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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-25
Fantastic Yelling.


A novelty which is about to appear in
American shops, and which has already
pleased the fancy of Parisians, is the heavy
and costly lace veil, banished from femi-
nine favor for at least three generations.
This handsome and novel article is of Chan
lilly sometimes white, but generally black,
and so deliberately wrought with heavy
figures as to almost obscure the face over
Which 1t is worn. Should such veil be-
come popular the oculists will surely reap
a harvest; but as 1t can be worn effectively
only by women with dazzling compleXions
and extraordinarily pretty lips and chin,
and as, moreover, these trifes are shown
only in the very costliest materials, it is
scarcely likely that they~wil obtain a gen
eral use; nevertheless. returning travellers
are bringing the Partisan creations back
and exhibiting them with pride. The wells
are narrow and deeper in the center than
at the ends. They are intended for use
only with the toques or small hats, which
are as much in favor as ever. They are
worn back from the face or down over it.
as preferred. and there are not so many
feathers and aigrettes as were seen a few
months ago
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-25
n MASCULINE HART
by n Bright Girl Who Has
Had Experience.
From

Had Experience.
From the Philadelphia Times
''iie men, nay many men, have a most
repfehensible habit of showing the notas
ana letters written them by girls NOT o,I,,
10 other men, but, what is still worse to
women said bright girl yesterday "E,,,-
cry woman knows that this Is tr1,e no,,b+
less there Is not one of us who hoe not
iiao submitted to her scrutinizing gaze an
epistie written by some fair maid to n man
"hom she thoroughly trusted.
ohiy a day or two ago this breach ne
commence on the part of Observation-Disclosures
II Is nothing less-was brought yfvid1v to
my NOTICE by a man who handed me three
letters, written him by feminine friends
~ READ. know that when he offered them
10 me should, by all the laws of honor
nave put my hands sternly behind me and
SAID In stilted fashion, I refuse TO take
advantage of my sisters " '"Ae
but aias! l did nothing Of the SORT
Eve Iett me full heritage of curiosity
fb ,,u : was just wild to see what was in
nose notes. was tempted, and I fell
l read them. even criticised them. for Won
see, L am interested in the man wos
alhegether horrid and dishonorable: but
one thing the incident did for mo. r ra
solved instantly that never wouId tho+ ~, :,
set scratch of the pen from me any more
man an innocent will be pleased to have
e eou' etc. he won't even get that If he
can De reached by telephone I was verv
i iruen aisap appointed in him, for these were
io.TtIsh letters, You understand
t"o other men whom I know don't
n hesitate TO say that they read each others
M. mat indeed, one of them does most Of
tne correspondence for the firm and r. HE
70 I'M Is so pusy makes draft of an answer
70 the letter which 1t is necessary sbouId
pc responded to Immediately. the iatIar
copying 1t docilely at his leisure. For three
weeks in this way the one was WRITERS. &c
.he otner's hancee. while She poor girl. was
pouring out her heart to her betrothed in
n I1 that the outpourings were read by
tnis rank outsider, who, having no sym-
pa5hy IN the matter, must have had no
END OF amusement out of it.
L tell you, it's a long-headed girl who
never writes anything in "a letter to a man
mat she doesn't mind a select coterie Of bis
trends seeing-fance or no ffance
There Is general idea that only very
young men are addicted to this cI1sfon,
put that Is a mistake know men of tfIr
ty-three. which is certainly an age of dis
erection, who have no more conscience about
showing letters than boy of eighteen
It's shame, but it's true know he
cause they show them to me-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-25
IGNORANCE OF MOTHERS.
Ii often Results In Ayoidable De-
formities of Children.

Prom l'cm"rtSt : Magazine.
For lack of a little firmness, and sacrifice
Of present ease, mothers are more often
than they know responsible for their chill
dren's growing up with ugly mouths, de-
formed jaws and irregular teeth. Every
one knows how much less apt baby is to
be fretful if it has the habit of sucking its
thumb and it does not take long for the
average nurse girl to learn to pop the rub
Der top of the bottle into baby's mouth to
stop its crying Yet so soft and pliable is
the cartila Sinous framework of infants
head and face that it is affected by the
slightest pressure If more or less continu-
Gus. The ugly feature known as rabbit
mouth IS more often than not due TO
keeping the thumb in the mouth for hours
at a time. Protrusion of the lower jaw is
caused by sucking the first and second
fingers, the weight of the hand and arm
forcing the lower jaw to project and take
that permanent FORM
Her nose is a catastrophe said a moth
err recently to me, speaking OF young lady
daughter who would have been beautiful
except for her pudding nose-a slender
bridge with an abnormal development at
the n0strilS-'iand all caused by her pecu-
Liar method OF sucking her thumb. She al
ways went to sleep with ii in her mouth
her forehnger clasped tightly over the
bridge. This arrested the development of
the bone and made the lower part of the
nose bulge out where the pressure of the
mother. her beauty spoiled through my ig-
IOrancei
Children acquire various habits of putting
their fingers into their mouths, all of which
affect the normal development of the jaws
and teeth. Underhung jaw is due to suck
ing the tongue. which throws the lower
jaw from its articulation and some physi-
clans claim that what is technically known
as 'fruitiess sucking Is a sure cause of
Jagged teeth and projecting jaws. Indeed.
so piiabie are these parts during infancy
and childhood that IL is said that the fire.
quently repeated action of the tongue
striking against the front upper teeth In
the pronunciation of lingual sylables gives
rise to an awkward slant of the arch. This
defor1nity is very frequent with the En-
glish-speaking people, whose language
aDounds in lingual syllables
Breathing through the mouth is another
great cause of deformity of the laws and
malformation of the teeth. Sleeping With
the mouth open produces pressure by the
tension of the muscles causing a contrac-
tiOn of the sides of the jaw; a protrusion OF
the teeth and an elevation of the roof of
the mouth Mouth breathing, is. by the
way. matter that parents Should never
allow to go uncOrrected, as Il is a sure in
dication of enlarged tonsils or adened
srowths-an enlargement of the tissue Ina *
OF the nose caused by repeated colds
These adenoid growths partly close the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-25
The AdamIess Dinner.

From the New York Herald.
Truly. women are becoming free and in
dependent. Not long ago I noticed the fact
that women were becoming more congenial
to each other, citing as an example the diff
ference between the hour after dinner,
when the men remain behind over their
wines and cigars today, as compared with
that dreary hour a decade ago.
But I had not then heard CT the latest
step toward independence of poor man.
which has become such a fad among the
women of today. 'fFheI very newest fad is a
dinner to which not one man is invited-a
Kind of AdamlesS Eden sort of a feast
viii 1t last? Arefhe women strong enough
to do away entirely with mans society
and find unalloyeds pleasure In their own?
This is conundrtfn which remains to be
solved. In the meantime, to be at the ton
Adamless dinner must be given during the
season. I'D n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-25
.Caahmere. and Cloths.

IoKn HIHfPers bdZAr. = =
Cashmeres and lightweight cloths will
be In style this spring. and also during the
summer Some of the newest Of these ma
ter1ads are charming in texture and color.
Gray, which has been so fashionable all
winter, will be in favor again, there being
many different shades to choose from
White. too, is to be quite the rage. There
are already number of charming rbtta
gowns being made up in both cashmere
and cloth. One, very attractive, is made
with coat and skirt trimmed with APPLIQUE
OF cut work. The coat is to be worn over
a white chiffon waist. One OF the ness
ideas Is to have these cloth suits in white
or very light gray. with the chiffon waists
TO be worn underneath. OF course this is
only the revival of an old fashion, but the
reviving IL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-25

large pink roses is made with a polonaise
open in front and reaching the hem behind
The polOnatse is caught up irregularly and
turned back. giving a washerwoman effect
to the draperies which are edged with lace
and fastened with ribbon knots.
A fawn-colored muslin is made with a
round apron overskirt over an underskrt
of the same shade strewn with forget-me-
nots and roses. Both skirt and overskrt
are edged with ruff1es of baby ribbon.
A white muslin printed with a lace pat
tern in black is trimmed with true lovers
knots made of black ribbon rufFfes Broad
sashes of black ribbon hang at each side
of the waist. A white muslin hat trimmed
with black Is offered.
The Maiden Swanwhite.
Not in many years have so many white
frocks been seen. Two or three strong
willed young women have already an
nounced an intention of wearing nothing
but white from May to October-pique for
cold days, nainsook and muslin for warm
ones.
Pique frocks are so called by courtesy.
They are made this season of insertion
with pique enough to hold the trimming
together. With nainsook the case is much
the same. Strips of lace or insertion al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-25

Quite a novelty as an adjunct to SWIM
ming costume Is the webbed glove intro
duced by Hugo Schumacher of Munich.
The idea Is to transform the hands of the
swimmer into something like the webbed
feet of the duck and other swimming birds.
with the view of promoting speed of mo,
ton through the water. Whether this
webbed glove will be of any advantage in
that respect remains to be proved
Something like 1.S5o,00o square yards of
looking glass are manufactured in Europe
annually.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-25
Saved by Quick Mind.
From Harper's Bazaar.

From Harper's Bazaar.
A little old lady living here in town found
herself not long since in front Of a moving
cable car. She tried to jump out of the
way, only to find herself in danger of be-
ing run down by a heavy truck. She made
no outcry, but. with an agility which might
we'll have added distinction to one of a
lesser number of years, she took hold of
the car fender, and stepping on it, stayed
there until the motorman stopped, when
she got OFF again, and finding the coast
clear. went her Way without a word. She
thought so little of her feat that she even
forgot to mention IL to her daughter when
she reached home When some one else
who had seen it told the story, and she
was questioned the little old lady refused
to acknowledge that she had done an ex-
traordinary thing. but only one which she
supposed every sensible pedestrian in these
days should prepare herself TO do as we'll
She said that when cable cars and tenders
were first introduced irto our streets she
had made up her mind that there was but
one thing 10 do when they threatened 10
run one down. and that was to get on top
of them. The example of the little old
lady is well worth considering
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-25

sweet Young Thing-'I wonder why he
Is called the best mani mean the man at
the wedding who Is not getting married?s'
off."-Tit.Bite o VS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-25

ored ginghams with bayadere or diagonal
stripes of white insertion are on the mar
ket, also white goods with insertions of
various designs and materials. Even white
mulls with lace insertion can be bought at
rather handsome prices. For gowns moth
ing could be more suitable than any or all
OF these various combinations. For shirt
waists nothing could be in worse taste.
Yet in spite of this there is no denying the
fact that they are worn and to be worn.
There Is one exception to this wholesale
and sweeping denunciation of fancy shirt
waists. And that is the white shirt waist
made OF tucked material, with a tuck back
effect and shield-shaped or pointed collar
or chemisette. These waists will be ex-
ceedingly becoming to people with slight
figures. And If they are kept for white
duck or cheviot skirts and not worn for
golf, bicycling or tennis they will not be
inappropriate. This tucked material also
comes by the yard all ready to make up.
Which reminds me that a clever dress
maker of my acquaintance says the only
way to make tucked shirt waist properly
is to tuck the material before the waist is
cut out.
Stylish in Heavy Fabrics.
The new materials are, like those of last
year. exquisite. Shirt waists of heavy cot
ton are still a trifie smarter than those
made of thinner materials. Wash silk is a
favorite Just now. 1t has been much i'm
proved of late and is very soft and becom-
ing. 1t wears beautifully. The corded
silks are favorites. Have you ever seen a
white corduroy shirt waist? If you are
going to any place where there are days
when cotton is too cool. look into this SUBJ
ject. Corduroy is soft and rich looking;
1t requires no starch, and the laundress
who can ruin it in washing must be more
than usually incompetent. 1t is a good
material to get for an extra waist to take
on a trip where baggage must be econo-
mized, as 1t can be washed out one night
and put on the next day without most of
the necessary operations which are part of
the cleaners art. MABEL BOYD
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-25

Eighty-five per cent of the people who
are lame are affected on the left side.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-05-18
A GREAT TRUTH.

Al! organized living things, whether be-
longing to the animal or vegetable king
dom contain within themselves the germs
OF death and decay
Germs of disease are often generated
WITHIN the human system through imper-
feet digestion of food, producing various
poisons which scientists have denominated
PfoniatheS. A stomach weakened by abuse,
g@rged with over eating or over burdened
with hot bread, too rich or greasy foods or
those too highly seasoned, becomes weak
ened and fails to thoroughly digest the
food. heavy, sodden mass Is accumu-
lated in the stomach to ferment as the first
step IN Its decay giving off foul gases to
distend the stomach, and poison the blood
until II becomes thin, weak and lacking in
the red corpuscles SO necessary to perfect
health
The over distended stomach presses upon
the heart, and the latter organ is also dis
turbed through sympathy, the same system
of nerves being distributed to both organs
Thus palpitation and irregular action of the
heart with its attendant shortness of breath,
result, and in time, disease of the heart
itself is established.
The gases and other poisons generated
from undigested, fermenting and decay
ing food i'll the stomach becloud the
brain, causing headaches, and pain in the
eyes.
Being absorbed into the blood these poi
sons reach every part and organ of the sys-
tenn. Ike kidneys are thereby poisoned,
causing Bright's disease and diabetes Fill
tering through the skin, Troublesome skin
diseases often show themselves.
Every organ and every nerve, depending
as they do for their nourishusent and
renewal upon the stomach, weak digestion
shows itself not alone in loss of appetite
and flesh, but also in nervousness, debility
bad complexion and many other derange-
ments
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
tones and regulates the stomach stimu-
lates the digestive juices invigorates the
torpid liver promotes intestinal strength
clears bilious poisons and diseased germs
out of the circulation; gives the blood
making glands keen assimilative power.
and furnishes Nature with the fresh, abund-
ant nutrition out of which she manufac-
lures firm flesh, strong muscles, clear skin,
healthy lung tissue and nerve-fber, and
gives sound, enduring, active energy to the
whole system.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-05-18
A hug That Can Cut Metal.

The Zopherous Melieanus is the only
known species of American beetle that
has strength enough in its mandibIes to
cut metal. This curious faculty of the
zopherus was accidentally discovered
by F. w. Deyoe, a member of the New
York MicFoscopical society. A friend
had sent Mr.. Deyoe some specimens of
this queer species of bug from the
northern states of South America. The
microscopic was busily engaged when
the insects arrived and simply provided
temporary quarters for the creatures in
a glass jar having a metal top in which
the porcelain cap was wanting. With
in less than forty-eight hours they had
cut holes in the metal sufficient to get
their heads through and would soon
have escaped had their operations re-
NAMED Undecided By careful expert
ment Mr.. Devoe found that the force
necessary to do such cutting was equal
to 369 grammes.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-05-18
r.-orite Food.

/ y night in r,rorIte Food.
mary. no " riing TO. to Dr. Dr.. Ma Ma.
ons a rsla' examination Of
B grs' an. ana % mains at KnoZize'
ing 9Th these ! l. people who bur
~ years A. ag9 aIbals, not from from
rye HaDga lee, and that they
,osterjtv raong aud tender,
On eriFsI., &c. He also con
|. St ail.' bropologists seem
no ~, ulls' that the eating Of
~ u'nefy' al Prehistoric times
Fal lmnoa rope, the practice
only posi- b scarcity of other
agion by renee. aud was fin
orting mi. 8|r religious. or. rath-
Of bos n.y. 5as. The flesh was
ao sso. spared by cooking
into G dis,l. juice of oranges
of homo
Eipa1
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-05-18
You can't Herr It.

There are many sounds animals can
hear which are inaudible to man. Mr..
Gallon, the famous anthropologist, has
invented a little whistle with an adjust
able plug, by which it can be rendered
more and more shrill till it ceases to
give any note to our ears. yet a dog will
hear it as a whistle still and answer
readily its call.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-05-18
CIRCUS PAID THE MORTGAGE
How a Kansas Editor Pulled His Paper
Out of a Financial Hole.

When the advertising agent OF one
of the greatest shows on earth" visited
a town in Kansas last summer, he call
ed upon the editor of a local paper and
asked the cost OF double column dis
play advertisement in the next two is
sues. 1.-TWO hundred and eighty dol
lars, was the reply, without a mo-
ment's hesitation. Great Scott! Are
you crazy?" cried the agent. What will
you charge US for a full pager" 1.-TWO
hundred and eighty dollars, just the
same. But how do you figure it?"
expostulated the circus man; haven't
you any settled rate for space adyertis-
ing?"
See here, mister" earnestly remark
ed the editor, Z don't pay any attention
to space in this deal, but I do know just
what an advertisement in this paper
will cost you. You can have a column,
page or the whole blamed paper, Just as
you like. There's a mortgage for $3.50
on this blamed shop, and your circus
has got to help me out with it. If it
doesn't I'm a goner, that's all. You
may move right in here and run the
whole shooting match for a couple of
weeks TO suit yourself, out we've got to
ante up $3.50 before next Saturday
night. Now, then, are you a friendly
Indian or are you a hostile?9
All the date and extra posters used
that season by that show throughout
the west were printed in the little
newspaper office out in Kansas.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-05-18
Armor of Warships.

The thickness of armor on modern
warships is truly astonishing. The side
armor of a first class battle ship US
ually varies from 1872 inches thick at
the top of the belt to 91a inches at the
bottom. The gun turrets are often
protected by armor from Is inches to
Il inches thick.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-05-18
The Difference.

Human beings have six muscles to
each eye, that they may move it on
either side, but horses, COWS, sheep and
other quadrupeds which habitually in
cline their heads 10 the earth in search
of food have a muscle by which their
eyeIids are suspended and supported
and which we do not need.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-05-18
French Device.

A French railroad company has
painted the outside of its passenger
coaches with poetic devices. or the i'm
ages of stars, fishes, birds, etc, sketch
ed large and in emphatic colors. The
object is to enable the passenger who
gets off for refreshments 10 recognize
his carriage and class from amid the
crowd and in the gathering dusk.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-05-18

The administration of food to plants
by means of pills is new idea. The
exact kind of nourishment required is
easily ascertained, the necessary salts
are inclosed in a prepared case, and
buried under the roots.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-05-18
rha EnrIikh Lnneuage.

There are now over 100000 words in
the English language, acknowledged
by the best authorities, or about 49,
600 more than in the German, French
Spanish and Italian combined.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-05-18
voioe of ava EIephant.

II Is said that if the voice" Of an
eIenbant were as loud in proportion as
that of a nightingale, his trumpeting
could be heard round the world.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-05-18

A subterranean lake of hot water has
heen found near Boise City, Idaho. 1t
is 400 feet below the earth's surface,
and the average temperature is 40 de-
grees.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-05-18
Ramboo Pens.

Bamboo pens still retain their hold
in india where they have been in use
for more than 1000 years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-09
w. j. Bryan's Successor at Man.
haitian College,
Rev. b. Fay Mills, Makes a
Bitter Political Speech.
FARCE OF POLITICS.
Never More Clearly illustrated
Than in This Case.
Local Preachers Charge Athe-
ism Has Been Taught.

Manhattan, June 9.-There has been
a warm time IN college circles here yes
terday and today. Rev. B. Fay Mills
Of Boston delivered the annual COM
mencement address, and among the
very first things he said was that he
had mot come 1000 miles for nothing;
that they need not think that because
they had turned down William J. Bryan
they were not going to hear a political
speech, but on the contrary he was go
ing to give his opinions on the leading
questions of the day. The result was
the Rev. Mr.. Mills gave one of the most
radical speeches that was ever deliver
ed in the city.
Yesterday afternoon a committee of
the ministers of the city went before
the board of regents and filed a protest
fessOrs had been teaching atheism and
it had become known at the college
ton of students went before the board
and denied the statement, claiming that
in a religious way only what was good
and elevating had been taught them.
Regent Fairchild expressed himself as
being tired" of the petty trif1ings the
politicians are going to the board with.
The board does not dare to take any
radical move, the members are
afraid that there will be an outbreak
among the students should they do So
The students are in infiamma BILE
state of mind and it would not take
much to set them a-gOing.