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\MOU SV0V . ■stBNEi trim ==S —' _O ( COPyfelCH.T flY~ W.A.J^TTgfc^{ ^ '' . 4. VMSH/MG~rOA/’<S /-TOME:, c Slots A/ T SEJZ/VOSS '■"»...m”'** - which he thought worthy enough to buy. The light wasn’t good on the afternoon in mind and all that one pilgrim could make out of a book’s title, above which was written Washington’s name, was the VSHINGTON.—In the novel of “Ivanhoe,” Isaac the ■lew tells the knight that he knows it is the custom of the Christians to put on pilgrims’ garb and to walk barefooted for miles to worship dead men’s bones. There is something of a sneer in Isaac’s tone and Ivanhoe rebukes him with a truly heroic, “Blasphem er, cease!” ! don’t know how many thousands of Americans go yearly to Mount Vernon to pay a visit to the re pository of a dead man’s bones, but the number is something enormous. If George Washington never had lived at Mount Vernon, never had vis ited there, never had died there, and had been buried in the antipodes there would be excuse enough for the visits to the place of seventy times seven the number of the pilgrims who go yearly down the Potomac to stand on the towering hill and to look off down the valley. It is with an utter shame that it is confessed that after four years’ residence in Washington one man American born and with some lurk ing pride of patriotism in his make up never until recently went to the t place where the father of his coun- * s try and the exponent of the American school teacher’s ideal of truth lies 5 buried. Mount Vernon is the ultimate ob- ' ject of the voyage down the Potomac. There are other objects every paddle wheel stroke of the way, for the hills on either side are hills of rare beauty crowned with trees that saw the rev olution and that in the fall are wear ing the raiment which belongs to the kings of the forest. On the boat going down there was a young German gentleman, who had married an American wife. He was much more interested in the beauty of the Potomac’s banks and in the history of the country beyond the banks and in the life history of George Washington than was she. The German asked his American wife if George Washington was born at Mount Vernon. She answered that he was; which he wasn’t, not by many miles. He asked her many other questions, to each and every one or wnicn, but with unerring inaccuracy she girl tZT- ThiS, WaS,a traVe,ed American girl. There is a fairly well-grounded belief that she met and captivated her German husband while she was doing Europe in an automobile or was rhapsodizing on the Rhine. Some day. perhaps—vedy likely, in fact—she will go back to her husband’s land and will listen to his telling of his American trip, and tn the enthusia^n of the nature which he made manifest on the Potomac he will tell the “his toric truths” concerning George Washington which he learned from his American wife. It may be that some of the Germans who know something of the life of the American gen eral who was the friend and fellow soldier of Steuben will come to think, as some Americans have come to think before this, that a little American history might be included in the course of study of the average American girl, and that not a dollar should be spent on her passage money to Europe until she knows without stop ping to think whether it was George Washington or Abraham Lincoln who crossed the Delaware, and who, something later, forced the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. This may seem to be a matter thm is beside the mark, but. while the listener had none too thorough a knowledge of American history, there were some things said on the boat plying down the Potomac that if they had been said by an eighth-grade school boy ought to have brought him a flogging. Mount Vernon has been written about by pretty nearly everybody who has seen the place. It hasn’t fallen to the lot of everybody to see it in the fall. It is a nc ’ 'e place, a fitting resting ground for the first American. It seldom falls to man's lot to see such ht) roic trees. There is a giant oak which stands sentinel over the first burial place of Washing ^^7YS}j$/AfGTO.'V y T>70<^A/7 ' word “Sentimental.” The wonder was. and the poor light was responsible for its remain ing a wonder, if the father of his country had not in his quiet hours been reading “A Sentimental Jour ney.” If the gentle Martha had peeped into the pages and had re proved George because of what she saw there one can imagine his ready answer that the book was written bv a holy priest of her own chosen church. The man with the megaphone on the Washington “rubberneck” wag ons tells his audience of passengers as they roll by the Metropolitan club house: “This is the club of the nobs.” In another minute, as the big sight seeing bus passes another clubhouse the megaphone man says: “And this is the club of the cranks.” “The club of the cranks,” as this in formation howler calls it, is the Cos mos club, and a most interesting or ganization it is. Its membership is com posed of scientists, some physicians and clergymen, a few lawyers and ton. The body was removed from the base of the oak about 75 years ago. It never should have been removed. It is said that Washington selected the place where his body now lies and left instructions that one day the change of sepulcher should be made. The oak which guarded the first grave must have been standing for three centuries. The view from the place is inspiring enough to er.kindle the eyes of a dead man. The view from the new' tomb is fine in its way, but it is as noth ing to the grand sweep of river, hilltops and for ests which moves before the eye from the place where Washington slept for 30 years. Hundreds of visitors go to Mount Vernon daily. They peer into the tomb and then straightway go to the house. There is an inter est, of course, which must attach to any of the belongings of Washington, but it seems to be a legitimate matter of regret that of the thousands who go to Mount Vernon the interest in the mir ror which Washington used when he shaved and in the spoon with which he ate his porridge, if he ate porridge, is far greater than in the forest trees under which he walked and in the garden whose hedges of formal cut were planted with his own hand. ' < Indoors at Mount Vernon everything is dead; outdoors everything is alive. The forest and garden are instinct with Washington; the con tents of the house are as dust. There is a real interest, however, in the library of the old home. In the main the books are simply copies of those which were on the shelves in Washington’s time. The originals, as I understand it, are in several libraries of the country. There are two originals, however, which are open at the title page, so that if .the light be good, one may read Washington’s name written in his own hand and the title of the book two or three newspaper men. The scientists are in the great majority. It costs a pretty penny to join the Metropolitan club and to pay the dues and to live the life of the organization. The initiation fee at the Cosmos club is rather small, and the dues are light, but there are scores of members of the Metropolitan club, ‘ the club of the nobs,” who willingly would pay twice or thrice the Metropolitan’s initiation fee and the Metropolitan’s dues if the expenditure could gain them admission to the club where the “cranks” foregather. Every Monday night is called “social night” at the Cosmos club. Of course the clubhouse is open at all times, but on Monday evening the members make a special effort to be present and there is always a large gathering in the great, sweeping rooms of the house where once lived Dolly Madi son. They don’t intrude “shop” upon you in the Cosmos club. The members are a genial body of men and they have many guests from all parts of the world. They find out what the guest likes to talk about and then some one who knows the sub ject is promptly introduced to him. There are few world subjects upon which you cannot get an expert; opinion in the Cosmos club. The members, of course, have their hobbies and they ride them. In one corner of a room there will be an astronomical group, and there will be another corner with a fish group and another cor ner with a bird group and another corner with it may be, a mushroom group. It isn’t all science, however, in the Cosmos club. The members play billiards and pool and bridge, and they have a fine time of it generally and at no great expense, for it is one of the hard facts of earth that men de voted to science have little money. Learning doesn’t bring high pay in the market. INVENTER OF GRAHAM BREAD Sylvester Graham the First to Popu larize Article of Diet That Bears His Name. The housewives of America make many ioaves of graham bread during the year, but few of them know the history of this article of food, nor have they ever taken the trouble to learn why and how it came to be first prepared. E Sylvester Graham, a native of Suf field, Conn., was the man who in vented the bread, and it has borne his name ever since. Graham was the pioneer “crank” on the food question, and he popularized his theories throughout the country. While lecturing under the auspices of the Pennsylvania Temperance so ciety in that state, about 1830, he con ceived the idea that intemperance could be prevented and totally cured if the man who wanted alcoholic drink would confine himself to a purely vegetable diet. He argued in public and private that by following up his course of treatment and using only vegetables in the diets, drunkards could shake off the clutch of alcohol and become proof against the habitual craving for strong drink. Graham was himself in delicate health at the time he discovered his vegetable theory, so he started in to try his theories on himself. After practicing his preaching for some time he announced in public on vari ous occasions he had met with re markable results in his own case, and detailed the improvement in his con dition occasioned by his following a vegetable diet. He followed up his studies along the line of dietetics, with the result that he finally advocated a strictly vegetable diet as a cure for all thej diseases which human flesh is heir to. Styles in Hats not r/cz nc* The three hats illustrated here are entirely different, from each other Each one is typical of one of the three distinct classes of millinery—the "dress” hat, the “semi-dress” hat and the “utility" hat. Milliners usually distinguish these classes by the terms —dross hats, trimmed hats and tail ored hats. Fig 1 is an example of the “dress” hat, which we are all prone to call a pattern hat. it is a chamois colored felt trimmed with marabout down and coque feathers; not an extreme ex ample of dainty and fragile millinery, but too light and, too elaborate for ordinary wear. The time when one hat had to do service for all occa sions, is long past. This hat and oth ers of its class are out of place for general wear. If one can only afford a single hat, she must turn her face resolutely away from this character of millinery. A trimmed hat which will be very generally useful is shown in Fig. 2. It Is of black corded silk trimmed with a very large bow made of black taffeta silk, having the ends fringed out. The bow is mounted with a large bunch of black silk violets at one side and the hat is one of those becoming new shapes which turn up in the back and are lifted, in a slight angle, from the brow. These silk hats come in all the season's fashionable colors, so that one's choice is not limited in the mat ter of color White hats with black facings (and the reverse) are made up with black trimming into models of great distinction. This hat is a good choice for women who do not PRINCESS COSTUME This c-j; tume is in old rose cash mere; the dress is a semi-fltting Prin cess, with panel back and front stitched at each edge; two flat pleats extend from the panel each side, and are fixed under a pointed tat of silk; folds of silk are laid under the edge of panel, and partlv fill in the round neck, the over-sleeves being bound with the same. The small yoke is of silk mc3lin. Materials required; Three yards, 46 inches wide. 3-4 yard silk. Home Gowns. The marked departures in home gowns are a short skirt and a collar less and half-decollete neck. The semi-decolletages are not only allowed, but commanded by fashion If the neck is covered at all by the after noon dress, it is only by transparent fabrics that never rise above the col lar line.—Harper’s Bazar. The Traveling Bag. No woman should travel without her own toilet equipments. The neat est way to carry them is to make a bag with a bordered towel, lining it with gum tissue. Stitch to the tissue the numerous little gum tissue pockets for holding washcloth, soap, comb and the like and double-stitch each pocket to the lining. Join the tissue and towel with a binding and roll the tow el to make the package smaller and tie with a tape string. It should con tain the above-named articles, a small cake of soap, powder, pins, and the like. In spite of the many rumors to the contrary, the newest skirts still give the scant effect about the feet They are, many of them, especially those having the Byzantine yoke, made quite full above the knees by means of side plaits and/in other ways, but about the ankles they again become tight fitting. This is done by the use of weights in the hem, and also by the absence of stiff petticoats, oftentimes the soft satin lining of the skirt it self being the only covering below the knees. go out often and who feel a dressier model unnecessary. It is a beautiful hat for church wear. Worn with bright, dressy gowns, it will serve fot a multitude of social occasions. It fact a hat of this character is very generally useful and comes nearer to answering all requirements, than any other sort. In Fig. 3, a tailored hat is shown The shape is nobby and mannish and is covered with plain taffeta silk shirred onto the frame. This and similar shapes are shown covered with the moire and corded silks which are found on all kinds of millinery this season For these hats the trimming is of the very simplest character. It amounts to only a finish of some sort. A band and flat bow of velvet, kid or ribbon. Sometimes a buckle or other ornament is used. A simple rain proof feather is not out of place, but the best effects are those in which feathers and flowers are conspicuous by their absence. This is the hat for the tailor-made costume for the street and for traveling. In the estimation of many people of excellent taste and judgment, it is the sort of millinery which should be worn at church. It is smart, inconspicuous and well made, like a tailored gown. Those hats that are made of plain silk are easier to keep from dust than the shirred varieties. In passing it should be remembered that hats must be dusted with very soft brushes or wiped off with a scrap of plush or vel vet. Nothing is quite so good as a piece of silk plush for keeping mil linery clean. RUSSIAN CAFTAN MUCH IJKED Practical Fashion Has Been Hagerly Taken Up and Made a Sea son's Mode. One of the newest and most practi cal of fashions that are being adopted is the Russian caftan, a coat-like gar ment which is similar to that worn by Tolstoy, the great Russian author, in pictures, with which we are familiar. The coat has a round or square neck, a slightly bloused bodice part and a straight bottom edge that ends just above the knees. It is confined at the waist line by a satin belt; or, to make it more realistic, a silk cord. The edges of the coat are bound with satin; for winter garment-bands of fur will be used. The fastening is of ornamental or perfectly plain but tons and satin cord or braided but tonoholes. This style may be developed to the extreme, but in its simpler form is more dignified. The style promises to be a popular one for smart fall and winter cos tumes. Frocks of woolen fabric, with blouses of net and silk and a caftan of the material trimmed with satin in a harmonizing tone, or, wrhat is safer yet, black, will be in good taste for the well-dressed woman. New Type of Gown. Pretty semi-evening gowns, called abroad casino gowns, are being worn with but slight decolletage and trans parent guimpes of tulle or mousseline. The materials used on gowns of this type are embroideries, laces or crepe de chines, for satin seems to he some what passe. Many of them are trimmed with deep silk fringe, and, as the guimpe is always collarless! beautiful dog collars of jewelled vel vet or jet are worn, so that the gown may be becoming with a hat. Somehow a collarless gown and a picture hat are not always a pretty combination. Correct Veils. Taupe is the leading shade in plain mesh veils, and those made of a wiry thread in the large, hexagonal type, are unusually becoming to the com plexion. Another mesh veil, of finer weave, is covered with flat velvety pastilles, square in shape and scat tered over the surface at close inter vals. For Greater Warmth. Capes are cold things when worn !n winter, but being fashionable, they are popular in spite of colds and colds. Here Is a hint for making them more comfortable: Make a pair of loose sleeves of silk the color of lining or outside of cape, as preferred. The latter is more serv iceable. Wad well, finish on top and bottom and attach to the cape with a ribbon or elastic. To adjust sleeves put them on, throw cape over them and tack near shoulder line. Take care that they do not pull the cape out of shape. Tunics. Curiously lovely effects are gained in little informal evening and after noon gowns by the use of a chiffon draped tunic over a gown of a con trasting shade of satin, with a bit of embroidery on the edge of the tunic. Some striking combinations are nas turtium orange chiffon with touches of gold over gray green satin; dark gray chiffon with silver over light blue, and brilliant currant red chiffon over deep prune color, the embroidery in bronze, gold and deep reds. AFTER SUFFERING ONEYEAR Cured by Lydia E. Pink= ham’sVeget able Compound • Milwaukee, Wis. — “Lydia E. Pink ham’s Vegetable Compound h:ts made me a well woman, and I would like to te 11 the whole world of it. I suffered fromfemaletrouble and fearful pains in my back. I had the best doctors and they all decided that I had a tumor in addition to my " female trouble, and advised an opera tion. Lydia E. Pmkham's V egetable Compound made me a well woman and I have no more backache. I hope I can help others by .elling them what Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound has <i'>ne for me. ”—Mrs. Esuu Fuse, S33 First St, Milwaukee, Wis. 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