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TIIE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 21. 101f
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at t artlw la Omaha.
"The Old ITomestesd" at the Brand.
"His Wife Father" at th Boyd.
"McFaddnn Flats'' at th Kru.
Vaudeville at the Oipheum.
l.urlesque at th. (jlayeiy.
Robert Kdeson "Wbri tha Trail
I'Hirtfi" oompany cot Into Omaha from
Minneapolis yesterday and th member
th'ienf will spend the week Id resting and
th1r money .in (bopping In Omaha. Mr.
Eeson wfnt in to New York, but will be
lack here In time to open at the Brandeis
,m Sunday night, .
''hristma week and New Year" week
will be busy one at the Boyd, for It la
planned tu give two performance daily
Df th great play that ar scheduled lor
the holiday season. ".Peter Fan" 1 to go
up for Christmas week and "Cinderella"
for New Year's. rk. Hehearaaia ar un
der way.
A deal that almost cam to a conclusion
la New York last week meant something
for Omaha. Th Stair A Havlin people
came mighty near breaking Into th
burlesque game, and. It they had, th
Krug would have become a rival to th
Gayety. Something, Interfered with th
(roar of th plan, however, and It Is
now understood to be off entirely.
Frank Bacon, who Is with the company
that Is playing "The Fortune Hunter"
through th west, and who will soon be
here, delivered himself at Denver of an
Interview that . la characteristic and
thoughtful. Among the things he said was
a statement that th quality of acting has
not deteriorated; It la public taste that ha
changed, and If the public were to swing
back to th classic and demand tb old
tyl play again, plenty of actors would
come forth well qualified to present them.
Bacon Is doing so well with this piece
that his place may be sold to be fixed,
and th popular "stock" organisations will
likely know him no mora.
A not from Margaret Anglln Is to the
effect that ah baa fully recovered from
her recent U usees and Is now at her home
In New York, up tQ her eyes In work. Miss
Anglln does not say when sh expects to
return to her work tr th stags, nor what
lay ah win first .offer.
Gabriel) DAnnuiio and Claud De
bussy promts an opera based on tb mar
tyrdom X M. Re bast
Julius. Tannn. tb vaudeville racounteur,
write that after ae had Journeyed all the
way from Bloux City to New York to se
Bis new bora son. th Infant hissed him.
Mr. Tannsn add that b win mak th
youth a dramatic, crltio.
Thna th thrifty Mlsa Mabel Hit: "I
preach saving everywhere," ah says.
I'll bet Fre started mors theatrical people
saving than yon esuld shake a stick at. I
g-ueas you know that isn't their strong
- point. Just think of th great performers
who have died poor. , And look at th ben
efits rv taken part In. They wouldn't be
' necessary U peopl would save. Last year
I never touched my salary, but put It
right In th bank. "We lived very com-
fortably off Mr. Donlln's." adds Mlsa Hit.
Mr. Ge
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Jeorgr Faweett is to act with Mr.
Farnum in "Th Silent Call" for
merly "These Ar My People" to be made
known In January J In New York City. He
was. In th original cast of "Th Fquaw
Man," th -actor, of Big BIH, a racy and
veracious eharaetsr. Big Bill, twenty years
cider In th dramatic chronology of th
sequel to -"Th Squaw Man." figures anew
Laymen's Movement Results
n Sending
MITCHELL, & D.. Dec JO Spectal
J. E. Washburn left tb city today on an
extended Journey,' which will not be com
pleted until after steady traveling for a
month, when he reaches La rax. Bolivia,
to which' place he goes as a missionary
of th Methodist church. Mr. Washburn
Is a graduate of Dakota Wesleyaa of this
city and ' ha prepared himself for work
of this character. While h received a
call from th Board of Missions of th
church to engage In the work, he could
not go to the field bocaus cf tb lack of
funds on th part of th board.
Th way was made for him at the con
vention of th Laymen's Missionary move
ment. wpVh u held In this city last
SENIORS HOSORJISS H'HUGH
Fourth Year Hijn Student Name Her
, Class Teacher.
ELAINE GIRLS HAVE MUCH FUN
kirarlrf glaglaa la Which Miir
Take I'sM. Knjeyed by Fifty
Members as Half mm Maay
Visiters.
Th senior class of th Omaha High
t hol held Its first meeting under the
fl ection of th new officer yesterday at
ta- c'ose of school. The meeting was
opened by President Kector, and the first
ti minute wer taken up with th prac
tice of new class yells under the leadership
of one of the hhjh school cheer leaders.
Tb Important business of th afternoon
was th unanimous election of Mis Kath
rlne McHugh. assistant principal of the
high school, as class teacher. After this
lYcsldetU Rector read to th clak some
plans for the coming year. H announced
that Instead of havmg a senior fair as
years ago asenlcM- reception could be held.
This will bs practically tb same as th
fair, only not so elaborate, tbs amount of
dtcorating being less. At this recptlon a
Clas play atll be a feature and perform
ances given afternoon and evening. ITwa
ezpectvd that about 0 can thus be raised.
Tbj money will b put In th bank and
the yuerest from It used to buy to gold
itiKuj for et coiarshtp. ons fur a boy and
ue for gul. to be awardol at gradua
te n nader sperllcatiiins to b named. The
suictlng s4JoUBel 4.lar UU Br ilent had
id
In "The Silent Call." but Is not the role
to be acted by Mr. Fawcett. The Misses
Rosalind Coghlan and Msude Hosford and
the Messrs. Elmer Orandtn, T. J. MrOrine,
W. B. Hart, Oeorge W. Ieyo. and Charles
Al.be are other players who mill be Mr.
Karnum's associates. Miss Hosford may
be Identified as the lady who dramatised
a bulletin of the federal Iepartment of
Agriculture dealing with the cultivation
of apples In the northwest and played here
In May lat In "Uo West. Young Woman."
"The Henpecks" will be the title of the
new extravaganza soon to be produced by
Mr. Lew Fields. It has been prepared
along the gargantuan lines of "The Mid
night Sons." "The Jolly Bachelors." and
"Th Summer Widowers." only one of
which has as yet been vouchsafed play
goers of this neighborhood.
The president of a New York religious
organisation has aked Mayor Gaynor to
prohibit Mme. Bernhardt' performances
of "Ia Samarllalne" there. "She plays
'Camllle,' a Fr nch wanton, one day." he
complains, "and holds converse with God In
'La 8a marl lain the next."
The mayor replied that he sympathised
with the protest, but had no power to in
terfere. For the first time theatergoers have a
chance to meet a character that for six
teen years hss been a joy to the readers
of the country. Through the persuasion
of Joseph Hart, George V. Ho hart con
sented to a presentation of rlnkel.plel on
the stag. At the Orpheum this week
"Dinkelsplel's Christmas" Is being played
with a selected cast of capable actors.
This real, natural and thoroughly human
German makes a splendid character. The
story Is Interesting and amutdng, and one
can readily understand how a critical au
dience at the last Christmas gambol of the
Lambs In New York voted It a hit. Diet
rich Dinkelkplel of this playlet Is a Ger
man cltixen of the United States, but his
"vaterland" spirit la so intense that he
allows only "Die Wacht Am Hheln" to be
sung In hla home and he nearly fights a
French restaurant man who breaks out
Into "Th MarstJUai" under th Dlnkel-
spiel roof.
Evidently the expected slump In busi
ness at the Gayety on account of this be
ing the week before Christmas Isn't going
to "slump" worth a cent, as th unusual
excellence of th "Jersey Lilies" has re
sulted thus far in maintaining the attend
ance right up to top notch. "Tired shop
pers' " matinee daily Is the slogan this
week and, as customary, ladles' tickets
are 10 cents. This week Friday evening,
after th regular performance, th chorus
girl will compete for cash prises, the au
dience to be tb Judge. Great fun is as
sured. Ida Bernard, spoken of on tha other side
of th world as "the Bell of Australia,"
and considered by J. C. "Williamson his
very best find, has been engaged by Lieb-
ler A. Co. for th part of Primrose In
"Marriage a la Carte," the new musical
comedy by Mc Lei lan and Caryll, due In
New York In a few days. Mlsa Bernard,
In addition to being an adornment to the
stag, is a newspaper woman with a reoord
on th Sydney Bulletin. On on occasion
she got out an edition of a paper from th
standpoint of an actress. Th publication
was unique, the political news condensed
to agate paragraphs and all other matter
be'.rg subordinated to the affairs of the
stage. A double-column head gave proral
nenc to an actress' drive through a park
and It took the biggest and blackest of
type to call attention to a luncheon at
which half a dozen of th Williamson
beauties wer regaled.
Man to Bolivia
March. At a banquet of th men of th
Methodist church Washburn's cas mas
taken up. and lnslds of thirty minutes the
sum of (1,200 was raised by the men to
care for his expenses for th first year.
Most all of this money Washburn has col
lected and, together with an endowment
fund he has been able to collect, he will
be of no expense to the mission board for
over two years, a record which has not
been equalled by any missionary ever sent
out by the board. Mr. Washburn will sail
Thursday of this week for tils destination.
With his departure he makes a total of
seven graduates of Dakota Wesleyan who
have gone Into the foreign missionary
field.
been given power to appoint a senior coun
cil of three boy and three girl.
Elaine Society In Boms;.
Th Lla'.na society entertained Its mem
bers, certain members acting out some
songs. About fifty girls were present with
about twenty-five visitors. The program
was under direction of Luclle Dennis and
as much enjoyed. Th songs wer
follow;
Lru.!it Eye Edith Hamilton and Hasel
Paguis.
Airs. Casey Dorothy L 1 and Marie
Veino.
'1 he Good Old Days of Yore lKrls Llnd
ley, Kathryn Crooker, Mable tlraoas, Marie
Vernon, lHirolhy Lyie ami Liiitn Hamil
ton. lie' a Kan, Fan. Fan Helen Carr. Msbl
Mrs us. Dons l.md e and Mane Vernon.
Cherr l"p My Honey Kathryn Crooker
and Mable Strauss.
LvenitiK lell i:ai le Vernon. lKrothy
Lyte. tenth Hamilton, iiaxel i'agels, Kain
r a C rooker and Doris Liuuler.
WOMAN'S EFFORT TO END
HER LIFE UNSUCCESSFUL
Mis Crae Wlttk Take Lara
Dsn mt Paregoric, Bat Barare-
After quarreling with a mal companion
Miss Grace Wltthob of f.i South Sixteenth
street attempted to ccmmlt suicide last
night at 11 o'clock by taking an overdo
of paregoric However, sh did not take
nough of th poison to put her life la
danger. Polio Surgeons Bishop, Harris
and Peppers at landed th woman.
Foley Kidney Pills ar tonic In action,
quick r exult, and restore th natural
action of tb kidney and bladder. ' They
correct Irregularities. Suld by all drug-guts.
Dottie Dialogues
BY WALT Kit A. IflNCI AIR.
"Then I suppose a whit Christmas
means a lean pocket honk?" haxarded
lottie. abruptly Introducing the subject.
"Tour purse-plcaclty Is marvellous." I
admired. "I propose three Christmas
cheers and a rreen dog."
"Why a green dog?" she asked Inno
cently. ' Because It Is articulated like the cheers."
I chortled. "Oh, you are easy. As
frakesy says, 'fit for Christmas trees and
strategems and spoils.' "
"You seem suspiciously full of the Christ
mas spirit." she observed. "I hope It has
been O. K.d by Dr. Wiley of Washing
ton." "Why not? It even makes the wicked
candles brKht." I asserted.
"The Christmas trees will have a light
crop, then." she added. "I do hope the
tariff on cotton hasn't caused a shortage
In Santa Claus' whiskers."
"Never! They have a cotton batting
average of .300." I cried.
"Nothing short of the fire Insurance
underwriters could make the amateur
Santas use safety razors." she com
mented. "1 do hope, though, that they'll
get some new lines for the Sunday school
Santas to Introduce on appearing to dis
tribute the gifts to the dear little chil
dren." "Anything wrong with th old line
policy?" I Inquired.
"Last Christmas when the S. Claus
doddered out and chirped, 'Her I am.
Just from my, toy shop at the North Pole.'
one little goluen-halred cherub yelled.
Tell It to the king of Denmark:'" she re
counted. "Well, this year he mlpht announce that
he had Just arrived from Cloudland In his
aeroplane something like that," I sug
gested. "Yes, and have them all rushing out
doors to read his barograph record," she
retorted, scornfully. "Modern children all
descend from old Missouri stock."
"Pshaw! Your disapproval chills an in
spiration I had to write a new version of
The Night Forninst Christmas, when
through the apartment, silence obtained
In the Infant department, and mother and
pa were beginning to gape, when Santa
volplaned to the fire escape. His machine
was all Wright, though of - Blerlot type,
his planes were quite fancy, his engine a
swipe of fifty deer power, combined with a
gnome. Thus Santa falls off and rebounds
on his dome"
Stop the execution, I hold a reprieve
from th governor!" sh exclaimed, im
ploringly. "That certainly belongs to
Parodies Lost.' I Just knew 1 wouldn't
get through the glad season without hear
ing a depressing burlesque. What do you
expect to find In your stocking, after
that?"
Holes." I replied. "I trust you have
made all the necesary alterations of price
tags on your presents, for there's no use
Christmas Supper
A woman who has but one maid need not
hesitate about Inviting twenty or thirty
members of the family to a Christmas sup
per, for such festivity Is really a simple,
yet delightful one. If the work Is prac
tically done a day before th function takes
place.
The essential part of the supper consists
In serving food which is prepared before
th time of eating, and If tb guests wait
upon each other there I no need for any
to be seated at table. Seats are required,
but they may be placed about the room.
Th dining tabl to be used may he
th sewing board. It la to ba decorated
with holly, of course, and If a spray of
mistletoe Is hung !n tne dining room It
will add to the gayety of the evening.
For food there should be cold meat and
on hot dish. The latter can be easily
managed by making it a chafing dish, or
two chafing dishes If there are many
guests. On person Is detailed to look
after each chains' dish.
A whole ham, turkey or a roast lookt
better If It 1 left uncarved and garnished
with holly.
It should be th duty of on of the men
guest to carve th turkey, etc. Thus,
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Dolliver on the Stomp
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"I think Senator Dolliver Iwaya re
garded hi response to the man who In
terrupted him in one of his tent meeting
In the 1M campaign as the cleverest bit
of repartde In h experience as a public
speaker," remarked Judge Ken yon. quoted
by the Des Moines Register and Leader.
"This particular Individual had demanded
that the senator divide time wlth Mm and
hold a Joint debate. The senator declined,
but the man was not satisfied, and after
th speaking had begun he Interrupted th
senator to Insist on a Joint discussion. The
aepator suggested fn a genial way that he
hire his own tent, and went on. Within a
few minutes a donkey in the ne ghborhood
began to bray in such a manner as to set
the tent full of people Into a roar and to
put the apraker In an embarrasitlng posi
tion. As soon as the' noise was over the
senator said: I notice that the gentleman
Is still Insisting on a Joint debate. If I
NEW YEAR'S EVE.
The First One Looks like a big
night to-nifcht!
The Other Won't be a arcurrv
t&nce to our heads in the moraine,
We Kecite Plenty of Jingle Belli
Stuff.
"GOLDEN-HAIRED CHEHl'B "
trying to eras them. Tou may break,
you may shatter, the vahs If you will, but
the phony price tag will cling to It still.
These store people use such sharp pencils
that one can't ruh out a low price, so the
beet thing to do Is to take a hard pencil
and ralr the price and then pretend to
eras it."
"Have you any suggestions for belated
presents V she queried.
"Well, slippers for Icy sldwalks," I
hinted. "And never give an unmusical
man cigars with bands. If a girl hints for
a ring, give her a ring on th doorbell. A
nervous man could give his musically In
clined son a shoe horn, or If he pined for
an aviation costume, give him an eleva
tor boy's suit. Th best books are bank
and check."
"I'd like to have seen those Chrlstmases
In ye old time," she sighed, "when they
dragged in the Yule log and placed It on
the firedog to hear Its bark. We never
have a Yule log now."
"They never had a mail order house cata
logue." I reminded.
"Oh, you have no sentlmentf" she chlded.
"I always enjoyed that scene In the Christ
mas number of the old English weeklies.
And they always had regularly, as
though nobody remembered the serial pic
tures In color of th charming young cap
tain In red coat eloping with the squire's
daughter; horseback through the snow; the
squire pursuing with his red-nosed friends
and a pack of spotted dogs, only to be
held up by highwaymen, while the young
elopers escaped to the parson, through a
howling billiard, were married and re
turned to untie tha bonds the robber had
put the squire under to keep the peace
and were forgiven. Those were th days
Well, what are you looking around for?"
"I am looking for a dear old red coat,"
quoth I. meekly.
(Copyright. 1810, by th N. Y. Herald Co.)
for Thirty Guests
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confusion I avoided ' wbjrt. the food Is
served. ' '
A salad of some sort should be on the
table, and this one of th - women may
serve. Another woman should pour the
coffee, that should be on a side table with
cups, etc. . .
Soup is not necessary, and would' cans
another change of plates, which 1 un
desirable. However desirous all the company may
be of helping to take the plates to th
pantry after the meat course Is eaten, such
work should be done by th host and a
few assistants who have been specially re
quested to help. Nothing Is more confus
ing than a roomful of person trying to
remove soiled dishes.
Christmas would not be Christmas to
most persons without mince pies or plum
pudddini;s and Ice cream. This mean two
different kinds of dessert on the table, and
while they are being brought from th
pantry th hostess can put on the table
th plate required to eat them from.
The table should be laid before the guests
arrive, and all th cold food should be
In it place. Also chafing dishes should be
ready to light All this work may b done
in the morning, so the hostess may rest be
fore dressing to receive her guests.
ROSANNA SCHUYLER.
bad any idea that the chief speaker or the
opposing party was to b present I should
have mad other arrangements.' When the
laughter wa over the meeting prooeeded,
and that was th last heard about any
Joint debate. Dolliver always felt that he
got out of a tight place at that meeting
aa well a he ever did In hi long expert..
ence on the stump."
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Daily Health Hint
Physicians tell us that a clear, genuine
complexion depends upon every oryan of
the bodv and the health of every organ
depends upon exercise with Its regular ac
companimentsfresh air, nutritious food,
pure water.
Batcher llialc.
A butcher's a magacan.
Pome of Ms feats sre big;
He can cut off a plij's tail
And then re-tail the pig.
-T.
E. M.
SHOP EARLY.
What docs your uncle ucu-ll
Clyt you for Christmas?
Ad vie!
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Much Wanted Recipes
Tepper Nuts There re a fsvorite small
cake that m.y I msde In q-iantity and
kept on land for tre holidays. Cream t
geth.r one cup of butter, one of lad and
two of brown sugar. Add three eggs one
at a time, beating thoroughly after each
addition. Then add th spicesone grated
nutmeg, two teasyoonfuls of cinnamon and
to of anise seed, one teasroonful of
grout d cloves, four teaspoonfuls whole cori
ander, one cupful chopped almonds and
one-eighth chopped citron. Next add four
cups of molasses with which have been
mixed two teaspoonf uls of soda dissolved
In a little warm water and four with which
four teaspoonfuls of cream tartar ha been
sifted, using flour to make a stiff dough.
i Knead with the hands until well mixed
land smooth, then roll out on a floured
i board Into long rolls about an Inch In
I ji.nuUr with a aharn knife cut Into
slices a querter of an inch thick. Bake in
a quick oven to light brown and when
cold put Into a tin cake box where they will
keep for a long time.
Bliti Kuchen Mix to a cream, three cups
fin sugar and on cupful butter. Add six
eggs and three cupfuls of flour. Ppread
batter on greased pans so thinly that you
can almost see th bottom of the pans.
Sprinkle with sugar, clnamon and chopped
nuts of any kind, and bak to a light
brown In a moderate oven. As soon as
removed from the oven, cut at one Into
squares before It hardens, as It Is diffi
cult to lift out the whole without break
ing. Hav the pans cold befor spreading
dough in them, and remember the thicker
the dough th mor delicate will th cook,
lea be. They will keep a long time.
Platxen Also for this two cupfuls pow
dered sugar, the yolks of four eggs, a
pinch each cinnamon and cloves and flour
to stiffen. Beat the egg yolks until light
and foamy, stir In the sugar gradually,
beat thoroughly, then add spices and flour
enough to allow the batter to drop from a
spoon onto a greased tin. Leave room
enough to spread without touching.
German Almond Cookies Beat th yolks
of six eggs until light, then add one cup
ful and a half of sugar that ha been
beaten to a cream with three-fourth cup
ful softened butter. Add a cupful blanched
chopped almonds, one tablespoonful cinna
mon and three cupfuls of flour. Beat
hard and drop by small spoonfuls onto a
buttered pan, putting an almond on top
of each cake. Bake In a moderate oven.
Syrup Kuchleln Melt two scant cupful
lard and add to It two cupfuls molasses,
one teaspoonful each of cloves and cinna
mon, one-half teaspoonful salt, a teaspoon
ful soda dissolved In a little hot water,
one well Veaten egg and sifted flour, add
ing th Tour, a little at a time until the
dough 1s thick enough to roll out. Cut In
fancy ahape and bake In a moderat oven.
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Fads of Women
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A gift that will b much appreciated by a
girl or woman who embroiders ia an em
broidered apron.
In shape It does not differ from th usual
sewing apron, square plec of lawn.
organdy or dimity turned up to form deep
pockets. The details, however, ar not th
same.
The turned up flap la divided Into four
compartments, three of which ar Intended
to hold the pieces of embroidery. Th
fourth compartment la divided In runners
Into which th different skein of silk may
be slipped.
The hem Is faced Inrlde with flannel and
serves as a needle book. Use cotton
flannel, as woollen flannel I apt to met
the needles unless It Is washed first.
If a woman owns a pretty floral scarf,
such a worn last summer, she can make
an attractive bloun on the peasant order.
Ruch blouse can be worn over a cream
or white net waist, or even ovwr a pretty
lingerie blouse when a dressy effect Is de
sired.
Little curley bear cloth coats for infants
and small children In sizes up to ( years
of age cost only $3 In soms shop.
Them wraps are full box style, with turn
over collar and cuff and have a whits
quilted lining. A bonnet to match, lined
with white silk and trimmed with a rosette
of ribbon and ribbon ties cost only K
cents. These ar pretty enough for any
baby, but if a woman wishes to pay mor a
coat of snow drop bear cloth can be bought
for to. This design is lined with a heavy
quilted lining and finished with turn over
collar and cuffs. It closes double breasted
1th pearl buttons.
Perfumes are always acrerts.pl as Christ
mas gifts, provided a woman knows what
scenta th recipient likes, or new essences
may b found that will give pleasure.
Among such holiday gifts this season la
a fragrant perfume prepared by a French
house. It is called Prince Igor. Th bottle
has a gilt and glass stopper with an extra
cap of guilt fits Into an envelope cas
ef the best leather.
Price complete Is t? 50 and the bottle, of
courre, can be refilled when empty.
Bottle Is handsome without the case.
Days of Trial.
Old Kama Claus we've sought to paint
As good and kind as could be;
If he Is not a perfect saint.
The Christmas shopper should be.
-T. E. M.
STUNG.
You know, I travel great
dear
You don' aayl What's you
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Season Styles in
NEW YORK, Dec. 1!.-Wlth th Increas
ing Interest In holiday affairs the question
of clothes becomes, for the time being, of
minor Inmportanc. NewvTork modistes
are enjoying a brief breathing spell, and.
as a result, their orders or the last aeeK
have received an unusual degree of per- I
sonal supervision is apparent In many of
the costumes delivered during the last few
day. It Is almost Impossible for a suc
cessful New Tork modiste to give marked
attention to the execution of each of her
many orders. Phe, of course, personally
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FIGURE ONE.
plan every garment made In her estab
lishment, but In the height of the season
th fashioning of her designs Is entrusted
entirely to her assistants. Be the woman
whose orders are placed In th "between
season" period usual ry finds th finishing
of her frock attest to th fact.
Tb style feature which seem to be agit
ating th feminine mind most at present
1 the raised waistline. The adoption of
this feature, In so far as one-piece and
princess costumes are concerned, was de
cided upon last summer. It la the change
In coat and separate skirts that seems to
perplex milady. The leading modistes with
out exception have set th stamp of ap
proval upon this new feature as they very
wisely forsee It use I a certainty a cer
tainty because It la universally becoming.
A Word Abovt Coreetlag.
But th change Is so radical that a per
sonal demonstration 1 necessary to con
vlnce most women that the style produce
good lines. The day of th wasp-like waist
Is passe heaven be praised! and natural
line hav supplanted the grotesque figure
of yesteryear. To the casual observer th
Chang might appear to result from a re
duction of the hip. It is generally con
ceded that th present advanced Ideas m
corseting hav reduced the hips somewhat.
but tb really appreciable difference lies
in the change of tb waist measurement.
Lacing on waist was th outcom of an
erroneous and barbarous conception of
beauty, and American women deserve
congratulation for presiding at th ob
aequles of this custom. The up-to-date
woman. In corseting her figure, retains, as
near as possible, her natural waist meas
urement, for she has learned from experi
ence that this gives her far more graceful
lines In short. It Imparts to any figure
the straight, slender lines which are so
pleasing to the eye. The raising of tha
waistline really bas a tendency to deceive.
It creates. sort of optical illusion when
the eye reaches the hip line, and conveys
an Impression of alendernesa.
A tllk Coat Salt.
This new feature In construction Is very
attractively presented in the first figure.
This little coat has the waistline broken
by the center-front panel, but the becom
ing qualities of the change In the waist
line Is at once apparent.
Nattier blue peau de sole was the ma
terial from which this costume was fash
toned. The broadening of the sailor collar
in front added an original touch to this
feature. The facing of this collar was
made of black panne satin, and this same
material was also used for the cuffs. Tho
collar facing was edged with a row of
mall button and loops of th peau de
sole, and these same buttons trimmed the
outer edges of the panel from the belt to
the lower edg. The closing was affected
with two large clover leaf froga. The skirt
ws In five gores, with shaped overlapping
sections at the lower part of the aid
gores. Just above these auction ther was
a Hat Insert of the black panne satin
Peau de sole buttons edged the front panel
from the waUt to the top of the lower
Id sections, and ther buttons also out
lined th upper edg of the overlapping
piece. The bat worn with this smart llti'.e
trott&ur was an adaptation of the tri
comered military shape. It was made of
tb black satin, had an edge facing of
whit silk and was simply trimmed with
a black aigrette. It was a severely plain
chape u. but had evidently been selected
with ear, for It seemed Just th hat for
th costums.
skirt See- In Paris.
Even In fac of Ha apparently universal i
acceptance ther aeern to be soma women
who hav not wholly decided upon th
adoption of tint narrow skirt. An Interest
ing sartorial review. Just published In
Paris Includes an account of how on of
th famous houses on th Ku d la Paix
has met with deplorable failure In at
tempting to launch a wide skirt. bo It
hus that th woman who insists upon
Semi - Formal Frocks
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width Is the woman who will assuredly be
classed as being "out of stle." of course,
the extreme "hobble" Is generally tshooed.
but In Its modified form It Is still the Istest
word In skirts. In Paris Just now skirts
measure. In ldth. almost a full yard more
,han they did last summer. This means
that In Knglish measurement the approved
width Is tap and one-half yards. Th ef
fect Is quite the same as that produced in
the skirts of last spring; that Is. when
one la standing still. It Is when the
wearer moves about that one notices the
difference,
Short-length finishes continue popular
for walking skirts and street and trot
ting frocks; It Is only la evening gowns
tl at one sees trains, and ther ar rarely
long.
One Is bewildered at the us of buttons
for trimming; tliey are seen everywhere
on all sorts of costume's. There ar silk
buttons, satin buttons, velvet button and
Hie lovely enameled and jeweled buttons.
which are a noticeable trimming on many
satin coat suits and formal costume.
Klanrrd Fabrics.
The colors of the eesson are a constant
source of dclliiht They arpear In tha
material used for formal gowns In th ef
fects known In France as "false dyes."
for while they seem th very eesenc of
daintiness they are In reality the result
of Intricately planned color schemes. In
the transparent fabrics this changeable
effect Is sometimes designated "chameleon"
a name more appropriate than any other
that one might call to mind, for they have
a way of changing color with each move
ment of the wearer that suggest th
tiny llaard.
The figured marquisette of this season
ar especially beautiful. They ar seen
with Persian and I'resden coloring and
designs, and some of the shops ar show
ing conventional figure development. In
tb second figure we have an Illustration
of a charming little bridge frock deliv
ered by a Fifth avenue modiste a few days
ago. The waist had an open neck and the
sleeve wer Just slightly longer than l-
bow length. There was an odd shaped
yoke which dropped Into a sqanre tab In
front and the sleeves were In on with a
simulated bolero. Thl bolro effect prom
ises to be much worn. Th material used
for this yoke and th aleeves was cherry
colored tnessallna. Th lower part of th
bodice wa white marquisette with an oval
like figure of royal blue. This lower bodice
was made over the cherry mescaline and
furnished another Illustration of the many
startling color combinations of the season.
Th skirt waa made with a tunic a feat
ure which steadily continue in favor. This
tunic, which was of the marquisette.
reached to slightly below th knees and
waa edged with a wide band of royal blue
panne velvet The cherry tnessalln found
ation aklrt was made perfectly plain. A
wide folded girdle of the panne velvet wa
worn with the costume, ana tni same
velt vet was used for a fine piping at the
yoke and sleeve edges. Ther really seems
to be no limit to the range of extreme
coir- combinations this season.' Black ans
whlte lead In popularity, and thereafter
FIGl'KE TWO.
in the list follow purple and blue, Ameri
can beauty and burnt orange, leaf green
and cerise, turquoise and coral In fact,
any widely different color can be worn
together with the approval of fashion.
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Gentle Cynic
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Marnape is a lottery In which alimony
is frequently the prim. ,
What the tlientrr really needs is a So
ciety for the Previutliin of Cruelty to Audi
ence. When it comes to an aigument a man
frequently gives In, ( but a woman never
gives out.
Why ar
respect for
head?
we supposed to
grsy hairs than
have
for a
more,
bald
A man can face the world with
heart If he ran ali.o face It with
liver.
good
good
Food for reflect. on is
for a square meal.
a poor substitute
Many a woman makes up everything ex
cept her mind.
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