THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 15, 1907.
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Comfort in Motor Coats for Winter Use
(mbmhbOLD weather fall to daunt an
1 tbuslsstic motor folk, and even
I upon the mtirt wintry days that
ml
season, open touring cara have
divided honor with limousine
cara on the city streets and have had things
pretty much their own way on the country
road a. ,
There are even hardly motor women who
maintain stoutly that the sport la mora
exhilarating In winter than In summer;
and, certainly, If a woman Is apprprlately
dressed for a cold weather spin ahe should
suffer little from the cold. If at all.
The manufacturers of motor apparel
have bent every effort toward the design
ing and making of outfits that shall defy
the frosty air, and not anly warm coats
and caps and hoods, but a host of minor
accessories are offered by the makers of
motor garments.
High fleece lined boots or gaiters run up
to meet silk bloomers lined with flannel
or albatross. Separate woolen sleeves or
long armlets help to protect the arms Inad
equately covered by short sleeves or njt
sufficiently warm In long sleeves of silk or
cotton.
Sweaters and waistcoats In all degrees of
warmth and In surprising variety are In
the market. One may have an ordinary
sweater cut down at tlio throat or. If more
warmth acros tho chest and throat Is de
sired, there are knitted sweaters buttoning
down the left front from the shoulder and
made with standing collar opening on the
Id.
Certain English sweater models are of
knitted wool, buttoning double brcasltd
from ahoulders to hem and not cut down at
the throat. A straight standing collar of
soft leather, leather cuffs and leather cov
ered buttons trim the garment effectively
and In some models a leather belt Is ad
ded. Waistcoats of leather and of supple,
short hair fur are numerous and are either
Sleeveless or made with sleeves of silk.
An English coat of heavy rough tweed
has Instead of a walKtcoat to supplement
Its warmth on very cold days a loose short
coat of flexible leather, cut upon the same
lines as the long outer coat and fastening
into It with snap catches so that when in
place It Is really a leather lining for the
body part of the coat. This coat, worn
with and without the leather lining, an
swers for varying degrees of temperature
and Is an excellent garment for touring.
Coats of the Inverness type with heavy
capes are comfortably warm, and though
there Is a general rule that capes, like all
things calculated to blow and need fold
ing, ars a mistake In motor apparel, some
of the lieuvy winter cape coats have capes
which strap or button down so snugly that
they are sure to stay In place, and these
capes do furnish a very acceptable extra
warmth.
Some of these warm tweed coats have
hoods which may be drawn up over the
head, protecting neck and ears in very
severe weather, but the average woman, if
Activities
Psmpcrlni American Girls.
HE editor of the Century Maw
TT I sine has a grievance against
I I fashionable society and boldly
1 I .1 1. I o llfptilntf In
1.11 Kl 1. llinb .v ao iiikb w
spoil the American girl." "Tho
Importance of the young
. woman In American society," says the
Century, "I out of all proportion to hor
achievements, and naturally, where such
Importance la the rule, the social tone,
however 'say,' Is untntellectual and devoid
of the mellowness which makes the for
mal intercourse of human beings an In
stitution. Instead of being taught in child
hood that her business Is to serve, and
that her only chance of happiness is in
service, she la virtually taught that every
thing must be done for her. The rewards
of a woman's existence love, respect, de
ferenceare thus placed at the wrong, end
of life. To begin with, the aense of values
is lost by the profusion of Christmas,
1 Easter and birthday presents showered
I upon her every year. As Whately said of
V literary style, 'He who accentuates every
thing accentuates nothing.'
"In such extravagance the beauty of
simplicity disappears, and besides the' lux
ury of such a girlhood the gifts of na
ture and of common human life lose their
preclouaness. A glerlous sunset, the
nightly miracle of stars, the treasures of
noble poetry the heritage of human kind
what are these to roost debutantes com
pared with a spectacle of colored lights
at the theater T Space falls to follow up
the theme to apeak, for instance, of the
approximation of the life of girls to that
of their elders In dress and entertainments,
which la but a part of the lavish and
unappreciated Idolatry that attends from
cradle to altar none the less a monstrous
folly that is committed In the name of
parental love."
A Office for Mrs. Field.
Because her ideas are very much in ad-
; vance of anybody who has previously at
tempted the work, Mrs. Marshall Field.
widow of the famous merchant prince, haa
obtained an appointment as head of the
clvlo health commission of the city of Chi
cago, with the entire charge of a new
bureau of milk Inspection. Now she
promises the aafe-guardlng of the health
of the citizens of the western metropolis
and the saving of the lives of hundreds of
. Infants who yearly die through the use of
Impure and adulerated milk. She will do
this even if It is necessary to bring Into
play a large part of her enormous wealth
of t6o.ooj.ooa
When Mrs. Field pledged herself to this
work, there was n gasp of surprise from
society all over the world. Known every
where, a natural leader, and by reason of
her personal char;. is and her great wraith
ivory, Pearl, Gold. Silver and Scented Woo ds
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ha wears a hood
at all. usually pre
fers to have It sep
arate from her coat
fitting down snugly
under an upturned
coat collar.
Apropos of hoods,
a couple of pretty
girls created a sen
sation at a fashion
able hotel In West
Chicago when they
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stopped there for luncheon on a recent
Sunday. The day was cold, but there was,
as usual, a long line of handsome cars
drawn up along the driveway and more
coming In swift procession up the hill.
Suddenly the crowd of Interested onlook
ers saw a high power roadster come whir
ling along the driveway. On the rumble
was a chauffeur clad from top to toe in
brown leather.
A woman was driving, .and beside her
sat another woman, evidently her sister.
Both wore superb coat of remarkably
handsome natural mink reaching to their
ankle and entirely covering their frock.
and Views
amply qualified for social pre-eminence It
was expected - that ahe would return to
the brilliant rounda of social events, from
which she had separated herself when Mar
shall Field died, eighteen months ago.
Mrs. Field has been presented at several
Buropean courts and Is a familiar figure
at European watering places frequented by
royalty. Her nephew, Spenoer Eddy, la sec
retary of the United States embassy at
Berlin. Mrs. Field has a love for fine
horses and has exhibited her thoroughbreda
In almoat every big ahow In America. She
la daring to a degree. A year ago she
made the attempt to climb Mount St.
Morits, a 6.700-foot peak, in the Alps, a
feat never accomplished. They almost suc
ceeded in reaching the top, through dan
gers that would have daunted the ordinary
man.
Her Children's Faces la Gold.
A few years ago Daniel O'Day, one of
the Standard oil millionaires, wanted to
get a Christmas gift for his wife that
would be absolutely unique. It was to be
something in the way of Jewelry. Being
a man of good taste, costly stones set in a
showy way the aort of thing most rich
men are pleased to see on their wives did
not appeal to him. So he asked Rich
ard Brooks, a- sculptor, to design - him
something original and artistic. The re
sults is the necklace, composed of medallion
portraits in yellow gold of the alx O'Day
children eoch portrait on a 22-carat discs
about the slse ef a nickel. Five of the
medallions are Joined together by oddly
wrought links of reddish gold, while the
sixth that of the youngest child hangs
from a chain In which the monogram O D
appears.
Not a precloua stone In It only the
gems of which the Roman Cornelia boasted.
Yet these few ounces of gold are well
worth $6,000, because the artist has given
them not only that perfection of form
that characterised the personal wnament
of the ancient Greeks and Etruscans, but
has made of them besides a strikingly
beautiful group of family portraits.
The neckiaoe accomplishes the highest
Ideal of the jeweler to produce the great
est amount of beauty in the most limited
space. It is equal to the best work of the
eighteenth century, when small objects for
personal adorment reached their utmost re
finement of designs. The little portraits
are remarkable examples of exquisite mod
eling and breadth of workmanship.
Heroine of GsJveston Flood.
Mother Mary Joseph, superioress of the
Southern Province of Vrsuline Nuns, at
Galveston, who recently waa made the head
of the English-speaking Ursulines, with
headquarters In Rome, was one of the con
spicuous heroines of the great etorm which
devastated the Texas city aad lta vicinity
The coats were
loose, ample, luxu
rious, and made
with hoods o'f tho
fur, which were
pulled up over the
wearers' heads, fit
ting closely around
the face and throat
and fastened snugly
Under the chin.
Gloves of same
fur completed the
AND
CLOTH, FUR TRIMMED AND
costumes and the big fur robe Was of
mink, matching the coats. The tout en
semble was as fetching as It was extrava
gant, and nothing In the costume line to
rival these ambitious but comfortable out
fits has been seen at the hotel this season.
Some exceedingly good motor coats In
brown caracul and In gray caracul are
being worn. Like all the motor coats, they
are long and loose, and some of the smart
est models, Instead of having the ordinary
double breasted fronts, fasten far to the
left side, thus allowing a double thickness
over tho chest, with no possibility that
cold can penetrate through the opening.
of Progressive Women in Various Walks of Life
on the night of September 8, 15KX). Tho
Ursullne academy, over which she presided,
relates the Kansas City Journal, stands
close to the gulf shore, on Galveston is
land, and afforded refuge to hundreds of
people from the battle of tho elements
which cost the. lives of nearly 10,000 human
beings. The big structure was the scene
of wild excitement. Men who, stripped of
their clothing by tho fury of wind and
waves, sought shelter there, were clad in
the gowns of the nuns, and those who were
not too demoralized assisted in the care of
of the Injured. Several children were born
beneath tho roof of the academy during
the night. One man, whose home and
family had been swept away, and who had
been washed up to the windows of the
building and rescued, heard a noise outside
the window of the room In which he had
been placed, and, Investigating, found a
bath tub containing a woman and a baby.
They proved to be his wife and child, who
had bean swept out Into the gulf and then
brought back again and providentially
thrown almost Into his arms. For weeks
Mother Mary Joseph labored among the
people of the stricken city, end during all
that time, unlike many of the prominent
men of the city, she kept herhead and
went about her work calmly and expedi
tiously as If the circumstances were quite
ordinary. No history of the fearful dlsas-'
ter that does not give her a very largo
share of credit is complete.
Queens Larger Than Kings.
The kings and emperors of today are all,
as a rule, smaller than their queens and
empresses.
Whether or not the royal and Imperial
women, because of their larger stature, are
enabled to sway the minds of their con
sorts cannot, of course, bo salJ. but every
one knows that In most arguments the tall
est person usually has the advantage when
it is a "stand-up conversation."
Queen Alexandra, as all who have seen
their photos are aware, Is taller than King
Edward.
The king of Italy, who is the smallest
man upon a throne today, scarcely reaches
to the shoulders of his queen, who comes
of the Montenegrin family, all rugged and
well developed.
King Carlos of Portugal lina to 'Hook
up" to his consort, and this can also be
said In regard to the king and queen of
Denmark.
And, as for the queen of Spain and the
queen of Romana, while they do not
find it possible to "look down" on their
kings, they at least are as tall.
Gems to Male! Costumes.
In the old days one could count upon
one's lingers the varieties of precious stones
that women wore. Diamonds, pearls,
rubles, garnets, emeralds, and a few others
these were all. Kven the richest women
had comparstlvely few ornaments; the
notion of having different necklaces and
clasps and bracelets and tiaras to match
different costumes had never entered any
body's head. Nowadays all that Is chang
ing. Women, through travel and the study
of artistic objects, and all the advsntaseS
that wealth gives, are growing more artis
tic. It is not enough now to have splendid
ornaments. They want the ornament to
suit the gown.
Seml-preelous stones, consequently, are
being used more and more, reports the
New York Tribune. Without them It would
lie Impossible to match til the new shades
now seen In women's costumes, and to
please his customers the fashionable jeweler
must do thai. In Paris and Vienna and
Perlrn. the three great fountains of biauty
In dress, the matter of matching fabrics
with semi-precious stones is being made
an art. .
The innovation Is an excellent thing for
America commercially, it is said, fur this
country produces any number of the semi
precious stones. There Is the California
stone, , the tourmaline, which is found In
various shades of pinks and yellows and
greens, from llrfht to dark, and from
bluish green to bottle green and even In
reds and browns, perfect matches for some
of the new shades in broadcloth and velvet.
An Ameiiean stone that is successf ully used
with green costume is the chlorastrolite.
which lias a peculiar sage green mottled
effect. For pink gowns there is the Thomp-
Tills side fastening In one form or an
other Is In high favor with the coat de
signers, and excellent effects In appearance
as well as In comfort are obtained In this
way. The brown cloth fur lined coat pic
tured among the sketches Is an example
of the possibilities In this side fastening
and Is In all Its details a particularly ad
mirable model.
I'lain colored cloth coats of this general
type, with fur lining or warm lnterwaddlng
and big collars of long hair fur, are ex
tremely elegant when well made and in
handsome materials. Royal bluo, a warm
and vivid yet deep red, gray In the taupe
and other deep shades and the browns are
the colors most liked for those plain coats,
and Instead of smooth cloth broad walo
serge or cheviot of handsome quality la
sometimes preferred.
The plain colors will not, of course, give
such service as the mixed tweeds and
cheviot, since they show soil and wear
more readily; and while no mixed check
or plaid has quite the elegance of a fine
one tone material some of these checked
and plain coats are extremely chic, and
nothing Is so practical for all around ser
vice. Fur coats, while Ideal for the coldest
weather, are out of the question for other
wear, while the stuff coats may be re-enforced
by sweater or waistcoat for the
coldest days and worn without the un
dergarment when the temperature relaxes.
To the fur lined tweeds this rule does not,
of course, arply.
Nothing really new In motor furs has
appeared, but all the old favorites arc
made up Into attractive coats, and as has
been said, the soft brown and gray cara
culs are popular. These caracul coats are
sometimes trimmed In self-tone braid with
good effect, and the models sketeched her
had binding of braid. Another relieving
note was provided In the big buttons of
brown cloth embroidered In vivid green.
Deer at 9100 a Glass.
Jack Frederick 1b a mining promoter of
Wallace, Idaho,. On Saturday several St.
Paul men who have become Interested In
mining properties exploited by Frederick
arrived in Wallace, and until after mid
night were closeted with Frederick.
At the conclusion of the consultation
Frederick Invited the Investors to have a
glass of beer. At the Wallace hotel they
found the lock was on tight. Frederick
then bought the bar for $5,000, giving a
check therefor.
The party of mining men then filed Into
the bar room. There were Just five glasses
of beer passed over the bar. Then the
party passed out.
"Do you want to buy a first-class bar?"
asked Frederick, approaching Mr. Simon
son, proprietor of the hotel.
"I'll give M.M0 for the place," was the
reply.
"It's yours." and forthwith the check
was returned to Frederick, who gave Sim
onson' a $500 bill.
When you have anything to sell adver
tise It In The Bee Want Ad Columns.
sonlte, a pink mottled stone found on the
shores of Lake Superior and Just beginning
to be known.
Montana sapphires, which are considered
remarkable for their purity and uniformity
of color and have the admirable quality of
not( costing too much, are popular with
women who dress much In blue. Nothing
is a more perfect match for electric blue
than a Montana sapphire. For evening coa
tumes aquamarines, of which many are
found in North Carolina, are used a great
deal. They suit the palest, tints, delicate
blues and green, and especially do they
harmonise with the blues In which there Is
a faint green tinge. '
For gowns of red orj black there Is the
copperlte, which goes fcvell with either of
those colors or with green. Sodallte har
monizes with the Delft blue shades that are
worn so much now. Rutilated quartz, a
faintly colored tan stone, is exceedingly
pretty with evening gowns of light cham
pagne. For the new old rose shade there
Is the sunstone, of a sort of brownish pink.
Corals are rather out of favor at present,
but they have rare shades for matching
velvet and broadcloth. There Is even a
stone to be worn with the chocks and
plaids so much In vogue now. It is the
chlastollto, a variety of andaluslte, and it
has a curious checked appearance bands
of a tannlsh shade across the brownish or
blackish foundation making it look exactly
as if nature had manufactured It to "go
with" the popular Scotch plaids.
Woman's Dally Sacrifices.
"I suppose that tyrant man got his good
and plenty?" ventured the clubwoman's
husband, as his spouse drew off her long
gloves and removed htr hat.
"I wlbli you wouldn't talk slang, my
dear," Faid hlH wife. "You know perfectly
Well that It always offends me, yet you
persist in doing it. Mrs. Glllipen made a
very eloquent address. I presume that is
what you are asking about. You always
sneer at everything she says, I know." .
"I bey your pardon, my dtar. I wouldn't
sneer at her for words. But she does may
I soy 'hammer' us? Well, she hits us
rather hard, doesn't she?"
"Don't you think she is justified in hit
ting you?"
"Why?"
"Do you think we ought to submit meekly
to be trampled on and never strike a
blow In our own defense? Do you think a
woman ought to be satisfied to be a slave
and a puppet and npt make th'- slightest
effort to burst the trammels that your
sex has been winding about her from the
beginning of time?"
"Did she say that?"
"You know it's true, whoever said It.
A woman's .life is one perpetual sacrifice
to the wishes or caprices of the man she
marries."
"That's not so bad." raid the man.
"Is your life a sacrifice to me?"
"You know I wouldn't like to hurt your
feelings, my ilear."
"Well, Is It?"
"I think every woman's Is."
"How about a man's life being a per
petual sacrifice to the whims and wishes
of the woman he marries?"
"Is yours?"
"Every man's is."
"I like that," said the clubwoman. "Will
you tall ir.e a single Instance of your
sacrifice?"
"Well, look at me now, sitting here with
my feet on the rug."
"I think by the look of them that you
might have wiped them a little more care
fully when you came in."
"I did wipe them," said the man. "I
?on't see what is the use of brooms and
carpet sweepers If a little dirt Isn't going
to be brought into the mouse once In a
while. But the point I mas trying to make
Is that several times since I have been sit
ting here I hove felt a strong inclination
to put my feet on tho table."
"James!"
"Oh. I know, I know you object to It.
That's the only reason I'm not putting
them where they would feel comfortable.
I sacrifice my comfort to your withes. I
consider your prejudices."
"You call that a prejudice, do you?"
"I don't know what else you would call
It. After a while, if we go to that fool
concert, I suppose I shall have to out on a
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dress suit and a collar that chokes me. I
can't do anything that I reailly want to do
half the time. Isn't all that sacrifice?"
"You didn't seem to object to wearing a
dress suit or going to concerts with me be
fore we were married," said his wife.
"And I'm aure I never saw you put your
feet on the table. If I had I'm quite sure
I never would have married you."
"I know," said the man. "That's why I
sacrificed myself to your whims."
"You weren't obliged to. If it, was such
a sacrifice you needn't have married me."
"Well." Bald the man, "I gurss you
weren't clubbed and dragged to the altar
and neither waa Mrs. Glllipen, If I know
her husband. I guess if you come right
down to It It'a about a stand-off."
Florenee Xlajh tin gale.
, "At the age of 87." says the New York
Evening Post. "Florence Nightingale has
been made a member of the Order of Merit,
Instituted In 1902 by Edward VII. as a re
ward for conspicuous publip service. Miss
Nightingale-should be at home In the dis
tinguished company to which she has been
admitted. Lord Roberts, Lord Kitchener,
Marquis Oyama, Admiral Toro and Lord
Lister are In a position to discourse with
Interest and authority on the subject of the
infliction and cure of gun shot wounds,
though possibly the Angel of the Crimea
may find herself a little behind the times
on either phase of the art of war. She
cannot expect to enjoy her new dignity for
many yeara to come. If "enjoy"' Is the
proper word at all to use of a woman
who at the age of 36 refused: to receive the
public honora offered her by the British
people, and. hor work done, fled surrep
titiously to her quiet country home. Her
nomination, however. Is a precedent. Her
place In the Order of Merit will be taken.
In the course of time, by some other Eng
lishwomanwhether by a woman of the
Flcrence Nightingale type or the author
of the "Intensely renllstlc" novel of the
season, we do not pretend to foretell. To
the world at' large Florence Nightingale's
appearance In the newspaper cvlumns must
have come with a shock at the fact that
one whose fame already eanka among the
Immortals should still be among us. More
fortunate than Tolstoy or Salvlnl, as fortu
nate as Adelaide Rlstori, whose recent
death only brought the public gaze upon
her, the new member of the Order of Merit
has been able to live her life far from the
Sunday cablegram and the apeclal supple
ment." Educating Women for Women's Work.
"Higher education In the future," writes
President Eliot of Harvard in Leslie's
Weekly, "should recognize the fact that tho
majority of women take up the occupation
of training children, the married ones as
mothers and many of the unmarried ones
In the interest of mothers. Training chil
dren is the normal occupation of woman
and its importance In education has prob
ably not been recognized because It hus
not hitherto been regarded as an Intel
lectual pursuit. Yet, it Is the mod In
tellectual occupation In the world. In no
matter what walk of life. It calls always
for great moral and carefully trained
mental powers. 'What a great power a
reading mother has to train the minds of
her children! This normal occupation of
woman should be tho main object hence
forth In the education of women and no
longer should her education be a mere Imi
tation of that of the man. On such a basis
I believe higher education will truly per
fect the home life and household Joy. It
Is certainly not the chief end of a woman s
life to enter man's occupation, aa was in
tended when higher education was advo
cated for her. It U high time that that
Idea of an education for !. r v. ai
doned and that the aim should be to de
velop In woman the cupacUy a..u ...rf
powers that fit her to make life fuller of
Intellectual enjoyment and happiness, more
productive, physically, mentally and spiritu
ally." t hat Abont Women.
. Sarah Bernhardt, It is said, has for
yers had everything ready for her bjilul,
even to the canket, which, by the way,
they say she sometimes sleeps lu. There
Is at least one New Yoik wumau who has
of me--
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s Believing
practically done the same, except perhaps
as to the coffin.
Possessing in her own right a fortune of
2,000,000, Miss Nellie Huntington of Cleve
land, p., daughter of a late Standard Oil
magnate, lias forsaken society and Is do.
voting her time to the teaching of claFges
of girls in a social settlement at Cleve
land. Miss Huntington has lately been in
structing her pupils how to make the most
of life In a flat.
A pretty southern girl in an eastern
city showed herself a match for the
curiously minded women In her boarding
house who were bent on knowing what her
father's business was. As a matter of fact
he was an undertaker, but the girl was a
bit sensitive on this point, so she made
up her mind not to gratify their curiosity.
When unduly pressed on the point she an
swered: "He's a southern planter."
There Is no record of any trade school
for the blind In the United States where
such a graceful handicraft Is taught, but
at the "Dayton association for the im
provement of the blind" lately organized
at Dayton, O., a shop has been opened in
the arcade, in charge of blind men and
women, where brooms, willow baskets,
and other things made by tho men, and
embroidery, fancy work and small baskets,
the work of the women, are for sale. Dif
ferent men and women are put In charge
of the shop every day, and there Is tile
day's wages and the excitement of shop
tending in the business part of the city,
which As much prized.
Milwaukee club women have Just about
a bo win f acquaintance with the stork.
They mlht know the skinny old bird from
a canary If they saw him. On or two
members of each of the ten most promi
nent .women's clubs In Milwaukee were
asked to ascertain the number of babies
born to members of their club during1 the
last year. They did It, and when they had
finished some of them were ashamed to
tell what they had found. There are 1.021
women In those ten clubs, and In the last
year Just fourteen babies have been horn
among them. Rven then a pair of twins
Is counted as two. Tho ten clubs Include
the leading women of the city.
Leaves from Fashion's Notebook.
Hand-pnlnted slippers with sprays of
roses nnd ferns, are In favor.
In the way of mourning cloths, paramat
tas, vicuna cloth. surKe or any of the dull
fabrkji are suitable for this purpose.
Dork colors as a rule prevail, but one
of the little fancies Is tlio all-black or the
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all-yellow gown. Women are at last awak
ening to the fact that yellow Is a remark
able color. It Is unusually becoming. It
Is a well-spring of youth, and It la the
most charming of all hues for evening
wear.
The new hats are larger than ever.
They are dish shaped and the inner side
Is like that of a bell. Indeed, there are
many hats which exactly resemble a bell
in shape. They are large and round and
the under side Is hollow, so to speak.
The crown is high and almost peaked and
the effect is bell-like In each particular.
There are spreading black velvet hats
wllth six big roses upon the side; only
this and nothing more. And the woman
who Is looking a little toward economy
will purchase one of theso big spreading
black velevet hats and will trim It for
herself. She must buy six of the handsom
est roses to be purchased anywhere and
she must fasten them so that they stand
very high on the hat. She will need no
other trimming. It Is the thing to have
the roses differ.
The fad for carrying out the color scheme
to the most minute detail has removed the
white kid from its position of tho uni
versal dress glove, except with all whit a
costumes. But they are struggling to
hold their own, and for duv time wear
have reached a compromise which U
absolutely novel. The white glove has a
guantlet which Is folded over to display a
lining of the snme shade as the gown,
or coat, and a single button covered with
the colored kid.
There Is a great fancy for the military
sleeve, not only for coats, but for really
elaborate costumes. This sleeve reaches
Just over the elbow, Is only slightly gath
ered at the top, and, although In reality,
it is slightly shaped to the arm, it appears
to be merely tapered toward the bottom,
where It la finished with the military cuff.
The sleeve Itself Is lnvarlubly plain, but
the cuff, which may vary In depth from
three to seven Inches, offers an excuse fur
any amount of decoration.
Kven mourning garb is not exempt from
the picturesque effect that characterizes the
present trend of styles, and there Is a
marked aversion to the exaggerated use of
crape. The crape, however, of today Is
quite a different material from that stiff,
ungraceful, uncompromising stuff originally
known, und which was so suggestive of the
best back parlor with Its closed blind
opened only on such occasions as funeruls
and weddings. The new crapes are beau
tiful, with a soft, silky lustre, unubtruxlve
as to be quite fitting, ami yet without
that deadly sombreness that always guve
one uncanny shivers to aee It suddenly.
Surprises
in Boys Clothes
COMEHOW we never hear
5 of any good boys-they
are all hard to keep In at
the elbowa and the knwa.
So all our boys' clothes are
made for husky chaps.
Mrs. Jane Hopkins'
Boy Proof Clothes
ffj have more strength and
' more quality for less price
than you'd think possible. Spec
ially designed, and made to resist
stress and strain. Very modish,
too really uppish, in style, but
decidedly downlsh In price.
If your deahr hatnU these
clohes tn t ck, we'ii
yludly direct you to one
t who hot.
Send 10 ctnt$ in it amp $
j'ir let of Clever Colkye
I'oittrt ready to
rum.
Smith fiifi