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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-07
A Close Tally Demanded.
From the New York Tribune.

travelling is rather monotonous for rail-
way officials who have to travel 2 great
deal, and although private cars are a Ink
ury and every possible detail for comfort
is looked after, yet time hangs heavily on
trips, and poker Is frequently resorted to
TO pass away the hours. The gas lights in
the private cars, as rule, are scheduled to
purn Tor eighteen hours without replenish-
ing. on recent inspection trip on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad a quiet little
game lasted until daylight, and then the
car was run into the yard. The porter,
who kept tally of the car, knew that it
mad only been out one night since the gas
tank was filled, and he reasoned that from
u or clock to IL or u was a fair esti-
mate of the time gas was burned. and
marked up twelve hours supply as remain
ing: me next day the car was run out
with schedule of twelve hours gas sup
ply, but In reality about five hours. 1t
took aboard a Congress party In Washing
ton and started for Chicago The first
night gas was burned about four hours,
and the car started back with a registered
supply for eight hours remaining. The
train had hardly started before the gas gave
out The report of the failure of gas
eventually came to Oscar G. Murray with
the report sheets. He was about to write
a vicious letter to those whose duty 1t was
to charge the tank fully, when suddenly
ne stopped and scratched his head and did
some deep thinking. Then he turned
abruptly to one of the officials on the road,
who happened to be in his office, and said
quietly: Were you out with the party on
the Constance last week?'
Yes said the official, as he recalled
the trip.
Did you win or lose?' said Mr.. Murray,
tentatively.
why, how the d.? Who told you
about it?' said the official.
No one chuckled Mr.. Murray; "but,
say, next time keep straight tally on the
gas You burn, or you will get me in trouble -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-07
Boys Csc. caps, l5c.

Boys linen crash and duck golf and Elton
caps. and Tam O'Shanters-good. washable ma
terials-worth Doc. always-for 10 cents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-07
SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES

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smartug. nervous feet and ingrow{ug nails aud in,
stsntly takes the sting out Of and buniope
It's the greatest comfort discovery of the age
Aliens Foof-Ease makes tight new shoes feel
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and hot, tired. aching feet. Try IL today Sold BY
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stamps Trial package FREE. Address, Allen 81
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-07
Boys SOC. shirt waists, 55c,

Mothers FRIEND and Puritan shirt
waists. in dark and light patterns-and every
size-5oc. is their standard value everywhere
here Saturday for SO cents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-07

At Vienna yesterday evening the police
dispersed an immense socialist demonstra-
ton that was in progress in the neigh
borhood of the town hall. Forty-five per-
sons were placed under arrest, among them
the labor leaders DIR. Adler and Herren
Baumann and Bretschneiders
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-07
Boys Use. pants, 48c.

Boys strictly all-wool cheviot pants in all
sizes-patterns that are best adapted TO wear
strongly reinforced-and well tailored-1 5-cent
pants-for As cents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-07

Jeweled, enameled and cut steel belt buckles
worth 81, 81 .25-for 40 cents
Jet belts, worth 19c and 9Sc-for 45c
jet belts. worth 81 and 81 25-for Zoe
great lot of jeweled belts, worth 81 and
S150-for % cents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-07

lot of boys percale shirts. in neat wash
able patterns-with two cOllars-wen made
and full OF wear-5oc. value-fer 80 cents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-07

The British government has announced
that 1t will contribute f45OOO (S225,OOO) to
the antarctic expedition fund,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-11

with black silk and finished on each edge
with lace beading. through which mar
row black ribbon is run. White cloth
bands, over which narrower bands of
blue cloth are stitched with white, trim
a blue satin foulard, and pretty vest
for blue nuns yelling Is made of white
faille embroidered with black silk dots,
finished with a scalloped edge down the
front, where 1t fastens with tiny buttons.
The variations in the details of trim
mings are simply endless, and while 1t
would seem that every possible change
had been rung, some novel effect in dec
Grafton is constantly coming to the front.
Ribbon work in flower designs appliqued
on trims some of the crepe de chine
gowns very prettily, and the foulards
show all sorts of striking effects. One
of these in blue and white made with
tunic as almost every gown Is this sea-
son, is finished with deep ruff1e of white
taffeta trimmed around with two folds
of plain blue foulard, with a space be-
tween wide enough to admit of narrow
band of black applique lace. narrower
ruffie edges the overdresS and completes
the bodice, falling from a yoke Of lace.
Other foulard gowns are trimmed with
bands of velvet ribbon. and along the
lower edge OF each row Tom Thumb
fringe is sewn.
Some of the prettiest foulards are In
cream white ground patterned in dainty
pink. They are made, like all the light
silks, on white taffeta lining with an
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or cut in a coat sleeve style to the elbow
where they end in a frill
The prevailing skirt is quiet, having a
little fullness around the hips, but there
are varied styles for those who like ex-
tremes in every branch of dress, and the
mermaid skirt is adapted to this costume
very easily. 1t fits the hips after the most
approved pattern, and is usually cut with
a circular f1ouce half it's length. Some of
the skirts button up the side, like the
sailor gowns, and if you want a fanciful
costume make the upper half Of your
skirt in dark color and the lower in
white, spotted with polka dots to match
The waists are made very much like a
shirt waist, and quite as carefully fitted,
with little pouch in front
In the accessories of this dress there is
nothing especially new. The klmono-
shaped cloaks of Turkish toweling, or
flannel, are very useful, and very striking,
too, when they are made Of white with
wide bands for trimming. Shoes, or
rather soles with stockings attached, are
very nice; and then there are the usual
black tights and hose combined, with an
elastic wool strap going over the Shout
derS. Full knickerb0ckers are the usual
accomplishments of all bathing suits but
stout women often discard these for the
close-fitting tights. One very unusual
style of skirts is cut in many cores with
rows of stitching down either side of the
seam, and scalloped edges falling over a
ruff1e, which in some instances is made of
silk. Silk collars adorn some of the mo-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-11

chandiSe Dudes and Washers were al
ways hanging around, and lost in the
admiration of their own charms, the
beautiful saleswomen had little time to
devote to their real mission in the store,
which eventually went up the CONNER
cial 1lue with a rush.
No, a really beautiful girl will not do
for big metropolitan stores. Her advent
behind the counter is only an invitation
for customers to stop and stare, for
women become envious, and consequent
ly prejudiced against the establishment
which retains her; for fellow clerks to
become jealous of her superior attrac-
lions, and for foppish male shoppers to
hirt with her. She may be paragon of
modesty, virtue and innocence, but still
the fact remains that she is a beauty,
has probably been told so often and is
not liable toefofget 1t, and that, in all
Likelihood, she EwiH render conspicuous
the salient features of her prettiness
rather than keep them under cover to
the promotion of her employers inter-
ests.
Another reason for this opposition to
the very beautiful saleswaman is that
she is rarely yeI2Yer at making sales, be-
ing too much absorbed in her personal
affairs, whereas The plain girl, who must
rely on her mental abilities to win the
battle of life, cultivates her persuasive
faculties aPdEbecomes an expert in the
manipulation OF a convincing tongue.
To be a gaod seleswoman one must be
free from Sself-eonseiousness and who
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-11

fashionable attire the tide promptly
turns and these envied objects of inter-
est reserve their attractions for a later
date when they can be less conspicuous
as models OF the leading modes.
All the same, gowns worn at the Salon
are still cited as trustworthy examples
of the latest fashions, and serve their
purpose quite as effectually as when they
bossomed out like mushrooms in one
night, so to speak, with a flourish of
trumpets. Each and every social event
brings out some new models more or
less charming in design, since Paris is,
and always has been, the great center
around which fashion f1utters. Here 1t
is that dress is seriously considered and
cultivated as one of the fine arts, and the
Partisan designers never fail to produce
artistic and alluring' things with which
to tempt all women who can crafty their
tastes in dress.
Everything in the way of materials,
between cloth and gauze, seems to be
worn at the Salon, and pale blue is the
popular color used for pretty touches of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-11

That's the sole reason why I refused
her, and it is also perhaps the sole rea-
son why she did not obtain any of the
other places she sought. This is the era
Of the plain girl in business, and the girl
whose beauty is so insistent that none
may deny 1t has to step aside for her
sisters who are less bountifully endowed
with charms of face and figure You
will find that is the case In every i'm
portant department store in New York,
not to mention scores of retail establish
ments of less magnitude. Not that there
is any aversion to a modicum of beauty
in the saleswoman; rather, that is often
to be desired; but pronounced loneliness
is entirely too attractive both to it's pos
SCISSOR and contemplation to facilitate
the interests of employers. Go into any
large retail store in the shopping dis
tricts and you will see scores of sales
women who are downright plain, al
though not positively ugly, and an equal
number of girls who might be set down
as pretty without stretching the truth;
but you will seldom find one whose
charm Of face or grace of form is SO
near perfection as to hold you spell
bound. Once there was a great estab-
lishment set up in the heart of the shop
Ing section, whose saleswomen were ell
conspicuous for their beauty. The es-
tabfshment made speciality Of femi-
nine loneliness behind It's counters and
largely advertised the fact What was
the resultf Why, the store was crowd
ed from morning to night with persons
who came to take in the beauty show,
but rarely remained to purchase mer-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-11
BATHING SUIT FASHIONS.
An Important Part of a Summer
Wardrobe.

An Important Part of Summer
Wardrobe.
The bathing season is about to begin
once again and the bathing suit is a very
important part of the summer wardrobe
despite the reputation it has acquired of
not being ample enough to supply one
moth with a good meal. The approved
costume for this season is comprehensive
enough for all purposes of modesty and
usefulness, and fine silky brilliantine Is
the leading material. This in black, dark
blue or white is very desirable, the dark
colors being made up with white revers
vest and belt striped with white or
colored braid like the model shown. Red,
pale blue and navy braids are pretty on
the white suits. and this style of dress
Is made with a wide hem and no trim
ming around the skirt. Colored braid
sewn on bands of white in straight or
cross lines Is very effective trimming
for the dark gowns.
Rows of stitching In a contrasting color
are also very much used, making a very
pretty finish.I Experiments in color and
style of bathing gowns are rarely sue
cessful, and the modest, weli-made cos
tune in white, dark or neutral colors
will prove to be the best investment.
Gray is very much liked, and, trimmed
with white, 1t Is dainty and desirable
serge, manner ana SILK are all employed
In this department of dress, but there is
no question about the popularity of mo-
hair, as 1t sheds the water and does not
cling to the figure hike silk or flannel.
Rather pretty suits for young women
are made Of dark red serge and trimmed
with white braid. White flannel embroid-
cred all over in blue polka dots, makes
stunning dress, while another effective
dress for those who like show is a white
mohair, trimmed with blue bands Of the
same material, with rows of blue stitching
between. This IS shown in the illustration
with another of white, decorated with
black stitching, and a black sailor tie.
The sleeves are short with banded puff,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-11

eager to see whether it would he fuI-
hlled- or not. They ate a good dinner
which the interesting old centenarian had
assisted in preparing, and those who were
dhAlousIy watching for some sign of Ill
ness or some Indication of approachfn,
death were agreeably disappointed. for
the strange character never ate heartier
nor was she ever in a more felicitous
frame of mind or more entertaining
Later In the evening, when the shadows
OF the mountains were slowly creeping
across the little valley the old woman
asked one Of her guests to bring her an
OLD rifle, which she said had been her
best friend for more than a half century.
one was seated in a large rocking chair
under great oak, in front of her house
she laid the gun across her knees and
gently stroked it, in the manner of ona
VINO IS anectionately caressing some lit
Tie animal. She entertained the guests
who surrounded her chair with several in
tensely tragic stories, modestly referring
TO the part she acted in many desperate
battles, but never neglecting to praise tho
old rife and accord high honor to the
famous Indian fighters with whom she
had shared the dangers Of frontier life
Placlng the gun against the great oak.
she called for another object, which
seemed to have a warm place in her af-
Iectlons- This was an old gourd fiddle
which she had manufactured with her
own hands. From the interior Of this
monster gourd, through the instrumental
ity OF catgut and hOrsehair she was cana
Die OF coaX1ng peculiar strains of music
very pleasing to the ears of a people
whose opportunities for hearing anything
better are very limited. She had PLAYED
several tunes, and after remarking that
she would entertain her guests with her
1aVor1te march, which was Bonaparte's
Retreat, she slowly drew the bow across
the strings, and then, bracing I'D in her
chair, she fairly startled every one by
the Vigor and earnestness that she dis
played in the execution of the piece of
music When she had concluded the
bow fell to the ground on one side of
her chair and the old fiddle on the other.
Her chin dropped upon her bosom and
when the astonished guests came to
her assistance they found that her soul
had departed forever. She had died as
she had said she would die.
An old ranger by the name of Dick JOY,
who knew her more intimately than any
other person, says that she was one of
the most fearless human beings that he
ever saw. He alone knew the history
of her life.
Her father ernigrated from Kentucky
to the Louisiana possessions during the
last war with England. He finally drift
ed to the frontier and settled on the Trim
ity river. A rowing band of Iron Eyes
discovered his cabin, and after affecting
great friendship for a year or more
they finally murdered every member of
the family except q young girl. This girl
was Sailie Harlan. They carried her off
into captivity and kept her for several
years. She was about 10 years old at the
time of the massacre.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-11

CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex, June Gold
Mother" Harlan, who died a short time
ago in her lonely cabin in the Pondo
mountains, in Western Texas, might
easily have furnished the world with a
volume of true stories of such a start
ling character and so replete with
strange occurrences and daring deeds
that her readers would have been forced
to the conclusion that fiction born of the
widest imagination would be child-like
simplicity compared with some of the
adventures and narrow escapes of this
extraordinary woman. She was born on
the 10th day Of May, 1889, in Scott county,
Kentucky, among the famous Eagle
Creek hills, where old Dick Johnson, the
slayer of Tecumseh, lived, and where
Gen. John M. Palmer, ex-governor Of
Illinois, first saw the light of the world
and she died as she had often said that
she would die on the 10th day of May
1899
There was nothing at all the matter
with her. She made all the necessary
preparations and set about the business
Of dying with the same deEberation and
esrnestness that had characterized her
conduct through life. She always main
tanned that she would live to be 100 years
old. For the past few years the subject
of death has occupied her attention very
frequently. and she often talked with
her ne1gnbers about her exit from this
world, and positively declared that she
believed she possessed the power to ter
inmate her existence by mere force Of
will at any moment and upon several
occasions she insisted that she intended
TO make an effort to die on the 10th of
May, 1899. AS che fatal day approached
her mental faculties appeared to grow
brighter, though she was often In a seri-
Gus mood. Last year she attended a
birthday dinner that had been prepared
by neighbor especially IN her honor.
and she was apparently the happiest
member of the little party. entertaining
those who gathered about her with sto-
rieS Of old wars. In the evening, when
the guests were preparing to depart, the
strange old woman invited them all to
meet at her house on the 10th of the
next May and enjoy her last birthday
dinner.
ION that day." she said, ST shall have
lived just 100 years and 1 do not care to
trouble the world longer with my use
less existence and | invite you all to
come and see me die
Those who heard her make this extra
ordinary statement were not very much
astonished. since she has always been re-
garded by the mountaineers with more or
less superstition. In her old age she be-
came a fortune teller. and claimed that
she possessed the power to point out
thieves and locate lost animals. During
the past year her strange prophecy was
often talked of by her neighbors, and on
May 10 a great many people assembled
at her house, prompted by curiosity and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-11

girl of remarkable beauty, turned away
with sigh, and a shower of tears seem
ed imminent.
''Oh, dearr' she faltered ST under
stood you needed at least ten saleswom-
en-. and I certainly could furnish you the
best of references as to my ability to
sell. This is the seventh place 1 have
applied for this morning. I've no luck
at ALL"
''Why, I thought you said you were
hard pressed for competent saleswem-
en-. demonstrated the reporter as the
beautiful young woman vanished.
well. so l did, retorted the clerk
Then why did you not give that one
chance? Surely her beauty"
''Her beauty?" interrupted the clerk.
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could expect a strikingly handsome crea-
ture TO forget herself?
''The life of beauty behind a counter
IS often rendered miserable by envious
shopgirls whose plainness of face and
form she makes doubly noticeable by
comparison. The ugly one grows to
hate her. and leave nothing undone to
annoy her. She is always under their
stealthye surveillance, and her slightest
infringement of the rules governing the
department of the employees Is instantly
reported at headquarters in hope that
1t may bring about her discharge. Some
times to accomplish their purpose ma
licious clerks will go to great lengths,
although taking care not to expose
themselves. Such conduct, of course, is
death to that discipline and thorough
organization of forces which is neces-
sary to the success Of large enterprises,
so 1t has become absolutely impractic-
able for department. stores to employ
beauties"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-11

trimming as a contrast. One of the
most striking effects in the new gowns
is combination of white satin and black
cloth. which Is put on in serpentine bands
all over the princess foundation dress of
satin. showing a narrow line of white
between the bands. Black cloth cut
in arabasque designs over white satin
forms another gown of this class Black
and white effects in every conceivable
form are perhaps the leading features In
dress If any one or two things can be
said to lead in the midst of a variety so
great that it seems almost impossible to
be specific at all. A pretty idea for a
black and white gown is carried out In
white taffeta. trimmed with black chan
tilly lace in a festoon pattern. Two
rows of this are sewn on around the
skirt fully sixteen inches apart, forming
a deep point in front and one on each
side Of the back. The space between
is filed in with embroidered black silk
polka dots, which cover the entire waist
and sleeves.
Tafreta gowns in pale blue, with blue
mousseline de sole sleeves, ere among
the latest fancies of fashion, and are
trimmed with point d'esprint and straps
of narrow black velvet ribbon. Very
OF the gowns worn at the salon in the
daytime. one striking illustration being
mauve mousseline de sole laid in tiny
plalts all over the tunic and bodice. This
was made over pale pink satin mer-
Tellleux, finished at the bottom with
shaped fioUnce of the mousseline. Cream
guipure edged the tunic and the bodice
around a yoke of white chiffon, dotted
over with small lace applique designs.
Fashion has developed a variety of &C.
centric whims this season which add the
coveted chic to many of the new gowns
The use of pique chemisette vests In
foulard gowns and cloth bands on elegant
lace costumes quite reverse the order of
things. but anything which can produce
an unusual effect is the thing most
sought after Machine stitching, as a
means OF decorating our gowns, has q
prominence 1t never had before, and the
latest freak of all Is the taflor-built gown
Of silk. which is a soft. dull faiIle or taft
feta. A novel trimming seen on some of
the foulard gowns Is Il rather wide band
Of white taffeta silk. machine tucked