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The times., 1897-06-13

| Crisp lawn, light silks and organdies AMI
Swiss rnuslins actual requisites III every
woman wardrobe. What, with the
brilliant colors these costumes reflect.
and the flowery hats their wearers adop5
even tile smallest garden party presents
| an amazing blaze of color that sfuuld quite
put TO shame even the peonies, fuchsias,
and like gaudy 3ioscns, which are quite
outdone by their human rivals
While it is true enough that no more
artistic contrast is known in muslin
gown this season than black lace with
white lawn, in the majority of cases very
gorgeous effects are still striven after.
Cardinal colored hats continue to hold n
| commanding position. The very new e9l1r
Is red violet, vying for pre-eminence in
fashionable patronage with, Egyptian Iris.
the most flaming shade of purple known.
All OF these glowing tones, on a black
ground Of green foliage and blue SIX y, form
picture well worth seeing. while the details
or the toilets are sometimes as astonishing
as beautiful.
This summer, at least, so very lovely
are the afternoon parasols, that woman
who attends an outdoor party can wear
her hat or not as she pleases. Hostesses
SO far have abjured their hats and cary
sunshades to exactly match their gowns
some of them showing silk domes with
big lace butterflies appliqued onto the
silk, but the net wings left free to flutter
in every breeze. One and all, these full
dress parasols have extremely long handles,
showing great extravaganza and beauty
concentrated in the handles. An ivory
shepherds crook, prettily inlaid, a long
gold inlaid ebony staff, with a tiny mnia-
ruie topped comfit box set in the end, or a
remarkable twisted serpent, coiled near
the head and with jeweled eyes, are among
the novel and costly sticks, on which
flounced canopies are mounted for use with
fete dresses.
just The way the parasol is used is ex-
planned in the accompanying sketch lis
playing hostess gown OF many flounces.
But, besides it's flounces, this toilet shows TO
what length combinations of colors have
gone. The suit has foundation OF pale
green taffeta silk, decorated up to the knees
with six Killed flomces of well-starched
Inousseline de sole, the exact color of the
foundation. Above these plaittngs is laid
on the silk an insertion of ecrulace, headed
by putting Of silk muslin to match the
ruffles below. AS to the waist, it's yoke is
81 cen silk cverlaid with ecru lace. and
tten, between boleros of sky blue Japanese
satin worked in steel beads and edged with
a Tom Thumb fringe of GREEN muslin, falls
a downy vest of green silk muslin puffings.
Both the collar and girdle are formed Of
cerisse -colored velvet, while the sleeves are
of green silk oyeTlaid with ecru lace and
finished at top and bottom by puffings OF
green muslin
The mention Of green, blue, and cerise
all tossed together in one costume may set
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dividing her organdie skirt into panels by
means of many narrow perpendicular lace
fiutings, or setting on quaint puffings of
organdie, in white or solid color. To do
this the skirt must be made very full and
the waist, for young and slender woman,
is best treated with yoke effect and be-
Meath this a blouse simulated, by means Of
many overlapping lace edged flounces that
are narrow and full The hat that ac-
companies the osgandie gown is, especially
for young face, marvelously becoming,
andthough those bearing & the Partisan trade
mark come very high, it can be made at
home for little effort and less money A
burnt straw crown, a brim made all OF
crisp black muslin or lace frills, and
single warm, pink-hearted rose, with lit
tie foliage, completes a miracle OF nillin-
cry sweetness and simplicity.
This is only just TO make mention ofthe
very young women who, as well SIS their
elders, attend teas and garden parties at
this time OF the year in company OF those
OF their own age and revei in almost as
much spendor of costume as their debu-
tante sisters. As an example ofwhat can BIZ
done in the way of strictly modish toilet
for miss OF twelve, the accompanying
sketch is given. This illustrates a little
white swiss gown, made over slip of pink
The fullness of the waists front is held in
check by three bands sof rose satin, fastening
with jeweled buttons to one side, and the
Collar is OF satin 70 match Only the wide
brim OF the ieghoIn hat is left. its straw
crown being replaced by one of sfirred rose
satin, fastened with big rhinestone button
in front. and further decorated by a tower
ing cluster or white piumes behind. Black
open worked Isle thread stockings and low
beeled black vanished leather slippers
complete the garden party suit of this
little woman of the world.
The times., 1897-06-13
TO PACK HATS.
How the Woman With the Baudbox
MAY Be Suppressed.

May Be Suppressed.
The summer hat is one OF the most
difficult articles in ones wardrobe tc
pack. That is why the old joke about
the woman and her bandbox has been
kept green SO long. The fear of com
mitting ones precious bonnet to the ten
der mercies Of the trunk man has led
woman from time immemoral to burden
herself with the most ungainly boxes and
thereby to gain for herself the reputat ton
Of being the most uncomfortable Of trav-
cling companions. With care and Judg-
ment, however, the ban dbox may be
avoided. If your trunk is lned with can
may be nicely secrued with tapes and pins
The pieces of tape should be pinned to
four sides of the hat in places where the
pin holes will not show, and then stretch
to the sides of the trunk where they
are pinned to the canvas. If there is
no canvas lining, the tapes will have to
he secured to the trunk with tacks, and
u better substitute for the tapes would
be coarse white thread sewed through
the hat and then wound round the tack
heads To remove the hat, cut the threads
and pull them out, after lifting it from the
tray. One can pack several hats in
large bandbox 70 send by express by sew.
ing them to the sides of the box. The
threads sewed through the box and dknotteI
on the outside. A little soft tissue paper
should lie used to support the trimmings
and to fill the crown.
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ment as you ever saw on a field day in
Congress. Finally the little office boy
spoke up.
:" i know what's de matter, said he.
Mr.. Leland used de sporting editor ma
chine ter write dat stuff. and dat machine
done beer hCodooeG. Cant nobody but
Mr. Biff use hel?'
'''oh, get out said Leland, this isn't
the Middle Ages
but the boy insisted. and finally enc Of
the church people, pretty girl about
twenty, said she was typewriter aud
would try it. SO she sat down and began
to write, 4 Want to be an Angel and
you should have seen the stuff she turned
out. She nearly had Mysteries. Well, that
settled it, but 1 tell you, Leland never
touched that machine after that
'Oh, come now said the White House
reporter.
The times., 1897-06-13
Gorgeous SHOES ard GLOVES.

Gloves come in So many different shades
this season that it is possible to have q
pair TO match every gown. Pale blue for
Il street glove Sc ems "a little eXtravagant,
but it is extremely fetching when worn
with gown TO match. Green is one OF
tine most fashionable colors, along with
purple. and, as very few dress are made
up without touch Of one of these tints,
it i 5 perfectly safe 10 buy them, as they
will be found quite as servicea able as
white, which, though seemingly the most
extrayagaut, is really the most economi-
Cal glove worn, always supposing that it
is a dressed kid, that can be cleaned-
Shoes also come in many brilliant hues,
of which green and purple are the chief.
The times., 1897-06-13
Pack Dressed in PAPER.

The advent of the small sleeve has sim
piified the packing problem considerably.
The puffs are no longer there in theirformer
yoluniinousness to require reams of tissue
paper. The paper, however, can be profit
ably transferred to the pouch fronts OF
thin dresses, and to the neck-bands and
sleeves of Shirt waists. Evening slippers
and indeed any shoes will be the better
for a paper stuffing and wrapping. One
who is desirous of preserving the fresh
ness of a summer wardrobe should not
limit herself in the matter of tissue pa
per.
The times., 1897-06-13
IlI-Fitrlng Etons.

An Eton jacket, which seems the simplest
kind of an undertaking, should be made
with the greatest care. If It doesn't fla
it is very ugly garment, indeed, and
gives the wearer decidedly ungainly ap-
pearance. There IS 10 excuse for IN III
fitting jacket of this kind, for continued
experiment and alteration viii remedy 1T,
aud, as there are only four seams to Change
i'll any case, one ought not To grudge the
labor spent on them.
The times., 1897-06-13
Summer Cushions.

The summer girls outfit is not COM
p!ete without at least one pretty hammock
pillow and another for the veranda. or
course, by this it must not be supposed
that the young woman expects TO make a
practice of entertaining her friends IN a re-
Ginning position, but one often feels the
need of a softening influence upon the
hard pillars of veraBdas, and in ham
mock it is often difficult to sit upright
very comfortably unless one is we'll backed
with becoming cushions.
The times., 1897-06-13
Camera improvements.

AS the bicycle approaches nearer and
nearer to perfection, thus making the
new wheelwith every year an unwananted
extravaganza, the fad is being transferred
to the camera and the kodak New de-
signs are constantly beng made, and IL
you haven't got u '97 camera you are outof
date. A complete set OF developing mate
rails and utensils selling at 81 80 has been
put on the market this year, and as 10
is in very convenient form it can easily
ne taken away TO the country for the
summer
The times., 1897-06-13

their little ways, is usually patient and
proud OF winning their affection and in
terest
IL is Ioor plan for an entire family
circle TO accompany child. The various
members are sure to offer q great deal Of
advice, and they cannot avoid the tempta-
tion TO do little posing. Their own nerv-
ousness reacts on the child, and even the
photographer suffers when there is an
invasion OF half dozen women to SUPER
intend the taking of one poor little
infant
The times., 1897-06-13
GARDEN PARTY GOWNS.
A Time OF Airy Frocks and Flow.
ery Hats.

New York, June 12.-Golf and tennis
tournaments, bicycle meets, open-dir ba-
zaars and strawberry teas are the predonl-
mating functions this month, that make
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this than the mere vain desire to have
a big naval fleet on the ocean. 1t Sig
nifies determination for aggrandize-
ment not only on the part of the Ger
man Emperor but of many of his peo-
pie. Witnessing the parcelling out OF
new domains by England and Russia
Germany has caught the land fever.
That is why she hates the Munrce dec
trine so heartily, closing as 1t does the
door to territorial possessions in South
America by European powers. China
and Africa still have fields for colon
izing endeavor, however, and the Ger
man Emperor wants bigger navy TO
help along his scheme.
That there is such scheme no one
who has followed the course OF recent
events can doubt But we have still
stronger authority than that,the avow-
al of the German foreign minister.
Won Bulow, who in his speech in the
Reichstag. Monday, though urging
that the seizure of Chinese port was
simply to insure respect for German
missionaries gave his case away" by
declaring Germany must not renounce
her claim to have share of the coun-
tries having a rich future" Accord
ingly we must infer that if Germany
did not intend any territorial grabbing
in Hayti it would not be contrary to
her desire did she dare to do So AS
it is she has enough to attend to in
that respect on the other side of the
great pond. Peace loving Americans
are glad that she had sense enough
not to attempt any infraction Of the
Munroe doctrine this time.
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England Losing Prestige.

In the eyes of the inventor, Hiram
Maxim, England is losing her supre-
macy in the markets of the world as q
producer of iron and steel and a manu-
facturer of tools for working iron and
wood. He attributes, in an article III
the Engineering Magazine, this to two
causes, one temporary, the strike Of the
engineers, or mechanics, the other to a
deeply ingrained British characters
tic.
Mr. Maxim tells in detail why he pre-
ferred to establish in the United States
rather than in England a plant for
making a certain kind of machine. In
outline his reasons are that what with
the demands of the English trades
unions in some lines of business more
work can be done cheaper in this coun-
try than in England, the operative get
ting more pay. meanwhile.
1t is time England was waking up.
warns Mr.. Maxim, for her machine tool
business is going away from her very
fast Germany and America (and even
France in some respects) are getting
ahead of her in great majority of
metal manufactures.
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nographers and type-writers. If every
young woman would take the right care of
her distinctly maidenly self, this complaint
would never be heard. The woman who
suffers from weakness and disease of the
delicate feminine organs is untitled for her
duties, either in the house or in the Office.
Young unmarried women, especially, do
not like to confde their troubles of this
nature to their home doctor. They shudder
local applications to which they may have
to submit These are entirely unnecessary,
and all letters addressed to DR.. r. v. Pierce,
Buffalo, N. Y, are held in the most sacred
confidence. DR.. Pierce has been for thirty
years chief consulting physician to the In.
valids' Hotel and Surgical Institute. at
Buffalo, N. Y, one of the greatest medical
institutions in the world. His neighbors
made him congressman and he was per
sonal friend of the martyr-president. DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription cures all
weakness and disease of the delicate and
important organs of femininity, upon which
depend young woman's health. Honest
druggists don't substitute.
II have recommended your 'Favorite Prescrip-
ton to great many Of my friends. and there
cured by it. 1t is the best medicine for females
have ever taken. tried four doctors and tnev
did me no good. They said was bound to die y
thus writes Mrs. c. G. Clark, of New Rome, Floyd
County. Georgia.
A bad business head and bad working
body are the results of biliousness and con-
stipation. DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are
sure cure for these ailments. They regu-
late and invigorate the stomach, liver and
bowels. One laxative, two mild cathaT-
tic Ihey never grippe. At medicine stores.
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SPARKS FROM MAINE ssIRtS

State Constable Mears raided two sa-
looms at Belfast. Tuesday afternoon. Sc
curing quantity of liquors and beer,
which was carried to the Jail.
John Mundy. employed in the Pep
perell mills, BiddefOrd took head
long plunge into the wheelpit, Monday,
and received injuries which it was ut
first thought would prove fatal He is
now more comfortable, however. and
will recover.
The residents of Biddeford Pool are
greatly excited over the appearance of
a wildcat in that section. For several
nights past the animal is said to have
been heard near Fortune rocks, and so
alarmed are the residents that they do
not dare venture out after dark.
Tax Collector Curling of Thomaston,
completed his 1896 collections, Tuesday.
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departments furnish much importan
matter
The New England Magazine.

An attractive holiday cover and many
special articles make the Christmas num-
Der of the New England Magazine a note
worthy one Probably the most interest
ing article. to the general reader at least
is Charles Akers Personal Glmpses of
Our New England Poets The article is
profusely illustrated. The story of Brook
Farm is interestingly told by George Will
lis Cooke. An illustrated paper of great
interest is contributed by Ashton r. Will
lard on college Libraries in the United
States.' ExMayor j. p Baxter of Port
land, ably discusses ''The Municipality,
Old and New" and presents many inter-
esting comparisons. Organ and Organ
Builders" and Ludwig Richter, the Ger
mans Peoples Artist are two articles of
much merit.
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Augusta, Ga. May Change Her Methods.

Augusta, Georgia, introduced what
appear to have been somewhat novel
methods at her recent municipal cleo
ton, that of openly buying the colored
vote instead Of throwing it out. And
judging from the comments of the
newspapers she is so ashamed that she
considers it more respectable to re-
turn to the methods of cheating the
colored man out of his ballot than to
purchase it.
Doubtless it would cost less to do Sd
and would not be likely to excite adj
verse comment in the South where
that thing is so common.
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gress-and this is practically the unani-
nous wish of the business men of New
England-will be gratified by the conspic-
uous place which this subject Is given in
President Mckinleys annual message.
The President insists. with all the en-
phasis at his command. that revision
of our currency system ought immediate
ly to be undertaken, but the recommen~
dations which he makes are neither COM
plicated nor revolutionary.
President Mckinley commends to the
careful consideration" of Congress the
elaborate plan of financial reform which
Secretary Gage has formulated, but he
indorses none of its provisions beyond
the simple and conservative ones that ma
tionai banks be allowed to issue notes to
the face value of the bonds which they
have deposited to secure their circulati ton.
and that the tax on, these notes be re-
duced to One-half of one per cent, and
also that authority be given for the es-
adjustment in small towns and villages
of national banks. with minimum cap
ital of $4,000. These are steps in reform
upon the wisdom of which popular opin-
ion is practically unanimous.
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Wants II Settled.
Boston Advertiser.)

a fair Interpretation of existing law
certainly gives the secretary of the treas
ury the power to do what President Nc
kinley recommends; since that law,
though 1t forbids the. cancellation of re-
deemed notes and requires that they
shall be reissued. does not require that
they shall be paid out in settlement for
government obligations in preference to
any other kind of money. But while
Mckinley does not expressly ask for a
law of Congress on the subject. we infer
that he would be glad to see bill en-
acted positively forbdding the paying out
of treasury notes which have been re-
deemed. provided the income of the gov
eminent equals its expenditure; in which
case every greenback or Sherman note
presented for redemption could and
should take its place as practically part
of the gold reserve. to be held there as
just so much protection against the pow
er to withdraw gold from the treasury
unless and until ii is exchanged for its
equivalent in gold coin, dollar for dollar.
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and his bondsmen have been dis
charged The commitment was $50, 1S6
Mr.. Curling has already collected over
half of his 1897 commitment, and by
Jan. l. expects to have it all in but
about $4,000. >
The women of Rowland. the HUE
village which sprang into existence as
the result of the building OF two pup
mills on the Penobscot. have organ
lied for the suppression OF the saioohs.
Each dealer has been warned ana OH
or two have already taken alarm a' the
uprising and surrendered their govern
ment license.
The following officers have been eiec'eu
by John f. Appleton Post. NO. - " .aIi
r.. of Farmington: William u fsdhoa.''
c.: John Keith. S. V. G.: Jonn II. w.
leaf j. V. c.: Henry Bean, surgeon, %, %
Clifford Belcher chaplain; DanleI ~
bart, O.; Frank Y. Locke. o. u: Evanuudi
S. Prescott. O. c.: Daniel p. Hobart anu
Frank Y Locke. delegates to star nd
partment encampment: John Dyer t am
Fifield A. Luce, alternates: Epen MI, In IN,
p. p. c. The post will be ofnciai! III"
spected Dec. Is.
Edgar +. Davis of Oak Ridge, M"s
out cunning, one day this week. al.
hearing noise in the bushes an.
looking in the direction from which -
came. saw an object that he TOOK 70 ~
q rabbit. He raised his gun anu n,..
and the report was; quickly followed w
a howl of pain. Rushing to the ous msa
he found Thomas Mckenney. ~.
shot had taken effect in Mckehhe.
legs and had also pierced his huh'in7
jacket.
Fred S. Eames of $40 Lincoln SUI.
Bangor. has been missing since w
q. and his wife is alarmed over ms a"
sence. He was last seen, tnat az.
noon. by his father on Eagle wna
where he was at work unlocking ons s
of phosphate. Two schooners san" -.
within an hour of that time. anu
thought by his father ana oro.n 10
that he went on one of them. nv ~
% years old. feet { inches tall we' s.en
1S5 nornds. and has smooth 81"
face black eyes and black hair.
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President McKinIey's Message.
tBoston Herald. Ind. DEM

AS was anticipated. the message of
President Mckinley is. on the whole. Il
moderate and conservative document.
yet not one open to the charge of being
on-committai upon any important point
of public policy. 1t is well written.
without being in advance of the sober
tone of the messages of most of its
predecessors who have communicated
with the country through Congress in
the same manner.
The President makes no mention of
the 'endlesS Chain:" indeed, he admits
that the greater part of the proceeds of
$262 ,315, 100 of bonds sold during the
administration of his predecessor We're
used to supply deficient revenues. He
says. however. that n considerable por-
ton of the proceeds was required to
maintain the gold reserve. No doubt
but there is not the least trace of the
chain in that requirement, for IL he
will lock at the treasury accounts be-
tween any two dates during the Cleve-
land administration. he will find that
all the proceeds of the bonds which had
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COMMENTS ON MESSAGE.
Recommendation Generally Approved.
Bangor Commercial. Dem.)

Bangor Commercial. Dem)
The Presidents views are given at
much length and with great multiple
cation of detail, but are summed up in
his recommendations that the national
banks be allowed to issue notes to the
face value of the bonds which they have
deposited for circulation and that the
tax on circulation notes secured by de-
posts of such bonds be reduced to one
half of one per cent. per annum. These
proved by the commercial and business
men of the country. At the same time it
may well be regarded question when
the notes of the national banks are
based on the credit of the government as
represented by bonds. whether the Pres
idents recommendations of the redemp-
ton in gold of the bills of the national
with the relatively small amount of gold
on deposit. This plan would seem to be
breeder of oft-recurring financial strin-
gencies in the money transactions of the
country
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German Bullying and Purposes Back OF Il.

The history of dealings between Ger
many and weak peoples gives her d
record for bullying. Her treatment Of
Hayti is the last case in point but
serves only to emphasize the whole pol
icy at this particular time when the
German Emperor wants it emphasized.
For several years he has desired great
err naval appropriations. He has been
unable to get them from his overbur-
dened country, accordingly he is fol-
lowing course that is calculated to
force the Reichstag into yielding to his
demands. 1t was brutal way of do
ing business, refusing to talk the mat
ter over with the little republic, but ell
forcing an indemnity altogether dis
proportionate to the offence at the muz-
zles Of German cannon. Poor old China
has also been subjected to similar in
suit within few weeks.
There is 2 deeper purpose behind all