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TIIE ILLUSTRATED DEE.
May IB, 1901
Colored Shoes the Rage
.LACK shoes ur uk-bc'lan. The
B
humble black kid and IU mure
presumptuous companion, patent
leather, have bowed to the decree
and taken to the buck shelves of
the .hoe xhups.
But It mimt not be Imagined that colored
footwear in entirely gaudy, for so cun
ningly have leather manufacturers wrought
(hat all the fashionable street tints In cloth
have been reproduced In leather, so that
hoe and frock may harmonize.
Naturally, for Bummer the self-tone Ox
ford and stocking are the correct things for
the woman of quiet taste, and for her gray
r tan gown she can secure an exact match
In both lisle stocking and suedo Oxfords.
The suine may be said of the more deli
cate tints, mich as champugnc and cafe au
lai. For these light street Oxfords a me
dium heel Is used, the I)u Iiarry of lust
season having disappeared. For the smart
cat of street shoes no ornamentation is
permitted.
A street shoe. Intended to go with a
(allor-made gown, shows the lightest of tan
leather, just as the gown is piped with a
darker cording. The eyelets for the laces
are embroidered or buttonhole stitched, and
black laces are used. For wear with this
hoe comes a tan stocking embroidered In
tiny ficur de lis pattern.
For house wear there Is absolutely no
limit to the fantasy of colors and the riot
of ornamentation. A populnr design Is an
Oxford with a Iyouls heel In two colors.
The foundation Is the shade of the dress,
and over this Is laid and stitched a scroll
design in patent leather. This combination
is shown in all shades of tan, gray, blue,
(Teen and brown, and red Is made to order.
The suede Oxfords for house wear are all
beaded Jet, teel, silver and milk-white
beads being employed. A striking house
hoe shows gray suedo with a heavy ro
ette design done In cut steel beads.
A slipper which suggests Spanish taste
has a front vamp of gold leather, stitched
with an ornamentation of fine black silk
tape. The back of the vamp, set on high
heels, Is of black patent leather.
A quaint gnlter effect Is obtained In a
atln slipper higher than the colonial Ox
ford, with a seam running straight up the
frpnt and cut low on either side to the
ankle, the whole savoring of the old-fashioned
gaiter, with elastic gussets set In the
Idea.
The foundation Is black satin, and on
either side of the center seam runs a vine
effect In heavy raised embroidery In the
exact tints shown In the gown. If the shoe
5a Va Wnrn witn a dancing frock the
foundation Is the color of the dress, with
embroidery In contracting tones, an ex
ample being a blue satin slipper with white
roses and foliage outlining the center seam.
Another colonial effect la In heavy satin,
and Instead of the ordinary colonial tongue
there Is a perfect reproduction of a butter
fly with outstretched wings, done In the
atln, the body being represented by a
rhlnestone buckle. The complete butterfly
lands erect on the Instep, nnd the heels
which accompany this extravngant bit of
decoration are two Inches high. The but
terfly slipper Is made In every possible tone
to match prevailing colors In gowns.
Presidential Nomination
(Continued from Page Nine.)
by the republicans, the essential plan of
the democratio national convention of 1X33
.worked so well Uxut It baa been followed
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WHERE 10.000 PLANTS WERHS
Tha Incentlvo to beautify yards with
growing plants was strong enough to need
only the slightest npur In the case of Omaha
householders. The moving of W. J. 1 lesser
of Plattsmouth resulted In his entire green
house stock coming to Omaha to be so'.d.
it took a trifle less than two days for the
four carloads of palms and plants to b'0
by all the national conventions held since
then.
The first national convention of the re
publican party, as we know It today, was
held in 1&6, two years less than half a
century ago. There was no great con
test over the nominee, John . C. Fremont
being named on the first ballot and re
ceiving 359 votes to I'M for his ch'.ef and
now forgotten contestant. Justice McLean.
It was In that convention that the naino
of Lincoln was first heard in the east;
It was mentioned when nomination!! for
the vice presidency wore In order, and It
flit ited the famous inquiry, "I.incolnT
Lincoln? Who Is he?"
It is bellved by many readers, no doubt,
that the national republican convention
till:! year will be unlike most of Its prede
cessors, because its work may be pre
dicted with something approaching cer
tainty, but this is not the case. There
waa a spirited contest In 1SC0, though
Lincoln won on the third ballot; but there
wan no real contest in 1HG6. In ISBt the
name of Lincoln was the only one thought
of seriously for a moment by the repub
licans, and In 1SI8 Grant's nomination
was as much of a foregone conclusion
as Roosevelt's can possibly be now. In
1872 the convention was merely a formality
a sort of ratification meeting, for Grant
was again the unqcstloned choice of his
party, as he afterward proved to be of
the people.
In 1876 and 1880, however, the rerublicnn
national conventions were the scenes of
real struggle. Ululne was the leading
candidate in 1876, and Robert G. Ingersoll,
till then unknown, named him in the
"Plumed Knight" speech which made the
orator famous in a day, but failed of
making Blaine the nominee, ImoaUHe, It
being late in the afternoon and the light
ing apparatus of the hall out of orJer,
the convention had to adjourn till the
next day. Then, on the seventh ballot,
Hayes was nominated and Blaine suffered
his first great defeat.
The convention of 1880 was undoubtedly
the most exciting and the most bitterly
contested In the history of the republican
party. It was In that convention that
the famous "306" voted solidly and stead
ily for Grant through thlrty-slx ballots,
Garfield winning on the thirty-seventh.
In 1884, when Blaine was finally nom
inated, and when Theodore Roosevelt made
his first appearance at a national con
vention, the work of the convention was
far from being cut and dried, Blaine, Ar
thur, Kd.nur.ds, Logan and Sherman all
being candidates, but only four ballots were
needed, and there was only one really ex
citing day. There were utlfT contests, too,
in the conventions of 1888 and 1892. both of
which bodies named Benjamin Harrison,
but no one doubted who would be the
candidate either In 1896 or 1900.
The first long and bitter contest In a
national convention came In the nominat
ing gathering of the democrats in 1852,
when it took forty-nine ballots to place
Franklin Pierce In nomination. That same
year the whlgs had a dreadful time In
their convention, fifty-three ballots and five
days being consumed In putting General
Wlnfleld Scott's name on the presidential
ticket. In 1856, when the newly born re
publican pnrty held Its first national con
vention most peaceably, the democrats had
another red-hot gathering, requiring fifteen
ballots for the nomination of Buchanan.
But the banner year for turbulent na
tional nominating conventions was I860.
The republicans held their convention at
Chicago and got along with only three bal-
i f: ' ; .
A
mmui
SOLD IN TWO DAYS IN OMAHA,
fmm the corner at J. L. Brand?ls & Sons,
where they were on sale. The corner was
thronged with amateur gardenrtra through
out the time they were displayed. The
eagerness of householders to secure the
plants for their homes would argue that
tho teachings of the Civic Improvement
lcat'uu Lave not Ueu disregarded.
lots. Lincoln's opponents, however, held
five separate conventions, one In Charles
ton, one In Richmond and three la Bal
timore. Since 1860 the bitterest democratic con
vention was the one that nominated Bryan
In 18, but of that convention, like the
one four years later, when Bryan was
again the candidate, It is "too late to
write news and too early to write history."
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World of Fashions
(Cantlnued from Page Ten.)
scheme of color. Many shades of blue may
be put together, but the tones must run
In the same scale. If flowers are ued,
they should be corn flowers, pale cherries
and forget-me-nots.
With such headgear dainty frocks In
champagne or sweet gum veiling are
seen, very simply trimmed; or the gown
may be of mixed tweed In any shade, for
these effective blue hats are worn with all
colors.
Brown Is also much seen in girlish mil
linery, with the under-br.m of rough shape,
lined often with white and a touch of the
same showing in the outer decoration.
Some ready-to-wear hats in juvenile de
partments are so desirable in their sim
plicity, and so adaptable in shape, that
more than one young mamma turns to
them as well. Excellent shlrt-walt styles
are of rough straw with straw trimmings
in contrasting colors, forming rosettes,
quills and what not.
In the matter of coats, the girl of 16
is not so easily suited us the older maid.
The new coats, and especially those for
dressy wear, take such quaint lines, with
their flowing sleeves and general loose
ness, that the demoiselle in short frocks
seems out of place In them. The summer
coat preferred for her which 13, on occa
sions, to cover too airy costumes Is still
the loose box affair of many seasons.
The best models In these coats are con-
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ervatlv In the matter of arm covering
a simple coat sleeve proclaiming the ex
istence of the right thing. Many shades of
covert are used for the coats, which in a
majority of cases show not a thread of
other trimming. If the plain collars shown
are unbecoming, a touch of velvet Is added.
The shop which provides the coat makes
this addition for $1.50 extra, putting on tha
velvet quite half an inch from the edge
of the collar. Only the back is velvet
trimmed of course and when the coat
comes home it costs only $15 all told, if
you have been whe in your campaign.
Another Idea for securing becomlngnesS
is to odd a stole drop of some sort at th
fronts of the eeveie Eton coats whlcrt
form part of so many of the season's suits.
Few young girls nre sufficiently developed
to wear these hard styles, which are try
ing to the best of figures, and in the French
costumes they are always modified la
some way. For one thing, the bottom of
the coat never falls below the top of tha
girdle. Sometimes part of the full under
blouse Is even allowed to be seen, and
not Infrequently a stole drop Is cut in tha
fitted coat itself at the front. Upon such,
trifles peace of mind depends, for she who
feels herself well dressed rarely thinks of
her clothes. . .
The shirt-waists for maiden wear ara
most carefully fashioned. Scrupulously
tailored In effect, the neck In the most
modish Instances Is finished with a high
linen collar. A black bow tie completes
this, and if the return to linen collars onca
more threatens the soft lines of throats.
It cannot be devised that they are better
suited to shirt-waists than more fancy,
garnlshlngs.
Whatever color Is shown by the shirt
waist is repeated In the kid belt worn, for
wide kid or canvas belts are a necessary
part of a shirt-waist getup. But the plain
sailor which once composed a portion of
this costume seems to be going out of
fashion. At least, it has not yet put In
more than a furtive appearance.
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