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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-27
A Brides Successful Appeal.
(Pittsburg Dispatch.)


Princess Pauline of Wurtcmberg, who
was married in November. had before
her marriage a Somewhat unusual let
ter from d peasant girl. II read:
Dear MISS Princess Pauline-Our
wedding is To be on Saturday, and 1
wish you every happiness. l am sure
you are very happy. My Wedding is on
the same day. and l should be very
happy. TOO, il my father were not sit
ting III prison.. If your father were
PRISON you. too, would srieve- Desr
Miss Princess, l beg OF You, say goo
word TO your father So that he may
let my father Off, o. at least let him cut
for a few hours. so that he may come
to my Wedding. With much love. yours.
- -.
There was too much fellow felaing
betw cen the maiden in palace and the
maiden in peasants cottage to let this
appeal pass unnOticed- 1t might be a
fraud. and the father hardened Of
fender, but the princess wanted to
know.
She took the letter to the king of
Wurtemberg. and inquiries were made
as TO the degree of culpability of this
man who must sit in prison on his
daughters wedding day. II was found
out that he was only slight offender,
and he was not only let out for the
wedding" but was given a free pardon
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day Women of Mrs. Phelps Stokes
and Mrs. William Sloan's position re-
ceive as many as twenty letters every
morning; very, very few of them are
over a page in length, and one private
secretary to a fashionable woman says
that her employers stamping expenses
average $50 day the year round.
will You Walk With Me Tomorrow
. If It RainsP'
That is what the smart girls at the
summer resorts ask each other this
season when they meet at the casinos
and on the golf links. 1t sounds quite
ineXplicable, but il is nothing more
than realization of the ancient super
stition in advocacy of the excellence
of rain water. Even Cleopatra kneCv
that water fresh from the skies pos
sessed mysterious virtues. but the mod
ern girl believes she can prove that
round rosy cheeks and a countenance
without a wrinkle will unto the fifth
and sixth decade of her age be the
property of whoever takes her face
bath direct from the clouds
In consequence of this faith, every
smart resort and country house colony
turns out a troupe of young women
every rainy day. over in fashionable
Bernardsville, up along the Hudson at
Rhinebeck and lin the Nara ansette
cottage settlement, the rainy daisies
can be seen when the downpour comes,
trouping over hills and fields with
held conscienfiousiy sky
wards. The rule is that you must take
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are added to this. the tab!cau is most
pleasing
-, n -. 80 - 49, III ,,aaS-.er - i.,;-,si
poke tied under the chm by waving.
sweeping broad strings. is what the mil
liners have prepared for the lasses. These,
of course will be-the hats for occasions.
while for school the rather fiat crowned.
wide brimmed felts are to have their
brim edges bound with ribbon and the
decoration done with soft twilled silk
handkerchiefs through which broad
pumed quilts will be thrust. Such quilts
as are sure of popularity are three TO
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Find the Daughter.

Whether it is the result of the fash
ionable love of outdoor sports or not.
certain il is that our social leaders in
New York City have seemingly discoV-
cred the secret of perpetual youth. a
critical Englishman, who has been
making a tour of the states, has ac-
tually listed d number of the women
who, as he expresses it. aptly lock quite
as if they might be the elder sisters
of their grandchildren. and who. un-
like the European women resort to no
artful aids for the preservation or sim
ulation of their exquisite freshness.
On his list of girlish matrons Mrs.
William Sloan stands at the head.
Though she has had the life OF an aV-
erage busy. conscientious wife, mother,
capable housekeeper, and ardent lover
of social pleasures: though she has mar
ried off two tall daughters, she retains
the appearance of a woman wei under
80. Her richly abundant red gold mar
shines with all the glory of great youth
fulness. and with a slim, erect hSure
and a complexion as smoothly PINK as
that of a Dresden china shepherdess. II
is quite impossible TO realize that she is
in middle life.
Perhaps her nearest rivals in reten-
ton OF youthfulness are Mrs. Belle
Wilson and Mrs. Fred Grant. When
Mrs. Wilson stands beside her daughter,
a hair. a tint of skin or curve of fig-
ure to indicate that there is nearly
TWENTY-FIVE years difference in their
ages. Almost as striking a likeness eX-
lists between the future Princess Co
tacuzene and her mother. In point OF
true beauty Mrs. Grant is the fairer
woman of the two, and a stranger at
Newport was not even laughed at when
seeing the mother and daughter to-
gether he asked which was the be-
trothed of the Russian prince.
Mrs. Henry Clews and Mrs. Van
Rensselaer, Cruger both came in for
first places and exclamation points to
the amazed Englishman's list. Mrs.
Clews is the mother of a daughter who
has been four years in society, and
women who were Mrs. Crugers contem-
porarieS as debutantS are the proud
grandparents of 10-year-old boys and
girls For all that Mrs. Cruger shows =
complexion that an 1S-year-old girl
might envy and a pair of shoulders a
Greek Venus would regard with appro-
val. Though a younger woman, Mrs.
Clews is likely to retain her fine color
ing. her beautiful brown hair and her
svelt figure as long as Mrs. Cruger has.
Quite as remarkable as either these la
dies are Mrs. Henry Poor Mrs. John
Wilmerding and Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish.
The last mentioned lady is bringing
into society a young daughter this sea-
son, and at first the Englishman fatty
refused to believe that grown-up
daughter could call the slight. viva
cious little lady mother. and when he
asked for an explanation of these re-
markedly preserved beauties his in
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hit and left as though this answered as
Z. ehanad f1ortnce

right and left as though this answered as
a heading to shaped fiounce.
One of the very popular new models for
a girl in her teens is a princess redingote
that is caught in at the waist line. drops
it's irregularly edged skirts nearly to the
shoe tops and. in front or slightly to the
left. fastens from bust to knees by small
bright buttons through fancifullr shaped
buttonhole flaps. Another. smartly pretty
mode is the pinafore princess that has
its long skirt edges shaped in points and
buttons the whole way up the back. or
when it Is a dress for occasions and is
made of a handsome poplin il laces up the
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il IL sewing on glove buttons or inves-
figsting the solar syttem. no woman is
Guite content until she organizes u club
or class for the fulfillment of the duty
on hand.
Letter Writing Is Out of Date.
Don't commit the fatal mistake Of
irving 10 correspond with any of your
faslionabie women friends. Letters.
good, long, newsy episties covering
-FOUR 20 six pages OF Inc average paper,
H. afforf cast uDon the waters Of the
sooiatv mind sure 10 come back TO you
o,sIv in the form Of a few words on a.
,,,,st cara. or even less, on 4 small note
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For Hard Wear at School.

A goodly number of pretty suits in
dark winter flannel embossed over in tiny
embroided scarlet. and blue or dark red
and brown silk dots. will be sure to come
we'll to the fore as hard wear school
gowns. They are made up with I'M
decorated flannel used in stitches on
straps and bands. and then the waist is
adorned with wide revers overiaid with
heavy Irvine colored guipure that is as
non-expensivc as II Is thoroughly durable.
Ribbon seems put rather to one side for
girdles and neck bows, and a twilled silk
kerchief. patterned over in rich Oriental
designs. is more often than not ,knotted
about a dress waist. 80 -
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Good Reason.
New York WORLDLY

Toni guess I'll resign my position
with YOU. sir.
His Employer-But why do you want TO
do that when you are about to be mar
ried?
m-Becnusc it's your daughter that
I'm TO be married to.
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four inches wide across the feathered
part and have large crimson. peacock
blue or metallic green velvet eyes pasted
on them and then so silded and tinted
around these discs as TO suggest the orbs
of August before the peacock fell heir TO
them. MARY DEAN.
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that never were they so sumptuous and so
picturesque before. Mothers and their
bread and butter daughters used to be
entirely satisfied with what the Ameri-
can modiste and milliner designed and
made up for school. church dancing class
and afternoon party wear. but nowadays
any small woman who hopes to grow up
sartorial success gets her styles all
warm from Paris.
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To Wear In the Evening.

Chic and exceedingly pretty are the va
rious manifestations of the school girls.
evening dress, and malmaison pink either
flashes from the silk underslip through
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the cold shower directly on your face
and let the moisture dry off, as it does
from the flower petals, partly by alb
sOrption and partly by evaporation.
and if you have either a dry or greasy
skin there is no tonic so sure to bring
a velvet quality to the surface as this.
Maybe it does and maybe it doesn't.
but the point beyond dispute or con-
tradiction is that the rain walkers de-
rive infinite pleasure and satisfaction
and solid physical benefit from the
quaint exercise.
The cool, moist air is all for their
good. and under their gOssamer coats
they wear short-skirted flannel suits,
such as are used in sea bathing, with
these golf shoes and wooden hose, and
adj protection is given their heads by
means of oiled silk caps, upon which
gay silk handkerchief are tied. The
heavier the downpour is the better they
ali like it, and with wet, rosy faces they
tramp to some point of interest, enjoy
light rejection, tramp home again,
take maps and appear in especially fine
condition of health and spirits. as re-
suit. they say, of washing their faces
aS the flowers do.
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Old Fashions For Young People.

OF course 1t is excessively unchildish
to adopt the tunic and the princess modes
for the wardrobe of a 12-year-Old. but
that is just what is being done this year.
and some of the sure-to-be popular modes
for the winter are studies in ornate ele-
gance Shimmering silk, skinned Irish
poplin in lovely dyes of quartz brown.
damson red and admiral blue wool ben
galine in standard tones. fantasia cash
mere in autuImnal weights and smooth
drap dc Paris are some of the tavorite
cloths. Among the trimmings are bands
and borders. hand embroidered in Persian
designs chenille treated silk nets. bullion
threaded braid and silk braids worked in
many patterns.
Long close-ftting sleeves high tight COL
lars and skirts laid without a wrinkle
over the hips are all as much the fashion
for girls of 10 as for women OF 20. while
the effort is to SO brace the waist by
means of a heavily boned basque lining
that the folded silk girdle will lie with
graceful precision.
For the miss of Is and her sister school
mates the overskirt is demode to a de-
gree. The very gracieuse cloth or silk
petticOats faring at the knee are trim
med with judicious applications of braid
that usually take course down from the
left hip and then near the hem turn TO
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-06
THE WEATHER.

WARMER ON WEDNESDAY, 1T BE-
BILE WINDS.
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8
CHARGES rSS,l BRITISH
Are Accu ; ST Attacking Help
cSs Soldiers.
BOER VERSION OF THE FIGHT
At Dark They Retired Slowly to Their
Positions Having Prevented the
British From Forcing Their
Way to Kimberly.
BoER VERSION OF THE FIGHT

London, December 6.@:30 a. m.-Tne Gems
sorsalp continues to be of the strictest
character. Virtually no news has been al
lowed to pass except diaries of events
within the beleagured garrison and posi-
tions.
According to the latest accounts of the
battle of Modder river the Boer fire was
the hottest on record and will revolutions
ize existing theories. 1t was effective up
to 1900 yards, but the casualties among
the prone troops were trihbng 1t was
found impossible to bring the British am
munition reserves to the firing line. Many
Beers wearing Red Cross badges We're act
ually employed in serving out ammuni-
ton.
In connection with the many accusations
against the Boer Indifference to the laws
of war; letter published in Capetown as
serts that before the Transvaal ultimatum
was sent the Boer leaders destroyed the
policy of using the white flag when driven
into corner, in order to deceive the Brit
isah commanders Their policy was gener.
ally approved.
1t ds reported that the mobilization Of a
seventh division will be ordered at Alder
shot as a preparation for emergencies. The
Morning Post claims that there are plenty
Of available cavalrymen at home. but that
parsimony p1events their sending to South
Africa, where they are urgently needed.
Boer Version of the Battle
The following is Boer version of the
battle OF Modder river:
Pretoria, Wednesday. November A-De-
Larey's official report states that large
force nf
commando at Modder river. Heavy light
ing lasted for hours. CronJe and DeLarey
took up strong positions, the Free Staters
being reinforced. DeLarey had seventeen
Killed and wounded, including his eldest
son. The Free Staters losses are unknown.
At dark the Beers retired slowly to their
positions, having prevented the British
from forcing their way to Kimberley"
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AT LADYSMITH
Garrison is Well Provisioned -Bombard-
ment Ineffective

London, December 5.-Although the re-
pairing of the cable between Alden and Zan-
zibar has restored the route "via Aden to
South Africa and thereby relieved quite a
budget of belated dispatches, there is MOTH
ing at hand throwing light on General Bull
ler's preparations for the relief of Lady,
smith or the movements of other British
columns.
News from Ladysmth has been received
up to the night of Wednesday, November
20, when all was well, provisions were plen-
tiful and the bombardment was ineffective.
Dispatches of the same date from Boer
headquarters refer to the renewal of a.
heavy bombardment with a fourth siege
gun christened Franchise" which has Just
arrived from Pretoria, and a qifeless re-
sponse from the garrison.
A special dispatch from Durham says the
Beers lost /, 800 men at what has been popu-
larly known as the battle of Glencoe. 1t Is
also said that scurvy and dysentery are
rampant among the burghers who are be-
leaguering Ladysmith.
A dispatch from Pretoria mentions an
unimportant sortie from Kimberley on No.
vember 27 and says: "The British prison-
ers are WELL The government has permit.
ted them to subscribe to the state library,
and also allows them to purchase beer and
newspapers"
The report of the abandonment of the
serge OF MaIeKlng, aitnougn coming from
various quarters Is not confirmed. Appa.
rently General Cronje left there force suf-
ficient to hold the garrison in check.
A delayed dispatch from Capetown re-
ceived today described the departure of the
Canadian contingent of troops for tho
front. The streets were decorated and
dense, and enthusiastic crowds lined the
principal thoroughfares. Governor Miner
bade the Canadians farewell at the rail-
road station. All the officers individually
were presented to the governor, who was
heartily cheered by the Canadian soldiers.
They also sang the national anthem.
A party of thirty-nine Canadians remain
ed at Capetown, as they had not passed
the medical inspection.
The Canadian contingent will act In con-
cert with the Black Watch and Seaforth
Highlanders.
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>Dobbs Knocked Out

New York, December 5.-Bobby Dobbs
lasted only few seconds more than five
rounds in his bout with Joe Walcott to-
night before the Broadway Athletic club.
There was very little betting on the result
as Waicott was a pronounced favorite at
to /, being freely offered on him. The
men were matched to fight 25 rounds at 140
pounds. -
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EIGHT KILLED
MANY WOUNDED
insurgents Attack kAmerican Gar
riSon With Fatal Results
to Our Soldiers.

Manila, December 6.-Q a. m.)-Last
night a force of insurgents, estimated at
S00 attacked the American garrison of 200
at Vigan, province of South Ilocos. The
American loss was 8 killed and many
wounded.
After very hard lighting, the Fdipinos
were driven off and through the mountains,
leaving So dead.
Colonel Bisbe is now reinforcing the gar
rison.
Fears are entertained regarding various
small bodies of General Young's troops in
the province of Abra.
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SERIOUS CHARGES
B -itish Soldiers Accused of Killing Help.
less Beers

New York, November ga dispatch to the
World from London says:
"Ugly charges are made against British
soldiers at Elandslaagte by correspondents
of the leading Amsterdam paper, the Alge-
meen Handelsblad, who visited the Boer
CONTINUED on Second Page.)
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Nothing But Favorable Conditions

Chicago, December 5-Mrs. Laura
Schwichtenberg, who has been in the Phil
ippines as inspector of the National White
Cross hospitals, is in this city en- route to
Washington. Mrs. Schwchtenberg left
Washington last April. She Travelled
through the island where a white woman
had never been seen by many of the inhab-
itants. and accompanied General Bates and
his staff in their visit to the sultan of
Sulu.
81 shall have nothing but favorable con-
ditions to report as the result of my in
spection and work." she said.
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Continued on Second Page.)
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-08
RICE TRUST IN LOUISIANA.
OPTIONS BEING SECURED ON THE
NEW ORLEANS MILLS.

IL Is Said 1t VIII Take S5.OOO.O 70
Garry Through the Contemplated
DeaI-BeIieVed That Country Mills
VIII Also lie Taken I'm LRter-This
Deal would Give the Syndicate
Control of the Rice Industry In
America.
New orleans. Dec. New Orleans so it
seems is to have a trust of its own.
Perhaps this statement is not true in the
fullest sense, as the parties behind the
dead TO consolidate all the rice mills of this
cily-fourt, en- in numbcr--are understood
% be New York hnanciers But at any
rate, the plans have been laid and n. nety
days option is now being secured On as
many Of the local Minis as possible
Just how much capital II win take to
carry out this gigantic scheme is entirely
prol lematical. No one has had the temer-
ity TO place the amount at a CESS sum an
So 90. 900. and IL is known that one os the
rice mill owners who has been approached
ON the matter of option, has expressed
himself that he would not take less than
$250,Oo0 for his plant.
Mir. Hewes T. Gurley a local attorney,
has charge of the legal end of the deal,
while Claude Smith. the stock broker has
the task of getting the options. Neither
Mr.. Gurley nor Mr.. Smith would divulge
any Of their plans They did not even feel
at liberty TO make public the names Of
their principals. They admitted, however
that the deal TO consolidate the rice mills
of this city was under way.
Whether or not the deal is ultimately
intended to be extended to include the thir-
teen mills in the state outside of New Or
leans Is not known. But il is believed the
same combine expects to get hold of the
country, as well as the city mills.
There are but few rice mills In the en-
tire country outside of those in New Or
leans and the state of Louisiana, and 1t
can be seen that the trust that can get
control of the rice mills in this state viii
have a complete monopoly of the Ameri-
can rice industry.
The official figures Of the Board of Trade
for the year 1898 shows that che combined
capacity of the rice mills in New Orleans
exceeds the combined capacity of those In
all other portions of the state by 1900
sacks daily.
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wALTHoUR MAINTAINS LEAD.
How Records Have Been Smashed by
the Team Riders

New York. Dec. THE leaders I'm the
six-day bicycle race at Madison Square
Garden tonight are nearly 300 miles ahead
of the record made when Individual scores
and almost continuous riding were the
rule.
The fairest comparison which could be
made between tho old style riding as indi-
vlduals and the new style OF two riders
alternating, II that OF the Miller Waller
combination results made this week az
contrasted with the results obtained bv
Miller "a year ago Tho Miller Waller com
blnatlon was lB miles ahead Of tho record
az IL O'Clock tonight. MeEachern has de-
veloped severe attack Of tonsilius.
Fred Hoyt. the trainer fbr Walthour
mas made charges to the officials OF the
race to-day that the French riders were
being given dope" in order to keep them
fresh and strong. He alleged that he had
seen several mysterious happenings in the
French quarters, and thai he had sean
Pastaire take several tablets, supposedly
strychnine tablets.
Hoyrs charges will be Investigated bv
the racing officials
Walthours wife arrived at the Garden
tonight from her home IN Atlanta. From
box she urged her husband on 20 renew
ed efforts, and he rode better than ever
after her arrival The general impression
Is That there is little doubt OF his unait1ieu-s
ance of his lead for the first Individual
money.
AZ ! O'Clock the scores stood: Miller
Waller 1894; Maya-McIcachern 1852 n
Gimm- Pierce, 1882, Fischer hevaller
1SSl9; Stevens urVlle. 1877: Babcocls.
Stinson, 1876; Scbnner-Forster, 1882
Individual; Walthour, 1868; Aronson
9i9; Pastalre 604.4
At O'Clock the score stood. Miller
Waller, 5000; Maya Nc Eachern, 1901.
Gimm- Pierce, 1908: Fischer Chevaller'
1905; Stevens-Turvile, 1908: Bab7ock.
btinson, 1902; Schineer-H'ofster, 1893
Individual score: Walihour, 9sg5; Aron-
son, 800: Pastaire, GO44