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LADY DUFF-GORDON, the lmou "Lu
cile" of London. And foremott creator of
fathioni in the world, write each week the
fathion article for this newspaper, presenting aO
that it newest and )xi in style for weQ-drused
women.
. Lady Duff-Cordon' Pari establishment brings
her into close touch with that centre of fashion.
D2!Sa
Bvlnapirl
by the
'Donkey Girl'
er Greuze.
-Luclie"
Model.
By Lady Duff-Gordon
W tbat Part canaot for tho ores (wo no dressmaker ha tied herself to a.cy
at to looked to for at least next . particular period or style, and nerer before
JtkAIJ who come to me and say. "Lady veloplsg her own peculiar personalities and
Duff-Qcrdon. what are to to the new line expressing them by means of her attire,
for the Spring t" With the accompanying photographs of
I toll them I dont know. I never do know the newest evening gowns let mo point out
any more than any one else until I actually for you the Influence of no less than fir dls
get to work. New tinea are developed, poa tlnct periods.
slbly suggested, by the tall or hang of a new
Photograph a is obviously drawn from the.
material, or perchance by the on usual attl- Greek, with its light chiffon draperies caught
tude accidentally struck by the girl 1 am below the bust and again below the waist j
draping. It appeals to me 1 us It, ex- jewelled cameo clasps.
aggerato or modify It, and lot new B must remind you Immediately of ' the
stylo to born. , Oreuee "Donkey Girl." with it little, toca
To m mind, lt la the smaller nouses can. chiffon anron caucht on to on aid an4
that run to death each season a new Its flower embroidered taffeta skirt'
particular line, such aa tunic, which C might well hfcva been mad a hundred
they immediately dub "a tunic sea- years ago. with its tiny blgh-walsted bodice
son," or a long coat, thy ctil and baby sleeves. The skirt la of tulle
"hunna htafnl wnntt Mrnn." deenrattwl arfth amhmMaHu 1.4 Mil.
Ia my own collection I almost green and silver over white and silver an
invariably have long and short der dress.
coats, draped and tunic skirts, D, If possible. Is the only one that stands
. and for the last season or on its own merit as an entirely modem con
ception. It Is a brocade of blue and silver,
with gray lace on the bodice and the opening
at the side of the skin. Brilliant touches of
green and a contrasting blue appear at the
K waist.
B la from the East, being a tea gown la
Oriental laml silk, with a matrix turqaoiae
embroidered belt of gold and necklace to
match.
How War His Turned Pigeons Into Photographers.
THOUGH wireless telegraphy
and aeroplane may have les
sened the Importance of
pigeons a dispatch-bearer In time
of war. they have by no mean
ousted them Only a tew day since,
two pigeon dealers, one of them a
German, were arrested to London
for having tn their possession sixty
"carrier and other pigeons' tn con
travention of the Aliens Restriction
Act, and about the same time a Ger
man spy was arrested In Belgium
with pigeons in his possession under
circumstances which left no room
tor doubt that they were to be
used to further his nefarious ends.
Now that armies actually can
make ose of trained pigeons as phc
. tograpners, these birds are tn the
way of becoming Important factors
In war A miniature camera is now
manufactured tor this purpose. Sus
pended by strap beneath the bird's
breast, its lens is directed downward
while the Sight continues. Its ao
tlon Is, of course, automatic, gov.
erned by a turning mechanism
uUlch causes a roll of film to be ex
lsed at regular Intervals.
The pigeon photographer flying
above the enemy' linee In daytime
bring home on a tiny roll of film a
picture record of all that was be
neath It flight detail of the ene.
my position and strength In men
and guns.
The possibilities of pigeon photog
raphy tn war were recognised tn
Germany some time ago Expert
ments were made under army super
vision They were successful, vlewe
of parks, rivers and bridges and city
streets of quite remarkable distinct
ness being developed from the ex
posed portions of Aim-rolls brought
back by the pigeon camera-carriers.
That these aerial messenger are
till capable of rendering valuable
service, chiefly between torts. Is
' shown by the tact that tn Germany
there are about 100,000 of these
"homing pigeons," belonging to va
rious societies, and ot this number
about S.000 are reserved exclusively
for Government uae.
During the Franco-German War ot
1870-71 theae pUeons played a very
Important part. At first tney carried
dispatches reduced by photography
to microscopio proportions on thin
sheets of paper Later, all matter,
whether publio dispatches or letters,
were printed In ordinary type trans
ferred and reduced by micro-photography
to thin films of collodion meas
uring about two - lnchea by one.
These were so light that thousands
of dispatches, weighing less than
one graram, could be carried by one
pigeon
The films were rolled up and
placed In a quill, which was then
fastened lengthwise to one of the
tall feathers. Arriving In Paris, the
flim was flattened out. and the
printed matter was thrown on a
screen by a lantern and copied.
Later, sensitive paper replaced the
screen, so that the labor of copying
was saved. The cost of sending mes
sages was high, aa may be Judged
from the fact that the postal fees
pn a single dispatch would often
amount to more than $500,000. Each
dispatch waa repeated, sometlmee
twenty or thirty times, ti:i acknowl
edged by balloon poat. which brought
back the birds for anotner Journey.
The Germans spared no effort to
frustrate these sources of informa
tion. Krupp made spectal guns to
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bring down the balloons, and the
plKeone were harassed by trained
falcons.
Tle term "carrier pigeons" tor
these birds is now a misnomer; for
. the "carrier" pigeon Is a bird of a
' different type- dlstlnguisned by the
enormous development or the "wat
tles" round the eyes and beak. The
true "carrier" pigeon la now mere
correctly known aa the homing
pigeon, homer, or Antwerp carrier
The latter name tndicatea the origin
of the breed, for (he Belgians are
without rivals for their admlratloa
for this bird and thetr skill in train
ing It The homer Is, even In his na
tive land, represented by several
races, all ot which, however, possess
the "homing" Instinct. These races,
"Lea Pigeons Voyageura,' are bred
first and foremost for thetr powers
of flight, color and marking are of
no account.
The speed of some of theae birds
averaged 1450 yards a minute, but to
day this has been Increased to 1.S35
yards a minute. The speed, of course,
depends much on the state ot the
weather. la a race between MOntar
gls and BruwU, la !'. la bright.
clear weather, all the prize-winners
made the Journey of 270 miles tn
three hours and" a quarter. Over the
same course In 1877. In thick, stormy
weather, thirty hours elapsed before
the first bird arrived.
That the homing pigeon possesses
an extraordinarily acute sense of di
rection there can be so question.; A
case Is on record of a bird bought in
Brussels and brought over to Eng
land, where It remained In dose con
finement for several months. Then,
one line day. It was liberated for ex
erctse. It at once made off. and Is
a few boars was back la its loft la
Brussels, having travelled over 400
miles of country which It had never
bmb before. As a rule, however,
these birds are carefully trained. th
Initial stsges beginning at the ago
of about four months. By the end
of the first year a flight of ose hun
dred mlteta can be successfully per
formed. But longer Sights are per-1
formed only by fully matured birds,
of at least three years old. It is a
mistake, however, to suppose, as
some do. that they will fly at night
or la a fog. They must always havs
a clear view.,
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