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The morning times., 1896-03-22

white satin, i'll heavy gold work, or lad IN
a succession OF tiny mCussel!ne de sole
friils, running pgrailel across. There are
embroidered frills of the goods or OF pink
edged India silk 10 match, used ON the
bodice as shoulder decoration. The sleeves
OF the mousquelaire sort are all beirtHcd
and made unusually long TO hide the hand
to the knuckleS.
Very manyof the new gowns show a sort
of taolin decoration coming below the
belt ASmart fTock of nut brown ,Grepon
Is flecked with leaf green and silver The
skirt is extremely plain and smartly stiff
fened about the feet. The bodice tits
snugIy, and is overlaid with llchu-llkc
arran gemem Of nut brown mousSene dc
sole edged with double frills of the stuff.
Frilis Of the same decorate the edge OF the
sleeves. sr.-..
A plain stock of deep violet velvet is
built high about the neck. and narrow
belt OF the same is set off by lot of
broad loops across the front. tiny,
perked up Hat OF green satin braid, faced
with twists of violet. has trimming of
oddly fleekcd nut brown ribbon.
Little folks are coming into fashion, and
they can thank The free -lnd-easinesS Of
the times for their busy mammaS' newest
| fad II seems to be the thing just now 10
be quite frank ana natural, both in speech
| and manners, even to be a little frecr than
| is quite natural Smart people IN their own
| set, however arctic to those who are out,
are familiarly Mrs Tom, Dick, or Harry,
exceedingly enthusiastic about everything,
| charmed with everybody, prufuSc In their
| thanks hearthroken at being obiig><to re-
| fuse friends invitation, and zIte sans
! gene in their attitude toward each other
/ and the conventions. Their talk is a babel,
almost an argo all their own full of the
| golf and horSey terms that are the fashion
| for the nonce all about what he said,
what she said, what the world said, and
the consequences thereof-perfectly unin-
telligible to a stranger.
Even kindly courtesy to a stranger is
too stilted and conventional to be a char
| acteristic of modern society, though they
do not extend To him in its place the bon
| Camaraderie of their own set. letter Of
| hospitality its writer would have received.
But open-handed hospitality is as old-fash-
| ioned as are the stately elceanCes OF the
! old Knickerbocker and Colonial days 4
| stranger has suspicion, reserve, indiffer-
ence to brush away before society sfrigidity
will turn to gushing familiarity.
The morning times., 1896-03-22
UP-TO-DATE FASHIONS.

whether YOU are as lean as Sarah Bern
hardt used to be, or as plump as Nine.
Materna is now, don't let any cursetiere
pretend these two virtues are not conpat1-
Bile with your size, since they are resources
at her cunimmand. Right inside her corset
she can build up or take from the figure
with wonderful effect. If nature has been
Chary Of her rounded gifts let her duplicate
them for YOU by fitting on a padded corset
The old-fashioned prejudiCes against
pads has lately all but disappeared. can
assure YOU" hustled on the little dealer in
handmade stays, because nearly all wo-
men use some padding now, and because of
the beautiful French stmfing imported for
the purpose.
EYeryCOrSetiere isready to youch thatonly
one figure in a dozen is without what we
call holes and Jumps, though the possessors
thereof may he as plump is partridges.
Down about the hips, along the shoulder
blades and under the arms, too, many
persons are badly filled out or roughly
seooped and all these shortcomings the
corset maker remedies with clever little
French pads They are made OF the
finest. lightest curled bair, much of it
human. stitched into linen covers and all
In Paris they manufacture and send over
| thousands Of them In al shapes and sizes,
following with absolute perfection the
whole anatomy OF the body. from hips 10
shoulder blades. For . very thin woman
we can wad In the hips and bust, making
them appear as deIicately curved softly
rounded, as il nature had done it herself,
| aud drfy IN artist to tell where the simulated
flesh was Laid on"
| "Oh. dear, no. madame; We never use cot
| ton ANA any woman VITO tries TO promote
| her own figure by Stuffing in la yers of bat
| ting, or allows her dressma kcr to sew such
| materials in her gowns. can only expect to
| promptly lose The charms ana fulncsS she
| possesses with amazing celebrity. Long eS-
| pertinent in amateur and professional pad
| ding has proved that cotton and flannel
| wadS oyerhe1 the flesh next to which they
| lie. and actually melt 1t away, as fire does
| wax from a dolls face
Frllls and ufflcs are to- be feature
| OF spring gOwning. They Indicate, or
| rather, emphasize, the escape from the Sc
| verify OF the winters costumes. Many of
! the materials are frivolity pcrsoniiied.
| Crrron aud n3uhair, in al sorts of orinkles
and odd figured wcagcs, are shown, light
| aud TuIIy enough Ia Ec combined Deauti-
! fully with the lovely Stufis shown in the
line OF trimmings. skirts, IL Is said VIII
| grow even more extended ami the sleeves
smaller, the whole effect forming per
feet angie from The shoulders 10 the feet.
| The shoulders must have not one suspicion
OF crectncss, nut dToCp artisticaily TO the
| elbow, or as nearly as possible.
One of the newest sleeve models is IL
bishop shape. extremely full 10 the wrist
and all Ia ii iu heavy tuCks one and hall
inches deep from shoulder TO elbow. Eact
tuck is laid with dozens of small flat gil!
buttons put very closely together. Tht
trimmed parts of the gown are the bodiet
and sleeves, which bear all sorts of cdC
decorations.
There are vests of richiy-embroidereC
The morning times., 1896-03-22
Hats Bought for Spring Shopping and
the Stop for FashiOuatIeNo MONDAY
Luncheons-So Trimmings
Underneath AMI Stiff
Ones On Top.

contingent to Paris. They firmly believe
that all American women visit them in
the spring. and that those who cannot
come send their orders for dress
saw a hat designed for Ada Rehan,
VINO is much sought after by Parisian
society. 1t was fiat hat, with no crown
that could discern Over the top or the
hat rested IL mass or green leaves OF a
dull natural shade, and III the center were
roses
The nat had no lining, but by curious
effect seemed TO he all OF leaves just
the nat I should say for a lawn party, Tor
carria ee use in springer forthe theater- But
ladies here wear theateT hats selcom, their
abundant wraps, with hood attached, or
long, twisted piece OF lace, sufficing for
millinery. Nine. Faurc wears a lat like
the one Just described To- the matinee.
The necks OF women shoppers and callers
remain hidden. Physicians tell US it is bad
for the throat, but how becoming the fashion
is for the face.
Fur is the best-liked throat trimming for
the street. It is worn the hottest days,
being necessary in u drdught, OF for hiding
the low necks of summer from street gaze.
Boas and collars are or all shapes Little
fiat strips OF fur, very long and tapering to-
wards the end ARE brOughtup 20 theearsand
hooked invisibly in front Others wear
the high collar hugging the throat The
feather boas are very much seen and, now
that it is spring. they match the hat or dress
IN some way.
Large, fiat hats are 20 be seen all the
spring They are trimmed underneath with
soft trimming, and on top with a revival
OF the stfffest materials known. Tie IA
vorite soft trimming is still chiffon
Lady BiaekwOOd, whose year-old baby
often accompanies her in her shopping ex-
cuTsions, wears a very beautiful Gains
borough of the newest shape II is
tilted hat The crown is Of beaver and the
brim Of wire openwOrk and twisted with
velvet Underneath the left side or the hat
Is a mass OF gaslight-biue velvet, with rhine
stones shining brightly in the folds and at
the backis u massive rhinestone button
The newly rich," as we in Ames,ca
style those who are spending their money as
quickly as they get il. substitute real dia-
Inonds for the rhinestone buckles, but her
ladvship is too well-bFed 10 faunt 81 600
worth Of diamonds upon shopping hat
| The top OF the little beaver crown Is tTi-
| unphant in waving black plumes OF black
| ostrich feathers.
| Numberless hats are boxed here ard sent
| to London. They have tan plumcs. stiff
| ends and lace bows that need careful hand
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-01-11


though not in public life, and no doubt
the intimate friends of many such would
be surprised to know how completely
they have dropped out of public knowl-
edge.
Among the most interesting of all the
present has beens are Joseph Bradbury
of Maine, George w. Jones of Dubuque,
Ia, and Alpheus Fetch Of Ann Arbor,
Mich. These men are the oldest living
ex-U United States senators; they were all
members of that body at the same time,
but they retired so long ago that they
have been forgotten by the great mass
of their fellow citizens, although during
the years of their public activity they
were all personages Of prominence. The
Oldest of the three is Joseph Bradbury.
As he was born in 1902, he is now SO
years old His six years term in the
senate began with 1847 ard closed with
1853. Mr.. Jones is nearly two years
younger, his birth having occurred on
April 10, 1904 His term of service in
the senate began in lS48 and ended in
1859. Mr. Fetch is little younger than
Mr.. Jones, his birth was ON Sept. 8,
1904, and he served exactly the same
time as Mr.. Bradbury.
All three were members of the Thir-
tieth and Thirty first congresses. They
are the sole survivors of the senates of
those congresses. They were the col
leagues of John G. Calhoun Of South
Carolina, Sam Houston of Texas, Robert
NJ I. Hunter of Virginia, Tom Corwin
of Ohio, William H. Seward of New
York and John A. Dix of the same state,
Thomas. H. Benton of Missouri, Jeffer-
son Davis of Mississippi, Daniel Web
ster of Massachusetts, Lewis Cass of
Michigan, Hannibal Hamlin of Maine,
Henry Clay Of Kentucky, Herschell V.
johnson of Georgia, John M. Clayton
of Delaware and many others of lesser
importance, long since called from the
scenes of their earthly labors and forgot
ten by the rushing world of today.
Each of the. three Oldest ex-senators
must have stored up in his memory a
series of "reminiscences that would prove
a veritable mine to the inquiring writer.
What they could tell of the politics of
past years would no doubt be vastly en-
tertaining and valuable. They could talk
about other things than politics most in
terestingly also. Mr.. Bradbury was a
member of the famous class of 1926, at
Bowdoin, and among his associates there
were Longfellow, the poet; Nathaniel
Hawthorne, the writer Of eerie romances I;
John s. q. Abbot, whose "Tales of
Franconia" delighted the young several
decades ago and whose life of Napoleon
found thousands and thousands Of read
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-01-11
AT THE MERCY OF A CATARACT.
PeriIous Adventure of an Acrobat Under
the Niagara Falls.

tile Niagara Fails
81 was pretty near heaven Ton bali an
hour. said H. c. Prentice, the acrobat
Acrobat Prentice 5 remark Just quoted
was the prelude TO the story he told the
Buffalo Express reporter Of his adven-
lures while viewing Niagara falls for
the first time
Mr.. Prentice and Thomas Adamson
went TO the falls, and they tried 20 keep
together as they went from point to
point viewing all the famous spots about
the cataract They spent an hour or 50
in viewing the falls from above, and
then they put on rubber suits and start
ed below. They went down the elevator
and then down the stairway to the
rocks. After time they concluded that
they had seen all that was 70 be seen
below, and were upon the point Of re-
turning when Prentice told Adarnson to
90 and ask one of the guides il there
were anything else to be seen down
there. Mr.. Adamson turned about and
went to hunt for the guide He was
gone about five minutes, and when he
came back his friend Prentice was
missing. Adamson was puzzled at the
disappearance Of Prentice. Adamson
had spent about half IN hour looking
for Prentice, when the news reached
him that his companion had been found
down between the rocks up to his neck
in water IN a few minutes after this
news reached Adamson he was joined
by Prentice, who told Of his experiences
after Adamson had left him TO look for
the guide
Mr. Prentice said that after Adamson
turned back he thought he would walk
down into "a gully between the rocks.
He noticed that it was comparatively
dry there. He was therefore considera-
bly, surprised soon after he got down
into the gully 10 have stream of wa
ter two feet deep and moving with
great violence strike him in the back
of the legs. The stream was SO strong
that it staggered him, and to avoid be
ing swept from his feet and carried on
into the river he crouched down in an
angle of one Of the rocks, with his back
to the torrent and braced himself TO re-
sist the power of the stream that had
cut off his line Of retreat. He had hold
of the edge of the rock with his hands
and he did not dare to let go for fear
the current would sweep him out from
behind the angle. He yelled for help,
but the noise of the water drowned his
cries. AT one time he looked over the
edge Of the rock and saw the Maid of
the Mist 100 feet away in the river. He
shook his head, hoping that the passen
gers on the little boat would notice the
motion, but no one saw him.
After he crouched down behind the
rock the water washed over his body up
to his neck. He was on the point of Civ
ing up when stranger who had also
come down TO the rocks saw him and
notified the guides. Prentice was hauled
out with pole. The stream of water
that surprised him came from a millrace
that is closed part of the time.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-01-11

sent by President Pierce to California
as a member Of the commission appoint
ed To settle the land claims there
Mr.. Jones served also in several other
public PLACES besides being senator.
President Buchanan sent him to New
Granada NOV Colombial. South Amer
lea. as United States minister. Upon his
recall from that place IN 1861 he was
accused Of disloyalty and imprisoned at
Fort Warren, bat he was soon released.
He was 4 warm friend of Jefferson Da-
Wis, and il was partly owing 10 the in
timacy Of the two men that Mr.. Jones
was charged with disloyalty. Like both
the other venerable ex-senatorS here
spoken Of. Mr.. Jones is IN excellent
health in spite Of his advanced age.
Three years ago he led the grand march
AT charity bali. and he was one OF those
who. in 1898. escorted the remains Of
bis old friend Davis from New Orleans
TO Richmond.
So much for these three of the oldest
has beens There are not many who have
attained TO their great age. John !.
Blair, the venerable pioneer ia railroau
building. is one of those who have. Per-
haps he should not be termed has been.
vet he is one who has been obliged 10
retire from the stress and anxiety IF ae-
tive life and whose name is seldom seen
in print. excepting when "A searcher aft
er "reminiscences seeks him ont at his
home in Blairstown, ~ ]. Mr.. Blair is
possibly not so active as the oldest ex-
senators. 1t is true that lie is still presi-
dent of the Belvidere IN. J. bank,
which he founded 90 or 60 years ago,
bat he is not now very active in its
management and he passes most of his
time in the warm weather sitting upon
the upper veranda of the fine old house
which has been his home since very early
manhood He likes 20 sit IN the sun, and
a part of the veranda has been inclosed
with glass, So that even IN cold weather
he may enjoy his much loved sun bath
every day that the solar luminary deigns
to show its face
General James s. Greene, the oldest
living graduate of West Point, is anoth-
er venerable has been. He lives in Nor
ristown, n. j., in the winter, but he
spends the summer like the sprightly
old man that he is, at Newport the
summer capital of America S fashionable
folk, while his autumns are put in at
Schenectady. n. Y. General Greene has
other distinctions besides that of being
the Oldest graduate of Uncle Sam IS mill
tary academy. 1t was he who when the
iron horse began to run his course on
roads of iron in America, nearly 60 years
ago, devised the railroad tie or sleeper.
During the civil war he was member
of the northern army and he distinguish
ed himself at Gettysburg.
The city of New York is the home OF
many has beens, several of whom are ex-
governors Ex-Governor Hoadly OF
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Ohio, who during his term in that post
was one of the best known men in the
United States, is one of these. In GER
tain way. Mr. Hoadly is not has been.
His law firm enjoys one of the largest
practices of any concern IN New York.
Mr.. Lauterbach, who is now so promi-
nent in New York city politics, is one
of his partners. Mr.. Hoadly was born
in New Haven and comes of what might
be termed "official stock, since his ia
Their, when young man, served term
as mayor of New Haven, and then OF
Cleveland, while his grandfather, who
was a captain in the Revolution. was
elected to the Connecticut Legislature 26
times consecutively, a record which has
not been broken or equaled, so far as
know, in the land Of steady habits. Mr..
Hoadly was a partner of Salmon p.
Chase in the law business at Cincinnati,
and also served on the bench in that
city. But from money point of view,
at least, he has scored his greatest sue
cess in New York.
Two of the other ex-governors now
living in New York are named Cham
berlain - Joshua L., ex-governor OF
Maine, and Daniel H., ex-governor Of
South Carolina. Joshua L. is an ex-col-
lege president as well as an ex-governor.
For years he was the chief executive Of
Bowdoin, and he served as professor OF
mental and moral philosophy for num-
Der Of years after 1874. He was an Off
Ger in the Federal army during the civil
war and served in "a pitched battles,
record that has been equaled by few. In
his early days he was licensed to preach,
and was government commissioner to
the Paris exposition.
Ex-Governor LounsbeTry Of Connecti-
cut, still resident of that state, is now
a bank president in New York, and al
though he is a has been 30 far as the en-
tire country is concerned, he is still an
important factor in the business life of
the metropolis of the Atlantic seaboard.
John S. Wise, sometimes called colonel
and sometimes ex-governor, who was
once much more prominent than he Is
now, is also living in New York at pres
ent. He was a soldier Oh the CoDfeder-
ate side, bat he was neither a colonel
nor a captain nor was he ever govern
or. 1t was his father who was governor
Of Virginia. and who ordered the execu-
ton of John Brown. Like some of the
Others mentioned in this article, al
though Mr.. Wise is less Of a public char
acter than in the past, he is making
more money during his apparent retire
ment than he ever was before.
M I DrxTrR
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ALMOST FORGOTTEN.
MEN ONCE PROMINENT WHO HAVE
DROPPED OUT or SIGHT.

oldest living Ex-senators-oldest RAN
road Railroad Tie Inventor.
Many Has Beens Now Living In New
York and Engaged In business There.
1t would be an interesting thing II 1t
We're possible 10 ind out and set down
Oh paper the facts regarding some scores
Of men who once were prominent in the
great world of national affairs, but who
are now heard of bat seldom. So seldom
indeed are the names Of some of those
once. giants in the public's eve seen in
the newspapers that their appearance
excites surprise and occasionally the
comment, Why, thought that man
was dead I"
These men are sometimes termed ''has
beens, . and so they are in sense, but
many of them are still in active life,
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Mrs. Luhm. an Oshkosh Owls. wom
an, had arranged 10 have an addition
built to her barn, but a neighbor threat
ened to enjoin her from building She
was equal to the occasion. During the
night she hired 90 carpenters, and with
the aid Of an electric light the building
was erected before day broke.
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RAIEs or ADvzET1sINa4.

One square, first insertion. SI.co; subse
Quent Insertions 90 Cents. Special rates made
with monthly, quarterly and yearly adyertis
ers
EE-L Local notices and political or personal
communications. Il cents per line; subsequent
insertions. 10 cents per line.
Ordinary marriage announcements. twenty
five cents Obituary notices viii be charged
for at one-hah the usual rates Of advertising.
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There is an English superstition allud-
ed to by Milton that when cats wash
their faces aud lick their bodies more
frequently than usual change in the
weather is imminent and that rain with
wind may be anticipated.
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Eve must have felt that she had lost
one of the chief joys of fresh young love
when she reflected that she could not
ask Adam if She was the first woman
he had ever cared for.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-01-11

Get your enemies to read your works
in order to mend them. for your friend
is so much like your second self that he
will Judge too much like you. Pope
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ers, and Jonathan Cilley, the Maine con-
gresham who was killed in a duel by
Graves of Kentucky in 1888. Mr.. Brad
bury was a practicing lawyer for many
years and when a young man was also a
journalist, being editor of the Maine
Patriot for a number of years. He is ex-
tremely well preserved and attended the
Worlds fair in 1898.
Mr.. Fetch. who served a. senator from
Michigan, was the recipient of many po-
litical honors in his young manhood and
middle life. having been a member of the
state legislature. and serving part Of a
term Just before his election to the SEN
ate as governor of Michigan. After the
expiration of his senatorial term, he was
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-01-11

There are two sides to every question
ours and the wrong side.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-04-26
PERSONAL.

Mr.. and Mrs. A. Turahull. Of Black Dia-
morc. are al the Diiler.
Ike Prayer leaves this week for Q four
months trip TO California
Mss Blanche c. Terry has taken up her
residence with the family of Senator Van
Eouien. lis Madison street.
T. Ewen. OF SnohomiSh. and Bert Far
rar. OF Duckahush. well-krown lumber
dealers. are staying al the Diller.
Miss Funk and Mrs, Carrie Shaw Rice.
OF Tacoma. spen, yesterday in the city as
guests OF Miss Howarth and Miss Dougan.
James Gillespie. OF Coupeville. accom-
painted by his wife and son and Mr. ard
MS. John ". Gillespie. OF San de Fuca.
are guests OF the Dsiler.
Ben LschteHberg, brother OF the ex-
Judge, who IS of the firm OF Jacob Adler
a CO.. one Of the leading glove firms Of
New York city. is visiting here. He rep
resents considerable Eastern capital in-
vested here. but moiestly says that he Is
here only to look over the ground and pay
the taxes.
Prof. p. A. Getx. principal OF the state
normal school at lSlensoarg. passed
through the city last evening ON his re-
turn from Anacortes, where he delivered
the address before the graduating class OF
the high school. Prof Mark Bailey. jr.. of
the University OF Washington. who also
delivered an address before the class, re-
turned 10 this city with Prof Getx.