips. A fat, thick waist may
be concealed, but hips that are not
symmetrical will spoil the finest em
pire gown that ever came out of
Paris. Good, well-shaped hips are es
sential to every nice figure. But the
woman who lets her hips get elephant
ine—and one does see elephantine
hips—will surely lose her good looks.
It is ihe beginning of the end of con
tour.
Tiie woman who is going to work
the fat off her hips and abdomen
should give her body plenty of free
dom. She should take off her tight
garments; she should put on some
thing loose, preferably an empire
gown, and she should allow the air to
touch her skin so that her flesh mus
cles will feel young.
Sitting on the floor is one of the
simple but very effective things to
do. A specialist who reduces the
weight of queens and titled Amer
icans advises his patients to cultivate
FASHION’S FANCIES.
Hatpins are always changing. The
prettiest and newest things in that
line are huge round gold balls. It is
quite the proper caper to have all
of one's hatpins to match instead of
the motley collection that is usually
seen.
Place the veil so that the' lower line
at the center comes over the chin,
draw either end up snugly at the
back of the hat, fold into a neat little
knot, and turn in th^ loose ends, fas
tening with a fancy pin. The top of
the veil should not be crumpled over
the hat brim, but laid in trim, neat,
close lines.
Sti” the short sleeves continue.
Some women declare that short
sleeves are becoming very common,
appearing in even the cheapest gowns.
The same thing may be said of long
sleeves; they were common for many,
many years.
Like Old Style Designs.
The printed chiffon cloths, siik
mousselines and marquisettes are love
ly beyond words, and one of the strik
ing novelties in this class is printed
in Persian design and colorings, recall
ing instantly the Paisley shawls of
blessed memory. Over white this Per
sian mousseline is remarkably beauti
ful. though probably too unusual to
find general approval. Less extreme
are the chiffons and silk mousselines
in white with deep Persian borders
similar in color and design to the all
over Persian printing.
BLOUSE OF SUEDE SILK.
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A pretty blouse of suede silk plaited
and draped and trimmed with motifs
of embroidery in colors. A band of
the material piped with velvet finishes
the round neck. The sleeves are trim,
med in the same way, and the little
guimpe, hardly more than a collar,
and the sleeve ruffles are of lace.
I the habit of sitting upon the floor.
! It is not necessary to sit crosslegged
like the Turk, but one can choose a
pretty and comfortable position. The
Japanese woman, who never gets fat.
has a trick of sitting upon the floor.
She chooses a batting or a rug or any
thing that is very low in preference to
higher seats. Indeed, she has almost
nothing which corresponds to our idea
of a chair. The result is that she con
stantly bends the muscles of th6
waist, the back and the hips.
The idea of reducing with calisthen
ics and with rigid starvation diet is
old fashioned. The latest reduction
specialists advise plenty of good food,
a great deal of vigorous body work,
plenty of loose clothing and some inci
dental bending movements. These,
with the habit of sitting upon the floor
and letting the spine breathe will help
any woman to acquire the slender pro
portions of the statuesque figure.
Drinking plenty of weak tea is said
to make a woman slim, but the trou
ble is that few women get it weak
enough. They drink lye and wonder
why they get fat and nervous. The
hips should be a little wider than the
shoulders for beauty.
SOFT FABRICS FOR SPRING.
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Linon Being Used Extensively for
Princess Gowns.
However inconstant fashion may
I be in all other things, she is ever
l faithful to soft flowing fabrics, and
| one of her Prime favorites is linon.
1 his material is being used extensive
ly for princess gowns, which are built
over silk linings and extensively
j trimmed with lace and embroidery.
Simply bewitching is one of the new
creations in black silk linon over
white, with a border of Persian de
sign of oriental coloring worked into
the hem of the skirt. In turn, this
border is outlined top and bottom
| wit51 tiny folds of black moire ribbon.
| Above this, small panels of tucked
| linon. with borders of embroidery
i are stitched into the skirt, and the
bodice has a deep yoke of white lace
with an odd oriental embroidered de
sign outlined by wide bands of ed"
ing to match.
The sleeves are puffed at the tsp.
then conies a hand of embroidered
lace, and below this is another cuff
drooping over the elbow at the back
with an inset of lace on the inside.
Plastron Effects.
Plastron effects arc seen on many
of the white chiffon and white lace
bodices worn at matinees by fashion
able women and girls.
A chiffon waist with a yoke and
sleeves partially of lace have a square
or otherwise! shaped plastron set on
the front, the lower part perhaps
swinging loose. Indeed, a part of all
these plastrons swing loose, otherwise
they would be appliques or insertions,
depending on the manner of their ap
plication.
Some of the fine lace blouses have
swinging squares or oblongs across
the front or back, of heavier laces, and
vice versa, but much skill and taste
must be used in their application at
the proper point and in the proper
way, or the results are anything but
pleasing.
Colored Linens.
Predictions indicate that more col
ored linens than ever are to hold
sway, and indeed the prophecy has
everything in its favor for its ulti
mate materialization, for some of the
smartest linen dresses that have been
designed this season were in soft col
ors, made on simple lines with no
trimming save a few stitched straps
and dashes of hand embroidery done
with coarse white linen thread. A
good many of these little frocks are
made with separate guimpes or chem
isettes with blouse and skirt attached
by means of a fitted girdle.
Yokes of Lace.
Yokes and neck garnishments of all
evening dresses are of white or cream
lace, except in the case of an all-black
gown. Even the dyed laces, so pro
fusely U3ed as decorations in other
ways, either give way to the yoke of
white or are lined with white chiffon
or net. r
