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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-17

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White Blankets, good heavy weig ht,
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Ladies' Novelty Jackets, $685..

Beautiful Imported styles, made Of plain
and rough ma eriais: some are elegantly
braided and trimmt with furs and all are
silk lined, They were sold earlier in the
season from $15 10 SO.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-07
LOG OF THE MAYFLowER.

[From the st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
1t is bound in old vellum, with the
word America" on the back in ink,
and a faded inscription in several
lines on the upper side. The whole
book is in excellent condition, with the
exception of one or two hy-leaves, and
the text is easily decipherable from end
to end, being much clearer than the
handwriting usually found in the sew
enteenth century manuscripts.
The only bit of printed matter it con-
tainS is an '.E1X Libris'' label or book
mark two inches long and one wide
pasted on a fy-leaf, saying: This book
belongs to the New England library
begun to be collected by Thomas Prince
upon his entering Harvard college, Ju-
ly 5, 1903, and was given by here
ends the writing and under it a couple
of lines declaring, ''it now belongs to
the bishop of LOndons library at Full
ham,"
This triumphant statement omits to
say whether the volume was obtained
by purchase, presentation or pilfer The
latter hypothesis was raised last
Thursday when the application was
made in court for the restoration of
the work to America. The difference of
color in the ink employed by Governor
William Bradford and that used after
his death in completing the entries con-
corning the MayfiOwer settlers is very
striking. Bradford used an ink which
still remains a deep black whereas the
entries made in 1879 1880 and 1898 after
his death. are written with thin, Watery
ink of blush tint
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tan described above would be beautiful in
blue with white vest, etc., for young wom-
en-. A blue and white gown was on exhi
bition today, and that, too, would be
good model to follow. The material in the
model was t1iIled cloth, between a serge
and cheviot, but smooth, though somewhat
wiry The skirt was plain, except that at
the lower part Of the front breadth there
was broken line of narrow black velvet
ribbon, a velvet button and little black
chenille embroidery. The waist was in
form of a short basque, with two very mar
row lines of black velvet ribbon and lit
tie embroidery all around it. The sleeves
were leg O. mutton, and the caps were en-
broidered in black. The front of the basque
was cut away with the space filed in by
shirred white silk muslin with one row of
lierre lace three inches wide sewed across
the front, where the waist was cut away in
a diamond point The neck was finished
with band of white silk edged with a
lace ruffie. There was very full ruff
made of black silk muslin edged with mar
row valencieunes, fastened at the sides of
the neck in place of any upright cellar of
the dress material. This had short accor-
dion plated ends hanging down in front
of the sleeves. 1t had a much more dressy
appearance than any neck finish of the
dress material could have given it. Any
hat or bonnet to be worn with such a gown
should have red as the only color. It might
be pale rose pink or dark cardinal.
Speaking of pink reminds me that there
is sudden and great fancy for pink in all
sorts of dresses for young ladies. They
seem to have wearied of the endless white,
and nearly all the dancing dresses now be-
ing made are of one shade of pink or an
other and sometimes of three shades in
stripes
Among things for minor mention / may
say that hussar braid trimmings may now
be purchased all ready made to sew upon
dresses or coats. They look SO easy to make
that some ladies have bought braid and
tried to do them, but with unfortunate re-
sults. These semimilitary trimmings be-
ing so fashionable this spring and now so
easy to apply, many ladies can take advan-
tage of it and make last years outdoor
gown new again. Amy kind of braiding is
in fashion now and probably will remain
so until next winter MATE LEROY.
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WHAT COLOR Is YOUR AURAP
Washington Cor Atlanta Constitu-
ton.

Mrs. Besant wore a gown of purest
white cloth, with a soft white drapery
about her shoulders. Her hair is snow
white and its beauty suggest the ex-
istence of the nimbus which the theoso-
phists declare floats above the heads of
all human creatures.
This nimbus, says Mrs. Besant, is an
aura, that hovers above the head of
every man, woman and child like the
halo supposed to glorify the heads of
the apostles or the light of the aurora
bOrealis that shines above arctic SHOWS.
Now, if you can see these auras you
have what the theOsOphists call train
ed sight" if not you are still in the
A B C's Of the science.
The aura has different colors with
various people, according to their tenn
peraments, and so it may be supposed
that a wicked, reVengeful spirit would
have a half moon of black vapOr float
ing above his head; that an intense,
passionate nature would cast out a
ment would vary his aura according
to his moods; that the artistic soul
would revel in violet, sage green and
yellow; that blue would stand for re-
hgious or sentimental people; pink for
frivOlity; yellow for golden lovers; sill
yer for the virtuous, and so on through
the scale of color.
1t would be rather interesting 1 think,
to find what kind of aura is produced
from the inner consciousness of some of
the stupid men and women one meets
at afternoon teas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-07
spRIDE GoErH BEFORE A FALL

The American people are often &C
cused of toadyism and perhaps with
some degree of reason, but what there
is of that sort of subserviency seems
to be exercised only toward foreigners.
1t finds little or no place in the inter-
course of our own people. No better
illustration of this could be found than
in the refusal of Mr.. Robert Fitzsim-
mons to acknowledge an acquaintance
with Mr.. John J. ingalls,.
Mr.. ingalls, is man who has been
greatly hOnored in a public way and
has held an official position second to
the highest in the country. In Mr.
Fitzsimmons' native country that gen
tleman would doubtless have been
proud to be reckoned among the ac-
quaintances of such a man, but being
now an American citizen by adoption
and by the grace of the courts, he feels
himself in every way the equal of every
other American citizen and at liberty
to select his acquaintance without re-
gard to the position which they may
occupy in the public eye.
1t is the difference between England
and America The Englishman toadies
to those whom society regards as his
superio=s in his own country, but not
to any foreigner of whatever position.
He regards the most exalted foreigner
as inferior to the must humble citizen
of Albion. The average American on
the contrary, like Mr.. Fitzsimmons, re-
CARDS himself as the equal of every
other American and finds only foreign
ers worthy of being looked up to.
The Cornishman has become natural
lied in fact as well as in law.
Mr.. Fitzsimmons should not become
too puffed up, however. Pride often
goeth before a fall.
It will be remembered of this man
whom he now declines to acknowledge
as an acquaintance that he once ex-
pressed ignorance of the existence of a
distinguished American woman whose
name was almost a household word,
and that on another occasion he exper-
fenced difficulty in calling to mind any
recollection of the man who shortly
afterwards succeeded him in the United
States senate.
In the ups and downs which usually
come to candidates for public favor in
America, as Mr.. Fitzsimmons is, he
may yet see the time that he will be
glad to reckon the now seemingly in
consequential Mr.. Ingalls, among his
list of acquaintances. He may yet be
sorry that he spoke. He is liable by
ms narsn remarks to ALLEVIATE a gentle
man who has seemed disposed to assist
him in his business by giving it as far
as he might a certificate of respecta-
bility.
If from holding up the prize ring
as a place of innocent and harmless
pastine Mr. ingalls, should suddenly
begin to say bitter things about it, Mr..
Fitzsimmons will have nobody to blame
but himself
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-07
WHAT MISS DAVENPORT SAYS.

From an interview:
1.-The woman who keeps house on
Monday and irons on Tuesday, sweeps
on Friday, bakes on some other day,
and bundles up the baby and goes visit
ing the rest of the time, has less monet
ony in her life than the actress.
IAN actress days are all alike. In
the first place each is only a fraction of
a day, for she generally breakfasts when
hour of the day she must devote to
bathing and dressing, another hour to
exercise of some kind, for embOnpOint
is her bette noir.
you can't play leading roles if you
weigh 200 and your waist line creepS up
under your armpits. There are walking,
Delsarte antics, stupid pulleys and
dumbbells, half a dozen other things
equally tiresome as a remedy, but it
is only eternal vigilance that makes any
of them effective and going without ev-
cry blessed thing to eat and drink that
you enjoy.
There is her mail to look after-the
same struggling aspirants for histrionic
fame who desire to recite before her or
to have her secure a position for them
equally as good as her own; from man
ayers as obdurate and devoted to their
own friends as political chiefs; the auto
graph fiend the photograph collector,
who knows he could purchase her pic
ture, but would prize it so much more
highly if she gave il to him. the ad-
Vertisers of nOstrunS and lotions soaps
and hair bleach and effusions from
that sort of people who seem to have
nothing to do but open correspondence
with every noted individual. In fact, it
is always, some daisies, some every
thing -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-07

Washington Cor. Philadelphia Call.
Readers of the Call who have not re-
Gently visited Washington may like to
know how the senate chamber looks in
its $55, coo new dress. Those who have
never been here at all would better in
spect this wing of the capitol first, be-
cause after a visit to the superb hall
of representatives the senate chamber
looks so small that even it's golden
walls and emerald doors can hardly
save it from inSignif1cance. The form
er is 100 feet long and SO feet wide, with
400 desks on the floor, besides innumera-
BILE chairs and couches, and surrounded
by galleries capable of seating $500
people; the latter about half the size,
with only 700 seats in its gallery.
Perhaps the greatest beauty of the
senate chamber is its ceiling-of cast
iron, paneled with stained glass, the
panes bearing the arms of the differ
ent states, symbols of the army and
navy and other patriotic devices, bound
by ornate holdings, bronzed and giId-
ed. By day a mellow light comes
through this gorgeous ceiling by means
of a skylight in the roof, and at night
a sOftened illumination is diffused by
q multitude of incandescent electric
lights, set in clusters above the coIored
glass.
Before the recent improvements there
were hundreds of gas lamps, which at
all times made the heat intOlerable, and
unless carefully watched those close up
under the ceiling would raise the tenn
perature of the chamber ten degrees in
as many minutes; and sometimes the
sudden heat would shatter the glass, to
the imminent peril of bald pates be-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-07
HEBREWS IN NEW YORK.
[From the Outlook. j


At the American Jewish Historical
society meeting held recently in Balti-
more, Nd, an interesting paper was
presented by Mr.. David Sulzberger, of
Philadelphia. His subject was Our
Hebrew Population The present He
brew population of the United States is
estimated at 500, 00O and New York city,
it is said, contains 100000 Without
doubt the American people owe heavy
debt to the Hebrews. The educated
Hebrew is as fine a type of citizen as
the country produces. In the admins
tration of charities the Hebrews lead
all others in the practical, beneficient,
educational methods that are develop
ed. The children, even among the poor
est, are anxious for education. In every
library which they patronize the He
brew children will lead all others in
their choice Of books that supplement
men who have had educational OppOr-
tunity, the whole country can have but
one opinion, and that of approval They
are essentially hOmelovers; they have
high ideals for their children; they have
the art of winning their children's con-
fidenceS-eVen the poorest and most ig-
nOrant of the Hebrew women succeed
in keeping the love and confidence of
their children until they enter early
manhood and Womanhood, when the
conservatism of the parents, which
leads them to refuse for themselves the
educational opportunities afforded by
the community, separates them and
their children. How to meet this ig
norance of poor Jewish immigrants is
a problem for Jew and Christian to
face. Another problem is that of re-
ngion-how to sustain the religious
faith of the children. This problem,
like the other. is a serious one for
Christians as well as for Jews, for the
fact is everywhere conspicuous that
when a Jewish child separates from the
religion of his fathers he generally be-
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ine as if the dress were made plain. One
really refined and ladylike dress of this
style was made of French gray grenadine,
the whole skirt plated. The French waist
was also accordion plated. There was
figaro of gray Irish poplin with little fine
hand embroidery on the front done in black
silk. The sleeves were of the poplin. The
crush belt and stock were both of cerise
velvet. There was a fancy gilt buckle in
front in the shape of a heart.
No matter how elaborate some of the
gowns are made, there is really none so
handsome or tasteful for the street as the
old yet ever new plan of skirt and jacket.
This is and always will be vogue with
gentlewomen, and it is the care bestowed
upon such suit with all its accessories
that marks the woman of real taste and
position. I have in my mind a suit just
finished for a young lady whose lead is al
ways followed. This suit is a light tan
broadcloth of the finest kind. The skirt
looks as if it had been woven all in one
piece, so careful is its finish. II has no Or
nanent. That would be trying to gid the
sunbeams, or paint the lily, or adorn the
rose, or, in short, do any other foolish and
superhuous thing.
There was a close vest of the same, dou-
BILE breasted and made with a neatness as
extreme as the skirt. Brown velvet but
tons were set in double row. A white
windsor tie made the upper portion per-
feet. Over this was short jacket, half
REFER and half anything else one likes to
call it. There was fat revers all the way
down the front, slashed at the shoulder,
and a sort of modified medicis at the back
All these and the cuffs were bordered with
a regular ribbed coat braid in havana
brown The sleeves were quite respectable
sized gigots There was the prettiest bon
net imaginable to go with this made of the
broadclOth, mingled with ruby velvet car
nations, and many of them, and a high
black grosgrain bow. Wherever it is posi-
BILE a bonnet, hat or toque is made to match
a costume, and frequently we see with
handsome gown little muff, fancy bag
or parasol to match. But the tailor cos
tune is like Cleopatra "age cannot
wither, custom cannot stale her infinite
variety"
The pleasing fancy of putting dark blue
and pure white together is again one of the
pretty ideas of this spring. A dark blue
suit with white pique or cloth vest with
white braid and white linen collar, cuffs,
ETC., is certainly handsome and, more, taste
full and becoming. The dark, dull indigo
blues are very suitable for quite elderly
women, while the lighter shades may be
devoted to the younger ones. The suit in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-07
GROWERS ACCURSED REIGN
Free SiIverites Thank God That the
''Gouty Hero of Buzzard's Bay"
is Gone.

Mexico. Mo, April THE Jackson dis
trict Free silver Club of this county at
large meeting last evening, passed the
following resolutions by a unanimous
vote:
Resolved, By the Silver Political club of
Jackson district of Audrian county, No:
"First-That we reverently thank the
great and good God of causes and effects
for His prolongation of time until He in
His mercy saw fit to unceremoniously
choke off the equity hero of Buzzard's
Bay by cutting off his plutocratic reign
forever.
''Second-That we believe that no man
ever left the presidential chair so utterly
despised by so many people, not even ex-
cepting the usurper, r. 3. Hayes
'Third-That the governor of Missouri
appoint day of fasting and prayer for
our deliverance in the opportune time
from the accursed reign of Grover Cleve-
land"
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PRESS AGENTS EvERYWHERE
[From the New York Tribune.l

LFrom the New York Tribune.l
One of the most important outgrowths
of the systematic methods by means of
which the managers of large enter
prises keep the public informed about
matter in which they are interested is
the press agent. Although most people
believe that they know all about the
functions of that officer, the business IS
really much more widespread than is
generally known. The average man
speaking of a press agent has the one
who is connected with a theater in
mind. He is the man who sends para
graphs to the theatrical editors, in
which he not only gives the advance
programmes but works in, or endeaVOrS
to do so, all sorts of views about his
particular actor or singer, of the COM
pany in which he may be Interested.
Other large advertisers were quick to
recognize the worth of a press agent
and the consequence is that newspa-
per men have found employment in that
capacity recently in lines which are far
removed the same methods.
One of the first branches of business
to employ a press agent was that Of
land booming. The large syndicates
which were organized to develop GER
tain tracts of land in the far west found
that, although advertising brought
them good returns, they needed some
thing more by means of which their
scenery and climate could be made pop
ular. The press agent was the solution
of the problem. The proper man was
found and departed on his mission of
education to the PARKWAY places with
men with bank accounts who were
looking for new homes in pleasant pla-
ces, and presently the country newspa-
pers began to bristle with descriptions
of farm lands in the domain of the
press agent, unrivaled for productive
ness and home sites, which, in point of
climate and scenery, were absolutely
perfect and so desirable that the reader
was led to believe that every day spent
away from the place was a day thrown
away. The land booming press agent
has come to the east and is an import
ant factor in the development of new
summer resorts and residences annexes
to large cities.
Another field for his usefulness was
found by the press agent with railroad
corporations. In one instance a rail-
road company had gained the illwill of
many newspapers and criticism of it's
methods was a daily occurrence. The
directors created the place of press
agent and installed an experienced
newspaper man with power to make in
vestigatiOns on any subject and in
strucuons to make public such matters
pertaining to the road as would cOun-
teract the previously circulated reports.
A FEW months after he assumed control
Of the place the press agent said that
the adverse criticism had ceased
and that the newspapers had been won
to the roads friendship.
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was perfection. Inc deIf5 blue is so soft,
and, if one may call it, so olayey a shade
that it blends with almost anything. But
it was particularly happy com bination
this of blue, biscuit, pink and green. The
tinSel did not detract from it, and think
one must admit that it was a little bright
er and more pleasing than it otherwise
would have been.
Lace as dress material is to be extern
sively used this coming season-chAntilly
and the nets in black, and the ecru and tea
stain and cream in light. The chantilly
is and always will be the finest of the black
laces, and this comes in AZ inch widths.
Entire skirts arc made of it, gathered in
with the belt and left to fall loose over the
lining. The lining to these lace dresses
may be of light silk or satin in any prefer
red color, and as the fancy for bright col
oring is so great this year there is no
limit set. One black lace dress was made
over an orange colored satin lining. Car
dinal was used in another The Russian
and fish net laces are also very stylish.
One was in large open Ineshes, with che
mile dots in equal arrangement, looking
like knots on the pattern, and was made
up over bright grass green taffeta. The
bodice was in form of a corselet and reached
about five inches below the waist The
net was shirred on to that with Spanish
6ounce heading. There was no lace used
upon the bodice, which was of brocaded
silk, with design of shaded clover leaves
on a light green ground. The sleeves were
pulled at the top, and there was a white
Grape stock, with an immense cravat bow
of the same. A bit of narrow ruby velvet
ribbon was put on the wrists, and a small
rosette of the same was set on the left side,
where q simulated figaro fastened.
An ecru lace dress had skirt falling di-
rectly from the belt. This belt was of faille
in a warm shade of chocolate brown
Down the skirt outside of the lace was
succession of tabs of the faille reaching
from the belt to the bottom, so that there
was as much surface of silk as of lace.
The waist was in blouse shape, and that
and the sleeves were of the lace, over some
lining that exactly matched it in color
There were caps over the sleeves made of
several tabs, all starting from one point,
and other tabs put on the waist in man
ner to suggest figaro. The collar was
band of the faille with a piece of lace sewed
upon it, leaving the edges to show. These
are but few of the models after which the
lace gowns are made. The grenadines are
made in much the same way. Some OF
Them however, are plated, either in knife,
side or accordion plating. Some OF the
brilliantines and mohairs are also plated
in the same way. In fact, the liking for
this particular kind of finish is very great.
1t requires that a skirt should be made just
three times it's usual width for this peculiar
treatment but it needs no trimming, and
besides the material does not need to be as